Abstract: A method of controlling an engine and a transmission of a vehicle includes: determining, by a controller, whether the engine is restarted after releasing the vehicle's SSC (Start & Stop coasting) or whether the vehicle is accelerating during NCC (Neutral Coasting control), determining an RPM and gear stage of the transmission if it is determined that the engine is restarted after releasing the vehicle's SSC or the vehicle is accelerating during NCC, determining a mild hybrid starter and generator (MHSG) target RPM and an MHSG target RPM gradient of the vehicle, performing, by the controller, MHSG RPM control of the vehicle to follow the MHSG target RPM and the MHSG target RPM gradient, determining whether the MHSG RPM slips compared to the MHSG target RPM, and performing proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control to follow the MHSG target RPM if the MHSG RPM slips compared to the MHSG target RPM.

Abstract: A jeans manufacturing method is proposed. The jeans manufacturing method includes: preparing a fabric for manufacturing jeans; patterning in which a boundary line of each part constituting the jeans is drawn; cutting the fabric along patterns drawn in the patterning; sewing a plurality of fabrics cut along the patterns in the cutting to form a shape of the jeans; and mounting buttons and a zipper to the jeans formed through the sewing.

Abstract: A method of controlling an engine and a transmission of a hybrid vehicle includes steps of: determining whether the vehicle starts, determining an engine RPM and a gear stage of a transmission if the vehicle has started, determining whether the engine RPM has reached an engine speed control point, determining an engine target RPM and an engine target RPM slope of the vehicle when it is determined that the engine RPM has reached the engine speed control point, controlling the engine RPM of the vehicle to follow the engine target RPM and the engine target RPM slope, determining whether the engine RPM has slipped compared to the target engine RPM, and performing PID control to follow the engine target RPM if the engine RPM slips compared to the engine target RPM.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting a height of a vehicle including a vehicle height adjustment unit configured to adjust a height of the vehicle; a hydraulic pressure supply unit configured to supply a hydraulic pressure supplied to a caliper from a braking device for braking of the vehicle to the vehicle height adjustment unit; and a control unit configured to control a hydraulic pressure supplied to the vehicle height adjustment unit from the braking device, by controlling the hydraulic pressure supply unit depending on whether a predetermined vehicle height adjustment condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A method for calculating running resistance of a vehicle includes: calculating, by a controller, an integrated value obtained by integrating a torque of a driving source of the vehicle before the vehicle reaches a reference speed after the vehicle starts; and calculating, by the controller, the running resistance of the vehicle including rolling resistance based on the integrated value of the torque of the driving source.

Abstract: A method for determining running resistance of a vehicle includes receiving, by a controller, a rotation speed of a driving source of the vehicle and an inclination angle of a road on which the vehicle runs; determining a torque of the driving source according to the rotation speed of the driving source and determining the inclination angle of the road according to the torque of the driving source; determining whether the inclination angle exceeds the inclination angle of the road; determining that there is no object towed by the vehicle, and determining the running resistance of the vehicle based on the inclination angle according to the torque of the driving source, when the inclination angle is less than or equal to the inclination angle of the road; and controlling the driving source or a transmission of the vehicle based on the determined running resistance of the vehicle.

Abstract: An image sensor that provides a uniform sensitivity for pixels having color filters of the same color to increase the image quality is provided. The image sensor includes a substrate, a first grid pattern disposed on the substrate and including a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, a first pixel including a first photoelectric conversion element and a first color filter, and a second pixel including a second photoelectric conversion element and a second color filter. The first color filter contacts the first side wall and the second color filter contacts the second side wall. The first color filter and the second color filter are color filters of same color, and a first thickness of the first color filter is greater than a second thickness of the second color filter.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate including a first surface on which light is incident and a second surface opposite to the first surface, unit pixels in the substrate, each including a photoelectric conversion layer, color filters on the first surface of the substrate, a grid pattern on the first surface of the substrate defining a respective light receiving area of each of the unit pixels, and microlenses on the color filters, each of the microlenses corresponding to a respective one of the unit pixels, wherein the unit pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel sharing a first color filter which is one of the color filters, and a first light receiving area of the first pixel is different from a second light receiving area of the second pixel.

