Abstract: A video encoding/decoding apparatus according to the present invention acquires motion vector refinement information, performs motion compensation on the basis of a motion vector of a current block, refines the motion vector of the current block using at least one or both of the motion vector refinement information and the output of the motion compensation, and performs motion compensation using the refined motion vector.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and non-display areas surrounding the display area; an encapsulation substrate disposed on the display panel and including melting patterns formed in regions overlapping the non-display areas; a sealing member disposed between the display panel and the encapsulation substrate to couple the display panel with the encapsulation substrate; and fusing patterns disposed across the sealing member and the encapsulation substrate. The display panel further includes a metal line layer disposed in at least a portion of the non-display areas, at least a portion of the sealing member is disposed on the metal line layer in the non-display areas, the melting patterns are disposed to overlap the metal line layer in a thickness direction, and the fusing patterns are disposed not to overlap the metal line layer in the thickness direction.

Abstract: An image compression apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a raw data image; a pre-processing network configured to receive the raw data image and pre-process the raw data image according to a pattern estimation method learned beforehand; and an encoder unit configured to receive the pre-processed image and compress the pre-processed image according to a pre-designated standard compression technique to output a compressed image. The pre-processing network, which can be added during learning and can be implemented as an artificial neural network, can have learned beforehand by way of a backpropagation of a restoration error through a codec modeling unit that has learned beforehand to simulate a standard codec unit, where the restoration error can be obtained by comparing a restored image obtained based on a simulated decoded image with the raw data image.

Abstract: A video encoding/decoding apparatus according to the present invention acquires motion vector refinement information, performs motion compensation on the basis of a motion vector of a current block, refines the motion vector of the current block using at least one or both of the motion vector refinement information and the output of the motion compensation, and performs motion compensation using the refined motion vector.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for achieving distributed consensus based on decentralized Byzantine fault tolerance. The apparatus may include one or more processors and an execution memory for storing at least one program that is executed by the one or more processors, wherein the program is configured to receive delegate request messages, each including a first transaction for requesting distributed consensus proposed by a client, and determine congress candidate nodes forming a consensus quorum, to be consensus nodes based on the delegate request messages, generate a prepare message that includes a second transaction for obtaining consent to results of determination of the consensus nodes, and send the prepare message to the consensus nodes, and receive commit messages, each including an electronic signature of a corresponding consensus node, from the respective consensus nodes, and broadcast a reply message indicative of results of verification of the electronic signatures.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a through hole penetrating the first substrate and the second substrate; and a hole fusion pattern to bond the first and second substrates to each other around the through hole.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for generating a blockchain, which includes selecting, by a first master node that generated a first block, second candidate nodes from a node pool according to a consensus node selection scheme using a nonce, and selecting, by the first master node, a second master node using the result of a vote taken by first candidate nodes. Here, among candidate blocks generated by the second candidate nodes, the candidate block generated by the second master node is locked as a second block.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a display area where light emitting elements are disposed and a non-display area surrounding the display area, an encapsulation substrate disposed on the display panel at a distance from the display panel, a sealing member disposed in the non-display area between the display panel and the encapsulation substrate to bond the display panel and the encapsulation substrate together, support members disposed in the display area between the display panel and the encapsulation substrate, and a first fusion pattern, a portion of which is disposed in the support members and the encapsulation substrate. The display area includes a first area in which the support member and the first fusion pattern are disposed and a second area in which no support member is disposed, and each of the light emitting elements is disposed in at least a portion of the second area.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and non-display areas surrounding the display area; an encapsulation substrate disposed on the display panel and including melting patterns formed in regions overlapping the non-display areas; a sealing member disposed between the display panel and the encapsulation substrate to couple the display panel with the encapsulation substrate; and fusing patterns disposed across the sealing member and the encapsulation substrate. The display panel further includes a metal line layer disposed in at least a portion of the non-display areas, at least a portion of the sealing member is disposed on the metal line layer in the non-display areas, the melting patterns are disposed to overlap the metal line layer in a thickness direction, and the fusing patterns are disposed not to overlap the metal line layer in the thickness direction.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, an encapsulation substrate disposed on the display panel, a sealing member disposed between the display panel and the encapsulation substrate to bond the display panel and the encapsulation substrate together and a first fusion pattern disposed inside the display panel, the sealing member and the encapsulation substrate, where the display panel comprises a trench formed in the non-display area and recessed into a portion of an upper surface of the display panel, the sealing member is inserted into the trench, and the first fusion pattern is disposed to overlap the trench.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a display area comprising pixels and a non-display area surrounding the display area, an encapsulation substrate which faces the display panel and is disposed on a surface of the display panel, and a sealing member disposed in the non-display area and interposed between the display panel and the encapsulation substrate for bonding. The display panel comprises a base substrate and a first conductive layer disposed on a first surface of the base substrate, the base substrate provides a through hole defined in a part of the non-display area to penetrate the base substrate in a thickness direction, the first conductive layer comprises a signal line disposed in a part of the non-display area and filling the through hole, and the sealing member does not overlap the first conductive layer and the through hole in the thickness direction.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and a metal wiring layer disposed on at least a portion of the non-display area, an encapsulation substrate disposed on the display panel, a sealing member which is disposed between the display panel and the encapsulation substrate and bonds the display panel to the encapsulation substrate and a first fusion region provided in at least a partial region between the sealing member and the encapsulation substrate, where the first fusion region has no physical boundary, and where at least a portion of the sealing member is disposed on the metal wiring layer in the non-display area, and the first fusion region is separated from the metal wiring layer while overlapping the metal wiring layer in a thickness direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for generating a blockchain, which includes selecting, by a first master node that generated a first block, second candidate nodes from a node pool according to a consensus node selection scheme using a nonce, and selecting, by the first master node, a second master node using the result of a vote taken by first candidate nodes. Here, among candidate blocks generated by the second candidate nodes, the candidate block generated by the second master node is locked as a second block.

