Patents Assigned to Electronics and Telecommunications
  • Publication number: 20120044057
    Abstract: The pairing method of first and second devices each having a communication function using a millimeter wave band, includes: determining, by the first device, whether or not the a security code of the second device has been registered; when the first device determines that the security code of the second device has been registered, transmitting, by the first device, an activation command instructing the second device to perform millimeter wave band communication, a device ID, and the security code of the second device to the second device through RFID communication; and when the first device receives a message indicating that the second device is ready for millimeter wave band communication from the second device, activating, by the first device, an element for performing communication using the millimeter wave band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Tae Young KANG, Seong Su PARK, Sung Weon KANG, Seok Bong HYUN, Kyung Hwan PAKR, Byong Gun CHOI, Chang Hee HYOUNG, Jung Hwan HWANG, Sung Eun KIM
  • Publication number: 20120044138
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing user interaction are provided. The apparatus for providing user interaction includes an input unit configured to receive control by a user; a control processing unit configured to analyze the control and generate drag event information including event type information indicating a type of the control and event attribute information; and an action processing unit configured to generate drag element information for showing an action corresponding to the control on a display. The drag element information includes action mode information indicating a mode of the action and action attribute information. The proposed method and apparatus make it possible to apply various data formats defined by existing standard specifications to other standard specifications and interaction devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicants: NET&TV INC., Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Injae Lee, Jihun Cha, Han-Kyu Lee, Jin-Woo Hong, Young-Kwon Lim
  • Publication number: 20120045214
    Abstract: Provided is an optical line terminator (OLT) to recover packet data and a clock from an optical signal including a silent interval. The OLT may receive packet data and a clock from at least one optical network unit (ONU). Even in a silent interval in which the at least one ONU does not transmit packet data, the OLT may successfully recover the clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Mun Seob LEE, Dong Soo LEE, Geun Yong KIM, Hark YOO, Young Suk LEE, Sung Chang KIM, Jai Sang KOH, Jong Deog KIM
  • Publication number: 20120044338
    Abstract: Disclosed are a visual aiding system and a visual aiding method using analysis of user's visual attention. In the visual aiding system and method, by tracking user's pupil of eyes, user's focus information which is tracking information is matched (integrated) with an external image corresponding to a front region observed by a user. Thereafter, by using distribution of the eyes' focus information matched with an external image, a visual attention image block observed by the user is extracted from the external image. Thereafter, the extracted visual attention image block is enlarged with a predetermined multiple and provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyung Jik LEE, Chang Seok BAE, Jeun Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 8121080
    Abstract: Provided are a beacon scheduling system and method for preventing beacon overlapping in a ZigBee network including routers each with a beacon slot number according to a specific time slot. The system includes: a first router periodically transmitting beacons at a beacon interval according to a specific time slot; and a second router finding the beacon interval by scanning the beacons transmitted by the first router and transmitting beacons within the beacon interval in consideration of a superframe period for transmitting data. When a router in a sensor network operates, the router can efficiently select the beacon transmission time, and a sink node manages beacon overlapping between all the routers. Therefore, stable, low-energy consumption, and excellent performance sensor networking environments can be established in a beacon mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Young-Hwan Ham, Sun-Joong Kim, Cheol-Sig Pyo
  • Patent number: 8121152
    Abstract: A method for encoding a broadcast channel protocol data unit (BCH PDU) based on a broadcast control channel (BCCH) scheduling error in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) having a Node B and a radio network controller includes setting up a call between the radio network controller and the Node B to receive system information and scheduling information for a system information update from the radio network controller; initializing broadcast channel protocol data units and control information for every system frame number (SFN) at the Node B; and detecting the broadcast control channel scheduling error on the scheduling information for the system information update based on segment types of the system information when combining the system information for every system frame number. In case the broadcast control channel scheduling error is not detected, the broadcast channel protocol data units are encoded to be incorporated therein the system information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yunhee Cho, Ji Yeon Kim, Gweon Do Jo, Jin Up Kim
  • Patent number: 8121829
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for constructing translation knowledge to be used in a translator. According to the invention, a source-language sentence and a target-language sentence are converted by receiving the source-language sentence and the target-language sentence corresponding to the source-language sentence and attaching a prototype, a part-of-speech, relative position information, and syntactic information in a base phrase to each morpheme of the source-language sentence and the target-language sentence. Then, word alignment and syntactic alignment are performed in the converted source-language sentence and target-language sentence, thereby extracting translation knowledge on words and syntaxes, translation knowledge on a subcategory of a bilingual inflected-word, and translation knowledge on a bilingual sentence pattern based on the results of the word and syntactic alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Young-Sook Hwang, Young Kil Kim, Sung Kwon Choi, Chang Hyun Kim, Young-Ae Seo, Ki Young Lee, Seong Il Yang, Yoon-Hyung Roh, Chang-Hao Yin, Oh Woog Kwon, Eun jin Park
  • Patent number: 8120541
    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
    Inventors: Young-Bae Jung, Soon-Young Eom, Jae-Seung Yun, Seong-Ho Son, Soon-Ik Jeon, Chang-Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 8121173
