Abstract: Provided is a method of producing 1,3-propanediol by culturing a recombinant strain in which the glycerol oxidative pathway had been blocked, and more particularly a method of producing 1,3-propanediol by two-step culture of a recombinant strain in which the oxidative pathway that produces byproducts in the glycerol metabolic pathway had been blocked. When the recombinant strain in which the glycerol oxidative pathway that produces byproducts had been blocked is cultured in two steps, 1,3-propanediol can be produced with improved yield without producing products that result in an increase in purification costs.

Abstract: Provided is a method and system for calculating a bivariate Gaussian Q function using a univariate Gaussian Q function to thereby analyze an error probability of a communication system. A method of calculating an error probability of a communication system may include: receiving encoded communication information from another communication system; restoring information desired to be transmitted by another user by decoding the encoded communication system; and calculating the error probability by analyzing the restored information using a bivariate Gaussian Q function, the error probability indicating a probability that the restored information is different from the information desired to be transmitted by the other user. The calculating may include calculating the bivariate Gaussian Q function using a univariate Gaussian Q function.

Abstract: A serial peripheral interface of an integrated circuit including multiple pins is provided. The pins are coupled to the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit receives an instruction through only one of the plurality of pins. The integrated circuit receives an address through the plurality of pins. The integrated circuit sends a read out data through the plurality of pins.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus that can print material by which specific information is not revealed without prohibiting printing, even where the printing data contains information that causes problems by printing specific information. By detecting information to be restricted in the printing data and restricting the image formation of the detected information, the image forming apparatus of the present invention can form the image in which the image of the information is not formed. Accordingly, the present invention provides an image forming apparatus that can print material by which specific information is not revealed without prohibiting printing, even where the printing data contains specific information.

Abstract: An image sensor with a shared photodiode is provided. The image sensor includes at least two unit pixels, each of which includes a photodiode, a diffusion region which gathers electrons from the photodiode, a transfer transistor which connects the photodiode with the diffusion region, and a readout circuit which reads out a signal from the diffusion region. Photodiodes of neighboring unit pixels are disposed symmetrically to be adjacent to one another to form a shared photodiode. The image sensor does not have a STI region which causes a dark current restricting its performance and does not require a basic minimum design factor (a distance or an area) related to a STI region. A region corresponding to a STI region may be used as a region of a photodiode or for additional pixel scaling. Therefore, a limitation in scaling of a photodiode is overcome, and pixel performance is improved in spite of pixel scaling.

Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a normally-off mode high frequency device structure and a method of simultaneously manufacturing a normally-on mode high frequency device structure and a normally-off mode high frequency device structure on a single substrate.

Abstract: A transmission terminal includes an information generation unit, a transmission unit, a delivery management unit, and a reception unit. The information generation unit generates information that is to be transmitted to a destination reception terminal. The transmission unit transmits information that the information generation unit has generated. The delivery management unit manages transmission of information. The reception unit receives information that the destination reception terminal transmits. Furthermore, the information generation unit generates or receives transmission information that is to be transmitted to the destination reception terminal and generates redundant information for the destination reception terminal to restore the transmission information.

Abstract: A face recognition system includes: an image input section that acquires a facial image of a user; a database in which a feature value of a part of a face of a registered person is stored; a facial position detection section that detects a position of a part of a face from the facial image of the user; a feature value extraction section that extracts a feature value of the part of the face; and a recognition section that recognizes the user by comparing the feature value of the part of the face which is extracted by the feature value extraction section with the feature value of the part of the face of the registered person stored in the database, in which the user selects the part of the face from which the feature value is extracted.

Abstract: Provided are a method for extracting a correlation to generate 3D motion data, and a motion capture system and method using the extracting method to easily compose a humanoid character on a real background image. Cameras for motion capture are installed in a real background capture location (such as an outdoor location or in a studio), and the correlation between motion capture fixed cameras and a moving camera for capturing a real background image is obtained to capture 3D motion data prior to performing motion capture for integrating a humanoid character, so that even when there is interaction between a 3D figure and an actual prop such as a chair or table within the captured space, a humanoid character can easily be composed with the real background.

Abstract: A grill comprising an upper pan unit, a lower pan unit and a lever unit. The upper and the lower pan unit have an opposite position relative to each other, which comprises at least a first opposite position and a second opposite position having different distances relative to each other. The upper pan unit comprises an upper pan mounted on an upper base. The lower pan unit comprises a lower base, a deep pan, and a shallow pan. The deep pan can be detachably mounted on the lower base in the first opposite position. The shallow pan can be detachably mounted on the lower base in the second opposite position. The top peripheries of the shallow pan and the deep pan abut against the upper pan. In both positions, the pan of the lower pan unit can abut against the bottom periphery of the upper pan to avoid the misalignment.

