Abstract: A cargo screen unit includes: a cargo screen having a cover sheet rolled out from a rolled-in and wound state so as to cover a cargo; and a parcel tray having an inner space for receiving an edge portion of the cargo screen, and having a receiving shutter, which communicates the inner space and an outer space by a downward movement and blocks the inner space and the outer space by an upward movement.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for programmable ray tracing with hardware acceleration on a graphics processor. For example, one embodiment of a graphics processor comprises shader execution circuitry to execute a plurality of programmable ray tracing shaders. The shader execution circuitry includes a plurality of single instruction multiple data (SIMD) execution units. Sorting circuitry regroups data associated with one or more of the programmable ray tracing shaders to increase occupancy for SIMD operations performed by the SIMD execution units; and fixed-function intersection circuitry coupled to the shader execution circuitry detects intersections between rays and bounding volume hierarchies (BVHs) and/or objects contained therein and to provide results indicating the intersections to the sorting circuitry.

Abstract: Apparatus and method including cell primitive for unstructured volume rendering. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a ray generator to generate a plurality of rays in a first graphics scene; a hierarchical acceleration data structure generator to construct a hierarchical acceleration data structure comprising a plurality of hierarchically arranged nodes including leaf nodes and inner nodes; traversal circuitry to traverse one or more of the rays through the hierarchical acceleration data structure; unstructured volume intersection circuitry to intersect a ray with an unstructured volume primitive within a leaf node of the hierarchical acceleration data structure, the unstructured volume intersection circuitry to determine multiple intersection hits between a ray and an unstructured volume primitive.

Abstract: A case for a secondary battery, a secondary battery, and a battery module are provided. Because an uneven part is provided in each of an upper case and a lower case of the secondary battery the upper case and the lower case may be coupled to each other without being misaligned in a process of manufacturing the prismatic type secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to various uses of a composition comprising plant-derived extracellular vesicles.

Abstract: Apparatus and method including cell primitive for unstructured volume rendering. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a ray generator to generate a plurality of rays in a first graphics scene; a hierarchical acceleration data structure generator to construct a hierarchical acceleration data structure comprising a plurality of hierarchically arranged nodes including leaf nodes and inner nodes; traversal circuitry to traverse one or more of the rays through the hierarchical acceleration data structure; unstructured volume intersection circuitry to intersect a ray with an unstructured volume primitive within a leaf node of the hierarchical acceleration data structure, the unstructured volume intersection circuitry to determine multiple intersection hits between a ray and an unstructured volume primitive.

Abstract: A cargo screen unit includes: a cargo screen having a cover sheet rolled out from a rolled-in and wound state so as to cover a cargo; and a parcel tray having an inner space for receiving an edge portion of the cargo screen, and having a receiving shutter, which communicates the inner space and an outer space by a downward movement and blocks the inner space and the outer space by an upward movement.

Abstract: A luggage compartment screen apparatus of a vehicle may include a moving housing movable along guide rails; a push mechanism to be drawn out or drawn in from the moving housing toward the luggage compartment and be rotatable and formed to have a step in a rotation direction thereof; and a locking mechanism rotatably disposed on the moving housing to be configured to be selectively locked to the guide rail, formed to have a step in a drawn-out and drawn-in direction of the push mechanism, and having a stepped portion in contact with a stepped portion of the push mechanism to be rotated to be locked to the guide rail at the time of a drawn-in operation or a rotation operation of the push mechanism and be rotated to be separated from the guide rail at the time of a drawn-out operation of the push mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for ameliorating or treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and/or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), comprising administering extracellular vesicles derived from Kefir grains in a mammal in need thereof. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition for ameliorating or treating IBD and/or IBS or a functional food composition for ameliorating or improving IBD and/or IBS, comprising said extracellular vesicles derived from Kefir grains as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly includes forming each of a negative electrode, a separator, and a positive electrode so as to have a shape having a hole; laminating the negative electrode, the separator, and the positive electrode to manufacture a unit cell; laminating at least two unit cells to form a laminate; folding a folding separator to cover an entire surface of the laminate to wrap an outside of the laminate; removing a portion of a space forming part that is a portion of the folding separator surrounding a space formed by the aligned holes when the folding separator is folded to wrap the laminate; and bonding surplus parts that are portions of the folding separator to each other after the portion of the space forming part is removed so as to finish the folding separator to cover an exposed surface of the laminate is provided.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for programmable ray tracing with hardware acceleration on a graphics processor. For example, one embodiment of a graphics processor comprises shader execution circuitry to execute a plurality of programmable ray tracing shaders. The shader execution circuitry includes a plurality of single instruction multiple data (SIMD) execution units. Sorting circuitry regroups data associated with one or more of the programmable ray tracing shaders to increase occupancy for SIMD operations performed by the SIMD execution units; and fixed-function intersection circuitry coupled to the shader execution circuitry detects intersections between rays and bounding volume hierarchies (BVHs) and/or objects contained therein and to provide results indicating the intersections to the sorting circuitry.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an acceleration structure. Primitives corresponding to at least one object on which rendering is to be performed may be aligned. Candidate split points are determined by scanning the aligned primitives. The candidate split points are stored according to a predetermined rule, and the acceleration structure is generated by sequentially reading the stored candidate split points and generating at least one node corresponding to the stored candidate split points.

