Abstract: A method for diagnosing a battery system includes: determining, by a processor, first and second charge/discharge test environments providing complementary characteristics for performance degradation of the higher-level battery device exhibits by performing a charge/discharge test with respect to the higher-level battery device; performing, by the processor, a charge/discharge test with respect to the lower-level battery device under the first and second charge/discharge test environments to determine whether a test result matches the complementary characteristics under the first and second charge/discharge test environments; and deriving, by the processor, optimal operating conditions of the battery system in which the complementary characteristics under the first and second charge/discharge test environments are removed, upon determining that the test result of the charge/discharge test with respect to the lower-level battery device matches the complementary characteristics under the first and second charge

Abstract: A method of predicting pressure ulcers is provided. The method includes predicting, by a first pressure ulcer predictor, occurrence of pressure ulcers of a patient to output first prediction result data, based on body data of the patient, predicting, by a second pressure ulcer predictor, occurrence of pressure ulcers of the patient to output second prediction result data, based on whole body pressure data of the patient, predicting, by a third pressure ulcer predictor, occurrence of pressure ulcers of the patient to output third prediction result data, based on skin image data of the patient, and concatenating the first to third prediction result data to output final prediction result data.

Abstract: Provided is an optical system which may acquire a hyperspectral image by acquiring a spectral image of an object to be measured, which includes, to collect spectral data and train the neural network, an image forming part forming an image from an object to be measured and transmitting collimated light, a slit moving to scan the incident image and passing and outputting a part of the formed image, and a first optical part obtaining spectral data by splitting light of the image received through the slit by wavelength. Also, the system includes, to decompose overlapped spectral data and to infer hyperspectral image data through the trained neural network, an image forming part forming an image from an object to be measured and transmitting collimated light, and a first optical part obtaining spectral data by splitting light of the received image by wavelength.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating an artificial intelligence system that provides a worker safety control solution and includes a plurality of smart belts and an artificial intelligence server, which includes detecting, by one of the plurality of smart belts, whether a worker is buried, generating, by the smart belt, biometric data and work environment data of the worker, generating, by the smart belt, an alarm signal based on the biometric data and the work environment data, transmitting, by the smart belt, the alarm signal, the biometric data, and the work environment data to the artificial intelligence server, and generating a plurality of rescue scenarios by inferring the biometric data and the work environment data when the artificial intelligence server receives a plurality of alarm signals from the plurality of smart belts.

Abstract: A control method of an integrated facility safety control system predicts short-term safety of a facility by using an artificial intelligence (AI) model embedded in an intelligent edge interrogator and predicts long-term safety of the facility on the basis of long-term sensing data received from the intelligent edge interrogator by using an AI model embedded in a server. Accordingly, a server and an intelligent edge interrogator may divisionally perform an analysis operation on the short-term safety and long-term safety of facility on the basis of data collected from an optical fiber sensor, and thus, may solve a load of data concentrating on a server, a problem of computing power, and a network problem caused by massive data transmission.

Abstract: Provided are an optical system capable of improving the spatial resolution of hyperspectral imaging and an optical alignment method using the same. The optical system includes a digital micromirror device (DMD) having a rectangular shape, a first cylindrical lens curved to focus and form an image on an axis corresponding to a shorter side of the DMD, and a second cylindrical lens curved in the same axial direction as the axis to collimate light reflected from the DMD.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for adjusting an optical axis. In the apparatus, an iris diaphragm and a quadrant photodiode (QPD) are used to align optical axes of an optical system of the apparatus so that optical transmission efficiency between an optical transmitter and an optical receiver can be increased. Since a hole of the iris diaphragm can be adjusted to be small, a beam larger than a light-receiving area of the QPD can be included in the light-receiving area, and optical axis alignment is facilitated accordingly. When the QPD and the iris diaphragm are applied to the apparatus, it is possible to simultaneously perform data transmission, tracking, and optical axis alignment. An optical fiber end surface and optical axes of lenses arranged in parallel are aligned in the apparatus so that alignment between two terminals can be easy and reception efficiency can be increased.

Abstract: Provided are an optical system capable of improving the spatial resolution of hyperspectral imaging and an optical alignment method using the same. The optical system includes a digital micromirror device (DMD) having a rectangular shape, a first cylindrical lens curved to focus and form an image on an axis corresponding to a shorter side of the DMD, and a second cylindrical lens curved in the same axial direction as the axis to collimate light reflected from the DMD.

Abstract: Provided is an optical system which may acquire a hyperspectral image by acquiring a spectral image of an object to be measured, which includes, to collect spectral data and train the neural network, an image forming part forming an image from an object to be measured and transmitting collimated light, a slit moving to scan the incident image and passing and outputting a part of the formed image, and a first optical part obtaining spectral data by splitting light of the image received through the slit by wavelength. Also, the system includes, to decompose overlapped spectral data and to infer hyperspectral image data through the trained neural network, an image forming part forming an image from an object to be measured and transmitting collimated light, and a first optical part obtaining spectral data by splitting light of the received image by wavelength.

