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20130098073 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner and a method of operating an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include a heat pump having a water-refrigerant heat exchanger that condenses or evaporates a refrigerant by heat exchange with heat source water; a heat source water flow path connected to the water-refrigerant heat exchanger; a pump installed on the heat source water flow path; a variable flow valve installed on the heat source water flow path; and a variable flow valve controller that controls an opening degree of the variable flow valve. The variable flow valve controller may include a heat source water minimum flow manipulator that manipulates a minimum flow rate of the heat source water and regulates the opening degree of the variable flow valve according to the manipulation of the heat source water minimum flow manipulator. Accordingly, a user or installation personnel may selectively regulate power consumption and efficiency as desired. | 04-25-2013 |
20130340985 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger may include a case in which a space is formed; a top cover coupled to a top of the case; a lower cover coupled to a bottom of the case; a first pipe that guides a first fluid to flow into the space and having an exit end, through which first fluid may come out into the space; a tube, through which a second fluid, which exchanges heat with the first fluid, may pass; and a second pipe that guides the first fluid discharged from the space and having an inlet end through which the first fluid may enter. The tube may have a spiral pipe portion positioned in the space and spirally wound. The inlet end may be positioned to be spaced from the top cover under the top cover. A height of the inlet end may be larger than a height of an upper end of the spiral pipe portion, and a height between an exit end and the lower cover may be smaller than a height between the inlet end and the lower cover. With this structure, it is possible to achieve a compact heat exchanger, while minimizing an installation space, and the first fluid may exchange heat with the spiral pipe portion of the tube as much as possible. | 12-26-2013 |
20140014300 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger is provided that may include a shell; a first pipe that guides a first fluid into the shell; a tube, through which a second fluid that exchanges heat with the first fluid may pass; a second pipe, through which the first fluid is guided outside of the shell; and a base including a fastening portion to which the shell may be fastened and a support portion that supports the fastening portion. The fastening portion may have a tube hole, through which the tube may pass, and a pipe hole, through which at least one of the first pipe or the second pipe may pass, so that it is possible to increase availability of space at a side of and above the shell, and at least one of the first pipe, the second pipe, or the tube may be protected by the base, resulting in high reliability. | 01-16-2014 |
20140014305 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger mayinclude a shell; a first pipe that guides a first fluid into the shell; a plurality of spiral pipe portions, through which a second fluid, which exchanges heat with the first fluid, may pass, that have different distances from a central axis; and a second pipe that guides the first fluid outside of the shell, in which an inner spiral pipe portion of the plurality of spiral pipe portions, which is closest to a central axis, and an outer spiral pipe portion, which is farthest from the central axis, are connected by a first connection tube, and a plurality of intermediate spiral pipes, which is farther from the central axis than the inner spiral pipe portion and closer to the central axis than the outer spiral pipe portion, is connected by a second connection tube, such that the plurality of spiral pipe portions is connected while minimizing a number of connection tubes and a reduction in performance that may be generated when a difference in length of a plurality of paths is large, by minimizing a difference in length of the paths formed by the plurality of spiral pipe portions and the connection tubes. | 01-16-2014 |
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20130091877 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner and a method of operating an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include at least one indoor device having an indoor heat exchanger that evaporates or condenses a refrigerant by heat exchange with indoor air; at least one outdoor device having a variable capacity compression device that sucks in and compresses a refrigerant of a refrigerant intake passage and discharges the refrigerant to a refrigerant discharge passage, a water-refrigerant heat exchanger that condenses or evaporates a refrigerant by heat exchange with heat source water, and an outdoor expansion device installed between the indoor heat exchanger of the at least one indoor device and the water-refrigerant heat exchanger; a heat source water flow path connected to the water-refrigerant heat exchanger; a pump installed on the heat source water flow path; and a variable flow valve installed on the heat source water flow path. An opening degree of the variable flow valve is varied depending on a pressure of at least one of the refrigerant discharge passage or the refrigerant intake passage. | 04-18-2013 |
