Abstract: An actuator for generating vibration, including a middle supporter to form a first space; a shaft provided in the middle supporter and exposed in the first space; a circuit board having a driving coil and a hollow formed through the middle supporter; a housing having an inner space formed to accommodate the middle supporter and the circuit board so that the circuit board is fixed thereto; a first yoke plate having a first magnet installed to face an upper surface of the driving coil and fixedly coupled to an upper portion of the middle supporter; a second yoke plate having a second magnet installed to face a lower surface of the driving coil and fixedly coupled to a lower portion of the middle supporter; and a weight installed to at least one of the first and second yoke plates.

Abstract: Provided are an aerosol generating apparatus including a cigarette insertion portion into which a cigarette is insertable; and a vaporizer configured to heat a liquid composition to generate aerosol and discharge the generated aerosol toward the inserted cigarette such that the generated aerosol passes through the cigarette inserted into the cigarette insertion portion, and a cradle for receiving the aerosol generating apparatus.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual lens drive device that comprises: a housing; a first bobbin which is disposed to move in a first direction inside the housing; a second bobbin which is disposed to move in the first direction inside housing and is spaced apart from the first bobbin; a first coil which is disposed on the first bobbin; a second coil which is disposed on the second bobbin; a magnet which is disposed in the housing and faces the first coil and the second coil; a base which is disposed below the housing; a substrate which comprises a circuit member having a third coil disposed to face the magnet between the housing and the base; and a support member which movably supports the housing with respect to the substrate, wherein the housing is integrally formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for stabilizing ceramide and to a cosmetic composition containing stabilized ceramide and, more specifically, to a method for homogenizing and stabilizing ceramide by self-assembling the ceramide together with ?-sitosterol, resveratrol, and allantoin which are other physiologically active substances using a microfluidic chip and a high pressure homogenizer, and to a technique for using ceramide and nanoparticles containing ?-sitosterol, resveratrol, and allantoin, which are produced by means of the stabilizing method, as a cosmetic material for skin moisturizing, anti-oxidation, skin inflammation relief, skin barrier enhancement, and skin itching relief.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises decoding first information indicating whether a maximum of N intra prediction modes are used or a maximum of M intra prediction modes are used for an intra prediction for a current block, in which the M is smaller than the N, deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block, inverse-mapping the derived intra prediction mode on a corresponding intra prediction mode among the maximum N intra prediction modes when the decoded first information indicates that the maximum M intra prediction modes are used for the intra prediction for the current block, and generating an intra prediction block by performing an intra prediction for the current block, based on the inverse-mapped intra prediction mode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region, and a second region, a first gate structure and a second gate structure on the substrate of the first region, a third gate structure and a fourth gate structure on the substrate of the second region, a first interlayer insulating film on the substrate of the first region and including a first lower interlayer insulating film and a first upper interlayer insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film on the substrate of the second region and including a second lower interlayer insulating film and a second upper interlayer insulating film, a first contact between the first gate structure and the second gate structure and within the first interlayer insulating film, and a second contact formed between the third gate structure and the fourth gate structure and within the second interlayer insulating film.

Abstract: A map generation method including receiving a map editing request for a specific floor among a plurality of floors of a building, providing an editing interface on a display unit of an electronic device in response to the map editing request, the editing interface including at least a part of a specific map corresponding to the specific floor, specifying at least one node group allocatable on the specific map based on first node rules, the first node rules corresponding to spatial characteristics of the specific floor, and performing a node placement process such that first nodes included among the at least one node group are placed on the specific map.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image information decoding method. The decoding method includes receiving a bit stream including a Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit that includes information related to encoded image, and parsing a NAL unit header of the NAL unit. The NAL unit header may not include 1 bit flag information that represents whether a picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture in the entire bit stream during encoding.

