Abstract: A method for generating a key stream according to an embodiment includes generating r round keys that are each N-dimensional integer vectors including elements of an integer set defined based on a prime number t, based on a random bit string, an encryption counter, and a secret key that is an N-dimensional integer vector consisting of elements of the integer set , generating a first round output vector x1 by performing a modular addition operation on an initial vector and a first round key RK1 of the r round keys with the prime number t as a modulus, and generating a key stream that is an N-dimensional integer vector consisting of elements of the integer set from the first round output vector x1 by using a second to r-th round keys of the r round keys, and one or more first round functions and a second round function.

Abstract: A storage device may get a timestamp when a timestamp getting condition is satisfied, may determine a retention time of a target super memory block according to time information calibrated on the basis of the timestamp, and may determine whether to select the target super memory block as a victim memory block for a target operation, on the basis of the determined retention time.

Abstract: Provided are apparatuses, a non-transitory computer-readable medium or media, and methods for supporting predicting of vascular disease using a fundus image of a subject. In certain aspects, disclosed a method including the steps of: extracting a feature information from a first fundus image of the subject based on a machine learning model; generating a second fundus image having a feature which is corresponding to the feature information by mapping a saliency factor to the first fundus image; and displaying the first fundus image and the second fundus image on a display device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating transplantation rejection or a transplantation rejection disease, comprising a novel compound and a calcineurin inhibitor. A co-administration of the present invention 1) reduces the activity of pathogenic Th1 cells or Th17 cells, 2) increases the activity of Treg cells, 3) has an inhibitory effect against side effects, such as tissue damage, occurring in the sole administration thereof, 4) inhibits various pathogenic pathways, 5) inhibits the cell death of inflammatory cells, and 6) increases the activity of mitochondria, in an in vivo or in vitro allogenic model, a transplantation rejection disease model, a skin transplantation model, and a liver-transplanted patient, and thus inhibits transplantation rejection along with mitigating side effects possibly occurring in the administration of a conventional immunosuppressant alone.

Abstract: A memory system and an operating method thereof are disclosed. An operating method of a memory system including a nonvolatile memory device and a controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory device includes the controller updating original data of firmware stored in the nonvolatile memory device, the controller transmitting a notification signal, which notifies a host device of completion of the updating of the original data, to the host device when the updating of the original data is completed, and the controller updating backup data of the firmware stored in the nonvolatile memory device after the notification signal is transmitted.

Abstract: A display device includes a display area and a non-display area disposed around the display area and including a pad area. The display device includes a resistance checker disposed in the non-display area, resistance test pads disposed in the pad area, resistance test lines connecting the resistance checker with the resistance test pad, and crack test lines disposed on the outer side of the resistance checker. The resistance test lines intersect the crack test lines in a plan view.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for pre-detecting a defective porous polymer substrate for a separator, including selecting a porous polymer substrate having a plurality of pores; observing the selected porous polymer substrate with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to obtain an image of the porous polymer substrate; quantifying the average value of pore distribution index (PDI); correcting the quantified average value of pore distribution index to obtain the corrected average value of pore distribution index; determining whether or not the corrected average value of pore distribution index is 60 a.u. (arbitrary unit) or less; and classifying the porous polymer substrate as a good product, when the corrected average value of pore distribution index is determined to be 60 a.u. or less, and classifying the porous polymer substrate as a defective product, when the corrected average value of pore distribution index is determined to be larger than 60 a.u.

Abstract: A method, performed by a coloring apparatus, of coloring a sketch image includes adding a color pointer on the sketch image, according to an input of a user; determining an object related to a point where the color pointer is located, from among objects configuring the sketch image; and generating a colored image by coloring the determined object, based on a color of the color pointer.

Abstract: A remote consulting service apparatus may include: a first image collection unit configured to capture a first image displayed on a screen of a customer terminal; a first display unit on which the first image collected from the first image collection unit is displayed; and a control unit configured to perform control such that information input from a consultant is displayed on the first image displayed on the first display unit. The remote consulting service apparatus may further include a second image collection unit configured to capture a face image of the customer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for encoding/decoding a multi-scale feature group. A multi-scale feature group encoding method according to the present disclosure includes transforming a multi-scale feature group into a multi-channel feature; adjusting the number of channels of the multi-channel feature; acquiring a plane image based on a feature that the number of channels is adjusted; and encoding the plane image.

