Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for mass synthesis of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotubes synthesized thereby and, more specifically, to a method for mass synthesis of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotubes synthesized thereby, wherein the method enables not only the synthesis of a catalyst at a high rate through plasma generation without a separate reductant but also the continuous mass synthesis of high-purity carbon nanotubes. The technical essences of the present invention are a method for mass synthesis of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotubes synthesized thereby, the method comprising: a first step of supplying a CNT growth material containing a carbon precursor; a second step of disposing a pair of metal wires in a solution mixed with a metal salt, and applying electric power to the metal wires to generate plasma; and a third step of thermally treating the CNT growth material and the catalyst.

Abstract: An image processing method and an image processing device detect an object from a driving image of a vehicle, obtain information on an altitude difference between the vehicle and the object, and input image domain coordinates of the object in the driving image and the information on the altitude difference to a neural network and determine world domain coordinates of the object.

Abstract: Provided are a calibration method and a calibration apparatus for steering assist or autonomous driving of a vehicle in which lines on a road are detected from an image and coordinates of the lines in an image domain are transformed into coordinates in a world domain to update homography matrix that represents a transformation relationship between the image domain and the world domain, and controlling the vehicle traveling on the road based on the lines.

Abstract: A road line determination method and apparatus is provided. The method includes: performing detection of two road lines of a lane in which the vehicle is driving from a driving image; determining whether at least one road line of the two road lines is not detected; if it is determined that the at least one road line is not detected, determining at least one road line for the at least one undetected road line based on first information about a drivable road area comprising the road; and controlling driving of the vehicle based on the at least one determined road line.

Abstract: A distance estimating method and apparatus are provided. The method includes acquiring a real target length corresponding to target points of an object, calculating, from an input image, an image target length corresponding to the real target length, and estimating a distance from a distance estimating apparatus to the object, based on the real target length, the image target length, and a focal length thereof.

Abstract: A medicine injection device includes a header including a first connector configured to receive an electrical signal associated with a target analyte from a needle and configured to be connected to the needle, a medicine storage configured to be connected to the needle when the needle and the header are connected and store a medicine, a driver configured to apply an external force to the medicine storage, a controller configured to control the driver to measure an amount of the target analyte based on the received electrical signal, determine an injection amount in response to the measuring being completed, and inject the determined injection amount, and a notifier configured to receive, from the controller, measurement information associated with the amount of the target analyte and injection information associated with the injection amount and provide a user with the received measurement information and injection information.

Abstract: Provided are a calibration method and a calibration apparatus for steering assist or autonomous driving of a vehicle in which lines on a road are detected from an image and coordinates of the lines in an image domain are transformed into coordinates in a world domain to update homography matrix that represents a transformation relationship between the image domain and the world domain, and controlling the vehicle traveling on the road based on the lines.

Abstract: A distance estimating method and apparatus are provided.

Abstract: An image processing method and an image processing device detect an object from a driving image of a vehicle, obtain information on an altitude difference between the vehicle and the object, and input image domain coordinates of the object in the driving image and the information on the altitude difference to a neural network and determine world domain coordinates of the object.

Abstract: A road line determination method and apparatus is provided. The method includes: performing detection of two road lines of a lane in which the vehicle is driving from a driving image; determining whether at least one road line of the two road lines is not detected; if it is determined that the at least one road line is not detected, determining at least one road line for the at least one undetected road line based on first information about a drivable road area comprising the road; and controlling driving of the vehicle based on the at least one determined road line.

Abstract: Provided is a device and method to determine blood glucose sensing data. The device may determine whether blood glucose sensing data is an error candidate based on a sampling value and a sampling slope of the blood glucose sensing data, and finally determine whether the blood glucose sensing data is error data by applying a blood glucose signal determination model to the error candidate.

