Abstract: There are provided a method and a system for CCTV radial distortion estimation with low-complexity. An image distortion estimation method according to an embodiment includes: adding a certain distortion to an inputted image; detecting outlines from the image to which the distortion is added; detecting straight lines from the detected outlines; calculating a sum of the detected straight lines; performing the above operations N times, and determining parameters of an objective function by fitting an ‘objective function resulting from modeling of a sum of detected straight lines caused by an added distortion’ to the N distortions and the N sums; and estimating a distortion on the image by using the objective function the parameters of which are determined.

Abstract: There is provided an AI-based air damper control system and method for industrial boilers. An AI-based optimal air damper control method according to an embodiment calculates energy efficiency under a given control condition and an environment by extracting energy efficiency-related data from industrial boiler operational data and analyzing a correlation between corresponding data, trains an AI-based optimal air volume-for-load prediction model by using the extracted data and the calculated energy efficiency as training data, and derives an air volume condition that results in peak energy efficiency under a given load, based on the trained optimal air volume-for-load prediction model, and automatically controls the air damper according to the corresponding air volume condition.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a ternary neural network accelerator device includes a first semiconductor device comprising a first source terminal, a first drain terminal, and a first gate terminal, a second semiconductor device comprising a second source terminal, a second drain terminal, and a second gate terminal, a first searching line connected to the first drain terminal, a second searching line connected to the second drain terminal, and a matching line commonly connected to the first source terminal and the second source terminal, wherein ternary weight and ternary input are each set by either of a first operation and a second operation and nine computation results are output through the matching line according to conditions of the ternary weight and ternary input.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inducing differentiation of bone marrow cells into myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) by treating the bone marrow cells with a toll-like receptor agonist (TLR agonist) or type I interferon, or for inducing dendritic cells from the MDSCs.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle may include: a sensor part configured to acquire inertia information or position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and a controller. The controller is configured to estimate the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle by applying the information acquired by the sensor part to an extended Kalman filter and control movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle, based on the estimated position of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The sensor part includes: an inertia sensor configured to acquire the inertia information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; a tag recognition sensor configured to recognize a tag attached to a rack and acquire absolute position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and an image sensor attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle so as to acquire an image of the movement environment of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an optical signal emitted from a single molecule is received to measure a central location of the single molecule while changing a phase of a structured illumination having a periodic pattern to measure a phase of a pattern in which a fluorescence intensity is periodically changed in accordance with a distance between the pattern and the single molecule while displacing the periodic pattern by a specific interval to measure the central location of the single molecule, thereby improving an accuracy of the central location of the single molecule with low photons and as a result, the resolution of the image may be enhanced.

Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for predicting an occupancy time of a user in a city building based on big data for auto control of heating or cooling for energy saving. The user occupancy time prediction system according to an embodiment includes: a sensor configured to collect data regarding whether a user occupies a predetermined space in a building; a database configured to store the collected data; a data pre-processing unit configured to process the stored data into a format suitable for machine learning; and a prediction unit configured to input the processed data into a machine learning model, and to predict an expected unoccupancy time of the user regarding the predetermined space in the building. Accordingly, a user occupancy/unoccupancy time may be predicted by analyzing big data which uses previous occupancy data of a user in a city building, and energy may be saved by adjusting a temperature of a heating or cooling device before the unoccupancy time.

Abstract: A digital processing system including a master chip having a first clock pin and a first data pin and a first slave chip having a second clock pin and a second data pin may be provided. The digital processing system may transmit first data from the master chip to the first slave chip based on a synchronous scheme in which a first clock signal output from the master chip via the first clock pin and the first data output from the master chip via the first data pin are provided together and the first data is transmitted in synchronization with the first clock signal, and may transmit second data from the first slave chip to the master chip based on an asynchronous scheme in which the second data output from the first slave chip via the second data pin is transmitted regardless of the first clock signal.