Abstract: An airbag device of a vehicle and a control method thereof. The airbag device of a vehicle includes a detection unit configured to detect collision information of a vehicle and seating state information of an occupant, an airbag unit including a plurality of airbag modules, each of the airbag modules being configured to be inflated from a contracted state as working gas is supplied and to be restored to the contracted state as the working gas is discharged, a valve unit configured to regulate the working gas supplied to the airbag unit, and a control unit configured to determine a hitting position based on the collision information and the seating state information, and to control the valve unit to supply the working gas to a target airbag module installed at the hitting position, thereby inflating the target airbag module.

Abstract: An image sensor in which a shading phenomenon is decreased and the quality is increased is provided. The image sensor includes a light-receiving region including a plurality of unit pixels. The image sensor further includes a first region with unit pixels adjacent to a center of the light-receiving region, and a second region with the unit pixels spaced apart from the center of the light-receiving region. In both regions, a plurality of color filters corresponding to the plurality of unit pixels is disposed on a first face of the substrate, as well as a grid pattern interposed between the plurality of color filters defining boundaries between the unit pixels. A width of the grid pattern in the second region is greater than a width of the grid pattern in the first region, thereby adjusting light receiving areas near the edge of the image sensor to correct for a shading phenomenon.

Abstract: A method for controlling an exhaust gas purification apparatus including a front three-way catalyst (TWC) and a rear TWC that purify the exhaust gas may include determining an oxygen flow rate and a flow rate of a reducing agent introduced into the front TWC, determining the oxygen storage amount of the front TWC based on the oxygen flow rate and the flow rate of the reducing agent flowing into the front TWC, determining a maximum oxygen storage amount of the front TWC, determining a slip oxygen flow rate and a slip reducing agent flow rate of the front TWC, determining an oxygen storage amount of the rear TWC, comparing a rear TWC oxygen storage amount and a target value of the rear TWC oxygen storage amount, and maintaining a catalyst purge of the front TWC when the rear TWC oxygen storage amount is greater than the target value of the rear TWC oxygen storage amount.

Abstract: A method of controlling an engine and a transmission of a vehicle, which is a hybrid vehicle, includes the following steps that are carried out by a controller: determining whether the vehicle is under NCC (Neutral Coasting Control), determining whether an engine RPM reaches an engine RPM control point if it is determined that the NCC is in effect, determining an RPM and a gear stage of a vehicle transmission if it is determined that the engine RPM has reached the engine RPM control point, determining an engine target RPM of the vehicle, determining whether the engine RPM has reached a mild hybrid starter & generator (MHSG) control point, and controlling the MHSG according to a condition if it is determined that the engine RPM has reached the MHSG control point.

Abstract: A method of controlling an engine and a transmission of a hybrid vehicle includes steps of: determining whether the vehicle starts, determining an engine RPM and a gear stage of a transmission if the vehicle has started, determining whether the engine RPM has reached an engine speed control point, determining an engine target RPM and an engine target RPM slope of the vehicle when it is determined that the engine RPM has reached the engine speed control point, controlling the engine RPM of the vehicle to follow the engine target RPM and the engine target RPM slope, determining whether the engine RPM has slipped compared to the target engine RPM, and performing PID control to follow the engine target RPM if the engine RPM slips compared to the engine target RPM.

