Lg Electronics Inc.

Shin Sung C&t Co., Ltd.

Korea Optron Corp.

Yong Kook Kim

Keun Jung Youn

Ci Moo Song

Jae Hyun Ahn

Kyu Dong Jung

Sang Woo Lee

Yun Goo Kim

Eun Joong Lee

Hwan Sun Kim

Muhammad Ali Shah

An optical scanner includes a mirror configured to reflect an incident light and a vertically-shifting electrostatic actuator configured to oscillate the mirror. The electrostatic actuator includes a frame having an installation space in a central portion and a drive electrode, a stationary electrode, a shifter, and a force application part installed in the installation space. Drive electrode fingers in the drive electrode and stationary electrode fingers in the stationary electrode are alternately disposed. The shifter may be connected either between the frame and the drive electrode or between the frame and the stationary electrode and vertically shifts either the drive electrode or the stationary electrode connected to the shifter when a vertical force is applied through the force application part.

Vertically-shifting electrostatic actuator and optical scanner employing the same

Provided is a MEMS acoustic sensor including a substrate and a cavity, a back plate supported on the substrate and including a plurality of through-holes, at least one anchor projecting from the back plate toward the substrate, and a diaphragm supported by the at least one anchor and deformed by a sound wave introducing from the outside through the cavity, wherein no part of the deformed diaphragm comes into contact with the substrate.

MEMS acoustic sensor

Fingerprint sensing technology of a fingerprint sensor for authenticating whether a fingerprint of a subject is forged or falsified by using a waveform reflected from the subject, such as an ultrasonic wave. The fingerprint authentication apparatus includes a fingerprint sensor configured to apply a wave signal to a subject and receive a wave signal reflected from the subject, a local waveform detector configured to detect local waveforms by dividing the received wave signal by a reception time, and a forgery detection unit configured to count the number of local waveforms and detect whether a fingerprint provided from the subject is forged or not based on the counted number of local waveforms.

Method and apparatus for authenticating fingerprints using reflected wave

The write-once recording medium has a data structure for managing temporary defect management areas, TDMAs, of the recording medium, where each TDMA is for at least storing temporary defect management information. In one embodiment, the recording medium includes a TDMA access indicator, TAI, area for selectively storing data indicating which one of the TDMAs is currently in use.

Method and apparatus for recording management information medium and the recording medium

Method and apparatus for recording management information on a recording medium and the recording medium

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Seoul, South Korea

Yong Kook Kim