Patents Assigned to Ajou University
  • Publication number: 20250148481
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology for achieving carbon neutrality in ESG-based industrial sites. An apparatus for achieving carbon neutrality analyzes energy performance of factories, industrial facilities, and plants, derives energy saving factors and renewable energy production factors, verifies performance of facility materials and facility construction methods to comply with GRI standards, for example, optimizes internal air in accordance with the GRI standards, and quantitatively measures and evaluates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) achievement rates of factories, the industrial facilities, and the plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Bong Sik OH, SangChul PARK
  • Publication number: 20250140227
    Abstract: A method of designing a silencer by using an acoustic metamaterial according to the present disclosure includes distributing design variables through an experimental design method, performing optimal design on initial design proposals, obtaining an insertion loss of an optimal unit cell, and selecting a unit cell to be used first for effective noise reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jin Woo LEE, Jae Ho CHO
  • Patent number: 12286065
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a noise reduction device includes a housing; and a slit located inside the housing and having a unit cell located therein, the unit cell comprising a sound absorbing layer configured to absorb noise generated from a sound source inside the housing, and a meta-material panel layer located on one surface of the sound absorbing layer, the meta-material panel layer comprising a sound meta-material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Ji Ah Kim, Min Ho Cho, Byoung Chul Park, Young Hwan Yoon, Kang Ho Cheon, Eun Gook Kim, Young Don Choi, Jin Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20250132153
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a Van der Waals contact semiconductor device, which includes arranging and patterning a first material on a first substrate; arranging and patterning a second material on a second substrate; and transferring the second material onto the first material, in which any one of the first material and the second material is a topological insulator (TI), and the other one includes a two-dimensional semiconductor material, and the first material and the second material are subjected to Van der Waals contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun LEE, Soheil GHODS, Seung-II KIM
  • Patent number: 12278093
    Abstract: A plasma etching method is disclosed. The plasma etching method comprises: a first step for vaporizing liquid pentafluoropropanol (PFP); a second step for supplying discharge gas comprising the vaporized PFP and argon gas into a plasma chamber in which an object to be etched is placed; and a third step for discharging the discharge gas to generate plasma and etching the object by using the plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Chang-Koo Kim, Jun-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 12278111
    Abstract: A plasma etching method includes a first step of supplying a mixed gas containing vaporized heptafluoroisopropyl methyl ether gas having a molecular structure of a following Chemical Formula 1 or vaporized heptafluoropropyl methyl ether gas having a molecular structure of a following Chemical Formula 2 and argon gas into a plasma chamber in which an etching target is disposed; and a second step of etching the etching target using plasma generated from the mixed gas:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Chang-Koo Kim, Jun-Hyun Kim, Jin-Su Park
  • Patent number: 12272172
    Abstract: Provided are a device and method for human parsing. The method includes receiving at least one piece of image data and ground truth values for human parsing, generating a height distribution map and a width distribution map for the image data, acquiring attention maps and scaled feature maps for each of a height and a width of the image data using the distribution maps, calculating a distribution loss rate by concatenating the scaled feature maps, acquiring an improved feature map on the basis of the calculated distribution loss rate, and performing human parsing on an object included in the image data using the improved feature map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Won Jun Hwang, Kun Liang Liu
  • Publication number: 20250077261
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for improving performance of a hypervisor in a memory disaggregation environment. The method includes allocating memory pages to a virtual machine in preset units, comparing the address range of the page frame to be returned with a preset page size, and removing an address space mapping for the page frame to be returned depending on a result of comparison with the preset page size. Removing the address space mapping comprises removing the address space mapping on the basis of contiguous page frames when the range of the page frame to be returned is equal to or greater than the preset page size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tae-Hoon KIM, Kwang-Won KOH, Chang-Dae KIM, Eun-Ji PAK, Yeon-Jeong JEONG, Sang-Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20250077340
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for managing memory in a memory disaggregation environment. The method includes handling a required subblock within a block more preferentially than an additional block in the event of a page fault and handling a page fault for the block in which the required subblock is preferentially processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tae-Hoon KIM, Kwang-Won KOH, Chang-Dae KIM, Eun-Ji PAK, Yeon-Jeong JEONG, Sang-Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 12242281
    Abstract: A method of performing autonomous driving based on platooning by a moving object includes setting a moving path, determining whether platooning is allowed, transmitting moving path information to a first intelligent transportation system infrastructure when the moving object of a plurality of moving objects approaches a preset range of the first intelligent transportation system infrastructure, receiving platooning information from the first intelligent transportation system infrastructure, and performing platooning based on the platooning information, wherein the first intelligent transportation system infrastructure groups ones of the moving objects capable of platooning from among the plurality of moving objects based on the moving path information received from each of the plurality of moving objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jae Jun Ha, Ilsoo Yun, Sangmin Park, Sungho Park, Harim Jeong, Cheolwoo Kwon, Jiwon Kim, Kiyeon Park
  • Patent number: 12240892
    Abstract: A composition including a substance that inhibits an expression or activity of c-src and its use in inhibiting aggregation and/or migration of ?-syn are disclosed. The composition may be a pharmaceutical composition and can be used for preventing or treating synucleinopathy. The substance can inhibit the signal transduction induced by ?-syn migrating to adjacent cells, thus mitigating the cytotoxic influence of ?-syn on the adjacent cells; and can inhibit the denaturation of monomeric ?-syn into aggregated ?-syn, which may be a major cause of synucleinopathy, and thus, can be beneficially used as a therapeutic agent for synucleinopathy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sang Myun Park, Yu Ree Choi, Jae Bong Kim
