Abstract:
A network connection control apparatus and method of a terminal for switching connection between heterogeneous networks depending on the data communication environment are provided. The communication network connection control method of a terminal includes measuring received signal strength and Internet Protocol (IP) packet transmission and reception amounts in a state where the terminal is connected to an IP network, switching, when the received signal strength is equal to or less than a predetermined received signal strength threshold, from the connection to the IP network to a connection to a cellular network, comparing, when the received signal strength is greater than the threshold, the IP packet reception amount with a predetermined reception threshold, and switching, when the IP packet reception amount is equal to or less than the reception threshold, from the connection to the IP network to the connection to the cellular network.
Abstract:
A system includes: an image sensor configured to acquire an image; an image processor configured to generate a quantized image based on the acquired image using a trained quantization filter; and an output interface configured to output the quantized image.
Abstract:
An object tracking apparatus is provided. The object tracking apparatus includes a processor configured to detect, from a first image frame, an amodal region including a first visible region in which a target object is visible and an occlusion region in which the target object is occluded, determine, based on the detected amodal region of the first image frame, that at least a partial region of a second image frame is a search region of the second image frame, the second image frame being temporally adjacent to the first image frame, and track the target object in the second image frame based on the determined search region.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, an electronic device includes a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The memory stores instructions configured to cause the electronic device to: retrieve data of at least one process allocated to the memory and perform a first memory retrieval operation; identify an available capacity of the memory, based on an event generated by the first memory retrieval operation; perform a second memory retrieval operation, based on a value of the identified available capacity being less than or equal to a first threshold value and the identified available capacity being greater than a second threshold value; and perform a third memory retrieval operation, based on a value of the identified available capacity being less than or equal to the first threshold value and the identified available capacity being less than or equal to the second threshold value.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for object tracking are provided, where the object tracking method includes determining box information of candidate boxes in a current image frame and similarity scores of the candidate boxes based on including a search region of the current image frame with a template image corresponding to a target object, adjusting the similarity scores of the candidate boxes using a distractor map including distractor information of a previous image frame, determining a target box corresponding to the target object and a distractor box corresponding to a distractor of the target object from the candidate boxes based on the adjusted similarity scores, and updating the distractor map based on distractor information of the current image frame according to the distractor box.
Abstract:
Provided is an apparatus and method for improving the entry speed of a large-memory consuming application in an electric device which detect an execution of an application, check if the application is a large-memory consuming application which uses a large amount of memory, and if the application is the large-memory consuming application, execute pre-process thread reclaim, select a process corresponding to a reclaiming target among processes currently resident in the memory, reclaim part of the memory being used by the selected process without terminating the selected process, and thereby improve the entry speed of a large-memory consuming application.
Abstract:
A processor-implemented method with calibration includes: detecting a preset pattern comprised in a surface of a road from a driving image of a vehicle; transforming image coordinates in an image domain of the pattern into world coordinates in a world domain; determining whether to calibrate a camera capturing the driving image by comparing a size predicted based on the world coordinates of the pattern and a reference size of the pattern; in response to a determination to calibrate the camera, determining relative world coordinates of the pattern with respect to a motion of the camera, using images captured by the camera at different time points; transforming the relative world coordinates of the pattern into absolute world coordinates of the pattern; and calibrating the camera using a corresponding relationship between the absolute world coordinates of the pattern and the image coordinates of the pattern.
Abstract:
Provided are a hardmask composition, a method of forming a pattern using the hardmask composition, and a hardmask formed using the hardmask composition. The hardmask composition includes a polar nonaqueous organic solvent and one of: i) a mixture of graphene quantum dots and at least one selected from a diene and a dienophile, ii) a Diels-Alder reaction product of the graphene quantum dots and the at least one selected from a diene and a dienophile, iii) a thermal treatment product of the Diels-Alder reaction product of graphene quantum dots and the at least one selected from a diene and a dienophile, or iv) a combination thereof.
Abstract:
Provided are a hardmask composition, a method of preparing the same, and a method of forming a patterned layer using the hardmask composition. The hardmask composition may include graphene quantum dots, a metal compound, and a solvent. The metal compound may be chemically bonded (e.g., covalently bonded) to the graphene quantum dots. The metal compound may include a metal oxide. The metal oxide may include at least one of zirconium (Zr) oxide, titanium (Ti) oxide, tungsten (W) oxide, or aluminum (Al) oxide. The graphene quantum dots may be bonded to the metal compound by an M-O—C bond or an M-C bond, where M is a metal element, O is oxygen, and C is carbon.
Abstract:
Example embodiments relate to electrode materials, secondary batteries including the electrode materials, and methods of manufacturing the electrode materials and the secondary batteries. An electrode material may include a foam structure having a plurality of pores and a plurality of nanostructures disposed in the plurality of pores. The foam structure may include a graphene foam structure. The plurality of nanostructures may include at least one of a nanoparticle and a nanorod. The plurality of nanostructures may include a material capable of accommodating/discharging ions. The electrode material may be used as an anode material of a secondary battery.