Patents Assigned to In-Electronic
  • Method, medium, and apparatus measuring biological signals using multi-electrode module, with a lead search
    Patent number: 8606353
    Abstract: A method, medium, and apparatus measuring biological signals using a multi-electrode module, with a lead search method. An apparatus for measuring biological signals by using a multi-electrode module, includes a multi-electrode module having a non-conductive patch and a sensor array including a ground electrode and a plurality of individual electrodes, an electrode selection unit selecting a plurality of electrode pairs including a reference electrode and a measurement electrode from the plurality of individual electrodes depending on a type of the biological signal to be measured, and a signal processing unit for obtaining the biological signals from the plurality of electrode pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-sok Yeo, Jeong-whan Lee, Mi-jeong Song, Sung-Cheol Kim, Jin-sang Hwang
  • System and method for providing driving safety
    Patent number: 8604967
    Abstract: A safe driving providing system for supporting a safe driving of a vehicle includes: a radar for transmitting a signal of a predetermined frequency bandwidth to a plurality of vehicles, analyzing signals provided by the vehicles, calculating location information and distance information of the vehicles, and finding inter-vehicle distance information of the vehicles based on the location information and the distance information; and a controller for receiving operation speed information from a vehicle information terminal device installed in each vehicle, determining driving safety of the plurality of vehicles based on the received operation speed information and inter-vehicle distance information provided by the radar, and transmitting a warning message for safe driving to the vehicle information terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun Seo Oh, Hyun Kyun Choi, Hyun Suk Kim, Jong-Hyun Park, Sung Won Sohn, Sangwoo Lee, Woong Cho
  • Photodetector
    Patent number: 8604462
    Abstract: A photodetector includes: a substrate; a first dielectric material positioned on the substrate; an optical waveguide positioned on the first dielectric material; a second dielectric material positioned on the optical waveguide; a graphene layer positioned on the second dielectric material; and a first electrode and a second electrode that are positioned on the graphene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Jin Tae Kim
  • Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving control information of MIMO system
    Patent number: 8607119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for transmitting and receiving control information of an Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) system, wherein the control information consists of information bits and parity bits. A base station transmits the control information including the location information for where the control information of the other terminal is transmitted. A terminal receives the control information of the other terminal based on the location information for where the control information of the other terminal is received. Therefore, the precoding matrix of the other terminal can be obtained from the received control information. The invention enables the removal of interference through the obtained precoding matrix when receiving a data symbol in an environment where a channel is not in a good state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinxia Cheng, Myeong Cheol Shin, Sang Boh Yun, Sung Soo Hwang, Sei Joon Shim, Sung Hwan Kim
  • Apparatus and method for preventing abnormal ROM update in portable terminal
    Patent number: 8607097
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining an abnormal ROM update in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a ROM update unit for increasing a value of an update start counter when a ROM update process is performed, and increasing a value of an update finish counter when the ROM update process is finished. The ROM update unit loads the values of the update start counter and the update finish counter, and compares the values of the two counters to determine that the ROM update process has been normally performed before the portable terminal abnormally operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Jae Lee
  • Passive alternating current sensor
    Patent number: 8604669
    Abstract: A passive alternating current sensor for sensing a current-carrying conductor is disclosed. The passive alternating current sensor includes a substrate, a magnetic body, at least one coil and a first measuring circuit. The substrate has a flexible structure layer. The magnetic body is disposed correspondingly to the current-carrying conductor and located at one side of the substrate. The coil is disposed on the substrate and correspondingly winds around the magnetic body. The first measuring circuit is connected with the coil. When the magnetic body is subjected to the magnetic field generated by the current-carrying conductor and enabled a relative motion with the coil, the coil produces an induced electromotive force. The first measuring circuit measures the induced electromotive force and accordingly outputs a first induction signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsieh-Shen Hsieh, Ting-Yi Chung, Heng-Chung Chang
