Abstract: According to an embodiment, to manage design information of a tobacco-related article, it is possible to receive target type information of a tobacco-related target article and target design information of the target article from a seller terminal, issue a blockchain-based non-fungible token (NFT) containing ownership information indicating a seller of the seller terminal is an initial owner of the target design information, perform a purchase contract of the NFT between the seller and an administrator of the server, and store ownership change information of the NFT when the purchase contract is performed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an autonomous driving control apparatus which includes a display device, a notification device, a memory storing at least one instruction, and a controller operatively connected with the display device, the notification device, and the memory. For example, the at least one instruction is configured to, when executed by the controller, cause the autonomous driving control apparatus to: determine, while performing autonomous driving control of a host vehicle, a hands-off time duration in which a driver of the host vehicle takes both hands off a steering wheel of the host vehicle, and provide a first notification using at least one of the display device or the notification device, based on the hands-off time duration being greater than a first threshold time duration or based on lateral acceleration of the host vehicle being maintained at a value greater than a threshold value for at least a second threshold time duration in a hands-off situation.

Abstract: A prismatic secondary battery includes a metal case, at least one or more battery cells accommodated in the case, a cooling unit disposed at at least one side of the case, and a fixing body configured to fix the cooling unit, and formed with a vent hole configured to guide gas generated in the battery cells and passing through the cooling unit to the outside of the case.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; a first pixel electrode disposed on the substrate; a pixel defining layer disposed on the substrate and defining a first opening overlapping the first pixel electrode; a bank structure disposed on the pixel defining layer and defining a second opening overlapping the first opening; a first light emitting layer disposed on the first pixel electrode and in the first opening; a first common electrode disposed on the first light emitting layer and in contact with the bank structure in the second opening; a first auxiliary electrode disposed on the first common electrode, completely covering the first common electrode in the second opening, and in contact with the bank structure; a second auxiliary electrode disposed on the first auxiliary electrode, completely covering the first auxiliary electrode in the second opening, and in contact with the bank structure; and a first encapsulation layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a video decoding method including determining a zero-out width threshold and a zero-out height threshold for distinguishing between a transform coefficient coding region and a zero-out region of a current block according to a size of the current block, determining the transform coefficient coding region and the zero-out region of the current block according to the zero-out width threshold and the zero-out height threshold, acquiring transform coefficient information of the transform coefficient coding region from a bitstream and determining a level of a transform coefficient of the transform coefficient coding region according to the transform coefficient information, determining a level of a transform coefficient of the zero-out region as 0 without acquiring transform coefficient information, and reconstructing the current block by inversely transforming the transform coefficient of the current block.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a stable nonionic resin composition that is compatible with a cationic resin composition, and blends of the nonionic resin and cationic resin. Primer and topcoat paint compositions containing such blends are resistant to stains migrating to the top of the paint films and are resistant to the effects of water sensitivity.

Abstract: An anode active material composition for a lithium secondary battery includes a carbon-based anode active material and a silicon-based anode active material, wherein the carbon-based anode active material has an orientation (I004/I110, here, I004 is a peak intensity of the (004) plane when measuring X-ray diffraction (XRD) of the carbon-based anode active material, and I110 is a peak intensity of the (110) plane when measuring XRD of the carbon-based anode active material) of 2.85 or less measured by XRD.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating a tumor or increasing the anti-cancer effectiveness of an immune checkpoint inhibitor using glycopeptide containing compositions.

Abstract: The KAI1 protein or a fragment thereof according to the present invention inhibited hepatic fibrosis in mice in which acute hepatic fibrosis was induced by CCl4. The KAI1 protein suppressed hepatic fibrosis by inhibiting fibrosis of hepatocytes treated with TGF-?1 and promoting senescence of hepatic stellate cells. Therefore, the pharmaceutical composition comprising the KAI1 protein according to the present invention may be used to effectively prevent or treat hepatic fibrosis.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wheel brake assembly for an aircraft installed in a landing gear assembly between an axle and a tire mounted on a rim to apply a braking force to a wheel. The wheel brake assembly comprises a carrier plate fixedly mounted on the axle; a brake actuator disposed on the carrier plate to generate a braking force; a disc pack including a plurality of discs operated by the brake actuator to stop the rotating wheel against the ground; and a torsion tube connected to the carrier plate and surrounding the disc pack between the rim and the axle.

Abstract: A signal processing method for a memory system interface circuit is provided. The memory system interface circuit comprises at least one signal pin each being configured to receive a transmission signal via an individual signal link and to generate a received signal at a receiving node of the signal link.

