Abstract: A locking device is for locking a heat sink to an electronic device. The locking device includes a retaining frame and a guiding member positioned on the retaining frame. The guiding member includes a seat having a base sitting on the retaining frame, a sleeve extending upwardly from the seat, and two spaced legs descending from the base of the seat to retain the guiding member to the retaining frame. A fastener is accommodated in the sleeve of the guiding member and is kept vertical to the retaining frame by the guiding member.

Abstract: A process for hydrogenating aromatic compounds to produce hydrogenated cyclic compound by contacting an aromatic compound with hydrogen under conditions of pressure and temperature to react the hydrogen and aromatic compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising from 4 to 14 wt. % Ni and 0.0 up to about 0.9 wt. % Cu deposited on a transition alumina support having BET surface area of from about 40 to 180 m2/g, and pore volume of from about 0.3 to about 0.8 cc/g, preferably in the presence of a solvent boiling at least 10° F. higher than the aromatic compound and the hydrogenated cyclic compound, such as the hydrogenation of benzene to produce cyclohexane.

Abstract: A digital communication system having an improved equalization performance according to a channel state and a method for operating the system are disclosed. The digital communication system includes: a channel state judging section; and an equalizing section for compensating for a channel distortion of the inputted signal by initializing a parameter on the basis of the judged channel state. The channel state judging section includes: a channel prediction section for predicting the channel state of the inputted signal by using the field sync; an N number of buffers for storing the state information regarding the N number of channels predicted by means of the N number of the field syncs; a calculating section for calculating a difference between the state information regarding the N number of channels stored in the N number of buffers; and a judging section for judging the channel state on the basis of the calculated difference.

Abstract: Provided is an electric oven. The electric oven includes a cavity having an electric component room, a light wave generating unit mounted on a top surface of the cavity, the light wave generating unit including a halogen heater emitting heat and light and a connector coupled to opposite ends of the halogen heater, and a heat discharge unit enclosing and cooling the connector.

Abstract: An echo cancellation circuit includes delay units at its input unit and output unit in order to adjust the delay caused by a FIFO. The delay times of the delay units are trained using a training signal, such the REVERB signal, that is a system initializing signal. In addition, an upstream pilot tone is used to tune the delay time. The performance of the echo cancellation circuit is optimized according to the device and the method described.

Abstract: In the present invention, traffic information broadcast by a traffic information center is received, indexes are created, and the index and travel speed information on a mobile object are stored. A matching table is created to match first map data for use in broadcasting the traffic information and second map data used by a navigation system to each other. The traffic information is simply matched to the second map data used by the navigation system, using the created matching table. When the travel speed of the mobile object on each link is intended to be displayed with a predetermined color after the matching of the traffic information to the second map data, the storage capacity of a traffic information storage unit is reduced, which stores traffic information displayed together with arrows for indicating the travel direction.

Abstract: A shift register structure comprising a shift register for sequentially outputting voltages as a clock signal and a start voltage are inputted thereto, and a cleaner means connected to the shift register for removing noise within the start voltage. The cleaner means is a transistor for inputting a clock signal to a gate and for inputting a signal outputted from the shift register to a source.

Abstract: An improved distribution system and method of operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the distribution system includes a plate for loading a plurality of substrates thereon, a first transfer assembly for transferring the substrates from the plate to a conveyer, and a distribution assembly for distributing the substrates transferred by the conveyer to a first testing assembly and a second testing assembly. The distribution assembly includes a first sub-conveyer and a second sub-conveyer, and the outlet of one of the first sub-conveyer and the second sub-conveyer corresponds to the inlet of one of the first testing assembly and the second testing assembly.

Abstract: Herein provided is a liquid crystal cell manufacturing process and assembly system. Mechanical steps are performed under substantially atmospheric conditions (as opposed to in a vacuum environment) thereby simplifying liquid crystal cell assembly. Under such conditions, it is economically feasible to produce large panel, bubble-free liquid crystal cells.

Abstract: A memory module assembly includes a printed circuit board (30) having a heat-generating electronic component (32) thereon, a heat sink (10) and a clip (20) for securing the heat sink onto the heat-generating electronic component. The heat sink includes a base (12) and a plurality of fins (14) arranged on the base. A plurality of recesses is defined in the heat sink. The clip includes a body (22) resting against a face of the printed circuit board and elastic hooks (24) extending from the body. The hooks are received in the recesses and resiliently press the base of the heat sink toward the heat-generating electronic component, whereby the clip clamps the heat sink and the printed circuit board together.

Abstract: An automated camera management system and method for capturing presentations using videography rules. The system and method use technology components and aesthetic components represented by the videography rules to capture a presentation. In general, the automated camera management method captures a presentation using videography rules to determine camera positioning, camera movement, and switching or transition between cameras. The videography rules depend on the type of presentation room and the number of audio-visual camera units used to capture the presentation. The automated camera management system of the invention uses the above method to capture a presentation in a presentation room. The system includes a least one audio-visual (A-V) camera unit for capturing and tracking a subject based on vision or sound. The (A-V) camera unit includes any combination of the following components: (1) a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera; (2) a fixed camera; and (3) a microphone array.

Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing Broadcast/Multicast Service (BCMCS) traffic in a mobile communication system connected to a BCMCS server. A Packet Data Service Node (PDSN) receives a BCMCS content frame from the BCMCS server, and transmits a corresponding Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) packet BCMCS content frame, including a sequence number and a timestamp value indicating when the GRE packet BCMCS content frame is transmitted, to Packet Control Functions (PCF) connected downstream of the PDSN. Each of the PCFs determines whether the GRE packet BCMCS content frame received from the PDSN is valid, based on the sequence number included therein. If the GRE packet BCMCS content frame is valid, the PCF transmits the frame to its lower nodes connected downstream of the PCF, while synchronizing the frame transmission, based on the timestamp value included in the frame.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device comprises a substrate including a display region, and a pad region in a periphery of the display region, the display region including a pixel region; a gate pad, a data pad and a power pad in the pad region, the gate pad, the data pad and the power pad electrically connected to a gate line, a data line and a power line, respectively; a first electrode in the pixel region, the first electrode connected to the driving thin film transistor; an organic electroluminescent layer on the first electrode; a second electrode over an entire surface of the substrate including the organic electroluminescent layer; a dummy pad in the pad region, the dummy pad electrically connected to at least one of the power line and the second electrode; and a ground pad in the pad region, the ground pad electrically connected to the second electrode.

Abstract: An automated system and method for producing videos using expert video production rules. The automated video production system and method of the present invention is particularly well-suited for the online publishing of lectures. The system of the present invention includes a camera system for capturing the lecture, such as an audience-tracking camera and a non-intrusive lecturer-tracking camera. Moreover, each camera may be controlled by a cinematographer. Tracking of a subject is performed using a history-based, reduced-motion tracker that sets up a camera shot based on the subject's movement history and leaves the shot fixed until the camera is switched. The system also includes a virtual director module having a probabilistic finite state machine (FSM) module that uses probabilistic rules and the expert video production rules to determine a current camera view.

Abstract: A method of forming a gate insulating layer and nitrogen density measuring method thereof, by which a transistor having enhanced electric characteristics can be fabricated without employing separate ion implantation in a manner of providing parameters for enhancing perfection of the transistor via nitridation measurement. The method includes forming a first oxide layer on a silicon substrate having first to fourth regions defined thereon, patterning the first oxide layer in the first and fourth regions to have a predetermined thickness, and forming a nitride layer on the oxide layer in the third and fourth regions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a power voltage supplier for stably supplying a noise-free power voltage without increasing a size of a reservoir capacitor by employing a sharing scheme of the reservoir capacitor. The power voltage supplier of a semiconductor memory device includes: a first power voltage supply line for supplying a first power voltage; a second power voltage supply line for supplying a second power voltage; a first reservoir capacitor for supplying the first and the second power voltages stably; and a reservoir capacitor controller for selectively connecting the first reservoir capacitor to the first power voltage supply line or the second power voltage supply line.

Abstract: A method of controlling a delay-locked loop (DLL) module is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving a clock signal, comparing the received clock signal with a reference clock signal to determine whether a required phase difference between the signals is within specified tolerances, producing a correction signal when the required phase difference between the received clock and reference clock signals is not within the specified tolerances, utilizing the correction signal to change a delay setting and forwarding the correction signal to slave DLL modules in communication with the DLL module. The comparing, producing, utilizing and forwarding steps are performed only after a period of time has elapsed from a prior incidence of the comparing, producing, utilizing and forwarding steps, where the period of time is sufficient to allow the DLL to settle and no extraneous results are produced.

Abstract: A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an event-driven system control subsystem, automatic IR-based object detection, and a trigger-switch activated image capture and processing subsystem.

Abstract: A PLL circuit includes a phase detector that compares the phase of an input clock and the phase of a feedback clock and generates a pull-up control signal and a pull-down control signal. A loop filter pumps a voltage in response to the pull-up and pull-down control signals, filters the pumped voltage, and outputs a control voltage. A voltage controlled oscillator receives the control signal and oscillates an output clock. A clock divider divides the frequency of the output clock at a predetermined rate to generate the feedback clock. In the PLL circuit, the loop filter includes a compensator that compensates for a variation.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate for a liquid crystal display includes an insulating substrate, and a gate line assembly formed on the substrate. The gate line assembly has a double-layered structure with a lower layer exhibiting good contact characteristics with respect to indium tin oxide, and an upper layer exhibiting low resistance characteristics. A gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a contact layer, and first and second data line layers are sequentially deposited onto the substrate with the gate line assembly. The first and second data line layers are patterned to form a data line assembly, and the contact layer is etched through the pattern of the data line assembly such that the contact layer has the same pattern as the data line assembly. A passivation layer is deposited onto the data line assembly, and a photoresist pattern is formed on the passivation layer by using a mask of different light transmissties mainly at a display area and a peripheral area.