Abstract: Provided herein is a method of operating a host device. The method may include, a determining that read requests for data in a first file are successive, in response to the determination that read requests are successive, generating a first read command that instructs second data to be read ahead, the second data being successive to first data, determining a logical address corresponding to the first read command, providing to a storage device the first read command and the logical address, determining whether a read-ahead request for the first file has been completed, based on a first file pointer and a first offset corresponding to a storage area within the storage device in which the first file is stored, and executing a read-ahead request for a second file in response to the determination that the read-ahead request for the first file has been completed.

Abstract: A heat sink according to an example embodiment comprises: an inlet part through which a refrigerant is introduced; an outlet part through which the refrigerant received from the inlet part is discharged; and a plurality of flow channels disposed between the inlet part and the outlet part, configured to allow the refrigerant to flow, wherein the plurality of flow channels is arranged to have a spirally bent shape, and parts of the plurality of flow channels communicate with each other to allow the refrigerant to circulate between the flow channels.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises decoding first information indicating whether a maximum of N intra prediction modes are used or a maximum of M intra prediction modes are used for an intra prediction for a current block, in which the M is smaller than the N, deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block, inverse-mapping the derived intra prediction mode on a corresponding intra prediction mode among the maximum N intra prediction modes when the decoded first information indicates that the maximum M intra prediction modes are used for the intra prediction for the current block, and generating an intra prediction block by performing an intra prediction for the current block, based on the inverse-mapped intra prediction mode.

Abstract: Provided are non-naturally occurring 5?-untranslated region and 3?-untranslated region nucleotides, and use thereof.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises deriving an intra-prediction mode for a current block, determining whether or not a left boundary or an upper boundary of the current block is a boundary of a predetermined image region, configuring a reference sample by using at least one reconstructed sample included in at least one reconstructed sample line adjacent to the current block based on the determination result, and performing intra-prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image encoding method performed by an image encoding apparatus may comprise determining an intra-prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of intra prediction by using at least one of a neighbor pixel of the current block in a current picture and a pixel of a reference picture, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video encoding and decoding method. A video decoding method for the same may include: obtaining granularity information; determining a sharing region based on the granularity information; and generating a prediction block of a current block by using motion information of the sharing region when the current block corresponds to the sharing region.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises deriving an intra prediction mode for a current block, selecting at least one reconstructed sample line neighboring to the current block, constructing a reference sample using at least one reconstructed sample included in the at least one reconstructed sample line, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference sample.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent anode active material having excellent light transmittance and electrical conductivity characteristics and a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium ion battery and an all-solid-state lithium thin-film battery based on the same and having excellent charge/discharge capacity and charge/discharge rate, wherein the transparent anode active material according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a material of the following Chemical Formula 1: AgxSiOyN wherein x is 0<x?0.8 and y is 0<y?1.

Abstract: An image decoding method and apparatus and an image encoding method and apparatus are discussed. The image decoding method can include deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block, deriving reference samples including left or upper reference samples for an intra prediction on the current block, and generating a predicted block by performing the intra prediction on the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference samples. Based on that the intra prediction mode of the current block is a DC mode and a height of the current block is equal to a width of the current block, the intra prediction of the current block is performed by using an average value of the left reference samples adjacent to a left boundary of the current block and the upper reference samples adjacent to an upper boundary of the current block.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anthracene derivative compound having a characteristic structure in which an aryl group is introduced into a skeletal structure in which deuterium-substituted phenyl and anthracene are linked. In addition, the present invention relates to a high-efficiency, long-life organic light-emitting device of which the luminous efficiency and lifetime characteristics are significantly improved by employing a polycyclic compound having a characteristic structure as a dopant for a light-emitting layer while employing said compound as a host for the light-emitting layer.

Abstract: An image decoding method and apparatus and an image encoding method and apparatus are discussed. The image decoding method can include deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block, deriving reference samples including left or upper reference samples for an intra prediction on the current block, and generating a predicted block by performing the intra prediction on the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference samples. Based on that the intra prediction mode of the current block is a DC mode and a height of the current block is equal to a width of the current block, the intra prediction of the current block is performed by using an average value of the left reference samples adjacent to a left boundary of the current block and the upper reference samples adjacent to an upper boundary of the current block.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.

Abstract: An mage decoding method and apparatus and an image encoding method and apparatus are discussed. The image decoding method can include deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block, deriving reference samples being left or upper reference samples for an intra prediction on the current block, and generating a predicted block by performing the intra prediction on the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference samples. Based on that the intra prediction mode of the current block is a DC mode and a height of the current block is equal to a width of the current block, the intra prediction of the current block is performed by using an average value of the left reference samples adjacent to a left boundary of the current block and the upper reference samples adjacent to an upper boundary of the current block.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel regions and displaying a picture; and a light path controlling member located on a front surface of the display panel and transmitting the picture output from the display panel, wherein the light path controlling member includes a plurality of separation walls and a plurality of light path portions between the plurality of separation walls, and wherein a period of the light path portion is different from a period of the pixel region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting device comprising, in a light-emitting layer thereof: a compound represented by [chemical formula A]; and a compound represented by any one of [chemical formula D-6] and [chemical formula D-7], wherein [chemical formula A], [chemical formula D-6], and [chemical formula D-7] are as described in the detailed description of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting diode in which a light-emitting layer comprises a compound represented by [chemical formula A] as a host and comprises a compound represented by [chemical formula 3], [chemical formula 4], [chemical formula 3-1] to [chemical formula 4-3] as a dopant, wherein [chemical formula 3], [chemical formula 4], [chemical formula 3-1] to [chemical formula 4-3] are the same as those described in the detailed description of the invention.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body having a first surface and a first end surface and a second end surface each connected to the first surface and opposing each other, a support substrate disposed in the body, a coil unit including a first coil pattern, a first lead pattern and a second lead pattern respectively disposed on a first surface of the support substrate opposing the first surface of the body, first and second slit portions respectively disposed in edge portions between the first end surface and the second end surface of the body and exposing the first and second lead patterns, and first and second external electrodes arranged in the first and second slit portions and connected to the coil unit, wherein a ratio of a line width of any one of the first and second lead patterns to a line width of any one turn of the first coil pattern satisfies 1 to 1.5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an intra prediction method and apparatus. The image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise decoding information on intra prediction; and generating a prediction block by performing intra prediction for a current block based on the information on intra prediction. The information on intra prediction may include information on an intra prediction mode, and the intra prediction mode may include a curved intra prediction mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of coding units, constructing a coding unit group including at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units, obtaining coding information in units of one coding unit group, and decoding at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units included in the coding unit group by using the obtained coding information.