Abstract: The present invention relates to washing machines, and, more particularly, to a washing machine in which a drum that holds laundry is rotated with respect to a substantially horizontal rotation shaft. The washing machine includes a shoe course selection unit for enabling a user to select a shoe course, and a controller for controlling operation of the washing machine to wash shoes while swinging the drum within 90° in left/right directions if the user selects the shoe course.

Abstract: A voice application creation and deployment system includes a voice application server for creating and serving voice applications to clients over a communication network; at least one voice portal node having access to the communication network, the portal node for facilitating client interaction with the voice applications; and an inference engine executable from the application server. In a preferred embodiment the inference engine is called during one or more predetermined points of an ongoing voice interaction to decide whether an inference of client need can be made based on analysis of existing data related to the interaction during a pre-determined point in an active call flow of the served voice application, and if an inference is warranted, determines which inference dialog will be executed and inserted into the call flow.

Abstract: A clock synchronization system and method avoids output clock jitter at high frequencies and also achieves a smooth phase transition at the boundary of the coarse and fine delays. The system may use a single coarse delay line configured to generate two intermediate clocks from the input reference clock and having a fixed phase difference therebetween. The coarse delay line may have a hierarchical or a non-hierarchical structure. A phase mixer receives these two intermediate clocks and generates the final output clock having a phase between the phases of the intermediate clocks. The coarse shifting in the delay line at high clock frequencies does not affect the phase relationship between the intermediate clocks fed into the phase mixer. The output clock from the phase mixer is time synchronized with the input reference clock and does not exhibit any jitter or noise even at high clock frequency inputs. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used to construe the claims.

Abstract: A circuit board shield includes a cover, a plurality of connecting pins and a plurality of resilient conductive pins extended downwardly from the cover. The connecting pins are able to be twisted, and comprise hooks. The shield can be mounted to a circuit board without soldering.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rapid, high-throughput detection method for screening of potential casualties exposed to a cholinesterase inhibitor. A kit is provided for conducting the method that requires only a small volume of sample such as blood for detection and has a rapid screening throughput for multiple casualties. The kit is able to detect both free and protein-bound-cholinesterase inhibitors. The method should be able to differentiate asymptomatic exposure from the mass psychogenic illness cases.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an LCD device includes forming an active layer having a source region, a drain region and a channel region on the first substrate; forming first and second conductive layers on the first substrate; forming a gate electrode, a gate line and a pixel electrode by patterning the first and second conductive layers, the gate electrode and the gate line being formed as a dual layer having the first and second conductive layers and the pixel electrode being formed of the first conductive layer; forming a contact hole exposing a portion of the source and drain regions; forming a source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the source and drain regions through the contact hole; and forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A vehicle interior classification system and method in accordance with the present invention determines a classification relating to the interior of the vehicle, such as the occupancy status of a vehicle seat or the state of alertness of a vehicle driver, from one or more images of an appropriate portion of the interior of the vehicle acquired with an image capture device. The acquired images are preferably processed to limit the dynamic range of the images to obtain a resultant image which can comprise one or more regions of interest which are less than the total field of view of the image capture device. The resultant images are processed to extract information about features in the image and, in one embodiment, this processing is achieved with a two-dimensional complex discrete wavelet transform which produces a set of coefficients corresponding to the presence and/or location of the features in the resultant image.

Abstract: A phase change memory device and a corresponding method of manufacturing the same is presented. The phase change memory device includes a silicon substrate, a first insulation layer, cell switching elements, heaters, a gate, a second insulation layer, a barrier layer, a phase change layer and top electrodes. The first insulation layer is in the cell region of the substrate and has a first holes. The cell switching elements are formed in the first holes. The heaters are formed on the cell switching elements. The gate is in the peripheral region of the substrate and is higher than the cell switching elements. The second insulation layer having second holes which expose the heaters, and is defined to expose a hard mask layer of the gate. The barrier layer is on sidewalls of the second holes and on the second insulation layer. The phase change layer is formed in and over the second holes in which the barrier layer is formed. The top electrodes are formed on the phase change layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a ceramic multi-layer circuit substrate. A plurality of ceramic blocks, in each of which one or more ceramic green sheets having via-electrodes are layered one atop the other, are formed and are then fired. The fired ceramic blocks are aligned with each other. One or more bonding green sheets each having bonding electrodes in positions corresponding to the via-electrodes of the ceramic blocks are prepared. Each of the bonding green sheets is interposed between a pair of the ceramic blocks opposing each other. The ceramic blocks and the bonding green sheets are bonded and are then fired.

Abstract: A device for measuring a flow rate of Ringer's solution includes a key input unit including a number input key through which a user can make an input each time when a drip drips in a drip chamber; a power supply unit for supplying power; an oscillation circuit for oscillating a signal having a preset frequency; a display unit for quantitatively outputting a calculated flow rate of Ringer's solution; and a control unit for calculating an elapsed time when the input is made through the number input key of the key input unit for a preset number of times, calculating the number of drips per an hour using the preset number of times and the calculated elapsed time, acquiring a quantitative flow rate of Ringer's solution by multiplying a preset volume of each drip and the calculated number of drips, and outputting the acquired flow rate to the display unit.

