Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for replying to a query. The apparatus for replying to a query includes: a query reply processing unit configured to generate candidates of correct answers by analyzing a question of a user who has inputted a query and searching knowledge database and document database based on a result of analyzing the question and configured to infer a final correct answer from the candidates of correct answers; an inference information generating unit configured to generate a reference corpus and a word inquiry, which are inference information for inferring a knowledge level of a user of little or no information; and a knowledge level inferring unit configured to generate knowledge level information by inferring the knowledge level of the user by use of the reference corpus and the word inquiry and provide the knowledge level information to the query reply processing unit.

Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) may be displayed on a display unit in an apparatus which may include a tactile sensor unit. When a contact by a user is detected at the tactile sensor unit, a control unit may receive a contact detection signal therefrom. Based on the contact detection signal, the control unit may determine a contact pattern and may then display the GUI corresponding to the contact pattern. The GUI may be displayed and modified depending on the location and pressure of contacts by a user's manipulating fingers. Therefore, a user can manipulate the apparatus without any inconvenience or accidental touches.

Abstract: Provided is a question answering system with respect to a natural language question and a method thereof. The question answering system includes a candidate answer generating unit configured to extract a document mapped to an input natural language question, and generate candidate answers with respect to the natural language question from the extracted document, a text entailment recognizing unit configured to generate a text entailment recognition result representing a degree of association between multiple evidence sentences including the generated candidate answers and the natural language question, a list generating unit configured to generate a candidate answer list including the multiple evidence sentences in high association degree order on the basis of the text entailment recognition result, and an output unit configured to output the generated candidate answer list as a search result with respect to the natural language question.

Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) may be displayed on a display unit in an apparatus which may include a tactile sensor unit. When a contact by a user is detected at the tactile sensor unit, a control unit may receive a contact detection signal therefrom. Based on the contact detection signal, the control unit may determine a contact pattern and may then display the GUI corresponding to the contact pattern. The GUI may be displayed and modified depending on the location and pressure of contacts by a user's manipulating fingers. Therefore, a user can manipulate the apparatus without any inconvenience or accidental touches.

Abstract: A high power LED lighting device is provided that includes a case, a substrate disposed in the case and including a plurality of LED chips are mounted thereon, and a reflection module connected to the substrate and including a plurality of light reflection semi-spheres protruding from a plate body. The device provides improved heat discharging properties, among others.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a memory cell array, a plurality of first sub word line drivers, and a plurality of second sub word line drivers. The memory cell array may comprise a plurality of sub cell arrays, a plurality of first word lines and a plurality of second word lines, wherein a loading of each of the first word lines is greater than a loading of each of the second word lines. Each of the plurality of first sub word line drivers may be connected to drive a corresponding one of the plurality of first word lines, wherein each of the first sub word line drivers has a first driving capability. Each of the plurality of second sub word line drivers may be connected to drive a corresponding one of the plurality of second word lines, wherein each of the second sub word line drivers has a second driving capability different from the first driving capability.

Abstract: A controlling method for arranging a content list of a display apparatus is provided. The method includes storing at least one content selected by a user, displaying a content list including the at least one content, and in response to a location fixation command related to one of the at least one content included in the content list being input, fixing a location of the selected at least one content on the content list. Accordingly, the content list can be arranged efficiently.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of representing user language characteristics in a MPEG user description (MPEG-UD) system including receiving a request for a user description (UD) of the user language characteristics from a recommendation engine, calling the UD of the user language characteristics from a UD database, and transmitting the called UD of the user language characteristics to the recommendation engine.

Abstract: Disclosed is semantic frame operation, and disclosed are a text big data based semantic frame operating method including: collecting a predicate to be used as a semantic frame seed; configuring a synonym set for the collected predicate; collecting one or more examples in text big data in association with predicates included in the synonym set; extracting a semantic frame candidate by attaching a semantic case to the collected examples; performing error verification for the semantic frame candidate; and storing the semantic frame candidate subjected to the error verification as an extended semantic frame for the predicate, and an electronic device supporting the same.

