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20080254332 | FUEL CELL STACK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A fuel cell stack includes a membrane electrode assembly including an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an electrolyte membrane positioned between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode; a separator including a channel for a flow of fuel and oxidant and closely adhered to the membrane electrode assembly; and a gasket with a two-layer structure stacked between the separator and the membrane electrode assembly. | 10-16-2008 |
20080274389 | CATHODE END PLATE AND BREATHABLE FUEL CELL STACK USING THE SAME - A cathode end plate for a breathable fuel cell stack including a first plate including a plurality of first openings and a second plate contacting one side of the first plate and including a plurality of second openings exposing two or more first openings of the plurality of first openings. | 11-06-2008 |
20080280183 | END PLATE FOR FUEL CELL STACK AND AIR BREATHING FUEL CELL STACK USING THE SAME - An end plate of an air breathing fuel cell stack and an air breathing fuel cell stack including the same. The air breathing fuel cell stack includes a membrane electrode assembly, including an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an electrolyte positioned between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode; and an end plate contacting the membrane electrode assembly. The end plate includes a first surface contacting the membrane electrode assembly, an opposing second surface; and a collector positioned at the first surface and contacting the cathode electrode. | 11-13-2008 |
20080292927 | Humidity controllable cathode end plate and air breathing fuel cell stack the same - The present embodiments relate to a humidity controllable cathode end plate and an air breathing fuel cell stack using the same capable of preventing stack performance degradation due to the dryness of a cathode and a membrane. The air breathing fuel cell stack according the present embodiments including: a membrane electrode assembly configured of an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane positioned between the anode and the cathode; a fuel supply unit coupled to the anode to supply fuel; and a cathode end plate coupled to the cathode so that the humidity of the cathode is maintained and including a first opening part for influxing ambient air and a second opening part for outfluxing the ambient air. | 11-27-2008 |
20090011317 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CARTRIDGE HAVING FUEL BUFFER MODULE - Disclosed is a fuel cartridge. The fuel cartridge according to the present disclosure comprises a fuel container having a first port configured to flow fuel therethrough; and a buffer module configured to be coupled to the fuel container, wherein the buffer module comprises a second port configured to engage with the first port, a tubing connection comprising a first and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to or forms the second port, a third port coupled to or formed by the second end of the tubing connection, and a buffer container in fluid communication with the second and third ports via the tubing connection, wherein the buffer container is configured to store fuel therein when an inflow of the fuel to the buffer module is greater than an outflow from the buffer module. | 01-08-2009 |
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20080225958 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING DATA IN RECEIVER OF A DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for decoding data in a digital broadcasting receiver are disclosed, in which first payload data obtained by RS decoding of input RS packet data is buffered in a first buffer, packet data failed in the RS decoding is buffered in a second buffer, an erasure RS decoding is performed on the first payload data using erasure information indicating whether the first payload data has errors and if the first payload data has errors, indicating the positions of the errors, payload data failed in the erasure RS decoding is overwritten on payloads of the packet data buffered in the second buffer, second payload data obtained by RS decoding of the overwritten packet data is overwritten in the first buffer, an erasure RS decoding is performed on the second payload data buffered in the first buffer, and the RS decoding and erasure RS decoding are repeated until errors of the second payload data are corrected. | 09-18-2008 |
20090196383 | CORRELATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A correlation apparatus and method for frequency synchronization are provided. A frequency synchronization method of a receiver in a broadband wireless access communication system includes acquiring a highest correlation value by conducting a differential correlation of a variable interval between a received signal and a reference signal and performing a frequency synchronization according to the highest correlation value. | 08-06-2009 |
20090197535 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FREQUENCY IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for mitigating interference between uplink signals of a user equipment in a mobile communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a frequency regulator for, when fast movement of a user equipment is confirmed, changing a transmit frequency by calculating a frequency offset compensation value which compensates for a frequency required for a transmit frequency band. | 08-06-2009 |
20090323843 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING SYMBOL TIMING OFFSET IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for estimating a symbol timing offset in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system are provided. A Carrier to Interference Ratio (CIR) of an Reference Signal (RS) is acquired using received pilot signals. The RS CIR includes power information on channel components of the RS. A CIR of a Secondary Synchronization Channel (S-SCH) is acquired using the received pilot signals. The S-SCH CIR includes power information on channel components of the S-SCH. Unnecessary channel components are suppressed from the RS CIR using the S-SCH CIR. Real channel components of the RS remain. An observation window is set having a predetermined duration for windowing the real channel components of the RS. A first arriving channel component is searched for within the observation window. A start point of data is estimated using the first arriving channel component. | 12-31-2009 |
