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Ahn, Anyang-Si

Deuk-Geun Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080225178AUTOMATIC SIGNAL GAIN CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are an automatic signal gain control method and apparatus that adaptively controls signal gain according to sync tip depths in a video receiving system. The method includes: detecting a sync signal from a video signal; detecting a blank level and a sync tip level from a sync section of the sync signal; extracting a difference between the blank level and the sync tip level, as a sync tip depth; and controlling the gain of the video signal differently according to a variation of the sync tip depth.09-18-2008

In Sook Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110195255POLYTHIOPHENE-BASED CONDUCTIVE POLYMER MEMBRANE - The present invention relates to a polythiophene-based conductive polymer membrane, which has a conductivity of 1 KΩ/m08-11-2011

Jin Hong Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

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20080303641RFID DEVICE HAVING NONVOLATILE FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE - A RFID device has a nonvolatile ferroelectric memory including a memory cell array area supplied only with a high voltage and a peripheral area supplied with a low voltage, thereby reducing power consumption. The RFID device includes an antenna adapted and configured to transceive a radio frequency signal from an external communication apparatus, an analog block adapted and configured to generate a power voltage in response to the radio frequency signal received from the antenna, a digital block adapted and configured to receive the power voltage from the analog block, transmit a response signal to the analog block and output a memory control signal, and a memory adapted and configured to generate a high voltage with the power voltage and access data in response to the memory control signal.12-11-2008
20100252872NONVOLATILE FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile ferroelectric memory device includes a plurality of unit cell arrays, wherein each of the plurality of unit cell arrays includes: a bottom word line; a plurality of insulating layers formed on the bottom word line, respectively; a floating channel layer comprising a plurality of channel regions located on the plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of drain and source regions which are alternately electrically connected in series to the plurality of channel regions; a plurality of ferroelectric layers formed respectively on the plurality of channel regions of the floating channel layer; and a plurality of word lines formed on the plurality of ferroelectric layers, respectively. The unit cell array reads and writes a plurality of data by inducing different channel resistance to the plurality of channel regions depending on polarity states of the plurality of ferroelectric layers.10-07-2010

Patent applications by Jin Hong Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Jiyoung Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100039455LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image, an external light sensing unit for sensing an illuminance of external light around the liquid crystal display panel, a backlight unit whose an output luminance is controlled by an adjustment dimming signal, and a gamma curve adjusting circuit for modulating digital video data or varying resistances of variable resistors constituting a gamma resistor string based on the illuminance of external light or according to a relative maximum white luminance based on the adjustment dimming signal, so as to uniformly keep a relative brightness of the input image a user perceives irrespective of changes in the illuminance of external light.02-18-2010
20100156884LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display converts white luminance Y of data displaying a white background into a value satisfying a certain equation upon detecting a brightness contrast image including a pure color image with the white background.06-24-2010
20100165002LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - There is provided a liquid crystal display. A liquid crystal display panel displays an image. An external light sensor senses a color temperature of external light around the liquid crystal display panel. The output luminance of a backlight is controlled in response to an adjustment dimming signal which is varied according to an input image. A gamma curve adjustment circuit restores an original color of the display image irrespective of a change in the viewing environments by modulating input digital video data based on the color temperature of the external light or a relative maximum white luminance for the adjustment dimming signal.07-01-2010

Ji Young Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090147178Multi view display device and method of fabricating thereof - A multi-viewing display device includes a display panel for displaying images; a back light for supplying the light to the display panel; and a viewing converting unit having a plurality of parallax barriers for reflecting the light from the back light and non-reflecting the light from the display panel to control the path of the light in accordance with a desired viewing direction. The viewing converting unit may include a substrate; at least one layer of a parallax barrier made of high reflective material to reflect the light on the substrate; and at least one layer of the parallax barrier made of low reflective material to block the light on the first parallax barriers.06-11-2009
20100156925APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING VIDEO DATA OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method and apparatus for simulating video data of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device is disclosed. The simulation method includes providing voltage-versus-transmittance data and viewing angle-versus-transmittance data, which vary with a liquid crystal mode, using an optical simulation, converting the result of the optical simulation into a lookup table in connection with a viewing angle and an applied voltage, matching a driving voltage for gamma setting based on the liquid crystal driving mode to gray level data corresponding to the voltage-versus-transmittance data, and correcting minimum/maximum brightness levels, simulating a user-desired test image on a user interface screen; and correcting a color of data of a test image according to properties of an output panel, and finally displaying the color-corrected image.06-24-2010

Patent applications by Ji Young Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Joonkui Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120113944METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink control information and a device therefor, and the method comprises the steps of: selecting, from a plurality of uplink control channel resources, one uplink control channel resource corresponding to a plurality of HARQ-ACKs; and transmitting bit values corresponding to said plurality of HARQ-ACKs by using the selected uplink control channel resource.05-10-2012

