Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an image processing apparatus, including: a first detector configured to detect a privacy image from a first image when the first image is input; a protection processor configured to scramble the privacy image to a privacy protection image using a scrambling key when the privacy image is detected; and an encryption processor configured to create a second image in which the first image including the privacy protection image is encrypted using an encryption key.

Abstract: A washing machine having a drying apparatus, which can perform a heated drying operation and shorten a drying time of laundry, is provided. The washing machine having a drying apparatus includes a top cover which is provided in an upper part of a body and has at least one air hole formed in a top surface thereof, a drying duct which is provided in the top cover to supply air heated by a heater provided thereinside to the air hole, and a rack member which is provided to be extractable from the body to hang laundry above the body.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a difference extraction unit to extract a difference between a second time stamp value, which is obtained by adjusting a first time stamp value that is measured at a time of arrival of a synchronization message transmitted by the master at a Layer 3 to be synchronized in frequency with a clock of the master, and a third time stamp value, which is measured at a time of departure of the synchronization message from the master; a minimum filter to select a minimum from one or more difference values extracted by the difference extraction unit; and a delay variation calculation unit to estimate a time of arrival of a current synchronization message at the Layer 3 based on the selected minimum and calculate a delay variation.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a base substrate; a semiconductor layer which is disposed on the base substrate and has a 2-Dimensional Electron Gas (2DEG) generated within the semiconductor layer; a plurality of first ohmic electrodes which are disposed on the central region of the semiconductor layer and have island-shaped cross sections; a second ohmic electrode which is disposed on edge regions of the semiconductor layer; and a Schottky electrode part has first bonding portions bonded to the first ohmic electrodes, and a second bonding portion bonded to the semiconductor layer. A depletion region is provided to be spaced apart from the 2DEG when the semiconductor device is driven at an on-voltage and is provided to be expanded to the 2DEG when the semiconductor device is driven at an off-voltage, the depletion region being generated within the semiconductor layer by bonding the semiconductor layer and the second bonding portion.

Abstract: A washing machine in which the structure of a laundry weight sensing apparatus to sense the weight of laundry within a tub is enhanced. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub, a support member provided with one end combined with the tub and the other end combined with the cabinet so as to support the tub to the cabinet, and a laundry weight sensing apparatus provided with one side combined with the support member to use load of the tub transmitted to the support member so as to sense the weight of laundry within the tub and the other side contacting one surface of the cabinet to prevent impact transmitted from the tub. The washing machine may precisely measure the weight of laundry without influence of surrounding environments and prevent an error generated due to transmission of vibration caused by operation of the tub.

Abstract: A network function virtualization device includes at least one network function virtual machine; and a network function flow switch configured to receive flows and to switch the flows to the at least one network function virtual machine, and a network functions virtualization method for applying the virtualized network function to the flows.

Abstract: A distributed network camera system includes a network camera configured to be connected to a network; and a distributed media server configured to process video data provided by the network camera in a network node which is located close to the network camera. Further, the distributed network camera system includes a centralized management server configured to be connected to the network and manage the connection establishment between the distributed media server and the network camera and the operation state of the distributed media server.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pH-sensitive block copolymer that forms polyionic complex micelles. The block copolymer is prepared by copolymerization of (a) a polyethylene glycol compound, (b) a poly(amino acid) compound, and (c) a heterocyclic alkyl amine compound having the ability to induce the formation of ionic complexes. Further disclosed is a drug or protein carrier using the block copolymer.

Abstract: There is provided a substrate supporter capable of securely supporting a substrate such as a wafer on which a device having a predetermined thin film pattern is formed to remove various impurities formed on the rear surface of the substrate, and a plasma processing apparatus having the same. The plasma processing apparatus includes: at least one arm; and a supporting portion extending from the arm toward a substrate seating position of the substrate, so that the plasma processing apparatus can reduce the likelihood of arc discharges compared with conventional dry etching to increase process yield and product reliability, and ensure stable mounting of a substrate.

