Abstract: Provided is a video providing system. The video providing system includes a memory configured to store device information of a display device, an analyzer configured to receive an original video from the outside and analyze images in the original video, and a processor configured to generate, from the original video, video streams according to a streaming mode and control signals of the display device respectively corresponding to the video streams, based on device information of a display device and analysis information from the analyzer, and provide the video streams and the control signals to the display device.

Abstract: Provided is a receiver for human body communication, the receiver including a comparator, a clock and data recovery circuit, and resistors or passive elements having a resistance property in power supply and ground connection units of other digital operation components and a power supply and ground connection unit of a printed circuit board (PCB) to remove or suppress a digital noise reflowed into a human body in the receiver and to raise reception performance by amplifying, with a high gain, a very small transmission signal transmitted through the human body causing a very high loss.

Abstract: Provided is a beta voltaic battery including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a beta-ray generator which is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and includes a metal substrate having both sides coated with a radioisotope layer. The beta voltaic battery according to the present invention has no sealing layer, but may efficiently shield beta rays through a sandwich structure. Since the sealing layer is absent, the absorption of beta rays by the semiconductor may be improved, and excellent energy conversion efficiency may be obtained because output is improved due to the two semiconductor layers and the radioisotope ray source coated on the both sides.

Abstract: Provided is a method for generating a preamble of a transmission signal for human body communication, the method including using a frequency shift code (FSC) of which a length is adjusted according to an operating clock frequency or a transmission rate and a first pseudo random binary sequence (PRBS) code of p chips where p is a natural number to generate a first preamble unit block of n chips where n is a natural number, using the FSC and a second PRBS code of p? chips to generate a second preamble unit block of n? chips, and arraying the first preamble unit block consecutively and repeatedly and disposing the second preamble unit block at a next stage to form the preamble of the transmission signal.

Abstract: This invention relates to a radioisotope battery and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein manufacturing the radioisotope battery and shielding radiation emitted from the radioisotope Ni-63 from the outside are achieved simultaneously. This radioisotope battery includes a semiconductor layer, a seed layer formed on the semiconductor layer, a radioisotope layer formed on the seed layer, and a radiation shielding layer formed on the radioisotope layer and for shielding radiation of the radioisotope layer form the outside.

Abstract: Provided are an energy harvesting device capable of generating electric energy by effectively obtaining an electromagnetic wave emitted from an indoor lighting device and a power control system of a lighting device capable of performing self-power generation by using the energy harvesting device as a power source. The energy harvesting device using an electromagnetic wave according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an interface unit made of a conductive material and configured to capture a conductive interference signal transferred through a conductive member of a lighting device; and a rectifier circuit unit configured to rectify the captured conductive interference signal to convert the rectified conductive interference signal to direct current power.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting data using a human body. The apparatus includes a parallel bit stream generation unit, a frequency selective spreading unit, a matched filter unit, and a transmission filter unit. The parallel bit stream generation unit outputs a parallel bit stream for an input serial bit stream. The frequency selective spreading unit divides the parallel bit stream into a preset number of bit groups, generates a single code vector by combining orthogonal code vectors corresponding to the respective bit groups, and shifts the center frequency of a transmission signal by spreading the single code vector using a frequency shift code. The transmission filter unit meets a transmit mask for the transmission signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an energy conversion apparatus. An energy conversion apparatus may comprise a control part controlling a length of a first time duration in which input current is inputted and accumulated, a length of a second time duration in which the accumulated current is provided to a load, and a length of a third time duration in which inverse current flows; and a DC-to-DC converter including an inductor, a output capacitor, and at least one switching element, wherein the input current is accumulated during the first time duration by switching the at least one switching element according to a control of the control part so as to perform input impedance matching, and the DC-to-DC convert provides a current corresponding to a difference between the accumulated current provided during the second time duration and the inverse current flowing from the output capacitor during the third time duration to the load.

Abstract: Provided is a beta voltaic battery including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a beta-ray generator which is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and includes a metal substrate having both sides coated with a radioisotope layer. The beta voltaic battery according to the present invention has no sealing layer, but may efficiently shield beta rays through a sandwich structure. Since the sealing layer is absent, the absorption of beta rays by the semiconductor may be improved, and excellent energy conversion efficiency may be obtained because output is improved due to the two semiconductor layers and the radioisotope ray source coated on the both sides.