Seung Jin Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090180433METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION POWER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of controlling transmission power in a wireless communication system includes allocating persistent radio resources, and transmitting transmission power control information multiplexed with data via a data channel according to the persistent resources. Transmission power can be simply controlled without reducing the capacity of a control channel according to persistent scheduling.07-16-2009
20090186613Method of performing random access procedure in wireless communication system - A method includes transmitting a random access preamble, receiving a random access response as a response of the random access preamble, wherein the random access response comprises an uplink resource assignment and a request for transmission of a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), and transmitting the CQI in the uplink resource assignment.07-23-2009
20090197630Method of controlling transmit power of uplink channel - A method of controlling a transmit power of an uplink channel is provided. Downlink control information of which Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) parity bits are masked with a TPC identifier is received on a downlink control channel. The transmit power of the uplink channel is adjusted based on a TPC command in the downlink control information.08-06-2009
20110235609METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS IN A MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM - A method of a user equipment performing random access in a multi-carrier system comprises receiving mapping information through downlink component carriers, sending a random access preamble through uplink component carriers, and receiving a random access response through a specific downlink component carriers determined based on the mapping information.09-29-2011

Sung Hwan Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100161225Method of building map of mobile platform in dynamic environment - Disclosed herein is a method of building a map of a mobile platform moving in a dynamic environment and detecting an object using a 3D camera sensor, e.g., an IR TOF camera sensor, for localization. A localization technology to separate and map a dynamic object and a static object is applied to a mobile platform, such as an unmanned vehicle or a mobile robot. Consequently, the present method is capable of accurately building map information based on the static object in a dynamic environment having a large number of dynamic objects and achieving a dynamic object avoidance or chasing function using position information acquired to build the map.06-24-2010
20100172571Robot and control method thereof - Disclosed herein are a feature point used to localize an image-based robot and build a map of the robot and a method of extracting and matching an image patch of a three-dimensional (3D) image, which is used as the feature point. It is possible to extract the image patch converted into the reference image using the position information of the robot and the 3D position information of the feature point. Also, it is possible to obtain the 3D surface information with the brightness values of the image patches to obtain the match value with the minimum error by a 3D surface matching method of matching the 3D surface information of the image patches converted into the reference image through the ICP algorithm.07-08-2010
20110038540METHOD AND APPARATUS EXTRACTING FEATURE POINTS AND IMAGE BASED LOCALIZATION METHOD USING EXTRACTED FEATURE POINTS - Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for extracting feature points using hierarchical image segmentation and an image based localization method using the extracted feature points. An image is segmented using an affinity degree obtained using information observed during position estimation, new feature points are extracted from segmented areas in which registered feature points are not included, and position estimation is performed based on the new feature points. Accordingly, stable and reliable localization may be performed.02-17-2011
20110164792FACIAL RECOGNITION APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Two-dimensional image information and three-dimensional image information of a subject are acquired, facial recognition is performed using the two-dimensional image information to determine whether a recognized face is a registered user's face, an elliptical model of the user is matched to the three-dimensional image information to calculate an error if it is determined that the recognized face is the user's face, and it is determined whether the user's face is improperly used based on the error. The subject's face is determined using the two-dimensional image information and the three-dimensional image information of the subject and it is determined whether the recognized face is improperly used, thereby improving facial recognition reliability. Thus, information security is improved.07-07-2011
20110164832IMAGE-BASED LOCALIZATION FEATURE POINT REGISTRATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image-based localization feature point registration apparatus includes a camera to capture an image, a feature point extractor to extract a feature point from the captured image, a calculator to calculate depth information about the feature point according to whether the feature point is one of two-dimensional (2D) and a three-dimensional (3D) corner, and a feature point register to register 3D coordinates of the feature point based on the depth information about the feature point and image coordinates of the feature point.07-07-2011
20110165893APPARATUS TO PROVIDE AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE USING LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD OF THE SAME - An augmented reality (AR) service apparatus includes a camera to capture an actual image, a controller to receive feature point information about the captured image from at least one of a plurality of base stations (BSs), detect a location of the camera by matching data of feature points with data of the image, and provide location-based information in a same direction as the captured image according to the location of the camera, and a display to realize an AR service by combining the captured image with the location-based information under control of the controller.07-07-2011
20110188708THREE-DIMENSIONAL EDGE EXTRACTION METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM USING TIME OF FLIGHT CAMERA - A method of extracting a three-dimensional (3D) edge is based on a two-dimensional (2D) intensity image and a depth image acquired using a time of flight (TOF) camera. The 3D edge extraction method includes acquiring a 2D intensity image and a depth image using a TOF camera, acquiring a 2D edge image from the 2D intensity image, and extracting a 3D edge using a matched image obtained by matching the 2D intensity image and the depth image.08-04-2011
201200763553D OBJECT TRACKING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A 3D object tracking method and apparatus in which a model of an object to be tracked is divided into a plurality of polygonal planes and the object is tracked using texture data of the respective planes and geometric data between the respective planes to enable more precise tracking. The 3D object tracking method includes modeling the object to be tracked to generate a plurality of planes, and tracking the plurality of planes, respectively. The modeling of the object includes selecting points from among the plurality of planes, respectively, and calculating projective invariants using the selected points.03-29-2012
20120089295MOVING ROBOT AND METHOD TO BUILD MAP FOR THE SAME - A moving robot and a method to build a map for the same, wherein a 3D map for an ambient environment of the moving robot may be built using a Time of Flight (TOF) camera that may acquire 3D distance information in real time. The method acquires 3D distance information of an object present in a path along which the moving robot moves, accumulates the acquired 3D distance information to construct a map of a specific level and stores the map in a database, and then hierarchically matches maps stored in the database to build a 3D map for a set space. This method may quickly and accurately build a 3D map for an ambient environment of the moving robot.04-12-2012
20120106828MOBILE ROBOT AND SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAP BUILDING METHOD THEREOF - A simultaneous localization and map building method of a mobile robot including an omni-directional camera. The method includes acquiring an omni-directional image from the omni-directional camera, dividing the obtained omni-directional image into upper and lower images according to a preset reference to generate a first image, which is the lower image, and a second image, which is the upper image, extracting feature points from the first image and calculating visual odometry information calculating visual odometry information to track locations of the extracted feature points based on a location of the omni-directional camera, and performing localization and map building of the mobile robot using the calculated visual odometry information and the second image as an input of an extended Kalman filter.05-03-2012
20120114174Voxel map generator and method thereof - A volume cell (VOXEL) map generation apparatus includes an inertia measurement unit to calculate inertia information by calculating inertia of a volume cell (VOXEL) map generator, a Time of Flight (TOF) camera to capture an image of an object, thereby generating a depth image of the object and a black-and-white image of the object, an estimation unit to calculate position and posture information of the VOXEL map generator by performing an Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm on the basis of the depth image of the object, and to recursively estimate a position and posture of the VOXEL map generator on the basis of VOXEL map generator inertia information calculated by the inertia measurement unit and VOXEL map generator position and posture information calculated by the ICP algorithm, and a grid map construction unit to configure a grid map based on the recursively estimated VOXEL map generator position and posture.05-10-2012

