Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other, where the substrate includes a plurality of pixel areas; an isolation pattern that extends from the first surface and into the substrate, where the isolation pattern is between the plurality of pixel areas; and an antireflection layer on the isolation pattern, where the isolation pattern includes: a first device isolation pattern that contacts the antireflection layer; and a second device isolation pattern that is spaced apart from the antireflection layer, where the first device isolation pattern includes: a first dielectric layer; and a conductive reflection layer on the first dielectric layer, and where a top surface of the conductive reflection layer and a top surface of the first dielectric layer extend from the second surface of the substrate by a same distance.

Abstract: A road surface condition estimation apparatus which accurately estimates a road surface condition even under changes of external environment such as weather, etc., and a road surface condition estimation method using the same is described. The road surface condition estimation apparatus includes: a sensor module which is mounted on a tire; a receiver module which receives sensing information measured by the sensor module; a processing module which extracts a parameter for estimating a road surface condition by analyzing the sensing information received by the receiver module; and an estimation module which estimates the road surface condition by using the parameter extracted by the processing module. The sensing information includes an acceleration of the tire.

Abstract: A display device includes a display module, on which a display area and a non-display area are defined, and a window module disposed on the display module. The window module includes a first window, a second window disposed under the first window, and a bezel pattern overlapping the non-display area. When viewed from a plan view in a thickness direction of the display device, at least a portion of an edge of the second window does not overlap the bezel pattern.

Abstract: A strength prediction system for a multilayer material with n films stacked includes an input portion where one or more values are entered. The values include the elastic modulus of each layer, Poisson's ratio, Young's modulus, thickness, stacking angle, principal stress direction strength, and the total thickness of the multilayer material. The strength prediction system also includes a control portion that calculates the strength of a multilayer material by applying the values entered in the input portion, a display connected to the control portion, and a storage portion connected to the control portion. The control portion defines a strength value of a multilayer material. A method for predicting the strength of a multilayer material having two or more films stacked thereto is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating a semiconductor device includes a chamber accommodating a substrate coated with a first fluid, a lower inlet which is placed in a lower wall of the chamber and providing a first supercritical fluid into the chamber, an upper inlet placed in an upper wall of the chamber and providing a second supercritical fluid into the chamber, a fluid outlet placed in the lower wall of the chamber and discharging a second fluid which is a mixture of the first fluid and the first supercritical fluid to outside of the chamber, and a drain cup placed between the lower wall of the chamber and the substrate, and having a first portion of which a width, in a horizontal direction, decreases toward the lower wall of the chamber, and a second portion which connects the first portion and the fluid outlet to each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting power wirelessly using capacitive coupling, provided in a wearable device, includes: a transmission electrode including a plurality of unit electrode pairs, each unit electrode pair being formed by a transmission signal electrode and a transmission ground electrode; and a control module configured to select a unit electrode pair, forming capacitive coupling with the reception electrode, among the plurality of unit electrode pairs provided in the reception electrode, to wirelessly transmit power to a reception electrode included in an implantable device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for quantifying and diagnosing the quality of manufacturing equipment, that is, to a quantitative diagnostic method for the quality of manufacturing equipment. It is possible to quantify the quality of manufacturing equipment having a plurality of production elements and diagnose same in a single attempt.

Abstract: A portable communication device is provided for voice recognition and comprises a display, communication circuitry, a microphone, at least one processor including a first processor and a second processor, and a memory storing instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the portable communication device to: receive a first voice input via the microphone while a specified application is running; determine whether a voice recognition is to be performed with respect to the specified application by one of the first processor and the second processor; in case that the voice recognition is to be performed with respect to the specified application by the first processor; when the first voice input includes a wakeup command which is different from a designated command for the specified application by the voice recognition of the first processor, transmit a second voice input received after the first voice input through the communication circuitry to an external electronic device, and when the firs

Abstract: An embodiment upper structure of a rear pillar of a vehicle includes a roof side member disposed on a side surface of a roof in a length direction of the vehicle, a roof center member disposed at a rear end of the roof in a width direction of the vehicle and connected to a side surface of a rear end of the roof side member, and a seat belt mounting member connected to an end portion of the roof side member.

Abstract: A cosmetic container may include a lifting and lowering part configured to accommodate a cosmetic and having a guide protrusion disposed on an outside thereof, a guard ring having a spiral groove which is coupled to the guide protrusion and formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof, and a frame including a body coupled to an inside of the guard ring and in which a guide hole through which the guide protrusion of the lifting and lowering part passes is formed, a lower edge provided in a lower portion of the body, and a flange plate provided between the body and the lower edge to allow a lower end of the guard ring to be seated thereon, in which the cosmetic container further includes a plurality of anti-rolling members positioned near the flange plate and protruding toward the guard ring.

Abstract: A display device includes: unfoldable areas and foldable areas; a window; a display panel disposed under the window; a first support member disposed under the display panel in the unfoldable areas and the foldable area to support the display panel, and including a discontinuous portion having openings or grooves in the foldable area; a second support member disposed under the first support member and including sub-plates respectively overlapping the unfoldable areas; and an adhesive member disposed between the first support member and the second support member, wherein each of the sub-plates of the second support member includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, wherein the first portion extends parallel to the first support member, wherein the second portion extends from the first portion and is bent in the foldable area, and wherein the third portion extends parallel to the first support member from the second portion.

