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20150159749 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING SHIFT FOR VEHICLE - A method and a system of controlling shift for a vehicle may include an accelerator pedal position sensor detecting a position of an accelerator pedal, a vehicle speed sensor detecting vehicle speed, a navigation device configured to provide road information including gradient and radius of curvature of a road, and a controller receiving information on input variables including the position of the accelerator pedal and the vehicle speed from the accelerator pedal position sensor and the vehicle speed sensor, determining a short term driving tendency factor of a driver and target shift-speed based on the information, receiving information on the radius of curvature of a front road from the navigation device, determining adjusted shift-speed based on the short term driving tendency factor, the radius of curvature of the front road, and the target shift-speed, and controlling the shift to the adjusted shift-speed. | 06-11-2015 |
20150284007 | APPARATUS AND METHOD ESTIMATING ROAD SLOPE OF VEHICLE - A method of estimating road slope of a vehicle may include determining an offset value of a gravitational acceleration sensor, determining a driving distance in a longitudinal direction of the gravitational acceleration sensor, comparing a difference between a driving distance and the driving distance in the longitudinal direction of the gravitational acceleration sensor with a predetermined value, estimating a road slope by using either a driving torque or the gravitational acceleration sensor based on a result of the comparison, and controlling a shift of the vehicle according to the estimated road slope. | 10-08-2015 |
20150291176 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING ROAD SLOPE BY USING GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION SENSOR - An apparatus for estimating road slope by using a gravitational acceleration sensor may include a data detector configured to detect data for estimating road slope, a navigation device configured to output road information according to a location of a vehicle, and a controller configured to correct an error of the gravitational acceleration sensor by using an altitude value detected by the data detector and a current altitude of the vehicle according to the road information received from the navigation device. | 10-15-2015 |
20160084373 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING STARTING TENDENCY OF DRIVER - A system of determining starting tendency of a driver may include: a vehicle speed sensor detecting a vehicle speed an accelerator pedal position sensor detecting an accelerator pedal position, and a controller receiving information on input variables including the accelerator pedal position, the vehicle speed from the accelerator pedal position sensor or the vehicle speed sensor, determining a short term driving tendency, a long term driving tendency, and a starting tendency of the driver based on the information, and controlling an engine or a transmission according to the short term driving tendency, the long term driving tendency, and the starting tendency, in which the controller continuously determines the short term driving tendency of the driver for a predetermined time and determines the starting tendency of the driver from a predetermined number (n) of the short term driving tendencies of the driver. | 03-24-2016 |
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20100315576 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a light source, a liquid crystal display panel including a pixel having a plurality of a color sub-pixel, and a reflective polarizer disposed between the light source and the liquid crystal display panel to transmit or reflect a light according to a direction in which the light vibrates. The reflective polarizer includes a reflective polarizing layer including a plurality of microfibers which each extend in a same direction with respect to each other, and a protective layer overlapping the reflective polarizing layer. A thickness of the reflective polarizing layer is a function of a pixel size. | 12-16-2010 |
20110110104 | OPTICAL PLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical plate includes a first optical sheet, a reflective layer, and a second optical sheet. The first optical sheet includes first patterns protruding from a front surface. At least a portion of the first patterns includes a top surface parallel to the front surface. The reflective layer is provided on the top surface. A second optical sheet includes a rear surface making contact with the reflective layer. The optical plate is manufactured by forming the first optical sheet including the first patterns protruding from the front surface, forming the second optical sheet including the reflective layer and an adhesion layer, and bonding the first optical sheet with the second optical sheet such that at least the portion of the first patterns makes contact with the reflective layer. | 05-12-2011 |
20120127697 | OPTICAL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical sheet includes a light-passing base sheet, a plurality of light-passing first patterns formed on a front major surface of the base sheet, and a plurality of light-passing second patterns formed on a rear major surface of the base sheet. The first patterns protrude from the front surface of the base sheet, a top portion of each of the second patterns makes contact with the rear surface of the second patterns while a larger lower surface of each of the second patterns is exposed to serve as a light receiving surface. Voids having relatively low refractive indices are formed between the light-passing second patterns. The optical sheet employs just one base sheet in one embodiment, thereby reducing a manufacturing cost of the optical sheet. | 05-24-2012 |
