Abstract: An apparatus and method of processing a positioning reference signal are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes determining a narrow-band (NB) positioning reference signal (PRS) bitmap indicating a pattern selecting NB PRS subframes, wherein each NB PRS subframe comprises an NB PRS for positioning an NB user equipment (UE), transmitting, to the NB UE, NB PRS configuration information for the NB UE, the NB PRS configuration information comprising the NB PRS bitmap, determining, by a reference cell and based on the NB PRS bitmap, NB PRS subframes of the reference cell, mapping, by the reference cell, a first NB PRS in the NB PRS subframes of the reference cell, and receiving, from the NB UE and in response to the first NB PRS, a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs) are provided. The method includes: receiving, at a UE, configuration information associated with a D2D data transmission resource, the configuration information including information of a D2D data allocation period and being transmitted from an evolved NodeB (eNB); determining, at the UE, a D2D data transmission resource offset and a period associated with a D2D data transmission resource bitmap in each D2D data allocation period, the D2D data transmission resource bitmap including at least one bit corresponding to bit value “1”; and determining a pool of subframes corresponding to the bit value “1” of the D2D data transmission resource bitmap, the period associated with the D2D data transmission resource bitmap including the pool of subframes, the pool of subframes corresponding to D2D data transmission resources through which a D2D data transmission is capable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising natural plant extracts for alleviating inflammation caused by yellow dust and fine particulate, wherein the plant extracts of the present invention inhibit a production of NO caused by the yellow dust and fine particulate and a production of inflammatory cytokines, thus having an excellent effect on preventing or alleviating skin inflammation caused by the yellow dust, fine particulate and other harmful substances.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Myoviridae bacteriophage Clo-PEP-1 that is isolated from the nature and can kill Clostridium perfringens cells specifically, which has the genome represented by nucleotide sequence of SEQ. ID. NO: 1 (Accession NO: KCTC 12664BP), and a method for preventing and treating the infections of Clostridium perfringens cells using the composition comprising said bacteriophage as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Provided is a read method for a nonvolatile memory device for reading data with an optimum read voltage. The read method includes reading data of a first set of memory cells connected to a first word line, by dividing the data of the first set of memory cells into M pages and individually reading data from the M pages. The reading data includes performing an on-chip valley search (OVS) operation on a first valley of two adjacent threshold voltage distributions of the first set of memory cells when reading each of the M pages, and performing a data recover read operation via a read operation on a second word line adjacent to the first word line, based on a result of the OVS operation. In the data recover read operation, a read operation on the first word line is not performed.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment; an inner door rotatably provided at the main body; and an outer door configured to open and close the storage compartment together with the inner door and rotatably provided at the inner door, wherein the inner door includes a connector seating portion disposed at an upper portion of the inner door and configured to connect a first electric wire extending from the main body to the inner door to a second electric wire extending from the outer door to the inner door. Connections between the electric wires are improved so as not to be influenced by the inner and outer doors such that durability of the electric wires can be improved.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device for selectively performing a recovery operation and a method of operating the same are provided. The method of operating a non-volatile memory device includes receiving a first read command, performing a first sensing operation in response to the first read command, and receiving a second read command. The method further includes completing a memory operation corresponding to the first read command without performing a recovery operation when the second read command is received before the first sensing operation is completed, and performing a second sensing operation in response to the second read command.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for performing gesture-based communication service are provided, in which a first device detects a first motion, and when the first motion corresponds to a first gesture that belongs to a gesture group, receives information about a second motion from a second device. The first device may perform an event that corresponds to a combination of the first and second gestures, when the received information corresponds to the second gesture that belongs to the gesture group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for whitening comprising a Caragana sinica root extract, and more specifically relates to a cosmetic composition having an outstanding skin-whitening effect, the composition comprising a Caragana sinica root extract, a fraction thereof or ?-viniferin isolated therefrom. In the present invention, the Caragana sinica root extract, fraction thereof or ?-viniferin isolated therefrom inhibits tyrosinase activity and suppresses melanin production and is therefore effective in skin whitening.

