Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-inflammatory composition comprising Epimedium koreanum Nakai, Polygala tenuifolia Willd, and Polyporus umbellatus Fries extracts or a mixture thereof as an active ingredient. The extracts and mixture prepared according to the present invention exhibit a high inhibitory effect against nitric oxide and a suppressive effect against the expression of iNOS and COX2 and thus can be advantageously used as an anti-inflammatory composition.

Abstract: A method of controlling tolerance to drought stress in a plant includes regulating expression of a gene encoding Oryza sativa branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase 2 (OsBCAT2) protein derived from rice in a plant cell. A genome-edited rice plant having enhanced tolerance to drought stress is prepared by carrying out genome editing by introducing guide RNA specific to target nucleotide sequence in a gene encoding OsBCAT2 protein, and endonuclease protein to a rice plant cell, and regenerating a plant from the genome-edited rice plant cell.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal.

Abstract: A method for inspecting a display device includes preparing a target substrate comprising sub-pixels in which light-emitting elements are disposed, dividing each of first regions of the sub-pixels into second regions, obtaining a gray value of each of the second regions, generating a random number using the gray value, calculating a representative value of each of the first regions by reflecting variables in the random number, and summing the representative values of the first regions to calculate a number of light-emitting elements of the sub-pixels.

Abstract: A display device includes a first non-folding area and a second non-folding area, a display panel disposed in the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, a leveling layer on the display panel in the first non-folding area, a protection window on the leveling layer in the first non-folding area, and a transmission control layer on the display panel in the second non-folding area. A thickness of the transmission control layer is substantially equal to a sum of a thickness of the leveling layer and a thickness of the protection window.

Abstract: An inspecting device of a display panel includes a contact including first probe pins that contact to data pads of a display panel and second probe pins that contact to common voltage pads of the display panel, a signal generator coupled to the first probe pins, the signal generator configured to generate a first data voltage corresponding to a first gray level and a second data voltage corresponding to a second gray level, a power generator coupled to the second probe pins, the power generator configured to generate a first common voltage and a second common voltage of which a voltage level is different from a voltage level of the second common voltage, and a defect detector configured to detect a defect of the display panel by removing a contact noise generated due to contact failure of the first probe pins and the second probe pins.

Abstract: A method for inspecting a display device includes preparing a target substrate comprising sub-pixels in which light-emitting elements are disposed, dividing each of first regions of the sub-pixels into second regions, obtaining a gray value of each of the second regions, generating a random number using the gray value, calculating a representative value of each of the first regions by reflecting variables in the random number, and summing the representative values of the first regions to calculate a number of light-emitting elements of the sub-pixels.

Abstract: A display device includes a first non-folding area and a second non-folding area, a display panel disposed in the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, a leveling layer on the display panel in the first non-folding area, a protection window on the leveling layer in the first non-folding area, and a transmission control layer on the display panel in the second non-folding area. A thickness of the transmission control layer is substantially equal to a sum of a thickness of the leveling layer and a thickness of the protection window.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes preparing a target panel including a first substrate and a second substrate disposed on one surface of the first substrate, the target panel including a sealing area between the first substrate and the second substrate, making sealing light be incident in the sealing area and receiving at least a part of the sealing light reflected from the sealing area, generating first data including at least one parameter of intensity, energy, current, and voltage, and determining whether sealing is defective by comparing the first data and prestored second data.

Abstract: In a device for detecting a defect, the device includes: an image pickup unit including pixels, the image pickup unit generating a substrate image by picking up an image of a substrate having patterns formed on a top surface thereof; and a controller for detecting a defect located on the substrate, based on the substrate image, wherein the substrate image includes pattern images corresponding to the patterns, wherein each of the pattern images includes pixel values, wherein the controller detects the defect by comparing weights of pixel values for each of the pattern images.