Abstract: The present invention suggests a data parallel processing device that performs parallel processing on input data by varying a flow ID generating manner depending on a loading degree of the processor in the multi-processor structure configured by processor array. The suggested device includes a flow ID generating unit which generates a flow ID for input data which is differentiated in accordance with a status of a buffer; a data allocating unit which allocates data having the same flow ID to a specified processor; and a data processing unit which sequentially processes data allocated to each processor so that the parallel processing performance is improved as compared with the related art.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes preparing a base substrate; forming a semiconductor layer on the base substrate; forming an ohmic electrode part having ohmic electrode lines, on the semiconductor layer; and forming a Schottky electrode part, which is disposed on the semiconductor layer to be spaced apart from the ohmic electrode lines and has Schottky electrode lines parallel to the ohmic electrode lines, wherein forming the ohmic electrode part further comprises forming an ohmic electrode plate connected to one end of the ohmic electrode lines, forming the Schottky electrode part further comprises forming a Schottky electrode plate connected one end of the Schottky electrode lines, and one line of the Schottky electrode lines is disposed between two of the ohmic electrode lines to thereby achieve an interdigited configuration in which the ohmic electrode part and the Schottky electrode part are formed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a power device includes forming a first drift region on a substrate. A trench is formed by patterning the first drift region. A second drift region is formed by growing n-gallium nitride (GaN) in the trench, and alternately disposing the first drift region and the second drift region. A source electrode contact layer is formed on the second drift region. A source electrode and a gate electrode are formed on the source electrode contact layer. A drain electrode is formed on one side of the substrate which is an opposite side of the first drift region.

Abstract: Provided are a method, apparatus, and system for providing a multi-tenant cloud service, which can guarantee quality of service (QOS) in units of flows and virtual machines (VMs). A dynamic virtual flow switch includes a switch flow agent configured to receive and store virtual machine QOS information about each of a plurality of virtual machines operating in a plurality of computer servers and flow QOS information about a flow generated by the virtual machine from a virtual flow controller and a flow processing unit configured to receive the flow generated by the virtual machine and determine a QOS priority of the flow based on the stored virtual machine QOS information of the virtual machine and flow QOS information of the flow.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing a flow in a server virtualization environment, and a method of applying a QoS policy, the method including a flow processing unit configured to analyze a flow generated by a virtual machine (VM) to extract flow information, determine whether the flow is a new flow by comparing the extracted flow information with preset flow information, and apply a corresponding Quality of Service (QoS) policy to the flow, and a QoS management unit configured to, in a case in which the flow is a new flow, generate a QoS policy for the analyzed flow based on the extracted flow information and prestored virtual machine information, and transmit the generated QoS policy to the flow processing unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor process sensor to characterize a semiconductor process by which the semiconductor process sensor was formed. The semiconductor process sensor includes a constant reference voltage source to provide a constant reference voltage signal, a process sensing resistor, a constant current source, and an analog-to-digital converter. The process sensing resistor has a first terminal electrically coupled to the constant reference voltage source and a second terminal to provide a sensed voltage signal, the process sensing resistor having a resistance that is dependent on at least one variation in the semiconductor process used to form the semiconductor process sensor. The constant current source is electrically coupled to the second terminal of the process sensing resistor. The analog-to-digital converter is coupled to the second terminal of the process sensing resistor to provide at least one output signal characterizing the semiconductor process by which the semiconductor process sensor was formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Sphingomonas sp. MD2 strain (KCTC 11845BP), a composition including the strain for decomposing methane or odor-producing compounds, a biocover or biofilter including the composition, a method for decomposing methane or odor-producing compounds using the composition, a system for decomposing methane or odor-producing compounds using the biocover or biofilter, and the use of the strain for decomposing methane or odor-producing compounds. According to the present invention, methane and odor can be effectively removed concurrently, and thus the cost required for the separate treatment of methane and odor can be reduced, and methane and odor-producing compounds in landfills or the like can be effectively decomposed.

Abstract: Provided is a data flow parallel processing apparatus and method. The data flow parallel processing apparatus may include a flow discriminating unit to discriminate a flow of input first data, a processor allocating unit to allocate, to the first data, a processor that is not operating among a plurality of processors, a sequence determining unit to determine a sequence number of the first data when a second data having the same flow as the discriminated flow is being processed by any one processor composing the plurality of processors, and an alignment unit to receive the first data processed by the allocated processor and to output the received first data based on the determined sequence number.

Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a flow switch, and an operating method thereof, and more particularly, to a flow switch for providing network virtualization, in which a quality of service (QoS) for a packet for each virtual machine is easily secured through flow information extracted from each of a plurality of packets when the plurality of packets generated by a plurality of virtual machines is input in a server virtualization environment, and an operating method thereof.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a process sensor, a temperature sensor, and a voltage sensor. The process sensor is configured to sense a process parameter indicative of a semiconductor process by which the integrated circuit is formed and, based upon the sensed process parameter, to provide a characterization of the semiconductor process to the output of the process sensor. The temperature sensor is configured to provide an indication of a temperature of the integrated circuit to an output of the temperature sensor and the voltage sensor is configured to provide an indication of a power supply voltage level of the integrated circuit to an output of the voltage sensor. The output of the process sensor is coupled to at least one of the temperature sensor and the voltage sensor to compensate at least one of the indication of the temperature and the indication of the power supply voltage level.