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20080278536 | INKJET IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An inkjet image-forming apparatus includes an inkjet head having a length corresponding to a width of a paper and a nozzle unit on which a plurality of nozzles are formed, and a maintenance unit that is formed on a lower side of the inkjet head to reciprocally move in a lengthwise direction of the inkjet head to maintain the inkjet head, and includes a carriage and a development maintaining unit attachably and detachably installed on the carriage, wherein the development maintaining unit includes a washing unit that washes away foreign materials contaminating the nozzle unit, using solvent waves generated by applying ultrasonic waves of an ultrasonic wave generation unit to a solvent contained in the washing unit, a wiping blade that wipes the foreign materials and the solvent remaining on a surface of the nozzle unit by contacting with the nozzle unit, and an ink container that contains ink ejected from the nozzles by a spitting operation of the nozzles. | 11-13-2008 |
20090002435 | NOZZLE CHIP CLEANING APPARATUS OF INKJET PRINTER AND INKJET PRINTER WITH THE SAME - A nozzle chip cleaning apparatus of an inkjet printer with an improved supply/return structure for a cleaning solution for cleaning a nozzle chip includes a flexible bag to hold fluid and to contact a nozzle chip of an inkjet head. A lifting apparatus may move the flexible bag to be in contact with a surface of the nozzle chip. The nozzle chip cleaning apparatus employs a method in which a flexible bag wipes a surface of a nozzle chip cleaning solution. | 01-01-2009 |
20090015624 | INK-JET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an ink-jet head having a plurality of head chips arranged in a width direction of a printing medium while forming a row, a conveyer unit to extend to correspond to the ink-jet head below the ink-jet head, and a cleaning device which is movably installed on the conveyer unit to sequentially clean the head chips while moving along the conveyer unit. The cleaning device can clean a ling printing-type image forming apparatus while moving along the conveyer unit. | 01-15-2009 |
20090303279 | NOZZLE WETTING APPARATUS AND INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A nozzle wetting apparatus for an inkjet image forming apparatus includes a cleaning solution tank to store cleaning solution for cleaning a nozzle; a cleaning solution supplying unit to supply cleaning solution to the nozzle, the cleaning solution supplying unit including a vibration generating member to generate vibrations to atomize the cleaning solution. The nozzle wetting apparatus applies cleaning solution to the nozzles to clean the nozzles of the image forming apparatus without touching the nozzles. | 12-10-2009 |
20120161033 | MICROORGANISM DETECTION APPARATUS - A microorganism detection apparatus including a light source unit to irradiate light, a mirror chamber including a light inlet port and a light outlet port, through which the light is introduced and discharged, respectively an inlet port and an outlet port, through which particles are introduced and discharged, respectively, so that light emitted from the particles (emitted particle light) is generated by the light, and an opening, through which the emitted particle light is discharged outside. The mirror chamber has an oval longitudinal section, and is provided at an inside thereof with a mirror. A condensing optical system is disposed in front of the opening outside the opening to condense the emitted particle light discharged through the opening. Condensing efficiency of the fluorescent light condensing optical system is maximized. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162644 | MICROPARTICLE DETECTION APPARATUS - A microparticle detection apparatus is provided. The microparticle detection apparatus includes a light emitting optical element, a converging optical system disposed in an advancing direction of light emitted from the optical element to converge the light, a particle path located in an advancing direction of the light having passed through the converging optical system so that the particle path intersects the light, a beam blocking unit to block direct light having passed through the particle path, a condensing lens disposed at the rear of the beam blocking unit, and a detector disposed at the rear of the condensing lens to detect light scattered by particles. A focal point of light formed by the optical element and the converging optical system may be located at the rear of the particle path. A focal point of light irradiated to the particles may be different from the introduction position of the particles. | 06-28-2012 |
20150138214 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device which may operate as a reflective display device which uses external light without separate power supply at an illumination level equal to or greater than a certain illumination level, and which may operate as a transmissive display device which uses internal light at an illumination level less than the certain illumination level to provide a clear image in an outdoor environment and a dark indoor environment. Power consumption may be minimized by automatically switching the display mode depending on the illumination level. | 05-21-2015 |
20150276302 | REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A refrigerator includes a body including a storage chamber; a door that is coupled to the body so as to open/close the storage chamber; a display that is disposed in at least one region of the door and is configured to be converted between a transparent mode and a display mode; and a controller that controls the display to display at least one among a text, an image, and color when the display is in the display mode. | 10-01-2015 |
