Abstract: Disclosed is a display panel of a display apparatus including the display panel and a backlight unit disposed under the display panel, the display panel including: an upper substrate; a lower substrate disposed to face the upper substrate in a traveling direction of light radiated from the backlight unit; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a polarizing layer disposed at least below the upper substrate and configured to transmit light polarized in a preset direction of the radiated light to the upper substrate; and an antireflection layer formed on a light exiting surface of the upper substrate through which the radiated light exits and configured to substantially prevent reflection of external light from an external environment thereon.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of verifying key validity and a server for performing the method. The method is configured such that a service provision server verifies key validity in an anonymous service for providing local linkability. The service provision server receives a revocation list. A local revocation list is generated using the received revocation list and a secret key. A virtual index of a service user required to verify key validity is calculated. Whether a key of the service user is valid is verified, based on whether the virtual index is included in the local revocation list.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a light-shielding member to prevent light irradiated upward from a light-emitting surface of a plurality of light-emitting diodes from being incident on a lower edge of an incident surface of a light-guide portion. As a result, a bezel surrounding a liquid crystal display panel may be made thinner, and a bright line defect, hot spot, may be prevented.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-responsive photocatalyst composition, which is a composite oxide semiconductor containing tungsten, and which can efficiently absorb visible light emitted from the sun and light emitted from interior lamps, such as fluorescent lamps, etc., and a method of preparing the light-responsive photocatalyst composition. The visible light-responsive photocatalyst composition can decompose volatile organic compounds or harmful organic matter causing sick house syndrome, even indoors, because it can be activated by visible light outdoors and can respond to light emitted from interior lamps, such as fluorescent lamps, etc.

Abstract: Disclosed is a closed type photo-bio reacting apparatus for microalgae. The apparatus includes a reactor body, a hollow fiber membrane contact unit, a fluid circulating pump, a light source, and an angle adjusting lift. The reactor body cultures the microalgae. The hollow fiber membrane contact unit is disposed in the reactor body and supplies carbon dioxide to culture solution circulating in the reactor body. The fluid circulating pump circulates the culture solution in the reactor body. The light source irradiates light into the reactor body. The angle adjusting lift adjusts an inclination angle of the reactor body according to an irradiation angle of the light source.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a content protection apparatus and method using binding of additional information to an encryption key. The content protection apparatus includes an encryption unit for creating an encryption key required to encrypt data requested by a user terminal and then generating encrypted data in which the data is encrypted. An additional information management unit manages additional information including authority information about the encrypted data. A White-Box Cryptography (WBC) processing unit generates a WBC table required to bind the encryption key corresponding to the encrypted data to the additional information. A bound data generation unit generates bound data in which the encrypted key is bound to the additional information, using a cipher included in the WBC table.

Abstract: A memory system comprises a pre-processor that receives a data file and determines a type of the data file, a chunking module that chunks the data file to produce a plurality of chunks, a hash engine that generates a hash value for a chunk among the plurality of chunks, a finger print detector that determines whether the hash value matches an entry within a portion of an index table corresponding to the type of the data file, and a storage medium that stores the chunk or a pointer to the chunk according to a result of the determination performed by the finger print detector.

Abstract: Disclosed are a backlight unit and light guide of a display apparatus and a display apparatus having the same, the backlight unit including: a light source unit which is disposed on at least one of edges of a display panel; and a light guide plate which is disposed at rear of the display panel so as to transmit light radiated from the light source unit to the display panel and including a lower side formed with a plurality of distributed unit patterns reflecting the radiated light and an upper side transmitting the light reflected by the unit pattern(s) engraved into the lower side and reflecting the radiated light to the upper side.