Abstract: A power supply including: a first rectifying unit rectifying an AC voltage into a DC voltage; a power factor correction (PFC) circuit increasing a level of the DC voltage to improve a power factor; a first converter converting the DC voltage with the corrected power factor to generate an output DC voltage; and a power conversion circuit converting electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated in the first converter into a reproducing voltage is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting data using a human body. The apparatus includes a parallel bit stream generation unit, a frequency selective spreading unit, a matched filter unit, and a transmission filter unit. The parallel bit stream generation unit outputs a parallel bit stream for an input serial bit stream. The frequency selective spreading unit divides the parallel bit stream into a preset number of bit groups, generates a single code vector by combining orthogonal code vectors corresponding to the respective bit groups, and shifts the center frequency of a transmission signal by spreading the single code vector using a frequency shift code. The transmission filter unit meets a transmit mask for the transmission signal.

Abstract: This invention relates to spreading code producing apparatus, which comprises: two phase shifters for spreading code which receive bits for determining spreading codes and phase information and producing spreading codes; and multiplexers which receive two spreading codes produced said two phase shifters for spreading code, receive bits through separate way which defines outputting order of the received two spreading codes and produce spreading codes with same length as said received two spreading codes. Therefore, many information using few spreading codes can be transmitted so that data transmission rate can be raised. Furthermore, communication service with high speed can be performed among communication devices using human body communication etc.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method capable of maximally transferring energy generated from an energy harvester apparatus to an output terminal by optimizing an input impedance of an apparatus for extracting maximum power disposed between an energy harvester apparatus and an energy storage apparatus are disclosed. The method for extracting maximum power includes: detecting, by an apparatus for extracting maximum power disposed between the energy harvest apparatus and an energy storage apparatus, a magnitude in output current flowing in the energy storage apparatus; comparing a magnitude in current extracted from the energy harvester apparatus with a magnitude in current supplied to the energy storage apparatus when the magnitude in output current is a positive number; and determining whether an algorithm for extracting maximum power using the magnitude in current based on the comparison result is applied and extracting the maximum power depending on the determination result.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solar light-radioisotope hybrid battery, which is used as a solar battery and a radioisotope battery when sunlight is applied, and is used as a radioisotope battery when sunlight is not applied. The solar light-radioisotope hybrid battery includes: a semiconductor layer producing an electron-hole pair; and a radioisotope layer formed on the semiconductor layer and emitting a radioactive ray to the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A transmitting and receiving electrode system, and power transmission method using the same are provided. The transmitting and receiving electrode system includes: a voltage/current detection unit measuring a voltage and a current in real time while power is being transmitted between first and second electrodes; a controller calculating a variable element value based on the voltage and current values transferred from the voltage/current detection unit; and a variable element unit converting a variable element under the control of the controller to adjust an impedance of a power source.

Abstract: A hearing-aid apparatus using ultrasonic waves is inserted and mounted within an external auditory meatus of an ear, generates an ultrasonic wave band signal by single side band amplitude modulation of a sound signal that is received through a microphone, and outputs the ultrasonic wave band signal and a carrier signal that is used for single side band amplitude modulation as an ultrasonic wave signal to a transfer medium in a predetermined beam direction. Therefore, the ultrasonic wave signal forms a focal area in a damaged hearing organ area, the ultrasonic wave band signal is restored to a sound signal by nonlinear characteristics of a transfer medium in the focal area, and the damaged hearing organ detects the sound signal.

Abstract: This invention relates to a radioisotope battery and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein manufacturing the radioisotope battery and shielding radiation emitted from the radioisotope Ni-63 from the outside are achieved simultaneously. This radioisotope battery includes a semiconductor layer, a seed layer formed on the semiconductor layer, a radioisotope layer formed on the seed layer, and a radiation shielding layer formed on the radioisotope layer and for shielding radiation of the radioisotope layer form the outside.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for amplitude modulation of a spread signal that can increase a data transmission rate and frequency use efficiency by loading information on the amplitude of the spread signal used in digital communications. A method for amplitude modulation of a spread signal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: receiving a first data signal; generating a spread signal by applying a spreading code to the first data signal; receiving a second data signal; and outputting the spread signal at an amplitude corresponding to a value of the second data signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for controlling smart wear. The apparatus for controlling smart wear includes a motion capture unit, an error information unit, a motion estimation unit, and an actuation unit. The motion capture unit captures a motion of a user using sensors included in the smart wear. Then error information unit generates user error information using reference motion information and the results of the motion capture. The motion estimation unit estimates a subsequent motion of the user using the user error information. The actuation unit controls the smart wear of the user in real time using the estimated subsequent motion and the user error information.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for transmitting human sound that cancel an interference signal generated by a non-linear property of a human body around an ear by synthesizing and transmitting a sound signal modulated by a single side band (SSB) transmission method and a carrier to one output unit and by synthesizing and transmitting the sound signal modulated by the single side band (SSB) transmission method and a carrier in which a phase of a signal is transited to the other output unit, by using two signal output units in a sound transmitting apparatus.