Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a control method thereof. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a volume data of an object and a process configured to determine whether an acquisition position of the volume data is within an allowable range by using pre-stored landmark information and configured to acquire a plurality of reference planes from the volume data when the acquisition position of the volume data is within the allowable range.

Abstract: A display apparatus for searching and a control method thereof are provided. The method includes displaying an image content, determining whether a search function is performed while the image content is displayed, and in response to the determining that the search function is performed while the image content is displayed, transmitting information of the image content to an external server. The method further includes receiving, from the external server, information of a search record of one or more viewers of the image content, and providing information of one or more search terms that are related to the image content, based on the information of the search record.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of inspecting semiconductor wafers, inspection systems for performing the same, and methods of fabricating semiconductor devices using the same. A method of inspecting a semiconductor wafer including preparing a wafer including zones each having patterns, obtaining representative values for the patterns, scanning the patterns under an optical condition to obtain optical signals for the patterns, each of the optical signals including optical parameters, selecting a representative optical parameter that is one of the optical parameters that has a correlation with the representative values, obtaining a reference value of the representative optical parameter for a reference pattern, and obtaining a defect of an inspection pattern by comparing the reference value with an inspection value of the representative optical parameter for the inspection pattern.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically controlling a driving assist function of a vehicle includes a sensing device to sense surrounding information and driving information of the vehicle and a state of a driver, a controller to determine whether an automatic activation condition for automatically activating the driving assist function is satisfied, based on the surrounding information and the driving information of the vehicle, which are acquired from the sensing device, and the sensed driver state, and automatically activate the driving assist function when the automatic activation condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes receiving, from a mobile device, signal strength information indicative of a signal strength of a signal between the mobile device and a network transceiver in a mobile device telecommunications network. The processor determines, based at least in part on the signal strength information, a coverage area associated with the network transceiver, determines, based at least in part on the signal strength information, an aggregated signal strength associated with a location within the coverage area, and determines a predicted signal strength associated with the location. The predicted signal strength is based at least in part on a signal strength estimation model. The processor determines a difference between the aggregated signal strength and the predicted signal strength, determines whether the difference meets or exceeds a signal strength threshold, and generates a message to update hardware component associated with the location.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The methods may include forming first and second line patterns. The first line pattern has a first side facing the second line pattern, and the second line pattern has a second side facing the first line pattern. The methods may also include forming a first spacer structure on the first side of the first line pattern and a second spacer structure on the second side of the second line pattern. The first and the second spacer structures may define an opening. The methods may further include forming a first conductor in a lower part of the opening, forming an expanded opening by etching upper portions of the first and second spacer structures, and forming a second conductor in the expanded opening. The expanded opening may have a width greater than a width of the lower part of the opening.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound imaging apparatus comprising: an image processing unit for connecting relevant blood flows and classifying the same into a plurality of blood flow trees on the basis of information on blood flow direction and blood flow velocity obtained from morphological information of a target object and three-dimensional blood flow data; a user input unit for receiving a user input which selects a blood flow tree, in which a target blood flow is included, from among the plurality of blood flow trees; and a display unit for displaying the selected blood flow tree on a three-dimensional rendering image on the basis of the user input.

Abstract: A wireless communication method includes: receiving a wireless signal including a plurality of frames, wherein each of the plurality of frames includes a plurality of sub-frames and a current frame is initially a first one of the frames; a) performing a correlation calculation between each of the sub-frames of the current frame and each a plurality of reference signals to generate a plurality of current correlation values; b) respectively accumulating the current correlation values with previous correlation values to generate cumulative values respectively corresponding to the plurality of sub-frames of the current frame; determining whether an effective synchronization signal is detected, based on the current cumulative values; and setting the current frame to a next one of the frames, setting the previous correlational values to the current correlation values, and determining whether to resume to step a) based on the determination as to whether the effective synchronization signal is detected.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic chips according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: (A) forming a plurality of dicing trenches on a ceramic wafer; (B) removing a surface in which the dicing trenches are formed by as much as a predetermined thickness to eliminate a rough surface, which is formed on an outer side of each of the dicing trenches when the dicing trenches are formed; and (C) removing a surface opposite to the surface in which the dicing trenches are formed by as much as a predetermined thickness so that the wafer is individualized into a plurality of ceramic chips.

