Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data assimilation system of numerical models using atmospheric research aircraft observation data for constructing a data assimilation system for generating improved initial conditions and performing efficient aerial observation work using atmospheric research aircraft observation data, and a method of constructing a weather prediction model with data assimilation applied of the data assimilation system. A data assimilation system of numerical models using atmospheric research aircraft observation data includes an observation error data generation module, a background error covariance generation module, a data assimilation module and a lateral boundary field generation module.

Abstract: A refrigerator for drinks is provided. The refrigerator may have an open hole that is open upward, so a drink container may be inserted in an erect state in a cabinet through the open hole. An insertion guide connected to the open hole may be disposed in the cabinet and the width of the insertion guide may change in a height direction. Accordingly, a drink container may be guided by the insertion guide when being inserted into or taken out of the refrigerator for drinks.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerosol generating device used for payment of tobacco articles for aerosol generating devices, and a payment system using the same. An aerosol generating device according to an embodiment includes a heater, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, a communication unit configured to communicate with a seller terminal, and a controller configured to receive payment target tobacco article information from the communication unit, determine whether a payment target tobacco article is genuine based on the payment target tobacco article information, and transmit payment information to the seller terminal through the communication unit based on the payment target tobacco article being determined to be genuine.

Abstract: A shoe management device may have a housing having a body to define an inner space and a cover to open or close the body to allow access to the inner space. Agitators may be provided at a bottom of the body, which may be configured to hold shoes, and the agitators may remove foreign matter from the shoes. An upper portion of the body may have an air generator configured to blow air toward the shoes to remove foreign matter. In addition, moisture and germs inside the shoe may be removed by hot air, ultraviolet light, and plasma ions provided by a care assembly provided inside of the body and configured to be at least partially inserted into the shoes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle NFC parking card equipped with an NFC chip and an NFC parking card application system for contacting a driver by tagging NFC, and a method by which a caller contacts a driver by using an NFC parking card equipped with an NFC chip, which is installed in a vehicle, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: when the caller tags the NFC parking card and accesses an NFC parking card application, sharing a unique identification number of the NFC parking card with the NFC parking card application so that driver information matching the tagged NFC parking card can be retrieved from a DB; searching the DB for a license plate number by using the shared unique identification number as a DB search value; retrieving the license plate number; sharing the retrieved license plate number with the caller; confirming, by the caller, the shared license plate number; transmitting a connection request to the driver; if the driver confirms and accepts the connection r

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a battery monitoring data management system. According to an embodiment, the system may comprise charge-discharge apparatuses to be connected to batteries and to collect state information of the batteries; charge-discharge apparatus controllers to control the charge-discharge apparatuses and to generate monitoring data from the collected state information; and a monitoring data management device to receive monitoring data generated by the charge-discharge apparatus controllers, to create message groups based on the received monitoring data, to extract alarm data from the message groups, to generate alarm messages based the extracted alarm data, and to transmit the generated alarm messages to at least one of a monitoring server and an administrator terminal.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a first cartridge including a first material and a delivery hole, a second cartridge including chambers for accommodating a second material through which an aerosol passes, a position of the second cartridge with respect to the first cartridge being changeable, a remaining amount sensor configured to detect a remaining amount of the first material, and a controller configured to determine a consumption amount at which the first material is consumed with respect to a usage chamber that currently passes the aerosol based on the detected remaining amount of the first material and to compare the consumption amount of the first material with a pre-set reference consumption amount of the first material with respect to the usage chamber, thereby determining a position changing time at which changing of a position of the second cartridge is required.

Abstract: The aerosol generating device may include a heating structure configured to generate heat by surface plasmon resonance, and a concentrator configured to focus light on the heating structure.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a display area of a display panel, and a display driving circuit supplying data voltages and pixel driving control signals to the plurality of pixels to control an image display operation for each of the plurality of pixels. The display driving circuit further supplies an active control voltage that varies proportional to or inversely proportional to a change in temperature of the display panel to at least one thin film transistor included in the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: A battery monitoring system includes at least one memory configured to store a first coordinate-related data set in which coordinate data indicating a position of an electrode moved in each of a plurality of processes is connected with inspection data and/or measurement data of the electrode obtained in the plurality of processes, and an identification data set including an electrode identifier (ID) identifying the electrode. The battery monitoring system further includes at least one processor configured to connect the electrode ID with the coordinate data of the first coordinate-related data set corresponding to the electrode ID, and send monitoring data for the electrode, based on data about the connection of the electrode ID with the coordinate data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating a cancer (or a tumor) with an IL-7 protein in combination with a VEGF antagonist. In some aspects, the methods provided herein further comprise administering an additional therapeutic agent (e.g., immune checkpoint inhibitor) to the subject.

