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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160136615 | CARRIER FOR DRY ADSORBENT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE INCLUDING SPHERICAL SILICA WHOSE SURFACE IS ENGRAVED IN THE FORM OF NANOWIRES AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - Provided are a carrier for a dry adsorbent for carbon dioxide, including spherical silica whose surface is engraved in the form of nanowires, and a method for preparing the same. Although the carrier for a dry adsorbent for carbon dioxide including spherical silica that has nanowires on the surface thereof has a very non-uniform shape, it serves better as a host structure adsorbing carbon dioxide as compared to the conventional carrier for a carbon dioxide adsorbent, and thus may be used for a host-guest adsorbent applicable to a fluidized bed process. In addition, the method for preparing a carrier for a carbon dioxide adsorbent provides nanowire-coated silicon spheres having an increased surface roughness and an increased surface area, thereby providing increased carbon dioxide capturing efficiency. Further, since the method for forming nanowires is simple, it is easy to carry out mass production without any separate process, thereby providing excellent cost efficiency. | 05-19-2016 |
20160131729 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTIFYING PROPERTIES OF AN OBJECT THROUGH MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) - Provided are a method and apparatus for processing a magnetic resonance (MR) image of an object including first and second materials on a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus by using multi-parameter mapping including applying to the object a plurality of radio frequency (RF) pulses separated by a first repetition time and a second repetition time, the first repetition time and the second repetition time being determined based on the first material and the second material; undersampling first MR signals corresponding to the first material and second MR signals corresponding to the second material in a K-space; and performing matching between the undersampled first and the undersampled second MR signals and a signal model for the multi-parameter mapping to determine attribute values corresponding to the first and the second materials at at least one point in an MR image of the object. | 05-12-2016 |
20160127126 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MESSAGE COMMUNICATION - There are provided a message communication device and method. A message communication device according to an exemplary embodiment includes a header modifying unit configured to modify a message header by adding additional information used together with an identity when a public key corresponding to the identity of a recipient is generated to be the message header, and a message transmitting unit configured to transmit a message including data encrypted based on the public key and the modified message header. | 05-05-2016 |
20160119110 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CANCELLING SELF-INTERFERENCE SIGNAL IN RF FRONT END - The apparatus includes a transmission signal divider for dividing and transmitting a received signal to a transmission antenna and an attenuator, an attenuator for applying a predetermined attenuation factor to the transmitted signal divided to the attenuator, a phase shifter for phase-shifting the signal to which the attenuation factor is applied by a predetermined phase, and a time delayer for time-delaying the phase-shifted signal by a predetermined time. | 04-28-2016 |
20160108042 | INDOLIZINO[3,2-c]QUINOLINE DERIVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT THEREOF, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS CONTAINING THE SAME AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - Provided are an indolizino[3,2-c]quinoline derivative, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a method for preparing the same. The indolizino[3,2-c]quinoline derivative, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof may function as an agonist of cystic fibrosis conductance transmembrane regulator, and thus may be useful for an agent for preventing or treating diseases caused by degradation of activity of cystic fibrosis conductance transmembrane regulator and for a pharmaceutical composition for stimulating proliferation of stem cells. | 04-21-2016 |
20160102184 | MICROPOROUS POLYIMIDE SPONGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a net-shaped polyimide sponge. The polyimide sponge has a stack structure of nets. Also disclosed is a method for producing a polyimide sponge. The method enables the production of a polyimide sponge in a simple manner compared to conventional methods based on wet or dry phase inversion techniques using porogens. | 04-14-2016 |
20160096170 | HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST FOR PRODUCTION OF 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID FROM ALLYL ALCOHOL, AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID FROM ALLYL ALCOHOL USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a heterogeneous catalyst for the preparation of 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HPA) from allyl alcohol, and a method for the preparation of 3-HPA from allyl alcohol using the catalyst. In the presence of the heterogeneous catalyst containing gold on a carrier, a liquid-phase reaction is conducted to produce 3-HPA from allyl alcohol at high yield. | 04-07-2016 |
20160084829 | SELF-ASSEMBLED PEPTIDE NANOSTRUCTURES BY EXPLOITING CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE, BIOSENSOR USING THE SAME AND DETECTION METHOD OF BIOMOLECULES USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a self-assembled peptide nanostructure including at least one amphiphilic peptide and a biosensor using the same. The amphiphilic peptide is a hairpin-shaped amphiphilic peptide including a hydrophilic domain having an α-helical structure and a hydrophobic domain. The N-terminal of the hydrophobic domain is a pyrene group. Since the self-assembled peptide nanostructure is derived from an RNA, DNA or amino acid sequence capable of recognizing a specific target substance, it does not recognize other substances but exhibits high selectivity for the target substance. Specifically, since the self-assembled peptide nanostructure has an excimer fluorescence peak at 480 nm through binding with the target substance, it can be usefully used in medical applications such as diagnosis of diseases. | 03-24-2016 |
20160042874 | DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR TEXTILES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a dye-sensitized solar cell, including: an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of photoelectrodes and counter electrodes aligned in a satin weave structure with the photoelectrodes and counter electrodes as warps and wefts, respectively; an electrolyte layer adsorbed to the electrode assembly; and an upper film and a lower film for sealing the electrode assembly at the top and bottom. The dye-sensitized solar cell uses an electrode assembly including as plurality of photoelectrodes having various colored organic dyes adsorbed thereto and counter electrodes. Thus, it is possible for the dye-sensitized solar cell to realize a panchromatic effect by which a broad range of visible rays is absorbed to improve luminance efficiency. | 02-11-2016 |
20160033435 | METHOD OF MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PROPERTIES AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PROPERTY MEASURING APPARATUS - A method of measuring biological sample properties and a biological sample property measuring apparatus is provided. A method of measuring biological sample properties includes disposing a biomaterial to contact a sensing unit, detecting a radio frequency (RF) signal flowing through the sensing unit, and obtaining an RF property indicator of the biomaterial based on the detected RF signal. | 02-04-2016 |
20160007363 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided are a method of allocating a resource in a wireless communication system and an apparatus using the method. The method includes: measuring a variation of a data usage pattern or density of user equipments located in a region for providing a service; determining whether the variation is greater than or equal to a threshold; and determining a resource allocation type of the region for providing the service on the basis of the determination result. | 01-07-2016 |
20150382262 | DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD USING WLAN - A method of receiving data of a user equipment (UE) according to an aspect of the present invention includes: sensing a current location for each specific period, and determining whether the sensed location is included in a specific upper usage-frequency location range; transmitting, through a communication network, information regarding whether the sensed location is included in the upper usage-frequency location range or whether the UE is being charged; upon reception of a wireless local area network (WLAN) access instruction from the communication network, accessing an accessible WLAN; transmitting an Internet protocol (IP) address for the WLAN through the communication network; receiving data in parallel from the communication network and the WLAN; and adjusting data received from the communication network and data received through the WLAN on the basis of information included in an IP header and transmission control protocol (TCP) header of the data. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381244 | METHOD OF TRANSCEIVING FEEDBACK INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmitting feedback information by a base station supporting multi-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO) to a network entity includes obtaining a projection matrix based on channel information estimated for multiple channels between antennas of the base station and each of user equipments, projecting at least one of the channel information and uplink data received from the user equipments to a second space from a first space using the projection matrix and transmitting feedback information including at least one of the projected channel information and the projected uplink data to the network entity. | 12-31-2015 |
20150370226 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING FUNCTION IN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed are an electronic apparatus and function management method in the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a sensor unit that includes at least one sensor and outputs sensor data by each of the at least one sensor, and a controller that infers a user's situation by collecting and pre-processing the sensor data, determines the user's tendency, infers a redundancy function by using the inferred user's situation and the determined user's tendency, and adjusts the inferred redundancy function. | 12-24-2015 |
20150358803 | METHOD, BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR PERFORMING D2D SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for performing device to device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system and a user equipment for the method are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of determining at least one D2D communication group a of a plurality of D2D communication groups; and giving RNTI corresponding to the determined at least one D2D communication group a to a D2D transmitting user equipment i and a D2D receiving user equipment j of a D2D link (i, j). | 12-10-2015 |
20150358102 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN MULTI-CELL COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system. Specifically, in a multi-cell cooperative communication system, a base station can form cooperative detection user set information by detecting a terminal within a cell and form cooperative processing user set by receiving the cooperative detection user set information of a neighboring base station. At this time, the base station acquires information about a base station adjacent to the neighboring base station and designs an efficient filter in transmitting and receiving signals of terminals between the base stations, thereby being capable of removing inter-cell interference signals. | 12-10-2015 |
20150350388 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus and controlling these apparatuses with regard to antenna identification information are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a frame generator configured to generate a plurality of frames which include a preamble symbol and a data symbol; and a transmitter configured to group a plurality of sub-carriers for the plurality of frames into a plurality of groups, insert in the plurality of frames antenna identification information controlling a sum of phase differences between the plurality of groups, calculated based on identification information about at least one external antenna of the transmitting apparatus, to be lowered than a predetermined threshold value, and transmit the plurality of frames in which the antenna identification information is inserted. | 12-03-2015 |
20150334616 | METHOD OF USER EQUIPMENT SELECTING CELL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE METHOD - Provided are a cell selection method performed by UE in a wireless communication system and UE using the method. The method includes generating data use pattern information, the data use pattern information including an amount of data used for each moving speed of the UE, receiving data providing pattern information that informs an amount of data provided by the wireless communication system for each specific moving speed of the UE, determining an access type of the UE based on the data use pattern information and the data providing pattern information, selecting a type of a cell to be accessed according to the access type and selecting a cell from cells having the cell type. | 11-19-2015 |
20150333844 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA ON THE BASIS OF ADAPTIVE BLIND INTERFERENCE ALIGNMENT - The present invention provides adaptive blind interference alignment (BIA) methods capable of controlling interference between users without channel information, and devices for supporting the same. A method for transmitting a signal according to the adaptive BIA method in a wireless access system, as one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of enabling a transmitter to constitute a first block including preferred signals and interference signals on the basis of the number of receivers within a cell and the number of reception modes of the receiver; enabling the transmitter to constitute a second block including one kind of signal from the preferred signals or the interference signals; enabling the transmitter to constitute alignment blocks for each receiver by combining the first block with the second block; and enabling the transmitter to transmit the alignment blocks to the receivers according to transmission symbol patterns corresponding to the alignment blocks. | 11-19-2015 |
20150311914 | RECONFIGURABLE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER, IMAGE SENSOR AND MOBILE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An image sensor includes a pixel array, a controller, and a plurality of analog-to-digital converters. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixels coupled to column lines, respectively, and the plurality of pixels are configured to sense incident lights to generate analog signals through the column lines. The controller generate a conversion control signal that is configurable based on changes of at least one operational condition. The plurality of analog-to-digital converters are coupled to the column lines, respectively. The plurality of analog-to-digital converters perform a delta-sigma modulation and a digital filtering to convert the analog signals to digital signals. The plurality of analog-to-digital converters adjust a conversion gain internally in response to the conversion control signal. | 10-29-2015 |
20150288970 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING USING REFERENCE PICTURE INFORMATION, AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING USING REFERENCE PICTURE INFORMATION - Provided is a video encoding method for a parallel process. The video encoding method includes performing an inter prediction and an intra prediction for pictures included in a group of picture (GOP) and determining an encoding order and reference dependency between the pictures included in the GOP, and generating a predetermined data unit including reference relation information generated based on the encoding order and reference dependency between the pictures included in the GOP. | 10-08-2015 |
20150274783 | POLYPEPTIDE HAVING MULTIPLE DIRECTIONALITY AND SELF-ASSEMBLED NANOSTRUCTURE CONTAINING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a polypeptide having multiple directionality and a self-assembled nanostructure containing the same. Since R1 and R3 domains having β-sheet structures are arranged to have antiparallel structures, it provides a more stabilized α-helix structure than the existing polypeptide having single directionality. In addition, since the polypeptide of the present disclosure is prepared as an antiparallel pseudo-cyclic structure without additional structural element such as a linker, the associated synthesis process is simple and the molecular weight is relatively small. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273402 | CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION MEMBRANE COMPRISING POROUS HOLLOW TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a carbon dioxide separation membrane. The carbon dioxide separation membrane includes porous hollow titanium dioxide nanoparticles whose surfaces are modified with aminosilane having high affinity with carbon dioxide and a crosslinkable functional group. The carbon dioxide separation membrane provides both improved selectivity and improved permeability. In addition, the carbon dioxide separation membrane includes a copolymer matrix having excellent mechanical properties. Thus, it is possible to provide a carbon dioxide separation membrane having excellent selectivity and permeability as well as improved physical strength, chemical stability and temperature resistance. | 10-01-2015 |
