Abstract: A display apparatus having a display main body formed with a display part, further having a lower hinge part provided in a rear lower part of the display main body so as to tilt the display main body against an installation plane and a link assembly provided in a rear upper part of the display main body, and connecting the display main body to the installation plane. The link assembly includes a first link having a first end rotatably connected to the installation plane and an opposite second end and a second link having a first end rotatably connected to the display main body and a second end rotatably connected to the second end of the first link. The link assembly further includes a spring member provided in at least one of the hinge parts of the first and second links and has the elasticity to restore the display main body toward the installation plane.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for recording location information of broadcasting signals, and a broadcasting signal receiving device and transmitting device adapting the method. The method for recording location information of a broadcasting signal comprises the steps of extracting location information of an I-picture by removing header information of a Transport Stream, and synthesizing the extracted location information into a null packet of the Transport Stream. According to the present invention, it is possible to know the location information of the I-picture which records the entire picture in the broadcasting signals and accordingly reproduce only the I-picture of the corresponding location easily. In accordance with the broadcasting signal receiving apparatus, it is easy to perform the operations of fast forwarding, rewinding and trick modes.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for identifying the type of an optical recording medium are provided.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device and a fabrication method thereof are provided. A first polysilicon layer, an inter-gate dielectric layer, a second polysilicon layer and a capping layer are stacked sequentially. A first opening is formed through the inter-gate dielectric layer, the second polysilicon layer and the capping layer, thereby exposing the first polysilicon layer. A second opening is formed through the capping layer, thereby exposing the second polysilicon layer. On the resultant structure, a metal layer is formed and then thermally treated. As a result a metal silicide layer can be formed on the exposed portion of the first polysilicon layer and the exposed portion of the second polysilicon layer.

Abstract: A digital frequency modulator is disclosed. In the digital frequency modulator, a first gain controller multiplies an input digital signal by a first gain determined according to a required modulation frequency, a phase accumulator accumulates the input digital signal and generates a phase accumulation according to a required phase resolution to output the phase accumulation within a predetermined output range. A second gain controller multiplies the output of the phase accumulator by a second gain determined according to the required modulation frequency and the first gain. A phase modulator outputs cosine and sine values having a phase corresponding to the second-gain controlled signal.

Abstract: An inkjetting apparatus includes a nozzle module, a driving module, and a membrane. The nozzle module includes an ink chamber for reserving ink, and a nozzle hole for permitting ink in the ink chamber to be jetted therethrough. The driving module includes a working fluid chamber, and a heater located in the working fluid chamber. The membrane serves as a partition between the ink chamber and the working fluid chamber. The membrane includes an ink injecting hole for interconnecting an ink injecting passage through which the ink is fed from an external ink source, with the working fluid chamber, and an interconnecting hole for interconnecting the working fluid chamber with the ink chamber to permit ink in the working fluid chamber to be fed into the ink chamber. The ink injecting hole and/or the interconnecting hole have neck modules for narrowing the ink injecting hole and/or the interconnecting hole to a size smaller than the inner diameters of the ink chamber and the working fluid chamber, respectively.

Abstract: A micro-lens built-in vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) . The micro-lens built-in VSEL includes a VCSEL portion emitting a laser beam in a direction in which semiconductor material layers are stacked; a micro-lens formed of a material capable of transmitting the laser beam emitted from the VCSEL portion; and an adjusting portion located between the VCSEL portion and the micro-lens adjusting a distance between the micro-lens and the VCSEL portion. When constructing an optical system with the VCSEL including the VCSEL portion, the adjusting portion, and the micro-lens, there is no need for a separate condensing lens and focusing position adjusting element. In addition, optical alignment structure is simple with increased freedom in arranging elements, and the number of parts required is sharply reduced.

Abstract: A method for generating a land/groove (L/G) switching signal from pits on a land/groove (POLG) type disc and an apparatus therefor. In the method for generating an L/G switching signal from pits on a POLG type disc having tracks with wobbles, in which header information is recorded in sectors of each track, the header information including physical identification data (PID) and a peak header and a bottom header distinguished by envelopes of the peak header signal and the bottom header signal and both the peak and bottom header signals having phases according to lands or grooves, the phases of the peak header signal and the bottom header signal are compared to determine a track switching point and the sequence of sectors is determined using the physical identification data of the disc.

Abstract: A method for efficiently compensating for malfunctioning nozzles in a printhead. A print order is input, malfunctioning nozzles on a printhead are identified, and, in the case malfunctioning nozzles are present, compensation printing occurs to optimize print quality. The detecting of malfunctioning nozzles includes printing a test pattern, scanning the test pattern, comparing the scanned test pattern to an ideal test pattern, and then identifying the locations of malfunctioning nozzles. In the case that only one nozzle is malfunctioning, the number of nozzles used to scan a line of print is reduced by two so that compensation printing can correct two lines of print with one single swath.

Abstract: A support device of a portable photographing apparatus includes a plurality of support bodies coupled to the photographing apparatus to be capable of protruding and being inserted with respect to a bottom surface of the photographing apparatus, and a plurality of legs hinge-coupled to the support bodies to be capable of moving through cavities in the photographing apparatus enabling the hinge coupling and the plurality of legs to protrude or extend from a bottom surface of the photographic apparatus. The legs and the hinge coupling may also be inserted into these cavities together with the support bodies. During extension, the support bodies can rotate 360 degrees while the hinge coupling can cause the legs to be inclined with respect to the bottom surface of the photographing apparatus.

