| KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION Patent applications |
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| 20130111943 | NON-AZEOTROPIC MIXED REFRIGERANT CYCLE AND REFRIGERATOR EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant cycle and a refrigerator equipped with the same are disclosed. The non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant cycle includes a first refrigerant tube to guide a refrigerant from a condenser to a first evaporator, a second refrigerant tube to guide the refrigerant from the first evaporator to a second evaporator, a third refrigerant tube to guide the refrigerant from the second evaporator to a compressor. A downstream portion of the first refrigerant tube is arranged within the second refrigerant tube, to form a first heat exchanger having a double tube structure. An upstream portion of the first refrigerant tube is arranged within the third refrigerant tube, to form a second heat exchanger having a double tube structure. Thus, the first and second heat exchangers are simplified. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130102036 | NOVEL MARINE BACTERIUM OF METABOLIZING 3,6-ANHYDRO-L-GALACTOSE AND USE OF THE SAME - Disclosed is a novel marine microorganism which can metabolize 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose and use of the same. The novel marine microorganism belongs to | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130088425 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING AN INPUT POSITION WITH DISPLAY PATTERN RECOGNITION - An apparatus and method are provided for detecting an input position using display pattern recognition. The apparatus includes an effective pattern area extractor for receiving an image of a display screen captured by a camera and extracting an effective pattern area for pattern recognition from the captured image of the display screen; a pattern recognizer for detecting subpixels included in the effective pattern area and identifying a plurality of holes included in each of the subpixels; and a display coordinate calculator for detecting an input position based on points at which the plurality of holes included in the each of the subpixels are formed. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130082907 | DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING A PATTERN AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A - A display apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of color filters corresponding to subpixels forming pixels of the display apparatus, and a black matrix formed among the plurality of color filters. The plurality of color filters includes a pattern indicating an absolute location of each pixel of the display apparatus. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130061458 | SUPERCONDUCTING JOINT METHOD FOR FIRST GENERATION HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING TAPE - Provided is a superconducting joining method of first generation superconducting wire, including: removing normal conductor parts from joining portions of first generation superconducting wires to be joined to each other, thereby exposing superconducting filaments; after inserting a superconductor powder into the joining portions, bring the superconducting filaments of the first generation superconducting wires to be joined to each other into contact with each other, and applying a pressure thereon; and causing the first generation superconducting wires that are brought into contact with each other to be subjected to melting diffusion and joined to each other, thereby minimizing a reduction in critical current and joining resistance. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130052763 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A NANO-ROD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - A method of manufacturing a nano-rod and a method of manufacturing a display substrate in which a seed including a metal oxide is formed. A nano-rod is formed by reacting the seed with a metal precursor in an organic solvent. Therefore, the nano-rod may be easily formed, and a manufacturing reliability of the nano-rod and a display substrate using the nano-rod may be improved. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130014568 | LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY DEVICEAANM Lee; Sang-WonAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP Lee; Sang-Won Seoul KRAANM Kim; Min-SikAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP Kim; Min-Sik Seoul KRAANM Hyung; Seok-WonAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP Hyung; Seok-Won Seoul KR - A liquid chromatography device includes a sample inlet valve to which a sample to be analyzed is introduced, and a trap valve fluid-communicating with a solid phase extraction column and a reverse phase liquid chromatography column. The device further includes a solvent dividing unit dividing flow of a solvent discharged from the sample inlet valve into the first solvent inlet port and the second solvent inlet port of the trap valve. The liquid chromatography device improves resolution and increases reproducibility by allowing the sample injecting direction and the sample eluting direction to be opposite to each other. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20120325669 | NANOHAIR STRUCTURE AND AN APPLICATION THEREFOR - There is provided a nanohair structure with the nanowires exposed on a nanotemplate; the method thereof; and a three-dimensional nanostructure-based sensor with ultra-sensitivity and greatly increased three-dimensional surface-to-volume ratio which immobilizes bio-nanoparticles to the nanohair structure and arranges antibodies to the nano surface with the controlled orientation by physical interaction. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120315481 | POROUS DIACETYLENE PARTICLES, SYNTHESIS METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a radial porous diacetylene particle, which is synthesized by ion-bonding a diacetylene-containing dicarboxylic acid or diamine monomer represented by Formula 1 above with a diamine or dicarboxylic acid monomer represented by Formula 2 above, and a method of manufacturing the same. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120301879 | NOVEL USE OF CA-125 - Provided is novel use of CA-125. As it is discovered that CA-125 level are positively associated with bone mineral density, thereby CA-125 can be used in biomarker to diagnose osteoporosis or osteopenia, or extent of growth plate development. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120298617 | APPARATUS FOR NANO STRUCTURE FABRICATION - One or more techniques for nano structure fabrication are provided. In an embodiment, an apparatus for manufacturing a nano structure is disclosed. The apparatus includes a stamp having a line pattern on a surface thereof that comprises a plurality of protrusions, a die configured to hold a substrate thereon, and a mechanical processing unit configured to press the plurality of protrusions of the stamp against the substrate with a predetermined pressure so as to form at least one channel pore therebetween. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120288647 | MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE FABRICATION - Structures and apparatuses for fabricating magnetic nanoparticles are provided. In one embodiment, a structure for fabricating magnetic nanoparticles is described including a substrate that defines at least one cavity through a portion thereof, and an agglomerate of magnetic nanoparticles within the at least one cavity, wherein the at least one cavity has an aspect ratio of greater than one. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120270593 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL AND LOAD BALANCING BASED ON LOAD ESTIMATION OF NEIGHBOR CELL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A Base Station (BS) operation method for reducing load terminals based on load estimation of a neighbor cell in a wireless communication system includes receiving information for estimating a load of a neighbor BS, determining whether to determine the power control and handover terminal set using the number of terminals serviced by the neighbor BS, the number of overload terminals among the terminals serviced by the neighbor BS, and the backoff counter value, and, when it is determined to determine a power control and handover terminal set, deciding the power control and handover terminal set to minimize load terminals, based on the first power variation and the second power variation. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120259104 | SELF-AMPLIFYING FOLDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a self-amplifying folded oligonucleotide structure for sensitive oligonucleotide sensing without polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A self-amplifying folded oligonucleotide structure comprise a target sensing sequence having stem loop structure, a signaling molecule and signal modifying molecule labeled two stems wherein the two stems include oligonucleotide sequence that is complementary to a target sensing sequence of another self-amplifying folded oligonucleotide structure. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120251396 | DEVICE FOR SORTING CARBON NANOTUBES - A method for sorting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for sorting CNTs of the present disclosure comprises providing to a surface of a substrate, the surface modified with a trans isomer of photo-isomerization-reactive diazo compound, a dispersion containing a mixture of conducting CNTs and semiconducting CNTs; removing CNTs which are not associated with the modified surface from the surface; and irradiating the modified surface to detach the CNTs associated with the modified surface. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120238442 | NANOPARTICLES INCLUDING METAL OXIDE HAVING CATALYTIC ACTIVITY - Core-shell nanoparticles having a core material and a mesoporous silica shell, and a method for manufacturing the core-shell nanoparticles are provided. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236206 | EMBEDDED MEMORY DESIGN FOR LOW POWER VIDEO PROCESSOR - There is provided an image/video processor comprises an embedded memory for image/video data that including a plurality of unit memory blocks including a plurality of memory cells; and a controller configured to store each bit of image/video data received through an input/output unit in each memory cell, read the image/video data stored in each memory cell of the embedded memory, and output the image/video data through the input/output unit, wherein at least two or more memory cells included in the plurality of memory cells have different sizes, the controller assign each bit of the image/video data depending on the importance of the image/video data and a size of the memory cell, and as the size of the memory cell is larger, a bit of image/video data of high importance is assigned. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120230205 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE IN SENSOR NETWORK - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for collision avoidance in a sensor network. The method includes transmitting data by a transmitter; comparing, by the transmitter, a remaining time between the data transmission and a backoff period with a turnaround time taken for the transmitter to switch from a transmit (Tx) mode to a receive (Rx) mode; selectively transmitting, by the transmitter, a busy signal indicating that a channel is in use, according to the comparison result; and receiving, by the transmitter, an acknowledgement (ACK) signal from a receiver after the turnaround time has elapsed. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120219504 | COMPLEX OF A PROTEIN COMPRISING ZINC OXIDE-BINDING PEPTIDES AND ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES, AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a complex of a protein comprising zinc oxide-binding peptides and zinc oxide nanoparticles, to the use thereof as a drug delivery carrier for manufacturing medicines, and to a vaccine composition and a contrast agent comprising the composite. The protein comprising zinc oxide-binding peptides significantly improves the in vivo availability of zinc oxide-binding peptides, and therefore the complex of the present invention can be used not only as a drug delivery carrier for in vivo drug delivery or intracellular drug delivery, but also for in vivo imaging or cell imaging. The complex can be used for producing separating agents for effectively separating biological materials, therapeutic agents for hyperthermia, etc., contrast agents for MRI, and beads applicable to biosensors. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120206311 | DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE ANTENNA - Disclosed herein is a dielectric waveguide antenna including: a dielectric waveguide transmitting a signal applied from a power feeder; a dielectric waveguide radiator radiating the signal transmitted from the dielectric waveguide to the air through a first aperture; and a matching unit formed in a portion of the dielectric waveguide and controlling a serial reactance and a parallel reactance to thereby perform impedance matching between the dielectric waveguide radiator and the air, in order to reduce reflection generated in the first aperture during the radiation of the signal through the first aperture. Reflection in the aperture is reduced through the matching unit having various structures, thereby making it possible to improve characteristics of the dielectric waveguide antenna. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120189037 | RELAY AND DATA RELAY METHOD - Disclosed is a relay. The relay includes: a reception unit configured to receive signals from a transmitter; a processor configured to estimate a channel with respect to the transmitter based on a pilot signal of the transmitter among receiving signals, remove the pilot signal from among the received signals, amplify the signals without the pilot signal according to the estimated channel, and insert a pilot signal of the relay into the amplified signals; and a transmitter transmitting the signals including the pilot signal of the relay under the control of the processor. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120179906 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTHENTICATING PERSONAL NETWORK ENTITY - A method of authenticating a Personal Network Entity (PNE) is provided. The method includes transmitting a PNE serial number (SN | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120174632 | DETERGENT CASE AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A detergent case includes a remaining water discharge hole formed on a bottom surface of a liquid detergent accommodation space, and an opening and closing unit to open and close the remaining water discharge hole due to buoyancy of a liquid accommodated within the liquid detergent accommodation space. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120163587 | INTERGRATED CRYPTOGRAPHIC MODULE PROVIDING CONFIDENTIALITY AND INTEGRITY - An integrated cryptographic apparatus providing confidentiality and integrity includes an integrated cryptographic module including confidentiality and integrity. Further, the integrated cryptographic apparatus includes a hash function unit for detecting whether a message is modified by using the integrated cryptographic module. Furthermore, the integrated cryptographic apparatus includes a block cipher unit for constructing a data encryption algorithm by using the integrated cryptographic module. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120156321 | WIDE AREA STAMP FOR ANTIREFLECTIVE SURFACE - Nanoimprint molds for molding a surface of a material are provided. A nanoimprint mold includes a body with a molding surface that is formed by shaped nanopillars. The nanopillars may be formed on a substrate and shaped by performing at least a first partial oxidation of the nanopillars and then removing at least a portion of the oxidized material. Once shaped, a hard substance is deposited on the nanopillars to begin forming the molding surface of the nanoimprint mold. The deposition of a hard substance is followed by the deposition of carbon nanotube on the hard substance and then the removal of the substrate and nanopillars from the molding surface. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120150915 | DIGITAL FORENSIC APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING USER ACTIVITIES AND METHOD THEREOF - A digital forensic apparatus for analyzing user activities includes: a collection unit for collecting analysis information related to user activities from a device as an investigation target for analyzing the user activities; and an analysis unit for analyzing the analysis information collected by the collection unit to determine activity information of a user from each type of the analysis information, and for causing the activity information to be arranged and displayed in temporal order. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120149120 | CHIMERIC PROTEIN, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, NANO-SENSOR IN WHICH THE CHIMERIC PROTEIN IS FIXED, AND APPLICATION THEREOF - There is provided a chimeric protein of capsid protein of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and B domain of Staphylococcal protein A (SPA | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120149074 | Transformant Comprising Gene Coding for ws/dgat and Method of Producing Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters Using the Same - The present invention relates to a transformant comprising a gene encoding ws/dgat (wax ester synthase/acyl-coenzyme A: diacylglycerol acyltransferase) and a method of producing fatty acid ethyl esters using the same. Specifically, the transformant for producing fatty acid ethyl esters is constructed such that glycerol is used as a fermentation substrate, and comprises an atfA gene encoding ws/dgat (wax ester synthase/acyl-coenzyme A: diacylglycerol acyltransferase) from | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120145617 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL OPTION VALVE, MULTIFUNCTIONAL FULLY AUTOMATIC LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING SAMPLE USING THE SAME - Provided is a multifunction selection valve for use in a liquid chromatography system. The multifunction selection valve includes multiple ports to which both ends of a 1st dimension separation column may be connected at a part thereof, the multifunction selection valve including: a fluid passing mode in which a fluid introduced thereto is not passed through the 1st dimension separation column but is discharged; a column passing mode in which the fluid introduced thereto is passed through the 1st dimension separation column and then discharged; and a fluid blocking mode in which the fluid is prevented from being introduced. When using the multifunction selection valve, it modifies the flow paths of chromatographic solvents so that the resultant multifunctional liquid chromatography system allows one-dimensional separation, two-dimensional separation, on-line digestion and on-line phosphopeptide enrichment by a single binary pump. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120121983 | Lithium Deposited Anode for a Lithium Second Battery and Its Manufacturing Method - The present invention relates to a lithium deposited anode for a lithium secondary battery and a method for preparing the same, and more particularly, to an anode suitable for a lithium secondary battery which limits dendrite growth only inside the concave portion of the silicon substrate during a battery is charged/discharged by depositing lithium as an active material only on the deeply caved concave portion of an anode current collector of which a micro-size patterned silicon substrate has conductivity provided by a metal, and its manufacturing method. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120114910 | FLEXIBLE GAS BARRIER FILM, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a flexible gas barrier film including: a transparent base film; and a hydrophobic pattern layer formed on the base film. The flexible gas barrier film is capable of maximizing hydrophobicity and effectively reducing water vapor permeability by patterning the hydrophobic layer. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120106784 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING OBJECT IN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and system track an object in an image or a video. Pose information is extracted using a relation of at least one feature point extracted in a first Region of Interest (RoI). A pose is estimated using the pose information. A secpmd RoI is set using the pose. And the second RoI is estimated using a filtering scheme. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120099636 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN MIMO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for interference cancellation in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless communication system. The method for interference cancellation includes equalizing first reception signals received through two or more reception antennas to estimate transmission signals transmitted through two or more transmission antennas, generating two or more second reception signals in which a mutual interference between the transmission signals is removed from the first reception signals by using the estimated transmission signals, independently equalizing the generated two or more second reception signals, and combining the independently equalized two or more second reception signals to estimate a transmission signal in which an interference is removed. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098144 | VERTICAL ELECTRODE STRUCTURE USING TRENCH AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE VERTICAL ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - Provided is a vertical electrode structure using a trench and a method of manufacturing the vertical electrode structure. The method of forming a vertical electrode structure using a trench includes steps of: forming the trench on a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate; and forming electrode layers in predetermined regions of inner and outer portions of the trench. In this manner, the electrode deposition in the vertical direction is established by using the trench, so that it is possible to form a deposited electrode having a size of several hundred nm or less by a short processing time and a low processing cost. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120093217 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Video Signals - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing video signals, the method comprising: decoding a current frame of a video signal in block units to generate a restored frame, and acquiring first and second flags to acquire a filter coefficient which is adaptively determined from the video signal for each slice on the basis of flag information, or performing deblocking filtering with a predetermined filter coefficient. The present invention relates to a video signal processing method which includes an inter-frame prediction method that determines a motion vector, and a method for performing inter-frame prediction for a residual image. The method for processing video signals can increase the compression encoding efficiency by performing accurate motion prediction and residual image prediction, and can improve the quality of a restored image by removing distortion and performing a filtering for restoring an image that is close to the original image. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120089141 | DIRECTION-CONTROLLABLE ELECTRODE BODY FOR SELECTIVELY REMOVING BODILY TISSUE, AND GUIDE PIPE - Disclosed is a direction controllable electrode body, comprising a flexible body which comprises: a first electrode, comprising a body, a first cap joined to one end of the body, and a first electrode line connected to an other end of the body; an insulator in partial contact with the body and the first cap of the first electrode, said insulator functioning to insulate the first electrode from the second electrode; a second electrode, comprising a first ring in contact with the insulator, and a second electrode line connected to one end of the first ring; and a direction controller, comprising a first direction controlling wire communicating with the first electrode or the second electrode to control direction of the electrode body. Also, a guide pipe is provided for leading the electrode body to a target tissue. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120075176 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF RECOGNIZING GESTURE WITH UNTOUCHED WAY - Provided is a method of recognizing a gesture, which includes: storing sensing information of a sensor in a case where the sensing information is obtained by sensing an object within a preset distance from the sensor; and recognizing a gesture from the stored sensing information, wherein said storing of sensing information stores the sensing information obtained by the sensor during a preset time after the sensor senses an object within the preset distance. This method allows a terminal and contents to be controlled by recognizing a gesture of a user even though the user does not touch the terminal screen. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120071171 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUERY PROCESSING OF MOVING OBJECT IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile communication system process a query of a location-based service. More particularly, an apparatus and a method reduce communication processes for an unnecessary query by expanding a resident domain with a query type. The apparatus includes a server for expanding a resident domain comprising a query to be operated by the moving object when the location-based service is used and the moving object for reducing the number of communications with the server according to the expansion of the resident domain. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120066234 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTERNET SERVICE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method and apparatus provide an Internet service in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes determining a user interest subject from user data existing within the mobile communication terminal, collecting service items through network access, determining a subject for each of the collected service items, determining relevance between the user interest subject and each of the service items, and recommending a service item according to the relevance. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120058884 | FIBER INCLUDING SILICA AND METAL OXIDE - Techniques for coating a fiber with metal oxide include forming silica in the fiber to fix the metal oxide to the fiber. The coated fiber can be used to facilitate photocatalysis. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SENOR NODE IN RFID/USN INFRASTRUCTURE AND GATEWAY SYSTEM USED THEREFOR - A sensor node management system in a Radio Frequency Identification/Ubiquitous Sensing Network (RFID/USN) infrastructure is provided, in which a sensor node has a local ID in a sensor network, a gateway receives, from the sensor node, node information including the local ID and an ID of a home gateway to which the sensor node initially belongs and registers the node information about the sensor node to a location information server, and the location information server registers and manages node information about sensor nodes within an area of the gateway. The location information server generates a global ID using the local ID and the ID of the home gateway, the global ID being recognized as an address of the sensor node by an Internet Protocol (IP) network. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120055879 | POROUS MEMBRANE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A method of making a porous membrane is disclosed. One such method optionally includes: forming a plurality of pillars in an array form over a substrate; and forming a layer with a mixture of a porous material precursor and a surfactant over the substrate. The method optionally includes removing the pillars to leave cavities in the layer; filling the cavities in the layer with a cavity filler; and removing the surfactant from the layer. The porous membrane can be used as, for example, a sieve for separating molecules from a chemical reaction. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120021044 | Novel Cationic Lipid, A Preparation Method of the Same and A Delivery System Comprising the Same - The present invention provides a novel cationic lipid, a preparation method of the same and a delivery system comprising the same. The cationic lipid of the present invention is used for the preparation of delivery systems of nucleic acids or physiologically active anionic proteins. The cationic lipid of the present invention can be conveniently prepared and purified by a simple process and is therefore economically highly advantageous for industrial-scale production thereof. Further, a nucleic acid or protein delivery system comprising the cationic lipid of the present invention not only significantly improves the intracellular delivery efficiency of desired nucleic acid drugs (such as DNAs, RNAs, siRNAs, antisense oligonucleotides, and nucleic acid aptamers) or anionic proteins having physiological activity, but also is usefully used to augment therapeutic efficacy of nucleic acid or protein drugs due to attenuated cytotoxicity of the delivery system. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120015069 | NANO PATTERN WRITER - A nano pattern writer includes an array of nano needles extending from a groove in a substrate. A first portion of each nano needle is located in a respective groove of the first layer and the second portion extends from the groove. The nano pattern writer includes a second layer covering the first layer such that the first portion of the nano needles is secured between the first layer and the second layer. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011371 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURING INDIRECT FUNCTION CALLS BY USING PROGRAM COUNTER ENCODING - A method for securing indirect function calls by using program counter encoding is provided. The method includes inserting a decoding code for an address of a library function stored in a GOT (Global Offset Table) entry into a PLT (Procedure Linkage Table) entry when an object file is built; generating an encoding key corresponding to the decoding code; and encoding the GOT entry corresponding to the library function by using the encoding key when program execution begins. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120001658 | MODULATION PROFILE GENERATOR AND SPREAD SPECTRUM CLOCK GENERATOR INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a modulation profile generator and spread spectrum clock generator including the modulation profile generator. The modulation profile generator includes an input signal generator that generates an input signal; a function calculator that outputs a function calculation result in the form of a square root graph by using the input signal as an input of a function; and a profile generator that generates a non-linear modulation profile based on the function calculation result. As a result, it is possible to effectively reduce electromagnetic interference. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120000775 | Apparatus for Forming Electronic Material Layer - Disclosed is an apparatus for forming an electronic material layer, in which charged particles damaging the electronic material layer are prevented from arriving at a substrate but processing gas ions maximizing activation of the electronic material layer are accelerated and passed while the electronic material layer is formed on the substrate or the substrate having a functional layer thereon by sputtering, thereby forming the electronic material layer having good electrical/physical characteristics at room temperature. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110321201 | CaWRKYd, A HOT PEPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GENE INVOLVED IN PLANT DEFENSE AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is the novel plant-specific transcription factor gene CaWRKYd that can be induced by interaction with TMV-P | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318870 | LIQUID ADDITIVE FOR ETCHING SILICON NITRIDE AND SILICON OXIDE LAYERS, METAL INK CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON SOLAR CELL ELECTRODES - The present invention relates to a liquid additive for etching silicon nitride and silicon oxide layers, a metal ink including the same for forming silicon solar cell electrodes and a method for manufacturing silicon solar cell electrodes. More particularly, it relates to a liquid additive including metal nitrate, metal acetate, or hydrates thereof and a metal ink for forming silicon solar cell electrodes, mixed with the liquid additive and a metal. Further, it relates to a method for manufacturing silicon solar cell electrodes comprising a one-step non-contact printing for etching of a silicon nitride layer or silicon oxide layer and forming electrodes. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318525 | NANOWIRE FABRICATION - Techniques for making nanowires with a desired diameter are provided. The nanowires can be grown from catalytic nanoparticles, wherein the nanowires can have substantially same diameter as the catalytic nanoparticles. Since the size or the diameter of the catalytic nanoparticles can be controlled in production of the nanoparticles, the diameter of the nanowires can be subsequently controlled as well. The catalytic nanoparticles are melted and provided with a gaseous precursor of the nanowires. When supersaturation of the catalytic nanoparticles with the gaseous precursor is reached, the gaseous precursor starts to solidify and form nanowires. The nanowires are separate from each other and not bind with each other to form a plurality of nanowires having the substantially uniform diameter. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110306059 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING 3,6-L-AHG TRANSFERASE ACTIVITY AND 3,6-L-AHG - Provided herein are a composition for measuring 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose (3,6-L-AHG) transferase activity by reduction of NADP to NADPH, and a method of measuring 3,6-L-AHG transferase activity using the same. The composition and method are useful for determining 3,6-L-AHG in a material containing 3,6-L-AHG such as algae biomass and industrial applications. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110282021 | Apparatus and Method for Modifying Physical Properties of Nanostructure Using Focused Electron Beam, and Nano-Barcode and Serial-Junction Nanowire Fabricated Thereby - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a portion of a light-emitting polymer material or a conductive polymer material can be irradiated with a focused electron beam, so that the physical properties of that portion can be modified. For this purpose, one embodiment of the present invention comprises an apparatus for modifying the physical properties of a nanostructure using a focused electron beam, the apparatus comprising: a nanostructure; a focused electron beam-irradiating unit that serves to irradiate a nanoscale electron beam such that it is focused on the nanostructure; and a focused electron beam-controlling unit that serves to control the irradiation position of the nanoscale electron beam so as to modify the physical property of a portion of the nanostructure. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110275157 | COMPOSITION FOR REPROGRAMMING SOMATIC CELLS TO GENERATE INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS, COMPRISING Bmi1 AND LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT SUBSTANCE, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS USING THE SAME - Provided is a composition for reprogramming somatic cells to generate embryonic stem cell-like cells, comprising: a) a Bmi1 (B cell-specific Moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1) protein or a nucleic acid molecule encoding the Bmi1 protein; and b) at least one low molecular weight substance selected from the group consisting of a set of a MEK/ERK (mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular regulated kinase) inhibitor and a GSK (glycogen synthase kinase) inhibitor, a set of a G9a HMTase (G9a histone methyltransferase) inhibitor and a DMNT (DNA methyltransferase) inhibitor, and a histone deacetylase inhibitor. Also, a method is provided for reprogramming somatic cells to generate embryonic stem cell-like cells using the composition. In addition to reducing the number of the reprogramming factors conventionally needed, the composition and method allow the generation of pluripotent embryonic stem cell-like cells which have high potential in the cell therapy of various diseases. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110269248 | BIO-MARKERS FOR DIAGNOSING DIABETIC RETINOPATHY - Disclosed herein are bio-markers for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy, a use of proteins, whose expression level down-regulated or up-regulated in the tears of a non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) patient, as bio-markers for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy, and a composition and kit for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy comprising antibodies against said proteins. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110256349 | FILMS HAVING SWITCHABLE REFLECTIVITY - Compositions, structures and methods that relate to films having switchable reflectivity and anti-reflectivity depending on ambient conditions, such as temperature. A film with switchable reflectivity and anti-reflectivity includes a nanostructured first layer having nanopillars associated with nanowells. A hydrogel occupies at least a portion of the nanowells. As the hydrogel moves from a dehydrated state to a hydrated state, the surface of the film switches from being reflective to being anti-reflective in a repeatable and reversible process. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110248891 | DIELECTRIC RESONANT ANTENNA USING A MATCHING SUBSTRATE - Disclosed herein is a dielectric resonator antenna using a matching substrate in order to improve a bandwidth. The dielectric resonator antenna includes: a dielectric resonator body part that is embedded in a multi-layer substrate and has an opening part on the upper portion thereof; and at least one matching substrate that is stacked on the opening part and includes an an insulating layer having a dielectric constant smaller than that of the multi-layer substrate but larger than that of air, thereby making it possible to improve the bandwidth without adjusting the size of the dielectric resonator body part and to prevent loss and change in the radiation pattern due to the substrate mode. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110246166 | METHOD OF PREDICTING PROTEIN-LIGAND DOCKING STRUCTURE BASED ON QUANTUM MECHANICAL SCORING - Provided is a protein-ligand docking prediction method based on quantum mechanical scoring. The method includes evaluating a protein-ligand docking structure by using a molecular mechanical energy-based scoring function and reevaluating the protein-ligand docking structure by using a rescoring function obtained by combining a quantum mechanical factor with the molecular mechanical energy-based scoring function. In accordance with the method using the quantum mechanical scoring, it is possible to more accurately carry out modeling than conventional force field-based methods. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110239328 | SWEETPOTATO SRD1 cDNA AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH HIGH-NUMBERED STORAGE ROOTS USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a sweetpotato SRD1 cDNA, a plant transformation vector carrying the same, and a transgenic plant comprising the vector. The thickening growth of storage roots of the transgenic sweetpotato prepared using the SRD1 cDNA is stimulated, increasing the number of storage roots by up to two times. Therefore, SRD1 according to the present subject matter is useful in the generation of transgenic root crops with high-numbered storage roots or early-maturing storage root plants. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110226738 | METHODS OF FORMING TRANSPARENT STRUCTURES AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES - Transparent structures, electrochromic devices, and methods for making such structures/devices are provided. A transparent structure may include a transparent substrate having a plurality of micro- or nano-scale structures, at least one substance configured to block near-infrared or infrared radiation and partially cover at least substantial portions of the substrate and the plurality of micro- or nano-scale structures, and at least one photocatalyst configured to at least partially cover an outermost surface of the transparent structure. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110216864 | VARIABLE DELAY CIRCUIT AND DELAY-LOCKED LOOP INCLUDING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a variable delay circuit comprising a delay circuit that includes a first delay unit and a second delay unit and delays an input signal to generate an output signal; a selection signal generation unit that detects a delay value of the delay circuit and generates a selection signal to select a delay unit for delaying the input signal from the first delay unit and the second delay unit; a first control unit that controls a delay value of the delay unit selected by the selection signal in response to a delay increase/decrease signal; and a second control unit that controls a delay value of the delay unit which is not selected by the selection signal. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110213046 | NANOPARTICLES - Nanoparticles can include a core linked to a polymerizable moiety that can be polymerized, cross-linked or cured. The polymerizable nanoparticles can be included in a composition for a polymerization, cross-linking or curing reaction in an amount and disposition sufficient for inhibiting or preventing volume shrinkage during polymerization, cross-linking or curing reaction. Also, the nanoparticles can be included with monomers, dendrimers, oligomers or polymers in the compositions that can be reacted to form a polymerized, cross-linked or cured product. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110209294 | AGENTS FOR IMPROVING DYE FASTNESS - An agent that is capable of improving dye fastness is provided. The agent includes a compound that includes at least one functional group capable of forming at least one interaction or at least one bond with a fiber or a dye molecule. Also, a method for using the agents to improve dye fastness and a dyed article including the agent are provided. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110201048 | SCREENING METHOD OF THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS FOR TNF-ALPHA-INDUCED DISEASES USING REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES MODULATOR 1 - Disclosed are methods for screening therapeutics, prophylactics or pain alleviators for diseases induced by TNF-α, a main mediator of inflammation and in ROS production and cell death, and for diagnosing the diseases, and a diagnostic kit. For this, a nucleotide sequence and an amino acid sequence of Romo1, which plays an important role in the ROS production and cell death pathway of TNF-α signaling are utilized. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110200951 | METHOD FOR REMOVING PHOTORESIST PATTERN - Disclosed is a method of removing a photoresist pattern, which includes radiating light onto a substrate having a photoresist pattern formed thereon and implanted with a predetermined dopant so that the temperature of the substrate is increased to be equal to or higher than a temperature able to remove the photoresist pattern, and by which the photoresist pattern formed on the substrate can be almost completely removed using a simple process for radiating light onto the substrate so that the temperature of the substrate is increased to be equal to or higher than a temperature able to the photoresist pattern. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110200257 | CHARACTER REGION EXTRACTING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING CHARACTER STROKE WIDTH CALCULATION - A character region extracting apparatus and method which extract a character region through the calculation of character stroke widths are provided. The method includes producing a binary image including a candidate character region from an original image; extracting a character outline from the candidate character region; acquires character outline information for the extracted outline; setting a representative character stroke width and a representative character angle in each of the pixels forming the outline, based on the character outline information; and determining a character existing region in the candidate character region by confirming the ratio of effective representative stroke widths and effective angles as compared to the entire length of the outline. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently determine whether one or more characters exist in the candidate character region. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110200250 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGE FOR CHARACTER REGION EXTRACTION - Provided is an apparatus and method for generating an image for character region extraction. Upon input of an original image, a candidate character image is generated from the original image and a plurality of binarization maps for similar colors are generated from the generated candidate character image. A binarization map including a background region is selected from among the plurality of generated binarization maps, and the background region of the selected binarization map is expanded. The expanded background region is inverted to generate an image including a character region, thereby generating an image for accurately extracting the character region without missing a boundary portion of a character. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198546 | PHOTOCHROMIC MATERIAL - Photochromic dyes are disclosed. A photochromic dye can include a first photo-reactive group and a second photo-reactive group. A first photochromic reaction can be induced in the first photo-reactive group of the photochromic dye by radiation having a first intensity, and a second photochromic reaction can be induced in the second photo-reactive group of the photochromic dye by radiation having a second intensity. The second intensity may be greater than the first intensity. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110193859 | Apparatus and method for generating octree based 3D map - A method of generating a 3D complex octree map. A plurality of points each having 3D location information are detected from a range image. A space having the detected plurality of points is represented using grids. If points in a grid forms a plane, the grid is not subdivided and planar information about the plane is stored. A space not forming a plane is subdivided, thereby enhancing the storage efficiency. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110176744 | Apparatus and method for image interpolation using anisotropic gaussian filter - An apparatus and method for image interpolation using an anisotropic Gaussian filter, the image interpolation apparatus including: an edge information calculator calculating a first edge orientation that is an orientation of an edge of each of a plurality of pixels that constitute an input low resolution image, and first edge orientation energy that is a maximal strength of the edge corresponding to the first edge orientation; an image enlarging unit calculating a second edge orientation and second edge orientation energy of each of pixels to be interpolated, which are obtained by subtracting reference pixels corresponding to each of the pixels of the low resolution image among a plurality of pixels that constitute the high resolution image that is obtained by enlarging the low resolution image, based on the first edge orientation and the first edge orientation energy of the adjacent reference pixels; and a pixel value calculator calculating a value of each of the pixels to be interpolated, by using an interpolation filter having a direction and a width determined according to the second edge orientation and the second edge orientation energy of each of the pixels to be interpolated. The Gaussian filter having a direction and a width that are adaptively adjusted according to an orientation and strength of an edge is used to interpolate values of pixels of a high resolution image that is obtained by image enlargement so that deterioration of image quality can be minimized with a small amount of calculation and an image with high quality and high resolution can be generated. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110163282 | PHOTOCHROMIC MATERIAL - Photochromic dyes are disclosed. A photochromic dye can include a first photo-reactive group and a second photo-reactive group. A first photochromic reaction can be induced in the first photo-reactive group of the photochromic dye by radiation having a first wavelength, and a second photochromic reaction can be induced in the second photo-reactive group of the photochromic dye by radiation having a second wavelength. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110160282 | NUCLEIC-ACID PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR CANCER THERAPY - The present invention provides at least one siRNA (small interfering RNA) which inhibits the expression of Mcl-1 within the cell, and which is selected from siRNA having SEQ. ID. NO. 1 sense sequence and SEQ. ID. NO. 2 antisense sequence, siRNA having SEQ. ID. NO. 3 sense sequence and SEQ. ID. NO. 4 antisense sequence, and siRNA having SEQ. ID. NO. 5 sense sequence and SEQ. ID. NO. 6 antisense sequence. The invention also provides a nucleic-acid pharmaceutical composition for cancer therapy comprising the same. The siRNA of the present invention kills cancer cells by inhibiting the expression of Mcl-1 which is commonly expressed in cancer cells by means of RNA-mediated interference (RNAi), and the composition of the present invention can be used as an outstanding anti-cancer preparation. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110159592 | COMPOSITION FOR REPROGRAMMING SOMATIC CELLS TO GENERATE INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS, COMPRISING Oct4 IN COMBINATION WITH Bmi1 OR ITS UPSTREAM REGULATOR, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a composition for reprogramming somatic cells to generate embryonic stem cell-like cells, comprising: a) a Bmi1 (B cell-specific Moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1) protein or a nucleic acid molecule coding for Bmi1; and b) an Oct4 protein or a nucleic acid molecule coding for Oct4. Also, a method is provided for reprogramming somatic cells to generate embryonic stem cell-like cells using the composition. In addition to reducing the number of the genetic factors conventionally needed, the composition and method allow the generation of pluripotent embryonic stem cell-like cells which have high potential in the cell therapy of various diseases. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110159249 | PHOTOCROSSLINKABLE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS - Photocrosslinkable electrically conductive polymers and compositions including the polymers are provided. Also, electrically conductive layers or films formed from the compositions, preparation methods of these, and articles including the electrically conductive layers or films are provided. The electrically conductive polymers according to the present disclosure have photoreactive groups that can be crosslinked using like. The electrically conductive polymers can also be dissolved in aqueous solution. These photocrosslinkable and soluble properties allow the electrically conductive polymers to be used in wet processing to make films and/or to be made into a patterned conductive layer or film using a photomask. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110158894 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CNT LENGTH CONTROL - A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube (CNT) of a predetermined length is disclosed. The method includes generating an electric field to align one or more CNTs and severing the one or more aligned CNTs at a predetermined location. The severing each of the aligned CNTs may include etching the predetermined location of the one or more aligned CNTs and applying a voltage across the one or more etched CNTs. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110155963 | WATER-SOLUBLE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS - Water-soluble electrically conductive polymers and a composition comprising such polymers are provided. Also, an electrically conductive layer or film formed from the composition, and articles comprising the electrically conductive layer or film are provided. The electrically conductive polymers according to the present disclosure have one or more hydrophilic side chains. Hydrophilic side chains are covalently bonded to the conductive polymers, which allow the polymer to be stable at high temperature. Thus, the stability of electrical conductivity is prolonged. Depending on the concentration of hydrophilic side chains, the conductivity may be changed. The hydrophilic side chains provide a successful way to fabricate a ductile film exhibiting tunable conductivity. Furthermore, high levels of surface-resistance uniformity can be achieved in the field of coating technology that uses eco-friendly water-based solvents to uniformly and quickly coat the conductive polymer on to plastic film surfaces. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110155962 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS WITH ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY - An electrically conductive polymer linked to conductive nanoparticle is provided. The conductive polymer can include conductive monomers and one or more monomers in the conductive polymer can be linked to a conductive nanoparticle and can include a polymerizable moiety so that it can be incorporated into a polymer chain. The electrically conductive monomer can include a 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene as a conductive monomer. The electrically conductive polymer having the conductive nanoparticle can be prepared into an electrically conductive layer or film for use in electronic devices. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110151736 | CARBON NANOTUBE-NANOFIBER COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - A composite structure and methods of making and using are provided. The composite structure includes at least one nanofiber having silicon-based material and at least one carbon nanotube associated with the nanofiber. The silicon-based material includes one or more of silicon carbide, silicon oxycarbide, silicon nitride and silicon oxide. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149793 | TRAFFIC CAPTURE APPARATUS AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided are a traffic capture apparatus and a traffic analysis apparatus, system and method. The traffic analysis system generates a two-way flow based on one or more packets captured through a network and associates the two-way flow with a corresponding application program by using information about transmission directions and payload sizes of payload packets, each of which has a payload in the two-way flow. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110147337 | USE OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS FOR PREPARING CONDUCTIVE NANOSTRUCTURES - Methods for preparing one or more conductive nanostructures are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a method for preparing one or more conductive nanostructures may include providing a composite of nanoparticles and block copolymer including one or more first microdomains and one or more second microdomains, where conductive nanoparticles are selectively distributed in the one or more first microdomains, removing the first microdomains while leaving the conductive nanoparticles in the composite, forming one or more conductive nanostructures on the conductive nanoparticles, and removing the second microdomains. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110114471 | METHOD FOR SORTING CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS) AND DEVICE FOR CNTS SORTING - A method for sorting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for sorting CNTs of the present disclosure comprises providing to a surface of a substrate, the surface modified with a trans isomer of photo-isomerization-reactive diazo compound, a dispersion containing a mixture of conducting CNTs and semiconducting CNTs; removing CNTs which are not associated with the modified surface from the surface; and irradiating the modified surface to detach the CNTs associated with the modified surface. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110110471 | METHOD OF BANDPASS SAMPLING USING SINGLE SIDEBAND CONVERTING - The present invention provides a method of bandpass sampling which particularly includes the single-sideband signal conversion procedure prior to the sampling process in the purpose of lowering the required sampling frequency. Conversion of the bandpass RF signal into a single-sideband spectrum signal which has the spectrum components only in either the positive or the negative frequency domain is accomplished by bandpass-filtering, or more effectively by using a Hilbert transformer. This invention includes a method of finding the minimum sampling frequency for simultaneous frequency down-conversion of multiple RF bandpass signals. It is expected from this invention that the components additionally required in the RF receiver due to the proposed bandpass sampling method is the bandpass filters or the Hilbert transformer for single-sideband conversion, but the benefits from this invention could be the reduced ADC speed performance and the subsequent digital processing load in the receiver system because of the reduced data rates. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110110255 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING CHANNEL INTERFERENCE IN A MULTI-CHANNEL SENSOR NETWORK - A method of avoiding channel interference in a multi-channel sensor network, includes periodically measuring an energy of a channel used by at least one node included in the sensor network; determining if the energy of the channel has a value larger than a first preset threshold; when the energy of the channel has a value larger than the first preset threshold, concluding that the channel is influenced by an interference from an interference source, and reporting it to a parent node of the at least one node; and switching the channel influenced by the interference to a new channel, which is not influenced by an interference, thereby avoiding an influence of the interference. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110101476 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are an electronic device, a memory device, and a method of fabricating the devices for preventing physical distortion of functional elements from generating and improving electric contact properties between the functional elements and electric elements connecting to the functional elements. At least two grooves are formed in a substrate, and a conductive material is filled in the grooves to obtain electric elements having a surface at the same height as that of the substrate. In addition, a functional material layer (functional layer) is formed on an entire upper surface of the substrate and is patterned so as to obtain a functional element having both bottom surfaces contacting the electric elements. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110100982 | APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE ELEMENTS - The present invention relates to an apparatus for recovering valuable elements. The apparatus for recovering valuable elements according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: i) a conveyor; ii) a microwave heater that is located on the conveyor and that radiates microwaves; iii) a heating container of which a surface is opened; and iv) a cover that covers the surface of the heating device. The heating container passes through the microwave heater while being moved on the conveyor, and is configured to contain a mixture containing carbonaceous materials and waste discharged from an iron making plant therein. The microwave heater includes a casing that blocks the microwaves from the outside. The casing includes i) a lower portion that is opened to be opposed to the conveyor, and ii) an upper portion on which a discharging opening for discharging metal vaporized from the mixture is formed. The upper portion opposes the lower portion. The valuable elements contained in the mixture are configured to be recovered by heating the mixture by the microwaves. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110097740 | REAL-TIME CONTINUOUS DETECTION DEVICE - Provided is a real-time continuous detection device for detecting an analyte in a sample including: a sample inflow channel; a sample assay site; and a sample outflow channel, wherein the sample assay site includes a reversible capturing recognizing component and a sensor which detects a signal generated from a binding body of the analyte and the reversible capturing recognizing component. According to the real-time continuous detection device, it is possible to measure a change in concentration of the analyte in real time by continuously recycling the reversible capturing recognizing component. The real-time continuous detection device can be used to detect or assay living organism metabolites, a protein, a hormone, a nucleic acid, a cell, a food test material, an environment contaminant, national-defense chemical, biological and radiological test materials, or the like. Accordingly, the real-time continuous detection device can be applied to medical, public health, national defense, environment, food, veterinary, and biotechnology industries. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095653 | PIEZOELECTRIC NANODEVICES - A piezoelectric nanodevice may include a first substrate having formed thereon a multiple number of nanorods and a second substrate having formed thereon a multiple number of piezoelectric nanorods. The first substrate associates with the second substrate to generate friction between the nanorods of the first substrate and the piezoelectric nanorods of the second substrate. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110084061 | NANOSOLDERING HEATING ELEMENT - Techniques for providing heat to a small area and apparatus capable of providing heat to a small area are provided. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110051220 | TRANSPARENT STRUCTURES - Transparent structures, electrochromic devices, and methods for making such structures/devices are provided. A transparent structure may include a transparent substrate having a plurality of micro- or nano-scale structures, at least one substance configured to block near-infrared or infrared radiation and partially cover at least substantial portions of the substrate and the plurality of micro- or nano-scale structures, and at least one photocatalyst configured to at least partially cover an outermost surface of the transparent structure. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049760 | NANO PATTERN WRITER - A method for manufacturing a nano pattern writer includes forming one or more grooves on a first layer, depositing a substance on the first layer to form a film on the first layer, polishing the film on the first layer to thereby form a patterned film that fills the one or more grooves on the first layer, placing a second layer over the patterned film to thereby form a layered structure interposing the patterned film between the first layer and the second layer, and removing a part of the first layer and the second layer to thereby expose portions of the patterned film. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049132 | RESISTIVE HEATING DEVICE FOR FABRICATION OF NANOSTRUCTURES - Apparatuses and techniques relating to a resistive heating device are provided. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110020608 | NANO PATTERN FORMATION - Nano structure patterning formation includes coating a part of a structural guide with a hydrophobic polymer, positioning the structural guide on a substrate, coating at least a part of the substrate with a film made of a block copolymer, and annealing the film made of the block copolymer to align the block copolymer. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110011820 | WINE BOTTLE CAP ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Disclosed is a wine bottle cap assembly. When a resealed wine bottle is stored standing upright, an oxygen absorbent is located below a lower part of a cap body while being distanced from the cap body. Thus, oxygen, which is heavier than nitrogen and sinking downward, is rapidly removed. Even when the wine bottle is stored lying down, the oxygen absorbent does not sink into the wine, so oxygen absorption is efficiently performed. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110008612 | SELF-CLEANING SURFACES - A self-cleaning surface and methods of forming a self-cleaning surface that has one or more of hydrophobic characteristics and hydrophilic properties are provided. The self-cleaning surface includes a first layer formed from first nanoparticles that are applied on a substrate. A second layer of second nanoparticles that adhere to the first nanoparticles are then formed on the first layer. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110008549 | STRUCTURE FABRICATION USING NANOPARTICLES - Apparatuses and techniques for fabricating a structure from nanoparticles are provided. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110008484 | WIDE AREA STAMP FOR ANTIREFLECTIVE SURFACE - Nanoimprint molds for molding a surface of a material are provided. A nanoimprint mold includes a body with a molding surface that is formed by shaped nanopillars. The nanopillars may be formed on a substrate and shaped by performing at least a first partial oxidation of the nanopillars and then removing at least a portion of the oxidized material. Once shaped, a hard substance is deposited on the nanopillars to begin forming the molding surface of the nanoimprint mold. The deposition of a hard substance is followed by the deposition of carbon nanotube on the hard substance and then the removal of the substrate and nanopillars from the molding surface. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20100319765 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES - A photovoltaic device includes a photoactive layer which has at least one embossed pattern on a surface thereof. This embossed pattern varies traveling directions of light in the photoactive layer. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100297431 | MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE FABRICATION - Techniques for fabricating magnetic nanoparticles are provided. In one embodiment, a method performed under the control of at least one apparatus for fabricating magnetic nanoparticles includes preparing a substrate that defines at least one cavity through a portion thereof, soaking the substrate with a solution, the solution including a multiple number of magnetic nanoparticles, and applying a magnetic field so as to collect at least a portion of the magnetic nanoparticles into the at least one cavity. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100294741 | NANO STRUCTURE FABRICATION - Techniques for nano structure fabrication are provided. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100262712 | CHANNEL ADAPTIVE VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND SYSTEM PROVIDING THE SAME - A video transmission method is provided, which includes receiving state information from at least one mobile terminal that intends to perform a video stream service through a wireless network, determining a size of an image by selecting a specified spatial layer bit stream on the basis of the state information of the mobile terminal from a plurality of spatial layer bit streams generated at different bit rates during encoding of the bit stream, selecting a specified time and an SNR layer bit stream by increasing or decreasing time of the image and a layer position of the SNR layer bit stream on the basis of network parameters included in the state information of the mobile terminal, and transmitting the bit stream generated by extracting the specified layer bit stream of the selected layer to the mobile terminal. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100254487 | Apparatus and method for determining optimum integer perturbation vector of low complexity in multiple antenna system - An apparatus and a method for determining an optimum integer perturbation vector of a low complexity in a multiple antenna system include a transmitter that transmits data using an optimum integer perturbation vector of a low complexity in a multiple antenna system includes a module pre-processor, a shift pre-processor, and a precoder. The modulo pre-processor adds an integer perturbation vector to a transmission signal vector. The shift pre-processor phase-shifts a pseudo inverse matrix of a channel matrix using a phase angle. The precoder precodes a transmission signal vector perturbed by the integer perturbation vector using the phase-shifted pseudo inverse matrix of the channel matrix. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100233371 | POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COATING AGENT, METHOD OF PREPARATION AND USE - Disclosed is a polytetrafluoroethylene coating agent having low friction and high wear resistance, obtained by dispersing nanodiamond powder in a polar organic solvent, stirring the nanodiamond dispersion solution and a silane coupling agent, and stirring the silane-treated dispersion solution and an oily polytetrafluoroethylene coating solution, in which the silane coupling agent has at least one organic functional group selected from, but not limited to, a mercapto group and an amino group, the organic functional group exhibiting high bondability to polytetrafluoroethylene. A method of preparing the polytetrafluoroethylene coating agent and a method of using the polytetrafluoroethylene coating agent are also provided. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100233360 | METHOD OF FORMING ELECTRONIC MATERIAL LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE METHOD OF FORMING ELECTRONIC MATERIAL LAYER - A method of transferring an electronic material and a method of manufacturing an electronic device using the method of transferring the electronic material. The method of transferring the electronic material includes dipping a template, on which an electronic material layer is formed, into a liquid medium, separating the electronic material layer from the template, and floating the electronic material layer on a surface of the liquid medium; raising up the electronic material layer floated on the surface of the liquid medium by using a target substrate and transferring the electronic material layer on the target substrate; and fixing the electronic material layer to the target substrate. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100171407 | FIELD ELECTRON EMITTER, FIELD ELECTRON EMISSION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE FIELD ELECTRON EMITTER - A field electron emitter including a metal electrode; and a plurality of carbon nanotubes, wherein a portion of the plurality of carbon nanotubes protrude from a surface of the metal electrode and a portion of the plurality of carbon nanotubes are in the metal electrode. Also disclosed is a field electron emission device including the field electron emitter and a method of manufacturing the field electron emitter. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100163419 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING MULTI-COMPONENT NANOWIRES - A method for fabricating multi-component nanowires is disclosed, which can make multi-component nanowires used to realize a nanowire-based memory device by an electroplating process using a multi-component solution. The method for fabricating multi-component nanowires in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of: (a) preparing an anodized aluminum oxide nanotemplate having a plurality of pores; (b) forming an electrode layer on one surface of the anodized aluminum oxide nanotemplate; (c) injecting the anodized aluminum oxide nanotemplate in a predetermined multi-component solution and then growing multi-component nanowires through the pores of the anodized aluminum oxide nanotemplate by an electroplating process in which the anodized aluminum oxide nanotemplate is used as a cathode; and (d) removing the anodized aluminum oxide nanotemplate. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100017206 | Sound source separation method and system using beamforming technique - A system and method for sound source separation. The system and method use a beamforming technique. The sound source separation system includes a windowing processor; a DFT transformer; a transfer function estimator; and a noise estimator. The system also includes a voice signal extractor that cancels individual voice signals, except an individual voice signal that is desired to be extracted among individual voice signals, from the integrated voice signals. The system further includes a voice signal detector that cancels a noise part provided through the noise estimator from a transfer function of an individual voice signal which is desired to be detected and extracts a noise-canceled individual voice signal. Even when two or more sound sources are simultaneously input, the sound sources can be separated from each other and separately stored and managed, or an initial sound source can be stored and managed. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100007266 | METHOD OF PREPARING FIELD ELECTRON EMITTER AND FIELD ELECTRON EMISSION DEVICE INCLUDING FIELD ELECTRON EMITTER PREPARED BY THE METHOD - A method of preparing a field electron emitter includes preparing an aqueous solution including a carbon nanotube-nucleic acid composite, preparing a substrate to receive the carbon nanotube-nucleic acid composite, and electrophoresis-depositing the carbon nanotube-nucleic acid composite onto the substrate. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090304200 | Adaptive mode control apparatus and method for adaptive beamforming based on detection of user direction sound - An adaptive mode control apparatus and method for adaptive beamforming based on detection of a user direction sound are provided. The adaptive mode control apparatus includes a signal intensity detector that searches for signal intensity of each designated direction to detect signal intensity having a maximum value when a voice signal of each direction is input through at least one microphone; and an adaptive mode controller that compares the signal intensity having the maximum value detected through the signal intensity detector with a threshold value and determines whether to perform an adaptive mode of a Generalized Sidelobe Canceller (GSC) according to the comparison results. Therefore, a lack of control of adaptation of an adaptive filter of the conventional art is solved. That is, as one condition for guaranteeing performance of adaptive beamforming, adaptation of an adaptive filter is not performed when noise of a sound with a high autocorrelation is cancelled. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090279714 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZING SOUND SOURCE IN ROBOT - An apparatus and method for localizing a sound source in a robot are provided. The apparatus includes a microphone unit implemented by one or more microphones, which picks up a sound from a three-dimensional space. The apparatus also includes a sound source localizer for determining a position of the sound source in accordance with Time-Difference of Arrivals (TDOAs) and a highest power of the sound picked up by the microphone unit. Thus, the robot can rapidly and accurately localize the sound source in the three-dimensional space with minimum dead space, using a minimum number of microphones. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090186032 | Bio-Markers For Diagnosing Diabetic Retinopathy - Disclosed herein are bio-markers for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy, a use of proteins, whose expression level down-regulated or up-regulated in the tears of a non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) patient, as bio-markers for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy, and a composition and kit for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy comprising antibodies against said proteins. | 07-23-2009 |
