Abstract: Disclosed is a network-on-chip including a first data converter that receives first image data and second image data from at least one image sensor and encodes one image data among the first image data and the second image data, into first data, based on whether the first image data is identical to the second image data and a second data converter that receives non-image data from at least one non-image sensor and encodes the received non-image data into second data. The network-on-chip outputs the first data and the second data to transmit the first data and the second data to an external server at a burst length.

Abstract: Disclosed is an operating method of a user communication device, which includes receiving a wakeup signal from a stationary communication device over a first human body communication channel, the wakeup signal having a frequency in a low frequency band, switching from a standby mode to a wakeup mode in response to the wakeup signal, and receiving a data signal from the stationary communication device over the first human body communication channel during the wakeup mode, and the first human body communication channel is provided by a body of a user of the user communication device.

Abstract: Disclosed is an amplification circuit, which includes a first amplifier that receives an external signal and performs first band pass filtering on the external signal to output a first filter signal, and a second amplifier that receives the first filter signal and performs second band pass filtering on the first filter signal to output a second filter signal, and a frequency pass bandwidth of the second band pass filtering is narrower than a frequency pass bandwidth of the first band pass filtering.

Abstract: A hybrid communication device, an operation method thereof, and a communication system including the same are provided. The hybrid communication device includes a contact unit that includes an antenna for receiving a first communication signal and an electrode for receiving a second signal, a switch controller that includes a first switch and a second switch and controls the first switch and the second switch based on a change in capacitance of the electrode, and a signal processing unit that receives at least one of the first communication signal and the second communication signal from the contact unit via the first switch and processes the received signal. The first switch is connected to the contact unit, and the signal processing unit is connected to the first switch.

Abstract: Provided is a spike neural network circuit including a synapse configured to generate an operation signal based on an input spike signal and a weight, and a neuron configured to generate an output spike signal using a comparator configured to compare a voltage of a membrane signal generated based on the operation signal with a voltage of a threshold signal, wherein the comparator includes a bias circuit configured to conditionally supply a bias current of the comparator depending on the membrane signal.

Abstract: Provided is a capsule endoscope. The capsule endoscope includes: an imaging device configured to perform imaging on a digestive tract in vivo to generate an image; an artificial neural network configured to determine whether there is a lesion area in the image; and a transmitter configured to transmit the image based on a determination result of the artificial neural network.

Abstract: The human body sensing device includes a contact sensing unit that includes a sensing electrode and a signal electrode, an activation module that senses a contact with a body through the sensing electrode when the sensing electrode and the signal electrode contact the body and outputs a wake-up signal in response to the sensing of the contact, and a human body communication unit that provides a ground voltage to the signal electrode and outputs a data signal to the signal electrode when the wake-up signal from the activation module is received.

Abstract: Provided are a capsule endoscopic receiving device, a capsule endoscope system including the same, and an operating method of the capsule endoscopic receiving device, the capsule endoscopic receiving device including an analog front end configured to receive a preamble from one receiving electrode pair from among a plurality of receiving electrodes, a valid signal detection circuit configured to compare a reference voltage with input data generated on a basis of a voltage level of the preamble, and a preamble processor configured to select a final electrode pair configured to receive the image data on a basis of a correlation value of the preamble and a comparison result of the input data and the reference voltage. According to the inventive concept, stability of receiving image data may be secured by selecting an optimal receiving electrode pair.

Abstract: Provided are a human body communication device and an operating method of the same. The human body communication device according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a transmitting circuit, a receiving circuit, a ground electrode, and a switch. The transmitting circuit generates a first signal in a transmitting mode and transmits the first signal to the first electrode. The receiving circuit receives a second signal from the first electrode in the receiving mode. The receiving circuit includes a differential amplifier that amplifies a difference between a voltage level of a first input terminal depending on the second signal and a voltage level of a second input terminal. The switch electrically connects the second electrode and the ground electrode in the transmitting mode, and electrically connects the second electrode and the second input terminal in the receiving mode.

Abstract: A capsule endoscope image receiver includes a receiving electrode unit that receives first and second differential signals from a capsule endoscope image transmitter through a human body communication channel, an analog amplifying unit that receives the first and second differential signals and outputs first and second amplified differential signals, and a signal restoring unit that receives the first and second amplified differential signals and restores image information. The analog amplifying unit includes a first amplifier that outputs the first amplified differential signal, a second amplifier that outputs the second amplified differential signal, and an input impedance that is connected between a first inverting input terminal of the first amplifier and a second inverting input terminal of the second amplifier and obtains a gain of differential signal amplification in which a high frequency component of the first and second amplified differential signals is greater than a low frequency component.

