Abstract: Provided are a polymer and a polymer actuator including the polymer. The polymer is cross-linked by a cross-linking agent. When the polymer is used in the polymer actuator, the polymer actuator shows a high strain and may be stably operated at high temperatures.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 12, 2010
Date of Patent:
October 8, 2013
Assignees:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Abstract: A method of preparing nanoparticles includes using low-temperature plasma and a pulsed second process gas. Nanoparticles having uniform sizes and nanoparticles having a core-shell structure may be formed. A lithium battery includes an electrode that includes the nanoparticles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 3, 2009
Date of Patent:
September 10, 2013
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Inventors:
Jin-hwan Park, Tae-sung Kim, Kwang-su Kim
Abstract: A bi-prediction decoding method includes determining whether or not a current block to be decoded is a bi-prediction coding mode by analyzing the coded data; recovering a decoding target motion vector by decoding the coded data in a case where it is determined that the current block is the bi-prediction coding mode; calculating the recovered decoding target motion vector, and a non-decoding target motion vector corresponding to a second reference picture based on a temporal distance between a current picture to which the current block belongs and a first decoding reference picture corresponding to the decoding target motion vector and a temporal distance between the current picture and a second decoding reference picture; and recovering the current block based on a generated prediction block by generating the prediction block for the current block based on the recovered decoding target motion vector and the calculated non-decoding target motion vector.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 19, 2008
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2013
Assignee:
Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Inventors:
Byeung Woo Jeon, Bong Soo Jung, Kwang Hyun Won
Abstract: Disclosed are a maximum power point tracker, a power conversion controller, a power conversion device having an insulating structure, and a method for tracking maximum power point. The power conversion device includes: a DC/AC converter including a primary DC chopper unit having a primary switch, a transformer, and an AC/AC conversion unit including a secondary switch; a current detector detecting current from an input stage of the DC/AC converter and providing a detected current value; a voltage detector detecting a system voltage from an output stage of the DC/AC converter; and a power conversion controller generating a primary PWM signal to be provided to the primary DC chopper unit and secondary first and second PWM signals, having the mutually opposing phases, to be provided to the AC/AC conversion unit by using the detected current value and the system voltage.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 15, 2013
Publication date:
August 8, 2013
Applicants:
Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration, Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Abstract: A voice service system which includes a database storing information and is connected with a plurality of terminals by a communication network, comprising a call connection unit for transmitting-receiving a signal, on a voice service to/from each of the terminals, a voice processing unit for interpreting a voice instruction received from the terminal and converting an internally-created voice service document into a voice message, a recognition management unit for extracting a grammar, which is expected to be spoken by a user, from the database, a document management unit for creating the voice service document including the extracted grammar as a voice anchor, and a control unit for controlling information related to the voice anchor matching with the voice instruction to be provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 16, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 6, 2013
Assignee:
Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus of bi-prediction coding, a method and an apparatus of bi-prediction decoding and a recording medium. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method and an apparatus of bi-prediction coding, a method and an apparatus of bi-prediction decoding and a recording medium capable of solving a problem of complexity in implementing the bi-prediction coding of image compression and improving the coding efficiency by more efficiently transmitting a motion vector based on a fact that the movement is linearly generated.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 28, 2013
Publication date:
July 25, 2013
Applicant:
Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Inventor:
Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming graphene at a low temperature, to a method for direct transfer of graphene using same, and to a graphene sheet. The method for forming graphene at a low temperature comprises supplying a carbon-source-containing gas to a metal catalyst layer for graphene growth formed on a substrate, and forming graphene at a low temperature of 500° C. or less by means of inductively coupled plasma-chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD).
