Abstract: An electronic device and a control method therefor are provided. The electronic device comprises: a plurality of microphones for receiving audio signals in which voice signals are included; a communicator for receiving state information according to information about a connection with the electronic device; and a processor for determining the noise environment around the electronic device based on one or more of audio amplitude information that is received by the plurality of microphones and that is output by an external device, and state information of the external device, and for processing the voice signal based on the determined noise environment so as to perform voice recognition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a wheel assembly and a robot cleaner including a main body and a wheel assembly coupled to the main body to guide movement of the main body. The wheel assembly has a rotation arm including a first end portion rotatably mounted on the main body, a drive wheel rotatably installed on a second end portion of the rotation arm opposite the first end portion, and an elastic member including a first end installed at the main body and a second end vertically moveably installed at the rotation arm opposite the first end, such that a reduction degree of a contact force due to a descent of the drive wheel.

Abstract: A light-folding camera includes a light folding device, a light path control device LPC, a first sensor and a second sensor. The light folding device outputs a folded light propagating in a first horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to a vertical direction by changing a light path of a vertical light that is incident on the light folding device in the vertical direction. The light path control device outputs a first light propagating in the first horizontal direction by passing at least a first portion of the folded light, or outputs a second light propagating in a second horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to the vertical direction by changing a light path of at least a second portion of the folded light. The first sensor receives the first light propagating in the first horizontal direction. The second sensor receives the second light propagating in the second horizontal direction.

Abstract: A washing machine and a control method therefor are disclosed. The washing machine according to the present invention comprises: a drum for receiving laundry; a drying unit for adjusting the temperature of air in the drum so as to dry the laundry; a filter unit for filtering lint generated from the laundry; a cleaning unit for cleaning the filter unit; and a control unit for controlling the cleaning unit such that the filter unit is periodically cleaned during rotation of the drum. Accordingly, the washing machine can reduce the amount of lint generated from laundry during a drying process. Further, the washing machine according to the disclosure periodically cleans a filter for filtering lint generated from laundry, so as to facilitate circulation of air in the drum during a drying process, thereby improving the drying efficiency.

Abstract: A laser crystallization method includes exciting gas medium in an airtight container to generate laser beams; amplifying the laser beams by reflecting the laser beams between a high reflection mirror and a low reflection mirror respectively disposed facing opposite end portions of the airtight container, wherein a first transparent window and a second transparent window are fixed to respective end portions of the airtight container, and outputting the amplified laser beams; and disposing a cleaning mirror in a path of the laser beams that have propagated through the second transparent window.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting, identifying, and displaying handwriting-based entry is provided. The system and method include features for detecting entry of at least one first letter based on handwriting, identifying a style of the at least one first letter, and displaying at least one second letter associated with the at least one first letter based on, and in the form of, the identified style of the at least one first letter.

Abstract: A method for operating an electronic device, which includes a first body unit, a second body unit which is hinge-coupled to the first body unit such that one side, a first display which is disposed on the other side of the first body unit and faces a first direction, a second display which is disposed on the other side of the second body unit and faces a second direction, a sensor which is for obtaining direction information of the electronic device, and a processor configured to display on the first display an execution screen of a first application, determine whether the electronic device is flipped on the basis of the direction information, determine a second application for displaying an execution screen on the second display among a plurality of applications stored in the electronic device, and display a first execution screen of the second application on the second display.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an active region defined by a device isolation layer formed in a substrate; a word line configured to cross the active region, the word line extending in a first direction and being formed in the substrate; a bit line extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the word line; a first contact connecting the bit line to the active region; a first mask for forming the active region, the first mask being formed on the active region; and a second mask of which a height of a top surface thereof is greater than a height of a top surface of the active region, the second mask covering the word line, wherein the active region has a bar shape that extends to form an acute angle with respect to the first direction.

Abstract: An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a housing, a heat exchanger positioned inside the housing, a fan for blowing air into the heat exchanger such that heat in the blown air is exchanged with the heat exchanger, a duct including a first channel forming surface, and a second channel forming surface, a porous panel corresponding to the second channel forming surface, and including a plurality of pores, a blade for swiveling between an open position and a closed position, blocking the low wind-speed channel at the open position so that air passed through the basic channel can be discharged outside of the air conditioner, moving the air passed through the basic channel to the low wind-speed channel, and discharging the air to the outside via the pores at the closed position, a driver for driving the blade to swivel, and a processor configured to control the driver.