Abstract: A method for entering data into a computer generated form including field areas of preselected height and width includes the steps of converting handwritten characters of arbitrary height which may be greater than the preselected height formed on the screen to computer generated characters and displaying the computer generated characters within a field area. Additionally, handwritten characters to be entered into several field areas are grouped, converted, and displayed in selected field areas.

Abstract: Serial data is exchanged in a serial communication circuit comprising an encoder for producing a first pulse signal having a programmable pulse duration which is representative of a data value. A decoder restores the data value from the first pulse signal received from the encoder. A first data line is connected between an output terminal of the encoder and an input terminal of the decoder. A controller programs the pulse duration at the encoder based on the data value, and restores the data value at the decoder based on the first pulse signal duration. A complementary pulse signal is simultaneously transmitted with the first pulse signal on a second data line. Since the serial data transmitted has a duration-encoded single-pulse format, EMI prevention is maximized, and transmission is therefore relatively noise-free. A simple data verification and error detection is also achieved by comparing the received first data signal and complementary data signal.

Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) for a TV receiver combines a graphical channel changer with an electronic program guide to enable a user to quickly and seamlessly go from a TV channel selection mode to a TV program selection mode. The graphical channel changer includes a vertical bar composed of channel boxes that contain number and logos of available TV channels. The user may tune the TV system to any one of the TV channels by directing a remote pointing device at the channel box that represents that TV channel. When the user switches to the program selection mode, the GUI transfers to the electronic program guide for displaying vertical program bars arranged in alignment with the channel boxes to show information on TV programs for the TV channels represented by the corresponding channel boxes.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a DRAM cell capacitor is applicable to a high density dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device on a semiconductor substrate wherein a storage node is formed on a buried contact pad in self-alignment. The method comprises forming a second insulator layer on the first insulator layer including the buried contact pad. An etching stopper layer is next formed on the second insulator layer. Sequentially, a third insulator layer and a first polysilicon layer are formed on the etching stopper layer. A masking layer is formed on the first polysilicon layer to define a storage node. The first polysilicon layer and the third insulator layer are sequentially etched using the masking layer until the etching stopper layer is exposed, so as to form a top via hole. A sidewall spacer is formed on both sidewalls of the top via hole.

Abstract: A diffractive deflection beam scanning system including: a plurality of light sources; a deflection disc rotatably mounted over the light sources, having patterns capable of diffracting and deflecting beams emitted from the light sources; a plurality of first reflecting mirrors for changing the traveling paths of beams diffracted and deflected by the deflection disc; a plurality of second reflecting mirrors for reflecting the beams reflected by the first reflecting mirrors in a beam scan direction, wherein the light sources are disposed in a straight line along a bisecting line of the deflection disc, perpendicular to the beam scan direction, and the second reflecting mirrors are arranged over the center of the deflection disc at different heights.

Abstract: A computer with automatic power cut-off function comprises a BIOS portion including a system power cut-off service routine for generating the power cut-off command to write it; a microprocessor including an advanced power management portion for generating the power cut-off control signal; and a power control portion for cutting the power source to the system based on the power cut-off control signal, thereby performing the power cut-off by itself without a waiting time taken in storing data and information at a system memory during the power cutting off of the operating system.

Abstract: A computer monitor for allowing the easy connection of computer peripherals thereto, and supplying a power supply voltage from an internal power supply therein to the computer peripherals via universal serial bus hubs. The monitor has a power supply for converting externally applied AC power into DC power; and a universal serial bus hub having at least one upstream port and at least two downstream ports; wherein the upstream port is electrically connected in communication with the computer system, and the downstream ports receive DC power in response for a power switching signal in accordance with power supply control information from the computer system through the upstream port to selectively provide the DC power to external devices connected therewith in response to the power switching signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer having an infrared communication module for an infrared communication with external equipments. In the computer according to the present invention, since the location of the infrared communication module can change with respect to a main body, the infrared communication between the computer and the external equipments can be performed without changing the position of the computer.

Abstract: A flexible self-expandable stent comprises a plurality of radially cylindrical elastic units spaced at fixed intervals, a cylindrical cover fixing member which sheaths the cylindrical elastic units, and a reverse flow preventing valve. The reverse flow preventing valve is attached to the inner wall of the stent, for preventing food-stuffs or fluids from flowing from a downstream side to an upstream side. The flexible self-expandable stent exhibits improved flexibility so that when the stent is disposed in a curved lumina, it can flexibly correspond to the curvature of the lumina and prevent the reverse flow of foodstuffs or fluids by use of the reverse flow preventing valve.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for characterizing a head in a hard drive assembly, in which the head has a write element. The method comprises providing a disk attached to a hard disk drive assembly, the disk having a plurality of tracks each having a track centerline. One of the tracks has a plurality of sectors. One of the sectors has a servo field with an A burst, a B burst and a C burst, where the A burst and the C bursts have a common boundary located at a track centerline and where the B burst has a center that is positioned along the track centerline. Each sector also has a data field. The read element is aligned with the B servo burst, and data is written in a data field of a first sector of one of the tracks. An A burst and a C burst located in a following sector of one of the tracks is read to provide an A burst amplitude value and a C burst amplitude value. A characteristic of the read element based on the A burst amplitude value and the C burst amplitude value is then determined.