Abstract: An air conditioner and a communication method for an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include an outdoor unit; an indoor unit; and a central controller connected to the indoor unit through a communication line. The indoor unit may perform periodic communication for transmitting a plurality of periodic packets to at least one of the outdoor unit or the central controller at predetermined periods, and change and transmit the plurality of periodic packets so as to decrease a load on the communication line.

Abstract: A disk drive including multiple magnetic recording disks and at least one read/write head, wherein the disk drive includes a rotatable center block having a vertical axis and a mounting member, a first motor attached to the center block for rotating the center block about the vertical axis, a vertical threaded rod positioned in the mounting member, a second motor moveable along the vertical threaded rod, at least one head suspension arm extending outwardly from the second motor, and at least one read/write head mounted to a distal end of one of the arms. The disk drive further includes multiple disks in a stack, wherein at least one of the arms is vertically moveable along the vertical threaded rod by the second motor to position the at least one read/write head in a position to access data on one of the disk surfaces of the plurality of disks.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a platen, a slurry introduction device and at least one polishing head. The platen is configured to allow a polishing pad to be disposed thereon. The slurry introduction device is configured to supply slurry onto the polishing pad. The polishing head includes a main body and at least one grinding piece. The main body has an accommodation space for accommodating a wafer. The grinding piece is disposed on the main body. The grinding piece has a grinding surface configured to grind against the polishing pad.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing inflammatory diseases or arthritis, which includes 2-methoxy-4-(3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-1-en-1-yl)phenol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition exhibits superior therapeutic efficacy against arthritis without any side effects such as toxicity, etc.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure a cooling and heating system includes a plurality of branch holes configured to provide different refrigerants to at least one indoor units. The device also includes a plurality of valves configured to respectively correspond to the plurality of branch holes wherein each valve is configured to select a refrigerant to be provided to at least one indoor unit. The different refrigerants are provided from an outdoor unit. The device further includes a plurality of ports configured to respectively correspond to the plurality of branch holes. The device also includes a processor configured to, in response to an input through the plurality of ports that include an indoor unit information including refrigerant information, control each of the plurality of valves to provide refrigerant corresponding to the refrigerant information through a branch hole corresponding to a port that the refrigerant information is input.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device including a diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (DMOS) transistor, an n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistor, and a p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistor includes forming separation regions in a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate insulating film, forming a DMOS gate electrode on the gate insulating film, forming a first mask pattern on the semiconductor substrate, performing a first ion implantation process, forming a second mask pattern on the semiconductor substrate, performing a second ion implantation process, forming a third mask pattern on the semiconductor substrate and performing a third ion implantation process into the semiconductor substrate, and forming a fourth mask pattern on the semiconductor substrate and performing a fourth ion implantation process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for treating ballast water, and an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a ballast water treatment apparatus including: a tank; a spray nozzle which supplies ballast water in the form of droplets into the tank; and a gas circulation unit which supplies inert gas to the spray nozzle, and sucks inert gas that is not dissolved in the ballast water in the tank.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for imaging lumen-forming structures such as blood vessels using near-infrared fluorescence in the NIR-II region of 1000-1700 nm. The fluorescence is created by excitation of solubilized nano-structures that are delivered to the structures, such as carbon nanotubes, quantum dots or organic molecular fluorophores attached to hydrophilic polymers. These nanostructures fluoresce in the NIR-II region when illuminated through the skin and tissues. Fine anatomical vessel resolution down to ?30 ?m and high temporal resolution up to 5-10 frames per second is obtained for small-vessel imaging with up to 1 cm penetration depth in mouse hind limb, which compares favorably to tomographic imaging modalities such as CT and MRI with much higher spatial and temporal resolution, and compares favorably to scanning microscopic imaging techniques with much deeper penetration.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for arranging a subframe structure of a short TTI according to the change in a control region in a wireless communication system. Specifically, a plurality of first downlink channels received during an sTTI and a second downlink channel received during a TTI are received. The number of symbols used for each of the plurality of first downlink channels is determined by a format indicator channel included in the first symbol of a subframe. Further, the plurality of first downlink channels are demodulated by using scheduling information included in each of the plurality of first downlink channels, and the second downlink channel is demodulated by using scheduling information included in a control region indicated by the format indicator channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flight simulation apparatus. According to the flight simulation apparatus of the present disclosure, first left and right rails and second left and right rails slide along a pair of first front and rear rails and a pair of second front and rear rails so that first and second seats can freely move forward and rearward, first and second auxiliary rails are formed to position the first and second seats at various locations in the front-rear direction, and the first and second seats can be stably supported by first and second sliders.