20130133345 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner and a method of operating an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include at least one indoor device, each having an indoor heat exchanger installed therein; at least one outdoor device connected to the at least one indoor device by a refrigerant flow path, and each having a water-refrigerant heat exchanger that provides heat exchange between a refrigerant and heat source water and an outdoor device controller installed therein; a heat source water flow path connected to each water-refrigerant heat exchanger; a pump installed on the heat source water flow path; a variable flow valve installed on the heat source water flow path; a central controller that controls the at least one outdoor device; and a variable flow valve control board that regulates an opening degree of the variable flow valve and a flow rate of heat source water. The variable flow valve control board may be connected to the outdoor device controller via a first communication line, connected to the central controller via a second communication line having a different communication method from that of the first communication line, and perform protocol conversion between the central controller and the outdoor device controller. | 05-30-2013 |
20150247657 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner and a method of operating an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include a heat pump having a water-refrigerant heat exchanger that condenses or evaporates a refrigerant by heat exchange with heat source water; a heat source water flow path connected to the water-refrigerant heat exchanger; a pump installed on the heat source water flow path; a variable flow valve installed on the heat source water flow path; and a variable flow valve controller that controls an opening degree of the variable flow valve. The variable flow valve controller may include a heat source water minimum flow manipulator that manipulates a minimum flow rate of the heat source water and regulates the opening degree of the variable flow valve according to the manipulation of the heat source water minimum flow manipulator. Accordingly, a user or installation personnel may selectively regulate power consumption and efficiency as desired. | 09-03-2015 |
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20120174614 | AIR CONDITIONER - According to the present invention, an air condition comprises: a first compressor and a second compressor which compress a refrigerant through multiple stages; a condenser which condenses the refrigerant compressed by the second compressor; a first flow channel through which a portion of the refrigerant condensed by the condenser passes, in order to be cooled; a supercooling heat exchanger having a second flow channel for exchanging heat with the first flow channel; an expansion instrument which expands the refrigerant cooled by the supercooling heat exchanger; a shell-tube-type evaporator which evaporates the refrigerant expanded by the expansion instrument, and which is connected to a location requiring cold water via a water pipe to supply cold water to said location requiring cold water; a first bypass channel which guides the refrigerant condensed in the condenser to the second flow channel; a supercooling expander installed in the first bypass channel; and a second bypass channel which interconnects the first and second compressors and the second flow channel, thereby decreasing discharge superheat, and thus increasing the degree of subcooling, and improving the efficiency of supplying cold water. | 07-12-2012 |
20120174615 | AIR CONDITIONER - According to the present invention, an air conditioner comprises: a first circulation channel which drives a thermodynamic cycle while normally circulating a refrigerant; a second circulation channel which is branched from an outlet of a condenser of the first circulation channel to recover oil from the refrigerant to a compressor and to cause the refrigerant to pass through a supercooling heat exchanger; and a third circulation channel which is directly branched from an evaporator of the first circulation channel, to recover oil from the refrigerant and send the same to the compressor, and to cause the refrigerant to pass through the supercooling heat exchanger, thereby preventing the wet compression of the compressor to achieve improved reliability of the compressor, and preventing the degradation of heat-exchange performance. | 07-12-2012 |
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20080203872 | Stand for home appliance - Stand including a stand body of a predetermined height having an opening in one side, a drawer for pushing in or pulling out through the opening in the stand body to open/close the opening, a guide device for smooth pushing in/pulling out of the drawer, and a self locking device for automatic locking of the drawer when the drawer is inserted in the stand more than a certain depth, and preventing slipping out of the drawer even if the stand is tilted. | 08-28-2008 |
20090167129 | Stand for home appliance - Stand including a stand body of a predetermined height having an opening in one side, a drawer for pushing in or pulling out through the opening in the stand body to open/close the opening, a guide device for smooth pushing in/pulling out of the drawer, and a self locking device for automatic locking of the drawer when the drawer is inserted in the stand more than a certain depth, and preventing slipping out of the drawer even if the stand is tilted. | 07-02-2009 |
20090251032 | Door assembly - The present invention relates a door assembly for a washing machine which prevents a tub from being enclosed when the washing machine is not in operation. | 10-08-2009 |
20100065086 | DRUM-TYPE WASHER AND TUB CLEANING METHOD OF THE SAME - A drum-type washer capable of easily cleaning a tub and a method of cleaning the tub of the drum-type washer are disclosed. The drum-type washer includes a tub installed in a cabinet to be supplied with washing water, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub such that laundry articles are loaded into the drum, a motor which rotates the drum, a controller which controls a rotational velocity of the motor to rotate the drum at a specified rotational velocity such that the washing water circulates along an inner peripheral surface of the tub to clean the inner peripheral surface of the tub, and a steam supply device which is controlled by the controller to supply high-temperature, high-pressure steam into the tub and the drum. | 03-18-2010 |
