Abstract: A method and device for encoding/decoding an audio signal based on dequantization through potential diffusion are provided. The method of decoding an audio signal includes obtaining a discrete latent vector in which a speech signal is quantized and based on the discrete latent vector, outputting a continuous latent vector in which the discrete latent vector is dequantized.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a neural network-based personalized speech are provided. The method includes outputting a first bit stream in which an input speech signal is encrypted, based on the input speech signal, and outputting a second bit stream in which speaker information of the input speech signal is encrypted, based on the input speech signal.

Abstract: An embodiment joint structure of a vehicle body includes a front body module fixed to a front portion of a center floor member of an underbody of the vehicle body, wherein the front body module is a fixed part, a rear body module detachably fixed to a rear portion of the center floor member and a rear portion of the front body module in a set shape, wherein the rear body module is a variable part, a plurality of center floor member coupling modules disposed on the center floor member at the rear portion of the front body module, and a plurality of variable part coupling modules disposed at a lower side of the rear body module and configured to be coupled to the center floor member coupling modules by electromagnetic force.

Abstract: An embodiment joint structure for a vehicle body includes a front body module that is a stationary part fixable to a front part of an under body of the vehicle body, a rear body module that is a variable part having a preset shape, the rear body module being attachable to and detachable from a rear part of the under body and a rear part of the front body module, a plurality of stationary part coupling modules disposed on an upper end surface portion of a rear edge of the front body module, and a plurality of variable part coupling modules disposed on an upper end surface portion of a front edge of the rear body module and couplable to the stationary part coupling modules by an electromagnetic force.

Abstract: Provided are a pixel circuit and a display device having the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes an organic light emitting diode, a switching transistor, a storage capacitor, and a driving transistor. The switching transistor is turned off when a scan signal has a first voltage and turned on when the scan signal has a second voltage. The storage capacitor stores a data voltage when the switching transistor is turned on in response to the scan signal. The driving transistor is electrically connected with the organic light emitting diode between a high power supply voltage and a low power supply voltage to provide a driving current to the organic light emitting diode, and includes a first bottom gate electrode that is provided with the first voltage. The driving current corresponds to the data voltage stored in the storage capacitor.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for inspecting a welding state in a welded portion for an electronic or mechanical coupling in a lithium secondary battery, the apparatus including: a measuring unit configured to obtain data for deriving a resistance value of the welded portion by allowing a resistance measuring probe to contact the welded portion; and a controller configured to communicate with the measuring unit, determine the resistance value of the welded portion by receiving the data obtained from the measuring unit, and determine whether a weak welding was performed by comparing the determined resistance value with a threshold resistance value, in which the measuring unit is configured to allow the resistance measuring probe to contact one end and the other end of the welded portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates a display device and a method compensating for deterioration thereof, and a mobile terminal including the display device. The display device includes: a display panel including a first pixel area, a second pixel area, and a third pixel area; a first optical device disposed below the display panel or embedded within the display panel in a predetermined sensing area on the display panel, the first optical device facing at least a portion of the first pixel area and a portion of the second pixel area when the display panel is folded or moved; and a pixel deterioration compensation circuit configured to operate to reduce a luminance difference between the first pixel area and the second pixel area by receiving sensing data from the first optical device in a deterioration sensing mode.

Abstract: A semiconductor system includes a controller configured to apply a command address, a first chip selection signal, and a second chip selection signal, and a semiconductor device including a first rank and a second rank configured to calibrate each termination resistance, based on the command address, the first chip selection signal, and the second chip selection signal.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a display driver configured to receive input image data, and display an image The plurality of rows are divided into row groups, and each of the row groups includes at least one row among the plurality of rows. The display driver is configured to, in a blank period different from the display period, while selecting each of the plurality of rows, acquire sensing data associated with pixels of the selected row through the sensing lines, and apply an initialization data signal to the plurality of pixels of the plurality of rows through the data lines before the at least one row of each of the row groups is selected.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing unmanned take-out service of an autonomous vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes an order information receiving unit configured to receive product order information from a user terminal. The apparatus also includes an order information providing unit configured to provide details of an ordered product included in the product order information to a product provider of the ordered product. The apparatus also includes an order processing recognition unit configured to recognize the ordered product provided from the product provider. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to control at least one of a seat, a window, a door, or a trunk of a vehicle according to a position in the vehicle of a loading target space for the ordered product.

