Abstract: An audio rendering method and an electronic device performing the same are disclosed. The disclosed audio rendering method includes determining an air absorption attenuation amount of an audio signal based on a recording distance included in metadata of the audio signal and a source distance between a sound source of the audio signal and a listener; and rendering the audio signal based on the air absorption attenuation amount.

Abstract: A rendering method of an object-based audio signal and an apparatus for performing the same are provided. The rendering method of an object-based audio signal includes obtaining a rendered audio signal, performing clipping prevention on the rendered audio signal using a first limiter, mixing a signal output by the first limiter using a mixer, and performing clipping prevention on the mixed signal using a second limiter.

Abstract: Provided is a photosensitive resin composition including a reactive unsaturated compound, an alkali soluble resin, an initiator, and a pigment. The reactive unsaturated compound is selected to cause the composition to exhibit high-resolution pattern properties that facilitate forming a pixel defining film in a display device. The reactive unsaturated compound may be an acryl-based compound having at least three ethylenically unsaturated double bond groups in molecules and having a viscosity of about 200 mPa s to about 280 mPa s at 40° C. A display device including such pixel defining film is also presented.

Abstract: A method of rendering object-based audio and an electronic device performing the method are provided. The method includes identifying a bitstream, determining a reference distance of an object sound source based on the bitstream, determining a minimum distance for applying distance-dependent attenuation, based on the reference distance, and determining a gain of object-based audio included in the bitstream based on the reference distance and the minimum distance.

Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.

Abstract: Disclosed is an LPC residual signal encoding/decoding apparatus of an MDCT based unified voice and audio encoding device. The LPC residual signal encoding apparatus analyzes a property of an input signal, selects an encoding method of an LPC filtered signal, and encode the LPC residual signal based on one of a real filterbank, a complex filterbank, and an algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP).

Abstract: A window includes a window base layer, a high refractive layer disposed on the window base layer, a low refractive layer including hollow silica particles and disposed on the high refractive layer, and a primer coating layer disposed on the low refractive layer. Each of the low refractive layer and the primer coating layer has a refractive index in a range of about 1.4 to about 1.46. The low refractive layer has a thickness in a range of about 50 nm to about 80 nm.

Abstract: A Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC) that may process a window sequence based on mode switching is provided. The USAC may perform encoding or decoding by overlapping between frames based on a folding point when mode switching occurs. The USAC may process different window sequences for each situation to perform encoding or decoding, and thereby may improve a coding efficiency.

Abstract: A system includes: a memory unit adapted to store a user profile corresponding to each of a plurality of users, each user profile including user preference information; a communication unit, adapted to receive, via a telecommunications network, real-time or near real-time data relating to and during live events; and a processor adapted to analyze the received data, to detect an occurrence of an event during the live event based on analyzed data, to associate the detected occurrence of the event to each user according to the user preference information, and to communicate the occurrence of the event to each associated user. The processor is adapted to perform the analysis, the detection, the association, and the communication in real-time or near real-time during the live event.

Abstract: A data center includes: a server including a control plane; a data plane that is configured to receive network connection information from the control plane; and a storage group including a plurality of first storage devices. The data plane may be configured to set connections between the server and the plurality of first storage devices based on the network connection information corresponding to each first storage device of the plurality of first storage devices.

Abstract: In general, techniques are described for automatic disablement of alerts for diabetic conditions. A device including a memory and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store alert data. The processor may obtain projected levels of glucose in a patient over a time frame, and determine whether the projected levels of glucose leave a prescribed range. The processor may generate, when the projected levels of glucose in the patient leave the prescribed range during the time frame and based on the alert data, a graphical alert indicating that the projected levels of glucose will leave the prescribed range. The processor may further determine that a maintenance event alters the projected levels of glucose, and disable, without user input and based on the determination that the maintenance event alters the projected levels of glucose, the graphical alert for a temporary period of time.

Abstract: In general, techniques are described for automated projection mode for switching glucose levels. A device for assisting in therapy delivery comprising a memory and a processor configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store first projected levels of glucose in a patient over a first time frame. The processor may determine an occurrence of a projection event that alters how projected levels of glucose are to be output, and automatically determine, based on the projection event, a second time frame that differs from the first time frame, The processor may also obtain a current glucose level of the patient, obtain, based on the current glucose level, second projected levels of glucose in the patient over the second time frame, and output the second projected levels of glucose for the second time frame.

