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| 20090027288 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - According to an antenna device of the invention, an antenna frame is formed in a tank having an opening and filled with a medium, and a plurality of antennas are mounted to the antenna frame and vertically extend such that they surround a target of diagnosis. One of the antennas includes a transmitting module that radiates microwave signals and the other antennas include receiving modules that receive the radiated microwave signals. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090055931 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VULNERABILITY OF WEB SERVER USING MULTIPLE SEARCH ENGINES - Provided are a web server vulnerability detecting device and method which detect vulnerability of a plurality of high-performance web servers in real-time using a plurality of search engines simultaneously and automatically provide the updated detailed information on detected vulnerability. The device includes: a web server examination module for requesting a plurality of different search engines to examine a file with a likelihood of vulnerability, in response to an input search word, and receiving from the search engines URLs of web servers on which the file with a likelihood of vulnerability is located; an optimal information collection module for optimizing the URLs of the web servers received from the search engines to obtain optimal information; a web server vulnerability detecting module for detecting vulnerability of a web server corresponding to the optimal information; and a vulnerability information collection module for collecting and providing the latest detailed information on the detected vulnerability. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090113551 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING NETWORK EQUIPMENT FOR VULNERABILITIES USING SEARCH ENGINE - Provided is a device and method for inspecting network equipment for vulnerabilities using a search engine from a remote location. The device for inspecting network equipment for vulnerabilities includes: a network structure examination module for examining the structure of a system network and generating network structure information; a control module for selecting at least one subnet for vulnerability inspection according to the network structure information; a vulnerable network equipment examination module for examining at least one piece of target network equipment for vulnerability inspection in the at least one selected subnet using a search engine; a vulnerability inspection module for inspecting the target network equipment for vulnerabilities; and an inspection result display module for outputting inspection results received from the vulnerability inspection module. The time taken to perform a vulnerability inspection and the overhead of a system subject to inspection may be reduced by selecting one of the system's subnets for inspection according to network structure information, examining the selected subnet for potentially vulnerable network equipment using a search engine, and inspecting only potentially vulnerable network equipment for vulnerabilities. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090260085 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING MALICIOUS CODE - Provided are an apparatus, system and method for blocking malicious code. The apparatus includes a first malicious code detector for determining whether or not a received e-mail includes malicious code, on the basis of previously stored malicious code patterns, a second malicious code detector for performing second malicious code detection on a received e-mail determined by the first malicious code detector not to include malicious code, a pattern extractor for extracting a new malicious code pattern from malicious code detected by the second malicious code detector, and a transceiver for transferring the extracted new malicious code pattern to a pattern providing server. According to the apparatus, system and method, when one terminal detects a new malicious code pattern, a pattern providing server rapidly provides the new malicious code pattern to other terminals, and thus it is possible to rapidly and flexibly cope with the spread of malicious codes having new patterns | 10-15-2009 |
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| 20080279576 | IMAGE FIXING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FIXING TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image fixing apparatus that senses temperature of a heater and controls the temperature accurately includes a pair of fixing rollers, a heater housed inside at least one of the pair of fixing rollers, and a sensor integrally formed with the heater to detect temperatures of the heater from a plurality of sensing positions. The sensor includes an array of sensing units connected in parallel to the plurality of sensing positions, and generates one sensing signal. An image forming apparatus includes the image forming apparatus. An image fixing temperature control method includes generating average temperature information of a heater; and controlling the driving of the heater based on the temperature information. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090051333 | SWITCHING POWER SOURCE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A switching power source apparatus includes a storage unit to store energy obtained from input power supplied to the storage unit, and to output at least of the stored energy as output power; a first switch; a second switch connected in series with the first switch, the series connection of the first switch and the second switch being connected to the storage unit; and a voltage clamp unit to clamp a level of a voltage applied across the series connection of the first switch and the second switch to a predetermined voltage or less. The first switch is turned on while the second switch is still turned off, and then the second switch is turned on after the first switch has been turned on to supply the input power to the storage unit from the series connection of the first switch and the second switch. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090303754 | SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE POWER SUPPLY IN A POWER SAVE MODE - A switching mode power supply and a method of operating the power supply in a power save mode. The switching mode power supply includes a first PWM controller and a second PWM controller that are driven by different driving voltages and control first and the second voltages to be output, respectively, a first transformer that is controlled by the first PWM controller to output the first voltage and having a primary coil, a secondary coil to induce the first voltage, and an auxiliary winding, and a rectifier that rectifies and smoothes a current flowing through the auxiliary winding of the first transformer, generates a power save mode voltage based on the respective driving voltages of the first and the second PWM controllers, and supplies the power save mode voltage to the first and the second PWM controllers. Accordingly, the power save mode is operated using a voltage difference without requiring an extra controller. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100125375 | Apparatus and method for controlling power supplied to fixing unit - An apparatus and method for controlling the power supplied to a fixing unit are provided. The apparatus includes a voltage detector detecting a voltage of input power supplied to heat at least one heating lamp, a synch signal generator generating a synch signal in response to the detected voltage, a switching unit switching a supply path of the input power to be applied to the at least one heating lamp, and a controller having table information of temporal duty level values of the input power that is initially supplied, and outputting a control signal for controlling a switching operation of the switching unit using the generated synch signal and the table information, wherein the switching unit performs the switching operation corresponding to the control signal. Accordingly, by sequentially increasing the input power for initial heating of the heating lamps, flickering and harmonic characteristics of a display device can be reduced, and by setting the duty level values to supply the maximum input power within a certain time, an initial heating time of the heating lamps can be minimized. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20110187192 | SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE POWER SUPPLY IN A POWER SAVE MODE - A switching mode power supply and a method of operating the power supply in a power save mode. The switching mode power supply includes a first PWM controller and a second PWM controller that are driven by different driving voltages and control first and the second voltages to be output, respectively, a first transformer that is controlled by the first PWM controller to output the first voltage and having a primary coil, a secondary coil to induce the first voltage, and an auxiliary winding, and a rectifier that rectifies and smoothes a current flowing through the auxiliary winding of the first transformer, generates a power save mode voltage based on the respective driving voltages of the first and the second PWM controllers, and supplies the power save mode voltage to the first and the second PWM controllers. Accordingly, the power save mode is operated using a voltage difference without requiring an extra controller. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110316496 | Switching power source apparatus and control method thereof - A switching power source apparatus includes a converting unit to convert a voltage level of power, a first switch to switch power supplied to the converting unit, a second switch connected in series with the first switch and turned on after the first switch has been turned on, and a voltage clamp unit to clamp a level of a voltage applied across the series connection of the first switch and the second switch to a predetermined voltage or less. | 12-29-2011 |
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| 20090154407 | Method of performing routing and allocating resources in wireless sensor network - Provided is a method of performing a routing and allocating a resource in a wireless sensor network. The method includes electing one or more cluster heads, each representing each of one or more clusters comprised of a plurality of sensor nodes, selecting a routing path between the cluster heads and the plurality of sensor nodes, selecting a frame length based on elements and distribution methods of the wireless sensor network and the routing path, forming a time slot resource allocation table for communication between the cluster heads, and exchanging the time slot resource allocation table between the cluster heads separated by one hop. The present invention can enhance the reliability of the wireless sensor network and QoS by effectively performing routing and allocating resources in such a manner that various data requirements can be satisfied. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090262689 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO A NODE IN AD-HOC NETWORK - A method of allocating resources to a node in an ad-hoc network includes storing a basic frame structure including a predetermined number of time slots, in which time slots to be used by the node in the ad-hoc network are arranged at predetermined positions, determining a start time slot among the predetermined number of time slots included in the basic frame structure based on a path sequence number that is a number related to a position of the node on a routing path, and determining a frame structure including the predetermined number of time slots from the start time slot in the basic frame structure that circulates as a communications frame structure for communications of the node. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100131644 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD IN WIRELESS NETWORK - Provided is a resource allocation method performed in a wireless network formed of a plurality of nodes, the resource allocation method including the operations of forming clusters and electing cluster heads respectively for the clusters; determining whether a node from among the plurality of nodes forming the wireless network is an edge node; if the node is not the edge node according to a result of the determining, collecting link information related to other nodes in a cluster that comprises the node, and delivering the link information to a cluster head of the cluster; and if the node is the edge node according to a result of the determining, otherwise, obtaining link information and scheduling information from an edge node of another cluster within a communication range with the cluster comprising the edge node, and delivering the link information and scheduling information to the cluster head. The resource allocation method decentralizes a load of calculations to several nodes, wherein the load may be centralized to one node in a large ad-hoc network, so that an energy efficiency of the node may be increased, and since the several nodes sequentially perform simple calculation, a total of the resource allocation time may be reduced. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100268825 | SCHEDULING METHOD AND SCHEDULING INFORMATION SYNCHRONIZING METHOD IN WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORK - A decentralized scheduling method in a wireless ad hoc network is provided which includes grouping nodes in the network cluster by cluster, determining a cluster head of each cluster, and sequentially performing scheduling cluster by cluster. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an efficient cluster-based scheduling method which is quickly adapt to changes and reduces power consumption. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110142159 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYBRID VIRTUAL MIMO TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS AD-HOC NETWORK - A hybrid virtual multiple-input multiple-output (V-MIMO) transmission method of a management node in a wireless ad-hoc network in which a transmission path from a source node to a destination node is divided into one or more sections is provided. The hybrid V-MIMO transmission method includes obtaining one or more pieces of node information of one or more nodes by transmitting an information request message to the nodes in response to a transmission request message for data transmission from the source node to the destination node; setting a shortest path (SP) from the source node to the destination node based on the obtained node information; determining transmission schemes individually for nodes present on the SP; issuing a transmission preparation request by transmitting the determined transmission schemes to the respective corresponding nodes; and transmitting a transmission start message to the source node in response to transmission ready responses from the respective nodes. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110211559 | DATA FORWARDING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VERTICAL HANDOVER - A data forwarding method and system is provided for avoiding data loss during a vertical handover by forwarding data through an IP tunnel established between a newly introduced network entity called a Data Forwarding Function of the serving network and a Forward Attachment Function of a target network. A data forwarding method of a data forwarding unit located in a serving network for a vertical handover according to the present invention includes receiving an address of a forwarding attachment unit located in a target network and a data forwarding preparation request that are transmitted by a user equipment; establishing an Internet Protocol (IP) tunnel to the forwarding attachment unit according to the data forwarding preparation request; and forwarding, when a vertical handover is initiated, handover packets to the forwarding attachment unit through the IP tunnel. | 09-01-2011 |
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| 20110008657 | Z-TYPE BATTERY PACK FOR VEHICLE - A flux of cooling gas passing between battery cells is kept uniformly, and accordingly a maximum temperature of the battery cells and temperature variation among the battery cells are greatly decreased. Thus, a life span of a battery pack is greatly elongated, and the possibility of explosion of the battery pack is eliminated. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110129716 | U-TYPE BATTERY PACK FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery pack for an electric vehicle has a cooling structure in which a coolant introduced through a first cooling channel cools cells and is then discharged through a second cooling channel. The cooling structure has a U-type structure in which the coolant is introduced and discharged in opposite directions. An entrance of the first cooling channel and an exit of the second cooling channel satisfy an equation in relation to an entrance flow rate and an exit flow rate. Since the temperature deviation among cells is set very small, the life of a battery pack may be elongated. Also, since a ratio of an exit area to an entrance area of a cooling channel may be quantitatively calculated according to an equation, it becomes very easy to design a battery pack. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110195285 | VOLTAGE SENSING MEMBER AND BATTERY MODULE EMPLOYED WITH THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a voltage sensing member for sensing the voltage of battery cells constituting a battery module, the voltage sensing member comprising: (a) a pair of supporting parts mounted to the bottom of the battery module at regions (the front and rear parts of the battery module) corresponding to electrode terminal connections of the battery cells; (b) connection parts for electrically connecting the supporting parts to a connector; (c) a plurality of conductive sensing parts protruding upward while one end of each linear mounting part is connected to the corresponding support part and the other end of each linear mounting part is elastically connected to electrode terminals of the battery cells; and (d) a connector mounted on the front part or the rear part of the battery module for transmitting the sensed voltage of the battery cells to a battery management system (BMS). | 08-11-2011 |