| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20100026460 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMIT LEAKAGE SIGNAL SUPPRESSION IN RFID READER - A method and apparatus for suppressing a transmit leakage signal of a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader is provided. The apparatus includes: a first power distributor distributing a transmission signal to output a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal; a second power distributor distributing the second transmission signal to output a third transmission signal and a fourth transmission signal; a first amplitude/phase converter converting an amplitude and a phase of the first transmission signal to generate a first converted signal; a second amplitude/phase converter converting an amplitude and a phase of the third transmission signal to generate a second converted signal; a first power combiner combining the first converted signal with a first leakage signal generated in association with the fourth transmission signal; and a second power combiner combining the second converted signal with a second leakage signal generated in association with the fourth transmission signal. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100265070 | APPARATUS AND METHOD THAT PREVENT COLLISION OF TAGS IN RFID SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for preventing a collision in an RFID system, the method including: transmitting a Query to at least one tag, verifying whether an adjustment of a slot counter is required based on a response received from the tag, adjusting the slot counter when the verifying verifies that the adjustment of the slot counter is required, and transmitting the adjusted slot counter to the tag using a QueryAdjust regardless of whether a current frame is completed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110064165 | DEMODULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RFID READER IN PASSIVE RFID ENVIRONMENT - A demodulation apparatus for a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader includes: a direct current (DC) offset cancellation unit for cancelling DC-offset noise contained in a PSK-modulated or ASK-modulated subcarrier tag signal from the tag signal when the tag signal is received; and a subcarrier digital demodulator for eliminating a subcarrier from the tag signal from which DC-offset noise has been cancelled to demodulate the DC-offset noise-cancelled tag signal. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110074555 | MOBILE RFID DEVICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a mobile Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) device and a data communication method thereof. In the method, a mobile communication terminal unit provides a command to an mRFID reader unit and receives a response to the command from the mRFID reader unit. It is checked whether there is an error in a protocol message of the command or the response, and the command to the mRFID reader unit according to a check result is re-transmitted. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110096883 | SYMBOL SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PASSIVE RFID READER - Provided is a symbol synchronization apparatus and method of a passive REID reader. The symbol synchronization apparatus includes: an edge clock detector generating edge clocks by detecting phase inversion positions of a received signal; a preamble detector detecting a preamble section by analyzing the generation times of the edge clocks; a symbol decision time extractor extracting a symbol decision time by averaging distances between the edge clocks consecutively generated in the preamble section, when the preamble section is detected; and a symbol decider deciding a symbol by analyzing the magnitude of the received signal, when the time reaches the symbol decision time. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110136445 | RFID READER AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING TRANSMISSION LEAKAGE SIGNAL THEREOF - Provided are an RFID reader and a method for suppressing transmission leakage signals thereof. The RFID reader includes a first loop, a second loop, and a digital signal processor. The first loop suppresses a first transmission leakage signal of an RX signal in response to a first leakage control signal. The second loop suppresses a second transmission leakage signal of the RX signal, received through the first loop, in response to a second leakage control signal. The digital signal processor generates the first leakage control signal and the second leakage control signal. The digital signal processor generates the first leakage control signal until the level of the first transmission leakage signal becomes equal to or lower than the level of a first reference transmission leakage signal. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110148585 | PASSIVE RFID SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed are a passive RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system and method capable of recognizing a great deal of tags at a high speed. A reader of a passive RFID system, including: a processor dividing slots and subchannels to configure a round, recognizing subchannels that are not involved in a collision and interference by the slots, and changing the subchannels that are not involved in a collision and interference, into a sleep state; a transmission unit encoding a command generated through the processor, performing an amplitude jitter modulation on the encoded command, and transmitting the modulated command; and a reception unit acquiring and demodulating tag signals received through a plurality of subchannels by the slots, and providing the demodulated tag signals to the processor. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148599 | RFID READER, RFID TAG, AND METHOD OF RECOGNIZING PLURALITY OF RFID TAGS - The RFID reader of an RFID system includes a processor for processing a command for the RFID tag and a response from the RFID tag, a modem for modulating the command from the processor or demodulating the response from the RFID, and an RF unit for transmitting the modulated command transferred from the modem to the RFID tag or receiving the response from the RFID tag and transferring the response to the modem. The RFID tag of the RFID system includes a power supply unit for generating energy using a radio wave received from the RFID reader, a receiver for demodulating a signal received from the RFID reader, a data processor for performing operation according to the signal demodulated by the receiver, and a transmitter for backscattering a signal from the data processor. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110215907 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFCATION (RFID) TAG AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NETWORK ACCESS BASED ON MOBILE RFID - Disclosed are a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag capable of supplying an Internet service quickly and conveniently, an operation method thereof, and a system and method for controlling network access based on a mobile RFID. Network access data is generated by communication between an RFID terminal and an RFID tag. The mobile RFID terminal connects with a network gateway by reading the network access data, thereby supplying the Internet service quickly and conveniently. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120044053 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING RECEPTION SENSITIVITY OF RFID READER - An apparatus and method for improving reception sensitivity of a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader are disclosed. The apparatus includes a branch unit to separate an input signal into a first signal and a second signal; a first processing unit to convert a phase of the first signal; a second processing unit to extract a leakage signal from the second signal; and a control unit to output a tag response signal from the input signal using the converted first signal and the extracted leakage signal. | 02-23-2012 |
