Abstract: An image is decoded by deriving a first candidate list for the current block by using motion information of neighboring blocks of the current block; deriving a second candidate list for the current block by using previously reconstructed motion information; deriving a third candidate list by using the first candidate list and the second candidate list; and deriving a prediction block for the current block by using the third candidate list.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body, a supporting member disposed in the body and including one surface and the other surface opposing the one surface in a first direction, a first coil including a first winding portion disposed on one surface of the supporting member, a second coil including a second winding portion disposed on the other surface of the supporting member, a first external electrode and a second external electrode connected to one end and the other end of the first coil, respectively, a third external electrode and a fourth external electrode connected to one end and the other end of the second coil, respectively, and a first connection electrode and a second connection electrode disposed on the other surface side of the supporting member and connecting one end and the other end of the first coil to the first and second external electrodes, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas turbine blade having a shelf squealer tip, the gas turbine blade including an airfoil-shaped blade housing, and a squealer tip extending from an edge portion of a tip surface that is an end surface of the blade housing, in which the squealer tip is formed only on a part of the edge portion of the tip surface. According to the present invention, it is possible to maximize film-cooling performance on the tip surface and additionally reduce an aerodynamic loss by suppressing high-temperature main flow reattachment and swirl flow generation on the tip surface.

Abstract: A device for correcting artifacts included in images includes an image processor. The image processor includes an acquirer configured to acquire image data including first pixel data, second pixel data, third pixel data, and fourth pixel data arranged in a 2×2 array. The image processor also includes a guide image generator configured to acquire a first guide image based on an average value of the first pixel data and the fourth pixel data that are located in a diagonal direction. The image processor further includes an image operating component configured to output a result image generated using a high-frequency component, included in the first guide image, and the image data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for image encoding and decoding using prediction based on a block shape. Whether a prediction mode is available for a target block is determined. The determination is performed based on the shape of the target block. When the prediction mode is determined to be unavailable for the target block, signaling related to the prediction mode may be omitted, and determination of an additional prediction mode is performed. When the prediction mode is determined to be available for the target block, information indicating whether the prediction mode is to be used for the target block is signaled.

Abstract: An image processing device may perform a method for generating 3D HDR radiance fields, and the method may include: receiving an input of low dynamic range (LDR) images, which are captured at various viewpoints; constructing the 3D high dynamic range (HDR) radiance fields from the LDR images captured at the various viewpoints; generating an HDR image by ray marching on a basis of the 3D HDR radiance fields; generating a tone-mapped LDR image from the HDR image through a tone mapping module; calculating a loss value on a basis of the LDR images captured at the various viewpoints and the tone-mapped LDR image; and modifying parameters of the 3D HDR radiance fields and parameters of the tone-mapping module, so as to maximally minimize the loss value. The LDR images captured at the various viewpoints may be images captured under photometric conditions different from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for transferring an article, the apparatus including: a vehicle moving along a moving rail installed on a ceiling; a main body connected to the vehicle and providing an interior space in which an article is located; a hoist module provided in the main body, and for hoisting a belt by winding or unwinding the belt; a hand unit fixed at one end of the belt and for gripping the article; and a drop preventing member provided in the main body, and for preventing the article from dropping during moving of the vehicle, in which the drop preventing member includes support pins provided at different heights depending on types of article.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel signal sequence peptide and a vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding same. The signal sequence peptide can induce a protein linked thereto to be secreted to the outside of a cell, and thus, when the signal sequence peptide is used or a recombinant microorganism transformed with the vector is used, the signal sequence peptide expresses a target protein and then secretes the target protein to the outside of a cell, thus enabling the target protein to exhibit the activity and function thereof.

Abstract: A display device may include a display panel, and an anti-reflection layer disposed on the display panel. The display panel may include a first area including a first alignment mark, a bending area extending from the first area, and a second area extending from the bending area. The anti-reflection layer may include a second alignment mark overlapping the second area in a plan view.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence-based similar sound source search system and method for searching for a matching sound source by identifying timbre, pitch, and chord information using a convolutional neural network (CNN) and comprises a sound source input unit, a sound source analysis unit, a sound source information extraction unit, and a matching sound source search unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a service for security of a web-browser-based content which increases security of an original content by inserting garbage characters into a text constituting an HTML-based original content, which can be opened through a web browser, to secure the original content, and by enabling only authenticated functions to be executed when calling functions for removing the garbage characters and performing functions related to the original content. The present disclosure, without installing a specific program linked to the web browser, can easily prevent a user who does not have the right to open an original content on a web browser from abnormally accessing the original content by constructing a certain function which is not authenticated. Thereby a copyrighted product infringement for a web browser-based original content can be prevented.

