Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device, for example comprising a finger print sensor, and a method for manufacturing thereof. Various aspects of the present disclosure may, for example, provide an ultra-slim finger print sensor having a thickness of 500 ?m or less that does not include a separate printed circuit board (PCB), and a method for manufacturing thereof.

Abstract: A reinforced composite membrane with improved ion conductivity and wettability is provided. Provided in one embodiment of the present disclosure is a reinforced composite membrane comprising a porous support and an ionomer layer, which comprises an ion conductor filling the pores inside the porous support, wherein the porous support comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the first surface is reformed to contain a first hydrophilic functional group.

Abstract: A display substrate according to an embodiment relates to a display substrate comprising a display panel installation area and a bezel area. The display substrate comprises one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface, and the display substrate comprises: a first area which is defined as a folding area; and a second area which is defined as an unfolding area, wherein a groove is formed on the one surface or the other surface of the display substrate and formed in the display panel installation area of the first area, and a hole is formed through the one surface and the other surface of the display substrate and formed in the bezel area of the first area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.

Abstract: A display device includes: a bendable display panel including a flat area and bendable areas; and a support module disposed on the display panel, wherein the support module supports the display panel, wherein the support module includes a support plate and joints, wherein the support plate overlaps the flat area and the bendable areas and includes lattice pattern areas including lattice patterns, and wherein the joints are disposed on the support plate, are disposed to overlap with the bendable areas, and are spaced apart from one another in the first direction. Each of the joints has a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface is disposed on the support plate, and the bottom surface is opposite to the top surface, and a width of each of the top surfaces of the joints is less than a width of each of the bottom surfaces of the joints.

Abstract: A display device includes a first display driver circuit that outputs a first gamma reference voltage to a first display panel, and a second display driver circuit that outputs a second gamma reference voltage to a second display panel different from the first display panel, and determines the difference between the first gamma reference voltage and the second gamma reference voltage, and keeps outputting the second gamma reference voltage when the difference is smaller than a first reference value, and changes the second gamma reference voltage when the second gamma reference voltage is less than the first gamma reference voltage and the difference is equal to or greater than the first reference value.

Abstract: The cathode active material according to embodiments of the present invention includes a lithium composite oxide particle having a form of secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particle are aggregated, wherein the primary particles respectively include a lithium conduction pathway through which lithium ions are diffused. Wherein the primary particles include a first particle, and the first particle has an angle of 45° to 90° formed by a direction from a center of the first particle to a center of the lithium composite oxide particle and a direction of the lithium conduction pathway included in the first particle, wherein a ratio of the number of the first particles among the primary particles located on a surface of the lithium composite oxide particle is 20% or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an individually controllable vulvar fumigator for women, the fumigator being implemented to enable individually controlled spraying of fume at the genital side and hot air at the anal side, while emitting, at the genital and anal areas of women, LED light sources, which helps to treat inflammation and has a sterilization function.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vulvar sterilization dryer for women, and is configured to facilitate sterilization and drying of the vulva by making it possible to blow outside air or warm air around the anus while irradiating the vulva with an LED light source having a sterilization function that helps to prevent diseases by removing harmful bacteria.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and apparatus for producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid or a salt thereof, for removing 3-hydroxypropionic acid from aqueous solution (e.g., aqueous broth), and for using it to make various chemicals.

Abstract: A parallel thermoelectric module includes: first and second substrates spaced apart from each other; a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first substrate; a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the second substrate; thermoelectric devices disposed in the first and second substrates to connect one of the first electrodes with one of the second electrodes and including a plurality of P and N type thermoelectric devices; electrode terminals including at least one positive electrode terminal and at least one negative electrode terminal disposed in at least one of the first and second substrates; and N parallel circuit units (N is a natural number of 2 or more) having an electrically parallel structure to each other in series. The plurality of first electrodes, the plurality of second electrodes, and the thermoelectric devices are arranged to connect N parallel circuit units.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and apparatus for producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid or a salt thereof, for removing 3-hydroxypropionic acid from aqueous solution (e.g., aqueous broth), and for using it to make various chemicals.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pseudo-ternary thermoelectric material, a method of manufacturing the pseudo-ternary thermoelectric material, a thermoelectric element, and a thermoelectric module. The pseudo-ternary thermoelectric material includes bismuth (Bi), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te), and selenium (Se), and a composition ratio thereof is BixSb2-xTe3 in which 0.3?x?0.6 or (Bi2Te3)1-x-y(Sb2Te3)x(Sb2Se3)y in which 0<x<1 and 0.001?y?0.05.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and apparatus for producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid or a salt thereof, for removing 3-hydroxypropionic acid from aqueous solution (e.g., aqueous broth), and for using it to make various chemicals.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and apparatus for producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid or a salt thereof, for removing 3-hydroxypropionic acid from aqueous solution (e.g., aqueous broth), and for using it to make various chemicals.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and apparatus for producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid or a salt thereof, for removing 3-hydroxypropionic acid from aqueous solution (e.g., aqueous broth), and for using it to make various chemicals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hardware high-speed computation combined RISC-V based computation device for supporting a user-defined instruction set and a method thereof which configures a hardware high-speed computation unit executing a user-defined function through a field programmable gate array (FPGA) in a single chip together with a RISC-V based computation device, executes general computation and user-defined computation in an instruction level, not a separate bus connection configuration, through a program using a RISC-V based instruction set including a user-defined instruction set, and provides flexibility capable of optionally changing the user-defined instruction set and a corresponding function and a method thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hardware high-speed computation combined RISC-V based computation device for supporting a user-defined instruction set and a method thereof which configures a hardware high-speed computation unit executing a user-defined function through a field programmable gate array (FPGA) in a single chip together with a RISC-V based computation device, executes general computation and user-defined computation in an instruction level, not a separate bus connection configuration, through a program using a RISC-V based instruction set including a user-defined instruction set, and provides flexibility capable of optionally changing the user-defined instruction set and a corresponding function and a method thereof.