Abstract: A serious game providing apparatus comprises a content providing unit that provides at least one of a multiple number of serious game contents for cognitive ability measurement and development to a user terminal of a registered user; and an assessment processing unit that provides cognitive ability assessment data corresponding to the registered user based on a result of at least one time performance of the multiple number of serious game contents.

Abstract: A display device including a front cover and a rear cover coupled to each other in order to receive a display panel, drive board and power supply board, is provided. A shield case mounted on the power supply board and coupled to the rear cover removes noise conducted to the rear cover. The shield case serves to disperse and absorb noise conducted to the rear cover, enabling removal of the noise. A frame ground terminal of a socket is connected to the shield case in order to allow the shield case to be used as a ground, resulting in an increased ground area. Further, the shield case may reduce radiation noise and conduction noise generated during driving of a plurality of drive units provided in the display device.

Abstract: A carrier having a plurality of support bars for safely transferring a substrate is provided. The carrier includes a frame having a through-hole formed at a center, the center through-hole including a first inner surface and a second inner surface that faces the first inner surface within in the through-hole; and a plurality of support bars joined to the first inner surface and the second inner surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is a motion estimation apparatus and method using a prediction algorithm between macroblocks. In the motion estimation method, an average of a motion vector of a macroblock 1 and a motion vector of a macroblock 3 is determined as a prediction motion vector. A prediction sum of absolute difference (SAD) value of the macroblock 2 is calculated, which is an SAD value based on the prediction motion vector. A reference SAD value for neighboring macroblocks of the macroblock 2 is compared with a value obtained by subtracting a predetermined threshold value from the prediction SAD value. Normal motion vector estimation is performed on the macroblock 2 based on the compared result.

Abstract: A motion vector extraction method includes: deciding on a search start position in an original video and performing a spiral motion search; and determining whether or not to perform a search in a sub-sampling video, during P picture search.

Abstract: A caching apparatus for video motion estimation and compensation includes: an external memory including a plurality of banks and configured to allocate one pixel row to one bank to store the pixel row; a memory controller configured to cause successively-inputted read requests to access different banks of the external memory and transmit a read command for a next read request to the external memory while reference data corresponding to a first-coming read request is outputted; and a data processor configured to successively make read requests for the reference data to the memory controller when reference data read requests are successively inputted, store the reference data inputted from the memory controller, and output the stored reference data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an environmentally friendly fuel activation device in which the fuel and water are atomized into atomized fuel particles, following attenuation of their cohesive force, to allow smooth mixing with oxygen, which improves combustion efficiency and reduces fuel costs, and more specifically comprises a water-supply tube joined to a first valve and a fuel-supply tube joined to a second valve which are coupled to a supply tube; a first case and a second case as well as a coupling piece coupling the first and second cases; and the inside of the first case is provided with a first rotating atomizing piece, an accelerating piece and a second rotating atomizing piece, while the inside of the second case is provided with a first rotating atomizing tube, a first non-rotating atomizing tube, a second rotating atomizing tube, a second non-rotating atomizing tube, a third rotating atomizing tube and a third non-rotating atomizing tube.

Abstract: A method for decoding segmented speech frames includes: generating parameters of a segmented current speech frame by using parameters of a segmented previous speech frame; and decoding a speech frame by using the parameters of the current speech frame, which are generated in the generating of the parameters of the segmented current speech frame.

Abstract: Provided is an adaptive motion search range determining apparatus and method for encoding UHD-class high-resolution images. The adaptive motion search range determining apparatus includes an MVD average/standard deviation calculation unit calculating an value average and a standard deviation of MVDs of neighboring macroblocks of a current macroblock, and a motion search range determination unit determining a motion search range of the current macroblock using the value average and the standard deviation. According to the adaptive motion search range determining apparatus, it is possible to enable each macroblock to have an adaptive search range by variably adjusting a motion vector search range of a current macroblock with reference to motion vectors of neighboring macroblocks of the current macroblock.

Abstract: A transformer for an LLC resonant converter having a reduced size and reduced material costs is disclosed. The transformer includes a pair of cores and a bobbin provided with a through hole formed therethrough. Each core includes a first leg and a second leg such that the first legs of the cores are opposite from and are connected to each other within the through hole. The second legs of the cores are opposite each other and are connected to each other at the outside of the bobbin. The bobbin includes a first winding unit on which a primary coil is wound and a second winding unit on which a secondary coil is wound.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a power circuit apparatus which supplies an operating voltage are provided. The power circuit apparatus includes a switch which is switched on and off to selectively supply an output voltage; a rectifying and smoothing unit which rectifies and smoothes the output voltage of the switch to supply an operating voltage for the display apparatus; a control circuit which controls the switch to make the operating voltage reach a target value; and a feedback unit which receives a bias current by the output voltage of the switch and supplies a feedback signal to the control circuit to prevent the operating voltage from exceeding a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A display device including a front cover and a rear cover coupled to each other in order to receive a display panel, drive board and power supply board, is provided. A shield case mounted on the power supply board and coupled to the rear cover removes noise conducted to the rear cover. The shield case serves to disperse and absorb noise conducted to the rear cover, enabling removal of the noise. A frame ground terminal of a socket is connected to the shield case in order to allow the shield case to be used as a ground, resulting in an increased ground area. Further, the shield case may reduce radiation noise and conduction noise generated during driving of a plurality of drive units provided in the display device.

