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20110303290 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON SUBSTRATE WITH EXCELLENT SURFACE QUALITY USING INERT GAS BLOWING - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for manufacturing a silicon substrate using inert gas blowing during continuous casting to provide excellent productivity and surface quality. The apparatus includes a raw silicon feeder through which raw silicon is fed, a silicon melting unit disposed under the raw silicon feeder and melting the raw silicon to form molten silicon, a molten silicon storage unit storing the molten silicon supplied from the silicon melting unit and tapping the molten silicon to provide a silicon melt having a constant thickness, a transfer unit transferring the silicon melt tapped from the molten silicon storage unit, and a cooling unit cooling the silicon melt transferred by the transfer unit. Here, the cooling unit cools the silicon melt by blowing inert gas at a rate of 0.1˜2.5 Nm | 12-15-2011 |
20110305891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON SUBSTRATE WITH EXCELLENT PRODUCTIVITY AND SURFACE QUALITY USING CONTINUOUS CASTING - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for manufacturing a silicon substrate for solar cells using continuous casting, and a method for manufacturing a silicon substrate using the same. The apparatus includes a raw silicon feeder, a silicon melting unit melting raw silicon to form molten silicon, a molten silicon storage unit storing the molten silicon supplied from the silicon melting unit and tapping the molten silicon to provide a silicon melt having a constant thickness, a transfer board transferring the tapped silicon melt, and a silicon substrate forming unit cooling the silicon melt transferred by the transfer board to form a silicon substrate. The molten silicon stored in the molten silicon storage unit has a surface temperature of 1300˜1500° C., the transfer board is preheated to 700˜1400° C., and a transfer time of the silicon substrate after tapping the molten silicon from the molten silicon storage unit is 0.5˜3.5 seconds. | 12-15-2011 |
20120009120 | THERMAL CRACKING RESISTANT ZEOLITE MEMBRANE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a thermal cracking resistant zeolite membrane and a method of fabricating the same. The method includes dissolving an alumina-based material, a silica-based material and sodium hydroxide in water to prepare an aqueous solution, stirring the aqueous solution to form a hydrothermal solution, preparing a slurry of zeolite seeds through wet-type vibration pulverization and centrifugal separation of zeolite powder, passing the zeolite seeds through a support by vacuum filtration such that the zeolite seeds can be infiltrated into an inner region of the support ranging from a depth of 3 μm to a depth corresponding to 50% of a total thickness of the support, and immersing the support into the hydrothermal solution for hydrothermal treatment to grow a dense zeolite separation layer not only on the surface of the support but also on the inner region thereof. The zeolite membrane prevents the occurrence of thermal cracking on the zeolite separation layer, thereby providing good thermal stability and separation performance during heating and at a target processing temperature. | 01-12-2012 |
20120261694 | ALUMINUM DEFICIENT alpha-SiAION PHOSPHORS, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND LED CHIP PACKAGE USING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides α-SiAlON phosphors, a method of preparing the same, and an LED chip package using the same. The method includes weighing and mixing raw materials of Ca | 10-18-2012 |
20120288418 | REUSABLE DUAL CRUCIBLE FOR SILICON MELTING AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF SILICON SLIM PLATE INCLUDING THE SAME - A dual crucible for silicon melting and a manufacturing apparatus of a silicon thin film including the same are disclosed. The dual crucible for the silicon melting includes a graphite crucible formed in a container shape with an open top and a bottom having an outlet part formed therein to exhaust silicon melt, the graphite crucible comprising a slope part configured to connect the outlet part and an inner wall with each other, with a predetermined slope with respect to a top surface of the outlet part, and a quartz crucible insertedly coupled to the graphite crucible, with being formed in a corresponding shape to the graphite crucible, the quartz crucible having a silicon base material charged therein. | 11-15-2012 |
20120292825 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON SUBSTRATE FOR SOLAR CELL USING CONTINUOUS CASTING FACILITATING TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON SUBSTRATE USING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for manufacturing a silicon substrate for solar cells using continuous casting, which can improve quality, productivity and energy conversion efficiency of the silicon substrate. The apparatus includes a crucible unit configured to receive raw silicon and having a discharge port, a heating unit provided to an outer wall and an external bottom surface of the crucible unit and heating the crucible unit to form molten silicon, a casting unit casting the molten silicon into a silicon substrate, a cooling unit rapidly cooling the silicon substrate, and a transfer unit disposed at one end of the cooling unit and transferring the silicon substrate. The casting unit includes a casting unit body having a casting space defined therein to be horizontally connected to the discharge port, and an assistant heating mechanism that preheats the casting unit body to control a solidification temperature of the silicon substrate. | 11-22-2012 |
20130067959 | A GRAPHITE CRUCIBLE FOR SILICON ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION HEATING AND APPARATUS FOR SILICON MELTING AND REFINING USING THE GRAPHITE CRUCIBLE - The present disclosure provides a graphite crucible induction-based silicon melting. The graphite crucible comprises a cylindrical body having a plurality of slits which is formed through an outer wall and an inner wall of the cylindrical body and a bottom part connected with an edge of the cylindrical body to seal an end of the cylindrical body. | 03-21-2013 |
20130263777 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON SUBSTRATE - There is disclosed an apparatus for manufacturing a silicon substrate including a crucible part, a molding part extended from an outlet of the crucible part, the molding part comprising a molding space where a silicon substrate is formed, and a dummy bar inserted in the molding space from a predetermined portion of the molding part, wherein the dummy bar is formed of a single-crystalline material. | 10-10-2013 |
20130291595 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH PURITY POLYSILICON USING ELECTRON-BEAM MELTING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HIGH PURITY POLYSILICON USING THE SAME - Apparatus and method for manufacturing high purity polysilicon. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber maintaining a vacuum atmosphere; first and second electron guns disposed at an upper side of the vacuum chamber to irradiate electron beams into the vacuum chamber; a silicon melting unit placed on a first electron beam-irradiating region corresponding to the first electron gun and in which powdery raw silicon is placed and melted by the first electron beam; and a unidirectional solidification unit placed on a second electron beam-irradiating region corresponding to the second electron gun and connected to the silicon melting unit via a runner. The unidirectional solidification unit is formed at a lower part thereof with a cooling channel and is provided therein with a start block driven in a downward direction. | 11-07-2013 |
20130291596 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING POLYSILICON BASED ELECTRON-BEAM MELTING USING DUMMY BAR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLYSILICON USING THE SAME - Methods and apparatus for manufacturing high purity polysilicon. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber; first and second electron guns disposed at an upper side of the vacuum chamber to irradiate electron beams into the vacuum chamber; a silicon melting unit which is placed on a first electron beam-irradiating region corresponding to the first electron gun and to which powdery raw silicon is fed and melted by the first electron beam; and a unidirectional solidification unit placed on a second electron beam-irradiating region corresponding to the second electron gun. The unidirectional solidification unit is provided therein with a start block driven in a downward direction to transfer molten silicon in the downward direction and is formed at a lower side thereof with a cooling channel. The start block includes a dummy bar having a silicon button joined to an upper portion of the dummy bar. | 11-07-2013 |
20130323594 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HIGH PURITY SiOx NANOPARTICLES WITH EXCELLENT VOLATILITY AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a method of producing high purity SiOx nanoparticles with excellent volatility and an apparatus for producing the same, which enables mass production of SiOx nanoparticles by melting silicon through induction heating and injecting gas to a surface of the molten silicon. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a graphite crucible into which raw silicon is charged, the graphite crucible being mounted inside the vacuum chamber, an induction melting part which forms molten silicon by induction heating of the silicon material received in the graphite crucible, a gas injector which injects a gas into the graphite crucible to be brought into direct contact with a surface of the molten silicon, and a collector disposed above the graphite crucible and collecting SiOx vapor produced by reaction between the molten silicon and the injected gas. | 12-05-2013 |
