Abstract: A video quality improvement method may comprise: inputting a structure feature map converted from current target frame by first convolution layer to first multi-task unit and second multi-task unit, which is connected to an output side of first multi-task unit, among the plurality of multi-task units; inputting a main input obtained by adding the structure feature map to a feature space, which is converted by second convolution layer from those obtained by concatenating, in channel dimension, a previous target frame and a correction frame of the previous frame to first multi-task unit; and inputting current target frame to Nth multi-task unit connected to an end of output side of second multi-task unit, wherein Nth multi-task unit outputs a correction frame of current target frame, and machine learning of the video quality improvement model is performed using an objective function calculated through the correction frame of current target frame.

Abstract: A storage device can be designed to reduce latency in a read operation. Such a storage device can include: a memory device including a plurality of pages that include a first page and a second page different from the first page, each page including a plurality of memory cells that are configured to store data; and a memory controller in communication with the memory device and for sequentially storing result values of a function with respect to a plurality of input values in the plurality of memory cells, and controlling the memory device to store a result value in a last area of the first page and a start area of the second page.

Abstract: A cooling system for efficiently cooling large-scale data storage devices embedded in a vehicle, and a smart vehicle including the same are disclosed. The storage device cooling system includes a storage housing section located at a ceiling-mounted structure of a vehicle, provided with an indoor space thereof in which a plurality of storage devices is kept and an opening/closing device configured to open or close the indoor space, a sensing circuit configured to detect a temperature of the indoor space, and an opening/closing controller configured to control operations of the opening/closing device in response to the temperature detected by the sensing circuit.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a controller configured to execute one or more modules, an audio reproduction module configured to reproduce an audio file including reproduction sections, each of the reproduction sections comprising audio data and directional information, a display configured to display selectable objects corresponding to the directional information, and an audio control module configured to determine whether to reproduce audio data corresponding the directional information based on an input for selecting one of the selectable objects.

Abstract: Provided is a core/multishell tetragonal upconversion nanophosphor capable of being excited by near-infrared (NIR) light having wavelengths of 800±20 nm, 980±20 nm, and 1532±20 nm to emit light of blue, green, red, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A thermoelectric sintered body according to an embodiment comprises thermoelectric powder, the thermoelectric powder, arranged in a horizontal direction, comprising: a plurality of first powders in the shape of plate-type flakes; and a plurality of second powders in a shape different from that of the first powders, wherein the second powders comprise 5 volume % or less of the total thermoelectric powder.

Abstract: Provided is a fluoride nanophosphor using, as cores, luminescent nanoparticles expressed by Chemical Formula 1. LiEr1-x-yLyF4:Tm3+x??[Chemical Formula 1] (In Chemical Formula 1, x is a real number satisfying 0?x?0.3, y is a real number satisfying 0?y?0.8 and is selected within a range satisfying 0?x+y?0.9, and L is any one selected from the group consisting of yttrium (Y), lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), ytterbium (Yb), lutetium (Lu), and a combination thereof.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, the dielectric layer and the first and second internal electrodes arranged to be stacked, and a first cover portion disposed on the capacitance portion, and a second cover portion disposed on the capacitance portion, a first external electrode connected to the first internal electrode, and a second external electrode connected to the second internal electrode. The first cover portion and the second cover portion include a cover reinforcing layer including graphene.