  • Patent number: 12235963
    Abstract: A provenance information based trust evaluation method of a trust evaluation apparatus for selecting a cooperation object of a self-adaptive system includes transmitting a cooperation request signal to a communicable neighbor, receiving a response including provenance information from the neighbor, evaluating a final trust based on the provenance information included in the response of each cooperation candidate object by considering a neighbor which transmits the response as a cooperation candidate object, and selecting a cooperation object based on the final trust of each of the cooperation candidate object, and the final trust is calculated based on a provenance trust of each of the cooperation candidate objects and the influence of the cooperation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATON FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seok Won Lee, Hyo Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 12223447
    Abstract: Provided are a drone taxi system based on multi-agent reinforcement learning and a drone taxi operation method using the same. The drone taxi system includes a plurality of drone taxies configured to receive call information including departure point information and destination information from passenger terminals present within a certain range and a control server configured to receive call information of passengers from each drone taxi, select a candidate passenger depending on whether a passenger is present, generate travel route information of each drone taxi from drone state information of the plurality of drone taxies through multi-agent reinforcement learning, and transmit the travel route information to the drone taxi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: Korea University Research and Business Foundation, AJOU University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Joongheon Kim, Won Joon Yun, Jae-Hyun Kim, Soyi Jung
  • Patent number: 12225327
    Abstract: Provided is a surveillance system employing a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the surveillance system showing improved surveillance performance while optimizing common energy consumption for computing of all the UAVs and also providing a stable visual monitoring service using autonomous mobility of the plurality of UAVs regardless of movement of an object to be monitored and action uncertainty of an adjacent UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: Korea University Research and Business Foundation, AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joongheon Kim, Soyi Jung, Jae-Hyun Kim, Won Joon Yun, SooHyun Park
  • Patent number: 12217970
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plasma etching method. The plasma etching method comprises: a first step for evaporating liquid perfluoropropyl carbinol (PPC); a second step for supplying a discharge gas including the evaporated PPC and argon gas to a plasma chamber in which an object to be etched is arranged; and a third step for discharging the discharge gas to generate plasma, and using the plasma to plasma-etch the object to be etched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Chang-Koo Kim, Jun-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 12216129
    Abstract: An antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, which binds with a high pM-level affinity to a human IL-4 receptor alpha chain that is a human IL-4 receptor, is provided. The antibody or antigen-binding fragment has a different epitope and a different antigen dissociation rate than existing antibodies. A nucleic acid encoding the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a vector including the nucleic acid, a cell transformed with the vector, a method for producing the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a conjugate comprising the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a composition for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases, and a composition for diagnosing inflammatory diseases are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yong Sung Kim, Hae-Sim Park, Jung Eun Kim, Keunok Jung
  • Patent number: 12196114
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a meta-muffler for reducing broadband noise. The meta-muffler includes: a flow pipe through which a fluid flows; an outer barrel disposed outside the flow pipe to be spaced apart from the flow pipe; and multiple metastructures arranged in a flow direction of the fluid and each comprising an opening opened parallel to the flow direction of the fluid, a resonance chamber disposed between the flow pipe and the outer barrel and communicating with the flow pipe through the opening, and a neck adjustment member extending from the outer barrel toward the flow pipe to be spaced apart from the opening in the flow direction of the fluid. The meta-muffler can increase transmission loss of noise flowing through the flow pipe through maximization of energy loss of sound waves entering the resonance chamber of the metastructure and can effectively attenuate noise over a wide band ranging from low frequencies to high frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS, AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Byung Hun An, Jin Woo Lee, Hak Joo Lee
  • Publication number: 20250009661
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure provides a plasma coating method of a nanovesicle surface and a plasma jet device for plasma coating of a nanovesicle surface. The plasma coating method of a nanovesicle surface according to an embodiment of the disclosure may be provided as a simple method for changing the surface charge of a nanovesicle from negative to neutral by utilizing the characteristic that when a neutral object meets a negatively charged object, electrons of the neutral object repel electrons of the negatively charged object and the negatively charged object becomes positively charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY, AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ana Sofia PEREIRA DE BRITO, Byeong Moon KWAK, Bum Ho BIN, Hyo Jin HEO, Byung Sun CHA, So Min LEE, So Young JUNG, Lei LEI, Sang Hun LEE, Byung Mook WEON
  • Patent number: 12191141
    Abstract: A plasma etching method is disclosed. The plasma etching method comprises: a first step of vaporizing liquid perfluoroisopropyl vinylether (PIPVE); a second step of supplying, to a plasma chamber in which an object to be etched is arranged, the vaporized PIPVE and a discharge gas comprising argon gas; and a third step of discharging the discharge gas so as to generate plasma, and using same so as to plasma-etch the object to be etched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Chang-Koo Kim, Jun-Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240429043
    Abstract: Provided is a method of forming an insulating film on a substrate by using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The method of forming an insulating film on a substrate by using ALD includes transferring a deposition-hindering material to the substrate, and depositing a first material layer by transferring a first precursor to the deposition-hindering material, wherein the deposition-hindering material includes an organic ligand, and the first precursor includes an alkoxide ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jeonggyu SONG, Ilkwon OH, Beomseok KIM, Jooho LEE, Wonsik CHOI, Byungjun WON, Minjeong RHEE