Abstract: An electronic product comprises: a sensing area that senses a touch, a non-sensing area adjacent to the sensing area and that does not sense a touch, a display panel that displays an image on a front surface, and a stack structure disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and that includes a plurality of conductive patterns that sense a touch. The plurality of conductive patterns includes first conductive patterns that extend across the sensing area and the non-sensing area. Each of the first conductive patterns has a first thickness in the sensing area and a second thickness in the non-sensing area that is less than the first thickness.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit, a plurality of mode change devices including at least one mode changer including a branch duct and a changing valve, and configured to receive a control signal from the outdoor unit to control an operation of the at least one mode changer. A plurality of indoor units are connected to the outdoor unit or the plurality of mode change devices. The outdoor unit may determine an operation mode to operate the plurality of mode change devices a plurality of times. Each of the plurality of indoor units may detect a temperature change of an indoor heat exchanger in response to the operation of the mode change devices, to determine the number of connected mode changers and a connectable mode changer candidate group based on the temperature change of the indoor heat exchanger.

Abstract: Disclosed are an anode including a core part and a binder and a secondary battery including the same. Particularly, a coating layer including a polymer is provided between the core part and the binder and thus blocks electron transport paths from the core part to the binder. Thereby, decomposition of the binder is suppressed, and thus, the charge capacity and the initial Coulombic efficiency of the secondary battery are increased.

Abstract: A battery module includes a module housing with a simplified assembling process and an improved energy density. The battery module includes a battery assembly configured to include a plurality of secondary batteries and has front, rear, upper, lower, left and right sides; and a module housing including a first frame located at the left side of the battery assembly and having a plate shape with opposing ends bent rightward so that bent portions thereof are respectively located at the upper side and the lower side of the battery assembly, and a second frame located at the right side of the battery assembly and having a plate shape with opposing ends bent leftward so that bent portions thereof are respectively located at the upper side and the lower side of the battery assembly and are coupled with the bent portions of the first frame, respectively.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate with a conductive structure and a substrate encapsulant. The conductive structure has a lead with a lead via and a lead protrusion. The lead via can include via lateral sides defined by first concave portions and the lead protrusion can include protrusion lateral sides defined by second concave portions. The substrate encapsulant covers the first concave portions at a first side of the substrate but not the second concave portions so that the lead protrusion protrudes from the substrate encapsulant at a second side of the substrate. An electronic component can be adjacent to the first side of the substrate and electrically coupled to the conductive structure. A body encapsulant encapsulates portions of the electronic component and the substrate. The lead can further include a lead trace at the second side of the substrate.

Abstract: An encoding/decoding apparatus and method for controlling a channel signal is disclosed, wherein the encoding apparatus may include an encoder to encode an object signal, a channel signal, and rendering information for the channel signal, and a bit stream generator to generate, as a bit stream, the encoded object signal, the encoded channel signal, and the encoded rendering information for the channel signal.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body having a first surface, and a first end surface and a second end surface connected to the first surface and opposing each other in a length direction; a support substrate disposed inside the body; a coil portion comprising a first coil pattern and first and second lead-out patterns, each disposed on a first surface of the support substrate; first and second slit portions, respectively defined on edge portions of the first surface of the body to expose the first and second lead-out patterns; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the first and second slit portions to be connected to the first and second lead-out patterns. At least one of the first and second lead-out patterns has a thickness greater than a thickness of each of the first coil pattern and the first dummy lead-out pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes generating a preprocessed infrared (IR) image by performing first preprocessing based on an IR image including an object; generating a preprocessed depth image by performing second preprocessing based on a depth image including the object; and determining whether the object is a genuine object based on the preprocessed IR image and the preprocessed depth image

Abstract: A razor assembly is proposed. The razor assembly may include a blade housing configured to receive at least one or more shaving blades in a longitudinal direction. The razor assembly may also include a connector disposed on the rear side of the blade housing and a spin housing coupled to the connector. The razor assembly may further include a fixing housing coupled to the spin housing and configured to render the spin housing to be rotatable about a first rotational axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The razor assembly may further include a first restoring force-providing unit configured to provide a restoring force for restoring the spin housing to a first rest position when the spin housing is rotated about the first rotational axis relative to the fixing housing.

