Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing method. The method includes the steps of receiving an image obtained from a plurality of vehicles positioned on a road, storing the received images according to acquisition information of the received images; determining a reference image and a target image based on images having the same acquisition information among the stored images, performing an image registration using a plurality of feature points extracted from each of the determined reference image and target image, performing a transparency process for each of the reference image and the target image performed with the image registration, extracting static objects from the transparency-processed image, and comparing the extracted static objects with objects on an electronic map pre-stored to updating the electronic map data, when the objects on the electronic map data pre-stored are different from the extracted static objects.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an anti-adhesion film. The method for producing an anti-adhesion film may include: a discharge step of separately electrospinning a biodegradable polymer solution filled in a first syringe and a crosslinking agent solution filled in a second syringe; and a film forming step of forming an anti-adhesion film by crosslinking of the biodegradable polymer by contact between the biodegradable polymer solution discharged in the form of fibers in the discharge step and the crosslinking agent solution discharged in the form of droplets in the discharge step.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a source layer, a channel structure, gate electrodes on the source layer and spaced apart on a sidewall of the channel structure, and a common source line. The gate electrodes include a first word line group including first and second gate electrodes and a second word line group including third and fourth gate electrodes. The semiconductor memory device, in response to a voltage of the common source line reaching a target voltage, causes an inhibition voltage to be applied to the second word line group and an erase voltage to be applied to the first word line group in a first erase operation interval, and causes the inhibition voltage to be applied to the first word line group and the erase voltage to be applied to the second word line group in a second erase operation interval.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a mammy cell array including a plurality of memory cells and a control logic circuit configured to control the semiconductor memory device. The control logic circuit includes a mode register and a remaining lifetime calculating device configured to count usage metrics based on one or more of the following: a number of clock signals received from a memory controller, an amount of data transmitted or received to or from the memory controller, and/or a number of commands received from the memory controller. The remaining lifetime calculating device generates a remaining lifetime code representing a remaining lifetime of the semiconductor memory device based on the usage metrics, and stores the remaining lifetime code in the mode register.

Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes a first gate group on a lower structure and a second gate group on the first gate group. The first gate group includes first pad regions that are: (1) lowered in a first direction that is parallel to an upper surface of the lower structure and (2) raised in a second direction that is parallel to an upper surface of the lower structure and perpendicular to the first direction. The second gate group includes second pad regions that are sequentially raised in the first direction and raised in the second direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a best view spot generating server which includes a virtual tour providing server that communicates with a user terminal over a network and generates a best view spot associated with a three-dimensional object included in a virtual space, and a database that operates in conjunction with the virtual tour providing server and stores data associated with the virtual space, data associated with the three-dimensional object, and data associated with the best view spot.

Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing L-homoserine, the method including contacting an L-homoserine derivative with a solid acid catalyst.

Abstract: A panoramic window safety system applied to a vehicle moves a piston in a piston movement space of a piston carriage by a gas pressure of an inflator located on the bottom portion of a panoramic window space, and switches a wire that forms a side bending arrangement in the panoramic window space into an intermediate linear arrangement by a forward movement of the piston to be stood perpendicular to the panoramic window space to support an airbag covering the panoramic window space, preventing the risk of a passenger leaving when a panoramic window having the size at which the upper body of a passenger is exposed is damaged to meet the North American regulations that prescribe preventing the passenger from leaving.

Abstract: A circuit stage including a first transistor including a first electrode and a gate electrode, the first electrode being coupled to a first input terminal and the gate electrode being coupled to a second input terminal configured to receive a first clock signal, an output circuit coupled to the second input terminal and a second power input terminal, an input circuit coupled to a second electrode of the first transistor and to a third input terminal, the third input terminal being configured to receive a first control clock signal, the input circuit being configured to control voltages of the second node and a third node, a first driving circuit coupled to a first power input terminal and to a fourth input terminal configured to receive a second control clock signal, and a second driving circuit coupled to the fourth input terminal and the third node.

Abstract: An embodiment occupant restraining apparatus includes a base to be fastened to a body of a vehicle, a support having a first end hinge-connected to the base and a second end configured to support a deployed airbag, and a bellows configured to be expanded by gas to pivot the support. During deployment of the airbag, the bellows is configured to receive the gas in concert with the deployment of the airbag.

