Abstract: A microphone that includes a calibration signal generator that generates a calibration signal based upon a received invocation input. The calibration signal has known audio properties. The microphone also includes a transducer that converts sound energy into an electrical signal. An integrated circuit receives the electrical signal from the transducer. An external microphone interface provides the calibration signal to a device external to the microphone.

Abstract: In a related-art image pickup device, there is a problem that the power consumption increases. A semiconductor device includes a plurality of pixel circuits connected to one vertical signal line SL, and an inverting amplification circuit configured to amplify a signal level obtained through the vertical signal line SL with an amplification factor determined according to a capacitance ratio between an input capacitor Ci and a feedback capacitor Cf, in which the feedback capacitor Cf is disconnected from an output of the inverting amplification circuit and connected to the vertical signal line SL in a charge recovery period set in a period between a first timing and a second timing, the first timing being a timing when amplification of an image pickup signal read from a first pixel circuit by the inverting amplification circuit has been completed, the second timing being a timing when amplification of a dark level signal read from a second pixel circuit by the inverting amplification circuit is started.

Abstract: A context aware service provision method and apparatus for recognizing the user context and executing an action corresponding to the user context according to a rule defined by the user and feeding back the execution result to the user interactively are provided. The method for providing a context-aware service includes receiving a user input, the user input being at least one of a text input and a speech input, identifying a rule including a condition and an action corresponding to the condition based on the received user input, activating the rule to detect a context which corresponds to the condition of the rule, and executing, when the context is detected, the action corresponding to the condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, the array substrate includes: a substrate, a first insulation layer disposed above the substrate, a plurality of touch lines disposed at the bottom of the first through-hole, a plurality of touch electrode blocks disposed above the first insulation layer, a pixel connection portion disposed at the bottom of the first through-hole, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed above the first insulation layer. The first insulation layer consists of at least one first through-hole running through the first insulation layer. At least one of the plurality of touch lines corresponds to one touch electrode block, and the touch electrode block is electrically connected to the corresponding at least one touch line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the pixel connection portion. In the present disclosure, the touch lines and the pixel connection share one through-hole.

Abstract: A method for managing link failure, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving a link failure report (LFR) for notifying that a link between user equipment and an base station of a second RAT has been disassociated; requesting an entity of a first RAT, which manages interworking between the first RAT and the second RAT, to switch a flow of downlink data for the user equipment, which is to be transmitted to the base station of the second RAT, to a base station of the first RAT; establishing a direct tunnel between the base station of the first RAT and the base station of the second RAT by using an identifier of the base station of the second RAT, which is included in the LFR of the user equipment; and relaying the downlink data for the user equipment, which has been buffered in the base station of the second RAT up to before the switch of the flow after the disassociation of the link, from the base station of the second RAT to the user equipment.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an accessory detachably coupled to an electronic device, the electronic device, and a method of processing an input in the electronic device. The accessory includes a body part located on at least one surface of the electronic device when the accessory is attached to the electronic device, an opening into which a part of a pen is inserted, a depression into which a pen point of the pen is inserted, and a pen accommodation part that comprises a lateral portion located between the opening and the depression and a cavity located below the lateral portion to allow the pen to move when inserted, where the body part is formed of a magnetic material so as to be attached to and detached from the electronic device, and where the cavity contains a conductive material through which a signal generated from the pen when inserted into the depression is transferred to a touch panel of the electronic device.

Abstract: A solution for evaluating a vehicle, such as a railroad vehicle, is provided. Vibration data relating to the railroad vehicle can be acquired by vibration sensing devices located adjacent to a rail. Enhanced signal data can be generated from the vibration data acquired by the vibration sensing devices. The enhanced signal data can be evaluated for any anomalous features, such as vibration peaks. When multiple anomalous features are present, these features can be further evaluated to determine whether they indicate a presence of a defect on the railroad vehicle that is producing a periodic signal.

Abstract: A method for resource allocation in a wireless LAN system according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that an access point (AP) sends a frame comprising a signaling field and a data field to one or more stations, wherein the signaling field comprises a first signaling field (SIG A field) including first common control information for the one or more stations and a second signaling field (SIG B field) including individual control information for each of the one or more stations, wherein the second signaling field includes resource allocation information for data transmission to the one or more stations, and wherein the resource allocation information comprises resource allocation information for data to be transmitted in a frequency band different from a frequency band in which the second signaling field (SIG B field) is transmitted.