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 15, 2011
Publication date:
July 25, 2013
Applicants:
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD., SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR CORPORATE COLLABORATION
Inventors:
Byung Hee Hong, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Ji Beom Yoo, Su Kang Bae, Myung Hee Jung, Houk Jang, Youngbin Lee, Sang Jin Kim
Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and method for charging and discharging a photovoltaic PCS integrated battery applied to a system that includes a first DC/DC converter 110 connected to a solar cell 10, a DC/AC inverter 120, a DC link unit 130 connected in common to output terminals of the first DC/DC converter 110 and the DC/AC inverter 120, and a second DC/DC converter 140 having a bidirectional DC/DC conversion function connected between the DC rink unit 130 and the battery 30. The present invention calculates the amount of photovoltaic power produced by the solar cell 10 based on voltage and current detected in the voltage/current detector 200, determines one of predetermined control modes according to the amount of photovoltaic power and the connection or not of the battery, and controls the first DC/DC converter 110, the second DC/DC converter, and the DC/AC inverter according to the determined control mode.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 7, 2010
Date of Patent:
July 23, 2013
Assignees:
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Inventors:
Tae Won Lee, Dong Seong Oh, Jin Wook Kim, Hee Sung Moon, Jeong Min Ko, Jong Soo Kim, Chung Yuen Won, Byoung Kuk Lee, Gyu Yeong Choe
Abstract: A solid electrolyte polymer including a cross-linked polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based polymer, and a polymer actuator including the cross-linked PVDF-based polymer and an electrolytic material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 8, 2009
Date of Patent:
July 9, 2013
Assignees:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Abstract: A nano/micro-sized diode and a method of preparing the same, the diode including: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a diode layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The diode layer includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is disposed on the first electrode and has a first surface that is electrically connected to the first electrode, and an opposing second surface that has a protrusion. The second layer is disposed between the first layer and the second electrode and has a first surface having a recess that corresponds to the protrusion, and an opposing second surface that is electrically connected to the second electrode.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 29, 2008
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2013
Assignees:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor. The method includes forming a plurality of barrier ribs on an insulating substrate and forming a plurality of grooves partitioned by the barrier ribs. The method further includes forming a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode on the grooves, respectively. The method also includes forming an opening by etching the barrier ribs between the source electrode and the gate electrode and between the gate electrode and the drain electrode. The method further includes forming a gate insulating film on the opening; and forming an organic semiconductor layer on the gate insulating film.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 20, 2012
Publication date:
May 30, 2013
Applicants:
SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY Foundation for Corporate Collaboration, SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Coporate Collaboration
Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel siRNA structure and the use thereof, and more particularly to a double-stranded siRNA molecule comprising an antisense strand and a sense strand, wherein the siRNA molecule has at least one single nucleotide bulge formed by introducing a single nucleotide into the antisense strand, particularly at position 2 from the 5? end, and to a method of using the same to silence a target gene. The siRNA molecule of the invention shows high target gene silencing efficiency while minimizing off-target effects caused by the antisense strand, and thus has improved target selectivity. Accordingly, the siRNA molecule of the invention can be substituted for conventional siRNA molecules and can be widely be used in siRNA-based gene silencing techniques, including gene therapy.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 4, 2010
Publication date:
May 23, 2013
Applicant:
Sungkyunkwan University Foundation For Corporate Collaboration
Abstract: A distributed coded video decoding apparatus includes a key picture decoding unit for reconstructing a key picture, a side information generation unit for generating side information using the key picture and/or previously reconstructed WZ pictures, a side information update unit for updating the side information using the side information and corrected reconstructed video, a channel code decoding unit for decoding quantization symbols, a video reconstruction unit for reconstructing a current WZ picture using the quantization symbols and the side information, and a video correction unit for calculating the reconstructed data reliability using channel code decoded data reliability of the decoded data and/or the reconstructed video reliability determining whether to correct the reconstructed video and determining a correction value based on the calculated the reconstructed data reliability and then correcting the reconstructed video.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2009
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2013
Assignee:
Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a crosslinkable thermoset monomer. The crosslinkable thermoset monomer has acetylene groups as crosslinking groups introduced at both ends of the backbone. Also disclosed herein is a composition for producing a printed circuit board which comprises the crosslinkable thermoset monomer. The composition exhibits excellent mechanical and thermal properties. Therefore, the composition can be used as a material for next-generation boards that are becoming lighter in weight and smaller in size and thickness. Also disclosed herein is a printed circuit board using the composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 11, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2013
Assignees:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation For Corporate Collaboration
Inventors:
Chung Kun Cho, Myung Sup Jung, Mahn Jong Kim, Jin Young Bae, Chung Won Park
Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for managing images based on user preferences. The apparatus includes a database for storing images, an image search module for searching the images stored in the database, an image output module for outputting at least one image retrieved by the image search module, a preference input module for, when the retrieved image is output through the image output module, receiving a user preference for the output image from a user, and an image path database for storing a storage path of the image, output through the image output module, based on the user preference received through the user preference input module. The image search module searches images whose storage paths are stored in the image path database or images whose storage paths are not stored in the image path database according to the user's selection.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 26, 2010
Date of Patent:
April 30, 2013
Assignee:
Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Inventors:
Jae Wook Jeon, Gi Hoon Go, Min Kyung Kim, Hyun Uk Jung, Myung Jin Kim, Soon Mook Jung, Tae Houn Song
Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for estimating a frequency offset by one training symbol including two symbols having the same structure and value in an OFDM system. The apparatus includes a first likelihood function calculator for modeling non-Gaussian impulsive noise included in the training symbol to a Cauchy probability density function in which a characteristic exponent of a BIS?S probability density function is 1, and calculating a likelihood function of a Cauchy distribution using the Cauchy probability density function, and a first frequency offset estimator for estimating an effective frequency offset value in which the likelihood function of the Cauchy distribution of the first likelihood function calculator becomes highest as a frequency offset estimation value. Thereby, it is possible to improve the performance of frequency offset estimation in non-Gaussian impulsive noise environments.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 29, 2010
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2013
Assignee:
Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Abstract: Disclosed are a maximum power point tracker, a power conversion controller, a power conversion device having an insulating structure, and a method for tracking maximum power point. The power conversion device includes: a DC/AC converter including a primary DC chopper unit having a primary switch, a transformer, and an AC/AC conversion unit including a secondary switch; a current detector detecting current from an input stage of the DC/AC converter and providing a detected current value; a voltage detector detecting a system voltage from an output stage of the DC/AC converter; and a power conversion controller generating a primary PWM signal to be provided to the primary DC chopper unit and secondary first and second PWM signals, having the mutually opposing phases, to be provided to the AC/AC conversion unit by using the detected current value and the system voltage.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2010
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2013
Assignees:
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Inventors:
Jin Wook Kim, Tae Won Lee, Dong Seong Oh, Yong Hyok Ji, Byoung Kuk Lee, Chung Yuen Won, Jae Hyung Kim, Young Ho Kim
Abstract: The present invention relates to a solder resist composition including: 1 to 10 parts by weight of a triazene curing agent; 1 to 10 parts by weight of a curing accelerator; and 10 to 50 parts by weight of a diluent, with respect to 100 parts by weight of an epoxy base, a board for a package comprising a solder resist opening using the same, and a method for preparing the board for a package. According to the present invention, it is possible to form a small solder resist opening of less than about 50 ?m through laser ablation and improve laser processability of the thermosetting solder resist composition.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 11, 2012
Publication date:
April 11, 2013
Applicants:
SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR CORPORATE COLLABORATION, SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR CORPORATE COLLABORATION
Abstract: The present invention relates to ultrafine fiber-based composites comprising at least one ultrafine fiber-type hydrophobic polymer and oxide moisture absorbent particles distributed on the polymer. The ultrafine fiber-based composites may be appropriately used as sealing materials which can prevent the functional deterioration of electric or electronic devices and enhance the stability due to their high hydroscopicity and ability to maintain their appearance without change after the absorption of moisture.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 6, 2011
Publication date:
April 11, 2013
Applicants:
SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR CORPORATE COLLABORATION OF SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATION
Inventors:
Jun Young Lee, Lyong Sun Pu, Sung Hee Kim