Abstract: The present invention relates to a naphthalimide sulfonate derivative, and a photoacid generator and a photoresist composition each comprising same and, more specifically, to a naphthalimide sulfonate derivative compound, and a photoacid generator and a photoresist composition each comprising same, wherein the compound has excellent absorbance for light of i-line (365 nm) wavelength, is greatly easy to prepare into a polymerizable composition due to very high solubility in an organic solvent, has good thermal stability, and shows a favorable acid generation rate.

Abstract: An electronic device structure having a shielding structure includes a substrate with an electronic component electrically connected to the substrate. The shielding structure includes conductive spaced-apart pillar structures that have proximate ends connected to the substrate and distal ends spaced apart from the substrate, and that are laterally spaced apart from the first electronic component. In one embodiment, the conductive pillar structures are conductive wires attached at one end to the substrate with an opposing end extending away from the substrate so that the conductive wires are provided generally perpendicular to the substrate. A package body encapsulates the electronic component and the conductive spaced-apart pillar structures. In one embodiment, the shielding structure further includes a shielding layer disposed adjacent to the package body, which is electrically connected to the conductive spaced-apart pillar structures.

Abstract: Provided are a computer system for producing audio content for realizing a user-customized being-there and a method thereof. The computer system may be configured to generate audio files based on respective audio signals that are respectively generated from a plurality of objects at a venue, set spatial features at the venue for the objects, respectively, using a production tool, and generate metadata for the audio files based on the spatial features. An electronic device may realize a being-there at the venue by rendering the audio files based on the spatial features in the metadata. That is, a user of the electronic device may feel a user-customized being-there as if the user directly listens to audio signals generated from corresponding objects at a venue in which the objects are provided.

Abstract: A server according to an embodiment includes a processor configured to receive a friend add request for a target account from a user terminal accessed with a user account; based on one of the user account and the target account being a protected account, transmit an approval request for the friend add request to a protector account connected to the protected account; and based on receiving a reply to the approval request from the protector terminal, add the target account to a friend list of the user account.

Abstract: An example image forming apparatus includes a frame, a first shaft supported by the frame, and a first coupler. The first coupler includes a body coupled to one end of the first shaft and a first protrusion protruding from the body in an axial direction of the first shaft, the first protrusion having a first surface and a second protrusion protruding from the first surface. The second protrusion is to lock with a groove to mount a cartridge on the frame, the first shaft is to provide a rotational force in a first rotational direction to rotate the second protrusion of the first coupler and to insert the second protrusion into the groove to lock with the cartridge, and the first surface of the first protrusion of the first coupler is to contact a second surface to transmit the rotational force to the second coupler in the first rotational direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing polycrystalline silicon ingot using a crucible in which an oxygen exhaust passage is formed by single crystal or polycrystalline rods, the method including the steps of: manufacturing the single crystal or polycrystalline silicon rods each having the shape of a quadrilateral pillar; putting the single crystal or polycrystalline quadrilateral pillar-shaped silicon rods into the crucible in such a manner as to be arranged close to one another along the inner peripheral surface of the crucible to thus form a space portion inside the single crystal or polycrystalline silicon rods, into which silicon chunks are put, and the oxygen exhaust passages between the inner peripheral surface of the crucible and the respective surfaces of the single crystal or polycrystalline silicon rods oriented toward the inner peripheral surface of the crucible; putting the silicon chunks into the space portion of the crucible; and melting and crystallizing the silicon chunks.

Abstract: A fire evacuation room includes a main body having an entrance and an evacuation space, a door installed in the entrance, an air intake pipe connected to a rear portion of a ceiling of the main body to induce air entering the evacuation space, an air discharge pipe connected to a front portion of the ceiling to induce air exiting the evacuation space, an air discharge fan installed on an inner rear wall of the main body while facing the entrance and turned ON/OFF in conjunction with an opening/closing of the door, a lamp installed on the ceiling, a control box installed inside the main body, a sub-air intake pipe branching from one side of the air intake pipe, and an oxygen generator connected to the sub-air intake pipe and configured to receive the air and generate oxygen, the oxygen being supplied into the main body.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for encoding/decoding an immersive image, and the method for encoding an immersive image may include extracting an invalid region from an already encoded atlas and encoding a current atlas by referring to the invalid region.