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20110062837 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine comprising a cabinet open at an upper portion, a top cover coupled to the upper portion of the cabinet and including an opening for loading and unloading laundry therethrough, a lid assembly rotatably coupled to the top cover to open and close the opening, and a first hinge unit connecting the lid assembly with the top cover and reducing a speed of closing the lid assembly is provided. In the washing machine, the closing speed of the lid assembly is reduced to mitigate shock between the lid assembly and the top cover. | 03-17-2011 |
20110131735 | WASHING MACHINE AND WASHING METHOD - Provided are a washing machine and a washing method. The washing machine includes a cabinet, an outer tub disposed in the cabinet and provided with an opened top through which wash water is supplied into the outer tub, an inner tub that is disposed in the outer tub to receive laundry and rotates about a vertical axis, a base that supports the cabinet and stores the wash water that is splattered from the outer tub by rotation of the inner tub, and an electrode sensor that is disposed on the base to detect the wash water splattered out of the outer tub. | 06-09-2011 |
20150176178 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine is disclosed. The washing machine includes a casing, and a state sensing unit for sensing tilt of a predetermined angle or more of the casing or vibration of a predetermined magnitude or more applied to the casing. The state sensing unit includes a switching conductive element configured to move according to the tilt or the vibration, a contact electrode, and a guide electrode configured to guide movement of the switching conductive element and to be electrically connected to the contact electrode through the switching conductive element when the switching conductive element contacts the contact electrode. | 06-25-2015 |
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20130138249 | METHOD OF USING AN INSTALLATION GUIDE SYSTEM TO CONFIGURE AN AIR CONDITIONER OR HVAC ARRANGEMENT - A method of using an installation guide system to configure an air conditioner or HVAC arrangement is provided. The installation guide system may include an input configured to receive inputs from a user; a memory configured to store information; a display; and a controller configured to control the input, the memory, and the display. The method may include receiving input, into the installation guide system, of installation information to be used to configure the air conditioner or HVAC arrangement; displaying on a drawing display of the display at least one image of an installation space for the air conditioner or HVAC; configuring the installation information with respect to the at least one image of the installation space; arranging apparatuses constituting an air conditioner or HVAC on the drawing display to create a design drawing for an air conditioner or HVAC arrangement based on the installation information; and inspecting the air conditioner or HVAC arrangement for errors. | 05-30-2013 |
20140148955 | INSTALLATION GUIDE SYSTEM FOR AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Provided is an installation guide system for an air conditioner. The installation guide system may include a display that displays a user interface for designing an installation for an air conditioner, a memory that stores at least one image for a building in which the air conditioner is installed, and a controller to control a display of the stored images on the user interface. The user interface may include a first region that displays the stored image including a plurality of tubes that connect an indoor unit to an outdoor unit of the air conditioner, and a second region that displays information regarding an interference between at least two of the plurality of tubes. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148956 | INSTALLATION GUIDE SYSTEM FOR AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Provided are an installation guide system for an air conditioner and a method of using the same, including a display that displays a user interface for designing an installation for an air conditioner, a memory that stores at least one image for a building, and a controller to control a display of the stored images on the user interface. The user interface may include a first region that displays information with respect to a plurality of recommended configurations of the air conditioner including configuration of plurality of tubes that connect an outdoor unit to at least one indoor unit, and a second region that displays one of the stored images for a building and including a display of the outdoor unit, the indoor unit and the plurality of tubes The displayed image may be configured based on a selected recommended configuration of the air conditioner selected in the first region. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148957 | INSTALLATION GUIDE SYSTEM FOR AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Provided are an installation guide system for an air conditioner and a method of using the same. The installation guide system for an air conditioner may include a memory that stores at least one image for a building in which an air conditioner installed, and a display providing a user interface to design a disposition of the air conditioner in the building. The user interface may include a first region that provides a recommended configuration of indoor units to be installed based on a type of an indoor unit of the air conditioner or load information for a prescribed room in which the indoor unit is installed. The user interface may also include a second region that displays the stored image of the building and a graphical image for the indoor units in the image of the building based on the recommendations provided in the first region. | 05-29-2014 |
