Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a slot disposed in an interior of the housing, wherein the slot is configured to permit an electronic module inserted into the slot, a cooling member disposed outside the slot to cool the electronic module, and a heat transfer member configured to be connected to the electronic module to transfer heat from the electronic module to the cooling member.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer, a conductive layer formed over the dielectric layer, and a reduction sacrificial layer formed between the dielectric layer and the conductive layer, wherein the reduction sacrificial layer includes a first reduction sacrificial material having higher electronegativity than the dielectric layer, and a second reduction sacrificial material having higher electronegativity than the first reduction sacrificial material.

Abstract: An intra prediction mode encoding and decoding method, an image decoding device, and an image encoding device operate by deriving most probable modes (MPMs) from surrounding prediction units adjacent to a current prediction unit and deriving an intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit on the basis of an MPM flag indicating whether an MPM having the same prediction mode as the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit exists among the derived MPMs.

Abstract: An embodiment is a side sill assembly for a vehicle including a side sill inner part coupled to a floor of a vehicle and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the side sill inner part having an accommodation space formed by recessing a partial section toward an inside of the vehicle and configured such that a link mechanism connected to a door of the vehicle is rotatably accommodated in the accommodation space, a side sill center part having a cross-section extending from the side sill inner part to an outside of the vehicle, the side sill center part extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle along the side sill inner part, and a side sill cover configured to define a closed cross-section by connecting the side sill center part and an upper portion of the side sill inner part in a section except for the accommodation space.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to video encoding/decoding methods and device, wherein the video encoding method according to the invention comprises the following steps: acquiring information of peripheral blocks; setting the information about a current block based on the information of the peripheral blocks; and encoding the current block based on the set information, wherein the current block and the peripheral blocks may be a CU (coding unit).

Abstract: A multi-channel optical sub-assembly includes a printed circuit board with a signal processor mounted thereon, a package window mounted on the printed circuit board, the package window including a transparent material, a package mounted on the package window, and an optical device accommodated into an inner space of the package and configured to convert an electrical signal, input from the signal processor, into an optical signal, wherein the electrical signal sequentially passes through a window through electrode buried in the package window and a package through electrode buried in the package and is input to the optical device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.

Abstract: Provided is a high-gain amplifier based on double-gain boosting including a first gain amplification unit including a first amplifier, a second amplifier, and a an interstage matching network connected between the first amplifier and the second amplifier and performing primary amplification; and a second gain amplification unit connected in parallel with the first gain amplification unit and performing secondary boosting.

Abstract: Proposed are a wafer inspection apparatus and a method of inspecting a wafer using the wafer inspection apparatus. The proposed wafer inspection apparatus includes a horizontal magnetic field generation unit arranged proximate to a lateral surface of a wafer and forming a magnetic field in such a manner that lines of magnetic force propagate in a horizontal direction, a vertical magnetic field generation unit arranged under the wafer and generating a magnetic field in such a manner that lines of magnetic force propagate in a direction vertical to the wafer, an image measurement unit arranged over the wafer and measuring an image of the wafer, and a wafer movement stage moving the wafer in a first direction and a second direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor package, including a first structure including a ball array region on a lower surface of the first structure and an external region completely surrounding the ball array region, the ball array region including a passive element region in which solder balls are not disposed and an edge region completely surrounding the passive element region, a first semiconductor chip on an upper surface of the first structure, a passive element in the passive element region on the lower surface of the first structure, the passive element not in the edge region on the lower surface of the first structure, and a first ball array in the edge region on the lower surface of the first structure, the first ball array including two or more first power solder balls supplying power to at least one of the passive element and the first semiconductor chip.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch sensor and a fabrication method thereof in which sensor electrodes in the active area is connected to the trace via a bridge electrode.

Abstract: A mobile device including an audio processor processing audio data and generating an audio signal, an outputter outputting the audio signal, a communicator that may be connected to an AP (Access Point) network, and a controller, in response to a predetermined event occurring with the audio signal being output, transmitting the audio signal to an external speaker included in the AP network through the communicator and controlling the external speaker to output the audio signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an ultrasonic cavity probe including a grip configured to be held by a user, a lens unit having a predetermined curvature radius, and configured to be inserted into a bodily cavity and to be brought into contact with a skin inside the bodily cavity, a head unit including a first side for mounting the lens unit and rounded corners, and a connecting portion configured to connect the head unit and the grip and to make a first angle with the head unit.

Abstract: A mobile device including an audio processor processing audio data and generating an audio signal, an outputter outputting the audio signal, a communicator that may be connected to an AP (Access Point) network, and a controller, in response to a predetermined event occurring with the audio signal being output, transmitting the audio signal to an external speaker included in the AP network through the communicator and controlling the external speaker to output the audio signal.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing and using content advisory (CA) information on Internet contents. A method of providing CA information by using a CA information server, includes receiving a request for the CA information on a content, from an Internet Protocol television (IPTV); searching for CA information on the content; and transmitting the found CA information to the IPTV. A method of using CA information when an IPTV reproduces a content not having the CA information, according to the present invention, includes transmitting a request for CA information, to a CA information server; receiving the CA information from the CA information server; analyzing the CA information; and applying the CA information.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing and using content advisory (CA) information on Internet contents. A method of providing CA information by using a CA information server, includes receiving a request for the CA information on a content, from an Internet Protocol television (IPTV); searching for CA information on the content; and transmitting the found CA information to the IPTV. A method of using CA information when an IPTV reproduces a content not having the CA information, according to the present invention, includes transmitting a request for CA information, to a CA information server; receiving the CA information from the CA information server; analyzing the CA information; and applying the CA information.