Patents Assigned to Myongji University
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Publication number: 20120288928Abstract: Disclosed is a high-speed photobioreactor for culturing microalgae using a hollow fiber membrane. More particularly a high-speed photobioreactor for culturing microalgae using a hollow fiber membrane capable of facilitating growth of microalgae and maximizing carbon dioxide fixation by increasing the rate of carbon dioxide saturation in a culture medium. Specifically, a high-speed photobioreactor for culturing microalgae using a hollow fiber membrane includes a reactor main body for culturing microalgae; a hollow fiber membrane module for supplying carbon dioxide into a culture medium in the reactor main body; a culture medium circulation pump for circulating the culture medium; and a defoamer for removing foams produced in the culture medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicants: Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation, Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Bum Suk Jung, Joo Hwan Lim, Dae Young Goh, Soo Hyun Ha, Won Bae Lee, Shin Tae Bae
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Patent number: 8293946Abstract: The novel C dialdehyde compound which can be efficiently utilized in the synthesis of carotenoid compounds based on the sulfone chemistry, the preparation method of the same, and the expeditious and practical synthetic processes for lycopene and ?-carotene by the use of the above novel compound are disclosed. The syntheses of lycopene and ?-carotene are characterized by the processes of the coupling reaction between two equivalents of geranyl sulfone or cyclic geranyl sulfone and the above C dialdehyde, the functional group transformation reactions of the diol in the resulting C 40 coupling products to X's (either halogens or ethers), and the double elimination reactions of the functional groups of the benzenesulfonyl and X to produce the fully conjugated polyene chain of the carotenoids.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Sang Ho Koo, Eun Ho Choi, Joo-Won Suh
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Publication number: 20120260985Abstract: A solar cell in which the P-type light absorbing layer is thin, and the nanoparticles are disposed. Although the P-type light absorbing layer is thin, the light absorption efficiency may be increased by the use of nanoparticles. Accordingly, the P-type light absorbing layer is formed thin, and thereby the material cost may be reduced and the process time may be shortened. Also, a solar cell in which the nanoparticles are disposed on the transparent electrode layer or inside the transparent electrode layer, and the size of the nanoparticles and the space between them are controlled such that the light absorption efficiency may be increased, and the nanoparticles are disposed in the N-type light absorbing layer, and the size of the nanoparticles and the space between them are controlled such that the light absorption efficiency may be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicants: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwang-Soo HUH, Sang-Cheol PARK, Jeong-Hoon RYU, Jung-Gyu NAM, Sung-Chul KIM
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Patent number: 8288605Abstract: The novel C dialdehyde compound which can be efficiently utilized in the synthesis of carotenoid compounds based on the sulfone chemistry, the preparation method of the same, and the expeditious and practical synthetic processes for lycopene and ?-carotene by the use of the above novel compound are disclosed. The syntheses of lycopene and ?-carotene are characterized by the processes of the coupling reaction between two equivalents of geranyl sulfone or cyclic geranyl sulfone and the above C dialdehyde, the functional group transformation reactions of the diol in the resulting C 40 coupling products to X's (either halogens or ethers), and the double elimination reactions of the functional groups of the benzenesulfonyl and X to produce the fully conjugated polyene chain of the carotenoids.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Sang Ho Koo, Eun Ho Choi, Joo-Won Suh
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Patent number: 8237018Abstract: A promoter, which may be used to transform a plant and/or express a gene substantially uniformly in substantially all organs and/or tissues of a plant, and which may include a constitutive expression promoter for transforming a monocot plant. A vector including a promoter, which may include a recombinant plant expression vector. A method of producing a target protein using a vector, and a method of producing a transformed cell and/or plant using a vector. A transformed plant, a transformed seed and a transformed cell are included, which may be formed by the method of producing the same using a vector. A PCR primer for a promoter is provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation FoundationInventors: Ju-Kon Kim, Su-Hyun Park, Nari Yi, Yang-Do Choi, Baek-Hie Nahm
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Publication number: 20120191737Abstract: Disclosed are a virtual world processing device and method. By way of example, data collected from the real world is converted to binary form data which is then transmitted, or is converted to XML data, or the converted XML data is further converted to binary form data which is then transmitted, thereby allowing the data transmission rate to be increased and a low bandwidth to be used, and, in the case of a data-receiving adaptation RV engine, the complexity of the adaptation RV engine can be reduced as there is no need to include an XML parser.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicants: MYONGJI UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA COOPERATION FOUNDATION, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung Ju Han, Jae Joon Han, Won Chul Bang, Do Kyoon Kim, Sang Kyun Kim
