Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and configured to absorb light in at least one part of a wavelength spectrum of light and to convert it into an electric signal, and an inorganic nanolayer between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer and including a lanthanide element, calcium (Ca), potassium (K), aluminum (Al), or an alloy thereof. An organic CMOS image sensor may include the photoelectric conversion device. An electronic device may include the organic CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma torch in which a cathode conduit is disposed to be spaced apart from an outer circumferential surface of a cooling conduit, an insulator and an anode conduit are sequentially disposed around the cathode conduit in a closely abutting relation, an electrode element is engagingly coupled to a left end of the cathode conduit, and a nozzle is engagingly coupled to a left end of the anode conduit, and in which the cooling conduit includes one or more small peripheral radial air outlets formed on an outer circumferential surface of a left side end thereof so as to be opened at one sides of the air outlets, and a large central air outlet formed at the center of the left end thereof so that the left end of the cooling conduit is brought into close contact with an inner bottom of the electrode element.

Abstract: A method for restoring a compressed image according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes receiving monochrome image data and low resolution color image data generated from an original color image of the monochrome image data, decoding the monochrome image data and generating a low resolution monochrome image, decoding the low resolution color image data generating a low resolution color image; processing the low resolution monochrome image and generating a high resolution monochrome image in accordance with a super resolution imaging neural network; and generating a high resolution color image based on the low resolution color image and the high resolution monochrome image in accordance with a colorization imaging neural network. The imaging neural network of the present disclosure may be a deep neural network generated by machine learning, and images may be input and output in the Internet of Things environment using a 5G network.

Abstract: A method for enhancing the resolution of an image according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can include loading image data including a low resolution image and metadata of the image data, analyzing metadata including information related to an image processing artificial neural network to be applied to the low resolution image in the image data, selecting the image processing artificial neural network to be applied to the low resolution image from a plurality of image processing artificial neural networks, based on the metadata, and generating a high resolution image by processing the low resolution image according to the selected image processing artificial neural network. The image processing neural network of the present disclosure can be a deep neural network generated through machine learning, and the input and output of the moving image data can be performed in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment using a 5G network.

Abstract: A method for enhancing video frame resolution according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include loading video data including a plurality of frames having low resolution; selecting, from the group of artificial neural networks for image processing, artificial neural networks for image processing having different complexity to apply to two different frames of a video; and generating a high resolution frame by processing each frame of the video according to the selected artificial neural networks for image processing. A neural network for image processing according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may be a deep neural network generated via machine learning, and an input and output of the video may take place in an Internet of Things environment using a 5G network.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control apparatus and method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system, which can improve fuel efficiency through control of a vehicle speed so that a vehicle travels using an optimized cost in consideration of a target vehicle speed, current vehicle speed, minimum driving speed set in the vehicle, and a deceleration distance if the vehicle that uses the CACC system senses a forward vehicle and enters into a CACC active mode. The control method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system includes setting a target speed profile based on a target speed of the subject vehicle and an expected driving path, determining whether a target vehicle to be followed by the subject vehicle exists, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle according to the set target speed profile depending on whether or not the target vehicle exists.

Abstract: A method for enhancing image resolution according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include receiving a low resolution image, selecting an image processing area for the low resolution image, selecting a neural network for image processing according to an attribute of the selected area among neural network groups for image processing, and generating a high resolution image for the area by processing the selected image processing area according to the selected neural network for image processing. The neural network for image processing of the present disclosure may be a deep neural network generated through machine learning, and input and output of an image may be performed in an IoT environment using a 5G network.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technique for manufacturing a humidifying membrane including a hydrophobic thin film-coating layer having a nano-sized crack morphology pattern on the surface of an aromatic hydrocarbon-based polymer ion exchange membrane and applying the membrane to a reverse electrodialysis process. The humidifying membrane including a hydrophobic thin film-coating layer having a nano-sized crack morphology pattern on the surface of an aromatic hydrocarbon-based polymer ion exchange membrane, manufactured according to the present disclosure, embodies a low bulk resistance of the ion exchange membrane and significantly improves ion selectivity, thereby overcoming the trade-off relationship between membrane resistance and ion selectivity, and thus may be commercially available as an anion and cation exchange membrane of a reverse electrodialysis device.

