Abstract: An audio signal encoding/decoding method and an apparatus for performing the same are disclosed. The audio signal encoding method includes obtaining a full-band input signal, extracting a first feature vector corresponding to a first sub-band signal and a second feature vector corresponding to a second sub-band signal using an encoder neural network including a plurality of encoding layers, generating a first code vector corresponding to the first feature vector and a second code vector corresponding to the second feature vector by compressing the first feature vector and the second feature vector, and generating a bitstream by quantizing the first code vector and the second code vector.

Abstract: A composition for an organic optoelectronic device an organic optoelectronic device, and a display device, the composition including a first compound; a second compound; and a third compound, wherein the first compound, the second compound, and the third compound are different from each other, the first compound is represented by Chemical Formula I, the second compound is represented by Chemical Formula I, and the third compound is represented by Chemical Formula II or Chemical Formula III:

Abstract: An embodiment composition for solid electrolyte membranes of all-solid-state batteries includes a sulfide-based solid electrolyte and a cross-linking agent including two or more acrylate functionalities. An embodiment method of manufacturing a solid electrolyte membrane for an all-solid-state battery includes forming a composition including a sulfide-based solid electrolyte and a cross-linking agent including two or more acrylate functionalities and cross-linking the composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a context-based QA generation architecture, and an object of the present invention is to generate diverse QA pairs from a single context. To achieve the object, the present invention includes a latent variable generating network including at least one encoder and an artificial neural network (Multi-Layer Perceptron: MLP) and configured to train the artificial neural network using a first context, a first question, and a first answer, and generate a second question latent variable and a second answer latent variable by applying the trained artificial neural network to a second context, an answer generating network configured to generate a second answer by decoding the second answer latent variable, and a question generating network configured to generate a second question based on a second context and the second answer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting information using a monitor brightness change. The method may include generating a transmission data frame structure for transmitting digital information, encoding the bit of the digital information, and converting the encoded bit of the digital information into a wireless signal that is a brightness change signal of blue (B) color, among red, green, and blue (RGB) for configuring colors on a monitor.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an autonomous vehicle includes a sensor unit configured to detect surrounding environment of the vehicle, generate surrounding environment information, monitor a state of the vehicle, and generate vehicle state information. A processor is configured to control autonomous driving of the vehicle based on one or both of the surrounding environment information and the vehicle state information, detect whether a failure occurs in a function required for autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the vehicle state information, determine one or both of a movable time and a movable distance, for indicating a fail-operational capability (FOC) of the vehicle, based on one or both of the vehicle state information and the surrounding environment information, and control the vehicle to be emergency stopped by performing a minimal risk maneuver based on one or both of the movable time and the movable distance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition including decursinol as an active ingredient for preventing or treating angina, arteriosclerosis, cerebral infarction, and hypertension. Poorly soluble decursinol was found to improve angina, arteriosclerosis, cerebral infarction, prostate hypertrophy, and diabetic hypertension by inhibiting the overgrowth of vascular endothelial cells, and is expected to be usable in the development of a composition for preventing or treating angina, arteriosclerosis, cerebral infarction, prostate hypertrophy, and diabetic hypertension.

Abstract: A capacitor component includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrode layers, and external electrodes disposed on the body and connected to the first and second internal electrode layers, respectively. The body includes an active portion in which the first and second internal electrode layers are alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, a cover portion disposed on an upper portion and a lower portion of the active portion, and a side margin portion disposed on both sides of the active portion opposing each other. When a content of magnesium (Mg) included in the active portion is A1, a content of magnesium (Mg) included in the cover portion is C1, and a content of magnesium (Mg) included in the margin portion is M1, 0<A1<M1?C1 and A1/C1?0.60 are satisfied.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a back cover accommodating the display panel, and a sound output unit including at least one sound output module disposed to overlap the display panel. The at least one sound output module includes a support plate including an uneven surface and a piezoelectric element attached on the uneven surface of the support plate and has a shape corresponding to the uneven surface of the support plate. Accordingly, a sound having a straight characteristic within an audible frequency domain may be output, thereby enhancing a sense of reality and an immersion of a viewer watching an image displayed by the display apparatus.

