SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160130673 | NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION BY OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES CLEAVED BY BOTH EXONUCLEASE AND ENDONUCLEASE - Disclosed is a method in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology. The method is related to improve cleavage kinetics of labeled oligonucleotide probes and, consequently, increases signal-to-noise ratio in detecting nucleic acids. | 05-12-2016 |
20150370052 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - Provided is a zoom lens system, sequentially arranged in an order from an object side to an image side, including: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a third lens group having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein each of the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group has an anomalous dispersion ΔPct of −0.1 or less. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369337 | HIGH-SPEED ROTATING MACHINE - A high-speed rotating machine includes a case, a balancing unit connected to the case in a state in which a dynamic balance of the balancing unit is already adjusted, and configured to rotate in order to compress or expand air to be supplied to the outside, a gear box connected to the case; and a bull gear connected to the gear box and inserted in the balancing unit in order to be connected to the balancing unit and to transfer a rotational force of the gear box to the balancing unit. | 12-24-2015 |
20150358511 | SECURITY CAMERA - A security camera including: an image pickup unit which is configured to capture an image; a controller which is connected to the image pickup unit and configured to process the image captured by the image pickup unit; a first heat generating frame which is installed to contact a surface of the controller; and a second heat generating frame which is arranged to face the first heat generating frame and is installed to contact another surface of the controller. | 12-10-2015 |
20150338621 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system capable of satisfactorily compensating for aberration, including, in an order from an object to an image, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, an aperture, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens in the order from the object to the image, and wherein an Abbe number of the first lens is less than 30, an Abbe number of the second lens is greater than 45 and less than 65, and a ratio of an Abbe number of the third lens to an Abbe number of the fourth lens is greater than 3.8 and less than 4.3. | 11-26-2015 |
20150325021 | IMAGE FUSING METHOD - Provided is an image fusing apparatus for fusing a thermal image and a visible image of a subject. The image fusing apparatus includes: a determination processor configured to determine importance of each pixel, based on a luminance value thereof, of the thermal image and the visible image; a pixel coefficient setting processor configured to set a pixel coefficient for each pixel of the thermal image based on the importance of each pixel of the thermal image and the visible image; a thermal image processor configured to generate another thermal image by applying the pixel coefficient to the luminance value of each pixel of the thermal image; and an image fusing processor configured to fuse the other thermal image and the visible image to generate a fused image. | 11-12-2015 |
20150323425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FACILITY ABNORMALITY PREDICTION MODEL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A facility abnormality prediction model generation system includes: a data receiver receiving data of sensors of a facility previously obtained during an operation of the facility; an abnormality notification time predictor detecting a malfunction time of a malfunction of the facility based on the data of the sensors and determining an abnormality notification time for pre-notification of the malfunction of the facility based on the detected malfunction time; an optimal sensor combination calculator generating a chromosome based on the data of the sensors and performing a genetic algorithm using the generated chromosome to calculate an optimal sensor combination which is a combination of sensor data related to the determined abnormality notification time; and a facility abnormality prediction model generator generating a facility abnormality prediction model for the pre-notification of the malfunction of the facility, based on the optimal sensor combination. | 11-12-2015 |
20150312544 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR - Provided is a method for controlling a video lens in an image capture device which uses a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor. A vertical sync (Vsync) signal and a horizontal sync (Hsync) signal are separately generated and then synthesized. Thereafter, the resulting signal is synthesized with a DC level mode luminance signal to generate a lens control signal for controlling the video lens. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312484 | ZOOM-TRACKING METHOD PERFORMED BY IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an improved zoom-tracking method. A point or two points between a Wide point and a Tele point are chosen, histogram information is stored, and a distance to a subject is estimated based on the stored histogram information. A locus curve is selected based on the estimated distance to the subject, and zoom-tracking is performed along the locus curve after a zoom lens reaches a specific point. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307358 | GRAPHENE SYNTHESIZING APPARATUS - Provided is a graphene synthesizing apparatus. The graphene synthesizing apparatus includes: a heater unit configured to apply heat onto a continuous catalyst metal film; a susceptor unit disposed between the catalyst metal film and the heater unit to uniformly provide the heat of the heater unit to the catalyst metal film; and a raw material supply unit configured to provide a raw material to a side of the catalyst metal film. | 10-29-2015 |
20150300765 | REMOTE WEAPON SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a remote weapon device including a firing arm configured to fire a bullet at a target in response to a firing signal; a driver coupled to the firing arm and configured to move the firing arm to aim the firing arm at the target; a detector configured to detect shaking of the firing arm with respect to a zero position, the zero position corresponding to a position at which the firing arm points at the target and fires the bullet at the target; and a controller configured to obtain a shaking pattern based on the detected shaking and configured to generate the firing signal controlling a firing time when the firing arm fires the bullet according to the shaking pattern to control the firing arm to fire the bullet. | 10-22-2015 |
20150296116 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a use-image selector configured to generate use-image selection information for selecting one image, from a plurality of images of a subject which are captured for a plurality of exposure time periods, to be used for each region of a synthesized image; an average processor configured to acquire averaged use-image selection information by averaging previous use-image selection information and current use-image selection information; and a synthesizer configured to generate the synthesized image by synthesizing at least two images, among the plurality of images, to constitute the each region according to the averaged use-image selection information. | 10-15-2015 |
20150288930 | NETWORK SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a network security system including: a spatial information collector configured to acquire, from a manager input terminal, spatial information; a device position receiver configured to receive, from the manager terminal, at least one device installation position with respect to the spatial information and storing the at least one device installation position; a device recommender configured to provide a candidate device list corresponding to the at least one device installation position; a device determiner configured to receive a signal for selecting at least one device from the candidate device list, and determine a model of the at least one selected device to be installed at the at least one device installation position; and a device setter configured to set a setting of the at least one selected device. | 10-08-2015 |
20150288878 | CAMERA MODELING SYSTEM - A camera modeling system. The camera modeling system includes: a vanishing point detecting module configured to detect, from at least one reference detection object existing in a detection region, a first vanishing point and a second vanishing point; a view mode determining module configured to determine a camera view mode on the basis of a distance from a first position in the detection region to the first vanishing point and a distance from the first position to the second vanishing point; and a camera modeling module configured to select a camera modeling mode corresponding to the determined camera view mode and perform camera modeling through the selected camera modeling mode. | 10-08-2015 |
20150281657 | SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - Provided is a surveillance camera including an optical system, an irradiator; an illuminance sensor, a photoelectric converter, an analog-digital converter, and a main controller. The optical system includes a lens. The irradiator irradiates a wave, different from a visible light ray, in a night mode. The illuminance sensor is installed in a light receiving direction different from a light receiving direction of the optical system. The photoelectric converter is configured to convert light from the optical system into an electrical analog image signal. The analog-digital converter is configured to convert the analog image signal from the photoelectric converter into a digital image signal. The main controller is configured to control the surveillance camera to switch between a day mode and the night mode according to gradation of the digital image signal and illuminance sensed by the illuminance sensor. | 10-01-2015 |
20150279011 | DEFOGGING SYSTEM AND DEFOGGING METHOD - Provided are a defogging system and a defogging method. The defogging system includes: an illuminance sensor configured to detect a surrounding illuminance; a level determiner configured to determine a defogging level of the input image based on the detected surrounding illuminance; and a defogger configured to determine a fog state of the input image based on a histogram of the input image, and adaptively defog the input image according to the determined fog state and defogging level. | 10-01-2015 |
20150279006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING NOISE OF IMAGE - An apparatus and method for reducing noise of an image are provided. The apparatus includes: a temporal noise reduction unit configured to remove temporal noise from an input frame by adjusting a temporal noise reduction intensity of the input frame based on a pixel-based motion degree and a block-based motion degree that are detected from the input frame and a reference frame and generate a first output frame; and a spatial noise reduction unit configured to remove spatial noise from the first output frame by adjusting a spatial noise reduction intensity of the first output frame based on similarity between peripheral pixels of the first output frame and the pixel-based motion degree and the block-based motion degree, thereby to generate a final output frame. | 10-01-2015 |
20150271460 | WHITE BALANCE CORRECTING APPARATUS AND WHITE BALANCE CORRECTING METHOD - A white balance correcting apparatus and a white balance correcting method are provided. A white balance correcting apparatus includes a white balance corrector configured to divide an input image into a plurality of blocks, determine, using a reference color temperature line, adjusted color temperatures of blocks included in a white area among the plurality of blocks, and calculate red (R) and blue (B) gains to which different weights are applied according to the adjusted color temperatures of the blocks. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269143 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image processing system and an image processing method. The image processing system includes: an image analysis engine configured to analyze an input image and generate metadata about the input image; an indexing engine configured to structuralize and organize the metadata and generate index data based on the metadata; a search engine configured to extract index data matching a search condition and image data corresponding to the index data matching the search condition, from the input image; and a browsing engine configured to generate a heatmap based on the extracted index data and image data and display the heatmap and an image matching the search condition on a screen. | 09-24-2015 |
20150243003 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - Provided are a method and apparatus for processing an image to remove fog from the image. The apparatus for processing an image includes: a transmission estimation unit configured to calculate a transmission of an input image by synthesizing pixel-based transmissions of current pixels of the current image including a fog component, and block-based transmissions of a plurality of blocks of a previous image, each block including a plurality of pixels; an airlight estimation unit configured to calculate airlight of the input image; and an image restoration unit configured to generate, based on the transmission and the airlight, a restored image in which the fog component is removed from the current image. | 08-27-2015 |
20150242254 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MESSAGE BETWEEN PROCESSORS - A message processing apparatus that processes a message between processors according to an embodiment of the present invention solves a problem that occurs when a message is processed by using interrupt or polling processing by processing messages having priorities that are transmitted between transmission and receiving processors that use a shared memory by using a polling thread and a kernel module, thereby providing a priority-based message processing method without applying a load to a system. | 08-27-2015 |
20150223373 | CARRIER TAPE FEEDER FOR CHIP MOUNTER - Disclosed is a carrier tape feeder for a chip mounter. The carrier tape feeder includes: a body part; a rotation part, which is rotatably mounted on the body part and rotates by being engaged with a portion of a first carrier tape; a handle part, which is disposed by being separated by a predetermined distance from the outer circumferential surface of the rotation part, is rotatably mounted on the body part, and is selectively engaged with a second carrier tape; and a block part, which is rotatably mounted on the body part and exerts a force to the second carrier tape towards the rotation part according to rotation of the handle part. | 08-06-2015 |
20150222599 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - There is provided a network management system using wireless network management devices each having a plurality of security policies. With the network management system, the wireless network management devices can be concurrently used in networks with a plurality of security levels, and security can be ensured without installing firewalls externally, so that labor for setting and operating a network for redundancy can be saved. The network management system includes: a first network NW | 08-06-2015 |
20150213617 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING POSITION - Provided is a position estimation apparatus including: a position estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a moving object driven on an arbitrary lane according to an image frame captured by a stereo camera provided in the moving object; a posture information acquisition unit configured to obtain first posture information of the moving object from the estimated position and second posture information of the moving object at a point of time of the stereo camera capturing the image frame; a position correction unit configured to calculate: a probability distribution for a current position of the moving object by using the first posture information and the second posture information, and configured to correct a first probability of the probability distribution for the current position as a corrected position of the moving object; and a composite probability distribution based on a probability of a lane section of the arbitrary lane from a lane probability distribution chart and the corrected position output from the first position correction unit and configured to re-correct a second probability of the composite probability distribution as a final position of the moving object. | 07-30-2015 |
20150211740 | COMBUSTOR - Provided is a combustor including a support shaft, a wing portion provided on the support shaft and configured to swirl a first fluid around the support shaft, and a cover housing enclosing the support shaft and the wing portion and includes a space enlarging portion provided at a downstream of of the wing portion, where a distance of the space enlarging portion from an outer surface of the support shaft is different from distances of other portions of the cover housing from the outer surface of the support shaft. | 07-30-2015 |
