Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a time-to-digital converter (TDC) that receives a reference frequency signal and a feedback frequency signal, and outputs a first digital signal indicating a time difference between the reference frequency signal and the feedback frequency signal; a digital loop filter (DLF) that outputs a second digital signal generated by filtering the first digital signal; a multiplier circuit that outputs one of a third digital signal and a final test signal, the third digital signal generated by performing a multiplication operation on the second digital signal using a multiplication coefficient; a digital-controlled oscillator (DCO) that generates an oscillation signal having a frequency based on the output one of the third digital signal and the final test signal; and a loop gain calibrator (LGC) that receives the oscillation signal, generates a pair of test signals, and determines the multiplication coefficient using the pair of test signals.

Abstract: A medical stand may include a first link, a second link parallel to the first link, a third link connected between one end of the first link and one end of the second link, a fourth link parallel to the third link and connected between the other end of the first link and the other end of the second link, a mounting arm extending from the other end of the first link, a variable balancing arm connected to at least one of the second link or the third link, a counterweight provided at a distal end of the variable balancing arm, a detector detecting a displacement of at least one of the first link, the second link, the third link, or the fourth link, and a controller generating the control signal to adjust the center-of-gravity position of the variable balancing arm in accordance with the displacement detected by the detector.

Abstract: Described herein is a digital contracting system. Based upon a selected template and business context, at least one clause is retrieved. An agreement is generated based upon the retrieved at least one clause. Using stored information regarding at least one clause previously agreed to, a clause not previously agreed to is determined. Only the determined clause not previously agreed to for approval is provided to one or more parties to the agreement. Approval of the determined clause not previously agreed to is obtained.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic cesium adsorbent, a preparation method therefor, and a cesium removal method using the same, the preparation method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a metal hexacyanoferrate; and (b) hydrothermally reacting the metal hexacyanoferrate so as to prepare a metal hexacyanoferrate having a rhombohedral crystal structure.

Abstract: Provided is a method of analyzing tele-rehabilitation which includes calculating a completion rate of the number of times of performance, indicating how much a user achieves a designated number of times of performance of a first rehabilitation exercise, based on the designated number of times of performance of the first rehabilitation exercise, and the number of times of the first rehabilitation exercise actually performed by the user, by an apparatus for analyzing tele-rehabilitation, calculating a variation coefficient indicating whether the first rehabilitation exercise is regularly and repeatedly performed, based on a performance time consumed at each time while the user repeatedly performs the first rehabilitation exercise, by the apparatus for analyzing tele-rehabilitation, and generating a result of analysis indicating a result obtained as the user performs the first rehabilitation exercise, based on the completion rate of the number of times of performance and the variation coefficient, by the apparat

Abstract: The present research relates to controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. The present research provides a method and apparatus for controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals based on spatial cues in a process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. To achieve the purpose, the method suggested in the research controls rendering in a spatial cue domain in the process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals.

Abstract: A method of controlling a display device including a touch screen is provided. The method includes setting an application execution space having one or more sub spaces in which windows executing applications are arranged, arranging windows corresponding to one or more applications which are being executed in the sub spaces of the set application execution space, displaying a first sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces on the touch screen, receiving a data sharing command for sharing data included in a first window arranged in the first sub space, and sharing the data to be shared by a second window arranged in a second sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces based on the data sharing command.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th-generation (4G) system; and a system therefor. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retailing, security and safety related services) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology.

Abstract: A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks; a random-access memory including a bad block management module configured to register and manage bad blocks included in the plurality of memory blocks; and a processor configured to detect primary bad blocks by performing a primary bad block scan operation on the plurality of memory blocks using the bad block management module, detect secondary bad blocks by performing a secondary bad block scan operation on normal memory blocks other than the primary bad blocks among the plurality of memory blocks, and register the detected primary bad blocks and the detected secondary bad blocks as bad blocks.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a beam field based patient alignment method and system using a light field and a body surface adhering light reflector.

Abstract: Disclosed are a quantum dot population including a plurality of cadmium free quantum dots, a quantum dot polymer composite including the same, and a display device including the same. The plurality of cadmium free quantum dots includes: a semiconductor nanocrystal core comprising indium and phosphorous, a first semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core and comprising zinc and selenium, and a second semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell and comprising zinc and sulfur, wherein an average particle size of the plurality of cadmium free quantum dots is greater than or equal to about 5.5 nm, a standard deviation of particle sizes of the plurality of cadmium free quantum dots is less than or equal to about 20% of the average particle size, and an average solidity of the plurality of cadmium free quantum dots is greater than or equal to about 0.85.