Abstract: An adhesion enhancing composition that is capable of providing a positive electrode with excellent scratch resistance and adhesiveness and low interfacial resistance is provided. The adhesion enhancing composition includes a fluorine-based polymer binder, a first water-soluble binder, a second water-soluble binder, and a conductive material. The adhesion enhancing composition includes the fluorine-based polymer binder, the first water-soluble binder, and the second water-soluble binder in specific amounts. A collector including the adhesion enhancing composition is also provided. Moreover, a positive electrode including the collector, a method for manufacturing the positive electrode, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a collector including an adhesion enhancing layer capable of providing a positive electrode having excellent adhesion and low interfacial resistance, a positive electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode. The collector includes a conductive metal layer, and an adhesion enhancing layer provided on at least one surface of the conductive metal layer, wherein the adhesion enhancing layer has a surface roughness (Ra) of 90 nm to 600 nm and a diiodomethane contact angle of 70° to 120°.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for interlayer prediction, and the method for interlayer prediction, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: deciding whether to apply an interlayer prediction to an enhancement layer; and performing a prediction on a current block of the enhancement layer based on reference information that is generalized and generated from a reference picture, which is decoded, of a reference layer, when the interlayer prediction is applied, wherein the reference layer information can be encoding information of a reference block, which corresponds to a current block of the enhancement layer, from the reference layer, and residual information.

Abstract: A pixel may include: a first transistor including a second electrode, a first electrode electrically connected to a first power line, and a gate electrode connected to a first node; a second transistor including a second electrode, a first electrode electrically connected to a data line, and a gate electrode electrically connected to a first scan line; a third transistor connected between the first node and the data line, and including a gate electrode electrically connected to a second scan line; a first capacitor including a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the second transistor, and a second electrode connected to the first node; a second capacitor connected between the first power line and the first node; and a light emitting element between a second power line and the first transistor, and including a second electrode electrically connected to the second power line.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image encoding method performed by an image encoding apparatus may comprise determining an intra-prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of intra prediction by using at least one of a neighbor pixel of the current block in a current picture and a pixel of a reference picture, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises deriving an intra-prediction mode for a current block, determining whether or not a left boundary or an upper boundary of the current block is a boundary of a predetermined image region, configuring a reference sample by using at least one reconstructed sample included in at least one reconstructed sample line adjacent to the current block based on the determination result, and performing intra-prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises deriving an intra prediction mode for a current block, selecting at least one reconstructed sample line neighboring to the current block, constructing a reference sample using at least one reconstructed sample included in the at least one reconstructed sample line, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference sample.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video encoding and decoding method. A video decoding method for the same may include: obtaining granularity information; determining a sharing region based on the granularity information; and generating a prediction block of a current block by using motion information of the sharing region when the current block corresponds to the sharing region.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a plasma chamber; a radio frequency (RF) power supply configured to generate plasma in the plasma chamber; an electromagnet configure to apply a magnetic field to the plasma; and a pulse current generator configured to provide a pulse current to the electromagnet, wherein each period of the pulse current includes a first section and a second section subsequent to the first section, and the pulse current generator is further configured to: provide, at the first section, the pulse current to the electromagnet in a first direction to generate the magnetic field, and provide, at the second section, the pulse current to the electromagnet in a second direction opposite to the first direction to reduce intensity of the magnetic field generated at the first section.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a capacitance forming portion in which dielectric layers and internal electrodes are alternately disposed in a first direction, and cover portions disposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the capacitance forming portion, respectively, in the first direction; and external electrodes disposed on the body, wherein the cover portion includes a plurality of dielectric grains and a plurality of pores, and Gn/Pn is more than 10 and less than 30, in which Gn is the number of dielectric grains included in the cover portion and Pn is the number of pores included in the cover portion.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a secondary battery includes a matrix containing silicon oxide, a composite oxide of one or more doping elements selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, and a post-transition metal, and silicon, or a mixture thereof; and silicon nanoparticles dispersed and embedded in the matrix; wherein a hardness and a Young's modulus measured by a nanoindentation test are 4.0 GPa or more and 40 GPa or more, respectively, and in an X-ray diffraction pattern using a CuK? ray, a ratio (A1/A2) of an area (A1) of a first peak present in a region where a diffraction angle 2? is 10° to 27.4° to an area (A2) of a second peak present in a region where the diffraction angle 2? is 28±0.5° is 0.8 to 6.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for constructing an intrusion detection system applied to CAN communication. The method for constructing an intrusion detection system applied to CAN communication may include extracting standard information by parsing an input file associated with CAN communication, setting a policy rule by applying at least one of a static ruleset and a custom ruleset using the extracted standard information, and creating a policy file to be applied to the intrusion detection system by packing the standard information and the policy rule.