20150211518 | COMPRESSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a compressor system including a first compressor having: an inlet at which a first inlet guide vane is provided; and an outlet pressure sensor unit configured to measure a pressure at an outlet of the first compressor; a second compressor including an inlet at which a second inlet guide vane is provided; a first control unit configured to adjust a degree of opening of the first inlet guide vane based on the pressure measured by the outlet pressure sensor unit, configured to set the outlet pressure of the first compressor as a set pressure, and configured to generate a first signal including information about the degree of opening of the first inlet guide vane; and a second control unit configured to receive the first signal, and configured to adjust a degree of opening of the second inlet guide vane to control an amount of fluid flowing into the second compressor. | 07-30-2015 |
20150208021 | IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM - An image recording system including a component capable of displaying and processing of images such as a central processing unit (CPU)/digital signal processor (DSP) that may be installed in a network video recorder (NVR) so that the image recording system may be used to implement a video summary/video synopsis technology in an embedded NVR/digital video recorder (DVR)/set-top box (SETTOP) system having a Host CPU and a plurality of DSP cores. | 07-23-2015 |
20150207977 | METHOD OF SETTING CAMERA PROFILE AND APPARATUS OF OBTAINING IMAGE - An apparatus for receiving an image is provided. The apparatus includes: a camera searcher configured to search for a camera connected to a network; a camera register configured to register information about the camera which is identified as a result of the searching by the camera searcher; a profile setter configured to set a profile of the camera by referring to the information obtained from the camera; and an image receiver configured to receive an image from the camera according to the profile. | 07-23-2015 |
20150206290 | IMAGE STABILIZING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are an image stabilizing method and apparatus, which are capable of performing robust operations in a moving environment. The image stabilizing apparatus includes: an image pre-processor configured to receive a current image and a reference image corresponding to the current image; a feature point selector configured to select at least one feature point corresponding to a background from a plurality of feature points, comprising the background and at least one moving object, in the reference image; a motion estimator configured to estimate a motion of a current image, based on the selected feature point in the reference image and at least one corresponding feature point, corresponding to the selected feature point in the reference image, in the current image; and an image corrector configured to generate a stabilized current image by converting the current image by using the estimated motion. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205070 | WIDE ANGLE LENS SYSTEM - Provided is a wide angle lens system including: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group and the second lens group are provided in that order from an object to an image, and the lens system satisfies a first conditional expression: | 07-23-2015 |
20150201164 | CAMERA CONTROL METHOD, CAMERA, AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A method of controlling a plurality of cameras in a communication network is provided. The method includes: controlling a camera to receive and analyze information about an idle time of each of at least one other camera; according to the analyzing, controlling the camera to transmit at least one task and/or information about the at least one task to the at least one other camera, wherein the idle time of each of the at least one other camera is set to a time remaining before each of the at least one other camera is configured to execute a task among one or more tasks or a sum of time durations at which no tasks are allocated to each of the at least one other camera. | 07-16-2015 |
20150201152 | SURVEILLANCE CAMERA AND DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER - Disclosed is a surveillance apparatus such as a surveillance camera and a digital video recorder. The surveillance apparatus includes: an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog video signal, of at least one image of a region captured by an optical system, into digital video data of the region; and a main controller configured to detect a current motion region from the digital video data of the region, remove a high frequency component of the region except the current motion region, and transmit the digital video data of the region, from which the high frequency component is removed, to a target device over a communication network. | 07-16-2015 |
20150199585 | METHOD OF SAMPLING FEATURE POINTS, IMAGE MATCHING METHOD USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE MATCHING APPARATUS - A method of sampling feature points, an image matching method using the same, and an image matching processor are disclosed. The method of sampling feature points for image matching includes: dividing a first image into a plurality of regions corresponding to a number of feature points to be sampled; extracting a sampled feature point from each of the regions such that a distance between a sampled feature point of one region and a sampled feature point of another region satisfies a predetermined condition; and estimating a homography on the basis of the extracted sampled feature points and corresponding sampled feature points of a second image to be matched with the first image. | 07-16-2015 |
20150197423 | COMPOSITIONS FOR PREPARING GRAPHENE AND METHODS FOR PREPARING GRAPHENE USING THE SAME - A composition for preparing a graphene and a method for preparing a graphene using the same are disclosed. | 07-16-2015 |
20150195964 | CARRIER TAPE FEEDING DEVICE, CHIP MOUNTING SYSTEM, AND CHIP MOUNTING METHOD - Provided are a carrier tape feeding device, a chip mounting system, and a chip mounting method. The carrier tape feeding device includes: a transfer unit for transferring a first carrier tape and a second carrier tape sequentially to a chip mounting apparatus; a rotation unit selectively engaged to a part of the first carrier tape with which a part of the second carrier tape contacts, and for transferring the second carrier tape to the transfer unit; a detecting sensor unit for detecting sequential existence of the first carrier tape or the second carrier tape supplied to the transfer unit, and existence of the second carrier tape supplied to the rotation unit; and a controller for determining existence of the first carrier tape based on a signal detected by the detecting sensor unit, and controlling at least one of the transfer unit and the rotation unit to be driven based on the existence of the first carrier tape. | 07-09-2015 |
20150195324 | NETWORK CAMERA AND NETWORK IMAGE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A network camera and a network image surveillance system including the network camera are provided. The network camera may include: an image and audio encoding unit configured to convert an optical image incident from a lens, compress an audio signal from a microphone in a predetermined format, and generate compressed streaming data by encoding the converted image and the compressed audio signal; a network controlling unit configured to monitor an input and output status of the compressed streaming data, control a configuration of a packet of the compressed streaming data in accordance with a network quality of system (QoS), control synchronizing the compressed streaming data with a video frame, and transmit the synchronized streaming data; and a network routing unit configured to route input and output of the data via at least one network port and implement redundancy by using a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). | 07-09-2015 |
20150191356 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEFORMATION-CAPABLE GRAPHENE SHEET, DEFORMATION-CAPABLE GRAPHENE SHEET, AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - A graphene sheet and a method of manufacturing the graphene sheet are provided. The method includes: growing a graphene sheet on a graphene growth support by applying carbon sources and heat to the graphene growth support, the graphene growth support including a carbonization catalyst; and forming at least one ripple on the graphene sheet by cooling at least one of the graphene growth support and the graphene sheet, wherein the graphene growth support and the graphene sheet have different thermal expansion coefficients. | 07-09-2015 |
20150187324 | VIDEO WALL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video wall control system for controlling a video wall including a plurality of screens, the video wall control system including: at least one client module controlling the layout of the video wall; a central control module acquiring camera unique identification (UID) and a video stream from a monitoring system, storing the camera UID and the video stream, and controlling the layout of the video wall; a storage module storing the modified video wall layout; a gateway module receiving a layout modification event from the client module or the central control module and load the modified video wall layout from the storage module; and a decoding module loading the camera UID and the video stream from the central control module, receiving the modified video wall layout from the gateway module, and modifying the layout of the video wall based on the received modified video wall layout. | 07-02-2015 |
20150187102 | HEATMAP PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is a heatmap providing apparatus and method in which a heatmap is generated and displayed for an area of interest set in a full region. The heatmap providing method includes: obtaining motion occurrence frequencies in a captured region; setting at least one area of interest in the captured region; and displaying the motion occurrence frequencies in different indications in the area of interest. | 07-02-2015 |
20150183419 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAVEL OF VEHICLE - Provided is a method of controlling a vehicle, the method including: determining a driving mode based on a speed of the vehicle and a user-selected driving mode, the determining the driving mode comprising driving the vehicle using power supplied from at least one power supply source of power supply sources, the power supply sources including: 1) first and second engine generators, each configured to generate power by using turning force; 2) a battery charged by the first or second engine generator; and 3) an ultra capacitor charged by the first or second engine generator; and determining an alternative driving mode comprising switching from the at least one power supply source of the power supply sources to another power supply source of the power supply sources to drive the vehicle if a failure occurs in the at least one power supply source of power supply sources. | 07-02-2015 |
20150181107 | AUTOFOCUS ADJUSTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are an autofocus (AF) adjusting method and apparatus. The AF adjusting method for an AF adjusting apparatus includes: generating a first image signal by photographing an area (or object) during a first exposure time; generating a second image signal by photographing the area during a second exposure time shorter than the first exposure time; generating a composite image signal by combining the first and second image signals; and calculating a focus detection evaluation value from the composite image signal. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178094 | MULTISYSTEM AND METHOD OF BOOTING THE SAME - A method of booting a multisystem including a first core and a second core, the method includes: executing a boot loader of the first core; setting a network interface of the first core to be in an enable state; detecting the second core that is connected to the network interface of the first core; mapping a first memory of the first core to a second memory of the second core; loading a booting image of the first core and a booting image of the second core on the first memory; and transferring the booting image of the second core loaded on the first memory to the second core via a network. | 06-25-2015 |
20150163390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING INFORMATION IN AN IMAGE - A method and apparatus for recognizing information included in an image, e.g., a license plate number of a vehicle image. The method includes: detecting an ambient illuminance and determining a speed of a moving object; capturing, by an image capturer, image frames of the moving object according to at least one of a shutter opening time of the image capturer and an illuminance of an illuminator to illuminate the moving object which are set based on the detected ambient illuminance and the determined speed of the moving object; and extracting information of the moving object from the captured image frames. | 06-11-2015 |
20150161454 | LANE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a lane detection system and method. The lane detection method includes extracting feature points of a driving lane from an input road image, extracting candidate start points and candidate end points from candidate control points selected from among the feature points, selecting a left start point and a right start point of the driving lane from among the candidate start points based on information corresponding to a width of the driving lane, and selecting a left end point and a right end point of the driving lane from among the candidate end points based on a number of the candidate control points between each of the left start point and the candidate end points and the right start point and the candidate end points. | 06-11-2015 |
20150158598 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND SURVEILLANCE METHOD - Provided are a surveillance system and a surveillance method. The surveillance system includes a control tower configured to be coupled with and separated from a flying vehicle, and receive an image captured by the flying vehicle through a first communication network, wherein the control tower is further configured to transmit the received image to a central control station through a second communication network for analysis of the received image. The surveillance system may further include the flying vehicle and the central control station. | 06-11-2015 |
20150154470 | IMAGE MATCHING METHOD USING FEATURE POINT MATCHING - An image matching method includes: extracting a plurality of feature points from a reference image; selecting a first feature point from the feature points, and selecting a first reference search area comprising the first feature point; setting a first matching candidate search area corresponding to the first reference search area from a target image, and extracting a plurality of feature points from the first matching candidate search area; selecting a second feature point closest to the first feature point in the first reference search area, and selecting a first straight line connecting the first and second feature points; generating a plurality of segments from the feature points extracted from the first matching candidate search area; and determining a first matching straight line matching a length and an angle of the first straight line, from the segments generated from the feature points extracted from the first matching candidate search area. | 06-04-2015 |
20150146932 | MOTION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided are a motion detection system and method. The motion detection system includes a pixel-based detector configured to compare a previous frame and a present frame to extract pixel constituting a first foreground region, a region-based detector configured to extract a second foreground region based on peripheral pixels of a pixel to be inspected, and a motion determiner configured to detect, as a final motion region among pixel groups of the first foreground region, a pixel group comprising pixels corresponding to the second foreground region. | 05-28-2015 |
20150144323 | CENTRAL COOLING SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - Provided is a central cooling system including: a ventilation fan unit configured to provide air to a predetermined space; a chiller unit configured to provide heat exchange medium to lower temperature of the air; a cooling tower unit configured to provide a coolant to the chiller unit to lower temperature of the heat exchange medium, and configured to lower temperature of the coolant through heat exchange between the coolant and ambient air; a sensor unit configured to measure the temperatures of the air, the heat exchange medium, and the coolant, and temperature and humidity of the ambient air; and a control unit configured to monitor energy consumption of the central cooling system and configured to calculate at least one of a control temperature of the heat exchange medium, a control temperature of the coolant, and a control temperature of the air which minimizes the energy consumption. | 05-28-2015 |
20150139813 | TURBINE - Provided is a turbine including a rotor; a blade provided on the rotor and comprising a cooling flow path through which a cooling fluid flows; and a shroud surrounding an exterior of the blade, wherein the blade includes: at least one rib turbulator protruding into the cooling flow path; and at least one subsidiary protrusion protruding from an outer surface of the at least one rib turbulator. | 05-21-2015 |
