Abstract: A casing assembly for forming a cast-in-place pile (CIP) retaining wall based on a CIP method. The assembly comprising: a hollow elongate cylinder having a hollow cylindrical inner space defined therein; a H-beam guide received within the hollow cylindrical inner space of the hollow elongate cylinder; and a first H beam having a vertical column form and inserted into the H-beam guide, wherein the H-beam guide includes: a hollow beam-guide frame having a rectangular cross-section such that the first H beam is insertably guided in and along the hollow beam-guide frame; and an outer rounded frame coupled to an outer face of the hollow beam-guide frame, wherein an outer face of the outer rounded frame conforms to an inner face of the hollow elongate cylinder, wherein a top portion of the outer rounded frame is fixed to a top portion of the hollow elongate cylinder via a fastening flange.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a touchscreen display exposed through a first portion of the housing, a microphone disposed at a second portion of the housing, a speaker disposed at a third portion of the housing, a memory disposed inside the housing, a processor disposed inside the housing, and electrically connected to the display, the microphone, the speaker, and the memory. The memory is configured to store a plurality of application programs, each of which includes a graphic user interface (GUI).

Abstract: There is provided a tactile feedback device comprising: an array of surface charge generation units; and an array of pressure-generation units, wherein the array of the pressure-generation units is spaced apart from the array of the surface charge generation units, wherein the array of the pressure-generation units is movable relative to the array of the surface charge generation units, wherein an attractive or repulsive force is generated between a corresponding surface charge generation unit of the array of surface charge generation units and a corresponding pressure-generation unit of the array of the pressure-generation units, based on a polarity of surface charges induced in the corresponding surface charge generation unit.

Abstract: A deposition apparatus includes a chamber, a first stage and a second stage for supporting substrates within the chamber, an evaporating source assembly moving a first stage area corresponding to the first stage and a second stage area corresponding to the second stage, and including a plurality of nozzles through which a source material is spurted, and a photographing assembly which is disposed between the first stage and the second stage and photographs the plurality of nozzles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a variable rigidity robot joint system including a first driving module and a second driving module generating torque which is rotated on a first direction, a first rotating module changing rotations of the first driving module and the second driving module into rotations on a second direction intersecting the first direction when the first and second driving modules rotate in directions in which a joint is rotated in a same direction, thereby rotating the joint, a rigidity-providing member providing rigidity by elastically supporting a rotational movement of the first rotating module on the second direction, and a second rotating module changing rotations of the first driving module and the second driving module into a linear motion in the first direction when the first and second driving modules rotate in directions in which the joint is rotated in different directions.

Abstract: A secondary battery or a cylindrical lithium secondary battery is generally described. An exemplary lithium secondary battery module includes: an electrode assembly; a first current collector plate; and a second current collector plate. The electrode assembly is formed by winding an anode plate having a first uncoated region formed on one side, a cathode plate having a second uncoated region formed on the other side, and a separator disposed between the anode plate and the cathode plate. The first current collector plate is electrically connected to the first uncoated region through direct contact therewith, and the second current collector plate is electrically connected to the second uncoated region through direct contact therewith. The second uncoated region of the cathode plate and the first uncoated region of the anode plate are formed of the same metal material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus with a spirally extended monopole antenna structure whereby magnetic field homogeneity is improved. The apparatus includes: a cylinder body 110; a plurality of monopole antennas forming an array, the antenna being spirally arranged along a surface of the cylinder body 110 at a predetermined inclination angle relative to a central axis of the cylinder body 110; a ground plate 130 in which ends of the monopole antennas are arranged on one surface of the ground plate 130 in a circular arrangement; and a plurality of coaxial cables 140 in which signal lines thereof are respectively connected to the monopole antennas and ground lines thereof are connected to the ground plate 130.

Abstract: A method for determining a source and a transmission path to provide content includes receiving a message comprising at least one of channel information of a link between a request device which requests content download and a central management device, available resource amount information of a candidate device, channel information of a link between the candidate device and the central management device, and channel information of a link between the request device and one candidate device. The method also includes determining a source device and the transmission path for providing the content to the request device using an available resource amount of the candidate device, a data rate of the link between the request device and the central management device, a data rate of the link between the request device and the candidate device, and a data rate of the link between the candidate device and the central management device.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first speaker, a first microphone, a storage unit storing a reference signal, and a controller configured to, when the reference signal is output through the first speaker, receive a first signal input through the first microphone and a second signal input through a second microphone of an external electronic device and determine whether to use the first microphone or the second microphone based on at least one of the first signal input through the first microphone and the second signal input through the second microphone.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module that sends conversation information between users of the electronic device and an external electronic device to a management server if the conversation is obtained and receives a keyword extracted using the conversation information from the management server. The electronic device further includes a control module that controls to search for information using the keyword and send a portion of the found information to the external electronic device, and a display that displays the found information.

Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting a file during a video call including steps of confirming a first bandwidth for file transmission when a file transmission event is generated during a video call; reducing video call data on the basis of the first bandwidth for file transmission; and transmitting the reduced video call data and the corresponding file data through a second bandwidth for the video call, with the first bandwidth being a partial area or an entire area of the second bandwidth.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of producing a multilayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) thick film on a substrate, and more particularly, to a method of forming a multilayer h-BN thick film on a substrate including (a) a substrate heating step of heating a first substrate, (b) a h-BN precursor supply step of supplying h-BN precursors to the heated first substrate, (c) a precursor dissolving step of dissolving the supplied h-BN precursors in the first substrate, and (d) a substrate cooling step of cooling the first substrate containing the dissolved h-BN precursors therein, and a laminate including a multilayer h-BN thick film prepared by the preparation method and a substrate which forms a stack structure with the h-BN thick film

Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker for predicting a gastric cancer prognosis, a composition and a kit for predicting gastric cancer prognosis comprising an agent for measuring the expression level thereof, and a method for predicting gastric cancer prognosis using the marker. According to the present invention, gastric cancer prognosis may be predicted promptly and accurately, and an appropriate treatment plan can be determined based on the predicted prognosis, which has an advantage of contributing to significant reduction of death caused by gastric cancer. Particularly, according to the present invention, the survival rate can be remarkably increased by using the treatment method for a stage III gastric cancer patient to a patient who has been predicted to have a negative prognosis among stage Ib/II gastric cancer patients.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a controller capable of controlling the brightness and preventing an erroneous operation from being generated and a converter including for the same. The present invention provides a controller including a gate driving unit for outputting a gate signal which is controlled by a feedback signal and a control block for modulating the feedback signal corresponding to a size of a sensing signal, wherein the feedback signal is generated by receiving the sensing signal, and a converter including the same.

Abstract: A cloud service system includes at least one user device, a plurality of clouds for providing different cloud services, and a gateway connected between the user device and the clouds. The gateway selects at least one of the clouds according to predefined Service Level Agreement (SLA) information, and stores content provided from the user device to the selected cloud.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a gate line, a data line and a common line over the first substrate in the display area; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a color filter layer over the thin film transistor; a first passivation layer over the color filter layer; an auxiliary common line, inner common electrodes and pixel electrodes over the first passivation layer, wherein the auxiliary common line includes a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, the inner common electrodes extend from the horizontal portion, and the pixel electrodes alternate the inner common electrodes; a light blocking pattern in the non-display area, wherein the light blocking pattern includes the same materials as the color filter layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of edging a lens comprising forming a lens-protective transparent coating layer on the surface of the lens. When the lens coated with a transparent coating layer comprising a fluorine-containing elastomer and optionally a fluorine-containing organosilane compound and having a surface energy of less than 15 mJ/m2 is edged, the scratch of lens during handling, the damage of lens caused by chemical contaminants, and lens off-centring phenomena can be prevented. Further, such an edging process requires no adhesive tape, making the process simple, and prevents the contamination of the lens surface. Further, the inventive transparent coating layer makes it possible to measure the diopter of lens exactly owing to its transparency and it is manually removable without a chemical.

Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting a file during a video call including steps of confirming a first bandwidth for file transmission when a file transmission event is generated during a video call; reducing video call data on the basis of the first bandwidth for file transmission; and transmitting the reduced video call data and the corresponding file data through a second bandwidth for the video call, with the first bandwidth being a partial area or an entire area of the second bandwidth.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus perform a video call service. A transmission communication device provides information on a rotation angle of a video call image transmitted during a video call to a reception communication device corresponding to a counterpart of the video call. Then, the reception communication device renders the received video call image by using the information on the rotation angle of the received video call image, and displays a rendered video call image. Accordingly, an image of a counterpart of the video call can be normally provided during the video call.

Abstract: A terminal device includes a storage medium configured to store a first string and a second string relevant to the first string, a display configured to display the first string on a first screen and the second string on a second screen, and a controller configured to generate sentence-by-sentence matching information between the first string and the second string, and control the scroll of the first screen and the second screen based on the sentence-by-sentence matching information when a certain part of the first string or the second string is selected or a scroll control command for the first screen or the second screen is input. A method includes controlling a scroll of the second screen to allow a corresponding part of the second string matching with a certain part of the first string to be displayed on the second screen when the certain part is selected.