Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
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Patent number: 9587984Abstract: A gonio-spectroradiometer and a measuring method thereof. The gonio-spectroradiometer includes a light source rotating on a light source axis, a first integrating sphere revolving around the light source with respect to a revolving axis perpendicular to the light source axis with a fixed radius and including an entrance formed in a direction to see the light source, a light intensity modulator adapted to modulate light intensity of light received through the first integrating sphere according to the rotation amount of the revolving axis, and a detector adapted to measure output light of the light intensity modulator at each wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCEInventors: Seongchong Park, Dong-Hoon Lee, Chul-Woung Park, Seung-Nam Park
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Patent number: 9590138Abstract: A GaN based LED epitaxial structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The GaN based LED epitaxial structure may include: a substrate; and a GaN based LED epitaxial structure grown on the substrate, wherein the substrate is a substrate containing a photoluminescence fluorescent material. The photoelectric efficiency of the LED epitaxial structure is enhanced and the amount of heat generated from a device is reduced by utilizing a rare earth element doped Re3Al5O12 substrate; since the LED epitaxial structure takes a fluorescence material as a substrate, a direct white light emission may be implemented by such an LED chip manufactured by the epitaxial structure, so as to simplify the manufacturing procedure of the white light LED light source and to reduce production cost. The defect density of the epitaxial structure is reduced by firstly epitaxial growing, patterning the substrate and then laterally growing a GaN based epitaxial structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Yongge Cao, Zhuguang Liu, Zhonghua Deng, Jian Chen, Junting Li, Binjie Fei, Wang Guo, Fei Tang, Qiufeng Huang, Xuanyi Yuan
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Patent number: 9587010Abstract: The invention relates to antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to an epitope in the stem region of an influenza A hemagglutinin trimer and neutralize a group 1 subtype and a group 2 subtype of influenza A virus. The invention also relates to nucleic acids that encode, immortalized B cells and cultured single plasma cells that produce, and to epitopes that bind to such antibodies and antibody fragments. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the antibodies, antibody fragments, and epitopes in screening methods as well as in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of influenza A virus infection.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINEInventor: Antonio Lanzavecchia
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Patent number: 9591592Abstract: Disclosed is a device for controlling transmission power in CAN communication, including: a controller area network (CAN) interface configured to receive transmitted data through a CAN BUS; a message priority management unit configured to read an arbitration ID included in the received data, and determine a priority of the received data; and a transmission power level selection unit configured to determine a transmission power level according to the priority.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Kyo Hoon Son, Byeong Cheol Choi, Se Han Kim
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Patent number: 9585666Abstract: A nerve guidance conduit includes a spiral structured porous sheet decorated with channels on its surface and electrospun nanofibers in a parallel alignment with the channels and an outer tubular structure including randomly-oriented nanofibers. Such a structure provides augmented surface areas for providing directional guidance and augmented surfaces for enhancing and peripheral nerve regeneration. The structure also has the mechanical and nutrient transport requirements required over long regeneration periods. To prepare a nerve guidance conduit, porous polymer sheet is prepared by a solvent casting method while using a template of thin rods to form parallel channels on a surface of the sheet. Aligned nanofibers are deposited on the sheet parallel to the channels. The polymer sheet is then wound to form a spiral structure. A dense layer of randomly-oriented nanofibers may be deposited on the outside of the spiral.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Xiaojun Yu, Wei Chang
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Patent number: 9590418Abstract: An apparatus for checking damage to a surge protector and automatically changing a surge protector includes a casing, a current inflow unit supplied with an external current, a current discharge unit configured to supply an inflow current to an external electronic device, surge protectors placed between the current inflow unit and the current discharge unit in parallel, selectively connected to the current inflow unit, and supplied with an electric current, a relay placed between the current inflow unit and the surge protectors and configured to selectively connect the surge protectors to the current inflow unit, and a surge protector damage check unit configured to check whether a surge protector connected to the current inflow unit has been damaged by applying a voltage between the current inflow unit and the current discharge unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: SUNKWANG LIGHTNING PROTECTION TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC.Inventors: Dong-Jin Kim, Jong-Yeon Kim, Jin-Yeong Lee, Wan-Seong Kwon, Dong-Min Kim, Yong-Su Kim
