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20130025331 | WASHING MACHINE AND BALANCER THEREOF - A washing machine capable of manipulating a balancer with a simple manipulation, and a balancer thereof, the washing machine including a rotating tub configured to accommodate a laundry while being rotatably disposed on a shaft, at least one mass mounted on the rotating tub so as to move in a circumferential direction of the rotating tub, thereby offsetting an unbalanced load of the rotating tub, at least one wire extending along the circumferential direction of the rotating tub and coupled to the at least one mass, and at least one driving unit coupled to the at least one wire and configured to rotate the at least one mass in the circumferential direction of the rotating tub. | 01-31-2013 |
20140250710 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - A laundry treating apparatus having a condensing duct for enhancing the condensing efficiency thereof, the laundry treating apparatus including a body, a drum installed inside the body and configured to accommodate a substance to be dried, a condensing duct mounted at one side of the drum to condense moisture included in air that is discharged from the drum, at least one first path provided at one side of the condensing duct and allowing air that is introduced from the drum to pass therethrough, and at least one second path configured to supply condensation water that is provided to the condensing duct to condense the air, and at least one condensation plate located inside the condensing duct, and configured to separate the first path from the second path, so that a path allowing air to pass therethrough is separated from a path allowing condensation water to pass therethrough. | 09-11-2014 |
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20130057196 | PHOTOVOLTAIC POWERED SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE POWER CONTROL AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A photovoltaic powered system with an adaptive power control and a method of operating the same. A photovoltaic panel is provided to generate electric power to supply a load. The photovoltaic powered system includes a charging control unit, a rechargeable battery unit, a first switch unit, a second switch unit, a power condition unit, and a switch control unit. The switch control unit turns on the first switch unit and turns off the second switch unit when the photovoltaic panel can generate the electric power, thus supplying the load and charging the rechargeable battery unit, respectively. The switch control unit turns off the first switch unit and turns on the second switch unit when the photovoltaic panel cannot generate the electric power, thus providing energy stored in the rechargeable battery unit to supply the load. | 03-07-2013 |
20130147274 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A power management apparatus and a method of operating the same are disclosed. The power management apparatus includes a power conversion unit, a first sensing unit, a second sensing unit, a switch unit, and a control unit. The power conversion unit converts output power generated from at least one renewable energy generation apparatus. The first sensing unit is provided to sense a first current and a first voltage and the second sensing unit is provided to sense a second current and a second voltage. The control unit acquires an output power generated from the renewable energy generation apparatus and acquires a feedback power to an AC utility according to the currents and the voltages when the control unit turns on the switch unit. | 06-13-2013 |
20140049996 | HYBRID DC-TO-AC CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A hybrid DC-to-AC conversion system includes a first DC input voltage, a second DC input voltage, a power conversion apparatus, and a comparison unit. The power conversion apparatus is connected in parallel to the first DC input voltage and the second DC input voltage to convert the first DC input voltage or the second DC input voltage into an AC output voltage. The comparison unit receives the AC output voltage and an external reference voltage. The comparison unit outputs a control signal to make the first DC input voltage supply a load when an absolute value of the AC output voltage is less than or equal to the external reference voltage, whereas the comparison unit outputs the control signal to make the second DC input voltage supply the load when the absolute value of the AC output voltage is greater than the external reference voltage. | 02-20-2014 |
20140301123 | DC-TO-AC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A DC-to-AC power conversion system is provided to convert a DC input voltage into an AC output voltage, which mainly includes a bridge switching circuit, an auxiliary switch circuit, and a control circuit. The bridge switching circuit has a first power switch, a second power switch, a third power switch, and a fourth power switch. The auxiliary switch circuit has a fifth power switch, a sixth power switch, a seventh power switch, and an eighth power switch. The control circuit produces a complementary switching signal pair to control the first and fourth power switches and the second and third power switches, respectively. In addition, the control circuit produces a complementary level signal pair to control the sixth and seventh power switches and the fifth and eighth power switches, respectively. | 10-09-2014 |
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20150111303 | SYNTHESIS OF MOLECULE ON NANOPARTICLE SURFACE FOR STABLE DETECTION OF NITROAROMATIC EXPLOSIVES, AND SENSOR USING SAME - The present invention relates to a nanoparticle-based nitroaromatic explosive sensor for detecting nitroaromatic compounds, more specifically to stably detecting explosives in an aqueous solution by introducing, on the surface of the nanoparticles, a molecule which improves the dispersion force of the nanoparticles in an aqueous solution while binding strongly therewith, and which can simultaneously bind with the nitroaromatic compounds. | 04-23-2015 |
