Abstract: An image measuring apparatus for enhancing an accuracy of an image captured by an optical system and a method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus includes a CCD camera for capturing the object and outputting the captured image, a lamp for generating white light to illuminate a capturing area of the object, an illumination controller for controlling the lamp to be turned on, a piezoelectric actuator for controlling a minute height of the optical system with respect to the object, an image capturing device for acquiring the image captured by the CCD camera, a driving signal generator for outputting a driving signal to the illumination controller and the piezoelectric actuator when an enable signal is generated from the CCD camera, and an image signal processor for estimating height information of the object from data transmitted from the image capturing unit.
Abstract: A space-time code has a codeword matrix. The codeword matrix is a square matrix with dimension equal to the number of the transmit antennas, wherein a row of the codeword matrix represents combined signals transmitted by each transmit antenna and a column of the codeword matrix represents timeslots of the number of the transmit antennas. Signals are transmitted through the rows of the number of spatial multiplexing rate, in each column of the matrix. Further, the symbols of the number of the transmit antennas are combined by way of utilizing complex weights, in each row of the matrix. With this space-time code, a delay is minimized, so that change of channels can be managed efficiently. Also, the space-time code has minimum number of data symbols, and thus its complexity is minimized.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 30, 2008
Date of Patent:
April 3, 2012
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Abstract: A blushless direct current (BLDG) motor apparatus includes: a stator which is provided with a plurality of windings corresponding to N phases and wound in parallel independently of each other; a rotor which has a plurality of poles corresponding to the plurality of windings and rotates with respect to the stator by excitation of the windings; a switching unit which is provided in the form of a full H-bridge with respect to each phase, comprises a pair of upper switching devices corresponding to a (+) side of the winding and a pair of lower switching devices corresponding to a (?) side of the winding, and performs a switching operation to supply or not to supply driving power to the winding; a first sensing device which senses the phase of the rotor with respect to the stator to determine whether to turn on or off the upper switching device; a second sensing device which is provided in the latter part than the first sensing device and senses the phase of the rotor with respect to the stator to determine whethe
Abstract: The MAC frame in a wireless communication system includes a terminal ID allocated to each of multiple terminals. At least one connection ID is allocated to each terminal having the terminal ID, and sub-carrier allocation information is allocated to each connection having the connection ID. The sub-carrier allocation information includes a sub-carrier allocation status for each sub-carrier, and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier. The sub-carrier allocation status and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier can be allocated, by sub-carriers, to the sub-carrier allocation information using a same number of bits; or the information on the sub-carrier allocation status is first allocated to the sub-carrier allocation information and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier is allocated.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 16, 2008
Date of Patent:
March 20, 2012
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Inventors:
Hyoung-Soo Lim, Woo-Yong Choi, Yong-Sun Kim, Jae-Young Ahn
Abstract: An emitting pipe boring method, for forming an ejection hole on a drip pressure reducing hose above a discharging portion of at least one drip which is adhered to an inside of the drip pressure reducing hose and includes an introducing portion, a pressure reducing portion and a discharging portion, includes a first step for forming an upward projection to be higher than a height of the drip at the discharging portion of the drip, a second step for forming a protruding portion on the drip pressure reducing hose by the upward projection of the drip when the drip is adhered to the inside of the drip pressure reducing hose, and a third step for forming an ejection hole of the drip pressure reducing hose by horizontally cutting an upper portion of the protruding portion formed on the drip pressure reducing hose through the second step.
Abstract: Disclosed is an adaptive transmit and receive method and device in a multiple-antenna wireless communication system. A transmit mode comprises different main transmit modes each of which includes one or both of a sub-transmit mode based on STBC and a sub-transmit mode based on SM. A receiver calculates an STBC performance parameter and a SM performance parameter, and a transmitter uses the parameters to determine a main transmit mode with maximum data rates and select a sub-transmit mode for minimizing power consumption. The transmitter channel-encodes, modulates and antenna-maps input data according to the selected transmit mode, and outputs results to the receiver. The receiver antenna/symbol-demodulates and channel-decodes the received data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 2, 2010
Date of Patent:
March 20, 2012
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Inventors:
Yun-Hee Kim, Kwang-Soon Kim, Sang-Hyun Lee, Kyu-Jong Hwang, Kyung-Hi Chang
Abstract: A touch screen using infrared cameras hardly affected by external disturbance light includes an infrared radiation base having a plurality of infrared emitting elements and the infrared cameras, thereby preventing malfunction resulting from the external disturbance light. The touch screen includes a body having a screen part to which an image is output, an infrared radiation base having a plurality of infrared emitting elements and disposed around the screen part in transverse and longitudinal directions, and infrared cameras receiving the infrared light emitted from the infrared emitting elements of the infrared radiation base and detecting the position of an object touched on the screen part according to whether or not the infrared light emitted from each infrared emitting element is received.
