Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a metal nitride layer, a channel provided in the metal nitride layer and including a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor material, a source electrode provided on one side of the channel, a drain electrode provided on another side of the channel, a gate insulating layer provided in the channel, and a gate electrode provided on the gate insulating layer.

Abstract: As an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is disclosed an aerosol generating device including: a heater configured to generate an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating substrate; a storage unit configured to store information regarding a first time period and a second time period for controlling a temperature of the heater; and a controller configured to control power supplied to the heater, wherein the controller, when the first time period time elapses after the temperature of the heater reaches the first target temperature, changes the temperature of the heater to a second target temperature for the second time period, and the sum of the first time period and the second time period is a time period in a preset change.

Abstract: A battery pack case for a vehicle includes: a lower panel having a battery pack seated to support a lower surface of the battery pack; a recessed part formed on an upper surface of the lower panel and having a groove shape indented downward to extend; and an insulating sheet extending along the recessed part and attached to the recessed part to insulate between the lower panel and the battery pack at a point where the recessed part is formed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a data transmission method in a mobile communication system. The data transmission method through a code sequence in a mobile communication system includes grouping input data streams into a plurality of blocks consisting of at least one bit so as to map each block to a corresponding signature sequence, multiplying a signature sequence stream, to which the plurality of blocks are mapped, by a specific code sequence, and transmitting the signature sequence stream multiplied by the specific code sequence to a receiver.

Abstract: A nuclear power plant virtualization system and an operation method thereof are provided. A nuclear power plant virtualization system includes: virtual machine control parts; virtual machine network parts linked to the virtual machine control parts; and a virtualization platform switch linked with the virtual machine control parts and the virtual machine network parts, wherein the virtual machine control parts include a first MMI linked driver module, the virtual machine network parts include a second MMI linked driver module, and the virtual machine control parts and the virtual machine network parts modify an IP/MAC address in data communicated with the outside and allow the data communicated with the outside from the virtual machine control parts to pass through the virtual machine network parts, via the first MMI linked driver module and the second MMI linked driver module.

Abstract: A data driving circuit includes: a reference voltage generator that receives a data control signal and generates a gamma reference voltage and a test reference voltage, a data driving unit that outputs a data signal for a pixel based on the gamma reference voltage, and an output circuit that outputs a test data voltage for a dummy pixel based on the test reference voltage.

Abstract: An image sensing device capable of detecting a distance to a target object according to a time-of-flight (TOF) method is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a plurality of light receiving elements each configured to generate a sensing voltage corresponding to a current pulse based on a photon reflected from a target object; a plurality of quenching circuits corresponding to the respective light receiving elements and each configured to output a pixel signal by controlling the sensing voltage from a corresponding light receiving element of the light receiving elements, and a readout circuit shared by the plurality of quenching circuits and configured to generate a readout signal by controlling a delay time of the pixel signal.

Abstract: Proposed is a method for displaying summary information about a chat message by a user terminal. The method may include receiving information about a chat room comprising at least one chat message from a server, and requesting the server to summarize a summary target message, which is at least a part of the at least one chat message. The method may also include receiving and displaying summary information about the summary target message from the server.

Abstract: Provided herein is an aerosol generation device with a reduced preheating time. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a case including an opening formed in one surface, and an article insertion portion into which an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-generating substrate is inserted, an opening/closing type cover which is disposed on the one surface of the case to open and close the opening, and a heater configured to heat the inserted aerosol-generating article. Here, the opening/closing type cover is configured to, when closing the opening, mechanically press an aerosol-generating substrate portion of the inserted aerosol-generating article so that the entire aerosol-generating substrate portion is rapidly heated, and in this way, a preheating time of the device may be reduced.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device according to an embodiment includes a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article accommodated in an accommodation space of the aerosol generating device, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the aerosol generating article, and a processor configured to control power supplied to the heater from the battery according to a preset temperature profile including a preheating period and a heating period, wherein the processor is further configured to detect whether an amount of moisture in the aerosol generating article is in a preset range based on the temperature of the aerosol generating article in the preheating period, and control a duration of the preheating period according to whether the amount of moisture in the aerosol generating article is included in the preset range.

