Patents Represented by Attorney Sherr & Vaughn, PLLC
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Patent number: 8164424Abstract: A system of electronic tag has developed for integrated processing by utilizing RFID technology, which comprises a reader for collecting information, processor for processing success failure, unsure state of instruction, and a terminal for submitting transaction and receiving the result of transaction to identify.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation FoundationInventors: Bong-Hee Hong, Ryuan Choi, Woo-Seok Ryu, Sung-Woo Ahn
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Patent number: 8164585Abstract: The present invention provides a digital video greeting card including video, photos and voice information as well as text, by inserting a main panel for outputting video and voice data into cards such as a greeting card, invitation card, etc. To this end, the present invention proposes a method of making the main panel thin and provides a switch for allowing the main panel to be operated according to the folding and unfolding operation of an outer cover. Further, an external data input section is formed in the video greeting card of the present invention so as to provide a function of connecting to an additional memory card, a memory device, etc. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a digital video greeting card compatible with other devices, etc.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Inventor: Suk Joon Oh
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Patent number: 8164155Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an N-well and a P-well formed in a semiconductor substrate. An isolation layer may be formed in the semiconductor substrate. At least one dummy active pattern may be formed in a boundary area between the N-well and the P-well. A salicide blocking layer may be over the upper surface of the at least one dummy active pattern. A non-salicide region may be formed over the upper surface of the at least one dummy active pattern by carrying out a salicide process over the semiconductor substrate provided with the salicide blocking layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Myung-Il Kang
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Patent number: 8164427Abstract: A method for optimization in an RFID location recognition system is developed to use in a blueprint in which an optimum location for installing an RFID reader is determined for using a blueprint so as to improve location recognition. The method includes the steps of inputting a blueprint and dividing a location recognition unit space from the blueprint; establishing a building interior space analysis model and an interior radio propagation space analysis model and deriving a building spatial significance and a radio propagation spatial significance; analyzing correlation between a building space and a radio propagation space and deriving a correlation coefficient; and defining an objective function for determining a location of a RFID reader based on the building spatial significance, the radio propagation spatial significance, and the correlation coefficient between the building space and the radio propagation space and performing optimization.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation FoundationInventors: Sung Woo Tak, Tae Hoon Kim, Byung Hoon Kim, Ki Joune Li, Chi Won Son, Dong Geon Lee, Young Mann Kim
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Patent number: 8159183Abstract: The present invention relates to a contact-less power supply magnetically coupled to a battery device having a receiving coil therein, for contact-less charging the battery device, the contact-less power supply having a sending coil array including a plurality of sending coils for inducing a charging power to the receiving coil; and a driving means for detecting a sending coil magnetically coupled to the receiving coil and selectively driving only the detected sending coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: LS Cable & System Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Uk Choi, Kwang-Hee Kwon, Jung-Bum Kim, Sung-Wook Moon, Dong-Young Park, Sub Han
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Patent number: 8157733Abstract: The present invention relates to a blood pressure measurement apparatus comprising: an input unit where at least one value selected from the maximum applied pressure, which is the applied pressure at which the maximum pulse pressure is attained during the pulse pressure measurement at the measurement part, the maximum pulse pressure, which is the pulse pressure at the maximum applied pressure, the depth of blood vessel at the measurement part measured by a pressure sensor, the elasticity of skin tissue at the measurement part and the elasticity of blood vessel at the measurement part is inputted; and a mean arterial pressure calculation unit where the mean arterial pressure is calculated from the input values of the maximum applied pressure, the depth of blood vessel and the elasticity of skin tissue. The present invention offers more effective and reliable blood pressure measurement apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Daeyo Medi Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hee-Jung Kang
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Patent number: 8153518Abstract: In a method for fabricating a metal interconnection of a semiconductor device, a lower interconnection and a lower insulation layer are formed over a semiconductor substrate. An etch stop layer is formed over the lower insulation layer. An upper insulation layer is formed over the etch stop layer. A first via hole is formed to expose the etch stop layer corresponding to the lower interconnection. A second via hole exposing the lower interconnection is formed by a primary etching process that selectively removes the etch stop layer exposed by the first via hole. A chemical cleaning process is performed on the second via hole, wherein polymer is formed over the surface of the lower interconnection during the chemical cleaning process. The polymer is removed from the second via hole by a secondary etching process using vaporized gas.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chung-Kyung Jung
