Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an information processing method performed at a terminal including: rendering a graphical user interface of an online game system, the graphical user interface including one or more virtual characters and at least one virtual resource object; detecting a touch operation on a specific virtual resource object; identifying a configuration parameter corresponding to the specific virtual resource object, the configuration parameter including multiple preconfigured operation objects, each preconfigured operation object having an associated message; rendering, within the graphical user interface, an information interface with the preconfigured operation objects located near the specific virtual resource object; detecting a release operation on the specific virtual resource object when one operation object is rendered visually distinguishable over other operation objects in the graphical user interface; and transmitting a message associated with the visually distinguishable operation

Abstract: A water purifier comprising: a filter unit comprising at least one filter filtering water to generate purified water; a flow rate sensor measuring a flow rate of the water; a concentrated water channel discharging concentrated water, having been filtered by the filter unit; an extraction unit extracting the purified water; a flow rate control valve controlling a flow rate of purified water; an opening and closing degree measurement unit, measuring a degree of opening and closing of the flow rate control valve; a concentrated water ratio calculation unit, calculating a ratio between purified water and concentrated water, according to the degree of opening and closing of the flow rate control valve; and a controller, using the flow rate of water and the calculated ratio between purified water and concentrated water, to calculate amounts of water used, integrating the calculated amounts of water, and calculating a lifespan of the filter.

Abstract: Provided herein may be a memory device, a memory system having the memory device, and a method of operating the memory device. The memory device may include a memory cell array configured to store data, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program operation on the memory cell array, and a control logic configured to perform the program operation by controlling the peripheral circuit and to perform a status check operation after the program operation. Here, the control logic may be configured to, based on a determination that the status check operation has passed, perform a number-of-program pulses comparison operation by comparing a number of program pulses used in the program operation to a first preset range.

Abstract: This application relates to a separator for a fuel cell and a fuel cell stack with improved durability, which contains the same, particularly to a solid oxide fuel cell stack. Specifically, this application allows an oxidizer and a fuel to flow in a counter-flow manner and a cross-flow manner in the fuel cell stack by forming an outlet manifold and an inlet manifold to have a specific shape, location and size in the separator. As a result, interlayer peeling, microcracking, etc. are prevented because no variation in temperature, reactant concentration, power, etc. occurs between each unit cell and the power density per unit volume is significantly improved because the volume is minimized.

Abstract: Disclosed are a near-infrared absorbing film including a polymer film, a first near-infrared absorbing layer and a second near-infrared absorbing layer on the polymer film. The first near-infrared absorbing layer may be configured to transmit light in a visible region and to selectively absorb at least one part of light in a near-infrared region. The second near-infrared absorbing layer may be disposed on a surface of the first near-infrared absorbing layer. The first near-infrared absorbing layer may include a dye represented by Chemical Formula 1. The second near-infrared absorbing layer may include a copper complex compound. An optical filter may include the near-infrared absorbing film. An electronic device may include the optical filter. In Chemical Formula 1, R1 to R12 are described in the detailed description.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus may include a support configured to receive a substrate, a gas distribution plate (GDP) including a plurality of nozzles facing the support, a main splitter configured to supply a process gas, and an additional splitter configured to supply an acceleration gas or a deceleration gas. The plurality of nozzles may include a plurality of central nozzles, a plurality of outer nozzles, a plurality of middle nozzles configured to spray the process gas and the acceleration gas, a plurality of first nozzles, and a plurality of second nozzles.

Abstract: A processing method includes receiving a triggering instruction indicating a sliding operation via a touch display, and determining whether to illuminate the touch display from an unilluminated state based on biometric information in response to the triggering instruction being received.

Abstract: A smart toy platform includes a body including a top part, a bottom part, and a plurality of side parts, a function unit coupled to at least one of the plurality of side parts an application unit arranged in the body and to control an operation of the function unit, a base unit arranged in the body and to provide an application support function to the application unit, and a power supply unit configured to supply electric power to at least one of the function unit, the application unit, or the base unit. The function unit is coupled to the at least one of the plurality of side parts on an inner side or an outer side, across the inner side and the outer side, or an integrate manner.

Abstract: A display may include flexible substrate, a blocking layer on the flexible substrate, a pixel on the flexible substrate and the blocking layer, and a scan line, a data line, a driving voltage line, and an initialization voltage line connected to the pixel. The pixel may include an organic light emitting diode, a switching transistor connected to the scan line, and a driving transistor to apply a current to the organic light emitting diode. The blocking layer is in an area that overlaps the switching transistor on a plane, and between the switching transistor and the flexible substrate, and receives a voltage through a contact hole that exposes the blocking layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a torque converter for a vehicle that may be applied as a torque converter having a torsional damper and has a driven plate which is formed with curved portions, and springs which are disposed in a longitudinal direction and apply elasticity to the curved portions, thereby increasing a limitation on an operating radius of the torsional damper and implementing low rigidity and a wide angle.

Abstract: Provided are a signal processing method for determining an audience rating of media, and an additional information inserting apparatus, a media reproducing apparatus and an audience rating determining apparatus for performing the same method. In detail, the signal processing method for determining an audience rating of media is a method that may determine an audience rating of media with respect to a whole section of an audio signal by inserting additional information into a silence section through a noise signal.

