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20080288713 | FLASH-AWARE STORAGE OPTIMIZED FOR MOBILE AND EMBEDDED DBMS ON NAND FLASH MEMORY - Reliable storage for database management systems (DBMS) running on memory devices such as NAND type flash memory utilizes minimum I/O overhead and provides maximum data durability. A virtual page map is utilized between the flash memory and a page access component to record changes to the DBMS pages and prevent overwriting or data loss. There is no need for journaling and logging, and performance is increased by reducing the write and erase counts on the flash memory. The logical page numbers of the DBMS are mapped to physical page numbers in the page map, such that the virtual page map allocates an available page from the physical pages when changes to a page occur, and the updated information is stored in the allocated page. The allocated page number is mapped to the logical page number of the original page, thus maintaining a modified page representation while preventing physical in-place updates. | 11-20-2008 |
20110167200 | FLASH-AWARE STORAGE OPTIMIZED FOR MOBILE AND EMBEDDED DBMS ON NAND FLASH MEMORY - Reliable storage for database management systems (DBMS) running on memory devices such as NAND type flash memory utilizes minimum I/O overhead and provides maximum data durability. A virtual page map is utilized between the flash memory and a page access component to record changes to the DBMS pages and prevent overwriting or data loss. There is no need for journaling and logging, and performance is increased by reducing the write and erase counts on the flash memory. The logical page numbers of the DBMS are mapped to physical page numbers in the page map, such that the virtual page map allocates an available page from the physical pages when changes to a page occur, and the updated information is stored in the allocated page. The allocated page number is mapped to the logical page number of the original page, thus maintaining a modified page representation while preventing physical in-place updates. | 07-07-2011 |
20130246693 | FLASH-AWARE STORAGE OPTIMIZED FOR MOBILE AND EMBEDDED DBMS ON NAND FLASH MEMORY - Reliable storage for database management systems (DBMS) running on memory devices such as NAND type flash memory utilizes minimum I/O overhead and provides maximum data durability. A virtual page map is utilized between the flash memory and a page access component to record changes to the DBMS pages and prevent overwriting or data loss. There is no need for journaling and logging, and performance is increased by reducing the write and erase counts on the flash memory. The logical page numbers of the DBMS are mapped to physical page numbers in the page map, such that the virtual page map allocates an available page from the physical pages when changes to a page occur, and the updated information is stored in the allocated page. The allocated page number is mapped to the logical page number of the original page, thus maintaining a modified page representation while preventing physical in-place updates. | 09-19-2013 |
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20080213229 | Fibrin Contained Semi-Solid Osteoblast Composition for Curing Bone Fracture and Method for Producing the Same - A method for producing the fibrin contained semi-solid osteoblast composition has developed for treating the bone fracture. The method is comprised of: isolating osteoblasts from a bone tissue and culturing/proliferating the isolated osteoblasts in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM) or Minimum Essential Medium, Alpha Modification (α-MEM) to prepare an osteoblast suspension. Then, mixing the resulting osteoblast suspension with a coagulation factor to prepare an osteoblast therapeutic agent. Accordingly, the fibrin contained semi-solid osteoblast composition of the present invention has capability to achieve the bone grafting for performing bone union without the clinical graft rejection. It is possible to uniformly distribute the fibrin mixed semi-solid osteoblast composition into the affected area of the bone fracture via injection. Therefore, the fibrin contained semi-solid osteoblast composition is effectively and rapidly cure the bone fracture via constant injection of into the affected area. | 09-04-2008 |
20090018868 | Method for Utilizing Cell Therapy Product Facility and Network-Based Business Model Using the Same - A method is provided for utilizing a cell therapy product facility and an internet franchise market business comprising: producing a cell therapy product by a CT (Cell Therapy)-module (1) of prefabricated units having specific functions, and; storing of hematopoietic stem cells, bone marrow cells and other cells, by a BC (Banking of Cell and Tissue)-module (2) of prefabricated units having specific functions. Both modules eliminate contamination and maximize efficiency. It provides an operating method and a use method and business method for the above cell therapy product facility. The invention enables easy, low cost production of a product having sufficient quality to be transplanted into patients and put into clinical application within a short period of time. The facility module of the invention can be installed and used wherever adequate space is available. The invention provides improved quality and reliability of cell therapy products. | 01-15-2009 |
20090126285 | Facility Module for Production and Storage of Cell Therapy Product - A facility module is provided for producing and storing a cell therapy product comprising: a Cell Therapy (CT) module one including separately prefabricated units having specific functions and separate entrances and exits so as to minimize contamination, and being capable of producing the cell therapy product, and a Banking of Cell and Tissue (BC) module Two including prefabricated units having specific functions and separate entrances and exits so as to minimize contamination, and being capable of appropriately storing hematopoietic stem cells, bone marrow cells and other cells for a prolonged period. It enables easy and low cost production of the cell therapy product, with sufficient quality to be transplanted into patients, within a short period, and permits clinical application to patients expeditiously. The present invention enables convenient installation and use of such a facility module anywhere adequate space is available, by providing the facility in a prefabricated module composed of specialized units according to function. | 05-21-2009 |
20090254065 | Simple method of transplanting injectable chordrocyte for autologous chondrocyte transplantation - A method of transplanting an injectable chondrocyte is developed for autologous chondrocyte transplantation, comprising mixing matrices including fibrin, hyaluronic acid and collagen, which are the main ingredients of animal cartilage, and injecting the resulting mixture into a damaged cartilage region. One 1 ml syringe is prepared by mixing 1 ml of a chondrocyte culture with white or light-yellow lyophilized powder (fibrinogen). A second 1 ml syringe is prepared by mixing 1 ml of chondrocyte culture with white lyophilized powder (thrombin), adding 0.1 cc of that mixture to the entire contents of two vials containing chondrocyte suspension, and mixing well. The two syringes are then mounted on a syringe stand, and a mixing tip is mounted to their tips. The contents are mixed in the mixing tip while injecting the resulting mixture into a damaged cartilage region of an animal. | 10-08-2009 |
20090311220 | Bone forming compound composed of a mixture of osteoblast and biomatrix and method for producing the same - A compound for bone forming and a method for producing the same are provided using a mixture of an osteoblast and a bio-matrix. The method comprises: isolating osteoblasts from bone tissue and culturing the isolated osteoblasts to prepare an osteoblast suspension; and mixing the resulting osteoblast suspension with a bio-matrix to prepare an osteoblast therapeutic agent. A bone formation method is provided that results in no clinical graft rejection, and is capable of achieving effective and rapid bone formation via injection of a compound which has been pre-shaped to a certain extent, so as to alleviate problems associated with bone tissue formation in unwanted regions resulting from escape of injected osteoblasts from the targeted site for bone formation and then propagation thereof to other sites via the blood stream, which are caused by injection of an osteoblast suspension. | 12-17-2009 |