20140301910 | APPARATUS FOR PREPARING SILICON NANOPARTICLE USING ICP - Disclosed is an apparatus for preparing silicon nanoparticles. The apparatus includes a corona discharge section charging silicon nanoparticles to exhibit unipolarity in order to prevent agglomeration of the silicon nanoparticles after the silicon nanoparticles are generated from an injected gas by plasma reaction of an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) coil. The apparatus may facilitate grain size control of silicon nanoparticles while improving discharge performance of a mesh filter for collection of generated nanoparticles by preventing agglomeration of the silicon nanoparticles generated by plasma reaction using inductively coupled plasma (ICP), and may permit replacement of the mesh filter even during operation of the apparatus, thereby improving productivity while reducing manufacturing costs. | 10-09-2014 |
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20100272949 | VACUUM INSULATOR - A vacuum insulator includes first lateral beams, first longitudinal beams, second lateral beams and second longitudinal beams. The first longitudinal beams are arranged in parallel to one another at a predetermined interval. Each of the first lateral beams has a sectional area alternatively changed to be wide and narrow by the period that is ½ of the interval. The first longitudinal beams are intersected with the first lateral beams at a predetermined angle, and are arranged in parallel to one another at a predetermined interval. Each of the first longitudinal beams has a sectional area alternatively changed to be wide and narrow by the period that is ½ of the interval. Portions with the wide sectional area of each of the first longitudinal beams are attached on portions with the wide sectional area of each of the first lateral beam. The second lateral beams are intersected with the first longitudinal beams, and are arranged in parallel to one another at a predetermined interval at a predetermined angle and are alternately positioned. Each of the second lateral beams has a sectional area alternatively changed to be wide and narrow by the period that is ½ of the interval. Portions with the wide sectional area of each of the second lateral beams are attached on portions with the wide sectional area of each of the first longitudinal beams. The second longitudinal beams are intersected with the second lateral beams at a predetermined angle and are arranged in parallel to one another at a predetermined interval to be alternately positioned with the first longitudinal beams. Each of the second longitudinal beams has a sectional area alternatively changed to be wide and narrow by the period that is ½ of the interval. Portions with the wide sectional area of each of the second longitudinal beams are attached on portions with the wide sectional area of each of the second lateral beams. | 10-28-2010 |
20100279055 | VACUUM INSULATOR - The vacuum insulator includes an internal structure; a filler for filling empty spaces of the internal structure; and an envelope having an upper envelope composed of a metal layer and a polymer layer formed on the metal layer to surround an upper surface of the internal structure, and a lower envelope composed of a metal layer and a polymer layer formed on the metal layer to surround a lower surface of the internal structure, the metal layer of the upper envelope and the metal layer of the lower envelope being opposite to each other, wherein in a certain area along outlines of the upper envelope and the lower envelope, the metal layer of the upper envelope and the metal layer of the lower envelope between which a film composed of a Low density polyethylene LDPE and a Linear-Lowdensity polyethylene LLDPE is inserted, are adhered by heat, and in an area excluding the certain area, the metal layer of the upper envelope and the metal layer of the lower envelope are adhered by polyurethane. | 11-04-2010 |
20120148786 | VACUUM INSULATOR - The vacuum insulator includes an internal structure; a filler for filling empty spaces of the internal structure; and an envelope having an upper envelope composed of a metal layer and a polymer layer formed on the metal layer to surround an upper surface of the internal structure, and a lower envelope composed of a metal layer and a polymer layer formed on the metal layer to surround a lower surface of the internal structure, wherein the metal layer of the upper envelope and the metal layer of the lower envelope being opposite to each other, wherein at an area facing the internal structure in an end of the envelope, the upper envelope and the lower envelope are adhered by a heat adhesion part, and at an area opposite to the internal structure in the end of the envelope, the upper envelope and the lower envelope are adhered by polyurethane. | 06-14-2012 |
20140366568 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND OUTDOOR UNIT FOR AIR-CONDITIONER HAVING THE SAME - A heat exchanger includes a refrigerant pipe through which a refrigerant flows, and a plurality of fins coupled to an outer circumference surface of the refrigerant pipe, wherein each fin includes a first region disposed upstream with respect to an air flow direction, and a second region which forms a boundary with the first region and is disposed downstream with respect to the air flow direction, and wherein the first region and the second region have different surface energies in order to prevent formation of condensation water on the fin. | 12-18-2014 |
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20090164638 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPLINK RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN MOBILE INTERNET - A system for uplink resource allocation in mobile Internet for remote-controlling robots includes a schedule policy table for storing therein priorities assigned to the robots to support required image qualities of images received from the robots and maximum allocatable uplink resource amounts for the robots; and a scheduler for allocating uplink resources to the robots based on the priorities, the maximum allocatable uplink resource amounts and required bandwidths received from the robots. Each of the robots includes a camera for taking the images; an encoder for encoding the images taken by the camera; and a mobile Internet terminal, having a transmission queue for temporarily storing therein the encoded images, for transmitting the encoded image in the transmission queue to a remote control center via the uplink resources allocated based on the required bandwidth, which is calculated based on status of the transmission queue. | 06-25-2009 |
20100115524 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREAD PROCESSING ROBOT SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - An apparatus for thread processing robot software components includes a data port unit for storing input data in a buffer and then processing the data in a periodic execution mode or in a dedicated execution mode; an event port unit for processing an input event in a passive execution mode; and a method port unit for processing an input method call in the passive execution mode by calling a user-defined method corresponding to the method call. In the periodic execution mode, the data is processed by using an execution thread according to a period of a corresponding component. In the dedicated execution mode, a dedicated thread for the data is created and the data is processed by using the dedicated thread. | 05-06-2010 |
20100161836 | METHOD PORT ARRANGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION METHOD THEREOF FOR ROBOT SOFTWARE COMPONENT - A configuration method of a method port arrangement for robot software component includes: generating a requester method port module and a provider method port module; generating a requester method module and a provider method module depending on application of a method module to be generated in the component; registering the requester method module in the requester method port module and the provider method module in the provider method port module; and registering, in a method port management module, the requester method port module and the provider method port module where the requester method module and the provider method module have been registered. The method further includes establishing the requester method port module to be operated by interconnecting the requester method port module and the provider method port module; and executing input and output operations to/from the requester method port or the provider method port depending on application of the component. | 06-24-2010 |
20100168911 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ROBOT COMPONENTS - An apparatus for managing robot components in an intelligent robot includes a robot application including a plurality of robot components, a robot application management tool that manages the operation of the robot application, monitors the status caused by the operations of the robot application and information on the robot components, a lifecycle manager that manages lifecycles of the robot components under the management of the robot application management tool, and an operation system that transfers a sensing signal about peripheral environment generated from the sensor to the robot application, and transfers an execution signal from the robot application to the actuator. | 07-01-2010 |