Abstract: Provided are a frame generation apparatus and method that may protect variable length header information in a wideband high frequency wireless system. The frame generation apparatus may report variable length header information of a frame, and thereby the variable length header information may be verified in a receiving device. Also, the frame generation apparatus may convert a variable length header into a fixed length header by adding padding information to the variable length header of a frame, thereby protecting variable length header information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving management information associated with the audiovisual data. The management information includes link information, an indicator, and reference information. The method further includes identifying whether or not a set of additional data associated with the audiovisual data exists in a stream including at least a portion of the management information using the indicator. The additional data describes the audiovisual data. Also, the indicator includes one of a first indicator value indicating that the set of the additional data associated with the audiovisual data exists in the stream and a second indicator value indicating that the set of the additional data associated with the audiovisual data does not exist in the stream.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for inserting/extracting a nonblind watermark using features of digital media data are provided. The apparatus and method inserts a watermark adaptively using watermark-related information determined by analyzing the characteristics of digital media data, also extracts features of the digital media data, automatically searches original media data corresponding to the features, and simultaneously and efficiently extracts a watermark using watermark-related information. Therefore, When the watermark is extracted, the original media data can be searched automatically.

Abstract: A phase change memory device includes a silicon substrate having a cell region and a peripheral region. A first insulation layer is formed in the cell region and includes a plurality of holes. Cell switching elements are formed in the holes of the first insulation layer and heat sinks are formed on the cell switching elements. The heaters are formed on the center of the heat sinks and spacers are formed on the sidewalls. A gate is formed in the peripheral region of the silicon substrate formed of a gate insulation layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a hard mask layer. A second insulation layer covers the entire surface of the resultant silicon substrate and exposes the spacers and the heaters and the hard mask layer. Finally, a stack pattern of a phase change layer and a top electrode is formed on the heaters.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes an active transflective device and a device panel. The active transflective device is configured to electrically control light transmissivity and light reflectivity. The display panel is configured to form an image by modulating at least one of light reflected and light transmitted by the active transflective device.

Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a substrate (1) connected to PHY side and an electrical connector (3) mounted on the substrate (1), a transformer (5) and a common mode filter (7). The electrical connector (3) is used to mate with a cable assembly and so forms a Cable side. The transformer (5) further includes a first wire (51) having two opposite ends electrically connected to the PHY side and a second wire (53) having two opposite ends. The common mode filter (7) has a third wire (73) and a fourth wire (75) physically separated from the second wire (53). The third wire (73) has an end electrically connected to one end of the second wire (53) and an opposite end electrically connected to the Cable side. The fourth wire (75) has an end electrically connected to the opposite end of the second wire (53) and an opposite end electrically connected to the Cable side.

Abstract: A domain crossing circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus, the domain crossing circuit comprising first and second count signals generated at substantially a same clock period, and representing predetermined clock differences with reference to an internal clock signal with respect to same bit combination data, and a data processing unit configured to provide output data corresponding to input data based on the second count signal in response to the input data synchronized to an external clock signal.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic substrate having a cavity includes preparing a first ceramic laminate having an opening for forming a cavity, and a second ceramic laminate which is to be provided on a bottom surface of the first ceramic laminate, forming a polymer layer in a region corresponding at least to the opening, on a top surface of the second ceramic laminate, forming a desired multilayer ceramic laminate by laminating the first and second ceramic laminates such that the polymer layer of the second ceramic laminate is placed under the opening, laminating first and second constraining layers on a top surface and a bottom surface of the multilayer ceramic laminate, respectively, and sintering the multilayer ceramic laminate including the laminated first and second constraining layers. Accordingly, the strength of a low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate having a cavity is enhanced, and an effective area for mounting built-in devices can be increased.

Abstract: A brain wave inducing apparatus includes a signal generator and at least one sensor electrically coupled to the generator. The signal generator generates electrical signals with frequencies in a predetermined range. The at least one sensor is electrically coupled to the signal generator and detachably attached to a human body. The at least one sensor generates vibration at a frequency in the predetermined range in response to the electrical signals. The vibration is transferred to a the human body to induce the human brain to generate brain waves with the frequencies in the predetermined range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine, and more particularly, to an apparatus for treating a laundry, by which a laundry can be treated in a manner of hanging the laundry or the like with a cabinet type body. The present invention includes a cabinet comprising an accommodating space and a mechanism compartment partitioned from the accommodating space by a partition, a steam generator configured to generate steam to be supplied to the accommodating space, and a steam supply unit configured to pass through the partition, the steam supply unit comprising a rotating nozzle to supply steam into the accommodating space.