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20090042591 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING SYNCHRONIZATION TO SUPPORT MULTI-FREQUENCY IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for acquiring synchronization to support multi-frequency in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a frequency generator, a control signal generator and at least two modems for operating respective Frequency Allocations (FAs) by sharing the frequency generator and the control signal generator. In an embodiment, the frequency generator respectively receives first reference frequency clock signals from an oscillator of each of the at least two modems and generates a second reference frequency clock signal and the control signal generator outputs a signal for controlling the oscillator of each of the at least two modems according to a frequency offset value estimated in each of the at least two modems. | 02-12-2009 |
20090097579 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING PAPR IN AN OFDM SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for reducing a Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) are provided. The apparatus includes a gain processor for multiplying time signals in paths by gains set for respective paths, a delay processor for delaying gain-multiplied signals in second to last paths except for a first path by time delays set for respective second to last paths, a summer for summing the gain-multiplied signal for the first path received from the gain processor and the delayed signals received from the delay processor, a PAPR processor for measuring a PAPR of the summed signal received from the summer, for comparing the measured PAPR with a target PAPR, and for requesting one or more changes of at least one of the gain and time delay of each path, and a gain delay controller for changing the at least one of the gain and the time delay of each path according to the request received from the PAPR processor and for controlling the gain processor and the delay processor according to the change. | 04-16-2009 |
20090100310 | Apparatus and method for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) in wireless communication system - An apparatus and a method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) in a wireless communication system are provided. A receiver includes a Media Access Control (MAC) layer part for error-checking each MAC Packet Data Units (PDUs) extracted from a physical layer burst, and generating HARQ combination control information according to a result of the error check; a receiving part for receiving a retransmit burst; and a combiner for selecting one or more Forward Error Correction (FEC) blocks from the retransmit burst according to the HARQ combination control information, and HARQ-combining the selected one or more FEC blocks. | 04-16-2009 |
20090106569 | Apparatus and method for controlling voltage and frequency in network on chip - An apparatus and a method for controlling a power in a Network on Chip (NoC) are provided. The apparatus includes a storage for storing status information of links interconnecting processing elements (PEs), link configuration information for establishing paths between the PEs, and voltage and clock information of the links according to a bandwidth; and a control device for establishing paths between the PEs to transmit data by checking the link configuration information in the storage, and controlling the voltage and the clock of the links by determining the voltage and the clock of the links of the established paths according to a bandwidth required for the data transmission of the PEs. | 04-23-2009 |
20100005356 | Method and apparatus for combining hybrid automatic repeat request data in wireless communication system - A receiving method and apparatus for combining Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) data in a wireless communication system are provided. More particularly, a method and apparatus for increasing HARQ combining capability while effectively using a limited-sized memory are provided. The receiving method for combining the HARQ data includes predicting a maximum size of currently receivable data, converting HARQ data received from a transmitting end into Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) information, determining whether the received HARQ data is retransmitted data, if the determination result shows that the HARQ data is not the retransmitted data, determining whether the converted LLR information is compressed according to the predicted maximum data size, and storing the converted LLR information in a memory according to the determination result on whether compression is necessary. | 01-07-2010 |
20100122099 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A MULTI MODEM SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for controlling power consumption in a system having a plurality of modems are provided. In the method, whether an interrupt is generated in each modem is detected. An amount of current consumption of the system at a processing point of the generated interrupt is determined. The amount of current consumption of the system is compared with a threshold, so that the processing point of the generated interrupt is controlled. | 05-13-2010 |
20110058484 | PACKET DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM - A packet decoding method and apparatus of a digital broadcast system is provided for improving decoding performance by reordering blocks to be decoded and adjusting a number of decoding iterations of each block. A packet decoding method of the present invention includes measuring Signal-to-Noise Ratios (SNRs) of individual packets within a slot, determining a decoding order of the packets according to the SNRs, and decoding the packets in the decoding order. The decoding method and apparatus of a digital broadcast system according to the present invention performs decoding on the packets having the highest channel estimation performance first with reduced number of decoding iterations and reallocates the saved number of decoding iterations to remaining packets having relatively low channel estimation performance, thereby improving the decoding performance of the received packets. | 03-10-2011 |
