Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for protecting software by randomly distributing software code. The software protecting method includes: dividing software code into a plurality of protecting code fields and a plurality of general code fields; selecting at least one field to be shuffled among the protecting code fields and selecting at least one seed field among the general code fields; and shuffling codes of the selected field to be shuffled according to a shuffling rule generated using a random number generator on the basis of a code value of the selected seed field.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight assembly for irradiating light onto the liquid crystal panel; and a reflection layer between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight assembly for increasing an amount of light incident onto the liquid crystal panel.

Abstract: A method of forming pixel cell for three-dimensional image display is provided. The method of forming pixel cell according to this invention relates to a method of forming pixel-cell in a three-dimensional image display system including an image display panel in which a plurality of unit patterns are arranged in a vertical direction and horizontal direction and an optical plate having repetitive pattern. The method according to this invention comprising regarding each side of rhombus pattern having an arbitrary vertex angle as a straight line having a predetermined slant; calculating a number of unit pattern in vertical direction and a number of unit pattern in horizontal direction, corresponding to said predetermined slant; approximating said predetermined slant to stepped patterns with said number of unit pattern in vertical direction and said number of unit pattern in horizontal direction; and forming said pixel cell using said stepped patterns.

Abstract: A system and method for dependency management are provided. The system for dependency management, includes a provider object management module managing a provider object that provides information, a consumer object management module managing a consumer object that executes a predetermined task based on the information provided by the provider object, an information object management module managing an information object that manages the provider object and the consumer object based on the information, a dependency storage module storing dependency information between the provider object and the consumer object, and a dependency management module examining dependency between the provider object and the consumer object based on the dependency information that is received from the dependency storage module and controlling activation and deactivation of the provider object and the consumer object according to a result of the dependency examination.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of inputting and processing a variety of user information for a digital mobile station including a touch screen panel and a control module for processing touch screen panel data generated from the touch screen panel comprising the steps of: (a) continuously counting a predetermined time period interval in response to a written memo input mode; (b) detecting touch screen panel data generated from the touch screen panel corresponding to the continuous counting of the predetermined time period, producing and storing an associated written memo corresponding to the detected touch screen panel data; and, (c) determining whether there is detection of another touch screen panel data generated according to the continuous counting operation for the predetermined time period after the lapse of a certain period of time if there is no detection of the touch screen panel data for the predetermined period of time, storing detected another touch screen panel data if it is determined that there is detect

Abstract: A method of optimizing a write pulse string, and an optical disk device to perform the method, the method including measuring an energy level of the write pulse string used in recording data on an optical disk, and controlling a generation of the write pulse string so that the energy level is within a predetermined range above or below a reference energy level.

Abstract: There is provided an optical recording apparatus for recording data on an optical disk. The optical recording apparatus includes: an optical pickup unit which emits an optical signal to a predetermined track on an optical disk and detects reflection light; an optical pickup controller which controls a location of the optical pickup unit so that the optical signal is emitted along a predetermined tracking level on the track; a track address detector which extracts track address information of the track from an electrical signal proportional to light intensity of the reflection light; and a controller which changes the tracking level and controls the optical pickup controller to emit the optical signal along to the changed tracking level, if no track address information is detected in a predetermined time by the track address detector. Therefore, it is possible to improve detection performance of track address information, thereby enhancing recording performance.

Abstract: A driving method for a plasma display panel in which gray-scale levels are represented by a combination of sub-fields. The method includes, during a reset period of a first sub-field, applying a rising ramp pulse and a falling ramp pulse to a first electrode, thus initializing wall charges of a discharge cell, wherein a self-erase discharge is generated if a strong discharge occurs between the first electrode and a second electrode, and during a reset period of a second sub-field, applying a falling ramp pulse to the first electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprising: an array of memory cells; an address input circuit for receiving an external address in response to an address clock signal; a selecting circuit for selecting a memory cell in response to an address output from the address input circuit; a data output circuit for outputting the data read out from the selected memory cell in response to first and second data clock signals; and an internal clock generating circuit for generating the address clock signal and the first and second data clock signals in response to an external clock signal and a complementary clock signal thereof, wherein the address clock signal and the first and second data clock signals have twice the frequency (or half the period) of the external clock signal when in a test mode.

Abstract: A thin film transistor liquid crystal display is designed such that TFTs for driving green pixels are formed in the blue pixel regions. This improves the overall brightness of the liquid crystal display based on the human view-sensitive characteristics.

Abstract: A planar antenna manufactured by patterning a substrate consisting of a dielectric layer, and first and second conductive layers applied, respectively, to both opposite surfaces of the dielectric layer. A first slot is formed in the first conductive layer for radiating electric waves. A second slot is formed in the first conductive layer for intercepting a particular frequency of the electric waves radiated by the first slot. A power supply portion is formed with the first conductive layer for supplying electric current to the first slot. A radiating element formed with the second conductive layer, which is excited by the electric waves radiated by the first slot, and radiates the electric waves.