20150262727 | NANOPARTICLE POLYMER AND METHOD OF PREPARING A NANOPARTICLE POLYMER - Provided is a nanoparticle polymer in which a plurality of core particles that are linked to each other by a linker are surrounded by a metal-chalcogenide compound shell. The nanoparticle polymer may include a nanoparticle polymer including a core assembly including at least two nanoparticles connected to each other by a linker; and a shell that surrounds a surface of the core assembly and includes a metal-chalcogenide compound. | 09-17-2015 |
20150242678 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF RECOGNIZING FACIAL EXPRESSION USING ADAPTIVE DECISION TREE BASED ON LOCAL FEATURE EXTRACTION - A method and apparatus of recognizing a facial expression using a local feature-based adaptive decision tree are provided. A method of recognizing a facial expression by a facial expression recognition apparatus may include splitting a facial region included in an input image into local regions, extracting a facial expression feature from each of the local regions using a preset feature extracting algorithm, and recognizing a facial expression from the input image using the extracted facial expression feature based on a decision tree generated by repeatedly classifying facial expressions into two classes until one facial expression is contained in one class and determining a facial expression feature for a corresponding classification. | 08-27-2015 |
20150236765 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL FEEDBACK IN MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for a channel feedback by a signal transmitting device in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system are provided. The method includes transmitting a pilot in which a compression rate is reflected to a signal receiving device; receiving channel related information on a compressed channel from the signal receiving device; and performing a precoding based on the channel related information. The apparatus includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit a pilot to which a compression rate is reflected to a signal receiving device; a receiving unit configured to receive channel related information on a compressed channel from the signal receiving device; and a precoding unit configured to perform a precoding based on the channel related information. | 08-20-2015 |
20150235731 | STRETCHABLE CONDUCTIVE NANOFIBERS, STRETCHABLE ELECTRODE USING THE SAME AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE STRETCHABLE CONDUCTIVE NANOFIBERS - A method of producing stretchable conductive nanofibers includes: providing stretchable nanofibers; providing a metal precursor solution by dissolving metal precursors in a solvent that may swell the stretchable nanofibers; bringing the stretchable nanofibers into contact with the metal precursor solution or its vapor for a sufficient time for the metal precursors to penetrate into the stretchable nanofibers; and reduce the metal precursors inside the stretchable nanofibers to metal nanoparticles. | 08-20-2015 |
20150228322 | NMOS-OFFSET CANCELING CURRENT-LATCHED SENSE AMPLIFIER - A resistive memory sensing method includes sensing outputs of an offset-cancelling dual stage sensing circuit (OCDS-SC) by an NMOS offset-cancelling current latched sense amplifier circuit (NOC-CLSA). The NOC-CLSA is configured with a reduced input capacitance and a reduced offset voltage. Input transistors of the NOC-CLSA are coupled between latch circuitry and ground. A first phase output of the OCDS-SC is stored by the NOC-CLSA during a pre-charge step of the NOC-CLSA operation. A second phase output of the OCDS-SC is stored by the NOC-CLSA during an offset-cancelling step of the NOC-CLSA operation. By pipelining the OCDS-SC and NOC-CLSA, a sensing delay penalty of the OCDS-SC is overcome. | 08-13-2015 |
20150224167 | COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING WOUND HEALING - The present disclosure relates to a composition for promoting wound healing that may be used as a pharmaceutical composition, or a cosmetic composition for promoting wound healing, which contains a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO 1. The composition may be usefully used for a wound care drug or a functional cosmetic product for wound care. | 08-13-2015 |
20150212176 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Provided is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus. The MRI apparatus includes: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire a first k-space including a first missing line by undersampling an MR signal received from an object at a first time point, acquire a second k-space including a first acquired line corresponding to the first missing line by undersampling an MR signal received from the object at a second time point, and acquire a third k-space including a second acquired line corresponding to the first missing line by undersampling an MR signal received from the object at a third time point; and an image processor configured to interpolate data in the first missing line based on data in the first and second acquired lines. | 07-30-2015 |
20150195575 | IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS FOR PRESERVING FILM GRAIN NOISE, AND IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING APPARATUSES FOR PRESERVING FILM GRAIN NOISE - An image encoding method and an image decoding method, and an image encoder and an image decoder, are provided. The image encoding method includes detecting a static region and a motion region of an image, calculating an encoding error in the image, calculating a film grain noise (FGN) error in the motion region, and encoding the image to reduce an encoding error in the image other than the FGN error. | 07-09-2015 |
20150195565 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS BASED ON SCALE AND ANGLE VARIATION INFORMATION, AND VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING APPARATUSES FOR PERFORMING THE METHODS - A video encoding and decoding methods and apparatuses for performing the methods thereof are provided. The video encoding method includes: determining a region in a current image having a change in at least one of a scale and an angle with respect to a reference image; generating variation information representing a variation in at least one of the scale and the angle between the region in the current image and a reference region in the reference image corresponding to the region in the current image; and encoding residual information representing a difference between a predicted sample value from the reference image and a sample value of the current image based on the generated variation information. | 07-09-2015 |
20150188028 | SELF-POWERED GENERATOR, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME AND PIEZOELECTRIC ENERY-HARVESTING DEVICE USING THE GENERATOR - A self-powered generator is provided. The generator includes a piezoelectric nanorod member layer that includes a first layer; a second layer; and a plurality of piezoelectric nanorods disposed between the first and second layers. The piezoelectric nanorod is a biaxially-grown nanorod. When mechanical energy is applied from an outside, an upper half and a lower half of each of the plurality of piezoelectric nanorods generate piezoelectric potentials having opposite polarities, the upper half and the lower half being on both sides of a longitudinal axis along an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. | 07-02-2015 |
20150186816 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING SUSTAINABILITY OF OVERSEAS GAS FIELD - A system for assessing sustainability of an overseas gas field development project includes a gas field factor analysis section configured to calculate assessment values for components of gas, expected reserves, ratio of NGL (natural gas liquid)/condensate, and infrastructure accessibility; a financial factor analysis section configured to calculate assessment values for independent oil company (IOC) share ratio, past collaboration experience, business execution experience, and favorable investment ratio; an organization factor analysis section configured to calculate assessment values for development business execution experience, securement level of expertise, the owner's risk, and securement level of dealer; and a sustainability index calculation section configured to calculate a sustainability index, based on the assessment values. | 07-02-2015 |
20150186815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYSING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT OF OVERSEAS GAS PLANT PROJECT - A system for analyzing country's business environment of an overseas gas field development project includes a political system stability assessment section configured to calculate a political system stability index; a business execution stability assessment section configured to respectively calculate a general business execution stability index, an upstream expected reward index, a downstream expected reward index, and a business promotion condition index; and an overall business environment assessment section configured to calculate a business environment index, based on the political system stability index, the business execution stability index, the upstream expected reward index, the downstream expected reward index and the business promotion condition index. | 07-02-2015 |
20150182741 | MEDICAL PATCH - A medical patch having an electric potential generating structure which is attachable to a wound to thus regenerate injured skin tissues is provided. The medical patch includes a unit patch having a piezoelectric potential generating structure. The unit patch includes a first layer, a second layer and a piezoelectric nanomaterial disposed between the first and second layers. | 07-02-2015 |
20150163807 | ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE USING LIMITED FEEDBACK INFORMATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND A METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an adaptive transmitting device using limited feedback information in a mobile communication system, and a method thereof. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the base station transmits a pilot signal to the terminal, the terminal generates channel information by using the pilot signal, generates additional channel information from the channel information, and transmits the channel information and the additional channel information to the base station. The base station determines band allocation, power allocation, and modulation methods for each use by using received feedback information, and transmits modulated traffic data to the terminal according to the determined methods. | 06-11-2015 |
20150137115 | METAL OXIDE THIN FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SOLUTION FOR METAL OXIDE THIN FILM - The present disclosure provides a solution for a metal oxide semiconductor thin film, including metal hydroxides dissolved in an aqueous or nonaqueous solvent and an acid/base titrant for controlling solubility of metal hydroxides. A solution is synthesized to improve stability and semiconductive performance of a device through addition of other metal hydroxides. The solution is applied on a substrate and annealed by using various annealing apparatuses to obtain a high-quality metal oxide thin film at low temperatures. The thin film is optically transparent, and thus can be applied to thin films for various electronic devices, solar cells, various sensors, memory devices, and the like. | 05-21-2015 |
20150133564 | NOVEL COMPOUND, PREPARING METHOD THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF AS INHIBITORS OF HISTONE DEMETHYLASE - Provided are a novel compound, preparing method thereof, and use thereof as inhibitor of histone demethylase. The compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 has activity which inhibits histone demethylase and thus is capable of specifically and effectively inhibit activity of histone demethylase. | 05-14-2015 |
20150130461 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME - Provided is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus. The MRI apparatus includes: a storage configured to store a plurality of MR signal data sets generated by applying a plurality of values of a first MR parameter and a plurality of values of a second MR parameter to an MR signal data generation model; a data acquisition unit configured to acquire an MR signal data set for a specific position of an object by undersampling an MR signal, based on the values of the first MR parameter; and an image processor configured to extract an MR signal data set that matches the MR signal data set acquired by undersampling the MR signal (hereinafter referred to as the ‘undersampled MR signal data set’) from among the stored MR signal data sets, obtain a value of the second MR parameter for the undersampled MR signal data set based on the extracted MR signal data set, and interpolate unsampled MR signal data in the undersampled MR signal data set (hereinafter, referred to as the ‘interpolated MR signal data set’) by using the value of the second MR parameter. | 05-14-2015 |
20150130303 | SUPERCONDUCTING SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - A superconducting synchronous motor having a simple and stable structure is provided. The superconducting synchronous motor according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a rotary shaft; a rotation core mounted at the rotary shaft so as to be rotated by connecting with the rotary shaft; and hooked magnetic poles extending from one end of the rotation core in a longitudinal direction. Each of the hooked magnetic poles is composed of first and second inductors of a magnetic material alternately engaged with each other and a superconducting wire to be wound, and comprises a first superconducting field winding and a second superconducting field winding fixed closely at the other end of a first inductor rotation core and the to other end of a second inductor rotation core, respectively. Each of the first superconducting field winding and the second superconducting field winding excites the first inductor and the second inductor to different poles. | 05-14-2015 |
20150121570 | GENE IMPLICATED IN DROUGHT STRESS TOLERANCE AND TRANSFORMED PLANTS WITH THE SAME - The present invention relates to a composition for improving a tolerance to drought and oxidative stress of a plant, a plant transformed with the composition, a method for preparing a plant transformed with the composition, a method for improving a tolerance to a drought and oxidative stress and a composition and method for a germination rate of a plant. The nucleotide sequences of the present invention are involved in the drought and oxidative stress-tolerance and germination capacity, therefore may be effectively used for cultivating the plants with enhanced tolerance against abiotic stress or novel function of rapid growing or bolting. | 04-30-2015 |
20150119347 | COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING HAIR LOSS OR PROMOTING HAIR GROWTH COMPRISING SECOIRIDOID GLUCOSIDE DERIVATIVES - The present invention provides a method for preventing or treating hair loss or promoting hair growth, comprising secoiridoid glucoside derivatives or hydrolysate thereof as active ingredients. The present invention not only includes natural compounds as an active ingredient without side effects of the long-term treatment in a chronic disease hair loss, but also shows excellent effects for promoting hair growth with stable efficacy. Therefore, the present invention may be used as an effective pharmaceutical, cosmetic or functional food composition for preventing or treating hair loss or promoting hair growth. | 04-30-2015 |
20150109292 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ACCELERATION STRUCTURE IN RAY TRACING SYSTEM - Provided are an apparatus and method for generating an acceleration structure in a ray tracing system. The method of generating an acceleration structure includes splitting, at an acceleration structure generator, a space comprising a three-dimensional (3D) object into a plurality of sub spaces, calculating costs for traversing the plurality of sub spaces based on occlusion information of primitives in the plurality of sub spaces, selecting the plurality of sub spaces that minimize the costs for traversing, and generating an acceleration structure based on setting the selected plurality of sub spaces as nodes. | 04-23-2015 |
20150088456 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FEATURE POINT FOR RECOGNIZING OBSTACLE USING LASER SCANNER - An apparatus and method for extracting a feature point to recognize an obstacle using a laser scanner are provided. The apparatus includes a laser scanner that is installed at a front of a traveling vehicle and is configured to obtain laser scanner data having a plurality of layers in real time. In addition, a controller is configured to separate the laser scanner data obtained by the laser scanner into a plurality of layers to extract measurement data present in each layer and determine feature points of the measurement data to classify a type of obstacle based on a plurality of stored feature points. | 03-26-2015 |
20150078168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAFFIC LOAD BALANCING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A load distribution method and apparatus of a base station are disclosed. The method includes measuring load information associated with the BS; transmitting the measured load information to at least one adjacent BS; receiving load information from the at least one adjacent BS; generating a first cluster including the BS and the at least one adjacent BS; and executing a load distribution operation with respect to the first cluster, wherein at least one BS included in the first cluster is included in a second cluster. | 03-19-2015 |
