Abstract: An electric iron having a housing (1) and a soleplate (2) in which at least one outlet opening (10;15;34;45) is provided, means (8;19;28;39;43) for generating a fine liquid spray or foam or steam, and means (5) for delivering said generated fine liquid spray or foam or steam through said outlet opening. According to the invention, the iron is provided with detection means (12,14;22,23;35,36;49) for detecting the presence of a surface (7a) in the proximity of the sloplate (2) and for generating a detection signal in response to said detection, and with control means (6) for controlling the delivery of said fine liquid spray or foam or steam in response of said detection signal. For example, the detection means comprise a movable spring-loaded contact element (12) located in the soleplate (2), said element (12) activating a switch (14) for generating said signal when the soleplate is positioned against said surface (7a) and thus depresses said element (12).

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a control chip arranged on a print circuit board (PCB); a sampling switch array arranged on an LCD panel for applying video signals from the control chip to data lines of the LCD panel; and a switch controller for controlling the sampling switch array in accordance with control signals and the video signal applied from the control chip.

Abstract: A for embedding a digital watermark on a wavelet lowest subband includes: setting a DC component region of a multi-stage wavelet-transformed original copy image to a watermark embedment region, and high-frequency filtering an original picture LLn of the embedment region; generating index information for designating a pixel position, and a watermark sequence to be embedded; calculating an embedment strength ? for each position of the watermark embedment region; in case the watermark sequence is sequentially embedded on an embedded position designated by the index information, mutually comparing the original picture LLn coefficient value for each embedded position with a mirror picture LLn? coefficient value, and then altering the original picture LLn coefficient value; and in case the original picture LLn coefficient value is differentiated above a predetermined value with reference to the coffesponding embedment strength ?, skipping the watermark embedment for the position.

Abstract: An organic thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a substrate; a data line formed on the substrate and including a source electrode; a drain electrode formed on the substrate and separated from the data line; an organic semiconductor disposed on the source electrode and the drain electrode; a gate insulator formed on the organic semiconductor; a gate line including a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulator; a passivation layer formed on the gate line and having a first contact hole on the drain electrode; a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the first contact hole; and an opaque light blocking member disposed under the organic semiconductor.

Abstract: An optical recording medium and a method for assigning a spare area in a rewritable optical recording medium are provided, in which a supplementary spare area is assigned as necessary if an enlargement of the spare area is required. The method for assuming a spare area in a storage medium that can have two types of spare areas includes assigning an inner spare area to a size, and assigning an outer spare area to a variable size within a predetermined maximum allowable size, wherein the assigned variable size of the outer spare area is a multiple of a minimum unit.

Abstract: An optical disc system and a method of managing shock while recording or playing data in the optical disc system are provided. The optical disc system includes an optical pick-up unit for applying a laser beam to a track of an optical disc and detecting reflected light, a servo unit for controlling tracking and focus of the optical pick-up unit and a monitoring unit for comparing a monitoring signal, which is output from the optical pick-up unit and the servo unit, with a reference signal and generating a blocking signal and a blocking release signal. Recording or playing of data on the optical disc is stopped in response to the blocking signal, and recording or playing of the data on the optical disc is resumed in response to the blocking release signal based on a state of the optical disc system when recording or playing was stopped.

Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display, includes receiving source data, reducing the number of bits of the source data, thereby generating a reduced-bit source data, comparing the reduced-bit source data of a previous frame with the reduced-bit source data of a current frame to select a preset modulated data in accordance with the result of the comparison, and modulating the source data by using the selected modulated data.

Abstract: The present invention provides an outer rotor type motor for a drum type washing machine to reduce material and weight for fabrication, simplify fabrication process, provide stable assembly of a stator to a fixing side, such as a tub or a bearing housing, prevent unwinding of stacked steel plates in assembling a helical core, and reduce stress on the steel plates of the core.

Abstract: An externally wireless laminated suspension for a hard disk drive are disclosed. In one embodiment, the externally wireless laminated suspension has an insulating layer to electrically isolate a first and second electrical trace from a conductive support layer. The second electrical trace crosses over the first electrical trace. The first electrical trace may be made of a first part on one side of the second electrical trace and a second part on the opposite side of the electrical trace. A conductive island area may be patterned into the support layer. The conductive island area may electrically couple the first part of the first electrical trace to the second part. The number of crossover points that the first electrical trace has may equal the number of crossover points that the second electrical trace has.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of using a compound as an inhibitor for ?-secretase, wherein the compound is capable of binding to the site within the ?-secretase recognition and/or cleavage site on amyloid precursor protein to specifically inhibit the ?-secretase's activity to cleave amyloid precursor protein with maintaining its activities to other substrates. Further, the present invention relates to inhibitors of amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing which bind to the site within the ?-secretase or ?-secretase cleavage and/or recognition site on amyloid precursor protein.