20100316039 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RANGING CODE - An apparatus for generating a ranging code extracts a ranging code in each ranging mode, using a ranging code table storing one period data in bytes of the PN code according to a reference UL PermBase number, and an offset table that stores byte offsets for the start positions of the PN codes of the reference UL PermBase number and the other plurality of UL PermBase numbers and bit offsets in the byte including the start positions, on the basis of the PN code according to the reference UL PermBase number. | 12-16-2010 |
20110054684 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING/ACQUIRING OPERATION RIGHT OF MOVING ROBOT IN MULTI-OPERATOR MULTI-ROBOT ENVIRONMENT - In an operating system having a first controller configured to manage one or more robots included in a first region, and a second controller configured to manage one or more robots included in a second region adjacent to the first region, a method for enabling the second controller to acquire an operation right of N robots (where N is a natural number equal to or greater than 1) operated by the first controller, the method includes: transmitting a control mapping status (CMS) containing an operation right change message to the first controller, upon reception of an operation right request signal from a user of the N robots; and checking a connection status of the N robots, upon reception of the CMS containing the operation right change message from the first controller, and acquiring an operation right by providing CMS acquisition information and control mapping information to the robots included in the second region. | 03-03-2011 |
20110153073 | FAULT TOLERANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOT SOFTWARE COMPONENT - An apparatus for performing fault tolerance against a failure occurring during driving robot software components includes: a component executor for executing the robot software components, which are assigned with one thread from an operating system and have a same priority and cycle, by using the assigned thread; and an executor monitor for periodically monitoring the operation of the component executor and determining whether or not there is a failure in the robot software components executed by the component executor. The apparatus further includes: an executor manager for generating the component executor which is assigned with the robot software components having the same priority and cycle and, when the executor monitor determines that there is a failure in the execution of the robot software components, generating a new component executor. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153079 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING AND MONITORING ROBOT APPLICATION AND ROBOT DRIVEN THEREBY - Provided is a technology that effectively distributes and monitors the execution of robot application to allow a plurality of robots to perform tasks in cooperation with each other. An apparatus for distributing and monitoring robot application according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a robot information manager managing information of a plurality of robots constituted by a plurality of nodes classified by a driving function; a robot application generator generating the robot application combining a plurality of components for driving the plurality of robots; and a robot application controller distributing the robot application to the plurality of robots on the basis of the information of the plurality of robots and receiving execution monitoring information of the robot application. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COORDINATING OPERATION ACTION OF ROBOT SOFTWARE COMPONENT - Provided are an apparatus and a method of controlling the execution of components without an additional port or messaging for applying the dependency among the components. The apparatus comprises: a profile analyzing unit analyzing execution dependency information of components defined in an execution coordination profile; a component managing unit arranging the components in accordance with the execution sequence of the components caused by the execution dependency information; an execution coordination managing unit determining whether or not each of the components executes the operation on the basis of the execution dependency information of the corresponding component managed by the execution coordination units allocated to the components, respectively; and an operation executing unit executing the operation of each of the components in accordance with the determination result of the execution coordination manager. | 06-23-2011 |
20120096471 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING COMPONENTS BASED ON THREAD POOL - An apparatus for executing components based on a thread pool includes a component executor configured to have a set priority and period, to register components having the set priority and period, and to execute the registered components. Further, the apparatus for executing the components based on the thread pool includes a thread pool configured to allocate a thread for executing the component executor; and an Operating System (OS) configured to create an event for allocating the thread to the component executor in each set period. | 04-19-2012 |
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20130303721 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN FOR URETHANE-BASED OPTICAL MATERIAL, RESIN COMPOSITION FOR SAME, AND OPTICAL MATERIAL MANUFACTURED THEREBY - A method of preparing an optical material by polymerizing a resin composition including a thiol group-containing compound and an isocyanate group-containing compound, particularly, a method of preparing a high-quality urethane-based optical material using a universal polyisocyanate compound. According to one aspect, a resin composition including a polythiol compound and a widely available polyisocyanate compound, as main components, and having a moisture content of 300 to 3,000 ppm is template-polymerized to prepare the optical material. A colorless, transparent, and high-quality urethane-based optical material may be efficiently prepared in high yield using a low-cost and widely available isocyanate compound through template-polymerization using a tape while minimizing generation of white tape residues and foaming. | 11-14-2013 |
20140039145 | METHOD OF PRODUCING RESIN FOR THIOURETHANE-BASED OPTICAL MATERIAL USING GENERAL-PURPOSE POLYISOCYANATE COMPOUND, RESIN COMPOSITION FOR THIOURETHANE-BASED OPTICAL MATERIAL AND THIOURETHANE-BASED OPTICAL MATERIAL INCLUDING RESIN PRODUCED BY THE METHOD - Disclosed is a method of producing a high-quality thiourethane-based optical material using a general-purpose polyisocyanate compound. According to the method, the pH of a polythiol compound is adjusted to 3.1 to 7 to prevent the occurrence of whitening, which is a problem of the prior art arising from the dissolution of a pressure-sensitive adhesive from a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape upon lens casting. The pH adjustment increases the reaction rate of a resin composition including the polythiol compound. The use of the polythiol compound whose pH is adjusted enables the production of a thiourethane-based optical material that does not suffer from whitening at the edges of the optical lens and nonuniformity polymerization. Further disclosed are a resin composition for a thiourethane-based optical material, and an optical material including a resin produced by the method. | 02-06-2014 |
20140106015 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING HEAT-TREATED POWDER OR EXTRACT OF GLYCINE SOJA AS ACTIVE GRADIENT FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS AND DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to a composition for the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus and diabetic complications. The composition includes as an active ingredient, a heat-treated powder or extract of | 04-17-2014 |
20140336332 | METHOD FOR PREPARING THIOEPOXY-BASED OPTICAL MATERIAL AND POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a thioepoxy compound for an optical material, a polymerizable composition including the thioepoxy compound, and a method for producing a thioepoxy optical material by polymerization of the polymerizable composition. The polymerizable composition further includes 4.1 to 15% by weight of 2,3-epoxypropyl(2,3-epithiopropyl)sulfide and/or 2,3-epoxypropyl(2,3-epithiopropyl)disulfide. The thioepoxy optical material is free from color instability, demolding, and polymerization imbalance, which are problems encountered in general thioepoxy optical materials. | 11-13-2014 |
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20100141653 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND TRANSFORMING SHADER OF 3D GRAPHIC SYSTEM - Provided are an apparatus and method for providing and transforming a shader of a 3-D graphic system. The apparatus for providing a shader of a 3-D graphic system includes a shader expressing unit for rendering a target shader, an option controller for controlling options of the shader, a similar shader generator for automatically generating similar shaders corresponding to the controlled options, and an output unit for outputting the automatically generated similar shaders. | 06-10-2010 |