20090325275 | CELL MANIPULATION AND CULTIVATION EQUIPMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CELL THERAPY PRODUCTS - Cell manipulation and cultivation equipment for the production of cell therapy products has developed for preventing contamination of cells and improving the utility of a space. The equipment includes a room for the production and testing of cell therapy products, the room having an inner space enclosed in all sides and an outer entrance/exit door provided at any one side thereof, an L-shaped partition installed in a position of the room for the production and testing of cell therapy products, the partition having an inner entrance/exit door provided at any one side thereof, and a clean bench device placed inside the partition, the clean bench device including first, second, and third clean benches for preventing contamination of cells and increasing the utility of a space to the maximum extent. The operating of the clean room and clean bench has advantages to prevent contamination and improving the quality and reliability of cell therapy products. | 12-31-2009 |
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20110086292 | JOINING DEVICE FOR FUEL CELL STACK AND FUEL CELL STACK PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The present invention features a fuel cell stack that preferably includes an electricity generating assembly having a plurality of unit cells that are suitably disposed one after another; a pair of end plates pressedly disposed respectively at upper and lower ends of the electricity generating assembly; and a joining device suitably engaging the end plates by a rope, where pressure is applied to the electricity generating assembly by means of tension of the rope, and the length and tension of the rope is suitably controlled. | 04-14-2011 |
20120070760 | LOCAL HYDROPHILIC GAS DIFFUSION LAYER AND FUEL CELL STACK COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention provides a local hydrophilic gas diffusion layer configured to enhance the water removal performance of a fuel cell For this purpose, the present invention provides a gas diffusion layer in which a region under each of a pair of lands, which receives a clamping pressure of the fuel cell stack, is subjected to local hydrophilic treatment by a simple process, thereby enhancing the water removal performance of the fuel cell stack. In particular, the local hydrophilic gas diffusion layer has a first region under each land of the separator which receives the clamping pressure; and a second region under the gas channel of the separator, wherein the first region is subjected to hydrophilic treatment. | 03-22-2012 |
20120094197 | HUMIDIFIER FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM USING THE SAME AS AUXILIARY HUMIDIFIER - The present invention provides a humidifier, which is used as an auxiliary humidifier of a fuel cell together with an existing gas-to-gas humidifier to improve humidification performance in a low efficiency region of the gas-to-gas humidifier, thus increasing the output of the fuel cell and providing high efficiency operation. Particularly, the humidifier comprises: an inlet assembly provided in an air exhaust pipe, through which water-supersaturated exhaust gas is discharged from a fuel cell stack, to supply water condensed from the exhaust gas to the fuel cell stack; an outlet assembly provided in an air supply pipe, through which a reactant gas to be humidified and supplied to the fuel cell stack passes, to supply the water transferred through a pumping pipe to the air supply pipe such that the reactant gas is humidified; and a pumping pipe including a porous material disposed therein and electrodes for applying a voltage to both ends of the porous material and disposed between the inlet assembly and the outlet assembly such that the water is transferred through a capillary path in the porous material with a pumping force by electroosmosis when the electrodes apply a voltage. | 04-19-2012 |
20120100410 | FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - The present invention provides a fuel cell separator, in which a vortex generating structure is formed on the surface of a channel of the separator to induce a vortex of fluid (i.e., hydrogen and air) flowing through the channel, thus facilitating the supply of reactant gases and the removal of water droplets from a gas diffusion layer (GDL). | 04-26-2012 |
20120118878 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The present invention provides an induction heating device for a fuel cell system, which can rapidly heat coolant during cold start-up, control the power consumption depending on the voltage of a fuel cell stack, and ensure the insulation resistance by separating a heating unit, which is in contact with the coolant, from the outside. That is, the present invention provides an induction heating device for a fuel cell system, in which an insulating housing is provided in a coolant circulation line, a heater for heating coolant is provided in the housing, and a high frequency controller for controlling the power consumption of the heater is provided at the outside of the housing such that the coolant can be rapidly heated during cold start-up, precisely control the power consumption depending of the voltage of a fuel cell stack, and improve the insulation performance by separating the heater as a heating unit, which is in contact with the coolant, and the high frequency controller and a coil as a power unit with respect to the insulating housing. | 05-17-2012 |
20120122008 | MANIFOLD INSERT HAVING DISTRIBUTION GUIDES AND FUEL CELL STACK COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention provides a manifold insert having a plurality of distribution guides which reduce output voltage deviation due to flow instability between unit cells and prevent local flow instability of electrodes by stably distributing the flow of fluid (such as air, hydrogen, and coolant) supplied to a fuel cell stack, thereby maintaining a stable performance of the unit cells, and a fuel cell stack comprising the same. In particular, manifold insert having distribution guides is provided, the manifold insert being configured to form a flow field from an inlet port of fluid to an outlet port connected to a fuel cell stack, the manifold insert including: a plurality of distribution guides for dividing the flow field from the inlet port to the outlet port such that the fuel cell stack is divided into a plurality of regions according to the distance from the inlet port, wherein the distribution guides have surfaces that are at least partially curved such that the flow of the fluid from the inlet port to the outlet port is changed by the curved surfaces and form a plurality of guide flow fields for guiding the fluid to the divided regions of the fuel cell stack such that the fluid is supplied to the divided regions of the fuel cell stack along the plurality of guide flow fields at different flow rates. | 05-17-2012 |
20120122018 | FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF THE SAME - The present invention provides a fuel cell separator and a method for surface treatment of the same, in which ionized nanoparticles are attached to the surface of a separator to form fine projections such that the surface of the separator exhibits superhydrophobicity. For this purpose, the present invention provides a method for surface treatment of a fuel cell separator which provides nanoparticles for forming fine projections on the surface of the separator to a discharge electrode and ionizes the nanoparticles by an arc discharge generated in the discharge electrode. The ionized nanoparticles are then attached to the surface of the separator by an electric field generated by applying a high voltage between the separator and the discharge electrode, thereby forming fine projections for imparting superhydrophobicity. | 05-17-2012 |
20130266891 | JOINING DEVICE FOR FUEL CELL STACK AND FUEL CELL STACK PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The present invention features a fuel cell stack that preferably includes an electricity generating assembly having a plurality of unit cells that are suitably disposed one after another; a pair of end plates pressedly disposed respectively at upper and lower ends of the electricity generating assembly; and a joining device suitably engaging the end plates by a rope, where pressure is applied to the electricity generating assembly by means of tension of the rope, and the length and tension of the rope is suitably controlled. | 10-10-2013 |
