Abstract: A method and apparatus use a geometric modified image for video encoding/decoding. The encoding method may include: generating a geometric modified reference picture by geometrically modifying a reference picture; generating a prediction block of a current block within an encoding target picture by performing inter prediction by referencing the reference picture or the geometrically modified reference picture; and encoding inter-prediction information of the current block.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conversion device for converting a treatment beam for treating a lesion of a subject, comprising: a collimator unit to which the treatment beam is incident and which has a plurality of slits; and a scattering unit that scatters the treatment beam that has passed through the collimator unit.

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 bit line sense amplifier includes: a first inverter having an input terminal connected to a first sensing node and an output terminal connected to a second inner bit line; a second inverter having an input terminal connected to a second sensing node and an output terminal connected to a first inner bit line; a first capacitor connected between the first sensing node and the first inner bit line; a second capacitor connected between the second sensing node and the second inner bit line; an isolation unit configured to cut off a connection between the first inner bit line and a second bit line; and an offset cancellation unit configured to connect the first sensing node to the second inner bit line, the first inner bit line to the first bit line, the second sensing node to the first inner bit line, and the second inner bit line to the second bit line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for video encoding/decoding by using a geometric modified picture. The encoding method according to the present invention includes: generating a geometric modified picture by geometrically modifying a reference picture; and generating a first prediction block of a current block by performing inter prediction referencing the geometric modified picture.

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: The present disclosure relates to an internal pressure control apparatus capable of uniformly processing an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate and a substrate processing apparatus including the same. The substrate processing apparatus comprising a chamber housing including an exhaust hole for exhausting a process gas flowing thereinto, a substrate support unit inside the chamber housing, supporting a semiconductor substrate, a process gas supply unit providing the process gas to the inside of the chamber housing, a plasma generating unit generating plasma inside the chamber housing by using the process gas, and a ring body installed around the substrate support unit and provided as one body, and further comprising an internal pressure control apparatus controlling an internal pressure of the chamber housing, wherein the internal pressure control apparatus controls a posture of the ring body to control an exhaust amount of the process gas flowing into the chamber housing.

Abstract: A battery module compression system includes a battery module having a first end wall spaced apart from a second end wall. Battery cells are disposed between the first and second end walls. A fluid path is between the plurality of battery cells and the walls. An inlet valve is in fluid communication with an inlet module pump communicating dielectric fluid into the battery module into the fluid path between the battery cells and the walls. A pressure sensor generates a pressure signal indicative of the pressure within the battery module. A temperature sensor generates a temperature signal indicative of the temperature within the battery module. A controller is coupled to the inlet module pump, the inlet valve and an outlet valve to independently control a flow rate into the battery module and the pressure within the battery module based on the temperature signal, and the pressure signal.

Abstract: A system includes a battery module with a plurality of walls having a first end wall spaced apart from a second end wall. A plurality of battery cells disposed between the first end wall and the second end wall. The system also includes an inlet module pump communicating dielectric fluid into the battery module into a space between the battery cells and the walls. A compressible element is disposed adjacent to at least one of the plurality of battery cells and has an element wall and an element pump communicating dielectric fluid from the space into the compressible element. The system also includes a pressure sensor generating a pressure signal indicative of the pressure within the battery module. The system also includes a controller coupled to the inlet module pump and the element pump and the pressure sensor, said controller configured to control a pressure within the compressible element based on the pressure signal.

Abstract: A battery module manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a step of inserting each of electrode tabs of a plurality of battery cells into a plurality of holes included in a bus bar; and a step of bonding the electrode tabs to the bus bar by irradiating laser under feeding of a wire, wherein the bus bar may electrically connect the electrode tabs of the plurality of battery cells to each other.

Abstract: An image decoding method is disclosed in the present specification. An image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise deriving a candidate list for inter-prediction of a current block, deriving motion information of the current block by using the candidate list, deriving a cumulative coding information candidate by using the motion information of the current block, inserting the derived cumulative coding information candidate into a cumulative coding information candidate list and updating the candidate list by using the cumulative coding information candidate list, wherein the updated candidate list is used for inter-prediction of a block to be decoded after the current block.

Abstract: A battery cell for a secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a cathode, an anode, and a separator incorporated in a battery case, the cathode has a cathode tab extending from a cathode current collector formed on one side, and the anode has an anode tab extending from an anode current collector formed on one side, at the top area of the electrode assembly where the cathode tab and the anode tab protrude, the cathode tab and the anode tab each have a first bent portion and a second bent portion that are bent in a v shape, a sticker type protective tape is attached to at least one of the first bent portion and the second bent portion, and top areas of the electrode assembly adjacent to the first and second bent portions so as to cover them, and the sticker type protective tape has an atypical shape.

Abstract: An apparatus for capturing circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from blood. The apparatus includes a wearable device that receives fluid from vasculature of a subject through an input channel. A pump is coupled to the input channel the pump configured to receive blood at a first flow rate and to convert the flow of the blood to a second flow rate. The device further includes a replaceable candidate cell capture module having a microfluidic capture stage with herringbone channel structures configured to capture the candidate cells by antibodies. The device is further configured to provide the blood back to the vasculature of the subject.

Abstract: An image processing device for performing an image blurring method includes an image preprocessor configured to determine an in-focus area and an out-of-focus area for sub-images of an externally received image, the sub-images generated based on pixel values of the externally received image. The image processor is also configured to calculate disparity values between the sub-images in the out-of-focus area. The image processing device further includes an image combiner configured to perform a blur operation on the out-of-focus area depending on a strength of the blur operation determined based on the disparity values and to sum sub-images on which the blur operation is performed.

Abstract: A medical instrument positioning tracking system includes: a bar-type medical instrument which has a bar shape front end part and an identification segment formed on the rear end part; a tracking multi-camera including a plurality of cameras provided at a plurality of locations so that the identification segment can be photographed in a plurality of time points; a display device for displaying an augmented reality image with the medical instrument as an augmented object and also displaying relevant information including location and angle of the medical instrument; and a control device for acquiring, in real time, a tracking image captured by the tracking multi-camera for every frame, estimating a three-dimensional segment by using the acquired image, estimating the actual three-dimensional positioning of the medical instrument by using the location relationship between a pre-measured location of the medical instrument and the three-dimensional segment, and displaying the estimated three-dimensional positioni

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: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for video encoding/decoding by using a geometric modified picture. The encoding method according to the present invention includes: generating a geometric modified picture by geometrically modifying a reference picture; and generating a first prediction block of a current block by performing inter prediction referencing the geometric modified picture.

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: 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.