Abstract: A system for processing visual information and a method thereof. Exemplary embodiments provides to a terminal event information searched through space recognition by a processing server for long-term storing image information input through the terminal so as to match and output event information with the input image information and recognize events that are an object of interest in the input image information or the long-term stored the image information and provide the related information so as to learn interest characteristics of a user and store the interest characteristics in the database, thereby providing user-based information. In addition, the exemplary embodiments of the present invention long-term stores the visual information by processing the visual information through the processing server so as to be used as a black box and can be used for applications requiring various artificial intelligence functions such as a disabled sensory supporting system, a robot, or the like.

Abstract: A mobile node and method suitable to allocate a single Internet protocol (IP) address to a physically independent interface and to provide a logical interface that connects between an application layer and the physical interface are provided. The mobile node includes an upper layer processing unit configured to perform a packet service; a physical interface unit configured to comprise multiple physical interfaces for access to multiple wireless networks; and a logical interface unit configured to allocate a single home IP address to the multiple physical interfaces and enable the upper layer processing unit to process a packet using the single home IP address, and to process packets belonging to the same session to be transmitted and received through the same physical interface from among the multiple physical interfaces.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a length of a transmission frame based on a Link Quality Indicator (LQI) are provided. A target transmitter may request an LQI from a target receiver, and the target receiver may transmit information about the LQI to the target transmitter. The target transmitter may determine the length of the transmission frame based on the LQI. The target transmitter) may determine the length of the transmission frame proportional to the LQI.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an internet protocol television service and a content searching method, enabling a user to easily use EPG and to share contents with other users, are provided. An EPG server of the IPTV service controlling apparatus includes a program creating module configured to create an electronic program guide by use of information about contents and an interface module which is connected to an internet protocol television (IPTV) terminal through a predetermined session, provides the IPTV terminal with the created EPG through the session, receives a keyword from the IPTV terminal through the predetermined session and searches for a content including the key word through web browsing.

Abstract: An acoustic echo cancellation device for generating a pseudo echo signal by filtering an input remote speaker signal based on a plurality of adaptive filters and controlling the adaptive filters to filter the same based on a filter coefficient. The acoustic echo cancellation device generates an error signal by subtracting the pseudo echo signal from a nearby speaker signal, determines a convergence state of the filter coefficient based on the error signal, and sets at least one filter coefficient with a previously used value to stop the operation for calculating new values for the corresponding filter coefficients when the filter coefficient is determined to be converged.

Abstract: Provided are a bio sensor chip and a reader thereof. The bio-sensor chip is optically addressed. The bio-sensor chip includes a word line control circuit and a bit line control circuit controlled by light provided from the bio-sensor chip reader. The bio-sensor chip does not require a peripheral circuit for driving word lines and bit lines, simplifying a fabrication process and reducing the area of the chip.

Abstract: A label-free biosensor includes a substrate, a reaction inducing part for inducing a bio antigen-antibody reaction to occur, and a reaction detecting part formed on the substrate and adapted to measure current change in accordance with change in an amount of light, which is caused by the bio antigen-antibody reaction in the reaction inducing part, to detect a bio antigen.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for transmitting multimedia data in a wireless network. The apparatus and method receive multimedia data classified into at least one layer, and set different radio bearer channels for the respective at least one multimedia layer. Here, a service quality parameter is differentially applied to the respective set radio bearer channels, so that end-to-end quality of service (QoS) improvement is maximized.

Abstract: An optical network unit is provided that includes a communication detector configured to detect whether a communication is achieved between the ONU and at least one power source equipment (PSE), and a power controller configured to detect whether the PSE is powered and to control electrical power, which is provided from the PSE, based on at least one of the detection result about whether the communication is achieved between the ONU and the PSE and the detection result about the PSE is powered.

Abstract: Provided are a silicon photomultiplier and method for fabricating silicon photomultiplier. The silicon photomultiplier includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer; a first conductive type buried layer disposed in a lower portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and having a higher impurity concentration than the first conductive type semiconductor layer; quench resistors spaced from each other and disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer; a transparent insulator formed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and exposing the quench resistors; second conductive type doped layers disposed under the quench resistors to contact the first conductive type semiconductor layer; and a transparent electrode commonly connected to the quench resistors electrically.

Abstract: A base station applies frequency switching transmission diversity and a precoding vector to a synchronization channel and applies a space-frequency block coding and a precoding vector to a broadcast channel. The base station controls the synchronization channel and the broadcast channel to be positioned adjacent each other and then generates and transmits a downlink frame. The base station includes partial information on the number of antennas in the synchronization channel, and other information thereon in the broadcast channel.

