Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module comprising a light emitting unit including a light source and a light guide plate transmitting light from the light source; a light guide unit accumulatively placed on the top of the light emitting unit and transmitting the light to the upper part of the light guide unit; a mold frame containing the light emitting unit and the light guide unit and having a space between the side of the light guide unit and the mold frame; and a shielding portion formed at the side of the light guide unit to prevent light leakage transmitting from the side of the light guide unit to the outside of the light guide unit.

Abstract: An optical sheet module consisting of optical sheets having different thicknesses, includes: a first base film having a predetermined thickness and transmitting light from a lower portion thereof through an upper portion thereof; an upper optical sheet formed on the first base film and having a first structural pattern in which the upper optical sheet protrudes upwardly and the cross-sectional area thereof decreases when progressing toward an upper portion thereof; a second based film laminated beneath the upper optical sheet so as to transmit light from a lower portion thereof to the upper optical sheet; and a lower optical sheet formed on the second base film and having a second structural pattern in which the lower optical sheet protrudes toward the upper optical sheet and the cross-sectional area thereof decreases when progressing toward an upper portion thereof. The first base film is relatively thicker than the second base film.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data driving circuit, and a gate driving circuit. The display panel is configured to display an image and includes a gate line and a data line. The data driving circuit is configured to output a data signal to the data line. The gate driving circuit is configured to output a gate signal to the gate line and to control a kick-back time of the gate signal according to a temperature of the display panel. The kick-back time is a time when the gate signal is decreased from a gate on voltage to a kick-back voltage that is between the gate on voltage and a gate off voltage.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display and a method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode display are provided. An organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate; a plurality of organic light emitting elements positioned on the substrate; a first alignment mark positioned between the plurality of organic light emitting elements; and a first organic pattern overlapping the first alignment mark on the substrate and including a same material as an organic material included in the plurality of organic light emitting elements.

Abstract: A channel allocation system for accommodating a plurality of nodes in a sensor network includes a PAN coordinator generating channel allocation information and CSMA idle information and transmitting a beacon including the channel allocation information and the CSMA idle information; and at least one node receiving the beacon, determining whether the contention period is in idle state based on the extracted channel allocation information and the CSMA idle information, determine a transmission time, an operation state in a reception interval, how to process received data by determining whether a channel is allocated based on whether the contention period is in idle state, and operating according to the determination result.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the concentration of oxygen in a heating furnace according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a first oxygen concentration bias setting unit for receiving a set first oxygen concentration bias; a second oxygen concentration bias calculation unit for, when a measured value of carbon monoxide in exhaust gas is out of an allowable carbon monoxide range, calculating a second oxygen concentration bias by using the measured value of carbon monoxide and the concentration of oxygen measured in the exhaust gas; an oxygen concentration bias providing unit for providing an oxygen concentration bias by using the first oxygen concentration bias and the second oxygen concentration bias; and an oxygen concentration set value correction unit for correcting a set value of the concentration of oxygen by using the oxygen concentration bias.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for urban infrastructure management using IoT. The method includes receiving sensing data from a plurality of IoT devices installed in the urban infrastructures; determining health states of the urban infrastructures or predicting occurrence of a disaster based on the received sensing data; and transmitting a warning message according to the predicted disaster occurrence to outside. Thus, the urban infrastructures can be managed efficiently, and the disaster occurrence can be predicted accurately.

Abstract: A dynamic packet relay method of a personal area network (PAN) coordinator in a sensor network includes receiving a Child_Register message that includes information about a device associated with a coordinator and building or updating a network hierarchical structure; monitoring reception of a packet or a beacon from the coordinator and determining whether the coordinator is defective or not; and in response to a determination that the coordinator is defective, changing the current coordinator to one of devices belonging to a PAN as a new coordinator.

Abstract: An apparatus for dynamically configuring a wireless sensor relay network for monitoring train activity according to the present invention includes a plurality of wireless sensors that wirelessly transmit sensor data obtained by measuring heat and vibration of a train running unit, a plurality of coordinator units that are located in train cars, and receive the sensor data from one or more wireless sensors located within the same train car, a plurality of wireless relay units that are located in the train cars, form a wireless sensor relay network with the wireless relay unit located in a neighboring train car, and transmit the sensor data received from the coordinator units, and a gateway unit that receives the sensor data from the plurality of wireless relay units through the wireless sensor relay network, and transmits the received sensor data to a control center.

