Abstract:
The reception device includes a base member, a first electrode, a second electrode, a differential amplifier, and a circuit board. The base member includes a first surface and a second surface. The first electrode is provided on the first surface and configured to receive a reception signal. The second electrode is provided on the second surface and configured to receive a reference voltage. The differential amplifier is configured to amplify a potential difference between the reception signal and the reference voltage. The circuit board is configured to provide a power voltage and a reference ground to the differential amplifier. A distance between the circuit board and the first electrode is smaller than a distance between the circuit board and the second electrode. According to an embodiment of the inventive concept, the amplification performance of the reception device using a human body as a medium is improved.
Abstract:
Provided are an energy harvesting device capable of generating electric energy by effectively obtaining an electromagnetic wave emitted from an indoor lighting device and a power control system of a lighting device capable of performing self-power generation by using the energy harvesting device as a power source. The energy harvesting device using an electromagnetic wave according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an interface unit made of a conductive material and configured to capture a conductive interference signal transferred through a conductive member of a lighting device; and a rectifier circuit unit configured to rectify the captured conductive interference signal to convert the rectified conductive interference signal to direct current power.
Abstract:
A capsule endoscope image receiver includes a receiving electrode unit that receives first and second differential signals from a capsule endoscope image transmitter through a human body communication channel, an analog amplifying unit that receives the first and second differential signals and outputs first and second amplified differential signals, and a signal restoring unit that receives the first and second amplified differential signals and restores image information. The analog amplifying unit includes a first amplifier that outputs the first amplified differential signal, a second amplifier that outputs the second amplified differential signal, and an input impedance that is connected between a first inverting input terminal of the first amplifier and a second inverting input terminal of the second amplifier and obtains a gain of differential signal amplification in which a high frequency component of the first and second amplified differential signals is greater than a low frequency component.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a human body communication receiver and an operating method thereof, which may effectively remove low frequency noise. The human body communication receiver according to the present disclosure includes a receiving electrode, a virtual electrode, a filter circuit that is connected between the receiving electrode and the virtual electrode, and removes low frequency noise from a signal received through the receiving electrode to generate a high frequency signal, a low frequency reconstruction circuit that is connected to a rear end of the filter circuit and reconstructs a low frequency baseband signal by rectifying the high frequency signal, and an amplifying circuit that is connected to a rear end of the low frequency reconstruction circuit, and amplifies the low frequency baseband signal.
Abstract:
A random number generating device includes a particle detector, a pulse generator, a clock counter, and a random number converter. The particle detector detects particles emitted from a radioactive isotope. The pulse generator generates pulses corresponding to the particles. The clock counter counts the number of clock cycles during time intervals between the pulses and generates a plurality of count values. The random number converter adjusts a clock frequency, based on a minimum value and a maximum value of the plurality of count values and converts a target count value generated depending on the adjusted clock frequency into a random number.
Abstract:
Provided is and electrode selection device communicating with a capsule endoscope. The device includes an analog front end configured to recover first data based on first signals transmitted from the capsule endoscope to a first electrode and a second electrode, recover second data based on second signals transmitted from the capsule endoscope to the first electrode and a third electrode, and recover third data based on third signals transmitted from the capsule endoscope to the second electrode and the third electrode, and a digital receiver configured to calculate a first correlation value between the first and second electrodes, a second correlation value between the first and third electrodes, and a third correlation value between the second and third electrodes based on the first to third data. The digital receiver calculates first to third correlation sums, and selects a receiving electrode pair based on the first to third correlation sums.
Abstract:
A human body communication device includes an electrode, a matching circuit, a switch providing a first path electrically connected to the matching circuit and a second path electrically connected to the matching circuit, a sensor, in a first state, connected to the matching circuit through the switch, outputting a first sensing signal to the matching circuit, and outputting a second sensing signal when a difference between a signal generated from the matching circuit in response to the first sensing signal and the first sensing signal is greater than or equal to a threshold, a transmitter, in a second state, connected to the matching circuit through the switch, and outputting a data signal to the matching circuit, and a controller controlling the switch from the first state to the second state in response to receiving the second sensing signal from the sensor, in the first state.
Abstract:
Provided is an artificial intelligence system. The system includes a first sensor configured to generate a first sensing signal during a sensing time, a second sensor disposed adjacent to the first sensor and configured to generate a second sensing signal during the sensing time, a pre-processing unit configured to select valid data according to a magnitude of a differential signal generated based on a difference between the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal, and an artificial intelligence module configured to analyze the valid data to generate result data.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a capsule endoscope transmitter configured to transmit frames including control frames and data frames to a capsule endoscope receiver. The capsule endoscope transmitter includes a preamble generator configured to generate preambles for synchronizing and identifying the control frames used to select a reception electrode pair that receives the frames, and a line sync generator configured to generate a line sync for synchronizing the data frames and identifying a code value of each of the data frames.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for generating a preamble of a transmission signal for human body communication, the method including using a frequency shift code (FSC) of which a length is adjusted according to an operating clock frequency or a transmission rate and a first pseudo random binary sequence (PRBS) code of p chips where p is a natural number to generate a first preamble unit block of n chips where n is a natural number, using the FSC and a second PRBS code of p′ chips to generate a second preamble unit block of n′ chips, and arraying the first preamble unit block consecutively and repeatedly and disposing the second preamble unit block at a next stage to form the preamble of the transmission signal.