Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell blocks including a first memory cell block having bit lines, an edge sense amplifier block including edge sense amplifiers coupled to a portion of the bit lines of the first memory cell block, and a balancing capacitor unit coupled to the edge sense amplifiers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fastening tape for a seat pad and a seat pad provided with the fastening tape, and the fastening tape for a seat pad attaching a seat cover to an outside of the seat pad, comprises: a holding sheet on one side of which a plurality of hooks to be connected to loops that are formed inside the seat cover are formed; and a connection member to be connected to the other side of the holding sheet for connecting the holding sheet to the seat pad, wherein the connection member comprises a connection portion that is connected to the holding sheet and provided with a plurality of ring portions, and a mesh portion that is connected to the ring portion, such that a gas produced when urethane is foamed to form the seat pad is discharged through the mesh portion and the ring portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a color marker recognizing device using a color marker. The color marker recognizing device includes a coloring unit and a content unit. The coloring unit acquires a sub marker image from color marker images according to contextual information on a user. The content unit outputs a first content demand signal that requests to display a first content corresponding to the sub marker image acquired by the coloring unit. Since the color marker recognizing device uses the color marker, it is possible to provide personalized content services.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell blocks including a first memory cell block having bit lines, an edge sense amplifier block including edge sense amplifiers coupled to a portion of the bit lines of the first memory cell block, and a balancing capacitor unit coupled to the edge sense amplifiers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an object learning method that minimizes time required for learning an object, an object tracking method using the object learning method, and an object learning and tracking system. The object learning method includes: receiving an image to be learned through a camera to generate a front image by a terminal; generating m view points used for object learning and generating first images obtained when viewing the object from the m view points using the front image; generating second images by performing radial blur on the first images; separating an area used for learning from the second images to obtain reference patches; and storing pixel values of the reference patches.

Abstract: According to some of the inventive concepts, a semiconductor memory device may include a plurality of memory cell blocks including a first memory cell block having bit lines, an edge sense amplifier block including edge sense amplifiers coupled to a portion of the bit lines of the first memory cell block, and a balancing capacitor unit coupled to the edge sense amplifiers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal and operating method thereof in which data sync error occurring when multimedia data is played can be compensated for. The mobile communication terminal includes a speaker through which played multimedia data is output, a display unit on which text data are output, an multimedia controller that analyzes and plays multimedia data, compensates for error of an output time, which is generated as the multimedia data are played, and outputs compensated text data, and a controller that manages data when multimedia data is played, and controls the driving of the speaker and the display unit. Temporal error between output time information and an audio signal that is actually output, and proportional temporal error occurring in proportion to an output time are calculated. Temporal information is compensated for based on the calculated temporal error and proportional temporal error.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an isolation region formed in a semiconductor substrate to define an active region. First and second impurity regions spaced apart from each other are formed in the active region. A gate trench region crosses the active region between the first and second impurity regions and extends to the isolation region. A first contact structure having a sidewall in vertical alignment with a sidewall of the gate trench region adjacent to the first impurity region is provided on the first impurity region. A second contact structure having a sidewall in vertical alignment with a sidewall of the gate trench region adjacent to the second impurity region is provided on the second impurity region. A gate electrode is provided in the gate trench region. A gate dielectric layer is interposed between the gate trench region and the gate electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a color marker recognizing device using a color marker. The color marker recognizing device includes a coloring unit and a content unit. The coloring unit acquires a sub marker image from color marker images according to contextual information on a user. The content unit outputs a first content demand signal that requests to display a first content corresponding to the sub marker image acquired by the coloring unit. Since the color marker recognizing device uses the color marker, it is possible to provide personalized content services.

Abstract: A device for detecting a battery within a charger includes a battery detector and a regulation voltage controller that limits a battery charging terminal voltage to a battery regulation voltage. The battery detector generates a battery existence signal if a battery charging terminal voltage is not greater than a battery detection reference voltage at an end of a predetermined time period. The battery charging terminal voltage is limited to a normal mode value of the battery regulation voltage if the battery existence signal is generated. The battery detector also detects for removal of the battery after the battery regulation voltage is set to the normal mode value during charging.

Abstract: A battery charger includes current sources for generating first and second currents respectively, a current sensor, a current source controller, and a reference voltage generator. The first current charges a battery in a first current path, and the second current is conducted to a feedback load in a second current path separate from the first current path. The current sources form a current mirror and are controlled by the current source controller from comparing a reference voltage with a terminal voltage of the feedback load. The current sensor indicates a level of the first current to the reference voltage generator that sets the reference voltage such that the first current is maintained to be constant.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a microwave oven, including a magnetron generating microwaves and a sensor sensing the state of air in the cooking cavity of the oven. The cooking period is determined by searching one of two data tables in accordance with a determination result after determining whether food to be cooked is included in ascending slope-type foods or descending slope-type foods. The control method and apparatus remarkably reduces a deviation in the cooking periods by distinguishing the ascending slope-type foods from the descending slope-type foods. The control method and apparatus allows the microwave oven to appropriately cook food for a period of time which substantially matches a practically required cooking period, thus providing a good cooking result.