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| 20100066091 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM USING HELICAL TURBINE - Disclosed is a helical turbine power generation system for generating electricity by using a helical turbine and a synchronous generator, the system including: a helical turbine rotatably provided in a frame so as to continuously generate rotation force under unidirectional or multidirectional fluid flow; a step-up gear for increasing a rotational velocity of the helical turbine up to a level required for generating electricity; a fluid coupling for preventing the rotational velocity increased by the step-up gear from increasing above a required velocity at a temporarily high rate of fluid flow; and a synchronous generator for generating electricity by using the rotational velocity transferred from the fluid coupling. Therefore, it is possible to reduce equipment costs and to prevent environmental pollution. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100072752 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM USING HELICAL TURBINE - Disclosed is a helical turbine power generation system for generating electricity by using a helical turbine and an overload prevention generator, the system including: a helical turbine rotatably provided in a frame so as to continuously generate rotation force under unidirectional or multidirectional fluid flow; a step-up gear for increasing a rotational velocity of the helical turbine up to a level required for generating electricity; and an overload prevention generator for generating electricity by using the rotational velocity transferred from the step-up gear, and for preventing overload caused by a sudden increase in a rotational velocity. Therefore, it is possible to reduce equipment costs and to prevent environmental pollution. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110091312 | MAINTENANCE SYSTEM OF HELICAL TURBINE - Disclosed is an assembled helical turbine system, which can prevent its assembly/disassembly from being hindered by a rotational force generated during the assembly/disassembly process. The assembled helical turbine system includes a helical turbine formed with a plurality of blades in such a manner as to continuously generate a rotational force under unidirectional or multidirectional fluid flow; a housing assembly for rotatably supporting the helical turbine while surrounding the helical turbine; stoppers formed on a peripheral surface of the housing assembly in such a manner as to protrude to a predetermined height from the peripheral surface; and a housing supporter for supporting the housing assembly in such a manner that the housing assembly can be inserted into and withdrawn from the housing supporter, the housing supporter having catch grooves that are recessed in a shape corresponding to the stoppers so as to fix the stoppers. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110158789 | MAINTENANCE SYSTEM OF HELICAL TURBINE - Disclosed is an assembled helical turbine system, which can strengthen weakenings of a housing assembly, and simultaneously can be easily assembled/disassembled. The assembled helical turbine system comprises the housing assembly including a plurality of bearing spiders for rotatably supporting a rotating shaft of a helical turbine, and a plurality of side posts for connecting and fixing the respective bearing spiders to each other, the side posts being fixed in such a manner as to radially protrude by a predetermined length from peripheral surfaces of the bearing spiders; filling members for filling and reinforcing spaces between the peripheral surfaces of the bearing spiders and outlines of protruding portions of the side posts; and a housing supporter for supporting the housing assembly in such a manner that the housing assembly can be inserted into and withdrawn from the housing supporter, the housing supporter having catch grooves that are recessed in a shape corresponding to stoppers. | 06-30-2011 |
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| 20090144623 | PLAYBACK CONTROL METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA DEVICE USING MULTI-TOUCH-ENABLED TOUCHSCREEN - A playback control method of a multimedia device is provided for setting playback position and repetitive playback section of a multimedia file playing on the multimedia device intuitively with multi-touch behaviors on a touchscreen. The method includes sensing a multi-touch event on the touchscreen, extracting two contact points of the multi-touch event, determining coordinates of the contact points, calculating a distance between the coordinates, monitoring a variation of the distance, moving a playback position of a current playing multimedia file according to the variation of the distance, and restarting playback of the current playing multimedia file from the playback position when the contact points are released from the touchscreen. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100329361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN-LOOP FILTERING OF IMAGE DATA AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA USING THE SAME - An in-loop filtering apparatus for eliminating an error of deblocking-filtered image data in an encoder of image data, the apparatus including: an in-loop filter generator which generates in-loop filters using different filter coefficients for a block boundary and a block inside of the deblocking-filtered image; an in-loop filter applier which performs selective filtering on at least one of the block boundary and the block inside using the generated in-loop filters; and an in-loop filter information generator which generates in-loop filter information including at least one of coefficients of the generated in-loop filters, information indicating an area to which in-loop filtering is applied between the block boundary and the block inside, a size of a block to which in-loop filtering is applied, and a flag indicating whether to use an in-loop filter generated for a current frame or an in-loop filter generated for a previous frame. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100329362 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING ADAPTIVE IN-LOOP FILTER - An in-loop filtering method and apparatus for video encoding, the in-loop filtering method including: determining a type of a boundary of an image block to be filtered by using context information of the image block; adaptively creating a filter for filtering the boundary of the image block according to the determined type; selecting a filter for filtering the image block between the created filter and a previously stored filter; and filtering the image block by using the selected filter. | 12-30-2010 |