20120148146 | SYSTEM FOR MAKING 3D CONTENTS PROVIDED WITH VISUAL FATIGUE MINIMIZATION AND METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed are a system for making 3D contents provided with visual fatigue minimization and a method of the same. More particularly, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a system for making 3D contents including: a human factor information unit generating guide information for making 3D contents by considering factors causing visual fatigue of the 3D contents; and a 3D contents making unit applying guide information generated by the human factor information unit to 3D contents data inputted for making the 3D contents to make the 3D contents, and a method of making 3D contents. | 06-14-2012 |
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20130236099 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FOREGROUND LAYER IN IMAGE SEQUENCE - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for extracting a foreground layer from an image sequence that extract a foreground object layer area in which a depth value is discontinuous with that of a background from an input image sequence. By using the present disclosure, the layer area is automatically tracked in the subsequent frames through user's setting in the start frame in the image sequence in which the depth values of the foreground and the background are discontinuous, thereby extracting the foreground layer area in which the drift phenomenon and the flickering phenomenon are reduced. | 09-12-2013 |
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20090154433 | LOCAL AREA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for local area communication between Bluetooth and MBOA-MAC devices is provided. A new Bluetooth Protocol Adaptation Layer (PAL) is implemented to adapt a Bluetooth host module and an MBOA-MAC to each other so as to enable use of conventional legacy Bluetooth applications in a wireless network environment employing a WiMedia Multiband OFDM Alliance (MBOA)-based Media Access Control (MAC) layer. This allows devices equipped with a conventional Bluetooth host module to perform high-speed data communication based on MBOA-MAC, thereby increasing the efficiency of utilization of networks. | 06-18-2009 |
20090213800 | Device and Method for Controlling State in Cellular System - A terminal state controlling method and apparatus are provided. The terminal state includes a connected state and an idle state, and the connected state includes an active state and a dormant state. The active state includes a scheduling-ON state and a scheduling-OFF state. In the state controlling apparatus, a radio resource control (RRC) layer controls a transition between the active state and the dormant state, and a media access control (MAC) layer controls a transition between the scheduling-ON state and the scheduling-OFF state. | 08-27-2009 |
20100136910 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEVICE SEARCH FOR HIGH-SPEED BASED BLUETOOTH APPLICATIONS - Provided are a device searching method of a Bluetooth application and an apparatus using the same. The apparatus includes an application unit that generates a command for searching a Bluetooth device in a surrounding area of the device searching apparatus, a stack unit that performs a Bluetooth device initialization process and processes the command generated in the application unit, a first module unit that searches first Bluetooth devices in the surrounding area of the device searching apparatus, and a second module unit that searches second Bluetooth devices in the surrounding area of the device searching apparatus. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136987 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPROVING LATENCY - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system having protocol architecture for reducing latency of a cellular system. In the protocol architecture of the wireless communication system in the cellular system, a physical layer supports wireless transmission of the cellular system and estimates a radio channel condition. A data link layer determines a data transmission mode based on a QoS of user data and the radio channel condition estimated by the physical layer and performs segmentation and assembly of the packet data, and a network layer establishes and releases a radio bearer for transmitting packet data transmitted from the data link layer and a control command. A control service access point is provided for control information transmission between the data link layer and the physical layer. | 06-03-2010 |
20110033181 | APPARATUS FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION PROVIDING INTUITIVE INFORMATION AND METHOD USING THE SAME - There is disclosed a visible light communication technology capable of intuitively recognizing a transmission speed, an alignment state, a communication state, or a transmission rate. A visible light communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light source selecting unit selecting at least one light source from among a plurality of light sources generating lights having different wavelengths by considering intuitive information distinguished depending on a wavelength in a visible light band; and a visible light communication unit performing visible light communication by at least one selected light source to allow the intuitive information to be recognized by a color corresponding to at least one selected light source. Accordingly, a user using the visible light communication can intuitively know an optimal communication state or transmission speed. | 02-10-2011 |
20110069965 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A visible light wireless communication receiver includes: a source code recognizing unit that receives a source bit stream and recognizes the source bit stream as source codes of a unit of a first number of bits; and a line coding unit that encodes each of the source codes into an encoding code of a unit of a second number of bits, the second number being larger than the first number. In particular, in the encoding code, the number of bits corresponding to 1 is the same as the number of bits corresponding to 0. Therefore, the change in brightness of lighting may be minimized in the visible light wireless communication. | 03-24-2011 |
20120087676 | DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - An apparatus for transmitting data for visible light communication sets up the pulse width control step of pulse width modulation (PWM) in a unit time interval, modulates each symbol of VLC source data input into a PWM signal in accordance with the pulse width control step, generates a visible light modulation signal by controlling the turn-on time or turn-off time of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) in response to the PWM signal, and transmits the visible light modulation signal. | 04-12-2012 |
20120087677 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - A transmitting apparatus using visible light communication generates a light source control signal from color information representing additional information and transmits additional information with a color of light that is emitted by a light source by controlling an on/off time of a plurality of LEDs according to the light source control signal. Therefore, a user can intuitively know additional information from a color of light that is emitted by the light source. | 04-12-2012 |
20120154824 | POSITION MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A position measuring apparatus receives at least one precise position information set from at least one visible-light wireless communication device including a transmission light source, and upon receipt of the at least one precise position information ser, acquires a virtual distance based on the positions of transmission light sources imaged on an image sensor. Next, the position is measured according to the precise position information and the actual distance, virtual distance, and image sensor inclination based on this information. | 06-21-2012 |
20120155889 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - A transmitting apparatus using visible light communication generates transmission data into a two-dimensional data code according to a predetermined code method between the transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus and transmits the two-dimensional data code through a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED) that are arranged in a two-dimensional form. Therefore, the receiving apparatus senses light from a plurality of LEDs as an image using an image sensor, demodulates the image into a two-dimensional data code, decodes the two-dimensional data code using a code book, and restores data. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157159 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS USING IMAGE SENSOR AND ERROR CORRECTION METHOD - A communication apparatus using an image sensor captures an image including a light signal transmitted from a transmission apparatus that includes a transmission light source, and obtains data from the captured image. In a case that a reception error rate generated by the obtained data is changed, a cause of the change of the error rate is measured, and at least one of a zooming operation and a focusing operation is performed depending on the measured result, thereby correcting the error. | 06-21-2012 |
