Abstract: Disclosed herein are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus. In video encoding and decoding, multiple partition blocks are generated by splitting a target block. A prediction mode is derived for at least a part of the multiple partition blocks, among the multiple partition blocks, and prediction is performed on the multiple partition blocks based on the derived prediction mode. When prediction is performed on the partition blocks, information related to the target block may be used, and information related to an additional partition block, which is predicted prior to the partition block, may be used.

Abstract: An inductor according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first magnetic body having a toroidal shape, and including a ferrite; and a second magnetic body disposed on an outer circumferential surface or an inner circumferential surface of the first magnetic body, wherein the second magnetic body includes: resin material and a plurality of layers of metal ribbons wound along the circumferential direction of the first magnetic body, wherein the resin material comprises a first resin material disposed to cover an outer surface of the plurality of layers of metal ribbons, and a second resin material disposed in at least a part of a plurality of layers of interlayer spaces.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an extracellular vesicle (EV) comprising a subunit of a heterodimeric transcription factor, an EV polypeptide, and a monomeric cis-cleaving intein and a method of using the EV.

Abstract: A cooking appliance may include a casing having a cavity and an electric chamber therein, and a door configured to open and close the cavity. A guide duct having an air discharge flow path therein may be disposed in the electric chamber. A cooling fan may be disposed at the guide duct, and be configured to discharge air in the casing forward along the air discharge flow path. A lighting device may be disposed at a position spaced forward from the cooling fan toward the door. A lighting guide with a guide space having an oblong hole shape may be disposed at a center portion of the guide duct, and the lighting device may be disposed in the guide space. Accordingly, the lighting module may emit light to the center portion of the cavity to illuminate uniformly an entire internal space of the cavity. Further, the lighting module may be surrounded by the lighting guide, thereby preventing overheating of the lighting module due to high temperature discharged air flowing through the guide duct.

Abstract: Therapeutic compounds for red blood cell-mediated delivery of an active pharmaceutical ingredient to a target cell are described. The therapeutic compounds are configured to bind CD47 on the surface of a red blood cell and to be subsequently transferred to CD47 on the surface of the target cell, the therapeutic compound ultimately being internalized by the target cell via endocytosis. The target cell may be a cancer cell, a virus-infected cell, or a fibrotic cell.

Abstract: A preconditioned conjugate gradient (PCG) solver, embedded in an electronic device to perform a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) operation, includes an image database, a factor graph database, and a back-end processor, wherein the back-end processor is configured to receive an image from the image database to perform re-localization, receive, from the factor graph database, data for calculating six degrees of freedom (DoF)-related components, construct a matrix including the six degrees of freedom-related components based on the received data, and load and rearrange the matrix and a vector, to perform calculation on each block of each row of the matrix and the vector, then output first data, and shift second data to a location of the first data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cap with a new structure that can be easily worn by people with long hair. In the cap according to the present disclosure, since a male button (42) provided on a strap (30) is coupled to a female button (41) provided on a side surface of a crown (10), the strap (30) may be configured to be sufficiently long. Accordingly, after a user wears the cap, the strap (30) may be passed under the hair and fixed using button members (41, 42). Thus, there are advantages that it is not necessary to take out the hair by passing the hair through an opening (11) and it is more convenient to wear the cap.

Abstract: A case opening apparatus is disclosed. In some implementations, the case opening apparatus may include a suction portion including a first suction portion configured to suction an upper portion of a case of a battery cell being in a folded state and a second suction portion configured to suction a lower portion of the case, and a rotation driving portion configured to open the inside of the case by rotating the first suction portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is an elastic electric contact terminal that does not give an effect on a metal layer even when a core is pressed by external force. The elastic electric contact terminal includes an elastic core, a heat-resistant polymer film that surrounds the core and is attached to top and bottom surfaces of the core with an adhesive layer therebetween, and a metal layer disposed on an outer surface of the polymer film. At least one sidewall of the core is pressed inward to form a folded portion, and a space is defined between an inner surface of the polymer film and the sidewall of the core by the folded portion.

Abstract: A photovoltaic power generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first converter for converting and outputting power applied from a photovoltaic power generation panel; a second converter for receiving, via a first input/output terminal, the power output by the first converter, converting same, and outputting same via a second input/output terminal, or receiving power from the second input/output terminal, converting same, and outputting same via the first input/output terminal; a third converter for receiving power from the first converter or the second converter and charging an energy storage device, or transmitting power charged in the energy storage device to the second converter; and an active power filter for reducing ripples in the second converter, wherein power stored in the active power filter is transmitted to the first converter.

