Abstract: There are provided a memory device and a manufacturing method thereof. The memory device includes: a first stack structure including a plurality of first interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers for first word lines, which are alternately stacked; and a second stack structure including a plurality of second interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers for second word lines, which are alternately stacked; a first etch stop layer disposed between the first stack structure and the second stack structure; and a plurality of first word line contacts extending to the inside of the first stack structure through the second stack structure and the first etch stop layer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of generating a path for autonomous navigation of a mobile computing apparatus is provided. The mobile computing apparatus includes one or more processors configured to map a set global path, which connects a current position of the mobile computing apparatus with a future destination of the mobile computing apparatus based on a topology map, to a real-time generated occupancy grid map that represents, based on sensor data of a surrounding environment of the mobile computing apparatus, an un-drivable area and a drivable area in the surrounding environment, and generate a local path, for a traveling of the mobile computing apparatus, connecting the current position with a sub-waypoint that corresponds to the drivable area in response to a next waypoint, to which the mobile computing apparatus is set to travel based on the global path, being determined to correspond to the un-drivable area.

Abstract: An embodiment method for performing a fail-safe function using an apparatus for performing the fail-safe function includes determining whether there is a replacement component to perform a function of a failed component in response to failure of one or more components installed in a vehicle, determining an operation mode of a remote smart parking assist (RSPA) controller based on a result of determining whether there is the replacement component, and operating the RSPA controller or a cooperative controller based on the operation mode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include: a gate structure including conductive layers and insulating layers that are alternately stacked. Tapered supports formed in the gate structure layers have a first width at a first level of the layers and a second width smaller than the first width at a second level of the layers. A tapered contact structure is located between the tapered supports in the gate structure having a third width at the first level and a fourth width larger than the third width at the second level. The gate structure taper and the contact structure taper are “mirror images” of each other.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In the negative electrode, a negative electrode active layer containing a carbon-based negative electrode active material and a coating layer containing silicon-containing particles are sequentially located on a negative electrode current collector, and a volume resistance of the negative electrode is about 6.0×10?3 ?·cm to 1.0 ?·cm.

Abstract: Disclosed are an organic waste treatment apparatus and method with improved energy consumption efficiency and increased heating rates. An aspect of the present embodiment provides an organic waste treatment method and apparatus with improved energy consumption efficiency and increased heating rates. The apparatus includes a preheating tank configured to receive and preheat organic waste to be treated; a plurality of thermal hydrolysis reactors; a steam-water separator; a decompression tank; a post-treatment unit; and a control unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus for implementing a honeypot control system. The electronic apparatus includes a communication interface, a memory configured to store execution information including information on a virtual machine built on a cloud server, information on a running service, and information on an open port, and a processor configured to functionally control the communication interface and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to transmit execution information obtained based on information stored in the memory to each of a plurality of cloud servers in different Internet Protocol (IP) bands through the communication interface, when log information is received from each of the plurality of cloud servers that have received the execution information through the communication interface, normalize the received log information, and obtain malicious code information using the normalized log information.

Abstract: A display driving device for driving a display panel, including a gate line, a data line intersecting with the gate line, and a pixel defined by the gate line and the data line, includes a data driver inputting an image signal to the pixel through the data line, a panel test unit determining the occurrence or not of an error of the gate line or the data line, and a switching unit selectively connecting the data driver or the panel test unit to the display panel.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a supporter including a plurality of stairs, a gate structure including gate lines that are stacked on the supporter, wherein the gate lines include pads, and the pads are disposed over the plurality of stairs, first contact plugs that are connected to the pads, and channel structures that extend through the gate structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for composing a background and a face by using a deep learning network, comprising: receiving an input of an original face image and a converted face image, and extracting data preprocessing and feature vectors for each image; generating a face feature vector mask from the extracted feature vectors; and generating a composite image by performing adaptive object normalization on the basis of the generated face feature vector mask.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first gate structure including a plurality of first conductive layers and a plurality of first insulating layers that are alternately stacked; an isolation insulating layer located in the first gate structure, the isolation insulating layer including a first line portion extending in a first direction, a plurality of first protrusions protruding from the first line portion towards one side of the first line portion in a second direction, and a plurality of second protrusions protruding from the first line portion towards another side of the first line portion in an opposite direction to the first protrusions, wherein the second direction is orthogonal to the first direction; a plurality of first memory patterns, wherein one of the plurality of first memory patterns surrounds one of the plurality of first protrusions; and a plurality of first passivation patterns, wherein one of the plurality of first passivation patterns is located between the first line portion and one of th

