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20130302586 | COPOLYMER, ARTICLE INCLUDING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE ARTICLE - Disclosed are a copolymer that includes a repeating unit A having a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, or a combination thereof; and a repeating unit B having a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 3, a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 4, or a combination thereof, as disclosed in the specification, an article including the same, and a display device including the article. | 11-14-2013 |
20140024786 | POLYIMIDE PRECURSOR COMPOSITION, ARTICLE PREPARED BY USING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE ARTICLE - Disclosed are a polyimide precursor composition that includes a polyamic acid selected from compounds represented by Chemical Formulae 1 to 3, and a combination thereof; and a cross-linking agent selected from a compound represented by Chemical Formula 4, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 5, and a combination thereof; an article including a cross-linked polyimide using the same; and a display device including the article. | 01-23-2014 |
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20120028359 | PRODUCTION PROCESS OF GENDER-SPECIFIC SERUM AND BIOMARKER USING THE SERUM - The present invention relates to a production process of a gender-specific serum and a biomarker using the serum. More specifically, the present invention uses a fatty acid that exhibits a specific expression pattern in a gender-specific serum as a biomarker not only for diagnosis of obesity or a disease related to obesity, but also for diagnosis of meat quality since the fatty acid promotes differentiation of muscle derived stem cells into adipose cells. In addition, the present invention can establish a research system studying the effects of steroid hormones on the cell culture by using sera separated from blood that is collected from individual mammal carcasses being disposed, and provide important clues for discovering a gene associated with the synthesis of steroid hormone and for developing treatments for human diseases. Further, the present invention may contribute to increased profits derived from producing high quality sera, a reduced cost with treatment for carcass wastes, and promotion of the eco-industry for reducing environmental hormones. | 02-02-2012 |
20140160839 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTERGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A semiconductor integrated circuit device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of driving the same are provided. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, an upper electrode extending from a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of switching structures extending from both sidewalls of the upper electrode in a direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a phase-change material layer disposed between the plurality of switching structures and the upper electrode. | 06-12-2014 |
20140162429 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTERGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A semiconductor integrated circuit device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of driving the same are provided. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, an upper electrode extending from a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of switching structures extending from both sidewalls of the upper electrode in a direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a phase-change material layer disposed between the plurality of switching structures and the upper electrode. | 06-12-2014 |
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20130069861 | INTERFACE CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING FORCE - An interface controlling apparatus and method using a force may generate content control information by analyzing force input information received from at least one force sensor, and may control content based on the content control information. | 03-21-2013 |
20130211418 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TACTILE FEEDBACK - An apparatus and method for a tactile feedback are provided. The tactile feedback apparatus may include a position measurement unit to measure a position of a mechanical link, and a tactile feedback unit to transmit a tactile sensation based on at least one of a position of the mechanical link and a rotation angle of the mechanical link. | 08-15-2013 |
20140002249 | THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) TACTILE FEEDBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140002355 | INTERFACE CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING FORCE | 01-02-2014 |
20140007700 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TACTILE SENSATION - An apparatus and method for measuring a tactile sensation is provided. The tactile sensation measuring apparatus may include a plurality of pressure measuring units, each to measure a magnitude of an external pressure applied, using a variable resistance material of which a resistance changes when an external pressure is applied, and a tactile sensation measuring unit to measure a three-dimensional (3D) tactile sensation corresponding to the external pressure, based on a position of each of the plurality of pressure measuring units, and the magnitude of the external pressure measured by each of the plurality of pressure measuring units. | 01-09-2014 |
20140012286 | SURGICAL TOOL, SURGICAL ROBOT HAVING THE SAME, AND REMOTE CONTROL ROBOT SYSTEM - A remote control robot system includes a surgical robot having a surgical tool which is used to perform minimally invasive surgery. The surgical tool includes a detection member having a plurality of detection parts, a support member, and an optical fiber disposed between the detection member and support member. A magnitude of force and a distribution of the force may be measured by individually disposing a plurality of optical fiber bragg gratings (FBGs) below the plurality of detection parts, respectively. Accordingly, the surgical robot or the remote control robot system may provide a more precise control function and a hand-touch diagnosis function. | 01-09-2014 |