Abstract: A dual channel gas distributor can simultaneously distribute plasma species of an first process gas and a non-plasma second process gas into a process zone of a substrate processing chamber. The gas distributor has a localized plasma box with a first inlet to receive a first process gas, and opposing top and bottom plates that are capable of being electrically biased relative to one another to define a localized plasma zone in which a plasma of the first process gas can be formed. The top plate has a plurality of spaced apart gas spreading holes to spread the first process gas across the localized plasma zone, and the bottom plate has a plurality of first outlets to distribute plasma species of the plasma of the first process gas into the process zone. A plasma isolated gas feed has a second inlet to receive the second process gas and a plurality of second outlets to pass the second process gas into the process zone.

Abstract: Provided are an uplink receiving device of a long term evolution (LTE)-based orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) system, and a method of synchronizing a frequency thereof. The uplink receiving device includes a fast Fourier transform (FFT) processing unit eliminating a cyclic prefix (CP) from an OFDM uplink signal to perform a fast Fourier transform (FFT); a subcarrier extraction unit performing a subcarrier extraction operation with regard to an output of the FFT processing unit to thus only extract a signal of a specific terminal unit; and an inverse discrete Fourier transform (DFT) processing unit performing an inverse DFT on an output of the subcarrier extraction unit to generate a time domain signal.

Abstract: An RF device is provided. The RF device includes a vibratile carbon nanotube having a nanotube natural frequency (f0), a negative electrode fixed to a first end of the carbon nanotube, a vibratile tuning electrode having a variable resonance frequency and facing a second end of the carbon nanotube, and a positive electrode electrically connected to a first end of the tuning electrode. A second end of the tuning electrode is adjacent to the second end of the carbon nanotube, and the carbon nanotube vibrates at a carrier frequency according to an external electromagnetic wave having the carrier frequency, and the tuning electrode having variable resonance frequency characteristics amplifies distance variation between the second end of the carbon nanotube and the second end of the tuning electrode to increase an electron emission sensitivity according to field emission.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a power supplying method are provided. The display apparatus includes a signal receiver which receives a video signal; a signal processor which processes the video signal; a display unit which displays an image based on a video signal processed by the signal processor; and a power supply which converts an alternating current (AC) voltage into a direct current (DC) voltage and supplies an operation voltage to the display unit, the power supply including: a power factor correction (PFC) unit which adjusts the DC voltage and corrects a power factor of the power supply; a detector which detects a plurality of voltages in the power supply and outputs a common detection signal indicating whether at least one of the plurality of voltages is abnormal; and a controller which receives the common detection signal, and controls the PFC unit based on the common detection signal.

Abstract: A method for stable channel estimation to increase frequency band efficiency that is lost by using a pilot, and to reduce the complexity and the sensitivity to channel zero. The method includes generating an i-th symbol block Si including N carriers, performing an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) operation on the i-th symbol block, and forming an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol block. The method also includes attaching a guard interval sample in front of the i-th OFDM symbol block Ui and forming at least one OFDM symbol block Ui,cp. The method further includes modeling the formed OFDM symbol block Ui,cp with a channel finite impulse response (FIR) filter and estimating channel impulse response using signals yi received through a channel.

Abstract: A waveform interpolation speech coding apparatus and method for reducing complexity thereof are disclosed. The waveform interpolation speech coding apparatus includes: a waveform interpolation encoding unit for receiving a speech signal, calculating parameters for a waveform interpolation from the received speech signal, and quantizing the calculating parameters; and a realignment parameter calculating unit for restoring a characteristic waveform (CW) using the quantized parameter, calculating a realignment parameter that maximizes a cross-correlation among consecutive CWs for the restored CW.

Abstract: Provided is a method for converting a dimension of a vector. The vector dimension conversion method for vector quantization includes the steps of: extracting a specific parameter having a pitch period from an input speech signal and then generating a vector of a dimension that varies according to the pitch period; dividing an entire frequency domain of the generated vector of the variable dimension into at least two frequency domains; and converting the vector of the variable dimension into vectors of mutually different fixed dimensions according to the divided frequency domains. Thereby, not only an error due to the vector dimension conversion is suppressed but codebook memory required for the vector quantization is effectively reduced.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for generating a ranging binary code sequence at a high-speed, and a method thereof. The apparatus includes: an initial register value generator for generating initial register values of minimum valid ranging codes; a storage for storing the generated initial register values of the valid ranging codes(?K, where K is the ranging value transmitted by base station); a binary code sequence generator for generating a binary code sequence of a corresponding ranging code; and a procedure for incrementally updating the initial register values as receiving the new ranging code from base station.