Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • COMPILATION FOR NODE DEVICE GPU-BASED PARALLEL PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20170255468
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a processor and storage to store instructions that cause the processor to perform operations including: in response to a determination that a GPU of a node device is available, determine whether a task routine can be compiled to generate a GPU task routine for execution by the GPU to cause performance of multiple instances of a task of the task routine at least partially in parallel without dependencies thereamong; and in response to a determination that the task routine is able to be compiled to generate the GPU task routine: employ a conversion rule to convert the task routine into the GPU task routine; compile the GPU task routine for execution by the GPU; and assign performance of the task with a data set partition to the node device to enable performance of the multiple instances with the data set partition by the GPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Gabriel Victor Bequet, Huina Chen
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SURGE PREVENTION FOR CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR
    Publication number: 20170254338
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for surge prevention for a centrifugal compressor. An apparatus for surge prevention for a buffering vessel based centrifugal compressor according to the present invention includes a recycle pipe which connects a suction portion to a discharge portion of the centrifugal compressor, a cooler which cools compressed gas received according to an opening of a recycle valve disposed at the recycle pipe, a buffering vessel which stores the gas cooled by the cooler, and a compressor control unit which determines a surge occurrence condition to control opening and closing of the recycle valve and a buffer valve which is disposed at a rear stage of the buffering vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Joa Hyoung LEE
  • Platelet-Derived Growth Factor B Mutant, Preparation Method Therefor and Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20170253642
    Abstract: Provided are a platelet-derived growth factor B derivative, the encoding nucleic acid molecule thereof, and a vector and host cell having the nucleic acid molecule. Also provided are a preparation method for the mutant, and the use of the mutant in preparing medications for promoting cell division, cell proliferation, wound healing, skin regeneration, bone and tooth defect regeneration, and joint repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Institute of Biotechnology Academy of Military Medical Sciences P.L.A. China
    Inventors: Wei CHEN, Xiaopeng ZHANG, Changming YU, Ling FU, Mengmeng DAI, Jun ZHANG, Junjie XU, Lihua HOU, Jianmin LI
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING STATION IN WIRELESS LAN
    Publication number: 20170257863
    Abstract: A method for operating a station in a wireless LAN is disclosed. An OFDMA-based communication method comprises the steps of: receiving, from an access point, a first frame including time resource information and frequency resource information indicating a resource occupied for an OFDMA-based communication; and receiving, from the access point, a data frame through the resource indicated by the time resource information and frequency resource information. Therefore, performance of the wireless LAN system can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Gwang Zeen KO, Hyun Duk KANG, Igor KIM, Myung Sun SONG
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CIRCLE
    Publication number: 20170256058
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting a circle are provided. The apparatus includes an edge detector configured to generate a foreground image from a background image generated from an input image and generate edge pixel information from the foreground image, and a voting processor configured to calculate a position of a central point and a radius of a circle by performing a circle Hough transform using the edge pixel information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sang Woo SEO, Myung Gyu KIM, Woo Suk KIM, Jong Sung KIM, Il Kwon JEONG
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING OR MIXING MICRO QUANTITY OF LIQUID
    Publication number: 20170253914
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing or mixing micro-quantity of liquid includes a fluid driving unit having a fluid driving device, and a mechanical moving unit. The fluid driving device and the mechanical moving unit cooperate with each other to have a micro-quantity of the first liquid driven out from and attached to an outlet end of the micro-pipe in the second liquid, and to have the micro-quantity of the first liquid detached from the outlet end by drawing the outlet end of the micro-pipe out from the second liquid. A system and method for dispensing or mixing micro-quantity of liquid is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: WENBIN DU, JUANLI YUN, QIAOLIAN YI, PENG XU, XIAOWEI ZHENG, XIN DAI, LI HUANG
  • CACHE MEMORY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170255554
    Abstract: Provided is a cache memory. The cache memory includes a first to Nth level-1 caches configured to correspond to first to Nth cores, respectively, a level-2 sharing cache configured to be shared by the first to Nth level-1 caches, and a coherence controller configured to receive an address from each of the first to Nth cores and allocate at least a partial area in an area of the level-2 sharing cache to one of the first to Nth level-1 caches based on the received address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin Ho HAN, Young-Su KWON, Kyung Jin BYUN, Nak Woong EUM
