Abstract: An operating method of a memory controller may include receiving a state analysis request of a memory from a host, determining a fragment state of the memory, determining a lifespan situation of the memory, generating an analysis result indicating whether a garbage collection is restricted, on the basis of the fragment state and the lifespan situation, and providing the analysis results to the host.

Abstract: A washing machine comprises a first housing having a first laundry loading port, a first tub disposed in the first housing, a second housing having a second laundry loading port formed at a top portion and disposed on the first housing, a second tub disposed in the second housing, a water supply device connected to an external water source to supply wash water to the first tub and the second tub and installed at the second housing. The water supply device comprises a water supply connector having a plurality of chambers, a first water supply hose connecting the water supply connector with the first tub, a second water supply hose connecting the water supply connector with the second tub, and a backflow prevention structure formed in one of the plurality of the chambers to operate by a pressure of wash water supplied to the plurality of chambers.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a cavity into which a cigarette is inserted, a light source that emits light to the cigarette inserted in the cavity, a reuse detection sensor that receives light reflected from the cigarette, a heater that heats the cigarette inserted into the cavity, and a controller, and the controller determines whether or not to operate the heater based on a rate of increase or decrease of a sensing value received from the reuse detection sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a deep learning network. According to an embodiment, the method for decoding a deep learning network may include decoding network header information regarding the deep learning network; decoding layer header information regarding a plurality of layers in the deep learning network; decoding layer data information regarding specific information of the plurality of layers; and obtaining the deep learning network and a plurality of layers in the deep learning network, and the layer header information includes layer distinction information associated with distinguishing the plurality of layers.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a deep neural network. According to the present disclosure, the method for decoding a deep neural network may include: in a plurality of layers of the deep neural network, entropy decoding quantization information for a current layer; performing dequantization on the current layer; and obtaining a plurality of layers of the deep neural network. At least one of global quantization and local quantization is performed on the current layer.

Abstract: An image generating device includes a support unit configured to support an object, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the object disposed on the support unit with light, a light receiving unit configured to receive light returning from the object disposed on the support unit, and a control unit configured to generate a light irradiation signal for controlling the irradiation unit and a light-receiving region driving signal for controlling the light receiving unit, wherein the irradiation unit includes a first irradiation unit for irradiating a first region of the object with light and a second irradiation unit for irradiating a second region of the object with light, the light receiving unit includes a first light-receiving region and a second light-receiving region, the first light-receiving region and the second light-receiving region each include a plurality of pixels and are disposed at different positions on the light receiving unit.

Abstract: Provided herein are a liquid cartridge with an improved liquid supply ability and an aerosol generation device including the same. The liquid cartridge according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a storage portion which is configured to store an aerosol-generating substrate in a liquid state and includes an air hole through which air enters, a wick which is configured to absorb the stored aerosol-generating substrate, and a vaporizing portion which is configured to vaporize the aerosol-generating substrate absorbed through the wick to generate an aerosol. In the liquid cartridge, an inflow of air into the storage portion is facilitated through the air hole so that an internal pressure of the storage portion is prevented from dropping due to a decrease in the amount of the liquid, and positions where bubbles are generated are dispersed so that formation of bubble layers in the vicinity of the wick is also prevented.

Abstract: A clothes care apparatus includes a body including a clothes care compartment and a machine room arranged under the clothes care compartment, a steam generation device configured to generate steam, a steam injector including a steam injection port configured to receive the steam from the steam generation device and inject the steam into an inside of the clothes care compartment, and a condensed water outlet configured to discharge condensed water from the steam into the inside of the clothes care compartment, and a drain hole provided in the clothes care compartment below the condensed water outlet to connect the clothes care compartment to the machine room so as to allow the condensed water discharged from the condensed water outlet to flow into the machine room.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes care apparatus including a holder unit improved to support a rack. The clothes care apparatus a main body including a care compartment for accommodating clothes, a rack detachably disposed inside the care compartment, and a holder unit configured to support the rack and including a housing coupled to the care compartment and a holder rotatably provided to be received in the housing or protrude from the housing.