Abstract: A computing system includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices, and stores user data and latency information in the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices. The processor receives the latency information from the storage device, determines a polling delay time based on the latency information, transmits a storage device command to the storage device, and initiates polling that checks a state of the storage device, after expiration of the polling delay time, as determined from a time when the storage device command was transmitted.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for growing an ingot from silicon melt contained in a crucible by using a seed crystal, the apparatus comprising a chamber including a lower portion for accommodating the crucible and an upper portion through which the growing ingot passes, and a cooling rate control unit which is disposed at the upper portion of the chamber to extend to the lower portion of the chamber and has a hole through which the growing ingot passes, wherein the cooling rate control unit comprises an insulation part for insulating the ingot, a cooling part disposed over the insulation part to cool the ingot, and a blocking part disposed between the insulation part and the cooling part to prevent heat exchange therebetween.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical imaging system having improved resolution. The disclosed optical imaging system may include a substrate on which a specimen dyed with a fluorescent material is placed; a multiple number of dimer nanopillars formed on the substrate; and a light source unit configured to provide a light source to the substrate, where the light source unit provides an incident ray to the substrate from a first light source to excite the fluorescent material, and afterwards turns off the first light source and activates a second light source and a third light source simultaneously to provide incident rays to the substrate. The disclosed optical imaging system can provide a resolution that is higher than the diffraction limit.

Abstract: A memory controller, a storage device (SD), a server virtualization system, and an SD recognizing method performed in the server virtualization system are provided. The memory controller includes a processor configured to generate a plurality of different pieces of identify device (ID) data in response to an identify device command received from a host so that the host recognizes a single physical SD as a plurality of physical storage devices (SDs), and a host interface which transmits the generated plurality of pieces of identify device data to the host.

Abstract: A super-resolved optical imaging apparatus and a super-resolved optical imaging method using the apparatus are disclosed. The optical imaging apparatus can includes: a light source unit configured to supply an incident beam; a nano-pattern chip having a plurality of nanostructures; a light adjustment system configured to change an incidence property of the incident beam in at least one of a horizontal direction and a depth direction such that surface plasmon resonance occurs in a localized area of the plurality of nanostructures; and an image detection unit configured to extract fluorescence signals generated by the surface plasmon resonance from a specimen positioned in the localized area and convert the fluorescence signals into an image.

Abstract: A memory controller, a storage device (SD), a server virtualization system, and an SD recognizing method performed in the server virtualization system are provided. The memory controller includes a processor configured to generate a plurality of different pieces of identify device (ID) data in response to an identify device command received from a host so that the host recognizes a single physical SD as a plurality of physical storage devices (SDs), and a host interface which transmits the generated plurality of pieces of identify device data to the host.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for growing an ingot from silicon melt contained in a crucible by using a seed crystal, the apparatus comprising a chamber including a lower portion for accommodating the crucible and an upper portion through which the growing ingot passes, and a cooling rate control unit which is disposed at the upper portion of the chamber to extend to the lower portion of the chamber and has a hole through which the growing ingot passes, wherein the cooling rate control unit comprises an insulation part for insulating the ingot, a cooling part disposed over the insulation part to cool the ingot, and a blocking part disposed between the insulation part and the cooling part to prevent heat exchange therebetween.

Abstract: A total internal reflection fluorescence imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a metal nanostructure layer, which includes a metal thin film and a nanostructure formed over the metal thin film; a light source unit, which provides incident light such that the incident light is totally reflected off the metal nanostructure layer and an evanescent wave localized in a horizontal direction is created between the metal nanostructure layer and a specimen arranged over the metal nanostructure layer; and a fluorescence image extracting unit, which extracts and images a fluorescence signal generated by the specimen due to the evanescent wave localized in a horizontal direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical imaging system having improved resolution. The disclosed optical imaging system may include a substrate on which a specimen dyed with a fluorescent material is placed; a multiple number of dimer nanopillars formed on the substrate; and a light source unit configured to provide a light source to the substrate, where the light source unit provides an incident ray to the substrate from a first light source to excite the fluorescent material, and afterwards turns off the first light source and activates a second light source and a third light source simultaneously to provide incident rays to the substrate. The disclosed optical imaging system can provide a resolution that is higher than the diffraction limit.