Abstract: A base station transmits a random access response in response to a random access request (random access preamble) of a user equipment. The random access response includes information about a time when the random access request is transmitted and sequence number information of the random access request (random access preamble). The user equipment checks whether the received random access response is the response of the random access request transmitted by the user equipment, using the information about the time when the random access request is transmitted and the sequence number information included in the received random access response.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyimide powder and a manufacturing method therefor. Being polymerized from diamine monomers and dianhydride monomers using graphene, the polyimide powder according to the present invention exhibits electroconductivity whilst having minimal reduction in tensile strength and elongation, and thus can be provided as a polyimide powder capable of preventing static electricity.

Abstract: An impeller includes a hub, and a vain unit provided radially at a position spaced apart by a predetermined distance based on the hub. The vane unit is configured to begin at a position spaced apart by a predetermined radius based on the hub and to end to be formed into a streamlined shape in which a beginning portion becomes narrower in width than an end portion. The vane unit includes “n” first vanes radially configured at positions spaced apart by a radius r1 based on the hub and having a first length, where “n” is a natural number equal to or greater than 3; and “n” second vanes disposed between the first vanes, the second vanes having a second length that is less than the first length of the first vanes.

Abstract: A system for providing a photography service and an operation method thereof are provided. The operation method includes printing, by a photography kiosk of the system, a photo output including at least one image and a two-dimensional code; identifying, by a user terminal of the system, the two-dimensional code using a photographing device of the user terminal; receiving, by the user terminal, the at least one image or a time-lapse video corresponding to the at least one image, the at least one image or the time-lapse video received from a server of the system; and downloading, by the user terminal, the at least one image or the time-lapse video.

Abstract: Provided is a diffuser equipped with an integrated cover that is opened and closed by an air current formed when a fan module is driven to control the spread of scent. The diffuser includes a body forming an exterior, a base inserted and fixed into the body and having a through-portion formed on one surface thereof, and an aroma container coupled to the base, wherein the base includes a cover rotatably provided on the through-portion, and an internal space of the body and an internal space of the base are selectively communicated with each other as the cover is rotated.

Abstract: An indoor positioning system and a method thereof using reflected light is proposed. The system and the method are configured to use an optical signal transmitter and receiver and a reflector array composed of retroreflectors whose angle of incidence of each optical signal is equal to an angle of reflection thereof to calculate a distance to the reflector array on the basis of reception information of each optical signal and calculate an absolute location of the user on the basis of the distance information and absolute location information of each reflective surface of the reflector array, so as to solve the problems of indoor positioning systems and methods using reflected light of the related art that has a limitation that reflective surfaces should reflect the reflected light at respective frequencies different from each other and sensors satisfying sufficient sensitivity distances and communication speeds to detect the reflected light are required.

Abstract: An embodiment opening and closing apparatus of a sliding door of a vehicle includes a carrier slidably installed along a lengthwise direction of the vehicle, a pair of links rotatably installed on the carrier and spaced apart from each other, wherein a first end portion of the pair of links is hinge-connected to the sliding door of the vehicle, and a popping-out device configured to pop the sliding door out of a vehicle body of the vehicle by rotating the pair of links during an initial stage of an opening operation of the sliding door.

Abstract: Provided is a method of providing a game service by a game providing apparatus. The method includes obtaining auction information associated with an auction for a game item, obtaining an auction end time range indicating a time range in which the auction ends based on the auction time information, and determining an auction end time point for the game item to be any time point within the auction end time range. In some embodiments, the auction information includes auction time information associated with a time of the auction.

Abstract: A fluid silencer includes: an expansion pipe disposed on a pipe through which a fluid containing noise sources flows and having an accommodation space therein; a viscous fluid received in the accommodation space; a noise introducing member disposed between the pipe and the expansion pipe to seal the accommodation space and allowing the noise sources to be introduced into the accommodation space therethrough; at least one partition member disposed in the accommodation space and dividing the accommodation space in a flow direction of the fluid; multiple baffle members disposed on one surface of the partition member and forming multiple sound absorbing spaces into which the noise sources introduced into the accommodation space are dispersedly introduced; and an elastic member disposed between the partition member and the baffle members and contracted/expanded by the viscous fluid entering/leaving the sound absorbing spaces as the noise sources are introduced into the sound absorbing spaces.

Abstract: A data storage system configured to perform a data rebuild operation via a reduced number of read requests includes a host and a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) device including a plurality of data storage devices. When the host receives data of a first region and data of a second region of a read-requested region of each of the data storage devices in response to a rebuild request, the host receives failed address list information of the second region. The first region is a normal region, and the second region is a faulty region. The host rebuilds the data of the second region based on the failed address list information.