20130004182 | VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF MINUTE DIMMING CONTROL AND METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a visible light communication method and apparatus. The visible light communication method includes determining a dimming level variable to perform minute dimming control, selecting an upper dimming symbol and a lower dimming symbol, which belong to Variable Pulse Position Modulation (VPPM) symbols, based on the dimming level variable, determining at least one of the number of upper dimming symbols to be sent and the number of lower dimming symbols to be sent based on the dimming level variable, and generating a transmission sequence corresponding to the dimming level variable by combining the upper dimming symbols and the lower dimming symbols based on the number of symbols to be sent. | 01-03-2013 |
20130004183 | APPARATUS FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION PROVIDING INTUITIVE INFORMATION AND METHOD USING THE SAME - There is disclosed a visible light communication technology capable of intuitively recognizing a transmission speed, an alignment status, a communication status, or a transmission rate. A visible light communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light source selecting unit selecting at least one light source of a plurality of light sources generating lights having different wavelengths by considering intuitive information distinguished depending on a wavelength in a visible light band; and a visible light communication unit performing visible light communication by at least one selected light source to allow the intuitive information to be recognized by a color corresponding to at least one selected light source. Accordingly, a user using the visible light communication can intuitively know an optimal communication status or transmission speed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130004184 | APPARATUS FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION PROVIDING INTUITIVE INFORMATION AND METHOD USING THE SAME - There is disclosed a visible light communication technology capable of intuitively recognizing a transmission speed, an alignment status, a communication status, or a transmission rate. A visible light communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light source selecting unit selecting at least one light source of a plurality of light sources generating lights having different wavelengths by considering intuitive information distinguished depending on a wavelength in a visible light band; and a visible light communication unit performing visible light communication by at least one selected light source to allow the intuitive information to be recognized by a color corresponding to at least one selected light source. Accordingly, a user using the visible light communication can intuitively know an optimal communication status or transmission speed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130195468 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A visible light wireless communication receiver includes: a source code recognizing unit that receives a source bit stream and recognizes the source bit stream as source codes of a unit of a first number of bits; and a line coding unit that encodes each of the source codes into an encoding code of a unit of a second number of bits, the second number being larger than the first number. In particular, in the encoding code, the number of bits corresponding to 1 is the same as the number of bits corresponding to 0. Therefore, the change in brightness of lighting may be minimized in the visible light wireless communication. | 08-01-2013 |
20130234607 | LED LIGHTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - Disclosed herein is an LED lighting control apparatus and method based on visible light communication. The LED lighting control apparatus includes lighting information collection means for collecting status information about lighting means and environmental information about surroundings of the lighting means, and transmitting the collected information to lighting control means. The lighting information collection means includes a visible light reception processing unit for receiving the status information about the lighting means contained in a visible light signal emitted from the lighting means, a lighting information analysis unit including a plurality of environmental information sensors for detecting the environmental information about the surroundings of the lighting means, the lighting information analysis unit analyzing the environmental information detected by the environmental information sensors, and a lighting information control unit for collecting the status information and the analyzed environmental information and transmitting the collected information to the lighting control means. | 09-12-2013 |
20130343768 | INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - The present invention relates to an inter-vehicle communication apparatus and method using visible light communication. The inter-vehicle communication apparatus using visible light communication includes a spreading code application unit for applying a spreading code to transmission data desired to be transmitted, and a transmission unit for generating a transmission frame based on the transmission data to which the spreading code is applied, and transmitting the transmission frame via a lighting lamp of a vehicle. The transmission frame includes a preamble field required to synchronize the transmission frame, a data field required to transmit the transmission data, and a position field required to provide hopping information of the transmission data. | 12-26-2013 |
20140009083 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FAULT IN LIGHTING NETWORK - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for controlling a fault in a lighting network The apparatus includes power selection units respectively provided in a plurality of lighting units connected to one another over a network, each power selection unit being configured to compare a reference voltage with an output voltage sensed from power supply signals input from power supply units respectively provided in a lighting unit, located ahead of a faulty lighting unit, and the faulty lighting unit if a fault occurs in the lighting unit, and to select supply power to be supplied to the faulty lighting unit. Lighting control units control driving of the faulty lighting unit using the selected supply power. | 01-09-2014 |
20140010540 | VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed herein are a visible light communication method and apparatus. The visible light communication method includes determining whether a current location is the start of a symbol of a transmission signal, setting a sample index, a signal accumulated value for an accumulation region of a front half portion of the symbol, and a signal accumulated value for an accumulation region of a rear half portion of the symbol, determining whether the sample index belongs to an accumulation region of the front or rear half portion of the symbol, and accumulating samples of the transmission signal in accordance with the location to which the sample index belongs, determining whether a current location corresponds to the end of the symbol, and outputting a Variable Pulse Position Modulation (VPPM) communication signal corresponding to the transmission signal. | 01-09-2014 |
20140052390 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ERROR AND VARIATION IN LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE LIGHTTING - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for sensing an error and a variation in Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lighting. In the method, a PWM signal including required light emission information is generated. Tail data including operation information is generated. A CRC value based on the tail data is also generated. A tail-CRC signal is generated by combining the tail data with the CRC value. Finally, a PWM-tail signal is generated by combining the tail-CRC signal with the PWM signal. | 02-20-2014 |
20140110571 | MOTION SENSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a motion sensor and method of operating the motion sensor, which can adjust the range of a detection area. For this, the motion sensor according to the present invention includes a detection unit for outputting a variation signal corresponding to motion. A threshold level setting unit variably sets at least one changeable threshold level. A comparison unit detects the motion by performing a comparison operation based on the changeable threshold level and the variation signal at threshold sensitivity corresponding to the changeable threshold level. | 04-24-2014 |
20140139113 | LIGHTING NETWORK CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for controlling a lighting network. The apparatus for controlling lighting network includes a control device and a plurality of control gears. The control device generates and transfers commands to control lighting. The plurality of control gears receives the commands from the control device and control lighting. The control device assigns a right to use a lighting network to the control gears, and the control gears send information about a change in a lighting state or error details to the control device using the right to use a lighting network. | 05-22-2014 |