20130302723 | LOCAL HYDROPHILIC GAS DIFFUSION LAYER AND FUEL CELL STACK COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention provides a local hydrophilic gas diffusion layer configured to enhance the water removal performance of a fuel cell For this purpose, the present invention provides a gas diffusion layer in which a region under each of a pair of lands, which receives a clamping pressure of the fuel cell stack, is subjected to local hydrophilic treatment by a simple process, thereby enhancing the water removal performance of the fuel cell stack. In particular, the local hydrophilic gas diffusion layer has a first region under each land of the separator which receives the clamping pressure; and a second region under the gas channel of the separator, wherein the first region is subjected to hydrophilic treatment. | 11-14-2013 |
20130316560 | CELL VOLTAGE MEASURING CONNECTOR FOR FUEL CELL STACK - A connector that may be prevented from detaching from separating plates of a stack even when vibrations or an external impact of a vehicle occurs by maintaining a locking state in which locking bosses of a CPA are inserted into lock grooves of terminals of separating plates. In addition, connecting points of connecting pieces of connecting terminals are spaced apart to not contact each other with respect to a contact line. The connecting terminals are not detached from the separating plates even when the separating plates is a ultra-slim film having a thickness of about 0.1 mm or less, making it possible to increase a reliability of a product. | 11-28-2013 |
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20080235013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING NOISE BY USING HARMONICS OF VOICE SIGNAL - Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for estimating noise included in a sound signal during sound signal processing. The method includes estimating harmonics components in a frame of an input sound signal; using the estimated harmonics components, computing a Voice Presence Probability (VPP) on the frame of the input sound signal; determining a weight of an equation necessary to estimate a noise spectrum, depending on the computed VPP; and using the determined weight and the equation necessary to estimate a noise spectrum, estimating the noise spectrum, and updating the noise spectrum. | 09-25-2008 |
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 |
20100040300 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING DISTORTION CAUSED BY AIR PARTICLES AS IN FOG - Provided are a method and apparatus for processing an image. The method includes receiving a first luminance image of an image including airlight, which is a type of light that occurs in a foggy environment, and generating an airtight map based on a ratio between an average luminance of the first luminance image, and a standard deviation; and removing the airtight by subtracting the airtight map from the first luminance image and outputting a second luminance image. According to the present invention, airlight components may be effectively removed. | 02-18-2010 |
20140055610 | INDOOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND INDOOR SURVEILLANCE METHOD - A surveillance system and method are provided. The surveillance system includes an audio processing device which extracts an audio feature of an audio signal, and determines whether an abnormal event has occurred in a monitoring region, based on the audio feature; a video processing device which extracts a foreground region from a video signal, and determines whether an abnormal event has occurred in the monitoring region, based on motion information of the foreground region; and a context awareness device which calculates an audio abnormal probability and a video abnormal probability by respectively accumulating results of abnormal event occurrence/non-occurrence determinations performed on audio signals and results of abnormal event occurrence/non-occurrence determinations performed on video signals for a certain period of time, and finally determines whether an abnormal situation has occurred in the monitoring region, by using respective combined probability distribution models for a normal situation and the abnormal situation. | 02-27-2014 |
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20110194158 | MOTION TRACKING METHOD USING SCANNING DEVICE - The motion tracking method disclosed herein suggests a method for precisely tracking the motion of a scanning device by correcting the surrounding information distortedly recognized due to the time differences between pieces of information regarding the surroundings of the device over one scanning cycle. The method, as a motion tracking method of a scanning device collecting the surrounding information corresponding to a plurality of the points of the surroundings, includes collecting the surrounding information, obtaining the displacement data of the scanning device using the surrounding information, updating the velocity of the scanning device using the displacement data of the scanning device, correcting the surrounding information using the updated velocity of the scanning device, and determining location and position information of the scanning device using the corrected surrounding information. According to the method herein, the motion of the scanning device may be more precisely tracked because the surrounding information is corrected based on the velocity of the scanning device. | 08-11-2011 |
20130120450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY TOUR PLATFORM SERVICE INSIDE BUILDING BY USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of providing an augmented reality tour platform service for the inside of a building by using a wireless communication device. The method includes: acquiring an image of the building from the wireless communication device; collecting information associated with the acquired image; extracting a candidate building group from a previously established database on the basis of the acquired image and the collected information; specifying a building matching the acquired image from among the extracted candidate building group; and transmitting information regarding the inside of the specified building to the wireless communication device. | 05-16-2013 |
20130314320 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL CURSOR BY USING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of controlling a three-dimensional virtual cursor (3D) by using a portable electronic device, the method including: sensing at least one of a movement and a touch input of a portable electronic device through a sensor mounted in the portable electronic device; and converting the sensed at least one of the movement and the touch input of the portable electronic device into a cursor control signal for controlling an operation of a cursor in a 3D space to output the cursor control signal. According to the method, a 3D virtual cursor may be conveniently controlled without a location or time limit by using a portable electronic device which a user carries. | 11-28-2013 |
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20140289607 | APPARATUS AND METHOD PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENTS BASED ON WEB INFORMATION STRUCTURE - There are provided an augmented reality contents providing apparatus based on a Web information structure including: an HTML document that includes a URI setting unit setting a uniform resource identifier (URI) corresponding to a point of interest (POI), a POI processing unit collecting attribute information from a target terminal and identifying the POI by using the collected attribute information, a virtual object processing unit that matches a virtual object associated with the URI to the identified POI; and a 3D browser engine used for setting coordinates on the 3D physical space such that the POI and the virtual object are displayed in a 3D virtual space through a Web browser of the target terminal, analyzing video information of the POI and the virtual object based on the set coordinates, and providing the target terminal the analyzed video information. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090285851 | VACCINE COMPRISING MONOCYTE OR IMMATURE MYELOID CELLS (IMC) WHICH WERE LOADED WITH THE LIGAND OF NATURAL KILLER T CELL AND ANTIGEN - The present invention relates to an immuno-therapeutic and prophylactic vaccine comprising monocytes or immature myeloid cells (IMCs) loaded with the ligand of natural killer T cell and an antigen for the prevention and treatment of infectious disease or cancer, more precisely, an immuno-therapeutic and prophylactic vaccine comprising monocytes or IMCs loaded with α-galactosylceramide (αGalCer), a kind of glycolipid and a natural killer T cell ligand, and antigen. Monocytes or immature myeloid cells (IMCs) therein, which are easily obtainable, unlike dendritic cells, not only induce a significant level of cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses but also have a prophylactic and therapeutic effect on malignant tumor. Therefore, the immuno-therapeutic and prophylactic vaccine of the present invention can be effectively used as an immunotherapeutic agent. | 11-19-2009 |
