Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for performing detail enhancement. The apparatus includes an edge detector that detects an edge pixel from contents based on a luminance component of the contents, a histogram analyzer that generates at least one histogram with respect to the edge pixel and determines a gain variable value of the edge pixel based on the at least one histogram, and a gain regulator that determines a gain corresponding to the gain variable value of the edge pixel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat dissipation system for a power module, the heat dissipation system including: first and second heat dissipation plates spaced apart from each other while facing each other, to form a cooling medium flow passage; first and second inflow lines extended to the cooling medium flow passage of the first and second heat dissipation plates, to transfer cooling media flowing therein at different flow rates or different fluxes to the cooling medium flow passage; and first and second inlets respectively connected with the first and second inflow lines to allow the cooling media to flow therein.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for correcting color in a portable image projector in consideration of an effect of a background color when the portable image projector projects images. The method corrects the effect of the background color to be projected, using color constancy technique, and thereby represents high-quality image which can be projected on a white screen. The method includes the steps of determining if a background color exists on a projection screen using a portable camera, converting the size of a mask image in order to connect a spatial position of an original image and an image photographed by a camera, correcting brightness of the mask image in order to correct non-homogeneity of the brightness of the projected image due to the distribution of different brightness values of the background color, and correcting the background color in order to correct color distortion of the image projected in different colors on the background color.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat radiation system for a power module, including: a heat radiation member having an internal space and a cooling medium circulated in the internal space; a heat generation module formed on the heat radiation member; and a pair of electrodes formed at regions facing each other in the internal space of the heat radiation member and having different volumes.

Abstract: The nonvolatile memory device includes a semiconductor layer including trenches formed in a first direction, isolation layers filling the trenches, and active regions divided by the isolation layer, first insulating patterns formed on the semiconductor substrate in a second direction crossing the first direction, charge storage layer patterns formed over the respective active regions between the first insulating patterns, and second insulating patterns formed on the isolation layers between the charge storage layer patterns.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate pattern formed by patterning a tunnel insulating layer, a conductive film for a floating gate, a dielectric film, a conductive film for a control gate, and a gate metal film sequentially formed on a semiconductor substrate; a first barrier film formed on side walls of the gate metal film; and a second barrier film formed on an upper surface of the gate metal film.

Abstract: A thin film transistor (“TFT”) includes a poly silicon layer formed on a flexible substrate and including a source region, a drain region, and a channel region, and a gate stack formed on the channel region of the poly silicon layer, wherein the gate stack includes first and second gate stacks, and a region of the poly silicon layer between the first and second gate stacks is an off-set region. A method of manufacturing the TFT is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transformer having a heat radiation function. The transformer includes a pair of cores having an E-shape and facing and contacting each other to form central pillars and outer peripheral parts, a transforming coil part wound on the central pillars of the pair of cores and dropping voltage, and a heat radiation pipe formed to have a cylindrical shape and positioned inward from the transforming coil part to radiate heat generated from the transforming coil part, thereby well discharging heat generated from the coil.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a battery unit that has an accommodation space for an electrode assembly, a vent housing that defines a housing space connected with the accommodation space through a first vent hole, the vent housing including a second vent hole through which the housing space is connected with an outside of the secondary battery, a revolving member that is rotatably mounted between a closing position for closing the first and second vent holes and an opening position for opening the first and second vent holes, and first and second sealing caps that are formed at opposite sides of the revolving member with respect to a rotation axis of the revolving member. The first and second sealing caps respectively close the first and second vent holes, when the revolving member is mounted at the closing position.

Abstract: A steam generator, used in a helical coil type steam generator for a sodium-cooled fast reactor which has heat transfer tubes of a double-wall tube structure, with high heat transfer efficiency and a heat transfer tube damage detection unit that can detect on-line in real-time whether the heat transfer tube is damaged or not. The heat transfer tube of a steam generator for a sodium-cooled fast reactor, includes an inner tube formed with a first material; an outer tube formed with a second material that is in close contact with the inner tube and which has a thermal expansion coefficient less than that of the first material; and a plurality of helium flow grooves formed between the inner tube and the outer tube along a lengthwise direction of the heat transfer tube for flowing helium gas.