Abstract: A portable terminal is provided. The portable terminal includes a shielding member attached to an inner surface of an external part, a shielding wall formed on the shielding member, a first coil attached to a surface of the shielding member that faces the inner surface of the external part, and a second coil attached to the surface of the shielding member, with the second coil surrounds the first coil on a same plane and the shielding wall being disposed between the first and second coil.

Abstract: Provided are an image display device and an operation method thereof. An image display device for providing broadcast program information including a communication interface, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory. The one or more instructions may cause the processor to obtain electronic program guide (EPG) information about a broadcast program through the communication interface, obtain metadata about the broadcast program, compare the EPG information with the metadata, and based on identifying that the broadcast program indicated by the EPG information and the broadcast program indicated by the metadata are inconsistent (do not match), regenerate the broadcast program information to be provided to a user, based on the EPG information, and cause a display to display the regenerated broadcast program information on the display.

Abstract: The present disclosure provide a method for performing a random access by a user equipment (UE), the method including; receiving a random access response (RAR); transmitting at least one Msg3 corresponding to a beam reciprocity capability of the UE.

Abstract: A memory controller, an application processor, and a method of operating the memory controller can control performance and power consumption of an input/output device. The method includes allowing the memory device to enter a power down mode after an idle state is maintained for a first time period corresponding to a first setting value which is currently set, allowing the memory device to enter from the power down mode into an active state when access to the memory device occurs, determining a maintenance time of the power down mode to change the first setting value to a second setting value, based on a result obtained by monitoring a driving pattern of the memory device, and when the idle state is maintained for a second time period different from the first time period, allowing the memory device to enter the power down mode, based on the second setting value.

Abstract: A volatile memory device can include a bit line structure having a vertical side wall. A lower spacer can be on a lower portion of the vertical side wall, where the lower spacer can be defined by a first thickness from the vertical side wall to an outer side wall of the lower spacer. An upper spacer can be on an upper portion of the vertical side wall above the lower portion, where the upper spacer can be defined by a second thickness that is less than the first thickness, the upper spacer exposing an uppermost portion of the outer side wall of the lower spacer.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a gate line, a data line, and a pixel. The pixel includes first and second pixels displaying grayscales different from each other in response to a data voltage provided through the data line. The first pixel includes a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate line and a first terminal connected to the data line and a first liquid crystal capacitor connected to a second terminal of the first transistor. The second pixel includes a second transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate line and a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first transistor and a second liquid crystal capacitor connected to a second terminal of the second transistor.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a display area located over the substrate and including a plurality of pixels, a non-display area arranged outside the display area, a first power voltage line corresponding to one side of the display area in the non-display area and including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer arranged over the first conductive layer, a second power voltage line spaced apart from the first power voltage line in the non-display area, a first dam unit surrounding the display area and overlapping the second power voltage line in a plan view, a second dam unit arranged outside the first dam unit, and a third dam unit arranged between the display area and the first dam unit and overlapping the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer of the first power voltage line in the plan view.

Abstract: A bio-signal acquiring apparatus includes a sensor part and a signal processor. The sensor part includes a bio-signal sensor, a load sensor, and an ultrasonic sensor array, the bio-signal sensor configured to detect a bio-signal of an object that comes into contact with the sensor part, the load sensor configured to detect a contact load of the object, and the ultrasonic sensor array configured to detect contact load distribution of the object. The signal processor is configured to obtain a contact load of the object at a region of interest based on the contact load and the contact load distribution, and configured to output the contact load of the object at the region of interest and the bio-signal.

Abstract: A polarizing plate-cutting device including a laser beam generator configured to emit a laser beam, a scanner including a rotating mirror configured to reflect the laser beam emitted from the laser beam generator, and a housing accommodating the rotating mirror, a condenser lens configured to condense the laser beam reflected from the rotating mirror, and a mounting block onto which the laser beam condensed by the condenser lens is irradiated and to which a polarizing plate is mounted, wherein the mounting block is fixed with respect to the scanner while the polarizing plate is being cut, and wherein the polarizing plate includes a stacking of a base substrate and a polarizing layer, the base substrate being closer to the condenser lens than the polarizing layer, and a heat resistance of the polarizing layer being lower than that of the base substrate.

Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes: a processor, and a memory operatively connected to the processor.