Abstract:
The present invention relates to 2-hydroxy-alkylamino-benzoic acid derivatives and to a combination of cell necrosis inhibitor and lithium, process for the preparation of the derivatives or the combination, pharmaceutical formulation containing the derivatives or the combination, and use of the derivatives or the combination by either concomitant or sequential administration for improvement of treatment of neuronal death or neurological dysfunction. The derivatives and the combination of the present invention are useful for treating neurological diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease), spinal muscular atrophy, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury; and for treating ocular diseases such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy or macular degeneration.
Abstract:
An objective of the invention, focusing on these issues involved in the use of a small, hobby-type, unmanned helicopter, is to develop an autonomous control system comprising autonomous control systems for a small unmanned helicopter, to be mounted on said small unmanned helicopter; a servo pulse mixing/switching unit; a radio-controlled pulse generator; and autonomous control algorithms that are appropriate for the autonomous control of the aforementioned small unmanned helicopter, thereby providing an autonomous control system that provides autonomous control on the helicopter toward target values. The autonomous control system for a small unmanned helicopter of the present invention comprises: Sensors that detect the current position, the attitude angle, the altitude relative to the ground, and the absolute azimuth of the nose of the aforementioned small unmanned helicopter; A primary computational unit that calculates optimal control reference values for driving the servo motors that move five rudders on the helicopter from the target position or velocity values that are set by the ground station and the aforementioned current position and attitude angle of the small unmanned helicopter that are detected by the aforementioned sensors; An autonomous control system equipped with a secondary computational unit that converts the data collected by said sensors and the computational results as numeric values that are output by said primary computational unit into pulse signals that can be accepted by the servo motors, Such that these components are assembled into a small frame box, thereby achieving both size and weight reductions.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of manufacturing a see-through-type integrated solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same. The method comprises forming a first conductive material being apart and strip patterned on a transparent substrate so that the first conductive material comprises a predetermined space for enabling light to directly pass through the transparent substrate, forming a solar cell(semiconductor) layer, obliquely depositing a second conductive material and etching the solar cell layer using the second conductive material layer as a mask.
Abstract:
Provided are an integrated thin-film solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same. The method comprises forming and patterning a conductive material to be adjacently spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other on a substrate; forming a solar cell (semiconductor) layer on the resultant substrate; obliquely depositing a first transparent conductive material on the solar cell layer; etching the solar cell layer using the first transparent conductive material as a mask; and obliquely depositing a second transparent conductive material on the resultant substrate, and electrically connecting the conductive material with the first transparent conductive material.
Abstract:
A channel changing apparatus and method in a digital broadcasting system can reduce channel changing time by including a plurality of broadcast programs in one logical channel, and in response to channel changing, selectively displaying a corresponding program in the logical channel.
Abstract:
An objective of the present invention is to provide an autonomous control method that autonomously controls a small unmanned helicopter toward target values, such as a set position and velocity, by deriving model formulas that are well suited for the autonomous control of small unmanned helicopters, by designing an autonomous control algorithm based on the model formulas, and by calculating the autonomous control algorithm. The autonomous control system for a small unmanned helicopter of the present invention comprises: sensors that detect the current position, the attitude angle, the altitude relative to the ground, and the absolute azimuth of the nose of the aforementioned small unmanned helicopter; a primary computational unit that calculates optimal control reference values for driving the servo motors that move five rudders on the helicopter from target position or velocity values that are set by the ground station and the aforementioned current position and attitude angle of the small unmanned helicopter that are detected by the aforementioned sensors; an autonomous control system equipped with a secondary computational unit that converts the data collected by said sensors and the computational results as numeric values that are output by said primary computational unit into pulse signals that can be accepted by the servo motors, such that these components are assembled into a small frame box, thereby achieving both size and weight reductions; a ground station host computer that can also be used as the aforementioned computational unit for the aforementioned autonomous control system; if the aforementioned ground station host computer is used as the aforementioned computational unit for the aforementioned autonomous control system, in the process of directing the computational results that are output from said ground station host computer to said servo motors through a manual operation transmitter, a radio control generator that converts said computational results as numerical values into pulse signals that said manual operation transmitter can accept; a servo pulse mixing/switching apparatus, on all said servo motors for said small unmanned helicopter, that permits the switching of manual operation signals and said control signals that are output from said autonomous control system or mixing thereof in any ratio; an autonomous control algorithm wherein the mathematical model for transfer function representation encompassing pitching operation input through pitch axis attitude angles in the tri-axis orientation control for said small unmanned helicopter is defined as G θ ( s ) = e - Ls K θ ω ns 2 ( s 2 + 2 s ω n s s + ω n s 2 ) ( T θ s + 1 ) s wherein Gθ: parameter e−Ls: dead time element Kθ: model gain Tθ: model gain ωns: natural frequency s: laplace operator ξs: damped ratio such that the aforementioned small unmanned helicopter is controlled autonomously based on the aforementioned mathematical model.
Abstract:
A field emission backlight device may include a first substrate and a second substrate separate from and roughly parallel to each other, a first anode electrode and a second anode electrode that face each other on inner surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate, and cathode electrodes separate from and roughly parallel to one another between the first substrate and the second substrate. It may also include electron emission sources disposed on the cathode electrodes to emit electrons by an electric field and a phosphorous layer disposed on the first anode electrode or the second anode electrode.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and system for preventing reverse rotation operation of an engine using a system that includes a crank angle sensor (CAS), a cam position sensor (CPS), and an engine control unit for receiving signals from the CAS and the CPS to perform engine control. The method includes determining if a piston in a specific cylinder is at a predetermined location using a level of a CPS signal at a leading edge and a trailing edge of a CAS signal; determining if the engine is rotating in reverse using the CPS signal level at the leading edge and trailing edge of the CAS signal in the case where it is determined that the piston of the specific cylinder is at the predetermined location; and discontinuing operation of the engine if it is determined that the engine is undergoing reverse rotation.
Abstract:
A stacked semiconductor chip package includes: a substrate including a plurality of conductive pads; a first semiconductor chip mounted on the substrate; and electrically connected to the conductive pads; a plurality of electrical leads provided about the substrate; a first molding part for sealing the substrate and the first semiconductor chip; a second semiconductor chip mounted on an upper surface of the first molding part and electrically connected to the electrical leads; and a second molding part for sealing the second semiconductor chip, the second conductive wires and a portion of the leads.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a multi-bit flash memory cell and programming method using the same. In order to solve the problems that the size of a cell per unit is increased, reliability of a device is degraded due to a high operating voltage and a circuit necessary for driving the cell becomes complicated, the multi-bit flash memory cell and programming method using the same according to the present invention stores information of various states, by interchangeably programs a drain and a source in a cell array of virtual ground type, in a structure in which that two types of cells look like connected serially by doping a floating gate in a flash memory cell with two regions of a N type and a P to type.