Abstract: The present invention relates to a software handling device and a server system. The software handling device comprises a processor and a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit varies requests and to receive varies verifications and encryption keys to and from a server system. The server system comprises an authentication server, a licensing server and a software application server, wherein the server system is configured to receive varies requests and to transmit varies verifications and encryption keys from and to a software handling device. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to corresponding methods, a computer program, and a computer program product.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a storage and a processor configured to convert an original image to a spherical image, to acquire a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images corresponding to a respective plurality of points on the spherical image by projecting the spherical image onto a plane with reference to the respective plurality of points on the spherical image, and to store the acquired 2D images in the storage.

Abstract: A content zapping method for accessing multimedia contents rapidly and easily by accessing the multimedia contents on a browser basis, includes receiving a screen change command for at least one broadcast channel or at least one content; and changing a screen to a browser which provides the at least one broadcast channel or the at least one content corresponding to the received screen change command, in an order of a pre-stored list.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for a mobile device to decode video based on available power and/or energy. For example, the mobile device may receive a media description file (MDF) from for a video stream from a video server. The MDF may include complexity information associated with a plurality of video segments. The complexity information may be related to the amount of processing power to be utilized for decoding the segment at the mobile device. The mobile device may determine at least one power metric for the mobile device. The mobile device may determine a first complexity level to be requested for a first video segment based on the complexity information from the MDF and the power metric. The mobile device may dynamically alter the decoding process to save energy based on the detected power/energy level.

Abstract: A method includes receiving one or more images of three or more die of a wafer, determining a median intensity value of a set of pixel intensity values acquired from a same location on each of the three or more die, determining a difference intensity value for the set of pixel intensity values by comparing the median intensity value of the set of pixel intensity values to each pixel intensity value, grouping the pixel intensity values into an intensity bin based on the median intensity value of the set of pixel intensity values, generating an initial noise boundary based on a selected difference intensity value in the intensity bin, generating a final noise boundary by adjusting the initial noise boundary, generating a detection boundary by applying a threshold to the final noise boundary, and classifying one or more pixel intensity values outside the detection boundary as a defect.

Abstract: Provided is a method of separating a foreground and a background by extracting a depth image through a stereo camera, generating an occupancy grid map on the basis of the depth image, predicting a free space, and computing a membership value, the method including setting a threshold value of a foreground object existing in a free space boundary region of the predicted free space, determining whether the membership value reaches the threshold value of the foreground object while the membership value is computed, terminating the computing of the membership value when it is determined that the membership value being computed reaches the threshold value of the foreground object in the determining, and separating a foreground and a background through the computed membership value.

Abstract: First data units associated with one or more power-constrained sensor devices are transmitted in a wireless network, and second data units associated with offload of cellular telephone data are transmitted in the wireless network. Priority is given to transmission of the first data units over transmission of the second data units with regard to access to a wireless medium. Transmissions in the wireless network are permitted at a plurality of different channel bandwidths including a minimum channel bandwidth, and transmissions in the wireless network corresponding to offload of cellular telephone data are permitted only using a channel bandwidth, among the plurality of different channel bandwidths, that is greater than the minimum channel bandwidth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks.

Abstract: A self-contained pressure compensation system and a control method thereof are provided, wherein the self-contained pressure compensation system comprises an oil supply device, a pressure compensation device, a power unit associated with the pressure compensation device, and a switch control device, the pressure compensation device supplies oil to the power unit and detects a change in a chamber pressure of itself in real time, the switch control device triggers the oil supply device to supply oil to the pressure compensation device if the chamber pressure is less than a predetermined first threshold and triggers the oil supply device to stop supplying oil to the pressure compensation device if the chamber pressure is greater than a predetermined second threshold. The invention can detect a chamber pressure of the pressure compensation device in real-time and can achieve automatic oil refilling, and can provide pressure compensation for the power unit effectively.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to stable full-length cDNA clones of a clinical, Asian lineage ZIKV strain. Certain embodiments of the invention are directed to high-throughput assays for ZIKV and dengue virus (DENV) diagnosis.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of requesting for a measurement report, comprising steps of: setting, in a request message, a first field for indicating an action on measurement to be stop and a second field including cell information for which a stop action on measurement is needed, so as to indicate a reporting eNB to stop measurement reports according to the second field; and transmitting to the reporting eNB the request message for the measurement report. The present disclosure also provides a requesting eNB using the above method, a method of stopping a measurement report by a reporting eNB and a reporting eNB using the above method, as well as a computer readable recording medium comprising computer instructions for executing the above methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch panel and, more particularly, to a touch panel capable of improving electrical conductive characteristics of the touch panel, reducing the size of the touch panel, improving the visibility of the touch panel, and minimizing damage to a substrate when a failure test is performed on the touch panel.

