Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a transistor on the substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the transistor, a bank layer disposed on the pixel electrode and defining a pixel opening overlapping the pixel electrode, an emission layer in the pixel opening, a common electrode on the emission layer and the bank layer, an encapsulation layer on the common electrode, a sensing electrode on the encapsulation layer, a first insulating layer disposed on the encapsulation layer and overlapping the pixel opening, a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer, and a third insulating layer surrounding the first insulating layer. A refractive index of the first insulating layer, a refractive index of the second insulating layer, and a refractive index of the third insulating layer are different from one another, and the refractive index of the first insulating layer is greater than the refractive index of the third insulating layer.

Abstract: An X-ray apparatus includes a collimator comprising a lamp and configured to adjusting an irradiation region of X-rays radiated from an X-ray source; an image acquirer configured to acquire an object image by imaging an object while the lamp is turned on; and a controller configured to acquire an object distance based on the object image and acquire a thickness of the object based on a detector distance and the object distance. The object distance is a distance between the X-ray source and the object, and the detector distance is a distance between the X-ray source and an X-ray detector.

Abstract: A footwear measuring device and a method for providing a service thereof are provided. The method includes acquiring information on a footwear internal space and deformation information of the footwear internal space from a measuring device inserted into the footwear, generating three-dimensional (3D) information including a plurality of specific points based on the information on the footwear internal space and the deformation information, and comparing the generated 3D information with pre-stored information on a user foot and providing matching information of the footwear with respect to the user foot based on a result of the comparing.

Abstract: A test apparatus is provided for rapidly detecting abnormal loading of a microfluidic device, and unloading the abnormally-loaded microfluidic device, thereby preventing contamination of the test apparatus by a sample and degradation in reliability of test results. A test system including the test apparatus and a control method for the test apparatus are also provided. The test apparatus includes an optical sensor to photograph an image at a position corresponding to the microfluidic device, and a controller to detect a pattern formed on a surface of the microfluidic device based on the photographed image to determine whether characteristics of the detected pattern are identical to characteristics of a pre-stored pattern, and to determine whether the microfluidic device has not been normally loaded, when the characteristics of the detected pattern are different from the characteristics of the pre-stored pattern.

Abstract: An X-ray apparatus includes a collimator comprising a lamp and configured to adjusting an irradiation region of X-rays radiated from an X-ray source; an image acquirer configured to acquire an object image by imaging an object while the lamp is turned on; and a controller configured to acquire an object distance based on the object image and acquire a thickness of the object based on a detector distance and the object distance. The object distance is a distance between the X-ray source and the object, and the detector distance is a distance between the X-ray source and an X-ray detector.

Abstract: An X-ray apparatus includes a collimator comprising a lamp and configured to adjusting an irradiation region of X-rays radiated from an X-ray source; an image acquirer configured to acquire an object image by imaging an object while the lamp is turned on; and a controller configured to acquire an object distance based on the object image and acquire a thickness of the object based on a detector distance and the object distance. The object distance is a distance between the X-ray source and the object, and the detector distance is a distance between the X-ray source and an X-ray detector.

Abstract: An X-ray apparatus includes an X-ray radiator configured to radiate an X-ray, and a controller acquiring orientation information of the X-ray radiator and orientation information of at least one X-ray detector, selecting the at least one X-ray detector based on the orientation information of the X-ray radiator and the orientation information of the at least one X-ray detector, and determining a power mode of the selected X-ray detector to be a power consumption mode and a power mode of an X-ray detector that is not selected, to be a power save mode.

Abstract: A footwear measuring device and a method for providing a service thereof are provided. The method includes acquiring information on a footwear internal space and deformation information of the footwear internal space from a measuring device inserted into the footwear, generating three-dimensional (3D) information including a plurality of specific points based on the information on the footwear internal space and the deformation information, and comparing the generated 3D information with pre-stored information on a user foot and providing matching information of the footwear with respect to the user foot based on a result of the comparing.

Abstract: Provided is a monitoring device that comprises; a port connected to a network interconnecting a plurality of units of an X-ray apparatus, and configured to transmit or receive data to or from each of the plurality of units; and a controller configured to control the port to perform communication with each of the plurality of units, and to monitor operational states of the plurality of units, based on the data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a biomaterial test apparatus and a method of controlling the same, capable of previously sensing an ambient air temperature where a biomaterial test is performed in order to determine whether to proceed with the biomaterial test. The biomaterial test apparatus includes a housing, a platform receiving chamber arranged inside the housing and capable of receiving a platform into which a biomaterial is injected, a display which is arranged outside the housing and displays a control screen to test the biomaterial, a temperature sensor which senses a temperature of the platform receiving chamber and an air temperature in the vicinity thereof, and a control unit which, when the air temperature is less than a predetermined first critical temperature, controls the display so as to display a screen indicating that the test is impracticable.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a biomaterial test apparatus and a method of controlling the same, capable of previously sensing an ambient air temperature where a biomaterial test is performed in order to determine whether to proceed with the biomaterial test. The biomaterial test apparatus includes a housing, a platform receiving chamber arranged inside the housing and capable of receiving a platform into which a biomaterial is injected, a display which is arranged outside the housing and displays a control screen to test the biomaterial, a temperature sensor which senses a temperature of the platform receiving chamber and an air temperature in the vicinity thereof, and a control unit which, when the air temperature is less than a predetermined first critical temperature, controls the display so as to display a screen indicating that the test is impracticable.

Abstract: A test apparatus in which detectors and objects to be detected are rotated at the same speed, and a control method thereof are provided. The test apparatus includes a rotation driving unit that includes a rotary shaft; a microfluidic device that is loaded on the rotary shaft and includes at least one object to be detected; a rotating member that is mounted on the rotary shaft and includes at least one detector to detect the objects of the microfluidic device; and a controller configured to operate the rotation driving unit such that the microfluidic device and the rotating member are rotated at the same speed on the rotary shaft.

Abstract: An X-ray apparatus includes a collimator comprising a lamp and configured to adjusting an irradiation region of X-rays radiated from an X-ray source; an image acquirer configured to acquire an object image by imaging an object while the lamp is turned on; and a controller configured to acquire an object distance based on the object image and acquire a thickness of the object based on a detector distance and the object distance. The object distance is a distance between the X-ray source and the object, and the detector distance is a distance between the X-ray source and an X-ray detector.

Abstract: An X-ray apparatus includes an X-ray radiator configured to radiate an X-ray, and a controller acquiring orientation information of the X-ray radiator and orientation information of at least one X-ray detector, selecting the at least one X-ray detector based on the orientation information of the X-ray radiator and the orientation information of the at least one X-ray detector, and determining a power mode of the selected X-ray detector to be a power consumption mode and a power mode of an X-ray detector that is not selected, to be a power save mode.

Abstract: A test apparatus is provided for rapidly detecting abnormal loading of a microfluidic device, and unloading the abnormally-loaded microfluidic device, thereby preventing contamination of the test apparatus by a sample and degradation in reliability of test results. A test system including the test apparatus and a control method for the test apparatus are also provided. The test apparatus includes an optical sensor to photograph an image at a position corresponding to the microfluidic device, and a controller to detect a pattern formed on a surface of the microfluidic device based on the photographed image to determine whether characteristics of the detected pattern are identical to characteristics of a pre-stored pattern, and to determine whether the microfluidic device has not been normally loaded, when the characteristics of the detected pattern are different from the characteristics of the pre-stored pattern.