Patents Assigned to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • Publication number: 20240012690
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for partitioning an accelerator and scheduling batches are disclosed. An electronic device includes one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to, for a first partitioning of an accelerator into partitions of different sizes, based on resource utilization of the partitions batch of different sizes input to the partition, determine correspondences between the sizes of the batches and the sizes of the partitions in the first partitioning, determine numbers of partitions for the respective determined sizes of the partitions based on the correspondences between the sizes of the batches and the sizes of the partitions in the first partitioning, and partition the accelerator into a second partitioning based on the determined numbers of the respective sizes of the partitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Minsoo RHU, Yunseong KIM, Yujeong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240008715
    Abstract: A buckling prevention device for an endoscope overtube according to an embodiment is a buckling prevention device for an endoscope overtube, which includes a plurality of supports capable of supporting an endoscope overtube and a base for supporting the plurality of supports. The plurality of supports includes: an endoscope support which is slidably connected to the base and can support an endoscope body; an overtube support which is fixed to a side of the base and supports an overtube connected to the endoscope body; and at least one additional support for supporting the overtube, the additional support being installed between the endoscope support and the overtube support and slidably with respect to the base, wherein according to a sliding operation of the endoscope support, spacings between every pair of supports, which are most adjacent to each other, among the plurality of supports may have the same amount of change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, EASYENDO SURGICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Dong Soo KWON, Deok Gyoon CHUNG, Byung Sik CHEON
  • Patent number: 11870872
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and an operating method thereof. The electronic device and operating method are configured to detect the number for splitting one piece of content and allowing a plurality of edge nodes to split and store at least some of packets split from the content based on the number. Detecting the number may be performed based on an average amount of storage of the edge nodes for the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wan Choi, Dongyeon Ko, Junil Choi
  • Patent number: 11865017
    Abstract: An apparatus for assisting a finger motion, including a palm support installed to surround a part of a hand-back and a wrist; an extension assist unit secured at a first side thereof to a middle phalanx region of a finger and connected at a second side thereof to the palm support to assist extension of the finger through an elastic force between both ends; and a flexion assist unit comprising a distal phalange support mounted on an end of the finger, and a first flexion wire and a second flexion wire mounted on a part of the finger and assisting flexion of the finger on the basis of tensile force supplied from an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science And Technology
    Inventors: Hyung-Soon Park, Dong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11868086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 3D holographic imaging apparatus and method for projecting multiple point light sources to one plane such that qubits can be detected at rapid rate by allowing a 3D qubit model arranged in three dimensions to be simultaneously photographed in two dimensions. For this, the present invention provides a 3D holographic imaging apparatus comprising: a fluorescent unit configured to cause each qubit composing a 3D qubit model to emit qubit fluorescent beams; a lens unit configured to change the qubit fluorescent beams to a desired route; a light modulator configured to modulate each phase of the qubit fluorescent beams for each predetermined position, and control a position of a focal point; and an imaging unit configured to image the qubit fluorescent beams modulated by the light modulator in a two-dimensional (2D) image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jaewook Ahn, Haeun Sun, Yunheung Song
  • Patent number: 11869950
    Abstract: A steep-slope field-effect transistor and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The steep-slope field-effect transistor according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a source, a channel region, and a drain formed on a substrate; a gate insulating film formed on an upper portion of the channel region; a floating gate formed on an upper portion of the gate insulating film; a transition layer formed on an upper portion of the floating gate; and a control gate formed on an upper portion of the transition layer. The steep-slope field-effect transistor applies a reference potential or more to the control gate to discharge or bring in at least one charge stored in the floating gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yang-Kyu Choi, Myung-Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20240005098
    Abstract: A method of using open domain information for understanding a context of temporal relation information is implemented as a computer program and performed using a computing device. Unnecessary elements is removed by data pre-processing from an input text in a natural language, and then linguistic characteristics of the pre-processed input text are analyzed to generate a linguistic analysis result in a structure form. Candidates for temporal relation information included in the input text are generated by analyzing temporal information and open domain information included in the input text using the linguistic analysis result, then validity of the candidates is verified to generate verified temporal relation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ho Jin CHOI, Chae Gyun LIM
