Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode on a substrate and extending in a first direction, source/drain patterns spaced apart from each other, in a second direction, with the gate electrode interposed therebetween, a gate contact electrically connected to the gate electrode, and an active contact electrically connected to at least one of the source/drain patterns. The active contact includes a lower contact pattern electrically connected to the at least one of the source/drain patterns, the lower contact pattern having a first width in the first direction, and an upper contact pattern electrically connected to a top surface of the lower contact pattern, the upper contact pattern having a second width in the first direction that is smaller than the first width. The upper contact pattern and the gate contact horizontally overlap each other.

Abstract: A current collector for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a substrate and a binder coating layer on a surface of the substrate, wherein the binder coating layer includes a water-soluble binder selected from a rubber-based binder, a polymer resin binder, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to augmenting data in a machine-to-machine (M2M) system, and a method for operating an apparatus may include receiving a request message including information necessary for data augmentation, obtaining original data based on the information, generating augmented data from the original data based on the information, and storing the augmented data.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a gate electrode on a substrate, a source/drain pattern on the substrate on a side of the gate electrode, and a gate contact plug on the gate electrode are disclosed. The gate contact plug may include a first gate contact segment, and a second gate contact segment that extends in a vertical direction from a top surface of the first gate contact segment. An upper width of the first gate contact segment may be greater than a lower width of the second gate contact segment.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to enable an artificial intelligence (AI) service in a machine-to-machine (M2M) system, and a method for operating a first device may include transmitting a first message for requesting to generate a resource associated with training of an artificial intelligence model to a second device, transmitting a second message for requesting to perform the training based on the resource to the second device, receiving a third message for notifying completion of the training of the artificial intelligence model from the second device, and performing a predicting operation using the trained artificial intelligence model.

Abstract: A display device and a mobile terminal device including the same are provided, wherein the display device includes a display panel including a display area in which a plurality of display pixels are disposed, and a sensing area in which a plurality of display pixels and a plurality of sensor pixels are disposed. The display pixels of the display area and the display pixels of the first sensing area emit light by receiving a data voltage of an input image in a display mode. The sensor pixels in the first sensing area generate an electric currents according to light reflected from a fingerprint in a fingerprint recognition mode. A resolution of the display pixel is lower than a resolution of the sensor pixel in the first sensing area.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery, an electrode manufactured therefrom, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the electrode are provided. The method includes preparing an electrode active material layer slurry including an electrode active material and a polymer binder, coating the electrode active material layer slurry on a current collector and drying it while applying an electric field to form an active material layer, wherein the polymer binder includes a water-soluble binder and an ionic polymer.

Abstract: The present disclosure related to managing a data license in a machine-to-machine (M2M) system, and a method for operating a first device may include generating a first resource including data and a second resource including information for managing a license of the data, receiving a message for requesting an operation for the data from a second device, determining, based on the information in the second resource, whether the operation is permitted, and transmitting a second message for performing the operation to the second device or a third device.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of manufacturing an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery, and an electrode manufactured therefrom, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the electrode, the method of manufacturing an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery including mixing together an electrode active material and a first ionic polymer to prepare a first slurry; mixing together the first slurry and a second ionic polymer to prepare a second slurry; mixing together the second slurry and a water-soluble binder to prepare an electrode active material layer slurry; coating the electrode active material layer slurry on a current collector, drying and compressing the electrode active material layer slurry to manufacture an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery, wherein an amount of the first ionic polymer is about 20 to about 90 wt % based on a total amount of 100 wt % of the first ionic polymer and the second ionic polymer.