Patent applications by Sung Hwan Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Sun-Yui Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090162986Copolymers, polymer resin composition for buffer layer method of forming a pattern using the same and method of manufacturing a capacitor using the same - The invention is directed to particular polymer compositions that may be generally characterized by the formula:06-25-2009

Sun-Yul Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090092931Methods of forming a blocking pattern using a photosensitive composition and methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device - A method of forming a blocking pattern includes forming a preliminary blocking layer on first and second regions of a substrate, the preliminary blocking layer being formed of a photosensitive composition including a siloxane polymer, a cross-linking agent, a photoacid generator, and a thermal acid generator, selectively exposing to light a first portion of the preliminary blocking layer, the first portion of the preliminary blocking layer being formed on the first region of the substrate, such that a cross-linked pattern is formed on the first region of the substrate, and removing a second portion of the preliminary blocking layer, the second portion of the preliminary blocking layer being formed on the second region of the substrate.04-09-2009

Won Ki Ahn, Anyang-Si KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110147643METHOD FOR PRODUCING NICKEL-MANGANESE-COBALT SPINEL FERRITE HAVING LOW PERMEABILITY LOSS AND NICKEL-MANGANESE-COBALT SPINEL FERRITE PRODUCED THEREBY - Disclosed herein is a method for producing a spinel ferrite which has a low permeability loss and a low dielectric loss so that the spinel ferrite can be widely used as a material for high-frequency (MHz) electronic components, and a spinel ferrite produced thereby. The method for producing the spinel ferrite comprises the steps of: providing nickel oxide, cobalt oxide, manganese oxide and iron oxide; wet-mixing the nickel oxide, the cobalt oxide, the manganese oxide and the iron oxide in methanol to obtain a mixture; collecting powder from the mixture and drying the collected powder; grinding the dried powder; and heat-treating the dried powder, thereby producing a nickel-manganese-cobalt spinel ferrite having a low permeability loss and a low dielectric loss. The nickel-manganese-cobalt spinel ferrite can be widely as a material for RF electronic components, and when it is applied to an antenna, it can reduce the length of the antenna and improve the bandwidth, efficiency and performance of the antenna.06-23-2011
20110182763METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT FOR RF APPLICATIONS BY SINTERING - Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing an electronic component comprising a ferrite by sintering. The method comprises the steps of: adding 3 wt% of ammonium alginate to a ferrite to form a mixture, and stirring the mixture while adding water thereto to form a gel; drying the gel at a temperature ranging from 85 ° C to 95 ° C to form a dried material; grinding the dried material to produce a ferrite powder coated with the ammonium alginate; subjecting the ferrite powder to compression molding; and sintering the compression-molded ferrite powder. According to the method, by adding ammonium alginate to the ferrite, the cohesion of the ferrite can be enhanced to facilitate the molding of the ferrite. Also, the magnetic loss tangent of the ferrite can be reduced and the permeability thereof can be increased, thus increasing the efficiency of the ferrite.07-28-2011