Abstract: Provided are a puck-type pointing device, a pointing system including the same, and a pointing method thereof. The puck-type pointing device includes a movement detection unit detecting information regarding touch and movement of a puck by a touch object and outputting a movement detection signal, a first signal processing unit receiving the movement detection signal, removing noise, and outputting a first puck movement signal after a first period of time, a second signal processing unit receiving the movement detection signal, removing noise, and outputting a second puck movement signal after a second period of time which is shorter than the first period of time, and a puck movement signal transmitting unit transmitting or cutting off the first puck movement signal according to the movement information in response to the second puck movement signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is Zr—Ti—Ni (Cu)-based filler alloy composition having low melting point for brazing titanium and titanium alloys. The Zr—Ti—Ni (Cu)-based alloy composition is expressed as: ZraTibNic (Formula 1) where a,b and c denote atomic % of Zr, Ti and Ni, respectively; 47<a<52; 24?b?30; 22<c<26; and 0.3<c/(a+c)<0.35, or ZraTibNicCud (Formula 2) where a,b,c and d denote atomic % of Zr, Ti, Ni and Cu respectively; 48?a?60; 20<b<28; 19<c+d<30; 3<d<12; and 0.12<d/(c+d)?0.5. Including Zr(Ti) solid solution phase as its major constituent phase, the alloy compositions of this invention have lower liquidus temperature than those of conventional alloys and they include a little amount of Cu or does not include it at all. When alloy of the present invention is used as filler alloy for brazing titanium and titanium alloys, brazing can be performed at remarkably low temperature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electron beam generator with an adjustable beam width. Said electron beam generator comprises: a plasma generating chamber that generates and sustains plasma; an RF power-generating antenna disposed on the outer circumference of said plasma generating chamber; a primary grid mounted on the outlet of said plasma generating chamber; a secondary grid placed at a fixed distance away from said primary grid; a beam width controller comprising an inlet, an outlet and a hollow inside, wherein the inlet is located on the side of said secondary grid, and the electron particles introduced through said inlet form electron beams of a pre-set beam width and are discharged through said outlet; and an RF shield ring disposed to surround the outer circumference of the inlet of said beam width controller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a transparent oxide electrode using an electron beam post-treatment. The method for manufacturing a transparent oxide electrode comprises the steps of: (a) forming a thin film for the transparent anode on a substrate; and (b) irradiating an electron beam to the surface of the thin film for the transparent oxide electrode. The method of the present invention is characterized in that no additional heat treatment process is performed after step (a). The method for manufacturing a transparent oxide electrode according to the present invention does not perform a high-temperature heat treatment process but rather performs a low-temperature electron beam irradiation process as a post-treatment, thus obtaining a transparent oxide electrode having excellent characteristics in case where the substrate is made of glass, Pyrex, quartz or even a polymer material which has a low resistance against heat.

Abstract: A method for controlling an image may include activating a selected area of the image based on a touch point, setting the selected area according to a maintained touch input or according to a second input, increasing a zoom of the image, and outputting the zoomed selected area if a touch release is sensed. An apparatus to control an image displayed on a screen may include a touch sensing unit, a display unit, and a screen processing unit of which the screen processing unit activates a selected area and zooms the selected area based on a touch.

Abstract: A portable device with a proximity sensor is provided. The portable device with a proximity sensor of the present invention includes a shielding plate for shielding impedance applied in a direction opposite to the direction that the proximity sensor detects the proximity such that the proximity sensor is not affected by a change in the surrounding environment and can detect the proximity at the same sensitivity at all times. Moreover, when the portable device is placed upside down on a conductive surface that causes low impedance, a proximity sensor placed adjacent to the conductive surface is deactivated to prevent malfunction.

Abstract: An efficient image encoding method for H.264 SVC is provided. When a base layer macroblock mode MODEBL is intra, the image encoding method calculates a I16×16 mode value for a Pred_Mode of I16×16 of the MODEBL, calculates a mode value of the base layer, compares the I16×16 mode value with the mode value of the base layer, and thus selects the best mode. Also, the method calculates a mode value for a skip mode of the base layer, compares the skip mode value with a pre-determined quantization parameter threshold, and thus selects the best mode. Hence, the image coding efficiency can be enhanced by improving complexity in the mode decision in the H.264 SVC encoding process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing phenolic polymers utilizing Coprinus cinereus peroxidase. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for preparing phenolic polymers by polymerizing phenolic monomers with Coprinus cinereus peroxidase instead of using typical peroxidase which essentially requires the use of toxic formalin or peroxidase of plant origin which is very costly and easily deactivated by hydrogen peroxide in the polymerization of phenolic monomers, wherein the polymerization is conducted in the presence of a polar organic solvent under mild reaction conditions of atmospheric temperature and pressure to economically produce desired phenolic polymers having excellent water and chemical resistances with high yield.

