Abstract: A vehicle charger is provided that receives power from electric vehicle supply equipment to charge a battery mounted within an electric. The charger includes a charging controller that is configured to execute a charging mode of the vehicle charger and a main power supplier that is configured to supply main power to the charging controller. In addition, an auxiliary power supplier is configured to supply battery power as auxiliary power when receiving a control pilot signal generated from the electric vehicle supply equipment. A power controller is configured to detect the control pilot signal and turn the main power supply and the auxiliary power supply on and off based on state information regarding the detected control pilot signal and a charging mode control signal output from the charging controller.

Abstract: A method and apparatus construct a widget environment. The method converts an application programming interface (API) into an API call in a Web service format in response to identifying that the API that is not executable in a current device is called. The method transmits the API call in the Web service format to a remote device in which the API is executable. The method receives a result obtained from the API call being executed in the Web service format in the remote device.

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for controlling driving of a hybrid vehicle. A method may include calculating a rate-of-change of a motor rpm, calculating a second reference rpm depending on the calculated rate-of-change of the motor rpm by varying a first reference rpm that has been set to engage an engine clutch, where the second reference rpm is newly set to engage the engine clutch, and controlling a vehicle drive mode by determining whether to start an engine and engage the engine clutch according to whether the motor rpm reaches the second reference rpm.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming an active region in a semiconductor substrate, forming a plurality of dummy gates on the active region, the plurality of dummy gates having a gate mask disposed thereon, forming an interlayer insulating layer on the gate mask, and performing a one-time chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process by using a slurry composition capable of polishing the interlayer insulating layer and the gate mask until top surfaces of the dummy gates are exposed.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for detecting an abnormal movement. The apparatus includes a feature tracing unit configured to extract features of a moving object in an input image, trace a variation in position of the extracted features according to time, and ascertain trajectories of the extracted features; a topic online learning unit configured to classify the input image in units of documents which are bundles of the trajectories, and ascertain probability distribution states of topics, which constitute the classified document, by using an online learning method which is a probabilistic topic model; and a movement pattern online learning unit configured to learn a velocity and a direction for each of the ascertained topics, and learn a movement pattern by inferring a spatiotemporal correlation between the ascertained topics.

Abstract: Provided is a nail deformity correction device for effectively correcting a fingernail/toenail by applying an appropriate correction force. The nail deformity correction device includes: a first body having a plate shape, elastically bent by an external force, and being attachable to the surface of a fingernail/toenail; a second body having a plate shape, overlapping the first body, fixed to the first body, and elastically bending with the first body; a core inserted between the first body and the second body and restored into a memorized shape in accordance with a temperature change; and contact portions formed by bringing portions of the first body and the second body in close contact with each other outside the core, in which the first body, the second body, and the core expand and correct a deformed portion of the fingernail/toenail.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for encoding/decoding scalable digital audio are disclosed. An apparatus for decoding scalable digital audio according to the present invention includes: an audio packet reception unit configured to receive a digital audio packet, including a plurality of pieces of direct audio channel data mapped to respective physical channels and a plurality of pieces of indirect audio channel data indirectly mapped to respective physical channels; an indirect audio channel extraction unit configured to extract the digital audio packet from the pieces of indirect audio channel data; an indirect audio channel decoding unit configured to generate pieces of audio channel data corresponding to a number of physical channels more than the number of pieces of indirect audio channel data using the pieces of indirect audio channel data; and an audio channel output unit configured to match the pieces of audio channel data to the respective physical channels and perform output.

Abstract: An antenna device that uses an exterior metal frame is provided. The antenna includes a Printed Circuit Board (PCB); a plurality of segment-type exterior metal frames spaced apart from the PCB; a feeding portion connected to one metal frame of the plurality of segment-type exterior metal frames; and a slit located between the PCB and the one metal frame, wherein the one metal frame fed through the feeding portion operates with radiation, or the slit operates with radiator, or another exterior metal frame fed through the feeding portion operates with radiation.

Abstract: A suction nozzle and a vacuum cleaner are provided. The suction nozzle includes a lower case in which a suction inlet configured to suck dirt on a surface to be cleaned using suction force formed from a suction source and an inclined part including the suction inlet are formed in a bottom of the lower case which faces the surface to be cleaned, and an upper case coupled to an upper side of the lower case, wherein the inclined part is formed to be downwardly inclined towards a left side and a right side of the suction inlet from an arbitrary portion of the inclined part.

Abstract: Provided are a method of extracting a biodiesel convertible lipid from microalgae using a supercritical carbon dioxide and a biodiesel convertible lipid extracted by the method. The lipid extraction method is an economical and environmentally friendly technique, which may considerably reduce an extraction time, compared to a conventional supercritical carbon dioxide extraction method, does not use the toxic organic solvents used in the conventional Bligh-Dyer extraction method and Soxhlet extraction method, and exhibits an excellent lipid yield and a FAME yield.