Abstract: A dynamic receiver for an earphone is provided. The dynamic receiver has a Helmholtz resonance space provided on a protector. The dynamic receiver includes: a frame; a magnetic circuit disposed in the frame; a vibration system disposed in the frame and configured to generate sound by a mutual electromagnetic force with the magnetic circuit; and a protector coupled to the frame and configured to protect components disposed in the frame. The protector includes a sound emitting hole passing through the protector and emitting sound generated in the frame to the outside, and a resonance space defined on a top surface of the protector.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body having one surface and another surface opposing each other and a plurality of wall surfaces each connecting the one surface to the other surface of the body. A pair of recesses are disposed in a respective end surface of a pair of opposing end surfaces of the body and each extend to the one surface. A coil portion includes first and second lead-out portions disposed on a surface of an internal insulating layer embedded in the body, and the coil portion is exposed to an internal wall and a bottom surface of each of the pair of recesses. First and second external electrodes are each disposed along the internal wall of a respective recess and along the one surface of the body to be connected to the coil portion, and are spaced apart from each other on the one surface of the body.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The methods may include forming first and second line patterns. The first line pattern has a first side facing the second line pattern, and the second line pattern has a second side facing the first line pattern. The methods may also include forming a first spacer structure on the first side of the first line pattern and a second spacer structure on the second side of the second line pattern. The first and the second spacer structures may define an opening. The methods may further include forming a first conductor in a lower part of the opening, forming an expanded opening by etching upper portions of the first and second spacer structures, and forming a second conductor in the expanded opening. The expanded opening may have a width greater than a width of the lower part of the opening.

Abstract: An energy storage device comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises a self-supporting composite material film, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electrolyte in contact with the first electrode, the second electrode, and the separator, wherein the electrolyte comprises at least one of a fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate, a fluorine-containing linear carbonate, and a fluoroether. The composite material film having greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of silicon particles, and greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of one or more types of carbon phases. At least one of the one or more types of carbon phases can be a substantially continuous phase that holds the composite material film together such that the silicon particles are distributed throughout the composite material film.

Abstract: A communication method, including performing, by a terminal device, in response to a value of a resource bundling granularity being a first-type value, determining at least one resource block bundling group in a scheduling resource corresponding to a terminal device according to the first-type value of the resource bundling granularity, wherein, the first-type value comprises 2 or 4, and receiving, using the at least one resource block bundling group, data transmitted by a network device. The method further includes performing, by the terminal device, in response to the value of the resource bundling granularity being a second-type value, determining a scheduling resource corresponding to the terminal device as a same resource block bundling group, wherein, the second-type value comprises a size of a consecutive scheduling bandwidth of the terminal device, and receiving, using the resource block bundling group, data transmitted by the network device.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip including a body, a connection pad, a passivation film, a first connection bump disposed, and a first coating layer; an encapsulant covering at least a portion of the semiconductor chip; and a connection structure including an insulating layer, a redistribution layer, and a connection via. The first connection bump includes a low melting point metal, the redistribution layer and the connection via include a conductive material, and the low melting point metal has a melting point lower than a melting point of the conductive material.

Abstract: A catalyst for oxidative coupling of methane, and preparation and application thereof. The catalyst comprises: a manganese sesquioxide, a tungstate, a manganese composite oxide having a perovskite structure and/or a spinel structure, and a carrier. The manganese sesquioxide, tungstate, and manganese composite oxide having a perovskite structure and/or a spinel structure are supported on the carrier, or the manganese sesquioxide and tungstate are supported on the admixture of the said manganese composite oxide having a perovskite structure and/or a spinel structure and the said carrier. Based on 100 parts by weight of the catalyst, the content of the manganese sesquioxide is a parts by weight, the content of the tungstate is b parts by weight, the content of the manganese composite oxide having the perovskite structure and/or the spinel structure is c parts by weight. e content of the carrier is d parts by weight. 0<a?20, 1?b?20, 1?c?40, 20?d<98.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing mitochondria and, more specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating muscle diseases or ischemic diseases, containing mitochondria as active ingredients. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention contains heterologous mitochondria or cells comprising heterologous mitochondria, thereby enabling the mitochondrial activity of cells to which the same is administered to improve. Therefore, the pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention can be useful in the fundamental prevention or treatment of muscle diseases or ischemic diseases, which occur in relationship with the deterioration of mitochondrial function.