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20130081586 | Variable Valve System - A variable valve system, may include a variable valve apparatus that controls opening/closing timing of an exhaust valve and an intake valve of an engine, and an oil supply device that supplies the variable valve apparatus with a pressured oil, wherein the exhaust valve and the intake valve may be opened/closed by rotation of a camshaft, and the oil supply device engaged with the camshaft may be operated by the rotation of the camshaft. | 04-04-2013 |
20150289846 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe configured to transmit ultrasonic waves to a target region of an object in a plurality of directions, and to receive vibration waves generated from the object; and an image processor configured to generate image signals in the plurality of directions based on the vibration waves generated according to transmission of the ultrasonic waves in the plurality of directions, and to combine the image signals in the plurality of directions, wherein the ultrasound probe includes ultrasound elements configured to respectively generate ultrasonic waves of different frequencies, the ultrasonic waves intersecting each other in the target region of the object. | 10-15-2015 |
20150289847 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides an ultrasound imaging apparatus. The ultrasound imaging apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe for transmitting an ultrasound signal toward an object, receiving an echo ultrasound signal reflected from the object, and transforming the echo ultrasound signal to an electric signal; a beamformer for beamforming and outputting the electric signal; an image reconstruction unit for generating a reconstructed image by applying a Point Spread Function (PSF) to an ultrasonic image corresponding to the output signal; and an image post-processor for performing filtering to emphasize a peak point of the reconstructed image. The use of a filter to emphasize a peak point may facilitate an accurate setting of a phase parameter to be used in estimation of a PSF. Accordingly, an almost ideal PSF may be estimated, image reconstruction is performed using the estimated PSF, and thus a high resolution image may be obtained. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293223 | ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic probe includes an ultrasonic array including ultrasonic elements configured to receive ultrasonic waves that are generated from target regions according to interference between the ultrasonic waves of different frequencies which are transmitted to same target regions; and a support frame on which the ultrasonic elements are arranged. | 10-15-2015 |
20160055650 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and a method for controlling the same. An occluded region generated in a 2D image may be removed by performing frame interpolation on a surface region of an object by extracting the surface region of the object from 3D ultrasonic volume data and calculating a motion vector in the extracted surface region, and an amount of calculation may be reduced by calculating a motion vector of the surface region in 3D volume data. The ultrasound imaging apparatus includes a volume data generator configured to acquire volume data which relates to the object, a surface region extractor configured to extract the surface region of the object based on the acquired volume data, and a frame interpolator configured to perform frame interpolation on the extracted surface region of the object. | 02-25-2016 |
20160081665 | ULTRASONIC PROBE ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic probe includes a transducer circuit configured to receive ultrasonic waves reflected from an object and output an ultrasonic signal based on the ultrasonic waves; a simulated circuit having circuit characteristics substantially the same as the transducer circuit and configured to output a noise signal; and a differential amplifier circuit configured to output a voltage difference between the ultrasonic signal and the noise signal. | 03-24-2016 |
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20120262945 | HEAT RADIATING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND CHASSIS ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a heat radiating printed circuit board (PCB) and a chassis assembly having the same, the heat-radiating PCB characterized by: a circuit pattern unit; and one or more mounting units bent from the circuit pattern unit to be fixed at a chassis providing a lightguide path of a backlight unit, where the circuit pattern unit includes a driving unit divided into a plurality of driving regions and at least one or more electrodes for supplying a power to the driving unit, and where, the mounting unit is arranged with an electrode line for connecting the driving unit and electrodes other than the electrode arranged on the circuit pattern unit, such that dimming and scanning functions can be performed whereby illumination can be finely controlled, the width of the circuit pattern unit can be narrowed and damage to the PCB caused by heat can be prevented. | 10-18-2012 |
20120268968 | HEAT RADIATING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND CHASSIS ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a heat radiating printed circuit board (PCB) and a chassis assembly having the same, the heat-radiating PCB characterized by: a circuit pattern unit mounted with a light emitting diode; and one or more mounting units bent from the circuit pattern unit to be fixed at a chassis providing a lightguide path of a backlight unit, where one of the mounting units is mounted to the chassis via a thermal interface material to maximize the heat radiating characteristic of the PCB and to reduce the manufacturing cost. | 10-25-2012 |