Abstract: Provided is an airbag apparatus which prevents the neck of an occupant from being injured. To this end, the airbag apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an airbag which is inflated when gas flows into the airbag, and deployed forward toward an occupant; and a slip panel which is coupled to a front surface of the airbag, and has a folded portion that is unfolded by expansive force of the airbag.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a soundproofing board part having improved sound absorption performance. The soundproofing board part is manufactured by using, as a material, a recycled soundproofing material which contains a polyurethane foam having excellent sound absorption performance and impact resilience during the press molding; and by producing a sound absorption part on the back surface of the soundproofing board part through a remolding processing method. Also disclosed is a soundproofing board part manufactured by the method. Accordingly, sound absorption performance of the soundproofing board part is improved by about 20% or greater, manufacturing cost thereof may be reduced by recycled resources utilizing waste sheets, and manufacturing process may be simplified compared the related art.

Abstract: The present invention relates to transparent chips for artificial marble and artificial marble including the same. The transparent chips for artificial marble include (A) a halogenated epoxy acrylate resin and (B) metal fibers. The transparent chips are fabricated by adding metal fibers to a transparent resin. The transparent chips for artificial marble can implement both linear stripe patterns and three-dimensional effects inherent thereto, thereby providing an aesthetically pleasing appearance.

Abstract: The following description relates to a composite for a harmful material-detecting sensor, which includes a dye having a color-change function by reaction with acid or base and a polymer material, a method for producing the composite for the harmful material-detecting sensor, and a low-cost film-type color change harmful material sensor, which includes the composite for the harmful material-detecting sensor so as to quickly detect a harmful material and can be carried by an individual.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to moving an object between pages of an editable document. An aspect includes determining that the object in an edit page of the editable document has been dragged to a target page thumbnail of the editable document. Another aspect include zooming in the target page thumbnail. Yet another aspect includes moving the object in the zoomed-in target page thumbnail.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a main body including a fan motor to generate suction force, a suction unit connected to the main body to suction foreign matter from a surface to be cleaned in a state of contacting the surface, a dust collector separatably mounted to the main body to separate and collect dust from air suctioned by the suction unit, and a wheel assembly to move the main body, wherein the wheel assembly includes frames provided at a lower part and left and right sides of the main body and wheels rotatably mounted to the frames provided at the left and right sides of the main body, each wheel having a negative camber angle.

Abstract: A variable resistance memory device, and methods of manufacturing the same, include a plurality of first conductive structures extending in a first direction, a plurality of second conductive structures extending in a second direction crossing the first direction over the first conductive structures, the second conductive structures, and a plurality of memory cells that are formed at intersections at which the first conductive structures and the second conductive structures overlap each other, and each includes a selection element and a variable resistance element sequentially stacked. An upper surface of each of the first conductive structures has a width in the second direction less than a width of a bottom surface of each of the selection elements.

Abstract: There are provided an auxiliary device for mounting nail deformity correction device and a nail deformity correction device mounted on a nail by the same. The auxiliary device includes a resilient block that is placed in parallel with a finger and toe nail in a longitudinal direction of the finger and toe nail, and has elasticity to be elastically contracted and restored in a width direction of the finger and toe nail, and a pair of parallel protrusions that protrudes from an end of the resilient block to be inserted into an inside of the finger and toe nail, and is spaced apart from each other at a predetermined distance in the width direction of the finger and toe nail.

Abstract: An oil pump includes a pump housing comprising an oil input port formed at one side of the pump housing. An oil output port is formed at another side of the pump housing. An oil flow unit is provided at a center of the pump housing, and the oil flow unit compresses and discharges oil input from the oil input port toward the oil output port. A bypass passage circulates the oil from the oil output port to the oil input port. A pressure control chamber allows the oil to flow through the oil output port and the bypass passage. The pressure control chamber has a plunger that is supported by an elastic body and moves in accordance with oil pressure. A bypass hole is formed at one side of the pressure control chamber and allows the oil passing through the oil output port to flow to the bypass passage when the plunger moves due to the oil pressure. The amount of oil flow increases depending on a movement distance of the plunger.

Abstract: An electroless surface treatment plated layer of a printed circuit board, a method for preparing the same, and printed circuit board including the same. The electroless surface treatment plated layer includes: electroless nickel (Ni) plated coating/palladium (Pd) plated coating/gold (Au) plated coating, wherein the electroless nickel, palladium, and gold plated coatings have thicknesses of 0.02 to 1 ?m, 0.01 to 0.3 ?m, and 0.01 to 0.5 ?m, respectively. In the electroless surface treatment plated layer of the printed circuit board, a thickness of the nickel plated coating is specially minimized to 0.02 to 1 ?m, thereby making it possible to form an optimized electroless Ni/Pd/Au surface treatment plated layer.