Abstract: A driving apparatus for a display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and each pixel includes first and second sub-pixels. The driving apparatus includes a memory for storing digital data, a controller for calling the digital data to output the digital data together with a clock signal and at least one selection signal, and a gray voltage generator formed of an integrated circuit to receive the digital data from the controller and to generate gray reference voltage sets. The gray voltage generator includes first and second registers for storing the digital data, a selector including a plurality of multiplexers for receiving the outputs of the first and second registers, and a converter including a plurality of digital-analog converters connected to the multiplexers. As described above, the gray voltage generator is provided in the form of a chip so that it is possible to reduce the area occupied on a printed circuit board (PCB) and to reduce the cost of the gray voltage generator.

Abstract: An arginine-grafted bioreducible poly(disulfide amine) (“ABP”) as a reagent for efficient and nontoxic gene delivery is described. ABP forms positively charged nano-particles of less than 200 nm with plasmid DNA. ABP is biodegraded under reducing conditions, such as the cytoplasm. ABP exhibits much higher transfection efficiency than polyethyleneimine in mammalian cells and exhibits no cytotoxicity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the operation of a compressor for preventing noise that occurs in case of the shortage of refrigerant flow caused by less discharge capacity of the compressor of an air conditioner for a vehicle. The compressor includes a cylinder bore for compressing a refrigerant, a piston inserted into the cylinder bore, a swash plate having a controllable slope with respect to a drive shaft, and a control valve for controlling the slope of the swash plate. The discharge capacity of the compressor is increased if it is determined that vehicle speed and accelerating rate satisfy predetermined conditions. If a low flow rate state of refrigerant of the compressor is predicted, the ECV duty is increased to prevent the compressor from entering the low flow rate state, thereby improving the workability of the compressor and solving the noise problem.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a display device includes providing a substrate, forming an underlying layer over the substrate, forming an insulating layer over the substrate exposing the underlying layer, and forming an organic EL layer on the exposed portion of the underlying layer by a Laser Induced Thermal Imaging (LITI) method, wherein a thickness of the insulating layer is less than 500 nm.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an image sensor is provided. In the image sensor fabrication method, an interconnection and a dielectric interlayer are formed on a semiconductor substrate including a readout circuit. An image sensing unit is formed on a carrier substrate of one side of a dielectric layer. The carrier substrate and the dielectric interlayer are bonded to each other. The dielectric layer and the carrier substrate are removed to leave the image sensing unit on the dielectric interlayer.

Abstract: In a method of estimating a leakage current in a semiconductor device, a chip including a plurality of cells is divided into segments by a grid model. Spatial correlation is determined as spatial correlation between process parameters concerned with the leakage currents in each of the cells. A virtual cell leakage characteristic function of a cell is generated by arithmetically operating actual leakage characteristic functions. A segment leakage characteristic function of a segment is generated by arithmetically operating the virtual cell leakage characteristic functions of all cells in the segment. Then, a full chip leakage characteristic function of the chip is generated by statistically operating the segment leakage characteristic functions of all segments in the chip. Accordingly, computational loads of Wilkinson's method for generating the full chip leakage characteristic function can remarkably be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a nuclear fuel rod for fast reactors, which includes an oxide coating layer formed on the inner surface of a cladding, and a manufacturing method thereof. The nuclear fuel rod for fast reactors, which includes the oxide coating layer formed on the inner surface of the cladding, can increase the maximum permissible burnup and maximum permissible temperature of the metallic fuel slug for fast reactors so as to prolong the its lifecycle in the fast reactors, thus increasing economic efficiency. Also, the fuel rod is manufactured in a simpler manner compared to the existing method, in which a metal liner is formed, and the disclosed method enables the cladding of the fuel rod to be manufactured in an easy and cost-effective way.

Abstract: Disclosed are an organic electrolyte for a lithium-ion battery and a lithium-ion battery comprising the same, wherein the electrolyte includes a base electrolyte containing a lithium salt dissolved in an organic solvent, and diphenyloctyl phosphate added thereto in an amount of 0.1 to 20 wt %. As compared to a conventional organic electrolyte using only a carbonate ester-based solvent, such as ethylene carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, etc., the lithium-ion battery employing the organic electrolyte can improve thermal stability of an electrolyte solution, high-rate performance, and charge/discharge cyclability of a battery, while maintaining battery performance of the base electrolyte.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-hand lipstick container, which includes: a container main body having a cylinder stood at the center of a body and a center through-hole formed through the center of the cylinder; a container cover that is rotatably connected to the upper portion of the container main body and has an open inlet formed through the upper surface; a cover holder that is combined by a spiral with the outer side of the cylinder of the container main body in the container cover and vertically ascends/descends by rotational force of the container cover; a door that is hinged to the cover holder to open/close the upper portion of the cover holder, opens a passage when the cover holder descends, and closes the passage when the cover holder ascends; a lipstick housing that is combined by a spiral with the inner side of the center through-hole of the container main body in the cover holder, vertically ascends/descends by rotational force of the cover holder, and ascends/descends in the opposite dir

Abstract: A method for transmitting/receiving data with transfer obligation delegated in a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) reduces the time and power spent by a transmitting apparatus to wait for acknowledgment that a data transfer was successful. The method for transmitting data from a transmitting end to a receiving end through a set transfer route by multiple data transmit/receive apparatuses provided in a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), typically includes the steps of: performing temporary storage of data to be transmitted on receiving a request to transmit data; requesting a data transmit/receive apparatus, existing on a next route, to transmit data while transmitting data to a data transmit/receive apparatus which is set as a transfer route; and confirming the delivery of the data to the data transmit/receive apparatus set as the transfer route, and then deleting the temporarily stored data frame.