Abstract: A secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly, a can, and an insulator. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode alternately stacked and wound. The can has an accommodation part accommodating the electrode assembly therein, and the can comprises a first can and a second can having cylindrical shapes open in a direction facing each other. The insulator insulates an overlapping portion between the first can and the second can. The first can is electrically connected to the first electrode, and the second can is electrically connected to the second electrode. The insulator has a short-circuit induction through-part defined by a through-hole or a cutoff line, such that a short circuit occurs between the first can and the second can through the short-circuit induction through-part when it is deformed in shape as heat or a pressure is applied to contract or expand the insulator.

Abstract: A coil component is provided. The coil component includes a body having fifth and sixth surfaces opposing each other, first and second surfaces respectively connecting the fifth and sixth surfaces of the body and opposing each other, and third and fourth surfaces respectively connecting the first and second surfaces of the body and opposing each other in one direction, a recess disposed in an edge between one of the first and second surfaces of the body and the sixth surface of the body, a coil portion disposed inside the body and exposed through the recess, and an external electrode including a connection portion disposed in the recess and connected to the coil portion, and a pad portion disposed on one surface of the body. A length of the pad portion in the one direction is greater than a length of the connection portion in the one direction.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes: generating a preprocessed infrared (IR) image by performing first preprocessing based on an IR image including an object; generating a preprocessed depth image by performing second preprocessing based on a depth image including the object; and determining whether the object is a genuine object based on the preprocessed IR image and the preprocessed depth image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for testing a liveness, where the liveness test method includes receiving a color image and a photodiode (PD) image of an object from an image sensor comprising a pixel formed of a plurality of PDs, preprocessing the color image and the PD image, and determining a liveness of the object by inputting a result of preprocessing the color image and a result of preprocessing the PD image into a neural network.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method with liveness detection includes: receiving a plurality of phase images of different phases; generating a plurality of preprocessed phase images by performing preprocessing, including edge enhancement processing, on the plurality of phase images of different phases; generating a plurality of differential images based on the preprocessed phase images; generating a plurality of low-resolution differential images having lower resolutions than the differential images, based on the differential images; generating a minimum map image based on the low-resolution differential images; and performing a liveness detection on an object in the phase images based on the minimum map image.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method with liveness detection includes: receiving a plurality of phase images of different phases; generating a plurality of preprocessed phase images by performing preprocessing, including edge enhancement processing, on the plurality of phase images of different phases; generating a plurality of differential images based on the preprocessed phase images; generating a plurality of low-resolution differential images having lower resolutions than the differential images, based on the differential images; generating a minimum map image based on the low-resolution differential images; and performing a liveness detection on an object in the phase images based on the minimum map image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for testing a liveness, where the liveness test method includes receiving a color image and a photodiode (PD) image of an object from an image sensor comprising a pixel formed of a plurality of PDs, preprocessing the color image and the PD image, and determining a liveness of the object by inputting a result of preprocessing the color image and a result of preprocessing the PD image into a neural network.

Abstract: A method with liveness testing may include: acquiring an infrared (IR) image including an object, and a depth image including the object; generating a first preprocessed IR image by performing first edge enhancement preprocessing on the IR image; generating a preprocessed depth image by performing second edge enhancement preprocessing on the depth image; and determining whether the object is a genuine object based on the first preprocessed IR image and the preprocessed depth image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for testing a liveness, where the liveness test method includes receiving a color image and a photodiode (PD) image of an object from an image sensor comprising a pixel formed of a plurality of PDs, preprocessing the color image and the PD image, and determining a liveness of the object by inputting a result of preprocessing the color image and a result of preprocessing the PD image into a neural network.