20100028380 | B CELL-BASED VACCINE LOADED WITH THE LIGAND OF NATURAL KILLER T CELL AND ANTIGEN - The present invention relates to a B cell-based vaccine loaded with the ligand of natural killer T cell and antigen for the prevention and treatment of disease, more precisely, an immunotherapeutic and prophylactic vaccine mediated by B cells loaded with α-galactosylceramide, a kind of glycolipid which can stimulate natural killer T cells. A vaccine composition of the present invention can be effectively used as an antitumor immunotherapeutic agent. B cells therein, which are easily obtainable compared with dendritic cells, not only induce a similar level of cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to that of the conventional dendritic cell-based vaccine but also have a prophylactic and therapeutic effect on solid tumor and metastatic tumor. | 02-04-2010 |
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20100124790 | PORTABLE OPTICAL BIOSENSOR MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a portable optical biosensor measuring apparatus. The portable optical biosensor measuring apparatus includes a light emitting unit emitting a light having a first line width, an optical biosensor receiving an output light from the light emitting unit, and a peak wavelength detector detecting one peak wavelength having a second line width from a light from the optical biosensor. The first line width is greater than the second line width, and the optical biosensor provides the peak wavelength according to an antigen-antibody reaction. | 05-20-2010 |
20100134799 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BIO MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BIO MATERIALS BY USING THE APPARATUS - Provided is an apparatus for detecting bio materials and a method for detecting bio materials by using the apparatus. The apparatus includes a bio material reacting unit, an optical source unit, and a detecting unit. The bio material reacting unit includes bio sensing materials immobilized on gold nanoparticles. The optical source unit emits light toward the bio material reacting unit. The detecting unit measures variations of surface absorbance of the gold nanoparticles by detecting light transmitted through the bio material reacting unit before and after a bio material is bound to the bio sensing materials. | 06-03-2010 |
20100141942 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BIOMATERIALS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BIOMATERIALS BY USING THE APPARATUS - Provided are an apparatus and method for detecting biomaterials. The apparatus for detecting the biomaterials includes a light source unit, a biomaterial reacting unit, and a detection unit detecting. The light source unit provides incident light. The biomaterial reacting unit includes a substrate and metal nanoparticles spaced from the substrate. The surface plasmon resonance phenomenon is induced on surfaces of the metal nanoparticles by the incident light. First detecting molecules specifically binding to target molecules are immobilized to the surfaces of the metal nanoparticles. The detection unit detects a resonance wavelength of emission light emitted from the metal nanoparticles by the surface plasmon resonance phenomenon. | 06-10-2010 |
20100144020 | DISPOSABLE DIAGNOSTIC KIT - Provided is a disposable diagnostic kit capable of diagnosing diseases. The disposable diagnostic kit includes a preprocessor, a target material reactor, and a microfluidic channel. The preprocessor filters target materials from a fluid containing various biomaterials. The target material reactor includes a diffraction grating on whose surface sensing materials reacting with the target materials are immobilized. Herein, a wavelength of light penetrated into the diffraction grating or a wavelength of light reflected by the diffraction grating varies depending on the target materials. The microfluidic channel moves the filtered fluid from the preprocessor to the target material reactor. | 06-10-2010 |
20100157295 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH DEVICE FOR DECIDING MEASUREMENT START POINT - Provided is a measurement device. The measurement device includes a sensor, a wavelength-tunable light source, an additional light source, a coupler, and an optical power measurer. The sensor accepts a sample. The wavelength-tunable light source irradiates wavelength-tunable light to detect a reaction of the sensor. The additional light source irradiates wavelength-fixed light to detect an initial time of the reaction. The coupler combines the wavelength-tunable light source and the additional light source and irradiates the combined input light on the sensor. The optical power measurer detects the reaction of the sensor from an output light transmitted through or reflected by the sensor. | 06-24-2010 |
20110090932 | MULTIPLE DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER DEVICES - Provided is a multiple distributed feedback laser device which includes a first distributed feedback region, a modulation region, a second distributed feedback region, and an amplification region. An active layer is disposed on the substrate of the first distributed feedback region, the modulation region, the second distributed feedback region, and the amplification region. A first diffraction grating is disposed in the first distributed feedback region to be coupled to the active layer in the first distributed feedback region. A second diffraction grating is disposed in the second distributed feedback region to be coupled to the active layer in the second distributed feedback region. The multiple distributed feedback laser device further includes a first micro heater configured to supply heat to the first diffraction grating and a second micro heater configured to supply heat to the second diffraction grating. | 04-21-2011 |
20120147907 | TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATOR - Disclosed is a terahertz wave generator which includes a dual mode semiconductor laser device configured to generate at least two laser lights having different wavelengths and to beat the generated laser lights; and a photo mixer formed on the same chip as the dual mode semiconductor laser device and to generate a continuous terahertz wave when excited by the beat laser light. | 06-14-2012 |
20120153161 | THz-WAVE GENERATION /DETECTION MODULES AND DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a THz-wave generation/detection module and a device including the same, which increase heating efficiency and are miniaturized. The module includes a photomixer chip, a lens, a PCB, and a package. The photomixer chip includes an active layer, an antenna, and a plurality of electrode pads. The lens is disposed on the photomixer chip. The PCB includes a plurality of solder balls connected to the electrode pads, under the photomixer chip. The package surrounds a bottom and side of the PCB, and dissipates heating of the active layer, which is transferred from the electrode pad of the photomixer chip to the PCB, to outside. | 06-21-2012 |
20130161541 | TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATOR AND METHOD OF GENERATING TERAHERTZ WAVE - Disclosed is a terahertz wave generator which includes a first light source outputting a first light having a first frequency; a second light source outputting a second light having a second frequency different from the first frequency; a second harmonic generation unit performing second harmonic conversion on the first and second lights to generate a third light and a fourth light; and a photomixer converting a mixing light of the third and fourth lights into a terahertz wave alternating signal and outputting a terahertz wave. | 06-27-2013 |
20130299701 | PHOTO DETECTOR AND OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device may include first and second lasers generating first and second laser beams; and a photo detector detecting the first and second laser beams. The optical detector comprises a substrate, a first impurity layer on the substrate, an absorption layer on the first impurity layer and a second impurity layer on the absorption layer. The absorption layer generates a terahertz by a beating of the first and second laser beams and has a thickness of less than | 11-14-2013 |