20150147818 | SENSOR FOR DETECTING EXPLOSIVE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a sensor capable of detecting an aromatic nitro compound explosive, and a preparation method thereof, and more specifically, to a nanosensor system, and a detection method using the same, wherein a quantum dot-based sensor for detecting an aromatic nitro compound explosive can conveniently detect an aromatic nitro compound explosive with high sensitivity on the basis of a change in energy transfer between quantum dots. The method for detecting an explosive of the present invention makes an explosive come in contact with a quantum dot thin film to which an explosive can combine, and measures a change in fluorescence wavelength, thereby sensing an explosive. According to the present invention, the method for detecting an explosive on the basis of quantum dots uses a change in fluorescence wavelength which is unlike a known detection method using the change in quantum dot fluorescence intensity, and thus is not sensitive to a change in surroundings, can carry out rapid detection, and can detect even a low concentration of explosives with high sensitivity. Therefore, the present invention is expected to be extensively commercialized. | 05-28-2015 |
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20100204583 | ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - An ultrasonic probe, an ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The ultrasonic probe includes a rear block, a flexible printed circuit board having wiring patterns formed thereon, a piezoelectric wafer, a ground electrode plate, an acoustic matching layer, an acoustic lens, and a plurality of slots. Holes are formed in at least one of the rear block, the piezoelectric wafer and the acoustic matching layer and wiring patterns are formed in the form of a matrix array, and thus vibration property and focusing can be improved to obtain clear images. | 08-12-2010 |
20120285250 | ULTRASOUND PROBE - The present invention relates to an ultrasound therapy system using high-intensity focused ultrasound. The ultrasound therapy improves ultrasound and heat release characteristics and provides an ultrasound probe which easily performs manufacturing and maintenance processes. According to the present invention, a housing is recessed on the inward side around the upper-part edge. A plurality of mounting holes is uniformly formed from the outside at a constant radius to the edge in the center of the upper part. A plurality of probe units is respectively installed in the plurality of mounting holes to form a sphere on the upper part of the housing. And a grounding film covers the sphere which the plurality of probe units forms. | 11-15-2012 |
20120285251 | ULTRASOUND PROBE - The present invention relates to an ultrasound therapy system using high-intensity focused ultrasound. The present invention improves ultrasound and heat release characteristics and provides an ultrasound probe which easily performs manufacturing and maintenance processes. According to the present invention, a housing is recessed on the inward side around the upper-part edge. A plurality of mounting holes are uniformly formed from the outside at a constant radius to the edge in the center of the upper part. And a plurality of probe units are respectively installed to the plurality of mounting holes to form a sphere in the upper part of the housing wherein a first connection pin is protruded to the lower part of the housing in the lower part of a copper connection bar and a rear block, a piezoelectric wafer, and an acoustic matching layer are sequentially stacked on the upper part of the connection bar. | 11-15-2012 |
20120293045 | HIGH-POWER ULTRASONIC PROBE - Provided is an ultrasonic probe, which uses a composite piezo-electric element, which includes a piezo-electric wafer made of piezo-electric material and having a lattice shape, and a polymer filled between the lattices of the piezo-electric wafer. The ultrasonic probe has a high power and a wide band width simultaneously. In addition, since the ultrasonic probe further includes a heat exhaust unit for exhausting the heat generated at the ultrasonic probe to the outside, the temperature of an acoustic lens which contacts patients may be lowered. | 11-22-2012 |
20120313486 | ULTRASONIC PROBE USING REAR-SIDE ACOUSTIC MATCHING LAYER - The present invention relates to an ultrasonic probe and provides the ultrasonic probe in which acoustic matching layers are formed on both sides of a piezoelectric ceramic capable of simultaneously increasing the signal strength of ultrasonic waves and improving the waveform characteristics of the ultrasonic waves. According to the present invention, a rear-side acoustic matching layer is formed in the upper part of a rear-side block. The piezoelectric ceramic is formed in the upper part of the rear-side acoustic matching layer. A front-side acoustic matching layer is formed in the upper part of the piezoelectric ceramic. Further, an acoustic lens is formed in the upper part of the front-side acoustic matching layer. Particularly, the rear-side acoustic matching layer reflects, toward the acoustic lens, the ultrasonic waves which are propagated to the rear-side block. | 12-13-2012 |
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20100178947 | MESSAGE SERVICE SUPPORT METHOD AND PORTABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided is a message service providing method and portable device supporting the same, which includes generating at least one of a key input signal and a sliding sensor signal; and writing a message by activating a message write window set according to an environment of an application program which is being activated depending on generation of at least one of the key input signal and the sliding sensor signal. | 07-15-2010 |
20100302364 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A three dimensional shape measurement apparatus includes m projecting sections, each of which includes a light source and a grating element, and, while moving the grating element by n times, projects a grating pattern light onto a measurement target for each movement, wherein the ‘n’ and the ‘m’ are natural numbers greater than or equal to 2, an imaging section photographing a grating pattern image reflected by the measurement target, and a control section controlling that, while photographing the grating pattern image by using one of the m projecting sections, a grating element of at least another projecting section is moved. Thus, measurement time may be reduced. | 12-02-2010 |
