Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Apparatus and method for managing variable multicast and broadcast service zones in MBS server
    Patent number: 8875189
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing variable MBS zones in an MBS server are provided. The method variably sets an MBS zone based on a characteristic where user movement between MBS zones and content preference are changed depending on time and environment, and thereby enables a safer and faster shift of an MBS zone, thus effectively providing high-quality multimedia service in a mobile environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yeon-Joon Chung, Young-Il Kim, Young-Soo Park, Sung-Hee Kim, Cheol-Hye Cho
  • Piezoelectric speaker
    Patent number: 8873776
    Abstract: Disclosed is a piezoelectric speaker including: a piezoelectric layer that converts electrical signals into oscillation and outputs sound; an electrode that is formed on a top or a bottom of the piezoelectric layer to apply the electrical signals to the piezoelectric layer; an acoustic diaphragm that is made of a hetero material including a first acoustic diaphragm and a second acoustic diaphragm and is attached to the bottom of the piezoelectric layer on which the electrode is formed; and a frame attached in a form enclosing a side of the acoustic diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hye-Jin Kim, Woo Seok Yang, Jong Dae Kim
  • Transmission scheduling apparatus and method in wireless multi-hop network
    Patent number: 8873573
    Abstract: In a wireless multi-hop network, a transmission scheduling apparatus calculates a transmission demand of every node within the wireless multi-hop network, and allocates a time slot to each node by using the transmission demand of each node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Sangwoo Lee, Han Byeog Cho, Hyun Kyun Choi, Hyun Seo Oh, Sunghwan Moon, Minseok Kim, Jong-Moon Chung, Dong-Sun Lim
  • Leak detection system based on force transduction
    Patent number: 8869599
    Abstract: Leak detection system. A rigid body is resiliently supported within an outer cage. Structure is provided for detecting displacement of the rigid body with respect to the outer cage, the displacement indicating a leak when the rigid body is moved by a suction force generated by a local pressure gradient resulting from a leak within a pipe network. The invention allows a leak to be determined around the circumference of a pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
    Inventors: Rached Ben-Mansour, Dimitrios Chatzigeorgiou, Atia Khalifa, Changrak Choi, Kamal Youcef-Toumi
  • Method and apparatus for permeating flow desalination
    Patent number: 8871074
    Abstract: A water desalination system and method in accordance with the principles of the present invention employs capacitive deionization to remove ions from source water to produce deionzed and waste water. The process employs charged electrodes to attract ions of opposite polarity from the source water. The process of discharging the electrodes employs solvent drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Nam P. Suh, Sang-Gook Kim, Taesik Lee, Ishan Barman, Gyunyoung Heo
  • Method and apparatus for analyzing gait pattern
    Patent number: 8870795
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recognizing a gait pattern are provided. The method for recognizing a gate pattern includes: obtaining a walker's foot pressure distribution values through a pressure sensor array disposed at the bottom of a pair of shoes; calculating valid pressure points among the foot pressure distribution values; calculating a center of pressure (COP) movement trace by using the valid pressure points; and recognizing the walker's gait pattern by using the COP movement trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Min Ho Kim, Ho Youl Jung, Soo Jun Park
  • Target for generating carbon ions and treatment apparatus using the same
    Patent number: 8872140
    Abstract: Provided are a carbon ion generation target and a treatment apparatus including the same. The treatment apparatus includes a support member, a carbon ion generation target fixed to the support member, and a laser for irradiating laser beam into the carbon ion generation target to generate carbon ions from the carbon ion generation target, thereby projecting the carbon ions onto a tumor portion of a patient. Here, the carbon ion generation target includes a substrate and carbon thin films disposed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Moon Youn Jung, Nam Soo Myung, Hyung Ju Park, Seunghwan Kim
  • Multi-user searchable encryption system and method with index validation and tracing
    Patent number: 8873749
    Abstract: A multi-user searchable encryption system includes a key generation center to issue a private secret key to a user and trace information regarding a user who has generated an index, and a user terminal device to generate an index for searching for a database using the private secret key. The multi-user searchable encryption system includes a database (DB) server that verifies the index generated by the user terminal device and searches for corresponding data to the verified index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Nam-Su Jho, Ku Young Chang, Do Won Hong
  • Opening and closing module, control method for the same, imaging apparatus using the same
