Abstract: An input device for a mobile terminal includes a touch unit disposed on a surface of a housing of the mobile terminal, a conductive member disposed on an inner surface of the housing in a position corresponding to the touch unit, and a touch sensor to sense an operation of the touch unit through the conductive member and generate a corresponding signal. The touch sensor is provided within the housing in a position corresponding to the conductive member.

Abstract: An electrophotographic toner and a process for preparing the same. The electrophotographic toner includes a binder, a coloring agent, and a release agent. The binder includes two resins having different weight average molecular weights.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for operating a smart service robot. The system comprises: an integrated control server for storing and managing a plurality of service applications and providing a relevant service application according to a service application request from an intelligent service robot; and the intelligent service robot for requesting a specific service application from the integrated control server and downloading the application in order to provide a corresponding service. Accordingly, according to the present invention, when a user using the intelligent service robot needs an application which is related to the operation of the intelligent service robot and which is for a specific purpose, the application for the specific purpose may be easily downloaded online in order to be applied to the intelligent service robot of the user. Thus, the services that the robot provides may be optimized for certain purposes and used.

Abstract: The filter head having a filter head main body includes: an inflow passage communicating with an inflow portion; an outflow passage communicating with an outflow portion; a filter introduction hole communicating with the inflow passage, to which an introduction portion of a filter is connected when the filter is mounted; a filter discharge hole communicating with the outflow passage, to which a discharge portion of the filter is connected when the filter is mounted; and a bypass flow channel connecting the inflow passage and the outflow passage and allowing the remaining flow of the fluid introduced through the inflow portion to pass therethrough so as to be expelled together with the fluid which has passed through the filter, through the outflow portion.

Abstract: An electric precipitator to collect contaminants, such as dust, using electrical attraction. The electric precipitator includes high-voltage electrode plates and low-voltage electrode plates alternately stacked to form an electrification region and a collection region in an air flow direction, wherein each of the high-voltage electrode plates includes a discharge electrode to generate discharge between the discharge electrode and an opposite electrode so that contaminants are electrified in the electrification region and a collection electrode disposed over the electrification region and the collection region to collect the electrified contaminants in the collection region.

Abstract: An electric precipitator includes a charge unit disposed at an upstream part and a dust collection unit disposed at a downstream part, the charge unit includes charge electrodes and a discharge wire disposed between two neighboring charge electrodes and separated from the charge electrodes, the dust collection unit includes high voltage electrodes, front ends of which are opposite to the charge unit, and low voltage electrodes, front ends of which are opposite to the charge unit and which alternate with high voltage electrodes, and the front ends of high voltage electrodes protrude toward the charge unit as compared to the front ends of low voltage electrodes, thereby guiding electrons to the discharge electrodes due to an electric field formed between the front ends of the high voltage electrodes and the discharge electrodes and thus reducing current leakage through the low voltage electrodes.

Abstract: A method for preparing a superhydrophobic random copolymer using a carbon dioxide solvent, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a surface coating copolymer having a superhydrophobic performance by radical copolymerization of a hydrocarbon monomer, and a silicone monomer or a fluorinated monomer using a supercritical carbon dioxide solvent as a copolymerization solvent.

Abstract: A solar cell module according to the present invention includes photoelectric converting cells, interconnect wiring, and a bus bar, wherein the interconnect wiring is attached by a conductive adhesive layer, and the bus bar is attached by an insulating adhesive layer. A method for manufacturing the solar cell module includes attaching the interconnect wiring and the bus bar by the conductive adhesive layer and the insulating adhesive layer, and according to the method, a solar cell module with excellent characteristics can be manufactured through a simple and inexpensive method.

Abstract: Disclosed are a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image and a method of preparing the same. The toner may include latex, a pigment and a releasing agent. The lowest crossover temperature of the toner at which the storage modulus (G?) and the loss modulus (G?) of the toner are substantially equal to each other may be in the range of about 65 to about 80° C. The weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the toner may be in the range of about 65,000 to about 75,000. The z-average molecular weight (Mz) of the toner may be in the range of about 110,000 to about 220,000.

Abstract: An OCB (Optically Compensated Bend) liquid crystal display in which impulse driving is performed such that an impulse data voltage is applied between normal data voltages used for displaying an image. The impulse data voltage is divided into a first impulse data voltage and a second impulse data voltage having a voltage value that will not break a bent alignment of the OCB liquid crystals. Referring to the application of the first impulse data voltage between the normal data voltages as first impulse driving and the application of the second impulse data voltage between the normal data voltages as second impulse driving, the second impulse driving is performed at every two or more of the first impulse drivings, so as to not break the bent alignment of the liquid crystals and to thereby improve luminance of the LCD.

