Abstract: A crack detector may include a plurality of crack detection switches for connecting and disconnecting data lines of a display panel to one another. A signal supply may supply a detection control signal for controlling opening/closing of the crack detection switches and supply a crack detection signal to a first data line. A crack determiner may be configured to determine a crack of the display panel by comparing an output signal supplied from a second data line connected to the first data line through one of the crack detection switches, with a preset reference value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating liver disease, and more particularly, to a pharmaceutical composition capable of preventing or treating liver disease by using a fermented product of Orostachys japonicus, and a method of producing the same.

Abstract: An electronic device and method for measuring user body information are provided. The method for measuring user body information includes detecting a contact of a user's body portion on at least two spots of a touch screen of the electronic device, upon detecting the contact of the user's body portion on the at least two spots of the touch screen, applying power to a first coil in the electronic device, and measuring the user body information using at least one of a voltage and a second current measured after a first current is induced across the user's body by a first magnetic field generated from the first coil as the power is applied.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for controlling a target device of a host and a client for supporting a service for the target device which has connectivity not supported by the host. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the method for controlling the target device of the host includes: receiving, from a first client having the same connectivity as that of at least one target device, target information on the target device, and managing the target information; and, when a service request signal for the target device is received from a second client, transmitting, to the target device, a service control signal for controlling the target device using the target information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for easily and quickly connecting wireless devices in a wireless communication system. A method by which at least one center node operates in a wireless communication system containing a group formed by the center node includes sensing two or more target nodes which request for a connection to the group within a predetermined time and sequentially configuring a connection of the target nodes to the group.

Abstract: An operating method of a storage device includes a controller: receiving read data from a non-volatile memory; measuring a plurality of threshold voltage distributions respectively corresponding to a plurality of memory units of the non-volatile memory, based on the received read data; measuring a distribution variation between the plurality of memory units, based on the measured plurality of threshold voltage distributions; dynamically determining operation parameters for the non-volatile memory, based on the measured distribution variation; and transmitting, to the non-volatile memory, an operate command, an address, and at least one operation parameter corresponding to the address.

Abstract: A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including a memory block and a memory controller. The memory block includes a first memory region connected with a first word line and a second memory region connected with a second word line. The memory controller sets a read block voltage based on a first read voltage of the first memory region. The memory controller determines a second read voltage of the second memory region based on variation information and the read block voltage.

Abstract: The present invention defines a share group, and enables a content generated during an activity period to be automatically shared in the share group during the activity period. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an automatic content share method comprises, in a content share method, the steps of: setting a share group to share the content, an activity and an activity period; and sharing the generated content on the basis of the share group to share the content, the activity and the activity period, wherein the share group is formed on the basis of a proximity discovery.

Abstract: A bus bar assembly installed in a frame for fixing a plurality of stacked battery cells is provided. The bus bar assembly may include: a bus bar fixed to the frame; a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the bus bar and configured to sense the plurality of battery cells; and a connection terminal having a protrusion formed on one surface of the connection terminal, is the protrusion being configured to pass through the flexible printed circuit board so as to be electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit board, and the connection terminal configured to be electrically connected to the bus bar through the opposite surface of the one surface, the opposite surface being bonded to the bus bar.

Abstract: Provided is a method of a device transmitting integrity check data. The method includes establishing a voice communication channel with at least one other device, determining a size of a packet to be transmitted through the established voice communication channel based on a bandwidth of the communication channel, detecting a user's voice from an input signal, selectively inserting integrity check data for checking the integrity of data to be transmitted into the packet based on a result of the detection, and transmitting the packet to the at least one other device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for removing factor XI (FXI) during plasma protein purification, more specifically a method for removing FXI including dialyzing and concentrating a plasma protein fraction II paste containing FXI and a plasma protein, and then removing the FXI using a ceramic-based cation exchange resin. The method for removing factor XI (FXI) can improve removal efficiency of impurities and thrombogenic substances, thereby producing stable plasma proteins with improved quality.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain that produces superoxide dismutase (SOD), and also relates to an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical composition and a pharmaceutical composition and food composition for preventing or treating hyperlipidemia, which include a superoxide dismutase produced by the Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain. The compositions of the present invention exhibit excellent effects without causing side effects, and may thus be used as functional raw materials or products having an enhanced activity of preventing or treating inflammation, cancer or hyperlipidemia in the pharmaceutical drug, food, cosmetic and livestock fields.

