Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine including a balancer module which is actively driven in a balancer housing to damp load unbalance of the washing machine, a power supplying unit provided at an outside of a tub to supply electric power to the balancer module, and a wire configured to pass through a hollow portion of a rotating shaft of a flange shaft to electrically connect the balancer module and the power supplying unit. The washing machine comprises a slip ring disposed between the rotating balancer module and the fixed power supplying unit to prevent the wire from being twisted. An internal wire disposed in a rotating tub is covered by a waterproofing tube so as to prevent moisture from permeating the internal wire. The hollow portion of the rotating shaft of the flange shaft is sealed by a stopper member and a packing member so as to prevent the moisture from permeating. An external wire disposed at an outside of the tub may be neatly arranged by a guide bracket.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing one or more protocols for one or more electronic devices are provided. The method includes establishing, by an electronic device configured to provide a framework interface by executing instructions stored in a memory, one or more physical channels with an external electronic device, using one or more communication modules, executing, by the electronic device, two or more application programs to interface with the framework interface, and communicating, via the framework interface, data from the two or more application programs through the one or more physical channels to the external electronic device, using at least one logical channel or session for a respective one of the two or more application programs.

Abstract: A method for processing a cryptographic operation request includes receiving, at a hardware security module (HSM), the cryptographic operation request including a cryptographic key and at least one authorization token, determining, by the HSM, whether an access control list (ACL) associated with the cryptographic key of the cryptographic operation request is authorized to govern access to the cryptographic key, and validating, by the HSM, the at least one authorization token. When the at least one authorization token is valid and the ACL is authorized to govern access to the cryptographic key of the cryptographic operation request, the method includes processing, by the HSM, the cryptographic operation request.

Abstract: A refrigerator may include a main body having a storage room, a door configured to open or close the storage room, a sensing lever configured to contact the door while the door is closed, where the sensing lever is movable in one of a first direction and in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, a sensor configured to sense a movement of the sensing lever in one of the first direction and the second direction, and a controller configured to open the door when the sensor senses the movement of the sensing lever in the first direction, and to maintain the door closed when the sensor senses the movement of the sensing lever in the second direction.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a display disposed in one surface of the housing, a processor operatively connected to the display, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions, when executed, causing the processor to display a chat room, in which a plurality of users participate, in at least part of the display, to display identification information associated with at least one user selected among the plurality of users, in at least part of the chat room, and to display a window associated with job information of the selected at least one user so as to be overlapped with at least part of the chat room, in response to a user input to select the identification information.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a housing; a display disposed on one surface of the housing; a cover comprising a first area on which a plurality of input objects are disposed and a second area on which a transparent panel is disposed, wherein the cover is disposed such that at least a portion of the display can be openably and closably covered, and is configured to provide at least a first arrangement state or a second arrangement state; and a processor which is electrically connected to the display, and is set to output a first screen associated with a first security function on an area of the display corresponding to the second area in the first arrangement state, and to output a second screen associated with a second security function on at least a portion of the display in the second arrangement state. Other various embodiments identified in the specification are also possible. Besides, it may be permissible to prepare other various embodiments speculated through the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a driving device of an electric folding type side view mirror for a vehicle, comprising: an upper case (30) in which a motor seating part is formed; an electric motor (40), installed inside the upper case (30), for generating rotation power; a worm gear (11) installed at a rotational axis (14) of the electric motor (40); a worm wheel gear (12), connected to the worm gear (11), for transferring the rotation power; a lower case (20) formed with fixing means (21, 22); a cap spring (14) fixed to the lower case (20) by the fixing means (21, 22) and a cap (13), mounted at a top of the cap spring (14), for receiving a lower end of the rotational axis (14).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a duct module, wherein the duct modules include a front duct and a rear duct coupled to each other in the front-rear direction and forming a flow path, a plurality of flow path forming portions extending from a front surface of the rear duct to form a flow path therebetween, and a sealing portion extending parallel to the rear surface of the front duct from front ends of the plurality of flow path forming portions and in surface contact with the rear surface of the front duct.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a door opening apparatus capable of preventing degradation of appearance quality of a door because an additional switch is not provided, and a refrigerator including the same. The refrigerator may include a main body including a storage compartment, a door provided to open or close the storage compartment, and a door opening apparatus provided to detect a moving amount of the door and open the door when the door is pushed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator which includes a rear duct including a first guide passage configured to guide cold air generated in an evaporator and a cooling discharge port through which the cold air is discharged from the first guide passage to the inside of a storage compartment to cool the storage compartment, an upper duct including a second guide passage coupled with the first guide passage and an air curtain discharge port through which the cold air is discharged from the second guide passage to a front opening of the storage compartment to form an air curtain at the front opening of the storage compartment, and a blade to close or open the air curtain discharge port and which may form an effective air curtain with a simple structure.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one a first electronic device or at least one second external device by at least one communication method, and a control unit configured to, when a message is received from the first electronic device, identify at least one of the second electronic device to which a message is sent in response to the message received from the first electronic device, create the message that is to be sent to the identified second electronic device, and send the created message to the second electronic device. Other various embodiments may be provided.