  • DROPLET GENERATING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170253915
    Abstract: A droplet generating apparatus, system, and method are disclosed. Based on a relative vibration between a micro-pipe and a container containing a second liquid, a first liquid flowing out from an outlet end of the micro-pipe can be detached from the micro-pipe by a fluid shear force of the second liquid to form droplets in the second liquid. Multitudinous quantitative and uniform droplets can be generated precisely and accurately in the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Wenbin Du, Peng Xu, Libing Dong
  • CARBON DIOXIDE TRAPPING DEVICE AND METHOD CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ELECTRICITY
    Publication number: 20170256812
    Abstract: An apparatus and process are provided for electricity production and high-efficiency trapping of carbon dioxide, using carbon dioxide within combustion exhaust gas and converging technologies associated with a carbon dioxide absorption tower and a generating device using ions which uses a difference in concentration of salinity between seawater and freshwater. It is expected that enhanced electrical energy production efficiency, an effect of reducing costs for the operation of a carbon dioxide trapping process, and electricity production from carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, can be simultaneously achieved by increasing the difference in concentration using an absorbent for absorbing carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Yeo Il YOON, Han Ki KIM, Sung Chan NAM, Chan Soo KIM, Sung Youl PARK, Nam Jo JEONG, Young Eun KIM
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TRANSMISSION OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGES
    Publication number: 20170257831
    Abstract: A communication method, an electronic device and a system for managing transmission of notification messages are provided. The method recognizes a transmission power of a base station is to be increased or decreased according to information of the base station. If the transmission power of the base station is to be increased, a first notification procedure is triggered to have one or more vicinity base stations of the base station transmitting a first message. And if the transmission power of the base station is to be decreased, a second notification procedure is triggered to have the base station transmitting a second message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yung-Han CHEN, Fang-Ching REN
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING IQ IMBALANCE AND DC OFFSET OF RF TRANCEIVER
    Publication number: 20170257176
    Abstract: A method and device for calibrating a DC offset and an I-Q imbalance component of an RF transceiver, the method including inputting a test signal into a transmitter, and converting the test signal into an analogue test signal; converting the analogue test signal using a transmitting mixer; sub-sampling a signal output from the transmitting mixer; and computing a DC offset calibrating constant number and an I-Q imbalance calibrating constant number from a sub-sampled signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ik Soo EO, Sang-Kyun Kim, Cheon Soo KIM, Jang Hong CHOI
  • APPRATUS FOR GENERATING TERAHERTZ WAVE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERAHERTZ WAVEFRONT USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170256665
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a terahertz wave generation apparatus capable of wavefront control. A terahertz wave generating apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment comprises a photoconductive substrate; and a plurality of terahertz wave generating unit elements arranged in a two-dimensional array on the photoconductive substrate. Also, the terahertz wave generating unit elements comprise a plurality of first electrodes arranged in the two-dimensional array on the photoconductive substrate and respectively connected to a plurality of first electrode pads, and at least one second electrode formed on the photoconductive substrate so as to face the first electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Electronics & Telecommunication Research Institute
    Inventors: Ki Won Moon, Kyung Hyun Park, Il Min Lee, Sang-Pil Han, Eui Su Lee
  • Insulin-Mimetic Composite for Bone Repair
    Publication number: 20170252487
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a composite scaffold containing insulin-mimetic materials for healing bone defects (e.g., bone repair). In particular, the present disclosure relates to a fibrous composite containing a synthetic polymer, nanoceramic and a vanadium salt to improve the healing of bone defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Treena Lynne Arinzeh, Svetlana Dukleska-Schussler
  • METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON FIBER REINFORCED ALUMINUM COMPOSITES USING STIR CASTING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20170252798
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing carbon fiber reinforced aluminum composites is provided. Particularly, the method uses a stir casting process during a melting and casting process and reduces a contact angle of carbon against aluminum by inputting carbon fibers while supplying a current to liquid aluminum to induce the carbon fibers to be spontaneously and uniformly distributed in the liquid aluminum and inhibits a formation of an aluminum carbide (Al4C3) phase on an interface between the aluminum and the carbon fiber, thereby manufacturing carbon fiber reinforced aluminum composites having excellent electrical, thermal and mechanical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jin Kook YOON, Kyung Tae HONG, Gyeung Ho KIM, Young Jun CHOI, Geun Hun OH