Abstract: A two dimensional/three dimensional (2D/3D) switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method. The 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method may selectively display a 2D image and 3D image using two displays, control a display operated as backlight from among the two displays when displaying the 2D image, and thereby may increase a contrast. Also, the 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method may output a 2D object and a 3D background using two displays.

Abstract: A multichannel scanning apparatus and method for a DMB-enabled mobile phone that are capable of simultaneously displaying multiple images received through different service channels of satellite and terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting systems is provided. A multichannel scanning method of the present invention includes determining functionalities of first and second broadcast systems; setting multi picture presentation function for displaying at least two broadcast channels of the first and second broadcast systems on a screen; and simultaneously displaying one of the broadcast channel as a main channel picture and at least one of the broadcast channels excluding the main channel as a sub channel picture.

Abstract: A method for constructing a database to deduce a disease and constructing a Bayesian network for U-Health application, the method including the steps of analyzing U-Health information, which includes a disease, a symptom, and a treatment, and constructing a plurality of U-Health ontologies required for service provision, setting a meta-model defining cause-and-effect relationships between the constructed U-Health ontologies and selecting at least two specific U-Health ontologies from among the plurality of U-Health ontologies, setting the selected U-Health ontologies as nodes, and generating a Bayesian network by applying the meta-model to the set nodes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board, including: providing a carrier including an insulation layer, first metal foils formed on both sides of the insulation layer, adhesive layers respectively formed on the first metal foils and made of a thermoplastic resin, and second metal foils respectively formed on the adhesive layers; applying resists having openings for forming metal posts onto both sides of the carrier; forming metal plating layers for forming the metal posts in the openings; grinding surfaces of the resists; removing the resist and forming insulation layers on both sides of the carrier; and grinding surfaces of the insulation layers. The method is advantageous in that both sides of a carrier are simultaneously layered, it is possible to prevent a substrate from warping during the process of manufacturing the printed circuit board.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a patterning mold configured to form a micropattern on a substrate or glass. The disclosed patterning mold includes a transfer body with a patterning part formed at one end of the transfer body to transfer a nanoparticle material to one surface of the substrate. The patterning mold further includes a fixing member coupled to an exterior of the transfer body, to prevent or reduce deformation of the exterior of the transfer body.

Abstract: A group signature system includes: a key issuer server for generating a first parameter of a group public key, generating a corresponding master issuing key, and issuing a signature key to a user when a user device joins; an opener server for generating a second parameter of the group public key, and a corresponding master opening key and master linking key; and a linker server for checking whether two valid signatures have been linked by using the master linking key when the two signatures corresponding to a group public key are given. The group signature system further includes: a signature verifying unit for confirming a validity of the given signatures and a signer information confirming unit for confirming a validity of singer confirming information generated by the opener server.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body, a first storage chamber including a first storage space, a second storage chamber including a second storage space, a machinery chamber, a first door to selectively open and close the first storage space, a second door to selectively open and close the second storage space, a storage container received in the second storage chamber, a cover to open and close the storage container, and a hanger to support the storage container. The hanger is comprised of frames defining a quadrangular form to receive and support the storage container at an inner side of the hanger, and the frames are respectively arranged, at opposite sides thereof, with slide rails so that the hanger is slidably moved relative to the second storage chamber.

Abstract: An elastic clip for fixing a railway rail, comprising a head arch having a front end thereof inserted into a clip shoulder of a base plate or a tie; a first front arch extending in one piece from the head arch and upwardly curved in an oblique direction; a first toe extending in one piece from the first front arch and having a bottom thereof contacting a top of a flange of a rail; a second front arch extending in one piece from the first toe and upwardly curved in an oblique direction; and a second toe extending in one piece from the second front arch and having a top of a front end of thereof contacting a bottom of the head arch.

Abstract: The obstacle detecting system includes a first image acquiring unit which acquires first image information by selectively receiving a laser beam emitted from at least one laser source toward a road surface at a target distance; a second image acquiring unit which acquires an image of actual surroundings as second image information; an image recognizing unit which recognizes an image of an obstacle by performing 3-D image recognition signal processing on line information of the laser beam using the first image information, and recognizes a pattern of the obstacle by performing pattern recognition signal processing on the second image information; and a risk determining unit which determines a possibility of collision due to presence of the obstacle within the target distance by classifying the recognized obstacles according to whether or not the image-recognized obstacle is matched with the pattern-recognized obstacle.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a comparison voltage generation unit configured to generate a plurality of different comparison voltages, a reference voltage generation unit configured to receive a generation code from an external system, select one of the plurality of the different comparison voltages according to the generation code, and generate a reference voltage, and a reference voltage determination unit configured to receive the generation code and an expected reference voltage from the external system, check whether a level of the expected reference voltage is in a target range, and output a check result to the external system.