20140067123 | FORCE SENSING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD OF FORCE SENSING APPARATUS - A force sensing apparatus and an operating method of the force sensing apparatus may obtain and provide information about a force applied to an object, thereby enabling control of a force to be applied to manipulate the object. | 03-06-2014 |
20140071506 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE - A holographic object processing apparatus and method are provided. The holographic object processing apparatus may include a display device to output a holographic object, a database (DB) to store change information of the holographic object according to a distance between a control object and the holographic object, a distance measurement sensor to measure the distance between the control object and the holographic object, and a processing unit to extract change information corresponding to the measured distance from the DB and change the holographic object based on the extracted change information. The display device may output the changed holographic object. | 03-13-2014 |
20140253304 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a tactile output unit configured to contact a part of a human body; a connection unit including a wire connected to the tactile output unit and made of a flexible and elastic material, and a tube enclosing the wire; and a driving unit to supply a driving force to the connection unit. | 09-11-2014 |
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20150084925 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of controlling the operation of a mobile terminal is provided. By dynamically selecting or setting a specific function of a mobile terminal according to a change in pressure or contact areas sensed by a plurality of touch sensors which cover the mobile terminal, a user can easily select or set a specific function of the mobile terminal according to his or her intention, and easily recognize information displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal. | 03-26-2015 |
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20120169740 | IMAGING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READING AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are a display device and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium. By comparing a priority of an animation clip corresponding to a predetermined part of an avatar of a virtual world with a priority of motion data and by determining data corresponding to the predetermined part of the avatar, a motion of the avatar in which motion data sensing a motion of a user of a real world is associated with the animation clip may be generated. | 07-05-2012 |
20120188256 | VIRTUAL WORLD PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for processing a virtual world. A data structure of a virtual object of a virtual world may be defined, and a virtual world object of the virtual world may be controlled, and accordingly an object in a real world may be reflected to the virtual world. Additionally, the virtual world object may migrate between virtual worlds, using the defined data structure. | 07-26-2012 |
20130038601 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING AN OBJECT IN VIRTUAL WORLD - A system and method of controlling characteristics of an avatar in a virtual world may generate avatar control information based on avatar information of the virtual world and a sensor control command expressing a user intent using a sensor-based input device. | 02-14-2013 |
20130274924 | METHOD, MEDIUM AND APPARATUS CLASSIFYING AND COLLECTING AREA FEATURE INFORMATION ACCORDING TO A ROBOT'S MOVING PATH, AND A ROBOT CONTROLLED BY THE AREA FEATURES - A method of classifying and collecting feature information of an area according to a robot's moving path, a robot controlled by area features, and a method and apparatus for composing a user interface using the area features are disclosed. The robot includes a plurality of sensor modules to collect feature information of a predetermined area along a moving path of the robot, and an analyzer to analyze the collected feature information of the predetermined area according to a predetermined reference range and to classify the collected feature information into a plurality of groups. | 10-17-2013 |
20140018820 | PALPATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING ROBOT - A palpation apparatus and method using a robot may include a motion controller to control a motion of the robot based on an input of a user, and a force measuring unit to measure a magnitude of a reaction force of an object in contact with the robot based on the motion, through a sensor attached to the robot. | 01-16-2014 |
20140306885 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a contact sensing unit which senses an area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal, a recognizing unit which recognizes a function mode of the portable terminal based on information about the contacted area sensed by the contact sensing unit, and a control unit which changes the portable terminal to a function mode recognized by the recognizing unit. Since a function mode of the portable terminal is controlled according to the way a user holds the portable terminal, convenience of changing a function mode of the portable terminal is provided through a single manipulation. | 10-16-2014 |
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20130049572 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes a light emitting portion, a chromaticity converter and a light guide plate. The light emitting portion generates a first light. The chromaticity converter receives the first light, and converts a chromaticity of the first light to generate a uniform light having a uniform chromaticity. The light guide plate includes an incident surface to which the uniform light is incident, and a light exiting surface guiding the uniform light provided from the incident surface and emitting the uniform light. Accordingly, a display quality of a display apparatus may be enhanced. | 02-28-2013 |
20140036540 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME - In a light source module and a backlight assembly having the light source module, the light source module includes a flexible printed circuit board; a light source part on an upper surface of the flexible printed circuit board and including a light emitting chip; a substrate on a lower surface of the flexible printed circuit board; and a heat dissipating part which extends from the light emitting chip and contacts the substrate. | 02-06-2014 |