Abstract: Provided are a system and method for digital holographic imaging which are not affected by external vibrations. The system for digital holographic imaging includes a light source and optical system section configured to split generated beams and including a sample through which the beams pass, a lens, and a grating disposed behind the lens; an object signal acquisition section configured to receive the split beams and acquire an interference signal; and an image processor configured to acquire a three-dimensional (3D) image of an object by using the acquired interference signal.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for adjusting an optical axis. In the apparatus, an iris diaphragm and a quadrant photodiode (QPD) are used to align optical axes of an optical system of the apparatus so that optical transmission efficiency between an optical transmitter and an optical receiver can be increased. Since a hole of the iris diaphragm can be adjusted to be small, a beam larger than a light-receiving area of the QPD can be included in the light-receiving area, and optical axis alignment is facilitated accordingly. When the QPD and the iris diaphragm are applied to the apparatus, it is possible to simultaneously perform data transmission, tracking, and optical axis alignment. An optical fiber end surface and optical axes of lenses arranged in parallel are aligned in the apparatus so that alignment between two terminals can be easy and reception efficiency can be increased.

Abstract: A wireless optical communication apparatus for performing bi-directional optical transmission in a free space includes a first optical system configured to transmit data through a downlink scheme and a second optical system configured to receive the data from the first optical system and transmit a control signal to the first optical system through an uplink scheme, wherein each of the first optical system and the second optical system transmits and receives the data and the control signal through a single port.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus includes an optical modulator configured to modulate input light from a light source into a light signal including a carrier signal and a sideband signal based on a radio frequency (RF) signal, having polarization characteristics crossing each other, an optical power splitter configured to split the light signal into a plurality of light signals, a plurality of light phase shifters configured to respectively shift phases of the plurality of light signals, a plurality of polarization controllers configured to perform control so that a carrier signal and a sideband signal included in each of the phase-shifted plurality of light signals have the same polarization characteristic, and a plurality of photodetectors configured to convert the plurality of light signals, having polarization characteristics controlled by the plurality of polarization controllers, into a plurality of electrical signals and to transfer the electrical signals to a plurality of antenna elements.

Abstract: A wireless optical communication apparatus for performing bi-directional optical transmission in a free space includes a first optical system configured to transmit data through a downlink scheme and a second optical system configured to receive the data from the first optical system and transmit a control signal to the first optical system through an uplink scheme, wherein each of the first optical system and the second optical system transmits and receives the data and the control signal through a single port.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spectroscopic device including a planar lightwave circuit to which light passing through an optical fiber is input, a wavelength divider configured to divide a wavelength of light passing through the planar lightwave circuit, a beam splitter configured to divide a traveling direction of light passing through the wavelength divider into an external sample inlet and an internal sample inlet and adjust power of the divided light, a charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor configured to covert light transmitted from the internal sample inlet to an electrical signal or convert light reflected by the external sample inlet to an electrical signal, a control and signal processor configured to process the electrical signal to indicate a light intensity based on each wavelength, and an input and output interface configured to perform a spectrum analysis for each wavelength using the processed electrical signal.

Abstract: Provided is an endoscopic apparatus for thermal distribution monitoring, and more particularly, an endoscopic apparatus for thermal distribution monitoring that is capable of providing a functional image in which various images such as a real image and a thermal image, are matched to one another. The endoscopic apparatus includes: an image collecting unit including a thermal image collecting unit collecting a thermal image from an image signal of an object and a real image collecting unit collecting a real image from the image signal of the object; a controller transmitting a control signal to the image collecting unit so as to transmit the image signal to one of the thermal image collecting unit and the real image collecting unit according to a preset period; and a display displaying the collected thermal image and real image.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus includes an optical modulator configured to modulate input light from a light source into a light signal including a carrier signal and a sideband signal based on a radio frequency (RF) signal, having polarization characteristics crossing each other, an optical power splitter configured to split the light signal into a plurality of light signals, a plurality of light phase shifters configured to respectively shift phases of the plurality of light signals, a plurality of polarization controllers configured to perform control so that a carrier signal and a sideband signal included in each of the phase-shifted plurality of light signals have the same polarization characteristic, and a plurality of photodetectors configured to convert the plurality of light signals, having polarization characteristics controlled by the plurality of polarization controllers, into a plurality of electrical signals and to transfer the electrical signals to a plurality of antenna elements.

Abstract: Provided are a multi-channel optical subassembly structure allowing an optical unit including a light source photodetector chip to be fixed through an alignment jig after active alignment is performed on an individual or single light source photodetector chip by using the alignment jig capable of electrical coupling and one electrode pad and the other electrode pad of a thermoelectric element, which are wire-bonded, capable of performing active alignment for each light source photodetector chip, that is, for each channel, capable of replacing the optical unit and the alignment jig when a problem occurs in some or all channels, capable of improving optical coupling efficiency for each channel, and capable of addressing a time-consuming and economically expensive work in which an optical subassembly is discarded when some channels fail, and a method of packaging the structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a variable optical attenuator. The variable optical attenuator includes an electrochromic device having a reflective property or a transflective property, a lens configured to convert input light to focused light or collimated light and input the focused light or the collimated light to the electrochromic device, and an outputter configured to output light reflected from the electrochromic device, in which the electrochromic device is configured to attenuate an intensity of the input light by controlling a reflectivity and a transmissivity of the input light based on an element included in the electrochromic device and a voltage to be applied to the electrochromic device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spectroscopic device including a planar lightwave circuit to which light passing through an optical fiber is input, a wavelength divider configured to divide a wavelength of light passing through the planar lightwave circuit, a beam splitter configured to divide a traveling direction of light passing through the wavelength divider into an external sample inlet and an internal sample inlet and adjust power of the divided light, a charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor configured to covert light transmitted from the internal sample inlet to an electrical signal or convert light reflected by the external sample inlet to an electrical signal, a control and signal processor configured to process the electrical signal to indicate a light intensity based on each wavelength, and an input and output interface configured to perform a spectrum analysis for each wavelength using the processed electrical signal.