Abstract: An inspecting device of a display panel includes a contact including first probe pins that contact to data pads of a display panel and second probe pins that contact to common voltage pads of the display panel, a signal generator coupled to the first probe pins, the signal generator configured to generate a first data voltage corresponding to a first gray level and a second data voltage corresponding to a second gray level, a power generator coupled to the second probe pins, the power generator configured to generate a first common voltage and a second common voltage of which a voltage level is different from a voltage level of the second common voltage, and a defect detector configured to detect a defect of the display panel by removing a contact noise generated due to contact failure of the first probe pins and the second probe pins.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes preparing a target panel including a first substrate and a second substrate disposed on one surface of the first substrate, the target panel including a sealing area between the first substrate and the second substrate, making sealing light be incident in the sealing area and receiving at least a part of the sealing light reflected from the sealing area, generating first data including at least one parameter of intensity, energy, current, and voltage, and determining whether sealing is defective by comparing the first data and prestored second data.

Abstract: In a device for detecting a defect, the device includes: an image pickup unit including pixels, the image pickup unit generating a substrate image by picking up an image of a substrate having patterns formed on a top surface thereof; and a controller for detecting a defect located on the substrate, based on the substrate image, wherein the substrate image includes pattern images corresponding to the patterns, wherein each of the pattern images includes pixel values, wherein the controller detects the defect by comparing weights of pixel values for each of the pattern images.

Abstract: A laser crystallization measuring apparatus including a spectrometer configured to measure actual data of a spectrum of an actual polycrystalline silicon layer crystallized by a laser crystallization device, and a simulation device that is connected to the spectrometer and is configured to determine simulation data of a spectrum of a virtual polycrystalline silicon layer according to a shape of a virtual protrusion formed in the virtual polycrystalline silicon layer, wherein a shape of an actual protrusion formed in the actual polycrystalline silicon layer is determined by using final data determined by selecting simulation data that is approximate to the actual data.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes forming a plurality of light blocking patterns on a first surface of a transparent substrate, wherein a first light blocking pattern of the plurality of light blocking patterns has a different line width than a second light blocking pattern of the plurality of light blocking patterns. An insulating layer is formed on the first surface of the transparent substrate and the light blocking patterns. A conductive layer is formed on the insulating layer. A photo-resist layer is formed on the conductive layer. The photo-resist layer is exposed with ultraviolet rays through a second surface of the transparent substrate, wherein the first and second surfaces of the transparent substrate are opposite to each other. The photo-resist layer is developed. The conductive layer is etched using the photo-resist layer as a mask. The photo-resist layer is removed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes forming a plurality of light blocking patterns on a first surface of a transparent substrate, wherein a first light blocking pattern of the plurality of light blocking patterns has a different line width than a second light blocking pattern of the plurality of light blocking patterns. An insulating layer is formed on the first surface of the transparent substrate and the light blocking patterns. A conductive layer is formed on the insulating layer. A photo-resist layer is formed on the conductive layer. The photo-resist layer is exposed with ultraviolet rays through a second surface of the transparent substrate, wherein the first and second surfaces of the transparent substrate are opposite to each other. The photo-resist layer is developed. The conductive layer is etched using the photo-resist layer as a mask. The photo-resist layer is removed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes forming a plurality of light blocking patterns on a first surface of a transparent substrate, wherein a first light blocking pattern of the plurality of light blocking patterns has a different line width than a second light blocking pattern of the plurality of light blocking patterns. An insulating layer is formed on the first surface of the transparent substrate and the light blocking patterns. A conductive layer is formed on the insulating layer. A photo-resist layer is formed on the conductive layer. The photo-resist layer is exposed with ultraviolet rays through a second surface of the transparent substrate, wherein the first and second surfaces of the transparent substrate are opposite to each other. The photo-resist layer is developed. The conductive layer is etched using the photo-resist layer as a mask. The photo-resist layer is removed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner that can operate in a general cooling mode in which indoor air is cooled by heat exchange with a first refrigerant in a main evaporator, or alternatively in a fast cooling mode in which the indoor air is primarily cooled by heat exchange in a midway heat exchanger which includes the main evaporator for the first refrigerant and a fast cooling condenser for a second refrigerant, and then re-cooled in a fast cooling evaporator for the second refrigerant. Accordingly, fast and agreeable air cooling can be achieved.