20140061475 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTACTLESS THICKNESS MEASUREMENT - A contactless thickness measuring apparatus is provided which includes an terahertz transmitter configured to receive the first optical path signal from the coupler and to generate a terahertz continuous wave using the first optical signal and an applied bias; an optical delay line configured to delay the second optical path signal output from the coupler; and an terahertz receiver configured to receive the terahertz continuous wave penetrating a sample and to detect an optical current using the terahertz continuous wave and the second optical path signal delayed. A thickness of the sample is a value corresponding to the optical current which phase value becomes a constant regardless of a plurality of measurement frequencies. | 03-06-2014 |
20140166881 | TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATING MODULE AND TERAHERTZ WAVE DETECTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A terahertz wave generating module includes a bidirectional light source which provides a first dual-mode beam in a first direction and a second dual-mode beam in a second direction; a forward lens unit which focuses the first dual-mode beam; a photomixer unit which converts the first dual-mode beam focused by the forward lens unit into a terahertz wave; a backward lens unit which focuses the second dual-mode beam; and a light output unit which uses the second dual-mode beam focused by the backward lens unit as a light signal, wherein the bidirectional light source, the forward lens unit, the photomixer unit, the backward lens unit, and the light output unit are integrated in a housing. | 06-19-2014 |
20140175306 | BEATING SIGNAL MONITORING MODULE, TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICE INCLUDING THE BEATING SIGNAL MONITORING MODULE - The inventive concept relates to a beating signal monitoring module and a terahertz wave generation device and an optical signal monitoring device that including the beating signal monitoring module. The beating signal monitoring module includes a nonlinear unit generating an optical signal including a FWM light in response to a beating signal generated from a first light and a second light; a filter unit separating the FWM light from the optical signal and outputting the separated FWM light; and a monitoring unit monitoring the beating signal using the separated FWM light. The beating signal monitoring module and a terahertz wave generation device and an optical signal monitoring device that including the beating signal monitoring module can effectively monitor a beating signal being generated by two lasers using a Four Wave Mixing signal. | 06-26-2014 |
20140183441 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING/DETECTING TERAHERTZ WAVE USING GRAPHENE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a terahertz wave generating/detecting apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same. The terahertz wave generating/detecting apparatus includes; a substrate having an active region and a transmitting region; a lower metal layer extending in a first direction on the active region and the transmitting region of the substrate; a graphene layer disposed on the lower metal layer on the active region; and upper metal layers extending in the first direction on the graphene layer of the active region and the substrate in the transmission region, wherein a terahertz wave is generated or amplified by a surface plasmon polariton that is induced on a boundary surface between the graphene layer and the lower metal layer by beated laser light applied to the graphene layer and the metal layer. | 07-03-2014 |
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20110194888 | LOCKING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a locking apparatus and a medical apparatus including the same. The locking apparatus includes a stationary part, a rotating part rotatably provided to the stationary part, a locking part provided to the stationary part to restrict rotation of the rotating part, and a fluid supply part providing a fluid to the locking part to allow the locking part to restrict the rotation of the rotating part. The locking part is expanded or contracted according to manipulation of a user so as to selectively restrict movement of a rotating part, so that a device mounted on a medical apparatus via the locking apparatus can be easily rotated without much effort or can be firmly secured according to the intention of a user, thereby providing satisfaction in manipulation. | 08-11-2011 |
20110224544 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS WITH VARIABLE ELEVATION TYPE CONTROL PANEL - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus with a variable elevation type control panel is disclosed. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus with the variable elevation type control panel includes a control panel having a lift operating part, a support supporting the control panel, and a lift connected to the support and operated by manipulation of the lift operating part to lift or lower the support. | 09-15-2011 |
20110284084 | AUTOMATIC BALANCING DEVICE AND METHOD USING FLUID - The present disclosure provides an automatic balancing device and method using fluid. The automatic balancing device includes a fluid container receiving a fluid therein, a balance detector detecting a balance of a main body in association with the fluid, and a fluid regulator adjusting movement of the fluid received in the fluid container in association with the balance detector. The automatic balancing device and method may prevent a medical device such as an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus from falling over by shifting the center of gravity of the main body of the medical device through movement of the fluid. | 11-24-2011 |
20120215111 | NATURAL EXHAUSTION TYPE ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A natural exhaustion type ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. The natural exhaustion type ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a case unit forming the outer portion of a control panel for ultrasonic diagnostic apparatuses, a suction part provided at the lower portion of the case unit and forming a path through which air is sucked into the case unit, and an exhaust part provided at the upper portion of the case unit and forming a path through which the air introduced into the case unit through the suction part is discharged to the outside. | 08-23-2012 |
20130320666 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR PIPE MEMBER - A locking device for a pipe member includes a pipe member, a moving member, a locking member. At least a portion of the moving member is slidably disposed into the pipe member. The locking member is coupled to an end portion of the moving member. The locking member is made of an elastically deformable material and has an outer circumferential surface supported by an inner surface of the pipe member. When external force is transmitted to the locking member, the locking member is elastically deformed and is decreased in diameter. Accordingly, the moving member may be easily moved. | 12-05-2013 |
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20110122187 | Ink discharge device of inkjet head and control method thereof - Example embodiments are directed to an ink discharge device that discharges uniform amounts of ink droplets from an inkjet head, and a control method thereof. Voltages applied to plural nozzles of the ink-head are changed based on different characteristics of the respective nozzles to discharge uniform amounts of ink droplets from the nozzles. Voltage increments are calculated using a fixed target color value so as to set color value dispersion and voltage increments are calculated using different target color values according to the nozzles so as to satisfy color value differences between the neighboring pixels and thus time required for a DPN process is shortened, and excessive changes of the applied voltages are prevented and thus a preparatory period required to mass-produce an LCD panel is shortened and yield of the LCD panel is increased. | 05-26-2011 |
