Abstract: The present invention relates to a binaural beat sound output device having an improved sound field and a method therefor and, more specifically, to: a brainwave sound output device using binaural beats, which receives music desired by a user and applies binaural beats to a specific frequency band thereof, so that the device can provide the music through a stereo sound source while inducing a desired brainwave state by the stereo sound source, and thus can improve the sound field without the sense of rejection or monotony to the music; and a method therefor.

Abstract: The system includes a metric map creation unit configured to create a metric map using first image data received from a 3D sensor, an image processing unit configured to recognize an object by creating and classifying a point cloud using second image data received from an RGB camera; a probability-based map production unit configured to create an object location map and a spatial semantic map in a probabilistic expression method using a processing result of the image processing unit, a question creation unit configured to extract a portion of high uncertainty about an object class from a produced map on the basis of entropy and ask a user about the portion, and a map update unit configured to receive a response from the user and update a probability distribution for spatial information according to a change in probability distribution for classification of the object.

Abstract: The system includes a metric map creation unit configured to create a metric map using first image data received from a 3D sensor, an image processing unit configured to recognize an object by creating and classifying a point cloud using second image data received from an RGB camera; a probability-based map production unit configured to create an object location map and a spatial semantic map in a probabilistic expression method using a processing result of the image processing unit, a question creation unit configured to extract a portion of high uncertainty about an object class from a produced map on the basis of entropy and ask a user about the portion, and a map update unit configured to receive a response from the user and update a probability distribution for spatial information according to a change in probability distribution for classification of the object.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a binaural beat sound output device having an improved sound field and a method therefor and, more specifically, to: a brainwave sound output device using binaural beats, which receives music desired by a user and applies binaural beats to a specific frequency band thereof, so that the device can provide the music through a stereo sound source while inducing a desired brainwave state by the stereo sound source, and thus can improve the sound field without the sense of rejection or monotony to the music; and a method therefor.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling an artificial hand, including: a head-up display interface portion; and a controller which controls the artificial hand in accordance with an input of the head-up display interface portion, the head-up display interface portion receiving the input based on movement of a user's eyes or pupil.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an audio apparatus and method for inducing a brainwave using a binaural beat, including a frequency shift unit for receiving a first audio sound source signal and generating a second audio sound source signal by shifting some of the frequency band of the first audio sound source signal by a specific frequency, and an audio output unit connected to the frequency shift unit, for outputting first and second audio output signals corresponding to the first and the second audio sound source signals. Accordingly, a user can hear a music signal or an audio signal for learning without being aware of the distortion of a sound source and can change his or her brainwave state without resistance or monotonousness because a required brainwave state is changed by applying a binaural beat to a specific frequency band of an audio signal, in particular, a music signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an audio apparatus and method for inducing a brainwave using a binaural beat, including a frequency shift unit for receiving a first audio sound source signal and generating a second audio sound source signal by shifting some of the frequency band of the first audio sound source signal by a specific frequency, and an audio output unit connected to the frequency shift unit, for outputting first and second audio output signals corresponding to the first and the second audio sound source signals. Accordingly, a user can hear a music signal or an audio signal for learning without being aware of the distortion of a sound source and can change his or her brainwave state without resistance or monotonousness because a required brainwave state is changed by applying a binaural beat to a specific frequency band of an audio signal, in particular, a music signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling an artificial hand, including: a head-up display interface portion; and a controller which controls the artificial hand in accordance with an input of the head-up display interface portion, the head-up display interface portion receiving the input based on movement of a user's eyes or pupil.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a robot-based autism diagnosis device using an electroencephalogram and to a method therefor. The invention comprises: an electroencephalogram signal detector which is worn on or attached to the head of a child showing signs of autism and detects an electroencephalogram signal generated following an event which is provided; and a robot for diagnosing the degree of autism on receiving the electroencephalogram signal detected by the electroencephalogram signal detector. In the invention, a relatively accurate judgment is made as to whether autism is present, and autism diagnosis is achieved at an early stage such that autistic children can receive treatment for the signs of autism at an early stage.

