Patents Assigned to SNU R&DB Foundation
  • Patent number: 8706973
    Abstract: An unbounded transactional memory system which can process overflow data. The unbounded transactional memory system may include a host processor, a memory, and a memory processor. The host processor may include an execution unit to perform a transaction, and a cache to temporarily store data. The memory processor may store overflow data in overflow storage included in the memory in response to an overflow event in which the overflow data is generated in the cache during the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Jaejin Lee, Jong-Deok Choi, Seung-Mo Cho
  • Patent number: 8703813
    Abstract: Provided is a compound having a spiro chiral carbon backbone, a stereoisomer thereof, an enantiomer thereof, an in vivo hydrolysable precursor thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound having the spiro chiral carbon backbone has excellent osteoblast differentiation activity, mast cell inhibitory activity, and fatty acid synthesis inhibitory activity in the liver. Therefore, the compound can be expected to play an innovative role in treatment of osteoporosis, fatty liver, and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: SNU R & DB Foundation
    Inventors: Heon-Joong Kang, Jung-Rae Rho, Jeong-Ho Hong, Seung-Bum Park, Chan-Soo Shin, Jae-Hwan Lee, Jun-Young Hong, Eun-O Kim, Jeong-Ah Kim, Sang-Mi Oh
  • Patent number: 8706204
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for observing a heart rate of a passenger. The system for observing a heart rate of a passenger includes a plurality of different types of heart rate sensors provided on a seat cushion or a seat back, and a control unit for collecting waveforms of the heart rate sensors for respective sensor types, computing accuracies of the waveforms for respective sensor types at each unit time, selecting a waveform having a highest accuracy at each unit time, and then calculating a heart rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Dymos Incorporated, SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Sang Man Seo, Gil Ju Kim, Tae Hyoung Yang, In Ho Lee, Hee Chan Kim, Seung Woo Noh, Chi Yul Yoon
  • Patent number: 8704601
    Abstract: The present invention includes a class-E power amplifier, comprising a driver stage (DS) including a first power amplifier with transistors, to which an input signal is inputted; a main stage (MS), including a second power amplifier with transistors, whose input is connected to the output of the DS; and a first LC resonator whose one end is connected to the output of the DS and the other end to the ground as an AC equivalent circuit and a second LC resonator whose one end is connected to the input of the MS and the other end to the ground as an AC equivalent circuit. In accordance with the present invention, as the voltage stress is reduced on the CMOS class-E power amplifier, the application of the high power supply voltage may be allowed and therefore the load impedance may be high while the same efficiency is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Sang Wook Nam, Yong Hoon Song, Sung Ho Lee, Jae Jun Lee, Eun II Cho
  • Patent number: 8702593
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a maneuverable capsule endoscope. A capsule body is input into an internal organ to take images of the inside of the internal organ. A fan unit is mounted on the body. A fan position-changing device changes a direction in which the fan unit discharges fluid. The fan unit is mounted inside a duct without damaging the inner wall of the internal organ. When input into the internal organ, the capsule endoscope can concentrically take images of a specific portion inside the internal organ, and can freely take images of a portion that is intended to be photographed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Sungwan Kim, Youdan Kim, Chiwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20140104299
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a control method based on a user input for the same are provided. A text string contained in content may be erased according to the user input, and the erased text string is stored. When the user input is entered at the erasure region, a result of comparison between the stored text string and the user input is output. The control method includes detecting a first input, identifying color distribution of an input region corresponding to the first input, and erasing at least one object in the input region by applying the most commonly used color to the input region based on the identified color distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicants: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoongon NAM, Myungsoo KIM, Hyunjoon KIM, Yongwoon PARK, Chulwoo YANG, Jeeman LEE, Hyeunkyu KIM
  • Patent number: 8699400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a source antenna switching scheme for a non-orthogonal protocol; and more particularly, to a source antenna switching scheme for a non-orthogonal protocol, which transmits a signal of a source node to a destination node through a relay node. The present invention provides a source antenna switching scheme for a non-orthogonal decode-and-forward protocol that can acquire a greater diversity than the conventional NDF protocol. In other words, the present invention provides a source antenna switching scheme for a non-orthogonal decode-and-forward protocol that can increase a diversity order by adding a reasonable priced antenna instead of expensive hardware such as an RF chain when there are a plurality of antenna in the RF chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Jong-Seon No, Dong-Joon Shin, Xianglan Jin, Jae-Dong Yang
  • Publication number: 20140098701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for channel measurement in a wireless LAN system. A station (STA) receives a plurality of sounding frames from an access point (AP), estimates the plurality of sounding frames in order to generate long-term channel state information (LCSI), provides the generated LCSI to the AP as feedback, and receives from the AP a group identifier (ID) management frame comprising information on a group ID determined on the basis of the LCSI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicants: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION, LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ill Soo Sohn, Sunghyun Choi, Seung Min Yoo, Hyewon Lee, Mun Hwan Choi, Yong Ho Seok, Ok Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 8693568
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for channel estimation using a dedicated pilot signal in an OFDM-based communication system with multi-antenna transmission techniques. The receiver estimates the statistical characteristics of a virtual channel generated by beamforming by exploiting the statistical characteristics of common pilot channel, determines the optimum dedicated pilot pattern, and estimates the channel from dedicated pilot signal transmitted in an optimum pattern by means of AMMSE interpolation. The invention minimizes the channel estimation error by exploiting the statistical characteristics of the virtual channel, and optimally determines the dedicated pilot pattern according to the operation environment to maximize the transmission performance in terms of the pilot signaling overhead and the channel estimation error. In particular, the invention is very effective in low signal-to-interference plus noise power ratio (SINR) operation environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Yong-Hwan Lee, Han-Jun Park, Keon-Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 8692237
