Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling step charging of a secondary battery. A charging control unit determines a SOC, an OCV and a polarization voltage of the secondary battery, determines an OCV deviation corresponding to a difference between the OCV and a predefined minimum OCV value, determines a correction factor corresponding to the polarization voltage and the OCV deviation, determines a look-up SOC by correcting the SOC according to the correction factor, determines the magnitude of a charging current corresponding to the look-up SOC, and provides the determined charging current to a charging device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an offset elimination operation of an internal operational amplifier of a data driving circuit and relates to a technique that applies different offset elimination methods for each position of an operational amplifier.

Abstract: A camera actuator comprises: a housing; a driving unit which is loaded in the housing, and which includes a vibration generator generating vibration from an input power source and a shaft vibrating in a first direction by means of the vibration generated by the vibration generator; an optical unit, which implements zoom and auto focusing while being driven in the first direction in the housing by means of the vibration of the shaft; and a frictional movement unit for connecting the shaft and the optical unit to transfer the first directional vibration of the shaft to the optical unit.

Abstract: An imaging lens system includes a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having refractive power, a third lens having refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a concave object-side surface, a sixth lens having a convex object-side surface, a seventh lens having refractive power, and an eighth lens having refractive power, wherein the first to eighth lenses are sequentially disposed at intervals from the object-side surface, wherein the imaging lens system satisfies the following conditional expression: 0.170<ImgHT/TTL<0.182 where ImgHT is a height of an imaging plane and TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first interlayer insulating film; a conductive pattern in the first interlayer insulating film; a resistance pattern on the conductive pattern; an upper etching stopper film spaced apart from the resistance pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the resistance pattern, and including a first metal; a lower etching stopper film on the conductive pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the first interlayer insulating film, and including a second metal; and a second interlayer insulating film on the upper etching stopper film and the lower etching stopper film, wherein a distance from a top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the upper etching stopper film is smaller than a distance from the top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the lower etching stopper film.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a camera pose according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a similar image searcher, a clusterer, and an estimator. The similar image searcher searches for a plurality of images similar to an input image, from among a plurality of previously-stored images, based on the input image. The clusterer creates a cluster including at least some similar images meeting predetermined conditions, from among the plurality of similar images, based on viewpoint data tagged to each of the plurality of similar images. The estimator estimates a pose of a camera that has generated the input image, based on the cluster.

Abstract: A pedestrian airbag includes: an airbag cushion stored in a pedestrian airbag room located between a roof and a headliner of a vehicle in a folded state, and configured to be deployed to cover both a windshield glass and an A-pillar by being expanded during deployment thereof; and an inflator configured to supply gas to the airbag cushion.

Abstract: A charging control apparatus measures a first temperature of a first secondary battery selected from the plurality of secondary batteries, a second temperature of a coolant flowing into the cooling device, a charging current of the secondary battery pack, a first terminal voltage of the first secondary battery and a second terminal voltage of a second secondary battery closest to the cooling device, estimates a temperature of a temperature estimation point of the second secondary battery from a lumped thermal model having a thermal resistance between two points selected from the temperature estimation point of the second secondary battery, the first temperature measurement point and the second temperature measurement point, and measurement data about temperature, current and voltage, and determines the estimated temperature as a minimum temperature of the secondary battery pack, and varies a charging power provided to the secondary battery pack according to the minimum temperature.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for carrying out dose delivery quality assurance for high-precision radiation treatment, in which parameters affecting a pass rate of dose delivery quality assurance can be derived through regression analysis, which is a known statistical analysis method, and a pass rate prediction model capable of predicting each parameter and the pass rate of dose delivery quality assurance can be derived, and accordingly, it can be predicted in advance whether dose delivery quality assurance will be passed according to the parameters through the above prediction model, without repeatedly carrying out dose delivery quality assurance according to a patient's treatment plan, and as a result, the efficiency of dose delivery quality assurance can be enhanced, and the time or capacity required for such quality assurance is reduced, such that radiation treatment for an actual patient can be quickly and precisely carried out.

Abstract: A pseudo dual port memory device in which an operating speed is improved and stability is increased is provided. The pseudo dual port memory device may include a memory cell, a pair of bit lines connected to the memory cell, a write driver, a sense amp, and a column multiplexer which is connected to the bit lines, receives a write multiplexer control signal and a read multiplexer control signal, connects the bit lines to the write driver in response to the write multiplexer control signal, and connects the bit lines to the sense amp in response to the read multiplexer control signal. A precharge control signal generation circuit which is connected to the column multiplexer may generate a precharge control signal on the basis of the read and write multiplexer control signals, and a bit line precharge circuit may precharge the bit lines based on the precharge control signal.