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microneedle comprising a drug part, a separational function part which is water-soluble, and a basic part comprising a photocurable resin. Also, the present invention relates to a microneedle array comprising the microneedle according to the present invention. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a microneedle array, the method comprising: a step for placing a drug part composition in a mold and drying a solvent to form a drug part; a step for placing a separational function part composition on the drug part and dying the same to form a separational function part; and a step for applying a base part composition on the separational function part and curing the base part composition.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first cell area and a second cell area adjacent to each other in a first direction, a support disposed between the first cell area and the second cell area, first gate lines stacked in the first cell area, first pads configured to extend from the first gate lines and configured to protrude upward along a first sidewall of the support, second gate lines stacked in the second cell area, second pads configured to extend from the second gate lines and configured to protrude upward along a second sidewall of the support, and first connection pads configured to extend in the first direction along a third sidewall of the support and configured to electrically connect the first pads with the second pads.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a roof for a vehicle upper body structure. The roof includes a body extending between a first side and a second side, and extending between a front end and a back end. The front end is configured to be coupled to a header. The body includes a polymer and a plurality of fibers. At least a portion of the body has a transparency of greater than or equal to about 4%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for distributing idle UE by a carrier in eNB of a multi-carrier based mobile communication system. The method of distributing idle UE in a multi-carrier based mobile communication system according to the present invention includes a process of determining a search rate by a carrier on the basis of information representing load on the carrier, a step of determining a cell reselection priority on the idle UE on the basis of the determined search rate, and a process of transmitting the determined cell reselection priority to the idle UE.

Abstract: A method and a device for synthesizing a background and a face by considering a face shape and using a deep learning network are proposed. The method and the device are characterized to receive an input of an original image and a converted face image, remove a central part from the original image, remove edges so that a central part remains in the converted face image, and then extract a feature vector from each image to perform image synthesis.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of preoperatively planning a surgical procedure on a knee of a patient including determining femoral condyle vectors and tibial plateau vectors based on image data of the knee, the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors corresponding to motion vectors of the femoral condyles and the tibial plateau as they move relative to each other. The method may also include modifying a bone model representative of at least one of the femur and the tibia into a modified bone model based on the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors. And the method may further include determining coordinate locations for a resection of the modified bone model.

Abstract: A memory system includes at least one memory device. The at least one memory device includes a plurality of memory areas. The memory system includes a device allocation manager and security erase circuitry. The device allocation manager determines which of the plurality of memory areas is allocated or released based on a request input from at least one host. The security erase circuitry stores a security erase task for a first memory area, which is associated with a release determined by the device allocation manager, in an erase job queue, and removes the security erase task from the erase job queue when the first memory area is reallocated to a first host to which the first memory area was allocated before the release.

Abstract: Disclosed is a performance directing system by using a plurality of layers including a control console device generating and transmitting a data packet including direction information for each of the plurality of layers and a plurality of light emitting devices, each of which receives the data packet from the control console device and each of which emits light based on the direction information included in the data packet.

Abstract: A display driving device capable of operating a source driver integrated circuit (IC) in a low power mode during a touch sensing period includes a source driver IC configured to operate in a first low power mode in which an analog data processing unit is deactivated or operate in a second low power mode in which both of the analog data processing unit and a digital data processing unit are deactivated, during a touch sensing period of a first frame; and a readout IC configured to supply touch sensor driving signals to touch sensors during the touch sensing period and receive touch sensing data from the touch sensors according to the touch sensor driving signals.