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device enables improvement on the loss of optical extraction efficiency due to total reflection and optical waveguide effects. The organic light emitting device has a structure wherein a first electrode, an organic substance layer, and a second electrode are sequentially laminated on a substrate, a random nano structure having a fine pattern of a peaks-and-valleys shape is formed between a substrate and a first electrode to extract any light that is wasted due to total reflection and an optical waveguide mode to the outside of the substrate so that an organic light emitting device with improved external quantum efficiency can be realized, and optical extraction patterns and color changes due to visual field angles can also be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Jang-Joo Kim, Hyong-Jun Kim, Hwan-Hee Cho
  • Publication number: 20140087965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker which can be used to diagnose a diabetic retinopathy patient and determine the progression of diabetic retinopathy, a composition for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy, which comprises an agent for measuring the level of a gene or protein associated with the marker, and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION, LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunhee KU, Youngsoo KIM, Seungyeon SONG, Jonghwa JIN, Moosub KIM, Yongju YANG
  • Publication number: 20140083845
    Abstract: Provided is a water treatment apparatus using an apparatus for generating fine bubbles having a positive charge. The water treatment apparatus comprises: an apparatus for generating fine bubbles having a positive charge; a treatment bath into which the fine bubbles generated in the apparatus for generating fine bubbles are supplied and in which raw water is stored; and an ultrasonic oscillator for generating ultrasonic waves having a predetermined intensity when power is applied to explode the fine bubbles floating up to a water level after the fine bubbles are supplied into said treatment bath. Thus, germs attached to the fine bubbles may be sterilized by an exploding force generated when the fine bubbles are exploded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Moo Young Han, Tschung Kim, III
  • Patent number: 8679220
    Abstract: This invention relates to a ceramic and a cermet each having a second phase for improving toughness via phase separation from a complete solid-solution phase and to a method of preparing them. The ceramic and the cermet may have the second phase phase-separated from the complete solid-solution phase, thereby easily achieving a great improvement in toughness and exhibiting other good properties including high strength, consequently enabling the manufacture of high-strength and high-toughness cutting tools, instead of conventional WC—Co hard materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventor: Shin Hoo Kang
  • Publication number: 20140080274
    Abstract: A method of forming a channel layer of an electric device according to an embodiment is provided. First, a conductive substrate including an insulating layer on the substrate is provided. The conductive substrate and a metal to be plated are used as respective electrodes to carry out electroplating within an electrolyte solution. In this case, electrons provided by a tunneling current passing through the insulating layer from the conductive substrate are bonded with ions of the metal within the electrolyte solution to form a metal channel layer on the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Young June PARK, Seok Ha LEE, Jun Ho CHUN, Yeonkyu CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140080907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to betaine or a composition comprising the same for accelerating liver regeneration, more particularly, a therapeutic pharmaceutical composition comprising betaine as an active ingredient for promoting the recovery of injured or resected liver to the normal liver. The most effective treatment for chronic liver disease, particularly in the terminal stage, is hepatectomy and liver transplantation. In Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT) that has been increasing since 1990, rapid regeneration of liver tissues is essential for both donor and recipient to inhibit complications and thus for the success of the treatment. Betaine accelerates the recovery and growth of injured liver to the normal liver, so that it can be effectively used for the successful LDLT or therapeutic hepatectomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Young Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 8677195
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data transmission method in a wireless network capable of improving transmission performance on a wireless network by transmitting data, on which ACK is piggybacked, using the ACK transmission opportunity having high priority. The data transmission method includes acquiring a wireless channel by a STA to transmit a first data to the AP, transmitting the first data by the STA acquired the wireless channel to the AP through the wireless channel, analyzing by the AP whether there are second data intended to any one of the plurality of STAs, and, if there are the second data to transmit, transmitting the second data, on which an ACK is piggybacked, to the intended STA from the AP using ACK transmission opportunity having higher priority than that of data transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Chong-Kwon Kim, Taemin Park, Suchul Lee
  • Patent number: 8673258
    Abstract: Techniques for manufacturing an enhanced carbon nanotube (CNT) assembly are provided. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing an enhanced CNT assembly comprises preparing a metal tip, preparing a CNT plus transition-metal colloidal solution, forming a CNT plus transition-metal composite assembly by using the prepared metal tip and CNT plus transition-metal colloidal solution, and growing the CNT plus transition-metal composite assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Yong Hyup Kim, Eui Yun Jang
  • Patent number: 8669020
    Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly including an anode that incorporates a porous support and a hydrogen permeable metal thin film disposed on the porous support; a cathode; and a proton conductive solid oxide electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Snu R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Pil-won Heo, Yoon-ho Lee, Sang-kyun Kang, Jin-su Ha, Suk-won Cha
  • Patent number: 8669126
    Abstract: A method of coating a light emitting diode (LED) is provided. The method includes preparing a substrate in which a plurality of LEDs are arranged, applying a curable liquid containing a fluorescent material to the substrate and the plurality of LEDs, and selectively applying energy to the substrate to which the curable liquid is applied, to thereby pattern the curable liquid, wherein the application of the energy includes applying the energy to both surfaces of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Kwon, Young Joon Choi, Sang Kwon Han, Ji Sung Jang, Su Eun Chung
  • Publication number: 20140068519
    Abstract: A phonebook provision method and apparatus of a portable terminal is disclosed for providing a user with a phonebook of contacts. The phonebook provision method of a terminal having a touchscreen may include detecting a first event requesting for displaying a relationship diagram including icons corresponding to contacts that are connected through lines and displaying a first relationship diagram read from a storage unit of the terminal on a touchscreen in response to the first event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoongon NAM, Myungsoo KIM, Hyunjoon KIM, Yongwoon PARK, Chulwoo YANG, Jeeman LEE, Eunjin YU