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Patent number: 9588717Abstract: A fault-tolerance through silicon via (TSV) interface is disposed in a three-dimensional random access memory (3-D RAM) with N memory layers and M data access path sets, and each of the memory layers containing K memory arrays, and each of the data access path sets containing a plurality of TSV paths connecting to the memory layers. The fault-tolerance TSV interface includes a path controlling unit and a processing unit. The path controlling unit detects and controls the data access path sets. When a fault occurs in any data access path set connecting to a memory layer, the processing unit provides at least two different fault-tolerance access configurations. In each of the fault-tolerance access configurations, ? data access path sets are enabled to access all K memory arrays in the corresponding memory layer, where 0<?<M.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chih-Yen Lo, Ding-Ming Kwai, Chi-Chun Yang, Kuan-Te Wu, Yun-Chao Yu, Jin-Fu Li
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Patent number: 9589765Abstract: When injection of electrons into a sample supporting member causes a potential gradient between an insulative thin film and a conductive thin film at a site of electron beam injection, the potential barrier of the surface of the insulative thin film becomes thin, and an electron emission phenomenon is caused by tunnel effects. Secondary electrons caused in the insulative thin film tunnel to the conductive thin film along the potential gradient. The secondary electrons, having tunneled, reach a sample while diffusing in the conductive thin film. In the case where the sample is a sample with a high electron transmittance, such as a biological sample, the secondary electrons also tunnel through the interior of the sample. The secondary electrons are detected to acquire an SEM image in which the inner structure of the sample is reflected.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventor: Toshihiko Ogura
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Patent number: 9586826Abstract: Disclosed are a method of growing a high-quality single layer graphene by using a Cu/Ni multi-layer metallic catalyst, and a graphene device using the same. The method controls and grows a high-quality single layer graphene by using the Cu/Ni multilayer metallic catalyst, in which a thickness of a nickel lower layer is fixed and a thickness of a copper upper layer is changed in a case where a graphene is grown by a CVD method. According to the method, it is possible to obtain a high-quality single layer graphene, and improve performance of a graphene application device by utilizing the high-quality single layer graphene and thus highly contribute to industrialization of the graphene application device.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jin Sik Choi, Hong Kyw Choi, Ki Chul Kim, Young Jun Yu, Jin Soo Kim, Choon Gi Choi
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Patent number: 9591327Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding/decoding method comprises the steps of: performing an intra prediction on a current block so as to generate a prediction block; performing filtering on a filtering target pixel in the prediction block on the basis of the intra prediction mode of the current block so as to generate a final prediction block; and generating a reconstructed block on the basis of a reconstructed differential block corresponding to the current block and on the final prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
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Patent number: 9590446Abstract: A wireless charging apparatus is provided. The wireless charging apparatus includes: an antenna that receives electrical waves; at least two charging power generators that generate charging power for charging a battery using the electrical waves received through the antenna; and a controller that senses a frequency of the electrical waves received through the antenna and that activates one of the at least two charging power generators according to a sensed result.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Ji Man Park, Kang Bok Lee, Kyu-Ha Baek
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Patent number: 9589583Abstract: The CPPGMR element of the present invention has an orientation layer 12 formed on a substrate 11 to texture a Heusler alloy into a (100) direction, an underlying layer 13 that is an electrode for magneto-resistance measurement stacked on the orientation layer 12, a lower ferromagnetic layer 14 and an upper ferromagnetic layer 16 each stacked on the underlying layer 13 and made of a Heusler alloy, a spacer layer 15 sandwiched between the lower ferromagnetic layers 14 and the upper ferromagnetic layers 16, and a cap layer 17 stacked on the upper ferromagnetic layer 16 for surface-protection. This manner makes it possible to provide, inexpensively, an element using a current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magneto-resistance effect (CPPGMR) of a thin film having a trilayered structure of a ferromagnetic metal/a nonmagnetic metal/a ferromagnetic metal, thereby showing excellent performances.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCEInventors: Ye Du, Takao Furubayashi, Yukiko Takahashi, Kazuhiro Hono
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Patent number: 9587927Abstract: A high speed high resolution heterodyne interferometric method and system are provided. The invention uses two spatially separated beams with slightly different frequencies and has two measurement signals with opposite Doppler shift. The switching circuit selects one of the two measurement signals for displacement measurement according to the direction and speed of the target movement. In this invention, the measurement is insensitive to the thermal variation; the periodic nonlinearity is essentially eliminated by using two spatially separated beams; the measurable target speed of the interferometer is no longer limited by the beat frequency of the laser source.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jiubin Tan, Pengcheng Hu, Xiaofei Diao
