Abstract: A level shifter includes: a first inverter configured to receive an input signal in a first voltage domain and shift the input signal from the first voltage domain to a first output signal at a first output terminal in a second voltage domain higher than the first voltage domain in response to a logical high state of a first clock signal in the first voltage domain; a second inverter configured to receive a complement of the input signal and shift the complement of the input signal from the first voltage domain to a second output signal at a second output terminal in the second voltage domain in response to the logical high state; a pair of NMOS sensing transistors; a PMOS transistor configured to equalize the first output signal and the second output signal in response to a logical low state of the first clock signal.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a controlling method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; at least one sensor configured to detect a distance to an external object; a driver configured to rotate the display panel while a front surface of the display panel maintains a facing direction; and a processor configured to: based on an event for rotating the display panel occurring, control the driver to rotate the display panel, and based on detecting, via the at least one sensor, the object within a predetermined distance in a rotating direction of the display panel while the display panel rotates, control the driver to stop rotating the display panel, wherein the predetermined distance has different values according to a rotating angle by which the display panel has rotated from a position of the display panel before the event occurred.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a particle separation apparatus. The particle separation apparatus includes: a bioreactor; a first flow path through which the sludge is discharged from the bioreactor; a first filter including a first mesh separating the granular microorganisms contained in the sludge according to size; a second flow path into which an effluent having passed through the first filter flows; a third flow path connected to the second flow path to discharge the effluent outside; a fourth flow path connected to one side of the second flow path and mounted on a surface of the first filter connected to a surface of the first filter with the second flow path mounted thereon; a fifth flow path through which the effluent having been discharged from the fourth flow path and passed through the first filter flows into the bioreactor; and a first pump creating a flow of the effluent.

Abstract: A method and system for identifying product is disclosed. A product identifier having product identifying information for one of a plurality of consumable products is provided. The product identifier is selected for a consumable product. The product identifier is displayed at or near a location on a dispensing system, or where access to the consumable product is provided. The system uses a product identifier having product and/or brand information for one or more consumable products. A window is provided in a body of a dispenser or other member of a dispensing system for viewing the product identifier associated with the consumable product therein.

Abstract: Provided is a capsule endoscope. The capsule endoscope includes: an imaging device configured to perform imaging on a digestive tract in vivo to generate an image; an artificial neural network configured to determine whether there is a lesion area in the image; and a transmitter configured to transmit the image based on a determination result of the artificial neural network.

Abstract: The method for a user equipment (UE) performing packet duplication comprises receiving a duplication activation command for a duplicate radio bearer (RB); and applying the packet duplication for the duplicate RB if each of transmission paths of the duplicate RB is mapped to at least one activated cell.

Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a method of preparing an ion-exchange membrane using a chemical modification and an ion-exchange membrane prepared thereby. More specifically, the present inventive concept relates to a method of preparing an ion-exchange membrane, which is characterized by modifying sulfonic acid groups of a perfluorinated sulfonic acid electrolyte membrane with carboxyl groups and includes chlorinating sulfonic acid groups of a perfluorinated sulfonic acid electrolyte membrane; nitrilating the chlorinated electrolyte membrane; and hydrolyzing the nitrilated electrolyte membrane, and an ion-exchange membrane chemically modified thereby.

Abstract: A method for a wireless device operating in a wireless communication system includes receiving configuration information for configuring a non-Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) cell; and transmitting a Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ) feedback of the non-PUCCH cell on a special cell (SpCell) or a PUCCH cell other than SpCell, according to indication information. Further, when the indication information is not received with the configuration information, the HARQ feedback is transmitted on the SpCell, and when the indication information is received with the configuration information, the HARQ feedback is transmitted on the PUCCH cell.

Abstract: A memory device and a write method thereof are provided. A control circuit performs a first write operation and a first write verification operation on a plurality of memory cells of a non-volatile memory, and after the plurality of memory cells pass the first write verification operation, the control circuit performs a second write verification operation on target memory cells corresponding to at least one target threshold voltage in the plurality of memory cells, and when a failure bit count of the target memory cells is not less than a preset number of bits, the control circuit performs a second write operation and a third write verification operation on the plurality of memory cells.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprises a backing layer having a first and a second surface; and a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer affixed to the first surface; wherein the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an adhesive strength of 2.0 N/10 mm to 9.0 N/10 mm in absence of a solvent and the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a tensile strength in longitudinal direction of 45 N/15 mm to 80 N/15 mm.