Abstract: Provided is a flexible circuit board installed on a frame to which a bus bar is coupled. The flexible circuit board may include a central portion having a band shape, first connection circuit portions formed at both ends of the central portion and disposed to face each other, second connection circuit portions extending from the first connection circuit portions in parallel with the central portion, and third connection circuit portions extending from the first connection circuit portions and the second connection circuit portions and connected to the bus bar. An overlapped may be formed when each of the second connection circuit portions is folded toward one side of each of the first connection circuit portions.

Abstract: An optical system is provided. The optical system includes an image generator configured to output image signals for configuring a virtual image, and an infrared (IR) image signal, a multipath optical element configured to guide the beams, a diffraction grating configured to diffract parts of the output beams and transmit other parts of the output beams, an outcoupler configured to allow the diffracted beams to exit the multipath optical element, a first camera configured to sense a pattern of reflection of an IR beam exiting the outcoupler, an IR filter diffraction element, a second camera configured to sense a pattern of reflection of the IR beam projected toward the real world, and a processor configured to determine a line of sight of a user based on the pattern sensed by the first camera, and to determine depth information of the object based on the pattern sensed by the second camera.

Abstract: An optical system is provided which includes a light source which outputs light; a first waveguide; a transmissive reflective layer provided on a top surface of the first waveguide and configured to reflect some light and transmit the remaining light incident thereon; a second waveguide provided on a top surface of the transmissive reflective layer; an in-coupler provided on the first waveguide and configured to allow the light output by the light source to enter the first waveguide; and an out-coupler provided on one of the first waveguide and the second waveguide and configured to emit light from the optical system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to control of an opening degree of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve which is provided in an engine which uses compressed natural gas as fuel. A method for controlling an EGR valve of an engine according to the present invention includes: calculating the amount of exhaust gas to be transferred from an exhaust line to an intake line according to engine operating conditions; regulating an opening degree of an EGR valve based on the calculated amount of exhaust gas; measuring a temperature of exhaust gas discharged from a combustion chamber; and increasing the opening degree of the EGR valve by a preset increment when the temperature of the exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber exceeds a preset reference temperature.

Abstract: A lighting module disclosed in an embodiment comprises: a substrate; a light-emitting element arranged on the substrate; and a resin member arranged on the substrate and the light-emitting element. The resin member comprises a plurality of side surfaces and an exit surface on the upper portion thereof. The plurality of side surfaces of the resin member comprise a first side surface adjacent to the light emitting device, a second side surface facing the first side surface, and third and fourth side surfaces arranged between the first and second side surfaces so as to face each other. The exit surface of the resin member comprises a light extraction structure having a large length in a first direction and having a concavo-convex pattern in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The light emitting device comprises an exit area corresponding to a part of the second side surface in the first direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified polymer having the structure of Formula (I) and Formula (IV): wherein A, R1, R2, R3, a, and n are as described herein and wherein R, R?, R?, x, and k are as described herein and methods for preparation thereof. The present invention also relates to a compound having the structure of Formula (II): wherein A, R1, R2, R3, a, and n are as described herein. The present invention also relates to a process for polymerizing unsaturated hydrocarbon monomers.

Abstract: An operating method of a storage device includes a controller: receiving read data from a non-volatile memory; measuring a plurality of threshold voltage distributions respectively corresponding to a plurality of memory units of the non-volatile memory, based on the received read data; measuring a distribution variation between the plurality of memory units, based on the measured plurality of threshold voltage distributions; dynamically determining operation parameters for the non-volatile memory, based on the measured distribution variation; and transmitting, to the non-volatile memory, an operate command, an address, and at least one operation parameter corresponding to the address.

Abstract: An electric energy storage device has an inner terminal disposed in a cylindrical metal case and connected to an electrode of a bare cell, wherein the inner terminal includes a plate-shaped terminal body having a circular outer circumference; at least one electrolyte impregnation hole formed through the terminal body in a thickness direction; a flange located at the outer circumference of the terminal body and extending perpendicular to a plane of the terminal body; and a spacer formed to protrude at a periphery of at least one impregnation hole among the impregnation holes or formed by protruding a part of the plane of the terminal body.