Abstract: Provided is a multiple information retrieval apparatus and method using a language chain to provide directly executable multiple information when a search result regarding a query word is provided. The retrieval apparatus includes: an I/O display window inputting query words; a search button which approves the input query words over the Internet; a search engine database containing information about the query words; a search query word information source having information which sets the query words as a title; a language chain which connects the grouped words with at least one connector; a parsing key for selecting the grouped words, and an image or video display window which can display images or videos using a web-browser. Accordingly, the retrieval apparatus provides multiple domains regarding query words, indices of electronic publishing materials and home page lists.
Abstract: A casting apparatus includes a hermetically sealed chamber, wherein the chamber includes: a melt-heating portion to melt external uranium deposits, the melt-heating portion being tiltable to allow the resulting liquid molten material to be discharged to the outside, an ingot-forming portion to receive the molten material discharged from the melt-heating portion and to cool-solidify the molten material, and a salt-capturing portion provided on the melt-heating portion, to solidify a salt gas produced when the uranium deposits are molten, and thereby recover the salt gas, wherein the ingot-forming portion includes: a horizontal turn-table rotated by an operating means, and a plurality of molds mounted on the edge of the turn-table, each containing the molten material, which is then cooled.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 24, 2009
Date of Patent:
March 6, 2012
Assignees:
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasmatron structure for heating working gas in a DC arc discharge at the atmospheric or lowered pressures and can be used for different electronic, engineering, or vehicle-building industries and for medicine. An object of the invention is to provide improved effectiveness of process gas activation and increased completeness of plasma-chemical reactions. These objects are achieved in a DC arc plasmatron comprising a rod cathode, a nozzle anode having a body member and a through axial orifice, a power supply unit connected to both electrodes, and a gas system for feeding plasma-forming gas into inter-electrode space and supplying suitably selected technologic gas or gas mixture into the anode orifice through an internal opening communicating with said orifice and positioned between its inlet and outlet parts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 26, 2006
Date of Patent:
March 6, 2012
Assignee:
Cheju National University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
Abstract: A load restraint method and system for securing cargo within transport containers wherein the angle ? of attachment between a side wall of a container and a reinforcing strip of material attached to the side wall is maintained at 15 degrees or less in accordance with the formula B?cot ?·A, where ? is the angle formed between an exterior surface of said load restraining strip and an interior plane of the lateral wall surface of the transport container “A” is the distance from a front edge of a load to an adjacent side wall and “B” is the distance along the wall of the container behind the point of contact of the restraining strip with an edge of the load to be restrained.
