Patents Assigned to The Industry and Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University
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Patent number: 9096941Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolytic cell for an FT-CDI including: an injection port into which a bead and a concentrate are injected and a discharge port through which the bead and the concentrate are discharged to circulate the bead, thereby preventing the concentration of the bead from being degraded and disposes a mesh at a place in which the concentrate and the bead are received to disperse the concentrate and the bead well.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignees: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University, Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation FoundationInventors: Teak Sung Hwang, Sung-Gyu Park, Hui-Man Park, Noh-Seok Kwak, Chi Won Hwang, Chang-Sik Ha
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Publication number: 20150201861Abstract: A bio impedance measurement apparatus includes a current applicator configured to provide, to terminals contacting a body, a current based on a first control signal, and a modulator configured to modulate a voltage generated as the current flows through the body, based on a second control signal. The apparatus further includes an amplifier configured to amplify the modulated voltage, and a demodulator configured to demodulate the amplified voltage based on a third control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)Inventors: Hyoung Ho KO, Jong Pal KIM, Tak Hyung LEE
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Publication number: 20150200637Abstract: A biosignal apparatus is described including an amplifier and a sampler. The amplifier is configured to alternate between an operating state and a low power state based on a periodically changing control signal. The sampler is configured to sample a signal output from the amplifier in response to the amplifier being in the operating state and maintain the sampled signal in response to the amplifier being in the low power state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)Inventors: Hyoung Ho KO, Jong Pal KIM, Tak Hyung LEE
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Patent number: 9011774Abstract: Provided are a barcode nano-wire for decoding a hard magnetic segment by using highly sensitive magnetic sensors and a bio-sensing system using the barcode nano-wire. Integration of hard magnetic and non-magnetic segments produces the barcode nanowire and magnetic segments are detected using highly sensitive magnetoresistance sensors. The non-magnetic segment uses a non-magnetic material and a specific biomolecule for bioanalysis is immobilized at a specific portion of the barcode nano-wire. The hard magnetic material has an advantage of higher coercivity and high remanence magnetization, which is considered as an important parameter in selecting the material. The hard magnetic segments produce distinguishable strong stray fields for individually detecting segments using conventional magnetic sensors for multiplexed bioanalysis.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National UniversityInventors: CheolGi Kim, Vishnubhotla Sudha Rani, Jong-Ryul Jeong, Seok Soo Yoon
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Publication number: 20150094450Abstract: The present invention relates to an repebody capable of binding specifically to interleukin-6 (IL-6) to inhibit the biological activity of IL-6, a polynucleotide encoding the repebody, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a recombinant microorganism having introduced therein the polynucleotide or the vector, a method of producing the repebody using the recombinant microorganism, a composition for preventing or treating cancer, which comprises the repebody, and a method for preventing or treating cancer, which comprises administering the composition for preventing or treating cancer, which comprises the repebody. The repebody of the present invention significantly reduces the activity of STAT3 and the concentration of interleukin-6, and thus can be widely used as an agent for preventing or treating IL-6-related diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicants: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IAC), KOREA BASIC SCIENCE INSTITUTEInventors: Hak-Sung Kim, Joong-Jae Lee, Jung Min Choi, Eun-Kyeong Jo, Chul-Su Yang, Hae-Kap Cheong, Hyun Jung Kim
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Patent number: 8975207Abstract: Disclosed is an adsorptive ball for recovering precious metals and resources, a method for manufacturing the adsorptive bale, a flow through-continuous deionization (FT-CDI) module capable of recovering precious metals by using the adsorptive ball, and a flow through-continuous deionization (FT-CDI) apparatus having the flow through-continuous deionization (FT-CDI) installed thereat.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignees: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University, Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation FoundationInventors: Teak Sung Hwang, Won Ho Jung, Noh-Seok Kwak, Sung-gyu Park, Jin Sun Koo, Hui-Man Park, Chi Won Hwang, Chang-Sik Ha
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Publication number: 20150064764Abstract: A device for transporting, trapping and escaping a single biomaterial using a magnetic structure, and a method of transporting, trapping and escaping of the single biomaterial using the same are provided, and a method is provided for controlling movement and direction of the single biomaterial including soft magnetic micro structure and magnetic structure in a linear, square storage, apartment type, radial soft magnetic micro structure. Accordingly, the device for transporting, trapping and escaping a single biomaterial and the method for transporting, trapping and escaping single biomaterial using the same can control movement on the lap-on-a-chip with increased precision and ease, by using magnetic force, and thus can be advantageously used in the field of magneto-resistive sensor, or categorization of single cells or biomolecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)Inventors: Cheolgi Kim, Byeonghwa Lim, Reddy Venu, Hu XingHao, KunWoo Kim, Benjamin B. Yellen
