Abstract: A ventilation system that allows air to be directly discharged to an outside of a ventilation apparatus, the ventilation system including a body and the ventilation apparatus provided at an edge of an upper surface of the body and configured to take in polluted air generated during cooking, wherein the ventilation apparatus includes a suction port configured to take in the polluted air, a suction fan provided at an inside of the body and configured to generate a suction force for the polluted air to be taken in through the suction port, a passage through which the air taken in through the suction port passes, at least one filter mounted at an inside the passage and configured to purify the air passing through the passage, and an exit port communicating with one end portion of the passage and configured to discharge the air purified by the at least one filter indoors.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method for notifying of surrounding situation information by an electronic device may comprise the operations of: monitoring a value indicating a movement of the electronic device; determining whether a state of the electronic device is a stopped state, on the basis of the value indicating a movement of the electronic device; and acquiring surrounding situation information of the electronic device, which will be notified of to a user, when the state of the electronic device is a stopped state; and outputting the surrounding situation information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polymer composition including eco-friendly materials, an electronic device and a method of manufacturing the same. The polymer composition according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a thermoplastic resin at 30 to 70 parts by weight; an eco-friendly resin, including a bio-resin, at 1 to 50 parts by weight; and a silicone resin at 1 to 60 parts by weight based on the total weight of the polymer composition.

Abstract: A softening apparatus in which resistance applied between electrodes is decreased to reduce power consumption. The softening apparatus includes a regeneration unit and a softening unit. The regeneration unit includes at least one anode and cathode in a first space which generate regeneration water containing hydrogen ions (H+). The softening unit is disposed in a second space partitioned from the first space and includes an ion exchange body regenerated by the regeneration water.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polymer composition including eco-friendly materials, an electronic device and a method of manufacturing the same. The polymer composition according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a thermoplastic resin at 30 to 70 parts by weight; an eco-friendly resin, including a bio-resin, at 1 to 50 parts by weight; and a silicone resin at 1 to 60 parts by weight based on the total weight of the polymer composition.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus, including an emissive display configured to provide a first image having a first image quality; a transparent display disposed on the emissive display and configured to provide a second image having a second image quality; and a controller configured to control the emissive display to provide the first image in according to first mode and control the transparent display to provide the second image according to a second mode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a water softening apparatus including an electrosorption unit to adsorb foreign matter contained in water with electrical attraction, a preprocessing unit having a preprocessing chamber which is connected with an external water supply source and is provided with a filter to filter out foreign matter contained in water transferred from the external water supply source, and a cleaning solution supply unit having a cleaning solution storage chamber which stores a cleaning solution to be supplied to the electrosorption unit. Since any one of the water transferred from the preprocessing unit and the cleaning solution transferred from the cleaning solution supply unit is selectively transferred to the electrosorption unit by a valve, a pump to inject the cleaning solution and the like are unnecessary.

Abstract: A softening apparatus including an ion exchanger that is repeatedly regenerated using electrolyzed hydrogen ions (H+). The softening apparatus includes a regeneration unit configured to produce regeneration water including hydrogen ions (H+) by electrolyzing water, a softening unit including an ion exchanger regenerated by receiving the regeneration water and configured to convert raw water including hardness components into soft water, and a controller configured to control the regeneration unit to produce regeneration water having a pH of 2 to 4. The ion exchanger has a Si/Al ratio of 1 to 5 and includes an inner pore with a diameter greater than 4 nm.

Abstract: A softening apparatus in which resistance applied between electrodes is decreased to reduce power consumption. The softening apparatus includes a regeneration unit and a softening unit. The regeneration unit includes at least one anode and cathode in a first space which generate regeneration water containing hydrogen ions (H+). The softening unit is disposed in a second space partitioned from the first space and includes an ion exchange body regenerated by the regeneration water.

