Abstract: A method of generating a residual signal performed by an encoder includes identifying an input signal including an audio sample, generating a first residual signal from the input signal using linear predictive coding (LPC), generating a second residual signal having a less information amount than the first residual signal by transforming the first residual signal, transforming the second residual signal into a frequency domain, and generating a third residual signal having a less information amount than the second residual signal from the transformed second residual signal using frequency-domain prediction (FDP) coding.

Abstract: An audio signal encoding/decoding method and an apparatus for performing the same are disclosed. The audio signal encoding method includes obtaining a full-band input signal, extracting a first feature vector corresponding to a first sub-band signal and a second feature vector corresponding to a second sub-band signal using an encoder neural network including a plurality of encoding layers, generating a first code vector corresponding to the first feature vector and a second code vector corresponding to the second feature vector by compressing the first feature vector and the second feature vector, and generating a bitstream by quantizing the first code vector and the second code vector.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates a display device and a method compensating for deterioration thereof, and a mobile terminal including the display device. The display device includes: a display panel including a first pixel area, a second pixel area, and a third pixel area; a first optical device disposed below the display panel or embedded within the display panel in a predetermined sensing area on the display panel, the first optical device facing at least a portion of the first pixel area and a portion of the second pixel area when the display panel is folded or moved; and a pixel deterioration compensation circuit configured to operate to reduce a luminance difference between the first pixel area and the second pixel area by receiving sensing data from the first optical device in a deterioration sensing mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of assisting in diagnosis of a target heart disease using a retinal image, the method including: obtaining a target retinal image which is obtained by imaging a retina of a testee; on the basis of the target retinal image, obtaining heart disease diagnosis assistance information of the testee according to the target retinal image, via a heart disease diagnosis assistance neural network model which obtains diagnosis assistance information that is used for diagnosis of the target heart disease according to the retinal image; and outputting the heart disease diagnosis assistance information of the testee.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a line; a source structure on the line; a stack structure on the source structure; a first slit structure penetrating the stack structure; a second slit structure penetrating the stack structure; and a contact plug adjacent to the first slit structure in a first direction. The first slit structure and the second slit structure may be spaced apart from each other by a first distance in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The contact plug penetrates the source structure, the contact plug being electrically connected to the lower line. The first slit structure and the contact plug may be spaced apart from each other by a second distance in the first direction, and the second distance may be longer than the first distance.

Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus including a memory configured to store instructions and a processor electrically connected to the memory and configured to execute the instructions, wherein the processor may be configured to perform a plurality of operations, when the instructions are executed by the processor, wherein the plurality of operations may include obtaining an input audio signal, generating an embedded audio signal by embedding signal components of a second frequency band of the input audio signal in a first frequency band of the input audio signal, generating additional information associated with the first frequency band and the second frequency band, generating an encoded audio signal by encoding the embedded audio signal, and formatting the encoded audio signal and the additional information into a bitstream.

Abstract: A camera module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is proposed, the camera module including a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with an image sensor, a housing member arranged at an upper surface of the PCB, a bobbin movably positioned at an inner side of the housing member, an upper elastic member connected to an upper surface of the housing member and to an upper surface of the bobbin, and a space forming part formed at one side of the housing member to provide a moving space to the upper elastic member when the bobbin makes a relatively vertical movement to the housing member.

Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing facility includes: a process chamber in which an amorphous carbon layer (ACL) process in which amorphous carbon is deposited so that an ACL is formed, is performed; a vacuum pump in which a residual gas generated in the process chamber is discharged from the process chamber while the ACL process is performed; a chamber exhaust pipe through which the process chamber and the vacuum pump communicate with each other; a plasma reactor configured to form a plasma reaction region using plasma; and a gas supplying device configured to supply a treatment gas to the plasma reactor.

Abstract: A storage device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with attached semiconductor chips, each including a memory, and with at least one wire coupling the semiconductor chips. The storage device includes a case including a first case surrounding a top portion of the printed circuit board and a second case surrounding a bottom portion of the printed circuit board. A sidewall of the first case and a protrusion of the second case form a concavo-convex structure. The sidewall of the first case and the protrusion of the second case cover a side of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged in a first direction such that long side surfaces of adjacent ones of the battery cells face one another; a plurality of insulation spacers, at least one of the insulation spacers being between each adjacent pair of the battery cells, each of the insulation spacers including a heat-insulating first sheet and a plurality of flame-retardant second sheets respectively adhered to opposite surfaces of the first sheet by an adhesion member; a cover member including an internal receiving space configured to accommodate the battery cells and the insulation spacers; a top plate coupled to the cover member, the top plate including ducts respectively corresponding to vents of the battery cells and having fire extinguishing agent openings respectively corresponding to the insulation spacers; a top cover coupled to the top plate and having discharge openings respectively corresponding to the ducts; and an extinguisher sheet between the top cover and

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds having a histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitory activity, optical isomers thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a pharmaceutical use thereof, and a method for preparing the same. According to the present invention, the novel compounds, optical isomers thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have the histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitory activity, and are effective in preventing or treating HDAC6-related diseases, comprising infectious diseases; neoplasm; internal secretion; nutritional and metabolic diseases; mental and behavioral disorders; neurological diseases; eye and ocular adnexal diseases; circulatory diseases; respiratory diseases; digestive diseases; skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases; musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases; and teratosis or deformities, and chromosomal aberration.

