Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving, by a station, channel information in a wireless LAN system, the method comprising: receiving a beacon frame including the channel information, wherein the channel information includes information for a channel change, the information for the channel change includes a field for a operating class of a new channel, a field for a channel number of the new channel and a field for a maximum transmit power of the new channel; parsing the beacon frame; and changing to a new channel with the maximum transmit power.

Abstract: Provided herein is a health monitoring apparatus that is capable of increasing the reliability and stability of an aviation system, the health monitoring apparatus including a health monitoring manager configured to receive a sensed error from an aeronautic system control apparatus, and to activate one of a process level monitor, a partition level monitor, and a module level monitor according to an error level of the sensed error, and a monitor unit comprising the process level monitor, the partition level monitor, and the module level monitor that are integrated into one system by a partitioning method, wherein the one of the process level monitor, the partition level monitor, and the module level monitor that is activated by the health monitoring manager performs error handling and provides an error processing method suitable to the sensed error to the aeronautic system control apparatus.

Abstract: A method for testing a display panel includes: applying a first level signal to a first sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel of a first pixel unit and applying a second level signal to a second sub-pixel of the first pixel unit; applying the second level signal to a first sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel of a second pixel unit and applying the first level signal to a second sub-pixel of the second pixel unit; and detecting a short circuit between adjacent sub-pixels. The first level signal has a voltage polarity opposite to a voltage polarity of the second level signal. Therefore, it is ensured that any two adjacent sub-pixels have opposite voltage polarities when the short circuit between adjacent sub-pixels of the display panel is detected. The method also provides improved testing abilities to detect an open circuit in a sub-pixel.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transferring network access information of smart household appliances are provided. The apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting whether a public IP address of an external interface of an indoor IP sharer has changed. An extraction unit is configured to, if the public IP address of the external interface has changed, extract network access information of a smart household appliance connected to an internal interface of the indoor IP sharer, the network access information being updated together with change in the public IP address. An encryption and generation unit encrypts the network access information using a pre-stored encryption key, and generates data to be transmitted to a smart grid service provider server using the encrypted information and an ID of a customer user. A transmission unit transmits the data generated by the encryption and generation unit to the smart grid service provider server.

Abstract: A material for an optical film including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1; a polymer including a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 10; a polymer including a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 20 and a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 21; an article prepared by using the polymer; and a display device including the article:

Abstract: A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component of an energy supply unit supplying energy and an energy management unit managing the energy supply unit. An amount of energy used or energy charge of the energy supply unit is adjustable. An amount of energy used or energy charge when the component is controlled on the basis of information related to at least usage charge may be less than that when the component is controlled not on the basis of the information related to at least usage charge. Also, the energy supply unit has a power saving mode to determine a driving method or a driving time of the energy supply unit on the basis of the information related to energy charge.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a pattern on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; placing the substrate on a platform of a substrate treatment apparatus; rotating the wafer while applying a cleaning liquid from a first nozzle and a wetting liquid from a second nozzle to treat a first region on the surface of the substrate; vertically changing the distance of the second nozzle together with the first nozzle with respect to the platform; after the vertical change, rotating the wafer while applying the cleaning liquid from the first nozzle and the wetting liquid from the second nozzle to treat a second region on the surface of the substrate; and forming a semiconductor device from the treated substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a security surveillance system and method capable of separately detecting fire and intrusion situations on the basis of a sound field variation, including a sound generating device outputting, into a set security surveillance space, a multi-tone sound wave formed of a linear sum of sine waves having a plurality of frequency components, a sound receiving device obtaining sound field information for each frequency represented as sound pressure and a phase from a sound wave received in the security surveillance space, and a sound field signal processing device storing sound field information for each frequency obtained from the sound receiving device in a preparation mode, comparing the stored sound field information with current sound field information for each frequency output from the sound receiving device in a surveillance mode, and determining occurrence of a security situation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving application processing speed in a digital device which improve application processing speed for a digital device running in an embedded environment where processor performance may not be sufficiently powerful by detecting an execution request for an application, identifying a group to which the requested application belongs, among preset groups with different priorities and scheduling the requested application according to the priority assigned to the identified group, and executing the requested application based on the scheduling result.

