Abstract: There are disclosed a method for managing a pollution prevention facility and a system for effectively managing the pollution prevention facility which can exhaust pollutants, and a system thereof. A method for managing a pollution prevention facility includes a first measuring step of measuring pollutants before a pollution prevention facility treats a pollutant outlet; a second measuring step of measuring the amount of pollutants after the pollution prevention facility treats the pollutant outlet; and a managing step of managing an exchange period of a filling material provided in the pollution prevention facility.

Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for self-healing in a critical system. The present invention monitors a current situation of the critical system, determines whether a system has an error by analyzing the monitoring result, judges whether to perform self-healing in a current state or drive safety software which provides a minimum basic service according to self-healing of the system error or not when the system error occurs, and evaluates self-healing performance after healing the system error. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to continuously provide a software service and further improve the reliability of the self-healing system through the evaluation of the self-healing performance.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ad-hoc multimedia group communication terminal which is robust to packet loss and includes a multimedia transmitter. The media transmitter includes a reception status monitoring module, an error recovery level/traffic adjustment module, a bit stream division and error recovery data generation module, and a media data packet generation module. The reception status monitoring module recognizes packet reception status information relevant to the reception side terminals based on control packets from each of the reception side terminals. The error recovery level/traffic adjustment module adjusts the error recovery level and the amount of traffic of the media data packets. The bit stream division and error recovery data generation module generates error recovery data to be transmitted to the reception side terminals based on the error recovery level. The media data packet generation module generates the media data packets and error recovery data packets.

Abstract: In a converter using a transformer, a switch controller controlling a main switch and an auxiliary switch increase a turn-on time of the auxiliary switch when a voltage of a signal corresponding to a current flowing to a primary coil of the transformer is greater than a reference voltage for a predetermined period.

Abstract: Disclosed is an auto-restart circuit and auto-restart method. A main integrated circuit (IC) of a main stage controls a switching operation of at least one power switch. The auto-restart circuit for restarting the main IC detects a switching state of the at least one power switch and detects the state of the main IC. The auto-restart circuit cuts off an external power source voltage supply to the main IC or supplies the external power source voltage to the main IC according to switching state and the state of the main IC.

Abstract: A multimedia communication apparatus for group media communication includes an encoding unit for receiving source data from an input device, capturing and compressing the source data at a specific display resolution, and sending the compressed data via network communication. Further, the multimedia communication apparatus for the group media communication includes a plurality of decoding units for receiving the compressed data via the network communication, restoring the compressed data into original data so that a user can view and listen to the data, and providing the original data to an output device. Furthermore, the multimedia communication apparatus for the group media communication includes a group communication management unit for activating at least one decoding unit selected from among the plurality of decoding units, adjusting and setting the display resolution, and adjusting a size of the memory and allocating memory of the adjusted size.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte for an electrochemical device. The electrolyte includes a composite of a plastic crystal matrix electrolyte doped with an ionic salt and a crosslinked polymer structure. The electrolyte has high ionic conductivity comparable to that of a liquid electrolyte due to the use of the plastic crystal, and high mechanical strength comparable to that of a solid electrolyte due to the introduction of the crosslinked polymer structure. Further disclosed is a method for preparing the electrolyte. The method does not essentially require the use of a solvent. Therefore, the electrolyte can be prepared in a simple manner by the method. The electrolyte is suitable for use in a cable-type battery whose shape is easy to change due to its high ionic conductivity and high mechanical strength.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the last for manufacturing a shoe, and the purpose of the present invention is to provide a comfortable shoe having a nice sensation when worn by manufacturing shoe using a last having the same shape as that of a human foot during walking has been examined in the present invention by using biomechanical data of the foot, and more particularly, by a last comprising: a first protruding portion which is forwardly and upwardly rounded at one side at front end of a forefoot portion of the last, corresponding to a human big toe; a convex-concave portion at the front end of the forefoot of the last, corresponding to the shapes of each of a human being's second to fifth toe.