Abstract: A storage device includes a data storage having first and second storage areas corresponding to different physical addresses. First data are stored in the first storage area. The storage device further includes a first memory that stores a reference count associated with the first data, and a controller that rearranges the first data from the first storage area to the second storage area in response to a change in the reference count of the first data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photocatalytic reactor and a method for treating gaseous pollutants using the same, which can decompose and remove gaseous pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), odors, etc. as well as liquid pollutants using an environmentally friendly photocatalytic reaction. To this end, the present invention provides a photocatalytic reactor including: a solution tank to which a fluid containing gaseous pollutants to be treated is supplied through an inlet; a solution injector installed at the top of the inlet and injecting a gaseous pollutant solution into the fluid to be treated such that the gaseous pollutants of the fluid are dissolved; and a liquid photocatalytic treatment device receiving the gaseous pollutant solution, in which the gaseous pollutants of the fluid are dissolved and liquefied, from the solution tank and decomposing the liquefied gaseous pollutants of the fluid.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-speed photobioreactor for culturing microalgae using a hollow fiber membrane. More particularly a high-speed photobioreactor for culturing microalgae using a hollow fiber membrane capable of facilitating growth of microalgae and maximizing carbon dioxide fixation by increasing the rate of carbon dioxide saturation in a culture medium. Specifically, a high-speed photobioreactor for culturing microalgae using a hollow fiber membrane includes a reactor main body for culturing microalgae; a hollow fiber membrane module for supplying carbon dioxide into a culture medium in the reactor main body; a culture medium circulation pump for circulating the culture medium; and a defoamer for removing foams produced in the culture medium.

Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus having the same are provided. The display panel includes a liquid crystal layer and comprises first and second substrates which are disposed opposite to each other; a color filter polarizing layer which formed on one surface between the first and second substrates, and which includes a first metal linear grid arranged at different pitches to emit a first polarized component of incident light with different colors; and a polarizing layer which includes a second metal linear grid formed on an opposite surface to the surface between the first and second substrates, wherein a metal material contained in the first metal linear grid is different from a metal material contained in the second metal linear grid. The provided display panel and display apparatus including the same, have decreased manufacturing costs and a simplified manufacturing process.

Abstract: A back light unit and a liquid crystal display having the same are provided. The back light unit includes a light guide plate having a substantially rectangular plate shape and a front surface and a rear surface disposed parallel to each other and four edge surfaces disposed perpendicular to the front surface and the rear surface, at least one light incident surface perpendicular to the front surface and the rear surface being formed on at least one of four corner regions of the light guide plate; and a light source unit which is disposed adjacently on the light incident surface. If the angle between an edge surface which is relatively longer than two edge surfaces which are adjacent to the light incident surface and an incident direction of a light which is projected from the light source unit is ?, the angle ? is 20°<?<45°.

Abstract: A content protection apparatus using a white-box encryption table includes: a random number generation unit for generating a random number; a white-box encryption table for encrypting the random number and user information provided from a user to generate an encrypted output value; and an operation unit for performing an operation between the encrypted output value and data inputted from an outside to encrypt or decrypt the data.

Abstract: Disclosed is an authentication method using barcodes. the authentication method includes: converting into a first barcode and outputting, by a first user device, authentication related information provided from a service providing server; receiving, by a second user device, the first barcode; generating, by the second user device, signature information or authentication information on the authentication related information by using a signature key or a certificate; and providing, by the second user device, the signature information or the authentication information to the service providing server.

Abstract: A system for tracking an illegal distributor and preventing an illegal content distribution includes: a forensic mark generator for receiving content and a content identification code from a content providing apparatus to generate a forensic mark; a forensic mark database for storing the generated forensic mark; a forensic mark insertion unit for inserting the forensic mark into the content; and a content database for storing the content into which the forensic mark has been inserted. The system further includes a content transmitter for transmitting the content into which the forensic mark has been inserted to the content utilization apparatus.

Abstract: A data encoding apparatus for verifying data integrity by using a white box cipher includes: an encoding unit for encoding content by using a white box cipher table; and an arithmetic logic unit for performing an arithmetic logic operation on the white box cipher table and content information to output an encoded white box cipher table. The arithmetic logic operation is an exclusive OR operation. The content information is license information of the content or hash value of the license information of the content.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of verifying key validity and a server for performing the method. The method is configured such that a service provision server verifies key validity in an anonymous service for providing local linkability. The service provision server receives a revocation list. A local revocation list is generated using the received revocation list and a secret key. A virtual index of a service user required to verify key validity is calculated. Whether a key of the service user is valid is verified, based on whether the virtual index is included in the local revocation list.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a content protection apparatus and method using binding of additional information to an encryption key. The content protection apparatus includes an encryption unit for creating an encryption key required to encrypt data requested by a user terminal and then generating encrypted data in which the data is encrypted. An additional information management unit manages additional information including authority information about the encrypted data. A White-Box Cryptography (WBC) processing unit generates a WBC table required to bind the encryption key corresponding to the encrypted data to the additional information. A bound data generation unit generates bound data in which the encrypted key is bound to the additional information, using a cipher included in the WBC table.

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.