Abstract: A display panel includes a driver circuit including shift registers with N stages and being cascade with each other, where N?2, and each shift register includes a first control portion and a second control portion. The first control portion is configured to control a first output signal, where the first output signal of an i-th stage of shift register is an input signal of a j-th stage of shift register, and 1?i?N, 1?j?N. The second control portion is configured to receive at least the first output signal and a frequency control signal and control a second output signal. In a case where the first output signal is an effective pulse and a time period of the effective pulse is within a time period of an effective pulse of the frequency control signal, the second output signal is the effective pulse.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of performing motion compensation by using motion vector prediction. To this end, a method of decoding an image may include: generating multiple motion vector candidate lists according to an inter-prediction direction of a current block; deriving multiple motion vectors for the current block by using the multiple motion vector candidate lists; determining multiple prediction blocks for the current block by using the multiple motion vectors; and obtaining a final prediction block for the current block based on the multiple prediction blocks.

Abstract: A power tool includes a motor configured to drive a working element and a battery receptacle. The battery receptacle is configured to receive a battery and includes a tool-side battery terminal, a tool-side terminal block, and a heat sink. The tool-side battery terminal is electrically coupled to the motor and configured to transfer electrical current from the battery to the motor. The tool-side terminal block is mounted to the tool-side battery terminal. The heat sink is in thermal communication with at least one of the tool-side terminal block or the tool-side battery terminal. The heat sink comprises a thermally conductive material configured to transfer heat away from the tool-side battery terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus of controlling a parking state of a brake for an aircraft and a method thereof. The apparatus comprises a data input unit of an aircraft driving state; an aircraft control unit determining whether a parking locking function is activated based on the data of the data input unit and outputting a parking control signal; a motor controller outputting a parking locking signal for controlling an operation of an electric motor of a brake assembly according to the parking control signal of the aircraft control unit; and a parking locking mechanism for stopping rotation of the electric motor in response to a parking locking signal from the motor controller and locking a parking state of the brake assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air foil journal bearing including a bump foil having a plurality of elastic bumps and provided and coupled inside a bearing housing, a mid-foil provided inside the bump foil, formed in a circumferential direction, and having at least one circumferential end coupled to the bearing housing, and a top foil provided inside the mid-foil, formed in the circumferential direction, and having at least one circumferential end coupled to the bearing housing, in which a stepped portion is formed as a radius of an inner peripheral surface of a partial circumferential region of the mid-foil is smaller than a radius of an inner peripheral surface of the remaining region, such that an additional pressure is generated in a section in which a maximum positive pressure is applied when a rotor rotates at low speed, such that the rotor may float at a relatively low rotational speed, and friction and vibration between the rotor and the top foil may be reduced.

Abstract: A protective case includes: a cover part provided with an operation unit for operating a button when some member on one side thereof is moved toward the button located on the other side thereof, and configured to be detachably coupled to a product; and a locking part configured to be coupled to the operation unit to slide between the button and the member in the forward and backward directions, and also configured to be selectively spaced apart from the member and disposed adjacent to the member according to the movement to allow or block an operation of the button by the member. The protective case selectively and rapidly activates and inactivates a pressing member used to operate a button through a locking part that is reciprocally slid with a stop protrusion interposed therebetween and thus stably maintains the position thereof.

Abstract: A network entity generates a discovery request and transmit the discovery request to a network repository entity, NRE, wherein, advantageously, the discovery request includes a set of query parameters, the set of query parameters comprising a set of candidate network entity identifiers (IDs) comprising at least a first candidate network entity ID (e.g., an I-SMF instance ID), wherein each candidate network entity ID included in the set of candidate network entity IDs identifies a candidate network entity.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hybrid thrust bearing that combines an airfoil bearing and a magnetic bearing to support a rotating shaft with a disk-shaped thrust disk, and the magnetic bearing includes a disk-shaped housing into which the rotation shaft is inserted through a hole formed in a center and facing the thrust disk, a ring-shaped inner pole part formed around the hole on one side of the housing facing the thrust disk, a ring-shaped outer pole part disposed outside the inner pole part, an attachment part provided between the inner pole part and the outer pole part, and a coil stored in the attachment part, wherein a part of the airfoil bearing is inserted into the attachment part.

Abstract: A camera system disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a camera module having an image sensor, a first lens holder having at least one lens, a second lens holder disposed between the image sensor and the first lens holder and having a first lens adjacent to the image sensor, and a driving portion that moves the second lens holder in the optical axis direction; a temperature sensor that detects a ambient temperature of the camera module; a storage portion storing a correction rate of an optical axis distance between the first lens and the image sensor according to the ambient temperature; a temperature compensation portion that drives the driving portion using the ambient temperature and a correction rate of the storage portion to adjust the optical axis distance between the first lens and the image sensor.