Abstract: The present invention relates to a direction-controllable drug injection catheter. According to the present invention, provided is the catheter extending along a central axis “A” including a drug injection part in which a drug injection channel has been formed; a channel opening and closing means which opens and closes the drug injection channel; and a steering structure which is rotationally asymmetric with respect to the central axis “A” and varies according to a pressure change of the drug injection channel for the purpose of steering.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for enhancing stem cell bioactivity using tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting off dark current, and a method of controlling the apparatus are provided. The apparatus for cutting off dark current includes: a communicator to receive an input signal of a remote keyless entry (RKE) remote control from a body control module (BCM); a controller to determine whether the received input signal of the RKE remote control satisfies conditions for changing a dark current control mode of the apparatus, and to send out a control signal to change the dark current control mode upon determination that the input signal of the RKE remote control satisfies the conditions for changing the dark current control mode; and a switch to maintain the changed dark current control mode based on the sent out control signal.

Abstract: A fan-out semiconductor package includes: a first interconnection member having a through-hole; a semiconductor chip disposed in the through-hole of the first interconnection member and having an active surface having connection pads disposed thereon and an inactive surface opposing the active surface; an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the first interconnection member and the semiconductor chip; a second interconnection member disposed on the first interconnection member and the semiconductor chip; and connection terminals disposed on the second interconnection member. The first interconnection member and the second interconnection member respectively include redistribution layers electrically connected to the connection pads of the semiconductor chip, and a connection pad and a connection terminal are electrically connected to each other by a pathway passing through the redistribution layer of the first interconnection member.

Abstract: A photographing device may include two or more lenses having different view angles, and a processor configured to detect a first subject using images acquired from the lenses and to generate a notification signal based on whether or not a second subject approaches the view angle of a first image including the first subject among the acquired images.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and a method of controlling the same. An electronic device includes: a camera; a sensor module; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine at least one of a movement of the electronic device and a movement of an object in images acquired by the camera, determine, based on the movement of the electronic device or the movement of the object, an output period for light outputted by the sensor module, and determine depth information of the images based on reflected light corresponding to the outputted light received by the camera.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for managing image files by displaying backup information are provided. The method includes: displaying at least one image file; reading a file tag of the at least one image file to determine whether there is backup information; and when there is the backup information as a result of the determination, displaying a predetermined object associated with the backup information.

Abstract: A simulator includes a memory for storing a first netlist, a timing library, and a standard parasitic exchange format (SPEF) file; and a processor configured to compensate for delay to synchronize digital and analog signals. The processor includes a delay calculator module for generating one of a rising time and a falling time and a standard delay format (SDF) file using the first netlist, the timing library, and the SPEF file; an SDF file converter module for adjusting an interconnect delay description included in the SDF file to compensate for delay using the one of the rising time and the falling time; and a digital simulator module for generating an event using a first driving cell according to a compensated interconnect delay description.

Abstract: A method of determining whether a biometric object is part of a live individual is described. In one such method, image information is acquired from the biometric object by using a sensor, such as an ultrasonic sensor. The image information may be analyzed in at least two analysis stages. One of the analysis stages may be a temporal analysis stage that analyzes changes in the image information obtained during a time period throughout which the biometric object was continuously available to the sensor. For example, a dead/alive stage may analyze differences between image information taken at two different times in order to identify changes from one time to the next. Other stages may focus on aspects of a particular image information set, rather than seeking to assess changes over time. These other stages seek to determine whether an image information set exhibits characteristics similar to those of a live biometric object.

Abstract: A method of repairing communication disruption using a gateway, and an apparatus and a system therefor are disclosed. A method of repairing communication disruption in a gateway includes detecting whether failure in a communication line occurs by monitoring a change in voltage of the communication line, successively transmitting communication line disconnection request signals to first to Nth smart joint blocks when the occurrence of the communication line failure is detected, and determining whether the communication line failure is repaired after transmitting the communication line disconnection request signals. The communication line failure may be repaired by identifying a smart joint block causing the failure according to a result of the determination. Accordingly, the present invention has an advantage of providing more stable in-vehicle communication by automatically repairing communication line failure.