Abstract: An image generating device includes a support unit configured to support an object, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the object disposed on the support unit with light, a light receiving unit configured to receive light returning from the object disposed on the support unit, and a control unit configured to generate a light irradiation signal for controlling the irradiation unit and a light-receiving region driving signal for controlling the light receiving unit, wherein the irradiation unit includes a first irradiation unit for irradiating a first region of the object with light and a second irradiation unit for irradiating a second region of the object with light, the light receiving unit includes a first light-receiving region and a second light-receiving region, the first light-receiving region and the second light-receiving region each include a plurality of pixels and are disposed at different positions on the light receiving unit.

Abstract: An operating method of a memory controller may include receiving a state analysis request of a memory from a host, determining a fragment state of the memory, determining a lifespan situation of the memory, generating an analysis result indicating whether a garbage collection is restricted, on the basis of the fragment state and the lifespan situation, and providing the analysis results to the host.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device. The aerosol generating device includes: an accommodation part into which a cigarette is capable of being inserted; and a heating element passing through a hole formed in a bottom surface of the accommodation part, protruding into the accommodation part and capable of heating the cigarette inserted into the accommodation part, wherein, on the bottom-surface, the ratio of a cross-sectional area of the hole with respect to a cross-sectional area of the heating element is greater than or equal to 1.8.

Abstract: As an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is disclosed an aerosol generating device including: a heater configured to generate an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating substrate; a storage unit configured to store information regarding a first time period and a second time period for controlling a temperature of the heater; and a controller configured to control power supplied to the heater, wherein the controller, when the first time period time elapses after the temperature of the heater reaches the first target temperature, changes the temperature of the heater to a second target temperature for the second time period, and the sum of the first time period and the second time period is a time period in a preset change.

Abstract: A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device that includes a plurality of memory blocks, and a controller that uses some memory blocks of the plurality of memory blocks as a buffer area. Memory blocks storing invalid data from among the some memory blocks are invalid memory blocks, and the controller identifies memory blocks, of which an elapsed time after erase is greater than a reuse time, from among the invalid memory blocks as an available buffer size, and provides the available buffer size to an external host device.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device comprising: a heater for heating a first material a solid phase and a second material in a liquid phase; and a controller for controlling power supplied to the heater, wherein as the heater is powered, a first aerosol generated from the first material and a second aerosol generated from the second material are released.

Abstract: A disclosed embodiment provides a clothes care device which can improve service life, is not influenced by humidity, and can resolve odor problems. A clothes care device, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises: an air blower; a flow path through which air, which is made to flow by the air blower, moves; and a deodorizing module for purifying the air which is made to flow by the air blower. The deodorizing module comprises: a ceramic filter provided inside the flow path; and an ultraviolet light emitting unit provided on the outside of the flow path so as to face the ceramic filter.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device measures a current temperature of a heater before power is supplied to the heater that heats an aerosol generating material, and sets a preheating completion parameter, based on the measured current temperature of the heater, and a value of an amount of heat required to be supplied to the aerosol generating material to generate an adequate amount of aerosol. The aerosol generating device controls power supplied to the heater, based on the preheating completion parameter, such that a value of an amount of heat supplied to the aerosol generating material by the heater reaches the value of the amount of heat required to be supplied to the aerosol generating material.

Abstract: A heater assembly includes a heating layer having at least a portion including a susceptor material generating heat by an external magnetic field and having a cylindrical shape therein in which an accommodation space configured to accommodate the cigarette is formed, an insulating layer surrounding at least a portion of an outer side surface of the heating layer, and a sensor pattern embedded in the insulating layer and configured to measure a temperature.

Abstract: A washing machine comprises a first housing having a first laundry loading port, a first tub disposed in the first housing, a second housing having a second laundry loading port formed at a top portion and disposed on the first housing, a second tub disposed in the second housing, a water supply device connected to an external water source to supply wash water to the first tub and the second tub and installed at the second housing. The water supply device comprises a water supply connector having a plurality of chambers, a first water supply hose connecting the water supply connector with the first tub, a second water supply hose connecting the water supply connector with the second tub, and a backflow prevention structure formed in one of the plurality of the chambers to operate by a pressure of wash water supplied to the plurality of chambers.