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20160000339 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INFORMATION OF LIVING BODY - A biometric information detecting apparatus is provided. The biometric information detecting apparatus includes a fixing unit disposed on a lower structure, and a pressure pulse wave measuring unit that is supported by the fixing unit and separate from the lower structure. An optical pulse wave measuring unit is disposed on the pressure pulse wave measuring unit. The optical pulse wave measuring unit may contact a surface of a subject's body. A pressure pulse wave of the subject's body may be measured by the pressure pulse wave measuring unit and an optical pulse wave of the subject's body may be measured by the optical pulse wave measuring unit, at the same time. | 01-07-2016 |
20160054423 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING IMPEDANCE MEASURED BY SENSOR INCLUDED IN WEARABLE DEVICE - Methods and apparatuses for correcting an impedance measured by a sensor included in a wearable device are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the methods includes: measuring, from an image including the wearable device and arms of a user, a first angle between a straight line connecting a left elbow joint of the user and a camera device for photographing the image and a straight line connecting the left elbow joint and the wearable device, a second angle between a straight line connecting the left elbow joint and the wearable device and a straight line connecting the wearable device and a right elbow joint of the user, a third angle between a straight line connecting the right elbow joint and the wearable device and a straight line connecting the right elbow joint and the camera device, and a fourth angle between a straight line connecting the right elbow joint and the camera device and a straight line connecting the left elbow joint and the camera device. | 02-25-2016 |
20160087669 | DYNAMICALLY CHANGE THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF A TABLET - Systems and methods are described for reducing a felt weight of a mobile device, for example, by providing an apparatus in the mobile device, the apparatus comprising: a component collection having at least one selected hardware component of the mobile device. The apparatus further includes a sensor configured to provide a signal corresponding to a position on the mobile device where a user would grip the mobile device. The component collection is configured for movement within an interior volume of a casing of the mobile device based, at least in part, on the signal provided by the sensor. | 03-24-2016 |
20160106325 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION - Provided is an apparatus and method for detecting biometric information. The apparatus may include a biometric signal measurer comprising a light-receiving element and a plurality of light-emitting elements; and a processor including a tracking unit configured to sequentially drive the plurality of light-emitting elements, receive a signal detected by the light-receiving element, and determine a tracking line that connects at least two positions of a radial artery of the object from the received signal; and an analyzing unit configured to detect a pulse wave signal at the at least two points on the tracking line and analyze biometric information from the detected pulse wave signal. | 04-21-2016 |
20160106333 | DETACHABLE BIOSIGNAL COMPLEX SENSOR AND METHOD OF DETECTING BIOSIGNAL INFORMATION USING THE SAME - A detachable biosignal complex sensor includes a clip type structure including: a circuit module configured to receive a biosignal of a subject and perform signal processing on the biosignal, a first plate, and a second plate having an end thereof which is rotatably connected to an end of the first plate so that the clip type structure is configured to be fastened to an item; and a sensor and electrodes provided on outer surfaces of the first plate and the second plate and configured to obtain the biosignal and transmit the obtained biosignal to the circuit module. | 04-21-2016 |
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20160043444 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a plurality of unit batteries, each including a pair of first side surfaces and a pair of second side surfaces perpendicular to the pair of first side surfaces, the unit batteries being side-by-side in a first direction such that the pair of first side surfaces face each other. A protective circuit module including a substrate and protective devices mounted on the substrate is electrically connected to the unit batteries adjacent to top portions of the unit batteries. A first cap cover accommodates the protective circuit module and the top portions of the unit batteries. A second cap cover is spaced apart from the first cap cover with the unit batteries therebetween. The second cap cover accommodates bottom portions of the unit batteries. At least one of the first cap cover and the second cap cover includes a rib extending in a region between adjacent unit batteries. | 02-11-2016 |
20160087251 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a plurality of battery units. Each battery unit includes a can, an electrode assembly accommodated in the can and including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates, and a cap plate closing the can. The battery units are arranged side by side in a first direction. A protective circuit module is placed on the battery units and electrically connected to the battery units. An upper cover is placed on the protective circuit module; and a lower cover is positioned under the battery units and opposite the upper cover. The lower cover includes shock preventing portions protruding outward at both ends thereof. | 03-24-2016 |
