Abstract: Disclosed is a core for a current transformer, which forms an upper core in a round shape, and is disposed at a position lower than the center of a power line having both ends of the upper core received, thereby minimizing the stress of a magnetic path, and increases the permeability, thereby enhancing the magnetic induction efficiency. The disclosed core for the current transformer includes an upper core curved in a semi-circular shape to have a receiving groove formed therein, and having both ends extended downwards to be disposed to be spaced apart from each other and a lower core disposed on the lower portion of the upper core, and having both ends extended upwards to be disposed to face both ends of the upper core.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. A substrate includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. A photoelectric conversion element is disposed on the substrate. A passivation layer is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. A microlens is disposed on the passivation layer in the first region and is not disposed on the passivation layer in the second region. A pattern structure is disposed on an upper surface of the passivation layer in the second region. The pattern structure includes a metal and has at least one lateral side wall having a sloped profile.

Abstract: A method of enhancing a footwear impression formed on a porous surface using a potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement includes: forming a porous surface sample by leaving footwear impressions into an object having a porous surface; preparing a potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement; and applying the potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement to the porous surface sample.

Abstract: A method of comparing and determining three-dimensional (3D) identity of a tool mark includes: obtaining a 3D image of a suspect tool and a tool mark; extracting a contact portion of the suspect tool contributed to formation of the tool mark from the 3D image of the suspect tool; determining a matching area by comparing a shape of the contact portion 12 of the suspect tool 10 with a shape of the tool mark 20; and calculating a matching rate between the contact portion of the suspect tool and the tool mark.

Abstract: A method of enhancing a footwear impression formed on a porous surface using a potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement includes: forming a porous surface sample by leaving footwear impressions into an object having a porous surface; preparing a potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement; and applying the potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement to the porous surface sample.

Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including a first memory block used for power-loss data protection and a controller coupled to the memory device. The controller includes a hardware layer and a firmware layer. The hardware layer checks whether at least one write data entry belongs to a programmable range in the memory device after power loss occurs, determines whether a logical address associated with the at least one write data entry is repeated, and programs the at least one write data entry in the first memory block.

Abstract: A cessation cast-off bloodstain pattern generator includes: a body unit including an impact surface that a tool may hit; a shaft unit located to rotate about an arbitrary axis by having one end mounted on the body unit and the other end equipped with the tool; and an impact force measuring unit that is located on the impact surface, and measures an impact force when a tool applied with blood to an experimental site rotates and collides with the impact surface and the blood falls off.

Abstract: A projected bloodstain generator includes: a blood supply capable of supplying blood by applying pressure; a blood vessel nozzle connector that is connected to the blood supply to transfer the blood and change a position for controlling the direction of blood ejection; and a blood vessel nozzle having one end connected to the blood vessel nozzle connector and the other end configured to eject blood by applied pressure.

Abstract: An expectorated blood spatter generator includes: a compressed air ejection unit configured to eject compressed air through an air nozzle; and a blood ejection unit having one end connected to the air nozzle and ejecting blood through a blood nozzle by pressure of compressed air being ejected.

Abstract: A footprint generator capable of applying a constant force includes: a base plate in which a target surface may be on an upper surface of the base plate; a shoe mounting member that is apart from the upper surface of the base plate and capable of mounting a shoe; a driving unit that is apart from the upper surface of the base plate and capable of moving the shoe mounting member up and down; and a force measuring unit configured to measure an impact force when the shoe mounting member descends and contacts the shoe with the target surface to generate a footprint on the target surface.

Abstract: A method of calculating a bleeding site and a trajectory of a bloodstain scattered by impact includes: obtaining, by an electronic device calculating the bleeding site and the trajectory of the bloodstain scattered by impact, captured image information; analyzing the obtained captured image information, by the electronic device, and calculating a collision angle and measuring a direction angle of the bloodstain scattered by impact; calculating, by the electronic device, a coordinate value of the bleeding site by using a linear trajectory method; calculating, by the electronic device, a trajectory of a drop of blood based on the calculated coordinate value of the bleeding site by using a parabolic trajectory method considering gravity and air resistance; and displaying and outputting, by the electronic device, a linear trajectory of the drop of blood and a parabolic trajectory considering gravity and air resistance of the drop of blood on a 3D space.

Abstract: A memory system which stores a journal including mapping change information, either in a first memory area or a second memory area, depending on available space of a memory device included in the memory system, being greater than a threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a parallel LU factorization technology in a heterogeneous computing environment and a parallel LU factorization providing method and a node for executing the method. By doing this, the matrix distribution of the parallel LU factorization algorithm which operates in a heterogeneous computing environment is automatically generated.

Abstract: A developed fingerprint level determination apparatus includes: a fingerprint image acquisition unit configured to obtain at least two or more developed fingerprint images according to a fingerprint development technique; and a ridge level determination unit configured to check respective ridge development level information of the obtained fingerprint images and compare the respective ridge development level information with each other.

Abstract: Provided herein may be a memory controller and a method of operating the same. The memory controller may include a SPO detector configured to output a detection signal when a SPO is detected, a memory buffer configured to store host data, and a power loss controller configured to, based on the detection signal, receive dump data corresponding to the host data, store the dump data and a dump age corresponding to the dump data, and output the dump data and the dump age to a memory device, wherein the dump age indicates a number of times that different items of host data have been dumped from the memory buffer to the power loss controller, and the power loss controller is configured to control a recovery operation corresponding to the SPO based on the dump age being received from the memory device.

Abstract: A data storage apparatus includes a storage including a plurality of planes, which include a plurality of pages, and a controller configured to control the storage to read data by grouping the plurality of pages as a page group in an interleaving unit, manage pages in which valid data are stored, among the plurality of pages, as a first bitmap table, and manage a second bitmap table generated by compressing the first bitmap table in a page group unit.

Abstract: A developed impact mark analysis apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit configured to obtain at least one first image by photographing impact marks that are developed, and to obtain a second image of impact marks at a crime scene that are developed from evidence at the crime scene; an outliner configured to outline the at least one first image to obtain at least one first outline image, and to outline the second image to obtain a second outline image; a database configured to store the first outline image corresponding to related tool characteristic information; a matching unit configured to search the database for the first outline image determined to be similar to the second outline image and match them with each other; a display unit; and a user input unit.

Abstract: A storage device for providing an improved security function may include a nonvolatile memory device, a position information generator generating first position information indicating a first geographical position of the nonvolatile memory device when an authentication request is input, a user information storage storing user information for accessing the nonvolatile memory device, the user information including second position information, and an access controller obtaining, in response to an authentication request provided from an external host, the first position information from the position information generator, and disposing of data stored in the nonvolatile memory device depending on whether the second position information included in the user information matches the first position information.

Abstract: A method of generating artificial latent fingerprints for latent fingerprint development experiments includes: printing an artificially created fingerprint shape on paper for application to a target surface; thermally transferring the fingerprint shape printed on the paper to an etching plate by applying a certain range of heat and pressure to the paper on which the fingerprint shape is printed; forming a three-dimensional fingerprint shape on the etching plate by performing an etching process according to the fingerprint shape transferred to the etching plate; patterning the three-dimensional fingerprint shape formed on the etching plate with a molding member; and forming a latent fingerprint on the target surface using an artificial fingerprint solution from the three-dimensional fingerprint shape formed by patterning with the molding member.

Abstract: A developed fingerprint level determination apparatus includes: a fingerprint image acquisition unit configured to obtain at least two or more developed fingerprint images according to a fingerprint development technique; and a ridge level determination unit configured to check respective ridge development level information of the obtained fingerprint images and compare the respective ridge development level information with each other.