20150044770 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVE CELL ATTACHMENT/DETACHMENT, CELL PATTERNIZATION AND CELL HARVESTING BY MEANS OF NEAR INFRARED RAYS - The present invention relates to a method for selective cell attachment/detachment, cell patternization and cell harvesting by means of near infrared rays. More particularly, conducting polymers or metal oxides having exothermic characteristics upon irradiation of near infrared light is used as a cell culture scaffold, thus selectively attaching/detaching cells without an enzyme treatment. The scaffold has an effect of promoting proliferation or differentiation of stem cells, and therefore, can be used as a stem cell culture scaffold. The scaffold enables cell attachment/detachment without temporal or spatial restrictions, thus enabling cell patternization. | 02-12-2015 |
20150043592 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TERMINAL APPARATUS - A terminal apparatus included in a contents centric network and a communication method thereof are provided, the communication method including receiving an interest packet regarding a specific content from an external terminal apparatus, adjusting a window size of the interest packet based on at least one of a requesting frequency of the specific content corresponding to the interest packet and a communication status, and after adjusting the window size, transmitting the interest packet to surrounding terminal apparatuses. | 02-12-2015 |
20150043402 | RECEPTION NODE AND TRANSMISSION NODE FOR SAVING ENERGY OF RECEPTION NODE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - A communication method of a transmission node includes generating information of a transmission unavailable time period of the transmission node in a reception available time period of a reception node, and transmitting, to the reception node, the information of the transmission unavailable time period. The reception node operates in a sleep state based on the information of the transmission unavailable time period. | 02-12-2015 |
20150039261 | PHYSICAL-FITNESS TEST SYSTEM USING ACCELERATION SENSOR - The present invention relates to a fitness testing system using an acceleration sensor, of which a mobile device containing an acceleration sensor is attached to the body of the test subject and the test subject is induced to perform an exercise according to the fitness test instructions provided through the fitness testing process installed in a personal computer during which the acceleration signals are measured through RF communication for an output of the fitness test and assessment results. For this purpose, the present invention embodies a fitness measurement system consisting of an acceleration sensor device with a 3-axis acceleration sensor that is attached to the test subject to detect the 3-axis acceleration signals produced according to the test subject's movement and transmits the signals through RF communication; and an assessment and analysis unit that receives 3-axis acceleration signals from the acceleration sensor device through a host gateway and detects the maximum acceleration from the 3-axis acceleration signals received as the exercise intensity; wherein the execution processing unit of the assessment and analysis unit, in case the test items is “balance”, receives the x-axis acceleration signals, which are related to the left and right movement of the test subject, and z-axis acceleration signals, which are related to the forward and backward movement, via the host gateway and detects the trajectory according to the input x- and z-axis acceleration signals and the maximum acceleration value according to the forward, backward, left and right movements. | 02-05-2015 |
20150036417 | SRAM READ BUFFER WITH REDUCED SENSING DELAY AND IMPROVED SENSING MARGIN - A device includes a static random access memory (SRAM) cell and a read buffer coupled to an output of the SRAM cell. The read buffer includes an inverter and a switch. An input of the inverter is responsive to the output of the SRAM cell. A control terminal of the switch is responsive to an output of the inverter. | 02-05-2015 |
20150036409 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE A REFERENCE CELL USING MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION CELLS - An apparatus includes a group of data cells and a reference cell coupled to the group of data cells. The reference cell includes four magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) cells. | 02-05-2015 |
20150027493 | WINDOW CLEANING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF MANIPULATION VIA MAGNETIC ATTRACTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for cleaning windows comprising: a first cleaning unit, which is positioned on one side of a window, having a built-in first magnetic module comprising a magnet or a magnetic material; and a second cleaning unit, which is positioned on the opposite side of the window on which the first cleaning unit is positioned, having a built-in second magnetic module comprising a magnet or a magnetic material so as to generate magnetic attraction with the first magnetic module of the first cleaning unit, wherein the first and second cleaning units, each attached to either sides of the window, respectively, due to the magnetic attraction, clean one or both sides of the window while moving together. | 01-29-2015 |
20150025587 | JAWBONE DISTRACTION SYSTEM AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREOF CAPABLE CONTROLLING OPERATION USING A REMOTE CONTROL - The present invention relates to a jawbone distraction system and control method thereof, including a jawbone extension apparatus, a remote controller and a monitor, the jawbone distractor being configured to allow a horizontal shift of alveolar bone as well as performing vertical jawbone distraction, being precisely controlled in a wireless mode and configured to control a drive of the jawbone distractor through the remote controller while ascertaining a driving state by the monitor. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023441 | OPERATING METHOD OF WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK STATION - A method of operating a wireless local area network (WLAN) station. The WLAN station receives at least one desired signal and at least one interference signal from an access point (AP) capable of simultaneously transmitting desired signals to multiple WLAN stations. The method includes estimating a channel and generating a channel matrix estimated based on the estimated channel, separating a channel matrix of the desired signal and a channel matrix of the interference signal from the estimated channel matrix, generating the matrix of a virtual channel by combining the separated channel matrixes, and executing a sphere decoding (SD) algorithm using the matrix of the virtual channel. | 01-22-2015 |
20150021511 | ORGANIC/INORGANIC NANOCOMPOSITE CAPABLE OF ADSORPTION/DESORPTION OF METAL IONS, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an organic-inorganic nanocomposite comprising a polymer having temperature dependent volume phase transition characteristics, and magnetic particles embedded in the polymer, and a preparation method thereof. The present invention induces more rapid adsorption and desorption of metal ions and can effectively recover the used organic-inorganic nanocomposite. | 01-22-2015 |
20150016587 | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM INCLUDING ROTATABLE COLLIMATOR - Disclosed is a computed tomography (CT) system which includes a rotatable collimator. The CT system includes a gantry. The gantry includes an X-ray source that generates X-rays, a collimator that is provided inside the X-ray source to be rotatable and that limits an irradiation area of the X-rays generated by the X-ray source, and an X-ray detector that is provided at a side portion of the X-ray source. | 01-15-2015 |
20150014678 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method includes: providing a gate electrode on a substrate; providing a first interlayer insulating layer to cover the gate electrode on the substrate; providing an oxide semiconductor layer corresponding to the gate electrode on the first interlayer insulating layer; providing a source electrode and a drain electrode, which are in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, on the first interlayer insulating layer; and heat-treating the oxide semiconductor layer using Joule heat generated therein from a flow of a drain current by applying a voltage to the source electrode or the drain electrode. | 01-15-2015 |
20150011044 | COMPOSITION FOR TIN OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR AND METHOD OF FORMATION OF TIN OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM - Provided is a composition for forming tin oxide semiconductor including a tin precursor compound, an antimony precursor compound, and a solvent, according to an aspect of the present disclosure. Also provided is a method of forming a tin oxide semiconductor thin film. The method includes preparing a composition including a tin precursor compound and an antimony precursor compound dissolved in a solvent; disposing the composition on a substrate; and performing a heat treatment on the substrate coated with the composition. | 01-08-2015 |
20150007696 | METHOD OF RECOVERING Fe FROM STEEL-MAKING SLAG - A method of recovering Fe from steel-making slag is disclosed. The method includes the steps of melting steel-making slag having a higher Fe content than iron-making slag by heating the steel-making slag to a first temperature; cooling the molten slag to a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature and then maintaining the same at the second temperature for a predetermined time to thus precipitate Fe in the molten slag, thereby forming and growing an Fe-rich phase; rapidly cooling the slag to room temperature; and crushing the solidified slag and magnetically separating a magnetically-susceptible portion from a magnetically-unsusceptible portion. | 01-08-2015 |
20140371271 | NOVEL PIPERINE DERIVATIVES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides novel piperine derivatives. The present pharmaceutical or food composition containing a piperine derivative as an active ingredient is very effective in preventing or treating metabolic diseases including obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia, fatty liver and insulin resistance syndrome. Piperine derivatives of the present invention useful as pharmaceuticals compositions or functional food compositions has therapeutic efficacies for metabolic syndrome selected from the group consisting of obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver and insulin resistance syndrome, and also suppress the differentiation of progenitor cells and reduce the accumulation of triglycerides. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370262 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHENE STRUCTURE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - A method of preparing a three-dimensional graphene structure, and a graphene structure prepared by the method are provided. The method includes preparing a dispersion in which a graphite oxide is dispersed, and preparing a gel by controlling a degree of reduction of the dispersion. The method can be useful in providing a three-dimensional graphene structure having a specific surface area, a pore size or a volume per unit mass, which is suitable for the field of applications thereof. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369217 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING MINIMUM GUARANTEED RESOURCE AMOUNT TO ACCESS POINT IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method in which an upper layer entity allocates resources to a plurality of access points (APs) in a wireless access system, including the plurality of APs and the upper layer entity for managing the plurality of APs, the method comprising the step of: sensing a change in minimum guaranteed resource amount allocated to each of the APs; acquiring, from each of the APs, AP-level topology information according to a degree of interference with adjacent APs and AP weight information given to each AP by a service provider; determining a minimum guaranteed resource amount for each of the APs based on the acquired AP-level topology information and AP weight information; and transmitting the determined minimum guaranteed resource amount to each of the APs. | 12-18-2014 |
20140364764 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS - The present invention relates to a device for collecting body fluids, the device comprising: (a) an internal pressure adjustment means for adjusting the internal pressure of the device, and the internal pressure adjustment means has an internal space and is made of an elastic deformable material; (b) a fluid accommodation means, which is openly connected to the internal pressure adjustment means, for accommodating body fluids collected from the human body; and (c) a perforation means which is connected to the fluid accommodation means, is located at the lower part of the device, and comprises a hollow microstructure for forming an opening on the body. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360043 | WASHING DRYING RACK - A washing drying rack includes a plurality of securing hangers disposed at set intervals either transversely or longitudinally on a drying rack frame; a plurality of free-moving hangers which are formed below the fixed hangers in a number corresponding therewith, are link-connected with the corresponding fixed hangers, and perform a swinging motion using the fixed hangers as pivot shafts; and a drive means which generates power for the free-moving-hanger swinging motion. | 12-11-2014 |
20140354248 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MULTILEVEL CONVERTER - The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a multilevel converter, the method including, detecting modulation state values and current directions of sub-modules, and designating, by one sub-module, an average number of switching for each period of an output waveform, wherein the step of designating the average number of switching includes, grouping the sub-modules according to being in ON state or in OFF state, comparing the number of sub-modules in previous ON state and the number of sub-modules in OFF state to obtain a difference therebetween, and changing a state as much as the difference, comparing a sub-module of ON state in charged state and in discharged state with a sub-module of OFF state, and changing the compared states of sub-modules of ON state and OFF state. | 12-04-2014 |
20140352748 | THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL, THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - A thermoelectric material including: a two dimensional nanostructure having a core and a shell on the core. Also, a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric apparatus including the thermoelectric material, and a method of preparing the thermoelectric material. | 12-04-2014 |
20140351490 | METHOD FOR UPDATING INVERTED INDEX OF FLASH SSD - Disclosed is a method for updating an inverted index of a flash solid state disk (SSD). The method including: storing postings of a term that is present in only an in-memory inverted index in a block of an output buffer and reading postings of a last block of each posting list to be updated from an on-disk inverted index to be stored in each block of an input buffer, by scanning the on-disk inverted index and the in-memory inverted index; moving postings of the input buffer to the blocks of the output buffer for each block and attaching new postings of the in-memory inverted index to the block corresponding to the output buffer; and updating the on-disk inverted index by using the postings of each block of the output buffer. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348948 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING HEAT GENERATION OF MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES AND HEAT GENERATING NANOMATERIALS - The present invention relates to a method for controlling heat generation of a magnetic nanomaterial, comprising the steps of: (a) mixing (i) a nanomaterial precursor comprising a metal precursor material and a predetermined amount of a zinc precursor with (ii) a reaction solvent; and (b) preparing a zinc-containing magnetic nanomaterial from the mixture of step (a) comprising a zinc doped metal oxide nanomaterial matrix; and wherein a specific loss power of the zinc-containing magnetic nanomaterial is varied depending an amount of zinc to be doped, whereby the heat generation of the magnetic nanomaterial is controlled. In addition, the present invention relates to a heat-generating nanoparticle and a composition for hyperthermia. The present invention suggests a novel approach to improve a heat generation of a magnetic nanomaterial. According to the present invention, the specific loss power can be controlled by changing a zinc-content to be introduced into nanomaterials and therefore a composition for hyperthermia showing controlled heat generation potential can be successfully provided. | 11-27-2014 |
20140345676 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MESOPOROUS TITANIUM DIOXIDE ELECTRODE USING ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRID SUPPORT AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for producing a mesoporous titanium dioxide thin film from a titanium precursor by using a polymer-grafted alumina composite as a support. The porous titanium dioxide thin film is obtained by using the polymer-grafted hybrid alumina composite as a support for sol-gel reaction, and thus it has a mesoporous structure and high surface area, thereby providing a high dye adsorption ratio. Therefore, a dye-sensitized solar cell using the mesoporous titanium dioxide thin film as a photoelectrode material has high energy conversion efficiency. In addition, it is possible to improve the long-term stability of a dye-sensitized solar cell through efficient infiltration of high-viscosity polymer and solid electrolyte as well as liquid electrolyte. | 11-27-2014 |
20140345665 | THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENT HAVING STRUCTURE CAPABLE OF IMPROVING THERMAL EFFICIENCY - A thermoelectric device provided according to one aspect of the present invention includes a support member having a shape corresponding to a waste heat environment having a curved surface, and a thermoelectric material formed on a surface of the support member so that it surrounds the support member, wherein the support member is formed of a material having a low thermal conductivity, which is not the thermoelectric material, so as to keep a temperature difference between both ends of the thermoelectric device. | 11-27-2014 |