Abstract: A video decoding apparatus decodes a sequence of one or more pictures in the unit of blocks which are split from each picture. The apparatus comprising a decoder configured to reconstruct, from a bitstream, a current motion vector difference of the current block among the blocks which belong to the sequence of one or more pictures, and an image decoder configured to predict and decode the current block using the motion vector of the current block. When the current motion vector difference of the current block is zero, the resolution of the current motion vector difference of the current block is set to the ¼ pixel precision without the information on the motion vector resolution extracted.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery. The positive electrode material includes a positive electrode active material formed of Li—[Mn—Ti]-M-O-based material including a transition metal (M) to enable reversible intercalation and deintercalation of lithium and molybdenum oxide. The positive electrode active material is coated with the molybdenum oxide to form a coating layer on a surface thereof.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode provided with a positive electrode tab, a separator, and a negative electrode provided with a negative electrode tab, the positive electrode, the separator, and the negative electrode being wound, the electrode assembly having a core part at a center thereof; a can configured to receive the electrode assembly therein, the negative electrode tab being connected to the can; a cap assembly coupled to an opening of the can, the positive electrode tab being connected to the cap assembly; and a reinforcing member provided on an end of the separator exposed beyond the positive electrode or the negative electrode to prevent heat of the positive electrode tab or the negative electrode tab from being transferred to the separator.

Abstract: A display device may include a display panel including first and second pixels respectively connected to first and second sensing lines, a sensing driver including a sensing channel shared by the first and the second sensing lines, and a controller configured to control the display panel and the sensing driver. The controller may be configured to, in a first time period, electrically disconnect the sensing channel from the first and the second sensing lines, and reflect electrical characteristics of the first and the second pixels in the first and the second sensing lines, respectively, as sensing voltages, and in a second time period, record the sensing voltages reflected in the first and the second sensing lines in the sensing channel by time-sharing.

Abstract: A lens module includes a lens having therein a cavity to accommodate a fluid; a first mover frame supporting the lens, the first mover frame comprising a pressurizing portion disposed to face a pressurized region of the fluid; a magnet disposed at the first mover frame; a coil unit comprising coils disposed to face the magnet in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis; a second mover frame disposed to face the first mover frame in a second direction parallel to the optical axis, with the magnet interposed therebetween, the second mover frame supporting the magnet together with the first mover frame; and a driving controller configured to control supply of current to the coils such that the pressurized region of the lens is pressurized by the pressurizing portion of the first mover frame through interaction between the coils and the magnet.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polycarbonate resin composition, and more particularly, to a polycarbonate resin composition containing 90 wt % to 99 wt % of a polycarbonate resin, 0.3 wt % to 0.7 wt % of an anthraquinone-based black dye, and 0.2 wt % to 1.0 wt % of an acrylic polymeric chain extender, and a molded article containing the same.

Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a cover member accommodating a plurality of battery cells in an internal receiving space, each of the battery cells including a vent; a top plate coupled to a top of the cover member and including a duct corresponding to the vent of at least one of the battery cells; a top cover coupled to a top of the top plate and having an exhaust area corresponding to the duct, the exhaust area having a plurality of discharge openings, the top cover including a protrusion protruding from a bottom surface of the top cover, the protrusion extending around a periphery of the exhaust area and around a distal end of the duct; and an extinguisher sheet between the top cover and the top plate, the extinguisher sheet being configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a reference temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cathode for a lithium secondary battery, which has a coating layer formed on an edge portion of a cathode plate, a method of manufacturing the cathode, and a lithium secondary battery including the cathode. The cathode includes a cathode plate and a coating layer formed at an edge portion of the cathode plate, in which the cathode plate includes a cathode current collector provided with cathode tab and a cathode active material laminated on at least one surface of the cathode current collector, and the coating layer includes a conductive polymer layer and an insulating coating layer.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte includes a polymer matrix including a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the formula and an ionic liquid. R1 to R3 are each one of a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, or combinations thereof. Each R4 is one of hydrogen, a halogen group, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amine group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C14 heteroaryl group, or combinations thereof. Substituents of R1 to R4 are each one of a halogen group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C1-C8 alkyl group, or combinations thereof, x is an integer of 1 to 8, and n is an integer of 60 to 3200.