20150139602 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - Provided are an image processing apparatus and method for processing images. The image processing apparatus is connected to at least one camera and includes: a performance calculating unit configured to calculate a decoding performance of the at least one camera based on information about at least one of a codec, a resolution and a frame rate of image frames which are received from the at least one camera, and a filtering unit configured to filter the received image frames to select image frames for decoding, based on a result of the calculation of the decoding performance of the at least one camera. | 05-21-2015 |
20150134203 | CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE ADOPTING THE METHOD - Provided is a method of controlling a vehicle equipped with individual steering devices and individual rotational force generating devices for respective wheels. According to the method, operation of at least one group of the steering devices and the rotational force generating devices is controlled in response to electrical control signals generated according to a user's command, so that control of the wheels starts at separate points in time. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134185 | METHOD OF GENERATING OPTIMUM PARKING PATH OF UNMANNED DRIVING VEHICLE, AND UNMANNED DRIVING VEHICLE ADOPTING THE METHOD - A method of generating an optimum parking path of an unmanned driving vehicle which is performed by a controller in the unmanned driving vehicle, wherein the controller changes a moving distance for a plurality of operations in a reference parking path, finds a parking path in which an average obstacle distance, which is an average distance between at least one near-to-path obstacle and the unmanned driving vehicle, is longest among a plurality of candidate parking paths, and sets the parking path having the longest average obstacle distance, as an optimum parking path in response to the longest average obstacle distance being longer than a predetermined limited distance. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134177 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRAVELING OF AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLE - Provided are an apparatus and method of controlling traveling of an automatic guided vehicle. The method includes: receiving information about a start point and a target point from and to which the automatic guided vehicle is to move; obtaining information about a shortest path between the start point and the target point; obtaining sensor information at one or more points on the shortest path; determining a travel direction of the automatic guided vehicle by using current sensor information about the automatic guided vehicle at a current point and the sensor information at the one or more points on the shortest path; controlling the automatic guided vehicle to travel in the determined travel direction; and ending the traveling if the current sensor information about the automatic guided vehicle that has traveled matches sensor information at the target point. | 05-14-2015 |
20150131962 | VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE IN HOST SYSTEM - Provided is a video recording system. The video recording system includes a camera configured to obtain an image signal, a host system configured to obtain the image signal from the camera and support a serial bus protocol, a sub-system including a serial bus interface unit configured to transmit or receive data to or from the host system, and a storage device configured to receive the image signal from the host system and record the received image signal. | 05-14-2015 |
20150131001 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS BASED ON OPEN PLATFORM AND PROTOCOL CONVERSION METHOD USED FOR THE SAME - Provided is an image processing apparatus and method that may employ a new program or protocol without having to additionally develop a new program or a protocol for image processing. The image processing apparatus may include: an open platform-compatible unit configured to determine a protocol that is used by a video analysis application installed in or connected to the image processing apparatus, and receive at least one of channel information about an original image, channel information about an encoded image, channel information about a decoded image, resolution information about the decoded image and frame rate information that is required to receive the decoded image, in accordance with the determined protocol; and a protocol conversion unit configured to process an input image to comply with the determined protocol, based on the at least one information that is received at the open platform-compatible unit. | 05-14-2015 |
20150124923 | PEOPLE COUNTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus configured to count people in a target area includes a wireless transceiver and a controller. The wireless transceiver is configured to radiate an impulse electromagnetic wave to the target area and receive a reflection signal from the target area, and the controller is configured to obtain a signal strength of the reflection signal over a reception time period during which the reflection signal is received and count people according to the signal strength, considering that the signal strength is weakened in proportion to the reception time period. | 05-07-2015 |
20150120129 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DRIVING - A method for controlling vehicle driving is provided. The method for controlling vehicle driving enables stable continuation of driving or stable stopping even when a communication fault occurs. The method for controlling vehicle driving includes: determining whether a fault has occurred in a first network between a master controller and a first slave controller; and if it is determined that a fault has occurred in the first network between the master controller and the first slave controller, controlling the master controller to transmit information, which is directed to the first slave controller, a second slave controller through the first network between the master controller and the second slave controller, and controlling the second slave controller to transmit the information received from the master controller to the first slave controller through a second network. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117759 | SYSTEM FOR SEARCH AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF - Provided are a system for search and a method for operating thereof. The system for search includes: a preliminary data analysis part which extracts a variety of attributes through analysis of images being input, analyzes a trend about a category as information requested by a client with the image analysis result, and stores the trend analysis result as metadata; an index part which stores the image analysis result, and structuralizes, organizes and stores the stored metadata in order to easily search the metadata; and a search part which extracts trend information matching a category input by a client, from the index part and provides the trend information in a predetermined format. | 04-30-2015 |
20150106721 | MONITORING METHOD - Disclosed are a monitoring method and a system that display a log icon including event-related information to facilitate an intuitive confirmation of event information. The monitoring method includes: receiving a plurality of images from a plurality of image devices; displaying the images in a first region of a display; displaying information about the image devices related to the images, which are being displayed in the first region, in a second region of the display which is different from the first region; and generating a plurality of log icons including event information when a predetermined event is detected from the images which are being displayed in the first region; and displaying the log icons in a third region of the display which is different from the first and second regions. | 04-16-2015 |
20150093228 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF LOADING COMPONENTS - Provided is a component loading apparatus which includes: a work table comprising a working plane; a component recognizer configured to recognize components placed on the working plane of the work table; a head configured to suck the components; and a tray support for supporting a tray on which the components sucked by the head are loaded. The component loading apparatus further includes: an impurity remover configured to remove impurities attached onto the components in at least one of a first state of being placed on the working plane of the work table and a second state of being sucked by the head; and a tray analyzer configured to inspect loading positions of the components on the tray | 04-02-2015 |
20150092052 | IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - An image monitoring system including a surveillance camera is provided. The surveillance camera includes: an image analyzer configured to analyze an input image; a sound source analyzer configured to analyze a sound source in the image or a sound source that is input separately; and a determiner configured to determine whether an abnormal image and an abnormal sound source exist, and when the abnormal image and the abnormal sound source are obtained, according to a result of the image analysis and the sound source analysis, to generate metadata and alarm information based on a result of the determination, wherein the abnormal image and the abnormal sound source are predefined. | 04-02-2015 |
20150089024 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND NETWORK METHOD - Provided are a network system and a network method. The network system includes: at least one network camera; at least one client configured to receive an image or a moving image from the at least one network camera; and a network configured to relay communication between the at least one network camera and the at least one client, wherein the at least one client is further configured to transmit an auto traffic control (ATC) priority and a setting corresponding to the applying of the ATC function while requesting to be connected to the at least one network camera. | 03-26-2015 |
20150063994 | SCROLL TONGUE PART AND ROTARY MACHINE INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a casing of a rotary machine which includes a diffuser part; a scroll part into which fluid emitted from the diffuser part flows; and a scroll tongue part including: a tongue portion; a bottom surface extending from a bottom surface of the diffuser part; and a flow opening provided between the tongue portion and the bottom surface, the fluid moving from the diffuser part to the scroll part through the flow opening, wherein the bottom surface of the scroll tongue part is coplanar with the bottom surface of the diffuser part. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062357 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING DISTORTION - Provided are a device and method for removing distortion in a photographed image. The method includes estimating a parameter set indicative of an amount of distortion in an input image by a local motion vector between a reference image and the input image, and reconstructing the input image by using the estimated parameter set. | 03-05-2015 |
20150056047 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND DISCHARGING MATERIAL SUCH AS WASTE VINYL - Provided is an apparatus for disposing a material such as waste vinyl, which is configured to collect and dispose of the material on a constant quantity basis. The apparatus includes a receiving part which receives a material supplied from an outside; a supply part, provided at an end of the receiving part, through which the material is supplied to the receiving part; a door part provided at another end of the receiving part and configured to be opened to the outside; and a fixing part formed at a location adjacent to the door part and maintaining the receiving part in a closed state until an internal pressure of the receiving part reaches a predetermined pressure level, wherein the door part is opened to discharge the material to the outside if the internal pressure of the receiving part exceeds the predetermined pressure level. | 02-26-2015 |
20150055886 | IMAGE FUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image fusion system and method are provided. The system includes a plurality of cameras configured to generate a plurality of images, respectively, and an image fusion unit configured to fuse the plurality of images into a single image. | 02-26-2015 |
20150055873 | IMAGE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE ALIGNMENT METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Provided are an image alignment apparatus and an image alignment method using the same. The image alignment apparatus includes a first conversion function estimation unit for estimating a first conversion function based on feature point information that is extracted from a first image, which is captured by using a first image sensor, and a second image, which is captured by using a second image; and a second conversion function estimation unit for estimating a second conversion function based on motion information that is extracted from the first image and the second image. | 02-26-2015 |
20150051764 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING VEHICLE - Provided is a method of driving a vehicle including: monitoring a power status of the vehicle; and if, during the monitoring the power status of the vehicle, a power failure is detected and a first acceleration command is received, controlling the vehicle to travel at a first speed corresponding to the first acceleration command. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049185 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING POSTURE OF SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - Provided is a method and apparatus of detecting a posture of a camera such as a surveillance or monitoring camera. The method includes acquiring an image captured by the camera, acquiring ground information about the ground in the image based on the image, and detecting the posture of the camera based on the ground information. | 02-19-2015 |
20150044048 | IMPELLER ASSEMBLY OF FLUID ROTARY MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a method of manufacturing an impeller assembly, the method including providing an impeller including: a rotary shaft; a base portion radially extending outward from the rotary shaft; and a plurality of blades extending radially outward from the rotary shaft and disposed on the base portion, each of the plurality of blades provided apart from one another in a circumferential direction around the rotary shaft; providing a mold in an area between the plurality of blades; and forming a shroud covering upper portions of the plurality of blades and an upper portion of the mold, wherein the forming the shroud comprises applying a melted metal on the upper portions of the plurality of blades and the upper portion of the mold. | 02-12-2015 |
20150030203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SMOKE FROM IMAGE - Provided are a fire detecting apparatus and a method thereof for detecting a fire, the method includes operations of extracting a feature of at least one object in an input image by using a value of a brightness difference between pixels of the input image or by using an RGB value of the input image; converting the extracted feature of the at least one object into an N dimensional feature; and performing Support Vector Machine (SVM) machine learning on the N dimensional feature of the at least one object. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030155 | SURVEILLANCE SERVER, METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA OF SURVEILLANCE SERVER, AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A surveillance server connected to a camera through a network is provided, the camera acquiring an image of a surveillance area. The surveillance server includes: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire from the camera image data of the image that is encrypted; a mode selection unit configured to select a processing mode of the image data; and a decryption control unit configured to decrypt the image data in response to selection of a first mode. | 01-29-2015 |
20150017001 | ROTATION BODY OF ROTARY MACHINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ROTATION BODY - According to an aspect of an exemplary embodiment, there is provided a rotation body of a rotary machine, the rotation body comprising: an impeller comprising a blade; and a shroud that is integrally formed with the impeller and has a cladding stack structure in which a plurality of laser cladding layers are stacked. | 01-15-2015 |
20150009358 | WHITE BALANCE METHOD FOR SHADING COMPENSATION, AND APPARATUS APPLIED TO THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a white balance method for performing a shading compensation, and more particularly, a white balance method for performing a shading compensation, in which a white balance control is initiated for an input image captured when a camera is driven, and then the shading compensation is performed together during a process of performing the initiated white balance control. The white balance method for performing a shading compensation includes executing a white balance for adjusting a color temperature of an input image, extracting a shading gain table corresponding to the color temperature among pre-stored shading gain tables for each color temperature during the execution of the white balance, executing a shading compensation for an image for each block of the input image by using the extracted shading gain table, and terminating the white balance. | 01-08-2015 |