20140339490 | RESISTIVE SWITCHING MEMORY DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED NONLINEARITY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A nonvolatile resistive switching memory (ReRAM) device having no selection device is provided. The ReRAM device includes a lower electrode that is formed on on a substrate; a metal oxide layer that is formed on the lower electrode, the metal oxide layer having a resistive switching characteristic; an upper electrode that is formed on the metal oxide layer; and a tunnel barrier oxide film that is formed between the lower electrode and the metal oxide layer, thereby forming a double oxide film structure, the tunnel barrier oxide film being made of a material, a band energy gap and a conduction band offset of which are lower than those of the metal oxide layer, and which does not cause interface switching. | 11-20-2014 |
20140335459 | METHOD OF FORMING POLYMER NANOFIBER METAL-NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITE PATTERN - A method of forming a polymer nanofiber-metal nanoparticle composite pattern includes forming on a substrate a polymer nanofiber layer comprising polymer nanofibers made from polymers including a heteroaryl group; selectively exposing to UV-ozone a part of the polymer nanofiber layer through an aperture of a mask; selectively removing a part of the polymer nanofiber layer which was not exposed to UV-ozone from the polymer nanofiber layer to form a polymer nanofiber layer pattern; depositing a metal precursor on the polymer nanofiber layer pattern; and reducing the metal precursor into a metal. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334422 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING AVAILABLE CHANNEL INFORMATION BASED ON DIRECTIVITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting and receiving available channel information based on directivity in a wireless communication system. A method for enabling a station (STA) to receive available channel information in a whitespace band according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a current position of the STA and a position at which the direction is changed on a moving path of the STA; determining K (K≧1) operating ranges based on the current position of the STA and the position at which the direction is changed; transmitting a channel availability query (CAQ) request frame for the K operating ranges to a database; and receiving available channel information on the K operating ranges through a CAQ response frame from the database. | 11-13-2014 |
20140328263 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING PACKET TRANSMISSION - A device and method for scheduling packet transmission are disclosed. The disclosed device includes: an interface unit configured to transmit and receive a packet; a controller configured to calculate a local time and an ARQ time from a packet to be transmitted, where the local time is determined in proportion to a packet delay bound, and the ARQ time is determined based on the local time and the packet delay bound; a queue in which the packet to be transmitted is inputted; and a scheduler configured to determine a transmission order of packets inputted in the queue based on at least one of the local time and the ARQ time. The disclosed device provides the advantage of efficient packet transmission in a multi-hop wireless network. | 11-06-2014 |
20140321524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN MULTICARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a filter bank based multicarrier communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of data blocks and performing an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) operation on the plurality of data blocks, multiplying the plurality of data blocks on which IFFT has been performed and time axis filter coefficients, and transmitting a result obtained by adding the plurality of multiplied data blocks as a multi carrier signal. | 10-30-2014 |
20140315947 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION WITH ENHANCED EFFICACY FOR INHIBITING ANGIOGENESIS - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting angiogenesis and a novel sulfonyl amide derivative compound which can be useful for the prevention or treatment of angiogenesis-related diseases or disorders. Since the compound used as an active ingredient in the pharmaceutical composition of the invention is specifically bound to UQCRB and inhibits biological functions thereof, apoptosis is not induced and angiogenic responses are inhibited. Therefore, the compound used as an active ingredient in the pharmaceutical composition of the invention can be useful as an effective and safe angiogenesis inhibitory agent. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315202 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING MULTIPLE TARGET LOCI TO SINGLE NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE - A method for assembling multiple target loci to a single assembled nucleic acid sequence involves assembling the multiple target loci to a single assembled nucleic acid sequence through two polymerase chain reactions (PCRs). A pair of primers for a primary amplification include a target-specific sequence and a 5′-flanking assembly spacer sequence. A primary amplified product amplified by the pair of primers for a primary amplification is assembled to a single shortened nucleic acid sequence in a convenient and easy manner through a set of primers for a secondary amplification, thus enabling the simultaneous detection of multiple target loci. Accordingly, the method and a kit of the present invention may simultaneously detect and analyze multiple variabilities in DNA sequences of a sample, thus remarkably reducing sequencing costs for detecting variabilities, and providing a critical approach and means for achieving the concept of customized medicine. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314069 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN BASE STATIONS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED CELL STRUCTURE - A method for acquiring by a base station (BS) synchronization between BSs in a mobile communication system with a distributed cell structure is provided. The method includes measuring a timing error with other BS as a synchronization target. The method also includes performing a synchronization operation with the other BS using at least one first sub-frame based on the measured timing error, wherein a number of symbols included in a first sub-frame is less than a number of symbols included in a second sub-frame. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A NON-ORTHOGONAL MULTIPLE ACCESS SCHEME IN MULTIUSER BEAMFORMING SYSTEM - A frequency-efficient antenna operation method is provided in a multiuser beamforming system. The method includes determining channel correlations and channel gain differences between channels using channel information received from multiple terminals, classifying the multiple terminals into at least one or more clusters using the channel correlations and channel gain differences, selecting a beamforming vector for each of the one or more clusters using the channel information of at least one or more terminals in the one or more clusters, allocating power to the terminals in each of the one or more clusters, and forming a beam based on the allocated power and the selected beamforming vector. According to the method, interference due to sharing space resources may be reduced and more efficient data communication may be achieved. | 10-23-2014 |
20140313889 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING USER EQUIPMENT ACCESS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for a Mobility Management Entity (MME) to control a connection of a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes a first standby method including an MME in a wireless communication system that includes predicting an overload durating time when an overload duration time that is predicted, transmitting to an enhanced Node B (eNodeB) information on the reconnection method of the UE that is decided, wherein the plurality of reconnection methods represent methods for the UE attempting reconnection with the MME after a second standby time that is longer than the first standby time, and an MME reselection method for the UE attempting the reconnection with an MME which is different from the MME. | 10-23-2014 |
20140312973 | LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER - Provided is a low noise amplifier. The low noise amplifier includes an input transistor receiving and amplifying a signal, an output transistor amplifying the signal amplified by the input transistor, and an inverting unit inverting the signal which is amplified by the input transistor and applying the inverted signal to a gate of the output transistor. | 10-23-2014 |
20140309945 | GENOME SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are a sequence alignment apparatus and method for searching a reference sequence for a candidate position matching with a fragment that is a portion of a read sequence, and mapping the reference sequence and the read sequence to each other based on the candidate position. Accordingly, it is possible to form an alignment permitting all variations and errors that may exist in a read sequence, to search the entire area of a read sequence for variations and errors, and to form an alignment with less computation without permitting backtracking, unlike existing sequence alignment technology. | 10-16-2014 |
20140296703 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN IMAGE - A system and method for providing an image capable of realizing conversion of a 3D tissue structure into which an implant is inserted into a 2D image using a contour technique are provided. The system for providing an image includes an imaging unit configured to photograph an inner part of a blood vessel into which an implant is inserted to provide a plurality of tomographic images, a first analysis unit configured to analyze the plurality of tomographic images to generate data on strut distribution of the stent, a second analysis unit configured to analyze the plurality of tomographic images to generate data on a thickness of a neointima, a first image generation unit configured to generate a strut distribution chart of a 2D image using the data on the strut distribution, a second image generation unit configured to generate a contour map for the thickness of the neointima using the data on the thickness of the neointima, and a composition unit configured to composite the strut distribution chart and the contour map. | 10-02-2014 |
20140286278 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting a signal by a first node in a wireless communication system, including the steps of a first node setting a connection for a reserved transmission and transmitting a signal to a first reception node in the time interval reserved as the connection setting, wherein, in the time interval, a signal transmission is allowed by a second node which is not included in the neighbor nodes of the first reception node. | 09-25-2014 |
20140273813 | HUB, RELAY NODE, AND NODE FOR RECONFIGURING ACTIVE STATE POSITION IN WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK (WBAN), AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a hub, a relay node, and a node for reconfiguring an active time position of a node in a WBAN. An active time position of the node may be reconfigured based on information associated with an active time position of a candidate relay node that the node desires to use as a relay node. | 09-18-2014 |
20140269031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENSING A MEMORY CELL - A method includes sensing a state of a data cell to generate a data voltage. The state of the data cell corresponds to a state of a programmable resistance based memory element of the data cell. The method further includes sensing a state of a reference cell to generate a reference voltage. The state of the data cell and the state of the reference cell are sensed via a common sensing path. The method further includes determining a logic value of the data cell based on the data voltage and the reference voltage. | 09-18-2014 |
20140260675 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TACTILE INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for measuring a tactile information, using a material having variable pressure dependent properties is disclosed. The apparatus for measuring the tactile information may include a plurality of pressure measurement units to measure a magnitude of an external pressure using a material having variable properties, and a tactile information measurement unit to measure a three-dimensional (3D) tactile information based on the external pressure using a location of the plurality of pressure measurement units and a pressure measured by the plurality of pressure measurement units. | 09-18-2014 |
20140256034 | BIO-PIN - A bio-pin is provided. The bio-pin can be used for cell transfer and treatment, cell tracing, and targeting of specific tissues and cells using a peptide-based complex in which a cell-penetrating peptide or a cell-adhesive peptide is bound to one or both ends of a cell membrane protein, and used in a molecular imaging system, a medical appliance, and the like. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254703 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN MULTIPLE ANTENNA SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals is provided for use in a codebook-based closed-loop multiple antenna system. A method for receiving signals in a codebook-based multiple antenna system according to the present disclosure includes estimating a desired signal and an interference channel, determining a codebook index using the desired channel, a Hermitian of the desired channel, and the interference channel, and feeding back the codebook index to a transmitter. The multi-antenna system of the present disclosure is advantageous in suppressing the interference from other cells and maximizing the gain of the desired signal especially when the number of receive antennas is greater than the reception streams and in designing a codebook with high performance as compared to the Grassmanian codebook and low complexity. | 09-11-2014 |
20140245492 | GENE ASSOCIATED WITH NON-BIOLOGICAL STRESS RESISTANCE, AND TRANSFORMED PLANT - The present invention relates to a composition for enhancing non-biological stress resistance in plants and a composition for accelerating germination. A nucleotide sequence of the present invention is involved in the resistance against the drying stresses in plants, and a transformed plant in which the nucleotide sequence is overexpressed has prominent resistance against various kinds of non-biological stress, including drought stress. In addition, the nucleotide sequence of the present invention is involved in ABA hormone sensitivity in plants, and germination is greatly improved in a plant in which the nucleotide sequence expression is suppressed. Therefore, the composition of the present invention can be useful as new functional crops regardless of the climate of the cultivation area, or as seeds for long-term storage with an increased storage period. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245223 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF OBJECT ON TOUCH SCREEN - A method for controlling display of an object displayed on a touch screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes displaying the object on the touch screen, generating an extension bar in response to a touch that is detected on the touch screen for a period of time, generating a zoom window in response to resizing of the extension bar, and zooming in and displaying content of the object in response to movement of the generated zoom window. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244693 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STACK MANAGEMENT - A method and apparatus for managing a stack used for a tree traversal (TRV) may include a processing unit that may manage a short stack for a tree TRV, and a storage unit that may store data of the short stack. The processing unit may perform a restart of the tree TRV from an intermediate node of a tree to fill the short stack when the short stack is empty. | 08-28-2014 |
20140241192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION BETWEEN BASE STATION AND TERMINAL - A method and apparatus of exchanging information on the number of layers which is supported commonly between the base station and the terminals in Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) environment is provided for performance enhancement. The communication method of a terminal in a wireless communication system according to the present disclosure includes receiving a reference signal and information on a number of layers supportable simultaneously from a base station, measuring a channel state value based on the reference signal and the number of layers, determining whether the measured channel state value fulfills a minimum required channel state value, and transmitting, when the measured channel state value fulfills the minimum required channel state value, a value determined based on the measured channel state value to the base station. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240522 | APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING QUALITY OF VIDEO DATA BASED ON HYBRID TYPE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an apparatus for evaluating video quality based on a hybrid type which, when bit stream data is received, extracts first evaluation parameters based on the received bit stream data to calculate a preliminary video quality score based on the first extracted evaluation parameters and then extracts second evaluation parameters, and calculates a final video quality score by adjusting the preliminary video quality score based on the second extracted evaluation parameters and methods thereof. | 08-28-2014 |
