Abstract:
Provided is a method for increasing a driving current of a junctionless transistor that includes: a substrate; a source region and a drain region which are formed on the substrate and are doped with the same type of dopant; a nanowire channel region which connects the source region and the drain source and is doped with the same type dopant as that of the source region and the drain region; a gate insulation layer which is formed to surround the nanowire channel region; and a gate electrode which is formed on the gate insulation layer and is formed to surround the nanowire channel region. An amount of current flowing through the nanowire channel region is increased by joule heat generated by applying a voltage to the source region and the drain region.
Abstract:
Provided are a method and an apparatus for embodying an ADC and a PGA using a common amplifier. The apparatus for embodying ADC and PGA using a common amplifier according to the present invention may comprise: a switching unit for performing a phase shift according to a switching operation; a detection unit for detecting a pixel output in a first phase according to control of the switching unit; and an amplification and conversion unit for amplifying the pixel output detected in a second phase according to the control of the switching unit, and for performing an analog-digital conversion in a fourth phase according to the control of the switching unit.
Abstract:
A noise reduction unit included in a sensor array of a multi aperture camera comprises: at least one programmable gain amplifier (PGA) that outputs a difference value between a reset voltage for at least one pixel included in the sensor array and a signal voltage for the at least one pixel, and/or respective values, as an analog signal for the at least one pixel; and at least one AD converter that converts the outputted analog signal for the at least one pixel to a digital signal for the at least one pixel and outputs the digital signal, wherein the at least one AD converter performs an over-sampling operation that samples the output signal of the at least one PGA for the at least one pixel multiple times and/or an averaging operation that calculates an average value for output signal of the at least one PGA which has been sampled multiple times.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a color night vision system including a single-4-color image sensor configured to acquire a red, green, blue (RGB) image and an infrared (IR) image by processing RGB light signals and an IR light signal for each wavelength; and a processor configured to determine an exposure state of the RGB image by analyzing a brightness distribution of the RGB image, to decide at least one of an exposure compensation level of the RGB image, a denoising level of the RGB image, or a synthesis ratio between the RGB image and the IR image based on the determination result, and to create an output image based on the decision result that is made using the RGB image and the IR image.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a front-end event detector for detecting the occurrence of an event before a signal process is generated, and a low power camera system maintaining the low-power mode when idle but activated in normal mode only when the occurrence of an event is detected in the front-end event detector. The front-end event detector according to the present invention comprises: an image sensor for obtaining analog image data and converting them into digital image data; a first buffer memory for storing the digital image data; a first comparator, wherein the next digital image data delivered from the image sensor is compared to the digital image data stored in the first buffer memory for generating activation signals when the occurrence of an event is detected and transmitting them to an external device; an image signal processor for image data processing the digital image delivered from the first comparator.
Abstract:
A band-type electronic device and an antenna module included therein are provided. The band-type electronic device includes a band configured to be worn on a body of a user, a metal housing configured to connect to the band, and a frequency control module configured to operate such that the metal housing is used as a wireless charging antenna.
Abstract:
A video encoding system for dynamically managing energy, a data rate and data distortion is disclosed. The video encoding system for dynamically managing the energy, the data rate and the data distortion includes one or more sensors, an encoder configured to encode a signal obtained by the one or more sensors, an event sensing unit configured to determine whether an event is generated from the signal obtained by the one or more sensors, a memory configured to store the signal encoded by the encoder, a power supply unit configured to supply power to the one or more sensors, the event sensing unit, the encoder or the memory, and an control unit configured to control configuration of the energy supplied to the one or more sensors, the event sensing unit, the encoder or the memory.
Abstract:
An environment monitoring method and an apparatus therefor are provided. The environment monitoring apparatus includes a charging unit configured to charge power necessary for monitoring environments, a sensing unit configured to receive the power from the charging unit and to sense peripheral environments through a plurality of different sensors which are selected according to a request of a user, a controller configured to control settings of the sensing unit according to the peripheral environments; a communication unit configured to transmit the sensed information of the sensing unit to a server so that the server shares the sensed information with a plurality of smart devices, and a display unit configured to display the sensed information to the user and to display a notification according to the sensed information to the user.
Abstract:
In accordance with a first exemplary embodiment, there is provided a device for black box. The device includes one or more camera module; a non-volatile memory, in which a program for operating a file system is stored; and a processor that executes the program stored in the non-volatile memory. Wherein according to execution of the program, the processor divides the whole storage area of the non-volatile memory into a plurality of file storage areas, and stores a file generated by the camera module in one of the plurality of the divided file storage areas according to a type of the file.