Abstract: A dryer appliance and a method of operating a dryer appliance are provided. The dryer includes a drum defining a drying chamber rotatably mounted within a cabinet, an additive dispensing assembly to provide a dryer additive to the drying chamber, and a controller for initiating a drying operation. The controller obtains washer operating parameters from a washing machine, determines a drying operation based on the received parameters, initiates a dry cycle, and directs a dryer additive to be dispensed based on the dryer operating schedule.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a LiDAR device is proposed. The method may include providing a LiDAR module including a laser emitting module and a laser detecting module to a target region. The method may also include adjusting, on the basis of first detecting data obtained from the laser detecting module, a relative position of a detecting optic module with respect to the laser detecting module. The method may further include adjusting, on the basis of image data obtained from at least one image sensor, a relative position of an emitting optic module with respect to the laser emitting module.

Abstract: A method of operating a washing machine appliance includes measuring a humidity value with the humidity sensor and comparing the measured humidity value to an expected humidity value. The method also includes flagging a fault in response to the measured humidity value differing from the expected humidity value by at least a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a first protective layer and a second protective layer sequentially stacked on a surface of the polarizer, and the second protective layer includes a positive C retardation layer, the positive C retardation layer having a thickness of about 10 ?m or less, an index of refraction of about 1.50 to about 1.55, and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 150° C. to about 250° C.

Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI)-based knowledge distillation and paper production computing system processes instructions to use machine learning models to automatically review papers from a large corpus of papers and distill knowledge using science of science methods and AI-based modeling techniques. The AI-based knowledge distillation and paper production computing system processes instructions to leverage network science and machine learning tools to analyze papers with respect to a given topic to find relevant scientific publications, organize and group publications based on topic similarity and relation to the topic in general, and distill and summarize the message and content of these publications into a coherent set of statements.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a power semiconductor device includes forming a drift region in a substrate, forming a trench in the drift region, forming a gate insulating layer in the trench, depositing a conductive material on the substrate, forming a gate electrode in the trench, forming a body region in the substrate, forming a highly doped source region in the body region, forming an insulating layer that covers the gate electrode, etching the insulating layer to open the body region, implanting a dopant into a portion of the body region to form a highly doped body contact region, so that the highly doped source region and the highly doped body contact region are alternately formed in the body region; and forming a source electrode on the highly doped body contact region and the highly doped source region.

Abstract: In order to determine whether bumps and depressions are present on the ground in a target image, the present invention: acquires a V-disparity map on the basis of a target image acquired by means of an image sensor; detects, in the V-disparity map, at least one component indicating information about the ground in the target image; determines a polynomial in a coordinate system in the V-disparity map for the component; determines a straight line passing through two different inflection points on a curve, which corresponds to the polynomial, in the coordinate system in the V-disparity map; determines a target point on the curve, the target point having a tangential slope identical to the slope of the straight line; calculates the distance between the straight line and the target point; and determines, on the basis of the distance, whether the ground includes bumps and depressions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laundry sheet wherein one or more component selected from a group consisting of a builder, an enzyme, a bleaching agent and a bleach activator is contained as a granule in a laundry film prepared using a laundry detergent component and a film-forming water-soluble polymer. The laundry sheet of the present invention completely dissolves in water and thus does not need to be removed after laundering. In addition, the laundry sheet of the present invention has superior cleaning performance, is convenient to use and has superior storage stability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sensor mounted wafer, including: a lower case in which a mounting groove is formed; a circuit board on which a plurality of electronic components having different heights are mounted, and placed in the mounting groove; an upper case in which a plurality of insertion grooves having different depths are formed, and bonded together to the lower case so that the plurality of electronic components are inserted into the plurality of insertion grooves; and an adhesive layer placed between the mounting groove and the plurality of insertion grooves, in which the insertion grooves are formed to have different depths according to the heights of the plurality of the electronic components.

Abstract: A skin diagnosing device includes a main body provided with an input interface for operation; and a head connected to one end of the main body, the head includes: a front cover forming a contact surface with of a user and including an opening; a cover window covering the opening; a plurality of ultraviolet light sources and a plurality of visible light sources, which are disposed behind the front cover and face the opening; at least one camera which is disposed behind the plurality of ultraviolet light sources and the plurality of visible light sources, and faces the opening; and a laser light source which is disposed behind the at least one camera and faces the opening.

Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing a high yield and high performance mesophase pitch and a high yield and high performance mesophase pitch manufactured therefrom by hydrogenating, mesophase formation, thin film evaporation, solvent-extracting, filtering and then drying to obtain only mesogen components in flow-domained mesophase pitch and then mixing the mesogen components with an isotropic pitch as a solvent component. Further, the high yield mesophase pitch of the present disclosure exhibits high spinnability while maintaining whole anisotropy and exhibits a much higher production yield than existing mesophase pitches.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laundry sheet in which at least one laundry component is distributed inside a matrix formed from a water-soluble polymer, which is a polyvinyl alcohol or a polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer, and the laundry sheet has (i) a foamability of 0.5-0.9 (g/cm3) or (ii) a drape stiffness of 3.5-7.5 cm.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device using a virtual reality, which is capable of self-aligning an in-coupling angle and an out-coupling angle by using a mechanical mechanism. An electronic device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a glass body including a frame; an optical engine mounted on a leg of the frame and generating and emitting an image; an optical element mounted on the frame and performing in-coupling and out-coupling of the image emitted from the optical engine and displaying the corresponding image to a user; and a self alignment unit automatically aligning an in-coupling angle and an out-coupling angle of the optical element.

Abstract: An apparatus for forward collision avoidance assist-junction turning of a vehicle includes a sensor for acquiring at least one of a steering angle, a steering angle speed, or a yaw rate of a vehicle, or a size, a position, or a speed of an opposite target. A traveling path area for a left-turn or a right-turn is calculated by a controller based on the steering angle or the yaw rate of the vehicle. The traveling path area is then corrected by the controller based on at least a portion of the steering angle, the steering angle speed, or the yaw rate of the vehicle, or the size, the position, and the speed of the opposite target. A warning against the collision between the vehicle and the opposite target and a control operation to prevent the collision are performed based on the corrected traveling path area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electronic device used in virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), etc. Disclosed herein is an electronic device which includes: a frame including at least one opening and worn on a human body of a user; a control unit fixed to the frame and generating an image; and a display unit fixed to the opening of the frame and showing the image to the user, in which the frame includes a front frame including the at least one opening and first and second side frames which extend in a first direction crossing the front frame at both ends of the front frame and are parallel to each other, and at least one of a first length of each of the first and second side frames and a first interval between the first side frame and the second side frame is adjustable.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing an anisotropic pitch for carbon fiber, and more particularly, to a method of preparing an anisotropic pitch of preparing a pitch having a low softening point by thermally polymerizing heavy oil or residue oil generated in an oil refining process, extracting only a mesogen component, and then heat-treating at a high temperature for a short time. The anisotropic pitch prepared in the present disclosure has advantages of exhibiting the anisotropic content of 100% and controlling the anisotropic content only a simple temperature control as desired and may be used as a precursor of a high value-added carbon material such as carbon fiber and an anode material for a lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device according to the present invention. The electronic device according to the present invention may move a display unit so that the position of the display unit corresponds to the pupil position of a user, and nanopatterns of an in-coupling portion, where a beam enters the display unit, and an out-coupling portion, where a beam is emitted, may be the same pattern. The electronic device according to the present invention may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to a 5G service, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laundry sheet wherein one or more component selected from a group consisting of a builder, an enzyme, a bleaching agent and a bleach activator is contained as a granule in a laundry film prepared using a laundry detergent component and a film-forming water-soluble polymer. The laundry sheet of the present invention completely dissolves in water and thus does not need to be removed after laundering. In addition, the laundry sheet of the present invention has superior cleaning performance, is convenient to use and has superior storage stability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laundry sheet wherein one or more component selected from a group consisting of a builder, an enzyme, a bleaching agent and a bleach activator is contained as a granule in a laundry film prepared using a laundry detergent component and a film-forming water-soluble polymer. The laundry sheet of the present invention completely dissolves in water and thus does not need to be removed after laundering. In addition, the laundry sheet of the present invention has superior cleaning performance, is convenient to use and has superior storage stability.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device using a virtual reality, which is capable of self-aligning an in-coupling angle and an out-coupling angle by using a mechanical mechanism. An electronic device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a glass body including a frame; an optical engine mounted on a leg of the frame and generating and emitting an image; an optical element mounted on the frame and performing in-coupling and out-coupling of the image emitted from the optical engine and displaying the corresponding image to a user; and a self alignment unit automatically aligning an in-coupling angle and an out-coupling angle of the optical element.