  • BIOLOGICAL ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL AND DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS
    Publication number: 20170255857
    Abstract: Described herein are novel biological converter switches that utilize modular components, such as genetic toggle switches and single invertase memory modules (SIMMs), for converting analog inputs to digital outputs, and digital inputs to analog outputs, in cells and cellular systems. Flexibility in these biological converter switches is provided by combining individual modular components, i.e., SIMMs and genetic toggle switches, together. These biological converter switches can be combined in a variety of network topologies to create circuits that act, for example, as switchboards, and regulate the production of an output product(s) based on the combination and nature of input signals received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicants: Trustees of Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: James J. Collins, Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu
  • IN VITRO CULTURE MODEL OF ANISOTROPIC TO ISOTROPIC TRANSITIONS
    Publication number: 20170253843
    Abstract: Cell culture devices, and related methods and kits, for modeling isotropic-to-anisotropic cellular transitions are provided. The devices can include a substrate having an isotropic film surface with one or more regions of aligned fibers dispersed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER JOHN RIVET, GREGORY PATRICK DESMOND, JONATHAN MICHAEL ZUIDEMA, RYAN JAMES GILBERT
  • TEAR COLLECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170252019
    Abstract: A tear collection device comprises: a body attached to an eyeball; a tear inlet for allowing tear to flow into the body; a storing space formed inside the body and capable of storing the tears having flowed into the body; and a pump forming a pressure difference inside the body such that tears flow into the body through the tear inlet, wherein the pump is driven by using, as power, eye blinking movements of a wearer so as to form the pressure difference inside the body, thereby allowing the tears to flow into the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jinseok KIM, Yong-Won SONG, Jinwoo JEONG, Ockchul KIM, Won-suk CHOI
  • A Rapamycin Derivative, and a Preparation Method, Pharmaceutical Composition and Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20170253606
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to the field of pharmaceutical chemicals, and relates to a rapamycin derivative of Formula I, and a preparation method, pharmaceutical composition and use thereof. The compounds of the present invention overcome the defects of rapamycin in terms of water solubility and metabolic properties, and some of the compounds have an in vitro anti-tumor activity superior to rapamycin, have less toxicity to normal cells than rapamycin, and have very good druggability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology Academy of Military Medical Sciences P.L.A. China
    Inventors: Wu ZHONG, Song LI, Shuang CAO, Ruiyuan CAO, Junhai XIAO, Xinbo ZHOU, Xingzhou LI
  • NYLON POWDER COMPOSITION FOR 3D PRINTING, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170253702
    Abstract: This invention relates to a high molecular weight nylon powder composition for 3D printing, its preparation method and use. The composition comprises: 100 parts by weight of high-viscosity nylon powder, 1-5 parts by weight of a flow agent, and 0.1-1 parts by weight of an antioxidant; the high-viscosity nylon powder is one or more selected from nylon 6, nylon 66, nylon 11, nylon 12, nylon 612 and nylon 610; or the powder composition is obtained via polymerization reaction of the raw materials comprising the following components, based on the weight parts of lactam monomers or amide monomers: 100 parts by weight of lactam monomers or amide monomers, 0.005-1 parts by weight of a catalyst, and 0.1-1 parts by weight of an antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yongmei MA, Kun ZHENG, Jingnan ZHANG, Xinyu CAO, Fusong WANG, Xuechun LIN, Wenhua SUN, Jian XU, Jinyong DONG, Chuncheng LI, Wenxin FU
  • NETWORK COOPERATION-BASED LOW POWER TYPE CHARGED BROADCASTING SET-TOP BOX AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20170257668
    Abstract: A network cooperation-based low power type charged broadcasting set-top box and a controlling method therefor, the set-top box sub-dividing a standby mode of the set-top box into an active standby mode, in which only background functions are processed without processing a main function, and a passive standby mode, in which no functions are processed; extending the passive standby mode occupation time to more than that of the active standby mode; and including a way of transitioning between operating modes by exchanging information regarding the set-top box through an inter-cooperation between a charged broadcasting network and the set-top box, thereby reducing the power consumption of a processor (SoC) which processes multimedia contents and minimizing the power consumption while the set-top box is in standby mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young KIM, II, Won RYU, Young Soo PARK, Yong Tae LEE, Eui Suk JUNG