Abstract: Provided are an electronic device, a control method thereof, and a sound output control system of the electronic device, for example, a technique for controlling sound that is output from an electronic device located in the same space as a voice recognition device.

Abstract: Some example embodiments provide a storage device including a non-volatile memory; a microcontroller unit configured to monitor statuses of constituent elements of the storage device and output an abnormality signal based on the constituent elements not being in a normal status; and a storage controller configured to perform a first check and a second check different from the first check on a first firmware code stored in the microcontroller unit in response to the abnormality signal and perform recovery by using a second firmware code stored in the non-volatile memory based on at least one of the first check and the second check having failed.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of operating a storage device which communicates with a host device includes receiving a first power supply voltage and a second power supply voltage from the host device, executing, by a micro controller unit (MCU) of the storage device, a first power-on sequence for sequentially generating a plurality of internal voltages of the storage device based on the second power supply voltage, detecting, by the MCU, a first power failure corresponding to the first power-on sequence, and performing, by the MCU, a second power-on sequence for sequentially generating the plurality of internal voltages in response to detecting the first power failure.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device, the method including receiving an input of a command to reproduce music contents, determining audio characteristics information on the music contents and situation information on an environment where the music contents are being reproduced; and displaying a visualization effect of visualizing the music contents using the audio characteristics information and the situation information, and reproducing the music contents.

Abstract: An image sensing device may include an image sensing pixel array including a plurality of image sensing pixels operable to respond to light and to produce imaging pixel signals, and a first grid structure disposed between image sensing pixels to separate adjacent image sensing pixels. The image sensing pixel array is structured to include a center area located at or near a center of the image sensing pixel array, first and second diagonal edge areas disposed on opposite sides of the center area in a first diagonal direction, and third and fourth diagonal edge areas disposed on opposite sides of the center area in a second diagonal direction that is different from the first diagonal direction. The first grid structure includes a bent portion in at least one of the first to fourth diagonal edge areas to cover one vertex and adjacent parts of each image sensing pixel.

Abstract: A conversation intention real-time analysis method is provided. A natural language conversation understanding unit determines conversation information regarding a response and a response policy depending on whether a refined sentence refined by a natural language conversation preprocessing unit for determining a question to be answered by analyzing a sentence. A conversation context is output and a response is extracted. A situation information collection unit collects situation information by standardizing a field situation, user information, business information, and domain information. A field-directed type response management unit detects a refined response according to situation information generated by the situation information collection unit from among the conversation information. A response providing unit transmits a final response to a portable device by detecting the final response from the refined response detected by the field-directed type response management unit.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus comprising: a treating vessel including an outer cup and an inner cup placed in an inner side of the outer cup, the inner cup and the outer cup in combination defining a recollecting route for a recollecting a liquid; a rotatable spin head placed within the treating vessel on which a cleaning jig is placed; wherein the treating vessel comprises a first protrusion protruding from an inner side surface of the outer cup to direct a cleaning liquid scattering from the cleaning jig toward a surface of the inner cup.

Abstract: A light emitting display device includes a first pixel providing a first light, a second pixel providing a second light and a third pixel providing a third light, the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel arrayed on a substrate; anode electrodes disposed at each of the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel, each anode electrode including a transparent layer; a reflective layer disposed under the transparent layer; a first emission layer disposed over the first pixel and the second pixel, on the anode electrodes; a second emission layer disposed in the third pixel, on the anode electrode; a cathode electrode on the first emission layer and the second emission layer; and a resonance layer disposed at any one of an upper side and a lower side of the first emission layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are an active layer composition for a solar cell containing a two-dimensional conjugated polymer that has excellent thermal/chemical stability and may improve power conversion efficiency of an organic solar cell via realization of high open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current, a preparation method of the composition, and an organic solar cell containing the composition. The composition contains a two-dimensional conjugated polymer having a repeating unit represented by a following Chemical Formula 4-2 as an electron donor material: wherein the Chemical Formula 4-2, n is an integer of 5 to 2000.

Abstract: Proposed is a method of efficiently storing critical information in a secure place within a hardware security module. The method includes: generating, by a host, access control request information for requesting control of access to a secure data piece associated with at least one application program when the at least one application program is executed; authenticating, by a security module, the at least one application program according to the access control request information; and processing, by the security module, the access control request information according to a result of the authenticating.