Abstract: A converter according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a voltage transformer unit which converts the input voltage of input power to a predetermined voltage and outputs same, and a control unit which controls the operating frequency of the voltage transformer unit according to states of the input power.

Abstract: A converter according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a switching unit including a plurality of switches; a voltage transformer connected to the switching unit; a rectifier switch connected to the voltage transformer; and s sensor connected to a primary coil of the voltage transformer, a secondary coil of the voltage transformer, or the rectifier switch.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a sensing device comprising: a magnet; a collector arranged to correspond to a path along which the magnet moves; and a first sensor disposed in the collector, wherein: the collector comprises a first leg part, a second leg part, and a third leg part; the magnet includes a first pole and a second pole; the first leg part and the second leg part are arranged to be opposite to the first pole; and the third leg part is arranged to be opposite to the second pole.

Abstract: A power transmission device for a commercial vehicle having an electric axle, may include a first differential ring gear fixedly mounted on a first rear-wheel driveshaft; a second differential ring gear mounted on a second rear-wheel driveshaft; a propeller shaft, with a first differential drive gear engaged with the first differential ring gear being connected to a front-end portion of the propeller shaft and a second differential drive gear engaged with the second differential ring gear being connected to a rear end portion thereof; a reducer connected to the first differential ring gear or the propeller shaft; and a motor, an output shaft of the motor being connected to an input gear of the reducer.

Abstract: An inductor according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first magnetic body having a toroidal shape, and including a ferrite; and a second magnetic body disposed on an outer circumferential surface or an inner circumferential surface of the first magnetic body, wherein the second magnetic body includes: resin material and a plurality of layers of metal ribbons wound along the circumferential direction of the first magnetic body, wherein the resin material comprises a first resin material disposed to cover an outer surface of the plurality of layers of metal ribbons, and a second resin material disposed in at least a part of a plurality of layers of interlayer spaces.

Abstract: The present invention provides surface-engineered extracelluar vesicles, compositions comprising the surface-engineered extracelluar vesicles, methods for preparing the surface-engineered extracelluar vesicles, and methods for using the surface-engineered extracelluar vesicles or the compositions.

Abstract: A pouch-type battery cell includes an electrode assembly formed by stacking a plurality of electrode plates, a pouch having an electrode accommodating portion accommodating the electrode assembly therein and a sealing portion sealing at least a portion of a circumference of the electrode accommodating portion, and electrode leads electrically connected to the electrode assembly and exposed to an outside of the pouch through the sealing portion. The electrode leads are exposed to the outside of the pouch through a first sealing portion formed at a corner of the pouch among the sealing portion.

Abstract: A carrier includes a base assembly movably coupled to a transfer rail, a seating plate disposed above the base assembly and having a battery cell seated on an upper surface thereof, a pressurizing and fixing portion for fixing the battery cell to the seating plate by pressurizing the battery cell, and an elastic member for pressurizing the pressurizing and fixing portion toward the seating plate side, wherein the pressurizing and fixing portion is coupled to the base assembly to move in a first direction, which is a horizontal direction, and a second direction, which is a vertical direction.

Abstract: A carrier includes a base assembly movably coupled to a transfer rail, a seating plate disposed above the base assembly and having a battery cell seated on an upper surface thereof, a pressurizing and fixing portion for fixing the battery cell to the seating plate by pressurizing the battery cell, and an elastic member for pressurizing the pressurizing and fixing portion toward the seating plate side, wherein the pressurizing and fixing portion is coupled to the base assembly to move in a first direction, which is a horizontal direction, and a second direction, which is a vertical direction.

Abstract: A battery module including a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells that are stacked on top of one another, the plurality of battery cells including electrode leads, at least one bus bar structured to provide a plurality of through-slits into which the electrode leads are inserted, and a bus bar frame coupled to the at least one bus bar, the bus bar frame having a plurality of through-holes in which the electrode leads are disposed. Each of the through-slits may include a first guide portion structured to include a first space wider than a width of a corresponding through-slit for a corresponding electrode lead to be inserted toward the through-slit, and the bus bar frame may include a second guide portion structured to include a second space that extends from the first space and has a width wider than the first space.