Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart home controller refrigerator and a control method therefor, the smart home controller refrigerator, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprising: a control unit comprising a control protocol communication unit for receiving control information for controlling a home appliance in a home, an operation protocol communication unit for generating an operation signal calculated from the control information, and a signal transmission unit for transmitting the operation signal to the home appliance; at least one storage space; and at least one door for controlling the opening/closing of the at least one storage space.

Abstract: The present invention, which is used for continuous variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) with asynchronous local oscillators, relates to a system for performing a phase compensation of a scheme of using LO phase estimation and feedback at a receiver (Bob) using a pilot signal from a transmitter (Alice) and a scheme of measuring quantum state data using an LO having a predetermined phase at the receiver (Bob) and estimating and feeding back an LO phase through multi-dimensional reconciliation (MDR).

Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a drum configured to accommodate an object to be dried; a first sensor configured to sense a dry state of the object to be dried accommodated in the drum; a heating unit configured to heat air supplied into the drum; a blower including a fan configured to generate a flow of the air passing through the inside of the drum; a second sensor configured to sense a temperature of the air discharged from the drum; and a processor configured to control a rotation speed of the drum, a temperature of the air discharged from the drum, and a rotation speed of the fan.

Abstract: An image sensing device is provided to include organic and inorganic photosensing regions. The organic photosensing region includes an organic material and provides a first image signal generated in response to light incident on the organic photosensing region. The inorganic photosensing region includes an inorganic material and provides a second image signal generated in response to light incident on the inorganic photosensing region. The image sensing device further includes: top and bottom electrodes formed on opposite sides of the organic photosensing region, a first storage region disposed relative to the organic photosensing region and storing the first image signal, a second storage region disposed relative to the inorganic photosensing region and storing the second image signal, and a logic circuit disposed to receive the first image signal and the second image signal and processing at least one of the first image signal or the second image signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are: an intermediate capable of high-purity synthesis of gadobutrol which can be used as an MRI contrast agent; and a gadobutrol production method using same. The gadobutrol intermediate is represented by Chemical Formula 2 in the specification.

Abstract: A coupling mechanism for coupling an electronic device to an outer casing includes a plurality of hook-shaped brackets interposed between a front cover and a rear cover of the electronic device, where the plurality of hook-shaped brackets pass through an accommodation hole of the outer casing and are held to hook the outer casing while the front cover and the rear cover are coupled to each other; a plurality of main bracket-mounted portions defined in the front cover, where each of the plurality of hook-shaped brackets is mounted into each of the plurality of main bracket-mounted portions; and a plurality of auxiliary bracket-mounted portions disposed on the rear cover, where each of the plurality of auxiliary bracket-mounted portions is engaged with each of the plurality of hook-shaped brackets when the front cover and the rear cover are coupled to each other.

Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory blocks and a storage block storing a plurality of pieces of option parameter information; a parameter determining circuit outputting a parameter information signal by measuring a skew of the memory device; a peripheral circuit performing a read operation on the storage block; and a control logic controlling the peripheral circuit to perform the read operation on a selected piece of option parameter information, among the plurality of pieces of option parameter information, in response to the parameter information signal, and setting an option parameter according to the selected piece of option parameter information.

Abstract: A refrigerator comprises: a cabinet having a storage space; a door which opens/closes the cabinet and has an opening that communicates with the storage space; a panel provided in the opening that selectively becomes transparent according to an operation by a user; a sensing module provided inside the panel assembly that senses an approach of an object toward the panel; and a display module provided inside the panel assembly that displays information from the sensing module on the panel, wherein the sensing module comprises a light-emitting element that outputs a first optical signal, and a light-receiving element that receives a second optical signal reflected by the object in front of the panel.

