Abstract: A bio-signal acquiring apparatus includes a sensor part and a signal processor. The sensor part includes a bio-signal sensor, a load sensor, and an ultrasonic sensor array, the bio-signal sensor configured to detect a bio-signal of an object that comes into contact with the sensor part, the load sensor configured to detect a contact load of the object, and the ultrasonic sensor array configured to detect contact load distribution of the object. The signal processor is configured to obtain a contact load of the object at a region of interest based on the contact load and the contact load distribution, and configured to output the contact load of the object at the region of interest and the bio-signal.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for handling in-device coexistence interference in a user equipment are provided. The method includes receiving a list of non-serving Long Term Evolution (LTE) frequencies from a base station, configuring the non-serving LTE frequencies so as to perform a measurement on the configured non-serving LTE frequencies, and detecting a likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies and an Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency when an ISM activity is ongoing on the ISM frequency.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator, and a processor to, in response to a call request received through the communicator, perform a first telephone conversation with a counterpart making the call request through a voice assistant using an artificial intelligence (AI) model which is learned to generate contents of telephone conversations, and provide a user interface for second telephone conversation between a user of the electronic apparatus and the counterpart based on contents of the first telephone conversation.

Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions implementing the method executable by the device, including: establishing a communication group having a first attribute with a first external electronic device by establishing wireless communication with the first external electronic device via the at least one communication circuit, changing the attribute of the communication group from the first attribute to a second attribute while the communication group is maintained, and when wireless communication with a second external electronic device via the communication group is requested, establishing wireless communication with the second external electronic device by the communication group having the second attribute.

Abstract: An RGBW image sensor, a binning method in an image sensor, and a computer readable medium for performing the method are provided, and the binning method in an image sensor includes selecting one or more binning target pixels for each of a red pixel, a green pixel, a blue pixel, and a white pixel, constituting a pixel array of an RGBW image sensor with a uniform array pattern, generating binning pixel data for each of the red pixel, the green pixel, the blue pixel, and the white pixel, based on pieces of pixel data corresponding to the binning target pixel, and rearranging pixels, represented by the binning pixel data, to be equal to the entirety or a portion of the uniform array pattern and to be equally spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: A bio-processor includes a bioelectrical impedance sensor and a digital signal processor. The bioelectrical impedance sensor measures bioelectrical impedance during a sensing time including a portion of a settling time. The digital signal processor estimates a settled bioelectrical impedance value based on changes in the measured bioelectrical impedance. The digital signal processor generates bio-data based on the settled bioelectrical impedance value.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of acquiring a medical image of an X-ray apparatus, including: acquiring an original radiation image of a target object and capturing condition information of the object; acquiring a scatter radiation image related to the original radiation image by inputting the original radiation image and the capturing condition information to a learning network model configured to estimate scatter radiation; and acquiring a scatter radiation-processed medical image from the original radiation image on the basis of the original radiation image and the scatter radiation image, wherein the learning network model configured to estimate scatter radiation is a learning network model taught using a plurality of scatter radiation images and a plurality of pieces of capturing condition information related to each of the plurality of scatter radiation images.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an ultrasonic imaging apparatus of successively displaying a plurality of slice images of an object at predetermined frame rate, and a control method of the ultrasonic imaging apparatus. According to an embodiment of the ultrasonic imaging apparatus, the ultrasonic imaging apparatus may include: an image processor configured to extract a target in an object based on volume data of the object; a controller configured to determine a region of interest in the object, based on the extracted target; and a display unit configured to successively display a plurality of slice images of the object, including the region of interest.

Abstract: Disclosed are photomasks, methods of fabricating the same, and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices using the same. The photomask comprises a substrate including a pattern region and a peripheral region around the pattern region, a reflection layer on the pattern region and extending onto the peripheral region, an absorption structure on the reflection layer, and a dielectric pattern on the absorption structure on the peripheral region and exposing the absorption structure on the pattern region.

Abstract: A hardmask composition may include graphene nanoparticles having a size in a range of about 5 nm to about 100 nm and a solvent.