Abstract: To provide an additional image to a user, an electronic device receives data on a smoking event from an external device, generates image data including at least one graphic object corresponding to the smoking event based on data on the received smoking event, and provides an additional image to a user by outputting the image data on a display, wherein the additional image and a real scene corresponding to a field of view of the user are simultaneously observed by the user through the display.

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: An inhaler includes a stick provided with a chamber configured to accommodate a capsule including powder and a piercing hole opened toward the chamber, a holder including an insertion groove into which the stick is inserted, a piercing member provided in the insertion groove and configured to crush the capsule through the piercing hole when the stick is inserted into the insertion groove, a vibration member configured to provide vibration to the piercing member, a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor configured to measure a biosignal of a user of the inhaler, and a controller configured to control an operation of the inhaler.

Abstract: A charging device for an aerosol generating device including a first charging pin and a second charging pin spaced apart from the first charging pin by a first interval includes a charging station on which a plurality of charging pads is arranged to be spaced apart from each other and a controller configured to detect, among the plurality of charging pads, one charging pad to which the first charging pin is connected and another charging pad to which the second charging pin is connected, and supply power to the detected charging pads, wherein two adjacent charging pads among the plurality of charging pads are spaced apart by a second interval that is less than or equal to the first interval.

Abstract: An image sensing device for obtaining an image of a scene by sensing light is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a pixel circuit configured to output a pixel signal based on a voltage level of a floating diffusion node at which charges generated corresponding to an intensity of incident light are accumulated, a voltage controller configured to control a voltage level of an output node where the pixel signal is output in response to a voltage control signal, a conversion circuit configured to convert the pixel signal into a digital signal, and a voltage trimming circuit configured to control the voltage control signal based on the digital signal.

Abstract: A powder inhalation device includes a storage tank configured to store a medium in a powder form, a powder loading unit configured to receive the medium from the storage tank, an air flow passage through which the medium transferred to the powder loading unit flows together with air, an air flow sensor configured to detect a pressure or a flow velocity in the air flow passage, a powder diffuser configured to diffuse the medium transferred to the powder loading unit toward the air flow passage, and a controller configured to control the powder diffuser by receiving a pressure signal or a flow velocity signal from the air flow sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed are an AR optical system for measurement of ocular dyskinesia with improved quality of photographed images, and an AR apparatus including the same. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there are provided an AR optical system for measurement of ocular dyskinesia with improved quality of photographed images by resolving the problem of uneven brightness and darkness occurring in the images due to structural problems, and an AR apparatus including the same.

Abstract: A brain stimulation system includes a wearable electronic device including a display, a biometric information acquisition unit, and a first processor, and a brain stimulation device having at least one area that is attached to the body of a user and configured to apply brain stimulation to the user such that the user feels a smoking sensation. The biometric information acquisition unit detects changed biometric information of the user in response to the brain stimulation, and the first processor displays one of a virtual reality image and an augmented reality image including the detected biometric information of the user on the display.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle QR code type parking card on which a QR code is printed and a QR code type parking card application system for contacting a driver by scanning a QC code, and a method for contacting a driver by using the vehicle QR code type parking card on which the QR code is printed, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: scanning, by a caller, the QR code printed on the QR code type parking card to access a QC code type parking card application; retrieving, from a DB, a license plate number matching a unique identification number of the scanned QR code type parking card; confirming, by the caller, the retrieved license plate number; sharing his/her current location information with the driver; confirming, by the driver, a shared location of the caller; retrieving, from the DB, a contact number of the driver if the driver accepts a connection request from the caller; and connecting the caller and the driver.