Abstract: A node constituting data distribution service (DDS) structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first DDS application including a first DCPS layer and a first real-time publish-subscribe (RTPS) layer and a second DDS application including a second DCPS layer communicated with the first RTPS layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting diode package, including a metal body including a cavity for receiving a light emitting diode therein, a lens mount for mounting thereon a lens through which light is transmitted, a heat sink for dissipating heat, a lead insertion recess formed on a bottom surface of the metal body so that a lead is inserted therein, and a bonding hole formed to communicate with the lead insertion recess and passing through the cavity of the metal body; and a lead seated into the lead insertion recess of the metal body and insulation bonded to the bottom surface of the metal body by means of an insulating binder, so that an insulation type bonding relationship between the metal body and the lead is maintained stable. A method of manufacturing the light emitting diode package is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an abnormal switching monitoring device and method. A time point when a high-side switch in which a first electrode receives an input voltage is turned on, a time point when a low-side switch that is connected to a second electrode of the high-side switch is turned on, a time point when a charge current begins to flow to a bootstrap circuit, and a time point when a charge current stops flowing to the bootstrap circuit are compared so as to determine whether or not non-zero voltage switching occurs. The bootstrap circuit supplies an operating current to a gate driver controlling a switching operation of the high-side switch.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor including: a sleeve including a hollow part having a shaft inserted thereinto and rotatably supporting the shaft; a thrust plate coupled to a lower portion of the shaft in an axial direction to thereby rotate together with the shaft; a cover plate coupled to a lower portion of the sleeve in the axial direction and covering the hollow part; and a step part stepped upwardly from a lower surface of the thrust plate in the axial direction so that the shaft and the thrust plate are easily coupled to each other and having surface roughness greater than that of other portions of the thrust plate.

Abstract: Provided is a cable-type secondary battery including an anode current collector having a horizontal cross section of a predetermined shape and extending longitudinally, an anode active material pattern layer having anode active material patterns spaced away at a predetermined interval on the anode current collector, an electrolyte layer surrounding the anode active material pattern layer and serving as an ion channel, a cathode active material pattern layer having cathode active material patterns spaced away at a predetermined interval on the electrolyte layer at locations corresponding to those of the anode active material patterns, and a cathode current collector surrounding the cathode active material pattern layer. The cable-type secondary battery having the active material patterns has excellent flexibility to prevent the active material from falling off from the active material layer.

Abstract: A holographic three-dimensional (3D) image generating apparatus that may use a collimated directional blacklight unit (CD BLU) is provided. The CD BLU may output a collimated light of which an emitting light is adjusted. The convergent lens may enable the outputted collimated light to converge into a viewing area of a viewer and thus, a viewing window may be generated. A spatial light modulator (SLM) may perform spatially-varying modulation with respect to the collimated light converging into the viewing area to generate a focused beam.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes: a semiconductor light emission stacked body including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer positioned between the first and second conductive semiconductor layers; and a highly conductive transparent electrode formed on at least one of the first and second conductive semiconductor layers and including a transparent electrode layer formed of at least one of a transparent conductive oxide layer and a transparent conductive nitride and a graphene layer allowing light within the visible spectrum to be transmitted therethrough, the transparent electrode layer and the graphene layer being stacked.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for host-based network separation, comprising: a network separation switch which, when a process is being executed on a host computer, checks whether the network allocated to the process is an internal network or an external network in accordance with the network access authority allocated to the process, and separates the process by IPs allocated to each network; and a packet processor which blocks the access of packet data when the packet data of the process separated by IPs by the network separation switch access a network other than the network to which the relevant IP is allocated.

Abstract: Disclosed are a switch controller, a switch control method, a converter using the same, and a driving method thereof. A first voltage is generated by using a voltage that is input to an input terminal, and a soft start signal is generated by using the first voltage during a soft start duration. A switching operation is controlled by using the soft start signal during the soft start duration.

Abstract: A variable compression ratio apparatus for varying a compression ratio, may include a connecting rod that is connected to a piston to take a combustion force; a pin link, one end of which is eccentrically connected to a crankshaft and the other end of which is pivotally connected to the connecting rod to form a connection portion therebetween; a slot link including a control slot to receive and guide the connection portion along the control slot; and a driving unit coupled to the slot link and configured to move the control slot to control a position of the connection portion.

Abstract: A cable-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, which has a first polarity current collector having a long and thin shape, at least two first polarity electrode active material layers formed on the first polarity current collector to be spaced apart in the longitudinal direction, an electrolyte layer filled to surround at least two first polarity electrode active material layers, and at least two second polarity electrode active material layers formed on the electrolyte layer to be spaced apart at positions corresponding to the first polarity electrode active material layers, the electrode assembly being continuously bent into a substantially “S” shape by a space between the first polarity electrode active material layers; and a second polarity current collector configured to surround at least one side of the electrode assembly bent into a substantially “S” shape.

Abstract: Provided is a vertical electrode structure using a trench and a method of manufacturing the vertical electrode structure. The method of forming a vertical electrode structure using a trench includes steps of: forming the trench on a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate; and forming electrode layers in predetermined regions of inner and outer portions of the trench. In this manner, the electrode deposition in the vertical direction is established by using the trench, so that it is possible to form a deposited electrode having a size of several hundred nm or less by a short processing time and a low processing cost.