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20100212604 | HOT WATER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a hot water supplying system that includes a preheating-circulating system, which heats water to maximally reduce the time to attain a temperature set by a user, and is designed to use a portion of preheating energy for heating, preventing pipelines from being frozen to burst in winter by preheating-circulating. In order to achieve the object, the invention provides a hot water supplying system that includes: a water tank for storing water flowing into an inlet; a heat exchanger for heating the water flowed therein; a controller that compares a temperature measured by a temperature sensor disposed at a predetermined position in a pipeline through which water flows, with a set preheating temperature, and controls the operation of the heat exchanger; and a pump that is disposed in a pipeline connecting a first node, which is disposed in a pipeline connecting the heat exchanger with an outlet, with a second node, which is disposed in a pipeline connecting the inlet with the water tank. According to a hot water supplying system of the invention, a water tank storing a predetermined amount of water is provided in the hot water supplying system, such that it is possible to supply hot water heated by a set temperature in the shortest time when a user wants to use the hot water, by preheating water stored in the water tank and remaining in the pipelines even when the hot water is not being used, and to prevent the pipelines from freezing and bursting during the winter. | 08-26-2010 |
20110053105 | BUNSEN BURNER USING LEAN-RICH COMBUSTION TYPE - A Bunsen burner which reduces pollutant materials generated during combustion by adopting a lean combustion, enhancing combustion stability. The Bunsen burner includes burner bodies, each including: a venturi plate having a venturi hole through which a gas mixture is introduced, wherein air supplied from a fan is mixed with fuel jetted from a nozzle unit, a guide plate for guiding the gas mixture upward, an inclined portion having first flame holes for jetting the gas mixture at an oblique angle with respect to the vertical direction, a side portion that extends downward from a lower side of the inclined portion and includes through-holes through which some of the gas mixture passes, and a connection plate having opposed ends connected to the side portions of the burner bodies, respectively, and having second flame holes in which the gas mixture passing through the through-holes and secondary air, introduced by the fan and supplied along outer surfaces of the burner bodies, are mixed so that lean combustion occurs. | 03-03-2011 |
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20080198420 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO SAVE TONER AND METHOD TO CONTROL THE SAME - An image forming apparatus to save toner, which can increase the sharpness of printed data (for example, images or characters) on a printing medium while achieving toner saving, and a method to control the same. The image forming apparatus includes a determinator, a storage unit, and a halftoning processor. The determinator receives a command signal to print and then determines whether or not the received command signal is a command signal for a toner saving mode. The storage unit stores a halftone table in which an LPI higher than a normal LPI is set. If the received command signal is a command signal for the toner saving mode, the halftoning processor generates and outputs halftoning result by comparing gray level values corresponding to pixels of received input image data with grayscale values of the stored halftone table. | 08-21-2008 |
20080239335 | ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD FOR ENHANCING DEPTH RESOLUTION OF AN IMAGE, AND PRINT SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A print system having an enhanced depth resolution of an image. The print system includes a host device to divide a gray image into basic block units, to determine whether the basic block units represent an edge area, to convert the gray image into binary data, and to output the converted gray image; and an image forming apparatus to determine whether the binary data received from the host device represents an edge area, to convert the binary data into a gray image according to the result of determination, and to print the gray image. As a result, depth resolution is enhanced, and print data transmission time is shortened. | 10-02-2008 |
20080309955 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD TO IMPROVE IMAGE QUALITY THEREOF - An image forming apparatus to improve image quality. The image forming apparatus includes a window control unit to generate a window of a predetermined size using a lines per inch (LPI) value of a dithering mask and an angle, and to detect locations of a center reference pixel and neighboring reference pixels in the window, a weighting set unit to apply weighted values to the reference pixels based on locations of the detected center reference pixel and the neighboring reference pixels, and a control unit to determine a dot size of the center reference pixel corresponding to weighted values corresponding to locations of black pixels of the center reference pixel and neighboring reference pixels. Accordingly, image quality is improved by generating dots corresponding to a plurality of gray levels based on weighted values. | 12-18-2008 |
20090033703 | INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD TO CONTROL THE SAME - An inkjet image forming apparatus and a method to control the same to correct characteristics of a plurality of print heads of the apparatus to have uniform characteristics includes a plurality of test patterns printed according to the timing of printing of dots through a row of odd nozzles and a row of even nozzles of each of the plurality of print heads and information of the drive timing corresponding to a brightest test pattern of the printed test patterns is stored. When a normal print operation is performed, a different drive timing is applied to each of the plurality of print heads based on the stored information, thereby compensating for the difference between the one or more characteristics of the print heads. | 02-05-2009 |
20100027075 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a printing method thereof, the printing method including: generating continuous tone data corresponding to an image area of print data and binary data corresponding to a text area of the print data; generating merged data based on the continuous tone data and the binary data; and performing a half-toning of the merged data to generate final data to be printed on a print medium. | 02-04-2010 |
20110058225 | Image forming apparatus, image processing method thereof, and image forming system - An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus includes a pattern detection unit to detect whether an input image includes a specific pattern as a portion of the image, a conversion unit to convert the specific pattern into data in a predetermined format, an encryption unit to encrypt the data in the predetermined format and to generate an encryption pattern from the encrypted data, and an output unit to output an image that is similar to the input image except for the portion of the image, which includes the encryption pattern rather than the specific pattern in the output image. | 03-10-2011 |