20160126525 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery, including an electrode assembly; a cap plate that seals the electrode assembly; an electrode pin electrically connected to the electrode assembly and on the cap plate with an insulating gasket therebetween; and a first lead tab coupled to the electrode pin, a relative ratio W | 05-05-2016 |
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20130024189 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: an audio output module; a memory storing text; and a controller configured to convert at least a portion of the text into a speech and output the speech through the audio output module, wherein the controller stores at least a portion of speech data obtained by converting the at least a portion of the text into the speech in the memory, and outputs the speech based on the stored speech data to the audio output module when a speech output signal with respect to the at least portion of the text is obtained. When speech output signal with respect to a portion which has been output by speech is obtained, speech is output based on the stored speech data, thereby shortening time required for outputting the speech. | 01-24-2013 |
20140285127 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INITIALLY DRIVING A SENSORLESS BLDC MOTOR - Provided is a sensorless BLDC motor apparatus for providing a drive current allowing the rotor of the BLDC motor to be aligned in a predetermined direction during an initial position setting section (or for a first period of time), and providing a drive current allowing a frequency thereof to be varied at predetermined time intervals so as to accelerate the rotational speed of the BLDC motor during an open loop section (or for a second period of time), and a method using the same. | 09-25-2014 |
20150270563 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUEL CELL SYSTEM USING RECONFIGURABLE SWITCH NETWORK - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling a fuel cell system, which includes multiple hot boxes including multiple fuel cell stacks, using a reconfigurable network having linear switching complexity, includes: a power conversion system for supplying outputs of normal stacks among the multiple fuel cell stacks to a load; at least one auxiliary power conversion system for supplying an output of at least one deteriorated stack among the multiple stacks to a load; a reconfigurable switch network for connecting in series or in parallel stacks of any hot box to stacks of another hot box; and a control unit for controlling an operation of the reconfigurable switch network by detecting a state of each of the stacks. | 09-24-2015 |
20160036351 | STRETCHABLE TRIBOELECTRIC GENERATOR, STRETCHALBE ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, AND WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein are a stretchable triboelectric generator, a stretchable electricity storage device and a wearable electronic device. The stretchable triboelectric generator comprises a first stretchable triboelectric generation part comprising a first fabric layer and a first friction layer on the first fabric layer and a second stretchable triboelectric generation part comprising a second fabric layer and a second friction layer on the second fabric layer. The stretchable electricity storage device comprises at least one of a stretchable battery or a stretchable supercapacitor. The stretchable electricity storage device may be connected to the stretchable triboelectric generator and may store electricity generated by the stretchable triboelectric generator. The wearable electronic device comprises the stretchable triboelectric generator, the stretchable electricity storage device and a sensor connected electrically to at least one of the stretchable triboelectric generator or the stretchable electricity storage device to sense vital signs, bio signals, or body's movement changes. | 02-04-2016 |
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20140363416 | Methods and Compositions for Promoting Glucose Homeostasis - A method of reducing blood glucose in a subject has been developed. In preferred embodiments, the method involves administering to the subject a specific activator of endogenous mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 (MKK3), mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 (MKK4), mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 (MKK6), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK), mitogen-activated kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2), or a combination thereof, in an effective amount to reduce blood glucose in a subject. In other embodiments, the method involves administering to the subject a specific activator to increase X-box binding protein 1 (XBP1) phosphorylation on Thr48 and Ser61 in an effective amount to reduce blood glucose in the subject. Methods of identifying agents for reducing blood glucose in a subject are also provided. | 12-11-2014 |