20140239292 | METHODS OF FORMING OXIDE THIN FILM AND ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND THIN FILM TRANSISTORS USING THE METHODS - Provided are a method of forming an oxide thin film and an electrical device and thin film transistor using the method. The method includes forming an oxide thin film on a substrate by applying a precursor solution; and performing a thermal treatment process on the substrate under a pressurized atmosphere using a gas at about 100° C. to about 400° C. | 08-28-2014 |
20140219960 | NOVEL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING HEPATITIS C VIRUS, REGULATING PHOSPHORYLATION OF REPLICASE - The present invention relates a novel composition for preventing or treating hepatitis C virus, regulating the phosphorylation of a replicase. More specifically, it is possible to prevent or treat hepatitis C using a novel PRK2 inhibitor discovered through structure modeling, and to prevent or treat hepatitis C, particularly, interferon-insensitive hepatitis C through coadministration of an Hsp90 inhibitor. | 08-07-2014 |
20140212949 | METHOD FOR PREPARING MICROVESICULAR ADAM15 - The present invention relates to a method for preparing microvesicular ADAM15, comprising: (a) a step of activating protein kinase C (PKC) of separated mammalian cells; and (b) a step of separating microvesicle-containing ADAM15 from the mammalian cells. According to the present invention, a method for preparing microvesicular ADAM15 from mammalian cells is provided, and a novel cell regulation mechanism mediated by ADAM proteins is provided by the study of the function of the microvesicular ADAM15. Further, the present invention may provide a novel anti-cancer drug using microvesicular ADAM15, which inhibits adhesion, proliferation and migration of tumor cells. | 07-31-2014 |
20140211546 | STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES (SRAM) WITH READ-PREFERRED CELL STRUCTURES, WRITE DRIVERS, RELATED SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Static random access memories (SRAM) with read-preferred cell structures and write drivers are disclosed. In one embodiment, the SRAM has a six transistor bit cell. The read-preferred bit cell is implemented by providing two inverters, each having a pull up transistor, a pull down transistor and a pass gate transistor. Each pull up transistor is associated with a feedback loop. The feedback loop improves random static noise margin. Each transistor has a width and a length. The lengths of the pass gate transistors are increased. The widths of the pull down transistors are equal to one another and also equal to the widths of the pass gate transistors. The widths of the pass gate and pull down transistors may also be increased relative to prior designs. A write assist circuit may also be used to improve performance. | 07-31-2014 |
20140209816 | SUPER-RESOLVED OPTICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL IMAGING METHOD USING THE SAME - A super-resolved optical imaging apparatus and a super-resolved optical imaging method using the apparatus are disclosed. The optical imaging apparatus can includes: a light source unit configured to supply an incident beam; a nano-pattern chip having a plurality of nanostructures; a light adjustment system configured to change an incidence property of the incident beam in at least one of a horizontal direction and a depth direction such that surface plasmon resonance occurs in a localized area of the plurality of nanostructures; and an image detection unit configured to extract fluorescence signals generated by the surface plasmon resonance from a specimen positioned in the localized area and convert the fluorescence signals into an image. | 07-31-2014 |
20140208165 | MULTI-CORE DEVICE, TEST DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DIAGNOSING FAILURE - Provided is a multi-core device. The multi-core device includes: a plurality of cores outputting a test response value by receiving a test pattern value; a majority analyzer outputting a value corresponding to a majority of the test response value by analyzing the test response value; and a determination unit determining a core outputting a test response value different from the value corresponding to the majority among the plurality of cores. | 07-24-2014 |
20140206061 | BIOACTIVE CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE FUNCTIONALIZED WITH B-SHEET POLYPEPTIDE BLOCK COPOLYMER, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a bioactive carbon nanotube composite functionalized with a β-sheet polypeptide block copolymer by combination self-assembly, which shows excellent water dispersion, and has biological activity so as to be used as stimulus-responsive and adaptable biomaterials or in the manufacture of CNT-based electronic biosensor devices. In addition, the bioactive carbon nanotube composite can be used as a composition for delivery of a biological active material into cells. Further, the application of the interaction between a β-sheet peptide and a carbon-based hydrophobic material is expected to be useful for designing and developing an inhibitor for diseases caused by the abnormal folding of a protein and by biomacromolecular interactions (protein-protein, protein-DNA, and protein-RNA interactions etc). | 07-24-2014 |
20140204974 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND TEMPERATURE SENSING METHOD - Provided is a temperature sensing circuit and a temperature sensing method including a delay unit delaying an input clock signal to generate a feedback clock signal, and including logic gates of which delay times are variable according to temperature, a delay control unit comparing the feedback clock signal with a reference clock signal and controlling each of the logic gates of the delay unit according to the comparison result, and an input signal control unit selecting, as the input clock signal, any one of the feedback clock signal and the reference clock signal to input the input clock signal to the delay unit. | 07-24-2014 |
20140203808 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING NOISE IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES - A method and an apparatus for eliminating noise in magnetic resonance images are disclosed. An aspect of the invention provides a method for eliminating noise in a magnetic resonance image that includes: obtaining a multiple number of magnetic resonance images sequentially within a preset time range for the same part; calculating probability information, which relates to the probability of a first pixel and a second pixel of the multiple magnetic resonance images belonging to the same tissue, by using decay information, which relates to a decay in signal intensity values for the first pixel and the second pixel according to time; and determining a new signal intensity value for the first pixel and the second pixel based on a weighted average of signal intensity values of the first pixel and the second pixel according to the probability information. | 07-24-2014 |
20140186748 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALLOY CATALYST FOR FUEL CELLS USING SILICA COATING - Disclosed is a method for producing an alloy catalyst supported on carbon, including the steps of: dispersing alloy particles into a mixed solution of water with alcohol, introducing a silica precursor thereto, and carrying out sol-gel reaction in the presence of a basic catalyst to obtain silica-coated alloy particles; supporting the silica-coated alloy particles onto a carbon carrier to obtain silica-coated alloy particles supported on carbon; heat treating the silica-coated alloy particles supported on carbon to increase an alloying degree; and removing silica coating by using inorganic base solution and a surfactant. The method for producing an alloy catalyst provides a high-quality and high-durability alloy catalyst by increasing the alloying degree of a catalyst through a heat treatment step, while forming a silica coating layer effectively on small alloy particles having a size of several nanometers to inhibit growth of the size of alloy particles. In addition, the catalyst may be used advantageously as an electrode for fuel cells. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186473 | COMPOSITION FOR TREATING OBESITY AND DIABETES AND FOR INCREASING MUSCLE MASS AND IMPROVING CAPACITY FOR EXERCISE, COMPRISING EXTRACTS OF PIPER RETROFRACTUM VAHL. FRUITS AS ACTIVE INGREDIENTS - The present invention relates to a food composition, and to a pharmaceutical composition, which exhibit anti-obesity effects by means of a thermogenesis produced by an activity of a UCP of fat cells, which exhibit anti-diabetes effects by means of an improved insulin resistance, increase muscle mass, and improve capacity for exercise. More particularly, the present invention relates to a novel use of a composition containing extracts of | 07-03-2014 |
20140186207 | ALLOY MATERIAL IN WHICH ARE DISPERSED OXYGEN ATOMS AND A METAL ELEMENT OF OXIDE-PARTICLES, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a cast alloy material is provided. The cast alloy material includes a matrix metal and an alloy element, wherein oxide particles in a nanometer scale are decomposed in the matrix metal, so that a new phase including a metal element that is a component of the oxide particles and the alloy element forms a band or network structure, wherein the metal element and the alloy element have a relationship of a negative heat of mixing, and wherein oxygen atoms formed by decomposition of the oxide particles are dispersed in the matrix metal and do not form an oxide with the matrix metal. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185879 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TRAFFIC LANE IN REAL TIME - An apparatus and a method for detecting traffic lanes in real time are disclosed. The disclosed real-time lane detection apparatus may include: a candidate area establisher unit configured to establish as a candidate area for lane detection an area having an intensity value which corresponds to the intensity of a traffic lane marking from among the intensity values in a color space of a color image; and a lane-marking determiner unit configured to determine a traffic lane marking from the established candidate area by using a line component of the candidate area. According to the present invention, traffic lanes can be detected accurately and quickly, even in environments where the lighting conditions of the road vary. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184219 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTIVITY AND SUSCEPTIBILITY RECONSTRUCTION - An apparatus, a method, and a recorded medium for conductivity and susceptibility reconstruction are disclosed. The apparatus for conductivity and susceptibility reconstruction includes: a susceptibility reconstruction part configured to reconstruct a susceptibility from a change in phase according to an increase in time of a multi-echo gradient echo image; a zero echo phase estimation part configured to estimate a phase at zero echo time based on a linearity of the phase change; and a conductivity reconstruction part configured to reconstruct a conductivity from the estimated zero echo phase. According to an embodiment of the invention, a multi-echo gradient echo sequence is used to not only obtain in vivo susceptibility but also obtain conductivity simultaneously. Also, an embodiment of the invention can improve the accuracy of the susceptibility measurements. | 07-03-2014 |
20140178023 | HYBRID PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention relates to a hybrid photonic crystal fiber, into the core of which a functional material is injected. The hybrid photonic crystal fiber of the present invention comprises: a central hole having a diameter of 4 to 15 μm extending in the longitudinal direction; an inner cladding also formed in the longitudinal direction outside the central hole, having a hexagonal arrangement of air holes, each of which has a diameter of 2 to 5 μm and a lattice constant of 4.5 to 7 μm; an annular outer cladding surrounding the outer surface of the inner cladding; and a core formed by filling a functional material in some of the air holes including the central hole. According to the present invention, changes in the state, i.e. the liquid, liquid-crystal, or biofluid states, of the functional material that fills the core that has a variety of shapes may enable the modulation of light intensity, wavelength, phase, and polarization, and thus enable various photonic networks to be produced. The hybrid photonic crystal fiber of the present invention may serve as various optical sensors capable of sensing changes in refractive index caused by external stresses such as temperature and pressure. The hybrid photonic crystal fiber of the present invention may be used as a light source for a fluorescent dye laser for a visible ray zone using fluorescent dye, or for an ultra-wideband laser of 700 nm or higher using high nonlinear liquid. | 06-26-2014 |
20140169671 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLOR RESTORATION - Provided is a method and apparatus for restoring color of an input image. The method includes: separating multiple band information of a near infrared (NIR) channel from information of the input image by using a correlation between a color channel and the NIR channel in the input image; obtaining estimated invisible light band information of the NIR channel from the multiple band information of the NIR channel and estimated multiple band information of the NIR channel which is estimated from the color channel; estimating invisible light band information of the color channel based on the estimated invisible light band information of the NIR channel; and restoring a visible light band image of the color channel by removing the estimated invisible light band information of the color channel from multiple band information of the color channel included in the information of the input image. | 06-19-2014 |
20140169435 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING DUTY CYCLE, AND RECEIVER INCLUDING THE SAME - A duty cycle correcting device is provided which includes a pulse width adjusting unit which adjusts a pulse width of an input signal according to a pulse width control code; a comparison unit which compares an output signal of the pulse width control unit with a plurality of reference voltages; and a control unit which selects one of a plurality of pulse width control codes based on comparison data from the comparison unit and provides the selected pulse width control code to the pulse width adjusting unit. | 06-19-2014 |
20140169293 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING RESPONSE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a response signal in a wireless communication system are provided. In a method for transmitting a response signal in a broadcasting system, Acknowledgement (ACK) information for uplink packet data for each user is generated. A symbol and a subcarrier which will transmit the ACK information for each user inside a transmission frame are determined. ACK transmission related information is transmitted via a control channel inside the transmission frame. The ACK information for each user is transmitted via the determined symbol and subcarrier inside the transmission frame. | 06-19-2014 |
20140169266 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK INFORMATION IN A BROADCASTING SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for transmitting uplink information in a broadcasting system are provided. A repeater of a mobile broadcasting system includes a plurality of transmitting stations each transmitting a broadcast signal for at least one broadcast service, a plurality of terminals receiving the broadcast signal for the at least one broadcast service through at least one transmitting station among the transmitting stations, and the repeater, the repeated being coupled between the plurality of transmitting stations and the plurality of terminals. The repeater includes a receiving unit configured to receive uplink information from the terminals, a control unit configured to classify the received uplink information by broadcast service and to create uplink information per broadcast service, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the created uplink information to at least one corresponding transmitting station. | 06-19-2014 |
20140168270 | IMAGE DEFORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING DEFORMATION AXIS - The present invention relates to an image deformation method. An image deformation method using a deformation axis according to the present invention includes deforming the deformation axis based on deformation energy of points according to a deformation of at least one deformation axis including a plurality of points predetermined with respect to an image to be deformed; and deforming the image using a plurality of segments of the deformation axis divided based on points of the deformed deformation axis. According to the present invention, an image deformation method using a deformation axis is performed based on a freeform deformation axis (FDA) that is independent from a type of an original object and thus, may be more advantageous and may be utilized in combination with various types of deformation methods. Deformation of an image may be performed intuitively and in real time and thus, may be easily used by general users. | 06-19-2014 |
20140161978 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING C/SiC FUNCTIONALLY GRADED COATING - According to an embodiment of the invention, provided is a method of forming a C/SiC functionally graded coating. In the embodiment, in a step of forming the C/SiC functionally graded coating, a reaction condition is controlled by feeding a larger amount of the oxygen gas at an early stage than a latter stage of the reaction so that a pure carbon film is formed on a surface of the substrate and then gradually decreasing the amount of the oxygen gas so that a SiC film having a higher concentration with an increasing distance from the surface of the substrate is formed. | 06-12-2014 |