Abstract: A driving wheel of a robot moving along a wire includes an inner wheel in which a rotation axis being driven to rotate by a motor is fitted, an outer wheel formed to surround the inner wheel and seated on the wire, and a shock absorbing support to elastically connect and support the inner wheel and the outer wheel between the inner wheel and the outer wheel, and a shock being transmitted is absorbed by allowing a relative movement of the inner wheel and the outer wheel by the elastic movement of the shock absorbing support. A robot moving includes a robot body, the driving wheel, a motor to drive the driving wheel by rotating the rotation axis, a connecting arm to connect and support the driving wheel and the robot body.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method extensible for performing, in real-time, stereo snatching for calculating depth images with a result of searching for points of similarity by using images taken with two cameras. The system includes a coordinate creating module, a census transform module, a delay XOR calculation module, a stereo matching module, and a control module. Accordingly, by using the system extensible for performing stereo matching, depth information of corrected images can be acquired in real-time without using computer systems or software programs for special purposes. Furthermore, since the system extensible for performing stereo matching can be simply realized by hardware, the system and the method of the present invention can be easily applied to actual intellectual-type robots, industrial settings, etc.

Abstract: A method of forming patterns of a semiconductor device comprises providing a semiconductor substrate comprising a first region wherein first patterns are to be formed and a second region wherein second patterns are to be formed, each of the second patterns having a wider width than the first patterns, forming an etch target layer over the semiconductor substrate, forming first etch patterns over the etch target layer of the first and second regions, forming second etch patterns on both sidewalls of each of the first etch patterns, wherein the second etch pattern formed in the second region has a wider width than the second etch pattern formed in the first region, removing the first etch patterns, forming third etch patterns over the etch target layer of the second region, the third etch pattern overlapping part of the second pattern, and etching the etch target layer using the third etch patterns and the second etch patterns as an etch mask, to form the first and second patterns.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are flash memory devices and methods of making the same. According to one embodiment, a flash memory device includes first trenches formed in a semiconductor substrate and arranged in parallel, second trenches discontinuously formed in the semiconductor substrate and arranged between the first trenches, first isolation structures respectively formed within the first trenches, second isolation structures respectively formed within the second trenches, and active regions defined by the first isolation structures and the second isolation structures.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a cell region and a peripheral region. A cell array is defined within the cell region, the cell array having first, second, third, and fourth sides. A first decoder is defined within the peripheral region and provided adjacent to the first side of the cell array. A first isolation structure is formed at a first boundary region provided between the first side of the cell array and the peripheral region. A first active region is formed at a second boundary region that is provided between the second side of the cell array and the peripheral region. The first isolation structure has a first portion that has a first depth and a second portion that has a second depth.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a pad structure for preventing a stress of a silicon nitride film. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a lower structure formed on the semiconductor substrate, a first insulation film formed on the lower structure, a first metal layer coupled to the lower structure through a first metal contact in the first insulation film, a second metal layer formed on the first metal layer, and a plurality of dummy gates having a concentric square structure formed at the lower portion of the pad region on the second metal layer.

Abstract: A method for self-localization of a robot, the robot including a camera unit, a database storing a map around a robot traveling path, and a position arithmetic unit estimating the position of the robot, includes: acquiring an image around the robot, in the camera unit. Further, the method includes recognizing, in the position arithmetic unit, an individual object in the image acquired by the camera unit, to generate position values on a camera coordinate system of local feature points of the individual objects and local feature points of a surrounding environment including the individual objects; and estimating, in the position arithmetic unit, the position of the robot on the basis of the map and the position values on the camera coordinate system of local feature points of the individual objects and local feature points of a surrounding environment including the individual objects.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a cell region and a peripheral region. A cell array is defined within the cell region, the cell array having first, second, third, and fourth sides. A first decoder is defined within the peripheral region and provided adjacent to the first side of the cell array. A first isolation structure is formed at a first boundary region provided between the first side of the cell array and the peripheral region. A first active region is formed at a second boundary region that is provided between the second side of the cell array and the peripheral region. The first isolation structure has a first portion that has a first depth and a second portion that has a second depth.

Abstract: A method of forming patterns of a semiconductor device comprises providing a semiconductor substrate comprising a first region wherein first patterns are to be formed and a second region wherein second patterns are to be formed, each of the second patterns having a wider width than the first patterns, forming an etch target layer over the semiconductor substrate, forming first etch patterns over the etch target layer of the first and second regions, forming second etch patterns on both sidewalls of each of the first etch patterns, wherein the second etch pattern formed in the second region has a wider width than the second etch pattern formed in the first region, removing the first etch patterns, forming third etch patterns over the etch target layer of the second region, the third etch pattern overlapping part of the second pattern, and etching the etch target layer using the third etch patterns and the second etch patterns as an etch mask, to form the first and second patterns.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are flash memory devices and methods of making the same. According to one embodiment, a flash memory device includes first trenches formed in a semiconductor substrate and arranged in parallel, second trenches discontinuously formed in the semiconductor substrate and arranged between the first trenches, first isolation structures respectively formed within the first trenches, second isolation structures respectively formed within the second trenches, and active regions defined by the first isolation structures and the second isolation structures.