Abstract: A knee airbag apparatus for an autonomous vehicle, wherein a first cushion and a second cushion are deployed toward the knees of a passenger and a third cushion is deployed toward the feet and shins of the passenger according to a collision mode (head-on collision, offset collision or oblique collision) and a position (normal position or relaxation position) of a seat.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for achieving distributed consensus based on decentralized Byzantine fault tolerance. The apparatus may include one or more processors and an execution memory for storing at least one program that is executed by the one or more processors, wherein the program is configured to receive delegate request messages, each including a first transaction for requesting distributed consensus proposed by a client, and determine congress candidate nodes forming a consensus quorum, to be consensus nodes based on the delegate request messages, generate a prepare message that includes a second transaction for obtaining consent to results of determination of the consensus nodes, and send the prepare message to the consensus nodes, and receive commit messages, each including an electronic signature of a corresponding consensus node, from the respective consensus nodes, and broadcast a reply message indicative of results of verification of the electronic signatures.

Abstract: A video encoding/decoding apparatus according to the present invention acquires motion vector refinement information, performs motion compensation on the basis of a motion vector of a current block, refines the motion vector of the current block using at least one or both of the motion vector refinement information and the output of the motion compensation, and performs motion compensation using the refined motion vector.

Abstract: A video encoding/decoding apparatus according to the present invention acquires motion vector refinement information, performs motion compensation on the basis of a motion vector of a current block, refines the motion vector of the current block using at least one or both of the motion vector refinement information and the output of the motion compensation, and performs motion compensation using the refined motion vector.

Abstract: A knee airbag apparatus for an autonomous vehicle, wherein a first cushion and a second cushion are deployed toward the knees of a passenger and a third cushion is deployed toward the feet and shins of the passenger according to a collision mode (head-on collision, offset collision or oblique collision) and a position (normal position or relaxation position) of a seat.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat transfer tube comprising nanostructures formed on the surface, and a method for manufacturing the same, and by forming nanostructures on a heat transfer tube surface, a superhydrophobic surface may be obtained under a high temperature environment as well. In addition, superhydrophobicity may be enhanced by further forming a hydrophobic coating layer on the nanostructure-formed heat transfer tube surface. By using a method of forming nanostructures by dipping the heat transfer tube surface, complex shapes may be coated, and therefore, a plurality of assembled heat transfer tubes may be coated, and damages occurring during a process of assembling the heat transfer tube after coating may be prevented.

Abstract: Disclosed are an encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus for a depth image and an encoding method and decoding method. To process a depth image according to an intra prediction mode, the encoding apparatus or the decoding apparatus may use a representative mode from a DC mode of an SDC mode, a planar mode, or DMM1. Further, to process the depth image according to an intra prediction mode, the encoding apparatus or the decoding apparatus may use a representative mode from a planar mode or DMM1.