Abstract: Provided are an anode for electrolysis, which includes a metal base, and a catalyst layer disposed on at least one surface of the metal base, wherein the catalyst layer includes a composite metal oxide of ruthenium, iridium, titanium, and platinum, and a metal in the composite metal oxide does not include palladium, wherein, when the catalyst layer is equally divided into a plurality of pixels, a standard deviation of iridium compositions of the plurality of equally divided pixels is 0.40 or less, and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body in which a coil portion is embedded. The coil portion includes a support member; first insulators formed on first and second main surfaces of the support member, respectively, and having an opening having a planar coil shape; coils filling the openings; and second insulators covering the coils.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus including a plurality of display modules, and a hinge assembly connecting the plurality of display modules, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a pair of brackets rotatably coupled to each other to adjust an angle between the plurality of display modules, a moving block is mounted on each of the pair of brackets to be coupled to the display module, and the moving block is configured to slidingly move with respect to the bracket to adjust a spacing between the plurality of display modules. With this structure, the angle between the plurality of display modules may be variously varied according to an installation environment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for marking at a partial area of an optical film material. The system for marking at an optical film includes a feed roll configured to feed an optical film material in a first direction, a marking unit configured to mark a nulling mark or material information in a marking area of the optical film material fed in the first direction, other than a valid area which is attached to a display panel, a light source unit having a light source member configured to supply a marking laser light to the marking unit, and a receiving roll configured to collect the optical film material.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display module configured to be installed to a support in front of the support and a circuit part configured to be approachable in front of the display module. The display module includes: a frame including a first coupling member; a bracket including a second coupling member and detachably mounted to the frame; a circuit part detachably mounted to the bracket; and a light emitting diode (LED) module including a plurality of third coupling members coupled with or separated from the first coupling member and the second coupling member by a magnetic force. The bracket and the circuit part is configured to be mounted to the frame in front of the frame or to be separated from the frame in front of the frame.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display module configured to display a screen, a frame configured to support the display module, a magnetic coupling device configured to couple the frame to the display module by pulling the display module toward the frame by using the magnetic attraction force, and a separation prevention device configured to mechanically prevent the display module from being separated from the frame and configured to be operated by the magnetic force.

Abstract: A storage container having a storage space, includes a partition member configured to divide the storage space of the storage container, the partition member having a first partition member movable in a first direction in the storage space, and a second partition member movable in a second direction in the storage space while crossing the first partition member, and a moving guide provided in an intersection between the first partition member and the second partition member and configured to guide a movement of the first partition member and a movement of the second partition member and to fix the first partition member and the second partition member so as not to move, the storage container may be configured to move a partition fixing portion disposed in the moving guide in a direction to contact the partition member according to the rotation of the upper portion of the moving guide.

Abstract: The disclosed spinning nozzle member for manufacturing a cylindrical cartridge carbon filter comprises a nozzle body, a synthetic resin spinning part, a flowing air providing part, and a carbon spinning part, thereby enabling the cylindrical cartridge carbon filter to be continuously produced since a separate operation for filling a space between a core and an outer cover with carbon after the core and the outer cover are separately formed is not required.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided which includes a power input unit including a first power input unit and a second power input unit, a switching unit including a first switching circuit connected with the first power input unit and a second switching circuit connected with the second power input unit, and a controller configured to receive selection information for selecting a power source to supply power to a load unit included in the electronic device of a first power source and a second power source, wherein the first power source and the second power source are connected with the first power input unit and the second power input unit, respectively, and control the switching unit to connect the first power source to the load unit according to the selection information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for marking at a partial area of an optical film material. The system for marking at an optical film includes a feed roll configured to feed an optical film material in a first direction, a marking unit configured to mark a nulling mark or material information in a marking area of the optical film material fed in the first direction, other than a valid area which is attached to a display panel, a light source unit having a light source member configured to supply a marking laser light to the marking unit, and a receiving roll configured to collect the optical film material.

Abstract: A method of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer is provided. The method includes: adding a conjugated diene-based monomer, a catalyst, and a solvent to parallel polymerization reactors, performing a polymerization reaction to prepare a first polymer solution including a first conjugated diene-based polymer; and adding the first polymer solution to a polymerization reactor connected in series to the parallel polymerization reactors, performing the polymerization reaction to prepare a second polymer solution including a second conjugated diene-based polymer. After the polymerization reaction in the series polymerization reactor, gas produced by polymerization heat is condensed in the series polymerization reactor and refluxed to the parallel polymerization reactors, and a reaction temperature of the series polymerization reactor is maintained to be lower than a reaction temperature of the parallel polymerization reactors by 10° C. or more.

Abstract: Provided is an anode for electrolysis having reduced overvoltage and improved lifetime while exhibiting high efficiency, and a method of preparing the same. Because the anode for electrolysis is prepared by electrostatic spray deposition, an active material can be uniformly distributed in a catalyst layer, and thus, an overvoltage can be reduced and lifetime can be improved while exhibiting high efficiency.