Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for automatic query processing are disclosed, which includes a query analyzer configured to a query analyzer configured to extract the query condition from the input query, a scheduler configured to create one or more sub-queries to verify whether the query condition is satisfied, and to determine an execution condition for the one or more sub-queries, and a condition verifier configured to execute the one or more sub-queries according to the determined execution condition, and to verify whether the query condition is satisfied using results of executing the one or more sub-queries.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Provided is a method for paging between devices performing direct communication. The method includes determining, by a device, a direct connection with a target device performing the direct communication; transmitting, by the device, a dedicated resource request for paging signaling with the target device to a base station; and if dedicated resource information for the paging signaling is received from the base station, transmitting, by the device, a set up request for the direct connection to the target device based on the dedicated resource information.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a support member including at least a portion formed of a conductive material, an enclosure member configured to receive the support member and including at least a portion of which is formed of a conductive material. The conductive material portion of the enclosure member and the conductive material portion of the support member are insulated from each other.

Abstract: An antenna device and an electronic device that includes the same are provided. The devices may each include a radiation conductor formed on a circuit board constituted by multiple layers, the radiation conductor being constituted by an electrically conductive pattern formed on at least one of the multiple layers constituting the circuit board or by a combination of electrically conductive patterns formed on the multiple layers, a ground conductor disposed on the circuit board to supply reference potential for the radiation conductor, a feeding line disposed on the circuit board to supply power to the radiation conductor, and a dummy conductor disposed on the circuit board, and the dummy conductor may be mounted to make contact with, or to be adjacent to, at least one of the radiation conductor, the ground conductor, and the feeding line.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display having a first area and a second area functionally divided, a determination module configured to determine a location of a touch input, and a processing module configured to process the touch input based on a state of the electronic device, if the location of the touch input is in the second area.

Abstract: A data sharing method and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes communicating with a second electronic device and determining common interest information between a first user of the first electronic device and a second user of the second electronic device, and retrieving and sharing application data associated with the common interest information, with the second electronic device.

Abstract: A transmission method for communication by a transmission apparatus of a wireless communication system performing wireless communication in a beamforming scheme is disclosed. The method may include assigning identifiers to all transmission beam directions in which transmission is possible and transmitting a reference signal with a beam identifier assigned in each direction, when identifier information of a beam direction, which allows reception from a reception apparatus, and error detection information are received, examining the error detection information to examine whether an error exists, and transmitting a response signal to the reception apparatus according to whether the examined error exists, and transmitting and receiving data on the basis of the received beam information when the error does not exist, as a result of the examination of the error detection information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates 5G or pre-5G communication systems for supporting higher data transmission rate than those by LTE or other post-4G communication systems. Disclosed are a method and apparatus for determining a window size in a wireless communication system. The method includes determining an uplink data rate of the UE on a wireless link, determining that a maximum data size transmittable through an internet session including the wireless link is the window size for the internet session based on the uplink data rate, and transmitting uplink data through the internet session based on the determined window size.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are described to classify data. The method and apparatus includes selecting a hypothesis class among entire classes. The method and corresponding apparatus generate output data with regard to the entire classes by applying a classification algorithm to input data, and modify the input data to increase a value of the hypothesis class among the output data in response to a re-classification condition being met. The modified input data is set to be new input data.

Abstract: Provided is a method of marking a diffusion boundary of medicine, the method performed by an ultrasound apparatus and including operations of obtaining first B mode image data and first Doppler data about a target object to which the medicine is injected; detecting a first area of the target object from which the first Doppler data is obtained; determining a first diffusion boundary of the medicine, based on the first area; and marking the first diffusion boundary of the medicine on a B mode image that is generated by using the first B mode image data.

Abstract: A method of displaying an image performed by a device includes generating a display image with respect to each of a plurality of image groups in the device; selecting one of the plurality of image groups in the device based on a user input; searching for the display image that matches the selected image group; and displaying the found display image, wherein the found display image comprises a preview image that matches each of a plurality of images included in the selected image group.

Abstract: Provided is a laser resonator for generating a laser light by absorbing energy from outside. The laser resonator includes a metal body and a gain medium layer having a ring shape. The gain medium layer of a ring shape may be provided on the metal body and may generate the laser light by a plasmonic effect.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing that includes a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface, a display exposed through a first region of the first surface, an optical module disposed below a second region of the first surface that is adjacent to the first region of the first surface, and a processor. The first surface includes a glass layer, a film layer disposed under a rear surface of the glass layer and including an opening that overlaps at least part of the optical module and has a dimension corresponding to at least part of the optical module, and a visible-light-absorbing member comprising a visible-light-absorbing material disposed under the rear surface of the glass layer and overlapping at least part of the opening. The visible-light-absorbing member is configured to light in a first wavelength range and to allow light in a second wavelength range to pass through the visible-light-absorbing member.

Abstract: A housing of an electronic device may operate as an antenna while being partly insulated to prevent the degradation of antenna radiation efficiency. The electronic device may include a housing, a display, at least one sensor, and at least one processor. The housing may include a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface enclosing at least part of a space between the first and second surfaces. The side surface may include an elongated first member that is formed of an opaque material, and at least one second member dividing the first member into at least two segments and formed of a light-transmittable material. The at least one sensor may be located in the space adjacent to the at least one second member and oriented to detect incident light received through the at least one second member.

Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) for controlling a signal. The method comprises receiving configuration information for enabling or disabling a signal transmission, receiving a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) conveying a first downlink control information (DCI) format, decoding the first DCI format, determining whether the first DCI format is correctly decoded; and transmitting the signal or suspending a transmission of the signal according to the configuration information when the first DCI format is not correctly decoded.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding of input bits based on a parity check matrix including information word bits and parity bits, the LDPC codeword including a plurality of bit groups each including a plurality of bits; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the interleaver is further configured to interleave the LDPC codeword such that a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among the plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a first active area, a second active area, and a third active area are formed on a substrate. A first gate electrode is formed on the first active area, a second gate electrode is formed on the second active area, and a third gate electrode is formed on the third active area. The first gate electrode has a first P-work-function metal layer, a first capping layer, a first N-work-function metal layer, a first barrier metal layer, and a first conductive layer. The second gate electrode has a second capping layer, a second N-work-function metal layer, a second barrier metal layer, and a second conductive layer. The third gate electrode has a second P-work-function metal layer, a third capping layer, a third N-work-function metal layer, and a third barrier metal layer. The third gate electrode does not have the first and second conductive layers.

Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI) system utilizing a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning for controlling an electronic device when a video is reproduced and a user's voice instruction is received, to acquire a frame corresponding to the time point when the input of the user's voice instruction is received, and obtain a search result for information on objects in the frame using an AI model trained according to at least one of machine learning, a neural network or a deep learning algorithm.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first gate pattern on the substrate of the first region, and a second gate pattern on the substrate of the second region. The first gate pattern comprises a first high-k dielectric pattern, a first N-type metal-containing pattern, and a first P-type metal-containing pattern that are sequentially stacked. The second gate pattern comprises a second high-k dielectric pattern and a second P-type metal-containing pattern that are sequentially stacked.