Abstract: An automatic gain control apparatus and method of a mobile station in an OFDM system are provided. The method includes identifying a preamble section and a data symbol section in a received frame signal; when a current symbol is the preamble section, measuring a power value of a preamble signal, comparing the measured power value of the preamble signal and a threshold value, and amplifying the received frame signal based on a predetermined gain; when a data symbol section includes a pilot carrier, measuring an average power value of the pilot carrier in the data symbol, comparing the measured average power value and the threshold value, and amplifying the received frame signal based on a predetermined gain; and when the data symbol section includes no pilot carrier, maintaining an existing gain, or performing an automatic gain control operation according to a gain estimated by using the pilot carrier during the data symbol section.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for compression-encoding a moving picture at high speed while minimizing image quality deterioration. In H.264 moving picture encoding, the apparatus and method perform rate-distortion optimization (RDO) indispensable for high-definition encoding by feedback prediction, and minimize the amount of discrete cosine transform (DCT)-inverse DCT (IDCT) calculation performed for RDO many times, thereby performing H.264 encoding at high speed.

Abstract: A ranging method of an access terminal comprising receiving and analyzing UL-MAP/DL-MAP; selecting a given uplink sub-channel number and a symbol number from the UL_MAP when a ranging event is generated; requesting a ranging process by transmitting a CDMA code; receiving a ranging response message broadcasted from the access point; extracting a CDMA code, a sub-channel number, and a symbol number from the received ranging response message, comparing the extracted result and the stored ranging parameters, and adjusting transmission power, timing, and frequency offset on the basis of the extracted result or discarding the ranging response message; and terminating a ranging response message receipt operation.

Abstract: A direct memory access controller (DMAC) for improving data transmission efficiency in multi-media over internet protocol (MMoIP) and a method therefor are provided. The DMAC requests and obtains a bus control right by determining that a DMA request signal is generated not only when a DMA request signal of a module for processing data in MMoIP is received but also when an operation of a timer operating during a predetermined period set considering periodicity of data in MMoIP is completed. Thus, the time taken to request a bus control right in a conventional DMAC can be reduced, thereby improving data transmission efficiency in MMoIP.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sound transmission system using a human body as a propagation medium. The transmission system includes a first signal transmitter and a second signal transmitter respectively generating signals having frequencies corresponding to each other, the first and second signal transmitters being coupled to the human body, wherein the first and second signal transmitters respectively generate high frequency signals having an opposite phase to each other, and the respective signal transmitters combine the audio signals and the high frequency signals to transmit the combined signals to the human body. The respective signal transmitters combine the generated audio signals and high frequency signals, adjust an output phase of the combined signals, and transmit the combined signals through the human body.

Abstract: There is provided a frequency synthesizer. The frequency synthesizer includes a frequency oscillator adjusting an output frequency according to a control bit; a programmable divider having a preset minimum division ratio, the programming divider dividing the output frequency of the frequency oscillator at a variable division ratio; a counter unit receiving an output signal of the programmable divider and a reference frequency to generate a count value by counting rising edges of the output signal of the programmable divider during one cycle of the reference frequency, and outputting a first hit signal when the count value is 1, and outputting a second hit signal when the count value is 2; and a phase detection unit outputting a control bit obtained by subtracting a fractional error of the output signal of the programmable divider from a fractional error at a locked phase obtained from the count value and the reference frequency.

Abstract: Disclosed are a biomolecule array and a method of fabricating a biomolecule array chip using the same. The present disclosure provides a simple method of fabricating a biomolecule array chip by coupling a pillar array with a well array The pillar array is provided with pillars protruded from a surface of a substrate, having a predetermined size and being arranged at a predetermined interval and is configured to apply biomolecules to a top surface of a pillar and the well array is configured so that each pillar formed in the pillar array is inserted into each well of the well array corresponding one-to-one after the biomolecule solutions are injected into each well.

Abstract: A system for managing a dynamic digital community based on location and social relations includes a user location information collecting block configured to analyze user location information and provide a location searching function of searching for where the user terminal is. Further, the system includes a community lifecycle management block configured to provide a service for creating and deleting a digital community, a service for joining a digital community as a member and withdrawing from the digital community, and a community execution service to user terminals; and a digital community profile database configured to store community profiles about respective digital communities.

Abstract: Provided is a time-domain voltage comparator including a voltage-time converter. The voltage-time converter includes a conversion unit and an output unit. The conversion unit includes a first MOS transistor which shifts a voltage level of the first detection node according to an external first voltage signal, and a second MOS transistor which shifts a voltage level of the second detection node according to an external second voltage signal. The output unit generates first and second output signals in response to voltages of the first and second detection nodes. The output unit determines a shifted time of the first output signal according to a voltage level of the first detection node and determines a shifted time of the second output signal according to a voltage level of the second detection node.