Abstract: In a contactless location information acquisition apparatus and a location information acquisition method using the acquisition apparatus, the acquisition apparatus includes an imaging part, a modulation part and a controller. The imaging part is spaced apart from a moving object, and is configured to take picture of the object in a predetermined exposure time. The modulation part is configured to generate a motion blur to the pictured image, and is configured to move the imaging part to a predetermined first pattern, so as for the motion blurred image to have a second pattern. The controller is configured to obtain a location of the object from the motion blurred image for the exposure time.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a display driver integrated circuit and a driving control circuit. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of driving lines and a plurality of source lines. The display driver integrated circuit includes a driving control signal generator. The driving control signal generator generates a driving control signal based on display device information and pixel values corresponding to at least a portion of the plurality of rows among a plurality of previous pixel values of a previous frame and a plurality of present pixel values of a present frame. The driving control circuit selectively connects the display driver integrated circuit with each of the plurality of driving lines based on the driving control signal such that first driving signals provided to first driving lines among the plurality of driving lines are blocked.

Abstract: Proposed are an air purification filter (1) and an air purifier (200) including the same. The air purification filter includes a filtering layer (30) configured as a dielectric which collects minute particles, a pair of electrode layers (50, 70) laminated on opposite sides of the filtering layer (30), respectively, and configured to receive power so as to generate polarization through an electric field in the filtering layer (30), and a connection module (100, 100?). The connection module (100, 100?) is coupled to at least any one of the opposite ends of the pair of electrode layers (50, 70) such that the coupled portion of the connection module is insulated from an outside thereof and is electrically connected with an external power supply part.

Abstract: In virtualized wholesaling, orders may be filled without pre-stocked product, and rapidly enough for the product to be on the retailer's shelf in a just-in-time (JIT) fashion that benefits the manufacturer/vendor. The virtualized wholesaler can promote sales without requiring substantial pre-stocking of products that may not have a large-volume presence, and the retailer can exploit long-tail economics to increase its variety of product offerings and reach specific, often niche products and consumers with reduced risk of dead shelf space.

Abstract: A resistive memory device including a resistive memory pattern; and a selection element pattern electrically connected to the resistive memory pattern, the selection element pattern including a chalcogenide switching material and at least one metallic material, the chalcogenide switching material including germanium, arsenic, and selenium, and the at least one metallic material including aluminum, strontium, or indium, wherein the selection element pattern includes an inhomogeneous material layer in which content of the at least one metallic material in the selection element pattern is variable according to a position within the selection element pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lower level layer including a peripheral circuit; and an upper level layer provided on the lower level layer, the upper level layer including a vertically-extended memory cell string, wherein the lower level layer includes a first substrate; a device isolation layer defining a first active region of the first substrate; and a first gate structure including a first gate insulating pattern, a first conductive pattern, a first metal pattern, and a first capping pattern, which are sequentially stacked on the first active region, wherein the first conductive pattern comprises a doped semiconductor material, and the device isolation layer covers a first side surface of the first conductive pattern, and the first metal pattern includes a first body portion on the first conductive pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including: a light source unit configured to emit light forward; a collimator which is provided in front of the light source unit and on which the light emitted from the light source unit is incident; and a multi facet lens (MFL) which is provided in front of the collimator and on which the light emitted from the collimator is incident. The MFL includes: a plurality of facets; and stepped portions, which are provided between the plurality of facets and each of which connects the two neighboring facets. At least some of exit surfaces of the plurality of facets are perpendicular to the ground or have shapes inclined upward in a forward direction.

Abstract: A communication device is disclosed. The present communication device may include a master including a communication modem, and multiple slaves including antennas. The communication device may execute an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm, and may communicate with other electronic devices in a 5G communication environment. Therefore, user convenience can be enhanced.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed to generate programming parameters and modifications during closed-loop adjustment of an implantable neurostimulation device treatment programming, through the identification and application of weights determined from user input indications and rankings of therapy objectives.

