Abstract: A method of controlling color lighting in a vision system is provided which is capable of rapidly searching for a voltage value which allows an optimal product image to be obtained in a vision system including a plurality of lightings. In accordance with an embodiment, a voltage value allowing an optimal product image to be obtained can rapidly searched for in a vision system including a plurality of lightings.

Abstract: A method for transmitting scheduling information in a mobile communication system and a femtocell base station apparatus using the same are provided. Scheduling information can be transmitted using a hierarchical scheduling scheme in which a femtocell base station is allocated resources from a macrocell base station and the femtocell base station then allocates resources to femto users within its own resource region.

Abstract: Provided are an output buffer circuit having an amplifier offset compensation function and a source driving circuit including the output buffer circuit. The output butler circuit may include a plurality of channel amplifiers, each of which is configured to adjust an amount of current flowing through transistors connected to at least one of a non-inverted input terminal and an inverted input terminal of a differential input unit to compensate an amplifier offset, and adjust buffer input voltage signals to generate output voltage signals.

Abstract: A display driving device a driving unit, an output unit, and an output control unit. The driving unit includes a first buffer and a second buffer generating a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage, respectively. The output unit includes a first output pad and a second output pad to which voltages are respectively applied via first second data driving paths, respectively, and which output the voltages to outside. The output control unit includes a charge share path that connects the first output pad and the second output pad. Each of the first data driving path and the second data driving path includes a first electro-static discharge (ESD) protection element, and the charge share path includes a second ESD protection element that is disposed separately from the first data driving path and the second data driving path.

Abstract: A display device capable of decreasing an amplifier offset using a gate-start pulse signal is disclosed. A display device includes a display panel, a control circuit, a gate driving circuit and a source driving circuit. The source driving circuit includes a plurality of source driving chips, compensates for an amplifier offset in response to the gate-start pulse signal, performs digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion on data received from the control circuit using gray scale voltages in response to the source control signal, and provides the converted data to the source lines.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for human body communication are provided. A communication signal for transmission through the human body is generated. The communication signal is transmitted when the terminal is in contact with the human body. The touch is detected, and a communication signal is determined based on a number of the touch and a duration of the touch. A function corresponding to the communication signal is executed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a codebook in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The codebook generation apparatus includes a processor for generating a covariance matrix of a channel between the transmitting end and a receiving end, using a unitary matrix including a first vector corresponding to at least one quantized dominant singular singular vector of the channel and a second vector corresponding to at least one basis vector of a null space of the first vector, and transforming a predefined first codebook by applying the covariance matrix of the channel to the first codebook.

Abstract: A proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) current generation circuit may include a current mirror unit and/or a level control unit. The current mirror unit may be connected between a first power supply voltage, a first node, and/or a second node. The level control unit may be connected between the first node, the second node, and/or a second power supply voltage. The level control unit may be configured to control a level of an output current of the current mirror unit based on a voltage level of the first node and a voltage level of the second node. The level control unit may include a first transistor connected between the first node and the second power supply voltage, at least one second transistor connected between the second node and a third node, the at least one second transistor configured to operate in a weak inversion region, and/or a third transistor connected between the third node and the second power supply voltage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a minimally invasive surgical instrument having an articulation immobilising structure. The present invention is a s minimally invasive surgical instrument and includes a shaft, an end effector connected towards one end of the shaft, a wire for controlling the articulated movement of the end effector, and an immobilising structure adapted to immobilise the state of articulated movement of the end effector. The immobilising structure includes a resilient member covering the wire, and the resilient member holds the wire when an internal space therein contracts.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for transmitting a channel state information (CSI) reporting at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. A rank indicator (RI) and a first type precoding matrix indicator (PMI) are transmitted to a base station (BS) according to a first CSI feedback type. A second type PMI and a channel quality information (CQI) are transmitted to the BS according to a second CSI feedback type. The RI and the first type PMI are jointly coded, and transmitted through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). A reporting period of the first type PMI is longer than a reporting period of the second type PMI. The first type PMI is a wideband PMI, and the second type PMI is a subband PMI. The reporting period of the first type PMI is equal to a reporting period of the RI.

Abstract: An output buffer circuit includes an amplifier and a transmission circuit. The amplifier includes a plurality of inputs and an output. The inputs provide first input signals and second input signals to the amplifier. The output provides an output signal as a first input signal of the first input signals to the amplifier. The transmission circuit has an input coupled to the output of the amplifier and further has an output that provides a transmission circuit output signal as a second input signal of the second input signals to the amplifier.

