Abstract: A composite filter and a water purifier having the composite filter are provided. The composite filter includes: a cover cap in which a first inner space is formed; a lower filter structure including a lower filter; a connection tube in which a first connection tube space and a second connection tube space are formed; a housing body in which a second inner space is formed; an upper filter structure which divides the second inner space into a first housing body space and a second housing body space and includes an upper filter; and a housing head including a first water inlet port, a first water outlet port, a second water inlet port, and a second water outlet port.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image encoding method of the present invention comprises: a first dividing step of dividing a current image into a plurality of blocks; and a second dividing step of dividing, into a plurality of sub blocks, a block, which is to be divided and includes a boundary of the current image, among the plurality of blocks, wherein the second dividing step is recursively performed by setting a sub block including the boundary of the current images as the block to be divided, until the sub block including the boundary of the current image does not exist among the sub blocks.

Abstract: An immersion cooling system includes a plurality of spaced-apart cooling plates defining a plurality of subvolumes therebetween, the cooling plates at least partially immersed in a first liquid coolant, so that the first liquid coolant at least partially fills each subvolume; a second liquid coolant flowing through at least a portion of each cooling plate; and at least one electronic device at least partially immersed in the first liquid coolant within each subvolume.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a single OPA (optical phased array) device including a light source; a waveguide which extends from the light source to allow light incident from the light source to pass through; a plurality of modulators which is disposed in the waveguide to modulate a phase of light in the waveguide; a two-dimensional material layer which passes or absorbs light incident from the light source; and an electrode which supplies charges to the two-dimensional material layer, in which the light incident from the light source passes through the two-dimensional material layer, the waveguide, and the modulator and is reflected by an external target of the single OPA device to pass through the modulator and the waveguide, and then absorbed by the two-dimensional material layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a warship receives a warship image, estimates a photographing angle and a photographing altitude of the warship from the real warship image, generates virtual warship images from stored virtual warship models based on the estimated photographing angle and photographing altitude, generates virtual warship part images in which main parts are classified and displayed for each of the virtual warship images, generates a part segmentation image in which main parts are classified and displayed for the real warship image, and outputs a type and class identification result of the warship by calculating similarity between each virtual warship part image and the part segmentation image.

Abstract: An immersion cooling system includes a plurality of spaced-apart cooling plates defining a plurality of subvolumes therebetween, the cooling plates at least partially immersed in a first liquid coolant, so that the first liquid coolant at least partially fills each subvolume; a second liquid coolant flowing through at least a portion of each cooling plate; and at least one electronic device at least partially immersed in the first liquid coolant within each subvolume.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated light receiving and emitting device combined with a control circuit wafer and a manufacturing method thereof. The integrated light receiving and emitting device combined with a control circuit wafer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a light receiving and emitting unit which has an integrated wafer structure in which a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit are vertically formed on one surface of a single semiconductor substrate by wafer patterning and a control circuit wafer which is combined with the light receiving and emitting unit by vertical bonding to be operated as a single chip device, in which the control circuit wafer is connected to the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a single OPA (optical phased array) device including a light source; a waveguide which extends from the light source to allow light incident from the light source to pass through; a plurality of modulators which is disposed in the waveguide to modulate a phase of light in the waveguide; a two-dimensional material layer which passes or absorbs light incident from the light source; and an electrode which supplies charges to the two-dimensional material layer, in which the light incident from the light source passes through the two-dimensional material layer, the waveguide, and the modulator and is reflected by an external target of the single OPA device to pass through the modulator and the waveguide, and then absorbed by the two-dimensional material layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a warship receives a warship image, estimates a photographing angle and a photographing altitude of the warship from the real warship image, generates virtual warship images from stored virtual warship models based on the estimated photographing angle and photographing altitude, generates virtual warship part images in which main parts are classified and displayed for each of the virtual warship images, generates a part segmentation image in which main parts are classified and displayed for the real warship image, and outputs a type and class identification result of the warship by calculating similarity between each virtual warship part image and the part segmentation image.

Abstract: Provided are a real time multi-object tracking apparatus and method which use global motion, including separating a background and multiple objects from a detected image, recognizing the multiple objects separated from the background; calculating global motion information of the recognized multiple objects, which is information oriented by the multiple objects, and correcting the recognized multiple objects using the calculated global motion information and tracking the multiple objects.

