Abstract: An integrated circuit packaging system and method of manufacture thereof includes: a substrate with internal circuitry between a substrate top side, a substrate bottom side, and vertical sides; an integrated circuit coupled to the internal circuitry; a molded package body formed directly on the integrated circuit and the substrate top side of the substrate; and a conductive conformal shield structure applied directly on the molded package body, the vertical sides, and to extend below the substrate bottom side coupled to the internal circuitry.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liveness test method and apparatus. A liveness test apparatus determines a pre-liveness score based on a plurality of sub-images acquired from an input image, determines a post-liveness score based on a recognition model for recognizing an object included in the input image, and determines a liveness of the object based on any one or any combination of the pre-liveness score and the post-liveness score.

Abstract: Provided is a liveness verification method and device. A liveness verification device acquires a first image and a second image, and select one or more liveness models based on respective analyses of the first image and the second image, including analyses based on an object part being detected in the first image and/or the second image, and to verify, using the selected one or more liveness models, a liveness of the object based on the first image and/or the second image. The first image may be a color image and the second image may be an Infrared image.

Abstract: A gaze estimation method and apparatus is disclosed. The gaze estimation method includes obtaining an image including an eye region of a user, extracting, from the obtained image, a first feature of data, obtaining a second feature of data used for calibration of a neural network model, and estimating a gaze of the user using the first feature and the second feature.

Abstract: A facial verification method and apparatus is disclosed. The facial verification method includes detecting a face region in an input image, determining whether the detected face region represents a partial face, in response to a determination that the detected face region represents the partial face, generating a synthesized image by combining image information of the detected face region and reference image information, performing a verification operation with respect to the synthesized image and predetermined first registration information, and indicating whether facial verification of the input image is successful based on a result of the performed verification operation.

Abstract: A method of determining an oligonucleotide methylation percentage includes providing a 3D nanopore device having top and bottom chambers, and a 3D nanochannel array disposed therein. The method also includes purifying an oligonucleotide, and functionalizing the 3D nanochannel array by coupling an oligonucleotide probe. The method further includes forming an oligonucleotide solution having a known concentration, and adding the oligonucleotide solution to the top and bottom chambers. Moreover, the method includes placing top and bottom electrodes in the top and bottom chambers respectively, applying an electrophoretic bias between the top and bottom electrodes, applying a selection bias across first and second gating nanoelectrodes, applying a sensing bias through a sensing nanoelectrode in the 3D nanopore device.

Abstract: A nanopore device for characterizing biopolymer molecules includes first and second selecting layers having respective first and second pluralities of independently addressable inhibitory electrodes disposed along respective first and second axes of selection, where the second selecting layer is disposed adjacent the first selecting layer. The device also includes a third electrode layer having a third independently addressable electrode, where the third electrode layer is disposed adjacent the second selecting layer, such that the first and second selecting layers and the third electrode layer form a stack of layers along a Z axis and define a plurality of nanopore pillars. The first and second pluralities of inhibitory electrodes form an array, such that the first and second pluralities of inhibitory electrodes surround each of the plurality of nanopore pillars along the first and second axes of selection respectively.

Abstract: A user verification apparatus may perform user verification using multiple biometric verifiers. The user verification apparatus may set a termination stage of one or more biometric verifiers. Multiple biometric verifiers may be used to generate outputs, for which separate termination stages are set to establish a particular combination of set termination stages associated with the multiple biometric verifiers, and the user verification apparatus may fuse outputs of the biometric verifiers based on the particular combination of set termination stages. The user verification apparatus may verify a user based on a result of the fusing, and an unlocking command signal may be generated based on the verifying. The unlocking command signal may be generated to selectively grant access, to the verified user, to one or more elements of a device. The device may be a vehicle.

Abstract: An image processing method implemented by a processor includes receiving an image, acquiring a target image that includes an object from the image, calculating an evaluation score by evaluating a quality of the target image, and detecting the object from the target image based on the evaluation score.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing and using a nanofluidic NAND transistor sensor array scheme including a plurality of nanopore channel pillars, a plurality of respective fluidic channels, a plurality of gate electrodes, a top chamber, and a bottom chamber includes placing a sensor substrate in an electrolyte solution comprising biomolecules and DNA. The method also includes placing first and second electrodes in the electrolyte solution (Vpp and Vss of the nanofluidic NAND transistor); forming the nanopore channel pillars; placing the gate electrodes and gate insulators in respective walls of the nanopore channel pillars; applying an electrophoretic bias in the first and second electrodes; applying a bias in the gate electrodes; detecting a change in an electrode current in the electrolyte solution caused by a change in a gate voltage; and detecting a change in a surface charge in nanopore channel electrodes in the respective fluidic channels.

