Abstract: Provided are a display driving apparatus for updating information displayed on a display of an electronic device, an electronic device including the same, and a method for driving the display using the same. A display driving apparatus includes a driving controller configured to receive promotion setting information from a device controller of an electronic device and drive the display according to the received promotion setting information independently of the device controller.

Abstract: An electronic label and a method of displaying product information on an electronic label are provided. An electronic label includes an electronic paper display having a first display area and a second display area, a first display driver configured to drive a first thin film transistor (TFT) substrate corresponding to the first display area, and a second display driver configured to drive a second TFT substrate corresponding to the second display area, and the first display driver is configured to drive the first TFT substrate independently from the second display driver.

Abstract: An Electronic Information Label (EIL), a server, and a method of transmitting a call signal are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, an EIL includes: a receiver configured to receive manipulation from a user; a detector configured to cause an interrupt signal by detecting the manipulation received in the receiver; and a call request transmitter configured to wake up in response to detection of the interrupt signal, and transmit a call request signal to a management server to request a call for a person in charge.

Abstract: A method is provided for removing a volatile organic compound (VOC) contained in an artificial leather fabric and odor caused by the volatile organic compound by coating the artificial leather fabric with an adsorbent which reacts with a noxious substance containing the volatile organic compound (VOC); and immersing; washing; and drying the reacted artificial leather fabric. The method includes coating the adsorbent and immobilizing the volatile organic compound through a reaction, to prevent volatilization of the organic compound or reduce an amount thereof. Further, after the reaction between the artificial leather fabric and the adsorbent, the artificial leather fabric is washed, to remove the volatile organic compound immobilized on a surface of the fabric from the artificial leather.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic shelf label (ESL) tag including a power adjusting unit connected to the battery to receive power, wherein the power adjusting unit boosts power and provides the boosted power to an IC when the IC is in an active mode, and transfers the power to the IC as it is when the IC is in a sleep mode. Therefore, the ESL tag may be normally operated even though a voltage drop phenomenon of a battery occurs.

Abstract: A method includes detecting whether a cover covers the at least one portion of the display, receiving a call signal, displaying an information related to the reception of the call signal on the at least one portion of the display in response to the reception of the telephone call reception signal, detecting an external object that is adjacent to a surface of the display, and connecting a call in response to the detection of the adjacency of the external object. An electronic device includes a controller configured to cause the display to display receiving a call through the window in response to receiving the call while the cover is detected to cover the display, and control the call to be connected in response to detecting an external object that is adjacent to a surface of the display.

Abstract: Disclosed is anti-slip vinyl flooring that is capable of forming a concavo-convex portion having a thickness of more than a given value on a PVC surface layer of the vinyl flooring, thus effectively preventing slipping thereon and further ensuring a high degree of dimension stability. The anti-slip vinyl flooring according to the present invention is formed by sequentially laminating a PVC surface layer, a PVC base layer, and a backing layer, from the top thereof, wherein a concavo-convex portion having a thickness in the range of 70 ?m to 160 ?m is formed on the PVC surface layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a seed sticker for seeding and planting flowers or sprouts easily and quickly in a small vessel or in a flower garden and a manufacturing method thereof. The present invention is characterized by a seed sticker, inside of which a seed is enshrined, comprising: a transfer paper wherein a coating layer is formed on the surface of the transfer paper; an adhesive layer which is formed on the surface of the coating layer; a seed pellet which is enshrined on the surface of the adhesive layer; a red clay soil sheet accumulated over the upper part of the seed pellet; and a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) sheet accumulated over the upper part of the red clay soil sheet and covering both the seed pellet and the red clay soil sheet, and the edge of which is bonded to the adhesive layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a PLA flooring material having a fabric surface. The flooring material includes fabrics of a PLA material on the surface thereof, thereby achieving a fabric texture which cannot be obtained by printing in the art, environmental burden in disposal of petroleum resin products, and realizing an environmentally friendly flooring material through application of a PLA resin to a fabric layer, a rear layer and the like of the flooring material. The flooring material further includes a dimension stabilizing layer to improve dimensional stability.

Abstract: An air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, at least one of which includes a communication unit, a switching unit turned on when communication lines are connected to the communication unit, turned off in a standby mode, and turned on when the standby mode is released, a voltage distribution unit distributing voltage applied to the communication unit when the switching unit is turned off, a voltage adjustment unit adjusting the voltage applied to the communication unit and transmitting the adjusted voltage to the communication unit, and a control unit turning the switching unit on when driving voltage is input to the control unit, turning the switching unit off when the at least one of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit enters the standby mode, and turning the switching unit on based on the voltage distributed by the voltage distribution unit in the standby mode.

Abstract: There are provided a communications system and a method for more efficiently communicating display information in transmitting large-capacity data, such as graphics data, between communication nodes, and an electronic shelf label system using the same. The communications system communicating display information includes a first communications device transmitting display information and a second communications device having a display unit displaying the display information.

