Abstract: The present invention presents a method and system for an autonomous mower attached with a camera, wherein the control of the parameters of the camera and the control of the mower movement and grass detection are optimized holistically during operation. The present invention mitigates the camera sensing limits by adapting the movement speed of the mower. Furthermore, the camera control optimizes the visibility of grass by using the grass mask of a grass segmentation to calculate updated exposure, gain and aperture values only from grass pixels. The grass segmentation tracks changes in the grass color that are caused by illumination differences. Optionally, the system is equipped with a head light used to further improve the camera signal quality in conjunction with the control of the camera parameters and the movement speed of the mower.

Abstract: Disclosed in an apparatus and method for restoring sensor data faults remotely that are caused due to an impurity attached to a water quality sensor, by using sensor data, the apparatus including, a fault determining unit to determine whether the water quality sensor is faulty using fault related data when the sensor data received from a sensor node is an outlier value, and a cleaning device requesting unit to request operation of a cleaning device that removes an impurity of the water quality sensor when the water quality sensor is determined to be normal.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus of designing a semiconductor chip. The disclosed method includes the steps of: storing a plurality of EMS (Electro Magnetic Susceptibility) semiconductor IPs (Intellectual Property) and a plurality of EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) semiconductor IPs; selecting a proper semiconductor IP from among the plurality of EMS shielding semiconductor IPs in a case of an input pin, and selecting a proper semiconductor IP from among the plurality of EMI shielding semiconductor IPs in a case of an output pin; and designing the semiconductor chip by disposing the selected semiconductor IP.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polymer material comprising mesopores extending between melamine-formaldehyde co-polymer nano-particles and wherein micropores extend within the co-polymer nano-particles, methods of producing the same and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to peptides having antiviral properties. More particularly, the invention relates to peptides exhibiting activity against influenza viruses, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptides, and to methods of using the peptides to prevent and/or treat influenza viral infections.

Abstract: A method for identifying HB red-corolla germplasm resources of upland cotton by PCR, including: amplifying genomic DNAs of the upland cotton by PCR using a pair of primers; performing gel electrophoresis on amplified products; and determining whether PCR products is derived from upland HB red-corolla cotton based on results of the gel electrophoresis.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for determining the availability of a mobile communications device on a network based on a prediction that the device will cross a pre-defined service boundary between two different coverage areas serviced by two different service providers. Specifically, when the device is predicted to cross the service boundary, or has crossed the boundary, a notification of a change in service is issued to at least one of the user of the device, a presence service, or another network operator. The notification may include a change in the presence status of the mobile communications device.

Abstract: The present invention relate to small binding proteins comprising two or more protein domains derived from a CH2 domain or CH2-like domain of an immunoglobulin in which the CH2 domains have been altered to recognize one or more target proteins and, in some embodiments, retain, or have modified, certain secondary effector functions.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for supporting a portable mobile VPN service are provided. The method accesses a public network to generate a security tunnel, maps the generated security tunnel and a VPN address, stands by for authentication of a mobile terminal which desires to access a VPN, authenticates a mobile terminal which desires to access the VPN, and assigns an internal address which is used in the VPN according to the authentication result.

Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for concurrently managing multimode communications devices. In various embodiments, a wireless communication device comprises a first radio configured to use a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a second radio configured to use a second RAT. Processing logic in the wireless device is configured to monitor and manage the state machines of said first and second radios. The processing logic is further configured to place the first radio in an active operational mode and to place the second radio in a reduced functionality operational mode. Control messages for the second radio are then received and processed via the first radio while the second radio is in the reduced functionality operative mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for allocating radio resources in a wireless communication system. Subframes that use only a particular terminal or a particular terminal group are allocated through the period, offset, and number of subframes that are consecutively used, or the subframes are allocated through the period, offset, and bitmap for subframes that are available within one or a plurality of frames, whereby radio resources are effectively allocated.

