Abstract: The inventive concepts provide a three-dimensional (3D) image sensor, based on structured light (SL), having a structure in which difficulty in a manufacturing process of a wiring layer is decreased and/or an area of a bottom pad of a capacitor is increased. The 3D image sensor includes: a pixel area including a photodiode in a semiconductor substrate and a gate group including a plurality of gates; a multiple wiring layer on an upper portion of the pixel area, the multiple wiring layer including at least two wiring layers; and a capacitor structure between a first wiring layer on a lowermost wiring layer of the multiple wiring layer and a second wiring layer on the first wiring layer, the capacitor structure including a bottom pad, a top pad, and a plurality of capacitors, wherein the bottom pad is connected to the first wiring layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an acetylcholine receptor-binding peptide and, more particularly, to novel peptides which exhibit a wrinkle amelioration effect by binding the peptides to an acetylcholine receptor on which acetylcholine acts, thereby blocking secretion of acetylcholine. Peptides according to the present disclosure suppress secretion of acetylcholine by having a high binding strength with the acetylcholine receptor, thereby strongly binding the peptides to acetylcholine. Therefore, a cosmetic composition and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the peptides according to the present disclosure as an active ingredient exhibit an excellent wrinkle ameliorating effect.

Abstract: A clothing-type wearable device for measuring muscle activation and a manufacturing method therefor are disclosed. The disclosed manufacturing method for the clothing-type wearable device comprises the steps of: (a) forming a clothing pattern on a fabric part; (b) attaching at least one strain sensor generated by means of a conductive solution to at least one location inside the clothing pattern; and (c) sewing the fabric to which the at least one strain sensor has been attached.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of determining a coolant condition of a vehicle, and more particularly, a method of accurately determining a coolant condition, e.g., a condition in which gas is present in a system and an insufficient coolant condition without a separate additional sensor in a vehicle using an electric water pump (EWP). To this end, the present disclosure provides a method of determining a coolant condition of a vehicle, including, in a vehicle including an electric water pump (EWP) for circulating a coolant, acquiring driving state information of a water pump while the water pump is driven, by a controller, calculating a ripple value of a driving state from the acquired driving state information of the water pump, by the controller, and comparing the calculated ripple value with a reference value to determine a condition of a coolant, by the controller.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible battery, including an electrochemical cell layer and a wrapping layer that wraps the electrochemical cell layer. The flexible battery further includes an energy absorbing layer. The energy absorbing layer is located between the wrapping layer and upper and lower surfaces, which are opposite to each other, of the electrochemical cell layer. The energy absorbing layer includes a plurality of supporting parts that protrude outward from the upper or lower surface of the electrochemical cell layer. The plurality of supporting parts are mainly made of a foam material or rubber. For the energy absorbing layer, a lower-modulus buffering layer or an empty part may be further disposed between the electrochemical cell layer and the wrapping layer, to complement a wavy surface of the supporting part to form a flat surface, so as to meet diversified requirements of a wearable device.

Abstract: A diagnostic ultrasound image of a region of interest (ROI) of a body is formed by transmitting into the ROI at least a first and a second ultrasound pulse, in which the second pulse is phase-shifted relative to the first pulse by an amount other than 0 or a multiple of 180 degrees. Discretized receive signals from the pulses are interleaved to form a resultant operating signal that is detected and beamformed as the operating signal.

Abstract: A secondary battery is disclosed. According to the present invention, when an internal pressure exceeding a certain level occurs, current may be interrupted to stop an operation of the secondary battery, thereby preventing the secondary battery from being ignited or exploded by the increase in internal pressure of the secondary battery and improving safety of the secondary battery.

Abstract: In the present invention, there is provided an olefin polymer which has excellent processability and dimensional stability and thus is useful for hollow molding of pipes or the like.

Abstract: An autonomous mower including a housing; a mowing module, a traveling module, an information collection device, an energy module, a control module and the control module includes an identification unit, and an alarm module. The autonomous mower has a security patrol working mode in which the identification unit analyzes and judges whether an abnormal object exists in the working area according to the information collected by the information collection device; if the abnormal object exists, the control module controls the alarm module to send an alarm signal to the outside. Therefore, the autonomous mower can achieve a security patrol function in addition to having a function of trimming the lawn. The autonomous mower has multiple uses, so as to save the cost.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base substrate comprising a first region and a second region, a photonics device disposed in the first region, the photonics device comprising a first doped layer disposed on the base substrate, and a second doped layer disposed on the first doped layer so that at least a portion vertically overlaps the first doped layer, the second doped layer having a first vertical thickness, and a transistor disposed in the second region, the transistor comprising a semiconductor layer disposed on the base substrate and horizontally spaced apart from the first doped layer, and a gate electrode horizontally spaced apart from the second doped layer and disposed on the semiconductor layer, disposed at the same vertical level as that of the second doped layer, and having a second vertical thickness equal to the first vertical thickness.

