Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining a news ticker related to news based on a sentence ticker and an apparatus for performing the method. The method of determining a news ticker related to news based on a sentence ticker, comprises determining, by a news ticker mapping apparatus, each of a plurality of sentences tickers for each of a plurality of sentences, determining, by the news ticker mapping apparatus, a weight for each of the plurality of sentences tickers and determining, by the news ticker mapping apparatus, the news ticker on the basis of the plurality of sentences tickers and the weight for each of the plurality of sentences tickers.

Abstract: Provided are a transmitter and a method for transmitting a data block in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the following steps: deciding the number of bits (s) and encoders (NES) to allocate to one axis of a signal constellation; encoding an information bit based on the s and the NES and generating a coded block; parsing the coded block based on the s and the NES and generating a plurality of frequency sub-blocks; and transmitting the plurality of frequency sub-blocks to a receiver.

Abstract: An apparatus for correcting a temperature of an object using a shutter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise a temperature measurement module for measuring the temperature of the object and a temperature of the shutter, a noise temperature calculation module for calculating the temperature due to noise using the measured temperature of the shutter, and a temperature correction module for correcting the temperature of the object by subtracting the calculated temperature due to noise from the measured temperature of the object.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring temperature of an object using compensation of board temperature include an infrared light sensor module for providing output voltage due to the infrared light emitted by an object; a board temperature compensation module for compensating the provided output voltage to the output voltage at the reference configuration temperature of the board using a first function of output voltage to board temperature obtained at a reference configuration temperature of a blackbody; and a calculation module for obtaining the temperature of the object from the compensated output voltage using a second function of temperature of the blackbody to the output voltage obtained at a reference configuration temperature of the board.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic interpretation method and system for converting only voice of a speaker into a target language. The present invention may significantly improve performance of automatic interpretation with a foreigner to be communicated with, even in a high-noise environment in which multiple speakers utter at the same time by utilizing voice and image information input to a smart device in a complex manner. In addition, the present invention may determine a situation based on text information and image information existing around a user, and reflect the situation information together with multimodal information to an interpretation engine in real time. In addition, the present invention may significantly improve user convenience of an automatic interpretation system by directly augmenting and displaying an interpreted sentence directly next to a speaker image or generating a synthesized sound by distinguishing the interpreted sentence from other speeches.

Abstract: Provided is a zero user interface (UI)-based automatic interpretation method including receiving a plurality of speech signals uttered by a plurality of users from a plurality of terminal devices, acquiring a plurality of speech energies from the plurality of received speech signals, determining main speech signal uttered in a current utterance turn among the plurality of speech signals by comparing the plurality of acquired speech energies, and transmitting an automatic interpretation result acquired by performing automatic interpretation on the determined main speech signal to the plurality of terminal devices.

Abstract: An apparatus for improving context-based automatic interpretation performance includes: an uttered voice input unit configured to receive a voice signal from a user; a previous sentence input unit configured to determine whether there is a user’s previous utterance when the voice signal is input by the uttered voice input unit; a voice encoding processing unit configured to decode only the voice signal through the uttered voice input unit when it is determined that there is no user’s previous utterance and extract a vector of the voice signal when it is determined that there is the user’s previous utterance; a context encoding processing unit configured to extract a context vector from a previous utterance when there is the previous utterance and transmit the extracted context vector of the previous utterance; and an interpretation decoding processing unit configured to output an interpretation result text.

Abstract: An embodiment device includes a memory configured to store a lookup table in which target speeds corresponding to genders and ages are recorded and a controller configured to detect a face from an image photographed by a camera provided in a robot, estimate a gender and an age corresponding to the face based on a deep learning model, search the lookup table for a target speed corresponding to the estimated gender and the estimated age, and determine the target speed as a movement speed of the robot.

Abstract: Provided is an end-to-end speech recognition technology capable of improving speech recognition performance in a desired specific domain, which includes collecting domain text data be specialized and comparing the data with a basic transcript text DB to determine domain text that is not included in the basic transcript text DB and requires additional training and constructing a specialization target domain text DB. The end-to-end speech recognition technology generates a speech signal from the domain text of the specialization target domain text DB, and trains a speech recognition neural network with the generated speech signal to generate an end-to-end speech recognition model specialized for the domain to be specialized. The specialized speech recognition model may be applied to the end-to-end speech recognizer to perform the domain-specific end-to-end speech recognition.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of detecting a position of a vehicle such as an electric vehicle (EV) using a camera to determine whether the EV may be parked or located in a proper position. The vehicle position detection method, which may be performed by a device comprising a processor, includes: acquiring an original image of a vehicle from a camera; converting the original image into a bird's eye view image; detecting a bounding box associated with of the vehicle in the bird's eye view image by using the original image and the bird's eye view image; projecting the bird's-eye view image including the bounding box into a plane parallel with a ground to generate a projection image; and estimating a distance to the vehicle from a predetermined reference point or an orientation of the vehicle with respect to a predetermined reference line.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle in which a torque converter is disposed between a motor and a transmission for driving the hybrid electric vehicle comprises, by a control unit, determining a driver demand torque and an output speed of the torque converter based on vehicle driving information, determining a target input speed of the torque converter from the determined output speed of the torque converter based on preset characteristic information of the torque converter and information on the determined driver demand torque, determining the determined target input speed of the torque converter as a target engine starting speed, and performing control to start an engine using torque of the motor when an engine-on mode is determined, and controlling and engine speed to the determined target engine starting speed after startup.

