Abstract: Disclosed is a method of representing user language characteristics in a MPEG user description (MPEG-UD) system including receiving a request for a user description (UD) of the user language characteristics from a recommendation engine, calling the UD of the user language characteristics from a UD database, and transmitting the called UD of the user language characteristics to the recommendation engine.

Abstract: A metal oxide-carbon composite includes a carbon aerogel with an oxide overcoat. The metal oxide-carbon composite is made by providing a carbon aerogel, immersing the carbon aerogel in a metal oxide sol under a vacuum, raising the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol to atmospheric pressure, curing the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol at room temperature, and drying the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol to produce the metal oxide-carbon composite. The step of providing a carbon aerogel can provide an activated carbon aerogel or provide a carbon aerogel with carbon nanotubes that make the carbon aerogel mechanically robust.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an apparatus for searching information based on Wikipedia's contents comprising: a document converting part extracting fulltext documents, section title documents, info-box documents, category documents and definition statement documents from Wikipedia original documents and generating at least one of Wikipedia documents for questions and answers; a document indexing part analyzing the Wikipedia document for questions and answers, extracting POS-based index terms from the Wikipedia document for questions and answers, and generating a Wikipedia document index for questions and answers; a question analyzing part receiving a natural language question, analyzing a question pattern, an answer pattern and a question focus from the natural language question, and extracting document search keywords; a document searching part performing document search by using the document search keywords from the Wikipedia document index for questions and answers and generating document search res

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a plurality of metal nanoparticles functionalized with a plurality of organic molecules tethered thereto, each organic molecule having a primary face and a secondary face. The plurality of organic molecules preferentially interact with the one or more analytes when placed in proximity therewith. The plurality of organic molecules comprise one or more of: one or more modifying groups on the primary face in place of one or more primary hydroxyl groups; and one or more modifying groups on the secondary face in place of one or more secondary hydroxyl groups. At least one of the one or more analytes is an energetic compound. In another embodiment, a method includes chemically modifying a plurality of cyclodextrin molecules at a primary hydroxyl moiety to create a chemical handle; and tethering the plurality of cyclodextrin molecules to a metal nanoparticle using the chemical handle.

Abstract: There is provided a dishwasher. The dishwasher includes a tub for receiving dishes, a steam generation unit provided at an outside of the tub and generating steam that will be supplied to the tub, a steam passage along which the steam generated from the steam generation unit is supplied to the tub, and a chamber for storing water used for generating the steam.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a main body, a display panel installed in the main body, a video call unit installed to the main body, a circuit board for control of the video call unit, and a cable to connect the video call unit and the circuit board to each other, is provided. Installing the video call unit to the main body enables a video call via the display apparatus.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device for displaying a 3D stereoscopic image includes a substrate having an array of pixels thereon; and a lenticular film on the substrate, wherein alternating rows of pixels are shifted so that open areas of pixels in adjacent rows are not overlapped with respect to the vertical direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device having a display panel wherein the display device includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other to define a plurality of pixels in the display panel, each pixel being divided into N number of sub-pixel areas including a 2D sub-pixel and a 3D sub-pixel, wherein N is an integer and greater than 1; and a lenticular film including a plurality of lenses and attached to the display panel, wherein 3D sub-pixels on an odd-numbered horizontal line and 3D sub-pixels on an even-numbered horizontal line are alternately arranged on a line-by-line basis in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a timing controller, a data driver, a gate driver and a backlight unit. The gate driver sequentially outputs gate signals to gate lines. The backlight unit performs an on-operation during a high section of a backlight control signal and an off-operation during a low section of the backlight control signal. The gate signals includes first gate signals that are output during the high section of the backlight control signal and have a first pulse width and second gate signals that are output during the low section of the backlight control signal and have a second pulse width greater than the first pulse width.

Abstract: A memory module is provided which includes a printed circuit board; first semiconductor packages provided on one surface of the printed circuit board; and second semiconductor packages provided on the other surface of the printed circuit board, the first semiconductor packages and the second semiconductor packages having semiconductor dies that form ranks. A number of the ranks formed by the first semiconductor packages being different from a number of the ranks formed by the second semiconductor packages. Semiconductor packages forming a same one of the ranks receive a chip selection signal in common and semiconductor packages forming other ranks receive a different chip selection signal.