20110151709 | CABLE, CABLE CONNECTOR AND CABLE ASSEMBLY - A cable which is provided so as to surround an outer surface of a conductor by an insulator, which is planar and which is divided into one surface and the other surface, includes a first terminal portion that is formed by at least a portion of the conductor being exposed to the one surface, and a second terminal portion that is extended from the first terminal portion and is formed by at least a portion of the conductor being exposed to the other surface. A cable connector according to another embodiment comprises a plurality of contact protrusions where come into contact with a planar cable, and at least one of the contact protrusions has a protruding length different from a protruding length of one of other contact protrusions. Accordingly, it is possible to notably reduce a possibility of poor connection. | 06-23-2011 |
20130159903 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE USING TIME DIFFERENCE AND TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method for displaying a graphic user interface is provided. The method involves receiving an input command, such as a selection of an item on a screen, and in response, items currently arranged or to be arranged within one screen are classified into a specific item and one or more other items. The specific item is then displayed in a temporally different manner than the one or more other items. | 06-20-2013 |
20140010438 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A three dimensional shape measurement apparatus includes m projecting sections, each of which includes a light source and a grating element, and, while moving the grating element by n times, projects a grating pattern light onto a measurement target for each movement, wherein the ‘n’ and the ‘m’ are natural numbers greater than or equal to 2, an imaging section photographing a grating pattern image reflected by the measurement target, and a control section controlling that, while photographing the grating pattern image by using one of the m projecting sections, a grating element of at least another projecting section is moved. Thus, measurement time may be reduced. | 01-09-2014 |
20140043355 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC IMAGE MANIPULATION IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for dynamic image manipulation and a mobile terminal supporting the same are disclosed. The method for dynamic image manipulation includes: outputting at least one thumbnail; receiving an input event; and performing image change by changing at least one of the shape, color and transparency of the output thumbnail according to properties of the input event. | 02-13-2014 |
20150193135 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GLANCE INFORMATION, MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus for modifying a screen displayed by a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying an application on the screen of the mobile terminal; displaying, simultaneously with the displayed application, a card in a predefined area of the screen, the card comprising information corresponding to the application; detecting an input on the screen of the mobile terminal; modifying a display of at least one of the card and the predefined area based on a type of the input and a position of the input on the screen, wherein, when the detected input is an input selecting one of a plurality of objects displayed within the card each corresponding to a different operation, modifying the display comprises performing the operation corresponding to the selected object. | 07-09-2015 |
20150277669 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE - A method of displaying a user interface (UI) on the panel of an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving an event corresponding to a movement of a user input from an edge of the panel of the electronic device to an internal part of the panel and displaying a preset object or a preset screen effect based on the event that occurs on an edge of the panel. | 10-01-2015 |
20150324070 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE - An electronic apparatus and a method for providing a user interface are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a sensor module configured to detect sensor data, a touch screen configured to display a control menu related to content that is displayed, and a control module configured to determine a hand-held position of the electronic apparatus, based on the sensor data, to configure the control menu, based on the determined hand-held position, and to display the configured control menu, based on the determined hand-held position. | 11-12-2015 |
20150378591 | METHOD OF PROVIDING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ADAPTED THERETO - A method of providing content in an electronic device and an apparatus for supporting the method are provided. The electronic device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with external devices, a display configured to display at least one content item, and a controller configured to detect a gathering gesture, gather content items stored in the electronic device and content items from the external devices in response to the gathering gesture, determine an order of displaying content items based on attributes of the gathered content items, and arrange and display the gathered content items according to the determined display order. | 12-31-2015 |
20150382164 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SHARING CONTENT THEREOF - Disclosed is method for sharing the content of a first electronic device, including transmitting, when connecting a call with a second electronic device using a first network, a notification on the call connection to a third electronic device that is connected with a second network, and transmitting, when the content related to the notification is received from the third electronic device during the call, the received content to the second electronic device. | 12-31-2015 |
20160088451 | MESSAGE SERVICE SUPPORT METHOD AND PORTABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided is a message service providing method and portable device supporting the same, which includes generating at least one of a key input signal and a sliding sensor signal; and writing a message by activating a message write window set according to an environment of an application program which is being activated depending on generation of at least one of the key input signal and the sliding sensor signal. | 03-24-2016 |