20120083301 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A NETWORK IN WHICH INTERFERENCE EXISTS BETWEEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - An apparatus and method are provided for communicating in a network in which interference exists between wireless communication systems. The apparatus includes multiple transceivers for individually communicating with base stations of the multiple wireless communication systems; and a controller for negotiating with at least one of the base stations, setting a non-communication period with a negotiated base station, and communicating with the negotiated base station during the non-communication period, based on whether an interference level between wireless signals communicated through the multiple transceivers falls within a predetermined range. | 04-05-2012 |
20150045087 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for reducing power consumption in a wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes an antenna, a Radio Frequency (RF) module, a first amplifier, an external power amplifier, and a controller. The RF module converts a baseband transmission signal to an RF signal. The first amplifier amplifies power of the RF signal inside the RF module. The external power amplifier amplifies power of an output signal of the first amplifier. When a transmission power level of a transmission signal is equal to or less than a maximum output level of the first amplifier, the controller controls to transmit the transmission signal amplified by the first amplifier via the antenna. When the transmission power level of the transmission signal is equal to or greater than the maximum output level of the first amplifier, the controller controls to transmit a transmission signal amplified by the external power amplifier via the antenna. | 02-12-2015 |
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20080204464 | Image display system and method for preventing image tearing effect - An image display system includes: a frame buffer including plurality of lines; a memory controller conducting writing and reading operations with the frame buffer; an image data provider supplying image data to the memory controller and generating a writing address; a display controller generating a reading address and receiving image data that is read from the frame buffer by the memory controller; a tearing-protection bus arbiter storing a burst length, receiving the writing and reading addresses, and selectively outputting the writing and reading addresses; and a display device displaying the image data by the display controller. The reading address contains a start address for the reading operation and the writing address contains a start address for the writing operation. If the writing and reading addresses are the same or if a difference between the start addresses for the writing and reading operations is less than the burst length, the tearing-protection bus arbiter outputs the reading address to the memory controller and holds the writing address. | 08-28-2008 |
20110167253 | Multi-processor systems and methods thereof - Multi-processor systems and methods thereof are provided. In an example, the multi-processor system may include a boot memory including a plurality of boot codes, each of the plurality of boot codes configured to facilitate an initialization process at one of a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks, each of the plurality of IP blocks having shared access to the boot memory. In another example, the multi-processor system may receive, from a first processor, a request to provide one of a plurality of boot codes from a boot memory, the received request sent in response to a system initializing signal, may read the requested boot code from the boot memory and may transfer, from a second processor, the read boot code to the first processor. | 07-07-2011 |
20140156984 | MULTI-PROCESSOR SYSTEMS AND BOOTING METHODS THEREOF - Multi-processor systems and methods thereof are provided. In an example, the multi-processor system may include a boot memory including a plurality of boot codes, each of the plurality of boot codes configured to facilitate an initialization process at one of a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks, each of the plurality of IP blocks having shared access to the boot memory. In another example, the multi-processor system may receive, from a first processor, a request to provide one of a plurality of boot codes from a boot memory, the received request sent in response to a system initializing signal, may read the requested boot code from the boot memory and may transfer, from a second processor, the read boot code to the first processor. | 06-05-2014 |
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20110286316 | ADAPTIVE WRITING METHOD FOR HIGH-DENSITY OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT THEREOF - An apparatus configured to write input data on an optical recording medium using a write pulse waveform, the write pulse waveform including a first pulse, a last pulse and a multi-pulse train, is provided. The apparatus includes a discriminator configured to discriminate a magnitude of a present mark and a magnitude of a leading space from the input data, a write waveform controller configured to control the write pulse waveform to generate an adaptive write pulse waveform by varying a position of a rising edge of a first pulse of the present mark to be written according to the magnitude of the present mark and the magnitude of the leading space, and use a grouping table to control the write pulse waveform to generate the adaptive write pulse waveform, the grouping table being configured to store rising edge data of the first pulse of the write pulse waveform varying according to corresponding stored values of magnitudes of present marks and magnitudes of leading spaces, and a processor configured to process the input data on the optical recording medium using the adaptive write pulse waveform. The discriminator is further configured to apply the magnitude of the present mark and the magnitude of the leading space to the write waveform controller. The adaptive write pulse waveform is generated without regard for a trailing space of the present mark being written using the adaptive write pulse waveform. A width of the first pulse is varied by varying the position of the rising edge. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286317 | ADAPTIVE WRITING METHOD FOR HIGH-DENSITY OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT THEREOF - An apparatus configured to write input data on an optical recording medium using a write pulse waveform including a first pulse, a last pulse and a multi-pulse train is provided. The apparatus includes a discriminator configured to discriminate a magnitude of a present mark, a magnitude of a leading space, and a magnitude of a trailing space from the input data, a write waveform controller configured to control the write pulse waveform based on a grouping table, the grouping table being configured to store rising edge data of the first pulse of the write pulse waveform grouped in corresponding pulse groups according to magnitudes of a plurality of present marks and magnitudes of a plurality of spaces adjacent to the plurality of present marks, the write pulse waveform being controlled to generate an adaptive write pulse waveform by varying a position of a rising edge of a first pulse of the mark to be written according to at least the magnitudes of the present mark and the leading space, and a processor configured to process the input data on the optical recording medium using the adaptive write pulse waveform. The discriminator is further configured to apply the magnitude of the present mark, the magnitude of the leading space, and the magnitude of the trailing space to the write waveform controller. The width of the first pulse is varied by varying the position of the rising edge. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286318 | ADAPTIVE WRITING METHOD FOR HIGH-DENSITY OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT THEREOF - An optical recording medium is provided, the optical recording medium including a plurality of zones respectively corresponding to width data of first and/or last pulses of an adaptive write pulse waveform stored in a grouping table, the grouping table being configured to group a magnitude of a present mark of input data and magnitudes of leading and/or trailing spaces of the present mark into a short pulse group, a middle pulse group, and a long pulse group using grouping pointers, store data configured to calculate a width of a write pulse, an adaptive write pulse being generated in response to the calculated width, generate the adaptive write pulse waveform by varying a position of a rising edge of a first pulse of a mark to be written according to the magnitudes of the present mark and the leading space, the adaptive write pulse waveform being generated without regard for the trailing space of the present mark being written using the adaptive write pulse waveform, the adaptive write pulse being configured to correspond to the adaptive write pulse waveform, and store rising edge data of the first pulse of the adaptive write pulse waveform varying according to corresponding stored values of lengths of marks to be written. A width of the first pulse is varied by varying the position of the rising edge. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286320 | ADAPTIVE WRITING METHOD FOR HIGH-DENSITY OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT THEREOF - An optical recording medium is provided, the optical recording medium including a plurality of zones configured to store data corresponding to an adaptive write pulse, the adaptive write pulse including a first pulse, a last pulse, and a multi-pulse train, the adaptive write pulse being different for each of the plurality of zones, the plurality of zones being reflected by a grouping table, the grouping table being configured to generate an adaptive write pulse waveform by varying a position of a rising edge of a first pulse of a mark to be written according to a length of the mark to be written and a leading space, the adaptive write pulse waveform being generated without regard for a trailing space of a present mark being written using the adaptive write pulse waveform, the adaptive write pulse being configured to correspond to the adaptive write pulse waveform, and store rising edge data of the first pulse of the adaptive write pulse waveform varying according to corresponding stored values of lengths of marks to be written. A width of the first pulse is varied by varying the position of the rising edge. | 11-24-2011 |
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20140194699 | SINGLE PORT SURGICAL ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A single port surgical robot capable of setting the location of a remote center motion (RCM) point, and a control method thereof includes: a first link connected to a body by a first joint in a direction perpendicular to the body, the first link having a linear structure; a second link connected to the upper end of the first link by a second joint, the second link having a curved structure; a third link connected to the upper end of the second link by a third joint, the third link having a cylindrical structure; a plurality of light-emitting units arranged on the lower end of the third link along the circumference of the third link, and configured to emit light toward a remote center motion (RCM) point; and a controller configured to adjust the location of the RCM point. | 07-10-2014 |