20140085868 | OPTICAL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical sheet includes a light-passing base sheet, a plurality of light-passing first patterns formed on a front major surface of the base sheet, and a plurality of light-passing second patterns formed on a rear major surface of the base sheet. The first patterns protrude from the front surface of the base sheet, a top portion of each of the second patterns makes contact with the rear surface of the second patterns while a larger lower surface of each of the second patterns is exposed to serve as a light receiving surface. Voids having relatively low refractive indices are formed between the light-passing second patterns. The optical sheet employs just one base sheet in one embodiment, thereby reducing a manufacturing cost of the optical sheet. | 03-27-2014 |
20140119049 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit includes a light source unit having a light source configured to emit a first light, a quantum dot sheet configured to emit a second light having a different color from the first light, a light guide plate configured to guide a light exiting from the light source unit or the quantum dot sheet, and an optical member including a prism sheet and configured to control the light exiting from the light guide plate. The quantum dot sheet includes a polymer resin and a plurality of first and second quantum dots, which are dispersed in the polymer resin. The second light is a white light obtained by mixing a red light, green light, and a blue light, and the second light has a concordance rate with an Adobe RGB color space which is no less than by about 99.9%. | 05-01-2014 |
20140286049 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight unit includes a light source which generates a first light; a quantum dots member which is spaced apart from the light source by a first distance and converts the first light into a second light; a guide member which lengthwise extends in a first direction and fixes positions of the light source and the quantum dots member; and an optical member which reflects the second light. The guide member guides the first light from the light source to the quantum dots member and guides the second light from the quantum dots member to the optical member. | 09-25-2014 |
20150029439 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A back light assembly includes: a light source including a light emitting diode which generates white light having color coordinates located on one of a plurality of color coordinate ranks; a reflector sheet which reflects the white light incident from the light source, where the reflector sheet includes a reflective material which reflects light incident thereon and a color compensation material which compensates the color coordinates of the white light by controlling the intensity of light having a predetermined wavelength range, among the white light, to allow the color coordinates of the white light to converge on target color coordinates; and a diffuser plate which diffusing light provided from the light source and the reflector sheet. | 01-29-2015 |
20160077273 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are a display device and a method of fabricating the display device. The display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit, and a light emitting sheet. The backlight unit is disposed under the display panel to provide light to the display panel. The light emitting sheet is disposed between the display panel and the backlight unit. The light emitting sheet includes a lower film, a first light emitting resin pattern layer, an upper film, and a second light emitting resin pattern layer. The first light emitting resin pattern layer is disposed on the lower film and includes a plurality of first protrusions and a plurality of first grooves defined between the first protrusions. The upper film is disposed on the first light emitting resin pattern layer. The second light emitting resin pattern layer is disposed between the first light emitting resin pattern layer and the upper film. | 03-17-2016 |
20160103267 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a light source emitting a first color light, a light guide member, quantum dots, and a dichroic filter preventing the first color light from being leaked. | 04-14-2016 |
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20080303810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING LOFT SURFACES USING 3D SCAN DATA - A mechanism for automatically calculating loft surfaces from raw 3D scan data represented as a mesh or point cloud model is discussed. Users enter parameters related to the loft surface calculation via a provided user interface. User input and/or programmatically calculated parameters may include U-V direction, guide curve identification, and the amount of allowable deviation error between the calculated loft surface and the 3D scan data. Profile curves meeting the given parameters are then generated and a loft surface is calculated using the generated profile curves for a selected region. The user may select geometrically separated regions in order to create a single loft surface that connects the separate regions. | 12-11-2008 |