Abstract: A seat automatic arrangement method and apparatus of an autonomous driving vehicle is provided. The seat automatic arrangement method and apparatus have an advantage that it is possible to automatically arrange seats in the vehicle into the seat-facing mode through remote control, and it is possible to prevent interference when moving the seats by arranging the seats in accordance with priority when arranging the seats into the seat-facing mode, thereby being able to more smoothly arrange the seats into the seat-facing mode in an autonomous driving vehicle.

Abstract: An automatic interpretation method performed by a correspondent terminal communicating with an utterer terminal includes receiving, by a communication unit, voice feature information about an utterer and an automatic translation result, obtained by automatically translating a voice uttered in a source language by the utterer in a target language, from the utterer terminal and performing, by a sound synthesizer, voice synthesis on the basis of the automatic translation result and the voice feature information to output a personalized synthesis voice as an automatic interpretation result. The voice feature information about the utterer includes a hidden variable including a first additional voice result and a voice feature parameter and a second additional voice feature, which are extracted from a voice of the utterer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides is a method and device for accurately estimating a pose of a charging socket of an electric vehicle regardless of a shape of the charging socket, so that an electric vehicle charging robot may precisely move a charging connector toward the charging socket of the electric vehicle and couple the charging connector to the charging socket. According to an aspect of an exemplary embodiment, a method of estimating the pose of the charging socket of an electric vehicle includes: acquiring an RGB image and a depth map of the charging socket; detecting a keypoint of the charging socket based on the RGB image; deriving a first estimated pose of the charging socket based on the depth map; and deriving a second estimated pose of the charging socket based on the keypoint of the charging socket and the first estimated pose.

Abstract: Provided a method performed by an automatic interpretation server based on a zero user interface (UI), which communicates with a plurality of terminal devices having a microphone function, a speaker function, a communication function, and a wearable function. The method includes connecting terminal devices disposed within a designated automatic interpretation zone, receiving a voice signal of a first user from a first terminal device among the terminal devices within the automatic interpretation zone, matching a plurality of users placed within a speech-receivable distance of the first terminal device, and performing automatic interpretation on the voice signal and transmitting results of the automatic interpretation to a second terminal device of at least one second user corresponding to a result of the matching.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for providing a personal assistant service based on automatic translation. The apparatus for providing a personal assistant service based on automatic translation includes an input section configured to receive a command of a user, a memory in which a program for providing a personal assistant service according to the command of the user is stored, and a processor configured to execute the program. The processor updates at least one of a speech recognition model, an automatic interpretation model, and an automatic translation model on the basis of an intention of the command of the user using a recognition result of the command of the user and provides the personal assistant service on the basis of an automatic translation call.

Abstract: The present technology includes a memory device, a memory system including the memory device, and a test operation of the memory device. The memory device includes a memory block connected to word lines and select lines, a bit line connected to the memory block, a voltage generator configured to generate a test voltage to be applied to a selected line among the word lines and the select lines, a page buffer configured to sense a voltage of the bit line to store and output test data, and a control logic circuit configured to determine whether a first defect exists in the memory block according to the test data.

Abstract: A temperature measuring device using a thermal imaging camera according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a first operation module for obtaining, for the thermal imaging camera, a curve of temperature difference versus output code difference where the X axis represents the output code difference and the Y axis represents the temperature difference indicated by a plurality of measured values; a second operation module for obtaining a function of temperature difference versus output code difference, the function curve-fitted by using the curve of temperature difference versus output code difference; and a third operation module for measuring the temperature of an object by applying the curve-fitted function of temperature difference versus output code difference.

Abstract: A method of controlling gear shifting in an electric vehicle includes: determining whether or not an electric vehicle travels in an electric vehicle (EV) traveling mode; determining whether or not kick-down gear shifting is required in the EV traveling mode; determining whether or not acceleration linearity control is possible, in a case where the kick-down gear shifting is required; performing correction of a torque of a motor in a case where the acceleration linearity control is possible; and performing gear shifting in a transmission on the basis of the corrected torque of the motor.

Abstract: A support assembly type baffle is proposed. The baffle may include a baffle body provided in an inner space of a vehicle tank to reduce flow noise, and having a plurality of through holes spaced apart from each other and a fastening portion formed on the inner circumferential surface of the through holes, and a support having a columnar shape, being fitted into the through holes to penetrate the through holes, and having an engagement portion coupled with the fastening portion, formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof, so that the support is fastened to the baffle body in a state of penetrating the baffle body, each of both ends of the support being fixed to two opposite sides of the inner sides of the tank to maintain the shape of the inner space of the tank.