20150304549 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAME - An image photographing device for photographing images through a front camera and a rear camera, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a display unit; a feature extraction unit for extracting facial features from an image of a user's face which is displayed on a preview screen through the rear camera; a structure extraction unit for extracting the structure of the user's face by using the extracted facial features; an expression extraction unit for extracting the facial expression of the user by using the extracted facial features if the extracted structure of the face matches a standard facial structure; and an notification unit for outputting a photograph notification signal if the extracted facial expression of the user matches a standard facial expression. | 10-22-2015 |
20160088262 | Method For Managing Storage Product In Refrigerator Using Image Recognition, And Refrigerator For Same - A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes an imaging unit generating a goods loading/unloading video through video recording of storage goods loaded into or unloaded from the refrigerator; a data storage unit storing the goods loading/unloading video, goods information that may be stored in the refrigerator, and storage items information; a control unit recognizing loading/unloading of goods based on an optical flow detected through vision recognition from the goods loading/unloading video, and updating the storage items information in the refrigerator based on recognition information generated through vision recognition on loading/unloading of the goods and the goods information stored in the data storage unit; and a display unit displaying a managed state of storage items for a user based on the updated storage items information. | 03-24-2016 |
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20120311052 | MESSAGING SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPANDING MEMBER ADDITION OPERATION - Provided is a messaging service system and method for adding a contact through a grouping operation. The messaging service system includes a member registering unit configured to create a group, and to register a first member designated by a user as a first participant of the group; and a member managing unit configured to disclose the group to the first participant of the group, to assign, to the first participant, a permission to add a second participant to the group, in which, the member registering unit is configured to add a second member designated by the first participant of the group as the second participant of the group, and the member managing unit is configured to display a list of members registered by the member registering unit and a list of groups created by the member registering unit. | 12-06-2012 |
20130227439 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CHATTING SERVICE - An approach is provided to facilitate chatting services. A friend list page is displayed via a user terminal, the friend list page including an area configured to present a status message associated with a friend. A message page is displayed in response to selection of the status message, the message page including a list of status messages associated with the friend. A chat room page is displayed in response to selection of at least one of the listed status messages, the chat room page being configured to facilitate chatting, the chat room page being displayed including the at least one selected status message automatically inserted into an input area of the chat room page. | 08-29-2013 |
20130232183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON USE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM A USER TERMINAL - Provided is a system and method based on use information of an application obtained from a user terminal. With respect to a communication terminal in which at least one first application and a second application including a function of collecting the use information associated with the first application are installed, in conjunction with the second application, a server for providing a collecting unit to collect the use information collected from a user with respect to the first application, and a recommended application list with respect to the first application based on statistics of the use information. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE AND FOR SETTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USERS - Provided is a system for providing social network service (SNS) and a method for setting relationship between users of mobile terminals. The system may include a reception unit to receive location information on a user terminal allowing the location information to be shared in response to a friend request from the user terminal, a user terminal identification unit to identify at least one other user terminal present within a preset distance based on the location information on the user terminal and allows location information to be shared, a user information transmission unit to identify and send user information on the other user terminal to the user terminal, and a relationship setting unit to set a relationship between users of the user terminal and the other user terminal when the user information on the other user terminal is selected in the user terminal. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232256 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RANKING INFORMATION OF MOBILE APPLICATION - Provided is a system and method for providing ranking information of a mobile application using information obtained from a user terminal. A server for providing ranking information of an application on the Internet may include a collecting unit to collect, with regard to at least one first application installed in a communication terminal, at least one of use information indicating a position of an icon of the first application on a wallpaper, that is, an application managing interface of the communication terminal, and use information indicating the first application currently being executed in the memory of the communication terminal; and a providing unit to provide a ranking of the first application based on statistics of use information. | 09-05-2013 |