Abstract: A high voltage power diode includes a P-type semiconductor substrate, a P-type epitaxial layer provided on the semiconductor substrate, an N-type isolation layer provided at a lower portion of the epitaxial layer, the isolation layer extending in a horizontal direction, oxide isolation layer provided at an upper surface of the epitaxial layer, the oxide isolation layer defining the epitaxial layer into an anode region and a cathode region, an first well of N-type conductivity, and a second well of P-type conductivity are provided on the upper surface of the epitaxial layer, a guard ring structure provided on the upper surface of the epitaxial layer and spaced apart from the second well in a horizontal direction, the guard ring structure including a third well having a first sub-well of N-type conductivity, a second sub-well of P-type conductivity and an third sub-well of N-type conductivity which are arranged in a horizontal direction, and a guard ring terminal electrically connected to the anode terminal.

Abstract: A gate driver includes a plurality of shift registers and a plurality of connection controllers. The shift registers are connected to a plurality of gate lines of a stretchable display panel, respectively. The shift registers are grouped into a plurality of shift register groups. N adjacent shift registers constitute each of the shift register groups, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The connection controllers change a connection structure of the N adjacent shift registers included in the each of the shift register groups according to whether the stretchable display panel is stretched.

Abstract: A wireless power transmission system and communication system is disclosed. A wireless power transmission system and communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a transmission part which includes a first surface wave antenna, installed in a metal wall, for transmitting and receiving an electromagnetic surface wave flowing along a surface of the metal wall, and a first monopole antenna connected to the first surface wave antenna in parallel; and a reception part which includes at least one of a second monopole antenna and a second surface wave antenna, installed in a space partitioned by the metal wall, for receiving an electromagnetic surface wave flowing along the surface of the metal wall.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include: a holding control circuit suitable for generating a holding control signal and an option setting information signal, based on a first command signal; a holding circuit suitable for generating a held option setting information signal based on the holding control signal and the option setting information signal; an operation control circuit suitable for generating an operation mode signal based on a second command signal; a setting control circuit suitable for generating a setting control signal based on the operation mode signal and the held operation setting information signal; and a memory region suitable for performing an operation based on the setting control signal and the operation mode signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device, a method, and a system for analyzing and monitoring noise information and a noise type based on a noise-between-floors using an air-borne noise and a direct impact noise respectively measured by a microphone array and a sensor module array. The device, the method, and the system may provide a noise feedback for each household by analyzing and monitoring a noise level, a noise source location, a noise direction, an occurrence time, a noise type of a noise.

Abstract: An audio encoding apparatus and method that encodes hybrid contents including an object sound, a background sound, and metadata, and an audio decoding apparatus and method that decodes the encoded hybrid contents are provided. The audio encoding apparatus may include a mixing unit to generate an intermediate channel signal by mixing a background sound and an object sound, a matrix information encoding unit to encode matrix information used for the mixing, an audio encoding unit to encode the intermediate channel signal, and a metadata encoding unit to encode metadata including control information of the object sound.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a camera module, the camera module including a circuit board, an image sensor disposed on an upper surface of the circuit board, a current carrying part electrically connecting the image sensor and the circuit board, and a base disposed on the upper surface of the circuit board, wherein the base is not overlapped with the image sensor and the current carrying part in a direction of an optical axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a monitoring camera using a composite filtering method robust against a change in visibility status and a video monitoring system employing the same. The present invention comprises: a hardware filter for blocking one of a visible light band and an infrared light band and allowing the other thereof to pass therethrough; and a software filter for filtering a color image or a black-and-white image generated by an image signal processor (ISP) by removing, from the color image or the black-and-white image, a factor reducing a visibility distance at the front side of a lens part, wherein the filtering band of the hardware filter and whether to perform filtering by the software filter are controlled according to a filtering level corresponding to a current visibility status at the front side of the lens part among a plurality of filtering levels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle transmission with multiple gear stages, the transmission being capable of improving fuel economy and the performance of a vehicle. The vehicle transmission includes four planetary gear sets and six friction members. A shifting operation is performed such that rotary elements of the planetary gear sets are selectively connected and disconnected by the friction members so that the speed and direction of rotation of each gear are changed. Through this shifting operation, a vehicle can drive with one of ten or more forward speed gear ratios and one or more reverse speed gear ratios.