Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible touch screen including a display, a sensor configured to detect bending of the electronic device, and a processor operably connected to the display and the sensor and configured to determine whether the electronic device is worn by the user and perform an operation of an application executed before the electronic device is worn by the user based on a determination that the electronic device is worn by the user.

Abstract: A device according to one disclosed embodiment comprises: a control part which determines at least one target frequency of an MRI noise signal generated in an MRI device and generates a control signal for the determined target frequency; and an output part which outputs the control signal, wherein the target frequency is the frequency of the MRI noise signal to be controlled and the control signal is a signal in which at least one of the size and the phase of the MRI noise signal is changed.

Abstract: A regulator circuit includes a power transistor, a current mirror, a first NMOS transistor, a second NMOS transistor and a current source. The power transistor has a source connected to an external power supply voltage supply, a gate connected to a first node having a first voltage and a drain connected to a second node outputting an internal power supply voltage. A current mirror provides a first current to a third node having a second voltage and provides a first node with a second current. A first NMOS transistor has a drain connected to a first node, a gate receiving a first reference voltage and a source connected to a fourth node. A second NMOS transistor has a drain connected to a third node, a gate connected to a second node and a source connected to the fourth node.

Abstract: A control method may be applied to a surgical robot system including a slave robot having a robot arm to which a main surgical tool and an auxiliary surgical tool are coupled, and a master robot having a master manipulator to manipulate the robot arm. The control method includes acquiring data regarding a motion of the master manipulator, predicting a basic motion to be performed by an operator based on the acquired motion data and results of learning a plurality of motions constituting a surgical task, and adjusting the auxiliary surgical tool so as to correspond to the operator basic motion based on the predicted basic motion. The control method allows an operator to perform surgery more comfortably and to move or fix all required surgical tools to or at an optimized surgical position.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting compressed video content are provided. The method includes transmitting a codec selection request frame, the codec selection request frame including an identifier of one or more codecs to be used to compress video content and requesting approval of the use of the codec, receiving a codec selection response frame, the codec selection response frame including result information indicating whether the use of the codec is approved, and transmitting video content frames for the video content compressed by the approved codec based on the codec selection response frame. Each video content frame includes frame type information indicating a type of compression applied to the video content included in the video content frame.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first fin on a substrate, a first gate electrode formed on the substrate to intersect the first fin, a first elevated source/drain on the first fin on both sides of the first gate electrode, and a first metal alloy layer on an upper surface and sidewall of the first elevated source/drain.

Abstract: A data receiver for near field communication (NFC) includes an analog receiving unit and a digital processing unit. The analog receiving unit is configured to output one of received first data and modified received second data, according to an operation mode, the modified received second data being in-phase data and quadrature-phase data generated based on the received second data. The digital processing unit is configured to, determine a sampling characteristic of a first channel based on a first offset value, determine a sampling characteristic of a second channel based on a second offset value, detect a communication protocol of the received first data based on the first and second channels, and decode and store the received first data based on the detected communication protocol of the first data.

Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus includes a focus lens, a focus detection unit that detects focus in a contrast auto focusing (AF) method by moving the focus lens, and a controller that calculates a velocity of a subject from a first focus detection result and a second focus detection result in a continuous shooting operation. The controller restricts a U-turn driving for correcting backlash of the focus lens when the calculated velocity of the subject is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. An AF initiating location and a final correction operation are adaptively adjusted based on the velocity of the subject in each process of the continuous shooting, thereby improving an AF performance and the continuous photographing speed.

Abstract: A mold structure for a light-emitting diode (LED) package. The mold structure includes a notch, which is formed at at least an end portion of a package mold, in which a cavity is formed to mount a LED therein. Furthermore, an electrode lead, may be formed at at least an end portion of the package mold and may be closely attached to the package mold, and thus the overall size of a LED package may be reduced.

Abstract: A host device to install a driver and a driver installing method thereof. The host device includes a user interface to provide a step-by-step setup screen to install a driver of an external device and a setup method screen to inform a setup method of the step-by-step setup screen, and receives a selection signal with respect to the step-by-step setup screen, and a driver installer to install the driver according to the selection signal input through the user interface.