20140310637 | INSTALLATION GUIDE SYSTEM FOR AIR CONDITIONER - An installation guide system for air conditioner is provided. The installation guide system includes: executing predetermined information to use the installation guide system for air conditioner; displaying a display unit including a drawing displaying unit; configuring driving condition information on the installation guide system; arranging apparatuses constituting an air conditioner on the drawing displaying unit; and verifying whether the air conditioner is effectively arranged. | 10-16-2014 |
20140380221 | INSTALLATION GUIDE SYSTEM FOR AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An installation guide system for air conditioner and a method of using the same are provided. The system includes: a memory unit storing drawing information on a building where an air conditioner is to be installed; a display unit providing a user interface to design an arrangement of the air conditioner; a drawing displaying unit provided on the display unit, where at least one apparatus constituting the air conditioner is inserted; an effectiveness inspection selecting unit performing a verification on an capacity of an apparatus constituting the air conditioner on the basis of the design information on the air conditioner; and a system inspection displaying unit displaying a verification result on whether the capacity of the apparatus is within a predetermined reference range. | 12-25-2014 |
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20150178094 | MULTISYSTEM AND METHOD OF BOOTING THE SAME - A method of booting a multisystem including a first core and a second core, the method includes: executing a boot loader of the first core; setting a network interface of the first core to be in an enable state; detecting the second core that is connected to the network interface of the first core; mapping a first memory of the first core to a second memory of the second core; loading a booting image of the first core and a booting image of the second core on the first memory; and transferring the booting image of the second core loaded on the first memory to the second core via a network. | 06-25-2015 |
20150208021 | IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM - An image recording system including a component capable of displaying and processing of images such as a central processing unit (CPU)/digital signal processor (DSP) that may be installed in a network video recorder (NVR) so that the image recording system may be used to implement a video summary/video synopsis technology in an embedded NVR/digital video recorder (DVR)/set-top box (SETTOP) system having a Host CPU and a plurality of DSP cores. | 07-23-2015 |
20160065905 | VIDEO RECORDER AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - In a surveillance system, a plurality of video recorders and a plurality of cameras are connected to a communication network. The video recorders communicate with one another and share camera registration information with one another. If one of the video recorders has an error during operation, at least one of the other video recorders performs a proxy recording operation in place of the video recorder having the error. | 03-03-2016 |
20160104045 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMBINED-SUMMARY IN IMAGING APPARATUS - A method and apparatus of providing a combined summary by receiving monitored audio and video are provided The method includes: receiving audio and video captured by at least one network camera; generating a video summary by detecting at least one video event from at least one of the audio and the video; generating an audio summary by detecting at least one audio event from at least one of the audio and the video; extracting at least one section of the video summary corresponding to the at least one audio event, and storing the extracted at least one section of the video summary with the audio summary; and providing a display of the video reproducing apparatus with a video summary control interface for controlling the video summary and an audio summary control interface for controlling the audio summary. | 04-14-2016 |
20160127697 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus including at least one processor configured to implement: an image processing unit which receives at least one image captured by at least one camera, analyzing the captured image, and generates a summary image related to occurrence of an event among the captured image; and a controller which controls the image processor to generate the summary image in response to at least one of a user request received from a user terminal and a predetermined condition being satisfied. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127782 | VIDEO INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING VIDEO DATA ACCESS HISTORY - Provided are a video information system and a method of providing video data access history. Biomedical information or non-biomedical information that may authorize a user who is accessing video data stored in the video information system is stored to be linked to the video data as metadata of the video data, and thus, an authorized user who later accesses the video information system may identify an identity of a user who has accessed the video data. If it is determined that the user is an unauthorized user, the biomedical information or the non-biomedical information of the user may be used to determine who the unauthorized user is. | 05-05-2016 |