  • Polymer composition and photoresist comprising the polymer
    Patent number: 8603728
    Abstract: A copolymer comprises the polymerized product of a base-soluble monomer of formula (I): wherein Ra is H, F, C1-10 alkyl, or C1-10 fluoroalkyl, L1 is an m valent C2-30 alkylene, C3-30 cycloalkylene, C6-30 arylene, C7-30 aralkylene group, X1 is independently a base-soluble organic group comprising ?-diketone, ?-ester-ketone, ?-di-ester, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and an additional monomer copolymerizable with the base-soluble monomer of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Gregory P. Prokopowicz, Gerhard Polhers, Mingqi Li, Chunyi Wu, Cong Liu, Cheng-bai Xu
  • Reducing gate resistance in nonplanar multi-gate transistor
    Patent number: 8604546
    Abstract: A semiconductor transistor structure has a plurality of fins, a cap on the center portion of the top of each of the fins, a conductive liner lining the cap and the sidewalls of the center portion of the fins, and an insulator between the center portions of the fins. The insulator contacts the conductive liner, and the fins extend further from the surface of the substrate relative to an amount the insulator extends from the surface of the substrate. The structure further includes a conductive layer positioned on the insulator between the center portions of the fins and positioned between the cap of the fins. The conductive layer contacts the conductive liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Andres Bryant, Theodorus E. Standaert, Gen Tsutsui, Chun-Chen Yeh
  • Method for making status function matrix and method for controlling call connection using it
    Patent number: 8605888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a call connection control method used by defining a state function matrix when a base station controls call connection of a terminal, and a method for generating the state function matrix. In a call connection process, a call state varies and an access point control subsystem receives messages from a terminal and an access point traffic subsystem. The access point control subsystem calls a state function corresponding to the received message and a current call state among a plurality of state functions that are respectively mapped to a plurality of elements of the state function matrix when receiving the message, and operates the state function. The state function matrix may include a plurality of call states as one index among row and column indexes, and a plurality of messages as the other index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute
    Inventors: Jeong-Ha Kim, Kyung-Soo Kim
  • Generation of home network use recommendations based on collected metadata of prior connected items
    Patent number: 8606651
    Abstract: Particular embodiments provide home network use recommendations to a user. The home network use recommendations may involve recommendations on items, which may include devices, applications, and/or services. When users connect an item (e.g., a device) to a home network, information associated with the item may be received. Metadata for the information is generated that describes the information. The metadata may be stored in storage in a user profile for the user. The user profile may then be analyzed to determine home network use recommendations. For example, recommendations may be how to use or configure the home network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Koike, Scott Smyers
  • Vehicle travel amount estimation device and obstacle detection device
    Patent number: 8606480
    Abstract: A vehicle travel amount estimation device includes a camera, a taken image storing unit, a compensated image storing unit, a travel amount calculation unit, a vehicle speed and gyro sensor, and a travel amount determination unit. The taken image storing unit and the compensated image storing unit store images taken by the camera. The travel amount calculation unit calculates the amount of travel based on two stored images. The sensors detect the amount of travel of the vehicle. The travel amount determination unit is configured to compare a first amount of travel calculated by the travel amount calculation unit with a second amount of travel detected by the vehicle speed sensor or the like in order to determine the first amount of travel to be the amount of travel of the vehicle when the difference between the first amount and the second amount is smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Watanabe, Daishi Mori, Kenji Shida
  • Image forming apparatus and color correcting method thereof, and host apparatus to correct the color of an output image using the same
    Patent number: 8605327
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus and a color correction method, and a host apparatus to correct the color of an output image using the color correction method. The image forming apparatus can include a table correction unit to correct the color conversion table based on monitor information, and a color conversion unit to convert the input image into the output image using the corrected color conversion table. Accordingly, the color of a displayed image can match that of a print output regardless of the status of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-hwan Son, Kyeong-man Kim, Jung-ho Bang, Yeong-ho Ha, In-su Jang