Abstract: A method of controlling downlink transmissions to a subscriber station capable of communicating with a base station of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) network. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a first pilot signal from a first base station antenna; receiving a second pilot signal from a second base station antenna; and estimating the channel between the base station and subscriber station based on the received first and second pilot signals. The method also comprises determining a set of OFDM symbol processing parameters based on the step of estimating the channel and transmitting the OFDM symbol processing parameters to the base station. The base station uses the OFDM symbol processing parameters to control the relative gains and the relative delays of OFDM symbols transmitted from the first and second antennas.

Abstract: A highly integrated non-volatile memory device and a method of operating the non-volatile memory device are provided. The non-volatile memory device includes a semiconductor layer. A plurality of upper control gate electrodes are arranged above the semiconductor layer. A plurality of lower control gate electrodes are arranged below the semiconductor layer, and the plurality of upper control gate electrodes and the plurality of lower control gate electrodes are disposed alternately. A plurality of upper charge storage layers are interposed between the semiconductor layer and the upper control gate electrodes. A plurality of lower charge storage layers are interposed between the semiconductor layer and the lower control gate electrodes.

Abstract: An isolated protein having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 and having an activity inducing apoptosis, and a gene encoding the same are provided. Also, a microarray having a substrate on which the gene or fragment thereof is immobilized is provided. Also, a method of diagnosing breast cancer using an antibody specifically binding to the protein and a method of diagnosing breast cancer by determining whether the gene is expressed in a cell or not, are provided.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit which displays an image; a casing which supports the display unit; a pair of supporting members which are respectively combined at peripheral areas of a backside of the display unit and are supported by the casing; and a connecting member which has higher heat resistance than the supporting members and interconnects the supporting members.

Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor integrated device and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate including a first dopant, a first conductive layer pattern formed on the semiconductor substrate, an interlayer dielectric layer formed on the first conductive layer pattern, a second conductive layer pattern formed on the interlayer dielectric layer, and a first vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) blocking layer which blocks a VUV ray radiated to the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of detecting a functionally defective substrate includes a detection unit to detect a trend in change in a voltage of a power source when a substrate is heated by the power source given by discharging of a capacitor and a test unit to compare the detected trend to a trend of change set in advance and to output the comparison result as a determination signal which indicates whether the substrate has a defect.

Abstract: A method for transmitting common control information from a base station to a plurality of subscriber stations in a wireless communication. The common control information includes first information transmitted in common to all of the subscriber stations and second information separately transmitted to the subscriber stations according to channel states of the subscriber stations. The first information is transmitted using an MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme) level having a modulation scheme with a lowest order and a coding scheme with a lowest coding rate among all MCS levels available in the base station. The second information is transmitted using MCS levels that are adjusted by a predetermined level against MCS levels corresponding to channel states of the subscriber stations.

Abstract: A video recording apparatus to record a television program with an optimal quality according to a residual quantity of a recording medium and a method therefor. The video recording apparatus detects the residual quantity of the recording medium and a running time of the television program to be recorded on the recording medium, to determine an optimal image compression ratio. Then, the video recording apparatus records the television program based on the determined optimal image compression ratio, making the best use of the residual quantity of the recording medium.

Abstract: A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) integrated circuit and a method of fabricating the SOI integrated circuit are provided. A plurality of transistor active regions and at least one body contact active region are formed on an SOI substrate. A semiconductor residue layer, which is thinner than the transistor active regions and the body contact active region, is disposed between the transistor active regions and the body contact active region. The transistor active regions, the body contact active region and the semiconductor residue layer are disposed on a buried insulating layer of the SOI substrate. The semiconductor residue layer is covered with a partial trench isolation layer. A bar-shaped full trench isolation layer is interposed between the adjacent transistor active regions. The full trench isolation layer is in contact with sidewalls of the transistor active regions adjacent thereto and is in contact with the buried insulating layer between the adjacent transistor active regions.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing such a device are presented. The type of semiconductor device is one which merges one type of transistor (e.g., bipolar junction transistors) with another type (e.g., CMOS transistors). Specifically, the semiconductor device may comprise a semiconductor substrate and first buried layers of a first conductive and second type buried layers of a second conductive type both formed within the semiconductor substrate. The first buried layers are preferably at a different level within the semiconductor substrate then the level of the second buried layers. First epitaxial layer portions are formed over the first buried layers and second epitaxial layer portions are formed over the second type buried layers. Isolation regions are formed on the first epitaxial layer portions. In forming the semiconductor substrate, photoresists are formed at regular spatial intervals on a substrate.