Abstract: This invention is primarily a circuit structure of self-mixing receiver, and the methodology of circuit structure is described as follows. The first stage is a high input impedance voltage amplifier utilized to amplify the received RF carrier signal from the antenna. Besides, there are no any inductors required. The second stage is a multi-stage amplifier to amplify the output signal of first stage to rail-to-rail level, which is quite the same with supply voltage. The third stage is a mixer adopted to lower the signal frequency. The fourth stage is a digital output converter, which is proposed to demodulate the electric signals and convert the demodulated signal to digital signal.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided that is capable of preventing a print data from being leaked even where a user forgets to print out the print data with which an authentication data is attached.

Abstract: A host device is connected to at least one printer through a network. Before printing, the host device broadcasts a query on the network, selects a printer that replies to the query, and sends printer setting information to the printer. The printer includes a setting switch that can be set to different states to accept or reject the printer setting information. A printer replies to the query only if its setting switch is set to the state that accepts the printer setting information. The setting switch avoids the generation of unnecessary replies and thereby simplifies the selection of the printer, as well as protecting the printer from unwanted alteration of its settings.

Abstract: Provided are a method and device for separating and converting multiband signals. The device includes a photoelectric converter for converting an externally received optical signal into an electrical signal, a first switch for separating the converted electrical signal into signals according to frequency bands, a first mobile communication band-pass amplifier for amplifying a mobile communication network signal of the signals separated by the first switch, a broadband up-converter for up-converting a baseband signal of the signals separated by the first switch into a broadband signal, a first broadband amplifier for amplifying the broadband signal output from the broadband up-converter, and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the signals amplified by the first mobile communication band-pass amplifier and the first broadband amplifier.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spacer grid assembly with mixing vanes supporting fuel rods of nuclear fuel assemblies and mixing coolant that flows around the fuel rods, and more particularly, a spacer grid equipped with mixing vanes that mix coolant flowing around fuel rods. The spacer grid with hydraulically balanced mixing vane patterns, in the spacer grid equipped with a strip dividing a plurality of unit grid cells and a plurality of springs, protruded in uniform directions of vertical and horizontal directions on a grid surface of the strip and supporting nuclear fuel rods, which includes: a plurality of mixing vanes protruded to the downstream of coolant on an upper end of the inner grid surface, wherein positions and directions of the mixing vanes are formed in regular patterns on the spacer grid. Thus, it can minimize coolant flow induced vibration of the spacer grid by balancing hydraulic load generated by the mixing vanes, around the center of the spacer grids.

Abstract: A wireless tag includes at least one of a signal radiation unit that radiates a first linking signal based on an instruction from a wireless tag access device, and a signal detection unit that detects a second linking signal that has been radiated and provides the second linking signal to the wireless tag access device.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for translating a high programming level language code such as C, C++, Fortran, Java or the like into a HDL code such as Verilog or VHDL. The system includes: a C-to-C source translator which reads user API from a translation-targeted high level language code marked with the user API, separates the translation-targeted high level language code into a hardware code part and a software code part, and stores the hardware code part and the software code part in separate files; a main compiler which compiles the stored software code part; a translator which translates the stored hardware code part into a HDL code including one or more block modules and one top module; a main core which executes the compiled software code part; and a dedicated hardware which executes the HDL code.

Abstract: An optical m-ary modulator includes an optical loop forming a polarization maintaining closed optical path. A loop input-output unit splits linearly polarized input signal light into a first component and a second component and feeds the first and second components into the optical loop in opposite directions. A pair of phase modulators modulate the first and second components according to respective control signals. The loop input-output unit recombines the modulated first and second components. The optical phase bias unit creates a phase difference between the first and second components so that they combine to form an m-ary modulated optical signal. Since the first and second components travel around the same optical path, when they recombine their phases are correctly aligned, making the modulator immune to environmental effects and permitting the use of high-speed optical modulation techniques.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device capable of increasing an amount of light irradiated to the outside is provided. A semiconductor light-emitting device (1) includes a substrate (2), an n-type semiconductor layer (3), a light-emitting layer (4), a p-type semiconductor layer (5), an n-side pad electrode (6), an n-side pad electrode (7), a p-side electrode (8), a reflecting layer (9), and a p-side pad electrode (10). The n-side pad electrode (7) is electrically connected to the n-type semiconductor layer (3) via the n-side pad electrode (6). The p-side pad electrode (10) is electrically connected to the p-type semiconductor layer (5) via the p-side electrode (8).