Abstract: A driving device including a driving source configured to rotate forward or reversely, a first wire and a second wire connected to the driving source, a first joint connected to the first wire to rotate in a moving direction of the first wire, and a second joint connected to the second wire to rotate in a moving direction of the second wire is disclosed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for tracking input positions via Electric Field Communication (EFC) are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of receiving electrodes for EFC and a receiver unit. The receiving electrodes detect strengths of input electric fields. The receiver unit compares the strengths of the input electric fields with each other and generates position information regarding the input electric fields.

Abstract: A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system, a handover method, and an apparatus for use therein are provided. A handover method of a station in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system includes storing handover availability information received from a connected Access Point (AP) connected to the station; and suspending, when the handover availability information is set to “unavailable”, an operation for handover to another AP.

Abstract: A speech recognition method and apparatus are provided, in which the speech recognition apparatus may recognize a user feature and a speech recognition environment, determine a speech recognition speed for performing speech recognition based on one of the recognized user feature and the speech recognition environment, and perform the speech recognition based on the determined speech recognition speed.

Abstract: A double-sided glassless three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus including a backlight unit may include an light source unit configured to emit light to the front and the rear thereof by diffracting incident light, and first and second display devices configured to use the light emitted by the light source unit as light for a 3D image formation and to form the 3D image on both sides of the light source unit. The light source unit may include a light source portion configured to emit three lights that have three different respective wavelengths and a light guide panel configured to transmit the lights emitted by the light source portion to the first and second display devices.

Abstract: A carbonaceous material, an anode active material including the carbonaceous material, a lithium battery including the anode active material, and a method of preparing the carbonaceous material are provided. The carbonaceous material includes: a core including graphite; and a shell on the core and including an amorphous carbonaceous material, wherein the carbonaceous material is a single body.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including first and second electrodes including coated regions and uncoated region tabs, the first and second electrodes arranged and spiral-wound at opposite sides of a separator; a case to accommodate the electrode assembly; a cap plate to be combined to an opening of the case; an insulator to be arranged between the electrode assembly and the cap plate; electrode terminals to be arranged at the cap plate and to be electrically connected to the uncoated region tabs; and current collecting tabs to connect the uncoated region tabs and the electrode terminals and to be arranged between the insulator and the electrode assembly, and the current collecting tab includes an elastic protrusion protruding in a direction toward the insulator.

Abstract: A memory device includes a delay locked loop that generates a first code for delaying a reference clock in a first operation mode that is a normal operation mode, generates a second code for delaying the reference clock in a second operation mode that is a refresh mode, and delays the reference clock in response to one of the first and second codes depending on one of the first and second operation modes, and a data output circuit that outputs a data strobe signal (DQS) using the delayed reference clock.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a timing controller configured to convert input image data into a hue, saturation, brightness (HSV) color space to generate a saturation histogram, generate a saturation gain curve and a dimming value based on the saturation histogram, control saturation of an input image based on the saturation gain curve to generate a data signal, and control luminance of the input image based on the dimming value to generate a light source control signal. A data driver is configured to generate data voltages based on the data signal. display panel is configured to display an output image based on the data voltages. A light source is configured to provide light to the display panel based on the light source control signal.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) setting system includes an RF recognition reader configured to recognize an external near field communication (NFC) reader, an RF update controller configured to acquire a default setting value from among a plurality of setting values stored in a memory in response to the recognition of the external NFC reader, and an RF setting value specification module configured to set the default setting value as an RF setting value. When a connection for NFC is not established to the external NFC reader within a predetermined amount of time, the RF recognition reader is further configured to recognize that the connection for NFC fails, and the RF update controller is further configured to sequentially update the RF setting value with each of the plurality of setting values excluding the default setting value until the connection for NFC is successfully established to the external NFC reader.

Abstract: Provided are a video decoding method and a video decoding apparatus capable of performing the video decoding method. The video decoding method includes: determining neighboring pixels of a current block to be used for performing intra prediction on the current block; acquiring, from a bitstream, information indicating one of a plurality of filtering methods used on the neighboring pixels; selecting one of the plurality of filtering methods according to the acquired information; filtering the neighboring pixels by using the selected filtering method; and performing the intra prediction on the current block by using the filtered neighboring pixels, wherein the plurality of filtering methods comprise a spatial domain filtering method and a frequency domain filtering method, wherein the spatial domain filtering method filters the neighboring pixels in a spatial domain, and the frequency domain filtering method filters the neighboring pixels in a frequency domain.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided that controls other electronic devices through one electronic device in a communication system. The electronic device for executing control commands includes a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one of other electronic devices, a memory configured to store identification information about other electronic devices to execute a group control command, and a controller configured to execute, when receiving the control command, the received control command, determine whether the received control command is a group control command that other electronic devices need to execute in the same way as the electronic device, read, when the received control command is a group control command, identification information about at least one of other electronic devices as group control objects from the memory, and transmit the identification information to other electronic devices.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to perform a low-density parity check (LDPC) encoding on input bits using a parity check matrix to generate an LDPC codeword comprising information word bits and parity 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 modulator is further configured to map a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among a plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.

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). According to various embodiments, a device of an intermediate node comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive a signal for determining a buffer threshold value of at least one terminal; and a control unit configured to determine a buffer threshold value of the terminal on the basis of the signal, and determine a size of data to be requested to at least one server according to the determined buffer threshold value of the terminal.

Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a display, a first communicator configured to communicate with an external device, a second communicator configured to communicate with a remote controller, and a processor configured to control the display to display an image corresponding to an image signal received from the external device through the first communicator, and the processor, in response to a control signal being received from the remote controller through the second communicator while the image is displayed on the display, controls the display to display a user interface (UI) for changing a channel, and in response to the control signal being received from the remote controller through the second communicator while an image which includes a specific object is displayed on the display, controls the display not to display the UI for changing a channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a memory system which executes a plurality of commands including a write command and a trim command. The memory system includes a memory device, which includes a plurality of blocks. The method further includes performing garbage collection for generating a free block, calculating a workload level in performing the garbage collection, and changing a command schedule based on the workload level.

Abstract: According to various example embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes: a light source module comprising a light source and associated circuitry; an iris camera configured to capture an iris of a user using infrared rays radiated from the light source module; and a processor electrically connected with the light source module and the iris camera and configured to generate an image regarding the iris.

Abstract: A receiver of a modulated signal is presented. The receiver includes a synchronization detector configured to receive a signal indicative of the modulated signal that includes a synchronization header and a data payload, and to detect an end of the synchronization header. The synchronization detector is configured to generate a differential signal based on the signal, perform cross-correlation of the differential signal with a reference differential signal to generate a cross-correlation output, compare a first sample of the cross-correlation output at a sample index associated with a hypothesized start frame delimiter (SFD) peak index with a second sample of the cross-correlation output at a sample index associated with a hypothesized preamble peak index, and detect an end of the synchronization header in response to a comparison result in which a magnitude of the first sample is greater than a magnitude of the second sample of the cross-correlation output.