Abstract: This invention relates to a stilbene derivative and a method of preparing the same, and more particularly to a novel stilbene derivative for inhibiting the function of cyclophilin, which is effective at the prevention of cyclophilin-related diseases or at the treatment of symptoms of such diseases, and to a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a structure that stably supports a flexible printed circuit board on which a microphone module is disposed inside the electronic device, thereby improving the sealing between the microphone module and the camera housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a user knowledge tracking method with more improved accuracy. An operation method of a user drop-out rate prediction system including a plurality of encoder neural networks and a plurality of decoder neural networks may include the steps of: inputting question information to a kth encoder neural network and inputting response information to a kth decoder neural network; generating query data, which is information about a question of which the correct answer probability is desired to be identified by the user, by reflecting a weight to the response information, and generating attention information to be used as a weight for the query data by reflecting a weight to the question information; and learning the user drop-out rate prediction system using the attention information as a weight for the query data.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator including a plurality of X-ray sources, an X-ray detector configured to detect X-rays radiated from the plurality of X-ray sources and generate a plurality of pieces of projection data, and a processor configured to apply log projection to each of the plurality of pieces of projection data, to apply weighted projection to the log-projected projection data, to apply a bidirectional ramp filter to the weighted-projected projection data, and to generate a tomographic image reconstructed based on each of the projection data to which the bidirectional ramp filter is applied.

Abstract: A wireless charging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a pad determinor configured to determine a receiving pad mounted on an electric vehicle entering a wireless charging station, and a power transmitter configured to select a transmitting pad to correspond to the receiving pad determined by the pad determinor, and transmit charging power to the receiving pad through the transmitting pad.

Abstract: A lamp for an automobile includes a micro lens array (MLA) module that includes an entrance lens array including entrance lenses, an exit lens array including exit lenses, and a shield unit including shields provided between the entrance lens array and the exit lens array. An optical axis of the exit lens, provided in front of at least a portion of the plurality of entrance lenses to face the entrance lens, is spaced apart from an optical axis of the entrance lens in the downward direction and one side direction. A cut-off line region provided on an upper edge of the shield, provided in front of at least a portion of the plurality of entrance lenses to face the entrance lens, is spaced apart from an optical axis of the entrance lens in the downward direction and one side direction.

Abstract: An electric compressor, an inverter assembly jig and an inverter manufacturing method, an inverter of the compressor includes a frame coupled to a circuit board, the frame includes a base plate opposite the circuit board, fixing means protruding from the base plate and supporting an outer periphery of the circuit board, and a through-hole formed at a position corresponding to the fixing means, the inverter assembly jig includes an expansion pin inserted into the through-hole, and an expansion pin actuation mechanism moving the expansion pin closer to and away from the fixing means, the inverter method includes inserting the expansion pin into the through-hole, manipulating the expansion pin actuation mechanism to deform the fixing means, seating the circuit board on the base plate, and manipulating the expansion pin actuation mechanism so that the fixing means is restored and coupled to the circuit board.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ophthalmic lens that is disposed to balance coma aberrations if the lens, when inserted in a patient's eye, is decentered or tilted with respect to an optical axis of the patient's eye, and maintain a substantially diffraction-limited image quality if the lens, when inserted in the patient's eye, is centered with respect to the optical axis of the patient's eye. The lens may include an optic having an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface disposed about an optical axis of the lens. One of the surfaces (e.g., the anterior surface) may have a semi-aspheric surface profile, which includes an inner region having a substantially spherical surface profile and extending radially from the optical axis of the lens to a first boundary, and an outer region having an aspherical surface profile and extending radially at least beyond the first boundary to a second boundary.

Abstract: A method for providing a fleet service based on smell information includes, while the moving object is being used in the fleet system, monitoring smell information of a moving object, controlling an operation of the moving object based on the smell information, and determining a return zone of the moving object based on the smell information.

Abstract: Disclosed is an LPC residual signal encoding/decoding apparatus of an MDCT based unified voice and audio encoding device. The LPC residual signal encoding apparatus analyzes a property of an input signal, selects an encoding method of an LPC filtered signal, and encode the LPC residual signal based on one of a real filterbank, a complex filterbank, and an algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP).

Abstract: An electrode structure for a positive electrode of a metal-air battery is provided. The electrode structure for a positive electrode of a metal-air battery is formed of a compound of copper, phosphorus, and sulfur and it can comprise a membrane in which a plurality of fibrillated fibers form a network.