20130260893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AVATAR/GAME/ENTERTAINMENT FUNCTIONS ON MESSENGER PLATFORM - Provided is a system and method for providing avatar, gaming and entertainment functions on a messenger platform. A method for providing a messenger service using a real graph displaying social information of users using a messenger may include: providing a messenger function among users between whom a relationship is established; providing a first user interface for providing a virtual world service through the messenger function; providing the virtual world service using a virtual graph displaying social information of users using the virtual world service; converting the real world service, to the virtual world service in response to a request from the first user interface, and providing a second interface for converting the virtual world service to the real world service. The virtual world service may include at least one of an avatar service and a game service. | 10-03-2013 |
20130332543 | MESSENGER-LINKED SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A SOCIAL GRAPH OF A MESSENGER PLATFORM - A messenger-linked service system and method using a social graph based on a human relationship of a messenger are provided. The messenger-linked service system may include a relationship extraction unit to extract a social graph of a friend relationship of the messenger, a selection unit to select data in the messenger-linked service, and an execution unit to either transmit or to execute a sharing request of the selected data to the friend using the social graph. | 12-12-2013 |
20140019540 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VARIOUS SERVICES BASED ON SOCIAL INFORMATION OF MESSENGER PLATFORM USERS - Provided is a method and system for providing various services based on social information of messenger platform users. The method for providing the various services may include: providing a main service using a real profile including social information of users using a main service; and providing a channel for a plurality of inter-operative services through the main service. The at least one of the plurality of inter-operative services may be provided to a user selecting the at least one of the plurality of inter-operative services and at least one other user with whom the user establishes a relationship using the real profile in the at least one of the plurality of inter-operative services. | 01-16-2014 |
20160105867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE AND FOR SETTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USERS - A user terminal connected to a system to provide social network service (SNS) includes a transmission unit configured to send a friend request and location information of the user terminal, and receive user information of at least one other user terminals, and a display control unit configured to control a display of the user terminal to display a current location of a user of the user terminal and the user information of the at least one other user terminal present within a predetermined distance based on received location information of the other user terminal. Within the display control unit, a particular region of the display is set as a current location of the user terminal. | 04-14-2016 |
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20140215133 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND RELATED BLOCK MANAGEMENT METHOD - A memory system manages memory blocks of a nonvolatile memory device by determining at least one memory block property of a selected memory block among the multiple memory blocks in the nonvolatile memory device, storing memory block property information indicating the at least one memory block property, arranging a free memory block list based on the stored memory block property information, and designating a free memory block from the arranged free memory block list as an active memory block, wherein the designation of the free memory block as an active memory block is based on an ordering of the free memory block list. | 07-31-2014 |
20140237165 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A memory controller controlling a nonvolatile memory device having a plurality of memory blocks as a data storage space includes an error detection and correction circuit and a reclaim control unit. The error detection and correction circuit receives data from a memory block and calculates a comparison result by comparing a bit error rate of the received data and a predetermined value. The reclaim control unit determines whether or not to perform a read reclaim operation depending on the comparison result and a read voltage used to read the data. The read reclaim operation copies the data to a memory block different from a memory block having stored the data. | 08-21-2014 |
20140237286 | MEMORY SYSTEM PERFORMING ADDRESS MAPPING ACCORDING TO BAD PAGE MAP - A memory system comprises a nonvolatile memory comprising a memory block having multiple pages, and a controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory to store data in the memory block according to a command and logical address received from an external source. The controller is configured to determine whether the logical address is currently mapped to a bad page of the memory block by referring to a bad page map, and as a consequence of determining that the logical address corresponds to the bad page, remaps the logical address to a different page and stores dummy data in the bad page. | 08-21-2014 |
20140237319 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A nonvolatile memory device includes a nonvolatile memory, a buffer memory configured to store a plurality of read data transmitted from the nonvolatile memory, an error detection and correction circuit configured to detect an error in partial data of each of the plurality of read data and judging whether the partial data is correctable or not on the basis of the detected error, and a controller configured to analyze the uncorrectable partial data with respect to the plurality of read data to determine a representative value, and to transmit the representative value to the error detection and correction circuit. The plurality of read data is read through a read operation with respect to a same page. | 08-21-2014 |