Abstract: A power supply system includes: a plurality of battery cells interconnected between a first stack node and a second stack node and providing a first operation voltage to a high-voltage board net; a low-voltage battery interconnected between the second stack node and a low voltage node and outputting a second operation voltage to a low-voltage board net; a step-down converter interconnected between the first stack node and the second stack node and outputting a third operation voltage to the low voltage node to charge the low-voltage battery; an intermediate node dividing the battery cells into first and second subsets of the battery cells and being connected to the low voltage node via a first switching element; and a control unit configured to detect a terminal voltage of the low-voltage battery and to set the first switching element into a conductive state according to the detected terminal voltage.

Abstract: A compound for an organic optoelectronic device represented by Chemical Formula 1, a composition for an organic optoelectronic device, an organic optoelectronic device including the same, and a display device are disclosed. Details of Chemical Formula 1 are the same as described in the detailed description.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a wheel assembly and a robot cleaner including a main body and a wheel assembly coupled to the main body to guide movement of the main body. The wheel assembly has a rotation arm including a first end portion rotatably mounted on the main body, a drive wheel rotatably installed on a second end portion of the rotation arm opposite the first end portion, and an elastic member including a first end installed at the main body and a second end vertically moveably installed at the rotation arm opposite the first end, such that a reduction degree of a contact force due to a descent of the drive wheel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat pump type dryer for reducing the manufacturing cost thereof and maintaining an appropriate quantity of radiation by auxiliary heat exchanger. The clothes dryer D includes housing 1; drum portion 2 installed in the housing 1 and configured to accommodate clothes; a circulation ventilation path 3 configured to pass through the drum portion 2; a heat pump apparatus 5 having a compressor 52, a condenser 53, a throttling device 54, and an evaporator 51, connected to form a flow path through which refrigerant circulates; an auxiliary heat exchanger 55 installed outside the ventilation path, and connected in series to a flow path in the condenser 53 or in parallel to the condenser 53; and a cooling apparatus 6 configured to cool the auxiliary heat exchanger 55.

Abstract: A spectrometer includes a chamber, a vacuum generator configured to suck in internal air of the chamber to pull skin of a subject into the chamber, a light source configured to emit light to the skin of the subject pulled into the chamber, a photodetector configured to receive light passing through the skin of the subject and acquire a spectrum of the light; and a skin contact adjuster configured to determine a contact state between the chamber and the skin by analyzing the spectrum of the light and thereby generate a determination result, and adjust the contact state between the chamber and the skin by applying a physical force to a periphery of the skin pulled into the chamber according to the determination result.

Abstract: A washing machine and a control method therefor are disclosed. The washing machine according to the present invention comprises: a drum for receiving laundry; a drying unit for adjusting the temperature of air in the drum so as to dry the laundry; a filter unit for filtering lint generated from the laundry; a cleaning unit for cleaning the filter unit; and a control unit for controlling the cleaning unit such that the filter unit is periodically cleaned during rotation of the drum. Accordingly, the washing machine can reduce the amount of lint generated from laundry during a drying process. Further, the washing machine according to the disclosure periodically cleans a filter for filtering lint generated from laundry, so as to facilitate circulation of air in the drum during a drying process, thereby improving the drying efficiency.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible display substrate using a process film and a process film for manufacturing a flexible display substrate are provided. The method of manufacturing the flexible display substrate using the process film is as follows. A base layer for the flexible display substrate is prepared on a glass substrate. A packaging process is performed on the base layer to form a plurality of cells which are spaced apart from one another at a predetermined distance. The base layer is covered with the process film, after forming the plurality of cells. The base layer is separated from the glass substrate, while the base layer is laminated to the process film. The base layer is cut along each cell to form a plurality of flexible display substrates.

Abstract: An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a housing, a heat exchanger positioned inside the housing, a fan for blowing air into the heat exchanger such that heat in the blown air is exchanged with the heat exchanger, a duct including a first channel forming surface, and a second channel forming surface, a porous panel corresponding to the second channel forming surface, and including a plurality of pores, a blade for swiveling between an open position and a closed position, blocking the low wind-speed channel at the open position so that air passed through the basic channel can be discharged outside of the air conditioner, moving the air passed through the basic channel to the low wind-speed channel, and discharging the air to the outside via the pores at the closed position, a driver for driving the blade to swivel, and a processor configured to control the driver.