Abstract: A motor-operated compressor includes a housing and a driving motor disposed in an inner space of the housing. The driving motor includes a stator and a rotor. A rotary shaft is coupled to the rotor. A first scroll is provided on one side of the driving motor and the rotary shaft passes through and is rotatably coupled to the first scroll. A second scroll is coupled to the first scroll and an eccentric part of the rotary shaft passing through the first scroll to form a compression chamber between the first scroll and the second scroll. A frame is provided opposite to the driving motor with the first scroll and the second scroll interposed therebetween and configured to axially support the second scroll and radially support one end of the rotary shaft passing through the second scroll.

Abstract: A display module includes a glass substrate having a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface; a TFT layer; LEDs mounted on the TFT layer; and a plurality of side wirings formed at intervals in an edge area of the glass substrate, and the edge area includes a first area corresponding to a side surface of the glass substrate, a second area adjacent to the side surface, and a third area adjacent to the side surface, and a first chamfered surface formed by chamfering a corner at which the first area and the second area meet, and a second chamfered surface formed by chamfering a corner at which the first area and the third area meet, and each of the plurality of side wirings is disposed along the second area, the first chamfered surface, the first area, the second chamfered surface, and the third area.

Abstract: Discussed are a display device with an integrated touch screen and a method of operating the same. The display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel electrodes; a touch screen including m number of electrodes which are formed to overlap with the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein m is a multiple of n, and n is an integer equal to or greater than two, and wherein the m electrodes are divided into n number of electrode groups; a touch driver configured to generate a touch scan signal and to supply the generated touch scan signal to a display driver; and the display driver configured to apply a common voltage or the touch scan signal to one or more of the m electrodes depending on a driving mode of the display device.

Abstract: A computing system receives historical data. The historical data comprises physical actions taken in an experiment in a physical environment. The experiment comprises user-defined stages. The historical data comprises a recorded outcome, according to user-defined performance indicator(s) related to the user-defined stages, for each physical action taken in the experiment. The system generates, by a discrete event simulator, a computing representation of a simulated environment of the physical environment. The simulated environment comprises processing stages. The system obtains simulation data. The simulation data comprises simulated actions taken by the discrete event simulator. The simulation data comprises a predicted outcome, according to user-defined performance indicator(s) related to the processing stages, for each simulated action taken by the discrete event simulator. The system validates accuracy of the discrete event simulator at predicting the recorded outcome in the experiment.

Abstract: A behavior control airbag apparatus including: a floating cushion disposed in a seating part of a seat, and configured to push up a passenger on the seating part while deployed by gas injected by an inflator; and a behavior cushion disposed eccentrically on an outboard side of the floating cushion, and configured to push up the outboard side of the passenger according to the injection of the gas, such that the passenger is inclined to an inboard side.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a magnetized substrate carrier apparatus are described herein. In some embodiments, a substrate carrier apparatus includes: a carrier plate having a support surface to support a substrate, a mask assembly disposed above the support surface, wherein the mask assembly includes an annular frame and a shadow mask disposed within the annular frame, and wherein the shadow mask includes one or more openings arranged in a predetermined pattern and disposed through the shadow mask, and one or more magnets disposed on or embedded within at least one of the carrier plate and the shadow mask to create a magnetic field above the support surface.

Abstract: A chip-on-film package includes a base substrate on which a first pad region, a second pad region, and a third region located between the first pad region and the second pad region are defined, a dummy pad disposed on the first pad region, input pads disposed on the first pad region, output pads disposed on the second region, a first detection line disposed on the base substrate, and a second detection line disposed on the base substrate. The first detection line is connected to a first input pad and a second input pad via the second pad region to form a first loop between the first input pad and the second input pad, and the second detection line is connected to the dummy pad and the first detection line via the third region to form a second loop between the dummy pad and the first input pad.

Abstract: A camera module may comprise: a printed circuit board on which an image sensor is mounted; a holder member disposed above the printed circuit board and having a plurality of magnets installed thereon; a bobbin installed on the inside of the holder member to be capable of moving along an optical axis, and having a coil unit installed on the outer peripheral surface thereof to be capable of electrically interacting with the magnets; a plurality of receptacles formed in the peripheral surface of the bobbin to form spaces that are separated from the coil unit; and a cover member having a plurality of integrally formed inner yokes, which are formed at positions corresponding to the plurality of receptacles and have the surface on one side thereof separated a certain distance from the coil unit and the surface on the other side thereof separated a certain distance from the bobbin.