Abstract: A 3D nanopore device for characterizing biopolymer molecules includes a first selecting layer having a first axis of selection. The device also includes a second selecting layer disposed adjacent the first selecting layer and having a second axis of selection orthogonal to the first axis of selection. The device further includes an third electrode layer disposed adjacent the second selecting layer, such that the first selecting layer, the second selecting layer, and the third electrode layer form a stack of layers along a Z axis and define a plurality of nanopore pillars.

Abstract: An apparatus for constructing a library for deriving a material composition using empirical result, which enables acceleration of research on the material-properties relationship. By applying the empirical results of the material composition, missing data of the material compositions can be statistically calculated by using supervised non-linear imputation techniques. The completed composition information of the materials is passed as an input of machine learning material-properties relationship prediction.

Abstract: An integrated circuit packaging system and method of manufacture thereof includes: a substrate with internal circuitry between a substrate top side, a substrate bottom side, and vertical sides; an integrated circuit coupled to the internal circuitry; a molded package body formed directly on the integrated circuit and the substrate top side of the substrate; and a conductive conformal shield structure applied directly on the molded package body, the vertical sides, and to extend below the substrate bottom side coupled to the internal circuitry.

Abstract: Provided is a liveness verification method and device. A liveness verification device acquires a first image and a second image, and select one or more liveness models based on respective analyses of the first image and the second image, including analyses based on an object part being detected in the first image and/or the second image, and to verify, using the selected one or more liveness models, a liveness of the object based on the first image and/or the second image. The first image may be a color image and the second image may be an Infrared image.

Abstract: A facial verification method and apparatus is disclosed. The facial verification method includes detecting a face region in an input image, determining whether the detected face region represents a partial face, in response to a determination that the detected face region represents the partial face, generating a synthesized image by combining image information of the detected face region and reference image information, performing a verification operation with respect to the synthesized image and predetermined first registration information, and indicating whether facial verification of the input image is successful based on a result of the performed verification operation.

Abstract: A user verification apparatus may perform user verification using multiple biometric verifiers. The user verification apparatus may set a termination stage of one or more biometric verifiers. Multiple biometric verifiers may be used to generate outputs, for which separate termination stages are set to establish a particular combination of set termination stages associated with the multiple biometric verifiers, and the user verification apparatus may fuse outputs of the biometric verifiers based on the particular combination of set termination stages. The user verification apparatus may verify a user based on a result of the fusing, and an unlocking command signal may be generated based on the verifying. The unlocking command signal may be generated to selectively grant access, to the verified user, to one or more elements of a device. The device may be a vehicle.

Abstract: An image processing method implemented by a processor includes receiving an image, acquiring a target image that includes an object from the image, calculating an evaluation score by evaluating a quality of the target image, and detecting the object from the target image based on the evaluation score.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, includes an image classifier configured to determine whether an input image is a low-quality image or a high-quality image; and an image evaluator configured to determine a first predetermined number of clearest images from a plurality of low-quality images determined by the image classifier.

Abstract: A processor implemented method of processing a facial expression image, the method includes controlling a camera to capture a first facial expression image and a second facial expression image, acquiring a first expression feature of the first facial expression image, acquiring a second expression feature of the second facial expression image, generating a new expression feature dependent on differences between the acquired first expression feature and the acquired second expression feature, and adjusting a target facial expression image based on the new expression feature.

Abstract: A curable polyolefin-additive formulation comprising a polyolefin polymer, a carbon black, a hindered amine light stabilizer that is a triazinyl-functional hindered piperidine, and an antioxidant that is a sulfur-containing hindered bisphenol, and methods of making and using same, and articles containing or made from same. A crosslinked polyolefin-additive product made by curing the curable polyolefin-additive formulation, and methods of making and using same, and articles containing or made from same.