Abstract: Disclosed is to provide a composition for skin-whitening or preventing or improving skin wrinkles, comprising a green tea extract which has modified amounts of ingredients. More specifically, the extract and composition according to one aspect of the present disclosure are derived from natural plants that cause less irritation to the skin and are eco-friendly, thus they are safe, and thereby the extract and composition can exhibit excellent effects of effectively inhibiting melanin production and tyrosinase activity and preventing or improving skin whitening, and can exhibit excellent effects of effectively inhibiting the expression of MMP-1 and preventing or improving skin wrinkles.

Abstract: A method for charging and discharging a lithium secondary battery includes: a first step of preparing a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, with the positive electrode comprising lithium-rich manganese-based oxide having a manganese content of 50 mol % or more among all metals excluding lithium as a positive electrode active material; a second step of charging the lithium secondary battery from the lower limit voltage to the first upper limit voltage and discharging the lithium secondary battery from the first upper limit voltage to the lower limit voltage; and a third step of charging the lithium secondary battery from the lower limit voltage to the second upper limit voltage and discharging the lithium secondary battery from the second upper limit voltage to the lower limit voltage, wherein the second upper limit voltage is 0.05V to 0.

Abstract: A luggage space-extensible slidable and pivotable board structure is provided. The board structure includes a board assembly configured to slide forward or backward or pivot upward about an inner side thereof in a luggage space of a vehicle, a rail section configured to be coupled to a hinge part at the inner side so as to be pivotable along with the board assembly, and a handle assembly disposed on an outer side of the board assembly to lock the board assembly, wherein the board assembly is unlocked by the operation of the handle assembly to slide along the rail section, and the board assembly is configured to pivot about the hinge part in a locked state.

Abstract: An image processing device including: a decision pixel manager for setting a decision area for a defect candidate pixel, and determining a first decision pixel and a second decision pixel, based on first phase information of pixels included in the decision area with respect to a first modulation frequency of a sensing light source among the pixels; a target pixel determiner for calculating a phase difference between the first decision pixel and the second decision pixel, based on second phase information of the pixels with respect to a second modulation frequency of the sensing light source, and determining the defect candidate pixel as a target pixel, corresponding to that the phase difference exceeds a predetermined reference value; and a phase corrector for changing a phase of the target pixel, based on the phase difference.

Abstract: A vehicle seat reinforcement device includes a leg portion mounted on a floor panel, a seat cushion frame slidably mounted on the leg portion, and a load reinforcing structure connected between the leg portion and the seat cushion frame, wherein when a seat belt anchorage load is transferred to the seat cushion frame, the seat cushion frame is locked to the leg portion by the load reinforcing structure.

Abstract: Provided are an oxygen barrier film, a food wrapper including the same, and a method of preparing the oxygen barrier film. The oxygen barrier film may include: a base layer; and an organic/inorganic hybrid layer located on the base layer and including a natural hydrogel and a silane coupling agent.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising the compound according to the present disclosure, an organic electroluminescent device having improved driving voltage, power efficiency and/or lifetime characteristics compared to conventional organic electroluminescent devices can be provided.

Abstract: An electronic device structure having a shielding structure includes a substrate with an electronic component electrically connected to the substrate. The shielding structure includes conductive spaced-apart pillar structures that have proximate ends connected to the substrate and distal ends spaced apart from the substrate, and that are laterally spaced apart from the first electronic component. In one embodiment, the conductive pillar structures are conductive wires attached at one end to the substrate with an opposing end extending away from the substrate so that the conductive wires are provided generally perpendicular to the substrate. A package body encapsulates the electronic component and the conductive spaced-apart pillar structures. In one embodiment, the shielding structure further includes a shielding layer disposed adjacent to the package body, which is electrically connected to the conductive spaced-apart pillar structures.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for refining a tissue image by removing, from a slide image of a tissue specimen, a tissue specimen region determined to be another tissue specimen, and a computer system performing same. According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is a method for refining a tissue specimen image, comprising the steps of: extracting a plurality of contours corresponding to a plurality of tissue regions included in a tissue specimen image; calculating the center point coordinates of each of the extracted plurality of contours; determining a main tissue contour from among the plurality of contours, on the basis of the center point coordinates of the tissue specimen image and the center point coordinates of each of the plurality of contours; and removing a region corresponding to at least a part of the contours other than the main tissue contour among the plurality of contours.

