Patents by Inventor Won Ick Jang

Won Ick Jang 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).

  • Publication number: 20140285648
    Abstract: Provided is an optical imaging system capable of increasing diagnosis reliability and preciseness, and efficiently observing a target. The optical imaging system using multiple light sources according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first light source generating a first light modulated with a first frequency, a second light source generating a second light modulated with a second frequency, a camera simultaneously detecting multiple lights output from an object after the first and second lights are illuminated on the object and outputting multiple image detecting signals, and an image processing unit processing the multiple image detecting signals to obtain a first image representing a shape of the object and a second image representing a desired target portion of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Eun-Ju JEONG, Bong Kyu KIM, Won Ick JANG, Chang-Geun AHN, Hyun Woo SONG
  • Patent number: 8834692
    Abstract: Provided is a dissolved oxygen measurement system. The dissolved oxygen measurement system includes a hydrogen storage device storing hydrogen, a first hydrogen fuel cell in which the hydrogen stored in the hydrogen storage device and water supplied from the outside in real time react with each other to generate first electricity energy, a water storage tank storing the water supplied from the outside, a second hydrogen fuel cell in which the water supplied from the water storage tank and the hydrogen stored in the hydrogen storage device react with each other to generate second electricity energy, and a control unit analyzing a difference between the first electricity energy and the second electricity energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Han Young Yu, Yark Yeon Kim, Yong Ju Yun, Won Ick Jang
  • Publication number: 20140231951
    Abstract: Provided is a structure of a silicon photomultiplier including an insulating layer to isolate pixels in the silicon photomultiplier and a quench resistor formed on the insulating layer to maximize the size of a light-receiving area, and a method of manufacturing the silicon photomultiplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yong Sun YOON, Ji Eun LIM, Han Young YU, Won Ick JANG
  • Publication number: 20140212141
    Abstract: Provided is a light output apparatus for increasing an output of an optical source. The light output apparatus includes a pulse generator generating a plurality of optical pulses, a pulse distributor dispersing the optical pulses generated from the pulse generator in time domain, an optical coupler allowing the dispersed optical pulses to travel along one path. The light output apparatus also includes an optical amplifier amplifying output intensities of optical pulses output from the optical coupler, a pulse separator separating the optical pulses amplified by the optical amplifier for each corresponding wavelength, a time delaying unit individually delaying each of the optical pulses separated for each wavelength to be reached a combination point at an identical time, and a pulse combiner combining the optical pulses arrived at the combination point at the identical time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Bong Kyu KIM, Hyun Woo SONG, Chang-Geun AHN, Eun-ju JEONG, Won Ick JANG, Jong-Moo LEE, Hong-Seok SEO, Hyung Wook NOH
  • Publication number: 20140167783
    Abstract: Provided are a resonator and a biosensor system including the same. The resonator may have a flat plate shape to increase a filling factor of a sample, thereby improving measurement sensitivity. Also, the resonator may be miniaturized, and thus the biosensor system including the resonator may also be miniaturized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yark Yeon KIM, Han Young YU, Won Ick JANG
  • Publication number: 20140050621
    Abstract: Provided are a biosensor and a biomaterial detection apparatus including the same. The biomaterial detection apparatus comprises a light source to provide quantized photons; a substrate spaced apart from the light source; a single photonic sensor layer disposed on the substrate to sense the photons; and an adsorption layer disposed to cover the single photonic sensor layer, allow the photons to pass therethrough, and adsorb a biomaterial between the light source and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Han Young YU, Yong Sun YOON, Yark Yeon KIM, Won Ick JANG, Eun-ju JEONG, Ji Eun LIM
  • Publication number: 20130162463
    Abstract: Disclosed is a space perception device which includes a transceiver unit transmitting and receiving a signal; a processing unit analyzing signals transmitted and received through the transceiver unit to search location information of an obstacle at a space; and a vibration unit providing a user with location information of an obstacle at a space in response to a control of the processing unit. The vibration unit includes a plurality of vibrators having different three-dimensional coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Han Young YU, Yark Yeon KIM, Yong Ju YUN, Won Ick JANG, Eun-ju JEONG, Changho HAN
