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Power distribution systems that have a limited peak power capability or a high source impedance, such as site supply generators, are often susceptible to abnormal operation in response to the current drawn at power up from the loads connected to the power distribution system. The present invention provides a lighting control system operable to power up a plurality of the lighting loads in sequence to reduce stress on the power distribution system. The lighting loads are each turned on as part of a startup sequence at predetermined times after an output voltage of the power distribution system has stabilized. The lighting control system is operable to begin the startup sequence in response to receiving a control signal representative that the power distribution system has stabilized. The lighting loads are each controlled by a lighting control module, which is operable to wait for a predetermined amount of time for the startup sequence to begin before turning on the lighting loads.

An electronic switch and an operational method for transistor are provided. The electronic switch includes a switch transistor and a bulk switch. The switch transistor has at least a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal. According to the third terminal, the connecting status between the first and the second terminal is determined. The bulk switch is coupled to the bulk of the switch transistor for determining whether to connect the bulk to the first or the second terminal of the switch transistor according to at least one control signal.

An abnormal operation in which a current flows through a switching device before the end of an off period of the switching device at medium load is eliminated by setting the coupling coefficient of an isolated converter transformer to about 0.7 or lower. A primary side parallel resonance frequency and a secondary side series resonance frequency are set so as to obtain favorable power conversion efficiency characteristics.

In methods and systems that may facilitate detecting abnormal operation in a process plant, values of a plurality of process variables may be analyzed to determine whether any of a plurality of faults associated with the process plant exist. If one or more faults are detected, one or more indicators may be generated. Analyzing the values of the plurality of process variables may include utilizing a coefficient matrix. The coefficient matrix may be generated based on process variable data corresponding to the known occurrences of faults.

An external circuit element RSET is connected in use to an SET terminal. A synchronous rectification controller generates a pulse signal S1 based on a control time determined according to the state of the SET terminal. A driver switches on and off the synchronous rectification transistor according to the pulse signal S1. An abnormal state detection circuit is capable of detecting an open-circuit state and / or a short-circuit state that can occur in the SET terminal. When the abnormal state detection circuit detects such an open-circuit state and / or short-circuit state, the abnormal state detection circuit asserts a detection signal S11. When the detection signal S11 is asserted, a primary-side controller arranged on the primary side of the DC / DC converter is instructed to suspend the switching operation of a switching transistor.

A platform security apparatus and a method thereof are capable of protecting a mobile communication terminal from an abnormal or unintended operation of an application program installed over a platform of the mobile communication terminal. An authentication key is created with respect to each function of an application program, and the authentication key and an identifier of the application program are associated with each other and stored. An authentication process is performed by comparing an authentication key and an identifier of an application program registered as function parameters with an authentication key and an identifier of the application program which have been stored, when the application program calls the function.

The electric brake system for vehicles includes a pressure supplier connected to a reservoir through a hydraulic passage to receive the oil, the pressure supplier outputting a brake will of a driver as an electric signal through the pedal displacement sensor, when the driver puts the brake pedal, to operate a motor and convert a rotational force of the motor into linear motion, a hydraulic control unit including a first circuit including at least one first vehicle wheel and a second circuit including at least one second vehicle wheel to receive a hydraulic pressure with a force generated by the pressure supplier and thereby perform braking, a blocking valve to control the hydraulic pressure from the master cylinder to a wheel cylinder disposed in each vehicle wheel, a simulation device connected to the master cylinder, to provide a reaction force response to the pedal effort of the brake pedal, and an electronic control unit to control the motor and the valves, based on pressure information and pedal displacement information.

A vehicle occupant detection apparatus includes an image pickup device for imaging an area including a position of a vehicle occupant within a vehicle compartment, a light emitting element for emitting auxiliary light into the compartment that includes the imaging area of the pickup device, and a storage section for storing imaging information provided by the pickup device. The vehicle occupant detection apparatus further including a comparison section for comparing imaging information provided through further imaging by the pickup device and the imaging information stored in the storage section, to provide a difference between the imaging information provided through the further imaging and the stored imaging information, and an abnormality determination section for determining abnormality of the imaging information on the basis of the image information difference.

A monolithic gate driver capable of operating with a relatively small number of circuit elements is realized. A stage constituent circuit constituting each stage of a shift register includes two output terminals connected to scanning signal lines, two thin-film transistors each having a drain terminal to which an output control clock signal is supplied and a source terminal connected to the output terminal, a first-node connected to the two thin-film transistors in common, a first-node control circuit, and an input terminal for receiving a set signal. In this configuration, the first-node changes from an OFF level to an ON level based on the set signal. Further, the first-node control circuit changes the first-node from the ON level to the OFF level.

