Abstract: A storage device and a method of operating a storage device including a non-volatile memory. The method includes selecting a first task from among a plurality of tasks queued in a task queue of the storage device; determining whether a mode of the first task is identical to a mode of a previously-executed task; and determining an execution order of the first task according to a result of determination. The modes and the region addresses of tasks may be utilized to group tasks to permit interleaving of programming data.

Abstract: A method for photographing an image performed by a computer device according to an embodiment of the present application includes obtaining a screen division value for photographing an image, classifying a photographing screen into a plurality of sections based on the screen division value, photographing a first image by focusing a first section among the plurality of sections, photographing a second image by focusing a second section among the plurality of sections and transmitting the first image and the second image to a server. According to the method, it is capable of reading whether an image is actually photographed without having a separate ToF module, and applicable to an outdoor environment on which interference from other light rays is strong.

Abstract: Provided is an oriented electrical steel sheet including a groove existing on the surface of the electrical steel sheet and a forsterite layer formed on a part or all of the surface of the electrical steel sheet, in which forsterite which is extended from the forsterite layer and penetrates to a base steel sheet in an anchor form is present on the surface of the side of the groove.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, including: a linear groove formed in a direction crossing a rolling direction on one surface or both surfaces of an electrical steel sheet; and a linear thermal shock portion formed in the direction crossing the rolling direction on one surface or both surfaces of the electrical steel sheet. The groove is formed in plural along the rolling direction, a distance D2 between the groove and the thermal shock portion is 0.2 to 0.5 times a distance D1 between the grooves, and a distance D3 between the thermal shock portions is 0.2 to 3.0 times the distance D1 between the grooves.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition for prevention, improvement or treatment of light-derived skin cell damage, a health supplement food composition for prevention or improvement of light-derived skin cell damage and a blue light blocking cosmetic composition, each of which includes Curcuma aromatica Salisb extract and/or Elaeocarpus sylvestris var. Ellipticus extract as effective ingredients, as well as a method for preparing the Curcuma aromatica Salisb extract and the Elaeocarpus sylvestris var. Ellipticus extract. Such compositions may absorb blue light having a wavelength of 380 to 500 nm, so as to protect skin cells from being damaged by blue light.

Abstract: A method of registering biometric information according to an embodiment includes generating a registration target biometric template based on biometric information of a user, transmitting a biometric information registration request including the registration target biometric template to a server, acquiring transaction information based on the biometric information registration request from the server through one or more communication interfaces, generating an electronic signature for the transaction information using a private key, transmitting the electronic signature for the transaction information to the server through the one or more communication interfaces, and acquiring a registration result for the registration target biometric template based on a verification result for the electronic signature from the server through the one or more communication interface.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical steel sheet comprising: a groove formed in a surface of a steel sheet, wherein the groove includes a bottom surface, a first side surface extending from the bottom surface, and a second side surface extending from the bottom surface in opposite to the first side surface, wherein the groove has a depth from the surface to the bottom surface, a width in a rolling direction of the steel sheet, and a length in a width direction of the steel sheet, and wherein the groove is formed through laser-irradiation and removal of melt produced by the laser-irradiation; an opening defined by the bottom surface, the first side surface and the second side surface; and a first solidification portion formed on the first side surface of the groove. The first solidification portion is formed by a solidification of part of the melt produced from the laser-irradiation.

Abstract: A method of operating a storage device including a non-volatile memory includes receiving a write command from a host in a first state, receiving write data from the host in a second state, and transitioning an operation state from the second state to one of the first state and a third state based on a write mode chosen. The write command is received in the first state, and the received write data is programmed to the non-volatile memory in the third state.

Abstract: A storage device includes a memory device including a metadata area and a journal data area. A memory controller is configured to control the memory device to write a metadata block to the metadata area and to write a journal data block to the journal data area. The metadata block includes metadata, and the journal data block includes both journal data and metadata storage information. The journal data includes log information pertaining to the metadata, and the metadata storage information includes information pertaining to storage of the metadata block.

Abstract: Provided is an authentication service system and authentication service method. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, when a plurality of authentication processes are performed using different authentication factors, an access token is issued based on an authentication factor used in a previous authentication process; and a subsequent authentication process is performed according to validity of the access token issued in the previous authentication process.

Abstract: A system and method for authentication are provided. The system for authentication according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a service server configured to: receive a first authentication request message from an authentication server and convert a random number included in the first authentication request message into an optical code; a first user terminal configured to receive the optical code from the service server and display the optical code; and a second user terminal configured to: recognize the random number by capturing an image of the displayed optical code in response to receiving a second authentication request message from the service server and authenticate a user by using the random number, the second authentication request message, and biometric information of the user.