20150008858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR - Provided are a system for controlling a motor and a method thereof. The system includes: a data storage unit in which data relating to a thermal equivalent circuit of the motor is stored; a temperature measuring unit which measures a temperature of a cooling medium which enters a cooling flow path portion; a rotation speed measuring unit which measures a rotation speed of a rotor; a driving electric current measuring unit which measures a driving electric current of the motor; a permanent magnet temperature estimating unit which estimates a temperature of the permanent magnet portion of the rotor; and a driving controller controls driving of the motor. | 01-08-2015 |
20150007968 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND CASE FOR THE SAME - Provided is a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a case including a plurality of chambers, each of the plurality of chambers having a chamber entry opening to the outside; and a plurality of heat exchange tubes accommodated in the each of the plurality of chambers, where each heat exchange tube includes an inlet portion; an outlet portion; and an intermediate portion connected between the inlet portion and the outlet portion, wherein each heat exchange tube of one of the plurality of chambers is arranged as a mirror image from corresponding heat exchange tube of an adjacent chamber of the one of the plurality of chambers with respect to a wall disposed between the one and the adjacent chambers. | 01-08-2015 |
20140379220 | VEHICLE WITH INDEPENDENTLY DRIVEN MULTIPLE AXES, AND CONTROLLER WHICH INDEPENDENTLY DRIVES MULTIPLE AXLES - A vehicle with independently driven multiple axles and a controller which independently drives the multiple axles are disclosed. The controller includes a first controller which determines a target control value including at least one of a mechanical steering angle of each of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, a target yaw moment of the vehicle, a target longitudinal force of the vehicle, and a target wheel speed of each of the plurality of wheels; and a second controller which determines wheel torques of the plurality of wheels, which drive the plurality of wheels independently, based on the target control value, wherein the wheel torques of the plurality of wheels are different from one another. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375813 | INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FOR VEHICLE - An integrated control system and method using a vehicle surveillance camera, the method including: receiving vehicle license plate number information obtained by analyzing an image captured using the vehicle surveillance camera, from the vehicle surveillance camera via a server; receiving time information and position information about when and where the captured image was generated, from the vehicle surveillance camera via the server; and constructing a database by referring to the vehicle license plate number information, the time information, and the position information received via the server. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375801 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NETWORK CAMERA - Provided is a method of controlling an operation of a network camera that is capable of improving a delay time occurring when a monitoring device controls the network camera, by using a virtual image map and a multi-streaming technique. The method includes displaying a first view image; and performing a panning/tilting control operation, the performing the panning/tilting control operation including: displaying a first virtual image from a virtual image map; and replacing the first virtual image with a second view image. | 12-25-2014 |
20140334741 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - Disclosed is an apparatus for image processing including a first low pass filter (LPF) which removes high-frequency components from selection information about image data selection between a long-exposure image and a short-exposure image, a movement detector which obtains movement detection information by detecting movement from at least one of the images, a second LPF which removes high-frequency components from the movement detection information, a selector which obtains selection results by selecting one of the selection information from which the high-frequency components are not removed by the first LPF and the selection information from which the high-frequency components are removed by the first LPF, for each pixel group based on the movement detection information from which the high-frequency components have been removed, and a composer which composes the long-exposure image and the short-exposure image based on the selection results. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334713 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING MAP FOR MOBILE ROBOT - A method and apparatus for constructing a map for a mobile robot to be able to reduce a data amount and increase an approach speed. The method includes: searching for a plurality of feature data occupying an arbitrary space by scanning a surrounding environment of the mobile robot; performing quadtree segmentation on first feature data of the plurality of feature data to generate a plurality of first node information as a result of the quadtree segmentation; determining a position of second feature data of the plurality of feature data with respect to the first feature data; and performing a neighborhood moving algorithm for generating a plurality of second node information of the second feature data according to the position of second feature data by using the plurality of first node information. | 11-13-2014 |
20140329360 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LEAD FRAME - There is provided a method of manufacturing a lead frame, the method including: preparing a lead frame raw material; forming openings in the lead frame raw material so that the lead frame material includes: a die pad; a die pad supporting portion supporting the die pad; a rail portion supporting the die pad supporting portion; a lead supporting portion having both ends fixed to the die pad supporting portion; and a plurality of leads having a first end connected to the rail portion and a second end connected to the lead supporting portion; plating the lead frame raw material having the openings with a plating layer; and removing the lead supporting portion. | 11-06-2014 |
20140325885 | APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING FIREARM, FIREARM ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF REDUCING SHOCK OF FIRING - There is provided a firearm assembly including: a base; a firearm coupling unit configured to move forward or backward with respect to the base; an elastic support unit configured to elastically support the firearm coupling unit; and a firearm mounted on the firearm coupling unit and including: a bolt assembly configured to move backward or forward; and a return spring configured to elastically support the bolt assembly, wherein upon firing the firearm, the firearm coupling unit is configured to return to a coupling unit original forward position after completion of the bolt assembly returning to a bolt assembly original forward position. | 11-06-2014 |
20140325414 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) BUILDING INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) information providing device which reads values of sensors provided in equipment in a building, displays the sensor values on a 3D graphic monitoring screen, and controls the actual equipment in the building by using output values or control values of 3D device images corresponding to the equipment on the 3D graphic monitoring screen. | 10-30-2014 |
20140314543 | COMPRESSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a compressor system including: a guide vane; a compressor compressing a fluid flowing from the guide vane; a drive unit connected to the compressor and driving the compressor; a guide flow path connecting the compressor and an external device; a branch flow path branching off from the guide flow path; a flow control valve opening and closing the branch flow path; a sensor unit measuring a current of the drive unit and a pressure of the guide flow path; and a control unit controlling at least one of the guide vane, the drive unit, and the flow control valve, calculating an operation point of the compressor, comparing the operation point of the compressor with a greater one of a first anti-surge control line and a second anti-surge control line and controlling the flow control valve according to the comparison. | 10-23-2014 |
20140307915 | WATERMARK PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - Disclosed are a watermark processing device, a method thereof, and an image capturing apparatus capable of reducing a processing time and a calculation amount while inserting a watermark into an image. The watermark processing method includes creating a watermarked image by inserting a predetermined watermark into a virtual wavelet image; and creating a synthesized image by synthesizing an input image and the watermarked image. | 10-16-2014 |
20140300974 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - Provided is a zoom lens system including: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having a negative refractive power sequentially from an object side to an image side, wherein a zooming operation is performed by moving the second lens group and the fourth lens group. | 10-09-2014 |
20140298368 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Provided are an authentication system and a method of operating the authentication system. The authentication system allows network cameras to authenticate an image storage device as a client. The authentication system includes an authentication preprocessing unit provided in the client to calculate and store an offset time representing a difference between time information of the client and time information that is received from a network camera in response to a time information request to the network camera, and an authentication processing unit provided in the network camera to authenticate the client by receiving authentication information including the offset time from the client in response to an authentication request of the client. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290304 | COOLING DEVICE FOR COMPRESSOR - Provided is a cooling device which provides cooling for a compressor including: a fan device; a housing which houses the fan device; a plurality of heat exchangers which are provided on sides of the housing; a fluid inlet part which intakes a fluid into the heat exchangers; and a fluid outlet part which discharges the fluid from the heat exchangers. | 10-02-2014 |
20140284303 | GRAPHENE TRANSFER METHOD - A graphene transfer method comprising: attaching a first end of a first stacked structure, including a catalyst metal, graphene, and a supporting body stacked in the order stated, to a point of a target film that is transported in a roll-to-roll manner in a first direction; forming a second stacked structure by removing the catalyst metal of the first stacked structure, the second stacked structure having a surface whereon the graphene is exposed; and transferring the exposed graphene to a transfer surface of the target film by transporting the target film in a roll-to-roll manner and the second stacked structure in the first direction. | 09-25-2014 |
20140270487 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - Provided are a monitoring system and an operating method thereof, and more particularly, an image processing method and apparatus for removing a motion blur of a wide dynamic range (WDR) image by using a machine learning algorithm. The image processing method includes: generating an overlap image by overlapping a first image having a predetermined exposure time and a second image having an exposure time different from that of the first image; detecting a region of interest (ROI) in which a motion blur occurs in the overlap image; and performing a motion blur removing operation of changing an image in the ROI to any one of the first image and the second image by applying a first machine learning algorithm. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267750 | METHOD OF OPERATING CAMERA, CAMERA, AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a method of operating a camera connected to at least one another cameras via a communication network. The method includes: performing interfacing between the camera and the at least one another camera; controlling the camera to execute first at least one task which is allocated to the at least one another camera; and updating a job queue containing second at least one task which is allocated to the camera and the first at least one task which is allocated to the at least one another camera, wherein the performing interfacing, the controlling the camera and the updating the job queue are performed by running a program. | 09-18-2014 |
20140252580 | LEAD FRAME, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING THE LEAD FRAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LEAD FRAME - There is provided a lead frame including a plurality of plating layers formed on both an upper surface and a lower surface of a base material including a metal, wherein an upper outermost plating layer of an upper part of the lead frame is a silver plating layer including silver, and a lower outermost plating layer of a lower part of the lead frame is a gold plating layer including gold. | 09-11-2014 |
20140246401 | METHOD OF OBTAINING GRAPHENE - According to an aspect of an exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method of obtaining graphene, the method comprising: preparing a graphene forming structure of which a first graphene is formed on one surface and a second graphene is formed on another surface, and that comprises at least one metal catalyst member; disposing a first carrier and a second carrier on the first graphene and the second graphene, respectively; and removing the metal catalyst member by applying an etchant to a side surface of the graphene forming structure while winding up the first carrier and the second carrier by respectively rotating a pair of rolls formed to face each other. | 09-04-2014 |
20140241619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL MOVEMENT - Provided are a method and apparatus for detecting an abnormal movement. The apparatus includes a feature tracing unit configured to extract features of a moving object in an input image, trace a variation in position of the extracted features according to time, and ascertain trajectories of the extracted features; a topic online learning unit configured to classify the input image in units of documents which are bundles of the trajectories, and ascertain probability distribution states of topics, which constitute the classified document, by using an online learning method which is a probabilistic topic model; and a movement pattern online learning unit configured to learn a velocity and a direction for each of the ascertained topics, and learn a movement pattern by inferring a spatiotemporal correlation between the ascertained topics. | 08-28-2014 |
20140237005 | METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA, AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - Disclosed is a method of data processing in an apparatus such as a photographing apparatus. The method includes: determining a file format to record data among a plurality of file formats comprising a dedicated file format and a common file format; recording the data in a file of the common file format and generating an auxiliary file corresponding to the file of the common file format, if the common file format is determined; and recording, in the auxiliary file, information about the dedicated file format and recording information for reading the data in the file of the common file format. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234627 | GRAPHENE-BASED LAMINATE INCLUDING DOPED POLYMER LAYER - A graphene-based laminate including a doped polymer layer is disclosed. The graphene-based laminate may include a substrate; a graphene layer disposed on the substrate and including at least one layer; and a doped polymer layer disposed on at least one surface of the graphene layer and including an organic dopant. | 08-21-2014 |
20140219775 | COMPRESSION SYSTEM - Provided is a compression system including: at least one impeller; a gear train configured to the at least one impeller; a main drive shaft configured to drive the gear train; and a housing comprising an impeller container configured to house the at least one impeller and a gear train container configured to house the gear train. | 08-07-2014 |
20140218589 | FOCUSING METHOD OF PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS ADOPTING THE FOCUSING METHOD - A focusing method includes operations (a) through (d). In (a), a maximum focus value generated during a searching is set as a first maximum focus value. In (b), the focus lens moves to a first position that is the position of the first maximum focus value. In (c), a focus value generated when the focus lens moves to the first position is set as a second maximum focus value. In (d), if it is determined that a difference value between the first maximum focus value and the second maximum focus value is greater than a first set allowance value, a position of a focus value, whose difference value from the first maximum focus value is less than a second set allowance value, is searched for within a second range that has the first position as its center and is narrower than the first range. | 08-07-2014 |
