Abstract: Disclosed is a method for removing a film from a substrate by irradiating a plurality of unit pulse laser beams to an edge region of the substrate. The method includes a first irradiation operation for irradiating a plurality of unit pulse laser beams onto the substrate while the substrate is rotating, and a second irradiation operation for irradiating a plurality of unit pulse laser beams to regions of the substrate onto which the unit pulse laser beams are not irradiated in the first irradiation operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus including: a substrate support unit for supporting and rotating a substrate; a liquid supply unit for supplying a treatment solution onto the substrate; a collection cup provided to surround the substrate support unit, and having a plurality of collection spaces for collecting a treatment solution scattered from the substrate; a lifting unit for changing a relative position between the collection cup and the substrate; and a controller for controlling the lifting unit to vary a relative height between the substrate and the collection cup in accordance with a process recipe for treating the substrate.

Abstract: A method and device for encoding/decoding an audio signal based on dequantization through potential diffusion are provided. The method of decoding an audio signal includes obtaining a discrete latent vector in which a speech signal is quantized and based on the discrete latent vector, outputting a continuous latent vector in which the discrete latent vector is dequantized.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a neural network-based personalized speech are provided. The method includes outputting a first bit stream in which an input speech signal is encrypted, based on the input speech signal, and outputting a second bit stream in which speaker information of the input speech signal is encrypted, based on the input speech signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer, an organic solar cell comprising the polymer, and a perovskite solar cell comprising the polymer. The polymer according to the present invention has excellent absorption ability for visible light and an energy level suitable for the use as an electron donor compound in a photo-active layer of the organic solar cell, thereby increasing the light conversion efficiency of the organic solar cell. In addition, the polymer according to the present invention has high hole mobility, and is used as a compound for a hole transport layer, and thus can improve efficiency and service life of the perovskite solar cell without an additive.

Abstract: A substrate treating method includes moving a first component of a substrate treatment device to a preset position in response to a treating process of the substrate treatment device, detecting, by a plurality of position detection sensors, a position of the first component, vision-testing, by a vision sensor, a positional state of the first component, and determining an operational state of an error in the detection of the plurality of position detection sensors or a malfunction of the substrate treatment device based on a detection result obtained by the plurality of position detection sensor and a test result obtained by the vision sensor.

Abstract: Exemplary system, method and computer-accessible medium for determining a characteristic(s) of a tissue(s), can be provided which can include, for example, ablating the tissue(s), illuminating the tissue(s) during the ablation procedure; and continuously determining the characteristic(s) based on the ablation and illumination procedures. The tissue(s) can be ablated using radiofrequency ablation. The illumination procedure can be performed with a radiation in a visible spectrum.

Abstract: A method of encoding/decoding an audio signal and a device for performing the same are provided. The method of encoding an audio signal includes generating, based on the audio signal, a linear prediction coding (LPC) bitstream and a frequency-domain signal of the audio signal, generating, based on the LPC bitstream and the frequency-domain signal, a first residual signal including information on a frequency envelope of the frequency-domain signal, and outputting a second residual signal by processing a first residual signal through one of a plurality of signal processing paths.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphor monomolecular compound, an organic transistor using same, and a water splitting and hydrogen production photocatalytic system using same. More specifically, the present invention comprises a water-soluble monomolecular compound including 1,5-naphthyridine-2,6-dione structure as a phosphor monomolecular compound.

Abstract: A vehicle inner communication system according to one embodiment can comprise: a plurality of electronic device groups provided in a vehicle; and a control unit, which uses bus communication individually connected to the electronic devices within the electronic device group and series communication by which the electronic devices inside the electronic device group are connected, so as to sense electronic devices within the electronic device group and control operations.

Abstract: A bitstream reconstruction method and apparatus are provided. The method includes constructing an initial bitstream by rendering sound source information and geometry information within a reference radius from an initial location of a user accessing a virtual space into spatial audio, collecting location information according to a movement of the user within the virtual space, and reconstructing, based on a relationship between the reference radius and a movement radius identified according to the collected location information, the initial bitstream constructed by corresponding to the initial location of the user.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating late reverberation are provided. The method includes generating a reverberation parameter required to generate late reverberation based on an early room impulse response, outputting late reverberation based on the reverberation parameter, and outputting a room impulse response based on the early room impulse response and the late reverberation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphor monomolecular compound, an organic transistor using same, and a water splitting and hydrogen production photocatalytic system using same. More specifically, the present invention comprises a water-soluble monomolecular compound including 1,5-naphtyridine-2,6-dione structure as a phosphor monomolecular compound.

Abstract: An exemplary catheter can be provided, which can include, for example a source fiber(s) configured to (i) receive a near infrared spectroscopic (NIRS) radiation, and (ii) provide the NIRS radiation to a portion(s) of a sample(s), a detection fiber(s) configured to receive a return radiation from the sample(s) that can be based on the NIRS radiation that was provided to the portion(s) of the sample(s), and an ablation electrode(s) configured to ablate the sample(s) based on the return radiation. The source fiber(s), the detection fiber(s), and the ablation electrode(s) can be integrated into the single sheath. The ablation electrode(s) can be a radiofrequency ablation electrode.

Abstract: A rendering method of an object-based audio signal and an apparatus for performing the same are provided. The rendering method of an object-based audio signal includes obtaining a rendered audio signal, performing clipping prevention on the rendered audio signal using a first limiter, mixing a signal output by the first limiter using a mixer, and performing clipping prevention on the mixed signal using a second limiter.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for label encoding in a multi-sound event interval. The method includes identifying an event interval in which a plurality of sound events occurs in a sound signal, separating a sound source into sound event signals corresponding to each sound event by performing sound source separation on the event interval, determining energy information for each of the sound event signals, and performing label encoding based on the energy information.

Abstract: Disclosed are a training method for a learning model for recognizing an acoustic signal, a method of recognizing an acoustic signal using the learning model, and devices for performing the methods. The method of recognizing an acoustic signal using a learning model includes identifying an acoustic signal including an acoustic event or acoustic scene, determining an acoustic feature of the acoustic signal, dividing the determined acoustic feature for each of a plurality of frequency band intervals, and determining the acoustic event or acoustic scene included in the acoustic signal by inputting the divided acoustic features to a trained learning model.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a method for treating a substrate. The method includes removing a film on the substrate by applying a pulsed laser to the rotating substrate, in which thickness of the film to be removed is measured and pulse energy of the pulsed laser is selected based on the measured thickness of the film.

Abstract: A rendering method of an object-based audio signal and an apparatus for performing the same are provided. The rendering method of an object-based audio signal includes obtaining a rendered audio signal, performing clipping prevention on the rendered audio signal using a first limiter, mixing a signal output by the first limiter using a mixer, and performing clipping prevention on the mixed signal using a second limiter.

Abstract: A method of rendering object-based audio and an electronic device performing the method are provided. The method includes identifying a bitstream, determining a reference distance of an object sound source based on the bitstream, determining a minimum distance for applying distance-dependent attenuation, based on the reference distance, and determining a gain of object-based audio included in the bitstream based on the reference distance and the minimum distance.