Abstract: A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device includes a common function performing operations associated with a PCIe interface according to a function type, the common function being programmable to be a function type selected from a plurality function types, an access identification information controller generating first access identification information for allowing an access to the common function, and providing the first access identification information to an assigned system image to which the common function has been assigned, a data packet receiver receiving a data packet including target identification information indicating a target system image from the target system image, and an access allowance determiner determining whether or not to allow the target system image to access the common function based on the first access identification information and the target identification information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting control information and data in a DFT based communication system. The method includes placing a reference signal onto a first symbol among a plurality of symbols in one slot; placing a HARQ-ACK onto a second symbol first placed after the first symbol in the one slot; placing the data onto other symbols except for the first symbol; and transmitting a signal including the reference signal, the HARQ-ACK and the data. A part of CQI information is further placed onto at least one symbol, except for the first symbol, in case that the CQI information is present for transmission in the one slot.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating method. The substrate treating method includes supplying a dissolving solution onto a rotating substrate; and supplying, after the supplying a dissolution solution, a treating liquid including a polymer onto the rotating substrate to form a liquid film.

Abstract: Controlling a speed limit includes determining a virtual vehicle speed as being a lower one of a vehicle speed and a target limit speed, determining a virtual APS value as being a larger one of a first APS value and a second APS value, transitioning to a second mode at a point in time at which an actual APS value and the second APS value become different, when it is expected to transition to the second mode, among a first mode for sustaining a SOC of a battery at the target limit speed and the second mode for depleting the SOC, and determining a transmission gear position by applying the determined virtual vehicle speed and the determined virtual APS value to one of a first shifting pattern and a second shifting pattern.

Abstract: A headset of a surgical robot system includes an endoscope image transmission module configured to transmit an endoscope image to a main screen, a surgical assist function transmission module configured to transmit a selected and activated surgical assist function on an auxiliary screen positioned at one side of the main screen, a surgical assist function optional transmission module configured to transmit a list of a plurality of surgical assist functions to be provided on the auxiliary screen to a selection screen, an acceleration sensor and a gyroscope, configured to detect a change in a position of a head of a user, an eye tracking module configured to detect a change in a user gaze and a change in focus, and a controller configured to control a specific surgical assist function selected from among the plurality of surgical assist functions to be provided to the auxiliary screen.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a shoe sole. The shoe sole includes: a shoe sole fabric having the form of a sole; a protective cover having the form corresponding to the form of the shoe sole fabric and bonded to a lower surface of the shoe sole fabric with a plurality of pillar through holes vertically penetrating the protective cover; and a plurality of pillar pieces passing through the plurality of pillar through holes, and bonded to the lower surface of the shoe sole fabric and arranged in a form of protruding downward from the protective cover.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a neural network model deployment method and apparatus for providing a deep learning service. The neural network model deployment method may include providing a specification wizard to a user, searching for and training a neural network based on a user requirement specification that is input through the specification wizard, generating a neural network template code based on the user requirement specification and the trained neural network, converting the trained neural network into a deployment neural network that is usable in a target device based on the user requirement specification, and deploying the deployment neural network to the target device.

Abstract: A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum ejector pump including a plurality of nozzles, which are assembled, and activated by compressed air passing through the nozzles at a high speed to generate a negative pressure in an outer surrounding space. The pump of the present invention includes an intermediate nozzle, a first nozzle on which a front-cover part inserted to an outer circumference of one end of the intermediate nozzle is formed, and a second nozzle on which a rear-cover part inserted to an outer circumference of the other end of the intermediate nozzle is formed. Here, the intermediate nozzle is disposed between the first nozzle and the second nozzle, and the intermediate nozzle, the first nozzle and the second nozzle constitute an ejector main body. The surrounding space communicates with each of the nozzles through a through-hole defined in a sidewall of the ejector main body and a slot defined between the nozzles.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing quantum dots includes placing nickel powder having a certain particle size, a precursor material, and an organic solvent into a container, maintaining a pressure in the container at a certain value, and synthesizing quantum dots by stirring the nickel powder, the precursor material, and the organic solvent in the container.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer composition for blow molding which includes a high-density polyethylene recovered from a secondary battery separator and has excellent mechanical properties. The polymer composition having excellent processability may be prepared by recycling a secondary battery separator, and may be molded to manufacture an environmental small to medium sized container which has excellent mechanical properties such as flexural strength, elongation, and impact strength in a large temperature range and has excellent processing moldability.