Abstract: A data processing system is provided to include a storage unit and a controller in communication with the storage unit and configured to program write data to a first area as at least one of the plurality of storage areas with a priority over a second area as at least one of the plurality of storage areas and transfer data of the first area to the second area. The controller is further configured to adjust a size of the first area based on 1) a number of times saturated by the write data for the first area, a saturation occurring due to a size of the write data written to the first area being greater than a certain size and 2) an overflow size of the write data corresponding to a difference between the size of the write data and the certain size.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display layer including a display area and a non-display area; a touch sensor layer overlapping the display area; and a light conversion layer on the touch sensor layer and overlapping the display area; wherein the display device includes: a first light emitting element emitting light of a first wavelength; a second light emitting element emitting light of a second wavelength; a capping layer; a 1-1 and 1-2 encapsulation layers on the capping layer and including inorganic insulating layers; and a second encapsulation layer and a third encapsulation layer sequentially on the 1-1 and 1-2 encapsulation layers, wherein a thickness and a refractive index of a plurality of inorganic insulating layers of the 1-2 encapsulation layer are different from that of inorganic insulating layers of the 1-1 encapsulation layer, wherein a dielectric constant of the second encapsulation layer is 3.0 or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel anti-HER2 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof used in the prevention or treatment of cancer, a chimeric antigen receptor including the same, and uses thereof. The antibody of the present disclosure is an antibody that specifically binds to HER2 which is highly expressed in cancer cells (particularly, breast cancer or gastric cancer cells), and binds to an epitope that is different from an epitope to which trastuzumab binds. When compared with trastuzumab, the antibody of the present disclosure exhibits better killing ability for HER2-unexpressed cancer cells which have non-reactivity (or resistance) to the trastuzumab antibody or have reduced sensitivity. In addition, when the anti-HER2 antibody of the present disclosure is administered in combination with trastuzumab, a synergistic killing ability is achieved for cancer cells on which the trastuzumab antibody acts.

Abstract: A method for recovering valuable metals from waste batteries according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an impurity removal process for removing impurities comprising Cu from a waste battery raw material and discharging an aqueous phase comprising Ni and Co; and a Co extraction process to extract Co from the aqueous phase comprising Ni and Co and discharge an aqueous phase comprising Ni, wherein the impurity removal process may be carried out by mixing a dialkylphosphoric acid-based solvent extractant with another solvent extractant having a synergistic effect to increase the separation factor of Co and Cu.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a catalyst for manufacturing carbon nanotubes, including a metal component represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: Cox:[M1,Zr]y:M2z??[Chemical Formula 1] wherein Co represents cobalt or oxides or derivatives thereof, M1 represents at least one metal, or oxides or derivatives thereof, selected from Al, Ca, Si, Ti, and Mg, Zr represents zirconium, or oxides or derivatives thereof, M2 represents at least one metal, or oxides or derivatives thereof, selected from W, V, Mn, and Mo, x/y satisfies 0.2?x/y?2.6, and x/z satisfies 6?x/z?13.

Abstract: An ultrasonic generator with an adjustable ultrasonic focusing depth includes a cartridge housing in which an ultrasound generation portion generating ultrasonic waves is provided, a hand piece in which the cartridge housing is detachably mounted, the hand piece having a first actuator thereinside, and a main shaft to which the ultrasound generation portion is coupled so as to reciprocate in a horizontal direction, parallel to the bottom of the cartridge housing and a vertical direction, perpendicular to the bottom of the cartridge housing. One end of the main shaft is coupled to one end of the first actuator of the hand piece, and an other end of the main shaft is located inside the cartridge housing. The hand piece includes an adjustment portion adjusting an ultrasonic focusing depth of the ultrasound generation portion.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material, a method of preparing the same, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The positive electrode active material includes a particulate positive electrode active material and a coating layer formed on a surface of the particulate positive electrode active material, the coating layer including a phosphorus (P)-doped aluminum oxide, and the coating layer having a thickness of 0.1 nm to 2.0 nm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for the suppression or amelioration of inflammatory diseases, comprising a recombinant polypeptide in which a functional peptide is conjugated to a biocompatible polypeptide. The composition of the present invention is not only safe for the human body, but can also be widely applied to the suppression of inflammation by inhibiting cytokines and tumor necrosis factors that cause early inflammation. Thus, the composition can be used in fields such as medicines, medical products, cosmetics, and daily necessities, to suppress inflammation, and can also be used in the development of additional new drugs.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cloud DID agent including a memory and at least one processor, in which the at least one processor is configured to receive an upload action request for a file from a mobile agent, generate an encryption key corresponding to the file in response to the upload action request and encrypt the file based on the encryption key, generate a plurality of chunks by dividing the encrypted file into a predetermined size, generate a plurality of data blocks corresponding to each of the plurality of chunks, and distribute and transmit the plurality of data blocks to a plurality of external cloud servers so that the plurality of data blocks are distributed and stored in the plurality of external cloud servers. In addition to this, various embodiments grasped through the specification are possible.