Abstract: A method of recognizing an object based on mask updates is provided. The method includes generating first result information in which a foreground and background of a predetermined input image have been separated from each other, generating second result information in which the results of the object recognition within the input image and a boundary portion of the object have been matched, calculating an objective function to be applied to each mask head based on the first and second result information and parameter information for the first and second result information, updating all of the mask heads based on the objective function, and performing object recognition based on the updated mask.

Abstract: A fusion protein according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a growth differentiation factor 11 and an epidermal growth factor with an enhanced anti-oxidation activity and an enhanced skin cell proliferation effect, A cosmetic composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes the fusion protein as an effective component. The cosmetic composition can be advantageously used in future as a material of a functional cosmetic product.

Abstract: Disclosed are a low-light image improvement apparatus and method. The low-light image improvement apparatus includes: an image component decomposition network module that analyzes a light image, a low-light image, and a mid-light image to decompose reflectance and illumination, respectively, wherein the mid-light image is generated using the light image and the low-light image; and a component improvement network module configured to include a mid-teacher network model that extracts a first feature map with improved reflectance and illumination of the mid-light image using the reflectance and illumination of the light image and a student network module that distills the extracted first feature map and then extracts a second feature map for the reflectance and illumination of the low-light image based on the distilled first feature map and acquires an image with improved light by reflecting a structural component of a multi-band near-infrared image in the second feature map.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ion thermoelectric elastomer, which exhibit excellent thermal and air stability as well as excellent mechanical properties even under tensile stretching by adjusting poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA), 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (2-HEA), and an ion conductive dopant to a certain content range, and exhibit excellent ionic thermoelectric properties compared to conventional materials by having a high Seebeck coefficient and ionic conductivity, and a thermoelectric element including the same. Accordingly, the thermoelectric element using the ion thermoelectric elastomer according to the present disclosure as a thermoelectric material exhibits excellent mechanical performance and thermal stability, and thus exhibits excellent and stable ionic thermoelectric properties, such as excellent compatibility with a high-temperature curved surface or skin curvature, while generating an output voltage even in various environments.

Abstract: A side outer extraction method may include receiving, by at least one processor, an image, of a vehicle, preprocessed from three-dimensional (3D) data from a computer-aided design (CAD) module, detecting, using an artificial intelligence model, a classification value and a bounding box for each region, of a plurality of regions, corresponding to one of a plurality of target references of the preprocessed image, transmitting, to the CAD module, a signal indicating the classification value and the bounding box for each region of the plurality of regions, and causing extraction, by the CAD module, of the plurality of target references from the classification value and the bounding box for each region of the plurality of regions, based on the received signal.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other and first to fourth side surfaces connecting the first and second surfaces; a first coil disposed within the body and including a first lead-out portion and a second lead-out portion extending to at least one of the first to fourth side surfaces of the body; a second coil disposed within the body and including a third lead-out portion and a fourth lead-out portion extending to at least one of the first to fourth side surfaces of the body; first to fourth external electrodes disposed on two adjacent side surfaces of the first to fourth side surfaces of the body and respectively connected to the first to fourth lead-out portions.

Abstract: There is provided a method of decoding an image, the method comprising: decoding information for motion information prediction of a current block from a bitstream, predicting motion information of the current block based on the information, refining motion information of the current block by using the decoded information and the predicted motion information of the current block and reconstructing the current block based on the refined motion information of the current block.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body, a supporting member disposed in the body and including one surface and the other surface opposing the one surface in a first direction, a first coil including a first winding portion disposed on one surface of the supporting member, a second coil including a second winding portion disposed on the other surface of the supporting member, a first external electrode and a second external electrode connected to one end and the other end of the first coil, respectively, a third external electrode and a fourth external electrode connected to one end and the other end of the second coil, respectively, and a first connection electrode and a second connection electrode disposed on the other surface side of the supporting member and connecting one end and the other end of the first coil to the first and second external electrodes, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed are a BCTZ-based lead-free piezoelectric ceramic composition and a method of preparing a BCTZ-based lead-free piezoelectric ceramic which provide high piezoelectric properties and speaker characteristics. The method of preparing a lead-free piezoelectric ceramic includes preparing a mixture in which copper oxide is added to a BCTZ-based base material and sintering the mixture at a temperature of 1300° C. to 1600° C. for 1 to 5 hours, wherein a weight ratio of the copper oxide in the mixture is 0.6 wt %.