Abstract: There are provided an air conditioner automatic control method, an air conditioner automatic control apparatus, a recording medium, and an air conditioner. The air conditioner automatic control method receives occupancy detection data indicating whether a user occupies a room, receives temperature data and humidity data indicating indoor temperature and humidity, predicts future occupancy probability information of the user by using the occupancy detection data, derives an optimal PMV by using the temperature data and the humidity data, and calculates an optimal temperature by using the optimal PMV, and controls the air conditioner based on the occupancy detection data, the future occupancy probability, and the optimal temperature. Accordingly, the air conditioner can be driven at the optimal temperature suitable for the user.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display configured to display an application execution screen and a controller configured to, when a screen image of the application execution screen is captured, obtain execution path information for executing a state of the captured screen image, and to store the captured screen image and the execution path information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mini hot press apparatus, and more particularly, to an apparatus which can be used for making or annealing a polycrystalline material by pressurization and heating in various surrounding environments such as in a low vacuum, high vacuum, ultrahigh vacuum, high pressure gas, gas flow, even in air, etc.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an optical signal emitted from a single molecule is received to measure a central location of the single molecule while changing a phase of a structured illumination having a periodic pattern to measure a phase of a pattern in which a fluorescence intensity is periodically changed in accordance with a distance between the pattern and the single molecule while displacing the periodic pattern by a specific interval to measure the central location of the single molecule, thereby improving an accuracy of the central location of the single molecule with low photons and as a result, the resolution of the image may be enhanced.

Abstract: A digital processing system including a master chip having a first clock pin and a first data pin and a first slave chip having a second clock pin and a second data pin may be provided. The digital processing system may transmit first data from the master chip to the first slave chip based on a synchronous scheme in which a first clock signal output from the master chip via the first clock pin and the first data output from the master chip via the first data pin are provided together and the first data is transmitted in synchronization with the first clock signal, and may transmit second data from the first slave chip to the master chip based on an asynchronous scheme in which the second data output from the first slave chip via the second data pin is transmitted regardless of the first clock signal.

Abstract: An embodiment disclosed herein relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle for inventory management and a method of operating the same. The unmanned aerial vehicle may include: at least one sensor configured to acquire at least one of inertia information or position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; a communication unit configured to communicate with a control system; and a processor operably connected to the at least one sensor and the communication unit. The processor may be configured to: receive an inventory survey request from the control system; generate a route information of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the received request and previously stored spatial information; and perform an inventory survey based on the generated route information.

Abstract: A multi-sensor based unmanned aerial vehicle and a method for controlling the same. The unmanned aerial vehicle may include: a sensor part configured to acquire inertia information or position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and a controller. The controller is configured to estimate the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle by applying the information acquired by the sensor part to an extended Kalman filter and control movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle, based on the estimated position of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The sensor part includes: an inertia sensor configured to acquire the inertia information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; a tag recognition sensor configured to recognize a tag attached to a rack and acquire absolute position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and an image sensor attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle so as to acquire an image of the movement environment of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

Abstract: A digital processing system including a master chip having a first clock pin and a first data pin and a first slave chip having a second clock pin and a second data pin may be provided. The digital processing system may transmit first data from the master chip to the first slave chip based on a synchronous scheme in which a first clock signal output from the master chip via the first clock pin and the first data output from the master chip via the first data pin are provided together and the first data is transmitted in synchronization with the first clock signal, and may transmit second data from the first slave chip to the master chip based on an asynchronous scheme in which the second data output from the first slave chip via the second data pin is transmitted regardless of the first clock signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inducing differentiation of bone marrow cells into myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) by treating the bone marrow cells with a toll-like receptor agonist (TLR agonist) or type I interferon, or for inducing dendritic cells from the MDSCs.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory, a display, and a processor electrically connected to the memory and the display. The processor is configured to transparently output a first screen related to a first application, if receiving a user input, change a transparency of at least a partial area of the first screen in correspondence to the user input, and output the first screen on the display.

Abstract: There are provided an air conditioner automatic control method, an air conditioner automatic control apparatus, a recording medium, and an air conditioner. The air conditioner automatic control method receives occupancy detection data indicating whether a user occupies a room, receives temperature data and humidity data indicating indoor temperature and humidity, predicts future occupancy probability information of the user by using the occupancy detection data, derives an optimal PMV by using the temperature data and the humidity data, and calculates an optimal temperature by using the optimal PMV, and controls the air conditioner based on the occupancy detection data, the future occupancy probability, and the optimal temperature. Accordingly, the air conditioner can be driven at the optimal temperature suitable for the user.

Abstract: A method for treating a vascular-related disease in a subject in need thereof, includes administering to the subject a peptide having a sequence Xaa-Gly-Asp. The peptide may have a sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 10. The vascular-related disease may be edema and/or ischemia caused by blood leakage of blood vessel walls, damages of blood vessels or abnormal angiogenesis.