Abstract: Provided are an imaging encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameter.

Abstract: Provided are an imaging encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameter.

Abstract: A battery cell assembly, including: a cell block including a plurality of battery cells; and a side frame disposed on one side surface of the cell block, wherein the side frame includes a side wall portion and a flange portion disposed on the side wall portion on a side opposite the cell block and configured to be fastened to an external support structure, and wherein the side wall portion includes a hollow space formed throughout an inside thereof.

Abstract: A centrifugal dehydrator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure for solving the above problems includes: a slurry flow tube through which slurry, in which polymers and water are mixed, flows; a gas flow tube through which a gas flows; a mixture flow tube which is connected from the slurry flow tube and the gas flow tube and through which a mixture of the slurry and the gas flows; a basket into which the mixture is injected from the mixture flow tube and which rotates to apply centrifugal force to the slurry in the mixture; a driving part that allows the basket to rotate; and a porous plate disposed on a peripheral portion of the basket to discharge the water from the slurry to the outside of the basket.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there may be provided a light emitting module including: a light emitting device that generates light; a lens disposed above the light emitting device to collect light generated from the light emitting device; and a partition extending in an up-down direction to surround at least a portion of the first lens.

Abstract: A battery cell heating device is disclosed. A battery cell heating device based on an embodiment of the disclosed technology is a battery cell heating device applying heat to a battery cell. The battery cell heating device may comprise a heating member that is in contact with the battery cell and is formed of a material including a metal, and a magnetic field generator configured to provide a time-varying magnetic flux to the heating member.

Abstract: A deposition mask includes a mask body including a silicon substrate, where a plurality of holes is defined through the mask body, and the mask body further includes mask grids extending to define the holes. A cross section of each mask grid has a reverse tapered shape having a width increasing from a back surface to an upper surface of the deposition mask, and each side surface of each mask grid defining a hole includes a first concave curved surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inter-module busbar capable of delaying thermal runaway propagation and a battery pack including the same. The inter-module busbar can include a metal plate for electrical connection and a cover member configured to wrap a part of the metal plate. The metal plate can include at least one first through-hole formed through the metal plate in a longitudinal direction. A first closure member of the inter-module busbar can be inserted into the first through-hole.

Abstract: A quantum dot comprising a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal comprising zinc, selenium, and optionally tellurium; and a shell disposed on the core and comprising a second semiconductor nanocrystal having a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, and comprising zinc and at least one of sulfur and selenium, wherein the shell comprises at least three branches extending from the core, wherein at least one of the branches has a length of greater than or equal to about 2 nm, the quantum dot emits blue light comprising a maximum emission peak at a wavelength of less than or equal to about 470 nm, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the maximum emission peak is less than about 35 nm, and the quantum dot does not comprise cadmium.

Abstract: A control system of an autonomous vehicle for performing control for effective calculation by parallelizing operations between a plurality of modules of the autonomous vehicle includes the plurality of modules arranged in the autonomous vehicle and configured to perform a connective operation, and a module scheduling system configured to monitor operations of the plurality of modules, to parallelize the plurality of modules using an additional thread, and to control the plurality of modules to aperiodically operate using a pipelining method, and thus, processing capability per hour of a plurality of modules may be optimized by controlling parallel processing of the plurality of modules, and when an entire logic calculation period is longer than a sensor input period, an error due to delay that occurs in a data processing procedure between the modules is overcome.

Abstract: A cathode active material with controlled rheological properties for lithium secondary batteries. In particular, the cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes: a core part comprising a lithium metal oxide; and a coating layer covering at least a portion of a surface of the core part and comprising an inorganic compound.

Abstract: A silica sol, a silica aerogel blanket using the same, and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein a hydrophobizing agent, a base catalyst, an organic solvent, and water are included in a catalyst composition when manufacturing the silica aerogel blanket, so that a wet aging step which is performed under high-temperature conditions and increases the amount of a solvent used, surface modification step which uses a large amount of an organic solvent and an expensive surface modifier, resulting in a process that is complex and long and thus inhibiting economic feasibility and productivity, can be omitted.

Abstract: An ultrasound apparatus of a body cavity insertable type includes: a handpiece; a supporting rod that is elongated from the handpiece; an ultrasound probe that includes a housing that is connected to the supporting rod and an ultrasound transducer that is fixed to the housing; and an ultrasound transmission medium circulation mechanism that is configured to discharge an ultrasound transmission medium filled in an ultrasound transmission space that is formed at a front of the ultrasound transducer and to inflow the discharged ultrasound transmission medium to the ultrasound transmission space again. The housing and the ultrasound transducer are configured such that the ultrasound transmission medium filled in the ultrasound transmission space is prevented from inflowing to a rear space of the ultrasound transducer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. An image encoding method according to the present invention may comprise generating a transform block by performing at least one of transform and quantization; grouping at least one coefficient included in the transform block into at least one coefficient group (CG); scanning at least one coefficient included in the coefficient group; and encoding the at least one coefficient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and device. The image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: decoding a prediction mode index; determining whether the prediction mode index indicates function-based intra prediction; inducing a parameter (s) for generating a function, when the prediction mode index indicates the function-based intra prediction; generating the function on the basis of the induced parameter (s); and performing intra prediction by using the generated function.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a smoking article filter which includes lyocell tow including lyocell fibers, a binder solution, and filter wrapping paper, and has 90% or higher biodegradation within 6 months according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D6691 under marine conditions at 30° C., and a smoking article including the smoking article filter.

Abstract: A cigarette filter which includes lyocell tow made of a plurality of lyocell fibers and a binder configured to bond the lyocell fibers to each other is provided. The cigarette filter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure reduces each of tar and nicotine, which are delivered through cigarette smoke, by 70% to 95%. The cigarette filter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure has a resistance to draw of 80 mmWG to 200 mmWG. The cigarette filter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is filled with the lyocell tow at a packing density of 0.2 g/mL to 0.6 g/mL. The cigarette filter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure addresses basic material-related problems, such as low hardness, of the lyocell tow and, further, has excellent filtration functionality as a filter.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes to a method embodiment for preparing a carbon nanotube composite that includes performing a first ultrasonic treatment on a first mixture containing a carbon nanotube (CNT) fiber and an acid to form a carbon nanotube fiber swollen body, and performing a second ultrasonic treatment on a second mixture containing the carbon nanotube fiber swollen body, an aromatic monomer, and an initiator to form a carbon nanotube composite including a surface coated with an aromatic monomer-derived conductive polymer, and an embodiment of the carbon nanotube composite prepared therefrom.

Abstract: A semiconductor circuit includes a first selection circuit which selects a first battery or a first capacitor, a second selection circuit which selects a second battery or a second capacitor, a voltage measuring circuit which measures a first voltage of the first battery or the first capacitor selected by the first selection circuit, and measures a second voltage of the second battery or the second capacitor selected by the second selection circuit, a controller which compares the first voltage and the second voltage to generate a comparison result, and a switching circuit which receives a signal based on a target output voltage, connects the first battery or capacitor selected by the first selection circuit, and the second battery capacitor selected by the second selection circuit in an interconnection relationship based on the comparison result to provide to an output terminal an output voltage responsive to the target output voltage.

Abstract: A optical measurement apparatus includes: an optical system which generates a pupil image of a measurement target, using light; a polarization generator which generates a polarized light from the light; a self-interference generator which generates a plurality of beams divided from the pupil image, using the polarized light, and causes the plurality of beams to interfere with each other to generate a self-interference image; and an image analysis unit configured to extract phase data from the self-interference image, and to move the measurement target to a focus position on the basis of the phase data.