Abstract: User equipment (UE) can include a network analyzer to capture network metrics to monitor conditions of cell coverage and band dominance. In some instances, the UE is served by a base station with multiple network bands. The base station may select a network band based on an optimization scheme. In some instances, the UE can capture data representing network metrics and can report such data to a network device to further aggregate the data and to generate reports. The network device can use the aggregated data to perform band dominance analysis, which may include determining a coverage index for each available band. The coverage index may be used to determine parameters for a base station. The parameters may be modified to trigger handovers to optimize band traffic.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for measuring fibrinogen concentration in a blood sample, which enables measuring of the concentration of the fibrinogen protein present in a blood sample from the human body. The method for measuring fibrinogen concentration of the present disclosure is convenient because an enzyme is not used. In addition, an error due to a factor affecting factor affecting in-vivo enzyme activity does not occur and measuring time is decreased since measurement for reference plasma is unnecessary. Therefore, the method achieves superior accuracy, precision and reproducibility as compared to the existing technologies and can be usefully employed for measuring fibrinogen concentration in a blood sample.

Abstract: User equipment (UE) can include a spectrum analyzer to monitor characteristics of transmission channels. The user equipment can monitor a 600 MHz spectrum and associated channels, for example, to determine if the spectrum is free of interference or is currently occupied. The UE can analyze a received signal strength indication (RSSI), a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), and signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), for example, to distinguish between types of interference if a channel is occupied. User equipment (UE) can aggregate data and report such data to a network device further aggregate the data and to generate reports. Network components can be deployed or optimized based at least in part on network metrics provided by individual UEs or aggregated data provided by a plurality of UEs. In some instances, the UE can be a mobile phone of a customer to gather metrics in a distributed manner.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically setting a speed of a vehicle may include a path guide device configured to obtain information related to a location of the vehicle, a type of a road corresponding to the location, and a speed limit of the road corresponding to the location and a controller configured to be electronically connected to the path guide device, wherein the controller is configured to activate an automatic setting mode for setting a setting speed for autonomous driving of the vehicle to a speed limit of a road corresponding to a current location of the vehicle, when the vehicle enters another type of road from the specified type of road in a state where the automatic setting mode is activated, release the automatic setting mode, and activate the automatic setting mode.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes receiving, from a mobile device, transmission information corresponding to an audio data transmission associated with an audio data packet loss of one or more audio data packets. The processor determines, based at least in part on the transmission information, a geographic region associated with a wireless communication network transceiver. The processor further determines an average audio data packet loss rate associated with the geographic region and a correlation between the audio data packet loss and at least one key performance indicator (KPI). The KPI is indicative of the audio data transmission. Based at least in part on (i) the average audio data packet loss rate and (ii) the correlation between the audio data packet loss and the at least one KPI, the processor generates a handover instruction comprising at least one threshold value for transitioning control from a first cell channel to a second cell channel.

Abstract: User equipment (UE) can include a network analyzer to capture network metrics to monitor conditions of cell coverage and coverage overlap. In some instances, the UE is served by a neighboring cell located further away instead of the nearest cell due to coverage overlap. The UE can capture data representing network metrics and can report such data to a network device to further aggregate the data and to generate reports. The network device can use the aggregated data to perform overshooting analysis, which may include determining transmission power of neighboring cells that overlap with coverage of a target cell. The aggregated data may be used to determine an overshoot index for a cell. A cell with high overshoot index may be designated an overshooter cell. The parameters of an overshooter cell may be modified to reduce interference between cells.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a control method thereof. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a volume data of an object and a process configured to determine whether an acquisition position of the volume data is within an allowable range by using pre-stored landmark information and configured to acquire a plurality of reference planes from the volume data when the acquisition position of the volume data is within the allowable range.

Abstract: The present invention provides a health functional food composition and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and alleviating depression, both compositions using an extract of Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. fruits, which are Korean natural resources, so as to be safely usable without toxicity and side effects.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a hologram content generation apparatus, an integrated hologram content control system having the hologram content generation apparatus, and an operating method of the hologram content generation apparatus. The integrated hologram content control system includes a sensor unit configured to sense at least one of a face, motion, and voice of a user and generate sensing information, a hologram content generation apparatus configured to generate hologram content that enables interaction with the user using the sensing information, a display device configured to display the generated hologram content, and a rotation module for rotating the display device.