20110085836 | Image forming apparatus forming copy prevention pattern and image processing method thereof - An image forming apparatus is provided which includes an input unit to receive an input image; an area determination unit to divide the input image into a plurality of areas, to compute a weight for at least one of a position, a density and a color of each of the plurality of divided areas and to determine an area on which a copy prevention pattern is to be superimposed among the plurality of divided areas; a generation unit to superimpose the copy prevention pattern on the determined area of the input image and to generate a copy prevention image; and an output unit to output the generated copy prevention image. Therefore, it is possible to select a position of a document into which the copy prevention pattern is to be inserted. | 04-14-2011 |
20110134444 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCANNING METHOD THEREOF - A scanning method of an image forming apparatus including free-scanning a page to be scanned, setting a scan data generation area to generate scan data on the free-scanned image, if a subsequent page is main-scanned, detecting a relative position of the scan data generation area from a scanned area of the main-scanned page, adjusting the scan data generation area using the detected relative position, and generating scan data for the adjusted scan data generation area, and an image forming apparatus to perform the same. Therefore, a plurality of pages can be precisely scanned or copied with a specific size. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134448 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method thereof - An image forming apparatus includes an input part for receiving image data; an image processor for image-processing the input image data; an output part for outputting data processed at the image processor; and a controller for controlling the image processor to process the image using one of a plurality of image processing modes having a toner consumption lower than a toner density to use when the toner density to use for outputting the input image data exceeds a preset reference density. The plurality of the image processing modes includes a boundary image processing mode which outputs only boundaries of objects in the image data. Thus, the toner used for the image forming can be saved. | 06-09-2011 |
20110141534 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COPYING TWO-SIDED CARD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus to copy a two-sided card is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a user interface unit to adjust a layout for copying both sides of the two-sided card, an image reading unit to read the both sides of the two-sided card and generates scanned images, a controlling unit to generate image data where the scanned images are laid out on at least one page according to the adjusted layout, and an output unit to output the image data generated by the controlling unit. Accordingly, the both sides of the two-sided card may be laid out and output in various types. | 06-16-2011 |
20120140291 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRINTING MICRO-PICTURES FOR ANTI-COUNTERFEITING AND COPY PROTECTION - An image forming apparatus includes an image reader unit to scan a page to be printed, a security mark acquisition unit at least one security mark, an image process unit to perform image blending by applying parameters preset in the scanned page to be printed and the security mark, a control unit to provide the image process unit with the preset parameters, and an output unit to output an image blended of the image process unit. | 06-07-2012 |
20120250046 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO SAVE TONER AND METHOD TO CONTROL THE SAME - An image forming apparatus to save toner, which can increase the sharpness of printed data (for example, images or characters) on a printing medium while achieving toner saving, and a method to control the same. The image forming apparatus includes a determinator, a storage unit, and a halftoning processor. The determinator receives a command signal to print and then determines whether or not the received command signal is a command signal for a toner saving mode. The storage unit stores a halftone table in which an LPI higher than a normal LPI is set. If the received command signal is a command signal for the toner saving mode, the halftoning processor generates and outputs halftoning result by comparing gray level values corresponding to pixels of received input image data with grayscale values of the stored halftone table. | 10-04-2012 |
20130021629 | METHOD OF EDITING STATIC DIGITAL COMBINED IMAGES COMPRISING IMAGES OF MULTIPLE OBJECTS - A method of editing a combined image which includes a plurality of object images. This editing method includes displaying an outline rectangle which forms outlines of one or more object images within the combined image, and when a predetermined first operation is performed on an object image selected from among the object images located within the outline rectangle, segmenting the selected object image and another object image located within the outline rectangle, and alternatively, when a predetermined second operation is performed on an object image selected from among the object images located within the outline rectangle, combining the selected object image with another object image located within an outline rectangle other than the outline rectangle. After the segmenting or combining is performed, renewing displaying of the outline rectangle according the segmenting or combining result. | 01-24-2013 |
20130128324 | RASTER IMAGE CONVERSION APPARATUS, IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONVERTING RASTER IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A raster image conversion apparatus, a method of converting a raster image, an image scanning apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium. The method includes dividing the raster image into a background area, a single color area, and a multicolored area, generating metacommands respectively corresponding to the background area, the single color area, and the muiticolored area, and generating a metafile based on the generated metacommands, such that the generation of the metacommands includes vectoring a contour of the single color area and generating a metacommand corresponding to the vectored contour. | 05-23-2013 |
20130293917 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COPYING TWO-SIDED CARD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus to copy a two-sided card is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a user interface unit to adjust a layout for copying both sides of the two-sided card, an image reading unit to read the both sides of the two-sided card and generates scanned images, a controlling unit to generate image data where the scanned images are laid out on at least one page according to the adjusted layout, and an output unit to output the image data generated by the controlling unit. Accordingly, the both sides of the two-sided card may be laid out and output in various types. | 11-07-2013 |