Full-space Cloud of Random Points with a Scrambling Metasurface

Li, Zile,Dai, Qi,Mehmood, Muhammad Q.,Hu, Guangwei,yanchuk, Boris Luk’,Tao, Jin,Hao, Chenglong,Kim, Inki,Jeong, Heonyeong,Zheng, Guoxing,Yu, Shaohua,Alù,, Andrea,Rho, Junsuk,Qiu, Cheng-Wei Nature Publishing Group UK 2018 Light, science & applications Vol.7 No.1

<▼1><P>With the rapid progress in computer science, including artificial intelligence, big data and cloud computing, full-space spot generation can be pivotal to many practical applications, such as facial recognition, motion detection, augmented reality, etc. These opportunities may be achieved by using diffractive optical elements (DOEs) or light detection and ranging (LIDAR). However, DOEs suffer from intrinsic limitations, such as demanding depth-controlled fabrication techniques, large thicknesses (more than the wavelength), Lambertian operation only in half space, etc. LIDAR nevertheless relies on complex and bulky scanning systems, which hinders the miniaturization of the spot generator. Here, inspired by a Lambertian scatterer, we report a Hermitian-conjugate metasurface scrambling the incident light to a cloud of random points in full space with compressed information density, functioning in both transmission and reflection spaces. Over 4044 random spots are experimentally observed in the entire space, covering angles at nearly 90°. Our scrambling metasurface is made of amorphous silicon with a uniform subwavelength height, a nearly continuous phase coverage, a lightweight, flexible design, and low-heat dissipation. Thus, it may be mass produced by and integrated into existing semiconductor foundry designs. Our work opens important directions for emerging 3D recognition sensors, such as motion sensing, facial recognition, and other applications.</P></▼1><▼2><P><B>Metasurfaces: scrambling light for 3D detection and recognition</B></P><P>Firing light at a manufactured 'metasurface'—one carrying patterns at a smaller scale than the wavelength of the light—fills large volumes of space with defined points of light, potentially improving 3-D recognition and sensor applications. Cheng-Wei Qui and colleagues at the National University of Singapore, with co-workers across Asia and in the USA, created their unique metasurface from amorphous silicon. Light is scattered from and transmitted through the material to generate a cloud of data points in the surrounding space in which the structure and motion of objects under study can be analyzed. The initial development work with this “scrambling metasurface” suggests it could improve pattern recognition, including face recognition, motion detection and augmented reality applications. The researchers describe how their innovation overcomes significant limitations of existing methods in these fields.</P></▼2>

Design and Implementation of a USN Middleware for Context-Aware and Sensor Stream Mining

Jin, Cheng-Hao,Lee, Yang-Koo,Lee, Seong-Ho,Yun, Un-il,Ryu, Keun-Ho Korea Spatial Information Society 2011 한국공간정보학회지 Vol.19 No.1

Recently, with the advances in sensor techniques and net work computing, Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) has been received a lot of attentions from various communities. The sensor nodes distributed in the sensor network tend to continuously generate a large amount of data, which is called stream data. Sensor stream data arrives in an online manner so that it is characterized as high-speed, real-time and unbounded and it requires fast data processing to get the up-to-date results. The data stream has many application domains such as traffic analysis, physical distribution, U-healthcare and so on. Therefore, there is an overwhelming need of a USN middleware for processing such online stream data to provide corresponding services to diverse applications. In this paper, we propose a novel USN middleware which can provide users both context-aware service and meaningful sequential patterns. Our proposed USN middleware is mainly focused on location based applications which use stream location data. We also show the implementation of our proposed USN middleware. By using the proposed USN middleware, we can save the developing cost of providing context aware services and stream sequential patterns mainly in location based applications.

The Protective Effect of Chondroitin from Raja kenojei Cartilage on Collagen-induced Arthritis in DBA/1J Mice

Cheng-Hao Jin,Ung Yang,Song-Hee Kim,Jae-Won Ryu,Jae-Chang Lee,Dong-Seok Lee,Tae-Hoon Lee 한국식품과학회 2007 Food Science and Biotechnology Vol.16 No.4

In this study, we evaluated whether the oral administration of chondroitin from the cartilage of Raja kenojei is effective on the progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), using collagen-induced arthritic (CIA) mice. Arthritis development was delayed dose-dependently in the chondroitin-treated groups. The pre- and late-treated groups receiving 1,000 mg/kg of chondroitin had clinical scores that were reduced significantly by 56.9 (p<0.05) and 43.3% (p<0.05), respectively, compared to the vehicle-treated groups. Hematoxylin eosin staining and X-ray radiography showed that the chondroitins reduced the infiltration of inflammatory cells and prevented joint destruction of the knee and paw. Reverse transcription-polyerase chain reaction analysis revealed that chondroitin administration inhibited the expressions of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interlukin-1β (IL-1β), and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) in joints more than the administration of vehicle. Chondroitin treatment also decreased the production of rheumatoid factors (RF), IgG and IgM, in the serum of CIA mice. These results indicate that chondroitin administration has a protective effect involving the inhibition of pro-inflammatory cytokine production in CIA mice.