Abstract: A memory system includes: a storage device for storing data; a system memory in which normal firmware and debugging firmware are stored; a firmware implementer for implementing the normal firmware or the debugging firmware; and a controller for controlling the storage device in a normal mode in which the memory system is driven by the normal firmware. When an error detected in the normal mode is uncorrectable, the controller uploads the debugging firmware stored in the system memory to the firmware implementer to change the normal mode to a debugging mode. The firmware implementer performs a debugging operation on the storage device by implementing the uploaded debugging firmware.

Abstract: A memory system includes: a storage device for storing data; a system memory in which normal firmware and debugging firmware are stored; a firmware implementer for implementing the normal firmware or the debugging firmware; and a controller for controlling the storage device in a normal mode in which the memory system is driven by the normal firmware. When an error detected in the normal mode is uncorrectable, the controller uploads the debugging firmware stored in the system memory to the firmware implementer to change the normal mode to a debugging mode. The firmware implementer performs a debugging operation on the storage device by implementing the uploaded debugging firmware.

Abstract: A camera actuator for realizing auto focusing control and zoom functions and a folded zoom camera module including the same. The camera actuator includes a housing, a driving unit being mounted in the housing and having a vibration shaft and a vibration generator, a movable part mounted so as to correspond to the driving unit and configured to be moved by a driving force, a friction moving part configured to be moved in a first direction on the vibration shaft, and a connecting part mutually connecting the friction moving part and the movable part. The connecting part includes a protrusion or a recess formed on a side surface portion of the friction moving part facing the movable part, and includes a recess or a protrusion formed on a side surface portion of the movable part so as to be engaged with the protrusion or the recess.

Abstract: Provided herein is a zoom drive actuator comprising a first carrier movable along an optical axis, a second carrier capable of moving anterior or posterior to the first carrier along the optical axis, a housing enclosing the first and second carriers, a first coil unit; and a second coil unit, in which the first carrier comprises a first mount equipped with a first lens assembly, a first support to which a first magnet is attached, and a first guide placed on the side of the first mount opposite to the first support, in which the second carrier comprises a second mount equipped with a second lens assembly, a second support to which a second magnet is attached, and a second guide placed on the side of the second mount opposite to the second support and in which the first coil unit faces the first magnet and the second coil unit faces the second magnet and where the first carrier comprises a first space forming a corridor to allow the second guide to make a passage through it and the second carrier comprises a

Abstract: A three-terminal synaptic device includes a substrate; a source electrode and a drain electrode which are provided on the substrate and spaced apart from each other. The three-terminal synaptic device further includes: a channel layer provided on the substrate, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; an ion reservoir layer which stores active ions; a gate electrode provided on the ion reservoir layer; and an ion barrier layer disposed between the ion reservoir layer. In particular, the channel layer controls movement of active ions between the ion reservoir layer and the channel layer. The three-terminal synaptic device inhibits rapid movement of ions.

Abstract: A memory system includes: a storage device for storing data; a system memory in which normal firmware and debugging firmware are stored; a firmware implementer for implementing the normal firmware or the debugging firmware; and a controller for controlling the storage device in a normal mode in which the memory system is driven by the normal firmware. When an error detected in the normal mode is uncorrectable, the controller uploads the debugging firmware stored in the system memory to the firmware implementer to change the normal mode to a debugging mode. The firmware implementer performs a debugging operation on the storage device by implementing the uploaded debugging firmware.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory system and an operating method of the memory system. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, when updating a target firmware, a memory system may receive, from a host, a temporary firmware for increasing the size of a buffer from a preset first size to a second size equal to or greater than the size of the target firmware, may load and execute the temporary firmware into a processor, may receive the target firmware from the host and write the target firmware to the buffer, and may write the target firmware to the memory device.

Abstract: An actuator for driving zoom includes a first carrier, wherein the first carrier includes a first mounter and a first lens assembly is mounted on the first mounter, a first supporting part provided on a first side of the first mounter and extending in a first direction, and a first guider provided on a second side of the first mounter and extending in the first direction. A second carrier includes a second mounter, wherein a second lens assembly is mounted on the second mounter, a second supporting part provided on a first side of the second mounter and extending in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a second guider provided on a second side of the second mounter and extending in the second direction. A first passage provided between the first mounter and the first supporting part and the second guider is inserted into the first passage.

Abstract: An image device includes a first active region and a second active region disposed on a substrate. Each of the first active region and the second active region includes a gate insulating layer disposed on the substrate and a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer. At least one of the first active region and the second active region further includes a first passivation layer containing fluorine (F) disposed between the gate insulating layer and the gate electrode. A concentration of fluorine in the gate insulating layer is higher than a concentration of fluorine in the gate electrode.

Abstract: An image device includes a first active region and a second active region disposed on a substrate. Each of the first active region and the second active region includes a gate insulating layer disposed on the substrate and a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer. At least one of the first active region and the second active region further includes a first passivation layer containing fluorine (F) disposed between the gate insulating layer and the gate electrode. A concentration of fluorine in the gate insulating layer is higher than a concentration of fluorine in the gate electrode.