20120120141 | Ink Discharge Apparatus And Method Of Controlling The Same - In an embodiment of the apparatus, a transparent inkjet head includes a first plurality of nozzles, and a color inkjet head includes a second plurality of nozzles. A color value measurement unit is configured to measure color values of ink applied to a plurality of pixels based on signals applied to the second plurality of nozzles of the color inkjet head and signals applied to the first plurality of nozzles of the transparent inkjet head. A control unit is configured to compare the measured color values of the ink applied to the plurality of pixels with a target value and to change the signals applied to the first plurality of nozzles of the transparent inkjet head such that the measured color values of the ink applied to the plurality of pixels are uniform. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120151 | Inkjet Head Cleaning Apparatus And Method - According to an example embodiment, an inkjet head cleaning apparatus that removes ink residue from an inkjet head after a purging operation in a non-contact manner includes a cleaning blade and a drive unit. The cleaning blade is at a distance from a bottom of the inkjet head. The drive unit is configured to move the cleaning blade in a direction parallel to the inkjet head bottom. The cleaning blade includes a flat upper surface parallel to the inkjet head bottom, and an ink film is produced between the flat upper surface of the cleaning blade and the inkjet head bottom. The cleaning blade also includes an elongated groove longitudinally in the upper surface of the cleaning blade. | 05-17-2012 |
20150077750 | ELLIPSOMETER FOR DETECTING SURFACE - An ellipsometer for detecting a surface including a light source irradiating a substrate with light, a polarization unit polarizing the light irradiated from the light source and analyzing the polarized light, a detector measuring a light quantity of the polarized light passing through the polarization unit, and a driver rotating the detector by an azimuth angle as the substrate rotates in a direction of the azimuth angle direction may be provided. | 03-19-2015 |
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20110219795 | CORE ASSEMBLY FOR AIR CONDITIONER AND AIR CONDITIONER HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a core assembly for an air conditioner, and an air conditioner having the same. Since a core is formed in a consecutive ring shape, an impedance with respect to an electric signal is improved to enhance a communication performance through a refrigerant pipe. Furthermore, as the core or a core holder is integrally formed at a connection pipe, the refrigerant pipe is prevented from vibrating or moving by installation circumstances. This may enhance a communication performance much more. Besides, since a connector is provided at the core holder or a signal line, detachable mounting of the connector to the signal line may be facilitated. This may simplify the assembly processes and maintenance procedures, thereby reducing the costs. | 09-15-2011 |
20110224921 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AMOUNT OF FILLING REFRIGERANTS OF THE SAME - An air conditioning system includes a plurality of indoor units and one or more outdoor units to drive the indoor units. The one or more outdoor units are coupled to the indoor units through refrigerant pipes that include one or more branch points. A calculator calculates an amount of filling refrigerant based on capacities of the indoor units and the one or more outdoor units and lengths of the refrigerant pipes. | 09-15-2011 |
20130297080 | CENTRAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING CONTROL POINT THEREOF - Disclosed are a central control system and a method for setting a control point thereof. A central controller or a control point generator generates a control map in which control points are indicated, and the control points and attribute data of devices such as indoor units on the spot in actuality are automatically matched through a mobile terminal. Also, attribute data required for setting a control point is made into a database by using a dedicated tool such as the central controller or the control point generator, thus automatically setting control points. Also, the central control system can be installed by setting attribute data of the respective control points by using a wireless solution such as a mobile terminal, without having technical knowledge. | 11-07-2013 |
20130333856 | PIPING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a piping communication system. A vibration preventing member covering the refrigerant piping is provided between an outdoor unit case or an indoor unit case and a refrigerant piping. Thus, although vibration is transferred to the refrigerant piping, the vibration is absorbed or suppressed by the vibration preventing member fixed to the outdoor unit case or the indoor unit case, thus reducing the amplitude of the refrigerant piping, whereby although the signal transmission unit is installed within the outdoor unit case of the indoor unit case, the signal transmission unit can be prevented from being brought into contact with neighboring components and shorted. | 12-19-2013 |
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20080240043 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER BY CONSIDERING QUALITY OF SERVICE IN BROADBAND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING THE SAME - A system and method for performing a handover of a mobile station (MS) by considering Quality of Service (QoS) in a broadband mobile communication system. The method can include the steps of: receiving information about one or more neighbor base stations and reception strengths for the neighbor base stations from a Serving Radio Access System (RAS) currently communicating with the MS; extracting a value of a specific field from the received information about the neighbor base stations; combining the extracted value of the specific field with the reception strengths to thereby obtain combined values, and selecting a maximum value among the combined values; and transmitting a handover (handoff) request message to a base station corresponding to the selected maximum value. The system includes an MS that analyzes information about neighbor stations received in a Mobile Neighbor Base-station Advertisement (MOB_NBR_ADV) message to select a target RAS. | 10-02-2008 |
20090219892 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING HANDOFF - Provided is a handoff processing method including measuring a moving speed of a mobile terminal; measuring a size of a data packet generated in an application layer; measuring quality of a data transmission channel of the mobile terminal; calculating a maximum handoff delay time based on a relation between the moving speed and the data packet's size; estimating a handoff occurrence time point, based on a relation between a variation of the quality of the data transmission channel and the quality of the data transmission channel; and calculating a packet size and a moving speed of the mobile terminal that can minimize a delay due to a handoff occurrence by taking account of a handoff delay time according to the size of the data packet generated in the application layer and a moving speed of the mobile terminal into consideration, and providing the calculated packet size and moving speed. | 09-03-2009 |
20100023649 | CHANGING CLASS OF DEVICE - A class changing apparatus includes a link unit configured to be linked with a client device to transmit and receive data. The class change apparatus also includes a storage unit configured to store apparatus information including class information of the client device. The class changing apparatus further includes a control unit coupled to the link unit and the storage unit and controlling operations of the class changing apparatus including a class changing operation, wherein the class change operation includes transmitting at least one command including a command for rebranching into the selected class to the client device through the link unit and registering class information as changed class information in the storage unit in response to detecting a class change request. | 01-28-2010 |
20100322224 | SERVER, TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR END TO END CHANNEL CAPACITY ESTIMATION IN HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS NETWORK - A server and a terminal enabling channel capacity estimation in a High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network and a method of controlling the server and the terminal are provided. More particularly, when transmitting data between both terminals in an HSDPA network, a server end may transmit a packet pair of the same size and a client end may measure a time difference between the packet pair and thereby proceed filtering. Through this, it is possible to estimate the channel capacity. Therefore, it is possible to prevent data transmission from exceeding the channel capacity in the HSDPA to thereby prevent a packet loss and to effectively use a channel. | 12-23-2010 |