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Patent number: 9588010Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for a soil box experiment applying vertical vibration. The apparatus for the soil box experiment applying the vertical vibration includes: a soil box for realizing a slope on which landslide occurs, the soil box being inclinedly disposed and having an opened upper portion to accommodate soil therein, a base member disposed under the soil box to support the soil box, and a vibration unit disposed on the base member to vertically vibrate the soil box.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES (KIGAM)Inventors: Jung-Hae Choi, Byung-Gon Chae
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Patent number: 9588119Abstract: Disclosed are increased expression of ERp57, ERp57-STAT3 complex, and ERp57-STAT3-Mcl-1 in laryngeal cancer, especially in radioresistant laryngeal cancer and their regulations on radioresistance of laryngeal cancer. As such, the efficacy of radiotherapy can be enhanced by diagnosing prognosis in laryngeal cancer and radioresistance of laryngeal cancer. Furthermore, provided are a method of screening a therapeutic agent for laryngeal cancer including selecting a candidate drug that inhibits the expression of ERp57 or inactivates ERp57, and a therapeutic method for inhibiting or treating laryngeal cancer or radioresistant laryngeal cancer, thereby being useful in the treatment of laryngeal cancer.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCESInventors: Jae-Sung Kim, Sang-Gu Hwang, Young-Hoon Han
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Patent number: 9588539Abstract: A band-gap reference circuit includes a proportioned current generating circuit, a startup circuit, a current mirror circuit, a high-order temperature compensation generating circuit and a reference generating circuit. The proportioned current generating circuit is configured to generate a current in direct proportion to the absolute temperature. The startup circuit is configured to start up the proportioned current generating circuit when the startup circuit is power on. The current mirror circuit is configured to reproduce a current which is the same as the current in direct proportion to the absolute temperature. The high-order temperature compensation generating circuit is configured to generate a compensation current of high-order temperature coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: CHINA ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, 24TH RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Rong-Ke Ye, Can Zhu, Gnag-Yi Hu, Lei Zhang, Rong-Bin Hu, Yu-Han Gao, Zheng-Ping Zhang, Yong-Lu Wang, Guang-Bing Chen
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Patent number: 9588225Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for measuring position of other apparatus and a method for the same. The apparatus may comprise at least one light emitting part transmitting a photo signal, at least one light receiving part receiving a photo signal transmitted from other apparatus, and a signal processing part controlling the at least one light emitting part to transmit the photo signal including identification information of itself, acquiring identification information of the other apparatus based on the photo signal received from the other apparatus, and acquiring a positional information of the other apparatus based on the acquired identification information of the other apparatus. Thus, the apparatus located in an arbitrary space may accurately acquire relative positional information of counterpart apparatuses.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Seo Hyun Jeon, Min Su Jang, Dae Ha Lee, Chang Eun Lee, Hyun Ja Im, Young Jo Cho, Jae Hong Kim, Jong Hyun Park
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Patent number: 9586981Abstract: A novel chelated ruthenium-based metathesis catalyst bearing an N-2,6-diisopropylphenyl group is reported and displays near-perfect selectivity for the Z-olefin (>95%), as well as unparalleled TONs of up to 7,400, in a variety of homodimerization and industrially relevant metathesis reactions. This derivative and other new catalytically-active species were synthesized using an improved method employing sodium carboxylates to induce the salt metathesis and C—H activation of these chelated complexes. All of these new ruthenium-based catalysts are highly Z-selective in the homodimerization of terminal olefins.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Lauren E. Rosebrugh, Myles B. Herbert, Vanessa M. Marx, Benjamin K. Keitz, Robert H. Grubbs
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Patent number: 9590278Abstract: An efficient perovskite solar cells can be synthesized from used car batteries by using both the anodes and cathodes of car batteries as material sources for the synthesis of lead iodide perovskite materials.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Angela M. Belcher, Po-Yen Chen, Paula T. Hammond-Cunningham, Jifa Qi
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Patent number: 9590135Abstract: A superluminescent diode and a method for implementing the same, wherein the method includes growing a first epi layer on top of an SI (semi-insulating substrate); re-growing a butt based on the first epi layer; forming a tapered SSC (spot size converter) on the re-grown butt layer; forming an optical waveguide on an active area that is based on the first epi layer and on an SSC area that is based on the tapered SSC; forming an RWG on the optical waveguide; and forming a p-type electrode and an n-type electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Su Hwan Oh, Min Su Kim