20140199071 | METHOD OF PROCESSING DMX-VLC ADDRESS USING DMX-512 NETWORK AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method of processing a Digital Multiplex (DMX)-Visible Light Communication (VLC) address and a device using the method. In the method of processing a DMX-VLC address, a DMX-512 packet is received. It is determined whether the DMX-512 packet includes dimming data by using a start code of the DMX-512 packet. Lighting data is processed using an address recorded in a DMX-512 address field of a DMX-VLC address included in the DMX-512 packet if it is determined that the DMX-512 packet includes the dimming data. Non-lighting data is processed using an address recorded in a DMX-VLC extended address field of the DMX-VLC address if it is determined that the DMX-512 packet does not include dimming data. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199078 | VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION METHOD USING DMX-512 NETWORK AND DEVICE FOR THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a visible light communication method and device using a DMX-512 network. In the visible light communication method, dimming data packets are received. Visible Light Communication (VLC) data packets are generated. The dimming data packets and the VLC data packets are scheduled so that one or more of the VLC data packets are transmitted to Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting devices connected over a Digital Multiplex (DMX)-512 network between transmission times of the dimming data packets. | 07-17-2014 |
20140236480 | REAL-TIME MOVEMENT PATH ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - The present invention relates to a real-time movement path estimation apparatus using visible light communication. A server for performing communication with an agent for tracking a location of a client which is a target to be tracked includes an agent management unit for setting the agent and the client. A server communication unit receives management information of the agent at intervals of a preset monitoring period. A path prediction unit derives a predicted path for a movement path of the client, based on the location information of the client included in the management information and tracked by a location determination device including a visible light communication device or an image capturing device in the agent. | 08-21-2014 |
20140292209 | INTELLIGENT LIGHTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an intelligent lighting control apparatus and method, which control an intelligent lighting unit including multiple sensors depending on time, place, scene, environment, or the like, based on the results of sensing by the sensors. The intelligent lighting control apparatus includes a multi-sensor unit including multiple sensors, the multi-sensor unit sensing motion of a person or an object within a set sensing area using at least one of the multiple sensors. A lighting control unit controls an operation of a lighting unit based on frequency data corresponding to results of sensing by the multi-sensor unit and a class of lighting type corresponding to the frequency data. | 10-02-2014 |
20140306609 | LED LIGHTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND LED LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an LED lighting control apparatus and an LED lighting control system using the apparatus. The proposed system includes a wired lighting unit connected to LED lighting in a wired manner and configured to perform lighting control on LED lighting. A wireless lighting unit performs lighting control on the LED lighting via wireless communication with a wireless terminal and operates in conjunction with the wired lighting unit. A location communication unit allocates individual IDs of LED lighting and performs transmission/reception of data to/from an external terminal. A multi-sensor unit supports multiple sensors and analyzes sensor data collected from the multiple sensors. An active heat dissipation unit dissipates heat from the LED lighting based on analyzed sensor data. A processor control unit controls operations of the wired lighting unit, the wireless lighting unit, the location communication unit, the multi-sensor unit, and the active heat dissipation unit. | 10-16-2014 |
20140316738 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING POSITION OF LIGHT - An apparatus and a method for measuring a position of a light are disclosed. The apparatus for measuring a position of a light includes: an inputting unit configured to receive position information on a building and a floor in which a user is positioned; a position coordinate calculating unit configured to measure distances between a position of the user and wall surfaces in the building in each direction and calculate a position coordinate of the user based on the distances in each direction; a position determining unit configured to apply the position coordinate to a plan view corresponding to the position information to determine an initial position of the user; and a position information combining unit configured to receive a light identifier depending on movement of the user and store position information of the light corresponding to the light identifier. | 10-23-2014 |
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20100161087 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION AND PLAYBACK OF OBJECT BASED AUDIO CONTENTS - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of providing contents. The apparatus of providing the contents may include a receiving unit to receive, from a contents provider, contents and information about a contents providing location, a local group setting unit to search for at least one cell based on the information about the contents providing location and to set the retrieved cell as a content providing location group of the contents, and a transmitting unit to transmit the contents to the set content providing location group. The object based audio contents may be consecutively replayed based on an identical audio preset. | 06-24-2010 |
20110069934 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECT BASED AUDIO FILE, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLAYING BACK OBJECT BASED AUDIO FILE - Provided are an apparatus and method for providing an object based audio file, and an apparatus and method for playing back an object based audio file. The object based audio file producing apparatus may include a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream about an object based audio file including a plurality of audio object frames and a file header for an object based audio service; and a bitstream transmitter to transmit the bitstream to the object based audio file playback apparatus. The plurality of audio object frames may include a frame storing a audio source in which all of a plurality of audio frames is mixed and a frame storing each of the audio objects. | 03-24-2011 |
20110311060 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING UNIFIED SOUND SOURCE - Disclosed are a method and a system of separating and extracting unified major sound sources from a mixed musical signal. A unified sound source separation system includes a first sound source separation unit to separate a first sound source having unique time-domain and frequency-domain characteristics from a mixed musical signal which includes a plurality of sound sources using time-domain and frequency-domain characteristics, and a second sound source separation unit to separate a second sound source existing in a predetermined stereo sound image position from the mixed musical signal using stereo channel information. | 12-22-2011 |
20120093341 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING SOUND SOURCE - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for separating sound sources capable of learning distributions of corresponding sound sources based on the assumption that specific sound sources have specific distributions based on interchannel correlation parameter in audio signals providing space perception through a plurality of channels to separate an amount corresponding to energy contribution of the corresponding sound sources from mixture signals. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention can more precisely predict the channel distributions of the specific sound sources included in the input mixture signals and more accurately separate sound sources than a method for separating a sound source based on the channel according to the related art, under conditions that general channel distribution information of the specific sound sources are approximately modeled. | 04-19-2012 |
20120095729 | KNOWN INFORMATION COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING SOUND SOURCE - A known information compression apparatus and method for reducing a size of known information without missing information required to separate a sound source are provided. The known information compression apparatus may include a segment dividing unit to divide known information including sound source information of each musical instrument into a plurality of segments, and a compressed information generating unit to downmix the segments and to generate compressed information. | 04-19-2012 |
20120101608 | OBJECT-BASED AUDIO SYSTEM, OBJECT-BASED AUDIO PROVIDING METHOD, AND OBJECT-BASED AUDIO PLAYING METHOD USING PRESET FUNCTION - An object-based audio system, an object-based audio providing method, and an object-based audio playback method using a preset are provided. The object-based audio system includes a reference information providing unit to provide reference information used to refer to a storage location of an object-based audio file, and a preset information providing unit to provide preset information used to control at least one audio object forming the object-based audio file. | 04-26-2012 |