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20140292030 | HOOD OVERSLAM BUMPER ASSEMBLY - A hood overslam bumper assembly includes an overslam bumper having a cylindrical shape and having a screw thread groove formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof, a ring-carrier having a hole formed at the center thereof to have the overslam bumper inserted into an inner side surface thereof and having a screw thread formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof, the screw thread being coupled to the screw thread groove, and a housing having one side fixed to an insertion hole of a hood inner panel, having a hole formed at the center thereof to have the ring-carrier inserted into an inner side surface thereof, and having an elastic part provided on an outer peripheral surface thereof to fix the ring-carrier inserted into the inner side surface thereof. | 10-02-2014 |
20150185158 | METHOD FOR MEASURING REACTION RATE OF REACTIVE MESOGEN - A method for measuring a reaction rate of a reactive mesogen and an alignment layer formed thereby, the method including coating an alignment material on a substrate. The alignment material includes a backbone and a reactive mesogen connected to the backbone. The reactive mesogen includes an unsaturated bond. The alignment material is irradiated with ultraviolet light, or is heated, to form the alignment layer. A marking compound, including a thiol group is coated on the alignment layer and reacts with remaining unreacted reactive mesogen, to form a marked mesogen. An amount of the marked mesogen is detected. A reactive ratio is measured by comparing an amount of the reactive mesogen before irradiating or heating with an amount of the marked mesogen. | 07-02-2015 |
20150185560 | COMPOSITION FOR ALIGNMENT LAYER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A composition for an alignment layer includes about 1% by weight to about 30% by weight of a polyphosphazene-based compound and a remainder of a solvent. The polyphosphazene-based compound includes a polyphosphazene backbone, a reactive mesogen element linked to the polyphosphazene backbone, and a vertical alignment element linked to the polyphosphazene backbone. | 07-02-2015 |
20150198846 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is provided, including a first insulating substrate; a second insulating substrate facing the first insulating substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the first insulating substrate; a common electrode disposed on the first insulating substrate or the second insulating substrate; a first alignment layer disposed on the first insulating substrate; a second alignment layer disposed on the second insulating substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate, in which at least one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer include a main chain and a plurality of side chains which are connected to the main chain, and at least one of the plurality of side chains includes a reactive mesogen including a vertical expression group and at least two photoreactor groups connected to the vertical expression group. | 07-16-2015 |
20150293408 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first insulating substrate, a second insulating substrate, a pixel electrode positioned on the first insulating substrate, a common electrode positioned on the first insulating substrate or the second insulating substrate, a first alignment layer positioned on the first insulating substrate, a second alignment layer positioned on the second insulating substrate, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate. The first alignment layer and/or the second alignment layer include an additive and an alignment layer compound having a main chain, and a plurality of side chains connected to the main chain, and at least one of the plurality of side chains includes a vertical alignment group, and a reactive mesogen including two or more photoreactive groups, and the additive includes at least one compounds selected from the following | 10-15-2015 |
20160026041 | FABRICATION METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a fabrication method of a display device. The method includes providing an alignment solution on at least one of a first substrate and a second substrate, curing the alignment solution to form a main alignment layer, and providing a liquid crystal composition including liquid crystal molecules to form a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The alignment solution or the liquid crystal composition includes a reactive mesogen represented by the following Formula 1. | 01-28-2016 |
20160032190 | COMPOSITION FOR ALIGNING, DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A composition for aligning includes a macromolecular compound and a reactive mesogen. The macromolecular compound is formed by a condensation polymerization reaction of a dianhydride monomer, and a diamine monomer including a photo reactive group. Thus, the composition for aligning includes the reactive mesogen, so that the reactive mesogen is not included in a liquid crystal layer. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033824 | ALIGNMENT COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An alignment composition an alignment composition includes an alignment polymer and a reactive mesogen. The alignment polymer includes a polyimide backbone and a vertical alignment side chain combined with the polyimide backbone. The reactive mesogen may be represented by the following Chemical Formula 1. | 02-04-2016 |
20160109762 | ALIGNMENT LAYER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides an alignment layer including a backbone including a polyolefin-based compound, and a plurality of side chains including a vertical functional group and a reactive mesogen (RM) and connected to the backbone, the backbone and the plurality of side chains include a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and a liquid crystal display including the alignment layer. According to the present invention, the alignment layer may have improved mechanical properties and afterimage by including a polyolefin-based compound as a backbone. | 04-21-2016 |