Abstract: Disclosed is an ear therapy device, which performs massage to an external ear by using a massage module, which includes a housing having a facing portion facing the external ear and a plurality of accommodation holes divided therein by a barrier; a plurality of fluid filling bags dispersed and accommodated in the plurality of accommodation holes, respectively; and a plurality of stimulation pins disposed inside the housing such that at least one stimulation pin corresponds to each of the plurality of fluid filling bags.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting uplink information in a broadcasting system are provided. A repeater of a mobile broadcasting system includes a plurality of transmitting stations each transmitting a broadcast signal for at least one broadcast service, a plurality of terminals receiving the broadcast signal for the at least one broadcast service through at least one transmitting station among the transmitting stations, and the repeater, the repeated being coupled between the plurality of transmitting stations and the plurality of terminals. The repeater includes a receiving unit configured to receive uplink information from the terminals, a control unit configured to classify the received uplink information by broadcast service and to create uplink information per broadcast service, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the created uplink information to at least one corresponding transmitting station.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus and controlling these apparatuses with regard to antenna identification information are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a frame generator configured to generate a plurality of frames which include a preamble symbol and a data symbol; and a transmitter configured to group a plurality of sub-carriers for the plurality of frames into a plurality of groups, insert in the plurality of frames antenna identification information controlling a sum of phase differences between the plurality of groups, calculated based on identification information about at least one external antenna of the transmitting apparatus, to be lowered than a predetermined threshold value, and transmit the plurality of frames in which the antenna identification information is inserted.

Abstract: Disclosed are a propulsion device for a ship and a ship having the same. The propulsion device may include a rotational shaft, a rear propeller fixed to the rotational shaft, a front propeller rotatably supported by the drive shaft in front of the rear propeller, a counter rotation unit disposed in an installation space of a stern of a ship body and including a plurality of gears configured to reverse rotation of the rotational shaft and transmit the reversed rotation to the front propeller and a gear box configured to receive the plurality of gears, a coupling unit configured to separably connect the rotational shaft with the counter rotation unit and cut off power transmission from the rotational shaft to the counter rotation unit upon disconnection therebetween, and a rotation preventing unit configured to prevent rotation of the front propeller when the coupling unit is separated.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a response signal in a wireless communication system are provided. In a method for transmitting a response signal in a broadcasting system, Acknowledgement (ACK) information for uplink packet data for each user is generated. A symbol and a subcarrier which will transmit the ACK information for each user inside a transmission frame are determined. ACK transmission related information is transmitted via a control channel inside the transmission frame. The ACK information for each user is transmitted via the determined symbol and subcarrier inside the transmission frame.

Abstract: A user device is provided. The device includes a main power supply, and an auxiliary power supply. The main power supply provides a main power. The auxiliary power supply cuts off the main power according to a power level of the main power supply and provides an auxiliary power upon Sudden Power-Off (SPO).

Abstract: Disclosed are a propulsion device for a ship and a ship having the same. The propulsion device, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes a rotational shaft, a rear propeller fixed to the rotational shaft, a front propeller rotatably supported by the drive shaft in front of the rear propeller, a counter rotation unit disposed in an installation space of a stern of a ship body and including a plurality of gears configured to reverse rotation of the rotational shaft and transmit the reversed rotation to the front propeller and a gear box configured to receive the plurality of gears, a coupling unit configured to separably connect the rotational shaft with the counter rotation unit and cut off power transmission from the rotational shaft to the counter rotation unit upon disconnection therebetween, and a rotation preventing unit configured to prevent rotation of the front propeller when the coupling unit is separated.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus and controlling these apparatuses with regard to antenna identification information are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a frame generator configured to generate a plurality of frames which include a preamble symbol and a data symbol; and a transmitter configured to group a plurality of sub-carriers for the plurality of frames into a plurality of groups, insert in the plurality of frames antenna identification information controlling a sum of phase differences between the plurality of groups, calculated based on identification information about at least one external antenna of the transmitting apparatus, to be lowered than a predetermined threshold value, and transmit the plurality of frames in which the antenna identification information is inserted.

Abstract: A user device is provided. The device includes a main power supply, and an auxiliary power supply. The main power supply provides a main power. The auxiliary power supply cuts off the main power according to a power level of the main power supply and provides an auxiliary power upon Sudden Power-Off (SPO).

