Abstract: The present invention provides a modified cross-section hollow fiber, wherein the fiber comprises a hollow part, a shape maintaining part and a volume control part, the volume control part can have a shape protruding in the direction opposite to the center of the fiber, and an end part has a round shape.

Abstract: A reconfigurable mobile device is provided. The reconfigurable mobile device includes a first body, a second body that is disposed at a side of the first body and is movable with respect to the first body, a multistage supporter that is provided between the first body and the second body and comprises at least two supporting members that are inserted and received in at least one of the first body and the second body according to movement of the first body and the second body, a screen that is provided in the multistage supporter and is wound or unwound according to the movement of the first body and the second body, and a projector that is provided in at least one of the first body and the second body and configured to project an image toward the screen.

Abstract: A touch pad is provided. The touch pad includes a transparent piezoelectric film layer configured to generate an electrical signal varying according to a touch pressure, and an electrode layer including a plurality of transparent electrodes disposed in a plurality of areas of the transparent piezoelectric film layer and configured to sense a voltage of the electrical signal generated from the plurality of areas.

Abstract: A vacuum heat insulating material having an improved structure to prevent the heat bridge phenomenon while improving the durability thereof, and a refrigerator having the same, the vacuum heat insulating material including a core material in a vacuum state, a sealing layer surrounding the core material, an inner layer covering the sealing layer, and having a first side and a second side connected to the first side, a protective layer located at an outside of the inner layer, a first blocking layer having at least one portion located between the first side of the inner layer and the protective layer, and a second blocking layer having at least one portion located between the second side of the inner layer and the protective layer.

Abstract: A vacuum insulation panel includes a core material, a first sheathing material disposed outside the core material, and a second sheathing material having different thermal conductivity from the first sheathing material, the second sheathing material being coupled to the first sheathing material to form a space to receive the core material.

Abstract: An antifreeze member includes a metal substrate, and a first coating layer including a recombinant antifreeze protein in which a metal-binding protein is conjugated to a performance-enhancing reformed antifreeze protein, and being bonded to the metal substrate via the metal-binding protein.

Abstract: Provided herein is a gas barrier film having excellent flexibility and an excellent gas barrier characteristic at the same time and a refrigerator having the same. Provided herein is a method of manufacturing a gas barrier film. The gas barrier film includes an organic-inorganic mixed layer on which a first organic-inorganic hybrid layer including a first organic part and a first inorganic part and an aluminum oxide layer are laminated. The gas barrier film also includes a second organic-inorganic hybrid layer including a second organic part and a second inorganic part. The gas barrier film further includes a substrate on which the organic-inorganic mixed layer and the second organic-inorganic hybrid layer are laminated.

Abstract: A heat exchanger having an improved structure in which heat-exchanging efficiency can be improved includes: a refrigerant pipe through which a refrigerant flows; and a plurality of fins that are coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the refrigerant pipe, wherein the plurality of fins include: a first region formed downstream in a direction in which air flows; and a second region formed upstream in the direction in which air flows, and at least one coating layer is formed in the first region and the second region, and thicknesses of the first region and the second region are different from each other.

Abstract: A vacuum insulation panel includes a core material, a first sheathing material disposed outside the core material, and a second sheathing material having different thermal conductivity from the first sheathing material, the second sheathing material being coupled to the first sheathing material to form a space to receive the core material.

Abstract: A vacuum heat insulating material having an improved structure to prevent the heat bridge phenomenon while improving the durability thereof, and a refrigerator having the same, the vacuum heat insulating material including a core material in a vacuum state, a sealing layer surrounding the core material, an inner layer covering the sealing layer, and having a first side and a second side connected to the first side, a protective layer located at an outside of the inner layer, a first blocking layer having at least one portion located between the first side of the inner layer and the protective layer, and a second blocking layer having at least one portion located between the second side of the inner layer and the protective layer.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a refrigerant pipe through which a refrigerant flows, and a plurality of fins coupled to an outer circumference surface of the refrigerant pipe, wherein each fin includes a first region disposed upstream with respect to an air flow direction, and a second region which forms a boundary with the first region and is disposed downstream with respect to the air flow direction, and wherein the first region and the second region have different surface energies in order to prevent formation of condensation water on the fin.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for detecting a surface plasmon resonance. The apparatus may radiate a polarized beam of light to a device, such as a surface plasmon resonance generator, and may measure variations in a temperature of the device to detect whether a surface plasmon resonance has occurred. The detection of a surface plasmon resonance may be associated with the presence of a particular material such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or materials disrupting ozone, for example.

Abstract: Disclosed are a heating member having a resistive heating layer and a fusing device using the heating member. The heating member includes the resistive heating layer on an outer circumferential surface of a load support member. Electricity is supplied to an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the resistive heating layer in a direction perpendicular to the resistive heating layer.

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: There is provided a method of providing Augmented Reality (AR) using the relationship between objects in a server that is accessible to at least one terminal through a wired/wireless communication network, including: recognizing a first object-of-interest from first object information received from the terminal; detecting identification information and AR information about related objects associated with the first object-of-interest, and storing the identification information and AR information about the related objects; recognizing, when receiving second object information from the terminal, a second object-of-interest using the identification information about the related objects; and detecting AR information corresponding to the second object-of-interest from the AR information about the related objects, and transmitting the detected AR information to the terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator for providing a user with a variety of information using an avatar. The present invention comprises a storage device for storing avatar data including a figure and/or a motion of the avatar, a display device provided on an outer surface of the refrigerator to display the avatar, a control device for selecting the avatar to be displayed on the display device among the avatar data stored in the storage device and causing the display device to display the avatar, and an input device for receiving a command or information input from the outside. According to the present invention so configured, there is an advantage in that the display device can display a variety of avatars stored in the storage device in conformance with a condition.

Abstract: Disclosed are a light absorption device, a fixing unit including the same and an image forming apparatus including such fixing unit. The light absorption device includes a plurality of dielectric layers containing nano-rods. Surface plasmon resonance generated in response to certain wavelengths corresponding to the dielectric constants of the dielectric layers can result in an improvement in the light absorption efficiency. Further improvements can be realized by adjusting the dielectric constants of the dielectric layers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a receiver unit for receiving information required for every day life, a control unit for determining information a user is in need from the information required for every day life, and a display unit for displaying the information the user is in need to an outside of the refrigerator.

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 display unit installing structure for a refrigerator includes an accommodating unit which is formed by depressing a portion on a front surface of a door and in which a display unit for displaying a variety of information thereon and inputting operating signals are retractably installed; a link mechanism for guiding accommodation and withdrawal of the display unit and tiltably supporting the display unit withdrawn from the accommodating unit at a predetermined angle; and a locking arrangement for preventing the display unit from being inadvertently escaping from the accommodating unit. The display unit can be retractably installed on the front surface of the refrigerator door.