Abstract: A method for controlling an exhaust gas purification apparatus including a front three-way catalyst (TWC) and a rear TWC that purify the exhaust gas may include determining an oxygen flow rate and a flow rate of a reducing agent introduced into the front TWC, determining the oxygen storage amount of the front TWC based on the oxygen flow rate and the flow rate of the reducing agent flowing into the front TWC, determining a maximum oxygen storage amount of the front TWC, determining a slip oxygen flow rate and a slip reducing agent flow rate of the front TWC, determining an oxygen storage amount of the rear TWC, comparing a rear TWC oxygen storage amount and a target value of the rear TWC oxygen storage amount, and maintaining a catalyst purge of the front TWC when the rear TWC oxygen storage amount is greater than the target value of the rear TWC oxygen storage amount.

Abstract: In some example embodiments, a back side illumination (BSI) image sensor may include a pixel configured to generate electrical signals in response to light incident on a back side of a substrate. In some example embodiments, the pixel includes, a photodiode, a device isolation film adjacent to the photodiode, a dark current suppression layer above the photodiode, a light shield grid above the photodiode and including an opening area of 1 to 15% of an area of the pixel, a light shielding filter layer above the light shield grid, a planarization layer above the light shielding filter layer, a lens above the planarization layer, and/or an anti-reflective film between the photodiode and the lens.

Abstract: A method of controlling an engine and a transmission of a vehicle includes: determining, by a controller, whether the engine is restarted after releasing the vehicle's SSC (Start & Stop coasting) or whether the vehicle is accelerating during NCC (Neutral Coasting control), determining an RPM and gear stage of the transmission if it is determined that the engine is restarted after releasing the vehicle's SSC or the vehicle is accelerating during NCC, determining a mild hybrid starter and generator (MHSG) target RPM and an MHSG target RPM gradient of the vehicle, performing, by the controller, MHSG RPM control of the vehicle to follow the MHSG target RPM and the MHSG target RPM gradient, determining whether the MHSG RPM slips compared to the MHSG target RPM, and performing proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control to follow the MHSG target RPM if the MHSG RPM slips compared to the MHSG target RPM.

Abstract: In some example embodiments, a back side illumination (BSI) image sensor may include a pixel configured to generate electrical signals in response to light incident on a back side of a substrate. In some example embodiments, the pixel includes, a photodiode, a device isolation film adjacent to the photodiode, a dark current suppression layer above the photodiode, a light shield grid above the photodiode and including an opening area of 1 to 15% of an area of the pixel, a light shielding filter layer above the light shield grid, a planarization layer above the light shielding filter layer, a lens above the planarization layer, and/or an anti-reflective film between the photodiode and the lens.

Abstract: In some example embodiments, a back side illumination (BSI) image sensor may include a pixel configured to generate electrical signals in response to light incident on a back side of a substrate. In some example embodiments, the pixel includes, a photodiode, a device isolation film adjacent to the photodiode, a dark current suppression layer above the photodiode, a light shield grid above the photodiode and including an opening area of 1 to 15% of an area of the pixel, a light shielding filter layer above the light shield grid, a planarization layer above the light shielding filter layer, a lens above the planarization layer, and/or an anti-reflective film between the photodiode and the lens.

Abstract: A powertrain control method for a vehicle may include: setting, by a controller, a Noise Vibration Harshness (NVH) characteristic map based on an engine operating point to be used for a control of a powertrain based on a gradient of a road on which the vehicle is running; determining, by the controller, whether the vehicle is shifting; and selecting and performing, by the controller, at least one of a release of a lock-up state of a damper clutch or an additional rise of an engine torque based on whether a current engine operating point belongs to any level among a plurality of NVH levels classified in the NVH characteristic map when the vehicle is not shifting.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for extracting synchronization by acquiring a boundary between uplink and downlink signals in 5G networks. In an embodiment, the synchronization extracting apparatus may include a reference detector and a synchronization extractor. The reference detector detects a start position of a radio frame from a signal broadcasted by a base station. The synchronization extractor collects resource allocation information and extracts synchronization by acquiring a boundary between an uplink (UL) signal and a downlink (DL) signal from the resource allocation information, based on the start position of the radio frame. The resource allocation information indicates information about arrangement of the UL signal and the DL signal in the radio frame. Other embodiments are possible.