Abstract: An image display apparatus and a method of operating the image display apparatus are provided. An image display apparatus includes: a display; a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: control the display to display a main view that provides an image of an area that corresponds to an angle of view in a 360-degree image, detect one or more objects in other areas of the 360-degree image than the area that corresponds to the angle of view in the 360-degree image, and control the display to display one or more sub-views that correspond to the one or more objects.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to transmission and detection of multi-channel signals in reduced channel format. An embodiment of a method for transmitting data includes determining whether a first type or a second type of content data is to be transmitted, where the first type of content data is to be transmitted at a first multiple of a base frequency and the second type of data is to be transmitted at a second multiple of the base frequency. The method further includes selecting one or more channels from a plurality of channels based on the type of content data, clocking a frequency on the first or second multiple of the base frequency according to the type of content data in the selected channels, modifying the content data to fit within a single output channel, and transmitting the modified data via a single output channel at the chosen multiple of the base frequency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing high-strength coated whole cottonseed for livestock feed, wherein the germination ability of whole cottonseed is removed using high-temperature and high-pressure steam, and the surface of whole cottonseed is coated with gelatinized starch with high viscosity, which is prepared by gelatinizing starch in a preparation process. According the method of the present invention, since the germination ability of whole cottonseed is removed, release of foreign genes into the domestic environment, which may occur when using whole cottonseed for livestock feed, may be fundamentally prevented, and thus the method of the present invention may contribute to protection of domestic plant genetic resources. In addition, the use of gelatinized starch with increased viscosity, which is prepared by gelatinizing starch in a preparation process, may dramatically increase the selection range of coating agents.

Abstract: A purge module jig and a purge module including the purge module jig are provided. The purge module jig and the purge module include a plate having a recessed groove and an opening formed therein, a gas transfer pipe having an elliptical cross section, and a fixing part fixing the plate and the gas transfer pipe with each other, so that leakage of cleaning gas is prevented, thickness thereof is reduced, the interference between the jig and a wafer cassette is reduced, the purge module jig and the purge module can be applied to various load ports of various manufactures, and performance thereof can be improved.

Abstract: An image display apparatus and an image display method are provided. The image display apparatus for displaying a 360-degree image includes a display; a memory comprising at least one instruction; and a processor, by executing the at least one instruction stored in the memory, is configured to control the display to display at least a part of a 360-degree image on a plurality of screens in which each of the plurality of screens represents images corresponding to different angles of view of the 360-degree image, to change display properties of one or more other screens of the plurality of screens in response to receiving an input that moves an angle of view on one of the plurality of screens, and to control the display to display at least a part of the 360-degree image on the one or more other screens having the changed display properties.

Abstract: Provided is a portable ultrasonic probe including a main body comprising a transducer configured to generate an ultrasonic wave, and a folder part comprising a display and rotatably coupled to an end portion of the main body, wherein the main body further comprises an analog to digital (AD) converter and a beamformer, the AD converter and the beamformer being provided in a chip.

Abstract: A hybrid self-generation apparatus includes a vibration source based generation part installed in a mechanical apparatus and converting vibration energy generated during operation or movement of the mechanical apparatus into first electric energy; a wind power source based generation part installed in the mechanical apparatus and converting kinetic energy of air generated in periphery of the mechanical apparatus during operation or movement of the mechanical apparatus into second electric energy; and a power storage part storing the first electric energy and the second electric energy. Also, the wind power source based generation part includes at least one air controller, and the wind power source based generation part automatically operates or stops power generation according to a movement speed of the mechanical apparatus in accordance with operation of the at least one air controller.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermal reduction apparatus. The thermal reduction apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment includes: a preheating unit which preheats a to-be-reduced material and loads the to-be-reduced material into a reducing unit; the reducing unit which is connected to the preheating unit and in which a thermal reduction reaction of the to-be-reduced material occurs; a cooling unit which is connected to the reducing unit and from which the to-be-reduced material flowing into the cooling unit is unloaded to the outside; a gate device which is installed between the preheating unit and the reducing unit; a gate device which is installed between the reducing unit and the cooling unit; a condensing device which is connected to the reducing unit and condenses a metal vapor; a first blocking unit which is installed in the reducing unit; and a second blocking unit which is installed in the reducing unit so as to be spaced apart from the first blocking unit.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display and a method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode display are provided. An organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate; a plurality of organic light emitting elements positioned on the substrate; a first alignment mark positioned between the plurality of organic light emitting elements; and a first organic pattern overlapping the first alignment mark on the substrate and including a same material as an organic material included in the plurality of organic light emitting elements.

Abstract: A control method for collision avoidance in low power wireless sensor communication including a center node and a plurality of neighbor nodes includes assigning a seed to a neighbor node associated with a center node, updating, by the neighbor node, the seed at each radio frame, determining, by the neighbor node, a criterion for performing communication, and transmitting data in a next slot according to a result of carrier sensing is provided.

Abstract: A defroster nozzle of a vehicle installed below a windshield of the vehicle and discharging conditioned air toward the windshield, the defroster nozzle generating vortex during discharging is disclosed. The defroster nozzle may include a housing formed in a cylindrical shape and having an inlet formed at one end of the housing through which the conditioned air is introduced, and an outlet formed adjacent to the windshield through which the air is discharged, and a vortex generator configured to protrude from an inner side surface of the housing to discharge the air introduced into the housing as vortex in the inner side surface of the housing.