Abstract: An amplifier for an output buffer includes an operational amplifier including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, the operational amplifier is configured to generate an input bias current and amplify a voltage difference between signals applied to the first input terminal and the second input terminal, and to output the amplified voltage difference; and a self-bias circuit connected to the first input terminal and the second input terminal, the self-bias circuit is configured to generate first and second current paths when the voltage difference is equal to or greater than a predetermined voltage, to generate a tail current on the first or second current path, and to add the generated tail current to the input bias current of the operational amplifier, wherein the second input terminal is connected to the output terminal.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a Channel State Information (CSI) reporting at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a rank indicator (RI) and a first type precoding matrix indicator (PMI) to a base station (BS) according to a first CSI feedback type; transmitting a second type PMI to the BS according to a second CSI feedback type, wherein the RI and the first type PMI are jointly coded, and transmitted through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), wherein the RI and the second type PMI are not jointly coded, and transmitted through the PUCCH, wherein a transmission period of the first type PMI is different than a transmission period of the second type PMI, and wherein the transmission period of the first type PMI is longer than the transmission period of the second type PMI.

Abstract: A minimally invasive surgical instrument is provided, comprising a shaft and an end effector connected to the shaft, wherein the end effector operates in the pitch or yaw direction against the shaft when a first wire and a second wire conveyed through the shaft operate cooperatively according to a first aspect; and the end effector operates in the roll direction against the shaft when the first wire and the second wire operate cooperatively according to a second aspect, wherein the first wire and the second wire operate in the same direction when the cooperative operation is according to one aspect of the first aspect and the second aspect; and the first wire and the second wire operate in the opposite directions when the cooperative operation is according to the other aspect of the first aspect and the second aspect.

Abstract: An electrolyte for a redox flow battery and a redox flow battery including the electrolyte, the electrolyte including a metal-ligand coordination compound as a cation and an anion containing at least four atoms linked to each other by a straight chain in a certain direction.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board (PCB) having an embedded bare chip includes attaching a tape to one side of an insulated substrate having a penetration hole formed therein, and attaching the bare chip onto the tape inside the penetration hole such that electrode pads of the bare chip face the tape; filling up the penetration hole with a filler, and removing the tape; laminating a metal layer onto a surface of the filler and the insulated substrate from which the tape is removed; and forming electrode bumps by removing portions of the metal layer. The forming of electrode bumps further includes simultaneously removing portions of the metal layer and forming an circuit pattern on one side of the insulated substrate. The circuit pattern is formed directly on the upper side of the insulated substrate and the electrode bumps are formed on the surface of the electrode pads.

Abstract: A method and mobile station are described for reporting channel quality information for multi-cell cooperation. The mobile station receives a channel quality request message for requesting channel quality information from a base station. The channel quality request message indicates that the mobile station is one of a plurality of candidate mobile stations to perform multi-cell cooperation. The mobile station reports the channel quality information to the base station. The channel quality information includes first channel quality information for the base station and second channel quality information for a neighboring base station.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a minimally invasive surgical instrument implementing a motor. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a minimally invasive surgical instrument comprises a shaft, an end effector connected to one end of the shaft, and a handle unit connected to the other end of the shaft. The handle unit includes a pair of linearly moving members, at least one rotating member for moving the pair of linear moving members away from each other in opposite directions, and a driving element for driving said at least one rotating member. The pair of linearly moving members operates the end effector in the pitch direction or in the yaw direction.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a Channel State Information (CSI) reporting at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a rank indicator (RI) and a first type precoding matrix indicator (PMI) to a base station (BS) according to a first CSI feedback type; transmitting a second type PMI to the BS according to a second CSI feedback type, wherein the RI and the first type PMI are jointly coded, and transmitted through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), wherein the RI and the second type PMI are not jointly coded, and transmitted through the PUCCH, wherein a transmission period of the first type PMI is different than a transmission period of the second type PMI, wherein the transmission period of the first type PMI is longer than the transmission period of the second type PMI, and wherein the RI is 2, 3 or 4 bits, and a size of the jointly coded RI and the first type PMI are 4 bits.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a Channel State Information (CSI) reporting at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a rank indicator (RI) and a first type precoding matrix indicator (PMI) to a base station (BS) according to a first CSI feedback type; transmitting a second type PMI to the BS according to a second CSI feedback type, wherein the RI and the first type PMI are jointly coded, and transmitted through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), wherein the RI and the second type PMI are not jointly coded, and transmitted through the PUCCH, wherein a transmission period of the first type PMI is different than a transmission period of the second type PMI, and wherein the transmission period of the first type PMI is longer than the transmission period of the second type PMI.