Abstract: Disclosed are a Mn—Bi—Sb-based magnetic substance and a method of manufacturing the same. Particularly, the Mn—Bi—Sb-based magnetic substance includes Mn and Bi forming a hexagonal crystal structure, and a portion of Bi elements forming the crystal structure is substituted with Sb so as to improve the magnetic properties thereof.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a welding wire accommodation-container cover comprising: a blocking part which has a shape corresponding to a transverse cross section of a container body part, and which covers the opening of the container body part; side-forming parts which are connected to the blocking part, and which are bent from the blocking part so as to be fitted to encompass the outer side surface of the upper portion of the container body part; side-fixing parts which are alternately provided with the side-forming parts along the side of the blocking part, and which fix neighboring side-forming parts; and a cut part which is formed at the blocking part, and which can be cut so that a welding wire wound around the container body part can be withdrawn to the outside.

Abstract: An emissive display device includes: a light emitting diode; an n-type driving transistor comprising a first driving gate electrode, a first electrode receiving a driving voltage, a second electrode transferring an output current to the anode, and a second driving gate electrode; a second transistor connected to a data line; a third transistor configured to connect the first electrode and the first driving gate electrode of the driving transistor; a storage capacitor comprising a first storage electrode and a second storage electrode connected to the first driving gate electrode; a ninth transistor transferring an overlapping electrode voltage to the second driving gate electrode; an overlapping electrode voltage line crossing the data line and receiving the overlapping electrode voltage; and a shielding electrode at an intersection of the data line and the overlapping electrode voltage line and between the data line and the overlapping electrode voltage line.

Abstract: Disclosed are an endoscopic reflection microscope using an optical fiber bundle and an image acquisition method using the same. The endoscopic reflection microscope includes an incident wave output unit configured to output an incident wave to a target object through any one optical fiber in an optical fiber bundle, a reflected wave receiver configured to receive a reflected wave output from the target object in response to the incident wave through a plurality of corresponding optical fibers in the optical fiber bundle, and an image acquirer configured to establish a reflection matrix corresponding to the reflected wave and to acquire an image in which at least one of phase retardation of the incident wave or phase retardation of the reflected wave is compensated for based on the established reflection matrix.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a process chamber having a process space therein, a support unit that supports the substrate in the process space, a heating member that heats the substrate supported on the support unit, and an exhaust unit that evacuates the process space. The exhaust unit includes an exhaust duct and a heat retention unit having a retention space that retains heat released from the process space. The retention space surrounds an adjacent area located adjacent to the process chamber in the exhaust duct.

Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus is provided. The substrate treatment apparatus includes a substrate support part provided with a seating surface and configured to support a substrate, a guide ring annularly disposed along an edge of the substrate support part to surround the substrate, and a centering part provided inside the guide ring and configured to center the substrate by moving in a direction parallel to the seating surface to pressurize the edge of the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed are a battery diagnosis apparatus for a vehicle and a method thereof. The battery diagnosis apparatus for the vehicle includes a communication device that provides a communication interface with a plurality of vehicles, and a controller that collects vehicle state information and battery state information from the plurality of vehicles, manages a maximum voltage difference change rate of battery cells for each cumulative mileage with respect to the plurality of vehicles, and diagnoses abnormalities in batteries provided in the plurality of vehicles based on the maximum voltage difference change rate of the battery cells for each cumulative mileage.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for diagnosing a battery of a vehicle. The apparatus includes storage that stores a threshold value for each accumulated driving distance section corresponding to a state of the vehicle, and a controller that collects vehicle state information and battery state information from a plurality of vehicles, determines a maximum voltage difference change rate of a battery cell for an accumulated driving distance for each vehicle, and diagnoses an abnormality in a battery provided in each vehicle based on the maximum voltage difference change rate of the battery cell for the accumulated driving distance of each vehicle and a threshold value corresponding to the maximum voltage difference change rate.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a storage container for welding wire, the storage container comprising: an outer shell which has an outer bottom support portion formed at the bottom thereof and within which a wire storage portion for storing coiled welding wire is formed; a bottom part which is seated on and coupled to the outer bottom support portion; an inner shell which comes into close contact with the inner surface of the outer shell and has an inner bottom support portion formed at the bottom thereof and seated on the bottom part; and a cover which is formed to correspond to the shape of the outer shell and closes the top of the outer shell.

Abstract: A general purpose blockchain (GPB) platform for creating, maintaining, and managing a distributed ledger. The GPB comprises multiple nodes, each configured to host a GPB for storing GPB arbitrary objects. Each GPB arbitrary object comprises an object data, wherein the object data being a structured or unstructured data; a basic data structure implemented in a data markup language that provides self-description of the object data with at least fields for storing the object's origin, the object's owner, the object's transfer history, object's modification/transformation history, the object type, and the object data; and a universal interface for providing an encapsulation or reference to the object data for accessing the object data and an transformation function to allow interoperability of object data of different formats. A plurality of GPB s collectively maintain consensus of changes of the stored GPB arbitrary objects with a plurality of other GPB s.