Abstract: A polarizing plate-cutting device including a laser beam generator configured to emit a laser beam, a scanner including a rotating mirror configured to reflect the laser beam emitted from the laser beam generator, and a housing accommodating the rotating mirror, a condenser lens configured to condense the laser beam reflected from the rotating mirror, and a mounting block onto which the laser beam condensed by the condenser lens is irradiated and to which a polarizing plate is mounted, wherein the mounting block is fixed with respect to the scanner while the polarizing plate is being cut, and wherein the polarizing plate includes a stacking of a base substrate and a polarizing layer, the base substrate being closer to the condenser lens than the polarizing layer, and a heat resistance of the polarizing layer being lower than that of the base substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an outdoor unit for an air conditioner including a blowing apparatus for reducing suction loss of a propeller fan generated in corners of a housing and achieving high efficiency of blowing and low noise. The blowing apparatus includes a housing including a wall in which an outlet is formed, a propeller fan positioned in the inside of the housing, the propeller fan facing the outlet, and a diffuser positioned at a discharging side of the propeller fan, and forming the outlet, wherein the diffuser includes an inclined surface inclined with respect to a rotation axis of the propeller fan, and an inclination angle of the inclined surface to the rotation axis of the propeller fan changes according to a circumferential direction of the diffuser.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting signals in a vehicle to vehicle (V2V)/vehicle to everything (V2X) communication system. The method includes receiving a handover command message from a base station, the handover command message comprising information on a first resource pool, selecting a resource for transmitting data from a second resource pool without sensing the second resource pool, if the handover command message further comprises information on the second resource pool, and transmitting the data based on the resource for transmitting data from the second resource pool.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a compressor configured to circulate a refrigerant, a condenser configured to condense the refrigerant circulated by the compressor, a cooling component configured to cool a storage compartment using the refrigerant condensed by the condenser, and a processor configured to control driving of the cooling component, acquire a load variation of the storage compartment of the refrigerator, the load variation having an effect on a refrigeration cycle, determine a drive value for driving a component forming the refrigeration cycle based on the load variation, drive the cooling component based on the drive value, and acquire the load variation with a lapse of time during at least one cooling period in which the refrigeration cycle cools the storage compartment.

Abstract: A storage device includes a memory controller to receive a first signal from an external device through a first channel, obtain data from a memory based on the first signal, and output the data to the external device through a second channel. The data is output through the second channel in a case where a time interval between a time when the first signal is received and a time when the data are obtained is greater than a first reference interval.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication unit configured to receive a plurality of image signals from a plurality of other electronic devices, a display unit including display regions including at least a first display region and a second display region, and a controller configured to control the display unit to display a first image signal received from a first other electronic device of the plurality of the other electronic devices in the first display region as an image and display a second image signal received from the second other electronic device of the plurality of other electronic devices in the second display region as an image, wherein the first display region and the second display region are determined according to respective distances between the plurality of other electronic devices and each of the plurality of display regions.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes touch electrodes in a first area and a second area, a first force sensor electrode on a same layer as the touch electrodes and spaced from a first touch electrode in the first area, a first force sensor line on a same layer as the touch electrodes and electrically connected to the first force sensor electrode, the first force sensor line being at a second side of the first touch electrode, and touch lines on a same layer as, and connected to, the touch electrodes, the touch lines including a first touch line connected to the first touch electrode and at a first side of the first touch electrode.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a first substrate and a second substrate; a first driving electrode and a second driving electrode disposed on a first surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate and coupled to a first coupling electrode, the second driving electrode being shorter than the first driving electrode; a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and coupled to a second coupling electrode, the second sensing electrode being shorter than the first sensing electrode; a first pressure sensing layer disposed on a first surface of the second substrate in a position facing the first substrate and overlapping and spaced from the first driving electrode and the first sensing electrode by a gap; and a second pressure sensing layer contacting with the second driving electrode and the second sensing electrode and electrically coupling the second driving electrode and the second sensing electrode to each other.