Abstract: A graphics processing method and a graphics processing system are provided. A graphics processing method including: estimating a depth complexity of a tile generated by dividing a frame; visibility calculations are selectively performed with respect to at least one primitive included in the tile based on the estimated depth complexity of the tile; and performing rendering on the tile. A graphics processing apparatus includes one or more processors which determine a depth complexity of primitives input to a current tile and whether translucent primitives exist. The graphics processing apparatus may operate adaptively in a Tile Based Rendering (TBR) mode or a Tile Based Deferred Rendering (TBDR) mode according to the determination of depth complexity and a presence of translucent primitives.

Abstract: A method for generating an acceleration structure used for ray tracing includes generating a linear code, the linear code representing a position of each of a plurality of primitives included in a three-dimensional (3D) space, arranging the plurality of primitives according to the generated linear code, determining a rate of change of a size of a generated bounding box while sequentially inputting the plurality of arranged primitives into the generated bounding box, selecting one of the plurality of arranged primitives based on the rate of change of the size of the generated bounding box and classifying the plurality of arranged primitives into a plurality of determined bounding boxes according to the selected primitive.

Abstract: A luggage compartment screen apparatus of a vehicle may include a moving housing movable along guide rails; a push mechanism to be drawn out or drawn in from the moving housing toward the luggage compartment and be rotatable and formed to have a step in a rotation direction thereof; and a locking mechanism rotatably disposed on the moving housing to be configured to be selectively locked to the guide rail, formed to have a step in a drawn-out and drawn-in direction of the push mechanism, and having a stepped portion in contact with a stepped portion of the push mechanism to be rotated to be locked to the guide rail at the time of a drawn-in operation or a rotation operation of the push mechanism and be rotated to be separated from the guide rail at the time of a drawn-out operation of the push mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing extracellular vesicles derived from plant juice, wherein the extracellular vesicles have excellent skin condition-improving effects such as skin whitening, moisturizing and wrinkle reducing effects and exhibits an excellent effect of preventing hair loss by promotion of hair growth and regrowth, and the like.

Abstract: A graphics processing method and a graphics processing system are provided. A graphics processing method including: estimating a depth complexity of a tile generated by dividing a frame; visibility calculations are selectively performed with respect to at least one primitive included in the tile based on the estimated depth complexity of the tile; and performing rendering on the tile. A graphics processing apparatus includes one or more processors which determine a depth complexity of primitives input to a current tile and whether translucent primitives exist. The graphics processing apparatus may operate adaptively in a Tile Based Rendering (TBR) mode or a Tile Based Deferred Rendering (TBDR) mode according to the determination of depth complexity and a presence of translucent primitives.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an acceleration structure. Primitives corresponding to at least one object on which rendering is to be performed may be aligned. Candidate split points are determined by scanning the aligned primitives. The candidate split points are stored according to a predetermined rule, and the acceleration structure is generated by sequentially reading the stored candidate split points and generating at least one node corresponding to the stored candidate split points.

Abstract: A ray tracing method includes determining whether acceleration structure traversal data of a previous ray similar to a received ray is stored in a traversal cache, and reading the stored acceleration structure traversal data, and performing image rendering based on the read acceleration structure traversal data, based on a result of the determining.