Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for image encoding/decoding using a binary mask. An encoding method includes generating a latent vector using an input image, generating a selected latent vector component set using a binary mask, and generating a main bitstream by performing entropy encoding on the selected latent vector component set. A decoding method includes generating a selected latent vector component set including one or more selected latent vector components by performing entropy decoding on a main bitstream and generating the latent vector in which the one or more selected latent vector components are relocated by relocating the selected latent vector component set in the latent vector.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carbon nanotube fiber having improved physical properties and a method for manufacturing the same. The method according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: spinning carbon nanotubes with a purity of 90% by weight or more to obtain a first carbon nanotube fiber; and heat-treating the first carbon nanotube fiber at 500 to 3,000° C. under an inert gas atmosphere to obtain a second carbon nanotube fiber, wherein the second carbon nanotube fiber has a density of 1.0 to 2.5 g/cm3.

Abstract: Footwear uppers include: (a) a first upper member (formed from one or more component parts) including: one or more lace-engaging openings formed as elongated through hole openings with a length dimension extending in a top-to-bottom direction of the upper and a width dimension extending in a heel-to-toe direction of the upper, and wherein the length dimension is at least two times larger than the width dimension; (b) one or more midfoot supporting gussets located inside the first upper member, the midfoot supporting gusset(s) including one or more lace-engaging through holes (configured to pair up with the corresponding one or more lace-engaging openings of the first upper member); and (c) a lace extending through the lace-engaging opening(s) and the lace-engaging through hole(s). When the lace is tightened, the lace-engaging through hole(s) will at least partially align with a portion of its corresponding lace-engaging opening.

Abstract: Provided is a transform coefficient scan method including: determining a reference transform block for a decoding target block; deriving a scanning map of the decoding target block using scanning information of the reference transform block; and performing inverse scanning on a transform coefficient of the decoding target block using the derived scanning map. According to the present invention, picture encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: An inter prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting candidate units from among reconstructed neighbor units; creating a candidate unit set with respect to units to be decoded, using the selected candidate units; determining a reference unit from among the candidate units which constitute the created candidate unit set; and performing inter prediction on the units to be decoded, using the determined reference unit. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed therein are a method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for image encoding/decoding. Templating matching is used for prediction for a target block. Prediction information to be applied to encoding of the target block is determined, and prediction for the target block that uses the determined prediction information is performed. The prediction information includes a list and multiple candidates in the list. When the multiple candidates in the list are configured, template matching between blocks may be used. A candidate selected from among multiple candidates configured using template matching is used for prediction for the target block.

Abstract: The present invention may provide a cover for a specimen storage container, the cover comprising: a cover body comprising a tubular side portion and a bottom portion coupled to one end of the side portion, the cover body being detachably screwed to one open side of the specimen storage container into which at least one specimen collection swab is inserted; an insertion coupling part protruding from the bottom portion toward the specimen storage container, and having an internal space formed therein, stick parts of the at least one specimen collection swab being inserted and fitted into the internal space; and a separation prevention part provided in the insertion coupling part so as to engage with/contact the stick parts when the cover body is coupled to the specimen storage container, thereby preventing the stick parts from being separated from the insertion coupling part.

Abstract: A display panel includes a base layer including a first area and a second area. At least one inorganic layer disposed on the base layer overlaps the first area and the second area. The at least one inorganic layer comprises a lower opening. A first thin-film transistor is disposed on the at least one inorganic layer. The first thin-film transistor includes a silicon semiconductor pattern. A second thin-film transistor is disposed on the at least one inorganic layer. The second thin-film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor pattern. A plurality of insulation layers overlap the first area and the second area. An upper opening extends from the lower opening. A signal line is electrically connected to the second thin-film transistor. An organic layer is disposed in the lower opening and the upper opening. A light emitting element is disposed on the organic layer.

Abstract: Footwear uppers include a footwear upper base formed from one or more component parts and including: (i) an instep region including at least one of a tongue base region or instep base region and (ii) a heel-containing region. A bladder is engaged with the footwear upper. The bladder includes: (i) at least a first instep chamber engaged with the instep region, (ii) at least a first heel and/or ankle support chamber engaged with the heel-containing region, and (iii) a first fluid line connecting the first instep chamber and the first heel and/or ankle support chamber and placing the first instep chamber in fluid communication with the first heel and/or ankle support chamber. Fluid moving from the first instep chamber to the first heel and/or ankle support chamber (e.g., under force applied by a footwear securing strap) provides further support for the wearer's heel and/or ankle.

Abstract: A container is provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The container may include a container part in which an accommodation space configured to accommodate contents is formed, a middle body configured to communicate with the accommodation space and coupled to the container part to surround at least a portion of the container part, an inner cover rotatably connected to the middle body to open or close the accommodation space, and an outer cover rotatably connected to the middle body to open or close the middle body.

Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus for inspecting and repairing a dispensed viscous fluid, the apparatus including a dispenser module dispensing a viscous fluid on a workpiece, a vision module generating original images by photographing the viscous fluid dispensed on the workpiece, a robot module moving the dispenser module and the vision module through predetermined paths, respectively, and a control module determining whether a defective part exists in the dispensed viscous fluid by analyzing the original images and controlling the dispenser module and the robot module to dispense a viscous fluid to a defective part when the defective part exists. Accordingly, a defect occurring in the viscous fluid dispensed on the workpiece can be repaired, and furthermore, the shape of the viscous fluid in the repaired part can be formed by using a correction module, thereby improving application quality.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a dynamic woven material that is capable of undergoing a dimensional change in response to an external stimulus. The dynamic woven material comprises a plurality of discrete woven cells, where each woven cell comprises a reactive region and a non-reactive region. The reactive region changes from a first physical state to a second physical state when the woven material is exposed to the external stimulus. The woven material may be formed with zonal stretch properties by varying the areas occupied by the reactive region and the non-reactive region in each woven cell. For example, the bigger the area occupied by the reactive region in the woven cells in a particular zone of the dynamic woven material, the higher the level of stretch in the particular zone may be. Exemplary products manufactured from the dynamic woven material include, for example, articles of footwear.

Abstract: A blank mask including a transparent substrate, a phase shift film disposed on the transparent substrate, and a light shielding film disposed on the phase shift film. The phase shift film has XRD maximum peak at 20 of 15° to 30° when normal mode XRD analysis is performed on an upper surface of the phase shift film. The transparent substrate has XRD maximum peak at 20 of 15° to 30° when performing normal mode XRD analysis on a lower surface of the transparent substrate. AI1 value of the blank mask expressed by below Equation is 0.9 to 1.1. AI ? 1 = XM ? 1 XQ ? 1 XM1 is the maximum value of the measured X-ray intensity when the normal mode XRD analysis is performed on upper surface of the phase shift film. XQ1 is the maximum value of the measured X-ray intensity when the normal mode XRD analysis is performed on the lower surface of the transparent substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an internal voltage control circuit including an amplifier circuit and a plurality of drivers. The internal voltage control circuit is configured to drive an internal voltage through the sharing of the amplifier circuit and a driver that is activated, among the plurality of drivers, after the start of a standby operation and an active operation. The semiconductor device also includes a core circuit including a plurality of banks. The core circuit is configured to perform an operation of a bank that is activated, among the plurality of banks, by receiving the internal voltage.

Abstract: A method for intelligent dynamic frequency resource management, the method includes the steps of: generating a sensing table indicating presence or absence of existing users by sensing a spectrum in an interfering earth station adjacent to a wanted receiving earth station in a situation of satellite communications between a wanted space station and the wanted receiving earth station, generating a backup channel list for idle channel inference by using the generated sensing table, checking whether the existing users exist in any one communication channel through spectrum sensing for the generated backup channel list, and inferring the communication channel as an idle channel and transmitting the communication channel to an interfering space station adjacent to the wanted space station in a case where there are no existing users, wherein in low-orbit satellite communication systems, frequency resources not in use temporally or regionally may be flexibly used.

Abstract: A motor driving apparatus driving a motor including a plurality of windings corresponding to each of phases, includes a mode change switch and a plurality of inverters that operate the motor in a closed end winding mode or an open end winding mode; and a controller configured for controlling the mode change switch and the plurality of inverters according to a first mode determination result based on a reverse magnetic flux and a second mode determination result according to an output power limit for each mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coating bar and a method for manufacturing a separator using the same. The coating bar according to the present disclosure may form a coating layer having an area with different thicknesses by one coating. Additionally, the method for manufacturing a separator according to the present disclosure includes forming a porous coating layer using a predetermined coating bar, to manufacture a separator including the porous coating layer having an area with different thicknesses. In particular, the present disclosure manufactures the separator having a larger thickness at the two ends than at the center, thereby avoiding a lack of adhesive strength at the two ends in a transverse direction in the adhesion between the separator and the electrode, and exhibiting uniform adhesive strength over the whole interface between the separator and the electrode.

Abstract: An inter prediction method according to the present invention comprises: a step for deriving reference motion information related to a unit to be decoded in a current picture; and a step for performing motion compensation for the unit to be decoded, using the reference motion information that has been derived. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be enhanced.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a battery cell stack, a lower battery cell and an upper battery cell are aligned with an bonding space therebetween in a stacking direction of battery cells. A distance in the stacking direction between an upper surface of the lower battery cell and a lower surface of the upper battery cell is continuously measured along a length direction or a width direction of the battery cells to derive a bonding space profile. An adhesive resin composition is sprayed along the length direction or the width direction while changing a moving rate of a nozzle based on a thickness of the profile. The lower surface of the upper battery cell are attached onto the sprayed adhesive resin composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a separator including a separator substrate and an inorganic coating layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein a concave pattern portion having a concave pattern is applied merely at the outer circumferential end of the separator substrate. The separator may show excellent resistance characteristics, while ensuring high binding force between the separator substrate and the inorganic coating layer by virtue of such a structural feature. In addition, in the electrochemical device including the separator, the concave pattern portion at the outer circumferential end of the separator is disposed in such a manner that it may be overlapped with the tab portion of an electrode, when the separator is applied to an electrode assembly. In this manner, it is possible to prevent lithium plating.