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Publication number: 20120144521Abstract: The present invention is directed to transcription factor protein AP37 (APETELA 37) originating from rice which is related to tolerance of a plant to stress, a gene which encodes the protein, a recombinant vector comprising the gene, a host cell transformed with the recombinant vector, a method of producing a transgenic plant by using the recombinant vector, a method of improving tolerance of a plant to stress or increasing grain yield by transforming a plant cell with the recombination vector, a plant having improved tolerance to stress or increased grain yield produced according to said method, and a composition for improving tolerance of a plant to stress or for increasing grain yield under drought condition comprising the gene encoding AP37 protein as an effective component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Ju Kon Kim, Se Jun Oh, Youn Shic Kim
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Patent number: 8158838Abstract: The novel C dialdehyde compound which can be efficiently utilized in the synthesis of carotenoid compounds based on the sulfone chemistry, the preparation method of the same, and the expeditious and practical synthetic processes for lycopene and ?-carotene by the use of the above novel compound are disclosed. The syntheses of lycopene and ?-carotene are characterized by the processes of the coupling reaction between two equivalents of geranyl sulfone or cyclic geranyl sulfone and the above C dialdehyde, the functional group transformation reactions of the diol in the resulting C 40 coupling products to X's (either halogens or ethers), and the double elimination reactions of the functional groups of the benzenesulfonyl and X to produce the fully conjugated polyene chain of the carotenoids.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Sang Ho Koo, Eun Ho Choi, Joo-Won Suh
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Patent number: 8153862Abstract: The present invention relates to cytochrome P450 protein originating from Arabidopsis thaliana which can be used for increasing seed size or storage protein content in seed or for increasing water stress resistance of plant, a gene encoding said protein, a recombinant plant expression vector comprising said gene, a method of increasing seed size or storage protein content in seed and a method of increasing water stress resistance of plant by using said vector, plants produced by said method and transgenic seed of said plants. According to the present invention, by using cytochrome P450 gene of the present invention, seed size or storage protein content in seed can be increased or water stress resistance of plant can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Ho Bang Kim, Sang Bong Choi
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Patent number: 8145443Abstract: Disclosed herein is a Fourier transform-based phasor estimation method and apparatus capable of eliminating the influence of exponentially decaying DC offsets. According to a Fourier transform-based phasor estimation method according to an embodiment of the present invention, an input signal is sampled, and samples of one-cycle data of the input signal are separated into at least two sample groups. A Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) is performed on each of the sample groups. A DC offset included in the input signal is calculated on a basis of results of the DFT on each of the sample groups, and an error caused by the DC offset is calculated using the calculated DC offset. A phasor of a fundamental frequency component included in the input signal is estimated by eliminating the calculated error, caused by the DC offset, from the results of the DFT on the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation FoundationInventors: Sang Hee Kang, Dong Gyu Lee
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Publication number: 20110166404Abstract: The novel C dialdehyde compound which can be efficiently utilized in the synthesis of carotenoid compounds based on the sulfone chemistry, the preparation method of the same, and the expeditious and practical synthetic processes for lycopene and ?-carotene by the use of the above novel compound are disclosed. The syntheses of lycopene and ?-carotene are characterized by the processes of the coupling reaction between two equivalents of geranyl sulfone or cyclic geranyl sulfone and the above C dialdehyde, the functional group transformation reactions of the diol in the resulting C 40 coupling products to X's (either halogens or ethers), and the double elimination reactions of the functional groups of the benzenesulfonyl and X to produce the fully conjugated polyene chain of the carotenoids.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Sang Ho Koo, Eun Ho Choi, Joo-Won Suh
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Publication number: 20110166400Abstract: The novel C dialdehyde compound which can be efficiently utilized in the synthesis of carotenoid compounds based on the sulfone chemistry, the preparation method of the same, and the expeditious and practical synthetic processes for lycopene and ?-carotene by the use of the above novel compound are disclosed. The syntheses of lycopene and ?-carotene are characterized by the processes of the coupling reaction between two equivalents of geranyl sulfone or cyclic geranyl sulfone and the above C dialdehyde, the functional group transformation reactions of the diol in the resulting C 40 coupling products to X's (either halogens or ethers), and the double elimination reactions of the functional groups of the benzenesulfonyl and X to produce the fully conjugated polyene chain of the carotenoids.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Sang Ho Koo, Eun Ho Choi, Joo-Won Suh
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Publication number: 20110166391Abstract: The novel C dialdehyde compound which can be efficiently utilized in the synthesis of carotenoid compounds based on the sulfone chemistry, the preparation method of the same, and the expeditious and practical synthetic processes for lycopene and ?-carotene by the use of the above novel compound are disclosed. The syntheses of lycopene and ?-carotene are characterized by the processes of the coupling reaction between two equivalents of geranyl sulfone or cyclic geranyl sulfone and the above C dialdehyde, the functional group transformation reactions of the diol in the resulting C 40 coupling products to X's (either halogens or ethers), and the double elimination reactions of the functional groups of the benzenesulfonyl and X to produce the fully conjugated polyene chain of the carotenoids.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Sang Ho Koo, Eun Ho Choi, Joo-Won Suh