  • Publication number: 20240007292
    Abstract: An example embodiment provides a calculating method using a zero-knowledge proof-friendly one-way function, performed by a computing device, the calculating method including: calculating a first intermediate bit stream by inputting an input bit stream of a one-way function to an augmented matrix, calculating a second intermediate bit stream by dividing the first intermediate bit stream into a predetermined number of bit streams and inputting each of the predetermined number of divided bit streams to a substitution-box (S-box), and outputting an output bit stream of the one-way function by inputting the second intermediate bit stream to a reduced matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Duk Jae MOON, Joohee LEE, Jooyoung LEE, Yong Ha SON, Seong Kwang KIM, Jin Cheol HA, Min Cheol SON, Byeong Hak LEE
  • Publication number: 20240008292
    Abstract: Disclosed is a neuromorphic memory element, which includes a first electrode; a second electrode; a first thin film layer adjacent to the first electrode between the first electrode and the second electrode and that is configured to emulate a neuronal plasticity by performing a volatile storage function based on a voltage difference between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a second thin film layer between the first thin film layer and the second electrode and that is configured to emulate a synaptic plasticity by performing a non-volatile storage function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Keon Jae Lee, Sang Hyun Sung, Young Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11861066
    Abstract: Provided is a computer system for providing a tactile interface for a real-time two-dimensional (2D) tactile input/output interaction of a visually impaired person and an operating method thereof. The computer system may be configured to generate a tactile output corresponding to 2D visual information for a first body surface of a user through a tactile output module that is in contact with the first body surface, sense a tactile input for a second body surface of the user through a tactile input module, and generate a control signal for the 2D visual information based on the tactile input. Here, one of the first body surface and the second body surface may be a ventral surface of one body portion of the user, and the other one of the first surface and the second body surface may be a dorsal surface corresponding to the ventral surface in the one body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Geehyuk Lee, Jingun Jung, Sunmin Son, Sangyoon Lee, Yeonsu Kim
  • Patent number: 11860109
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an optical detection element and GOI (Ge-on-insulator) device for ultra-small on-chip optical sensing, and a manufacturing method of the same. According to various embodiments, the optical detection element and the GOI device may be implemented on a GOI structure comprising a germanium (Ge) layer, and the GOI device may be implemented to have an optical detection element. Specifically, the GOI device may include a GOI structure with a waveguide region comprising a germanium layer, a light source element configured to generate light for the waveguide region, and at least one optical detection element configured to detect light coming from the waveguide region. At least one slot configured to collect light from the light source element may be formed in the germanium layer in the waveguide region. The light source element may generate light so as to be coupled to the germanium layer in the waveguide region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Sanghyeon Kim, Jinha Lim, Joonsup Shim
  • Patent number: 11860101
    Abstract: The multi-photon microscope comprises a repetition rate tuner that lowers an optical pulse train emitted from a pulsed laser to a repetition rate for time-gated detection, a scanner that scans the optical pulse train transmitted from the repetition rate tuner in x-axis and y-axis directions, an objective lens that irradiates an optical signal scanned by the scanner to the sample and acquires a fluorescence signal emitted from the excited fluorescent material, a photodetector that photoelectrically converts the fluorescence signal acquired by the objective lens, an amplifier that converts a current signal output from the photodetector into a voltage signal, a digitizer that samples the voltage signal output from the amplifier, and a computing device that separates sampling data output from the digitizer with a detection window set in time domain, and generates an image based on the sampling data separated by the detection window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hongki Yoo, Wooseop Kim, Juehyung Kang, Ungyo Kang
  • Patent number: 11858535
    Abstract: An electronic device and an operating method thereof may be configured to detect input data having a first time interval, detect first prediction data having a second time interval based on the input data using a preset recursive network, and detect second prediction data having a third time interval based on the input data and the first prediction data using the recursive network. The recursive network may include an encoder configured to detect each of a plurality of feature vectors based on at least one of the input data or the first prediction data, an attention module configured to calculate each of pieces of importance of the feature vectors by calculating the importance of each feature vector, and a decoder configured to output at least one of the first prediction data or the second prediction data using the feature vectors based on the pieces of importance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dongsuk Kum, Sanmin Kim