20140257331 | LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL DEVICES HAVING WIRE REDUCER - Laparoscopic surgical devices include a first member having a first gear, a second member having a second gear corresponding to the first gear, a connection member configured to connect the first member and the second member; first and second wire mounting pieces respectively at the first and second members, a first wire wound on the first wire mounting pieces so as to be pulled upon receiving a first drive force; and a second wire wound on the second wire mounting pieces so as to be pulled upon receiving a second drive force. The drive unit is configured to selectively transmit the first and second amplified driving forces to a respective one the first member and the second member to cause tilting of the first member and the second member. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257336 | ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS - An endoscopic surgical instrument may include: two surgical instrument modules, each of which is provided with a surgical instrument portion; and/or an endoscopic module configured to form a triangular shape with the two surgical instrument modules and configured to capture operations of the surgical instrument modules at different angles using a plurality of joints. Wires connecting respective members coupled by the plurality of joints may be configured to amplify drive forces of a drive portion applied to the plurality of joints. The plurality of joints may include rolling joints at which teeth of gears engage and rotate with each other. The plurality of joints may provide three or more degrees of freedom to the endoscopic module. | 09-11-2014 |
20140303644 | SURGICAL ROBOT - A surgical robot including a slave device provided with a surgical instrument includes a body having at least one link that includes a plurality of solenoid segments, and an end effector mounted to one end of the body. | 10-09-2014 |
20140309659 | SURGICAL ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A surgical robot including a slave arm and an instrument provided at the slave arm to be introduced into a single port to perform surgery. The instrument includes a plurality of surgical instrument members to perform surgery while coming into contact with a surgical object, and a plurality of arm members. The arm members include surgical position regulators to move the surgical instrument members from the single port to a first surgical region where the surgical object is located, and surgical workers connecting the surgical position regulators and the surgical instrument members to each other, the surgical workers serving to move the surgical instrument members to a position close to surgical object within the first surgical region. The single-port surgical robot may effectively perform simultaneous surgery upon various surgical regions like multi-port surgery. | 10-16-2014 |
20140330073 | END EFFECTOR AND REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS - An end effector includes a tip part having a deformation member that is physically changed due to contact with an object, a gauge display part configured to display gauge information according to a physical change of the deformation member, and a connecting rod part connected to the tip part and configured to operate the tip part. A manipulator including an end effector configured to display physical information, which varies according to an object making contact with a tip part, on a gauge display part, an endoscope configured to obtain an image of the tip part of the end effector and an image of the gauge display part, and a control part configured to control transmission of the image obtained by the endoscope, and to control operations of the tip part and the endoscope. | 11-06-2014 |
20150090756 | BABY CARRIER - Disclosed is a baby carrier having a seat disposed at an upper portion of a walking assistance robot such that the weight of a baby is supported by the floor while being distributed through the walking assistance robot, thereby significantly reducing a fatigue of a user generated when a baby is held in arms or carried on a back of the user. | 04-02-2015 |
20150122071 | ACTUATOR AND MANIPULATOR INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a manipulator including a wire driving actuator to bend base and terminal sections of a joint assembly in multiple directions by a base section wire and a terminal section wire. The terminal section driving wire is operatively connected to the base section driving wire such that the terminal section driving wire is moved by a distance equal to a movement distance of the base section driving wire. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent bending of the terminal section upon bending the base section. | 05-07-2015 |
20150196450 | JOINT ASSEMBLY AND WALKING ASSISTANT ROBOT HAVING THE SAME - According to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to implement a joint assembly operating similar to a user's actual ankle joint. An ankle joint included in a walking assistant robot is pivotable around a rotation axis located outside the ankle joint. | 07-16-2015 |
20150209215 | HOLDER AND WALKING ASSISTANT ROBOT HAVING THE SAME - A holder may be more easily mounted on a user's body by applying tension to a cable. An inner side surface of the holder with which the user's body comes in contact transmits uniform pressure to the user's body such that the holder may be more comfortable to the user. | 07-30-2015 |
20150272764 | LINK ASSEMBLY, FRAME, AND WALKING ASSISTANCE ROBOT - A frame configured of a plurality of links pivotally connected to one another is flexibly bent, and pins that connect the plurality of links that constitute the frame are inserted into and slide in a curve-shaped slot and a slot in a vertical direction so that, even though the frame is bent, the entire length of the frame is increased and ends of the frame can be moved along a straight line that is horizontal with respect to the ground. | 10-01-2015 |
20150272811 | JOINT ASSEMBLY AND WALKING ASSISTANCE ROBOT - In a joint assembly of a walking assistance robot that is capable of performing an operation with 3 degrees of freedom, similarly to a user's joint, a rolling motion and a sliding motion are simultaneously made, and a rotation center changes so that the joint assembly can make a similar motion to that of an actual knee joint of the user. Thus, when the user wears the walking assistance robot and walks, misalignment can be prevented from occurring in the knee joint. | 10-01-2015 |