Abstract: A truck storage box with integrated lighting and power is disclosed. In one embodiment, the lighting is a light assembly including a light emitting diode (LED) strip that is powered by drawing vehicle electrical power from a truck to trailer electrical socket of the vehicle, and routes the electrical power into the truck storage box mounted on the vehicle.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor devices may include a substrate, a first insulating film on the substrate, a lower metal layer in the first insulating film, and a second insulating film on the first insulating film. The lower metal layer may be in the second insulating film, the second insulating film may include a lower surface facing the substrate and an upper surface that is opposite the lower surface, and the upper surface of the second insulating film may be upwardly convex. The semiconductor devices may further include a barrier dielectric film including a recess on the second insulating film, and a via metal layer that is in the recess of the barrier dielectric film and electrically connected with the lower metal layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for attaching and detaching a handle of a surgical light which is a medical lighting apparatus. The device, in the handle which is inserted into or separated from a surgical light shaft in a female-male coupling manner, comprises: a lock pin which protrudes in the axial direction of the surgical light shaft and is inserted into a lock hole formed on the handle so as to prevent the handle from being separated; a pin spring, supported on the surgical light shaft, for providing elastic force so that the lock pin protrudes to the outside of the surgical light shaft; a separation button which is provided on the outside of the handle and, when an external force for separating the handle from the surgical light shaft is applied, is pushed so as to enable the lock pin to be separated from the lock hole of the handle; and a button support body for supporting the separation button on the handle so that the separation button is movable to a certain degree.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothes treating apparatus that operates by executing an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm in a 5G environment connected for Internet of Things, and a method for operating the clothes treating apparatus. The method for operating the clothes treating apparatus includes acquiring a clothing image by using a camera to photograph a user wearing clothes and standing in front of a mirror display placed on a front surface of the clothes treating apparatus, analyzing the clothing image, setting an operation mode of the clothes treating apparatus according to the result of analyzing the clothing image, and causing the clothes treating apparatus to operate according to the set operation mode. It is possible to improve user satisfaction by automatically setting and activating an operation mode of a clothes treating apparatus based on clothing image information.

Abstract: A bioreaction container including a culture chamber configured to contain a culture solution and a life form in an inner space, the culture chamber having an open upper end; a chamber cover portion coupled to the upper end of the culture chamber, the chamber cover portion having a protruding tube provided on one side thereof so as to communicate with the inner space; a filter cap coupled to the protruding tube in an attachable/detachable manner so as to open/close the protruding tube; a gas introduction portion configured to penetrate the chamber cover portion and to communicate with the inner space so as to supply a predetermined gas into the inner space; and an acidity/basicity adjustment portion installed on the chamber cover portion while containing an adjustment solution that adjusts pH of the culture solution such that the adjustment solution is discharged into the inner space by pneumatic pressure.

Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps o£ acquiring information to form a reference picture set of a current picture by entropy decoding the received bitstream information; and performing prediction on a prediction block inside the current picture by using a reference picture list which is formed based on the reference picture set.

Abstract: An example image forming apparatus includes a light emitter to emit a plurality of light beams in a first direction perpendicular to a light emitting direction of a display and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the light emitting direction, a light receiver, a first processor to determine a touch input coordinate of a user based on a variation amount of each of the plurality of light beams received by the receiver, and a second processor to control the display and the image former using the determined touch input coordinate. The first processor may suspend determination of the touch input coordinate in response to an optical change being detected only in one direction within a preset first time. The example image forming apparatus may prevent a touch error, such as a touch error due to frustrated total internal reflection.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a lower wiring, a first interlayer insulating film disposed on the substrate and including a first region and a second region over the first region, an etch stop film on the first interlayer insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film on the etch stop film, a first upper wiring in the second interlayer insulating film, the etch stop film, and the second region of the first interlayer insulating film and the first upper wiring is spaced apart from the lower wiring and a via in the first region of the first interlayer insulating film, and the via connects the lower wiring and the first upper wiring, wherein the first upper wiring includes a first portion in the second interlayer insulating film, and a second portion in the etch stop film and the second region of the first interlayer insulating film, and a sidewall of the second portion of the first upper wiring includes a stepwise shape.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a connection terminal, including a base pillar, on the semiconductor substrate. An insulation layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate, the insulation layer including an opening in the insulation layer through which the base pillar extends, wherein a side wall of the insulation layer defining the opening includes a horizontal step at a level that is lower than an uppermost portion of the base pillar.

Abstract: A refrigerator with a sound reproducing capability is provided. The refrigerator may include a cabinet forming an exterior of the refrigerator and having an upper surface portion, a lower surface portion, a side surface portion, and a rear surface portion, a door coupled to the cabinet, a vibration module attached to an inner surface of at least one among the door, the upper surface portion, the side surface portion, the rear surface portion, and the lower surface portion, and a controller configured to control vibration of the vibration module. The vibration strength of the vibration module and power supplied to the vibration module may be determined by a trained model trained through machine learning, an area of artificial intelligence (AI). In addition, the refrigerator may include a communicator, and may operate in conjunction with an external device via 5G communication.

Abstract: A refrigerator for controlling operations by executing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and/or machine learning algorithms in a 5G environment connected for Internet of Things, and a method of operating the refrigerator, are disclosed. A method for operating a refrigerator including performing by a controller, a first recognition of a first food being placed into the refrigerator, performing by the controller, a second recognition of a second food being taken out from the refrigerator, and displaying, on a display of the refrigerator, storage status information on remaining food in the refrigerator based on a result of the first recognition and a result of the second recognition is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of acid-alpha glucosidase and uses thereof. Said variants are sequence-optimized and/or are linked to a heterogenous signal peptide.