Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a discharge pressure of a fluid includes: a pump configured to suck the fluid through an inlet or to discharge the sucked fluid through an outlet; a distributor connected to the pump and to an injection nozzle provided by a sensor and configured to distribute the fluid discharged from the pump to the sensor; and a controller. The controller is configured to control the pump to operate selectively in accordance with detection of contamination of the sensor and to control operation of the distributor to be forcibly delayed during operation of the pump such that the fluid distributed to the sensor, when detected as being contaminated, is controlled to reach a selected required discharge pressure of different required discharge pressures selected in accordance with water amount information and a degree of contamination of the sensor.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a conductive structure body, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electrode and an electronic device including the conductive structure body.

Abstract: Disclosed are an improved guide device capable of being easily replaced for damage, and a detector having the same. The guide device includes a first plate configured to have a plurality of grooves disposed in one surface thereof; and a second plate configured to be in contact with the first plate, wherein the second plate is in contact with the first plate to separate a plurality of channels, wherein the first plate is configured so that the plurality of microdroplets pass through any one of the plurality of channels, the fluid passes through channels facing each other among the plurality of flow channels, and the microdroplets are regularly spaced apart by the fluid that is discharged from the channels facing each other.

Abstract: Provided is a method, performed by a device, of processing an image, the method including tracking a movement of a user wearing the device and generating movement information of the user, the movement information being about a movement occurring between a previous time when a first image was rendered and a current time when a second image is rendered; selecting at least one pixel from among a plurality of pixels comprised in the first image, based on the generated movement information and a location of a target pixel comprised in the second image; and changing a value of the target pixel by blending a value of the selected at least one pixel with the value of the target pixel according to a preset weight.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a memory cell unit and an internal voltage stabilization apparatus. The memory cell unit includes a row decoder, a column decoder, and a memory cell array. The internal voltage stabilization apparatus includes an operation termination determination unit configured to determine whether an operation of the semiconductor memory apparatus is terminated on the basis of an external input voltage and output an operation termination command, a termination voltage generation unit configured to generate a termination voltage having a preset voltage value on the basis of a determination result of operation termination by the operation termination determination unit, and a switch unit. The switch unit includes a plurality of switches that are turned in response to the operation termination command, and supplies the termination voltage, input from the termination voltage generation unit, to a plurality of internal nodes of the memory cell array.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery energy storage system including: a plurality of battery boxes provided with a plurality of battery packs; a plurality of power converter systems respectively connected to the plurality of battery boxes to selectively charge or discharge the plurality of battery boxes through alternating current supplied from an external power source device; a transformer disposed between the external power source device and the plurality of power converter systems; and a controller controlling the plurality of power converter systems to selectively charge or discharge the plurality of battery boxes.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a memory cell unit and an internal voltage stabilization apparatus. The memory cell unit includes a row decoder, a column decoder, and a memory cell array. The internal voltage stabilization apparatus includes an operation termination determination unit configured to determine whether an operation of the semiconductor memory apparatus is terminated on the basis of an external input voltage and output an operation termination command, a termination voltage generation unit configured to generate a termination voltage having a preset voltage value on the basis of a determination result of operation termination by the operation termination determination unit, and a switch unit. The switch unit includes a plurality of switches that are turned in response to the operation termination command, and supplies the termination voltage, input from the termination voltage generation unit, to a plurality of internal nodes of the memory cell array.

Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: a graphic processing unit rendering strokes; a display displaying an image including the rendered strokes; and a processor identifying a redraw region when a redraw event occurs on the image, and providing rendering information for rendering strokes included in the redraw region to the graphic processing unit, wherein the graphic processing unit renders the strokes included in the redraw region using point primitives on the basis of the rendering information.

