Abstract: A system and method for induction cooking using an induction cooking unit, an interface adapted to receive, store, and execute a plurality of instructions of a multistage programmable recipe using the induction cooking unit, a power supply, a controller coupled to said power supply, said interface, and said induction cooking unit.

Abstract: Embodiments of an exemplary induction cooktop apparatus or system, may include an induction cooking unit; an interface adapted to receive, store, and execute a plurality of instructions of a multistage programmable recipe using said induction cooking unit; a power supply adapted to be coupled to a power source; a controller coupled to said power supply, said interface, and said induction cooking unit adapted to control said induction cooking unit according to said plurality of instructions of said multistage programmable recipe. An embodiment may include a system, method, and computer program product comprising: an induction cooking unit; receiving at an interface a plurality of instructions of a multistage programmable recipe; storing instructions in a memory; executing instructions in a controller coupled to the memory and induction cooking unit, so as to control the induction cooking unit in accordance with instructions of the multistage programmable recipe.

Abstract: Provided is a device and method for the automatic counting of medical gauze, which can automatically count the number of medical gauzes used for absorbing blood and other body fluids generated during surgical operations. This device includes a container, which collects the gauze containing radiopaque markers; a support, which supports the container; a radiographic unit, which radiographs the container at various angles using X-ray; a controller, which receives radiographic information from the container and counts the total number of markers in the container using radiographic information; and a display, which operates the system and displays the number of markers calculated by the controller.

Abstract: Embodiments of an exemplary induction cooktop apparatus or system, may include an induction cooking unit; an interface adapted to receive, store, and execute a plurality of instructions of a multistage programmable recipe using said induction cooking unit; a power supply adapted to be coupled to a power source; a controller coupled to said power supply, said interface, and said induction cooking unit adapted to control said induction cooking unit according to said plurality of instructions of said multistage programmable recipe. An embodiment may include a system, method, and computer program product comprising: an induction cooking unit; receiving at an interface a plurality of instructions of a multistage programmable recipe; storing instructions in a memory; executing instructions in a controller coupled to the memory and induction cooking unit, so as to control the induction cooking unit in accordance with instructions of the multistage programmable recipe.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a polarizer sheet includes: preparing a light transmission film where a metal thin film is formed, and forming metal patterns by irradiating a polarized pulse laser beam onto a plurality of regions of the metal thin film.

Abstract: A backlight unit capable of enhancing a luminance of an LCD is provided. The backlight unit includes a lamp for emitting light, a light guide plate for guiding the light emitted from the lamp, and an optical sheet disposed on a path of the light emitted from the light guide plate. The optical sheet includes a prism sheet having a plurality of prisms of which apex angles are obtuse, and a reflective polarizer film for reflecting and transmitting the light emitted from the prism sheet according to polarization components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a switching system, and in particular to a path management method for a switching system which is capable of periodically checking a path state of each hardware board in a switching system of a dual active structure, managing the checked state based on a database, so that an operator recognizes a change in the states of the hardware boards. In addition, the present invention provided a standby path capable of searching an actual active path at the current point based on the database. A path test method for a switching system is provided for thereby implementing a path test for an entire interval or a certain interval with respect to the active and standby paths. Therefore, in the present invention, it is possible to enhance a continuity and reliability of a service and implement an easier maintenance of the system.

Abstract: An extended drain metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (EDMOSFET) with a source field plate is provided.

Abstract: A level shifter for generating a plurality of output voltages having a plurality of levels to interface a low voltage circuit with a high voltage circuit is provided. The level shifter includes a first level shifter for receiving an input signal and a first power supply and outputting a first output voltage having a level the same as that of a ground voltage or the first power supply according to the input signal, a first control signal having a value in which the first output voltage is inverted, and a second control signal having the same value as that of the first output voltage, and an output voltage generator for receiving the first power supply and a second power supply having a level different from that of the first power supply and outputting a second output voltage having a level equivalent to either the first power supply or the second power supply according to the first and second control signals.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a power semiconductor device having a trench gate structure is provided. An epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type having a low concentration and a body region of a second conductivity type are sequentially formed on a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type having a high concentration. An oxide layer pattern is formed on the body region. A first trench is formed using the oxide layer pattern as an etching mask to perforate a predetermined portion of the body region having a first thickness. A body contact region of the second conductivity type having a high concentration is formed to surround the first trench by impurity ion implantation using the oxide layer pattern as an ion implantation mask. First spacer layers are formed to cover the sidewalls of the first trench and the sidewalls of the oxide layer pattern.

Abstract: In a method for making a liquid crystal display device, a first conductive film is formed on a substrate, and patterned to form a gate electrode and a gate line; a gate insulating film for covering the gate electrode and the gate line, a semiconductor film, an impurity-doped semiconductor film, and a second conductive film are continuously formed; the second conductive film and the impurity-doped semiconductor film are patterned using a common mask to form a source electrode, a source line, and a drain electrode from the second conductive film and to form an ohmic contact layer from the impurity-doped semiconductor layer; an insulating film is formed onto at least the source electrode, the source line, the drain electrode, and the semiconductor film; the insulating film, the semiconductor film, and the gate insulating film are patterned using a common mask to form a thin film transistor to be in contact with a pixel electrode; a transparent conductive film is deposited on the non-deposited section of the subs

Abstract: A weaver for a welding torch required for executing right and left weaving works of welding torch which has been executed by a welding operator for automating the welding work as an automatic welding apparatus so as to execute both straight weaving and angular weaving.

Abstract: An air conditioner comprises a heat exchanger for conducting refrigerant in heat exchanging relationship with an air flow, and a blower for drawing air through the heat exchanger. An adjustable flow distributing plate is disposed between the heat exchanger and blower and is movable by a motor to various positions for controlling the relative air flows through respective portions of the heat exchanger. Temperature sensors are connected to the heat exchanger for detecting the refrigerant temperature at various regions of the heat exchanger. The adjustable plate is positioned in a desired position in response to the detected refrigerant temperatures for equalizing the refrigerant temperatures in the regions of the heat exchanger.