Abstract: A controller of a camera iris is provided. The controller includes a signal processing circuit that generates a detected position value corresponding to a current position of the iris, based on first and second sensing signals respectively received from first and second position sensors that detects an aperture position of the iris; a control circuit, that sets a section between the first aperture position and the second aperture position to a plurality of control sections, and if a command to change the aperture of the iris is made, performing a corresponding control operation for each of the plurality of control sections to control a movement operation of the iris, based on the detected position value; and a driving circuit that generates a driving current, and provide the generates driving current to a coil to drive the iris under control of the controller.

Abstract: An actuator of a camera module includes a detected portion disposed on a lens barrel, and a position detector including a first sensing coil and a second sensing coil, disposed to face the detected portion, and a reference coil disposed outside of a region facing the detected portion, wherein the position detector detects a position of the detected portion in accordance with calculation results of inductances of the first sensing coil and the second sensing coil, and removes noise components by applying inductance of the reference coil to the calculation results of inductances of the first sensing coil and the second sensing coil.

Abstract: An actuator includes an oscillating unit including two or more oscillation circuits each configured to output an oscillation signal including a frequency, which is changed in response to movement of a detection target, a frequency down-converting unit configured to down-convert frequencies of two or more oscillation signals respectively output from the two or more oscillation circuits, and a determining unit configured to calculate a position of the detection target in response to two or more down-converted oscillation signals output from the frequency down-converting unit.

Abstract: An actuator of a camera module includes a detected portion disposed on a lens barrel, and a position detector including a first sensing coil and a second sensing coil, disposed to face the detected portion, and a reference coil disposed outside of a region facing the detected portion, wherein the position detector detects a position of the detected portion in accordance with calculation results of inductances of the first sensing coil and the second sensing coil, and removes noise components by applying inductance of the reference coil to the calculation results of inductances of the first sensing coil and the second sensing coil.

Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel, a driving coil disposed to face a target detection unit prepared on one side of the lens barrel, a driving device configured to provide a driving signal to the driving coil, and a position calculating unit including a first capacitor, configured to provide a ground for an alternating current (AC) signal to the driving coil, a second capacitor, connected to the driving coil to constitute oscillation circuit together with the driving coil, and a position calculating circuit configured to calculate a position of the lens barrel from a frequency of the oscillation circuit.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter includes a sampling controller setting different retrieval sampling points of time for each section, among candidate sampling points of time, in each section of a carrier frequency signal; and a sampling unit configured to sample points of the carrier frequency signal at the different retrieval sampling points of time. The sampling controller compares values sampled by the sampling unit with each other, and determines a determined sampling point based on a comparison result.

Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel, a driving coil disposed to face a target detection unit prepared on one side of the lens barrel, a driving device configured to provide a driving signal to the driving coil, and a position calculating unit including a first capacitor, configured to provide a ground for an alternating current (AC) signal to the driving coil, a second capacitor, connected to the driving coil to constitute oscillation circuit together with the driving coil, and a position calculating circuit configured to calculate a position of the lens barrel from a frequency of the oscillation circuit.

Abstract: An actuator includes an oscillating unit including two or more oscillation circuits each configured to output an oscillation signal including a frequency, which is changed in response to movement of a detection target, a frequency down-converting unit configured to down-convert frequencies of two or more oscillation signals respectively output from the two or more oscillation circuits, and a determining unit configured to calculate a position of the detection target in response to two or more down-converted oscillation signals output from the frequency down-converting unit.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter includes a sampling controller setting different retrieval sampling points of time for each section, among candidate sampling points of time, in each section of a carrier frequency signal; and a sampling unit configured to sample points of the carrier frequency signal at the different retrieval sampling points of time. The sampling controller compares values sampled by the sampling unit with each other, and determines a determined sampling point based on a comparison result.

Abstract: There are provided a power switching driving apparatus able to reduce a circuit area and increase a driving speed, and a power factor correction device and a power supply device having the same. The power switching driving apparatus includes: a first driving unit providing a switching signal in response to a control signal from the outside; a second driving unit including first and second NMOS FETs cascode-connected between an operational power source terminal supplying pre-set operation power and a ground, and performing switching complimentarily in response to the switching signal to provide a switching control signal controlling power switching; a current supply unit supplying a current for driving the second driving unit; and a voltage maintaining unit maintaining a voltage for driving the second driving unit.