Abstract: A washing machine having a balancer housing capable of transmitting electric power from an external power source to a balancing module. The washing machine includes a rotary drum, and a balancer to counterbalance an unbalanced load generated in the rotary drum. The balancer includes a balancer housing mounted to the rotary drum, and a balancing module having a moving unit to move inside the balancer housing. The balancer housing includes an electrode provided at an inner surface of the balancer housing in a circumferential direction thereof in order to transmit electric power to the moving unit of the balancing module, an electric wire electrically connected to the electrode in order to apply electric power from an external power source to the electrode, and a connector provided at an outer surface of the balancer housing in order to electrically connect the electric wire and the electrode.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a balancer to offset unbalanced load generated during rotation of a drum, wherein the balancer includes a balancer housing mounted at the drum, the balancer housing having an annular channel defined therein, a balancing module disposed in the annular channel such that the balancing module is movable when electric power from a power source outside a cabinet is supplied to the balancing module, a conductive film, one side of which is attached to an inside of the balancer housing and the other side of which is provided with a conductive rail to supply electric power to the balancing module, and an electric wire to electrically connect the power source outside the cabinet to the conductive rail.

Abstract: A board assembly includes: a circuit board; a shield member coupled to the circuit board to face the circuit board; and at least one socket for a storage medium which is mounted on the circuit board. The shield member includes an opening that exposes the entirety of the socket to the outside. The board assembly forms an opening in a dual recess structure to accommodate the socket. Thus, the board assembly may contribute to the reduction of the thickness of an electronic device while being stacked with a battery. Further, the entire socket is exposed to the outside of the shield member, the storage medium may be easily removed.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method of enhancing neutron high linear-energy-transfer (LET) radiation therapy of cancer is provided, wherein the method includes administering an effective amount of gold nano-particles (GNPs) to a subject that needs neutron high LET radiation therapy of cancer, before or after radiation therapy.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine including a balancer module which is actively driven in a balancer housing to damp load unbalance of the washing machine, a power supplying unit provided at an outside of a tub to supply electric power to the balancer module, and a wire configured to pass through a hollow portion of a rotating shaft of a flange shaft to electrically connect the balancer module and the power supplying unit. The washing machine comprises a slip ring disposed between the rotating balancer module and the fixed power supplying unit to prevent the wire from being twisted. An internal wire disposed in a rotating tub is covered by a waterproofing tube so as to prevent moisture from permeating the internal wire. The hollow portion of the rotating shaft of the flange shaft is sealed by a stopper member and a packing member so as to prevent the moisture from permeating. An external wire disposed at an outside of the tub may be neatly arranged by a guide bracket.

Abstract: A washing machine which improves performance of balancers, and a control method thereof. The washing machine includes a drum accommodating laundry and rotated by rotary force transmitted from a drive source, balancer housings mounted on the drum, each of the balancer housings including a disc-shaped channel formed therein, balancing modules movably disposed in the channels of the balancer housings, vibration sensors to sense unbalance applied to the drum during rotation of the drum, position sensors to sense the positions of the balancing modules, and a controller controlling movement of the balancing modules to positions to compensate for the unbalance sensed by the vibration sensors.

Abstract: A method in an electronic device is provided. The method includes identifying an output characteristic of at least one peripheral device, converting or reconfiguring output information of an event generated by at least one application program based on the identified output characteristic, and transmitting the converted or reconfigured output information of the event to the at least one peripheral device.

Abstract: A washing machine having a balancer includes a rotating basket in which laundry is accommodated, the rotating basket being configured to be rotated upon receiving rotation power from a drive source, at least one balancer housing mounted to the rotating basket, the balancer housing internally having an annular channel, and at least one balancing module movably disposed in the channel to alleviate load unbalance caused during rotation of the rotating basket. The balancing module includes a main plate, at least one mass body provided at the main plate, a drive unit mounted to the main plate to assist the balancing module in moving to a position where the balancing module alleviates load unbalance of the rotating basket, and a brush configured to transmit electric power supplied from an external power source to the drive unit.

Abstract: A washing machine comprises: a tub; a drum provided to be rotatable inside the tub and holding laundry; a drive motor rotating the drum; a ring-shaped balancer housing coupled to the drum; a balancer provided to be movable inside the balancer housing and including a weight that offsets an unbalanced load that occurs due to the laundry during a spin-dry cycle, and a moving unit that moves the weight; and a control unit performing a balancing operation for moving the balancer to a balancing position for offsetting the unbalanced load, and performing a compensating operation for moving the balancer to a compensating position to compensate for a reduced unbalanced state of the unbalanced load. The washing machine can automatically offset an unbalanced load due to laundry during a spin-dry cycle, and can compensate for a reduced unbalanced state of an unbalanced load due to rinsing, so as to reduce vibrations and noise from the washing machine during a spin-dry cycle.