Patents by Inventor Soon Ik Jeon

Soon Ik Jeon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8774303
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and apparatus using adaptive transmission polarization control are provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes an orthogonal polarization antenna, a channel state estimator, and a transmission polarization state (TPS) selector. The orthogonal polarization antenna receives at least one reference signal. The channel state estimator estimates a wireless polarization channel on the basis of the reference signal. The TPS selector selects a TPS corresponding to the estimated wireless polarization channel from among a plurality of predefined TPSs, and feeds back the selected TPS information. Accordingly, the wireless communication apparatus feeds back information for polarization control using minimum uplink wireless resources, and maximizes a transmission capacity on the basis of the feedback information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Industrial Cooperation Foundation, Korea National University of Transportation
    Inventors: Soon Young Eom, Soon Ik Jeon, Young Jun Chong, Jae Ick Choi, Cheol Mun
  • Publication number: 20140128716
    Abstract: Provided is a method of sensing a radio wave in diagnostic imaging of breast cancer, including arranging a plurality of transmitting and receiving antennas along a periphery of a breast, transmitting a radio wave signal from at least one first antenna among the plurality of transmitting and receiving antennas, receiving a scattered wave signal for the radio wave signal from the remaining antennas, other than the first antenna, among the plurality of transmitting and receiving antennas, and rotating the plurality of transmitting and receiving antennas by a predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Seong Ho SON, Soon Ik JEON, Nikolai SIMONOV, Jong Moon LEE, Hyuk Je KIM, Hyung Do CHOI
  • Patent number: 8665169
    Abstract: Provided is a small monopole antenna, which can generate a plurality of resonant frequencies, have a high antenna efficiency, and be easily installed. The antenna includes a first antenna element formed of a coaxial cable; a second antenna element sealing the first antenna element and sharing a feed point with the first antenna element; and a feeder cable for feeding electric power to the feed point. This antenna is applied as a small antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Je-Hoon Yun, Soon-Young Eom, Joung-Myoun Kim, Yong-Hee Cho, Young-Kwon Hahm, Dae-Young Kim, Soon-Ik Jeon
  • Patent number: 8654011
    Abstract: Provided is a shaped-beam antenna having a multi-layered conductive element array surrounded by a dielectric ring. The shaped-beam antenna includes: a planar excitation element having a radiation structure according to a required polarization; a multi-layered conductive element array disposed on the planer excitation element, wherein the multi-layered conductive element array is formed by layering conductive elements at an arbitrary interval; and a dielectric ring surrounding the multi-layered conductive element array at a predetermined separation distance therefrom. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the entire size of the shaped-beam antenna and manufacturing costs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Electronica and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon-Young Eom, Je-Hoon Yun, Soon-Ik Jeon, Chang-Joo Kim
  • Publication number: 20140002106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microwave imaging breast phantom including a simulated breast tissue phantom and a simulated cancer tissue phantom, wherein the simulated cancer tissue phantom is included in the simulated breast tissue phantom, the simulated breast tissue and the simulated cancer tissue are separated from each other, the simulated breast tissue and the simulated cancer tissue are formed by using a solvent solely or mixing water and a solvent, and the solvent having a range in which assuming that specific gravity of the water is a and specific gravity of the solvent is b, ā€˜(b?a)/aƗ100ā€™ is about ?10 to about +10 (wherein 0 is excluded) is mixed with the water, a method of testing reliability of a breast cancer diagnostic apparatus using the microwave imaging breast phantom, and a breast cancer diagnostic apparatus including the microwave imaging breast phantom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jong Moon LEE, Hyuk Je KIM, Seong-Ho SON, Soon Ik JEON, Hyung Do CHOI
  • Patent number: 8600140
    Abstract: An image reconstruction apparatus includes: a transmission signal generation unit configured to generate a transmission signal in an image reconstruction region, in order to acquire an image reconstruction value; an electromagnetic wave measurement unit configured to measure electromagnetic waves by receiving the transmission signal; an image reconstruction unit configured to update a parameter by using a matrix of matched system of a Sinc-Gauss-shaped basis function which is allocated to each node of a reconstruction mesh in the image reconstruction region, and generate an image reconstruction value; and an optimization determination unit configured to determine whether the parameter of the image reconstruction unit is optimized or not, and output the image reconstruction value or cause the image reconstruction unit to repetitively perform the calculation, wherein the reconstruction mesh has a grid structure of which the size is larger than that of a forward mesh and equal to the image spatial resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon-Ik Jeon, Simonov Nikolai, Seong-Ho Son, Hyuk-Je Kim, Jong-Moon Lee, Jae-Ick Choi, Chang-Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 8471774
    Abstract: An antenna radiation pattern measurement device that measures a radiation pattern of an AUT by using a source antenna includes a control unit, an analysis unit, and a measurement unit. The control unit controls driving of the source antenna and the AUT. The analysis unit measures an electric field value from a radio frequency (RF) signal that is transmitted from one of the source antenna and the AUT and received by the other antenna. In addition, the measurement unit controls the control unit and the analysis unit and measures a radiation pattern of the AUT by using the electric field value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon-Soo Oh, Yong-Heui Cho, In-Kui Cho, Je Hoon Yun, Soon Ik Jeon, Chang-Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 8462753