20140218538 | IMAGE FUSION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTI-SPECTRAL FILTER ARRAY SENSOR - Provided is an image fusion apparatus using a multi-spectral filter array sensor, the image fusion apparatus including a separation unit configured to separate an input image input through the multi-spectral filter array sensor into an RGB image and a near infrared (NIR) image, a color reconstruction unit configured to extract an RGB image in a visible band by removing an NIR value incident together with R, G and B values through the multi-spectral filter array sensor from the R, G and B values, and an image fusion unit configured to fuse the RGB image in the visible band with the NIR image, in which a fusion rate of the RGB image and the NIR image is based on a size of each of the R, G and B values of the RGB image in the visible band. | 08-07-2014 |
20140198392 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system that includes a first lens group including at least one lens and having a negative refractive power, and a second lens group including at least one lens and having a positive refractive power in an order from an object side to an image side, wherein the zoom lens system is configured to perform zooming by changing a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group and satisfies: 2<|f1/fw|<2.5 and 0.60<|f1/f2|<0.85, wherein f1 indicates a synthetic focal length of the first lens group, fw indicates an overall focal length at a wide angle end, and f2 indicates a synthetic focal length of the second lens group. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198308 | PANORAMIC SCAN RADAR AND PANORAMIC LASER SCANNING METHOD - A panoramic scan radar is provided. The panoramic scan radar includes: a fixed base; a rotary base which is rotatably combined with the fixed base; a reflector which is disposed on the rotary base to rotate with the rotary base and includes a reflective surface; a laser emitter which is disposed on the rotary base to rotate with the rotary base and selectively irradiate laser beams onto a plurality of points on the reflective surface of the reflector; and a laser receiver. The reflector reflects the laser beams toward an object and reflects at least one of the laser beams reflected by the object toward the laser receiver and the laser receiver senses the at least one of the laser beams reflected toward the laser receiver. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198210 | IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Provided is an image-monitoring system which includes a camera such as a pan/tilt/zoom camera which stores preset positions and captures images when a direction of the camera changes from one present position to another preset position, and a management unit which sets the preset positions, transmits the preset positions to the camera, and displays the images on a screen. | 07-17-2014 |
20140177960 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus and method for restoring an image which is expected to be when there is no fog from a foggy image, the image processing method including: generating a pixel depth image of the foggy image by estimating a plurality of pixel depths of a plurality of pixels, respectively, included in the foggy image based on a channel difference between at least two of red (R), green (G), and blue (B) channels of the foggy image; processing the pixel depth image; obtaining an optical model parameter with respect to the foggy image; and restoring an image, which is expected to be when the foggy image does not include the fog, by using the processed pixel depth image and the optical model parameter. | 06-26-2014 |
20140169671 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLOR RESTORATION - Provided is a method and apparatus for restoring color of an input image. The method includes: separating multiple band information of a near infrared (NIR) channel from information of the input image by using a correlation between a color channel and the NIR channel in the input image; obtaining estimated invisible light band information of the NIR channel from the multiple band information of the NIR channel and estimated multiple band information of the NIR channel which is estimated from the color channel; estimating invisible light band information of the color channel based on the estimated invisible light band information of the NIR channel; and restoring a visible light band image of the color channel by removing the estimated invisible light band information of the color channel from multiple band information of the color channel included in the information of the input image. | 06-19-2014 |
20140168444 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FUSING IMAGES - Provided is a method of merging or fusing a visible image captured by a visible camera and an infrared (IR) image captured by an IR camera. The method includes: providing a first image of a subject captured by a first camera and a second image of the subject captured by a second camera; converting brightness of the second image based on brightness of the first image; and merging the first image and the second image having the converted brightness. | 06-19-2014 |
20140154078 | IMPELLER WITH SEALING PORTION - There is provided an impeller rotating about a rotary shaft, the impeller including: an inlet through which a fluid is introduced; an outlet through which the fluid is discharged; a supporter connected to the rotary shaft; a blade portion provided on the supporter; a shroud portion disposed to cover the blade portion; and a sealing portion including at least one sealing protrusion protruding in a direction that is in parallel with the rotary shaft, and disposed at a portion of the shroud portion, which configures the inlet. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153839 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING FLICKER-EVALUATION VALUE - An apparatus and a method for calculating a flicker-evaluation value through a wide dynamic range (WDR) system. The apparatus includes: a first calculator configured to calculate a first difference between a pixel value of a long exposure image of a current frame and a pixel value of a long exposure image of a previous frame; an average calculator configured to calculate an average of the pixel value of the long exposure image of the current frame and the pixel value of the long exposure image of the previous frame; a second calculator configured to calculate a second difference between a pixel value of a short exposure image of the current frame and the average calculated by the average calculator; and a flicker-evaluation value calculator configured to calculate a flicker-evaluation value which indicates a flicker strength using the first difference and the second difference. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152864 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An apparatus, a method, and a program for processing an image are provided. The apparatus includes: a determiner which determines an area corresponding to a white-saturation area included in a raw image based on raw data representing the raw image, wherein the raw image is obtained by photographing and is not processed; and a converter which selectively performs an image space frequency distribution conversion on a portion of the raw data that corresponds to the determined area corresponding to the white-saturation area. The converter reduces luminance changes of pixels which are not a preset reference pixel in the area corresponding to the white-saturation area. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152861 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus and method. The image processing apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect a motion by using a long-exposed image in a current frame and a long-exposed image in a previous frame; and a processing unit configured to perform infinite impulse response (IIR) filtering on a short-exposed image in the current frame according to a result of the detecting of the motion which is obtained from the detection unit. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUNTING NUMBER OF PERSON USING PLURALITY OF CAMERAS - A person counting device generates a single panorama image by using a plurality of images respectively captured by a plurality of cameras, inserts an imaginary line to the single panorama image; and counts the number of persons that pass the imaginary line. To this end, identification numbers are allocated to respective persons in the plurality of images, the single panorama image including the imaginary line is restored to a plurality of images including same imaginary line information, the number of persons that pass a new imaginary line in each of the plurality of restored images is determined, and the number of duplicate-counted persons is ruled out. | 06-05-2014 |
20140149862 | MEDIA REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A media reproducing apparatus may include a main body; a touch wheel button unit disposed in a region of the main body; and a control unit configured to perform a first function in response to receiving a first drag operation in a circumferential direction while a first start point disposed in the touch wheel button unit is touched, and perform a second function in response to receiving a second drag operation in the circumferential direction while a second start point, which is different from the first start point, is touched. The media reproducing apparatus may also include the region of the main body configured as a touch panel. | 05-29-2014 |
20140145404 | GAS SEAL ASSEMBLY - Provided is a gas seal assembly which includes: an inner sleeve in which a rotation axle is inserted; a rotational sealing sleeve inserted into the inner sleeve; a sealing sleeve contacting the rotational sealing sleeve; a forcing sleeve forcing the sealing sleeve towards the rotational sealing sleeve by contacting the sealing sleeve; a seal housing separated by a predetermined distance from the forcing sleeve and the sealing sleeve and supporting the forcing sleeve; and an elastic part mounted between the seal housing and the forcing sleeve and providing a restoring force to the forcing sleeve, wherein the seal housing protrudes in a center direction of the rotation axle and includes a supporting protrusion for supporting one end of the forcing sleeve. | 05-29-2014 |
20140145063 | LASER SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a laser sensor assembly and a method of controlling the laser sensor assembly. A laser sensor assembly includes a supporting unit; a rotary shaft unit formed onto the supporting unit, wherein the rotary shaft unit is rotatable, and has at least one bent portion to form a certain angle with respect to a rotational axis of the rotary shaft unit; and a laser sensor unit coupled with the bent part of the rotary shaft unit to form a certain angle with respect to the rotational axis of the rotary shaft unit. | 05-29-2014 |
20140125324 | RESOLVER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a method of manufacturing a resolver having a stator mounted around a rotator and configured to detect a rotational angle of a motor, the method including: forming the stator to have a core with protrusions disposed at a predetermined interval along a rotational direction of the rotator; winding a signal source coil around the protrusions of the core to generate an alternate current (AC) magnetic field when an input voltage signal is applied thereto; and winding a plurality of output signal coils alternately along the rotational direction of the rotator around the protrusions of the core, along the rotational direction of the rotator, to generate induced voltage signals of different phases in response to the AC magnetic field generated by the signal source coil and the rotation of the rotator. | 05-08-2014 |
20140121833 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLANNING PATH OF ROBOT, AND THE RECORDING MEDIA STORING THE PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method and an apparatus for planning path of robot in correspondence to environment changes in real time, and a recording medium storing the program for performing the said method. The method includes operating the robot according to a first path; generating a second path if an obstacle is discovered around the robot while the robot is being operated according to the first path, and data of the first path exist in a first space within a first distance from a current location of the robot; and operating the robot according to at least the second path. | 05-01-2014 |
20140104432 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ADOPTING THE METHOD - A method of controlling a surveillance system having a visible imaging camera for obtaining a visible image of an object and a display apparatus, includes providing a color visible image, from the visible imaging camera, to the display apparatus and generating a color background image by extracting a background area from the color visible image when a current ambient illuminance belongs to a daytime illuminance range, and replacing a background area of a black and white visible image, from the visible imaging camera, with the color background image and providing a mixed image as a result of the replacement to the display apparatus when the current illuminance belongs to the nighttime illuminance range. | 04-17-2014 |
20140099002 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL DRAWING - An apparatus and method for providing a digital drawing in which equipment information or control point information of an analog computer aided design (CAD) drawing relating to interior equipment of a building and relative position information of the equipment information or the control point information of the analog CAD drawing are obtained from a scan drawing obtained by scanning the analog CAD drawing. The obtained information is displayed according to a user input based on the equipment information or control point information and the relative position information of the equipment information or the control point information in combination with the scan drawing. | 04-10-2014 |
20140087968 | MODIFIED RNASE H AND DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION - A reversibly modified ‘hot start’ RNase H enzyme composition is described for the improved CATACLEAVE™ probe detection of nucleic acid sequences in a test sample. A key feature of the enzyme composition is the ability to regulate the catalytic activity of the RNase H during the course of a reverse transcription-PCR cycle. Thus, RNase H activity can be initially suppressed to minimize degradation of RNA:DNA primer heteroduplexes prior to reverse transcription. After cDNA synthesis is complete, RNase H activity is induced to promote the cleavage and fluorescent detection of CATACLEAVE™ probes that anneal to target DNA sequences within the reverse transcriptase-PCR products. The inducible RNase H enzyme is amenable to high throughput applications requiring one step reverse transcriptase CATACLEAVE™ PCR in a single reaction mix. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086733 | COMPRESSING SYSTEM - According to an aspect of an exemplary embodiment, there is provided a compressing system including: a casing including an inlet and an outlet; a first compression unit configured to receive an inlet fluid from the inlet and compressing the inlet fluid into a first pressure fluid; a first pressure chamber configured to receive the first pressure fluid; at least one first intercooler unit configured to cool the first pressure fluid; a second compression unit configured to compress the first pressure fluid into a second pressure fluid; a second pressure chamber configured to receive the second pressure fluid; at least one second intercooler unit configured to cool the second pressure fluid; and a third compression unit configured to compress the second pressure fluid. | 03-27-2014 |
20140078307 | METHOD OF DETECTING CAMERA TEMPERING AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method of detecting camera tempering and a system therefor are provided. The method includes: performing at least one of following operations: (i) detecting a size of a foreground in an image, and determining whether a first condition, that the size exceeds a first reference value, is satisfied, (ii) detecting change of a sum of the largest pixel value differences among pixel value differences between adjacent pixels in selected horizontal lines of the image, according to time, and determining whether a second condition, that the change lasts for a predetermined time period, is satisfied, and (iii) adding up a plurality of global motion vectors with respect to a plurality of images, and determining whether a third condition, that a sum of the global motion vectors exceeds a second reference value, is satisfied; and determining occurrence of camera tempering if at least one of the corresponding conditions is satisfied. | 03-20-2014 |