20140156890 | METHOD OF PERFORMING COLLECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND COLLECTIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method of performing collective communication in a collective communication system includes processing nodes, including: determining whether a command message, regarding one function among a broadcast function, a scatter function, and a gather function, is generated by a processor; determining a transmission order between the processing nodes by giving transmission priorities to processing nodes that do not communicate, based on a status of each of the processing nodes if it is determined that the command message regarding the one function among the broadcast function, the scatter function, and the gather function, is generated by the processor; and performing communication with respect to the command message based on the determined transmission order. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154699 | Monoclonal Antibodies which Specifically Recognize Human Liver-Carboxylesterase 1, Hybridoma Cell Lines which Produce Monoclonal Antibodies, and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies which specifically recognize human liver-carboxylesterase 1, hybridoma cell lines which produce monoclonal antibodies, and uses thereof. The invention can be used for the objective analysis of the expression amount of human liver-carboxylesterase 1 in tissues and blood, and the like, by being specifically bound to the human liver-carboxylesterase 1. Therefore, liver cancer can be conveniently and quickly diagnosed from urine or blood. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154417 | METHOD AND APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SYNTHESIZING HIGH-DENSITY WIRES IN PORES AND ON SURFACE OF POROUS MATERIAL - According to an embodiment of the present invention, provided is a method of synthesizing nanowires that includes the following steps of: disposing a covering inside a reaction furnace such that the covering is spaced apart by a predetermined gap from a substrate which is provided for synthesis of nanowires; heating the reaction furnace; and synthesizing nanowires by allowing a source gas to be deposited on the substrate while flowing through the gap between the substrate and the covering. | 06-05-2014 |
20140148504 | NOVEL USE OF FLAVONE-BASED COMPOUND - The present invention relates to a novel use of a flavone-based compound or a | 05-29-2014 |
20140145444 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WAVE POWER GENERATION OF UNDERWATER TYPE - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for wave power generation of an underwater type, which can be float underwater and can efficiently generate wave power. The apparatus includes a housing formed to have an open bottom end and fixedly connected to the seafloor, a shaft extending from a bottom surface of a top end of the housing, a floater having a top end opened to surround the shaft, positioned at a lower portion of the housing and reciprocating in a perpendicular direction with respect to the housing, and a linear generation unit converting kinetic energy based on the reciprocating motion of the floater into electrical energy. | 05-29-2014 |
20140143907 | GENE IMPLICATED IN ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE AND GROWTH ACCELERATING AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for improving the tolerance of a plant to an abiotic stress and a method for promoting growing of a plant, comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the AtSRP ( | 05-22-2014 |
20140137916 | THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL, THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL - A thermoelectric material including a 3-dimensional nanostructure, wherein the 3-dimensional nanostructure includes a 2-dimensional nanostructure connected to a 1-dimensional nanostructure. | 05-22-2014 |
20140132019 | GRIPPER OF ROBOT FOR ASSEMBLING VEHICLE - A gripper of a robot for assembling a vehicle is provided, including: a gripper body that extends vertically; a lower grip that bends forward from a lower end of the gripper body and supports a lower end of an assembly object; an upper grip that is hinged at a rear end to an upper end of the gripper body and grips an upper end of the assembly object when rotating forward by extending forward at a front end of the upper grip; a seat that extends and bends rearward from the upper end of the gripper body; a link assembly that is composed of a first link and a second link that connect an upper end of the seat and the upper grip via the link assembly; and a driving unit that rotates the upper grip forward or rearward by transmitting a driving force to the link assembly. | 05-15-2014 |
20140131685 | CHANNEL LAYER FOR STRETCHABLE TRANSISTORS - Provided are a material for forming a channel layer for a stretchable TFT, a method of preparing a channel layer for a stretchable TFT, a channel layer for a stretchable TFT, and a stretchable TFT. The material for forming the channel layer for the stretchable TFT includes an elastomer, an organic semiconductor material and a solvent. By mixing an elastomer and an organic semiconductor material and forming a thin film, a channel layer having an excellent conductivity and stretchability may be obtained. | 05-15-2014 |
20140127612 | PHOTOMASK FOR EXPOSURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PATTERN USING THE SAME - A photomask for exposure includes: a transparent substrate; a light blocking pattern layer positioned on the transparent substrate; a first dielectric layer positioned on the light blocking pattern layer and including a dielectric material; and a negative refractive index layer positioned on the first dielectric layer and including a metal. A surface plasmon quasi-bound mode of the photomask for exposure overlaps a wavelength range of the light source of the light exposer which irradiates light to the photomask for exposure. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127069 | OXYGEN ATOM-DISPERSED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a metal matrix composite in which oxide nanoparticles are dispersed. Metal matrix composite powders in which oxide nanoparticles are dispersed are prepared. Gibbs free energy of the oxide nanoparticles is greater than that of an oxide of a metal matrix. A bulk processed material is manufactured from the composite powders through hot forming or a cast material is manufactured by inputting the composite powder into a molten base metal and then rapidly stirring a resultant mixture. The bulk processed material or the cast material is heat-treated so that atoms of the metal matrix and atoms of the oxide nanoparticles mutually diffuse. Oxygen atoms originating from the oxide nanoparticles are diffused and dispersed in the metal matrix. | 05-08-2014 |
20140124775 | COATING SOLUTION FOR FORMING TRANSPARENT DIELECTRIC THIN FILM FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE SOLUTION PROCESS AND TRANSPARENT INORGANIC THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR HAVING THIN FILM FORMED BY THE COATING SOLUTION - A coating solution coating solution for forming a transparent dielectric thin film is provided. The coating solution includes a precursor for a first substance including aluminum, a precursor for a second substance including zirconium, and a solvent that dissolves the first and second substances. The solvent is composed of a first solvent and a second solvent. | 05-08-2014 |
20140122784 | SOLID-STATE DISK, AND USER SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME - The inventive concept relates to a user system including a solid state disk. The user system may include a main memory for storing data processed by a central processing unit; and a solid state disk for storing the selected data among data stored in the main memory. The main memory and the solid state disk form a single memory hierarchy. Thus, the user system of the inventive concept can rapidly process data. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121986 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING GENOME SEQUENCE - A system and a method for aligning a first and second genome sequences in a reference sequence includes a seed generation unit configured to generate one or more fragments from each of the first sequence and the second sequence and constitute a first seed group and a second seed group from the one or more fragments, a mapping value calculation unit configured to divide the reference sequence into a plurality of sections, and calculate a first mapping value of seeds included in the first seed group and a second mapping value of seeds included in the second seed group for each section, and an alignment unit configured to select a first section in which both the first and second mapping values are greater than or equal to a reference value and search for mapping positions of the first sequence and the second sequence in the first section. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING GENOME SEQUENCE - There is Provided a method and system for aligning a genome sequence. The system for aligning a genome sequence includes a fragment sequence producing unit producing a plurality of fragment sequences from a read sequence, a filtering unit forming a set of candidate fragment sequences only including those of the plurality of the produced fragment sequences matching a target sequence, a fragment sequence elongating unit calculating the number of mapping positions of each of the candidate fragment sequences to the target sequence, selecting a fragment sequence in which the calculated number of mapping positions is higher than a predetermined value and elongating the selected fragment sequence until the number of mapping positions to the target sequence approaches the predetermined value or less, a mapping length calculating unit dividing the target sequence into a plurality of sections and calculating a total mapping length of the candidate fragment sequences by sections, and an aligning unit selecting a section in which the calculated total mapping length is a reference value or more and performing global alignment of the read sequence with respect to the selected section. | 05-01-2014 |
20140106827 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING PROCESSING SPEED OF PROCESSOR AND WIRELESS NETWORK - An apparatus and method for selecting a processor clock speed and a wireless network are disclosed. The method for selecting a processing speed of a processor and/or a wireless network to be connected in a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes detecting states of a processor-related queue and a network module-related queue, and selecting a processing speed of the processor-related queue and/or a wireless network to be connected, based on the detected states of the processor-related queue and the network module-related queue and power consumptions of a processor and a network module. The processing speed of the processor-related queue and/or the wireless network to be connected are selected to keep a difference between a length of the processor-related queue and a length of the network module-related queue at a predetermined value and minimize the power consumptions of the processor and the network module. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105138 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for controlling inter-cell interference in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method is performed by a base station (BS) and includes receiving information about an interference control period from a central controller;
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20140102948 | HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICLE SEPARATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A particle separating apparatus and method are provided, which pass a fluid sample such as blood through a filter to remove foreign matter, and separate target particles by using a MOFF channel, and re-separate the separated target particles through dielectrophoresis. The particle separating apparatus includes a MOFF (Multi Orifice Flow Fractionation) channel including a multi orifice segment through which a fluid sample passes to discharge a primarily separated material that are target particles separated from the fluid sample, through a central passage; a dielectrophoresis channel including a pair of electrodes to which AC power is applied and forming an electric field in a flow channel connected to the central passage of the MOFF channel to re-separate the target particles from the primarily separated material discharged from the central passage of the MOFF channel through dielectrophoresis. | 04-17-2014 |
20140099399 | NOVEL USES OF ADIPIC ACID - The present invention relates to a method for preventing or treating obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia, fatty liver or insulin resistance syndrome, comprising: administering to a mammalian subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising adipic acid. The present composition containing adipic acid as an active ingredient is very effective in preventing or treating obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia, fatty liver (preferably, non-alcoholic fatty liver) or insulin resistance syndrome. The composition of the present invention useful as pharmaceuticals compositions or functional food compositions has therapeutic efficacies for obesity, dyslipidemia or fatty liver, and also induces significant decrease in fasting glucose level and blood insulin level to improve type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and related metabolic diseases. | 04-10-2014 |
20140095119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION-BASED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT - A system for location-based construction project management includes a design information storage section for storing a 2D plot or a 3D model of a building, a work place code storing means, being deployed at each work place of the building, and for storing location information of the work place, a wireless terminal being provided with local information of the work place and location information in addition to the work place code storing means, a work place mapping section for mapping the location information and a locational numeric data of the work place within the 2D plot or the 3D model stored in the design information storage section and a construction information storage section for storing the local information being provided into the wireless terminal, as linked with the locational numeric data mapped by the work place mapping section. | 04-03-2014 |
20140078136 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING INTERMEDIATE VIEW IMAGE, RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for synthesizing an intermediate view image and a recording medium thereof. The disclosed apparatus for synthesizing an intermediate view image may include: a probability information generating part configured to generate information related to a matching probability between a first image and a second image; and a synthesizing part configured to synthesize an intermediate view image by applying a weight according to the matching probability to the first image and second image. Certain embodiments of the invention provide the advantage of enabling enhanced image quality when synthesizing an intermediate view image without requiring post-processing operations such as for processing occlusions and for filling holes. | 03-20-2014 |
20140062223 | LINEAR GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING POWER USING THE SAME - A linear generator and a method for generating power using the same are provided. The linear generator includes a magnet module including magnets located between a plurality of flux concentration blocks, the magnets located on both sides of each of the flux concentration blocks being arranged such that the magnets having the same pole face each other, and a magnetic flux generated from the magnets is induced into both ends of each of the flux concentration blocks; and core modules including coils and located on both sides of the magnet module to generate induced electromotive forces in the coils by the magnetic flux as the core modules move | 03-06-2014 |
20140053425 | LAUNDRY HANGER - Disclosed is a laundry drying rack. The laundry drying rack in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of fixing hangers disposed in parallel to each other on a drying rack frame on which laundry is hung, a plurality of oscillating links each performing a swing motion with respect to each fixing hanger as a pivot axis, a plurality of oscillating hangers each connected to a lower end of the oscillating link and shaking the laundry, hung on the fixing hanger, at the bottom of the corresponding fixing hanger, a driving unit generating power, and an electric unit providing the power generated by the driving unit as an oscillating force for the oscillating links. | 02-27-2014 |
20140044222 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING RECEIVED SIGNAL USING MEDIAN ABSOLUTE DEVIATION - A method of detecting a received signal, includes determining correlation between a received signal in a predetermined signal interval and training symbols, and determining a median absolute deviation (MAD) of the received signal in a predetermined reference interval. The method further includes detecting a presence of the received signal based on the correlation and the MAD. | 02-13-2014 |
20140041300 | NICKEL CATALYSTS FOR REFORMING HYDROCARBONS - A catalyst for reforming hydrocarbons may include a catalytically active amount of nickel or nickel oxide dispersed on a metal oxide support. The metal oxide support may be of a single-metal oxide of a first metal or a complex-metal oxide of the first metal and a second metal. A co-catalyst of magnesium oxide (MgO) may anchor the nickel or nickel oxide onto the metal oxide support. | 02-13-2014 |
20140041062 | GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MOUSE MODEL FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER HAVING DELETION OF SHANK2 GENE AND USE THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to an ASD genetically engineered model carrying a deletion of Shank2 gene and having reduced NMDA receptor function. According to the present disclosure, genetically engineered mice that show the clinical features of ASD due to the deletion of the Shank2 gene can be obtained, and the genetically engineered mice can be effectively used to screen candidate therapeutic agents. | 02-06-2014 |