Abstract: A transmitter circuit for transmitting parallel data, suitable for compensating for influence of crosstalk noise in a pre-emphasis scheme. The transmitter circuit includes first through Nth transmission lines configured to respectively transmit first through Nth data (N is 2 or greater); first through Nth output driving circuit sections configured to output the first through Nth data transmitted through the first through Nth transmission lines; first through Nth pre-emphasis circuit sections configured to generate first through Nth pre-emphasis signals for controlling transition output levels of the first through Nth data depending upon signal modes of adjoining data among the first through Nth data; and first through Nth adders configured to generate first through Nth data output signals that are controlled in transition output levels using output signals of the first through Nth output driving circuit sections and the first through Nth pre-emphasis signals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 30, 2009
Date of Patent:
March 6, 2012
Assignee:
Postech Academy Industry Foundation
Inventors:
Hae Kang Jung, Hong June Park, Kyoung Ho Lee
Abstract: A method for generating a downlink signal and searching for a cell from the downlink signal in an OFDM-based cellular system is provided. Thus, a pilot pattern is formed in the downlink signal, and the pilot pattern is formed of a product of a cell-specific scrambling code and a cell group-specific code. The scrambling code is different for each cell and the same for each sub-frame, and the cell group-specific code is different for each cell and different for each sub-frame.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 5, 2006
Date of Patent:
March 6, 2012
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Inventors:
Jae-Young Ahn, Bang-Won Seo, Sang-Hyun Lee, Young-Jo Ko
Abstract: The invention provides a method of generating a downlink signal and searching a cell on the basis of the downlink signal in an OFDM-based cellular system. The downlink signal includes a plurality of synchronization blocks each having a plurality of sub-frames, and a synchronization pattern composed of a combination of a cell group identification code for identifying a cell group and a frame synchronization identification code for indicating a frame start point is generated in each of the synchronization blocks. Different frame synchronization identification codes are allocated to the synchronization blocks.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 25, 2007
Date of Patent:
February 28, 2012
Assignees:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, SK Telecom., Co., Ltd., KT Corporation
Inventors:
Kap-Seok Chang, Il-Gyu Kim, Nam-Il Kim, Young-Hoon Kim, Seung-Chan Bang
Abstract: Provided is an antenna system for tracking a satellite which includes a fixed body and a rotating body. The antenna system includes a transmitting/receiving unit having a transmitting channel and a receiving channel for signal power, a driving unit for enabling mechanical motion of the rotating body for satellite tracking, and a control unit for monitoring and controlling the operation of the driving unit. Accordingly, the various kinds of the components of the antenna system mounted and operated on the movable body can be minimized and the output of the transmitted signal required in the antenna system can be simply replaced, thereby simplifying the configuration of the system and reducing the production cost of the system. In addition, the STR having the tracking signal processing function in the digital mode as well as the general analog mode is mounted on the antenna system, thereby improving accuracy of satellite tracking.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 11, 2006
Date of Patent:
February 21, 2012
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Abstract: Provided are a multi-dimensional detector for a receiver of an MIMO system and a method thereof. The multi-dimensional detector includes a first symbol detecting unit for calculating symbol distance values using an upper triangular matrix (R) obtained from QR decomposition to detect an mth symbol; a symbol deciding unit for deciding a symbol having a minimum distance value among the calculated symbol distance values from the first symbol detecting unit; and a second symbol detecting unit for calculating symbol distance values using an updated received signal y and the upper triangular matrix R to detect a (m?1)th symbol.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 23, 2008
Date of Patent:
February 21, 2012
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Inventors:
Yu-Ro Lee, Jong-Ee Oh, Minho Cheong, Sok-Kyu Lee
Abstract: Provided are a multi-output oscillator using a single oscillator, and a method of generating multiple outputs. The multi-output oscillator includes: an oscillator outputting the single frequency; a multiplier multiplying the single frequency to output a first frequency; a first frequency divider dividing the single frequency by a first division factor; a first mixer outputting a second frequency by mixing an output of the first frequency divider and an output of the multiplier; a second frequency divider dividing the single frequency by a second division factor; a second mixer mixing the output of the second frequency divider and the output of the first mixer to output a third frequency; and a third mixer mixing the output of the second frequency divider and the output of the multiplier to output a fourth frequency.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 28, 2009
Date of Patent:
February 21, 2012
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Inventors:
Kwang-Seon Kim, Woo-Jin Byun, Min-Soo Kang, Bong-Su Kim, Tae-Jin Chung, Myung-Sun Song
Abstract: Respective codewords of quantization codebooks corresponding to a number of data streams are selected based on channel information estimated by a received training symbol. A stream mode is selected among stream modes to determine a modulation method applied to each data stream. The data stream is detected by using the codeword corresponding to the quantization codebook of the data stream corresponding to the selected stream mode as a precode matrix, and the detected data stream is modulated. In this case, a receiving apparatus performs a feedback operation so that indexes of the selected stream mode and the codeword used as the precode matrix may be transmitted to the transmitting apparatus. The transmitting apparatus selects the number of transmitted data streams and the modulation method based on the transmitted index of feedback streams by the feedback operation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 4, 2006
Date of Patent:
February 21, 2012
Assignees:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University