Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology

Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Lg Electronics Inc.

Intromedic Co., Ltd

Intromedic

Dong Ha Lee

Youn Ho Choi

Jae Hong Lee

Rock Hyun Choi

Oh-Seok Kwon

Sung Mok Ha

Jae Sung Choi

Kang Hoon Lee

Won Seok Kang

Moon Jong Choi

Byung Rak Son

Oh Seok Kwon

Young Ho Kim

Dongwook Kim

Dong Hwan Kim

Su Jin Lee

Won Jong Lee

Sung Won Yoon

Hee Cheol Kim

Young Dae Seo

Jang Hyun Cho

Byung Gon Kim

Yong Cheon Na

Hee Kuk Kang

Goo Do Kwon

Tae Gon Park

Jung Eun Joung

Jeongkyu Lee

Tae Gwon Kim

Kyoung Ii Lee

Won-Seok Kang

Minseok Ku

Kyoung Li Lee

The present invention relates to a soft actuator moving linearly against external stimuli whose expansion and contraction can be actively controlled, suggesting that the actuator of the invention overcomes the problems of the conventional soft actuators, The soft actuator of the present invention can be repetitively driven quickly and accurately by controlling heating and cooling by using thermoelectric effect and, the soft actuator of the present invention can realize bending, tensioning, compression, and rotational driving of a tubular device containing a driver.

Soft actuator using thermoelectric effect

A vehicle localization method includes obtaining a stereo image while a vehicle is driven, extracting a matching vector from the stereo image while the vehicle is driven, loading a map vector of a current location based on GPS information in previously constructed map data, matching the extracted matching vector with the map vector, and estimating a positioning coordinate corresponding to the extracted matching vector as a current location of the vehicle when the extracted matching vector and the map vector meet a condition.

Vehicle localization apparatus and method

A luggage compartment screen apparatus of a vehicle may include a moving housing movable along guide rails; a push mechanism to be drawn out or drawn in from the moving housing toward the luggage compartment and be rotatable and formed to have a step in a rotation direction thereof; and a locking mechanism rotatably disposed on the moving housing to be configured to be selectively locked to the guide rail, formed to have a step in a drawn-out and drawn-in direction of the push mechanism, and having a stepped portion in contact with a stepped portion of the push mechanism to be rotated to be locked to the guide rail at the time of a drawn-in operation or a rotation operation of the push mechanism and be rotated to be separated from the guide rail at the time of a drawn-out operation of the push mechanism.

Luggage room screen apparatus of vehicle

A stereo type distance recognition apparatus and method are provided. The stereo type distance recognition apparatus may include a plurality of sensors to generate a plurality of infrared (IR) signals, a communication unit to insert a set first pattern into each of the plurality of generated IR signals and to transmit the IR signals to an object, and a processor to extract a second pattern from each of signals reflected from the object by the plurality of IR signals, to cancel an interference signal from each of the reflected signals based on a result of a comparison between the first pattern and the second pattern, and to compute a distance from the object based on signals from which the interference signal is cancelled.

Stereo type distance recognition apparatus and method

The present invention relates to a life jacket based on a fuel cell that can store hydrogen fuel in it. Particularly, the present invention provides a fuel cell based life jacket that can utilize electricity, heat and water generated during the operation of a fuel cell as a power source of a life extension tool and a personal location beacon. The fuel cell based life jacket of the present invention comprises a fuel cell unit for supplying electricity, a hydrogen fuel supply unit for storing and supplying the hydrogen fuel required for the fuel cell unit to generate electricity, a signal output unit for transmitting a signal using the electricity generated by the fuel cell unit, and a heat generating unit for recovering and transferring the heat generated in the fuel cell unit, wherein the hydrogen fuel supply unit generates hydrogen by using a hydrogen generation composition.

