Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining alcohol consumption capable of analyzing alcohol consumption in a time domain by analyzing a formant slope of a voice signal, and a recording medium and a terminal for carrying out same. An terminal for determining whether a person is drunk comprises: a voice input unit for generating a voice frame by receiving a voice signal; a voiced/unvoiced sound analysis unit for determining whether a received voiced frame corresponds to a voiced sound; a formant frequency extraction unit for extracting a plurality of formant frequencies of the voice frame corresponding to the voiced sound; and an alcohol consumption determining unit for calculating a formant slope between the plurality of formant frequencies, and determining the state of alcohol consumption depending on the formant slope, thereby determining whether a person is drunk by analyzing the formant slope of an inputted voice.

Abstract: Provided are an eccentric electrode for an electric discharge machining apparatus, a method of manufacturing the same, and a micro electric discharge machining apparatus including the same that are capable of generating a micro cylindrical shape on a workpiece with simple operations. The electrode for an electric discharge machining apparatus having a machining head is provided. The electrode includes a first member rotatably attached to the machining head and having a rotation axis, and a second member mounted on the first member, eccentrically disposed with respect to the rotation axis of the first member, and having an inverse tapered shape facing away from the machining head. Accordingly, a conveyance path for machining the object being processed can be simplified to increase its efficiency.

Abstract: A method for providing a social network service includes: (a) setting an access threshold value for a content belonging to a content owner and a weight value for one or more communities of which the content owner is a member; (b) extracting a community of which a content requester is a member from among the communities of which the content owner is a member, when a request for the content is received from the content requester, and calculating an activity value of the content requester for the extracted community; (c) calculating a reputation value for the content requester by using one or more of a number of the extracted communities, a weight value set for the extracted communities, and the calculated activity value; and (d) providing the content requester with authorization to access the content according to a comparison result between the reputation value and the access threshold value.

Abstract: A multiple battery charger is provided. The multiple battery charger includes an input unit configured to receive or block power from a power supply unit, an output unit including a plurality of output terminals, wherein the plurality of output terminals are commonly connected to the input unit and charge a plurality of batteries, and wherein each of the plurality of output terminals includes at least one of a plurality of second switches for a selective receipt of the power from the input unit and the plurality of output terminals are controlled in a time division multiple control manner, and a switching control unit configured to transmit a pulse width modulation signal to the input unit and the output unit so as to independently control the power applied to the plurality of batteries. Accordingly, a plurality of different kinds of batteries and the same kind of batteries in which charge states are different can be simultaneously charged.

Abstract: A multiple output converter is provided. The multiple output converter includes a power conversion circuit and a switching control unit. The power conversion circuit includes an input unit having at least one first switch, a transformer unit configured to convert a magnitude of power from the input unit, an output unit having a plurality of output terminals, which are configured to receive the power from the transformer unit, and a second switch unit having a plurality of second switches, wherein each of the plurality of second switches is installed in each of the plurality of output terminals, respectively, and is controlled in a time division multiple control manner. The switching control is configured to transmit a pulse width modulation signal to the at least one first switch and the plurality of second switches for controlling the at least one first switch and the plurality of second switches in the time division multiple control manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a charger capable of diagnosing a lifespan of a battery when the battery is being charged, and a control method thereof. The charger includes a converter applying one of a perturbation voltage and a perturbation current to a battery, and a digital signal processor transmitting a perturbation signal in which an AC signal is added to a DC signal via the converter, measuring an output response of the battery, calculating an impedance spectrum according to the output response of the battery, calculating an impedance parameter by selecting an equivalent circuit according to the impedance spectrum, and estimating a lifespan of the battery by comparing the calculated impedance parameter of the battery with a predetermined impedance parameter of a reference battery.

Abstract: A power converter for a fuel cell is provided. The power converter includes a boost converter connected to the fuel cell and configured to control a load voltage at a predetermined magnitude in a normal operation mode and to induce an output response by applying a predetermined perturbation current to the fuel cell in a diagnosis mode, and a digital signal processor configured to extract an impedance parameter by detecting the output response of the fuel cell in the diagnosis mode, and predict a lifespan of the fuel cell according to the impedance parameter. The normal operation mode is configured to supply a voltage in response to a change of a load and the diagnosis mode is configured to predict the lifespan of the fuel cell.

Abstract: A peer corresponding to a domain in a multi-domain environment and a method for controlling the peer are provided. The peer includes a Peer Connector for a communications connection with at least one different peer, and a Shared Manager storing information of the peer and information of the at least one different peer received through the peer connector. Also the peer includes a SFC Distributor generating service function chaining (SFC) by using the information of the at least one different peer and the information of the peer.

Abstract: A method and a system for supporting mobility of a mobile terminal in a distributed mobile network based on a SDN are disclosed. A method of supporting a fast handover of a mobile terminal in a node-B (eNB) includes the steps of: receiving a handover initiation message from the mobile terminal, the handover initiation message including identification information and signal strength of a target eNB; determining whether or not for a fast handover trigger using the signal strength of the target eNB and movement history of the mobile terminal previously stored; and when it is determined as the fast handover trigger, transmitting a handover request message and a rule for the handover to the target eNB by using the identification information of the target eNB.