Abstract: A scalable video coding method is provided. The scalable video coding method includes dividing an enhancement layer into macroblocks; when base_mode_flag or residual_prediction_flag of the macroblock is equal to 1, calculating a reference block coordinate value of a reference layer to refer to in the block up-sampling of the enhancement layer and up-sampling the macroblocks of the enhancement layer using the coordinate value; and coding the up-sampled macroblock. The execution speed of the scalable video codec can be raised and the memory usage required for the spatial inter-layer prediction of the scalable video can be saved.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes an insulation substrate. A signal line is formed on the insulation substrate. A thin film transistor is connected to the signal line. A color filter is formed on the substrate. An organic insulator is formed on the color filter and includes a first portion and a second portion having different thicknesses. A light blocking member is formed on the second portion of the organic insulator. A difference between the surface height of the first portion of the organic insulator and the surface height of the second portion of the organic insulator is in the range of about 2.0 ?m to 3.0 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display, wherein arrangement of liquid crystal molecules thereof is controlled by using a monomer that is polymerized by ultraviolet rays to provide a pre-tilt. To prevent damage to organic material layers when irradiating ultraviolet rays to the monomer, a blocking film made of an ultraviolet absorbing agent is formed on or over at least one such layer.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method of manufacturing the same. The LCD may have a display area and a peripheral area. An organic layer of the peripheral area may be patterned using a half-tone mask, and a protrusion member may be formed in the peripheral area. Accordingly, the thin film transistor array panel and the corresponding substrate may be prevented from being temporary adhered in the peripheral area such that the density of the liquid crystal molecules filled in the peripheral area may be uniformly maintained and the display quality of the liquid crystal display may be improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbon nanotube transistor biosensor with aptamers and a method for detecting a target material using the same, more particularly to a carbon nanotube transistor biosensor recognizing the target material, i.e., a specific molecule (such as a protein, a peptide, an amino acid, and an organic/inorganic compound) by using DNA aptamers and a method for screening a target material using the same. In the biosensor of the present invention, the aptamers binding specifically to a particular protein are adsorbed on a carbon nanotube constituting the channel domain of carbon nanotube transistor to easily detect/identify a particular protein via the electric conductivity of carbon nanotube that varies if the particular protein is exposed to corresponding aptamers.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for producing monohydric alcohols from monocarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof using a catalyst comprising ruthenium (Ru) and tin (Sn) using zinc oxide (ZnO) as both a catalyst support and an active promoter; a catalyst prepared by adding an inorganic binder such as silica, alumina or titania in a limited range to the catalyst comprising the above components in order to impart a shaping ability to the catalyst; or, a modified catalyst reformed by adding at least one reducing component selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, Rh, Pd, Re, Ir, and Pt to the catalyst in order to improve the reducing ability of the catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display has a lower panel including a first pixel area having a first pixel electrode and a first light leakage preventing member, a final pixel area having a second pixel electrode and a second light leakage preventing member, and middle pixel areas disposed between the first pixel area and the final pixel area, each of the middle pixel areas including a first middle pixel electrode and a second middle pixel electrode. Accordingly, light leakage may be effectively prevented at the first pixel area and the final pixel area that are disposed on the edge.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an adaptive motion estimation and mode decision apparatus and method for an H.264 video codec. The apparatus includes a background image detection unit, an inter mode inspection unit, an intra mode inspection unit and a mode inspection skip unit. The background image detection unit inspects whether a fixed background or slowly and regularly moving block exists, and skips the step of dividing a first corresponding macroblock into smaller sized blocks and performing block mode inspection. The inter mode inspection unit inspects whether an irregularly or fast moving macroblock exists, and determines whether to divide a corresponding macroblock into smaller sized blocks and to perform block mode inspection on the smaller sized blocks. The intra mode inspection unit performs AZCB inspection on the macroblocks, and determines whether to divide a corresponding macroblock into smaller sized blocks block and to perform mode inspection on the smaller sized blocks.

Abstract: Provided is a method for prediction coding using scalable video codec, which can support various chrominance spaces. A method for prediction coding includes setting a target layer based on corresponding device information on a specific image service request, performing a chrominance space conversion on an image signal of a base layer using a chrominance space conversion equation preset in a scalable video codec selectively according to whether a chrominance space conversion is necessary in prediction coding between the base layer and the target layer, and performing inter-layer prediction coding through an additional signal conversion based on necessary any one of spatial scalability, chroma-format scalability and bit-depth scalability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a phenolic polymer using a phenothiazine-based mediator, in particular, to a process for preparing a phenolic polymer via polymerization of phenolic monomers by using a phenothiazine-based mediator in the presence of peroxidase biocatalyst and an oxidant, thereby drastically improving the enzyme reactivity of peroxidase. The phenolic polymers prepared according to the polymerization of this invention maintain unsaturated hydrocarbon groups linked to their side chains, so that they are very useful as a curing resin because they can easily form coatings through radical curing. In addition, the coating formed using the curing resin has an antioxidation effect and a low surface energy, so that they can prevent physical attachment of marine livings. Because the antifouling-causing functional groups are not consumed, the coatings continuously exhibit durability.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for producing monohydric alcohols from monocarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof using a catalyst comprising ruthenium (Ru) and tin (Sn) using zinc oxide (ZnO) as both a catalyst support and an active promoter; a catalyst prepared by adding an inorganic binder such as silica, alumina or titania in a limited range to the catalyst comprising the above components in order to impart a shaping ability to the catalyst; or, a modified catalyst reformed by adding at least one reducing component selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, Rh, Pd, Re, Ir, and Pt to the catalyst in order to improve the reducing ability of the catalyst.

Abstract: A conventional image sensor has a narrow dynamic range, so that the conventional image sensor has the limitation of not representing very dark portions or very bright portions depending on the exposure time when representing an image having such dark and bright portions. The present invention provides an image sensor including at least two storage units for respectively storing at least two image signals; a first switch unit for performing switching applied image signals to be respectively stored in the at least two storage units; and a second switch unit respectively connected to the at least two storage units and for equalizing the image signals stored in the at least two storage units.