Abstract: An image encoding method according to the present disclosure may include classifying a plurality of view images into a basic image and an additional image; performing pruning for at least one of the plurality of view images based on a result of the classification; generating an atlas based on a result of performing the pruning; and encoding the atlas and metadata for the atlas. In this case, the metadata may include spherical harmonic function information on a point in a three-dimensional space.

Abstract: A method of operating an apparatus for predicting and redistributing a personal mobility vehicle (PM vehicle) demand for shared PM vehicles includes generating demand information for the PM vehicles for a plurality of areas according to time, generating current distribution information for the PM vehicles positioned in the plurality of areas, generating target distribution information based on the demand information and the current distribution information, and redistributing the PM vehicles according to the target distribution information.

Abstract: An immersive image encoding method according to the present disclosure includes classifying a plurality of view images into a basic image and an additional image; performing pruning for at least one of the plurality of view images based on the classification result; generating a depth atlas based on a result of performing the pruning; and correcting an occupancy state of pixels in the depth atlas.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel yeast mutant strain for producing a ceramide precursor, and a method for preparing the same, and more specifically, to a Pichia ciferrii mutant strain genetically engineered to overexpress sphingolipid metabolites prepared through the reconstruction of metabolic pathways for ceramide production in Pichia ciferrii, or a method for preparing the mutant strain.

Abstract: The residual signal encoding and decoding method and apparatus based on a periodicity on phase signal are disclosed. One embodiment on a method for decoding an image, the method comprising: generating a prediction signal for a current signal, decoding an encoded residual signal from a bitstream, generating an initial reconstructed signal based on the prediction signal and the residual signal, and generating a transformed reconstructed signal by transforming a value of the initial reconstructed signal to have a size value of a preset range, wherein the generating of the transformed reconstructed signal generates the transformed reconstructed signal from the value of the initial reconstructed signal by using a clipping function with a minimum value of the preset range and a maximum value of the preset range as input values, and wherein the preset range is a period range of a signal.

Abstract: A method of processing an immersive video includes classifying each of a plurality of objects included in a view image as one of a first object group and a second object group, acquiring a patch for each of the plurality of objects, and packing patches to generate at least one atlas. In this instance, patches derived from objects belonging to the first object group may be packed in a different region or a different atlas from a region or an atlas of patches derived from objects belonging to the second object group.

Abstract: A method of processing an immersive video according to the present disclosure includes performing pruning for an input image, generating an atlas based on patches generated by the pruning and generating a cropped atlas by removing a background region of the atlas.

Abstract: Provided is a compound of Formula 1: where X is O or S; Ar1 is an aryl having 6 to 20 carbon atoms substituted with at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of cyano, pyridinyl, benzimidazolyl and diphenylphosphine oxide, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl having 3 to 20 carbon atoms containing at least one N; and Ar2 is a functional group of Formula 2 below, with the proviso that Ar1 and Ar2 are different from each other, where Ar3 is an aryl having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and m is an integer of 0 to 2, and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.

Abstract: A display device including: a substrate including a main area and a sub-area at a side of the main area; a thin-film transistor on the substrate and positioned in the main area; a first insulating layer on a gate electrode of the thin-film transistor; a light-emitting element on the first insulating layer, positioned in the main area, and electrically connected to the thin-film transistor; a plurality of pads on the first insulating layer and positioned in the sub-area; and a light-blocking layer overlapping the plurality of pads and located between the substrate and the first insulating layer.

Abstract: A method of generating a hologram includes receiving an input image representing a 3D object, defining a first phase value for a first pixel data such that spatio-temporally identical pixels with respect to the input image have the same phase, defining a second phase value for a second pixel data such that spatio-temporally identical pixels with respect to the input image have the same phase, and generating a multi-view hologram using the first phase value and the second phase value.

Abstract: A method of encoding an immersive video according to the present disclosure includes determining whether an input image is a first type, converting the input image into the first type when the input image is a second type different from the first type, encoding a converted image, and generating metadata for the encoded image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light emitting device comprising a light emitting layer and an electron transport layer which satisfy the following mathematical expressions, EHOMO-ET>EHOMO-BH and ELUMO-ET>ELUMO-GH, and having improved driving voltage, efficiency, and lifetime.