Abstract: A rice input structure of an automatic electric pressure cooker that automatically adds rice and water for cooking includes a cyclone rice separator mounted on a lid and having an opening/closing hole for putting rice into an inner pot, an air intake pipe connected to one side of the cyclone rice separator and generating a intake pressure, a rice transfer pipe connected in a tangential direction of the cyclone rice separator and connected to a rice container, a valve passing through an axial direction of the cyclone rice separator to open and close the opening/closing hole, and a valve opening/closing device having a link pressing an upper end of the valve and an actuator rotating the link.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first amplifier configured to amplify a first input signal and a second input signal and output a first amplified signal and a second amplified signal, a second amplifier configured to receive and amplify the first amplified signal and the second amplified signal and output a first output signal and a second output signal, a feedforward circuit configured to receive the first input signal and the second input signal and perform feedforward control on the first output signal and second output signal, and a common-mode feedback circuit configured to receive the first output signal and the second output signal and output a feedback signal configured to adjust an average of the first output signal and the second output signal to correspond to a reference signal, and the common-mode feedback circuit configured to supply the feedback signal to the first amplifier and the feedforward circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include one or more output drivers. An output driver may be adjusted for impedance matching by applying a body voltage to one or more transistors of the output driver. In some examples, the body voltage applied may be based on a comparison between a reference voltage and a voltage at an external terminal. In some examples, the semiconductor device may include a calibration circuit that includes a comparator and an up/down counter that, based on a signal from the comparator, generates a code indicating the body voltage to be applied. The body voltage may be applied by a voltage generator in some examples.

Abstract: Methods for improving timing in memory devices are disclosed. A method may include sampling a command signal according to a clock signal to obtain standard-timing commands. The method may also include sampling the command signal according to an adjusted clock signal to obtain time-adjusted commands. The method may also include comparing the standard-timing commands and the time-adjusted commands. The method may also include determining an improved timing for the clock signal based on the comparison of the standard-timing commands and the time-adjusted commands. The method may also include adjusting the clock signal based on the improved timing. Associated systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a double sealing check valve for a rice cooker, and more particularly, to a double sealing check valve for a rice cooker that prevents water vapor mixed with rice water and grain dregs from entering the check valve and maintains airtightness during cooking in an automatic water supply type pressure cooker that automatically supplies water and performs pressure cooking.

Abstract: A memory device includes a path state check circuit configured to check states of signal transmission paths, each signal transmission path including a data transmission path and a clock transmission path of the memory device. The path state check circuit includes a sampling circuit configured to perform a sampling operation by using pattern data that has passed through the data transmission path and a clock signal that has passed through the clock transmission path, and generate sample data, and a management circuit configured to generate a comparison of the sample data with the pattern data and manage check result information indicating whether a re-training operation for the memory device is to be performed, based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: Provided is a mutant strain having improved aromatic amino acid production capability as a result of inactivation or weakening of activity of glutaminase which is expressed by glutaminase B (glsB) gene.

Abstract: An apparatus including reconfigurable interface circuits and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. An reconfigurable interface circuit may include an output buffer and an input buffer coupled to a connector for respectively generating and receiving signals. The reconfigurable interface circuit may include a control circuit configured to control operation of the input and output buffers along with additional circuits to selectively implement one or more from a set of selectable communication settings.

Abstract: A method of synthesizing speeches by scoring the speeches is proposed. The method may include generating a spectrogram based on utterer information and a text and generating a plurality of sub-speeches corresponding to the spectrogram. The method may also include selecting one of the plurality of sub-speeches and generating a final speech by using the selected sub-speech.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating speech training data is proposed. The method may include generating, at a processor, a recording script corresponding to particular text. The method may also include generating, at the processor, recorded data by performing recording by a speaker based on the recording script. The method may further include labeling, at the processor, the recorded data. Various embodiments can generate a large amount of speech training data for training an artificial neural network model while minimizing a worker's inconvenience and time consumption.

Abstract: Methods for improving timing in memory devices are disclosed. A method may include sampling a command signal according to a clock signal to obtain standard-timing commands. The method may also include sampling the command signal according to an adjusted clock signal to obtain time-adjusted commands. The method may also include comparing the standard-timing commands and the time-adjusted commands. The method may also include determining an improved timing for the clock signal based on the comparison of the standard-timing commands and the time-adjusted commands. The method may also include adjusting the clock signal based on the improved timing. Associated systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mutant strain having improved aromatic amino acid production capability due to inactivation or weakening of activity of an FMN/FAD exporter protein which is expressed by yeeO gene.

Abstract: A crime type inference system based on text data, may include: a keywords dictionary construction unit configured to receive crime source data, and generate a crime type keywords dictionary by extracting crime keywords; a data set construction unit configured to generate a dataset for crime type learning by using the crime source data and the keywords dictionary; a crime type prediction model training unit configured to generate a crime type prediction model by using the dataset, and train the crime type prediction model; and a crime type inference unit configured to infer a crime type by using new crime data.

Abstract: According to an aspect, provided are: a guide RNA; a vector comprising the same; a composition for removing a nucleic acid sequence encoding a KRAS polypeptide in the genome of a cell, containing the same; a composition for preventing or treating cancer, containing the same; and a method using the same. The present invention enables the mutation of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a KRAS polypeptide in the genome of a cell or a subject and, particularly, can be usable, as personalized or precision medical care, in the prevention or treatment of cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mutant strain having improved aromatic amino acid production capability as a result of the inactivation or weakening of activity of asparaginase which is expressed by ansB gene.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for generating a depth map using a monocular image. The apparatus includes: a deep convolution neural network (DCNN) optimized based on an encoder and decoder architecture. The encoder extracts one or more features from the monocular image according to the number of provided feature layers, and the decoder calculates displacements of mismatched pixels from the features extracted from different feature layers, and generates the depth map for the monocular image.

Abstract: A method of improving performance of classification on the basis of mixed sampling is applied. The present invention is directed to providing a method and apparatus for improving the performance of classification on the basis of mixed sampling that are capable of, when learning a model that classifies types using deep learning by dividing the entire data set and using the divided data set for training, validation, and testing, applying different sampling techniques by types of data according to the characteristics of the training data in order to improve the classification performance.

Abstract: The present application is directed to signal delay control and related apparatuses, systems, and methods. An apparatus includes delay elements and control circuitry electrically connected to the delay elements. The delay elements are configured to receive skewed data signals and delay codes indicating delay quantities. The delay elements are also configured to provide delayed data signals delayed relative to the skewed data signals by the delay quantities. The control circuitry is configured to provide the delay codes, which are selected to reduce a timing skew of the delayed data signals relative to a timing skew of the skewed data signals. A system includes a first device, a second device including the apparatus, and transmission lines electrically connected between the first device and the second device. A method includes calibrating the delay codes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for making a montage based on a dialogue and an apparatus using the same. The method includes extracting a feature for making a montage based on the dialogue between at least one inquirer and at least one respondent, generating a facial feature image based on the feature, and making a montage based on the facial feature image.

Abstract: A critical dimension measurement system includes a voltage measurement circuit, a control circuit, and a critical dimension measurement circuit. The voltage measurement circuit may measure potentials of mask patterns of a photomask. The control circuit may include an information storage circuit for storing distribution information on the potentials of the mask patterns, measured by the voltage measurement circuit, and information on layout patterns corresponding to the mask patterns of the photomask. The critical dimension measurement circuit may be operated, by the control circuit, in a first measurement mode and a second measurement mode running for a shorter time than the first measurement mode, and measure critical dimensions of the mask patterns.