An object of the present invention is to prevent the thin film device formed by laser annealing from making, due to overheat, abnormal operations. Firstly, on a glass substrate 101. a heat insulating film, a silicon oxide film and an amorphous silicon film are formed in succession, and the amorphous silicon film is irradiated from above with a laser beam of an excimer laser. After being molten, the amorphous silicon film undergoes recrystallization to form a polycrystalline silicon film. Subsequently, using the polycrystalline silicon film as an active layer, a TFT is formed, and then a plastic substrate is bonded onto the TFT, and finally the glass substrate is peeled off by way of the heat insulating film, whereby a transfer of the TFT is completed. Because the heat insulating film is removed, abnormality caused by overheat at the time of operation is well prevented from occurring.

In an electronic apparatus, a first microcomputer is monitored by a second microcomputer, which periodically transmits data relating to a main function to the first microcomputer to be processed. The first microcomputer periodically updates a variable value, performs a predetermined calculation operation whose final result should be a specific fixed value, adds that final result to the updated variable value to obtain a sum value, and transmits the sum value and updated variable value concurrently to the second microcomputer. The second microcomputer determines that the first microcomputer is operating abnormally if the difference between the received sum value and variable value is not equal to the specific fixed value.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an optical sensor including a light-receiving module and a light-emitting module, a processor electrically connected to the optical sensor, and a housing including a first region, a second region, and a bendable region connecting the first region and the second region, the housing being disposed such that at least a portion of the optical sensor in the first region is exposed through one surface of the first region, wherein a light transmission region is included in at least a portion of the second region such that light related to sensing by the optical sensor passes through the second region in a state in which the one surface of the first region and one surface of the second region face each other according to bending of the bendable region.

At least part of abnormal pattern candidate detection processing is performed on an inputted image signal representing an adjustment image, which has been selected from a plurality of medical images. A predetermined processing parameter for the abnormal pattern candidate detection processing is set in accordance with the results of the at least part of the abnormal pattern candidate detection processing having been performed on the inputted image signal representing the adjustment image, such that the number of the abnormal pattern candidates, which are detected with the abnormal pattern candidate detection processing performed on the inputted image signal representing the adjustment image, satisfies a predetermined criterion.

Disclosed is an input apparatus used in a SSTL interface, which comprises a differential buffer for comparing an external input signal with a reference potential inputted from an external, and a CMOS buffer for buffering the external input signal. In the input apparatus, the CMOS buffer operates when a command signal or an address signal is not inputted from an external, and when a predetermined operation such as a refresh operation is performed, thereby reducing the power consumption in a standby mode. Further, in order to prevent the input apparatus from abnormally operating when the reference potential is not maintained in the normal operation range, a reference potential level detecting circuit is further included in the input apparatus, so that the CMOS buffer operates when the reference potential deviates from a predetermined normal operation range. Furthermore, in order to enable an input buffer to operate as the CMOS when an input signal fully swings, a circuit for detecting a potential of an input signal inputted from an external is further included in the input apparatus.

A gate driver receiving a low voltage without an appropriate control signal in an initialization step from the time of turn-on of the power of the display device to the time of beginning of normal operation of the display device to previously generate and output a gate clock signal CPV so as to prevent a horizontal line defect from appearing. Thereby, the generated clock signals CKV and CKVB are transmitted to the gate driver such that the gate driver is appropriately controlled and the horizontal line defect is not generated.

Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly composed of a cathode, an anode and a separator, and a lithium electrolyte, wherein the electrodes and / or electrolyte include a compound (“urethane compound”) and / or polymer (“poly urethane”) which are decomposed upon overcharge of the battery and contain a urethane group in a molecular structure thereof. The lithium secondary battery of the present invention is characterized by addition of a compound or polymer having a urethane group to electrodes and / or electrolyte, wherein the thus-added compound and / or polymer have substantially no adverse effects on general performance of the battery under normal operating conditions and are decomposed with high reliability upon overcharge of the battery, thereby offering time delay effects for securing battery safety, and the decomposition products thereof result in sharply increased internal resistance of the battery, thereby increasing battery safety.

A paging method for informing a UE of the existence or absence of control information in transmission of the control information according to the support of an MBMS in a mobile communication system. In the method, paging according to a voice and packet service and paging according to an MBMS are differentiated from each other. Accordingly, a first paging indication channel for identifying the paging according to the voice and packet service and a second paging indication channel for identifying the paging according to the MBMS are differentiated from each other and used.

A system and method of controlling an air blower for a fuel cell vehicle are provided. The method includes determining an operation amount of an air blower to secure a sufficient air flow rate under present operating conditions and obtaining information regarding clogging of an air channel or information regarding a back pressure using the operation amount of the air blower. In addition, a maximum operating range of the air blower is changed based on whether a present state is an air channel-clogged state or a back pressure-increased state.