Abstract: A cover assembly includes a mouthpiece including one end, that is configured to come into contact with a mouth of a user, and another end opposite to the one end, the mouthpiece configured to move to an open position and a closed position by rotation of the mouthpiece around the other end; and an accommodation unit for accommodating the one end of the mouthpiece in the closed position. The accommodation unit includes a button unit including a body, the button unit configured to contact the one end of the mouthpiece and to be displaced in a longitudinal direction based on the one end being pressed; and a locking unit including a body, the body of the locking unit including a first portion that is configured to contact the one end of the mouthpiece and a second portion that is configured to contact the button unit.

Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner including: a housing; an outlet configured to discharge air introduced into the housing; a discharge panel arranged in front of the outlet and having a plurality of discharge holes to discharge air; and a support member arranged between the outlet and the discharge panel and on which the discharge panel is to be supported. The support member includes a first frame to support one side of the discharge panel and formed to extend in a first direction, a second frame to support another side of the discharge panel and arranged parallel with the first frame, and a third frame arranged between the first frame and the second frame and formed to extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the third frame is formed of a metal material.

Abstract: Proposed is a precursor composition for forming a metal film including a zirconium compound represented by any one of Chemical Formulas 1 to 3 and a hafnium compound represented by any one of Chemical Formulas 4 to 6.

Abstract: A degassing apparatus for a secondary battery, and a degassing method using same, is provided. The degassing apparatus includes a drive motor and a jig arm configured to pressurize a first surface of a gas pocket of a battery cell and a second surface opposite the first surface by controlling a separation distance by the operation of a driving motor. The degassing apparatus is capable of performing an effective degassing and sealing process for the battery cell without positional movement of the battery cell during cell activation or after cell activation.

Abstract: An active sound design (ASD) tuning device and a method thereof may include an ASD device that generates a virtual engine sound for each vehicle situation and a control device that outputs a composite sound by correcting and synthesizing the virtual engine sound and an internal sound measured for each vehicle situation based on a binaural vehicle impulse response (BVIR).

Abstract: Methods and systems for touchless control of a device include receiving at least one image; determining a first map, the first map including a function that generates a correspondence between data associated with the image to a feature space; determining a second map including a representation of a user in the image based on the first map; determining a third map comprising a field associated with the data in the image; determining a characteristic of the user based on one or more of the second map and the third map; and tracking the characteristic of the user to generate a historical data of the characteristic for performing the touchless control of the device.

Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus including a memory configured to store instructions and a processor electrically connected to the memory and configured to execute the instructions, wherein the processor may be configured to perform a plurality of operations, when the instructions are executed by the processor, wherein the plurality of operations may include obtaining an input audio signal, generating an embedded audio signal by embedding signal components of a second frequency band of the input audio signal in a first frequency band of the input audio signal, generating additional information associated with the first frequency band and the second frequency band, generating an encoded audio signal by encoding the embedded audio signal, and formatting the encoded audio signal and the additional information into a bitstream.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: An anodeless all-solid-state battery includes an anode current collector, a composite structure layer positioned on the anode current collector, a solid electrolyte positioned on the composite structure layer, and a cathode positioned on the solid electrolyte, in which the composite structure layer includes a carbon layer including a carbon material, and a metal deposition layer positioned on the carbon layer and including lithiophilic metal particles.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present specification provides a method for preparing a catalyst for preparing a carbon nanotube, comprising: (a) dissolving a main catalyst precursor, a support precursor, a cocatalyst precursor and a precipitation inhibitor in a solvent to prepare a precursor solution; and (b) pyrolyzing the precursor solution by spraying the precursor solution into a reactor, wherein a mole fraction of the precipitation inhibitor to the cocatalyst precursor is 0.1 to 1.5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated connector and a heat exchanger including the same, in which a connector main body is formed by pressing one pipe, a cap is press-fitted into the connector main body, such that the integrated connector is formed so that an interior of the connector main body is blocked by the cap. Therefore, the number of components used to manufacture a connector, which connects and securely couples a header tank and a gas-liquid separator, may be reduced, the integrated connector may be easily manufactured, and a brazing defect may be reduced at portions where the integrated connector is joined to the header tank and the gas-liquid separator of the heat exchanger.