Abstract: Provided is a catalyst system for oxidative dehydrogenation, a reactor for preparing butadiene including the catalyst system, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene. In the catalyst system for oxidative dehydrogenation, a coating catalyst is diluted with a specific dilution filler and a reactor is filled with the diluted catalyst, or a reactor is filled with a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation so that the concentration of an active ingredient included in the catalyst gradually increases in the direction from reactants inlet in which reactants are fed into the reactor to products outlet. The catalyst system for oxidative dehydrogenation can efficiently control heat generated inside a reactor, thereby improving conversion rate, selectivity, yield, and long-term stability of a catalyst.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device having a transparent conductive layer that includes a plurality of nanowires, wherein each nanowire may, for example, include a core that includes a metal; a first shell on the core; and a second shell on the first shell, wherein cores of at least two of the plurality of nanowires are in contact with each other through the first shell and the second shell.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling autonomous driving of a vehicle, and a vehicle system are provided. The apparatus monitors a stress state of a driver using biometric information of the driver and calculates an allowable jerk of the driver based on a jerk at a time point at which the stress state of the driver exceeds a preset reference value. A predicted jerk is calculated based on location and movement information of the vehicle and a preceding vehicle measured while the vehicle travels, and lane information. Additionally, a driving state of the vehicle is determined when the predicted jerk exceeds an allowable jerk of the driver and an alarm is output based on the driving state of the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided are process control methods and process control systems. The method includes performing a deposition process on a lot defined by a group of a plurality of wafers, performing a measurement process on the lot to obtain a measured value with respect to at least one wafer among the plurality of wafers, producing a target value of a factor of a process condition in the deposition process by using a difference between the measured value and a reference value, and providing an input value of the factor with respect to a subsequent lot based on the target value. The operation of providing the input value of the factor includes obtaining a previous target value of the factor previously produced with respect to at least one previous lot, and providing a weighted average of the previous target value and the target value as the input value.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing a variable valve timing system configured for enhancing precision of diagnosis regarding a variable valve timing system by precisely diagnosing whether an oil pressure detecting device of the variable valve timing system normally operates, may include a normal operation time determining operation of determining a normal operation time of an oil pressure detecting device to determine whether the oil pressure detecting device is normal after an engine starts, and a diagnosing operation of diagnosing whether the oil pressure detecting device is normal according to whether the oil pressure detecting device of the VVT system is turned off within the normal operation time or whether oil pressure reaches reference pressure.

Abstract: A single phase permanent magnet motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core and a stator winding. The stator core includes an outer yoke, teeth extending inwardly from the outer yoke, and pole shoes extending from inner ends of the teeth. The rotor is received in a space cooperatively defined by the pole shoes. The rotor includes circumferentially arranged permanent magnetic poles. An outer circumferential surface of the permanent magnetic poles is concentric with an inner circumferential surface of the pole shoes, such that a uniform air gap is formed between the pole shoes and magnetic poles. The single phase permanent magnet motor forms the uniform air gap, which reduces the vibration and noise. The pole shoes form invisible positioning slots, which avoids the negative effect of the positioning slots to the thickness of the air gap and reduces the startup dead point.

Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a driving method, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines whose extension directions intersect each other, a plurality of pixel units defined by the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, and a plurality of auxiliary electrode lines arranged alternately with the plurality of gate lines. Each pixel unit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a pixel electrode. The array substrate further includes a third transistor disposed between each gate line and an auxiliary electrode line adjacent thereto, a control terminal of the third transistor being electrically connected to a data line, a first terminal of the third transistor being electrically connected to the gate line, and a second terminal of the third transistor being electrically connected to the auxiliary electrode line.

Abstract: A method of processing a medical image includes acquiring a three-dimensional (3D) medical image indicating a blood vessel and a two-dimensional (2D) medical image indicating the blood vessel, determining a blood vessel area in the 3D medical image corresponding to a partial area of the blood vessel in the 2D medical image, and matching the blood vessel area with the partial area in the 2D medical image.

Abstract: A data storage device includes a data storage medium and a controller. The controller performs a boot-up sequence that includes operations that transition the data storage device from a lower operational state to a higher operational state in which the data storage device is ready to service host commands. The controller also carries out metadata updating operations independently of the boot-up sequence operations. Carrying out the metadata updating operations independently of the boot up sequence operations prevents the metadata updating operations from substantially contributing to a boot-up time.