Abstract: A method for operating a storage device according to some example embodiments may include monitoring a power supply voltage provided by an external host device; detecting an error of the power supply voltage; generating self-monitoring data of the power supply voltage, and requesting real-time state information to the external host device, based on detection of the error of the power supply voltage; receiving the real-time state information from the external host device; generating result data for indicating whether the error of the power supply voltage is caused by the storage device based on the self-monitoring data and the real-time state information; and transmitting the result data to the external host device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a substrate that including a frontside comprising an active region and a backside opposite to the frontside, an electronic element on the active region, a frontside wiring structure electrically connected to the electronic element on the frontside of the substrate, and a backside wiring structure electrically connected to the electronic element on the backside of the substrate. The backside wiring structure includes a plurality of backside wiring patterns sequentially stacked on the backside of the substrate, and a super via pattern that intersects and extends through at least one layer of the plurality of backside wiring patterns.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same are provided. An organic light-emitting display device includes: a substrate, an organic light-emitting device on the substrate, an encapsulation layer on the substrate and the organic light-emitting device, the encapsulation layer covering the organic light-emitting device, the encapsulation layer including an encapsulation hole, a black matrix covering the encapsulation layer, the black matrix including a black matrix hole over the encapsulation hole, and a color filter in the encapsulation hole and the black matrix hole.

Abstract: An ejection cooler for protecting optical equipment that installs an optical window that divides the inside of the cooler body into two areas so that the surface of the cooler body in which the light source generator for irradiating a light source to observe a specific part of a flow area where a flame exists is installed can be cooled by film cooling, and that forms the slit-shaped ejection port vertically so that the light passes through the optical window and is irradiated through the cooler body. Therefore, the amount of cooling air can increase and the ejection pressure can increase to protect the light source generator from high temperatures, and when the light source passes through the ejection port, the beam can be spread so that an optical path is formed in the form of a thin surface that gradually widens in the vertical direction.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic device, a control method thereof, and a sound output control system of the electronic device, for example, a technique for controlling sound that is output from an electronic device located in the same space as a voice recognition device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus including: a substrate support unit for supporting and rotating a substrate; a liquid supply unit for supplying a treatment solution onto the substrate; a collection cup provided to surround the substrate support unit, and having a plurality of collection spaces for collecting a treatment solution scattered from the substrate; a lifting unit for changing a relative position between the collection cup and the substrate; and a controller for controlling the lifting unit to vary a relative height between the substrate and the collection cup in accordance with a process recipe for treating the substrate.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment. The refrigerating compartment is configured to receive cool air from a refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly, and the ice-making compartment is configured to be located any one refrigerating compartment door and to receive cool air from a freezing compartment side grille fan assembly with the freezing compartment. The refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly is configured to supply a greater amount of cool air to the side where the ice-making compartment and the refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly are located, and to perform cool air supply proportional to temperature influence provided from the ice-making compartment and the refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a rearview device for a motor vehicle that includes a rearview element, a housing supporting at least a portion of the rearview element, the housing including a light transmitting region through which light can penetrate, a light emitter for emitting a first light including a first wavelength in a first direction through the light transmitting region, and a light receiver for detecting a second light entering a second direction through the light transmitting region, the second light entering the second direction including a second wavelength corresponding to the first wavelength. In one example, a first function of the rearview device or an electrically operating configuration connected with the rearview device is executed when the second light including the second wavelength corresponding to the first wavelength is detected by the light receiver during a predetermined period.

Abstract: A storage device includes a plurality of power circuits configured to operate sequentially to drive the storage device, a control circuit configured to, monitor a plurality of first monitoring signals received from the plurality of power circuits, and generate a retry request in response to detection of hardware initialization failure in at least one of the plurality of power circuits based on the plurality of first monitoring signals, and a power sequence circuit configured to, monitor a plurality of second monitoring signals received from the plurality of power circuits and the control circuit, and retry a hardware initialization operation for at least one power circuit of the plurality of power circuits based on the retry request and the plurality of second monitoring signals.