Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing lighting control are provided. An electronic device capable of light control includes a sensor unit including at least one sensor, configured to output a sensing signal based on the at least one sensor, a communication unit comprising communication circuitry configured to transmit, to a server, a request message including identification information and context information, to receive a response message from the server in response to the request message, and to transmit a light control command message to a light controller, a controller configured to generate the context information based on the sensing signal received from the sensor unit, and to generate the light control command message to satisfy a visual comfort condition based on light control zone information corresponding to the identification information and the context information, included in the response message, and a storage including a database for light control.

Abstract: An OLED device and a method of manufacturing the same, the OLED device including a substrate having a pixel area and a transmission area; a pixel circuit on the pixel area; a first electrode on the pixel area and being electrically connected to the pixel circuit; a first organic layer extending continuously on the pixel area and the transmission area and covering the first electrode; an emitting layer selectively on a portion of the first organic layer on the pixel area; a second organic layer extending continuously on the pixel and transmission areas and covering the emitting layer; and a third organic layer selectively on the transmission area, the third organic layer including a non-emitting material that has a different transmittance from that of the emitting layer; and a second electrode extending continuously on the pixel area and the transmission area and covering the second and third organic layers.

Abstract: A resistor element includes a substrate having first and second surfaces facing each other, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the first surface and the second surface with each other. A resistance layer is on at least one of the first and second surfaces. A first terminal and a second terminal are connected to the resistance layer, and each include a first electrode layer on the first surface, a second electrode layer on the second surface, and a plurality of side electrode layers on at least a portion of the plurality of side surfaces. At least a portion of the side surfaces of the substrate is exposed between side electrode layers of the first terminal.

Abstract: An optical inspection apparatus includes a broadband light source, a monochromator, an image obtaining apparatus, and an analysis device. The monochromator is configured to convert light from the broadband light source into a plurality of monochromatic beams of different wavelengths and sequentially output the monochromatic beams, where each beam has a preset wavelength width and corresponds to one of a plurality of different wavelength regions. The image obtaining apparatus is configured to allow each monochromatic beam output from the monochromator to be incident to a top surface of an inspection target without using a beam splitter, allow light reflected by the inspection target to travel in a form of light of an infinite light source, and generate 2D images of the inspection target. The analysis device is configured to analyze the 2D images of the inspection target in the plurality of wavelength regions.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of controlling a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a screen including a plurality of objects, an input device configured to receive a predefined user command while the screen is displayed, and at least one processor configured to, in response to the predefined user command being input, enter a setting mode for selecting an always-on display object, in response to at least one of the plurality of objects being selected by user input during the setting mode, set a selected object to an always-on display object, and in response to a mode of the display apparatus being changed to a standby mode, control the display to display the selected object on a monochrome background screen.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active region on a substrate, a device isolation film on the substrate to define the active region, a gate trench including a first portion in the active region and a second portion in the device isolation film, a gate electrode including a first gate embedded in the first portion of the gate trench and a second gate embedded in the second portion of the gate trench, a first gate capping pattern on the first gate and filling the first portion of the gate trench, and a second gate capping pattern on the second gate and filling the second portion of the gate trench, an upper surface of the first gate being higher than an upper surface of the second gate, and the first gate capping pattern and the second gate capping pattern have different structures.

Abstract: A smart home system using a portable device in which a gateway function is installed in the portable device to provide a smart home service using a multiplex gateway, and a control method thereof is provided. The smart home system includes one or more portable devices and one or more home appliances located in a home, each of the one or more portable devices and one or more home appliances having a gateway, a home network to interconnect the one or more portable devices and the one or more home appliances, and a master device selected from among the one or more portable devices or the one or more home appliances, the master device activating the gateway thereof to connect the home network with an external communication network, wherein the master device transfers a home appliance control command to a corresponding one of the one or more home appliances.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode device includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposite the first electrode, and an emission layer between the first and second electrodes. The first electrode includes a Ag—Mg alloy including a greater amount of Ag than Mg.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a sensing technology. A pattern code recognition multimedia playback apparatus and driving method therefor according to some embodiments recognize pattern code by using pattern code recognition pen, extract multimedia data corresponding to the recognized pattern code from pattern code recognition set-top box, and control playback of the multimedia data, thus easily calling multimedia data stored in memory pack attached to the pattern code recognition set-top box with the pattern code recognition pen for recognizing pattern code printed on pattern code-printed material and promptly and easily watching the multimedia data played through display unit.

