Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 9496896
    Abstract: A low density parity check (LDPC) encoder, an LDPC decoder, and an LDPC encoding method are disclosed. The LDPC encoder includes first memory, second memory, and a processor. The first memory stores an LDPC codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 5/15. The second memory is initialized to 0. The processor generates the LDPC codeword corresponding to information bits by performing accumulation with respect to the second memory using a sequence corresponding to a parity check matrix (PCM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung-Ik Park, Heung-Mook Kim, Sun-Hyoung Kwon, Nam-Ho Hur
  • Patent number: 9492739
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a virtual world processing apparatus. The virtual world processing apparatus includes a gas sensor unit and an engine. The gas sensor unit obtains scent information in the real world. The engine receives information about the capabilities of the gas sensor unit from the gas sensor unit, and transmits the scent information obtained by the sensor unit to a virtual world or the real world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Joo, Hae-Ryong Lee, Hyung-Gi Byun, Jeong-Do Kim
  • Patent number: 9497768
    Abstract: A method of dynamic adjusting a generation frequency of messages in vehicular networks is provided, including: receiving updating requests and emergent degree of the vehicle event, and then determining whether the generation frequency of messages meets the dynamic change of the vehicle, if not satisfied, selecting a different adjustment method according to the event emergent degree. When the event is emergent, its generation frequency can be raised immediately by an interruptive adjustment and to suppress the generation frequency of messages of the others. Conversely, adjusting its generation frequency by a progressive adjustment and reducing the generation frequency of messages of the other lower-priority vehicles. According to the present disclosure, it prevents lower priority messages from occupying the channel overly, and emergency messages with higher priority can be satisfied immediately when it needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: An-Kai Jeng, Chia-Tai Tsai, Rong-Hong Jan, Chien Chen
  • Patent number: 9493833
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for inhibiting Nrf1 activity are provided for enhancing apoptosis in mammalian cells. Apoptosis is enhanced in mammalian cells by co-inhibiting Nrf1 activity and proteasome activity. Methods for identifying Nrf1 inhibitors are provided using an assay for screening Nrf1 inhibitors that enhance proteasome inhibition by preventing induced proteasome expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Raymond J. Deshaies, Senthil Radhakrishnan, Candy S. Lee, Jefferson Y. Chan
  • Patent number: 9494129
    Abstract: A multiple oscillation-type generator includes: a first reciprocating member arranged inside a fluid and configured to reciprocate by lifting force, lowering force, or flow energy resulting from the fluid; a second reciprocating member arranged inside the fluid at a distance from the first reciprocating member and configured to reciprocate by lifting force, lowering force, or flow energy resulting from the fluid; a first conversion unit connected to the first reciprocating member and configured to convert reciprocating movements into rotational movements; a second conversion unit connected to the second reciprocating member and configured to convert reciprocating movements into rotational movements; a main power shaft configured to make rotational movements by rotational movements of the first conversion unit and the second conversion unit; and a generation unit configured to produce electric power using transferred rotational movements of the main power shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Ko, Kwang-Soo Lee, Patar Ebenezer Sitorus
  • Patent number: 9494580
    Abstract: Polymer particles are provided which contain fluorescent molecules with high presence ratio in a polymer layer thereof and a method for preparing thereof. Polymer particles are swelled in a non-aqueous solution excluding exclusively water preferably promotes selling of the polymer layer and transfer of the fluorescent molecules to the polymer layer could not protected by water molecules such that much more fluorescent molecule may be introduced into inside of the polymer layer. Furthermore, since the water is added to the reaction system prior to evaporation removal of the non-aqueous solvent, dry-up of the polymer particles is prevented by the water remained in the reaction system and the polymer particles including fluorescent molecules with high presence ratio of the fluorescent molecules preferably keep high dispersibility using the above described procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hiroshi Handa, Mamoru Hatakeyama, Satoshi Sakamoto, Yusuke Mochizuki, Shintaro Kawada
  • Patent number: 9496342
    Abstract: A MOSFET and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method comprises: a. providing a substrate (100), a dummy gate structure (200), a epitaxial protection layer (101) and a sacrificial spacer (205); b. covering the dummy gate structure (200) and the substrate (100) on one side thereof by a mask layer, and forming a vacancy (102) in the substrate; c. growing a semiconductor layer (300) on the semiconductor structure to fill in the vacancy (102); d. removing the epitaxial protection layer (101) and the sacrificial spacer (205), and sequentially forming source/drain extension regions, a spacer (201), source/drain regions, and an interlayer dielectric layer (500); and e. removing the dummy gate structure (200) to form a dummy gate vacancy, and forming a gate stack in the dummy gate vacancy. In the MOSFET structure of the present disclosure, negative effects of DIBL on device performance can be effectively reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Haizhou Yin
  • Patent number: 9496345
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure which includes at least a p-type silicon carbide single crystal layer having an ?-type crystal structure, containing aluminum at impurity concentration of 1×1019 cm?3 or higher, and having thickness of 50 ?m or greater. Further provided is a method for producing the semiconductor structure of the present invention which method includes at least epitaxial growth step of introducing silicon carbide source and aluminum source and epitaxially growing p-type silicon carbide single crystal layer over a base layer made of silicon carbide single crystal having ?-type crystal structure, wherein the epitaxial growth step is performed at temperature conditions of from 1,500° C. to 1,700° C., and pressure conditions of from 5×103 Pa to 25×103 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kojima, Shiyang Ji, Tetsuya Miyazawa, Hidekazu Tsuchida, Koji Nakayama, Tetsuro Hemmi, Katsunori Asano
  • Patent number: 9496677
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating burst-mode laser includes: a trigger signal generator for generating a burst trigger signal; a first light source for generating a first optical signal in a form of pulse; a second light source for generating a second optical signal in the form of pulse; an optical switch for selecting between the first optical signal and the second optical signal according to the burst trigger signal to output the selected one; an optical amplifier for amplifying the optical signal output from the optical switch; and a wavelength tuner for tuning a wavelength of the optical signal amplified by the optical amplifier. An oscillation line-width and/or a polarization state of the first optical signal are different from an oscillation line-width and/or a polarization state of the second optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Woo Jin Shin