20160101159 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROMITING GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS - A method of reducing blood glucose in a subject has been developed. In preferred embodiments, the method involves administering to the subject a specific activator of endogenous mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 (MKK3), mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 (MKK4), mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 (MKK6), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK), mitogen-activated kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2), or a combination thereof, in an effective amount to reduce blood glucose in a subject. In other embodiments, the method involves administering to the subject a specific activator to increase X-box binding protein 1 (XBP1) phosphorylation on Thr48 and Ser61 in an effective amount to reduce blood glucose in the subject. Methods of identifying agents for reducing blood glucose in a subject are also provided. | 04-14-2016 |
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20120004476 | Fullerene Derivatives and Organic Electronic Device Comprising the Same - The present invention relates to fullerene derivatives and an organic electronic device using the same, and more specifically, to a novel fullerene derivative incorporating an aromatic fused ring compound and to an organic electronic device with excellent electrical properties by employing the fullerene derivative. In more detail, the novel fullerene derivative incorporating an aromatic fused ring compound according to the present invention exhibits excellent solubility in organic solvents and has a high electrochemical electron mobility and a high LUMO energy level, thereby making the fullerene derivative a suitable material for organic solar cells featuring a high open circuit voltage (Voc) and an improved energy conversion efficiency, or applicable for use in organic electronic devices such as organic thin film transistors. | 01-05-2012 |
20130334521 | NOVEL ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND, AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE USING SAME - The present invention relates to a novel organometallic compound, and more particularly, to a luminescent organometallic compound in which intermolecular interaction is inhibited by means of introducing a germanium substituent, thereby improving light-emitting characteristics. The present invention also relates to an organic electronic device, specifically, to an organic light-emitting diode using the compound. According to the present invention, a germanium substituent is introduced to the parent organometallic iridium compound, thus inhibiting an intermolecular interaction in the solid state and enabling the compound of the present invention to be effectively used in solution processing. When the compound of the present invention is used as part of a light-emitting layer of an organic light-emitting diode, the light-emitting efficiency of the light-emitting diode may be significantly improved. Therefore, the compound of the present invention may be effectively used as a material for an organic light-emitting diode. | 12-19-2013 |
20150047468 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILVER NANOWIRES - A method of manufacturing silver nanowires includes: forming a first solution including a dispersion stabilizer and a polyol; forming a second solution including a dispersion stabilizer, a silver precursor, a halogen-ion donor, deionized water, and the polyol; forming a third solution by adding the second solution to the first solution; heating the third solution from a first temperature to a second temperature; and forming silver nanowires by maintaining the third solution at the second temperature. | 02-19-2015 |
20150311440 | HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIAL FOR INORGANIC/ORGANIC HYBRID PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS - Provided is a hole-transporting compound having a novel structure, and more particularly, a hole-transporting compound for an inorganic/organic hybrid perovskite solar cell. An inorganic/organic hybrid perovskite-based solar cell using the hole-transporting compound according to the present invention has significantly high power generation efficiency. | 10-29-2015 |
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20140130143 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal for receiving a message and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a wireless communication unit configured to receive at least one of authentication information and a message from an external electronic device; an authenticating unit configured to perform user authentication by using the authentication information received from the electronic device; and a controller configured to perform a control operation in response to a control command included in the received message when the user authentication is performed, and transmit a message indicating the result of performing the control operation to the electronic device. | 05-08-2014 |
20140134981 | METHOD FOR CHANGING MNO IN EMBEDDED SIM ON BASIS OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGE, AND EMBEDDED SIM AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for managing (mutual authorization with a SIM, secure communication, channel formation, application and data issuance, etc.) an embedded SIM (eSIM or eUICC) by generating and extraditing a security domain using GlobalPlatform technology in which authorized management privilege and delegated management privilege functions are implemented. | 05-15-2014 |