Abstract: A refrigerator door having a dispenser is disclosed. The refrigerator door includes an outer case forming a front appearance of the refrigerator door, an inner case forming a rear appearance of the refrigerator door, and an insulation layer disposed between the outer case and the inner case. First and second mounting frames are installed at both side ends of the refrigerator door and have first and second mounting slots longitudinally formed in the first and second mounting frames in opposition to each other. The dispenser is detachably coupled to a front surface of the outer case and includes a housing, which forms an external appearance of the dispenser and is formed with a recess section. An external plate section is coupled to the front surface of the outer case except for an area in which the dispenser is installed, forming an external appearance of the refrigerator door.

Abstract: A method for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer by a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station and a serving base station providing service to the mobile subscriber station is provided. The method includes the steps of: mode-transiting into an idle mode when there is no data transmission between the serving base station and the mobile subscriber station during a predetermined first time interval in an awake mode; detecting movement of the mobile subscriber station in the idle mode into another paging zone covering a target base station, which is different from a paging zone covering the serving base station; and mode-transiting into the awake mode and performing location update together with the target base station when the movement of the mobile subscriber station is detected.

Abstract: In a recordable optical disc including at least one recording layer, write strategy information is recorded within disc control information, so that standardized disc control information can be uniformly applied to data recording and reproduction. At least one disc information is recorded as the disc control information within the management area. The disc control informations are recorded for at least one write strategy for a same writing speed and recording layer.

Abstract: An automatic bulk filling process for filling a large number of liquid containers (20) simultaneously which consists of placing the open-topped liquid containers upside down in a rack (22). The rack is then inserted into a vacuum chamber (28) and positioned directly above a tray (38) that contains a liquid medicinal product (40). The next step is to evacuate the chamber to a predetermined level below atmospheric pressure and then lowering the rack until the containers are partially immersed in the liquid product. Following that step, nitrogen is introduced into the vacuum chamber at a predetermined gradual rate, thereby quickly forcing the medicinal liquid product into the containers. The rack is then raised from the tray containing the liquid medicinal product and removed from the chamber as another rack full of containers is simultaneously inserted into the chamber from the other end.

Abstract: An image transfer member, an image transfer device and an image forming system employing the image transfer member and device are disclosed. The image transfer member comprises a base layer, and a surface layer formed from a semi-conductive material above the base layer to receive the developer image transferred from the photoconductor. The surface layer forms a contact inscribed angle ? in the range of 10° to 50° between the surface thereof and the developer image. The image transfer member has a voltage-current characteristic exhibiting a current density (CD) in the range of 0.6 ?A/cm2?CD?1.5 ?A/cm2 at 1 KV voltage, and a voltage decay characteristic exhibiting a voltage decay time (DT) in the range of 0.4 sec?DT?3 sec for the voltage decay from 500 V to 100 V. The present invention avoids a transfer defect such as transfer void produced by breakdown caused when a high bias voltage is applied to a developer image having a high electric charge and to significantly improve the transfer efficiency.

Abstract: In an LCD for enhancing a reflection ratio, a second substrate faces the first substrate on which a pixel array is formed, a liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and second substrates, an insulating layer on the first substrate includes first regions and second regions, where each of the second regions has a height difference relative to each of first regions, a base line of a first region forms an angle from about 5 to about 15 degrees with respect to a tangent line of a second region, an embossing pattern with a uniform and low stepped portion is formed by regulating an exposure amount applied to the organic insulating layer so that a reflection ratio is maximized and a distribution of the slopes of an embossing pattern is uniform, and the reflection ratio is enhanced in a specific direction by forming the embossing pattern with an asymmetric profile.

Abstract: A mounting apparatus for securing a motherboard (30) defining several locking holes (32) includes a chassis (10), a lever (20) and a tray (40). The chassis includes a bottom panel (11) and a mounting member (14). Several standoffs (17, 18) are arranged at the bottom panel. A locating portion (144) is formed on the mounting member. The lever pivotally mounted on the bottom panel includes a securing end (242). A fixing post (224) protrudes from the lever. The tray supporting the motherboard defines an opening (442) for receiving the fixing post therein. The lever is rotated from an unlocked position to a locked position. The fixing post pushes the tray. The motherboard slides on the bottom panel until the securing end is disposed on the locating portion. The motherboard is thus mounted in the chassis.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may provide a coating material having heat resistance, abrasion resistance and low friction characteristics, which is coated on an operating component such as a rotating shaft working at a high speed without oil supply in a medium temperature environment (400° C.˜500° C.). This is so that the operating body can sufficiently withstand friction, heat generation and abrasion caused by contact with a bearing. The coating material of the present invention comprises 15 to 25 wt % antimony trioxide (Sb2O3), 50 to 70 wt % binder, 10 to 20 wt % tungsten disulphide (WS2) and 5 to 15 wt % silver (Ag). The binder comprises 60 to 80 wt % nickel (Ni) and 20 to 40 wt % chromium (Cr).

Abstract: An inverted F antenna (IFA) which reduces specific absorption rate (SAR) includes a ground; an auxiliary radiator which is attached to one end of the ground and disposed along a plane direction of the ground; a radiator which lies at an interval from the auxiliary radiator in parallel and radiates electromagnetic waves; a feed which supplies current to the radiator; and a short which interconnects the radiator with the ground and discharges the current to the ground. Accordingly, the SAR can be decreased and the antenna size can be miniaturized.