Abstract: Systems and methods for executing instructions for executing a virtual reality (VR)-based fire response simulation method for secondary battery production are disclosed. One method includes receiving a gaze direction and gaze location of a user identified from a head mounted display (HMD). Fire response content associated with a secondary battery production apparatus corresponding to the received gaze direction and gaze location is displayed on an area of a display of the HMD. The fire response content includes a plurality of fire response scenarios. User behavior information indicating a motion of the user determined from at least one of the HMD or a controller associated with the HMD is obtained. The fire response content associated with the secondary battery production apparatus is executed based on the obtained user behavior information.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for automatically classifying an input sound source according to a preset criterion and are an apparatus and method for automatically classifying a sound source according to a set criterion by using deep learning. The apparatus for classifying a sound source includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor and storing a deep learning algorithm and original sound data, wherein the memory stores program instructions executable by the processor to generate n pieces of image data corresponding to the original sound data according to a preset method, generate training image data corresponding to the original sound data by using the n pieces of image data, train the deep learning algorithm by using the training image data, and classify target sound data according to a preset criterion by using the deep learning algorithm, wherein the n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image data generating method. Operations of emitting electromagnetic waves to an object and receiving scan signals scanning the object are performed by using a multi-static transceiver. First image data of a low resolution are generated based on the scan signals. when a first condition associated with the first image data is satisfied, second image data of a high resolution associated with a sub-region of the first image data are generated. When a second condition associated with the second image is satisfied, third image data based on the first image data and the second image data are generated.

Abstract: A display device includes, a display panel including a first area and a bending area adjacent to the first area in a first direction, a window on the display panel and including a light blocking member, a cover panel on the display panel, and a cover spacer on the display panel. The cover panel includes, first and second cushion layers, a heat dissipation layer between the first and second cushion layers, a light blocking layer between the first and second cushion layers and overlapping the heat dissipation layer, a base film between the display panel and the first cushion layer, and an upper bonding layer between the base film and the display panel. The light blocking layer and the heat dissipation layer overlap the light blocking member, and have ends protruding further in the first direction than ends of the upper bonding layer, the base film, and the cover spacer.

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: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has a mixture of microparticles having a predetermined average particle size (D50) and macroparticles having a larger average particle size (D50) than the microparticles. The microparticles have the average particle size (D50) of 1 to 10 ?m and are at least one selected from the group consisting of particles having a carbon material coating layer on all or part of a surface of primary macroparticles having an average particle size (D50) of 1 ?m or more, particles having a carbon material coating layer on all or part of a surface of secondary particles formed by agglomeration of the primary macroparticles, and a mixture thereof. The macroparticles are secondary particles having an average particle size (D50) of 5 to 20 ?m formed by agglomeration of primary microparticles having a smaller average particle size (D50) than the primary macroparticles.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a camera module comprising: a housing; a bobbin arranged inside the housing; a first magnet arranged on the bobbin; a first coil arranged in the housing and facing the first magnet; a plurality of lenses attached to the bobbin; and an iris unit coupled to the bobbin, wherein the plurality of lenses comprises a first lens and a second lens distanced from each other, and at least a portion of the iris unit is positioned between the first lens and the second lens.

Abstract: Disclosed are a thermoplastic elastomeric composition for vehicle mounts which has improved surface energy and compression set while solving reduction in wear strength, by blending EPDM rubber, polypropylene, silicon, and poly(styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene) (SEBS) in appropriate amounts, and a molded article including the same.

Abstract: A steer-by-wire type power steering apparatus according to embodiments disclosed herein includes a cylinder provided inside a housing and including a first spline on an inner circumferential surface thereof, and a sliding bar inserted into the cylinder and including a second spline engaged with the first spline and a screw connected to a motor, so that friction and noise can be reduced when a sliding bar connected to a tie rod so as to steer a wheel is slid, the durability and strength of the sliding bar can be improved, and the position of the sliding bar can be determined based on a phase difference between the rotation information items of respective motors.

Abstract: A heater assembly for heating a cigarette accommodated in an aerosol generating device includes a heating element that extends in a longitudinal direction of the cigarette and includes a ferromagnetic substance for generating heat by an external magnetic field, and a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the heating element. The heater assembly is disposed at an inner end portion of an accommodation space provided in the aerosol generating device to accommodate the cigarette.