Abstract: An encoding apparatus extracts features of an image by applying multiple padding operations and multiple downscaling operations to an image represented by data and transmits feature information indicating the features to a decoding apparatus. The multiple padding operations and the multiple downscaling operations are applied to the image in an order in which one padding operation is applied and thereafter one downscaling operation corresponding to the padding operation is applied. A decoding method receives feature information from an encoding apparatus, and generates a reconstructed image by applying multiple upscaling operations and multiple trimming operations to an image represented by the feature information. The multiple upscaling operations and the multiple trimming operations are applied to the image in an order in which one upscaling operation is applied and thereafter one trimming operation corresponding to the upscaling operation is applied.

Abstract: A data storage device may include a storage and a controller. The storage a storage including a first region of a first physical address range and a second region of a second physical address range. The controller may generate map data including a plurality of map segments, a first segment entry and a second segment entry, and store, in the second region, the map data except for a first map segment. Each of the map segments includes a set of physical addresses corresponding to a plurality of sequential logical addresses. The first segment entry includes a first segment physical address associated with the first map segment and belonging to the first physical address range, and the second segment entry includes a second segment physical address associated with a second map segment and belonging to the second physical address range.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting a display panel includes a light source, a half mirror reflecting a first beam which is a portion of a source beam irradiated from the light source and transmitting a second beam which is another portion of the source beam toward a display panel, a reflective mirror reflecting the second beam transmitting the half mirror and the display panel to return to the half mirror, a panel supporter supporting the display panel between the half mirror and the reflective mirror, a wave plate disposed between the half mirror and the reflective mirror and transmitting the second beam, a rotator rotating the wave plate at a predetermined angle and an imaging detector photographing an interference fringe by the first beam and the second beam.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for encoding/decoding a multi-resolution feature map. In an aspect, there is provided an encoding method, including extracting feature maps from an input image, performing packing on the extracted feature maps, and performing encoding on the packed feature maps, wherein the feature maps include multiple feature maps having different resolutions. In another aspect, there is provided a decoding method, including generating packed feature maps by decoding an input bitstream, and generating a multi-resolution feature map by performing unpacking on the packed feature maps, wherein the multi-resolution feature map includes multiple feature maps having different resolutions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for encoding/decoding a feature map for machine vision. In an embodiment, an encoding method includes generating a multi-channel feature map by aligning multiple feature maps, generating a converted feature map by performing conversion on the multi-channel feature map and performing encoding on the converted feature map.

Abstract: An encoding apparatus extracts features of an image by applying multiple padding operations and multiple downscaling operations to an image represented by data and transmits feature information indicating the features to a decoding apparatus. The multiple padding operations and the multiple downscaling operations are applied to the image in an order in which one padding operation is applied and thereafter one downscaling operation corresponding to the padding operation is applied. A decoding method receives feature information from an encoding apparatus, and generates a reconstructed image by applying multiple upscaling operations and multiple trimming operations to an image represented by the feature information. The multiple upscaling operations and the multiple trimming operations are applied to the image in an order in which one upscaling operation is applied and thereafter one trimming operation corresponding to the upscaling operation is applied.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for compressing learning parameters for training of a deep-learning model and transmitting the compressed parameters in a distributed processing environment. Multiple electronic devices in the distributed processing system perform training of a neural network. By performing training, parameters are updated. The electronic device may share the updated parameter thereof with additional electronic devices. In order to efficiently share the parameter, the residual of the parameter is provided to the additional electronic devices. When the residual of the parameter is provided, the additional electronic devices update the parameter using the residual of the parameter.

Abstract: An information display apparatus may include a processor configured to display a display object in augmented reality; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor, wherein the processor determines a position of the display object by use of at least one of a total number of lanes or a number of lanes in a road in a driving direction of a host vehicle, possible traveling direction information for each lane, and driving direction information related to the host vehicle, and the information display apparatus is disposed within a vehicle or outside the vehicle, and when disposed outside the vehicle, is configured to transmit display information related to the display object to the vehicle or a mobile device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an encoding method. The encoding method includes extracting a feature map from an input image, determining an encoding feature map based on the extracted feature map, generating a converted feature map by performing conversion on the encoding feature map, and performing encoding on the converted feature map.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating body temperature, may include: a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor configured to measure a PPG signal by emitting light onto an object and by detecting light scattered or reflected from the object; and a processor configured to estimate a cutaneous blood flow and an energy metabolism of the object based on the PPG signal, estimate a core body temperature of the object based on the cutaneous blood flow and the energy metabolism, and provide notification information on a risk of abnormal body temperature based on the core body temperature.