Abstract: A holographic data storage medium and an apparatus and method for recording/reproducing holographic data using the same. The holographic data storage medium includes a substrate; a holographic recording layer disposed on the substrate; and a cover layer covering the holographic recording layer. The holographic recording layer includes a data recording region including a plurality of data layers to which data is recorded, the data recording region in which interference fringes due to first and second beams are formed in different data layers in a depthwise direction; and a layer discrimination region for providing discrimination between the data layers.

Abstract: An optical pickup of a holographic data recording/reproducing apparatus that emits light to a reflective holographic data storage medium in which a substrate, a reflection layer, a recording layer, and a cover layer are sequentially stacked, and receives the emitted light, the optical pickup including: a first light source unit to emit, during a recording operation, a signal beam having a first polarization and a reference beam having a second polarization perpendicular to the first polarization along the same optical path; and a main lens unit having a refractivity that varies according to a polarization of a passing light, so as to cause the signal beam to be reflected from the reflection layer then focused on a focal point, and to cause the reference beam to pass through the cover layer then be directly focused on the focal point.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an electrophotographic toner including a binder resin; and a light absorber, wherein the light absorber includes a metal nanorod and a surfactant covering a surface of the metal nanorod.

Abstract: An apparatus and method to record data on a holographic storage medium, the apparatus including: a light processing unit to record the data on the holographic storage medium using a reference beam and a signal beam, the light processing unit including a light modulator to modulate the signal beam; and a control unit to control the light processing unit to record the data on the holographic storage medium, wherein the light modulator modulates the signal beam so that an image formed on a surface of the light modulator is shorter in a radial direction that is a scanning direction of the reference beam than in a tangential direction that is perpendicular to the radial direction.

Abstract: A method of recording holographic information and an apparatus for recording/reproducing holographic information. The method includes: forming an information layer by recording a hologram on a holographic recording layer of a holographic information storage medium; and fixing the information layer on which the hologram is recorded, by radiating light on the information layer.

Abstract: An electrophotographic toner, a method of preparing the electrophotographic toner, and an image forming apparatus using the electrophotographic toner. The electrophotographic toner includes a binder resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, and a spherical metal nanoparticle having a volume average diameter of about 10 to about 100 nm.

Abstract: A hologram recording and/or reproducing apparatus, a hologram recording and/or reproducing method, and a hologram recording medium include a data processing unit to generate a data page which includes recording data and a reference page which includes predetermined patterns to prevent distortion of a signal from occurring when the data page is reproduced, and a light processing unit to record the data page and reference page on a hologram recording medium. The apparatus and method correct distortion and deformation that may occur in part of an image due to aberrations, enhancing compatibility between hologram recording and/or reproducing apparatuses.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an electrophotographic toner including a binder resin; and a light absorber, wherein the light absorber includes a metal nanorod and a surfactant covering a surface of the metal nanorod.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving quality of a signal reproduced from a holographic storage medium in which a hologram is recorded by interference between a signal beam and a reference beam. The signal-quality improving method includes determining a page crosstalk value, which is caused in a page that is to be reproduced from the holographic storage medium by an adjacent page to the page that is to be reproduced, on the basis of on-pixel crosstalk values caused by a plurality of on-pixels of the adjacent page; and removing the determined page crosstalk value from a reproduced signal of the page that is to be reproduced. Since an interpage crosstalk that occurs when multiplexing recording in the holographic storage medium is calculated, and is removed from a reproduced signal, the quality of the reproduced signal can be improved.

Abstract: An optical recording medium in which interference patterns formed from interference between signal light and reference light are recorded as data and a recording/reproducing method and apparatus for the optical recording medium. The optical recording medium including at least a recording layer in which predetermined data is recorded, wherein a thickness of a portion of the recording layer is larger than a thickness of another portion of the recording layer, wherein data is recorded in the thicker region, and the additional information of a recording condition and/or a reproducing condition is recorded in the thinner region.

Abstract: A method of recording holographic information and an apparatus for recording/reproducing holographic information. The method includes: forming an information layer by recording a hologram on a holographic recording layer of a holographic information storage medium; and fixing the information layer on which the hologram is recorded, by radiating light on the information layer.