Abstract: A sliding-type mobile communication terminal having a first housing and a second housing opened or closed by means of a sliding movement in a longitudinal direction of the first housing, The terminal includes a spring module adapted to provide a sliding force, along the longitudinal direction, for closing of the second housing within a predetermined range of distance, and for providing the sliding force in an opposite direction for opening of the second housing beyond the predetermined range of distance. The spring module includes link bars rotatably coupled in one end onto the first housing, coil springs supported by one end of the link bar and coupled to enclose the link bar, and a slider slidably coupled to the link bar to be acted upon by an elastic force from the coil spring. The coil springs implement a semi-automatic sliding opening/closure of the second housing.

Abstract: A memory device with a self-copy function includes a memory cell array having first and second banks, and a memory interface. The memory interface reads data from a memory area of the first bank corresponding to a source address contained in previously set self-copy information and writes the read data to a memory area of the second bank corresponding to a destination address contained in the self-copy information via a self-copy data path when a self-copy signal is activated by an external self-copy start request.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a seed sticker for seeding and planting flowers or sprouts easily and quickly in a small vessel such as a pot at home or in a flower garden and a manufacturing method thereof. The present invention is characterized by a seed sticker inside of which a seed is enshrined comprising: a transfer paper 10 wherein a coating layer 11 is formed on the surface of the transfer paper; an adhesive layer 20 which is formed on the surface of the coating layer 11; a seed pellet 30 which is enshrined on the surface of the adhesive layer 20; a red clay soil sheet 40 which is accumulated over the upper part of the seed pellet 30; and a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) sheet which is accumulated over the upper part of the red clay soil sheet 40 and covers both the seed pellet and the red clay soil sheet and the edge of which is bonded to the adhesive layer 30. It is possible to cultivate a desired kind of plant into desired forms by producing the seeds in a sticker form as disclosed above.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may provide a microchip applicable to an electrophoresis employing UV detection and a method of manufacturing the same. The microchip of the present invention has a glass channel plate, which is formed on an upper surface thereof with a loading channel and a separation channel and is provided on the upper surface thereof with an optical slit layer made of silicon except the channel region, and a glass reservoir plate, which is formed with sample solution reservoirs and buffer solution reservoirs. The loading channel and the separation channel are formed on the channel plate by deep reactive ion etching. The sample solution reservoirs and the buffer solution reservoirs are formed in the reservoir plate by sand blasting. The channel plate and the reservoir plate are combined by anodic bonding the optical slit layer and the reservoir plate. Electrodes for sample and electrodes for buffer are deposited by sputtering Pt with a shadow mask after anodic bonding.

Abstract: A settlement relay system, which is connected to an affiliated shop terminal, a mobile communication terminal of a customer and a credit card company system, includes a communication part and a system control part. The communication part is connected to the affiliated shop terminal and the mobile communication terminal through a communication network. The system control part receives a settlement serial number data corresponding to a settlement from the mobile communication terminal via a communication network, receives a receipt serial number data from the affiliated shop terminal via a communication network, and performs a procedure corresponding to a transaction approval, when it is checked that the settlement serial number data and the receipt serial number data are matched with each other. Thus, a customer self settles through his/her own mobile communication terminal so that risk of duplication of the credit card may be prevented.

Abstract: A dual port memory device converts an address and a control signal, which are inputted via a first port and conform to a first type memory interface, into an address and a control signal which conform to a second type memory interface, to access a memory array. The dual port memory device accesses a memory array based on an address and a control signal which are inputted via a second port and conform to the second type memory interface. The dual port memory device accesses a memory array according to the first type memory interface or the second type memory interface in response to a selecting signal. Therefore, the dual port memory device can be coupled to a processor with a first interface (e.g., PSRAM or SRAM interface) and a processor with a second interface (e.g., SDRAM interface).

Abstract: A contents receiving device may automatically receive contents, and a recording medium may store a contents receiving program. The contents receiving device may refer to an agent table, receive contents having the greatest weight of the agent having the least preference deviation as a top priority from a contents providing server or a P2P network, and store the contents in a contents storage unit. Therefore, the contents receiving device and a device for operating the contents receiving program may automatically download contents satisfying the user's preference. Further, the devices may allow easy finding of user preferences on the contents and similarities on contents preference with respective agents.

Abstract: A dual port memory device converts an address and a control signal, which are inputted via a first port and conform to a first type memory interface, into an address and a control signal which conform to a second type memory interface, to access a memory array. The dual port memory device accesses a memory array based on an address and a control signal which are inputted via a second port and conform to the second type memory interface. The dual port memory device accesses a memory array according to the first type memory interface or the second type memory interface in response to a selecting signal. Therefore, the dual port memory device can be coupled to a processor with a first interface (e.g., PSRAM or SRAM interface) and a processor with a second interface (e.g., SDRAM interface).

Abstract: Provided is a system-in-package module including a system circuit board; a first element that is disposed on the system circuit board; a second element that is disposed on the first element so as to be shifted to one side from the center of the first element, while partially exposing the first element; a third element that is electrically connected to the system circuit board and is disposed on the second element; and a plurality of bump pads that are disposed on the bottom surface of the system circuit board.