Abstract: A dummy gate electrode layer and a dummy gate mask layer may be formed on a substrate. The dummy gate mask layer may be patterned to form a dummy gate mask so that a portion of the dummy gate electrode layer is exposed. Ions may be implanted into the exposed portion of the dummy gate electrode layer and a portion of the dummy gate electrode layer adjacent thereto by an angled ion implantation to form a growth blocking layer in the dummy gate electrode layer. The dummy gate electrode layer may be etched using the dummy gate mask as an etching mask to form a dummy gate electrode. A spacer may be formed on side surfaces of a dummy gate structure including the dummy gate electrode and the dummy gate mask. An SEG process may be performed to form an epitaxial layer.

Abstract: A composite positive electrode active material, the positive electrode active material including: a first metal oxide having a layered structure; and a second metal oxide having a spinel structure, wherein second metal oxide is represented by Formula 1, and wherein the first metal oxide and the second metal oxide form a composite: Li2M1(1+a)Mn(3?a)O8??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, ?1<a<1; and M1 is at least one element selected from Groups 4 to 10, 13, and 14 of the Periodic Table, and wherein M1 is not Mn. Also a positive electrode including the composite positive electrode active material, and a lithium battery including the positive electrode.

Abstract: A water dispensing apparatus may include a dispenser housing at which a container accommodation part accommodating a container is formed to be recessed; a water nozzle provided at an inner surface of the dispenser housing which defines an upper surface of the container accommodation part; a water level detecting member provided at the inner surface of the dispenser housing close to the water nozzle and configured to detect a level of water filled in the container; a target water level input part provided to input the level of water filled in the container; and a water level indicating unit provided at an inner surface of the dispenser housing which defines a side surface of the container accommodation part to indicate a water level on the container.

Abstract: A method for providing information associated with a target Bluetooth device. A first, search-attempting Bluetooth device sends an inquiry message for searching for a nearby target Bluetooth device. A target Bluetooth device responds by sending an inquiry response message including predefined information mark data. The first Bluetooth device extracts link information from the information mark data, and uses the link information to access information associated with the target Bluetooth device. If the link information includes a user manual link or an application link, after the first Bluetooth device and the target Bluetooth device are paired, the manual link or the application link are used for obtaining a manual associated with the target Bluetooth device or downloading an application associated with the target Bluetooth device.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for modifying a contour line of an object are provided. The method involves displaying a contour line of an object on a screen, receiving a plurality of touch points, matching each of the plurality of the received touch points with corresponding contour line points on the contour line, generating touch point movement data by tracing a movement path of each of the plurality of the received touch points, determining a curvature variation of the contour line based on the touch point movement data, and modifying the contour line by moving each of the corresponding contour line points based on the touch point movement data and applying the curvature variation to a section connected between each of the moved corresponding contour line points to generate the section.

Abstract: An electronic device, wireless control device, system management server, wireless control method, and an update method are provided. The electronic device includes a wireless charging module configured to receive a request signal from a wireless control device and transmit a response signal to the wireless control device in response to the request signal; and a processor configured to update system software of the electronic device based on a management mode booting signal that is received from the wireless control device in response to the request signal.

Abstract: A flexible device including sensors for shape detection is provided. The flexible device includes a measurement unit including a plurality of bending sensors disposed along at least one edge of the flexible device, and configured to output measurement values sensed by the plurality of bending sensors, and a controller configured to detect a position of at least one curve point on the flexible device by receiving the sensed measurements values from the measurement unit, and to detect at least one bending line of the flexing device according to information about positions of curve points, which are detected on at least two different sides of the flexible device.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a file, a storage configured to support journaling of the file stored in the memory, and a data processing module configured to process a journaling method of the file in one mode of a writeback mode and an ordered mode in correspondence to at least one of a property of an application relating to the file and a property of the file.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile terminal including a display unit configured to output screen information corresponding to a specific function, and receive a touch for controlling the specific function, and a controller configured to determine whether or not an error has been generated from the specific function, on the basis of changes in the screen information and error information included in the screen information during the control of the specific function, wherein the controller controls the display unit to output a guide image for searching for error data associated with the error when it is determined that the error has been generated.