20140078263 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM USING 3D INFORMATION OF IMAGES AND MONITORING METHOD USING THE SAME - A monitoring apparatus using three-dimensional (3D) information of images includes: an image acquisition unit to acquire a two-dimensional (2D) image from a pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) camera; an information extraction unit to extract 2D coordinate information of an object based on a pan/tilt angle of the PTZ camera and extract distance information between the PTZ camera and the object; an operation unit to calculate at least one of variation of the 2D coordinate information and the distance information by comparing a current frame and a previous frame of the 2D image, and variation of the 2D coordinate information and height information of the object by comparing a current frame and a previous frame of a 3D image of the object; and a position tracking unit to track a position of the object by controlling the PTZ camera based on the at least one of the two variations. | 03-20-2014 |
20140064626 | ADAPTIVE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED IN IMAGE PYRAMID - An adaptive image processing apparatus includes a first matching unit selecting representative candidate images from among a plurality of images included in an image pyramid and calculating a first matching score between each of the representative candidate images and a target model; a second matching unit selecting one scale level from among scale levels of the representative candidate images based on the first matching score and calculating a second matching score between each of images having scale levels included in a dense scale level range with respect to the selected scale level and the target model; a representative scale level selecting unit selecting at least one of the scale levels included in the dense scale level range as a representative scale level based on the second matching scores; and an image processing unit performing image processing based on an image having the selected representative scale level. | 03-06-2014 |
20140063266 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEFECT PIXEL - Provided is an apparatus of determining a defect pixel which includes at least one of a first edge periphery defect determiner and a second edge periphery defect determiner, wherein the first edge periphery defect determiner is configured to determine if a central pixel of a pixel group is the defect pixel by using pixel values of pixels adjacent to the central pixel disposed close to an image edge, wherein the edge includes at least one of right, left, upper, lower, lower-left, lower-right, upper-left and upper-right pixels of the central pixel, and wherein the second edge periphery defect determiner is configured to determine if the central pixel is the defect pixel by using a pixel disposed at at least one of the lower-left, lower-right, upper-left and upper-right of the central pixel. | 03-06-2014 |
20140055644 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING OBJECT - An apparatus and method for quickly and accurately extracting an object in an image, the method including: performing at least one resizing on an extraction model pattern for of the object to be extracted; scanning an image frame, captured by a camera, using each of the at least one resized extraction model pattern, and extracting the object that is matched with any one of the at least one resized extraction model pattern; and displaying information about a position of the extracted object. | 02-27-2014 |
20140055610 | INDOOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND INDOOR SURVEILLANCE METHOD - A surveillance system and method are provided. The surveillance system includes an audio processing device which extracts an audio feature of an audio signal, and determines whether an abnormal event has occurred in a monitoring region, based on the audio feature; a video processing device which extracts a foreground region from a video signal, and determines whether an abnormal event has occurred in the monitoring region, based on motion information of the foreground region; and a context awareness device which calculates an audio abnormal probability and a video abnormal probability by respectively accumulating results of abnormal event occurrence/non-occurrence determinations performed on audio signals and results of abnormal event occurrence/non-occurrence determinations performed on video signals for a certain period of time, and finally determines whether an abnormal situation has occurred in the monitoring region, by using respective combined probability distribution models for a normal situation and the abnormal situation. | 02-27-2014 |
20140052296 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Provided is a method of driving a system for a robot including obtaining scan data which includes information about at least one of a coordinate and a direction of the robot, estimating a plurality of location changes of the robot by matching a plurality of consecutive scan data pairs of the obtained scan data, generating a path of the robot by connecting the estimated location changes, estimating a position of a corrected instantaneous center of rotation (ICR), and correcting the plurality of consecutive scan data pairs based on the corrected ICR. | 02-20-2014 |
20140037963 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GRAPHENE FILM, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING GRAPHENE FILM, AND GRAPHENE FILM MANUFACTURED BY USING APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING GRAPHENE FILM - A method of manufacturing a graphene film, the method including forming graphene on a surface of a catalyst metal film; forming a first film on a surface of the graphene, on which the catalyst metal film is not formed; removing the catalyst metal film; and performing a doping process on the graphene, wherein the forming of the graphene, the forming of the first film, the removing, and the performing are performed in one direction by using a roll-to-roll method. | 02-06-2014 |
20140036117 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens system including: a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, wherein an interval between the first and second lens groups, an interval between the second and third lens groups, and an interval between the third and fourth lens groups change during zooming from a wide-mode to a tele-mode, wherein the first lens group comprises one negative lens and three positive lenses sequentially from the object to the image, wherein the zoom lens system satisfies an condition below: | 02-06-2014 |
20140034262 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTOR SUCH AS IMPELLER OR TURBINE WHEEL - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an impeller or a turbine wheel having a disk hub and an air foil. The method includes forming a mold for casting including a cavity of a shape corresponding to the rotor, arranging a core at a location corresponding to an inside of the rotor in the cavity of the mold for casting, injecting molten metal into the mold for casting where the core has been arranged, and removing the core from a casting which has been cast in the mold for casting. | 02-06-2014 |
20140030067 | GAS TURBINE APPARATUS - Provided is a gas turbine apparatus including: a turbine unit comprising an output shaft; a cooling gas generation unit, comprising a rotation shaft, which receives power from the output shaft through the rotation shaft and generates a compressed cooling gas; a first duct unit which transfers the generated compressed cooling gas to the turbine unit; a clutch unit which controls a power transfer connection between the output shaft and the rotation shaft; and a control unit which controls the transferring of the generated compressed cooling gas. | 01-30-2014 |
20140023783 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING GRAPHENE FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRAPHENE FILM - Provided is a graphene film manufacturing apparatus including a source fluid supply unit for supplying a source fluid containing carbon; a gas discharge unit for receiving the source fluid from the source fluid supply unit, thermally decomposing the source fluid into a gas, and discharging the gas; a catalyst substrate disposed to contact the gas discharged from the gas discharge unit, and a heating device disposed to locally heat a region of the catalyst substrate that contacts the discharged gas. | 01-23-2014 |
20140022394 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING OBJECT - A method of tracking an object includes obtaining an image captured by a camera, setting a plurality of patterns having various sizes, according to a distance from a horizon in the image to a plurality of pixels in the image, extracting an object matching one of the plurality of patterns having various sizes, while scanning the image using the plurality of patterns having various sizes, and displaying information about a position of the extracted object in the image. | 01-23-2014 |
20140017160 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING GRAPHENE - A method and an apparatus for synthesizing graphene. The method includes loading catalyst metals into a chamber in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction; increasing sizes of grains of the catalyst metals by heating the catalyst metals; raising a temperature inside the chamber while providing a vapor carbon source in the catalyst metals; and forming graphene by cooling the catalyst metals. | 01-16-2014 |
20130343603 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MOTION CAPABLE OF REMOVING SHADOW BY HEAT - A method and system for detecting a motion of a target object in a thermal image by removing a shadow by heat of the target object from the thermal image. The motion detecting system includes: a learning unit obtaining at least one of size and brightness of a shadow by heat of a reference object based on characteristics of the shadow by heat of the reference object by temperature; and a detecting unit removing a shadow region of the target object from the thermal image including the target object based on at least one of the size and the brightness of the shadow by heat of the object. | 12-26-2013 |
20130340247 | WORKING MACHINE POWERED IN A NON-CONTACTMANNER - There is provided a working machine including a guide beam having a power transmitter; at least one working head comprising a power receiver and configured to move along the guide beam, wherein the power receiver receives power from the power transmitter in a non-contact manner in which the power receiver and the power transmitter are not physically connected, and wherein the working head operates by the received power in the non-contact manner. | 12-26-2013 |
20130329101 | CAMERA SYSTEM WITH MULTI-SPECTRAL FILTER ARRAY AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A camera system with a multi-spectral filter array and an image processing method thereof are disclosed. The method of processing an image that is output from an image sensor including a multi-spectral filter array including a color filter and a near infrared (NIR) filter includes interpolating an NIR channel of the image by using spatial information of color channels including a red channel, a green channel, and a blue channel; and interpolating the color channels of the image by using spatial information of the NIR channel. | 12-12-2013 |
20130322754 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING TARGET, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A target extracting apparatus and method for extracting a target through probability modeling of pixel brightness values in an image, and a recording medium storing a program for performing the method, are disclosed. The method includes extracting a background image from an input image, modeling brightness values of the input image and the background image based on a Gaussian distribution to generate an input image modeling result and a background image modeling result, calculating likelihood ratios for determining whether a pixel in the input image corresponds to a target based on a correlation between the input image modeling result and the background image modeling result and target templates having different sizes; determining a location of the target based on the calculated likelihood ratios; and outputting the determined location of the target. | 12-05-2013 |
20130314559 | CAMERA HAVING RECONFIGURABLE LOGIC BLOCKS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT EMBEDDED THEREON AND SYSTEM HAVING THE CAMERA - A camera having a reconfigurable logic block and a method for reconfiguring the logic block are provided. The camera includes: an integrated circuit (IC) such as field programmable gate array (FPGA) including at least one logic block; and a processor configured to receive information about the logic block of the IC, and transmit the information about the logic block to the IC to update at least one existing signal processing (ISP) function recorded in the IC or change the existing ISP function to another at least one ISP function for a different use according to the information about the logic block, wherein each of the existing ISP function and the other ISP function is used to process an image signal obtained by the camera. | 11-28-2013 |
20130313009 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board (PCB) and the PCB are provided. The method includes: filling a resin in a via-hole formed at a substrate from one surface side of the substrate; emitting light for a predetermined period of time to the resin filled in the via-hole from the other surface side of the substrate; and applying another resin on the other surface of the substrate. | 11-28-2013 |
20130302794 | NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION BY OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES CLEAVED BY BOTH EXONUCLEASE AND ENDONUCLEASE - Disclosed is a method in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology. The method is related to improve cleavage kinetics of labeled oligonucleotide probes and, consequently, increases signal-to-noise ratio in detecting nucleic acids. | 11-14-2013 |
20130294655 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MATRIX-BASED MOTION INCLUDING FREQUENCY TRANSFORM AND FILTERING - A method and system for detecting motion are provided. The method includes: generating a time domain matrix including vectors corresponding to variation of pixel values as elements of the time domain matrix, of a video image including a plurality of frames; generating a motion matrix from which a low frequency area of the video image is removed by multiplying the time domain matrix by a low rank matrix; and generating a result image including a plurality of frames in which vectors, which are elements of the motion matrix, are included as variation of motion pixel values. | 11-07-2013 |
20130293709 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are a time synchronization apparatus and method for a network camera and a network video recorder (NVR) connected to the network camera. The apparatus includes: a data receiving unit receiving a data stream from the network camera, the data stream including timestamp information of the network camera; a noise determining unit determining whether time information input from the network camera is a noise based on a timestamp of the network camera contained in the timestamp information; and a setting control unit setting a timestamp of the NVR based on the determining of the noise determining unit, wherein the data stream comprises data obtained by the network camera and the timestamp information of the network camera which indicates a time when the data stream was transmitted from the network camera. | 11-07-2013 |
20130278754 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING FOR IMAGE BLUR BY MOVING IMAGE SENSOR - A system for compensating for image blur, the system including: a movement detector which an appearance of a subject moving in a surveillance range in order to calculate a movement distance and speed determines movement characteristics of a subject on a display of a camera which obtains an image of the object; a calculator which determines moving characteristics of an image sensor based on the movement characteristics of the subject; and a moving unit which moves the image sensor for an exposure time of at least one predetermined frame based on the moving characteristics of the image sensor. | 10-24-2013 |
20130274354 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS - Provided is a method of producing a substitute natural gas. The method includes: generating carbon monoxide and hydrogen using coal and a metal fuel; and generating methane from the generated carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Since the method supplies a metal fuel along with coal, generates hydrogen from the metal fuel, and supplies the hydrogen, the amount of coal needed to generate methane through methanation may be reduced and the amount of carbon dioxide (CO | 10-17-2013 |
20130273547 | METHOD TO DETERMINE AND CORRECT BASELINE AND TO CHARACTERIZE PCR AMPLIFICATION KINETICS - The disclosed methods correct for high-sloped baseline observed in real-time PCR curves and provides a way of verifying amplification efficiency using a statistical approach. The method teaches the conversion of fluorescent data points to transform the baseline from sloped to horizontal. Then, a 4-parameter logistic model is applied to simulate the PCR kinetics. A cycle number corresponding to a template concentration can then be determined at a inflection point defined by the model | 10-17-2013 |
20130272883 | IMPELLER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a method of manufacturing an impeller, the method including: providing a disc comprising a plurality of blades; casting a shroud to a first state in a mold; providing a mounting space in the mold; mounting the disc in the mounting space and casting the shroud to a second state with the mounted disc. | 10-17-2013 |
