Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling an output voltage for a single-type converter and a method therefor, the apparatus including: a power input/output unit connected in parallel to both poles of the single-type converter, respectively, thereby receiving and outputting output voltages, respectively; an output voltage and current measurement unit measuring output currents and the output voltages output from the power input/output unit; a controller performing a current limit control for a protection coordination for a first pole and performing a voltage control for a second pole following a checking of a state of the first pole of the both poles of the single-type converter using the measured output currents; a switching unit being switched according to a control performed on the both poles; and a power transfer unit transferring the output voltages of the single-type converter according to switching of the switching unit.

Abstract: An audio output system is provided. The audio output system may include a first speaker device configured to output audio based on a first volume characteristic, and a second speaker device configured to output audio based on a second volume characteristic, wherein the first speaker device and the second speaker device may share device information with each other in response to the first speaker device and the second speaker device operating while being interlocked with each other, and the audio output system may be configured to identify a host speaker device which satisfies a predetermined condition based on the shared device information, and wherein the identified host speaker device may be configured to transmit at least one parameter which affects a volume characteristic of the host speaker device for a volume characteristic of another speaker device to be consistent with a volume characteristic of the host speaker device.

Abstract: A booster seat includes: a seat base; and a pair of armrests integrated with a rear portion of the seat base, and spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the seat base. In particular, each armrest has a shoulder belt guide channel guiding a shoulder belt of a seat belt, and a lap belt guide channel guiding a lap belt of the seat belt, and the shoulder belt guide channel and the lap belt guide channel are separated from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a context-adaptive entropy model for end-to-end optimized image compression. The entropy model exploits two types of contexts. The two types of contexts are a bit-consuming context and a bit-free context, respectively, and these contexts are classified depending on the corresponding context requires the allocation of additional bits. Based on these contexts, the entropy model may more accurately estimate the distribution of each latent representation using a more generalized form of entropy models, thus improving compression performance.

Abstract: A remote image transmission system, a display apparatus, and a guide displaying method of a display apparatus are provided. The remote image transmission system includes: an image capturing apparatus including a plurality of image pickup devices that are spaced from each other, the image capturing apparatus being configured to transmit, to a display apparatus, a plurality of images which are captured by the plurality of image pickup devices; and a display apparatus configured to generate a guide object indicating physical information of a captured object by using the plurality of received images, and to display the generated guide object and at least one of the plurality of images.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for determining a color difference component quantization parameter and a device using the method. Method for decoding an image can comprise the steps of: decoding a color difference component quantization parameter offset on the basis of size information of a transform unit; and calculating a color difference component quantization parameter index on the basis of the decoded color difference component quantization parameter offset. Therefore, the present invention enables effective quantization by applying different color difference component quantization parameters according to the size of the transform unit when executing the quantization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks.

Abstract: An inter-prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving motion information of a current block; and generating a prediction block for the current block on the basis of the derived motion information. According to the present invention, computational complexity can be reduced and encoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: A multi-optic vision device includes a dark-vision lighting apparatus illuminating a defect on a subject and leaving regions that surround the defect dark. A bright-vision lighting apparatus illuminates the subject and the regions that surround the defect and leaving the defect dark. A differential-vision lighting apparatus illuminates the subject so as to stereoscopically show the defect on the subject. An area scan camera continuously imaging the subject as the dark-vision lighting apparatus, the bright-vision lighting apparatus, and the differential-vision lighting apparatus simultaneously and respectively provide light. A controller processes the image to respectively obtain a dark-vision image, a bright-vision image, and a differential-vision image of the subject.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for setting a duty cycler adjuster for improving clock duty cycle are disclosed. The duty cycle adjuster may be adjusted by different amounts, at least one smaller than another. Determining when to use the smaller adjustment may be based on duty cycle results. A duty cycle monitor may have an offset. A duty cycle code for the duty cycle adjuster may be set to an intermediate value of a duty cycle monitor offset. The duty cycle monitor offset may be determined by identifying duty cycle codes for an upper and for a lower boundary of the duty cycle monitor offset.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for tracking an object. The system includes an image capturing unit configured to capture a video of a predetermined observation area and output the captured video; and a multi-object tracker configured to output an object-tracking image by tracking multiple objects within an object image which is generated by extracting the objects from each of image frames obtained from the video obtained from the image capturing unit, wherein the multi-object tracker determines whether occlusion of the objects or hijacking occurs while performing multi-object tracking, and when it is determined that at least one of the occlusion and hijacking occurs, the multi-object tracker outputs the object-tracking image corrected by removing the occurring occlusion or hijacking.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided.