Abstract: A display device, a light converting device and a display system are provided. The display device includes a light-emitting module configured to emit at least two non-visible lights, non-visible lights of different types having different wavelengths; and a control module configured to control the light-emitting module to alternately emit the at least two non-visible lights at a wavelength adjusted timing, and to send a synchronous signal to a light converting device, the synchronous signal being configured to reflect the wavelength adjusted timing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs) are provided. A method of transmitting device-to-device (D2D) data using a D2D data transmission resource by a user equipment (UE), the method including: receiving, at a UE, configuration information associated with a D2D data transmission resource, the configuration information including information of a D2D data allocation period and being transmitted from an evolved NodeB (eNB); determining, at the UE, a D2D data transmission resource in each D2D data allocation period, the D2D data transmission resource including a pool of subframes; selecting D2D data transmission subframes from among the pool of subframes based on a changed pattern, the changed pattern being derived from a basic pattern; and transmitting, from the UE to another UE, D2D data based on the selected D2D data transmission subframes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible flat cable including a plurality of conductive wires disposed between an upper film and a lower film, wherein an air gap is formed between the conductive wires. The flexible flat cable according to the present invention includes a plurality of conductive wires (15) disposed between an upper film (11) and a lower film (13), wherein the conductive wires (15) are fixed by a first thermal bonding resin (12) of the upper film (11) and a second thermal bonding resin (14) of the lower film (13), an air gap (16) is formed between the conductive wires (15), and a side end of the upper film (11) and a side end of the lower film (13) are bonded by the first thermal bonding resin (12) and the second thermal bonding resin (14).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a two-dimensional (2D) barcode and an apparatus for extracting 2D barcode information. The apparatus for generating a 2D barcode includes a metadata creation unit for creating metadata corresponding to insertion data and a 2D barcode, a data conversion unit for generating data blocks by converting the insertion data based on the metadata, a pattern generation unit for generating metadata patterns and data block patterns by substituting respective predefined symbols for the metadata and the data blocks, and a 2D barcode generation unit for generating a 2D barcode that contains distortion correction patterns, the metadata patterns, and the data block patterns.

Abstract: A coolant control valve includes a cam rotating by rotational force; a pivot arm disposed under the cam, one end of the pivot arm moving in an up and down direction by rotation of the cam; a valve installed at another end of the pivot arm and disposed outside an outer diameter of the cam, the valve moving as the pivot arm moves; and a pivot arm support hinge for supporting the pivot arm and enabling vertical movement of the pivot arm when the cam rotates.

Abstract: An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing arranged to be mounted on or embedded in a ceiling, a cover panel coupled to a lower portion of the housing, the cover panel including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan configured to draw in air into the housing through the inlet and discharge air out of the housing through the outlet and a blade configured to open and close the outlet, the blade including a plurality of through holes to control the air discharged out of the housing through the outlet while the blade closes the outlet. With this structure, the air conditioner can discharge air in various ways by varying the wind direction, the wind speed, and the air amount of the discharged air.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes an air conditioner case having a drainage port, an evaporator installed within the air conditioner case, a drainage hose configured to discharge condensate water generated in the evaporator to the outside of a vehicle room, the drainage hose connected to the drainage port and drawn out to the outside of the vehicle room through a dashboard, and a connector means configured to rotatably connect the drainage hose to the drainage port of the air conditioner case so as to permit rotation of the drainage hose with respect to the drainage port when the drainage hose is twisted in an assembling process of the drainage hose.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for verifying a detection rule. The apparatus for verifying a detection rule includes a grammar checking unit for checking for a grammatical error in a loaded detection rule, a false-positive rate calculation unit for calculating a false-positive rate of the loaded detection rule by applying a latent Dirichlet allocation algorithm to a signature used in the detection rule, and a similarity checking unit for checking similarity between the detection rule and an existing pre-stored detection rule.

Abstract: An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix and a plurality of common electrode lines extending along the column direction on the base substrate. There are two scanning signal lines between two adjacent rows of pixel units, and pixel units in a (2N+1)-th column and a (2N+2)-th column are taken as one pixel unit group, N being selected from integers greater than or equal to zero. The respective common electrode lines are located between two adjacent pixel unit groups.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator which allows a pivoting bar to pivot to seal a gap between a pair of doors regardless of whether the door at which the pivoting bar is not installed between the pair of doors is open or closed. The refrigerator includes a guide device which induces the pivoting bar to pivot. Here, the guide device includes a rack that is moved forward and backward linearly depending on opening and closing of the second door and includes a second magnet built therein, a pinion gear engaged with the rack and pivoting when the rack is moved linearly, and a guide unit which includes a guide groove guiding a guide protrusion and is engaged with the pinion gear to move linearly in a direction opposite to that of the rack to allow the pivoting bar to pivot when the pinion gear pivots.

Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for correcting a tracing-position of another vehicle sensed by a radar sensor using a laser scanner, which compare an unspecific tracing position of the radar sensor sensing another vehicle and a contour point acquired by a laser scanner and correct the tracing position of the radar sensor with a position most approximate to the vehicle in the contour point. Therefore, the radar sensor sensing an object in the vicinity of the vehicle recognizes a tracing position of another vehicle to facilitate design of a radar sensor based system.