Abstract: A screen display apparatus and method of measuring an ambient brightness by adjusting color quality of an output screen in a mobile terminal according to the ambient brightness, so that the visibility of the screen can be ensured in various environments. The includes measuring an ambient brightness of the mobile terminal, and generating a visibility adjustment event when a measured ambient brightness value is equal to or greater than a preset specific external brightness value. The received RGB signal is converted into first tristimulus values, then to L, a, b color space valueslightness (L), chroma (C), and hue (H) values using a predetermined equation. The brightness of an entire region of the image is adjusted and output on the display screen of the mobile terminal, and the chroma of each pixel region is adjusted by using the L, C, and H values.

Abstract: An organic electro-luminescent display and a method of fabricating the same include an organic light emitting diode, a driving transistor which drives the organic light emitting diode, and a switching transistor which controls an operation of the driving transistor, wherein active layers of the switching and driving transistors are crystallized using silicides having different densities such that the active layer of the driving transistor has a larger grain size than the active layer of the switching layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a power module package including: a first substrate having one surface and the other surface; a second substrate contacting one surface of the first substrate; a third substrate contacting one side of the other surface of the first substrate; a first lead frame contacting the other side of the other surface of the first substrate; and a second lead frame electrically connected to the third substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor package substrate including a base substrate, a mounting member mounted on an upper portion of the base substrate, and an adhesive layer formed between the base substrate and the mounting member, wherein the adhesive layer includes a thermally conductive adhesive and a ductile adhesive formed at the outer circumference of the thermally conductive adhesive.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a substrate for a power module package and a method for manufacturing the same, including: a base substrate made of a metal material; an anodized layer formed on the base substrate; and a circuit layer formed on the anodized layer, wherein the anodized layer is formed to correspond to circuit patterns on the circuit layer or is formed to be divided into a plurality of areas.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for evaluating the qualities of the user's color vision by means of the FM chromaticity test or directly measuring the defective factors of the user causing the color blindness. Thus it modifies the color composition of a video displaying apparatus according to a numerical analysis of the color and degree of color blindness specific to each dichromatic individual, so that he may perceive the same colors as the normal person. Also discloses is an apparatus for performing the method steps described herein.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring a flow of liquid in a pipe are provided. The apparatus may include a temperature sensor attached to a pipe of a heat exchanger system to measure a temperature of the pipe, and a controller to determine whether a liquid is present in the pipe, based on a change in the measured temperature.

Abstract: A puzzle assembly which can be adjust the degree of difficulty is disclosed. The disclosed puzzle assembly comprises a rotation shaft, a plurality of rotation plate members having slide grooves on the outer circumference and inserted into the rotation shaft, a plurality of puzzle pieces engaged with the slide grooves movably, wherein at least two of the rotation plate members are coupled together and rotate simultaneously.

Abstract: An electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes an electrode active material and a copolymer represented by where A is selected from —O—(CFRf3—CFRf4)—, —(CFRf4—CFRf5)— and combinations thereof, each of Rf1 through Rf5 is independently selected from fluorine, C1-C4 alkyls and C1-C4 fluorinated alkyls, and each of x and y is an integer ranging from 1 to 100,000.

Abstract: An image sensor and a method for manufacturing an image sensor. An image sensor may include a readout circuitry which may be formed on and/or over a first substrate. An image sensor may include an interlayer dielectric layer formed on and/or over a first substrate. An image sensor may include a metal line formed on and/or over an interlayer dielectric layer, and may include a top plug. An image sensor may include an image sensing device formed on and/or over a top plug. An image sensor may include a first conductive type ion implantation area formed on and/or over an area of an image sensing device corresponding to a top plug. Methods of manufacturing an image sensor are disclosed.