Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel; an actuator driving the lens barrel in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis; and an aperture module adjusting an amount of light incident in the lens barrel. The aperture module includes an aperture coupled to the lens barrel, a magnet provided on one side of the aperture, a coil disposed opposite to the magnet, a position detector detecting a position of the magnet to generate a feedback signal, and a driver comparing an input signal indicating a target position of the magnet with the feedback signal to calculate an error value and generating a driving signal according to the calculated error value. The driver compares a current position of the lens barrel with a neutral position of the lens barrel to generate a compensation signal and compensates for one of the input signal and the feedback signal based on the compensation signal.

Abstract: Vertical field-effect transistor (VFET) devices and methods of forming the VFET devices are provided. The methods may include forming a first channel region and a second channel region on a substrate, forming a recess in the substrate between the first and second channel regions by removing a portion of the liner and a portion of the substrate, forming a bottom source/drain region in the recess of the substrate, forming a capping layer on the bottom source/drain region, removing the liner and the capping layer, forming a spacer on the substrate and the bottom source/drain region, and forming a gate structure on side surfaces of the first and second channel regions.

Abstract: Provided is a cosmetic composition including organic-inorganic composite particles for blocking near-infrared rays. When the cosmetic composition for blocking near-infrared rays according to the present disclosure is applied to skin, light in the near-infrared region may be significantly blocked. The cosmetic composition may be used as a multifunctional product in combination with a UV-blocking material to block a wide range of wavelengths adversely affecting the skin, thereby preventing skin aging.

Abstract: A method is provided for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system. The method includes monitoring a control channel candidate with a downlink control information (DCI) format size in a plurality of search spaces. Each of the plurality of search spaces corresponds to a respective carrier indicator field (CIF) value. The method further includes transmitting or receiving data using downlink control information which is detected by monitoring the control channel candidate. In a state that control channel candidates have different values of carrier indicator field for the DCI format size, the control channel candidate with the DCI format size is received in any search space corresponding to any of the different values of carrier indicator field for the DCI format size.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air conditioner, an air conditioner controlling system, and an air conditioner controlling method. The air conditioner controlling system includes one or more controlled air conditioners, a main controlling air conditioner having control authority over, from among the one or more controlled air conditioners, one or more controlled air conditioners that belong to an upper rank group corresponding to the main controlling air conditioner, and a sub-controlling air conditioner having control authority over, from among the one or more controlled air conditioners, one or more controlled air conditioners that belong to a first lower rank group.

Abstract: A method of forming a vehicle sandwich structure composed of a foamed resin article in sheet form forming the core, a fiber-reinforced composite layer forming a surface material that is located on one or both sides of the foamed resin article in thickness direction; forming a binding layer of core and surface materials between the foamed resin article and the fiber-reinforced composite layer; a large number of glass fibers being inserted within said foamed resin article; more than 70% of total glass fibers being the glass fibers which form an angle between the longitudinal direction of each glass fiber and said foamed resin article, the angle of which satisfying a range from 45° to 90°.

Abstract: A method for determining link direction of resources in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving frame configuration information from a base station, wherein the frame configuration information indicates at least one of default resources and flexible resources in a frame, receiving downlink control information (DCI) format from the base station, and determining link direction of the flexible resources in the frame based on the frame configuration information and the DCI format.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a reception acknowledgement for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) of a user equipment (UE). The reception acknowledgement may be an ACK signal or a NACK signal for physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs). The reception acknowledgement is transmitted on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and the UE selects a resource of the PUCCH based on a number of the received physical downlink control channels. That is, the UE selects a first PUCCH resource for a number of the received PDCCHs being less than a pre-defined number, and the UE selects a second PUCCH resource for a number of the received PDCCHs being equal to or greater than the pre-defined number.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of evaluating brittleness by measuring force applied to an electrode specimen by simulating a wound state of a jelly-roll type electrode assembly are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a brittleness evaluation apparatus includes a jig unit, a driving unit, and a measurement analyzing unit. The jig unit includes two jigs, a groove formed between the jigs, a pressing plate, and guides. The jigs facing each other and have top surfaces formed in a horizontal plane and configured to receive a specimen arranged on the top surfaces along a length direction extending between and along the top surfaces. The pressing plate is arranged perpendicular to the length direction and configured to cause the specimen to bend by descending into the groove. The guides are located on each of the top surfaces of the jigs and configured to prevent distortion of the specimen during descent of the pressing plate.

Abstract: Provided is an adaptive IoT service system employing a removable hardware module. The system includes a peripheral device control module, a management server, an application program configuration manager, and a user terminal. The peripheral device control module is configured such that a control board thereof for controlling a corresponding one of IoT devices is mountable to and removable from a mainboard thereof. The management server relays real-time data transmitted from IoT devices, cumulative data, and type information to the user terminal, and relays and manages the data and information. The application configuration manager automatically constructs a user interface of the user terminal on the basis of the data managed by the management server. The system constructs a user interface in real time and automatically associates the IoT device with the application program in the user terminal.