20140140507 | METHOD FOR CHANGING MNO IN EMBEDDED SIM ON BASIS OF DYNAMIC KEY GENERATION AND EMBEDDED SIM AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - The present invention Includes using an embedded SIM (eSIM) associated with a newly-opened mobile network operator (MNO) system and a receiving MNO system, the method performs the steps of: generating a security domain (SD) for a receiving MNO on the basis of a request from the newly-opened MNO system; injecting a prior SD key value; installing a secure applet for key generation and secure arithmetic operations, injecting a new SD key value on the basis of a request from the receiving MNO, and transmitting only a public key to the receiving MNO system after generating key pairs for the receiving MNO; and decoding a receiving MNO profile with a private key corresponding to the public key after receiving the receiving MNO profile from the receiving MNO system or the newly-opened MNO system. | 05-22-2014 |
20140219447 | METHOD FOR MANAGING PROFILE OF EMBEDDED UICC, AND EMBEDDED UICC, EMBEDDED UICC-EQUIPPED TERMINAL, PROVISION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR CHANGING MNO USING SAME - The present invention provides a method wherein an MNO receives a secret key allocated to a corresponding embedded UICC (eUICC) through SM-SR (secure routing) in an environment where SM is divided and implemented as SM-SR and SM-DP (data preparation), that is, provided is a method wherein the MNO dynamically acquires the secret key (public key or the like) from the corresponding eUICC through the SM-SR and uses the acquired secret key. In addition, the present invention allows the eUICC to receive an encrypted profile from the MNO or the SM and decrypts the encrypted profile using profile access credential information (a secret key corresponding to an eUICC public key) stored in the eUICC to use the decrypted profile, thereby securely transmitting important data such as operation profiles, and blocking external entities such as a device or terminal from accessing the important data. | 08-07-2014 |
20140235210 | METHOD FOR MANAGING EMBEDDED UICC AND EMBEDDED UICC, MNO SYSTEM, PROVISION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR CHANGING MNO USING SAME - The present invention relates to profile access credentials used for encoding profiles in a system comprising an mobile network operator(MNO), a subscription manager (SM), an embedded UICC (eUICC) and the like, that is, a method for storing/managing an eUICC publication key and a corresponding secret or the like inside the eUICC. In addition, the invention also provides a method for transmitting information on profile access credentials inside the eUICC to external entities for encoding and the like. | 08-21-2014 |
20140237101 | PROFILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, EMBEDDED UICC, AND DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE EMBEDDED UICC - The present invention relates to a method for managing a profile in an embedded UICC, and more particularly, to a method for managing a profile in an embedded UICC that enables management information on the profile provided within the embedded UICC to play an essential role for providing communication and additional services, to be provided to a device existing outside the embedded UICC. The present invention also relates to an embedded UICC and to a device provided with the embedded UICC for the method. | 08-21-2014 |
20140375760 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided is a mobile terminal including a main body, first and second cameras that are arranged on the front and rear sides of the main body, respectively, a sensing unit that senses the extent to which the main body moves when driving the first and second cameras, and a controller that when a panorama photographing mode is selected, drives the first and second cameras at the same time in such a manner that the first and second cameras capture their respective images depending on movement of the main body, and when the extent of the sensed movement of the main body falls out of a reference range, stops photographing and connects first images captured by the first camera and second images captured by the second camera to generate at least one panorama picture. The rotation of the main body within a reference range enables a panorama picture to be generated. | 12-25-2014 |
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20140242964 | APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL, EARPHONE DEVICE AND APPLICATION CONTROL SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to controlling an application in a mobile terminal. The present disclosure includes an application control method and apparatus for a mobile terminal, earphone device, and application control system. The method for application control in a mobile terminal may include detecting connection of earphones having a sensor for sensing earphone wearing, sending, upon detection of earphone connection, an interrogation signal to the sensor of the earphones, receiving a response signal, corresponding to the interrogation signal, from the earphones, determining whether the earphones are worn by a user on the basis of the response signal, and controlling, when the earphones are not worn, an application being executed to stop output of an audio signal to the earphones. | 08-28-2014 |
20140347242 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An antenna apparatus that is able to improve isolation between antennas that are arranged adjacent to each other and an electronic device having the same are provided. The antenna apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, and a printed circuit board connected to the plurality of antennas, wherein the printed circuit board comprises a plurality of feeding units respectively connected to the plurality of antennas and a plurality of ground units respectively connected to the plurality of antennas, and each of the ground units is separated from the other ground units by means of at least one slot. | 11-27-2014 |