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Publication number: 20140307901Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for low power operation of a binaural hearing aid, the method including determining whether a residual battery exceeds a predetermined threshold level, collecting an external audio signal, in response to whether the residual battery exceeds the predetermined threshold level, and transmitting the collected audio signal to a second hearing aid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicants: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC), SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yun Seo KU, Jong Jin KIM, Jun Il SOHN, Jong Hee HAN, Dong Wook KIM, Ji Hoon KIM
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Patent number: 8847007Abstract: A method is provided for preparing infertility-induced, genetically modified grass. It comprises a) exposing a flower of genetically modified grass to a physical mutagen; (b) culturing the genetically modified grass exposed to the physical mutagen to produce seeds thereof; and (c) culturing the seeds to select an infertility-induced species.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignees: Cheju National University Industry—Academic Cooperation Foundation, The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National UniversityInventors: Tae Woong Bae, Joon Ki Kim, In Ja Song, Pyung Ok Lim, Pill Soon Song, Hyo Yeon Lee, Si Yong Kang, Hong-Gyu Kang, Yong-Pyo Lim
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Publication number: 20140204217Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal imaging system capable of tracing a specific portion in a thermal image and a method of tracing a specific portion using thereof. The thermal imaging system includes a thermal imaging camera; an imaging camera installed to be adjacent to the thermal imaging camera; and a position measurement apparatus installed to be adjacent to the thermal imaging camera in order to measure photographing positions of the thermal imaging camera and the imaging camera. Therefore, a specific portion of the subject that is difficult to recognize in the thermal image with naked eyes is recognized by contrasting the specific portion in the thermal image with a corresponding portion in the normal image, and thus a correct temperature can be extracted by tracing the specific portion in the thermal image in real-time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IAC)Inventors: Jin-Hun Sohn, Jin-Sup Eom
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Patent number: 8761934Abstract: A system achieves seamless localization for a plurality of robots when first some robots moves to a shadow area where GPS signals are not received while remaining second robots receives the GPS signals, by performing an absolute localization for the second robots using the GPS signals; and performing an absolute localization for the second robots using the GPS signals; performing a relative localization for the first robots based on the second robots, thereby determining an absolute location of the first robots. Further, when the second robots move to the shadow area where the first robots have been moved, the system performs the seamless localization by determining a relative location of the second robots based on the first robots on which the relative localization has been performed, thereby determining an absolute location of the second robots based on the relative location of the second robots.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National UniversityInventors: Chang Eun Lee, Tae-Kyung Sung, Sung Hoon Kim, Hyun-Ja Im, Young-Jo Cho
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Publication number: 20140144786Abstract: The manufacturing method for high-purity Zirconium is characterized by self-propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) of a raw material having zirconium raw ore containing ZrO2, ZrSiO4, KZr2(PO4)3, or a mixture thereof and a reducing agent that is metal powder, to prepare zirconium intermetallic compound or zirconium nitride, followed by the recovery of high-purity Zr by electrolytic refining the reaction product of the SHS.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National UniversityInventors: Jong Hyeon Lee, Yoon Sang Lee, Han Soo Lee, Seon Jin Kim, Sun Kyo Chung, H. Nersisyan Hayk
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Publication number: 20140147866Abstract: Provided are compounds for inhibiting Snail-p53 binding and therapeutic agents for cancer including the compounds as an effective component. The Snail-p53 binding inhibitors induce expression of p53 in K-Ras mutant cell lines, thereby enabling effective treatment or prevention of K-Ras mutant cancer, such as, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, cholangioma, and colon cancer, of which diagnosis or treatment is not easy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicants: THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Bum Joon PARK, Nam Chul Ha, Sun Hye Lee, Gyu Yong Song, Jee Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 8719916Abstract: The present invention periodically monitors the amount of packets flowing into a packet inspection apparatus, i.e., a load level, and compares the load level with a predetermined upper or lower limit value. Accordingly, the present invention blocks some of the packets or passes along some of the packets through the packet inspection apparatus when the load level exceeds a certain level, and thus the load controlling method and apparatus guarantees continuous operation of the packet inspection apparatus even in an overloaded state. In addition, the load controlling method and apparatus according to the present invention effectively selects packets to be blocked or passed without departing from the original functions of the packet inspection apparatus. The load controlling method and apparatus is configured simply so as not to additionally induce a load in the process of selection, and the load controlling apparatus selectively operates only in an overloaded state.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)Inventor: Hyong-Shik Kim