Abstract: A touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a substrate layer, sensing electrodes that are formed on the substrate layer, and a black matrix that is formed on the same layer as the sensing electrodes or on a lower portion of the sensing electrodes. It may be possible to prevent excessive thermal damage to the sensing electrode which may occur during forming the black matrix after the sensing electrode is formed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of determining a coolant condition of a vehicle, and more particularly, a method of accurately determining a coolant condition, e.g., a condition in which gas is present in a system and an insufficient coolant condition without a separate additional sensor in a vehicle using an electric water pump (EWP). To this end, the present disclosure provides a method of determining a coolant condition of a vehicle, including, in a vehicle including an electric water pump (EWP) for circulating a coolant, acquiring driving state information of a water pump while the water pump is driven, by a controller, calculating a ripple value of a driving state from the acquired driving state information of the water pump, by the controller, and comparing the calculated ripple value with a reference value to determine a condition of a coolant, by the controller.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for infiltrating a porous structure with a precursor solution by means of humidification. The infiltration method with a precursor solution using moisture control comprises the steps of: (S1) providing a substrate having porous structures deposited thereon; (S2) depositing, by electrospraying, a precursor solution on the substrate having porous structures deposited thereon; (S3) humidifying the porous structures having the precursor solution deposited thereon; and (S4) sintering the humidified porous structures.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to down-shifting nanophosphors, a method for preparing the same, and a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) using the same. The down-shifting nanophosphors according to an embodiment of the present disclosure include a core including NaYF4 nanocrystals doped with neodymium (Nd) and ytterbium (Yb), and further include a neodymium (Nd)-doped crystalline shell surrounding the core, or further include a NaYF4 crystalline shell surrounding the crystalline shell. Therefore, the down-shifting nanophosphors efficiently absorb near infrared rays with a wavelength range of 700-900 nm and efficiently emit near infrared rays with a wavelength range of 950-1050 nm. In addition, the down-shifting nanophosphors according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has a size of 60 nm or less, and thus can be applied to manufacture transparent LSC films with ease and can realize transparent solar cell modules having high near infrared ray shifting efficiency.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a Cu1.81S catalyst for synthesizing NH3 and a method for synthesizing NH3 using the same. According to the present disclosure, the Cu1.81S catalyst is provided in order to increase an efficiency of NH3 synthesis. A copper sulfide catalyst and the method for synthesizing NH3 via an electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) using the Cu1.81S catalyst are provided in order to reduce a limiting potential (UL) required for the NRR. In the NRR for the NH3 synthesis, it is provided the copper sulfide catalyst that can be used in any one of two different pathways for the NRR, and the method for synthesizing NH3 with higher activity of the NRR based thereon.

Abstract: A memory module may include: a plurality of stacked memory chips; a memory controller; and an interposer connected between the plurality of memory chips and the memory controller.

Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a module board, an interposer on the module board, and a processing device and a memory stack that are disposed side by side on the interposer, wherein the memory stack includes a base die, and a memory die on the base die, wherein the memory die includes an outer bank region, a central TSV region, first and second inner bank regions, and a first non-central TSV region, wherein the central TSV region is disposed between the outer bank region and the second inner bank region, and the first non-central TSV region is disposed between the first inner bank region and the second inner bank region.

Abstract: A joining material for laser welding, a laser welding method using the same, and a laser joined body using the laser welding method. The joining material includes a polymer matrix and a needle-shaped inorganic filler. The polymer matrix includes a polypropylene resin having a melt index of 80 g/10 min or more to 95 g/10 min or less as measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg, and the needle-shaped organic filler has an aspect ratio of 10:1 to 20:1.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display configured to display at least one content, a pressure sensor configured to sense a touch input having a pressure value of a specified value or more, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display, the pressure sensor, and the memory. When the touch input occurs in a first screen of the display, the processor is configured to determine an input location of the touch input, to verify content displayed at a display location of the first screen corresponding to the input location, to create a widget including information associated with the content, and to output the created widget to a second screen of the display.

Abstract: Provided is a dye-sensitized upconversion nanophosphor including a core, a first shell surrounding at least part of the core, and an organic dye bonded to a surface of the nanophosphor which has an absorption band ranging from 650 nm to 850 nm and which is excited in a near-infrared region to emit visible light. The dye-sensitized upconversion nanophosphor may be included in a display apparatus, a fluorescent contrast agent, or an anti-counterfeiting code. The organic dye may be an IR-808 dye.

Abstract: An arithmetic device includes a multiplying-accumulating (MAC) operator and an activation function (AF) circuit. The MAC operator performs a MAC arithmetic operation for weight data and vector data to generate an arithmetic result signal. The AF circuit stores a look-up table for an activation function, adjusts a number of logic level combinations of an input distribution signal that correspond to each logic level combination of the output distribution signal, among a plurality of logic level combinations of the output distribution signal, based on an input range of the activation function. The AF circuit selects and outputs the output distribution signal that corresponds to the input distribution signal based on the look-up table. The input range of the activation function is based on a relative number of errors that occur.

Abstract: A thermoelectric sintered body according to an embodiment comprises thermoelectric powder, the thermoelectric powder, arranged in a horizontal direction, comprising: a plurality of first powders in the shape of plate-type flakes; and a plurality of second powders in a shape different from that of the first powders, wherein the second powders comprise 5 volume % or less of the total thermoelectric powder.