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| 20090046745 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA WITH VARIOUS DATA CAPACITIES AT HIGH SPEED - There is provided an apparatus for transmitting and receiving data with various data capacity at high speed. The apparatus for transmitting and receiving data includes a client signal interface block converting client signals being received through media into a high-capacity electrical signal and selectively interfacing the converted high-capacity electrical signal through high-speed multi-channel; a framer receiving the selectively interfaced electrical signal from the client signal interface block and multiplexing and mapping the received electrical signal into 40 G multi-channel frame signals; and a SERDES & transceiver receiving the 40 G multi-channel frame signals from the framer, multiplexing the received multi-channel frame signals with the 40 G serial signals and transmitting the multiplexed 40 G serial signals. The apparatus for transmitting and receiving data may be useful to decrease its space and stably receive client signals by selectively interfacing various client signals with replacing the client signal interface blocks only, depending on the client signals to be supplied to the same transmitting/receiving apparatus. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090129455 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING SKEW BETWEEN TRANSMITTED DATA - Provided is an apparatus for and method of automatically controlling skew between transmitted data, which is caused when a common low-speed field-programmable gate array (FPGA) transmits signals having a transmission rate in the range of tens of Gbps to an optical transponder. The apparatus and method can transmit data with a transmission rate of several Gbps irrespective of the type of the FPGA. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090242282 | Apparatus and Method for Providing Interface Depending on Action Force, and Recording Medium Thereof - The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing a user interface depending on an action force, the apparatus comprising: a touch input unit for allowing a user to input a position or operation command thereto using a pointing object, being applied with the action force of the pointing object, and recognizing the applied position information; a tactile sensor placed on a bottom surface of the touch input unit, for detecting the action force and generating a predetermined signal; a control unit for determining an expression value of a transfer medium in response to the signal generated from the tactile sensor; and an expression unit for expressing the strength of the action force by outputting the transfer medium based on the expression value of the control unit. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090314410 | TACTILE SENSOR HAVING MEMBRANE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a sensor capable of sensing temperature or force applied by a user. According to an aspect of the present invention, the tactile sensor includes a polymer layer having a concave portion and a membrane on a lower portion, wherein the membrane is formed by a concave portion, a resistant layer formed on a part of the polymer layer, and a conduction layer formed around the resistant layer. According to another aspect of the present invention, the tactile sensor includes a first polymer layer, a resistant layer formed on a part of the first polymer layer, a conduction layer formed around the resistant layer, a second polymer layer provided over the conduction layer and having a concave portion formed therein, and a base layer connected to the second polymer layer. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100010760 | METHOD OF ANALYZING REFLECTION WAVES USING EFFECTIVE IMPEDANCE - Provided is a method for analyzing a reflection wave using effective impedance. The method includes the steps of: a) modeling a reflection surface of a building two-dimensionally; and b) obtaining a reflection wave by radiating a radio wave to the modeled reflection surface and analyzing the obtained reflection wave through making medium uniform. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100123678 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING CONTACT LOCATION AND INTENSITY OF FORCE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a touch input device and a method of acquiring a contact location and the intensity of force using the same. The touch input device may include a touch panel with which a pointing object is brought in contact, a location-processing unit for receiving a signal regarding a contact location from the touch panel and processing information about the contact location of the pointing object, an intensity-processing unit for receiving a signal regarding a change in capacitance between an upper electrode layer of the touch panel and the pointing object from the touch panel and processing information about an intensity of force of the pointing object, and a switching unit for selectively electrically connecting the location-processing unit and the intensity-processing unit to the touch panel, so that information about the location and the intensity of force, of the pointing object, can be acquired. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123679 | INPUT MODULE WITH CAPACITANCE SENSORS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE INPUT MODULE AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING ALGORITHM FOR PROCESSING TOUCH INPUT APPLIED TO THE INPUT MODULE - Disclosed herein are a mouse with capacitance sensors, a method for manufacturing the mouse and a method for constructing an algorithm for processing an input corresponding to force applied by a user's finger to the mouse. The mouse with capacitance sensors includes a bottom plate having a center point, a plurality of electrodes formed at regular intervals on the top face of the bottom plate and arranged apart from the center point of the bottom plate by an equal distance, a top plate bonded to the top faces of the electrodes and deformed by force applied by a pointing object, and an adhesive layer formed around the top plate and the bottom plate to combine the top plate and the bottom plate. When the pointing object touches the top plate, capacitance sensors are formed between the pointing object and the electrodes to recognize a travel distance, a travel direction and a moving speed of a cursor through the magnitude and direction of force applied by the pointing object. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100149124 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MOUSE ALGORITHM USING TACTILE SENSOR - A method for implementing a mouse algorithm using a plurality of pressure sensors is disclosed. The pressure sensors are used to freely move and rotate a mouse cursor in X, Y and Z directions, so that they can be applied as interface units for a slim device such as a mobile phone. The mouse algorithm processes a touch input. The pressure sensors are arranged in a ring shape and provide output values successively varying with magnitudes of forces applied thereto or pressures applied thereto. A moving direction of the mouse cursor is determined depending on a contact point detected through the output values and a moving distance and moving speed of the mouse cursor are determined in proportion to the magnitudes of the forces. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100176825 | Tactile sensor for curved surface and manufacturing method thereof - A tactile sensor for curved surfaces applicable to objects with multi-dimensional curvature and a small radius of curvature and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The tactile sensor for curved surfaces includes a lower pattern including a plurality of lower polymer film layers spaced at specified intervals in a lower direction, lower metal layers disposed on the lower polymer film layers, and a number of lower resistors disposed on the lower metal layers, an upper pattern including a plurality of upper polymer film layers spaced at specified intervals in a direction perpendicular to the lower direction, upper metal layers disposed on the upper polymer film layers, and a number of upper resistors disposed below the upper metal layers to be electrically connected to the lower resistors, and a lower polymer layer and an upper polymer layer to bond the lower pattern and the upper pattern to each other. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100250221 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO PROPAGATION MODELING USING RAY-TRACING METHOD - A method and apparatus for modeling radio propagation is provided. In the method, when a wall having a thickness is modeled as a line having no thickness, an error in a shade area is minimized by considering the thickness of a wall while maintaining simplicity in a ray-tracing method. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100253626 | SLIM MOUSE FOR MOBILE APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A slim mouse for mobile appliances includes a lower polymer film having a metal layer on an upper surface of the lower polymer film, an upper polymer film having a metal layer on a lower surface of the upper polymer film, a donut force sensor array including multiple force sensors, a weight-bumper spacer including a donut sensor portion and a click-detection sensor portion, a pad including a donut sensor portion and a click-detection sensor portion, and a click-detection force sensor. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100265208 | TOUCH SCREEN USING TACTILE SENSORS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ALGORITHM IMPLEMENTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are a touch screen using contact resistance type tactile sensors, which can adjust the density of an object to be displayed on a screen based on the variation of a contact position and a contact force and achieve a multi-touch recognizing function, a method for manufacturing the same, and an algorithm implementing method for the same. The touch screen using contact resistance type tactile sensors includes a lower display panel such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a transparent upper substrate, and a plurality of contact resistance type tactile sensors arranged between the upper substrate and the lower panel along the edge of the screen. The touch screen senses a contact position and a contact force based on a contact resistance generated from the contact resistance type tactile sensors, and has a multi-touch recognizing function. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100302177 | Method and apparatus for providing user interface based on contact position and intensity of contact force on touch screen - A method and apparatus are disclosed providing a user interface using a touch input unit comprising a touch screen configured to detect a contact position and a contact force. The method comprises a step of the touch input unit receiving a touch input signal generated by a touch of a user's pointing object, a step of executing a step of a position processing unit identifying a contact position, corresponding to the received touch input signal, and a step of an intensity processing unit analyzing an intensity pattern of contact force, corresponding to the received touch input signal, simultaneously or sequentially, a step of a control unit determining an event corresponding to the touch input signal based on the identified contact position and the analyzed intensity pattern of contact force, and a step of an output unit outputting the determined event to a display screen. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302181 | TACTILE SENSOR MODULE HAVING UWB WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND UWB COMMUNICATION METHOD USING THE TACTILE SENSOR MODULE - Disclosed herein are a tactile sensor module including a sensing unit connected to an external electronic device through a UWB communication network and a UWB communication method using the tactile sensor module. The tactile sensor module includes the sensing unit which has a plurality of sensor cells and outputs an output signal corresponding tactile information on a force applied thereto by a user using a pointing object, and a UWB based module which wirelessly connects the sensing unit to the external electronic device to construct a UWB communication network, receives external data in the form of a UWB wireless communication signal from the external electronic device, converts the output signal into data that can be recognized by the external electronic device and transmits the converted data to the external electronic device as a UWB wireless communication signal. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100321310 | BRIGHTNESS CONTROLLABLE ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE WITH TACTILE SENSOR SENSING INTENSITY OF FORCE OR INTENSITY OF PRESSURE, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME, MOBILE TERMINAL KEYPAD HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an electroluminescence device capable of controlling the brightness thereof based on the intensity of force or the intensity of pressure. The electroluminescence device includes a substrate at least a part of which is transparent; a first electrode formed on the bottom face of the substrate; an emission layer formed underneath the first electrode; a second electrode formed underneath the emission layer; a tactile sensor formed underneath the second electrode and sensing the intensity of force or the intensity of pressure; and a controller connected to the tactile sensor and adjusting a variation in electric field between the first and second electrodes based on the output of the tactile sensor to control the brightness of light emitted from the emission layer. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100328338 | BRIGHTNESS CONTROLLABLE LED ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH TACTILE SENSOR SENSING INTENSITY OF FORCE OR INTENSITY OF PRESSURE, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME, MOBILE TERMINAL KEYPAD HAVING THE SAME, ROBOT EYE AND ROBOT NOSE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a brightness controllable LED illumination device using a tactile sensor sensing the intensity of force or the intensity of pressure. The brightness controllable LED illumination device includes at least one LED emitting light based on electric field formed between first and second electrodes; a tactile sensor sensing the intensity of force or pressure applied by a predetermined contact object and generating an output signal corresponding to the sensed intensity; and a controller connected to the tactile sensor and adjusting a variation in the electric field based on the output signal of the tactile sensor to control the brightness of the light emitted from the at least one LED. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110044508 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RAY TRACING USING PATH PREPROCESS - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for ray-tracing using a path preprocess. The method for ray-tracing including launching a ray from a transmitting point at angles with regular intervals, setting a first side of an object where the launched ray is projected as a reference patch, and searching predetermined preprocessed path data for a counterpart patch corresponding to a second side of another object, the second side being exposed to the projected ray reflected or diffracted from the set reference patch, and tracing a transmission path of the reflected or diffracted ray. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110102420 | METHOD FOR 3D PREPROCESSING FOR RAY TRACING - A method for 3D preprocessing for ray tracing includes: selecting and storing visible surfaces by designating one of a plurality of structures as a reference structure and remaining structures as relative structures, searching for the relative structures from the reference structure, storing relative structures having a surface visible from the reference structure, and removing relative structures having an invisible surface; conducting selection and storage based on distance measurement by measuring the distance from the reference structure to each of the stored relative structures and removing relative structures positioned beyond a reference spot predetermined with reference to the reference structure; and calculating a ray propagation path by calculating the propagation path of the ray between the reference structure and each of the relative structures stored in said conducting selection and storage based on distance measurement. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110107850 | 6-AXIS SENSOR STRUCTURE USING FORCE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING FORCE AND MOMENT THEREWITH - A 6-axis force sensor includes bumper | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110143676 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING A SIGNAL IN MILLIMETER WAVEBAND - Provided is a millimeter waveband signal receiving device and method. The millimeter waveband signal receiving method includes receiving a plurality of millimeter waveband signals via a plurality of paths, selecting a switching path from among the plurality of paths based on the plurality of received millimeter waveband signals, and setting a communication connection to the selected switching path. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110148706 | ANTENNA WITH CONTROLLED SIDELOBE CHARACTERISTICS - An antenna with controlled sidelobe characteristics includes: a power coupler configured to receive a signal to be transmitted and generate and output a main channel signal and an auxiliary channel signal; a main channel power distributor configured to receive the outputted main channel signal and distribute power of the main channel signal; a main antenna configured to receive the power-distributed signal, the main antenna including a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array of a number of antenna elements; a vector signal controller configured to control amplitude and phase of the auxiliary channel signal; an auxiliary channel power distributor configured to receive the controlled amplitude and phase of the auxiliary channel signal and distribute power of the auxiliary channel signal; and an auxiliary antenna independently installed separate from the main antenna, the auxiliary antenna including an antenna element or an array of a number of antennas. | 06-23-2011 |