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Publication number: 20140119999Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for producing fuel for a fuel cell car which includes: a main reaction chamber including an aluminum coil and configured to produce gas; a sub-chamber including a sodium aqueous solution, the sub-chamber in fluid communication with the main reaction chamber to communicate the produced gas; a circulation pump configured to supply a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution in the sub-chamber to the main reaction chamber when producing the fuel, and further configured to return the sodium hydroxide aqueous solution in the main reaction chamber to the sub-chamber when stopping production of the fuel; and a separator configured to separate hydrogen gas from the produced gas, and supply the hydrogen gas to a fuel cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicants: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC), Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Chang Ho Kim, In Chul Hwang, Hong Youl Ryu, Jong Hyeon Lee, Seong Seok Cho, Kie Seo Bae, Moon Hee Han
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Patent number: 8710851Abstract: Disclosed is an SAR measurement method that is capable of securing sufficient power within a short period of time and always maintaining the intensity of measurement signals irrespective of the measurement frequency. With the SAR measurement method, a plurality of measurement modules each with a control unit for processing location information and SAR measurement values, a memory unit for storing data, an antenna for making signal transception with the external, and a storage battery charged by way of inductive power are prepared. Thereafter, the plurality of measurement modules are arranged and installed within a phantom formed with a homogeneous material that conforms to the electrical characteristics of human body tissue. An electronic product to be measured in SAR is mounted at a predetermined location of the phantom with a predetermined posture. A high frequency of several hundred megahertz (MHz) to several hundred gigahertz (GHz) is scanned toward the phantom.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)Inventor: Jong-Myung Woo
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Publication number: 20140099393Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for continuously extruding polymer resin, and more particularly, to an apparatus for continuously extruding polymer resin melts in a direction parallel with a flow direction thereof, in which a lubricant injected through an oil injection port formed on an extrusion die flows along an inner circumferential surface of an extrusion path so as to move along with the polymer resin melts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IVC)Inventor: Kee-Yoon Lee
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Patent number: 8691955Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker composition for pregnancy diagnosis in cattle, a pregnancy diagnosis composition, and a pregnancy diagnosis method, which use a pregnancy-specific protein in cattle. The present inventors discovered an ?1G subunit protein of the T-type calcium channel expressed specifically in pregnant cows, and produced a specific antibody against this protein. Therefore, the present invention has the effect of detecting pregnancy in cows easily, quickly, and accurately early in the pregnancy.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National UniversityInventors: Dong Il Jin, Rong Xun Han, Hong Rye Kim
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Publication number: 20140022370Abstract: The present invention relates to an emotion recognition apparatus using facial expressions including: a camera adapted to acquire a first video of an object corresponding to each of a plurality of emotions classified by a previously set reference; a user input unit adapted to receive a plurality of first frames in the first video designated by a user; a control unit adapted to recognize the face of the object contained in the plurality of first frames, extracting the facial elements of the object by using the recognized face, and extracting the variation patterns of the plurality of emotions by using the facial elements; and a memory adapted to store the extracted variation patterns of the plurality of emotions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY(IAC)Inventor: The Industry & Academic Cooperation In Chungnam National University(IAC)
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Patent number: 8470551Abstract: The present invention relates to a fusion protein in which a myostatin mature protein is fused to a multimer of myostatin-derived antigenic peptide Myo-2, a surface expression vector containing a polynucleotide encoding the fusion protein, a recombinant microorganism transformed with the vector, and a feedstuff additive or a pharmaceutical composition containing the microorganism as an effective ingredient. The feedstuff additive or pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention can be used for muscle development and regulation of muscle growth in livestock and poultry, as well as for preventing and treating muscle-wasting diseases and degenerative diseases such as muscular dystrophy, muscular atrophy and the like. In addition, the transformed strain shows the same effect even if the strain itself after culture thereof is directly used, and thus it is very economical.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignees: Bioleaders Corporation, Korea Research Institute of Science and Technology, The Industry and Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National UniversityInventors: Moon-Hee Sung, Chul Joong Kim, Haryoung Poo, Ji Yeon Kim, Young Suk Kim, Long Chun Xu