20130271599 | ROTATION ASSEMBLY AND SURVEILLANCE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ROTATION ASSEMBLY - Provided a rotation assembly including: a base unit; a rotation frame unit rotatably installed on the base unit; a rotation driving unit which drives the rotation unit to rotate; an encoder including a hollow axis installed on the base unit and an encoder main body installed on the rotation frame unit; and a slip ring installed on the base unit, wherein a portion of the slip ring or a portion of a cable connected to the slip ring is disposed in a through hole provided in the hollow axis. | 10-17-2013 |
20130265567 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING GRAPHENE BOARD - An apparatus and method for inspecting a graphene board. The graphene board inspecting apparatus for inspecting a graphene board on which at least one graphene layer is formed includes: a light processing unit which emits at least one light on the graphene board, receives the at least one light penetrating the graphene board and converts the received at least one light to an output signal; a transmittance detecting unit which receives the output signal from the light processing unit to inspect a transmittance of the at least one light penetrating the graphene board; and a determination unit which is connected to the transmittance detecting unit and receives the detected transmittance to determine a state of the graphene board by analyzing the detected transmittance. | 10-10-2013 |
20130258119 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system and a method of transmitting and/or receiving data in the communication system are provided. A method of transmitting media data of a camera to a user terminal in a communication environment in which the camera connected to a first network and the user terminal connected to a third network are connected to a second network includes: obtaining second address information of the second network that corresponds to first address information of the first network, from an address conversion apparatus; obtaining third address information of the second network from an address providing apparatus connected to the second network; transmitting the first through third address information to the user terminal through a session control server connected to the second network; and transmitting the media data to the user terminal based on at least one of the first through third address information. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258064 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING HIGH DENSITY THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Apparatus and method for reconstructing a high-density three-dimensional (3D) image are provided. The method includes: generating an initial 3D image by matching a first image captured using a first camera and a second image captured using a second camera; searching for a first area and a second area from the initial 3D image by using a number of characteristic points included in the initial 3D image; detecting a plane from a divided first area; filtering a divided second area; and synthesizing the detected plane and the filtered second area. | 10-03-2013 |
20130251503 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPRESSOR SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING SURGE OCCURRENCE AND COMPRESSOR SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Provided is a method of controlling a compressor system including measuring variables for generating a performance curve of a compressor, calculating changing rates of the variables; comparing the calculated changing rates with preset changing rate variations; and determining a surge control line different from a preset surge control line according to the calculated changing rates if the calculated changing rates are out of ranges of the preset changing rate variations. | 09-26-2013 |
20130250571 | SIDE LIGHT APPARATUS OF CHIP MOUNTER AND LIGHT APPARATUS USING THE SIDE LIGHT APPARATUS - Provided are a light apparatus of a chip mounter which emits light to sides of a plurality of parts picked up by a plurality of nozzles of a chip mounter, the light apparatus including: at least one light module including a plurality of sloping portions each of which includes a plurality of slopes, wherein a slope of the plurality of slopes includes a light source emitting light to a side of a first part picked up by a first nozzle among the plurality of nozzles of the chip mounter. | 09-26-2013 |
20130243322 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method of separating an input image into a foreground image and a background image, the method including determining a pixel of the input image as a pixel of the foreground image if a foreground probability value of the pixel of the foreground image determined by using the Gaussian mixture model or the pixel determined to be included in a motion region is greater than a setting threshold. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242198 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING NOISE OF VIDEO - A method and apparatus for reducing noise of a video image are provided. The method includes: reducing noise in a difference between a current frame and a previous frame in which temporal noise is reduced; detecting motion information about the current frame based on the difference in which the noise is reduced; reducing temporal noise in the current frame via a weighted sum of the current frame and the previous frame in which the temporal noise is reduced, according to the motion information; and reducing spatial noise in the current frame based on an edge direction of the current frame in which the temporal noise is reduced. | 09-19-2013 |
20130236120 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING MULTI-CHANNEL IMAGES - A method and a system for analyzing multi-channel images are provided. The method includes: receiving a plurality of images through a plurality of channels, respectively; combining selected images among the plurality of images into a single image; and performing an image analysis with respect to: entirety of the combined image by treating the selected images as a single image; or each of the selected images in the combined image. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236056 | EVENT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING IMAGE ANALYSIS - Provided is an event detection system including an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of a predetermined region, an image analysis unit that obtains focus data including a focus distance and a focus gain of the acquired image, an event occurrence determination unit that determines based on the focus data whether an event has occurred, and an alarm generation unit that generates an alarm signal according to an event signal transmitted from the event occurrence determination unit. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233480 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING GRAPHENE - Provided are method and apparatus for transferring graphene. The graphene transferring method includes: a graphene synthesizing operation comprising forming at least one layer of graphene on at least one surface of a catalyst metal film; a substrate film attaching operation comprising contacting an adhesive first surface of the substrate film to the at least one layer of graphene and compressing the catalyst metal film and the substrate film by using a first roller; and a substrate film separating operation comprising separating the substrate film from the catalyst metal film such that the at least one layer of graphene is separated from the catalyst metal film together with the substrate film. | 09-12-2013 |
20130215265 | SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - Provided is a surveillance camera. The surveillance camera includes a main body casing; a front cover that forms a camera housing by being combined with the main body casing; a first protrusion unit that protrudes frontward of the front cover from a front surface of the front cover; a second protrusion unit that is formed on an outer edge of the first protrusion unit by being separated from the first protrusion unit; and a lens mounting unit that combines with the front cover, wherein the lens mounting unit comprises a first guide unit that protrudes toward the front cover and contacts the first protrusion unit and a second guide unit that contacts the second protrusion unit. Accordingly, tilting of the lens mounting unit is effectively prevented. | 08-22-2013 |
20130211678 | VEHICLE WITH INDEPENDENTLY DRIVEN MULTIPLE AXES, AND CONTROLLER WHICH INDEPENDENTLY DRIVES MULTIPLE AXLES - A vehicle with independently driven multiple axles and a controller which independently drives the multiple axles are disclosed. The controller includes a first controller which determines a target control value including at least one of a mechanical steering angle of each of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, a target yaw moment of the vehicle, a target longitudinal force of the vehicle, and a target wheel speed of each of the plurality of wheels, according to a driving condition of the vehicle, when the first controller receives an operation input including at least one of a steering input, an acceleration input and a braking input; and a second controller which determines wheel torques of the plurality of wheels, which drive the plurality of wheels independently, based on the target control value, wherein the wheel torques of the plurality of wheels are different from one another. | 08-15-2013 |
20130210655 | MICROARRAY WITH ENHANCED SPECIFICITY - Provided is an array including a plurality of target specific array nucleic acid molecules wherein each target specific array nucleic acid molecule contains: (i) a 5′-end DNA segment, (ii) a 3′-end DNA segment, and (iii) an RNA sequence of 1-6 bases within the molecule; and wherein each of the 5-end of the target specific array nucleic acid molecules is coupled to a detectable label. A method for detecting a target nucleic acid and a method for detecting polymorphism in a target nucleic using the array are also provided. | 08-15-2013 |
20130200506 | METHOD OF PREVENTING EPOXY BLEED OUT OF LEAD FRAME AND LEAD FRAME MANUFACTURED BY USING THE SAME - The epoxy bleed out prevention method including: providing a lead frame that is manufactured through a shaping process which forms a die pad and a plurality of leads by using a conductive raw material, a pre-plating process performed on the shaped conductive raw material, and a tape attaching process; and performing a bleed out prevention process which prevents an epoxy bleed out of a die bonding epoxy-based resin applied on the die pad after the tape attaching process. | 08-08-2013 |
20130192885 | METHOD OF FORMING SOLDER RESIST LAYER AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD COMPRISING SOLDER RESIST LAYER - Provided are a method of forming a solder resist layer on a printed circuit board (PCB) and a PCB comprising the solder resist layer. The method includes: preparing a PCB of which at least one surface has a circuit layer formed thereon, bonding an insulation layer, including a material having a non-photosensitive characteristic, in a half-cured state on the circuit layer, forming a solder resist layer patterned by selectively removing the insulation layer, and curing the insulation layer. | 08-01-2013 |
20130187097 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE AT A LOW TEMPERATURE, METHOD FOR DIRECT TRANSFER OF GRAPHENE USING SAME, AND GRAPHENE SHEET - The present invention relates to a method for forming graphene at a low temperature, to a method for direct transfer of graphene using same, and to a graphene sheet. The method for forming graphene at a low temperature comprises supplying a carbon-source-containing gas to a metal catalyst layer for graphene growth formed on a substrate, and forming graphene at a low temperature of 500° C. or less by means of inductively coupled plasma-chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD). | 07-25-2013 |
20130177906 | ENHANCED AMPLIFICATION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACID - Described herein are a composition for an improved amplification of a target nucleic material, a kit containing the composition and a method for an improved amplification. The composition contains a primer sequence which has a ribonucleic acid segment which can be cleaved by a RNase activity. The method using such primer improves probe cleavage kinetics is to increase availability or duration of a single strand template for probe binding. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177251 | IMAGE ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE STABILIZING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image stabilizing apparatus for correcting an image which is shaken due to a movement of a camera. The image stabilizing apparatus includes an image adjusting unit that includes: an image analyzing unit which compares an image frame currently input with a reference image, and if the currently input image frame is shaken, extracts a representative direction and a representative magnitude of the shaking; and an image moving unit which moves the currently input image frame by the representative magnitude in a direction opposite to the representative direction. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176449 | CHARACTERIZING POINT CHECKING REGION SETTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE STABILIZING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is an image stabilizing apparatus and method for correcting an image that is shaken due to a movement of a camera. The image stabilizing apparatus includes a characterizing point checking region setting unit including: a sample frame extract unit which extracts a plurality of image frames obtained for a certain period of time in image data obtained by photographing an object; and a frame analyzing unit which detects a plurality of characterizing points in the extracted plurality of image frames, and sets a characterizing point checking region which is used to check characterizing points in a currently input image frame. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176448 | REFERENCE IMAGE SETTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE STABILIZING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image stabilizing apparatus and method for correcting an image that is shaken due to a movement of a camera is provided. The image stabilizing apparatus includes a reference image setting unit including: a sample frame extract unit which extracts a plurality of image frames taken for a certain period of time from image data generated by photographing an object; and a reference frame extract unit which the plurality of image frames with one another to extract a most stabilized image frame and set the extracted image frame as a reference image frame. | 07-11-2013 |
20130170770 | METHOD OF SYSTEM FOR IMAGE STABILIZATION THROUGH IMAGE PROCESSING, AND ZOOM CAMERA INCLUDING IMAGE STABILIZATION FUNCTION - A method and system for image stabilization through image processing, and a zoom camera including an image stabilization function. The method includes: determining whether an input image comprises a representative feature portion; sampling the representative feature portion to generate a sampled image if it is determined that the input image comprises the representative feature portion; enlarging the sampled image, matching the enlarged sampled image with the sampled image, and obtaining a central coordinate of the matched image; and aligning an optical axis by calculating a difference between the central coordinate of the matched image and a central coordinate of the sampled image. | 07-04-2013 |
20130168349 | METHOD OF FORMING VIA HOLE IN CIRCUIT BOARD - A method of forming a via hole in a circuit board including an insulating layer and a metal layer disposed on each of top and bottom surfaces of the insulating layer, the method including: selectively removing a portion of each of the metal layers where the via hole is to be formed thereby exposing the insulating layer; and removing the exposed insulating layer, wherein the removing of the exposed insulating layer includes chemically swelling the exposed insulating layer and removing the swollen insulating layer. | 07-04-2013 |
20130161073 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTI-LAYER CIRCUIT BOARD AND MULTI-LAYER CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURED BY USING THE METHOD - A method of manufacturing a multi-layer circuit board includes: forming a first circuit layer on a first surface of a first prepreg; stacking a second prepreg on a first surface of the first circuit layer; and forming at least one of a second or a third circuit layer on at least one of a first surface of the second prepreg and a second surface opposite of the first surface of the first prepreg, wherein, in the stacking of the first prepreg, the first prepreg and the second prepreg are semi-cured. | 06-27-2013 |
20130160293 | ADSORPTION HEAD FOR SURFACE MOUNTING DEVICE - An adsorption head for a surface mounting device, including: a main body; a shaft which moves in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the shaft and rotates around the longitudinal axis mounted on the main body, and the shaft includes a lower shaft and an upper shaft. The lower shaft is detachably attached to the upper shaft; and an adsorption nozzle which adsorbs electronic parts mounted on a lower end of the shaft, wherein an air passage connected to the adsorption nozzle is provided in the lower shaft. | 06-27-2013 |