Abstract: Disclosed are a human body communication receiver and an operating method thereof, which may effectively remove low frequency noise. The human body communication receiver according to the present disclosure includes a receiving electrode, a virtual electrode, a filter circuit that is connected between the receiving electrode and the virtual electrode, and removes low frequency noise from a signal received through the receiving electrode to generate a high frequency signal, a low frequency reconstruction circuit that is connected to a rear end of the filter circuit and reconstructs a low frequency baseband signal by rectifying the high frequency signal, and an amplifying circuit that is connected to a rear end of the low frequency reconstruction circuit, and amplifies the low frequency baseband signal.

Abstract: Provided is a receiver. The receiver according to the inventive concept includes a first filter circuit, a second filter circuit, and an amplifier. The first filter circuit provides a first path for first frequency components below first cutoff frequency of input frequency components and passes second frequency components except for the first frequency components of the input frequency components through second path. The second filter circuit attenuates third frequency components below a second cutoff frequency of the second frequency components. The amplifier amplifies the second frequency components including the attenuated third frequency components.

Abstract: A random number generating device includes a particle detector, a pulse generator, a clock counter, and a random number converter. The particle detector detects particles emitted from a radioactive isotope. The pulse generator generates pulses corresponding to the particles. The clock counter counts the number of clock cycles during time intervals between the pulses and generates a plurality of count values. The random number converter adjusts a clock frequency, based on a minimum value and a maximum value of the plurality of count values and converts a target count value generated depending on the adjusted clock frequency into a random number.

Abstract: Disclosed is an operating method of a user communication device, which includes receiving a wakeup signal from a stationary communication device over a first human body communication channel, the wakeup signal having a frequency in a low frequency band, switching from a standby mode to a wakeup mode in response to the wakeup signal, and receiving a data signal from the stationary communication device over the first human body communication channel during the wakeup mode, and the first human body communication channel is provided by a body of a user of the user communication device.

Abstract: Provided is and electrode selection device communicating with a capsule endoscope. The device includes an analog front end configured to recover first data based on first signals transmitted from the capsule endoscope to a first electrode and a second electrode, recover second data based on second signals transmitted from the capsule endoscope to the first electrode and a third electrode, and recover third data based on third signals transmitted from the capsule endoscope to the second electrode and the third electrode, and a digital receiver configured to calculate a first correlation value between the first and second electrodes, a second correlation value between the first and third electrodes, and a third correlation value between the second and third electrodes based on the first to third data. The digital receiver calculates first to third correlation sums, and selects a receiving electrode pair based on the first to third correlation sums.

Abstract: Disclosed is a network-on-chip including a first data converter that receives first image data and second image data from at least one image sensor and encodes one image data among the first image data and the second image data, into first data, based on whether the first image data is identical to the second image data and a second data converter that receives non-image data from at least one non-image sensor and encodes the received non-image data into second data. The network-on-chip outputs the first data and the second data to transmit the first data and the second data to an external server at a burst length.

Abstract: A human body communication device includes an electrode, a matching circuit, a switch providing a first path electrically connected to the matching circuit and a second path electrically connected to the matching circuit, a sensor, in a first state, connected to the matching circuit through the switch, outputting a first sensing signal to the matching circuit, and outputting a second sensing signal when a difference between a signal generated from the matching circuit in response to the first sensing signal and the first sensing signal is greater than or equal to a threshold, a transmitter, in a second state, connected to the matching circuit through the switch, and outputting a data signal to the matching circuit, and a controller controlling the switch from the first state to the second state in response to receiving the second sensing signal from the sensor, in the first state.

Abstract: Provided is an artificial intelligence system. The system includes a first sensor configured to generate a first sensing signal during a sensing time, a second sensor disposed adjacent to the first sensor and configured to generate a second sensing signal during the sensing time, a pre-processing unit configured to select valid data according to a magnitude of a differential signal generated based on a difference between the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal, and an artificial intelligence module configured to analyze the valid data to generate result data.

Abstract: Disclosed are a human body communication receiver and an operating method thereof, which may effectively remove low frequency noise. The human body communication receiver according to the present disclosure includes a receiving electrode, a virtual electrode, a filter circuit that is connected between the receiving electrode and the virtual electrode, and removes low frequency noise from a signal received through the receiving electrode to generate a high frequency signal, a low frequency reconstruction circuit that is connected to a rear end of the filter circuit and reconstructs a low frequency baseband signal by rectifying the high frequency signal, and an amplifying circuit that is connected to a rear end of the low frequency reconstruction circuit, and amplifies the low frequency baseband signal.

Abstract: A hybrid communication device, an operation method thereof, and a communication system including the same are provided. The hybrid communication device includes a contact unit that includes an antenna for receiving a first communication signal and an electrode for receiving a second signal, a switch controller that includes a first switch and a second switch and controls the first switch and the second switch based on a change in capacitance of the electrode, and a signal processing unit that receives at least one of the first communication signal and the second communication signal from the contact unit via the first switch and processes the received signal. The first switch is connected to the contact unit, and the signal processing unit is connected to the first switch.