20110275391 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes a display, a user input unit configured to receive a user command, and a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a first entity over a first communication path and to wirelessly communicate with any of a plurality of external devices, each comprising a display, over a second communication path. The first communication path typically utilizes a different communication protocol than the second communication path. The mobile terminal also includes a controller configured to execute a first application, detect an event relating to a second application, and responsive to the detecting of the event, automatically search for external devices, which are among the plurality of external devices, that are available for communication with the mobile terminal over the second communication path. | 11-10-2011 |
20120011868 | ICE MAKING UNIT AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - An ice making unit includes an ice making chamber having an ice making area and an ice storing area, an ice tray installed within the ice making area and rotatable by a driving force transferred from the exterior, a driving module fixed in an inner wall of the ice making chamber and configured to provide the driving force, and a control module disposed outside the ice making chamber and configured to control the driving module. Also, a refrigerator with the ice making unit is provided. Therefore, the ice making area and the ice storing area of the ice making chamber can be increased. | 01-19-2012 |
20120024000 | ICE MAKING MACHINE - Provided is a device for cooling a condenser of an ice making machine. Water and air are simultaneously supplied to the surface of the condenser, and heat of vaporization absorbed during evaporation of the water is used, thereby maximizing cooling performance on the condenser just with a small amount of water. In addition, power consumption for operating a blower fan, and a noise from the blower fan can be decreased. In addition, since cool water generated from ice stored in a storing compartment is sprinkled to the condenser, the condenser can be more effectively cooled. In addition, since meltwater is used, water consumption for cooling can be significantly reduced. | 02-02-2012 |
20120111031 | REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator in which an amount of water supply to an ice maker can be controlled accurately, and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator includes an ice maker, a dispenser for dispensing water, a flow passage control valve ( | 05-10-2012 |
20130081420 | REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a refrigerator, which includes a drain pan, a drain pipe, and a drain cap. The drain pan is disposed under an evaporator, and includes a drain port through which defrosted water is discharged. The drain pipe is coupled to the drain port. The drain cap is installed inside of the drain pipe. A flip member disposed inside of the drain cap is integrally formed with the drain cap and is bendable. | 04-04-2013 |
20130305771 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes an ice bank installed on a refrigerating compartment door, a dispenser provided below the ice bank, and an ice maker provided in a freezing compartment. The refrigerator also includes a transfer element connected to a side of the ice maker and configured to transfer ice made by the ice maker to the ice bank. The refrigerator further includes a first duct connecting an outlet of the transfer element and the ice bank and a second duct connecting the ice bank and the freezing compartment. One of the first duct and the second duct is a cold air supplying duct that supplies cold air to the ice bank and another of the first duct and the second duct is a cold air return duct that returns cold air of the ice bank to the freezing compartment. | 11-21-2013 |
20130327068 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REFRIGERATOR - A method for controlling a refrigerator includes starting water supply to an ice making device in a refrigerator. The ice making device includes a flow sensor configured to detect water supply flow to the ice making device by using a pulse value according to rotation of an impeller. The method also includes operating the flow sensor to detect a pulse value, determining whether the pulse value has reached a target pulse value within a preset time, and, based on a determination that the detected pulse value has not reached the target pulse value within the preset time, determining that water supply to the ice making device is in a low water-pressure state and performing a water supply control process according to the low water-pressure state. | 12-12-2013 |
20130327074 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes an ice making device. The ice making device includes an upper plate tray having first recess parts that have a hemispherical shape and a lower plate tray having second recess parts which correspond to the first recess parts and have a hemispherical shape. The refrigerator also includes a water supply module configured to sense and store water to be supplied into the ice making device, an inflow-side valve configured to selectively block water supply into the water supply module, and a discharge-side valve configured to selectively supply the water stored in the water supply module into the ice making device. The water supply module includes a water tank configured to store water supplied from a water supply source and a sensor configured to sense whether a preset amount of water has been supplied to the water tank. | 12-12-2013 |