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Patent number: 8151438Abstract: The present invention provides a wiring method of a motor for connecting a coil wound around an armature of the motor and having a coating layer on a core made of aluminum material to a lead wire connected to power source, comprises the steps of: removing the coating layer on the end position of the coil; electrically connecting the end of the lead wire with the end of the coil in which the coating layer is removed; covering the connected part of the end of the lead wire and the end of the coil with a tube; and performing a varnishing process by impregnating the part covered with the tube with an insulation varnish solution.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: New Motech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong Cheol Jang, Seong Jung Ju
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Patent number: 8152306Abstract: An apparatus (e.g. a display) including a display substrate and a waveguide. The waveguide may guide ultraviolet light from the light source onto the display substrate. The display substrate may include light emitting material configured to emit visible light in response to absorption of the ultraviolet light.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Sun Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Jian-Qiang Liu, Xiao-Dong Sun
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Patent number: 8156365Abstract: A data reception apparatus is disclosed. The data reception apparatus includes a strobe extractor for receiving a transmission signal and extracting a strobe signal from the transmission signal, the transmission signal including the strobe signal inserted between data signals and a clock signal following the strobe signal, the strobe signal having a different magnitude from a magnitude of a data signal, and the clock signal having an equal magnitude to the magnitude of the data signal, a clock recoverer for recovering the clock signal from the transmission signal, using the extracted strobe signal, and a sampler for sampling the data signals included in the transmission signal in response to the recovered clock signal. The probability of generating a timing skew error in the time interval between a clock signal and a data signal is minimized. Even though the level of a common component might change, the clock signal can be recovered accurately and the size of the clock recovery circuit can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Byung-Tak Jang
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Patent number: 8148903Abstract: A LED driving circuit that may control current flow into an LED on a current path according to the amount of light sensed from the LED. An LED driving circuit for driving at least one LED may include at least one of: An optical sensor for receiving light emitted from the LED and generating a feedback signal having a level corresponding to an amount of the received light. A current regulator provided on a path through which current of the LED flows for regulating an amount of current flowing into the LED according to a comparison of the feedback signal with a first reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung-Man Pang
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Patent number: 8149253Abstract: The present invention relates to a display, a timing controller and a data driver for transmitting a serialized multi-level data signal, and more particularly to a display, a timing controller and a data driver for transmitting a serialized multi-level data signal for reducing the number of wirings between the timing controller and the data driver, and for reducing an EMI component. The display of the present invention comprises a display panel, a scan driver, a timing controller and a plurality of data drivers, wherein the timing controller transmits a transmission signal including a serialized data signal to one of the plurality of the data drivers, wherein a level of the data signal is selected from at least four different levels according to a value of a data having a length of at least two bits, and wherein the data driver restores the data from the transmitted transmission signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2006Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Anapass Inc.Inventor: Yong-Jae Lee
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Patent number: 8144863Abstract: A technique of echo cancellation in a communication system. A method and/or apparatus of echo cancellation that may be suitable for performing echo cancellation under single talk and double talk conditions. A method and/or apparatus of echo cancellation that may significantly reduce a residual echo in a single talk environment (e.g. present in many telecommunications systems) without distorting a near end signal in a double talk environment. A method and/or apparatus of echo cancellation that may reduce a residual echo in single talk and double talk environments by applying a post-processing technique to an ECLMS algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-Hyeak Son
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Patent number: 8143139Abstract: A method of fabricating an extended drain MOS transistor which reduces a design rule and prevents the generation of leakage current. The method includes sequentially forming a diffusion film, a first conductive epitaxial layer, a gate oxide layer and a hard mask layer over a semiconductor substrate, forming a first hard mask pattern having a first thickness by performing a first etching process on the hard mask layer, forming a second hard mask pattern having a second thickness by performing a second etching process on the first hard mask layer, and then forming a thin gate oxide layer by performing a third etching process on the gate oxide layer using the second hard mask pattern as a mask.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyoung-Jin Lee