20110176557 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BUFFER USING PLAY TIME AS IMAGE TRANSMISSION - Disclosed is a buffer controlling apparatus and method using a play time during image transmission. The buffer controlling method using the play time during the image transmission includes controlling a transmission bit rate with respect to packets to be transmitted to a reception buffer based on bit capacity with respect to packets of the reception buffer, controlling a number of transmission frames with respect to the packets to be transmitted to the reception buffer based on a play time with respect to the packets of the reception buffer, and generating the packets to be transmitted corresponding to the transmission bit rate and the number of the transmission frames, and transmitting the generated packets to the reception buffer. | 07-21-2011 |
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 |
20110299590 | ERROR RESILIENT CODING METHOD USING ADAPTIVE ADDITIONAL IMAGE INFORMATION - An error resilient coding method using adaptive additional image information is provided comprising determining a priority order of header data, adaptively configuring additional image information according to the priority order, and coding the additional image information and adding the coded additional image information to original image information. | 12-08-2011 |
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 |
20120099790 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND SYSTEM - Provided are an object detection device and system. The object detection device includes an outline image extraction unit, a feature vector calculation unit, and an object judgment unit. The outline image extraction unit extracts an outline image from an input image. The feature vector calculation unit calculates a feature vector from the outline image by using histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) representing a frequency distribution of gradient vectors with respect to pixels of the outline image, and pixel coordinate information varying according to a spatial distribution of the gradient vectors. The object judgment unit judges a target object corresponding to the feature vector with reference to pre-learned data. | 04-26-2012 |
20130108184 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING IMAGES USING TEMPLATE MATCHING AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGES | 05-02-2013 |
20130177078 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO USING ADAPTIVE PREDICTION BLOCK FILTERING - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video. The method and apparatus of the present invention involve generating a first prediction block for a block to be decoded, calculating a filter coefficient on the basis of the block adjacent to the first prediction block, and performing filtering on the first prediction block using the filter coefficient so as to generate a second prediction block if information relating to the performance of filtering indicates that filtering should be performed. According to the present invention, accuracy in video prediction and encoding performance are improved. | 07-11-2013 |
20140015850 | COLOR TRANSFORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSON WITH COLOR VISION DEFECT - A color transformation method and apparatus are provided for a person with a color vision defect. A color vision characteristic of a user is determined by receiving at least one of a kind of color vision defect and a degree of color vision defect selected by the user via a preset user color vision characteristic input menu. A preset basic hue table of a terminal is transformed according to the color vision characteristic of the user and transforming colors of a video to be displayed by applying the transformed basic hue table. | 01-16-2014 |
20140126815 | COLOR BALANCING APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE IMAGE SYNTHESIS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A color balancing apparatus for multiple image synthesis and a method therefore, in which an automatic white balance unit, with respect to each of a plurality of input images that are obtained by sequentially capturing adjacent scenes, is configured to compare a neutral color representing the input image with chromaticity of standard sources that are predefined, determine a standard source which is closest to the neutral color among the standard sources as a standard illuminant, and perform a white balance on the input image based on the standard illuminant, so that a natural wide-area synthesis image is generated by use of a light source estimation scheme considering multiple light sources, without complex computation of the conventional wide-area image synthesis, are provided. | 05-08-2014 |
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20110039545 | Adaptive Uplink Protocol - Embodiments of the disclosure relate to adaptive uplink protocols for communication networks. | 02-17-2011 |
20120134339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING ADAPTIVE HANDOFF PARAMETERS - Provided are a system and method for setting an adaptive set of handoff parameters. The system includes a user terminal configured to transmit an authentication request to a network and receive a set of handoff parameters from the network; an access point (AP) belonging to the network and configured to receive the authentication request from the user terminal, transmit the authentication request to a central management server, receive the set of handoff parameters from the central management server, and transmit the set of handoff parameters to the user terminal; and the central management server, which is configured to store and manage a plurality of network-specific sets of handoff parameters for one or more networks, authenticate the user terminal using the authentication request received from the AP, and transmit a set of handoff parameters of a network to which the authenticated user terminal connects to the AP. | 05-31-2012 |
20130252587 | WIRELESS TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK CONNECTION USING THE SAME - Provided are a wireless terminal and a method of managing a network connection using the same. The wireless terminal includes a login processor configured to carry out a login procedure including an authentication procedure and a user account verification procedure, a received signal strength indication (RSSI) detector configured to detect an RSSI and check a receiving state, a wireless connection profile manager configured to generate, maintain, or delete a wireless connection profile, and a controller configured to monitor a login process state and a network connection state from the login processor and the RSSI detector and control the login processor or the wireless connection profile manager according to the monitoring result. The method of managing a network connection using the wireless terminal can enhance the security of personal information included in a wireless connection profile and also improve convenience of connection by generating, deleting, or maintaining the wireless connection file according to a network environment. | 09-26-2013 |
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20110146038 | Method for Creating Panels for a Garment - A method for creating panels comprises steps of: defining a horizontal axis on a pattern-making window; defining a vertical axis; defining an outward side on the pattern-making window toward an observer; forming the textile coordinate system defined by the horizontal axis and the vertical axis; providing a first panel; providing a plurality of first pattern-making layers associated with the first panel; visualizing the first panel and at least one of the plurality of first pattern-making layers; and storing the plurality of panel points and lines and the plurality of pattern-making points and lines in a pattern-making computer file. | 06-23-2011 |