  • Publication number: 20130153545
    Abstract: Plasma jet assemblies are provided. A plasma jet assembly may include: a tube through which a gas flows; a power source providing a high frequency power exciting the gas in plasma state; a power electrode applying the high frequency power to the gas; and a plasma control unit removing arc discharge of a plasma gas generated in the tube by the high frequency power applied to the power electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yark Yeon KIM, Han Young Yu, Yong Ju Yun, Won Ick Jang, Eun-ju Leong, Changho Han
  • Publication number: 20130158466
    Abstract: Plasma brushes are provided. The plasma brush includes a nozzle, a connector connected to a first end of the nozzle, a power electrode disposed at a portion of the nozzle, and a ground electrode disposed at a second end of the nozzle opposite to the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yark Yeon KIM, Han Young Yu, Yong Ju Yun, Won Ick Jang, Eun-ju Jeong, Changho Han
  • Publication number: 20130149532
    Abstract: Provided are fiber fabrication method and the fiber fabricated thereby. In this method, different monomer solutions are electrospun through nozzles whose outlets are stuck to each other and simultaneously interfacially polymerized to form a polymer fiber without a complicated process of preparing a polymer solution. Therefore, a polymer fiber can be simply prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yong Ju Yun, Zin Sig Kim, Han Young Yu, Yark Yeon Kim, Won Ick Jang
  • Publication number: 20130075326
    Abstract: Provided are a filter fabrication method and the filter formed thereby. In this method, a three-dimensional graphene polymer complex filter can be easily fabricated. By forming various patterns at a surface of a collector, patterns can be simply formed at a surface of a filter. This provides advantages at control of pressure difference which can be one of the very important factors necessary for designing and fabricating a filter. Since the filter includes graphene particles homogeneously combined to the polymer nanofiber, the filter can represent a superior antibiosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yong Ju YUN, Han Young Yu, Yark Yeon Kim, Won Ick Jang
  • Publication number: 20120143121
    Abstract: Provided is a chitosan spreading system using low temperature atmospheric pressure plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yark Yeon Kim, Han Young Yu, Yong Ju Yun, Won Ick Jang
  • Publication number: 20120136232
    Abstract: A non-intrusive wearable respiratory failure alarm apparatus and method capable of detecting a user's respiratory failure state by estimating a change in a user's respiratory rate, while minimizing restrictions on a user's behavior are provided. The non-intrusive wearable respiratory failure alarm apparatus includes: a chest girth measurement unit including one or more resistive electro-threads attached to or worn on a user's chest, and generating a resistance value corresponding to the user's chest girth through the resistive electro-threads; a signal processing unit calculating a user's respiratory rate and whether or not the user is in respiratory failure by referring to the resistance value; and an output unit providing information regarding the user's respiratory rate and/or information regarding whether or not the user is in respiratory failure to the user or a monitoring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ji Wook JEONG, Yong Won JANG, Soo Yeul LEE, Seung Hwan KIM, Won Ick JANG
  • Publication number: 20120129682
    Abstract: Provided is a method of fabricating of a nanowire porous medium and a medium formed by the method. In this method, water and organic solvent are mixed and stirred to form a large amount of bubbles, and the bubbles are used such that porosity can be formed more easily and in a more amount. Therefore, the nanowire porous medium can be fabricated more easily and simply. Also, in the nanowire porous medium according to the inventive concept, absorption capacity is increased by containing nanowires, and flexibility and durability are increased by containing a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yong Ju YUN, Han Young YU, Yark Yeon KIM, Won Ick JANG
  • Publication number: 20120125768
    Abstract: Provided is a dissolved oxygen measurement system. The dissolved oxygen measurement system includes a hydrogen storage device storing hydrogen, a first hydrogen fuel cell in which the hydrogen stored in the hydrogen storage device and water supplied from the outside in real time react with each other to generate first electricity energy, a water storage tank storing the water supplied from the outside, a second hydrogen fuel cell in which the water supplied from the water storage tank and the hydrogen stored in the hydrogen storage device react with each other to generate second electricity energy, and a control unit analyzing a difference between the first electricity energy and the second electricity energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Han Young YU, Yark Yeon Kim, Yong Ju Yun, Won Ick Jang
