Abstract: A method for providing interaction information, such as, for example, settlement information, by which a device provides the settlement information to a counterpart device, includes displaying an image which relates to an item to be used for performing the interaction, such as, for example, a credit card image of a credit card of a user of the device, on a lock screen of the device, and receiving a touch input from the user with respect to the credit card image. In the method, settlement information which corresponds to the touched credit card image is used for performing a settlement via the device.

Abstract: A method of correcting an error of an optical sensor which includes a light source and a detector, including adjusting a brightness of the light source to a preset brightness; controlling the light source to emit light to a preset material; acquiring preset material data corresponding to the emitted light and the preset material using the detector; and correcting, by using the acquired preset material data, an error of a distance between the light source and the detector based on a difference between a first amount of light received at a first point of the detector and a second amount of light received at a second point of the detector, or based on a gradation of an image obtained by the detector

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CJ14-6 strain isolated from traditional meju, a preparation method for soybean koji using the same, and a soybean koji prepared by the preparation method. The preparation method for soybean koji includes: soaking soybeans in water or adding waster to soybeans and steaming the soaked soybeans; and inoculating a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CJ14-6 strain into the steamed soybeans, fermenting the steamed soybeans, and drying the fermented soybeans to prepare a soybean koji.

Abstract: A system and a method for charging a mobile device in a vehicle are provided. A method, performed by an electronic device, for controlling a wireless charging device in a vehicle includes: identifying at least one mobile device in the vehicle; obtaining state information of the identified mobile device; obtaining state information of the vehicle; and controlling power of a plurality of wireless charging devices in the vehicle based on a state of the mobile device and a state of the vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information is provided. The apparatus includes: an ultrasound image acquirer configured to acquire ultrasound images of an object; a pressurizer configured to apply pressure to the object to occlude a blood vessel; and a processor configured to estimate a change in a diameter of the blood vessel using the ultrasound images acquired by the ultrasound image acquirer before and after an occlusion of the blood vessel, and estimate bio-information based on the estimated change in the diameter of the blood vessel.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information may include an optical sensor comprising a light emitter disposed on a substrate, and a plurality of light receiving groups which are arranged on a plurality of concentric circles on the substrate, at different distances from the light emitter, respectively, and a processor configured to drive one of the plurality of light receiving groups that is selected based on a type of the bio-information to be estimated, and estimate the bio-information of an object based on optical signals detected by the driven light receiving group.

Abstract: An electronic device may include an optical sensor configured to emit a reference light to a reference object and detect the reference light reflected from the reference object during calibration, and emit a measurement light to a target object and detect the measurement light reflected from the target object during a measurement; and a processor configured to perform the calibration of the optical sensor while the electronic device is disposed to oppose or in contact with the reference object by controlling the optical sensor to emit and detect the reference light, and estimate bio-information based on a light quantity of the measurement light that is reflected from the target object by the optical sensor, and a light quantity of the reference light reflected from the reference object.

Abstract: A wearable device includes a wearable device main body, a sensor part configured to contact a skin surface of a user of the wearable device, and measure a bio-signal of the user, and a shock absorber that is interposed between the wearable device main body and the sensor part to mechanically connect the wearable device main body and the sensor part, and that is configured to reduce motion transmission between the wearable device main body and the sensor part to permit the wearable device main body to move independently from the sensor part.

Abstract: An electronic device according to one aspect may include a main body, a sensor part disposed on one surface of the main body and configured to detect a light signal of an object, a first output interface comprising a light emitter disposed on one surface of the main body and configured to guide a user through a measurement operation by controlling a light-emitting mode of the light emitter, and a processor configured to control the first output interface according to the measurement operation and estimate the user's bioinformation based on a result of detecting the light signal by the sensor part.

Abstract: An electronic device may include: an optical sensor configured to emit a reference light to a reference object and detect the reference light reflected from the reference object during calibration, and emit a measurement light to a target object and detect the measurement light reflected from the target object during a measurement; a display; and a processor configured to: when the electronic device is placed on a charger and is in a charging state, perform the calibration of the optical sensor based on the reference light reflected from the reference object; control the display to output guide information for estimating bio-information according to progress stages of the measurement after charging of the electronic device; and estimate the bio-information based on a light quantity of the measurement light that is reflected from the target object, and a light quantity of the reference light reflected from the reference object.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information may include an optical sensor comprising a light emitter disposed on a substrate, and a plurality of light receiving groups which are arranged on a plurality of concentric circles on the substrate, at different distances from the light emitter, respectively, and a processor configured to drive one of the plurality of light receiving groups that is selected based on a type of the bio-information to be estimated, and estimate the bio-information of an object based on optical signals detected by the driven light receiving group

Abstract: A wearable device includes a wearable device main body, a sensor part configured to contact a skin surface of a user of the wearable device, and measure a bio-signal of the user, and a shock absorber that is interposed between the wearable device main body and the sensor part to mechanically connect the wearable device main body and the sensor part, and that is configured to reduce motion transmission between the wearable device main body and the sensor part to permit the wearable device main body to move independently from the sensor part.

Abstract: Provided is a method of correcting an error of an optical sensor including a light source and an image sensor, the method including emitting light to a material by driving the light source, acquiring an image of the material by the image sensor, and correcting an error of a distance between the light source and the image sensor of the optical sensor based on a gradation of the acquired image of the material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel probiotic composition for regulation of intestinal immunity and, more specifically, to a composition including Lactobacillus johnsonii, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Bifidobacterium animalis subspecies lactis as active ingredients for suppressing inflammation and/or preventing, ameliorating, or treating inflammatory bowel diseases.

Abstract: A method for providing interaction information, such as, for example, settlement information, by which a device provides the settlement information to a counterpart device, includes displaying an image which relates to an item to be used for performing the interaction, such as, for example, a credit card image of a credit card of a user of the device, on a lock screen of the device, and receiving a touch input from the user with respect to the credit card image. In the method, settlement information which corresponds to the touched credit card image is used for performing a settlement via the device.

Abstract: Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of molecular sensors, microbial sensors, constructs, systems, and methods for selectively detecting aromatic compounds.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device including forming on a substrate a device isolation layer defining a plurality of active regions; and forming a plurality of gate lines intersecting the active regions and buried in the substrate. The forming of the gate lines includes forming on the substrate a trench that intersects the active regions; forming a work-function control layer on a sidewall and a bottom surface of the trench; forming a conductive layer on the work-function control layer; sequentially forming a barrier layer and a source layer on the work-function control layer and the conductive layer, the source layer including a work-function control element; and diffusing the work-function control element from the source layer into an upper portion of the work-function control layer.

Abstract: The present application relates to tofu comprising soy, allulose and a coagulant. The present application also relates to a method for manufacturing tofu using allulose.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by any one of the following formula A to formula C, and a photosensitive composition comprising the same, wherein the structure of the compound represented by any one of formula A to formula C is as described in the detailed description of the invention.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-signals is provided. According to an example embodiment, the apparatus for measuring bio-signals includes: a light source configured to emit light onto an object; an image sensor including: a pixel array configured to detect the light emitted by the light source and reacted by the object and a pixel binning unit configured to bin data of the light, detected by the pixel array, by using at least two different binning sizes; and a processor configured to acquire a plurality of bio-signals respectively based on data of the at least two different binning sizes, which are output from the image sensor.