Abstract: Image sensing devices including protection devices are discloses. In an embodiment, an image sensing device includes a unit pixel configured to include a protected device, and a protection device electrically connected to the protected device and configured to protect the protected device during a plasma process. The protection device includes an emitter region configured to include impurities of a first conductivity type, a base region configured to surround the emitter region and including impurities of a second conductivity type, a collector region configured to surround the base region and including impurities of the first conductivity type, and an isolation structure disposed between the protection device and another protection device adjacent to the protection device and configured to electrically isolate the base region of the protection device from a base region of the other protection device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to OsNF-YA5 gene from Oryza sativa for increasing nitrogen availability of plant and uses thereof. Since the OsNF-YA5 gene of the present invention can increase or improve nitrogen availability of a plant, it can be advantageously used for developing a plant which enables lesser consumption of nitrogen fertilizer while maintaining the same plant yield, i.e., an environment friendly plant with lower production cost.

Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a substrate including a plurality of unit pixels, each of unit pixels includes a photoelectric conversion element; a first trench formed in the substrate in a lattice shape to isolate the plurality of unit pixels; a plurality of first capacitor structures extended along a sidewall of the first trench in the first trench, including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first dielectric layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a first capacitor isolation pattern at a lattice point of the first trench to isolate the plurality of first capacitor structures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to OsNF-YA5 gene from Oryza sativa for increasing nitrogen availability of plant and uses thereof. Since the OsNF-YA5 gene of the present invention can increase or improve nitrogen availability of a plant, it can be advantageously used for developing a plant which enables lesser consumption of nitrogen fertilizer while maintaining the same plant yield, i.e., an environment friendly plant with lower production cost.

Abstract: The present application relates to: a composition for reducing bad odors, comprising polyphenol, ethanol, and organic acid; and a method for reducing bad odors, comprising a step of adding the composition to a product that has a bad odor.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of electrode pads which are arranged in a non-display region having a side line of a substrate; a circuit film which includes a plurality of output pads contacting the plurality of electrode pads and extending in a direction, and on which a driving IC is mounted; a plurality of test lines that extend in the direction from the side line; and a plurality of connection lines which connect the plurality of test lines to corresponding electrode pads, wherein each test line is located in a separate region between two output pads adjacent to both sides of each test line.

Abstract: A method for controlling drought stress tolerance of a plant includes transforming a cell of the plant with a recombinant vector which includes a gene encoding Oryza sativa-derived DIAT (Drought-Induced AminoTransferase) protein to control expression of the gene encoding the DIAT protein. As the drought stress tolerance of a plant can be enhanced by the DIAT gene of the present invention, it is expected that a plant having drought stress tolerance is developed and used for enhancement of the productivity of crops.

Abstract: A pixel driving circuit of an image sensor includes a first transistor to transmit an output signal of the photodiode to a floating diffusion node, a second transistor to reset a voltage of the floating diffusion node to a pixel voltage, a third transistor to output charges in the floating diffusion node, a fourth transistor to pre-charge an output node of the third transistor, a fifth transistor to transmit the charges in the floating diffusion node to a first node, a sixth transistor to transmit the pixel voltage to a second node, a seventh transistor to output charges in the second node, an eighth transistor to output an output signal of the seventh transistor to a column line, and a ninth transistor to output an output signal of the third transistor to the column line.

Abstract: A method for controlling drought stress tolerance of a plant includes transforming a cell of the plant with a recombinant vector which includes a gene encoding Oryza sativa-derived DIAT (Drought-Induced AminoTransferase) protein to control expression of the gene encoding the DIAT protein. As the drought stress tolerance of a plant can be enhanced by the DIAT gene of the present invention, it is expected that a plant having drought stress tolerance is developed and used for enhancement of the productivity of crops.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of electrode pads which are arranged in a non-display region having a side line of a substrate; a circuit film which includes a plurality of output pads contacting the plurality of electrode pads and extending in a direction, and on which a driving IC is mounted; a plurality of test lines that extend in the direction from the side line; and a plurality of connection lines which connect the plurality of test lines to corresponding electrode pads, wherein each test line is located in a separate region between two output pads adjacent to both sides of each test line.