  • Flash memory control circuit for interleavingly transmitting data into flash memories, flash memory storage system thereof, and data transfer method thereof
    Patent number: 8606988
    Abstract: A flash memory control circuit including a microprocessor unit, a first interface unit, a second interface unit, a buffer memory, a memory management unit, and a data read/write unit is provided. The memory management unit manages a plurality of flash memory units, wherein each of the flash memory units has a plurality of flash memories, each of the flash memories has a plurality of memory cell arrays, and each of the memory cell arrays at least has an upper page and a lower page. The memory management unit groups the memory cell arrays of the corresponding flash memories into a plurality of data transfer unit sets (DTUSs). The data read/write unit interleavingly transfers data to the flash memory units in units of the DTUSs. Thereby, the flash memory control circuit can transfer the data stably and the usage of the buffer memory can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Phison Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Kang Yeh
  • Method and system for testing a software-defined radio device
    Patent number: 8606259
    Abstract: A method for testing a software-defined radio (SDR) device is provided. The method includes configuring the SDR device for a first standard. A first test is performed on the SDR device under the first standard. Test data for the first test is received from the SDR device. A switching time for configuring the SDR device for the first standard is determined based on the test data for the first test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Thirumalarao Voonna, Jasmin Oz, Eran Pisek, Thomas M. Henige
  • Mobile communication terminal with dual-display unit having function of editing captured image and method thereof
    Patent number: 8605007
    Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile communication device, and which includes allowing, via a wireless communication unit, wireless communication with at least one other terminal, displaying, via a camera, a real-time image on a first display portion of a display of the device, receiving an image capture command signal to obtain one or more captured images of the real-time image displayed on the first display portion, and displaying the one or more captured images on a second display portion and displaying the real-time image on the first display portion such that a user is allowed to view the one or more captured images and the real-time image together. Further, the one or more captured images is minimized and moved toward the second display portion and is displayed in a thumbnail format on the second display portion in response to the image capture command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyuck Lee, Yeon-Woo Park, Jee-Young Cheon
  • Method for cluster based data transmission in wireless sensor networks
    Patent number: 8605694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cluster based data in wireless sensor networks. The method includes: selecting any one of border nodes positioned at the edge of a cluster as a temporary cluster head as a temporary cluster head when a target is sensed in the cluster; bugging data of the temporary cluster head by border nodes in other adjacent cluster which do not sense the target to temporarily change the border node selected as the temporary cluster head to a cluster head of each of the border nodes; when the target is sensed by at least one of the border nodes, collecting data from each of the border nodes by the temporary cluster head to transferring the collected data to an actual cluster head of the temporary cluster head; and aggregating the collected data by actual cluster head of the temporary cluster head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sang-Joon Park, Young-Bag Moon, Young-Bae Ko, Keun-Woo Lim
  • Mobile terminal
    Patent number: D695250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Soo Kim, Jung-Min Yeo
  • Mobile terminal
    Patent number: D695255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Kyun Kim
  • Headphones
    Patent number: D695264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Daniel Eu Leng Chee
  • Orthogonal complex spreading method for multichannel and apparatus thereof
    Patent number: RE44635
    Abstract: An orthogonal complex spreading method for a multichannel and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The method includes the steps of complex-summing ?n1WM,n1Xn1 which is obtained by multiplying an orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,n1 by a first data Xn1 of a n-th block and ?n2WM,n2Xn2 which is obtained by multiplying an orthogonal Hadamard sequence W1,n2 by a second data Xn2 of a n-th block; complex-multiplying ?n1WM,n1Xn1+j?n2WM,n2Xn2 which is summed in the complex type and WM,n3+jPWM,n4 of the complex type using a complex multiplier and outputting as an in-phase information and quadrature phase information; and summing only in-phase information outputted from a plurality of blocks and only quadrature phase information outputted therefrom and spreading the same using a spreading code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Chan Bang, Jae Ryong Shim, Ki Chul Han, Jung Im Kim, Tae Joong Kim