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Publication number: 20110090717Abstract: A two-stage insulated bidirectional DC/DC power converter is disclosed. A two-stage insulated bidirectional DC/DC power converter according to an embodiment of the invention has the characteristic of including: an LLC resonant converter operating at a constant duty ratio; a bidirectional converter joined to a front part of the LLC resonant converter and configured to perform a booster converter function of outputting the input voltage at a consistent input voltage for the LLC resonant converter, and a buck converter function of reducing the voltage by way of the LLC resonant converter and then outputting a consistent voltage; and a bidirectional converter control unit configured to control changes in an input voltage of the bidirectional converter and regulate an output voltage of the LLC resonant converter to thereby maintain a consistent input voltage of the LLC resonant converter, such that the LLC resonant converter operates at a constant duty ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicants: Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation, Orient Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jun-Young Lee, Yu-Seok Jeong, Hyung-Jun Chae, Kwang-Min Yoo, Jae-Jin Chang, Jae-Ha Chang
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Patent number: 7928266Abstract: The novel C dialdehyde compound which can be efficiently utilized in the synthesis of carotenoid compounds based on the sulfone chemistry, the preparation method of the same, and the expeditious and practical synthetic processes for lycopene and ?-carotene by the use of the above novel compound are disclosed. The syntheses of lycopene and ?-carotene are characterized by the processes of the coupling reaction between two equivalents of geranyl sulfone or cyclic geranyl sulfone and the above C dialdehyde, the functional group transformation reactions of the diol in the resulting C 40 coupling products to X's (either halogens or ethers), and the double elimination reactions of the functional groups of the benzenesulfonyl and X to produce the fully conjugated polyene chain of the carotenoids.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2007Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Sang Ho Koo, Eun Ho Choi
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Patent number: 7919267Abstract: The present invention related to a method for crystallizing a CMY-10 being a ?-lactamase with extended-substrate spectrum, a crystal of CMY-10, and a crystal structure of CMY-10. With utilization of three-dimensional structure of CMY-10 protein provided by the present invention, it is possible to develop novel antibiotics or inhibitors that can prevent an emergence of resistance bacteria appeared by plasmidic class C ?-lactamases having extended-substrate specificity.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignees: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Sang-Hee Lee, Sun-Shin Cha, Jung-Hun Lee, Ha-Il Jung
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Publication number: 20110008800Abstract: The present invention related to a method for crystallizing a CMY-10 being a ?-lactamase with extended-substrate spectrum, a crystal of CMY-10, and a crystal structure of CMY-10. With utilization of three-dimensional structure of CMY-10 protein provided by the present invention, it is possible to develop novel antibiotics or inhibitors that can prevent an emergence of resistance bacteria appeared by plasmatic class C ?-lactamases having extended-substrate specificity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicants: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Sang-Hee Lee, Sun-Shin Cha, Jung-Hun Lee, Ha-Il Jung
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Publication number: 20100304031Abstract: A method of preparing a green-ceramic pigment for reduction firing using copper oxide that includes mixing tin oxide (SnO2) and copper oxide (CuO); providing a fired product by applying oxidation firing to the mixture at a firing temperature of 1000 to 1300° C.; and grinding the fired product. Aspects also provide a green-ceramic pigment prepared by this method, as well as a method of manufacturing a green ceramic.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation FoundationInventor: Byung-Ha Lee
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Publication number: 20100281576Abstract: The present invention relates to cytochrome P450 protein originating from Arabidopsis thaliana which can be used for increasing seed size or storage protein content in seed or for increasing water stress resistance of plant, a gene encoding said protein, a recombinant plant expression vector comprising said gene, a method of increasing seed size or storage protein content in seed and a method of increasing water stress resistance of plant by using said vector, plants produced by said method and transgenic seed of said plants. According to the present invention, by using cytochrome P450 gene of the present invention, seed size or storage protein content in seed can be increased or water stress resistance of plant can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Myongji University Industry and Academia CooperationInventors: Ho Bang Kim, Sang Bong Choi
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Publication number: 20090299666Abstract: Disclosed herein is a Fourier transform-based phasor estimation method and apparatus capable of eliminating the S influence of exponentially decaying DC offsets. According to a Fourier transform-based phasor estimation method according to an embodiment of the present invention, an input signal is sampled, and samples of one-cycle data of the input signal are separated into at least two sample groups. A Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) is performed on each of the sample groups. A DC offset included in the input signal is calculated on a basis of results of the DFT on each of the sample groups, and an error caused by the DC offset is calculated using the calculated DC offset. A phasor of a fundamental frequency component included in the input signal is estimated by eliminating the calculated error, caused by the DC offset, from the results of the DFT on the input signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation FoundationInventors: Sang Hee Kang, Dong Gyu Lee