Abstract: Provided is a method, performed by a device, of processing an image, the method including tracking a movement of a user wearing the device and generating movement information of the user, the movement information being about a movement occurring between a previous time when a first image was rendered and a current time when a second image is rendered; selecting at least one pixel from among a plurality of pixels comprised in the first image, based on the generated movement information and a location of a target pixel comprised in the second image; and changing a value of the target pixel by blending a value of the selected at least one pixel with the value of the target pixel according to a preset weight.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus and method for decreasing an amount of power consumed to display an image. The image processing apparatus includes: an input interface configured to input image data; at least one processor configured to obtain an output pixel value by adjusting at least one selected from luminance, resolution, and precision regarding a portion of the image data; and an output interface configured to output image data including the obtained output pixel value.

Abstract: A method of processing a graphics command may include: receiving the graphics command from an apparatus that executes an application; selecting at least one shader included in the graphics command to be processed by a graphics processor; creating a shader program using the selected at least one shader; searching for a shader program corresponding to the created shader program from among one or more previously compiled shader programs; and outputting a found shader program.

Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: a graphic processing unit rendering strokes; a display displaying an image including the rendered strokes; and a processor identifying a redraw region when a redraw event occurs on the image, and providing rendering information for rendering strokes included in the redraw region to the graphic processing unit, wherein the graphic processing unit renders the strokes included in the redraw region using point primitives on the basis of the rendering information.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing method in the image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: sequentially storing, in a memory, a non-shadow ray and at least one shadow ray derived from the non-shadow ray; and performing a shading operation using the sequentially stored non-shadow ray and at least one shadow ray.

Abstract: A shadow rendering method is provided. The shadow rendering method includes emitting radial light to an object so that a shadow area for the object generated by a three-dimensional modeling is projected; determining a portion of the shadow area as a penumbra area for the object; and rendering a penumbra for the object to the penumbra area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery energy storage system including: a plurality of battery boxes provided with a plurality of battery packs; a plurality of power converter systems respectively connected to the plurality of battery boxes to selectively charge or discharge the plurality of battery boxes through alternating current supplied from an external power source device; a transformer disposed between the external power source device and the plurality of power converter systems; and a controller controlling the plurality of power converter systems to selectively charge or discharge the plurality of battery boxes.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus and method for decreasing an amount of power consumed to display an image. The image processing apparatus includes: an input interface configured to input image data; at least one processor configured to obtain an output pixel value by adjusting at least one selected from luminance, resolution, and precision regarding a portion of the image data; and an output interface configured to output image data including the obtained output pixel value.

Abstract: A method of processing a graphics command may include: receiving the graphics command from an apparatus that executes an application; selecting at least one shader included in the graphics command to be processed by a graphics processor; creating a shader program using the selected at least one shader; searching for a shader program corresponding to the created shader program from among one or more previously compiled shader programs; and outputting a found shader program.

Abstract: A photographing method, medium, and apparatus based on face detection in a portable camera. The portable photographing apparatus may include an image input unit that receives an image, a face detection unit that detects a face from the received image, a storage unit that stores the image detected by the face detection unit as a moving image in a first mode, and a quality evaluation unit that evaluates the quality of the image detected by the face detection unit and stores the same as a still image in a second mode upon satisfaction of predetermined conditions evaluated based on the quality evaluation of the still image.

Abstract: A device comprises a viewpoint sensor for sensing a user's viewpoint; a rendering viewpoint determination unit for determining a rendering viewpoint according to the sensed user's viewpoint; a rendering performing unit for rendering a three-dimensional (3D) graphical user interface (GUI) screen according to the determined rendering viewpoint; a display unit for displaying the rendered 3D GUI screen; and a controller, wherein when the user's viewpoint changes, at least one new object is additionally displayed on the 3D GUI screen.

Abstract: A power storage system includes n number of slave BMSs for transmitting data associated with an electric characteristic value of battery cells, included in battery modules managed by the slave BMSs, through slave communication networks; m number of master BMSs for primarily processing the data associated with an electric characteristic value of battery cells, transmitted through the slave communication networks, and transmitting the primarily processed data through a master communication network; and a super master BMS for secondarily processing the data transmitted through the master communication network. Since the data transmitted from each slave BMS are processed in a master BMSs, the amount of data loaded on a communication line may decrease. Therefore, even though the capacity of a power storage system increases, rapid data collection and data control may be achieved.