Abstract: A method and device for decoding in a differential orthogonal space-time block coded system are disclosed. The disclosed method includes: (a) receiving signals from a transmitter during a particular time slot segment, where the signals are encoded by differential orthogonal space-time block coding; (b) transforming to reception signals for two sub-systems by using a sum operation and a difference operation of the signals received in step (a), where the transformed reception signals for the two sub-systems maintain an orthogonality of an orthogonal space-time block coded system; and (c) performing decoding using the reception signals for the two sub-systems transformed in step (b). The method provides the advantage of lowering the level of operational complexity for decoding in a communication system that employs differential orthogonal space-time block coding.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a response signal in a wireless communication system are provided. In a method for transmitting a response signal in a broadcasting system, Acknowledgement (ACK) information for uplink packet data for each user is generated. A symbol and a subcarrier which will transmit the ACK information for each user inside a transmission frame are determined. ACK transmission related information is transmitted via a control channel inside the transmission frame. The ACK information for each user is transmitted via the determined symbol and subcarrier inside the transmission frame.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting uplink information in a broadcasting system are provided. A repeater of a mobile broadcasting system includes a plurality of transmitting stations each transmitting a broadcast signal for at least one broadcast service, a plurality of terminals receiving the broadcast signal for the at least one broadcast service through at least one transmitting station among the transmitting stations, and the repeater, the repeated being coupled between the plurality of transmitting stations and the plurality of terminals. The repeater includes a receiving unit configured to receive uplink information from the terminals, a control unit configured to classify the received uplink information by broadcast service and to create uplink information per broadcast service, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the created uplink information to at least one corresponding transmitting station.

Abstract: Provided are a receiver and a method for detecting a signal in a multiple antenna system. The receiver includes a filter coefficient calculator and a signal detector. After separating a first signal portion and a second signal portion, the filter coefficient calculator calculates an MMSE filter coefficient using a Matrix Inversion Lemma such that an inverse matrix of the first signal portion has a predetermined constant value regardless of a repetition signal detection process. The signal detector detects a relevant transmission signal from an interference-removed reception signal using the MMSE filter coefficient.

Abstract: In a semiconductor memory device and method, resistive-change memory cells are provided, each including a plurality of control transistors formed on different layers and variable resistance devices comprising a resistive-change memory. Each resistive-change memory cell includes a plurality of control transistors formed on different layers, and a variable resistance device formed of a resistive-change memory. In one example, the number of the control transistors is two. The semiconductor memory device includes a global bit line; a plurality of local bit lines connected to or disconnected from the global bit line via local bit line selection circuits which correspond to the local bit lines, respectively; and a plurality of resistive-change memory cell groups storing data while being connected to the local bit lines, respectively.

Abstract: A phase-change random access memory device is provided. The phase-change random access memory device includes a global bit line connected to a write circuit and a read circuit, multiple local bit lines, each being connected to multiple phase-change memory cells, and multiple column select transistors selectively connecting the global bit line with each of the multiple local bit lines, each column select transistor having a resistance that varies depending on its distance from the write circuit and the read circuit.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for allocating resources in a mobile communication system. The apparatus includes a modulating/coding unit for modulating transmission data of one or more users according to a predetermined modulation scheme and for outputting a complex signal; a 2-Dimensional (2D)/1-Dimensional (1D) converter for converting the complex signal into a 1D signal; and a re-modulator for reconstructing the 1D signal to a 2D signal and for allocating two components of the 2D signal to two different frequency bands.

Abstract: A phase-change random access memory (PRAM) device includes a plurality of banks, a plurality of column redundancy cell arrays, and a plurality of column redundancy write drivers. Each of the plurality of column redundancy cell arrays corresponds to at least one of the banks. Each of the plurality of column redundancy write drivers corresponds to at least one of the column redundancy cell arrays. The column redundancy write drivers are configured to transmit respective redundancy test data to the corresponding ones of the column redundancy cell arrays in response to a test control signal, which may be activated in response to each program pulse for writing data. Related test and access methods are also discussed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining a pilot pattern in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system are provided. In the pilot pattern determining method, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) demodulator generates frequency-domain data by fast-Fourier-transform (FFT)-processing a received signal. A pilot pattern decider calculates a coherence bandwidth and a coherence time using subcarrier values received from the OFDM demodulator, and selects one of a plurality of pilot patterns according to the ratio of the coherence bandwidth to the coherence time.

Abstract: A phase-change random access memory device is provided. The phase-change random access memory device includes a global bit line connected to a write circuit and a read circuit, multiple local bit lines, each being connected to multiple phase-change memory cells, and multiple column select transistors selectively connecting the global bit line with each of the multiple local bit lines, each column select transistor having a resistance that varies depending on its distance from the write circuit and the read circuit.

Abstract: A phase-change random access memory device includes a global bit line connected to a write circuit and a read circuit; a plurality of local bit lines, each of which being connected to a plurality of phase-change memory cells; and a plurality of column select transistors selectively connecting the global bit line with each of the plurality of local bit lines. Each column select transistor has a resistance that depends on distance from the write circuit and the read circuit.