Abstract: A system and method for answering a call on a communication device is provided and includes: detecting an incoming call on the communication device, automatically answering the incoming call, and detecting whether an audio signal is received through the microphone of the communication device. Upon not detecting an audio signal, the call is disconnected.

Abstract: A risk recognition method based on human identification is disclosed, which identifies a human being from a captured image, such that it can recognize a dangerous situation of each person. The risk recognition method includes detecting a person from photographed image information, and identifying the detected person, thereby generating identification information for each person; extracting access control information for each person using the identification information; analyzing the access control information simultaneously while tracking a movement path for each person, and determining whether a dangerous situation for each person occurs; and if the dangerous situation occurs, selectively warning of the dangerous situation of the person who causes the dangerous situation.

Abstract: A system for operating an HVAC system in the event of a thermostat failure is provided. The system includes the steps of activating a safety control program upon determining the thermostat failure has occurred, resetting a first timer, determining if an amount of time in the first timer exceeds a first time period, activating an HVAC system blower when the time remaining first timer exceeds the first time period, measuring a temperature of conditioned air with a temperature sensor, determining whether the temperature of conditioned air is less than a preset minimum temperature, activating an HVAC system heating unit if the conditioned air is less than the preset minimum temperature, determining whether the temperature of conditioned air is greater than a preset maximum temperature, activating an HVAC system cooling unit if the conditioned air is greater than the preset maximum temperature, and repeating the process.

Abstract: Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described for encoding or decoding coefficients for a transform unit. In particular, the significant-coefficient flags for a coefficient group are encoded and decoded based upon a context determination, and the context is determined based upon the values of neighboring flags. The neighborhood used to determine the context varies depending on whether the significant-coefficient flag to be encoded or decoded is in the right column or bottom row of the coefficient group or not. If it is in the right column or bottom row one of the alternative context neighborhoods is used to avoid relying on significant-coefficient flags in other coefficient groups except for the flags immediately adjacent the right border and bottom border of the coefficient group, and the flag diagonally to the lower-right.

Abstract: Provided is an entropy decoding method. The entropy decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: drawing context information about a symbol to be decoded using at least either context information about corresponding layer or context information about other layers; and performing entropy decoding on the symbol using the drawn context information. According to the present invention, image compression efficiency can be enhanced.

Abstract: Provided are various compounds of Formula I (I). Also provided are various compounds of Formula II (II). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds. Additionally, methods of inhibiting macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) activity in a mammal are provided, as are methods of treating or preventing inflammation in a mammal. Further provided are methods of treating a mammal having sepsis, septicemia, and/or endotoxic shock. Also provided are methods of treating a mammal having an autoimmune disease, and methods of treating a mammal having a tumor.

Abstract: The embodiment of invention provides a method for producing ?-aminobutyric acid, including the steps of providing a medium including Saccharomyces cerevisiae, adding an extract of Rhinacanthus nasutus into the medium and fermentating Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the medium added with the extract of Rhinacanthus nasutus to produce ?-aminobutyric acid.

Abstract: Provided is an acoustic sensor. The acoustic sensor includes: a substrate including sidewall portions and a bottom portion extending from a bottom of the sidewall portions; a lower electrode fixed at the substrate and including a concave portion and a convex portion, the concave portion including a first hole on a middle region of the bottom, the convex portion including a second hole on an edge region of the bottom; diaphragms facing the concave portion of the lower electrode, with a vibration space therebetween; diaphragm supporters provided on the lower electrode at a side of the diaphragm and having a top surface having the same height as the diaphragm; and an acoustic chamber provided in a space between the bottom portion and the sidewall portions below the lower electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for controlling an interactive lecture service capable of performing questions and answers during a lecture without using a media mixer. A method for providing a media stream switching based interactive lecture service, includes: receiving a right to speak request from at least one student terminal by a lecturer terminal; assigning the right to speak to a specific student terminal in response to the right to speak request and receiving at least one of the question video and voice of the specific student terminal, by the lecturer terminal; and transmitting at least one of the receiving question video and voice of the specific student terminal to a terminal included in a lecture session by the lecturer terminal.