Abstract: A fluid pump is disclosed with a fluid pump housing, a first pole piece having a first polarity and positioned within the fluid pump housing, an opposing pole piece having a second polarity different from the first polarity, positioned within the fluid pump housing and spaced from the first pole piece, a wire coil comprising a coiled electrically conductive wire comprising a first end and a second end, the wire coil movably positioned between the first pole piece and the opposing pole piece, at least one membrane coupled between the fluid pump housing and the wire coil, the membrane configured to move responsive movement of the wire coil through elongation of a membrane suspension section, and at least one vent extending through a wall of the fluid pump housing to an fluid chamber immediately adjacent to the at least one membrane.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of detecting a moving object including: predicting an optical flow in an input image clip using a first deep neural network which is trained to predict an optical flow in an image clip including a plurality of frames; obtaining an optical flow image which reflects a result of the optical flow prediction; and detecting a moving object in the image clip on the basis of the optical flow image using a second deep neural network trained using the first deep neural network.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic device is provided which includes electrically connecting a battery with an external power source using a first switch such that a first portion of a first current supplied from the external power source is supplied to a system circuit of the electronic device and a second portion of the first current is supplied to the battery, determining whether a specified condition is satisfied, electrically disconnecting the battery from the external power source using the first switch and electrically connecting the battery with a resistor using a second switch, if the specified condition is satisfied, verifying an electrical characteristic of a current applied to the resistor while the battery is electrically disconnected from the external power source and is electrically connected with the resistor, and determining whether an operation of the battery is abnormal, based at least on a part of the electrical characteristic.

Abstract: Provided are a real time multi-object tracking apparatus and method which use global motion, including separating a background and multiple objects from a detected image, recognizing the multiple objects separated from the background; calculating global motion information of the recognized multiple objects, which is information oriented by the multiple objects, and correcting the recognized multiple objects using the calculated global motion information and tracking the multiple objects.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic device is provided which includes electrically connecting a battery with an external power source using a first switch such that a first portion of a first current supplied from the external power source is supplied to a system circuit of the electronic device and a second portion of the first current is supplied to the battery, determining whether a specified condition is satisfied, electrically disconnecting the battery from the external power source using the first switch and electrically connecting the battery with a resistor using a second switch, if the specified condition is satisfied, verifying an electrical characteristic of a current applied to the resistor while the battery is electrically disconnected from the external power source and is electrically connected with the resistor, and determining whether an operation of the battery is abnormal, based at least on a part of the electrical characteristic.

Abstract: A fluid pump is disclosed with a fluid pump housing, a first pole piece having a first polarity and positioned within the fluid pump housing, an opposing pole piece having a second polarity different from the first polarity, positioned within the fluid pump housing and spaced from the first pole piece, a wire coil comprising a coiled electrically conductive wire comprising a first end and a second end, the wire coil movably positioned between the first pole piece and the opposing pole piece, at least one membrane coupled between the fluid pump housing and the wire coil, the membrane configured to move responsive movement of the wire coil through elongation of a membrane suspension section, and at least one vent extending through a wall of the fluid pump housing to an fluid chamber immediately adjacent to the at least one membrane.

Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-screen display system and a method of correcting a time synchronization of image signals respectively played by unit display panels. The multi-screen display system includes a multi-screen display apparatus configured to include a plurality of unit display panels and a timing sensing apparatus configured to sense, outside the multi-screen display apparatus, time synchronization information about the unit image frames respectively played by the unit display panels. The timing sensing apparatus calculates a time synchronization error between the unit image frames respectively played by the unit display panels, based on the time synchronization information, and transmits the time synchronization error to the multi-screen display apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a data transmitting and receiving method in which a display apparatus connectable to a wireless network transmits and receives data to and from a user terminal by using a pointing apparatus. The data transmitting and receiving method includes (a) acquiring position information of a region, pointed by the pointing apparatus, in the display apparatus and (b) transmitting data, corresponding to an object displayed in the region on a screen of the display apparatus, to the user terminal by using the pointing apparatus.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method for performing a thermal compression bonding process with a non-uniform temperature pattern and a heater having the non-uniform temperature pattern are disclosed. In some embodiments, the heater includes a plurality of heating element segments configured to generate the non-uniform temperature pattern. The configuration comprises a plurality of heating element segment densities or a plurality of heating element segment resistances.

Abstract: An extended preform of a thermal interface material (TIM) is formed between a heat spreader and a die on a substrate. The preform has an extension beyond a footprint of the die. The preform is cured. A bleed out of the TIM is controlled by the extension upon curing of the preform.