Abstract: A colorless composite material according to an embodiment includes glass fibers, and inorganic-organic hybrid resin having inorganic bonds and organic bonds, wherein the inorganic bonds are M-O-M bonds and M denotes a metallic element, wherein the metallic element is one of Ti, Zr and Al.

Abstract: An improvement is achieved in the performance of a semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory. A memory cell of the nonvolatile memory includes a control gate electrode formed over a semiconductor substrate via a first insulating film and a memory gate electrode formed over the semiconductor substrate via a second insulating film to be adjacent to the control gate electrode via the second insulating film. The second insulating film includes a third insulating film made of a silicon dioxide film, a fourth insulating film made of a silicon nitride film over the third insulating film, and a fifth insulating film over the fourth insulating film. The fifth insulating film includes a silicon oxynitride film. Between the memory gate electrode and the semiconductor substrate, respective end portions of the fourth and fifth insulating films are located closer to a side surface of the memory gate electrode than an end portion of a lower surface of the memory gate electrode.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a training sequence code of a transmitting apparatus with a plurality of transmitting antennas in a communication system are provided. A transmitting apparatus allocates a plurality of time slots for the plurality of transmitting antennas to be divided into at least one frame, and sends a training sequence code with reference power for any one of the transmitting antennas, and sends remaining training sequence codes for remainders of the transmitting antennas with transmission power from zero to the reference power, in any one of the time slots. A receiving apparatus receives a plurality of training sequence codes for a plurality of transmitting antennas through any one of the plurality of receiving antennas from a transmitting apparatus, and selects one of the training sequence codes having the greatest reception power to estimate a channel. This may improve a channel estimation performance in a communication system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for maintaining association in a WLAN system are disclosed. The method for performing association by a station (STA) in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system includes: transmitting an association request frame from the station (STA) to an access point (AP); and receiving an association response frame from the access point (AP) in response to the association request frame. If the association request is accepted by the access point (AP), the association response frame includes information regarding an association comeback time.

Abstract: Provided are a method of fabricating a photonic crystal having a desired photonic bandgap, and a method of fabricating a color filter, including providing a photonic crystal solution in which a plurality of colloidal particles that are electrically charged are dispersed, mixing a photopolymerizable monomer mixture in the photonic crystal solution to form a photopolymerizable monomer-crystal mixture, applying an electric field to the photopolymerizable monomer-crystal mixture to electrically control intervals between the plurality of colloidal particles, and irradiating ultraviolet light to the photopolymerizable monomer-crystal mixture to photopolymerize the monomer mixture to form the photonic crystal or the color filter.

Abstract: A terminal temporary holding structure includes: winding terminals each including a winding-side spot-welded portion having a flat plate shape; a terminal holding base that holds the winding terminals; and cable terminals each including a cable-side spot-welded portion having a flat plate shape and respectively connected with external cables. The cable terminals are temporarily held by the terminal holding base in such a manner that the winding-side spot-welded portion and the cable-side spot-welded portion are opposed to each other, so as to weld the cable-side spot-welded portion of each cable terminal to the winding-side spot-welded portion of each winding terminal. The cable terminals are temporarily held by the terminal holding base at at least two locations that sandwich the cable-side spot-welded portion.

Abstract: Provided are single photon devices, single photon emitting and transferring apparatuses, and methods of manufacturing and operating the single photon devices. The single photon device includes a carrier transport layer disposed on a conductive substrate and at least one quantum dot disposed on the carrier transport layer. A single photon emitting and transferring apparatus includes a single photon device, an element that injects a single charge into the single photon device described above, a light collecting unit that collects light emitted from the single photon device, and a light transfer system that transmits light collected by the light collecting unit to the outside.