20140039033 | NOVEL PANCREATIC CANCER BIOMARKER USING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PANCREATIC CANCER STEM CELLS, AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a novel molecular marker for pancreatic cancer stem cells and pancreatic cancer, to a marker detection method, and to a screening method. The present invention is a marker discovered from the cell lines of pancreatic cancer, wherein the marker may detect pancreatic cancer, in particular early pancreatic cancer, through the detection of a pancreatic cancer stem cell marker. In addition, the marker of the present invention may enable an accurate diagnosis and prognosis analysis of pancreatic cancer. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038657 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A COEXISTENCE SYSTEM - One embodiment disclosed in the present description relates to a coexistence manager which can adaptively select channels in a coexistence environment between disparate systems with channel use constraints that inherently exist with use of TVWS. Accordingly, the embodiment disclosed in the present description provides a resource allocation method for a manager device, comprising the steps of: receiving a channel allocation request from a first network or device; determining a second network or device for switching channels based on the benefits of each channel or device, if a channel cannot be assigned to the first network or device; switching the channel used by the second network or device to another channel and raising its priority; and assigning the channel used by the second network or device to the first network or device. | 02-06-2014 |
20140036727 | ROUTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING OPTIMUM MULTI-HOP HYBRID V-MIMO TRANSMISSION PATH FOR WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for setting the optimum transmission path for increasing energy efficiency in a wireless ad hoc network. More particularly, the present invention relates to setting an optimized data transmission path in a multi-hop data transmission environment in a wireless network comprising machine to machine (M2M) communication devices, which operate with limited energy, based on link information of the network, such as the position of a node in the network. And to this end, the present invention relates to a wireless M2M communication network protocol minimizing energy consumption by selecting the optimum transmission method for each of the hops from the following transmission methods: a single input single output (SISO) method; a virtual single input multiple output (V-SIMO) method; and a virtual multiple input multiple output (V-MIMO) method. | 02-06-2014 |
20140029516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PERFORMING FREQUENCY RESOURCE SENSING AND DATA TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for simultaneously performing frequency resource sensing and data transmission in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method for performing frequency band sensing or data transmission and reception at a pico Base Station (BS) within the coverage of a macro BS in a wireless communication system includes determining the number of (M | 01-30-2014 |
20140028538 | FINGER MOTION RECOGNITION GLOVE USING CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS AND METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a finger motion recognition glove using conductive materials configured to detect the bending of fingers using a characteristic in which the glove which is made of conductive fibers. The finger motion recognition glove includes pairs of contacts, positioned on corresponding pairs of locations on the glove where knuckles of fingers are bent, each pair of contacts coupled to a first surface of the glove, the finger region between each of the pairs of contacts having a resistance value that changes as the corresponding finger region of the glove is bent and unbent. | 01-30-2014 |
20140025388 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025387 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part. | 01-23-2014 |
20140021518 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a first substrate; a photo transistor on the first substrate; and a switching transistor connected to the photo transistor. The photo transistor includes a light blocking film on the first substrate, a first gate electrode on the light blocking film and in contact with the light blocking film, a first semiconductor layer on the first gate electrode and overlapping the light blocking film, and a first source electrode and a first drain electrode on the first semiconductor layer. The switching transistor includes a second gate electrode on the first substrate, a second semiconductor layer on the second gate electrode and overlapping the second gate electrode, and a second source electrode and a second drain electrode on the second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are at a same layer of the display device, and each includes crystalline silicon germanium. | 01-23-2014 |
20140019143 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part. | 01-16-2014 |
20140018304 | METHOD FOR SCREENING FOR A CANCER TREATMENT AGENT USING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PAUF AND A BINDING PARTNER THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method for screening for a cancer treatment agent by contacting a test material with pancreatic adenocarcinoma upregulated factor (PAUF) and GLRX3, SNAPIN, or UBL4A, as a binding partner for PAUF, and then analyzing whether or not the test material inhibits the binding of the PAUF and GLRX3, SNAPIN, or UBL4A serving as a binding partner therefor, thereby determining that the test material is a cancer treatment agent if the binding is inhibited. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing the test material as an active ingredient for inhibiting and treating cancer. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, which contains, as an active ingredient, an inhibitor for inhibiting PAUF from binding with a binding partner, effectively inhibits PAUF signaling related to the onset of cancer, thus enabling various kinds of cancer (especially pancreatic cancer) to be treated. | 01-16-2014 |
20140017723 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING FLOATING MICROORGANISMS IN A GAS PHASE IN REAL TIME USING A SYSTEM FOR DISSOLVING MICROORGANISMS AND ATP ILLUMINATION, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring floating microorganisms in a gas phase in real time using a system for dissolving microorganisms and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) illumination, and to a method for detecting same. The measuring apparatus includes a particle classifying apparatus for collecting floating microorganisms and being coated by an ATP reaction illuminating agent; a system for dissolving microorganisms for dissolving the microorganisms and extracting ATP; and a light receiving device for detecting light generated from the reaction of the extracted ATP by the system and the ATP reaction illuminating agent coated on the particle classifying apparatus. According to the detection method using ATP organism illumination, the floating microorganisms in the gas phase can be readily detected and the detection can be automatically conducted in real time without manual labor. | 01-16-2014 |
20140016618 | HANDOVER APPARATUS AND METHOD IN A HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for handing over from a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to a Circuit Switching (CS) network by a call manager in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, from an Enhanced Node B (ENB) of the LTE network, a handover required message for a Packet Switching (PS) to CS handover from the LTE network to the CS network, when the PS to CS handover is decided based on measurement reports of a User Equipment (UE); sending, to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) of the CS network, a PS to CS handover request message including an International mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) for identifying the UE and a target IDentifier (ID) for a target cell of the CS network; receiving a PS to CS handover response message from the MSC; and sending, to the UE via the ENB, a handover command message. | 01-16-2014 |
20140003746 | Nano/micro roller bearing having tolerance compensation function and method of manufacturing the same | 01-02-2014 |
20140003366 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL | 01-02-2014 |
20140000480 | METHOD OF FABRICATING LIQUID FOR OXIDE THIN FILM | 01-02-2014 |
20130345671 | MICRONEEDLE-CONTAINING DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE TO BE ATTACHED TO EXTERIOR WALL OF VASCULAR VESSEL AND METHOD FOR DRUG DELIVERY THEREWITH - A drug delivery device, which is to be attached to the exterior wall of a vascular vessel, includes: a) a biocompatible device body for surrounding a vascular vessel; b) one or plurality of biocompatible microneedle, which are connected to the interior of the biocompatible device body and capable of penetrating up to the tunica media so as to deliver drug to the vascular smooth muscle cells. The drug delivery device and method enable spatial and temporal control of the drug ejected onto the blood cells and enable insertions of two or more different drugs at different delivery speeds and durations, thereby significantly improving the treatment success rate. | 12-26-2013 |
20130338034 | METABOLIC DISEASES-RELATED ODORANT RECEPTOR GENES AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a diagnostic kit for metabolic diseases selected from the group consisting of obesity, dyslipidemia, fatty liver, and insulin resistance syndrome, and a method for screening a therapeutic composition for said diseases. The invention provides a large number of new gene targets for metabolic diseases such as obesity and the like, thereby enabling a more reliable diagnosis of genes such as obesity and the like and the use in the screening of a therapeutic candidate material based on the new gene targets. | 12-19-2013 |
20130333920 | METALLIC GLASS, ARTICLE, AND CONDUCTIVE PASTE - Disclosed are a metallic glass including an amorphous alloy part including a plurality of elements; and an amorphous oxide in a supercooled liquid region, an article including a sintered product of the metallic glass, and a conductive paste including the metallic glass. | 12-19-2013 |
20130325486 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322245 | METHOD FOR UPLOADING DATA BY STATION, METHOD FOR DOWNLOADING DATA BY STATION AND METHOD FOR DOWNLOADING BY TRANSPORTER - The present invention provides methods and devices for transporting data from a station (hereinafter source station) to another station (hereinafter target station) by using a transporter. According to the present invention, route information of the transporter is provided to the source station, and the source station determines whether to use the transporter for transporting the data from the source station to the target station. | 12-05-2013 |
20130302843 | METHOD OF MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PROPERTIES AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PROPERTY MEASURING APPARATUS - A method of measuring biological sample properties and a biological sample property measuring apparatus is provided. A method of measuring biological sample properties includes disposing a biomaterial to contact a sensing unit, detecting a radio frequency (RF) signal flowing through the sensing unit, and obtaining an RF property indicator of the biomaterial based on the detected RF signal. | 11-14-2013 |
20130300986 | WIRE GRID POLARIZER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THEREOF, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A wire grid polarizer capable of improving light efficiency by applying a nano-wire grid pattern optimized to a LCD panel, a method of manufacturing thereof, and a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device provided with the wire grid polarizer are provided. The wire grid polarizer of the present invention has a plurality of areas, and a shape of a wire grid pattern of an area among the plurality of areas is different from those of the other areas. | 11-14-2013 |
20130297679 | DISTRIBUTED TRANSCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE SERVERS - In one embodiment, a distributed transcoding method using a plurality of servers includes receiving a request for a first video file from a first terminal, distributing and requesting a first transcoding of the first video file to at least two second servers according to performance rates of the second servers, before receiving the first video file with the completed first transcoding completed from the second server, receiving a request for a second video file from a second terminal, and distributing and requesting a second transcoding of the second video file to the second servers according to the performance rates of the second servers. | 11-07-2013 |
20130284987 | THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL WITH IMPROVED IN FIGURE OF MERIT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A nanocomposite including: a thermoelectric material nanoplatelet; and a metal nanoparticle disposed on the thermoelectric material nanoplatelet. | 10-31-2013 |
20130284639 | HYDROCRACKING PROCESS OF HEAVY HYDROCARBON DISTILLATES USING SUPERCRITICAL SOLVENT - Specific embodiments of the present invention provide a hydrocracking process for converting low value-added heavy hydrocarbon distillates into high value-added hydrocarbon distillates using a supercritical solvent as a medium. | 10-31-2013 |
20130279613 | FEEDBACK METHOD FOR VIRTUAL MIMO TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS AD-HOC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for communicating between first multiple nodes and second multiple nodes in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of performing a first local sharing procedure for a virtual MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) feedback among the second multiple nodes during a first predetermined time; performing feedback of channel status information from the second multiple nodes to the first multiple nodes during a integer multiple of a second predetermined time; and performing a second local sharing procedure for the virtual MIMO feedback among the first multiple nodes during the first predetermined time. | 10-24-2013 |
20130273836 | RELAY STATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING RELAY STATION IN MULTI-HOP COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A replay station and a method of operating the relay station in a multi-hop communication system are provided. A method of operating a relay station of a multi-hop communication system includes monitoring a delay of the relay station, determining whether the monitored delay exceeds a predetermined threshold, and controlling the relay station to be handed over to another upper relay station that is different from a connecting upper relay station. | 10-17-2013 |
20130262569 | CONTENT COMPLEX PROVIDING SERVER FOR A GROUP OF TERMINALS - The present invention provides a content complex providing server capable of providing a content complex containing a plurality of different constituent content used to deliver one subject by using a plurality of terminals such that the content complex can be played efficiently only by a minimum operation when a receiver of the content can watch or listen to the plurality of terminals simultaneously. | 10-03-2013 |
20130252319 | BIOSENSOR FOR MEASURING STRESS BASED ON ELETRICAL DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD THEREOF, AND EMOTION-ON-A-CHIP AND MEASURING APPARATUS THEREOF - Biosensor and measurement method thereof, where cortisol in saliva is measured by immobilizing antibody for measuring the cortisol and reading an electrical signal generated when the antibody is bound to the cortisol using a miniaturized microwave resonant device, are provided. Emotion-on-a-chip and measurement apparatus thereof, where various emotion indexes are measured on the chip by measuring emotion index target material in real time from body fluid, are provided. Emotion diagnosis system is provided, which includes an emotion-on-a-chip where a biosensor detecting emotion signal including stress is mounted; and an emotion diagnosis apparatus converting the emotion signal from the emotion-on-a-chip into emotion level and outputting the emotion level, where the emotion-on-a-chip includes a ring resonator on dielectric layer; and a microstrip transmission line on the dielectric layer as straight signal line. | 09-26-2013 |
20130248368 | SENSING APPARATUS USING RADIO FREQUENCY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A sensing apparatus using a radio frequency and a manufacturing method thereof is provided. A sensing apparatus using a radio frequency includes a protecting layer configured to protect a substrate from migration of electrons occurring as the radio frequency is applied to a first electrode and a second electrode, a channel forming layer configured to form a channel based on a field between the first electrode and the second electrode, the channel forming layer using a polarized carbon-based nano material to form the channel, and a sensing layer configured to sense glucose using a medium material that is attached on the carbon-based nano material. | 09-26-2013 |
20130245479 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING NOISE FROM BIOSIGNALS - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for removing noise from biosignals. An embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus for removing noise from biosignals measured for a particular period of time that includes: a similarity calculating unit configured to calculate a similarity between any one biosignal from among the biosignals and other biosignals; and a noise removal unit configured to remove noise from the any one biosignal by using the similarity. Aspects of the invention provide the advantage of effectively removing noise from biosignals without distorting the waveforms of the biosignals. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242198 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING NOISE OF VIDEO - A method and apparatus for reducing noise of a video image are provided. The method includes: reducing noise in a difference between a current frame and a previous frame in which temporal noise is reduced; detecting motion information about the current frame based on the difference in which the noise is reduced; reducing temporal noise in the current frame via a weighted sum of the current frame and the previous frame in which the temporal noise is reduced, according to the motion information; and reducing spatial noise in the current frame based on an edge direction of the current frame in which the temporal noise is reduced. | 09-19-2013 |
