Abstract: A method of detecting active liveness using a facial image includes generating, by an authentication device, a command for user authentication, outputting, by the authentication device, the command to a screen and capturing a facial image of a user pronouncing the output command, and extracting, by the authentication device, feature points for a change in mouth shape from the facial image and determining whether the user pronounces the command.

Abstract: Coating applicators for applying high viscosity coatings to large area surfaces are disclosed. The coating applicators facilitate the ability to apply high viscosity materials over large areas at high speed with minimal air entrapment to provide coatings having a controlled thickness.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus of generating a surround view monitoring (SVM) image. The method includes: obtaining installation information of an actual camera installed on a ship; setting a virtual camera to orient toward a ground plane perpendicularly within a world coordinate system; calculating a conversion relationship between the virtual camera and the actual camera, based on the installation information of the actual camera; generating the SVM image based on the calculated conversion relationship; and controlling the ship based on the generated SVM image.

Abstract: A navigation assistance system using a plurality of sensors according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a display configured to provide a monitoring image, a sensor unit including at least one sensor, a memory in which at least one program is stored, and at least one processor configured to execute the at least one program, wherein the at least one processor obtains image frame information of an object using a first sensor, calculates information about the object using a second sensor, calculates a risk of collision between a host ship and the object by fusing the image frame information of the object and the information about the object, and determines an avoidance path based on the calculated collision risk.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil slurry filter, a filter unit including the oil slurry filter, a multiple-filter system including the oil slurry filter, and a multiple-stage filter system including the oil slurry filter. Due to the use of the filter component of flexible texture in the oil slurry filter of the present invention, the problems that the filter material is easily blocked by high-viscosity colloidal impurities, the regeneration efficiency of the filter is poor and the filtration efficiency is low are solved, and it is possible to make the backwash treatment of the filter residue more convenient and improve the regeneration efficiency of the filter. The present invention also provides a filtering process using the oil slurry filter to ensure long-term stable operation of the oil slurry filtering process.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a location information acquisition method of a computing device, including the steps of: acquiring first location information at which an electro-optical topographic surveying device is located in response to a received satellite Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal; acquiring photography information for positioning of a target object photographed by a drone while the drone is flying in a GNSS shadow area from the drone equipped with a survey prism that reflects light waves from the surveying device; calculating absolute coordinates of the target object corresponding to the surveying device based on reflective metering of the survey prism and the photography information for positioning; and calculating GNSS based second location information as location information of the target object using the absolute coordinates and the first location information.

Abstract: A Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) solar cell, and a method therefor are provided. The TOPCon solar cell includes: a silicon substrate; a tunneling layer formed on a surface of the silicon substrate; a polycrystalline silicon layer formed on a surface of the tunneling layer; a polycrystalline germanium layer formed on a surface of the polycrystalline silicon layer; a lower passivation layer formed on a surface of the polycrystalline germanium layer; and a lower electrode formed on the lower passivation layer and electrically connected to the polycrystalline germanium layer.

Abstract: Provided is foley catheter and a composition for producing a foley catheter which is inserted in vivo and a method for producing the same, which the composition consists of the materials which carbon nanotube polymer (CNT Polymer) bonded a carbon nanotube and zinc oxide (ZnO) is combined with a silicon, wherein from 1.0 to 2.2 parts by weight of the said carbon nanotube polymer are combined with 100 parts by weight of silicon.

Abstract: A seat departure management method includes: collecting, by a local device provided in a seat, biometric information of a user during a period in which the user is seated in the seat; requesting, by an authentication server communicating with the local device, the biometric information at a specific time during the period in which the user is seated; extracting, by the authentication server, a feature point using the biometric information at the specific time; and matching, by the authentication server, the extracted feature point with a pre-registered template.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a scaling component comprising: a first recess and a second recess, the first recess and the second recess defining a center line; a first volume on a first side of the center line; a second volume on a second side of the center line; and a third volume between the first recess and the second recess such that the center line runs through the third volume. The first recess is outlined by a first recess opening, a first tip section of the first volume, a second tip section of the second volume, and a first wall of the third volume. The second recess is outlined by a second recess opening, a third tip section of the first volume, a fourth tip section of the second volume, and a second wall of the third volume.