Abstract: A lens assembly according to the present disclosure includes at least one lens, a spacer, and a barrel. The at least one lens having an effective region configured to refract light, a flange region formed on at least a part surrounding the effective region, and a first cut formed on a sub region of the flange region. The spacer includes a second cut formed to correspond to the first cut and is configured to maintain a distance between multiple lenses mounted in the barrel. Moreover, the barrel is configured to receive the at least one lens and the spacer, in which the lens and the spacer are disposed inside the barrel such that the first cut and the second cut correspond to a third cut formed on an outer circumferential surface of the barrel. Various embodiments of the lens assembly and an electronic device including the same are described herein.

Abstract: A window control device for a vehicle, and a method therefor, include a driving motor configured to drive a window glass, a first sensor configured to generate one pulse signal corresponding to a rotation of the driving motor, a second sensor configured to sense a voltage signal provided to the driving motor, and a controller configured to perform a safety function based on the one pulse signal generated by the first sensor and the voltage signal sensed by the second sensor. Although a fault occurs in one of two hall sensors, the window control device may normally perform the safety function.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area to display an image and a pad area disposed around the display area; and a first pad unit positioned on the pad area, and including a first terminal region having a plurality of first pad terminals arranged in a first direction, in which each of the plurality of first pad terminals includes: a plurality of first connection pad terminals arranged in a first row disposed at a first angle relative to the first direction; a plurality of second connection pad terminals spaced apart from the plurality of first connection pad terminals, and arranged in a second row disposed at a second angle relative to the first direction; and a first terminal connection line configured to connect one of the plurality of first connection pad terminals and one of the plurality of second connection pad terminals, and having at least one bent shape.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and control method to share content with a device and control the device are provide. The mobile terminal includes a communication unit to communicate with a host and the device; a search unit to receive content information and device information; an input unit to receive a content selection signal and a device selection signal; and a control unit to control the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives content information from a host and selects content to be outputted to a device selected from device information from the host. The mobile terminal controls the selected device using control commands transmitted to the selected device based on a control mode. If the control mode is not stored in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal may receive the control mode from the host.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for system-level timing budget are described. Each memory die in a memory device may determine an offset between its system clock signal and its data clock signal. The offsets of each memory die in the memory device may be different; e.g., having different magnitudes and/or polarities. A memory die in the memory device may adjust its own data clock signal by a delay that is based on the offsets of two or more memory die in the device. The memory die may adjust its data clock signal by setting a fuse in a delay adjuster on the memory die. Adjusting the data clock signal may match an offset of a first memory die with an offset of a second memory die.

Abstract: A semiconductor layer stack includes a first conductive layer, a dielectric layer including a high-k material, which is formed on the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer formed on the dielectric layer, and an interface control layer formed between the dielectric layer and the second conductive layer and including a leakage blocking material, a dopant material, a high bandgap material and a high work function material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display module including a transparent display panel and a frame to fix a side of the transparent display panel, wherein the frame has a communication unit to receive data from the outside, a controller to process the received data and to output a drive command corresponding to the processed data and a display drive unit to drive the transparent display panel in response to the drive command from the controller. A display system includes a system body and a display module detachably mounted in the system body.

Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting, detecting, and/or mitigating a pipe freeze are provided. A system for analyzing water in a plumbing system includes a sensor that is configured to measure pressure within a pipe in the plumbing system as a function of time, and a processor that is configured to determine a state of water within the pipe by analyzing the pressure within the pipe as a function of time. The state of the water includes a prediction that the water within the pipe will freeze and/or a determination that the water within the pipe has frozen. The sensor is arranged at a first location within the plumbing system that is remote from a second location within the plumbing system that corresponds to the state of the water.