20150023053 | BACKLIGHT UNIT INCLUDING COLOR-COMPENSATING DIFFUSER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight unit includes a light source. A light guide plate receives light supplied from the light source at an incident light part of the light guide plate. A reflective sheet is positioned below the light guide plate and reflects light upwardly. A diffuser sheet is formed on the light guide plate and diffuses the light to transfer the diffused light upwardly. The diffuser sheet includes a color material, and a concentration of the color material within the diffuser sheet is dependent upon a distance from the incident light part. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029441 | LIGHT UNIT FOR DISPLAY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A light unit for a display includes: a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources facing a side of the light guide plate and spaced apart from the light guide plate; and a buffering member between the light guide plate and the light source. The buffering member includes: spacing parts positioned respectively between adjacent light sources and contacting the light guide plate, and a blocking part connecting the plurality of spaced parts to each other and facing a side direction of each light source. | 01-29-2015 |
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20120147260 | CONTENT CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a content conversion apparatus and method. The content conversion apparatus includes a table generation unit for generating a media dependent table and a weight table. An information management unit receives information about a terminal and information about a player of the terminal from the terminal and manages the received information. A content conversion unit generates a content information table, related to content that is to be converted, using the media dependent table, the weight table, the terminal information and the player information, and converts the content using the content information table so as to transmit converted content to the terminal. | 06-14-2012 |
20130061270 | MEDIA SHARING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The media sharing apparatus includes a terminal information management unit for, when a media playing terminal is connected thereto, requesting profile information from the connected media playing terminal and managing profile information received from the media playing terminal. A media information management unit determines based on the profile information whether to convert media data to be provided to the media playing terminal, and ascertains media conversion information suitable for a type of the media playing terminal. A media conversion unit converts the media data into data suitable for the type of the media playing terminal depending on a result of the determination. A data processing unit provides either media data suitable for the type of the media playing terminal among pieces of pre-stored media data, or media data converted by the media conversion unit, to the media playing terminal. | 03-07-2013 |
20130158728 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SAVING ENERGY IN BUILDINGBASED ON ONTOLOGY - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for saving energy in a building. The apparatus for saving energy in a building includes an interface unit, a building information definition unit, an ontology representation unit, and an energy management unit. The interface unit receives the external and internal contexts and characteristics of the building from a building information provision module within the building. The building information definition unit defines the external and internal contexts and characteristics of the building as building information using a specific representation format. The ontology representation unit represents the building information in a form of an ontology model. The energy management unit selects an energy management service based on an ontology model corresponding to the current context and characteristics of the building received via the interface unit, and saves energy in the building based on the selected energy management service. | 06-20-2013 |
20140288866 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SENSOR DATA - Provided is a method and apparatus for managing sensor data by determining an appropriate sensor data collection cycle for each service in view of a weighting such as an amount of energy saved by data collection cycles, a data storage space and data processing time, and a probability of an error happening, and collecting and manage sensor data based on the sensor data collection cycle. The apparatus for managing the sensor data includes a profile management unit to manage a sensor profile defining each senor, a sensor system and a characteristic of a service, a service management unit to manage a preinstalled service and to collect and recommend a service based on the sensor profile from the sensor system, and a data collection cycle determination unit to determine a necessary sensor data collection cycle for the service. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a sensor data management unit to collect sensor data based on the sensor data collection cycle and to manage the sensor data, and an interface to connect the sensor system and an external device. | 09-25-2014 |
20140303796 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BUILDING ENERGY - An apparatus for providing a building energy consumption diagnosis and a real-time commissioning processing, includes a database section configured to store building related information; a real-time commissioning section configured to diagnose energy efficiency and obstruction of the mechanical facilities using the building related information. Further, the apparatus includes a building energy consumption information analysis section configured to determine an energy consumption references and diagnose energy consumption of the buildings to be commissioned using the building related information, the real-time operation information and the measured information on the basis of the determined energy consumption reference. | 10-09-2014 |