    Abstract: A method for converting source data to a channel-modulated signal having a plurality of pairs of in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) data in a mobile station, wherein the mobile station uses at least one channel, includes the steps of: a) encoding the source data to generate at least one data part and a control part; b) generating at least one spreading code to be allocated to the channel, wherein each spreading code is selected on the basis of a data rate of the data part and the control part and spreading codes are selected so that two consecutive pairs of the I and Q data are correspondent to two points located on same point or symmetrical with respect to a zero point on a phase domain; and c) spreading the control part and the data part by using the spreading code, to thereby generate the channel-modulated signal. The method is capable of improving a power efficiency of a mobile station by reducing a peak-to-average power ratio in a mobile communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung-Chang Bang, Tae-Joong Kim, Jae-Heung Kim, Jung-Im Kim, Jong-Suk Chae, Hyuck-Jae Lee, Jae-Ryong Shim, Narm-Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 8121208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system for enhancing transmission performance. The MIMO system uses space-time encoding and transmit antenna selection methods, and includes a transmitter (100) and a receiver (200). The transmitter (100) includes N transmit antennas (130-1, 130-4) that are more than M transmit antennas (130-1, 130-3) used for transmitting a signal to space channel, selects the M transmit antennas (130-1, 130-3) among the N transmit antennas (130-3 130-4), and transmits symbol by space-time encoding the symbol. The receiver (200) includes M receive antenna (120-1, 210-2) for receiving a signal from the space channel, detects an information symbol by using the signal received through the receive antenna (210-1, 210-2), generates transmit antenna selection information for selecting M transmit antennas (130-1, 130-3) among transmit antennas (i30-1, . . . 7130-4) with reference to a channel estimate, and returns the information to the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Young-Seog Song, Seong-Rag Kim, In-Kyeong Choi, Choong-Il Yeh, Seung-Joon Lee, Hyoung-Soo Lim, Kwang-Jae Lim, Yu-Ro Lee, Jong-Ee Oh, Dong-Seung Kwon, Seung-Ku Hwang, Chung-Yong Lee, Myeong-Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 8121212
    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
    Inventors: Dong-Seung Kwon, Young-Seog Song, Seung-Joon Lee, Jong-Ee Oh, Chungyong Lee, Myeong-Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 8121054
    Abstract: A method for gap analysis for topology inspection to recognize a topology of a deep segment through gap discovery in an Ethernet network, includes: a gap division process of dividing a gap into atomic gaps that are no longer divided through path crossing test (PCT); and a gap interpretation process of analyzing a final result of the PCT when the atomic gap is generated, to interpret a topology of the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jun Hee Park, Kyeong Deok Moon, Kwang Roh Park
  • Patent number: 8120433
    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
  • Patent number: 8122315
    Abstract: Provided is a low-density parity-check (LDPC) decoding apparatus and method using a type-classified index. The apparatus includes: a memory allocating unit for multiplying reception data by an estimated channel value and storing a multiplied value in a memory including a plurality of memory block; an index storing unit for storing a Read Only Memory (ROM) index, an address index and a permutation index for the stored data; a check node updating unit for bring the stored data in parallel based on the ROM index, the address index, and the permutation index and updating a check node; and a bit node updating unit for updating a bit node based on the data stored in the memory and check node information updated in the check node updating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Eun-A Choi, Dae-Ig Chang, Deock-Gil Oh
  • Patent number: 8119463
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor that can improve self-alignment. In this method, a semiconductor layer comprising a first doped region, a second doped region and a channel region is formed on a sacrificial layer on a first substrate. Next, the semiconductor layer is separated from the first substrate and is then coupled on a second substrate. Next, a dielectric layer is formed on the second substrate and the semiconductor layer, and a first photoresist layer is formed on the dielectric layer. Thereafter, the first photoresist layer is exposed to light from a rear surface of the second substrate by using the first doped region and the second doped region as a mask, to form a first mask pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae Bon Koo, In-Kyu You, Seongdeok Ahn, Kyoung Ik Cho
  • Patent number: 8119430
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a semiconductor nanowire sensor device and a semiconductor nanowire sensor device manufactured according to the method. The method includes preparing a first conductive type single crystal semiconductor substrate, forming a line-shaped first conductive type single crystal pattern from the first conductive type single crystal semiconductor substrate, forming second conductive type epitaxial patterns on both sidewalls of the first conductive type single crystal pattern, and forming source and drain electrodes at both ends of the second conductive type epitaxial patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Chan-Woo Park, Chang-Geun Ahn, Jong-Heon Yang, In-Bok Baek, Chil-Seong Ah, An-Soon Kim, Tae-Youb Kim, Gun-Yong Sung, Seon-Hee Park
  • Patent number: 8121234
    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
  • Patent number: 8121094
    Abstract: Provided is a method for managing a cross-layer handover. The method includes the steps of: managing a predetermined number of neighbor cells as a handover candidate set based on signal strength and route estimation; transmitting a Measurement Report message having the handover candidate set information to a source base station according to a reporting event; and performing a handover according to a Handover Command message received from the source base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soongi Park, Taehyong Kim, Yeon-Seung Shin, Yeongjin Kim
  • Publication number: 20120039202
    Abstract: Provided is a device resource management apparatus in a wireless network, the device resource management apparatus including an access mode selection module to select a predetermined access mode among a plurality of access modes for a device, each of the plurality of access modes determining a type of a medium included in an access route between the device and an opponent device, and a device agency module to obtain an agent profile corresponding to the device when an access route between the device and the opponent device is formed according to the predetermined access mode, and to perform, as a proxy for the device, at least one function defined by the agent profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Pyeong Jung SONG
  • Publication number: 20120039417
    Abstract: Provided is a band pass sampling receiver which performs a sampling operation to a combined signal of RF signals of different frequency bands. The band pass sampling receiver performs the sampling operation by applying a sampling rate having a time lag to a combined signal of first and second RF signals of different frequency bands. And, by using a result of the sampling operation and first and second interpolant functions, the first and second RF signals are separated from each other. Herein, the first and second interpolant functions are determined based on the time lag, the sampling rate and frequency bands of the first and second RF signals. According to the band pass sampling receiver according to the embodiment of the present invention, the band pass sampling receiver selects the one frequency band among the plurality of frequency bands including the RF signals respectively by reconstituting of the signal process unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyung Jung KIM, Jin Up Kim, Jae Hyung Kim