Abstract: A data center includes: a server including a control plane; a data plane that is configured to receive network connection information from the control plane; and a storage group including a plurality of first storage devices. The data plane may be configured to set connections between the server and the plurality of first storage devices based on the network connection information corresponding to each first storage device of the plurality of first storage devices.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for monitoring the dispensing of a fluid from a container. In one aspect, a system includes a conformal substrate including a mechanically flexible and an electrically insulative material, the substrate attached and conformed to a container containing a fluid; a data acquisition unit including a sensor and a signal processing circuit formed on the conformal substrate, in which the sensor transduces an occurrence of the fluid dispensing from the container into an electrical signal, and the signal processing circuit amplifies the electrical signal; a data processing unit formed on the conformal substrate and in communication with the data acquisition unit to process the amplified electrical signal as data; and a communications unit formed on the conformal substrate and in communication with the data processing unit to wirelessly transmit the processed data to a remote device.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for fabrication of flexible circuits and electronic devices in cost effective manner that can include integration of submicron structures directly onto target substrates compatible with industrial microfabrication techniques. In one aspect, a method to fabricate an electronic device, includes depositing an electrically conductive layer on a processing substrate including a weakly-adhesive interface layer on a support substrate; depositing an insulating layer on the conductive layer to attach to the conductive layer; forming a circuit on the processing substrate by etching selected portions of the conductive layer based on a circuit design; and producing a flexible electronic device by attaching a flexible substrate to the formed circuit on the processing substrate and detaching the circuit and the flexible substrate from the interface layer, in which the flexible electronic device includes the circuit attached to the flexible substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vertical full-rotation shuttle, which leads a feed-side string portion of a needle thread loop to be wound around and hooked to a bobbin thread from one side of a bobbin case to the other side thereof according to the rotation of a hook part, and leads a stitch-side string portion of a needle thread to the surface of the bobbin case at one side of the bobbin case, such that the feed-side string portion of the needle thread turns the bobbin thread around and the needle thread loop jumps over the bobbin case so as to form complete stitches

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for fabrication of flexible circuits and electronic devices in cost effective manner that can include integration of submicron structures directly onto target substrates compatible with industrial microfabrication techniques. In one aspect, a method to fabricate an electronic device, includes depositing an electrically conductive layer on a processing substrate including a weakly-adhesive interface layer on a support substrate; depositing an insulating layer on the conductive layer to attach to the conductive layer; forming a circuit on the processing substrate by etching selected portions of the conductive layer based on a circuit design; and producing a flexible electronic device by attaching a flexible substrate to the formed circuit on the processing substrate and detaching the circuit and the flexible substrate from the interface layer, in which the flexible electronic device includes the circuit attached to the flexible substrate.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for monitoring the dispensing of a fluid from a container. In one aspect, a system includes a conformal substrate including a mechanically flexible and an electrically insulative material, the substrate attached and conformed to a container containing a fluid; a data acquisition unit including a sensor and a signal processing circuit formed on the conformal substrate, in which the sensor transduces an occurrence of the fluid dispensing from the container into an electrical signal, and the signal processing circuit amplifies the electrical signal; a data processing unit formed on the conformal substrate and in communication with the data acquisition unit to process the amplified electrical signal as data; and a communications unit formed on the conformal substrate and in communication with the data processing unit to wirelessly transmit the processed data to a remote device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lower thread supply device for a sewing machine, comprising: a housing (100) which is fixed to a main body of a sewing machine, has a cylindrical shape in which a front side and a back side are opened along a central axis, and has a (a housing cut out portion) (110) formed by cutting the outer circumferential surface of one side; a rotation plate (200) which is connected to a power shaft of a sewing machine, has a disk shape, has a power transmission protrusion (210) formed on the front surface of the disk, and is provided at the back inner lateral side of the housing (100) to rotate; a hook body (300) which is rotatably provided inside the housing (100), has a cylindrical shape with an opened front side, a protrusion receiving part (320) formed at the back outer portion to receive the torque of the rotation plate (200) by being engaged with the power transmission protrusion (210), a bobbin mounting post (330) formed at the back inner portion, and a hook (310) that passes th

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lower thread supply device for a sewing machine, comprising: a housing (100) which is fixed to a main body of a sewing machine, has a cylindrical shape in which a front side and a back side are opened along a central axis, and has a (a housing cut out portion) (110) formed by cutting the outer circumferential surface of one side; a rotation plate (200) which is connected to a power shaft of a sewing machine, has a disk shape, has a power transmission protrusion (210) formed on the front surface of the disk, and is provided at the back inner lateral side of the housing (100) to rotate; a hook body (300) which is rotatably provided inside the housing (100), has a cylindrical shape with an opened front side, a protrusion receiving part (320) formed at the back outer portion to receive the torque of the rotation plate (200) by being engaged with the power transmission protrusion (210), a bobbin mounting post (330) formed at the back inner portion, and a hook (310) that passes th