Abstract: Provided are a method of inspecting a surface and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The methods include preparing a substrate, selecting a spatial resolution of a first optical device by setting a magnification of an imaging optical system, emitting multi-wavelength light toward a first measurement area of the substrate and obtaining first wavelength-specific images, generating first spectrum data based on the first wavelength-specific images, generating first spectrum data of respective pixels based on the first wavelength-specific images, and extracting a spectrum of at least one first inspection area having a range of the first measurement area or less from the first spectrum data, and analyzing the spectrum. The first optical device includes a light source, an objective lens, a detector, and an imaging optical system. The obtaining first wavelength-specific images includes using the imaging optical system and the detector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mutant organism having the ability to produce aspartic acid derivatives, wherein a gene encoding the glyoxylate shunt regulator and a gene encoding fumarase are deleted and a gene encoding aspartase is overexpressed compared to that in a wild-type strain, and to a method for producing L-aspartic acid derivatives using the same. According to the present invention, various aspartic acid derivatives, including L-alanine, 3-aminopropionic acid, threonine, 1,3-diaminopropane, lysine, methionine, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, cadaverine, 5-aminovaleric acid, etc., can be produced by biological methods.

Abstract: A washing machine including a detergent supply device to supply a detergent together with water to a tub. The detergent supply device includes a detergent housing installed within the main body and a detergent accommodation box movably installed within the detergent housing, and the detergent accommodation box is divided into automatic detergent accommodation parts to accommodate a detergent to be supplied automatically and manual detergent accommodation parts to accommodate a detergent to be supplied manually, and the detergent supply device supplies the detergents through an automatic detergent supply method and a manual detergent supply method.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a recombinant microorganism having a lactam production capacity from an omega-amino acid, into which a gene encoding a beta-alanine coenzyme A transferase on a microorganism which has an omega-amino acid biosynthetic metabolic pathway inherently or an omega-amino acid biosynthetic metabolic pathway is introduced, and a method for producing a variety of lactams and omega-amino acyl-CoAs using the same. The recombinant microorganism and the method for producing the lactam according to the present disclosure are useful in producing a variety of lactams such as propiolactam, 2-pyrrolidone, valerolactam, caprolactam, and heptanolactam from a variety of omega-amino acids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for removing an amine-based compound, comprising an oleoresin turmeric extract, a fraction thereof, or water-soluble curcumin, a licorice extract or a fraction thereof, and a salmon milt extract as an active ingredient; and a composition for feed and feed additive comprising the same. The composition of the present invention can reduce an amine-based compound such as ammonia in animal excrement that causes the odor, and thereby reduce the odor caused by the amine-based compound and provide an effect of improving a feeding environment.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a control unit configured to scale image data provided from the outside based on an image load factor and to output the scaled image data, and a data driver configured to supply data signals corresponding to the scaled image data to a plurality of data lines connected to the pixels, wherein the control unit includes a load factor calculating unit configured to calculate a load factor of the image data; and a data scaler configured to scale a gray level of the image data based on a scaling ratio corresponding to a load factor.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active region on a substrate, a device isolation film on the substrate to define the active region, a gate trench including a first portion in the active region and a second portion in the device isolation film, a gate electrode including a first gate embedded in the first portion of the gate trench and a second gate embedded in the second portion of the gate trench, a first gate capping pattern on the first gate and filling the first portion of the gate trench, and a second gate capping pattern on the second gate and filling the second portion of the gate trench, an upper surface of the first gate being higher than an upper surface of the second gate, and the first gate capping pattern and the second gate capping pattern have different structures.

Abstract: A method for detecting an overlay error includes: forming a first overlay key including a plurality of spaced apart first target patterns having a first pitch on a first layer of a substrate; forming a second overlay key including a plurality of spaced apart second target patterns having a second pitch different than the first pitch on a second layer of the substrate below the first layer; irradiating the first layer and the second layer with incident light having a first wavelength; obtaining a phase pattern of light reflected from the first layer and the second layer; calculating a position of a peak point or a valley point of the phase pattern of the reflected light; and detecting an overlay error of the first layer and the second layer using the position of the peak point or the valley point of the phase pattern.

Abstract: A display panel includes input power supply line coupled to a power supply at one or more edge portions of the display panel, and an output power supply line coupled to the input power supply line at a predetermined portion of the display panel. The input power supply line receives the power supply voltage, and the output power supply line receives the power supply voltage from the input power supply line. The power supply is coupled to the output power supply line at the one or more edge portions of the display panel, and receives the power supply voltage from the output power supply line to adjust a voltage level of the power supply voltage based on the power supply voltage from the output power supply line. The predetermined portion is at a location different from an edge of the display panel.

Abstract: A washing machine including a detergent supply device to supply a detergent together with water to a tub. The detergent supply device includes a detergent housing installed within the main body and a detergent accommodation box movably installed within the detergent housing, and the detergent accommodation box is divided into automatic detergent accommodation parts to accommodate a detergent to be supplied automatically and manual detergent accommodation parts to accommodate a detergent to be supplied manually, and the detergent supply device supplies the detergents through an automatic detergent supply method and a manual detergent supply method.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including first mirror pattern having an opening, and first to third sub pixels. The first sub pixels includes a first light emitting structure and is positioned to emit first color light through the opening, the second sub pixel includes a second light emitting structure positioned to emit second color light through the opening, and the third sub pixel includes a third light emitting structure positioned to emit third color light through the opening.