Abstract: A lithium battery including a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte disposed between the cathode and the anode is disclosed. In the lithium battery, the cathode includes a nickel-based lithium transition metal oxide having primary particles having an average particle diameter of 2 ?m or more, and the anode includes graphite and a silicon-based compound.

Abstract: Provided are: a method by which a terminal, which is interested in a single-cell point-to-multipoint (SCPTM) transmission, establishes an RRC connection in a wireless communication system; and a device for supporting the same. A list of available SCPTM services is received from a serving cell, it is determined whether the SCPTM service of interest from among the received list of the available SCPTM services is a first-type SCPTM service or a second-type SCPTM service, the RRC connection with a network is established when the determined SCPTM service of interest is the second-type SCPTM service, and the second-type SCPTM service can be received through the established RRC connection. The first-type SCPTM service is a service for which RRC connection establishment is not required for the SCPTM service, and the second-type SCPTM service is a service for which RRC connection establishment is required for the SCPTM service.

Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including pixels, a memory to store degradation data of the pixels, a group-setting portion to classify the pixels into degradation regions according to a degradation degree and based on the degradation data, perform a contour-simplifying process with respect to the degradation regions, classify the degradation regions into labeling regions according to proximity of adjacent ones of the degradation regions, and set one of the degradation regions as a reference region, a sensor to sense electric characteristics of the degradation regions and the reference region as they separately emit light, a compensation amount controller to compare the electric characteristics of the degradation regions with electric characteristics of the reference region, and calculate a per-position compensation data corresponding to a position of the labeling regions, and a converter to convert a first image data into a second image data based on the per-position compensation data.

Abstract: Provided herein is a control method of an electronic apparatus. The control method of an electronic apparatus includes: generating signal type information using an image data of a signal region portion of a signal lamp in a driving-related image data of a vehicle; and performing a driving-related guide of the vehicle using the generated signal type information.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a profile, including: a cutter configured to make cuts on the profile having a first surface and a second surface, and having at least one rib on the first surface, wherein the cuts are made on the first surface of the profile; a first drive unit to drive the cutter forward and backward to and from the first surface of the profile; and a second drive unit to drive the cutter up and down along the first surface of the profile.

Abstract: A system and method for designing integrated circuits is disclosed. An embodiment comprises placing a standard cell with a first cell height into a cell row with a different height. The standard cell may have a height smaller than the cell row or else may have a height that is larger than the cell row. Vertical fillers and horizontal fillers are utilized to extend and connect the standard cell to adjacent cells without having to redesign the entire cell row.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate and a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate. Each pixel includes a gate electrode on the substrate, a common electrode insulated from the gate electrode on the substrate, a first insulating layer covering the gate electrode and the common electrode, a semiconductor pattern disposed on the first insulating layer to overlap with the gate electrode, source and drain electrodes disposed on the semiconductor pattern and spaced apart from each other, and a pixel electrode disposed on the first insulating layer to cover the drain electrode and form an electric field with the common electrode. The display apparatus may be manufactured by first to fourth photolithography processes using first to fourth masks, and the first mask may be a slit mask or a diffraction mask.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of detecting critical objects out of video produced in CCTV cameras. More specifically, the invention provides a method of detecting critical objects out of CCTV video, in which lightweight algorithms of foreground segmentation and blob analysis are applied to the CCTV video in order to detect moving objects and then object filtering is performed based on distribution characteristics of metadata in order to propose critical objects contained in the CCTV video, whereby a few staff members in the integrated control center may efficiently monitor display screen of a large number of CCTV cameras. The invention makes it possible to detect critical objects out of CCTV video with utilizing lightweight algorithms, which enables real-time processing by video analysis servers of normal computing power. Therefore, the efficiency of integrated control centers may be improved where massive CCTV videos are gathered from a large number of CCTV cameras.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor strip extending into the semiconductor substrate. A first and a second dielectric region are on opposite sides of, and in contact with, the semiconductor strip. Each of the first dielectric region and the second dielectric region includes a first portion level with the semiconductor strip, and a second portion lower than the semiconductor strip. The second portion further includes a portion overlapped by the semiconductor strip.