Abstract: A fingerprint recognition device includes a display, a touch sensor panel (TSP) which senses a touch, and a fingerprint recognition integrated circuit (FPIC) which scans a fingerprint. The FPIC includes a pixel including a photoelectric element which receives light reflected by the fingerprint, a low noise amplifier (LNA) which outputs a signal voltage by converting an electric charge received from the photoelectric element, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) which converts the signal voltage into a digital signal. The ADC includes a variable reference voltage generator which provides a variable reference voltage, a comparator which adds the variable reference voltage to the signal voltage, performs correlated double sampling on the result of the addition, and outputs a comparison signal by comparing the result of the correlated double sampling with a ramp voltage, and a counter which outputs the digital signal by counting the comparison signal.

Abstract: A compressor includes a compression mechanism configured to suck and compress a refrigerant from a suction space to discharge the refrigerant to a discharge space by a driving force transmitted thereto. The compressor includes an oil storage chamber provided in the discharge space to collect oil separated from the refrigerant discharged from the compression mechanism, an oil recovery passage configured to guide the oil in the oil storage chamber to the suction space, and a decompression mechanism provided in the oil recovery passage to reduce a pressure of the oil passing through the oil recovery passage by an orifice hole having an inner diameter smaller than the oil recovery passage. The decompression mechanism is configured such that, when a pressure in the oil storage chamber is increased, the inner diameter of the orifice hole is reduced.

Abstract: A method for acquiring capacitance of a capacitive touch panel includes acquiring a selected capacitance value at a selected point among a plurality of points at which a plurality of capacitances are present, in the capacitive touch panel, determining the selected capacitance value as a reference capacitance value, and performing a multi-driving using a balanced code, and acquiring a capacitance value from at least one point among the plurality of points using the reference capacitance value.

Abstract: Provided is a cosmetic composition including organic-inorganic composite particles for blocking near-infrared rays. When the cosmetic composition for blocking near-infrared rays according to the present disclosure is applied to skin, light in the near-infrared region may be significantly blocked. The cosmetic composition may be used as a multifunctional product in combination with a UV-blocking material to block a wide range of wavelengths adversely affecting the skin, thereby preventing skin aging.

Abstract: A method is provided for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system. The method includes monitoring a control channel candidate with a downlink control information (DCI) format size in a plurality of search spaces. Each of the plurality of search spaces corresponds to a respective carrier indicator field (CIF) value. The method further includes transmitting or receiving data using downlink control information which is detected by monitoring the control channel candidate. In a state that control channel candidates have different values of carrier indicator field for the DCI format size, the control channel candidate with the DCI format size is received in any search space corresponding to any of the different values of carrier indicator field for the DCI format size.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) of a user equipment in a carrier aggregation system. The method includes: assigning first and second control regions as search spaces for a specific cell; detecting scheduling information with respect to the specific cell from the first control region and/or second control region; receiving a data channel from the specific cell on the basis of the scheduling information; and transmitting ACK/NACK indicating a reception acknowledgement for the data channel, wherein if the scheduling information is detected from the first control region, the ACK/NACK is transmitted using a radio resource linked to another radio resource used to receive the scheduling information, and wherein if the scheduling information is detected from the second control region, the ACK/NACK is transmitted using a pre-set radio resource through a higher layer signal.

Abstract: Provided are a fingerprint controller for driving a fingerprint sensing array in a touchscreen divided by at least a touch sensing region and a fingerprint sensing region, a method of operating the fingerprint controller, and a driver integrated circuit for driving the touchscreen including the fingerprint sensing array. The method includes: receiving a reference timing signal from an external module; generating a fingerprint sensing timing signal for driving the fingerprint sensing array in synchronization with the reference timing signal; and driving the fingerprint sensing array based on the fingerprint sensing timing signal.

Abstract: A method for transmitting data, which is performed by a user equipment (UE), includes receiving, through a first carrier, an uplink (UL) grant for a second carrier, and transmitting UL data through the second carrier according to the UL grant, wherein a UL-DL configuration of the first carrier and a UL-DL configuration of the second carrier are different from each other, and wherein the UL grant includes a time domain resource assignment indicating a starting time for transmitting the UL data.

Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel; an actuator driving the lens barrel in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis; and an aperture module adjusting an amount of light incident in the lens barrel. The aperture module includes an aperture coupled to the lens barrel, a magnet provided on one side of the aperture, a coil disposed opposite to the magnet, a position detector detecting a position of the magnet to generate a feedback signal, and a driver comparing an input signal indicating a target position of the magnet with the feedback signal to calculate an error value and generating a driving signal according to the calculated error value. The driver compares a current position of the lens barrel with a neutral position of the lens barrel to generate a compensation signal and compensates for one of the input signal and the feedback signal based on the compensation signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are a superabsorbent polymer having improved anti-caking properties and a method of preparing the same, and the superabsorbent polymer having improved anti-caking properties includes a superabsorbent polymer, microparticles, and water, and to improve anti-caking properties of the superabsorbent polymer, the temperature of the superabsorbent polymer or water upon addition of water or the aging time upon stirring is adjusted, thereby preventing caking of the particles.