Abstract: Disclosed is a composite for forming a coacervate interfacial film. The composite for forming the coacervate interfacial film contains a cationic hectorite nanoplate-shaped particle structure containing a hectorite nanoplate-shaped particle and a cationic surfactant coupled to a surface of the hectorite nanoplate-shaped particle, and an anionic cellulose nanofibril containing an anionic functional group in at least a portion thereof, in which the composite may form the coacervate interfacial film at an interface of an oil phase and a water phase through electrostatic interaction between the cationic surfactant and the anionic functional group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal.

Abstract: There are provided a method and a system for operating a metaverse platform, which operate to remember activities of patients with physical difficulties and memories of the deceased. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a metaverse platforming operating system includes: a data collection unit configured to collect image and voice data of a user; a voice and image correction module configured to correct an image and a voice of the user by inputting the collected image and voice data to a trained AI model; an avatar generation module configured to generate a virtual avatar reflecting a facial image of the user in a metaverse, based on the corrected image; and an avatar action control module configured to control an action of the generated avatar according to an inputted input signal.

Abstract: Provided is a method for determining network link quality between a master station and slave stations in a wireless network system having a synchronous superframe structure. The method for determining link quality in a wireless network system includes determining whether the current station is a master or a slave, when the current station is a master, comparing a time value during which the latest packets were received from slaves and a maximum time value during which the slaves are not obliged to exchange packets with the master after accessing a network, and determining link quality between the slaves and the master according to the comparison result.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for changing a wireless personal area network (WPAN) channel when the quality of communication is degraded due to a change of a wireless environment. The system according to the present invention includes slaves configured to transmit/receive data, and a master connected to the slaves and configured to obtain communication state information of the slaves and select an adjacent channel search slave from among the slaves according to the obtained communication state information of the slaves.

Abstract: Provided is a method for determining network link quality between a master station and slave stations in a wireless network system having a synchronous superframe structure. The method for determining link quality in a wireless network system includes determining whether the current station is a master or a slave, when the current station is a master, comparing a time value during which the latest packets were received from slaves and a maximum time value during which the slaves are not obliged to exchange packets with the master after accessing a network, and determining link quality between the slaves and the master according to the comparison result.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for changing a wireless personal area network (WPAN) channel when the quality of communication is degraded due to a change of a wireless environment. The system according to the present invention includes slaves configured to transmit/receive data, and a master connected to the slaves and configured to obtain communication state information of the slaves and select an adjacent channel search slave from among the slaves according to the obtained communication state information of the slaves.

Abstract: A method of processing and mass-producing green whole greens, comprising: a blanching step of discharging the green whole grains stored in the storage tank and steaming the discharged green whole grains for 30 to 120 seconds with water or steam at a temperature ranging from 88 to 102° C.; a cooling step of rapidly cooling the green whole grains which have undergone the blanching step at a temperature ranging from 1 to 7° C.; a cold air dehumidifying step of blowing air to the green whole grains cooled to a low temperature through the cooling step to remove excessive moisture permeated into surfaces of the green whole grains; and a hot air drying step of applying hot air of a low temperature ranging from 35 to 50° C. to the green whole grains from which the excessive moisture has been removed through the cold air dehumidifying step to dry the green whole grains.

Abstract: A transmitter using pseudo-orthogonal code includes a serial-to-parallel converter for converting serial transmission data into 9-bit parallel data, and a pseudo-orthogonal code memory for receiving the parallel data from the serial-to-parallel converter and outputting 16-bit pseudo-orthogonal code by using the received data as addresses. The pseudo-orthogonal code memory has the relationship of the input address and output code, as expressed in the following equation: c(i)=0.5×((?1)b2?(i1b1)?(i0b0) (?1)b5?i2?(i1b4)?(i0b3) (?1)b8?i3?(i1b7)?(i0b6) (?1)( b2?b5?b8)?i3?i2?(i1(b1?b4?b7))?(i0(b0?b3?b6))) where C(i) is a pseudo-orthogonal code value, i is each bit of the pseudo-orthogonal code, 0?i?15, and b0-b8 are a transmission data bit stream input in the memory as addresses. Accordingly, the transmission efficiency of the transmitter/receiver using orthogonal code can be remarkably improved.

Abstract: A key authentication method between a user equipment (UE) and a serving network (SN) for binary CDMA network and a key re-authentication method during which the UE performs a handover within the same SN in binary CDMA network are provided. The key authentication method for the user equipment includes receiving a terminal authentication request message from a wireless access point, transmitting a terminal authentication response message that includes identification information for the user terminal, receiving user authentication request message that includes at least two random numbers and code information for message authentication from the wireless access point, and transmitting a user authentication response message that comprises first information that is generated using a master key.

Abstract: A wireless communication system for managing an underground facility includes: at least one sensor node attached to the underground facility configured to transmit a sensing signal via magnetic field communication after detecting the status information of the underground facility in accordance with a driving signal, the driving signal comprising a wake-up signal; and an information collection device configured to: transmit the driving signal to the sensor node; collect the sensing signal transmitted from the sensor node; and transmit the collected information to a monitoring system via short-range wireless communication.