Abstract: An electronic device includes memory devices, and a memory controller configured to provide program commands instructing to store data in the memory devices, each of the memory devices including a memory block including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a first program operation and a second program operation of storing the data in select memory cells which are memory cells selected from among the plurality of memory cells, in response to the program command, and a program operation controller configured to control the first program operation and the second program operation, the first program operation performed using one logical page data among page data to be stored in the select memory cells, and the second program operation performed using remaining logical page data except for the one logical page data among the page data.

Abstract: An energy storage device capable of suppressing battery spread of battery fire includes a control module and a plurality of battery modules, and the battery modules respectively include an accommodation space, a plurality of battery packs, a plurality of temperature sensors and a controller. The controller provides a first control signal to notify the control module based on an ambient temperature detected by one of the temperature sensors being greater than or equal to a first specific temperature range. The control module is used to transfer a battery capacity of an abnormal battery module of the battery modules providing the first control signal to a backup energy storage module, and the backup energy storage module includes the battery modules except the abnormal battery module or a next-stage device.

Abstract: A battery module capable of suppressing spread of battery fire including a case, a plurality of battery packs, a plurality of temperature sensors, an energy consumption module and a controller. The case forms an accommodation space, and the battery packs is accommodated in the accommodation space. The temperature sensors are dispersedly configured to the accommodation space, and the temperature sensors respectively detect an ambient temperature around configure locations. The controller is coupled to the temperature sensors, and when the ambient temperature detected by one of the temperature sensors is greater than or equal to a first specific temperature range, the controller controls the energy consumption module to consume a battery capacity of at least one battery pack around the one of the temperature sensors.

Abstract: A wireless charging method, and an electronic device, are provides. The wireless charging method is performed by a wireless charging apparatus. The wireless charging apparatus includes a monopulse antenna array. The method includes: controlling, in a preset tracking period, the monopulse antenna array to transmit a sum beam and a difference beam to a to-be-charged device, and receiving an echo signal reflected from the to-be-charged device. The preset tracking period is a period that the monopulse antenna array transmits the sum beam and the difference beam. The method further includes tracking a position of the to-be-charged device based on the echo signal. The method also includes controlling, based on position information of the to-be-charged device, the monopulse antenna array to wirelessly charge the to-be-charged device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stable liquid formulation, comprising an antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof, an acetate buffer, glycine, and a surfactant, wherein the stable liquid formulation does not comprise at least one of sugar, a sugar alcohol and a metal salt, and the stable liquid formulation is still stable even upon high antibody content, and is superior in osmolality and viscosity, and subcutaneous administration thereof is possible.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a pixel structure, and a touch sensor electrode. The substrate includes a sub-pixel region and a transparent region. The pixel structure is disposed in the sub-pixel region on the substrate. The touch sensor electrode is disposed in the transparent region on the substrate.

Abstract: A compound of the general formula (I): A3BF2M1-xTxO2-2xF4+2x doped with Mn(IV), in which A is selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Cu, Ag, Tl, NH4, NR4 and mixtures of two or more thereof, where R is an alkyl or aryl group, B is selected from the group consisting of H and D and mixtures thereof, where D is Deuterium, M is selected from the group consisting of Cr, Mo, W, Te, Re and mixtures of two or more thereof, T is selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Pb, Ce, Zr, Hf and mixtures of two or more thereof, and 0?x?1.

Abstract: An electronic device includes memory devices, and a memory controller configured to provide program commands instructing to store data in the memory devices, each of the memory devices including a memory block including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a first program operation and a second program operation of storing the data in select memory cells which are memory cells selected from among the plurality of memory cells, in response to the program command, and a program operation controller configured to control the first program operation and the second program operation, the first program operation performed using one logical page data among page data to be stored in the select memory cells, and the second program operation performed using remaining logical page data except for the one logical page data among the page data.

Abstract: A circuit board according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer including a first region and a second region; a circuit pattern disposed on an upper surface of the first region and an upper surface of the second region of the insulating layer; and a solder resist including a first portion disposed on the upper surface of the first region of the insulating layer and a second portion disposed the upper surface of the second region; wherein a height of the first portion of the solder resist is smaller than a height of the circuit pattern, wherein a height of the second portion of the solder resist is greater than the height of the circuit pattern, wherein at least one of the first region and the second region is divided into a plurality of partial regions, wherein at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the solder resist has a different height in the plurality of partial regions.

Abstract: Methods and devices for mitigating emotional and physical tension or stress before, during or after a medical procedure. The present disclosure also provides methods for providing a series of visual and/or auditory inputs provided to a subject, wherein subsequent inputs are determined based on feedback from the subject following earlier inputs.