Abstract: A photographing device may include two or more lenses having different view angles, and a processor configured to detect a first subject using images acquired from the lenses and to generate a notification signal based on whether or not a second subject approaches the view angle of a first image including the first subject among the acquired images.

Abstract: An inorganic filler included in an epoxy resin composition includes a coating layer formed on a surface thereof, and the surface of the coating layer includes at least two elements selected from the group consisting of C, N and O.

Abstract: An image photographing apparatus and a method for controlling the image photographing apparatus are provided. The method includes outputting light so as to penetrate a projection and fall on an object, receiving first reflective light reflected from an object, obtaining a first image based on information of the first reflective light, controlling the projection using predetermined information to generate a controlled projection, receiving second reflective light using the controlled projection, obtaining a second image based on information of the second reflective light, and generating a depth map using the obtained first image and second image.

Abstract: A method of determining whether a biometric object is part of a live individual is described. In one such method, image information is acquired from the biometric object by using a sensor, such as an ultrasonic sensor. The image information may be analyzed in at least two analysis stages. One of the analysis stages may be a temporal analysis stage that analyzes changes in the image information obtained during a time period throughout which the biometric object was continuously available to the sensor. For example, a dead/alive stage may analyze differences between image information taken at two different times in order to identify changes from one time to the next. Other stages may focus on aspects of a particular image information set, rather than seeking to assess changes over time. These other stages seek to determine whether an image information set exhibits characteristics similar to those of a live biometric object.

Abstract: A liveness-detection method and/or system is disclosed. A method of detecting liveness can comprise obtaining a single ultrasonic image of a biometric object. The single ultrasonic image can be subdivided into a plurality of overlapping sample blocks. Feature vectors can be extracted in a spatial domain and a frequency domain from each of the plurality of sample blocks. The feature vectors can be compared from each of the plurality of sample blocks to a classification model.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same. The printed circuit board according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a base substrate; a through via formed to penetrate through the base substrate; and circuit patterns formed on one side and the other side of the base substrate and formed to be thinner than an inner wall of the through via.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a side mirror for a vehicle, the side mirror being provided on a vehicle for facilitating the checking of road situations on the left, right, and rear sides. The side mirror for a vehicle comprises a mirror housing which is mounted on the exterior of the vehicle, and a mirror part which is supported by the mirror housing, and is divided into multiple mirror areas which are in aspherical form respectively across the horizontal direction from the internal side, which is close to the vehicle, to the external side, which is far from the vehicle. In the mirror part, the respective optical powers of the mirror areas gradually increase from the internal side to the external side so as to have the same optical power at the borders of the mirror areas, and the optical power rate for at least one of the mirror areas is constant.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including: a display unit comprising a display panel, the display unit configured to display an image including at least one subject; a detection unit comprising detection circuitry, the detection unit configured to detect an input for setting a region of interest in the image; and a controller configured to detect at least one candidate region from the region of interest set based on the input, and set one of the at least one detected candidate region as an auto-focus (AF) region based on priorities of the at least one detected candidate region.

Abstract: A photographing apparatus for photographing a scene happening in a very short moment, such as an impact moment, in a high speed movement, such as a golf swing movement, a baseball swing movement, etc., and a method of controlling the photographing apparatus are provided. The method of controlling the photographing apparatus includes: receiving an input with respect to a region of interest during the swing movement; receiving a portion of the swing movement, which is input on an area of a screen, in a state in which a live view image is displayed on the screen; determining a rotational angle of a swing object based on the received portion of the swing movement; and determining a point in time of photographing with respect to the region of interest, based on the determined rotational angle, and photographing a subject at the determined point in time of photographing.

Abstract: A scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus are provided. The scanning apparatus includes a scanner body including a platen on which a document is placed, a platen cover that is pivoted between a closed position where the platen is covered and an open position where the platen cover is separated from the platen, a hinge unit that pivotably connects the platen cover to the main body between the closed position and the open position, an elastic member that provides a first elastic force such that the platen cover does not fall due to a self-weight of the platen cover in a first pivot section, and a damping spring that applies to the platen cover a second elastic force that mitigates a fall impact of the platen cover onto the closed position due to the self-weight of the platen cover in a second pivot section.