Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for offering a packet data service during to a handover of a user terminal from one radio network controller to another. To avoid the loss of data during SRNS relocation, there is provided a method for checking the validity of the next expected receive PDCP sequence number sent from a receiver PDCP layer with the send PDCP sequence number of the first transmitted but not yet acknowledged PDCP SDU and the send PDCP sequence number first unsent PDCP SDU of the sender PDCP layer. A PDCP protocol structure is reconstructed to support a lossless SRNS relocation in the packet service domain, and control information and operational procedure therefore are newly defined. As a result, the lossless SRNS relocation is achieved in the packet service domain and the mobility of data communication is ensured.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for selectively controlling one or more display devices among a plurality of video display devices constituting a multivision by using a remote controller; a video display device; and a multivision system. The method for controlling the video display device in accordance with a present invention includes the steps of: displaying a predetermined access code when control data for canceling an OSD locking function is received from the outside; receiving control data including an access code from the outside; and entering a control mode using an OSD menu if the access code contained in the received control data is equal to the predetermined access code.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display and a method of manufacturing the same that can reduce the increase in the black level due to light leakage, without reducing the aperture ratio while improving the contrast ratio.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine composition including a pathogenic antigen and IL-12 encapsulated in controlled release microspheres. Also, the present invention discloses a method of enhancing the adjuvant effect of IL-12 by employing an IL-12 adjuvant encapsulated in controlled release microspheres. IL-12, used as an adjuvant for a co-administered vaccine antigen in the vaccine composition, is released in vivo for a prolonged period of time by being encapsulated in controlled release microspheres, thereby maximizing its adjuvant effect.

Abstract: An LCD device includes first and second substrates, an alignment layer formed on at least one of the substrates, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the substrates, wherein the alignment layer is formed of a polymeric material containing a polymer main chain and a photo-reaction group combined with the polymer main chain that generates a photo-dimerization reaction by UV rays.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes preparing at least a first substrate, coating an alignment material on at least the first substrate, aligning a main chain of the alignment material in a predetermined direction, and irradiating polarized ultraviolet (UV) rays onto the alignment material whose main chain has been aligned in the predetermined direction to form an alignment layer.

Abstract: An LCD device includes first and second substrates, an alignment layer formed over at least one of the substrates, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the substrates. The alignment layer is formed of a mixture of rubbing alignment and UV alignment materials. A method of fabricating the LCD device includes preparing first and second substrates; coating an alignment layer over at least one of the substrates; performing a rubbing process on the substrate coated with the alignment layer; and irradiating polarized UV rays onto the substrate coated with the alignment layer, wherein the alignment layer is formed of a mixture of rubbing alignment a UV alignment materials. The rubbing process obtains high anchoring energy is obtained, thereby preventing afterimages. Also, the process of irradiating the polarized UV rays eliminates the problem of light leakage.

Abstract: A method of forming an alignment layer for a liquid crystal display device is disclosed, which includes preparing a substrate; coating the substrate with an alignment material for initial alignment of liquid crystal; rubbing the substrate coated with the alignment material; and applying a field flux to the substrate coated with the alignment material. The alignment material is aligned in a direction determined by the direction of the applied field flux.

Abstract: A method for forming an alignment layer for a liquid crystal display device, and a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device using the same are disclosed. The method includes preparing a substrate, coating an alignment material on the substrate, rubbing the substrate having the alignment material coated thereon, and irradiating ultraviolet (UV) rays onto the substrate having the alignment material coated thereon. The UV rays are irradiated over at least one area of the substrate having the alignment material coated thereon.

Abstract: An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device is provided that prevents light leakages and improves contrast ratio. The in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrate, gate and data lines that perpendicularly cross each other on the first substrate to define a pixel region, a thin film transistor at a crossing of the gate and data lines, a pixel electrode and a common electrode alternately formed in the pixel region and spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, an alignment layer on an entire surface of the substrate, wherein, at least one of the gate line, the data line, the pixel electrode, and the common electrode has a stepped portion with a step difference of about 0.1 ?m or greater, the alignment layer is primarily aligned, and at least a portion of the primarily-aligned alignment layer around the stepped portion is secondarily aligned, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for improving color transition using a nonlinear Laplacian is disclosed, wherein color transition is controlled through nonlinear Laplacian operation, thereby simplifying algorithm and reducing the influence of noise, and wherein a nonlinear Laplacian operation unit detects a minimum and a maximum in chrominance signals located within a region of a mask having a predetermined size centered at an input chrominance signal and calculates a correction signal, a transition increase direction-detecting unit determines a transition increase direction signal based on the calculated correction signal, a transition magnitude-generating unit generates a transition magnitude signal based on the correction signal, and a transition control unit controls the transition of the input chrominance signal based on the minimum and the maximum, the correction signal, the transition increase direction signal and the transition magnitude signal and generates an output chrominance signal.