20120291611 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING MUSICAL SOUND SOURCE USING TIME AND FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS - A method and apparatus for separating and extracting main sound sources from a mixed musical sound signal are provided. A musical sound source separation apparatus may include an prior information signal compressor to compress an prior information signal including a characteristic of a predetermined sound source, a mixed signal divider to divide a mixed signal including a plurality of sound sources into a plurality of segments, a Nonnegative Matrix Partial Co-Factorization (NMPCF) analyzer to acquire common information shared by the plurality of segments, by applying an NMPCF algorithm to the prior information signal, and a target musical instrument signal separator to separate a target musical instrument signal corresponding to the predetermined sound source from the mixed signal, based on the common information. | 11-22-2012 |
20130246662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING USER-INTERFACE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE SAME - Disclosed are a system and a method for extending a user interface. A system for extending a user interface according to the present invention includes a master configured to generate or manage a session between devices in order to extend the user interface to a peripheral device of a user that includes a user terminal; and an input/output (I/O) device including the user terminal configured to receive a command for controlling a device that is included in the session generated or managed by the master, or to output or execute the command for controlling the device that is transferred through the session. According to the present invention, users of a smart terminal having a limited input/output interface may extend a user interface using widely used information and communication technology (ICT) peripheral devices (a monitor, a printer, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like). | 09-19-2013 |
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20110144975 | TYPEWRITER SYSTEM AND TEXT INPUT METHOD USING MEDIATED INTERFACE DEVICE - Disclosed is a typewriter system and a text input method capable of accurately recognizing words by correcting words input using a mediated interface device based on a dictionary. A plurality of texts are combined by referencing a text recognition order set in which recognition results of texts are arranged according to a recognition order from texts input through the mediated interface device and the combined text is filtered using part index maps formed of part words that are an accumulated set of texts forming complete words. The part words passing through the part index maps is again filtered using a dictionary including context information formed of a set of words in a specific category, thereby making it possible to accurately recognize the words. The part words that cannot form words in a dictionary are removed in advance using the part index maps, thereby improving the recognition efficiency. | 06-16-2011 |
20110148669 | THIMBLE-TYPE INTERMEDIATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING FINGER GESTURE USING THE SAME - Provided are a thimble-type intermediation device and a method for recognizing a finger gesture using the same. The thimble-type intermediation device includes: a motion sensing unit sensing a motion of a user's finger and generating the sensed result as motion data; a tactile sensing block sensing a tactile behavior of the user's finger and generating the sensed result as tactile data; a control unit recognizing the gesture and tactile behavior of the user's finger on the basis of the generated motion data and tactile data, and outputting the recognition result as recognition result information; and a wireless communication unit transmitting the recognition result information to a robot system. | 06-23-2011 |
20120162411 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATION OF MOVING OBJECT IN UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus for operation of a moving object in an unstructured environment includes a sensor unit configured to sense vibration of the moving object to produce a sensing signal; an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a surrounding environment on which the moving object travels; a signal synchronization unit configured to synchronize the sensing signal from the sensor unit with the image captured by an image capturing unit through mapping therebetween; an amplitude extraction unit configured to extract a tilt of the moving object based on the sensing signal from the sensor unit and calculate a viewing angle and a moving distance of the moving object based on the calculated tilt; and an image correction unit configured to perform coordinate transformation on the captured image by using the viewing angle and the moving distance to generate a corrected image. | 06-28-2012 |
20120165041 | LOCALIZATION DEVICE AND LOCALIZATION METHOD - Disclosed are a device and a method for localizing a user indoors using a wireless local area network, and more particularly, a localization device and a localization method that improve localization accuracy by fusing various context information when localizing a user-portable/wearable device connected with a wireless network based on an RF-based wireless network such as ZigBee. | 06-28-2012 |
20130079030 | SPACE RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION - A space recognition system obtains available RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) information for a plurality of fixing devices in the vicinity of a user device in the wireless sensor network environment, collects environment information in a space where the user device is located, and collects environment information in a plurality of spaces in which the fixing devices are respectively located. The system combines the RSSI information and the environment information and performs a recognition function on the combined environment information to recognize the space in which a user having the user device is located. | 03-28-2013 |
20130155226 | OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM USING ROBOT AND OBJECT TRACKING METHOD USING A ROBOT - Disclosed are an object tracking system using a robot and an object tracking method using a robot. The present invention provides an object tracking system using a robot and an object tracking method using a robot capable of continuously performing object tracking without missing the corresponding object even when the object deviates from a viewing angle of a camera, in tracking an image based object (person) using a robot. | 06-20-2013 |
20130178185 | BEHAVIORAL PATTERN COLLECTING APPARATUS, AND BEHAVIORAL PATTERN ANALYZING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a wearable behavioral pattern collecting apparatus for generating collected information by analyzing a behavioral pattern of a wearer, and generating and thereby transmitting emergency call information when an emergency situation occurs, a network including a repeater to transmit information received from the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus to a remote monitoring server, and a behavioral pattern analyzing system and method for transmitting information on an emergency accident and a position of the wearer to a corresponding institution or a corresponding person in charge when an emergency situation such as a falling accident or the emergency accident occurs by observing a change in the behavioral pattern of the wearer. | 07-11-2013 |
20140172909 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE APPLICATION USING ROBOT - An apparatus for providing a service application using a robot includes a sensing unit configured to generate environmental sensing information on the surrounding of a moving path of the robot and user state information; and a user circumstance determination unit configured to determine the circumstance and intention of a user to generate user recognition information, and searches and downloads a service application. Further, the apparatus includes a service provision unit configured to search service representation devices around the moving path of the robot and migrate a service corresponding to the service application to at least one of the searched service representation devices; and a user feedback management unit configured to manage feedback information corresponding to an interaction between the user and the robot. | 06-19-2014 |
20140203197 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING POSITIONS OF OTHER APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed are an apparatus for measuring position of other apparatus and a method for the same. The apparatus may comprise at least one light emitting part transmitting a photo signal, at least one light receiving part receiving a photo signal transmitted from other apparatus, and a signal processing part controlling the at least one light emitting part to transmit the photo signal including identification information of itself, acquiring identification information of the other apparatus based on the photo signal received from the other apparatus, and acquiring a positional information of the other apparatus based on the acquired identification information of the other apparatus. Thus, the apparatus located in an arbitrary space may accurately acquire relative positional information of counterpart apparatuses. | 07-24-2014 |