Abstract: A battery charging apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a first converter part configured to convert a first voltage, which is inputted with rectification, into a second voltage; and a second converter part configured to output a third voltage for charging a battery for the electric vehicle by converting the second voltage into a direct current. The output end of the first converter part comprises a first and a second output terminal. The second converter part comprises a first switching element connected with the first output terminal; a second switching element connected with the second output terminal; a first output capacitor serially connected with the first switching element; and a second output capacitor serially connected with the second switching element. The time during which the first switching element is turned on does not overlap the time during which the second switching element is turned on.

Abstract: An apparatus for decoding residual data based on a bit plane and a method thereof, capable of achieving a significant reduction in data traffic between a memory and a functional module in a parallel decoding system, include a variable length decoding module configured to generate residual data for each macroblock from a bit stream, divide the residual data into groups, and generate a bit plane regarding each of the groups, and a variable length decoding memory configured to store the bit plane generated from the variable length decoding module and store the residual data of the groups according to a value of the bit plane.

Abstract: Provided is a system for selling a real asset in association with a financial product. An automobile sales server determines investment money as a purchase price of a new car to be purchased by a customer, determines a loss ratio of the investment money based on a value of a junk car to be delivered by the customer, and transmits the determined investment money and the loss ratio along with customer information to a fund subscription server. The fund is redeemed when a loss of the investment money of the customer exceeds a corresponding loss ratio or a predetermined fund operation period is elapsed and a redemption result of the fund is notified to the automobile sales server.

Abstract: A toner to develop an electrostatic charge image, a method of preparing the toner, a toner supply device employing the toner, an apparatus to form an image employing the toner, and a method of forming an image using the toner are provided. The toner includes a binder resin including a first type of binder resin having a first weight-average molecular weight and a second type of binder resin having a second weight-average molecular weight different than the first weight-average molecular weight, a colorant, and a releasing agent.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic pen for inputting/outputting sensory information and a method for recognizing taste information and transforming the taste information into smell information using the same. The electronic pen includes: a sensory information input unit for receiving sensory information of the object; a signal processing unit for processing and storing sensory information transmitted from the sensory information input unit; a sensory information reproducing unit for outputting the sensory information; and a wireless communication unit for transmitting the sensory information.

Abstract: A video decoding apparatus and method based on a data and function splitting scheme are disclosed. The video decoding apparatus based on a data and function splitting scheme includes a variable length decoding unit performing variable length decoding and parsing on a bit stream to acquire residual data and a decoding parameter, and splitting the residual data and the decoding parameter by row; and N (N is a natural number of 2 or larger) number of clusters splitting dequantization and inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT), motion vector prediction, intra prediction and motion compensation, video restoration, and deblocking function into M number of functions, acquiring the residual data, the decoding parameter, and macroblock (MB) processing information of an upper cluster by column, and splitting the information acquired by column into M number of functions to process the same.

Abstract: A control circuit for a discontinuous conduction mode power factor correction converter using harmonic modulation includes: a first difference circuit configured to calculate and output a difference between an output voltage of a discontinuous conduction mode power factor correction converter and a reference voltage; a PI converter configured to perform a proportional integral control on an output signal of the first difference circuit, and output a signal having an arbitrary duty ratio; a second difference circuit configured to output a difference between a rectified input voltage, which is input to the discontinuous conduction mode power factor correction converter, and a harmonic modulation factor DC voltage; and a multiplication circuit configured to multiply an output of the PI controller and an output of the second difference circuit, and output a PFC control signal to a switch of the discontinuous conduction mode power factor correction converter.

Abstract: A keypad for an electronic device having metallic texture has rigidity and elasticity equivalent to those of stainless steel. The keypad is manufactured and includes a metal alloy board, a keypad body manufactured by primarily thermal-treating the metal alloy board to a rigidity enough to be molded and molding the primarily thermal-treated metal alloy board with a press, a button portion formed by secondarily thermal-treating the keypad body to cure the keypad body and etching the secondarily thermal-treated keypad body by means of etching processing, and urethane rubber and a silicon pad attached to a back surface of the keypad body which has undergone anodizing processing and various colorations.

Abstract: A device including a glass substrate made of a soda lime silica glass composition of: SiO2 (50˜75 wt %); Na2O (1˜8 wt %); K2O (1˜12 wt %); CaO (1˜12 wt %); ZrO2 (0˜8 wt %); SrO (0˜15 wt %); BaO (0˜12 wt %); MgO (0˜10 wt %); Al2O3 (0˜12 wt %); B2O3 (0˜3 wt %), wherein the total amount of Na2O and K2O is in the range of 5˜15 wt %, the total amount of CaO, MgO, SrO and BaO is in the range of 10˜25 wt %.

Abstract: The display device includes a display panel which includes a plurality of pixels, a gate driver which sequentially applies gate-on voltages to the plurality of pixels for a first period and a data driver which generates data voltages for at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels for the first period, and supplies the data voltages to the two pixels of the plurality of pixels, respectively, wherein an application order of the data voltages applied to the at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels is reversed in two adjacent frames.