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: The present disclosure relates to a system for controlling a motor of a vehicle for increasing control accuracy of the motor for driving the vehicle, and an object of the present disclosure is to provide a system for controlling a motor of a vehicle, which may accurately perform a motor control even when a battery voltage (i.e., motor voltage) applied to the motor upon the driving control of the motor is changed.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body having a first surface, and a first end surface and a second end surface connected to the first surface and opposing each other in a length direction; a support substrate disposed inside the body; a coil portion comprising a first coil pattern and first and second lead-out patterns, each disposed on a first surface of the support substrate; first and second slit portions, respectively defined on edge portions of the first surface of the body to expose the first and second lead-out patterns; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the first and second slit portions to be connected to the first and second lead-out patterns. At least one of the first and second lead-out patterns has a thickness greater than a thickness of each of the first coil pattern and the first dummy lead-out pattern.

Abstract: A nanosheet diode includes a bookend structure and a central structure. The bookend includes a first semiconductor that is doped as one of the anode and the cathode of the diode, and includes a left block, a right block, and a first stack of spaced-apart nanosheets that horizontally connect the left and right blocks. The central structure includes a second semiconductor that is doped as the other of the anode and the cathode of the diode, and includes a front block, a rear block, and a second stack of nanosheets that are interleaved crosswise into spaces between the first stack of spaced-apart nanosheets and that horizontally connect the front and rear blocks. The bookend structure directly contacts top, bottom, and end surfaces of the second stack of nanosheets of the central structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a medical image conversion method and apparatus. The medical image conversion apparatus trains a first artificial intelligence model to output a second contrast-enhanced image, based on first learning data including a pair of a first contrast-enhanced image and a first non-contrast image, and trains a second artificial intelligence model to output a second non-contrast image, based on second learning data including a pair of the first non-contrast image of the first learning data and the second contrast-enhanced image. The disclosure was supported by the “AI Precision Medical Solution (Doctor Answer 2.0) Development” project hosted by Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (Project Serial No.: 1711151151, Project No.: S0252-21-1001).

Abstract: A lower set of semiconductor channel layers, an upper set of semiconductor channel layers, a lower dielectric layer adjacent to the lower set of semiconductor channel layers, the lower dielectric layer includes a first polarity stress on the lower set of semiconductor channel layers, and an upper dielectric layer adjacent to the upper set of semiconductor channel layers, the lower dielectric layer includes a second polarity stress on the upper set of semiconductor channel layers with opposite polarity stress of the first polarity stress. Forming a lower stack of nanosheet layers and an upper stack of nanosheet layers, forming a lower dielectric layer adjacent to the lower stack of nanosheet layers, the lower dielectric layer includes a first polarity stress, and forming an upper dielectric layer adjacent to the upper stack of nanosheet layers, the upper dielectric layer includes a second polarity stress with opposite polarity.

Abstract: An apparatus for image transformation for transforming a first medical image into a second medical image based on an artificial neural network technology includes a preprocessing module that receives the first medical image and second medical image obtained by photographing the same part of a body using different photographing techniques and performs preprocessing on the first and second medical images, and an artificial neural network module that receives the preprocessed first medical image and second medical image, respectively, and transforms the first medical image into a second medical image.

Abstract: A CMOS apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate that has a frontside and a backside opposite the frontside; a source/drain structure, which is disposed at the frontside of the substrate and has a backside that is adjacent to the substrate and a frontside that is opposite the backside of the source/drain structure; a backside interconnect layer, which is disposed at the backside of the substrate; a backside contact, which penetrates the substrate and electrically connects the source/drain structure to the backside interconnect layer; and a sigma-profiled dielectric structure that insulates first and second sides of the backside contact from the substrate.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a transistor disposed on the substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a pixel definition layer disposed on the first electrode; a separator pattern layer disposed on the pixel definition layer; a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, the pixel definition layer, and the separator pattern layer; a connection layer connected between the transistor and the second electrode; an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a conductive pattern layer; and a capping member covering a side end portion of the conductive pattern layer, wherein the conductive pattern layer and the connection layer are disposed on a same layer, and a part of the second electrode disposed on the separator pattern layer and a part of the second electrode disposed around the separator pattern layer are separated from each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure having a backside contact structure with increased contact area includes a plurality of source/drain regions within a field effect transistor, each of the plurality of source/drain regions includes a top portion having an inverted V-shaped area. A backside power rail is electrically connected to at least one source/drain region through a backside metal contact. The backside metal contact wraps around a top portion of the at least one source/drain region. A tip of the top portion of the plurality of source/drain regions points towards the backside power rail with the top portion of the at least one source/drain region being in electric contact with the backside metal contact. A first epitaxial layer is in contact with a top portion of at least another source/drain region adjacent to the at least one source/drain region for electrically isolating the at least another source/drain region from the backside power rail.