Abstract: An image sharpness improvement apparatus based on human visual system and a method thereof adapted to improve sharpness of images by utilizing a JND characteristic which is one of the features a human visual system possesses, wherein a luminance change signal is extracted by high-pass filtering an input luminance signal, a sharpness parameter extractor extracting a sharpness parameter in response to the input luminance signal and the luminance change signal, and a sharpness adjustor adjusting the sharpness of the input luminance signal in response to the luminance change signal and the sharpness parameter to output an output luminance signal, such that images can be improved to an optimum sharpness noticeable by a human.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an LCD is provided. According to the method, an alignment film is printed and hardened on a first substrate and a second substrate. Subsequently, the alignment film is subject to a primary alignment process and a subsequent secondary alignment process. The primary alignment process includes a rubbing process and the secondary alignment process includes irradiating light on the entire surface of the rubbed alignment film. Finally, retarder LC materials are coated and hardened on the light-irradiated alignment film to form a first compensation film and a second compensation film.

Abstract: An IPS (in-plane switching mode) liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof, in which post treatment lowering the pre-tilt angle is performed on a rubbed alignment layer on a substrate using a non-rubbing method such as UV or ion-beam irradiation, and by which a viewing angle characteristic is enhanced. The present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a gate line and a data line crossing with each other on the first substrate to define a pixel area, a thin film transistor at a crossing of the gate and data lines, a pixel electrode and a common electrode alternately arranged in the pixel area a predetermined interval from each other, an alignment layer over the pixel and common electrodes having a pre-tilt angle equal to or smaller than about 1°, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: An LCD employing a coated compensate film is provided. The LCD includes a first substrate on which a color filter layer is formed and a second substrate on which a thin film transistor is formed. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the substrates. Polarizers are attached on outer surfaces of the substrates such that the optical transmission axes of the polarizers are perpendicular to each other. Compensate films are formed by coating a reactive mesogen containing a surfactant on the inner surfaces of the substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) which is prepared by coupling a consecutive sequence of deoxyribothymine (dT) to the 3?-terminus of CpG ODN having immunoregularory function, thereby improving immunoactivity of splenocytes, macrophages and peripheral mononuclear cells, and therefore, can be effectively used as a vaccine adjuvant for preventing and treating hepatitis B or an anti-cancer agent. Since the phosphorothioate CpG ODN having the consecutive sequence of dT at its 3?-terminus shows high activity inducing Th-1 immune response and does not elicit in vivo toxicity with guaranteeing its safety, it can be effectively used as a vaccine adjuvant.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an upper substrate; a lower substrate separated from the upper substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a first polarizing plate on a surface of the upper substrate; a second polarizing plate on a surface of the lower substrate such that a first optical axis of the first polarizing plate is substantially perpendicular to a second optical axis of the second polarizing plate; a first compensation film on an inner surface of the upper substrate and including a retarder material coating, the first compensation film being provided for compensating for anisotropic distribution and aligning liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal layer; and a second compensation film on an inner surface of the lower substrate and including retarder material coating, the second compensation film being provided for compensating for anisotropic distribution and aligning liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes an LCD panel provided with two substrates and a liquid crystal layer formed between the two substrates to display an image, and a backlight formed on a rear surface of the LCD panel to provide light, wherein the properties of liquid crystal in the liquid crystal layer are optimized for a driving temperature of the LCD panel between about 30° C. and about 70° C.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof for preventing a color distortion phenomenon in a field-sequential driving system are disclosed. In the liquid crystal display device, a data driver sequentially supplies a green data signal, a red data signal and a blue data signal to the data lines. A gate driver applies a scanning pulse to gate lines. A light source irradiates a green light onto a liquid crystal cell during a time interval when the green data signal is maintained at the liquid crystal cell, irradiates a red light onto the liquid crystal cell during a time interval when the red data signal is maintained at the liquid crystal cell, and irradiates a blue light to the liquid crystal cell during a time interval when the blue data signal is maintained at the liquid crystal cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a low pressure injection type RIM mold and a product molded using the mold, wherein manufacturing time is reduced by simplifying manufacturing processes and the precision of a product is prevented from being lowered.