  • Patent number: 11862647
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a stackable 3D artificial neural network device and a manufacturing method thereof. According to various embodiments, a device is manufactured to include a substrate, a neuron block placed on some areas on one side of the substrate, a synapse block placed on the rest of the areas on one side of the substrate, and the neuron block and the synapse block may include at least one first channel element arranged on one side of the substrate and at least one second channel element stacked on the first channel element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sanghyeon Kim, Seong Kwang Kim
  • Patent number: 11859883
    Abstract: A flow disturbance apparatus includes: a refrigerant pipe having a flow space in which refrigerant flows; and at least one disturbance member disposed inside the refrigerant pipe that is vibrated by the flow of refrigerant in the refrigerant pipe to disturb the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: LG ELECTRONICS INC., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yohan Lee, Bongjun Kim, Sehyeon Kim, Jaeyoung Kim, Minwoo Jeong, Hyungjin Sung, Jaebok Lee, Sunggoon Park
  • Patent number: 11858040
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of inspecting a printing quality of a 3D printing object using a femtosecond laser beam during a 3D printing process, and an apparatus and a 3D printing system for the same. A laser beam is irradiated from a femtosecond laser source disposed coaxially with a 3D printing laser source to inspect a state of the printing object. The laser beam generated by the femtosecond laser source is separated into a pump laser beam and a probe laser beam. The printing laser beam irradiated from a 3D printing laser source or the pump laser beam is irradiated onto a printing object to generate ultrasonic waves. To measure the ultrasonic waves, a probe laser beam is irradiated onto the printing object. The probe laser beam reflected by the printing object is detected. The quality of the printing object is inspected by analyzing the reflected probe laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hoon Sohn, Peipei Liu
  • Patent number: 11860765
    Abstract: Disclosed is a window kernel fuzzing technique utilizing type information obtained through binary static analysis. The method of fuzzing a kernel of a computer operating system performed by a fuzzing system may include the steps of: automatically inferring type information of a system call using a library file provided by the computer operating system; and performing system call fuzzing on the basis of the type information of the system call obtained through the inference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sang Kil Cha, Jaeseung Choi, Daejin Lee, Kangsu Kim
  • Publication number: 20230417804
    Abstract: A voltage measuring device for measuring a voltage by using a Pockels cell includes a Pockels cell changing a refractive index of incident light based on an applied electric field, at least one non-polarized beam splitter splitting an incident beam, a first polarizing plate polarizing a first beam split by the at least one non-polarized beam splitter, a first light detector detecting light polarized based on the first polarizing plate, a ¼ wave plate elliptically polarizing and outputting a second beam split by the at least one non-polarized beam splitter, a second polarizing plate polarizing the elliptically polarized second beam, a second light detector detecting light polarized based on the ¼ wave plate and the second polarizing plate, and a controller configured to measure a voltage based on a first light intensity determined by the first light detector and a second light intensity determined by the second light detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sunghoon HONG, Hyun Jong WOO, Youngchul GHIM, Seongmin CHOI, Donggeun LEE, Alvin Amry SUGIANTO
  • Patent number: 11854142
    Abstract: Various example embodiments provide a computing device of an algorithm for reconstructing a three-dimensional (3D) image in consideration of multiple scattering and a method of the same. According to various example embodiments, the computing device may be configured to set a 3D refractive index based on a plurality of 2D images for a specimen and to reconstruct a 3D image for the specimen from the set refractive index using a modified Born expansion considering multiple scattering to converge a calculation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: YongKeun Park, Moosung Lee, Herve Jerome Hugonnet
  • Patent number: 11855331
    Abstract: An antenna assembly comprises: a dielectric substrate; a first ground region disposed on one side of a feed line disposed on the dielectric substrate; a radiator region in which a first side and a second side corresponding to the opposite side of the first side form end portions of conductive patterns such that the conductive patterns having different widths are formed in a plurality of step structures; and a second ground region disposed on the other side of the feed line, wherein the first ground region may be formed to have a length greater than or equal to that of the second ground region in one axial direction. The number of steps on the second side may be greater than or equal to the number of steps on the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: LG ELECTRONICS INC., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kangjae Jung, Ilnam Cho, Jongwon Yu, Kwangseok Kim, Jeongwook Kim