    Patent number: 8870456
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a rotator having a shape of a perforated circular plate and rotating around a rotating axis of a center of the perforated circular plate; and a supporter having a perforated circular plate and one side of which is connected to one side of the rotator such that the rotator is restricted only to rotation movement. The supporter includes a supporter opening/closing part a part of which is separated along the rotating axis and then rotates by a predetermined angle around the rotating axis, and the rotator includes a rotator opening/closing part a part of which integrally moves with the supporter opening/closing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
    Inventors: Duck-june Kim, Sang-hoon Ji, Woong-hee Shon, Sang-moo Lee, Kyung-tae Nam, Kwang-hee Lee
  • System of displaying digital hologram based on projection and method thereof
    Patent number: 8873119
    Abstract: A system and a method perform buoyance of a 3D hologram image on a hologram display screen in a projection mode. A system of displaying a digital hologram includes: a composite hologram unit configured to generate a hologram array by receiving hologram data of a fringe pattern and by compositing background image and a foreground image using the received fringe pattern; a hologram projection unit configured to project a hologram image through a wide-angle lens by applying a light to the hologram array; and a hologram display unit configured to perform space buoyance of the hologram image projected by the hologram projection unit on a 3D hologram display screen. The digital hologram content is managed in real time, and transmission of the digital hologram content to a remote place and site adaptive display of hologram image media may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Beom Ryeol Lee, Wook Ho Son, Seung Taik Oh, Ho Yong Seo, Il Kwon Jeong
  • Configurable logic block and operation method thereof
    Patent number: 8872543
    Abstract: A configurable logic block (CLB) and an operation method of the CLB are provided. The CLB includes memory units and a selecting circuit. The memory unit includes a first resistive non-volatile memory (RNVM) element and a second RNVM element. Top electrodes (TEs) of the first and second RNVM elements are coupled to an output terminal of the memory unit. Bottom electrodes (BEs) of the first and second RNVM elements are respectively coupled to a first bias terminal and a second bias terminal of the memory unit. The selecting circuit selects one of the memory units according to an input logic value and determines an output logic value of the CLB according to an output logic value of the selected memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wen-Pin Lin, Chih-He Lin, Shyh-Shyuan Sheu, Hsin-Chi Lai
  • Process of producing oxalate by CO gas phase method
    Patent number: 8871968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of producing oxalate by CO gas phase method for chiefly solving the technical problem of the low utilization efficiency of nitrogen oxides or nitrous acid esters in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology Sinopec
    Inventors: Juntao Liu, Fengxia Sun, Jun Kuai
  • Microfluidic nucleic acid analysis
    Patent number: 8871446
    Abstract: Nucleic acid from cells and viruses sampled from a variety of environments may purified and expressed utilizing microfluidic techniques. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, individual or small groups of cells or viruses may be isolated in microfluidic chambers by dilution, sorting, and/or segmentation. The isolated cells or viruses may be lysed directly in the microfluidic chamber, and the resulting nucleic acid purified by exposure to affinity beads. Subsequent elution of the purified nucleic acid may be followed by ligation and cell transformation, all within the same microfluidic chip. In one specific application, cell isolation, lysis, and nucleic acid purification may be performed utilizing a highly parallelized microfluidic architecture to construct gDNA and cDNA libraries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jong Wook Hong, Vincent Studer, W. French Anderson, Stephen R. Quake, Jared Leadbetter
  • Fiber-type image capturing method and apparatus thereof
    Patent number: 8873034
    Abstract: A fiber-type image capturing apparatus includes a fiber optic, an optical rotating module, an outer tube, an air inlet hole, and an air outlet hole. The optical rotating module is connected to one end of the fiber optic and has a light forward exit and a light lateral exit. The optical rotating module further includes a stator, a rotor, and a light path selector. The stator is fixed correspondingly to the fiber optic. The rotor has a fan blade which is pivotally connected to the stator. The light path selector is installed at the rotor and has a forward scanning path and a lateral scanning path. The outer tube fixes the fiber optic and the optical rotating module. The air inlet hole is disposed at the outer tube and feeds the fan blade with air. The air outlet hole is disposed at the outer tube and vents the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: China Medical University, Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shinn-Zong Lin, Horng-Jyh Harn, Rung-Ywan Tsai, Yuan-Chin Lee