Abstract: Provided are a harmful site collection device and method for determining a harmful site by analyzing a connection between harmful sites. The harmful site collection device includes a harmful site database configured to store a URL of a harmful site; a web page collection and extraction unit configured to collect a web page indicated by the URL of the harmful site and extract a linked URL; and a harmful site connection analysis unit configured to calculate a connection with other web pages referenced within a web page of the linked URL to determine whether the web page is a harmful site. Accordingly, the harmful site collection device can determine a harmful site more easily only with information regarding the URL linked to the web page.

Abstract: Provided are a harmful site collection device and method for determining a harmful site by analyzing a connection between harmful sites. The harmful site collection device extracts a URL linked to a web page of a harmful site; checks a link circulation on the basis of link information on a web page of the URL linked to the harmful site to determine whether the web page of the URL linked to the harmful site is a harmful site; and, when a URL of a prestored non-harmful site is extracted while the link circulation is checked, stops checking the link circulation that includes the URL of the non-harmful site. Accordingly, the harmful site collection device can more easily determine a harmful site merely with information on a URL linked to a web page and can reduce the amount of computation using information on a URL of a prestored non-harmful site.

Abstract: A memory device for multiple processors capable of processing a plurality of memory access requests and a memory system having the same are provided. The memory device includes one command and control signal port configured to receive a command and control signal from a memory controller, one address port configured to receive an address signal from the memory controller, a data port configured to form a plurality of data channels being independently driven to simultaneously process a plurality of memory access requests of the memory controller, and a plurality of memory banks divided into a plurality of sub-banks to simultaneously perform operations according to the plurality of memory access requests when the plurality of memory access requests are sequentially transmitted through the command and control signal port and the address port.

Abstract: Disclosed are a word comfort/discomfort index prediction apparatus and method therefore. The word comfort/discomfort index prediction apparatus includes: a calculation unit calculating emotional associations between the word and one or more respective comparative words, calculating emotional associations between at least one predefined reference word and the one or more respective comparative words, and calculating an emotional similarity between the word and each of the at least one reference word; and a prediction unit predicting the comfort/discomfort index of the word by using the at least one emotional similarity and a predefined comfort/discomfort index of the at least one reference word.

Abstract: A two-dimensional interleaving method is provided. The two-dimensional interleaving method includes dividing a first page having N2×N2 pixels, N being a natural number, into a plurality of blocks, wherein each of the plurality of blocks includes N×N pixels, rearranging each of the plurality of the blocks of the first page into a second page, wherein each of two index located at same position in two adjacent block of the first page, respectively, is rearranged to have at least a dispersion distance D in the second page, and relocating an index pixel located at same position of each of the plurality of the blocks of the first page into a k-th block of the second page.

Abstract: An inverse transform method and apparatus for a video codec are disclosed. The inverse transformer can include: a first inverse transform unit configured to perform an inverse transform operation on an even column portion of a 2n×2n block or an n×n block sharing inverse transform coefficients; and a second inverse transform unit configured to store coefficients according to a first input mode and a second input mode and configured to select coefficients according to input mode and multiply the selected coefficients with an input value to perform an inverse transform of an odd column portion of a 2n×2n block or an n×n block.

Abstract: A method of constructing and maintaining a circle-mesh overlay network is disclosed. The method of constructing a circle-mesh overlay network includes: (a) determining a reference member number of a circle overlay by using a total number of participating peers; (b) creating a new circle overlay and adding member peers from among the participating peers to the new circle overlay in consideration of the reference member number; and (c) forming a circle-mesh overlay network by way of interconnection between the new circle overlay and a different circle overlay.

Abstract: A device for driving a light-emitting diode, a light-emitting device, and a display device are disclosed. The disclosed light-emitting diode driving device may include: a first transistor having a first conductive electrode connected with a source voltage terminal and having a second conductive electrode connected with an input terminal of the light-emitting diode; a second transistor having a control electrode connected with the second conductive electrode of the first transistor; and a capacitor having one end connected with a data voltage terminal and having the other end connected with a first node, which is connected with a control electrode of the first transistor and with a first conductive electrode of the second transistor.

Abstract: A method and system for supporting the mobility of a mobile terminal in a software-defined network are disclosed. A method for supporting the mobility of a mobile terminal in a software-defined network according to an embodiment of the invention can include: routing a data packet of the mobile terminal to an authority switch serving as an anchor within a first partition, said routing performed by a switch by referencing a flow table; and setting a data path to an authority switch of a second partition, which is the partition containing the destination of the data packet, based on a rule provided by a controller and transmitting the data packet to a destination, said setting and transmitting performed by the authority switch of the first partition.

Abstract: Provided is a reaction force compensation device capable of compensating for a reaction force caused by a motor that is continuously rotating. The reaction force compensation device is configured to compensate for a reaction force generated when a motor including a stator and a rotor, which is combined with the stator to be rotatable, is driven, and includes a housing disposed below the motor, and a rotation support member disposed between the housing and the rotor and configured to support the stator to be rotatable with respect to the housing. The stator rotates by a reaction force generated when the rotor rotates.

Abstract: An image processing system and method is provided. The image processing system includes extracting a first local statistical characteristics from an observed image, generating a low-pass filter according to the first local statistical characteristics to generate a predicted noise image, and extracting second local statistical characteristics from the predicted noise image, extracting a third local statistical characteristics from a predicted original image using the first local statistical characteristics of the observed image and the second local statistical characteristics of the predicted noise image, and setting a flag level indicating a noise level for each pixel of the observed image according to the third local statistical characteristics of the predicted original image to detect noise, and setting a filter coefficient according to the flag level of the detected noise to remove the noise, and restoring the observed image.