Abstract: A microwave oven, having a humidity sensor and a voltage detecting unit for detecting a change in an output voltage of the humidity sensor, includes: a control unit for receiving a compensated voltage according to a change in temperature supplied from the humidity sensor and a detected voltage supplied from the voltage detecting unit, and determining a cooking time based on a voltage difference between the detected voltage and the compensated voltage. With this configuration, an optimal cooking time based on a being cooked can be calculated by use of the humidity sensor, and the cooking time can be controlled in a stable manner relative to external noise or irregular changes in humidity.

Abstract: A microwave oven, having a humidity sensor and a voltage detecting unit for detecting a change in an output voltage of the humidity sensor, includes: a control unit for receiving a compensated voltage according to a change in temperature supplied from the humidity sensor and a detected voltage supplied from the voltage detecting unit, and determining a cooking time based on a voltage difference between the detected voltage and the compensated voltage. With this configuration, an optimal cooking time based on a being cooked can be calculated by use of the humidity sensor, and the cooking time can be controlled in a stable manner relative to external noise or irregular changes in humidity.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus equipped with heaters and a method of controlling the same. An aspect of the present invention is to increase convenience of a user by identifying a kind of an accessory, such as a wire rack, a crumb tray or the like, present in a cooking cavity based on a variation in an inner temperature of a cooking cavity at an initial operating stage of a cooking mode using the heaters and automatically performing the ON/OFF control mode of the heaters suitable for a corresponding accessory. A cooking apparatus is provided including two or more heaters installed in a first position of a cooking cavity heating food, the crumb tray is inserted in a second position of the cooking cavity and is used to contain the food in cooking modes using the heaters, and a temperature detection unit is installed between the first and second positions to detect an inside temperature of the cooking cavity.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus having heaters which performs cooking by taking a remaining heat of the heaters in a cooking cavity into consideration if food is cooked using a heating method through the heaters. The cooking apparatus performs cooking based on an accumulative temperature value of the cooking cavity in place of a cooking time, thereby optimally cooking foods even though cooking operations are continuously carried out. The cooking apparatus finishes the cooking if the accumulative temperature value of the cooking cavity reaches a temperature value set to correspond to a cooking level for toast, which is selected by a user.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a control unit which sets sampling intervals to accumulate humidity values measured by a humidity sensor, and controls a cooking end time of food according to an accumulated humidity value obtained by accumulating the humidity values measured during the set sampling intervals. Accordingly, the microwave oven prevents overcooking of the food, for example, that does not require a further cooking after initial generation of steam thereof. The microwave oven may set sampling intervals through several measurements to improve the reliability thereof. Moreover, the microwave oven may learn an operation of setting sampling intervals according to cooking conditions so as to finish a cooking according to the set sampling intervals where a later set cooking condition corresponds to the learned cooking condition.

Abstract: Aroma generating apparatus and method is provided in a cooking apparatus having a main body formed with a cooking compartment and a cooker driver to cook a food within the cooking compartment. The aroma generating apparatus includes an aroma diffuser diffusing at least one food aroma corresponding to a cooking menu or an aroma to remove the food aroma, a keyboard providing a selection of the cooking menu, and a control part controlling the aroma generator so as to produce the food aroma or the deodorizer corresponding to the cooking menu selected by a user and release the food aroma or the deodorizer inside or outside the cooking apparatus.

Abstract: A polymer-type humidity sensor for use in a microwave oven and which has a polymer structure which includes a rubber and a predetermined amount of carbon, and a pair of electric terminals connected to the polymer structure. The polymer-type humidity sensor of the present invention has a rapid response time, durability, excellent adherence to terminals, low hysteresis, and exhibits stability to exposures of high temperatures and high relative humidity.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a humidity sensor, a main-outlet and a sub-outlet formed at opposite sidewalls of a cooking cavity such that the cooking cavity communicates with the atmosphere through the main-outlet and the sub-outlet. The sub-outlet is installed in a machine room adjacent an air inlet side of a cooling fan. The humidity sensor is installed in the machine room at a position adjacent to the sub-outlet and senses the humidity of air inside the cooking cavity by sensing the humidity of a part of the air discharged from the cooking cavity through the sub-outlet. The surface of the humidity sensor is less likely to be easily contaminated by the air exhausted from the cooking cavity, moisture deposited on the surface of the humidity sensor 60 is quickly evaporated so that the humidity sensor performs its desired operation even when the microwave oven sequentially performs several cooking processes.