  • Perovskite oxide film and ferroelectric film using the same, ferroelectric device, and method for manufacturing perovskite oxide film
    Patent number: 8872413
    Abstract: A perovskite oxide film is formed on a substrate, in which the perovskite oxide film has an average film thickness of not less than 5 ?m and includes a perovskite oxide represented by a general formula (P) given below: (K1-w-x,Aw,Bx)(Nb1-y-z,Cy,Dz)O3??(P), where: 0<w<1.0, 0?x?0.2, 0?y<1.0, 0?z?0.2, 0<w+x<1.0, A is an A-site element having an ionic valence of 1 other than K, B is an A-site element, C is a B-site element having an ionic valence of 5, D is a B-site element, each of A to D is one kind or a plurality of kinds of metal elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yukio Sakashita, Hiroshi Funakubo, Minoru Kurosawa, Mutsuo Ishikawa, Hiro Einishi, Takahisa Shiraishi
  • Method for data transmission and base station and user equipment using the same
    Patent number: 8873491
    Abstract: A method for data transmission, a base station using the same and a user equipment (UE) using the same are proposed. The exemplary embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure implicitly allocate resources with overbooking by configuring M UEs to transmit or receive N protocol data units (PDU) where M>N. The overbooking is accomplished by using a base station to configure Small Data Sub-frame (SDS) for a plurality of UEs and request to process the SDS by sending a radio control message. The UEs would receive from the base station a sub-frame of data with multiple PDUs and perform processing on the PDUs to obtain a belonging data packet according to a candidate packet set and a search order previously embedded in the control message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Chie-Ming Chou
  • Artificial joints using agonist-antagonist actuators
    Patent number: 8870967
    Abstract: Artificial limbs and joints that behave like biological limbs and joints employ a synthetic actuator which consumes negligible power when exerting zero force, consumes negligible power when outputting force at constant length (isometric) and while performing dissipative, nonconservative work, is capable of independently engaging flexion and extension tendon-like, series springs, is capable of independently varying joint position and stiffness, and exploits series elasticity for mechanical power amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hugh M. Herr, Lee Harris Magnusson, Ken Endo
  • Optical probe using sensor and method for controlling the same
    Patent number: 8873121
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical probe using a sensor and a method for controlling the same. The optical probe includes: an optical converter to change a light path of light generated from a light source; a vibrator to convert an electrical signal into a mechanical motion; a transmission member to transmit the motion of the vibrator to the optical converter; a position sensor to sense the position of the optical converter; and a controller to adjust the position of the optical converter by controlling the vibrator based on the position sensed by the position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: In Hee Shin, Hyun Seo Kang, Young Sun Kim, Hyoung Jun Park, Kwon Seob Lim, Jong Jin Lee
  • Light mixing module
    Patent number: 8870431
    Abstract: A mixing light module includes a matrix, a fluorescent film, and a plurality of micro-structures. The matrix includes an incidence surface, an emission surface and a reflective surface. The fluorescent film disposed on or above the emission surface has an upper surface and a lower surface and includes a plurality of fluorescent particles. The matrix receives a first light having a first wavelength, and the reflective surface reflects the first light to make the first light to be emitted from the emission surface. Since the plurality of fluorescent particles receives a part of the first light from the emission surface, the plurality of fluorescent particles is excited to emit a second light having a second wavelength. The second light and the first light are mixed into a predetermined light. The plurality of micro-structures is used to make the first light or the second light uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hui-Hsiung Lin, Chiun-Lern Fu, Hsiao-Wen Hung, Wen-Hsun Yang, Chi-Hung Liao, Wen-Jung Chen
  • System and method for fingerprinting for comics
    Patent number: 8873863
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for finger printing for comics. A system for searching comics according to the present disclosure includes: a fingerprint database storing fingerprints extracted from comics, a comics fingerprint extraction unit extracting fingerprints configured of at least one of box frames, cuts, and speech bubbles included in input comic images, a fingerprint based candidate group search unit searching candidate groups among comics stored in the fingerprint database using the extracted fingerprints, and a similarity measuring unit measuring similarity between the searched candidate groups and the comic images corresponding to the extracted fingerprints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jee Hyun Park, Yong Suk Yoon, Sang Kwang Lee, Jung Hyun Kim, Seung Jae Lee, Sung Min Kim, Yong Seok Seo, Jung Ho Lee, Young Ho Suh, Won Young Yoo