Abstract: Provided is an atypical environment-based location recognition apparatus. The apparatus includes a sensing information acquisition unit configured to, from sensing data collected by sensor modules, detect object location information and semantic label information of a video image and detect an event in the video image; a walk navigation information provision unit configured to acquire user movement information; a metric map generation module configured to generate a video odometric map using sensing data collected through a sensing information acquisition unit and reflect the semantic label information; and a topology map generation module configured to generate a topology node using sensing data acquired through the sensing information acquisition unit and update the topology node through the collected user movement information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte including an additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte represented by Formula 1 below: wherein, R1 to R5 may each independently be any one selected from the group consisting of H, an alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, a cycloalkenyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and a nitrile group.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, and including a first channel portion, a second channel portion, a connecting portion disposed between the first channel portion and the second channel portion, and electrode regions, a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, a gate conductor disposed on the first insulating layer and including a first gate electrode overlapping the first channel portion and a second gate electrode overlapping the second channel portion, signal lines disposed on the substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to at least one of electrode regions of the semiconductor layer, an emission layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the emission layer, and the first channel portion and the second channel portion of the semiconductor layer each have a first width greater than a second width of the connecting portion.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus including conductive line contact regions having multiple multi-direction conductive lines and staircase conductive line contact structures for semiconductor devices. One memory device comprises arrays of vertically stacked memory cells, having multiple multi-direction conductive lines arrays of vertically stacked memory cells, including a vertical stack of layers formed from repeating iterations of a group of layers, the group of layers comprising: a first dielectric material layer, a semiconductor material layer, and a second dielectric material layer, the second dielectric material layer having a conductive line formed in a horizontal plane therein, and the vertical stack of layers having multiple multi-direction conductive lines in an interconnection region with a first portion of the interconnection region formed in an array region and a second portion formed in a conductive line contact region that is spaced from the array region.

Abstract: A method of constructing a factory energy management system (FEMS) network and an apparatus for performing the same are provided. The method includes obtaining a first metric and a second metric based on configuration information of the FEMS network and optimizing distribution of repeaters included in the network based on the first metric and the second metric.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a context-based QA generation architecture, and an object of the present invention is to generate diverse QA pairs from a single context. To achieve the object, the present invention includes a latent variable generating network including at least one encoder and an artificial neural network (Multi-Layer Perceptron: MLP) and configured to train the artificial neural network using a first context, a first question, and a first answer, and generate a second question latent variable and a second answer latent variable by applying the trained artificial neural network to a second context, an answer generating network configured to generate a second answer by decoding the second answer latent variable, and a question generating network configured to generate a second question based on a second context and the second answer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a polyalkylene carbonate resin, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a polyalkylene carbonate resin having the reduced cyclic carbonate content, which is a by-product, and an increased ratio of a repeating unit including carbon dioxide, by increasing catalyst activity.

Abstract: A molding apparatus for fabricating a semiconductor package includes an upper mold including an upper cavity, a first side cavity at a first side of the upper cavity, a second side cavity formed at an opposite second side of the upper cavity, and a first driving part connected to the first side cavity and configured to move the first side cavity in a first direction, and a bottom mold including a bottom cavity configured to receive a molding target including a package substrate and at least one semiconductor chip. A width in the first direction between the first side cavity and the second side cavity may be smaller than a width of the package substrate in the first direction and greater than a width in the first direction between a first boundary and a second boundary of the at least one semiconductor chip.

Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including a lower substrate and first, second, and third light emitting elements disposed on the lower substrate, a color filter unit including an upper substrate having a lower surface facing the first, second, and third light emitting elements, a filler disposed between the display unit and the color filter unit and including a wavelength conversion particle. The color filter unit further includes a color filter layer including first, second, and third color filters disposed on the lower surface of the upper substrate, a bank layer disposed below the color filter layer and including first, second, and third openings, a first column spacer filling the first opening, and a second column spacer filling the second opening.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an autonomous vehicle includes a sensor unit configured to detect surrounding environment of the vehicle, generate surrounding environment information, monitor a state of the vehicle, and generate vehicle state information. A processor is configured to control autonomous driving of the vehicle based on one or both of the surrounding environment information and the vehicle state information, detect whether a failure occurs in a function required for autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the vehicle state information, determine one or both of a movable time and a movable distance, for indicating a fail-operational capability (FOC) of the vehicle, based on one or both of the vehicle state information and the surrounding environment information, and control the vehicle to be emergency stopped by performing a minimal risk maneuver based on one or both of the movable time and the movable distance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel naphthyridinone derivative compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate thereof, or a stereoisomer thereof, which are each relevant to a compound for inhibiting ENPP1, a composition for inhibiting ENPP1, and a method for inhibiting ENPP1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to GPCR ligand collagen peptides produced through microbial fermentation, and in particular, to a method of preparing collagen peptides obtained by culturing a microorganism, peptides prepared by the method, and a composition including the peptide as an active ingredient; and a composition for improving intestinal function, relieving inflammation, and/or promoting wound healing, and a method of preparing the composition.

Abstract: A sterilization apparatus includes a housing; a sterilization unit for irradiating, with sterilization light, at least one region to be sterilized; and a driving unit for moving the sterilization unit into and out of the housing via an opening of the housing and rotating the sterilization unit about a rotation axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a calibration cradle for a three-dimensional scanner. Particularly, the calibration cradle comprises: a cradle body into which a front end portion of a three-dimensional scanner is inserted and seated; a calibration pattern plate (hereinafter, abbreviated as “pattern plate”) which is disposed inside the cradle body to correct the scanning of the three-dimensional scanner; and a pattern movement part which automatically axially rotates and axially reciprocates the pattern plate in the cradle body when the three-dimensional scanner is coupled to the cradle body, whereby the present invention provides an advantage of improving the convenience and reliability of performing calibration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light irradiation apparatus including: a body part, base parts coupled to the body part, light irradiators coupled to the corresponding base part to irradiate light on a user's body, and position adjustors for adjusting the light irradiators in position and having one or more actuators controlled by a computing device, wherein the one or more actuators adjust the light irradiators in position so that the positions of the light irradiators correspond to the user's body on which the light is irradiated.

Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of a skin surface when a user comes into contact with a main body of the electronic device; a first heating element spaced apart from the first temperature sensor by a first predetermined distance; a second temperature sensor spaced apart from the first heating element by a second predetermined distance and configured to measure a second temperature inside the main body; and a processor configured to: estimate heat flux based on the first temperature and the second temperature; estimate a blood perfusion rate of the user based on a temperature of the first heating element and the first temperature, and estimate a core body temperature of a user based on the first temperature, the estimated heat flux, and the estimated blood perfusion rate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting information using a monitor brightness change. The method may include generating a transmission data frame structure for transmitting digital information, encoding the bit of the digital information, and converting the encoded bit of the digital information into a wireless signal that is a brightness change signal of blue (B) color, among red, green, and blue (RGB) for configuring colors on a monitor.

Abstract: Discussed is a welding inspection apparatus for battery modules capable of applying an alternating current to a bank constituted by two or more battery cells connected in parallel and a battery module constituted by one or more banks connected in series to calculate an impedance and a resistance value of each of the one or more banks, and a method of inspecting welding of the battery module using the welding inspection apparatus.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosed technology, since a host device manages data stored in a storage device on the basis of a zone corresponding to a storage block of the storage device, the load of the storage device may be reduced, and the operation efficiency of the storage device may be increased by the control of the host device. Therefore, it is possible to improve the performance of a computing system including the host device and the storage device.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer electronic component, the method includes, attaching a margin portion green sheet including a ceramic material, a photocuring agent, and a photoinitiator to at least one end surface of each of the plurality of cut ceramic green sheet stacked bodies in the third direction, an energy irradiation operation of irradiating, with energy, the margin portion green sheet to generate a photocuring polymerization reaction between the photocuring agent and the photoinitiator.