Abstract: A semiconductor system includes a controller configured to transmit a command address and a plurality of read strobe signals, and a semiconductor device including a first rank and a second rank that are configured to receive the command address and the plurality of read strobe signals and to perform a write operation and a read operation based on the command address. In the semiconductor device, the first rank is configured to calibrate a termination resistance value of the first rank to a target resistance value when a write operation for the first rank is performed. In the semiconductor device, the first rank is configured to calibrate the termination resistance value of the first rank to a dynamic resistance value based on the plurality of read strobe signals when a write operation for the second rank is performed.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel that has a first transistor having a drain electrode that is connected to a first power voltage node and a source electrode that is connected to a second power voltage node, a second transistor connected between a data line and a gate electrode of the first transistor, and a third transistor connected between a sensing line and the source electrode of the first transistor, a data driver applying a bias voltage to the data line during a sensing period, a sensing driver sensing an electrical characteristic of the pixel through the sensing line during the sensing period, and a controller for adjusting the bias voltage according to the first power voltage according to input image data.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels, a power supply, a voltmeter, and a timing controller. The power supply is configured to generate an initialization voltage to be supplied to a sensing pixel among the pixels. The voltmeter is configured to measure a first value of the initialization voltage supplied to the sensing pixel during an active period of a frame period and a second value of the initialization voltage supplied to the sensing pixel during a vertical blank period of the frame period. The timing controller is configured to generate rewrite image data that is supplied to the sensing pixel during the vertical blank period. The rewrite image data is generated from image data applied to the pixels during the active period and a difference between the first and second values.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a multi-channel active pattern, a plurality of gate structures on the multi-channel active pattern and spaced apart from each other in a first direction, the plurality of gate structures including a gate electrode that extends in a second direction different from the first direction, a source/drain recess between the adjacent gate structures, and a source/drain pattern on the multi-channel active pattern in the source/drain recess, wherein the source/drain pattern includes: a semiconductor liner layer including silicon-germanium and extending along the source/drain recess, a semiconductor filling layer including silicon-germanium on the semiconductor liner layer, and at least one or more semiconductor insertion layers between the semiconductor liner layer and the semiconductor filling layer, and wherein the at least one or more semiconductor insertion layers have a saddle structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating and participating in a voice chat room subordinate to a message chat room is disclosed. The method for operating a voice chat room subordinate to a message chat room includes: managing, by a server, messages transmitted and received through the message chat room in which a first user and a second user participate; receiving, by the server, a request for creation of the voice chat room subordinate to the message chat room from the first user; creating, by the server, the voice chat room in response to the received request for creation of the voice chat room; providing, by the server, information that the voice chat room is being operated to the second user through the message chat room; providing, by the server, information that the voice chat room is being operated to the second user through a message chat room list.

Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixel blocks each including a plurality of pixels; a scan driver supplying a scan signal to the scan lines and to supply a control signal to the control lines; a data driver supplying an image data voltage or a low grayscale data voltage to the data lines; and a power supply supplying a reference voltage to the pixels, wherein the pixels are configured to receive the image data voltage during a first scan period of a frame, and to receive the low grayscale data voltage during a second scan period of the frame, and the reference voltage supplied to a first pixel row of at least one of the pixel blocks in the first scan period is different from the reference voltage supplied to a last pixel row of at least one of the pixel blocks in the first scan period.

Abstract: A display device includes a data driver providing a data voltage to each of multiple pixels, a scan driver providing first and second scan signals to each of the pixels, and a controller to control the data driver and the scan driver. The scan driver performs a first active scan operation that sequentially provides the first and second scan signals to the pixels in an active period of a first frame period, and initiates a dummy scan operation that sequentially provides the second scan signal to the pixels in a blank period of the first frame period. When a second frame period starts before the dummy scan operation for the pixel in a last row, the data driver changes a level of the data voltage in an overlap period in which the dummy scan operation and a second active scan operation in the second frame period are simultaneously performed.

Abstract: A display device, includes: a scan driver configured to sequentially supply scan signals having a turn-on level to the first scan line and the second scan line during a first period and to concurrently supply scan signals having a turn-on level to the first scan line and the second scan line during a second period after the first period, wherein: a mask period corresponds to a difference between a start point of the second period and a start point of the first period in a next frame period, a first frame period and a second frame period have different mask periods, a third frame period between the first frame period and the second frame period has a same mask period as the first frame period, and a fourth frame period between the first frame period and the second frame period has a same mask period as the second frame period.

Abstract: A spectroscopy system that includes a light source that generates light having a plurality of wavelengths, a light transmitter that transmits the light to a target analyte, a light receiver that receives Raman-scattered light scattered from the target analyte, and a multi-wavelength spectroscopy assembly that acquires a spectrum by splitting the Raman-scattered light transmitted from the light receiver. The multi-wavelength spectroscopy assembly includes a single diffraction grating configured to diffract the Raman-scattered light and a single concave mirror configured to focus the Raman-scattered light.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern including a lower pattern and a plurality of sheet patterns; a gate structure disposed on the lower pattern and surrounding the plurality of sheet patterns; and a source/drain pattern filling a source/drain recess formed on one side of the gate structure. The source/drain pattern includes a first semiconductor pattern extending along the source/drain recess and contacting the lower pattern, a second and third semiconductor patterns sequentially disposed on the first semiconductor pattern, a lower surface of the third semiconductor pattern is disposed below a lower surface of a lowermost sheet pattern, a side surface of the third semiconductor pattern includes a planar portion, and a thickness of the second semiconductor pattern on the lower surface of the third semiconductor pattern is different from a thickness of the second semiconductor pattern on the planar portion of the side surface of the third semiconductor pattern.