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile tri-band antenna system having low profile. The antenna system includes a tri-band feeding unit for dividing a satellite broadcasting signal by a signal channel in an azimuth angle and an elevation angle, and transmitting/receiving the satellite communication signal through distinguishing the satellite communication signal; a beam shaping unit for dividing the satellite broadcasting signals into a first channel signal and a second channel signal, combined power thereof through channel switching; an antenna controlling unit for driving an antenna system in an azimuth and elevation angle to direct the satellite according to the power combined second channel signal from the beam shaping unit; a first triplexer unit for outputting the power combined first channel signal to a rotary joint unit; a second triplexer unit for converting the first channel signal inputted to a downlink frequency and providing the converted first channel signal to the indoor apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon-Young Eom, Young-Bae Jung, Seong-Ho Son, Jae-Seung Yun, Soon-Ik Jeon
  • Patent number: 8373611
    Abstract: A probe and an antenna, more particularly, a probe and antenna using a waveguide, which reduces the multiple reflection of electromagnetic waves. The probe includes: and the antenna each include a waveguide and a resonance unit is entirely or partially disposed in the inside of the waveguide, and comprising the resonance unit including a conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon-Soo Oh, Jung-Ick Moon, Joung-Myoun Kim, Soon-Ik Jeon, Chang-Joo Kim
  • Publication number: 20130003789
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and apparatus using adaptive transmission polarization control are provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes an orthogonal polarization antenna, a channel state estimator, and a transmission polarization state (TPS) selector. The orthogonal polarization antenna receives at least one reference signal. The channel state estimator estimates a wireless polarization channel on the basis of the reference signal. The TPS selector selects a TPS corresponding to the estimated wireless polarization channel from among a plurality of predefined TPSs, and feeds back the selected TPS information. Accordingly, the wireless communication apparatus feeds back information for polarization control using minimum uplink wireless resources, and maximizes a transmission capacity on the basis of the feedback information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: Industrial Cooperation Foundation, KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORTATION, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon Young EOM, Soon Ik JEON, Young Jun CHONG, Jae Ick CHOI, Cheol MUN
  • Patent number: 8279132
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna for a base station and a repeater capable of electrically or mechanically controlling the individual operation of an element antenna constituting an array antenna or a sub-array antenna so as to adaptively cope with the change in the communication environment, and having an economic and high performance transmitting and receiving function, and a method of controlling a mode of the antenna. The multi-mode antenna includes a radiation portion having one or more array antenna and capable of selectively changing an antenna effective opening surface and changing a resistance direction of an antenna beam pattern, an active channel portion connected to the array antennas and including switches, transmission and receiving channels, and a signal combiner and splitter, and a modem and control portion connected to the active channel portion and having a control portion and a modem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Young-Bae Jung, Soon-Young Eom, Soon-Ik Jeon, Chang-Joo Kim
  • Publication number: 20120189078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a general active array antenna apparatus capable of environmentally and temporally controlling radio frequency (RF) polarization resource necessary for wireless communication in order to improve communication quality and increase communication capacity. The antenna according to the present invention has a form of an active array antenna element, wherein each active array antenna element has a structure in which it may generate orthogonal dual polarizations and includes two input terminals and output terminals. An end orthogonal dual polarization antenna is connected to a polarization control apparatus that may process analog or digital signals, and the polarization control apparatus is controlled by or communicate with an antenna main controlling apparatus performing a polarization control algorithm. Ultimately, an object of this antenna apparatus is to improve communication quality and increase communication capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon Young EOM, Young Bae JUNG, Soon Ik JEON, Jae Ick CHOI
  • Publication number: 20120162035
    Abstract: An all-in-one multi-band antenna includes: a first antenna element configured to operate at a first frequency band, the first antenna element including a first ground, a first radiating part, and a first feed line and a first feed point through which a signal power is applied to the first radiating part; and a second antenna element configured to operate at a second frequency band, the second antenna element including a second ground, a second radiating part, and a second feed line and a second feed point through which a signal power is applied to the second radiating part, wherein the second radiating part is provided within a pseudo-cavity formed at a center portion of the first radiating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young-Bae JUNG, Soon-Young Eom, Soon-Ik Jeon, Jae-Ick Choi, Chang-Joo Kim
  • Publication number: 20120163690
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image reconfiguration method for electro-magnetic tomography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soon-Ik JEON, Seong-Ho SON, Hyuk-Je KIM
