Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for converting video contents, each of which converts 2D contents into 3D contents. The method includes: determining an object to be extracted from a plurality of frames which contain 2D contents; determining a respective possession degree of information about the object to be extracted, with regard to each of the plurality of frames; selecting at least one key frame from among the plurality of frames in accordance with the determined possession degrees of information about the object to be extracted; extracting an object with regard to the selected key frame; assigning depth for conversion into 3D contents to the object to be extracted; and performing tracking upon all but the key frame from among the plurality of frames. Accordingly, the 2D-3D conversion can be performed with high accuracy and reliability.

Abstract: Etching compositions are provided. The etching composition includes a phosphoric acid, ammonium ions and a silicon compound material. The silicon compound material includes a silicon atom, at least one selected from the group of a nitrogen atom, a phosphorus atom and a sulfur atom combined with the silicon atom, and at least two oxygen atoms combined with the silicon atom. Methods utilizing the etching compositions are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an imine having no substituent group on the nitrogen by using, as a catalyst, a metal complex on an organic azide compound, and more specifically relates to a method in which a metal-complex catalyst is used to produce, from an organic azide having an alpha-hydrogen, an imine having no substituent group on the nitrogen via a continuous nitrogen removal and 1,2-hydrogen transfer reaction. The imine having no substituent group on the nitrogen manufactured by means of the method of the present invention can synthesise diverse coupling products comprising amine compounds by means of reactions with diverse nucleophiles.

Abstract: An off signal generator may be capable of supplying a uniform current. The off signal generator may comprise an off signal generation unit outputting an off signal in response to a first signal and blocking the off signal from being output in response to a second signal, and a signal control unit generating the second signal at a preset time interval and transferring the generated second signal to the off signal generation unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor process management system is provided. The semiconductor process management system includes a communicator that receives a process recipe from one or more process apparatuses and receives a measured value for each sampling point from one or more measuring apparatus, and a first determination unit that establishes a mutual influence model between the process recipe and the measured value for each sampling point based on the process recipe and the measured value for each sampling point.

Abstract: A secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes preparing an electrode assembly comprising a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed therebetween. The method also includes freezing the electrode assembly after the electrode assembly is filled with an electrolyte solution, dipping the frozen electrode assembly in a liquid polymer material, retrieving the dipped electrode assembly from the liquid polymer material, and curing an external surface of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A method of displaying a driver's propensity includes: determining a current drive mode, at a plurality of predetermined times, of a vehicle that is in operation, each determined current drive mode being selected from a plurality of predetermined drive modes; calculating cumulative ratios of each determined current drive mode by accumulating in real-time ratios of the current drive mode determined at each of the plurality of predetermined times; and simultaneously displaying the cumulative ratios of each determined current drive mode and the predetermined drive modes to inform the driver of the cumulative ratios.

Abstract: An acousto-optic device includes an optical waveguide in which incident light is able to propagate; a metal layer surrounding at least a first portion of the optical waveguide; a gain medium layer disposed in the first portion of the optical waveguide; and a sonic wave generator configured to generate surface acoustic waves (SAWs) and apply the SAWs to the optical waveguide and/or the metal layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor package substrate, and more particularly, to a semiconductor package substrate that can prevent warpage by minimizing the difference in the residual ratio of copper between a substrate region and a dummy region or between upper and lower surfaces of the dummy region and prevent a molding material applied to the substrate region from being introduced into the dummy region by patterns formed in the dummy region.

Abstract: A device packaging method and a device package using the same may be provided. The device packaging method includes forming a package sacrificial layer by applying a first material on a substrate on which a device has been formed; forming a package cap by applying a second material on the package sacrificial layer; generating gas molecules from the package sacrificial layer by applying external stimuli such as light or heat to the package sacrificial layer; and heating the gas molecule and forming a cavity between the device and the package cap.

Abstract: The present invention provides a ceramide lamella structure comprising a glucoside surfactant, a preparation method thereof, and a skin composition for external use containing the same. According to the skin preparation composition for external use of the present invention, phase stability is very excellent and a greater amount of ceramides can be stably formed according to the stability of ceramides using multilayered lamellar liquid crystals, thereby showing excellent skin moisturizing and skin barrier function repairing effects when applied to the skin.