20130160288 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DOUBLE-SIDED MOUNTING SUBSTRATE - Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing a double-sided mounting substrate, the apparatus including: a backup table provided under the printed circuit board at the mounting position which supports the lower surface of the printed circuit board; and a servo motor which elevates and lowers the backup table, wherein the servo motor elevates the backup table to mount the new electronic components and lowers the backup table to carry-in and to carry-away the printed circuit board based on a lower limit position of the backup table, and wherein the lower limit position of the backup table is a position separated downwardly from a reference surface at the mounting position by a distance obtained by adding a preset clearance to a sum of a maximum height of the mounted electronic components mounted on the lower surface of the printed circuit board and a thickness of the printed circuit board. | 06-27-2013 |
20130155260 | ETHERNET-BASED IMAGE TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM - An Ethernet-based image transmitting/receiving system including a image transmitting device configured to generate and transmit a packet including at least one multiplexed signal of a luminance signal and a chrominance signal; an image receiving device configured to receive the packet, extract the luminance signal and the chrominance signal from the multiplexed signal of the packet, store the luminance signal and the chrominance signal, and output the luminance signal and the chrominance signal by synchronizing lines with each other based on the synchronization information; and an Ethernet cable configured to connect the image transmitting device to the image receiving device and transmit the packet. | 06-20-2013 |
20130147946 | LENS APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING OBJECT AND MACHINE VISION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a lens apparatus and a machine vision system including the lens apparatus. The lens apparatus includes: a first lens group and a second lens group which are designed to use a wavelength of light of a first single color as a reference wavelength and disposed on opposite sides of an aperture; and a converter lens group which is disposed at an object side of the first lens group, wherein the converter lens group performs selectively at least one of a first conversion for converting a magnification, and a second conversion for converting the reference wavelength. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147415 | METHOD OF CORRECTING SENSOR, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOTOR AND MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A method of correcting a sensor that detects a detection object and generates a detection signal includes: determining a homing-signal generation time difference between points of time when the detection signal is generated according to a direction in which the detection object enters the sensor and correcting a homing-signal generation time by using the determined homing-signal generation time difference. | 06-13-2013 |
20130142651 | TURBINE IMPELLER COMPRISING BLADE WITH SQUEALER TIP - A turbine impeller including a rotor; a blade extending from the rotor from a first end of the blade; and a squealer tip provided at a second end opposite to the first end of the blade, wherein at least one perforated portion penetrates through the squealer tip. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141798 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A positive-negative-positive-positive four group zoom lens system capable of achieving about 30 times variable magnification, the positive-negative-positive-positive four group zoom lens system including, sequentially from an object side to an image side: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group includes one negative lens, the second lens group includes one positive lens, the third lens group includes a positive lens, the fourth lens group includes at least one positive lens, and a first condition, 0.03<|f | 06-06-2013 |
20130134384 | METHOD OF POST TREATING GRAPHENE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GRAPHENE USING THE SAME - Provided is a method of post treating graphene including providing graphene on a metal thin film, providing a carrier on the graphene, hardening the carrier, and removing the metal thin film from the graphene. | 05-30-2013 |
20130129144 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECT USING PTZ CAMERA - An apparatus for detecting an object includes a filter for filtering a current input image and a background model generated based on a previous input image, a homography matrix estimation unit for estimating a homography matrix between the current input image and the background model, an image alignment unit for converting the background model by applying the homography matrix to a filtered background model and aligning a converted background model and a filtered current input image, and a foreground/background detection unit for detecting a foreground by comparing corresponding pixels between the converted background model and the filtered current input image. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128096 | ZOOM ILLUMINATING SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A zoom illuminating system and an imaging apparatus including the same are provided. The imaging apparatus includes: the zoom illuminating system; a zoom lens system including a plurality of lens groups and zooming an image of an object as a distance between the plurality of lens groups varies. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127598 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR RFID READER - Provided is a communication control method for a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, which communicates with a plurality of RFID tags, the communication control method including: (a) setting a session in which the RFID tags are initialized after a persistence time; (b) communicating with the RFID tags during the persistence time of the RFID tags; and (c) terminating communications during a set delay time after the persistence time of the RFID tags is over. | 05-23-2013 |
20130126436 | STIRRING APPARATUS - A stirring apparatus and a method of separating magnetic beads from a sample including the magnetic beads are provided. The stirring apparatus includes at least one rotational body having a hollow formed therein; a driving unit which moves upward and downward and rotates the at least one rotational body; a cap which is combined with the rotational body, extends in a vertical direction, and has an internal space connected to the hollow of the rotational body; and a magnetic force application unit which moves upward and downward to be inserted into or taken out of the internal space of the cap via the hollow of the rotational body. | 05-23-2013 |
20130122220 | GRAPHENE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A graphene manufacturing apparatus includes a gas supplying unit supplying a gas including carbon; a gas heating unit heating the gas supplied from the gas supplying unit; a deposition chamber in which a substrate having a catalyst layer is disposed; and an inlet pipe introducing the gas of the gas heating unit into the deposition chamber. A temperature of the deposition chamber is set at a temperature lower than a temperature of the gas heating unit so that a selection range with respect to a catalyst metal to be used in the catalyst layer may be expanded, and damage of the substrate due to a high temperature heat may be minimized. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120832 | INFRARED OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM - An infrared optical lens system including: a first lens which comprises a crystalline material; and a second lens which comprises an amorphous material and is formed by using molding processing, wherein a refractive index of the first lens is greater than that of the second lens, and the first lens and the second lens are disposed in the order from an object to an image. | 05-16-2013 |
20130115052 | DIFFUSER BLOCK AND DIFFUSER COMPRISING SAID DIFFUSER BLOCKS COMBINED WITH ONE ANOTHER - Provided is a diffuser block used to form a diffuser with a plurality of the diffuser blocks, the diffuser block including: a body having a tube shape including an inner space provided inside the body, an inlet through which a fluid flows into the inner space and an outlet through which the fluid flows out of the inner space; and a first vane portion which protrudes toward the inner space from one side of the body. | 05-09-2013 |
20130105214 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT BOARD PROVIDED WITH METAL POSTS AND CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130093896 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF STORING AND SEARCHING FOR IMAGE - An apparatus and method of storing and searching for an image are provided. The apparatus includes: a first signal processor which receives location information about an object detected by a sensor, generates and transmits a camera control signal to a camera based on the location information so that the camera performs a surveillance in a direction according to the camera control signal, and receives from the sensor an alarm signal notifying an intrusion of the object into a preset area; a second signal processor which receives a surveillance image of the intruding object received from the surveillance of the camera; and a control unit which stores the surveillance image in a storage unit. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093616 | RADAR SENSOR AND METHOD OF DETECTING OBJECT USING THE SAME - A radar sensor and a method of detecting an object by using the same are provided. The method includes: receiving at least one radar signal reflected from the object; converting the received at least one radar signal to at least one signal in a frequency domain; accumulating the converted at least one signal for a predetermined time and extracting at least one feature from the accumulated at least one signal; and identifying the object by comparing the extracted at least one feature with at least one reference value stored in a database. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093615 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a surveillance system including a radar transmitter which transmits a detection signal to an object existing within a surveillance region, and at least one radar receiver which is installed separate from the radar transmitter within the surveillance region, receives a signal reflected by the object, and predicts a signal distance of the object which is a sum of a distance from the radar transmitter to the object and a distance from the object to the at least one radar receiver. | 04-18-2013 |
20130091869 | INTEGRAL COMPRESSOR-EXPANDER - An integral compressor-expander assembly, including a cryogenic expander positioned in an overhung configuration on a central shaft; a multi-stage centrifugal compressor supported on the central shaft between at least two bearings; and a device coupled to the central shaft and configured to either supply rotational power to the central shaft or generate power from rotation of the central shaft, depending upon a current operational mode of the multi-stage compressor. | 04-18-2013 |
20130078099 | JOINING STRUCTURE OF ROTATION PART OF ROTARY MACHINE AND METHOD OF JOINING ROTATION PART OF ROTARY MACHINE - A joining structure of a rotation part of a rotary machine, where the rotation part including blades and a shroud, includes a welded part made up of a solidified melted part of the blades and the shroud, and a brazed part disposed at a junction part of the blades and the shroud. | 03-28-2013 |
20130069581 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ROTATING SHAFT - A rotating element control system includes a rotating element rotatably disposed on a main body, a first sensing unit which senses a rotational speed of the main body, a driving unit which drives the rotating element, a second sensing unit which senses a rotational speed of the rotating element, a torque compensation unit which generates a first compensation signal within a first range and a second compensation signal within a second range, and a stabilization control unit which controls the driving unit based on the first and second compensation signals and a difference between a speed of a command to drive the rotating element and the rotational speed of the rotating element. | 03-21-2013 |
20130068584 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ROTATING SHAFT - A rotating element control system includes a rotating element rotatably disposed on a main body, a first measuring unit which measures an angular movement of the main body, a driving unit which drives the rotating element, a second measuring unit which measures a rotational speed of the rotating element, a transfer unit which connects the rotating element and the driving unit and transfers a driving force to the rotating element, a motion compensation unit which generates a compensation signal which removes an error component generated by the angular movement of the main body, and a stabilization control unit which controls the driving unit based on the compensation signal and a difference between an input signal and the rotational speed of the rotating element. | 03-21-2013 |
20130068510 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING VIAS AND FINE CIRCUIT AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME - Provided is a method of manufacturing a circuit which includes: (a) providing a substrate made of a conductive material; (b) etching a first surface of the substrate excluding a region in which at least one via is to be formed; (c) etching a region of the etched first surface of the substrate in which an insulated portion of a first circuit is to be formed; (d) stacking a first insulation layer in spaces formed by the etching performed in operations (b) and (c); and (e) grinding a second surface of the substrate to expose the first insulation layer outward along with the first circuit, thereby forming a circuit board. | 03-21-2013 |
20130063829 | FIXED FOCUS LENS SYSTEM - A fixed focus lens system includes a first lens group having a negative refractive power; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group and the second lens group are sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side, and the second lens group includes two lenses having an Abbe's number of 80 or greater. | 03-14-2013 |
20130057184 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING ALTERNATING-CURRENT MOTOR - A method of driving an alternating-current (AC) motor while periodically obtaining a rotator angle of the AC motor. The method includes: (a) driving the AC motor by a d | 03-07-2013 |
20130045066 | TRAY FEEDER AND PART PROVIDING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a tray feeder which provides parts to a part mounting device and parts providing method using the same. The tray feeder includes: a magazine which houses at least one tray for accommodating parts; an inserting/extracting member which inserts a tray into the magazine or extracts a tray from the magazine; a buffer member which is positioned above the magazine and supports a standby tray from which parts accommodated therein are to be mounted on a board by a part mounting device; and a feeding member which is positioned above the inserting/extracting member and provides a tray supported by the feeding member so that parts accommodated in the supported tray are adsorbed by the part mounting device, wherein the inserting/extracting member is elevated or lowered to insert a tray into the magazine or extract a tray from the magazine. | 02-21-2013 |
20130039573 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF REMOVING CHROMATIC ABERRATION IN IMAGE - A device and method of removing chromatic aberration which occurs in an image generated by capturing a target subject. The chromatic aberration removing device includes a chromatic aberration region detecting unit which detects a chromatic aberration occurrence region in an input image, a coefficient calculating unit which calculates a minimizing pixel value which minimizes a difference between sizes, numbers of pixels or intensities of edges of red, green, and blue (RGB) channels of the chromatic aberration occurrence region, a chroma signal processing unit which removes chromatic aberration in the chromatic aberration occurrence region, and a purple fringing removing unit which removes purple fringing. | 02-14-2013 |
20130001948 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND POWER GENERATION METHOD - A power generation system includes a compression unit which compresses a gas, a storage which stores the compressed gas output from the compression unit, a first expansion unit which generates first power and outputs a first exhaust gas, a heating unit which heats at least the stored gas output from the storage, a second expansion unit which generates second power and outputs a second exhaust gas, a first regenerator which performs a first heat exchange between the second exhaust gas and the stored gas output from the storage, to generate a first heat exchange gas used to generate the first power and a first regenerator gas, and a second regenerator which performs a second heat exchange between the first exhaust gas and the first regenerator gas to generate a second heat exchange gas used to generate the second power after heated at the heating unit. | 01-03-2013 |