Abstract: A joint detection-decoding receiver using a multistage parallel interference canceller for selectively estimating a partial codeword corresponding to a state transition (branch) is disclosed. The JDD receiver of the DS-CDMA system includes a PIC that employs a state sequence to selectively carry out a symbol estimation of a partial codeword corresponding to the branch so as to reduce complexity and a calculation load as well as maintaining a high performance of the receiver according to the joint detection-decoding.

Abstract: A transmitter using pseudo-orthogonal code includes a serial-to-parallel converter for converting serial transmission data into 9-bit parallel data, and a pseudo-orthogonal code memory for receiving the parallel data from the serial-to-parallel converter and outputting 16-bit pseudo-orthogonal code by using the received data as addresses. The pseudo-orthogonal code memory has the relationship of the input address and output code, as expressed in the following equation: c(i)=0.5×((?1)b2?(i1b1)?(i0b0) (?1)b5?i2?(i1b4)?(i0b3) (?1)b8?i3?(i1b7)?(i0b6) (?1) ( b2?b5?b8)?i3?i2?(i1(b1?b4?b7))?(i0(b0?b3?b6))) where C(i) is a pseudo-orthogonal code value, i is each bit of the pseudo-orthogonal code, 0?i?15, and b0-b8 are a transmission data bit stream input in the memory as addresses. Accordingly, the transmission efficiency of the transmitter/receiver using orthogonal code can be remarkably improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a demodulation method for enhancing decoding performance of information bits in a constant-amplitude multi-code biorthogonal modulation communication system, which performs encoding to cause the level of a transmission symbol to be constant.

Abstract: A joint detection-decoding receiver using a multistage parallel interference canceller for selectively estimating a partial codeword corresponding to a state transition (branch) is disclosed. The JDD receiver of the DS-CDMA system includes a PIC that employs a state sequence to selectively carry out a symbol estimation of a partial codeword corresponding to the branch so as to reduce complexity and a calculation load as well as maintaining a high performance of the receiver according to the joint detection-decoding.

Abstract: A constant amplitude coded bi-orthogonal demodulator demodulates the received constant amplitude bi-orthogonal modulated data, cancels the parity bits to generate the serial data, detects the occurrence of an error by dividing the demodulated data into a plurality of groups of data, outputs the serial data as demodulated data if an error does not occur, sequentially converts bit polarities of data of groups in which an error occurs if the error detector detects the error, compares distances between the received bi-orthogonal modulated data and the constant amplitude coded bi-orthogonal modulated data, and selects, as demodulated data, data of which corresponding bit polarities are changed according to the comparison results. According to the present invention, power consumption is reduced, a power amplifier can be manufactured at an inexpensive cost, interference robustness can be ensured, and data can be transmitted at a high transmission rate and a variable transmission rate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adaptive frequency hopping apparatus in a wireless personal area network (WPAN) system, wherein predetermined packets of data can be correctly transmitted by estimating the channel qualities of operating bands in advance and transmitting the packets through a proper band.

Abstract: Disclosed is a zipper type Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) system which comprises a transmitter including an inverse fast Fourier transformer for performing an inverse fast Fourier transform on input data, and a cyclic extension adder for adding a cyclic extension for each symbol to the data output from the inverse fast Fourier transformer and outputting the data to a transmission channel; and a receiver including a cyclic extension remover for removing the cyclic extension from the data received through the transmission channel, and a fast Fourier transformer for performing a fast Fourier transform on the data output from the cyclic extension remover.

Abstract: A constant amplitude coded bi-orthogonal demodulator demodulates the received constant amplitude bi-orthogonal modulated data, cancels the parity bits to generate the serial data, detects the occurrence of an error by dividing the demodulated data into a plurality of groups of data, outputs the serial data as demodulated data if an error does not occur, sequentially converts bit polarities of data of groups in which an error occurs if the error detector detects the error, compares distances between the received bi-orthogonal modulated data and the constant amplitude coded bi-orthogonal modulated data, and selects, as demodulated data, data of which corresponding bit polarities are changed according to the comparison results.

Abstract: An apparatus for compensating a channel distortion in a Bluetooth system to process a received signal having access codes comprises a multiplier for multiplying the received signal by a previously obtained channel distortion compensation signal to thereby provide a multiplied signal; a demodulator for demodulating access codes of the multiplied signal to thereby output demodulated received access codes as a demodulated signal; a correlation detection circuit for detecting correlation values between the demodulated received access codes and the access codes of the received signal previously stored therein to detect a start point of the received signal, thereby providing detected access codes having corresponding correlation values greater than a predetermined threshold and providing an enable signal if there are one or more correlation values greater than the predetermined threshold; and a channel distortion compensation circuit for performing a channel distortion compensation based on the detected access code