  • Publication number: 20100152763
    Abstract: A wireless magnetic needle system for traditional oriental medicine can apply a magnetic field to a needle being used for the acupuncture process on a patient by use of a Helmholtz coil capable of applying a magnetic field to a wide space and can apply a magnetic stimulus to the patient through the needle, thereby making it possible to maximize the therapy effect of the needle. The wireless magnetic needle system includes a current generating unit and a Helmholtz coil. The Helmholtz coil includes a first coaxial coil disposed over a bed for a patient, and a second coaxial coil disposed under the bed. The current generating unit generates a current, and the Helmholtz coil creates a magnetic field by using the current generated by the current generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yark Yeon Kim, Won Ick Jang, Chang Ho Bae, Seon Hee Park, Han Young
  • Publication number: 20080135502
    Abstract: Provided is a blood plasma separator for separating blood plasma and blood cells from whole blood without an additional complicated structure by passing the whole blood through a micro channel having a predetermined shape to make the whole blood flow turbulently and cause a velocity difference or deflection between flows of the blood plasma and the blood cells of the whole blood, and a blood plasma separation method thereof. The blood plasma separator includes: a body; a micro channel formed in the body to allow blood to pass therethrough; a separation member formed at the micro channel to make flow of blood cells or blood plasma turbulent to separate the blood cells from the blood plasma; an inlet connected to the micro channel and configured to introduce blood into the micro channel; and an outlet connected to the micro channel and configured to discharge blood from the micro channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyeon-Bong PYO, Kwang-Hyo CHUNG, Young-Jun KIM, Se-Ho PARK, Seon-Hee PARK, Won-Ick JANG, Dae-Sik LEE
  • Publication number: 20080128341
    Abstract: Provided is a micro filtration device for separating blood plasma from whole blood without external actuation, and a method for fabricating the micro filtration device. The micro filtration device for separating blood plasma from whole blood includes: a whole blood inlet through which whole blood is introduced; a blood plasma outlet through which blood plasma separated from whole blood is discharged; a micro channel for connecting the whole blood inlet and the blood plasma outlet; a micro pump formed under the whole blood inlet to generate an air pressure without external actuation for moving whole blood from the whole blood inlet toward the blood plasma outlet through the micro channel; and a microstructure formed in the micro channel for separating blood plasma from the whole blood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Won-Ick JANG, Kwang-Hyo Chung, Hyeon-Bong Pyo, Seon-Hee Park
  • Publication number: 20080132598
    Abstract: Provided is a method for modifying the surface of cycloolefin copolymer substrates, which includes oxygen plasma treatment and acid treatment for immobilizing a variety of functional groups or compounds having the functional groups onto the surface so that the surface can be easily modified, or can have hydrophilic property or biocompatibility. The method for modifying surface of cycloolefin copolymer substrates includes the steps of: a) treating the surface of a cycloolefin copolymer substrate with oxygen plasma to form hydroxyl groups on the surface; b) treating the oxygen plasma treated surface with an acid; and c) immobilizing one or more compounds having a functional group to the acid treated surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young-Jun Kim, Won-Ick Jang, Hyeon-Bong Pyo, Seon-Hee Park
  • Patent number: 6806205
    Abstract: Disclosed is a a method of fabricating a MEMS device by means of surface micromachining without leaving any stiction or residues by etching silicon oxide of a sacrificial layer, which is an intermediate layer between a substrate and a microstructure, rather than by etching silicon oxide of a semiconductor device. The method according to the invention includes the steps of supplying alcohol vapor bubbled with anhydrous HF, maintaining a temperature of the supplying device and a moving path of the anhydrous HF and the alcohol to be higher than a boiling point of the alcohol, performing a vapor etching by controlling a temperature and a pressure to be within the vapor region of a phase equilibrium diagram of water, and removing silicon oxide of a sacrificial layer on a lower portion of the microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Won-Ick Jang, Chang-Auck Choi, Chi-Hoon Jun, Youn-Tae Kim, Myung-Lae Lee