Abstract: A touch sensor includes a plurality of touch electrodes on a touch area to sense touch, each of the touch electrodes having a plurality of branch electrodes parallel to each other in a first direction, and connection lines on the touch area and connected to the touch electrodes, the connection lines extending in the first direction in parallel to the branch electrodes, wherein a width of the connection line and a width of the branch electrode are equal to each other.

Abstract: A method for distributing a load, according to one embodiment, includes: identifying characteristics of each of frames included in a received bit stream; and distributing loads of a plurality of cores based on the characteristics of each of the frames whenever the frames are decoded.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a substrate including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, a plurality of first organic light emitting elements located in the first region, a plurality of second organic light emitting elements located in the second region, and a plurality of first thin film transistors located in the second region and connected to the first organic light emitting elements in the first region to drive the first organic light emitting elements. The first thin film transistors do not overlap with the first organic light emitting elements.

Abstract: A flexible display is disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible display a flexible display panel includes a display area and a peripheral area located on opposing sides of the display area and a first fixing part located over an upper surface of the peripheral area of the flexible display panel. The first fixing part is configured to have a first restoring force that presses on the upper surface of the flexible display panel. The flexible display also includes a second fixing part located below a lower surface of the peripheral area of the flexible display panel. The second fixing part is configured to have a second restoring force that presses on the lower surface of the flexible display panel.

Abstract: An apparatus that dispenses a fluid onto a substrate includes a nozzle located in a position relative to the substrate to dispense the fluid onto the substrate and a blocking plate selectively disposed between the substrate and the nozzle.

Abstract: A system, medium, and method compressing and/or restoring images. Such a data compression method may include selecting a mode from among a plurality of modes for compressing current data, according to predetermined criteria, and calculating a difference between the current data and reference data, according to the selected mode, and compressing the current data, or truncating a part of the current data and compressing the current data. Accordingly, it is possible to significantly lower the complexity of an image encoder/decoder system and exactly meet a picture-based CBR required by LCD DCC devices/systems.

Abstract: An image data encoding apparatus and method and an image data decoding apparatus and method are provided. The image data encoding apparatus may perform at least one image prediction with respect to image data, and select a prediction mode for encoding. The image data encoding apparatus may simultaneously perform both intra prediction and color prediction, and thereby may efficiently perform encoding.

Abstract: A method of operating a semiconductor memory device includes performing a first program operation to simultaneously increase threshold voltages of memory cells having different target levels to sub-levels lower than the different target levels, verifying the memory cells by using different verify voltages, respectively, performing a second program operation to divide the threshold voltages of the memory cells, and performing a third program operation to increase the threshold voltages of the memory cells to the different target levels, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a display device, including a flexible display panel; and a first roller connected to the display panel and having an outer surface, the first roller winding the flexible display panel on the outer surface, the first roller winding both in a first rotating direction and in a second rotating direction opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: A system, medium, and method compressing and/or restoring images. Such a data compression method may include selecting a mode from among a plurality of modes for compressing current data, according to predetermined criteria, and calculating a difference between the current data and reference data, according to the selected mode, and compressing the current data, or truncating a part of the current data and compressing the current data. Accordingly, it is possible to significantly lower the complexity of an image encoder/decoder system and exactly meet a picture-based CBR required by LCD DCC devices/systems.

Abstract: Provided are a device for forming a thin layer that may be applied to mass production and a method of manufacturing a display using the same. The device for forming a thin layer includes a vessel that has a material for forming a thin layer, a multi-nozzle part that is on a substrate and that is connected to the vessel to receive the material for forming the thin layer, which multi-nozzle part includes a plurality of nozzles arranged in parallel at a distance from each other, and a pulse generator that applies a switching voltage to one of the substrate and the multi-nozzle part such that an instantaneous potential difference between at least one of the plurality of nozzles and the substrate is provided, and such that a discharge of the material for forming the thin layer is controlled.

Abstract: A foldable display is disclosed. In one aspect, the foldable display includes a flexible display panel having first and second ends opposing each other, a first plate connected to the first end of the flexible display panel, and a second plate facing the first plate. The foldable display further includes a third plate configured to slide in and out of the second plate, wherein the third plate is connected to the second end of the flexible display panel. The foldable display also includes a first rotary plate hinged to at least one of the first and second plates.

Abstract: A method of decoding a bitstream, a method of accelerating an inverse transform, an apparatus, a video decoder, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. The method includes receiving an encoded bitstream, extracting transformation coefficients from the received bitstream, determining a position of a block including at least one nonzero transformation coefficient from among the extracted transformation coefficients, and generating decoded video data by inverse-transforming transformation coefficients in the block by using the determined position.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for dividing image data into partition slices and encoding and decoding the image data based on a correlation between macroblocks are provided. The macroblocks may be decoded in parallel and thus, it is possible to improve an overall image quality and processing speed.

Abstract: A printing device includes a solution tank, a nozzle unit including a distribution path and a plurality of nozzles connected with the distribution path the nozzle unit being connected with the solution tank through a first pipe; a gas supply connected with the nozzle unit through a second pipe; and a discharge unit connected with the nozzle unit through a third pipe, wherein the distribution path includes first portions and second portions that respectively have different widths.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate including a display portion displaying an image as a plurality of sub-pixels that are arranged, and a non-display portion extending at an edge of the display portion; and a sealant formed along a periphery of the display portion, wherein an organic film having an emissive layer is formed on the plurality of sub-pixels, and an emissive layer storage unit storing an emissive layer coated on the non-display portion is formed between the display portion and the sealant. By forming the emissive layer storage unit by removing at least a part of a pixel defining layer on an edge of the substrate, a raw material of the emissive layer coated on the non-display portion on the substrate is easily processed via the emissive layer storage unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a nozzle head including a nozzle head main body and a plurality of linear nozzle units for spraying a printing material, the linear nozzle units on one side of the nozzle head main body and elongated in parallel in a first direction; and a nozzle head driver connected to the nozzle head main body and configured to move the nozzle head in a second direction crossing the first direction. In such a printing apparatus, a dry spot due to a printing time difference may be reduced or prevented, a uniform printing pattern may be formed, printing quality may be improved, and defective products may be reduced. In addition, the effective spacing between separate spray nozzles may be reduced or minimized.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate includes: a polymer substrate, an oxide transparent electrode layer (TCO) formed on the polymer substrate, a barrier layer formed on the oxide transparent electrode layer, and a semiconductor layer formed on the barrier layer, in which the semiconductor layer is polysilicon. The polysilicon thin film transistor provides an oxide transparent electrode layer (TCO) which absorbs heat energy and light generated during a process of manufacturing the polysilicon thin film transistor to prevent a damage of the substrate using a polymer material.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method of dynamically distributing load occurring in multiple cores that may determine a corresponding core to perform functions constituting an application program, thereby enhancing the entire processing rate.

Abstract: A method of compressing a 2×2 block based binary image is provided. The method includes: determining whether pixels included in a block are included in existing patterns; generating the number N of the pixels included in the existing patterns (N is a natural number); when N is more than a predetermined value, compressing the block with a binary bit stream comprising information about patterns of the pixels included in the existing patterns and color information about the pixels having a new pattern. The method of compressing a 2×2 block based binary image reduces information damage which may occur during compression and restoration of the binary pattern so that the difference in picture quality between an original image and the restored image can be visibly improved.