Design A High Efficiency Auxiliary Power Supply with Wide Input Voltage Range for PV-PCS

Cheng-hao Jin,Shan-mei Li,Jin-tae Kim 전력전자학회 2012 전력전자학술대회 논문집 Vol.2012 No.7

USN 환경에서의 상황정보 분석 시스템의 설계 및 구현

김성호 ( Cheng Hao Jin ),이용미 ( Yongmi Lee ),남광우 ( Kwang Woo Nam ),이준욱 ( Jun Wook Lee ),류근호 ( Keun Ho Ryu ) 한국정보처리학회 2008 한국정보처리학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.15 No.2

최근 IT 기술의 발전과 더불어 다양한 종류의 컴퓨터가 사람, 사물, 환경 속으로 스며들어 네트워크 망을 이루는 USN(Ubiquitous Sensor Network) 환경 이 급속히 보급되고 있다. USN 환경에서 수집되는 센서 스트림 데이터는 연속적이며 동적으로 끊임없이 전달이 되기 때문에 그 양이 방대하며 또한 제한된 메모리를 사용하기 때문에 모든 데이터를 저장하여 처리할 수는 없게 된다. 스트림 데이터의 이러한 특성 때문에 본 논문에서는 입력되는 스트림 상황정보에 대해서 신속한 상황 분석 서비스를 진행하기 위하여 슬라이딩 윈도우 기법을 지원하는 상황정보 분석 시스템을 제안한다. 이 시스템은 온도, 습도, 조도 등 스트림 데이터에 대해서 WHEN-DO 상황질의모델을 적용하여 상황질의모델의 조건 만족 여부를 판단하고 특정 행동을 취한다. 따라서 본 논문에서 제안한 시스템은 실 시간 건물의 상황정보를 수집하여 상태를 모니터링 하는 등 많은 USN 응용분야에 적용이 가능하다.

A Design of Feature-based Data Model Using Digital Map 2.0

류근호(Cheng Hao Jin),이훈(Hyeong-Soo Kim),김형수(Xun Li),김성호(Keun-Ho Ryu),임광현(Kwang-Hyeon Lim) 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2012 韓國컴퓨터情報學會論文誌 Vol.17 No.7

공간데이터에 대한 수요가 날로 늘어남에 따라 다양한 공간 객체들을 효과적으로 저장하고 관리할 수 있는 데이터 모델에 대한 수요도 늘어나게 되었다. 지금까지 수많은 공간데이터 모델에 대한 다양한 데이터 모델들이 제안되었으나 이런 데이터 모델들은 단지 특정된 기능을 위해 구축되었거나 혹은 구축은 용이하지만 효과적인 관리가 어렵고 활용성이 떨어지는 문제점들을 가지고 있다. 특히 국내에서 많이 사용되고 있는 수치지도 포맷은 도엽기반으로 되어 있어 구축은 용이하나 데이터 활용이어렵고 대부분의 시스템들에서 사용될 수 없다. 따라서 본연구에서는 도엽기반의 수치지도2.0에 기반한 객체기반의 연속 데이터 모델을 구축함으로서 모델 구축도 용이할 뿐만 아니라 관리하기 편리하고 많은 응용분야에 쉽게 활용할 수 있는 데이터 모델을 제안한다. 제안된 데이터 모델은 도엽단위가 아닌 객체단위로 데이터를 저장하고 처리하기 때문에 갱신비용이 낮고 신속한 갱신이 가능하다. 또한 지형지물들 사이의 연관관계에 의하여 자동 검수를 진행할 수 있기 때문에 갱신 데이터의 정확성을 보장할 수 있다. 본 논문에서 제안된 데이터 모델의 적용성에 대한 검증을 통하여 기존 데이터 모델들로 표현하기 어려운 객체기반 관리시스템의 특성들에 대하여 제안된 모델이 효율적으로 적용가능 하다는 것을 논리적으로 검증하였다. In With increase of a demand on the spatial data, the need of spatial data model which can effectively store and manege spatial objects becomes more important in many GIS applications. There are many researches on the spatial data model. Several data models were proposed for some special functions, however, there are still many problems in the management and applications. Digital Map is one of spatial data model which is being used in Korea. The existing Digital Map is based on the Tiles. This approach needs more cost in its construction and management. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a feature-based seamless data model with Digital map 2.0 which is based on Tiles. This model can be easily constructed and managed in the large databases so that it is able to apply to any systems. The proposed model uses the relationships between features to correct updated data and the Unique Feature IDentifier(UFID) also makes system to search and manage the feature data more easily and efficiently.