A method of driving a display device includes analyzing input data of the display device to confirm whether there is a predetermined image pattern in an image corresponding to the input data, where a common voltage is distorted to an extent that a clock signal for a gate driver of the display device is distorted when the display device displays the image including the predetermined image pattern, and changing a slew rate of an output buffer of a data driver of the display device based on a result of the analyzing the input data.

A device and method of data reproduction that can achieve a reference level optimizing the characteristic of a channel and can be applied to the reproduction of data on an optical disk are provided. According to the device and method, even when an input signal is in an abnormal state, an input level value can be initialized so that a viterbi decoder can normally operate.

A semiconductor device having resistors in a peripheral area and fabrication method thereof are provided. A mold layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The mold layer is patterned to form first molding holes and a second molding hole in the mold layer. A storage node layer is formed on the mold layer as well as in the first and second molding holes. The storage node layer is patterned to form storage nodes in the first molding holes and a portion of a resistor in the second hole.

An object of the present invention is to prevent the thin film device formed by laser annealing from making, due to overheat, abnormal operations. Firstly, on a glass substrate 101. a heat insulating film, a silicon oxide film and an amorphous silicon film are formed in succession, and the amorphous silicon film is irradiated from above with a laser beam of an excimer laser. After being molten, the amorphous silicon film undergoes recrystallization to form a polycrystalline silicon film. Subsequently, using the polycrystalline silicon film as an active layer, a TFT is formed, and then a plastic substrate is bonded onto the TFT, and finally the glass substrate is peeled off by way of the heat insulating film, whereby a transfer of the TFT is completed. Because the heat insulating film is removed, abnormality caused by overheat at the time of operation is well prevented from occurring.

A method of detecting abnormal operation of a plasma process, includes: (i) detecting a potential Vpp1 between an upper electrode and a lower electrode disposed parallel to each other in a reaction camber at a time T1 after the plasma process begins in the reaction chamber; (ii) detecting a Vpp2 between the upper electrode and the lower electrode at a time T2 after T1; (iii) comparing Vpp1 and Vpp2 to obtain an operation value; and (iv) determining abnormal operation if the operation value is within a predetermined range.

A separation valve mechanism includes a housing, and a stepped piston fitted into the housing in a liquid-tight and slidable manner and serving as a separation piston. A large diameter chamber is provided on a large diameter side of the stepped piston, and a small diameter chamber is provided on a small diameter side thereof. A first seal member is provided on the small diameter side of the stepped piston so as to secure liquid tightness of the small diameter chamber and partition the small diameter chamber. A second seal member is provided on the large diameter side of the stepped piston so as to secure liquid tightness of the large diameter chamber and partition the large diameter chamber. A reservoir chamber is formed, which is adjacent to the small diameter chamber and the large diameter chamber, and is partitioned by the first seal member and the second seal member. A master cylinder pressure is not input to the reservoir chamber.

An operation control apparatus and method of a linear compressor are disclosed. The operation control apparatus includes: an ambient temperature sensor unit for sensing a temperature around a refrigerator; a second microcomputer for outputting a control signal according to a temperature statue of a temperatures sensing unit for sensing an inner temperature of the refrigerator; a load driving unit for receiving an ON / OFF control signal for driving a linear compressor from the second microcomputer and outputting a drive signal to the linear compressor; a relay switched by the driving signal and supplying an AC power to a motor of the linear compressor; and a power supply unit for converting the AC power into a DC power and supplying power to each unit inside the linear compressor.

Provided are a method and an apparatus of transceiving a signal using a link adaptation in a communication system, particularly, a method of dividing a resource region into a plurality of resource regions, and applying different line adaptations to the resource regions. A method of controlling a link of a terminal in a mobile communication system receives at least two downlink channel signals to estimate states of received channels, generates a channel discrepancy report when states of channels exceed a preset threshold, and reports the channel discrepancy report to a base station through a preset uplink channel. A method of controlling a link of a base station receives a channel discrepancy report through an uplink channel, and determines MCS and transmission power of downlink channels based on the received channel discrepancy report and transmits the determined MCS and transmission power to the terminal through a downlink channel.

A method of adjusting sensitivity of signal interpretation includes the steps of: continuously receiving an input signal; setting a sampling parameter; sampling the input signal according to the sampling parameter to obtain a plurality of sampling signals; judging whether the sampling signals are the same or not; generating a first control signal according to the sampling signals if the sampling signals are the same; and generating a second control signal according to the input signal if the sampling signals are not the same. A device of adjusting the sensitivity of signal interpretation is also disclosed.