  • Publication number: 20120161024
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electro-magnetic tomography including: a modulator configured to modulate a generated transmit reference signal using a pseudo-noise signal; a transmitter configured to transmit the signal modulated by the modulator; a receiver configured to receive a signal transmitted from a transmitter; an amplitude detector configured to compare an amplitude magnitude between the signal received by the receiver and the transmit reference signal to measure a received amplitude; and a demodulator configured to demodulate the signal received by the receiver using the pseudo-noise signal to generate a cyclic signal, compare a phase between the transmit reference signal and the cyclic signal to measure the phase of the cyclic signal, and determine the phase of the received signal based on the phase of the measured cyclic signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soon-Ik JEON, Hyuk-Je Kim, Seong-Ho Son
  • Publication number: 20120163727
    Abstract: An image reconstruction apparatus includes: a transmission signal generation unit configured to generate a transmission signal in an image reconstruction region, in order to acquire an image reconstruction value; an electromagnetic wave measurement unit configured to measure electromagnetic waves by receiving the transmission signal; an image reconstruction unit configured to update a parameter by using a matrix of matched system of a Sinc-Gauss-shaped basis function which is allocated to each node of a reconstruction mesh in the image reconstruction region, and generate an image reconstruction value; and an optimization determination unit configured to determine whether the parameter of the image reconstruction unit is optimized or not, and output the image reconstruction value or cause the image reconstruction unit to repetitively perform the calculation, wherein the reconstruction mesh has a grid structure of which the size is larger than that of a forward mesh and equal to the image spatial resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soon-Ik JEON, Simonov NIKOLAI, Seong-Ho SON, Hyuk-Je KIM, Jong-Moon LEE, Jae-Ick CHOI, Chang-Joo KIM
  • Patent number: 8169376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to base station transmitting and receiving antennas and control methods thereof. For this purpose, the present invention provides a control method of a base station transmitting antenna. The control method includes collecting positional information and transmission level values of all terminals in a cell; analyzing statistics of cell traffic using the positional information and transmission level values, and generating antenna radiation patterns on the basis of the analyzed statistics result; optimizing the antenna radiation patterns by synthesizing beam patterns; and changing antenna beam patterns according to the optimized antenna radiation patterns. According to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to increase a channel capacity in a cell, ensure the QoS in all terminals in the cell, and reduce installation and operation costs of a base station system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon Young Eom, Moon Man Hur, Young Bae Jung, Soon Ik Jeon, Ic Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 8159412
    Abstract: Provided is an isolation antenna for a repeater which can acquire high isolation by using loop and dipole antennas, which are positioned in opposite directions to each other based on a shielding means, in a unidirectional repeater generally used in broadcasting or wireless communications even though transmitting antenna/receiving antennas having a co-channel are set up closely to each other. The transmitting/receiving isolation antenna includes: a shielding means including an electric conductor; a first antenna of a dipole antenna type in one side of the shielding means; and a second antenna of a loop antenna type in an opposite side of the shielding means where the first antenna is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Je-hoon Yun, Soon-ik Jeon, Jong-sik Lim, Jung-ick Moon, Joung-myoun Kim, Seung-won Kim, Yong-tae Lee, Chang-joo Kim
  • Patent number: 8120541
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna system for tracking a satellite which includes a fixed body and a rotating body. The antenna system includes a transmitting/receiving unit having a transmitting channel and a receiving channel for signal power, a driving unit for enabling mechanical motion of the rotating body for satellite tracking, and a control unit for monitoring and controlling the operation of the driving unit. Accordingly, the various kinds of the components of the antenna system mounted and operated on the movable body can be minimized and the output of the transmitted signal required in the antenna system can be simply replaced, thereby simplifying the configuration of the system and reducing the production cost of the system. In addition, the STR having the tracking signal processing function in the digital mode as well as the general analog mode is mounted on the antenna system, thereby improving accuracy of satellite tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Young-Bae Jung, Soon-Young Eom, Jae-Seung Yun, Seong-Ho Son, Soon-Ik Jeon, Chang-Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 8035572
    Abstract: Provided is an H-type monopole isolation antenna. The antenna provides an H-type monopole isolation antenna which can gain a high bi-directional transmitting/receiving isolation between a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna of co-channel/co-polarization by including an antenna symmetrically positioned in right/left sides based on a covering means. A transmitting/receiving isolation antenna for maintaining high isolation between a transmitting signal and a receiving signal includes a cover which includes a conductor; and first and second antennas which are bisymmetrically positioned in right and left parts of the covering means and separately operated as a transmitting antenna or a receiving antenna. The antenna is used in a co-channel bi-direction repeater system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Je-hoon Yun, Joung-myoun Kim, Ung-hee Park, Soon-ik Jeon