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Patent number: 8144335Abstract: The present invention relates to a vibration-insensitive interferometer using a high-speed camera and a continuous phase scanning method. The interferometer measures a measurement target by completely isolating influences of externally occurring vibrations from a frequency domain. The interferometer includes a light source unit for emitting light. A light transmission unit radiates the light emitted from the light source unit to the measurement target, splits light reflected from the measurement target into reference light and measurement light, and allows the reference light and the measurement light to interfere with each other, thus generating an interference fringe. A continuous phase scanning unit for radiates the reference light split by the light transmission unit through continuous phase scanning.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Seung-Woo Kim, Jung-Jae Park
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Patent number: 8138086Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flash memory device and devices thereof, which may be capable of preventing damage to a gate. A method of manufacturing a flash memory device may include preparing a semiconductor substrate having an active region defined by a device separator. A method of manufacturing a flash memory device may include forming a floating gate, a oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) layer and/or a control gate layer on and/or over a substrate. A method of manufacturing a flash memory device may include forming a low temperature oxide (LTO) film on and/or over a control gate, etching a LTO film to expose a desired part of a control gate, using a LTO film as a mask to etch a desired part of each of a floating gate layer, a ONO layer and/or a control gate to form a gate pattern, and/or substantially removing a LTO film by wet etching.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chung-Kyung Jung
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Patent number: 8136619Abstract: A passenger distinguishing apparatus is provided. The passenger distinguishing apparatus includes: a plurality of lower brackets that are fixed to a floor of a vehicle room; upper brackets that assist mounting of a passenger seat disposed at an upper part of the lower brackets; and a plurality of sensors that are disposed between the lower brackets and the upper brackets to detect a weight of a passenger seated in the passenger seat, wherein in an upper end part and a lower end part of the sensors, male screw threads for bolt-fastening to fastening holes formed at each of the lower bracket and the upper bracket are formed, and in at least one of the upper end part and the lower end part of the sensors, dampers for absorbing assembling tolerance of the sensors while being fixed due to a contact with nuts tightened and fixed to a portion in which the male screw threads are formed, are formed. Therefore, an assembling process can be improved, a cost can be reduced, and durability of the sensor can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., LtdInventors: Jae-Ho Hwang, Byung-Hyuk Park, Myoung-Hun Kuem, Byung-Yeol Kim
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Patent number: 8136620Abstract: A passenger distinguishing apparatus is provided. The passenger distinguishing apparatus includes: a weight detection sensor that is assembled in a vehicle seat to detect a passenger's weight; and a first bracket and a second bracket that assemble the weight detection sensor in the seat, wherein the weight detection sensor has a length direction in a horizontal direction of the seat, and a first damper for absorbing assembling tolerance of the weight detection sensor is disposed between the first bracket and the weight detection sensor. Therefore, assembling tolerance can be absorbed with minimum parts, production can be improved, contact noise can be reduced, and a weight and cost can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., LtdInventors: Jae-Ho Hwang, Byung-Hyuk Park, Byung-Yeol Kim
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Patent number: 8137065Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aerogenerator having a horizontal maintaining means. The aerogenerator of the present invention includes a support pillar which is placed upright on the ground and has a hollow space therein. The aerogenerator further includes a rotational support unit which is provided on the upper end of the support pillar so as to be rotatable. The rotational support unit includes a rotational body and a rotational support base which supports the lower end of the rotational body. The opposite ends of the rotational support base extend predetermined lengths from the rotational body outwards. The aerogenerator further includes vane units which include a main vane and a subsidiary vane provided on the respective opposite ends of the rotational support base of the rotational support unit. The main vane and the subsidiary vane have different weights.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Inventors: Chris Wilson, John Nelson, Michael Baker
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Patent number: 8138545Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate on and/or over which a first conductive type well is formed; and an LDMOS device that includes a gate electrode and has a drain region formed in the substrate. The LDMOS device includes a trench formed on the substrate, a second conductive type body that is formed on one side of the trench and on the substrate therebeneath, and a first conductive type source region that is formed in the second conductive type body.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hyon-Chol Lim