20130327081 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, a refrigerating compartment door, an ice bank mounted on the refrigerating compartment door, and a dispenser disposed under the ice bank. The refrigerator also includes an ice maker provided in the freezing compartment, a transfer member connected to the ice maker and configured to transfer ice made in the ice maker to the ice bank, and an ice chute connecting an outlet of the transfer member to the ice bank. The ice chute defines an ice transfer passage between the transfer member and the ice bank. The refrigerator further includes a stopper disposed on a discharge end of the ice chute and configured to block discharge of ice from the ice chute in a state in which the refrigerating compartment door is opened. | 12-12-2013 |
20130327082 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a main body including a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, a door, and an ice maker disposed in the freezing compartment. The refrigerator also includes an ice bank disposed on the door, an ice transfer device configured to transfer ice made in the ice maker to the ice bank, and an ice chute that connects the ice transfer device to the ice bank. The ice transfer device includes a housing in which ice separated from the ice maker drops and a transfer member accommodated within the housing and configured to transfer ice from the housing into the ice chute. The ice transfer device also includes an ice unit configured to reduce ice jamming or damage caused by interference with the transfer member. | 12-12-2013 |
20140096053 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a display unit configured to display first screen information corresponding to a first function executed on the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to display a function icon for entering a second function associated with the displayed first screen information, said second function being predetermined and different than the first function, receive a first selection signal indicating a selection of at least a portion of the displayed first screen information, receive a second selection signal indicating a selection of the function icon, execute the second function using the selected portion of the displayed first screen information, and display second screen information corresponding to the second function on the display unit. | 04-03-2014 |
20140182325 | ICE MAKER - An ice maker includes an upper tray that includes a plurality of upper cells that each have a hemispherical shape and an ice making tube disposed at outer circumferential surfaces of the upper cells and configured to cool each of the upper cells. The ice maker also includes a lower tray that includes a plurality of lower cells that each have a hemispherical shape. The lower tray is rotatably connected to the upper tray. The ice maker further includes a rotation shaft connected to a rear end of the lower tray and a rear end of the upper tray, and configured to rotate the lower tray with respect to the upper tray. | 07-03-2014 |
20150125993 | INTERPOSER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - An interposer having a multilayered conductive pattern portion that is constructed by repeating the direct printing on a carrier of one or more conductive pattern layers and application of one or more insulating layers between the printed conductive pattern layers is described. Also, a method for manufacturing the interposer, a semiconductor package using the interposer, and a method for fabricating the semiconductor package are described. | 05-07-2015 |
20150133084 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a display unit; and a controller configured to receive a fingerprint input on the display unit matching at least one of a first user's fingerprint and a second user's fingerprint, said first user being a main user of the mobile terminal and being different than the second user, and control at least one of the mobile terminal of the first user and a terminal of the second user based on the received fingerprint input. | 05-14-2015 |
20150241102 | Ice Making Device, Refrigerator Including Ice Making Device, And Method Of Controlling Refrigerator - A refrigerator includes a main body defining a storage compartment, a door, an ice making device, a water tank disposed for supplying water into the ice making device, and an ice bin to receive and store ice pieces made in the ice making device. The ice making device includes an ice making tray having ice making chambers configured to be filled with water for making the ice pieces, and an ejector extending from an upper central portion of the ice making tray in a longitudinal direction of the ice making tray to pass through both ends of the ice making tray. The ejector is configured to be maintained in a fixed state during water supply, ice making, and ice separation processes, and the ice making tray is configured to rotate at an angle of about 360° in one direction with respect to the ejector. | 08-27-2015 |