Abstract: An inverter module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a high voltage circuit unit which generates an inverter control voltage and a motor driving voltage by using a first DC voltage; a high voltage circuit pattern which electrically connects the high voltage circuit unit; a low voltage circuit unit which communicates with an external device by using a second DC voltage having a smaller magnitude than the first DC voltage; and a low voltage circuit pattern which electrically connects the low voltage circuit unit. The high voltage circuit pattern and the low voltage circuit pattern are spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a defensive driving vehicles interaction system (D2VIS), and to an autonomous driving predictive defensive driving system through an interaction based on forward vehicle driving and situation judgement information and a method thereof. An autonomous driving predictive defensive driving system through an interaction based on forward vehicle driving and situation judgement information according to the present disclosure includes an inter-vehicle distance recognition unit configured to recognize a distance between a surrounding vehicle and an ego vehicle, a situation recognition unit configured to recognize situation information including surrounding information of the surrounding vehicle, and a driving situation response determination unit configured to share data for determining a defensive driving action by using the situation information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an OLED that includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a first emitting material layer including a first host, a second host and a blue dopant and positioned between the first and second electrodes; a first electron blocking layer including an electron blocking material of a spirofluorene-substituted amine derivative and positioned between the first electrode and the first emitting material layer; and a first hole blocking layer including a first hole blocking material of an azine derivative and positioned between the second electrode and the first emitting material layer, wherein the first host is an anthracene derivative, and the second host is a deuterated anthracene derivative.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a substrate including a first region and a second region and a first active pattern on the first region. The first active pattern may include a pair of first source/drain patterns and a first channel pattern therebetween, and the first channel pattern may include a plurality of first semiconductor patterns stacked on the substrate. The semiconductor device may further include a first gate electrode, which is provided on the first channel patterns, and a supporting pattern, which is provided on side surfaces of the plurality of first semiconductor patterns to connect the side surfaces of the plurality of first semiconductor patterns to each other.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to forwarding a large amount of data in a machine-to-machine (M2M) system, and a method for operating a first device may include: transmitting, to a second device, a request message for bulk data transfer; and receiving, from the second device, an acknowledgment message for notifying completion of the bulk data transfer, wherein the request message may include at least one of information for identifying data to be included in bulk data, information on a target common service entity (CSE) in a target platform that receives the bulk data, information for indicating processing of source data after the bulk data transfer, and information for accessing the target CSE.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting diode that includes at least one emitting material layer including an anthracene-based host and a boron-based dopant, at least one electron blocking layer including an amine-based compound substituted with at least one polycyclic aryl group, and optionally at least one hole blocking layer including an azine-based compound or a benzimidazole-based compound. The organic light emitting diode has enhanced luminous efficiency as well as excellent luminous lifetime.

Abstract: An embodiment structural battery for an electric vehicle includes an upper rail and a lower rail coupled with the upper rail, wherein the upper rail and the lower rail are electrically connected with each other by a terminal and a wiring, so that the upper rail and the lower rail electrically connected with each other serve as both the structural battery and a roof rail of a vehicle body.

Abstract: An embodiment structural battery for an electric vehicle includes a plurality of cells stacked on each other, each of the plurality of cells including a positive electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer stacked with the electrolyte layer between the positive and negative electrodes, wherein the plurality of cells define a battery by electrical connection of a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal respectively provided in the plurality of cells, structure reinforcement layers stacked on each of an outermost upper layer and an outermost lower layer of the plurality of cells, and carbon fiber current collecting layers stacked between each of the structure reinforcement layers and the plurality of cells.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a cooperative driving method based on driving negotiation and an apparatus for the same. The cooperative driving method is performed by a cooperative driving apparatus for cooperative driving based on driving negotiation, and includes determining whether cooperative driving is possible in consideration of a driving mission of a requesting vehicle that requests cooperative driving with neighboring vehicles, when it is determined that cooperative driving is possible, setting a responding vehicle from which cooperative driving is to be requested among the neighboring vehicles, performing driving negotiation between the requesting vehicle and the responding vehicle based on a driving negotiation protocol, and when the driving negotiation is completed, performing cooperative driving by providing driving guidance information for vehicle control to at least one of the requesting vehicle and the responding vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for handling personal data in a machine-to-machine (M2M) system, and an operation method of an M2M device includes obtaining information related to consent of a user for personal data provided from an Internet of things (IoT) device and creating a consent-related resource based on the information. The resource includes at least one attribute related to the consent.

Abstract: An orthodontic wire bending device includes a providing part, a bending unit and a cutting part. The providing part is configured to provide a wire. The bending unit is disposed at a front side of the providing part, and includes a fixing part and a bending part. The fixing part is configured to fix the wire. The bending part is configured to bend the wire fixed by the fixing part. The cutting part is configured to cut the wire bent by the bending part. The bending part includes a bending module, and the bending module is rotated along a circumferential direction or moves along a direction to make contact with at least one side of the wire for bending the wire.