20150061935 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING RADIO WAVE ENVIRONMENT - A method of modeling a radio wave environment, the method being executed by a radio wave environment modeling apparatus using a group of intelligent robots includes measuring an intensity of radio waves received from at least one follower robot; measuring a distance between the at least one follower robot and a leader robot that belongs to the group of intelligent robots; and estimating an environment parameter using a wave model. Further, the method includes classifying the environment parameter estimated from at least one lattice by comparing the estimated environment parameter with predetermined environment parameters; and analogizing an intensity of radio waves of the at least one follower robot that are received from the at least one lattice. | 03-05-2015 |
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20100152763 | WIRELESS MAGNETIC NEEDLE SYSTEM FOR TRADITIONAL ORIENTAL MEDICINE - A wireless magnetic needle system for traditional oriental medicine can apply a magnetic field to a needle being used for the acupuncture process on a patient by use of a Helmholtz coil capable of applying a magnetic field to a wide space and can apply a magnetic stimulus to the patient through the needle, thereby making it possible to maximize the therapy effect of the needle. The wireless magnetic needle system includes a current generating unit and a Helmholtz coil. The Helmholtz coil includes a first coaxial coil disposed over a bed for a patient, and a second coaxial coil disposed under the bed. The current generating unit generates a current, and the Helmholtz coil creates a magnetic field by using the current generated by the current generating unit. | 06-17-2010 |
20120125768 | DISSOLVED OXYGEN MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - Provided is a dissolved oxygen measurement system. The dissolved oxygen measurement system includes a hydrogen storage device storing hydrogen, a first hydrogen fuel cell in which the hydrogen stored in the hydrogen storage device and water supplied from the outside in real time react with each other to generate first electricity energy, a water storage tank storing the water supplied from the outside, a second hydrogen fuel cell in which the water supplied from the water storage tank and the hydrogen stored in the hydrogen storage device react with each other to generate second electricity energy, and a control unit analyzing a difference between the first electricity energy and the second electricity energy. | 05-24-2012 |
20120129682 | METHOD OF FABRICATING NANOWIRE POROUS MEDIUM AND NANOWIRE POROUS MEDIUM FABRICATED BY THE SAME - Provided is a method of fabricating of a nanowire porous medium and a medium formed by the method. In this method, water and organic solvent are mixed and stirred to form a large amount of bubbles, and the bubbles are used such that porosity can be formed more easily and in a more amount. Therefore, the nanowire porous medium can be fabricated more easily and simply. Also, in the nanowire porous medium according to the inventive concept, absorption capacity is increased by containing nanowires, and flexibility and durability are increased by containing a polymer. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136232 | NON-INTRUSIVE WEARABLE RESPIRATORY FAILURE ALARM APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A non-intrusive wearable respiratory failure alarm apparatus and method capable of detecting a user's respiratory failure state by estimating a change in a user's respiratory rate, while minimizing restrictions on a user's behavior are provided. The non-intrusive wearable respiratory failure alarm apparatus includes: a chest girth measurement unit including one or more resistive electro-threads attached to or worn on a user's chest, and generating a resistance value corresponding to the user's chest girth through the resistive electro-threads; a signal processing unit calculating a user's respiratory rate and whether or not the user is in respiratory failure by referring to the resistance value; and an output unit providing information regarding the user's respiratory rate and/or information regarding whether or not the user is in respiratory failure to the user or a monitoring device. | 05-31-2012 |
20120143121 | CHITOSAN SPREADING SYSTEM USING LOW TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA - Provided is a chitosan spreading system using low temperature atmospheric pressure plasma. The system includes a dielectric tube of hollow cylindrical shape including a gas inlet supplied with a carrier gas and a plasma outlet spraying low temperature atmospheric pressure plasma generated therein, a first electrode provided in the dielectric tube, an power supply unit configured to apply an electric power to the first electrode, a carrier gas supply unit configured to supply a carrier gas into the gas inlet of the dielectric tube, and a chitosan supply unit configured to supply chitosan into the low temperature atmospheric pressure plasma generated in the dielectric tube | 06-07-2012 |
20130075326 | FILTER FABRICATION METHOD AND THE FILTER FORMED THEREBY - Provided are a filter fabrication method and the filter formed thereby. In this method, a three-dimensional graphene polymer complex filter can be easily fabricated. By forming various patterns at a surface of a collector, patterns can be simply formed at a surface of a filter. This provides advantages at control of pressure difference which can be one of the very important factors necessary for designing and fabricating a filter. Since the filter includes graphene particles homogeneously combined to the polymer nanofiber, the filter can represent a superior antibiosis. | 03-28-2013 |
20130149532 | FIBER FABRICATION METHOD AND THE FIBER FABRICATED THEREBY - Provided are fiber fabrication method and the fiber fabricated thereby. In this method, different monomer solutions are electrospun through nozzles whose outlets are stuck to each other and simultaneously interfacially polymerized to form a polymer fiber without a complicated process of preparing a polymer solution. Therefore, a polymer fiber can be simply prepared. | 06-13-2013 |
20130153545 | PLASMA JET ASSEMBLY AND PLASMA BRUSH INCLUDING THE SAME - Plasma jet assemblies are provided. A plasma jet assembly may include: a tube through which a gas flows; a power source providing a high frequency power exciting the gas in plasma state; a power electrode applying the high frequency power to the gas; and a plasma control unit removing arc discharge of a plasma gas generated in the tube by the high frequency power applied to the power electrode. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158466 | PLASMA BRUSHES - Plasma brushes are provided. The plasma brush includes a nozzle, a connector connected to a first end of the nozzle, a power electrode disposed at a portion of the nozzle, and a ground electrode disposed at a second end of the nozzle opposite to the connector. | 06-20-2013 |
20130162463 | SPACE PERCEPTION DEVICE - Disclosed is a space perception device which includes a transceiver unit transmitting and receiving a signal; a processing unit analyzing signals transmitted and received through the transceiver unit to search location information of an obstacle at a space; and a vibration unit providing a user with location information of an obstacle at a space in response to a control of the processing unit. The vibration unit includes a plurality of vibrators having different three-dimensional coordinates. | 06-27-2013 |
20130197338 | PAIN SIGNAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND PAIN SIGNAL MEASURING AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a pain signal measurement device including a microprobe array inserted into a skin to measure a pain signal. The microprobe array includes a guard electrode disposed on a substrate; a plurality of microprobes penetrating the substrate and the guard electrode, electrically insulated from the guard electrode, and measuring a voltage or current of the skin into which the microprobe array is inserted; and an insulating layer disposed between the guard electrode and a guarded electrode of each of the microprobes to reduce a noise between the microprobes. A surface of the insulating layer of each of the microprobes is grounded to the guard electrode. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197344 | PHOTO-ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY - The present invention relates to a photo-acoustic tomography that can acquire a functional image for an inner part of a living body through generation of a local ultrasonic wave generated by energy that is introduced from a laser light source, and to a photo-acoustic tomography using a semiconductor laser and an optical fiber power amplifying device in order to increase resolution and an image acquisition time of an image, a photo-acoustic tomography that can acquire a high-sensitive image even in a place where a penetration depth is large through energy modulation, and a high-sensitive high-speed photo-acoustic tomography that can acquire a high-speed image by placing an array-type laser light source. | 08-01-2013 |
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