Abstract: A method and apparatus tests a flat display device to inspect for shorts and open circuits in a signal wire by using a magnetic sensor. The inspection method and apparatus scans the magnetic sensor along signal wires in a scan direction crossing multiple signal wires and detects at least one of a short or an open circuit in the signal wires based on current detected by the magnetic sensor.

Abstract: A hinge system of a portable wireless terminal not only enables a folder to be opened from a terminal body but also enables front and rear surfaces of a folder of a portable wireless terminal to be turned over. The hinge system a folder-opening hinge module and a rotary-type hinge module, the cooperation of which realizes the above operation. The rotary-type hinge module includes a hinge housing rotatably assembled with the terminal body, a supporting shaft fixed to the hinge housing, and a rotary shaft rotatably assembled with the supporting shaft. The rotary shaft is connected with the folder and can be rotated with respect to the terminal body, thereby enabling the folder to be turned over in a state that the folder is opened.

Abstract: A planar small antenna and a small strip radiator are provided which have increased bandwidth. The small strip radiator has a main strip pattern and a plurality of convoluted strip patterns terminating the main strip pattern at each end. The plurality of convoluted strip patterns are arranged in mirror-symmetrical arrangement with reference to the longitudinal axis of the main strip such that one pair of convoluted strip patterns is convoluted clockwise while another pair is convoluted counterclockwise. As a result, an electrically small antenna radiator requires less metal or conductive material than conventional radiators, and also can operate without adversely affecting the radiation characteristics of the antenna.

Abstract: A small planar antenna with an enhanced bandwidth and a small rectenna for RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and wireless sensor transponder are provided. The small planar antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a metal layer formed on an upper part of the dielectric substrate, a main slot formed in pattern on the metal layer, and a plurality of sub-slots connected to the main slot and winding in a specified direction, and the plurality of sub-slots form a pair of symmetric sub-slot groups around the main slot. According to the small planar antenna, the antenna region that substantially takes part in the radiation is substantially increased, and thus an enhanced bandwidth can be obtained without affecting the radiation pattern, radiation efficiency, polarization purity, etc., of the antenna.

Abstract: Disclosed is a synchronous mirror delay circuit for generating an internal clock signal synchronized with an external clock signal, comprising: a clock buffer circuit that generates a reference clock signal in response to the external clock signal; a delay monitor circuit that delays the reference clock signal; a forward delay array for delaying an output clock signal of the delay monitor circuit to generate delay clock signals; a mirror control circuit that receives the delay clock signals and the reference clock signal to detect one delay clock signal synchronized with the reference clock signal among the delay clock signals; a backward delay array that delays the delay clock signal detected by the mirror control circuit to output a synchronous clock signal; a delay circuit that delays an asynchronous clock signal output through the forward delay array; and a clock driving circuit that outputs the delayed asynchronous clock signal as the internal clock signal when the reference clock signal is not synchroni

Abstract: A gold (Au) alloy bonding wire for a semiconductor device is provided. The Au alloy bonding wire is manufactured by adding at least one of polonium (Po), promethium (Pm), thulium (Tm), and boron (B) to high-purity gold of 99.999% or more in an amount of 3–30 parts per million (ppm) by weight and at least one of magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), vanadium (V), molybdenum (Mo), and technetium (Tc) in an amount of 3–30 ppm by weight to the high-purity gold. In the Au alloy bonding wire, high-temperature reliability after ball bonding is not reduced and damage near a ball neck in forming an ultra low loop of the Au alloy bonding wire can be prevented.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a context-aware service are provided. The apparatus includes a context-aware service object (CAS) management module managing information on a CAS and a context defined by the CAS, a sensor management module managing information on a sensor and requesting the sensor to observe knowledge, and a context management module informing the CAS management module of a CAS defining a context provided by the CAS management module when observed knowledge satisfies the context defined by the CAS, wherein upon being informed of the CAS by the context management module, the CAS management module requests the CAS to provide a service.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to chemical compounds and their use in human therapy. A specific embodiment relates to compounds of Formula (I) or an isomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable formulations comprising said compounds useful for the treatment or prevention of conditions mediated by tachykinins and/or selective inhibition of serotonin reuptake transporter protein. The compounds act as dual NK-1 antagonists and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to chemical compounds and their use in human therapy. A specific embodiment of the disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I); or an isomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation comprising said compounds are useful for the useful for the treatment or prevention of conditions mediated by tachykinins and/or selective inhibition of serotonin reuptake transporter protein. The compounds act as dual NK-1 antagonists and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.