20150258770 | 3D PRINTING COLORIZATION - In one aspect, methods of printing a color 3D article are described herein. In some embodiments, a method described herein comprises receiving data representing a surface colorization of the article, and transforming the data representing the surface colorization of the article into voxel data of the article. The voxel data comprises (a) location values and at least one of (b) color values and (c) transparency values for a plurality of columns of voxels normal or substantially normal to a surface of the article. The method further comprises selectively depositing layers of one or more build materials onto a substrate to form the article in accordance with the voxel data. In addition, at least one column of the plurality of columns of voxels exhibits a surface color resulting from a combination of colors of a plurality of voxels of the column. | 09-17-2015 |
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20150052533 | MULTIPLE THREADS EXECUTION PROCESSOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a multiple threads execution processor. The multiple threads execution processor includes a thread selector configured to select a first thread from among a plurality of threads for executing a program code, and a thread executor configured to execute the first thread selected by the thread selector, and execute a second thread selected by the thread selector from among the plurality of threads after completing execution of the first thread. | 02-19-2015 |
20150127921 | RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CONFIGURATION MEMORY - A method and apparatus for optimizing a configuration memory of a reconfigurable processor is provided. The method of optimizing the configuration memory of the reconfigurable processor includes analyzing parallelism of a loop of a program code based on an architecture of the reconfigurable processor and information regarding the configuration memory, scheduling groups of function units (FUs) to be activated in each cycle of the loop based on the analyzed parallelism, generating configuration data of each cycle, and determining a memory mapping to store the generated configuration data in the configuration memory. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127933 | RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CONFIGURATION MEMORY - A method and apparatus for optimizing a configuration memory of a reconfigurable processor is provided. The method of optimizing the configuration memory of the reconfigurable processor includes analyzing parallelism of a loop of a program code based on an architecture of the reconfigurable processor and information regarding the configuration memory, scheduling groups of function units (FUs) to be activated in each cycle of the loop based on the analyzed parallelism, generating configuration data of each cycle, and determining a memory mapping to store the generated configuration data in the configuration memory. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127934 | RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CONFIGURATION MEMORY - A method and apparatus for optimizing a configuration memory of a reconfigurable processor is provided. The method of optimizing the configuration memory of the reconfigurable processor includes analyzing parallelism of a loop of a program code based on an architecture of the reconfigurable processor and information regarding the configuration memory, scheduling groups of function units (FUs) to be activated in each cycle of the loop based on the analyzed parallelism, generating configuration data of each cycle, and determining a memory mapping to store the generated configuration data in the configuration memory. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127935 | RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CONFIGURATION MEMORY - A method and apparatus for optimizing a configuration memory of a reconfigurable processor is provided. The method of optimizing the configuration memory of the reconfigurable processor includes analyzing parallelism of a loop of a program code based on an architecture of the reconfigurable processor and information regarding the configuration memory, scheduling groups of function units (FUs) to be activated in each cycle of the loop based on the analyzed parallelism, generating configuration data of each cycle, and determining a memory mapping to store the generated configuration data in the configuration memory. | 05-07-2015 |
20160062445 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMPTION OF GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT (GPU) RESOURCES - A power consumption control apparatus includes a resource selecting unit configured to select resources, whose power consumption levels are to be determined, from among resources of a graphic processing unit (GPU), a resource use information acquiring unit configured to determine whether the selected resources are used from a code block which is all or part of a program executed using the GPU, and a power consumption controlling unit configured to determine a power consumption level of the selected resource based on a determination result of the resource information acquiring unit and to control the power consumption level of the selected resources based on a determined power consumption level of the selected resources. | 03-03-2016 |
20160125649 | RENDERING APPARATUS AND RENDERING METHOD - Provided are a rendering method and a rendering apparatus, which perform tile-based rendering. The rendering method includes determining a visible fragment based on a depth test with respect to fragments included in a tile, storing an identifier of a primitive corresponding to the visible fragment, and performing selective rendering on a primitives included in the tile based on the identifier of the primitive. The rendering apparatus implements such a rendering method. | 05-05-2016 |