Abstract: A safety device for preventing overcharging of a battery includes: a battery stack including a plurality of cells; a safety circuit connected to two or more cells and provided with an electrical conduction control unit that controls electrical conduction; and a closed circuit disposed between the cells connected to the safety circuit and provided with a switching unit which is switched on or off upon cell swelling, such that when cell swelling occurs, the switching unit is switched on by a pressing force, disabling the electrical conduction control unit of the safety circuit so electrical conduction between the cells is established via the switching unit, and when cell swelling occurs again, the switching unit is switched off, cutting off the electrical conduction between the cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a social media question and answer service, and discloses a social media issue processing device and method. The method includes a question analyzing unit which analyzes a question type of an input question through a question pattern dictionary which is stored in advance; a social media analyzing unit which performs issue period recognition for the question, question type based analysis, question based summary creation, and question based reliability calculation; and a report creating unit which creates a summary in accordance with at least one of correlation between the question type and the question based summary, correlation between the issue period and the question type based analysis result, and correlation between the reliability and the question based summary.

Abstract: Dishwashers and methods of control for operation of dishwashers are disclosed. The dishwasher may include an upper rack in an upper portion of a washing compartment for placing dishes, such as wine glasses, which are susceptible to damage. The dishwasher may also include an upper spraying arm in the upper portion of the washing compartment. During a wash cycle, the upper spraying arm can spray washing water toward the upper rack and steam may be supplied to the washing compartment at various intervals to reduce the risk of damage to the dishes and improve foreign matter removal. During a rinse cycle, water which may be heated in multiple stages by a sump heater may be sprayed toward the upper rack.

Abstract: An apparatus for preventing battery overcharge is provided and includes a plurality of holders interposed between cells stacked within a battery to enclose the cells in a stacking direction. An installation space is formed between outer parts of at least two holders that enclose the cells. In addition, a fluid pouch is disposed within the installation space and adjacent to the cells inside the installation space, and contains a fluid therein. A cutting part is disposed within the installation space and has a first end disposed adjacent to the fluid pouch, and has a cutter edge heading between a lead tab and a bus bar at a second end of the cutting part.

Abstract: A method and device for predicting popularity by setting various criteria of popularity of social data spread over a social network service (SNS) including: a data collecting unit to collect previous data created during a predetermined time and created in real time from data storage associated with an SNS, a data popularity prediction resource building unit to extract user information and data information from the previous data created during the predetermined time and build a social data popularity prediction resource using the extracted user information and data information, and a popularity predicting unit to predict popularity of the social data created in real time using the data information and the user information extracted from the data created in real time and the built popularity prediction resource, in which the predicted popularity includes predicted values of at least two items among a spread amount, a popularity time, and a spread rate.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for collecting lifelog data and a method thereof according to the present invention. The present invention relates to an apparatus for collecting lifelog data and a method thereof, which collect information for analyzing a behavior pattern from devices used by a user in everyday life, convert the collected information according to a preset schema, and provide the converted information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a series of compounds of the formula (I) which modulate ?-amyloid peptide (?-AP) production and are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and other conditions affected by ?-amyloid peptide (?-AP) production.

Abstract: An antenna device attains good antenna performance using at least one or more metal members installed in a portable terminal. The antenna device includes a main board equipped with a power supply part for supplying power, a slot part which is positioned in at least one or more metal members or is formed by a combination of the metal members, and a power supply antenna member for receiving power from the power supply part and which is electromagnetically coupled with the slot part.

Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes applying a gate signal to a gate line of a display panel to drive the gate line, and driving a data line of the display panel by applying a data signal to the data line, where the driving the data line of the display panel includes over-driving the data line based on a data load signal and a polarity control signal.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of preparing an ester compound, including adding carboxylic acid to a mixture of glycerol and acetone in the presence of a sulfuric acid catalyst and applying an ultrasonic wave to induce an esterification reaction, and to an ester compound prepared thereby.