Abstract: A display device including a display panel; a pressure sensor disposed under the display panel and including a first protrusion at one side thereof; and a waterproofing member disposed under the display panel and including a first accommodation portion at one side thereof facing the one side. The protrusion of the pressure sensor is disposed to face the first accommodation portion of the waterproofing member, and the first protrusion is inserted in the first accommodation portion.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a touch sensing layer which is disposed on a first surface of the display panel and senses a touch input of a user, a first vibration device which is disposed on a second surface of the display panel and generates vibration according to driving voltages. The first vibration device generates a first vibration in response to a first touch input of the user to provide a first haptic feedback.

Abstract: A touch screen panel includes: a substrate; a touch electrode layer disposed on the substrate; an insulator disposed on the touch electrode layer; an adhesive layer disposed on the touch electrode layer and exposing a portion of the insulator; and a first connector disposed on the portion of the insulator exposed by the adhesive layer. When assembled, the touch screen panel may reduce or prevent impurities, such as moisture and the like, from permeating into a touch sensing sensor, thereby reducing defects of the touch sensing sensor and enhancing durability thereof.

Abstract: A method for operating an electronic device, which includes a first body unit, a second body unit which is hinge-coupled to the first body unit such that one side, a first display which is disposed on the other side of the first body unit and faces a first direction, a second display which is disposed on the other side of the second body unit and faces a second direction, a sensor which is for obtaining direction information of the electronic device, and a processor configured to display on the first display an execution screen of a first application, determine whether the electronic device is flipped on the basis of the direction information, determine a second application for displaying an execution screen on the second display among a plurality of applications stored in the electronic device, and display a first execution screen of the second application on the second display.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a concave portion at a side of the display panel; and an input detection unit disposed over the display panel. The input detection unit includes a plurality of first detection electrodes electrically connected to each other in a first direction, a plurality of second detection electrodes electrically connected to each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a connection wire that electrically connect a pair of the first detection electrodes of the plurality of first detection electrodes disposed at both sides of the concave portion, and the connection wire includes a plurality of segments separate from each other and conjunction portions that electrically connect two adjacent segments to each other.

Abstract: A method for controlling a display device that includes a touch screen is provided. The method includes establishing a plurality of window display spaces in the touch screen, wherein each of the plurality of window display spaces displays a window for running an application, displaying a launcher application in one of the plurality of window display spaces, the launcher application presenting at least one icon to run at least one application, receiving in the launcher application a new application run command to run a new application, and displaying a new window for running the new application in one of the other window display spaces than the window display space where the launcher application is displayed, in response to the new application run command.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch screen display, an input/output interface, a communication circuit, a memory, and a processor, and the processor modifies screen configuration information associated with at least a part of a resolution, a density, and an orientation of a screen output by the electronic device if the electronic device is connected to the external display device through the input/output interface, determines whether a target application to be displayed on the external display device supports resizing of a window that displays an execution screen of the target application, configures a first type of window which is resizable if the target application supports the resizing, configures a second type of window with a fixed size if the target application does not support the resizing, and displays the first type of window or the second type of window on the external display device.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided, which includes a display configured to display notification information, a memory configured to store a notification display option of an application that generates the notification information, and a processor configured to control the display to display the notification information based on the notification display option of the application, wherein, when an interaction regarding the notification information is generated, the processor is configured to change the notification display option of the application stored in the memory based on a type of the interaction.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a foldable electronic device and a method for displaying information in the foldable electronic device. The foldable electronic device includes a foldable housing, a first display disposed on first and second inner surfaces of the foldable housing, where the first and second inner surfaces face each other in a folded state, a second display exposed through at least a portion of an outer surface of the foldable housing, a processor operatively connected to the first and second displays, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to display contents on the first display, receive a first user input for selecting at least a partial area of the displayed contents, generate an image based on information related to the selected partial area, and display the image on the second display. Other various embodiments are possible.