Fuel cell-based life jacket

There is provided a non-stop battery changing system that includes: a body connected to a moving body that is moved by power, having a seat on a side, and having locking grooves and a power terminal in the seat; a battery pack inserted in the seat of the body to supply power to the moving body, having locking protrusions sliding inward/outward, and having a battery terminal that comes in contact with the power terminal; and a pushing protrusion extending outward from a side of the battery pack in a mounting direction of the battery pack inserted in the seat by movement of the moving body, and unlocking the locking protrusions out of the locking grooves, when the battery pack used in the seat is replaced with another charged battery pack.

Non-stop battery changing system

A method for detecting a side of an object in an apparatus for detecting a side of an object within an image includes analyzing, by a boundary line detector, an input image to search a detection target region in which a target object is included, detecting, by the boundary line detector, a boundary line between the target object and a ground within the detection target region, calculating, by a side determiner, a gradient for the boundary line, and analyzing, by the side determiner, an image within the detection target region on the basis of the gradient to determine that the entirety of the detection target region is a region of the side of the target object or to determine a separated region corresponding to the side of the target object in the detection target region.

Method and apparatus for detecting side of object using ground boundary information of obstacle

A stereo image matching apparatus includes a processor which includes: a bit distributor distributing values of each pixel of stereo images into sequential N bits and outputting a plurality of stereo images including the sequential N bits; a plurality of cost calculators each receiving the plurality of stereo images and calculating matching cost values for each pixel of each of the stereo images; a confidence calculator calculating a matching confidence by using cost characteristics lit of the respective matching cost values calculated by the plurality of cost calculators; and a depth determiner determining that a depth value of which the matching confidence is high and the matching cost values are relatively low is a final depth value.

Stereo image matching apparatus and method requiring small calculation

A stereo type distance recognition apparatus and method are provided. The stereo type distance recognition apparatus may include a plurality of sensors to generate a plurality of infrared (IR) signals, a communication unit to transmit the generated IR signals to an object, and a processor to compute a distance from the object, based on signals reflected from the object by the IR signals.

A head-up display (HUD) apparatus and a method of using the HUD apparatus are described. The HUD apparatus includes a first optical module configured to display a two dimensional (2D) image, a second optical module configured to display a three dimensional (3D) image and arranged at a predetermined angle relative to the first optical module, a separation module arranged on an optical path of the first and second optical modules to reflect a light of the first optical module and to project a light from the second optical module, and an optical system configured to output the light having passed the separation module.

Head-up display apparatus

There are provided a method and a system of pallet packing that generate information on an article to be loaded and a loading place of the article on a specific pallet by recognizing a 3D position on which articles are loaded on a pallet, and a method for providing loading information of the article on the pallet by using loading information of the article generated by the method. More particularly, there are provided a method and a system of pallet packing that generate information on a 3D loading position of each article by using identification information of the pallet and each article and depth information for a whole area of the pallet acquired through a depth measurement sensor and a method for providing information on a loading shape of all articles or a state in which a specific article is loaded by using loading information of the article generated through the method.

Method and system of pallet packing, and method for providing data of pallet packing

Provided are an apparatus and method of controlling a boomerang. The apparatus includes: a detection unit for detecting moving information of a boomerang including a plurality of wings; a movement prediction unit for generating movement prediction information of the boomerang by using the detected moving information; and a control unit for controlling an angular velocity of a rotation shaft connected to the plurality of wings or a flap angle of the plurality of wings of the boomerang according to the generated movement prediction information. Accordingly, the boomerang may accurately move to a target place by controlling flight of the boomerang by using moving information of the boomerang. Also, a flight distance of the boomerang may be increased by switching a flight state from non-power flight to powered flight.

Apparatus, method, and system for controlling boomerang

Provided is a leg type traveling apparatus including a bicycle frame, a travel module including a leg type front traveling unit rotatably mounted to a front of the bicycle frame and a leg type rear traveling unit rotatably mounted to a rear of the bicycle frame, a drive unit to drive the travel module, and a control unit to control the drive unit, in which the control unit includes a pedal detector to detect a rotating speed of a pedal rotatably mounted to the bicycle frame and a controller to control a driving speed of the drive unit based on detection information provided by the pedal detector.

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Daegu, South Korea

Dong Ha Lee