20110146552 | Method for Panel Positioning - A method for positioning panels is for a garment in a digital clothing. The method comprises steps of: providing two orthogonal grain lines comprising horizontal and vertical axes; providing a pattern making window with a horizontal line and a vertical line; providing a panel positioning frame imbedded in a panel for encoding a relative position of the panel with respect to a human body; positioning the panel on a corresponding offset plane and adjusting an amount of offset; providing panel positioning tips to the panel for encoding a body-related position of the panel and storing the panel positioning tips in a panel data; grouping a plurality of related panels and creating group landmark lines; and creating the garment by positioning the panels at proper locations. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148921 | Method for Creating Panels and Pattern-Making - A method comprises steps of: providing a textile coordinate system defined by a horizontal axis and a vertical axis; creating a panel comprising a plurality of panel points and lines defined on the textile coordinate system on the pattern-making window; adding a plurality of pattern-making layers associated with the panel to the pattern-making window; visualizing the panel and at least one of the plurality of pattern-making layers on the pattern making window; editing the panel by applying geometrical operations to the panel points and lines and the pattern-making points and lines; and storing the plurality of panel points and lines, the plurality of pattern-making points and lines, and time stamp of last modification to the panel in a pattern-making computer file. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153281 | Method for Creating Garment - A method for creating a garment comprises steps of: creating a garment on a garment window; adding a first panel to the garment; adding a second panel to the garment; enclosing a plurality body parts of the human body with a plurality of panel positioning boxes; positioning selected panels on faces of the panel positioning boxes disposed around the human body three-dimensionally in order to facilitate matching of corresponding seam lines; defining a seam between the two selected panels which belong to the garment; deleting a selected panel from the garment; saving the garment into a garment file; and opening the garment by reading in the garment file stored in a storing device. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153301 | Method for Taking Body Measurements with Digital Clothing - A method comprises steps of: providing body-outlining parameters; editing the body-outlining parameters; creating a body with the edited body-outlining parameters on a window for the digital clothing; and visualizing the created body on the window for the digital clothing. The step of providing the body-outlining parameters may comprise steps of providing: a stature; a crotch height; a head length; an arm length; a bust girth; a waist girth; a head girth; a upper arm girth; a lower arm girth; a knee girth; and a lower leg girth. The step of editing the body-outlining parameters may comprise steps of editing: providing a number for setting a parameter value; and sliding a visual bar on the window for the digital clothing. | 06-23-2011 |
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20110050742 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT UNIT - A backlight unit, a display apparatus, and a method of controlling the backlight unit are provided. The backlight unit includes an image depth information extraction unit configured to extract image depth information from an image signal and a brightness calculator configured to calculate brightnesses corresponding to the image depth information. The backlight unitimproves three-dimensional effects on an image by controlling the brightnesses of light emitting devices according to the brightnesses calculated to correspond to image depth. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OF 3D SHUTTER GLASSES USING THE SAME - An apparatus for receiving a sync signal and an apparatus for controlling a three-dimensional (3D) shutter glass using the same. The apparatus for receiving the synchronization signal includes: a synchronization signal receiver which receives a synchronization signal from a source unit; and a controller which analyzes a period of the received synchronization signal and generates a mode signal according to the analyzed period of the received synchronization to control the synchronization signal receiver, wherein the synchronization signal receiver can be selectively operable to receive the synchronization signal according to the mode signal | 03-03-2011 |
20110267341 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic display apparatus includes a display panel which scans an image at a frame frequency that is an odd-numbered multiple of a field frequency, an image signal input unit which inputs an image signal to the display panel, a backlight unit which emits light to the display panel, and a shutter controller which controls an opening and a closing of a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter of shutter glasses. | 11-03-2011 |
20110292041 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel for scanning an image alternately at a first frame frequency and a second frame frequency, different from the first frame frequency, an image signal input unit for inputting an image signal to the display panel, a backlight unit for emitting light to the display panel, and a shutter controller for selectively controlling an opening and closing of a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter of shutter glasses. | 12-01-2011 |
20120086712 | 3D DISPLAY PANEL AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) display panel, a 3D display apparatus using the same, and a driving method thereof are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes: an image display panel which displays an image; a phase shift panel which alternately shifts a polarization direction of light outputted from the image display panel; a backlight unit which provides a backlight; and a control unit which turns off the backlight unit during a crosstalk period where the phase shift panel performs the shift operation and to turn on the backlight unit for a stabilization period after the crosstalk period. | 04-12-2012 |
20120306945 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR SEQUENTIALLY DRIVING A PLURALITY OF LIGHT SOURCES, DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An image signal processing device, a display apparatus, and a display method are provided. The image signal processing device includes: a light source driver which turns on a plurality of light sources providing different colors, in a given order; a sub-frame calculator which divides a frame of an input image signal into a plurality of sub-frames; a display processor which sequentially outputs the plurality of sub-frames on a display panel; and a sync signal processor which outputs a sync signal to the backlight driver to turn on the plurality of light sources in each of the plurality of sub-frames, in the given order. | 12-06-2012 |
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20100133983 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FIELD EMITTER ELECTRODE USING THE ARRAY OF NANOWIRES - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a field emitter electrode, in which nanowires are aligned horizontally, perpendicularly or at any angle between horizontal and perpendicular according to the direction of a generated electromagnetic field. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a field emitter electrode having nanowires aligned horizontally, perpendicularly or at any angle between horizontal and perpendicular according to the direction of a generated electromagnetic field, the method comprising the steps of diluting nanowires in a solvent, dispersing the resulting solution on a substrate fixed to the upper part of an electromagnetic field generator, and fixing the nanowires aligned in the direction of an electromagnetic field generated from the electromagnetic field generator. According to the present invention, a high capacity field emitter electrode having high density nanowires aligned according to the direction of a generated electromagnetic field can be fabricated by a simple process and nanowires can be used as positive electrode materials for field emission displays (FEDs), sensors, electrodes, backlights and the like. | 06-03-2010 |
20110027498 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING FIELD EMITTER ELECTRODE USING ARRAY OF CARBON NANOTUBES - The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a field emitter electrode, in which carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are aligned in the direction of a generated magnetic field. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of dispersing a solution of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) diluted in a solvent, on a substrate fixed to the upper part of an electromagnetic field generator, and fixing the carbon nanotubes aligned in the direction of an electromagnetic field generated from the electromagnetic field generator. According to the disclosed method, high-density and high-capacity carbon nanotubes aligned in the direction of a generated electromagnetic field can be fabricated in a simple process and can be applied as positive electrode materials for field emission displays (FEDs), sensors, electrodes, backlights and the like. | 02-03-2011 |
20110245451 | METHOD FOR PREPARING FINE SPHERICAL POLYCARBONATE POWDERS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYCARBONATE RESIN USING SAME - Provided are a method for preparing fine round powdery polycarbonate and a method for preparing a high molecular weight polycarbonate resin using the same. | 10-06-2011 |