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20150089024 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND NETWORK METHOD - Provided are a network system and a network method. The network system includes: at least one network camera; at least one client configured to receive an image or a moving image from the at least one network camera; and a network configured to relay communication between the at least one network camera and the at least one client, wherein the at least one client is further configured to transmit an auto traffic control (ATC) priority and a setting corresponding to the applying of the ATC function while requesting to be connected to the at least one network camera. | 03-26-2015 |
20150131001 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS BASED ON OPEN PLATFORM AND PROTOCOL CONVERSION METHOD USED FOR THE SAME - Provided is an image processing apparatus and method that may employ a new program or protocol without having to additionally develop a new program or a protocol for image processing. The image processing apparatus may include: an open platform-compatible unit configured to determine a protocol that is used by a video analysis application installed in or connected to the image processing apparatus, and receive at least one of channel information about an original image, channel information about an encoded image, channel information about a decoded image, resolution information about the decoded image and frame rate information that is required to receive the decoded image, in accordance with the determined protocol; and a protocol conversion unit configured to process an input image to comply with the determined protocol, based on the at least one information that is received at the open platform-compatible unit. | 05-14-2015 |
20150131962 | VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE IN HOST SYSTEM - Provided is a video recording system. The video recording system includes a camera configured to obtain an image signal, a host system configured to obtain the image signal from the camera and support a serial bus protocol, a sub-system including a serial bus interface unit configured to transmit or receive data to or from the host system, and a storage device configured to receive the image signal from the host system and record the received image signal. | 05-14-2015 |
20150139602 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - Provided are an image processing apparatus and method for processing images. The image processing apparatus is connected to at least one camera and includes: a performance calculating unit configured to calculate a decoding performance of the at least one camera based on information about at least one of a codec, a resolution and a frame rate of image frames which are received from the at least one camera, and a filtering unit configured to filter the received image frames to select image frames for decoding, based on a result of the calculation of the decoding performance of the at least one camera. | 05-21-2015 |
20150201152 | SURVEILLANCE CAMERA AND DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER - Disclosed is a surveillance apparatus such as a surveillance camera and a digital video recorder. The surveillance apparatus includes: an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog video signal, of at least one image of a region captured by an optical system, into digital video data of the region; and a main controller configured to detect a current motion region from the digital video data of the region, remove a high frequency component of the region except the current motion region, and transmit the digital video data of the region, from which the high frequency component is removed, to a target device over a communication network. | 07-16-2015 |
20150207977 | METHOD OF SETTING CAMERA PROFILE AND APPARATUS OF OBTAINING IMAGE - An apparatus for receiving an image is provided. The apparatus includes: a camera searcher configured to search for a camera connected to a network; a camera register configured to register information about the camera which is identified as a result of the searching by the camera searcher; a profile setter configured to set a profile of the camera by referring to the information obtained from the camera; and an image receiver configured to receive an image from the camera according to the profile. | 07-23-2015 |
20150288930 | NETWORK SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a network security system including: a spatial information collector configured to acquire, from a manager input terminal, spatial information; a device position receiver configured to receive, from the manager terminal, at least one device installation position with respect to the spatial information and storing the at least one device installation position; a device recommender configured to provide a candidate device list corresponding to the at least one device installation position; a device determiner configured to receive a signal for selecting at least one device from the candidate device list, and determine a model of the at least one selected device to be installed at the at least one device installation position; and a device setter configured to set a setting of the at least one selected device. | 10-08-2015 |
20160110973 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ALARM - An apparatus and a method for generating an alarm are provided. The apparatus includes at least one processor configured to implement: a determination unit analyzing at least one of an image, which includes an object, and a sound related to the object, and, as a result of the analysis, determining a type of the object; and an alarm generation unit controlling an alarm generator to generate an alarm according to a result of the determination performed by the determination unit. | 04-21-2016 |