  • Patent number: 9493549
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to compositions and methods for anti-HIV (anti-CD4 binding site) potent VRC01-like (PVL) antibodies targeted to gp120 having an amino acid substitution in the heavy chain at a residue in the anti-CD4 binding site PVL antibody that is equivalent to Phe43 in CD4 and an amino acid substitution in the light chain, these antibodies having improved potency and breadth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ron Diskin, Pamela J. Bjorkman, Michel Nussenzweig, Johannes Scheid
  • Patent number: 9497465
    Abstract: A method and a device for encoding/decoding images are disclosed. The method for encoding images comprises the steps of: deriving a scan type of a residual signal for a current block according to whether or not the current block is a transform skip block; and applying the scan type to the residual signal for the current block, wherein the transform skip block is a block to which transform for the current block is not applied and is specified on the basis of information indicating whether or not transform for the current block is to be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Yong Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Kyung Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 9493764
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic sheet including a graphitic material and a phage which displays a peptide having a binding ability to the graphitic material on its coat protein or a fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyunjung Yi, Ki Young Lee, Chaun Jang, Joonyeon Chang
  • Patent number: 9493745
    Abstract: Novel hexon isolated from simian adenovirus serotype 19 encoded in the polynucleotide defined as SEQ ID NO: 3, hepervariable region thereof, chimeric adenovirus comprising the same, and therapeutic use thereof provides a solution to the problem of safety and effective systemic treatment for developing gene therapeutic agents using adenovirus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: MOGAM BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kyuhyun Lee, Seongtae Yun, Daekyung Koh, Hong-Kyu Lee, Eui-Cheol Jo
  • Patent number: 9497596
    Abstract: A system for filtering a terminal location by combining WiFi location information and sensor information, the system includes a filter that filters an inaccurate location of a terminal by combining location information calculated from WiFi signals and sensor information, and by using indicators to remove abnormal location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young Su Cho, Myung In Ji, Joo Young Kim, Yang Koo Lee, Sang Joon Park, Jong Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 9494130
    Abstract: A yaw control-by-rudder type tidal stream power generation apparatus includes: a nacelle used in a tidal stream power generator that converts flowing energy of a tidal stream to generate electric power, and located in the tidal stream to be rotatable about a first rotating shaft; a rotor provided at one side of the nacelle with reference to the first rotating shaft, and configured to be rotated by the flowing energy of the tidal stream; a rudder unit provided at the other side of the nacelle with reference to the first rotating shaft, and including a rudder fixed to the nacelle and a variable rudder rotatably connected to the nacelle; and a control unit configured to control the rotation of the variable rudder. When the flow direction of the tidal stream is changed, the rotation of the variable rudder is controlled by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Ko, Kwang-Soo Lee, Ji Hoon Kim, Tae Gyu Hwang, Jin Hun Choo, Jong Su Yoon
  • Patent number: 9496433
    Abstract: The inventive photoelectric conversion device includes a substrate, a lower electrode layer provided on the substrate, a CIGS compound semiconductor layer provided on the lower electrode layer as covering the lower electrode layer, and a transparent electrode layer provided on the compound semiconductor layer, wherein the compound semiconductor layer has a maximum Ga content variation of not less than 5% as measured in a layer thickness direction, and a maximum In content variation of not less than 6% as measured in the layer thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: ROHM CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Takuji Maekawa, Shigeru Niki, Shogo Ishizuka, Hajime Shibata
  • Patent number: 9494633
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic interference (EMI) measuring device. The EMI measuring device according to the present invention includes an electromagnetic wave eliminating unit eliminating remaining electromagnetic waves from a DUT in response to an eliminating control signal of the control unit. The control unit may calculate EMI of the DUT on the basis of a measured result measured before the elimination of remaining electromagnetic waves. The EMI measuring device according to the present invention may compensate for an error due to remaining electromagnetic waves and measure EMI at high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Soon Il Yeo
  • Patent number: 9496890
    Abstract: Provided is a loop filter for a data converter in a wireless communication system that improves both an anti-aliasing filtering characteristic and a power consumption characteristic, the loop filter including first and third resistors sequentially connected to an input end, fourth and second resistors sequentially connected to between an inverting output end and ground, a first capacitor connected to between another end of the first resistor and one end of the fourth resistor, a second capacitor connected to between the one end of the fourth resistor and the output end, a third capacitor connected to between another end of the third resistor and the output end, and an operational amplifier, wherein an inverting end of the operational amplifier is connected to the other end of the first resistor and a non-inverting end of the operational amplifier is connected to ground to output an operational amplifier response to the output end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young Kyun Cho, Bong Hyuk Park, Jung Hoon Oh
  • Patent number: 9497723
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for adjusting a transmission time point of at least one second terminal in a wireless network by a first terminal. In the method for adjusting a transmission time point of a terminal, a transmission time point of the second terminal is set, a first frame including information regarding the transmission time point is transmitted to the second terminal, a first response frame transmitted according to the transmission time point from the second terminal is received, and the transmission time point is adjusted according to an arrival time of the first response frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung-Geun Jin, Kapseok Chang, Hyoung Jin Kwon, Woo Yong Lee, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Patent number: D771735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Kwi Lee, Jong Hyun Jang, Sangwook Park, Minney Shin, Hyunjin Yoon, Mi Kyong Han