A Swimming Hydroponic System for Leafy Vegetable Production (ZAAS-SwimHydro)

Zhi-hao Xu,Wei-shon Shou,Cheng-hao Zhang,Wen-qi Dong,Jue-li Lei,Jian Cheng,Sheng-jun Zhou,Yu-qian Zhu,Dang-li Dai,Li-ping Cheng,Jian Xu,Jin-chun Fang,Sang Gyu Lee,Myeong-Cheoul Cho 한국원예학회 2008 한국원예학회 기타간행물 Vol.- No.-

Heavy concrete shielding properties for carbon therapy

Jin-Long Wang,Jiade J Lu,Da-Jun Ding,Wen-Hua Jiang,Ya-Dong Li,Rui Qiu,Hui Zhang,Xiao-Zhong Wang,Huo-Sheng Ruan,Yan-Bing Teng,Xiao-Guang Wu,Yun Zheng,Zi-Hao Zhao,Kai-Zhong Liao,Huan-Cheng Mai,Xiao-Dong Korean Nuclear Society 2023 Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.55 No.6

As medical facilities are usually built at urban areas, special concrete aggregates and evaluation methods are needed to optimize the design of concrete walls by balancing density, thickness, material composition, cost, and other factors. Carbon treatment rooms require a high radiation shielding requirement, as the neutron yield from carbon therapy is much higher than the neutron yield of protons. In this case study, the maximum carbon energy is 430 MeV/u and the maximum current is 0.27 nA from a hybrid particle therapy system. Hospital or facility construction should consider this requirement to design a special heavy concrete. In this work, magnetite is adopted as the major aggregate. Density is determined mainly by the major aggregate content of magnetite, and a heavy concrete test block was constructed for structural tests. The compressive strength is 35.7 MPa. The density ranges from 3.65 g/cm³ to 4.14 g/cm³, and the iron mass content ranges from 53.78% to 60.38% from the 12 cored sample measurements. It was found that there is a linear relationship between density and iron content, and mixing impurities should be the major reason leading to the nonuniform element and density distribution. The effect of this nonuniformity on radiation shielding properties for a carbon treatment room is investigated by three groups of Monte Carlo simulations. Higher density dominates to reduce shielding thickness. However, a higher content of high-Z elements will weaken the shielding strength, especially at a lower dose rate threshold and vice versa. The weakened side effect of a high iron content on the shielding property is obvious at 2.5 µSv=h. Therefore, we should not blindly pursue high Z content in engineering. If the thickness is constrained to 2 m, then the density can be reduced to 3.3 g/cm³, which will save cost by reducing the magnetite composition with 50.44% iron content. If a higher density of 3.9 g/cm³ with 57.65% iron content is selected for construction, then the thickness of the wall can be reduced to 174.2 cm, which will save space for equipment installation.

Modeling and Simulation of the Magnetic Method for High Voltage Direct Current Inspection Robot

Xian-jin Xu,Cheng-hui Liu,Yu Yan,Hao-da Chen,Lei Fang,Yun-long Wang,Long-hui Wu 한국자기학회 2018 Journal of Magnetics Vol.23 No.3

In order to solve the slipping problem of a two-arm-wheel combined inspection robot, a maglev system based on the magnetic field of a high voltage direct current (HVDC) is proposed. The magnetic system comprises of two parts: a magnetic levitation system and a magnetic drive system. The levitation component overcomes the gravity of the robot by the Ampere force generated by current-carrying coils in the magnetic field of HVDC. The drive component utilizes the Ampere force generated by current-carrying coils in the magnetic field of HVDC as the driving force. Simulation results of the model are compared with the calculated values. The results show that the magnetic levitation method and the magnetic drive method are theoretically feasible, and the model is accurate and effective, which is of great practical significance to the physical realization of the inspection robot.

Moderately Hypofractionated Conformal Radiation Treatment of Thoracic Esophageal Carcinoma

Ma, Jin-Bo,Wei, Lin,Chen, Er-Cheng,Qin, Guang,Song, Yi-Peng,Chen, Xiang-Ming,Hao, Chuan-Guo Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2012 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.13 No.8

Aims: To prospectively assess the efficacy and safety of moderately hypofractionated conformal radiotherapy in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer. Methods and Materials: From Sept. 2002 to Oct, 2005, 150 eligible patients with T2-4N0-1M0 stage thoracic esophageal squamous cell cancers were enrolled to receive either conventional fractionated radiation (CFR) or moderately hypofractionated radiation (MHR) with a three-dimensional conformal radiation technique. Of the total, 74 received moderately hypofractionated radiation with total dose of 54-60Gy/18-20fractions for 3.5-4 weeks in the MHR arm, and 76 received conventional radiation with total dose of 60Gy/30 fractions for 6 weeks in the CFR arm. Concurrent chemotherapy comprised of paclitaxel and cisplatin. Safety was evaluated, and local control and overall survival rates were calculated. Results: Statistically significant differences between the CFR versus MHR arms were observed in local/regional failure rate (47.3% v 27.0%, P=0.034) and the percentage of patients with persistent local disease (26.3% v 10.8%, P=0.012). But 3 and 5-year overall survival rates (43.2%, 38.8% v 38.2%, 28.0%, respectively) were not different between the two arms (P=0.268). There were no significant differences in the incidences of grade 3 or higher acute toxicities (66.3% v 50.0%) and late complications rates (27.0% v 22.4%) between the MHR and CFR arms. Conclusions: Moderately hypofractionated, three-dimensional radiation treatment could improve the local control rate of esophageal cancer and potentially increase patients' survival.