Abstract: Provided are an opinion analyzing system and method that analyze an opinion change based on an elapse of time and provide an analysis result. The opinion analyzing system includes a user terminal configured to transmit an opinion analysis request signal including an opinion analysis target keyword and analysis target period information, and an opinion analyzing server configured to, when the opinion analysis request signal is received from the user terminal, collect text information including the opinion analysis target keyword from a database according to the opinion analysis request signal, and analyze the collected text information to generate a summary text of an opinion.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an apparatus for searching information based on Wikipedia's contents comprising: a document converting part extracting fulltext documents, section title documents, info-box documents, category documents and definition statement documents from Wikipedia original documents and generating at least one of Wikipedia documents for questions and answers; a document indexing part analyzing the Wikipedia document for questions and answers, extracting POS-based index terms from the Wikipedia document for questions and answers, and generating a Wikipedia document index for questions and answers; a question analyzing part receiving a natural language question, analyzing a question pattern, an answer pattern and a question focus from the natural language question, and extracting document search keywords; a document searching part performing document search by using the document search keywords from the Wikipedia document index for questions and answers and generating document search res

Abstract: The present invention relates to a social media question and answer service, and discloses a social media issue processing device and method. The method includes a question analyzing unit which analyzes a question type of an input question through a question pattern dictionary which is stored in advance; a social media analyzing unit which performs issue period recognition for the question, question type based analysis, question based summary creation, and question based reliability calculation; and a report creating unit which creates a summary in accordance with at least one of correlation between the question type and the question based summary, correlation between the issue period and the question type based analysis result, and correlation between the reliability and the question based summary.

Abstract: A demand response (DR) system includes a DR control unit to generate different DR levels having different power rates for each power unit, and transmit a current DR level, and a household appliance to receive the DR level from the DR control unit, and differentially control energy output of a product in response to the received DR level so as to reduce power consumption of the product. As a result, the DR system reduces power consumption when power rates are high so as to reduce electricity bills.

Abstract: A method and device for predicting popularity by setting various criteria of popularity of social data spread over a social network service (SNS) including: a data collecting unit to collect previous data created during a predetermined time and created in real time from data storage associated with an SNS, a data popularity prediction resource building unit to extract user information and data information from the previous data created during the predetermined time and build a social data popularity prediction resource using the extracted user information and data information, and a popularity predicting unit to predict popularity of the social data created in real time using the data information and the user information extracted from the data created in real time and the built popularity prediction resource, in which the predicted popularity includes predicted values of at least two items among a spread amount, a popularity time, and a spread rate.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for analyzing an event time-space correlation in a social web media and an operating method thereof. The apparatus includes a collection unit configured to collect a text type of document data from the social web media, a storage unit configured to store an event keyword indicating an event and event-related information including event time-space information corresponding to the event keyword, an extraction unit configured to linguistically analyze the document data to extract the event keyword and the event-related information associated with the event keyword from the document data based on a result of the linguistic analysis, and an output unit configured to receive the event keyword and event-related information and convert the received event keyword and event-related information into visual information and output the visual information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ethylene-based terpolymer having high elasticity and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to a highly elastic, ethylene-based terpolymer, which comprises a specific molar ratio of a ethylene unit, a C6-12 ?-olefin unit and at least one functional unit selected from the group consisting of divinylbenzene and para-methylstyrene and to a method of preparing the highly elastic, ethylene-based terpolymer using a metallocene catalyst.

Abstract: A demand response (DR) system includes a DR control unit to generate different DR levels having different power rates for each power unit, and transmit a current DR level, and a household appliance to receive the DR level from the DR control unit, and differentially control energy output of a product in response to the received DR level so as to reduce power consumption of the product. As a result, the DR system reduces power consumption when power rates are high so as to reduce electricity bills.

Abstract: A lower package includes a semiconductor chip. A first upper package and a second upper package are disposed on the lower package. A heat spreader is disposed on the lower package. The heat spreader includes an upper plate and an extension part connected to the upper plate. At least a part of each of the first and second upper packages vertically overlaps the semiconductor chip. The upper plate may be arranged on the first upper package and the second upper package. The extension part may be arranged between the first upper package and the second upper package. The extension part has a vertical height that is greater than its horizontal width.

Abstract: A color filter substrate includes a substrate, a color filter and a plurality of dummy column spacer. The substrate has an effective area and an ineffective area which is adjacent to the effective area. The color filter is disposed on the substrate in the effective area. The plurality of dummy column spacers is formed from the same layer as the column spacers and the plurality of dummy column spacers are formed on the ineffective area and surrounds the effective area in the ineffective area.

Abstract: A demand response (DR) method or a demand response (DR) system determines priority of each household appliance in response to a quality status of each household appliance, and variably controls a DR level of each household appliance according to the priority of each household appliance, to guarantee the quality of the household appliance and minimize power consumption.