Abstract: A lens module includes a carrier having an internal space, a lens unit including a plurality of lens groups and disposed in the carrier so that one or more of the lens groups is movable in a length direction of the carrier, a lens guide unit connected to the one or more movable lens groups to guide movement of the one or more movable lens groups, and a lens driving unit connected to the lens guide unit and including a plurality of driving wires formed of a shape memory alloy. The lens guide unit is moved in a height direction of the carrier by expansion and contraction of the plurality of driving wires to move the one or more lens groups in the length direction of the carrier.

Abstract: A light-folding camera includes a light folding device, a light path control device LPC, a first sensor and a second sensor. The light folding device outputs a folded light propagating in a first horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to a vertical direction by changing a light path of a vertical light that is incident on the light folding device in the vertical direction. The light path control device outputs a first light propagating in the first horizontal direction by passing at least a first portion of the folded light, or outputs a second light propagating in a second horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to the vertical direction by changing a light path of at least a second portion of the folded light. The first sensor receives the first light propagating in the first horizontal direction. The second sensor receives the second light propagating in the second horizontal direction.

Abstract: A memory controller, an application processor, and a method of operating the memory controller can control performance and power consumption of an input/output device. The method includes allowing the memory device to enter a power down mode after an idle state is maintained for a first time period corresponding to a first setting value which is currently set, allowing the memory device to enter from the power down mode into an active state when access to the memory device occurs, determining a maintenance time of the power down mode to change the first setting value to a second setting value, based on a result obtained by monitoring a driving pattern of the memory device, and when the idle state is maintained for a second time period different from the first time period, allowing the memory device to enter the power down mode, based on the second setting value.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an interposer structure comprises a top surface, a bottom surface facing away from the top surface; an inner sidewall extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, and forming an inner space accommodating one or more electronic components mounted on a circuit board of an electronic device; and an outer sidewall extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, and facing away from the inner sidewall, wherein the outer sidewall includes: a first area having a conductive member formed from the top surface to the bottom surface; and a second area having a conductive member formed from the top surface to a first position and a non-conductive member formed from the first position to the bottom surface.

Abstract: A beam scanning apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light, and a reflective phased array device configured to reflect the light emitted from the light source and incident on the reflective phased array device, and electrically adjust a reflection angle of the reflected light reflected by the reflective phased array device, wherein the light source and the reflective phased array device are disposed such the light is incident on the reflective phased array device at an incidence angle with respect to a normal of a reflective surface of the reflective phased array device.

Abstract: A moving object sensing control circuit includes: a control circuit configured to determine, based on a mode signal, whether to operate in a sensing mode or a power saving mode, and control, in the power saving mode, a sensing operation in a sensing stage and a standby operation in a standby stage; an LC oscillation circuit configured to generate an oscillation signal based on an impedance value corresponding to relocation of a moving object, by performing the sensing operation or the standby operation in response to control of the control circuit; and a sensing circuit configured to obtain a period count value of the sensing oscillation signal using a reference oscillation signal and a main oscillation signal, and output an output signal having movement information of the moving object based on the period count value, by performing the sensing operation in response to the control of the control circuit.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate in which a plurality of pixel areas and a non-pixel area around the pixel areas are defined, a cavity-defining layer disposed on the first substrate and defining a plurality of cavities corresponding to the pixel areas, an insulating layer disposed on the cavity-defining layer and in the cavities, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the insulating layer in the cavities, and a second substrate disposed on the insulating layer to cover the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer has a same refractive index as the cavity-defining layer when the liquid crystal layer is not driven. The liquid crystal layer has a greater refractive index than the cavity-defining layer when the liquid crystal layer is driven.

Abstract: The MRI apparatus includes a processor configured to apply a gradient echo pulse sequence that makes a sum of gradients applied during one repetition time (TR) in a slice selection direction, a phase encoding direction, and a frequency encoding direction equal zero and maintains spins in an object in a steady state; alternately apply, while the gradient echo pulse sequence is continuously applied, a first radio frequency (RF) pulse having a first flip angle and a second RF pulse having a second flip angle that is different from the first flip angle at each TR interval; and generate an MR image based on an echo signal acquired when the spins are in the steady state.