Abstract: A method of operating a storage device includes receiving a write task from a host device. The method also includes storing the write task in a task queue included in the storage device. A write execution command is received from the host device. The method includes executing the write task in response to the write execution command and performing an internal management operation of the storage device after the write task is stored in the task queue and before the write execution command is received. The response time of the storage device to the write execution command is reduced and performance of the system is enhanced by performing the internal management operation such as the data backup operation during the queuing stage and the ready stage in advance before receiving the write execution command.

Abstract: A battery module having secondary batteries or unit modules, each having two or more secondary batteries, stacked vertically, wherein the battery module includes a base plate on which the secondary batteries or the unit modules are stacked, a pair of end plates disposed in contact with outer sides of the secondary batteries or the unit modules in which the bottom of each of the end plates is fixed to the base plate, and supporting bars connected between opposite sides of the end plates. The base plate is provided at opposite sides thereof with a pair of upward protrusions extending in a longitudinal direction to prevent deformation due to vertical vibration and to disperse pressure. Opposite sides of the bottom of each of the unit modules are disposed at the top of the upward protrusions.

Abstract: An operating method performed by a storage device includes selecting a first task from among a plurality of tasks queuing in a command queue of the storage device, checking a first block to be accessed by the first task using a mapping table loaded to the storage device, determining whether the first block is a read reclaim target or a replacement target, and determining an order of executing the first task depending on whether the first block is the read reclaim target or the replacement target.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for analyzing single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) using a peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probe and a melting curve analysis, and more particularly, a method is disclosed for analyzing SNPs of mtDNA by the melting curve analysis of a PNA probe and mtDNA, in which the PNA probe is coupled with a reporter and a quencher. By using PNA probes labeled with a reporter and a quencher in the method for analyzing SNPs of mtDNA, the time and cost required for individual identification can be drastically decreased, initial analysis can be carried out in the event of a large number of inspections or mass casualties, and human identification information can be coded, and thus the method is very easy to manage and supervise.

Abstract: A unit cell pack having a first battery module including battery cartridges that are sequentially stacked, a plurality of batteries wherein two batteries are seated on an upper surface of each of the battery cartridges, electrode connection members respectively positioned on both sides of the battery cartridges, and a battery cover covering the battery cartridges, the plurality of batteries, and the electrode connection members; a second battery module being adjacent to the first battery module and including same constituent elements as the first battery module; a battery housing surrounding the first battery module and the second battery module, and including air inflow window covers and air outflow window covers facing each other; and a fan duct disposed on the air outflow window covers of the battery housing is provided. A lower surface of each of the battery cartridges defines air guide grooves with respect to each other.

Abstract: A method of operating a storage device including a non-volatile memory includes receiving a write command from a host in a first state, receiving write data from the host in a second state, and transitioning an operation state from the second state to one of the first state and a third state based on a write mode chosen. The write command is received in the first state, and the received write data is programmed to the non-volatile memory in the third state.

Abstract: A storage device and a method of operating a storage device including a non-volatile memory. The method includes selecting a first task from among a plurality of tasks queued in a task queue of the storage device; determining whether a mode of the first task is identical to a mode of a previously-executed task; and determining an execution order of the first task according to a result of determination. The modes and the region addresses of tasks may be utilized to group tasks to permit interleaving of programming data.

Abstract: Provided is a method for refining magnetic domains of grain-oriented electrical steel plates including: a steel plate supporting roll position adjusting step of controlling a vertical direction position of the steel plate while supporting the steel plate; a laser radiating step of melting the steel plate by radiating a laser beam to form grooves on the surface of the steel plate; and a setting and maintaining step of setting and maintaining an internal operation environment of a laser room in which the laser radiation is performed, so as to increase magnetic domain refinement efficiency and improve workability by optimizing equipment and processes, thereby increasing the processing capacity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module configured to have a structure in which two or more unit cells are fixed to a cartridge and a plurality of cartridges is stacked, the battery module including unit cells having electrode terminals formed at one side thereof, cartridges for fixing the unit cells, and bus bars coupled with the electrode terminals for electrically connecting the unit cells with each other, wherein the unit cells are mounted to the cartridges such that the electrode terminals of the unit cells face each other in a state in which the unit cells are arranged in a line such that side surfaces of the unit cells are parallel to the ground, and the electrode terminals facing each other are connected to each other in parallel by the bus bars mounted to the cartridges to form a parallel unit cell connection structure for each of the cartridges, and the cartridges are stacked such that a plurality of parallel unit cell connection structures is arranged from the ground in a height direction.