Abstract: A power converter and a driving method for the same may prevent a current from flowing excessively during initial driving. The power converter may include an inductor, a switch turned on or turned off according to a control signal to control a current flowing through the inductor, and a control unit detecting the magnitude of the current flowing through the switch, outputting the control signal for controlling the turn-on/turn-off operation of the switch, setting a reference current and turning off the switch during a preset first time when the current flowing through the switch reaches the reference current during initial driving.

Abstract: A power converter may include an inductor, a switch turned on or turned off according to a control signal to control the flow of a current flowing through the inductor, and a control unit for outputting the control signal to turn on or turn off the switch by integrating a current flowing through the switch to compare the integrated current with the size of a preset reference voltage. The power converter and a driving method for the same may reduce errors of current control and have a simple structure.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for converting two-dimensional (2D) contents into three-dimensional (3D) contents is disclosed. The method including: displaying a frame, the frame containing an object which will be extracted from among plural frames contained in the 2D contents; designating a boundary region of an object to be extracted on the displayed frame, in accordance with a user command through a user interface (UI) for collectively designating a region; generating a trimap based on the designated boundary region including inner and outer regions of the object to be extracted, and extracting the object based on the generated trimap. With this, a user can more conveniently and efficiently convert 2D contents into 3D contents.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a touch sensor module including a base substrate having electrode patterns formed thereon and including electrode pads transferring electrical signals of the electrode patterns to the outside, a flexible cable including an adhesive layer contacting one surface of the electrode pad and formed to transfer the electrical signal, and a curvature adhesive having an end portion of one side formed to be in contact with the base substrate and an end portion of the other side formed to be in contact with the flexible cable.

Abstract: A display device in a display panel; a backlight unit configured to provide light to the display panel, the display pan& being arranged at a side of a first surface of the backlight unit; and a first light adjustment unit configured to be arranged at a side of a second surface of the backlight unit opposite to the first surface of the backlight unit, the first light adjustment unit including a plurality of reflection portions, reflection portions of the plurality of reflection portions being rotatable so as to be switchable between a light transmission mode and a light reflection mode.

Abstract: A 3-dimensional (3D) holographic image displaying apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a hologram reproducer configured to generate surface plasmons in response to incident light and reproduce a 3D image by diffracting the generated surface plasmons by a hologram, and a surface light source unit including a light source and a light guide plate, the light guide plate being configured to allow incident light from the light source to enter into the light guide plate, internally reflect the allowed light, and output the internally reflected light through a light-output surface, the surface light source unit being configured to implement colors by adjusting an angle of the light incident to the hologram reproducer so that the outputted light through the light-output surface is incident to the hologram reproducer at a surface plasmon-forming angle for each wavelength to generate the surface plasmons corresponding to a plurality of color beams.

Abstract: There is provided a light emitting diode driver capable of improving power efficiency by using a resistor having a low power consumption rating while controlling an LED channel so that it has constant brightness stably. The light emitting diode driver includes: a power supplying unit converting an input voltage into a predetermined driving voltage so as to supply the driving voltage to an LED channel; and a driving unit amplifying a detection voltage detected based on a current from the LED channel by a predetermined gain and controlling the current flowing through the LED channel so that the amplified detection voltage has a level equal to that of a predetermined reference voltage.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display portion configured to display an image, a frame surrounding the display portion, and a block in which a groove is defined. The frame includes a plurality of protrusions. The protrusions have same shapes and are arranged spaced apart by a uniform gap. The groove of the block is configured to receive a protrusion of the frame.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a bit line structure located on a semiconductor substrate, an outer bit line spacer located on a first side surface of the bit line structure, an inner bit line spacer including a first part located between the bit line structure and the outer bit line spacer and a second part located between the semiconductor substrate and the outer bit line spacer, and a block bit line spacer located between the outer bit line spacer and the second part of the inner bit line spacer. A first air-gap is defined by the outer bit line spacer, the inner bit line spacer, and the block bit line spacer.