Abstract: A sliding mechanism applicable in a terminal device includes: a sliding plate and a fixed plate arranged in a stacked way, wherein the sliding plate is provided with a slide rail on both sides in a sliding direction; a guide side of the fixed plate is accommodated in the slide rail, enabling the sliding plate to slide along the fixed plate; the guide side is provided with a guide rail protruding toward the slide rail, and the slide rail is provided with an elastic element, the elastic element sliding along the guide rail and being deformed; a gap is provided between the sliding plate and the fixed plate, and position stopping elements are correspondingly arranged on the fixed plate and at least one of the sliding plate or the slide rail, and configured to stop the sliding plate at a starting point and an ending point of sliding.

Abstract: The present invention provides a processing method of a cover plate, a control apparatus, a cover plate processing apparatus, and a storage medium. The processing method utilizes a scanning device to scan surfaces and obtain surface features of a first cover plate and a second cover plate, and performs Fourier transformation on the surface features of the first cover plate and the second cover plate to obtain the surface feature frequency variation distribution curves of the first cover plate and the second cover plate, thereby to obtain the surface feature frequency variation distribution curves of a high-resolution cover plate. Fourier inverse transformation is performed on the surface feature frequency variation distribution curves of the high-resolution cover plate to obtain surface features of a target cover plate, so that the high-resolution cover plate so processed meets balancing speckles and anti-glare requirements.

Abstract: A process for preparing a zeolitic material containing YO2 and X2O3, where Y and X represent a tetravalent element and a trivalent element, respectively, is described. The process includes (1) a step of preparing a mixture containing one or more structure directing agents, seed crystals, and a first zeolitic material containing YO2 and X2O3 and having FAU-, GIS-, MOR-, and/or LTA-type framework structures; and (2) a step of heating the mixture for obtaining a second zeolitic material containing YO2 and X2O3 and having a different framework structure than the first zeolitic material. The mixture prepared in (1) and heated in (2) contains 1000 wt % or less of H2O based on 100 wt % of YO2 in the framework structure of the first zeolitic material. A zeolitic material obtainable and/or obtained by the process and its use are also described.

Abstract: A novel design of a gateway that handles traffic in and out of a network by using a datapath pipeline is provided. The datapath pipeline includes multiple stages for performing various data-plane packet-processing operations at the edge of the network. The processing stages include centralized routing stages and distributed routing stages. The processing stages can include service-providing stages such as NAT and firewall. The gateway caches the result previous packet operations and reapplies the result to subsequent packets that meet certain criteria. For packets that do not have applicable or valid result from previous packet processing operations, the gateway datapath daemon executes the pipelined packet processing stages and records a set of data from each stage of the pipeline and synthesizes those data into a cache entry for subsequent packets.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a floating-bridge interconnect that couples two semiconductive devices that are arranged across a middle semiconductive device. The floating-bridge interconnect can be semiconductive material such as a silicon bridge, or it can be an organic bridge. Computing functions required in one of the two semiconductive devices can be off-loaded to any of the floating-bridge interconnect or the other of the two semiconductive devices.

Abstract: Embodiments include an inductor that comprises an inductor trace and a magnetic body surrounding the inductor trace. In an embodiment, the magnetic body comprises a first step surface and a second step surface. Additional embodiments include an inductor that includes a barrier layer. In an embodiment, an inductor trace is formed over a first surface of the barrier layer. Embodiments include a first magnetic body over the inductor trace and the first surface of the barrier layer, and a second magnetic body over a second surface of the barrier layer opposite the first surface. In an embodiment, a width of the second magnetic body is greater than a width of the first magnetic body.

Abstract: A circuit protection assembly has a protection element having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance and consisting of a polymer-based conductive composite material layer tightly clamped and fixed between two metal electrodes and a copper clad laminate having a through hole in a middle thereof, wherein the protection element is provided in the through hole, the copper clad laminate serves as a substrate for the circuit protection assembly and has an adhesive layer on an upper surface and a lower surface thereof, so as to cover the protection element in a space formed by the copper clad laminate and the upper and the lower adhesive layers. The protection element having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance is electrically connected to a protected circuit via a conductive part.

Abstract: An electronic device may include an edge touch screen including a main display region and an edge display region extending from the main display region each including one or more of red pixels, near infrared ray pixels, and sensor pixels for detecting light with different wavelengths; and a controller configured to, drive the edge touch screen in response to a touch input for the edge display region being maintained for a set time by instructing at least one selected red pixel of the red pixels and at least one selected near infrared ray pixel of the near infrared ray pixels corresponding to a position of the touch input to emit light, and measure biometrics based on light amounts of light of different wavelengths received from at least one selected sensor pixel of the sensor pixels corresponding to the position of the touch input.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a surface treatment method of a ceramic powder using microwave plasma in order to enhance flowability. The surface treatment method can be applied to a ceramic powder having a small particle size of 45 ?m or less and can significantly enhance flowability while reducing an influence on a particle size compared to a conventional method. Consequently, the ceramic particles surface-treated by the above-described surface treatment method can be formed to have a smooth and dense coating film without pores during spray coating.