20130236969 | Use of Compounds for Inducing Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Chondrocytes - Use of a compound of Formula 1 for inducing differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells to chondrocytes, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating a cartilage disease, which includes chondrocytes in which differentiation from mesenchymal stem cells is induced by the compound of Formula 1, are provided. Differentiation of the mesenchymal stem cells treated with the compound of Formula 1 to chondrocytes is specifically induced, and thus the compound can be used to effectively treat a cartilage disease such as arthritis, cartilage damage, and a cartilage defect. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236798 | COMPLEX ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR A FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING SAME - Disclosed is a composite electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell. The composite electrolyte membrane includes a polybenzimidazole-based polymer and a metal-grafted porous structure. The composite electrolyte membrane is doped with phosphoric acid. The metal-containing porous structure is present in an amount of 0.1 to 30% by weight, based on the weight of the polymer. The presence of the metal-containing porous structure allows the fuel cell electrolyte membrane to have excellent thermal properties and high proton conductivity. | 09-12-2013 |
20130234076 | CONDUCTIVE TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND ADHESIVE PREPARED BY USING THE SAME - An electroconductive transparent adhesive composition containing a transparent adhesive monomer, any one electroconductive mesoporous filler selected from the group consisting of porous carbon, an electroconductive polymer and combinations thereof, and a polymerization initiator, and an electroconductive transparent adhesive produced using the composition are provided. The electroconductive transparent adhesive composition is less expensive and highly economically efficient, and has excellent electrical conductivity and transparency, and has excellent mechanical strength. Thus, the electroconductive transparent adhesive composition can be used in a variety of electrical and electronic applications such as touch screens, displays, and electronic devices. | 09-12-2013 |
20130208833 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DECODING IN A DIFFERENTIAL ORTHOGONAL SPACE-TIME BLOCK CODED SYSTEM - A method and device for decoding in a differential orthogonal space-time block coded system are disclosed. The disclosed method includes: (a) receiving signals from a transmitter during a particular time slot segment, where the signals are encoded by differential orthogonal space-time block coding; (b) transforming to reception signals for two sub-systems by using a sum operation and a difference operation of the signals received in step (a), where the transformed reception signals for the two sub-systems maintain an orthogonality of an orthogonal space-time block coded system; and (c) performing decoding using the reception signals for the two sub-systems transformed in step (b). The method provides the advantage of lowering the level of operational complexity for decoding in a communication system that employs differential orthogonal space-time block coding. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208825 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRECODING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a method and a device for precoding in a wireless communication system. The method for precoding comprises the following steps: generating a first precoding matrix, W | 08-15-2013 |
20130207983 | CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT, GPU SIMULATION METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A central processing unit (CPU) according to embodiments of the inventive concept may include an upper core allocated with a main thread and a plurality of lower cores, each of the plurality of the lower cores being allocated with at least one worker thread. The worker thread may perform simulation operations on operation units of a graphic processing unit (GPU) to generate simulation data, and the main thread may generate synchronization data based on the generated simulation data. | 08-15-2013 |
20130207967 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus may determine whether a ray and a bounding volume including a primitive intersect each other, prior to determining whether the primitive and the ray intersect each other. An intersection test between the bounding volume and the ray may use a small amount of calculation compared to an intersection test between the primitive and the ray and thus, an amount of calculation used for rendering of the image processing apparatus may significantly decrease. | 08-15-2013 |
20130207716 | CHARGE PUMPING DEVICE AND UNIT CELL THEREOF - A unit cell includes a first cell including a first charge transfer unit, a first switch for controlling a charge transfer operation of the first charge transfer unit, and a first charge storage unit having one end connected to an output terminal of the first charge transfer unit. The unit cell includes a second cell including a second charge transfer unit, a second switch for controlling a charge transfer operation of the second charge transfer unit, and a second charge storage unit having one end connected to an output terminal of the second charge transfer unit. In the unit cell, the first switch is controlled by a first clock and an output terminal of the second charge storage unit, and the second switch is controlled by a second clock and an output terminal of the first charge storage unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130205074 | DATA I/O CONTROLLER AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A controller controls data input/output for a semiconductor memory device. The controller includes a first buffer configured to perform data transmission between an interface and the semiconductor memory device, a first control unit configured to control the semiconductor memory device according to an external request, and a second control unit configured to control the first buffer and the first control unit to simultaneously process a plurality of external requests according to a pipeline scheme. | 08-08-2013 |
20130192126 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIODIESEL FROM ALGAL LIPID WITH DIMETHYL CARBONATE - The present invention relates to a method for renewable energy production using biomass, more specifically, method for producing eco-friendly biodiesel with algal lipid and dimethyl carbonate. | 08-01-2013 |
20130191446 | SERVER, ARITHMATIC PROCESSING METHOD, AND ARITHMATIC PROCESSING SYSTEM - A computing method is provided which includes calling a general purpose graphics processing subroutine for execution of a target program by a client; sending a program code and resource data for execution of the target program to a server by the client; and executing the program code using a general purpose graphics processing unit by the server. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188653 | METHOD AND NODE FOR PREVENTING COLLISION BETWEEN NETWORKS COMMUNICATING BASED ON CSMA/CA - A method and a target node for preventing collisions between networks communicating based on a carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) scheme, are provided. The method includes synchronizing an object network with a neighboring network. The method further includes allocating, to the object network, a slot index based on a number of the networks, and a contention window (CW) size. The method further includes setting, for the object network, a back-off counter value based on the CW size. The method further includes reducing the back-off counter value based on a channel state of the object network, and the slot index. The method further includes transmitting data related to the neighboring network based on the back-off counter value. | 07-25-2013 |
20130186208 | FLEXIBLE TACTILE SENSOR APPARATUS - A flexible tactile sensor apparatus is provided. The flexible tactile sensor apparatus may obtain information about an applied force, using a resistance between an upper nano wire array of an upper plate and a lower nano wire array of a lower plate, which may be changed based on a distance, between the upper nano wire array and the lower nano wire array, adjusted in proportion to the force. | 07-25-2013 |
20130182500 | LATCHING CIRCUIT - A non-volatile latch circuit includes a pair of cross-coupled inverters, a pair of resistance-based memory elements, and write circuitry configured to write data to the pair of resistance-based memory elements. The pair of resistance-based memory elements is isolated from the pair of cross-coupled inverters during a latching operation. A sensing circuit includes a first current path that includes a resistance-based memory element and an output of the sensing circuit. The sensing circuit includes a second current path to reduce current flow through the resistance-based memory element at a first operating point of the sensing circuit. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181874 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wearable communication system including an antenna pattern configured to transmit or receive a radio-frequency (RF) signal, a main board configured to control the wearable communication system, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the main board, wherein the antenna pattern is spaced apart from the main board and the power supply unit. | 07-18-2013 |
20130176698 | HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT COMPRISING GRAPHENE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A high frequency circuit includes a first electronic device, a second electronic device, and a graphene interconnection unit including graphene and which connects the first and second electronic devices, where an interlayer distance of the graphene is greater than or equal to about 0.34 nanometer. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176158 | DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICES THEREOF - Provided are a distance measuring device using an impulse signal and a receiving device thereof. The distance measuring device includes: a transmitting device transmitting an impulse signal; and a receiving device receiving the impulse signal and measuring a time interval (hereinafter, referred to as a delay time) between a transmitting timing and a receiving timing of the impulse signal, wherein the receiving device measures the delay time through a Time to Digital Converter (TDC) technique. According to the present invention, the distance measuring device measures the distance accurately and speedly. | 07-11-2013 |
20130175676 | HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT COMPRISING GRAPHENE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A high frequency circuit includes a first electronic device, a second electronic device, and a graphene interconnection unit, where at least one of a trench and a via is defined under the graphene interconnection unit. | 07-11-2013 |
20130173647 | STRING MATCHING DEVICE BASED ON MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR AND STRING MATCHING METHOD THEREOF - The inventive concept relates to string matching device and method based on a multi-core processor. A string matching method according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes sorting patterns based on a suffix block; allocating the sorted patterns to pattern storage units of respective cores; and executing string matching on a target text using patterns stored at the pattern storage unit. By the string matching device and method according to an embodiment of the inventive concept, there may increase availability on hardware resources based on a multi-core processor. Also, it is possible to reduce computation for string matching by performing pre-processing on sorted patterns. Thus, it is possible to reduce an execution time of a string matching operation. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171779 | COMPOSITION FOR MANUFACTURING OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE USING THE SAME - According to a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate, a composition including a metal oxalate and a solvent for manufacturing an oxide semiconductor is coated to form a thin film, the thin film is annealed, and the thin film is patterned to form a semiconductor pattern. | 07-04-2013 |
20130170546 | METHOD OF ADAPTIVE INTRA PREDICTION MODE ENCODING AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME, AND METHOD OF ENCODING AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for intra prediction mode encoding that may increase compression efficiency of intra prediction mode encoding. The intra prediction mode encoding method may include detecting a similarity of a prediction direction of a neighbor block with respect to a current block based on a position of the neighbor block and an intra prediction direction of the neighbor block with respect to the current block, and determining a candidate prediction mode of the current block based on the similarity and the number of candidate intra prediction modes (N). Accordingly, intra encoding performance of an image may be improved by more accurately and efficiently compressing information about an intra prediction mode of a current block by considering local statistics, which is different from a related art in which only global statistics are considered. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169257 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MULTI LEVEL CONVERTER - A method of controlling a multilevel converter is provided. In the method of controlling a multilevel converter according to an embodiment, a sub-module having the maximum voltage and a sub-module having the minimum voltage respectively are extracted from among a plurality of sub-modules. An amount of state variation of each of the plurality of sub-modules is determined. When the amount of state variation is not determined to be 0, a direction of a current flowing through the plurality of sub-modules is detected. A subsequent state of at least one sub-module is determined according to at least one of the amount of the state variation and current direction. Subsequently an arrangement time for sub-module values can be efficiently reduced while the number of the sub-modules increases in the voltage balancing. | 07-04-2013 |
20130165805 | R-PEAK DETECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling of an R-peak detection apparatus, which detects an R-peak from an ElectroCardioGram (ECG) signal, includes receiving the ECG signal, reading out a pre-stored ECG template, comparing the EG signal with the pre-stored ECG template to determine a similarity between the ECG signal and the pre-stored ECG template and determining whether the similarity is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and determining a corresponding interval as the R-peak when the similarity is equal to or greater than the threshold value. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163856 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE, RECORDED MEDIUM THEREOF - An apparatus for enhancing a stereoscopic image may include: a color relationship extraction unit which extracts color relationships between a plurality of first coordinates in a 3-dimensional color space for a first image and second coordinates in a 3-dimensional color space for a second image corresponding to the plurality of first coordinates; a color relationship correction unit, which corrects a color relationship for any one first coordinate from among the plurality of first coordinates based on a color relationship of at least one first coordinate existing within a particular distance from the any one first coordinate; and a color value transformation unit, which transforms a color value of the first image by using the corrected color relationship of the any one first coordinate. The invention provides the advantage of accurately correcting color imbalance between the left image and right image forming a stereoscopic image. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162857 | IMAGE SENSORS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS - An image sensor includes a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) including a delta-sigma modulator (DSM) and a voltage adjusting circuit. The DSM is configured to perform delta-sigma modulation on an analog signal from a unit pixel. The delta-sigma ADC is configured to convert the analog signal to a digital signal. The voltage adjusting circuit includes a replica inverter having a same configuration as at least one inverter included in the DSM. The voltage adjusting circuit is configured to adjust a power supply voltage and an input voltage provided to the at least one inverter based on a current flowing in the replica inverter. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162312 | DELAY LOCKED LOOP - A delay locked loop in accordance with some embodiments of the inventive concept may include a delay signal generation part generating a first delay signal having a first phase and a second delay signal having a second phase by delaying a reference signal on the basis of a delay control signal; a phase synthesizing part generating at least one third signal having a third phase using the first delay signal and the second delay signal; and a phase detection part generating a control code by comparing the reference signal with each of the first delay signal, the second delay signal and the third signal. | 06-27-2013 |