Abstract: A pixel driving circuit of an image sensor includes a first transistor to transmit an output signal of the photodiode to a floating diffusion node, a second transistor to reset a voltage of the floating diffusion node to a pixel voltage, a third transistor to output charges in the floating diffusion node, a fourth transistor to pre-charge an output node of the third transistor, a fifth transistor to transmit the charges in the floating diffusion node to a first node, a sixth transistor to transmit the pixel voltage to a second node, a seventh transistor to output charges in the second node, an eighth transistor to output an output signal of the seventh transistor to a column line, and a ninth transistor to output an output signal of the third transistor to the column line.

Abstract: A projection apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. The projection apparatus may include a projector, a detector, and a processor. The projector may be configured to project an image to a projection area. The detector may be configured to detect an ID pattern disposed onto the projection area and a position of the ID pattern. The processor may be configured to generate a projection image including content corresponding to the detected ID pattern such that the content is projected to the position corresponding to the detected ID pattern. The processor may be further configured to control the projector to project the generated projection image.

Abstract: A projection apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. The projection apparatus may include a projector, a detector, and a processor. The projector may be configured to project an image to a projection area. The detector may be configured to detect an ID pattern disposed onto the projection area and a position of the ID pattern. The processor may be configured to generate a projection image including content corresponding to the detected ID pattern such that the content is projected to the position corresponding to the detected ID pattern. The processor may be further configured to control the projector to project the generated projection image.

Abstract: A module type display apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with at least one external module type display apparatus; a display panel including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs); a storage configured to store information regarding at least one of brightness and a color coordinate that is previously measured according to a characteristic of an LED among the plurality of light emitting diodes; at least one sensor configured to sense a characteristic of at least one LED; and a processor configured to set a target value based on at least one of second brightness and a second color coordinate received from the at least one external module type display apparatus, and control to adjust at least one of first brightness and first color coordinate of the at least one LED to have the target value, based on the information acquired from the storage.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus is provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to record an external image, a region determiner configured to divide a recorded previous image frame and a recorded current image frame into pluralities of regions, calculate a moving direction and a distance of each of the plurality of regions in the current image frame corresponding to each of the plurality of regions in the previous image frame, and determine a background and an object by applying a preset background model and object model based on the calculated moving direction and distance, and a posture determiner configured to determine body parts of the determined object based on a body part model, and determine a posture of the object by combining the determined body parts.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter includes an analog-to-digital conversion unit configured to output first and second digital signals based on a comparison of first and second reference voltages with an input signal, an amplifier including first and second input terminals and an output terminal, a first capacitor having one end or electrode connected to the first input terminal of the amplifier, a second capacitor having one end or electrode connected to the first input terminal of the amplifier, a third capacitor having one end or electrode connected to the first input terminal of the amplifier, a switch unit configured to selectively provide a third or fourth reference voltage to at least one of the second and third capacitors based on the first and second digital signals, and a control switch between another end or electrode of the first capacitor and the output terminal of the amplifier.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter includes an analog-to-digital conversion unit configured to output first and second digital signals based on a comparison of first and second reference voltages with an input signal, an amplifier including first and second input terminals and an output terminal, a first capacitor having one end or electrode connected to the first input terminal of the amplifier, a second capacitor having one end or electrode connected to the first input terminal of the amplifier, a third capacitor having one end or electrode connected to the first input terminal of the amplifier, a switch unit configured to selectively provide a third or fourth reference voltage to at least one of the second and third capacitors based on the first and second digital signals, and a control switch between another end or electrode of the first capacitor and the output terminal of the amplifier.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for reproducing an image in a plurality of displays are provided. The method includes obtaining a display identifier that identifies a position of a display among the plurality of displays, based on information on an arrangement of the plurality of displays transmitted by the image reproduction control apparatus; obtaining an image segment to be reproduced in a display corresponding to the display identifier among the plurality of displays, from the image; determining the importance factor of the image segment based on at least one of the image and the viewing environment of the plurality of displays; generating an encoded image segment by encoding the image segment according to an encoding method corresponding to the importance factor; and transmitting a bitstream including the display identifier, the importance factor and the encoded image segment to the image reproduction control apparatus.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels in a matrix including rows and columns, a selection unit configured to select outputs of some of the columns of the pixel array and output selection output signals, and an analog-digital conversion block including a plurality of analog-digital conversion units corresponding to the columns of the pixel array. First ones of the plurality of analog-digital conversion units include analog-digital conversion blocks configured to convert the selection output signals and output digital data. When the first analog-digital conversion units convert the selection output signals, second ones of the plurality of analog-digital conversion units are turned off.