Abstract: There are provided a power factor correction apparatus, a direct current/direct current (DC/DC) converter, and a power supplying apparatus, capable of preventing unstable feedback control due to a ripple component by controlling power switching based on a median value between a maximum value and a minimum value of a voltage level of the output power that is received as feedback. The power factor correction apparatus includes a power factor corrector switching input power and correcting a power factor thereof; and a controller detecting a voltage level of power factor-corrected power and controlling the switching of the power factor corrector, based on a median value between a maximum value and a minimum value of the voltage level of the power factor-corrected power detected for a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: A preprocessing unit samples and digitalizes analog signal. A differential operation unit delays digitalized signal for a predetermined period and differentiates delayed signals. A correlation unit correlates differentiated signal with a plurality of predetermined PN code sequences. A setting unit includes a shift register having a plurality of storage locations for shifting the correlation values and sequentially storing shifted correlation values at the storage locations, respectively, a detector including the determination slots for detecting the storage location of the maximum value, and a slot setter for comparing the storage location of the maximum value from the detector with the predetermined reference storage location and shifting the determination slots by the difference therebetween. A demodulation value estimation unit estimates, as a demodulation value of the received analog signal, a symbol of a PN code sequence corresponding to the maximum value from the shifted determination slots.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a 3D TV and a system using RF wireless communication and a method for synchronizing a 3D TV system using the same. In the 3D TV system using the RF wireless communication according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, two or more 3D TVs transmit and receive synchronous signals through the RF wireless communication, thereby locking the screen synchronization and synchronous signals of the 3D TVs. Thereafter, when the 3D TVs transmits the synchronous signals to the 3D spectacles, the synchronous signals including the time offset are transmitted, having different time difference. As a result, the 3D spectacles can be synchronized with images displayed on the 3D TVs by using time offset information.

Abstract: A direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) transceiver including a DSSS transmitter and a DSSS receiver, wherein the DSSS transmitter includes: an integral code mapping unit mapping source bit data in one of 2N (N is a natural number) of predetermined symbols by N bits and mapping the symbol in one of integral code words that are obtained by previously integrating each of 2N of bi-orthogonal code words; and a radio frequency (RF) transmitting unit transmitting the integral code words mapped by the integral code mapping unit over an RF carrier wave, and the DSSS receiver includes: an RF receiving unit removing an RF carrier wave from an RF signal from the RF transmitting unit and converting an analog signal obtained by removing the RF carrier wave from the RF signal into a digital signal; a differential circuit unit differentiating and converting the digital signal from the RF receiving unit into bi-orthogonal code words; and a symbol detection unit detecting a symbol corresponding to a maximum value of correlat

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for controlling lighting brightness including a light control unit that generates a control signal for controlling the brightness of a plurality of lightings; a digital signal generating unit that converts a signal corresponding to the control signal at each period so as to generate non-periodic digital signals; and a driving voltage generating unit that generate driving voltages by converting the digital signals into analog signals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting interference and an interference detecting device for a wireless communication capable of improving detection accuracy of an interference signal in a wireless communication device without influencing network operation while the interference signal is detected; and, more particularly, to a method for detecting interference and an interference detecting device for a wireless communication to determine an interference signal by increasing an interference packet count according to an RSSI value, its own packet detection, gain reduction, deterioration of signal quality, the number of the same symbols, and so on and comparing an increased interference packet count value with a threshold value by using each ZigBee device as a main constituent of interference detection unlike a conventional method for detecting interference in which a ZigBee coordinator or a ZigBee router is a main constituent of interference detection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiple differential demodulator using a weighting value. The multiple differential demodulator according to the present invention includes a weighting value generator for integrating a real part and an imaginary part of a value acquired by multiplying one of a plurality of differentiated reception signals by a conjugated value of a differentiated PN code signal corresponding to a preset symbol, and determining the greater of the integrated real and integrated imaginary parts to apply a predetermined weighting value to the greater value, where the PN code signal is differentiated in the same fashion as the differentiated reception signals.

Abstract: An RC oscillation circuit and method capable of adjusting an oscillation frequency includes: an RC oscillator including a variable resistor and a variable capacitor, the RC oscillator generating an RC oscillating signal having a frequency determined by a resistance of the variable resistor and a capacitance of the variable capacitor; a counter counting a clock number of a reference oscillating signal corresponding to one period of the RC oscillating signal to generate a first count value, the reference oscillating signal having a preset frequency; and a frequency controller controlling a frequency of the RC oscillating signal by determining the resistance of the variable resistor and the capacitance of the variable capacitor such that a difference between the first count value and a preset second count value is smaller than a preset first critical value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a symbol detector for detecting symbols received in a receive modem of short-range wireless personal area network of a ZigBee system (IEEE 802.15.4). An OQPSK short-range wireless communication system according to the invention acquires frequency offset in a received signal using a symbol contained in a preamble of a packet of the signal, multi-delay-differentiates the signal by a plurality of predetermined delay times, and complex-conjugates the acquired frequency offset to eliminate the frequency offset. Then, the OQPSK short-range wireless communication system according to the invention correlates the received signal with a PN sequence delay-differentiated through the same process to detect the symbols corresponding to the received signal.

Abstract: There is provided an RF receiver recovering timing offset by shifting timing slots in response to timing offset occurring when a signal is sampled.