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| 20080251781 | Nitride semiconductor light emitting device - There is provided a nitride semiconductor light emitting device including: an n-type semiconductor region; an active layer formed on the n-type semiconductor region; a p-type semiconductor region formed on the active layer; an n-electrode disposed in contact with the n-type semiconductor region; a p-electrode formed on the p-type semiconductor region; and at least one intermediate layer formed in at least one of the n-type semiconductor region and the p-type semiconductor region, the intermediate layer disposed above the n-electrode, wherein the intermediate layer is formed of a multi-layer structure where at least three layers with different band gaps from one another are deposited, wherein the multi-layer structure includes one of an AlGaN layer/GaN layer/InGaN layer stack and an InGaN layer/GaN layer/AlGaN layer stack. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090173965 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE MANUFACTURED USING THE METHOD - There are provided a method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light emitting device and a nitride semiconductor light emitting device manufactured using the same. A method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light emitting device according to an aspect of the invention includes: forming a mask layer on a substrate; removing a portion of the mask layer to form openings provided as regions where light emitting structures are formed; forming a light emitting structure by sequentially growing a first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer on the substrate through each of the openings of the mask layer; and forming first and second electrodes to be electrically connected to the first and second conductivity type nitride semiconductor layers, respectively. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20110121259 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - There is provided a nitride semiconductor light emitting device including an active layer having enhanced external quantum efficiency at both low and high current density. The nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes a first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer; an active layer disposed on the first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer and having a plurality of quantum well layers and at least one quantum barrier layer alternately arranged; and a second conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer. The plurality of quantum well layers disposed adjacent to each other include first and second quantum well layers having different thicknesses. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110198667 | VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - There are provided a vapor deposition system, a method of manufacturing a light emitting device, and a light emitting device. A vapor deposition system according to an aspect of the invention may include: a first chamber having a first susceptor and at least one gas distributor discharging a gas in a direction parallel to a substrate disposed on the first susceptor; and a second chamber having a second susceptor and at least one second gas distributor arranged above the second susceptor to discharge a gas downwards. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120009697 | CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR EPITAXIAL THIN FILM USING THE SAME - A chemical vapor deposition apparatus includes: a reaction chamber including an inner tube having a predetermined volume of an inner space, and an outer tube tightly sealing the inner tube; a wafer holder disposed within the inner tube and on which a plurality of wafers are stacked at predetermined intervals; and a gas supply unit including at least one gas line supplying an external reaction gas to the reaction chamber, and a plurality of spray nozzles communicating with the gas line to spray the reaction gas to the wafers, whereby semiconductor epitaxial thin films are grown on the surfaces of the wafers, wherein the semiconductor epitaxial thin film grown on the surface of the wafer includes a light emitting structure in which a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer are sequentially formed. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120104432 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light emitting device includes: a semiconductor light emission stacked body including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer positioned between the first and second conductive semiconductor layers; and a highly conductive transparent electrode formed on at least one of the first and second conductive semiconductor layers and including a transparent electrode layer formed of at least one of a transparent conductive oxide layer and a transparent conductive nitride and a graphene layer allowing light within the visible spectrum to be transmitted therethrough, the transparent electrode layer and the graphene layer being stacked. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120168769 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHT EMITTING DIODE MANUFACTURED THEREBY - There is provided a method of manufacturing a light emitting diode and a light emitting diode manufactured by the same. The method includes growing a first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer and an undoped nitride semiconductor layer on a substrate sequentially in a first reaction chamber; transferring the substrate having the first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer and the undoped nitride semiconductor layer grown thereon to a second reaction chamber; growing an additional first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer on the undoped nitride semiconductor layer in the second reaction chamber; growing an active layer on the additional first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer; and growing a second conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer on the active layer. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120261687 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - There is provided a nitride semiconductor light emitting device including: n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor layers; an active layer disposed between the n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor layers; and an electron injection layer disposed between the n-type nitride semiconductor layer and the active layer. The electron injection layer has a multilayer structure, in which three or more layers having different energy band gaps are stacked, and the multilayer structure is repetitively stacked at least twice. At least one layer among the three or more layers has a reduced energy band gap in individual multilayer structures in a direction toward the active layer, and the layer having the lowest energy band gap has an increased thickness in individual multilayer structures in a direction toward the active layer. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120326121 | VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - There are provided a vapor deposition system, a method of manufacturing a light emitting device, and a light emitting device. A vapor deposition system according to an aspect of the invention may include: a first chamber having a first susceptor and at least one gas distributor discharging a gas in a direction parallel to a substrate disposed on the first susceptor; and a second chamber having a second susceptor and at least one second gas distributor arranged above the second susceptor to discharge a gas downwards. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130009192 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is a nitride semiconductor light emitting device including p-type nitride semiconductor layer, an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed therebetween. A contact layer is positioned between the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and a p-side electrode. The contact layer includes a first p-type nitride layer having a first impurity concentration to form ohmic contact with the p-side electrode and a second p-type nitride layer having a second impurity concentration, the second impurity concentration having a concentration lower than the first impurity concentration. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130228747 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - There is provided a nitride semiconductor light emitting device including an active layer having enhanced external quantum efficiency at both low and high current density. The nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes a first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer; an active layer disposed on the first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer and having a plurality of quantum well layers and at least one quantum barrier layer alternately arranged; and a second conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer. The plurality of quantum well layers disposed adjacent to each other include first and second quantum well layers having different thicknesses. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130228792 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate having a through hole formed in a thickness direction thereof and a conductive nanowire provided in at least a portion of the through hole, and a light emitting structure formed on the substrate and including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140147954 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHT EMITTING DIODE MANUFACTURED THEREBY - There is provided a method of manufacturing a light emitting diode and a light emitting diode manufactured by the same. The method includes growing a first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer and an undoped nitride semiconductor layer on a substrate sequentially in a first reaction chamber; transferring the substrate having the first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer and the undoped nitride semiconductor layer grown thereon to a second reaction chamber; growing an additional first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer on the undoped nitride semiconductor layer in the second reaction chamber; growing an active layer on the additional first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer; and growing a second conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer on the active layer. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20150037920 | CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR EPITAXIAL THIN FILM USING THE SAME - A chemical vapor deposition apparatus includes: a reaction chamber including an inner tube having a predetermined volume of an inner space, and an outer tube tightly sealing the inner tube; a wafer holder disposed within the inner tube and on which a plurality of wafers are stacked at predetermined intervals; and a gas supply unit including at least one gas line supplying an external reaction gas to the reaction chamber, and a plurality of spray nozzles communicating with the gas line to spray the reaction gas to the wafers, whereby semiconductor epitaxial thin films are grown on the surfaces of the wafers, wherein the semiconductor epitaxial thin film grown on the surface of the wafer includes a light emitting structure in which a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer are sequentially formed. | 02-05-2015 |
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| 20130266071 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A VIDEO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing a video signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving prediction mode information, interpolating information and a residual of a current block, reconstructing an interpolating pixel using the interpolating information and a neighbor block, and reconstructing the current block using the interpolating pixel, the prediction mode information and the residual, wherein the interpolating information is generated based on a location of the current block. According to an apparatus and method for processing a video signal, high reconstruction rate can be obtained by improving the related art method having limited intra prediction modes available for a current block located on a boundary area of a picture in encoding in a manner of reconstructing and using an interpolating pixel based on interpolating information. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130272416 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A VIDEO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing a video signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving prediction mode information, interpolating information and a residual of a current block, reconstructing an interpolating pixel using the interpolating information and a neighbor block, and reconstructing the current block using the interpolating pixel, the prediction mode information and the residual, wherein the interpolating information is generated based on a location of the current block. According to an apparatus and method for processing a video signal, high reconstruction rate can be obtained by improving the related art method having limited intra prediction modes available for a current block located on a boundary area of a picture in encoding in a manner of reconstructing and using an interpolating pixel based on interpolating information. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130272417 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A VIDEO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing a video signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving prediction mode information, interpolating information and a residual of a current block, reconstructing an interpolating pixel using the interpolating information and a neighbor block, and reconstructing the current block using the interpolating pixel, the prediction mode information and the residual, wherein the interpolating information is generated based on a location of the current block. According to an apparatus and method for processing a video signal, high reconstruction rate can be obtained by improving the related art method having limited intra prediction modes available for a current block located on a boundary area of a picture in encoding in a manner of reconstructing and using an interpolating pixel based on interpolating information. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130272418 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A VIDEO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing a video signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving prediction mode information, interpolating information and a residual of a current block, reconstructing an interpolating pixel using the interpolating information and a neighbor block, and reconstructing the current block using the interpolating pixel, the prediction mode information and the residual, wherein the interpolating information is generated based on a location of the current block. According to an apparatus and method for processing a video signal, high reconstruction rate can be obtained by improving the related art method having limited intra prediction modes available for a current block located on a boundary area of a picture in encoding in a manner of reconstructing and using an interpolating pixel based on interpolating information. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130336389 | SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTERING METHOD, SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTER AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A signal adaptive filtering method for reducing blocking effect and ringing noise, a signal adaptive filter, and a computer readable medium. The signal adaptive filtering method capable of reducing blocking effect and ringing noise of image data when a frame is composed of blocks of a predetermined size includes the steps of: (a) generating blocking information for reducing the blocking effect and ringing information for reducing the ringing noise, from coefficients of predetermined pixels of the upper and left boundary regions of the data block when a frame obtained by deconstructing a bitstream image data for inverse quantization is an intraframe; and (b) adaptively filtering the image data passed through inverse quantization and inverse discrete cosine transform according to the generated blocking information and ringing information. Therefore, the blocking effect and ringing noise can be eliminated from the image restored from the block-based image, thereby enhancing the image restored from compression. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140140418 | SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTERING METHOD, SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTER AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A signal adaptive filtering method for reducing blocking effect and ringing noise, a signal adaptive filter, and a computer readable medium. The signal adaptive filtering method capable of reducing blocking effect and ringing noise of image data when a frame is composed of blocks of a predetermined size includes the steps of: (a) generating blocking information for reducing the blocking effect and ringing information for reducing the ringing noise, from coefficients of predetermined pixels of the upper and left boundary regions of the data block when a frame obtained by deconstructing a bitstream image data for inverse quantization is an intraframe; and (b) adaptively filtering the image data passed through inverse quantization and inverse discrete cosine transform according to the generated blocking information and ringing information. Therefore, the blocking effect and ringing noise can be eliminated from the image restored from the block-based image, thereby enhancing the image restored from compression. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140286443 | SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTERING METHOD, SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTER AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A signal adaptive filtering method for reducing blocking effect and ringing noise, a signal adaptive filter, and a computer readable medium. The signal adaptive filtering method capable of reducing blocking effect and ringing noise of image data when a frame is composed of blocks of a predetermined size includes the steps of: (a) generating blocking information for reducing the blocking effect and ringing information for reducing the ringing noise, from coefficients of predetermined pixels of the upper and left boundary regions of the data block when a frame obtained by deconstructing a bitstream image data for inverse quantization is an intraframe; and (b) adaptively filtering the image data passed through inverse quantization and inverse discrete cosine transform according to the generated blocking information and ringing information. Therefore, the blocking effect and ringing noise can be eliminated from the image restored from the block-based image, thereby enhancing the image restored from compression. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20150036749 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A VIDEO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing a video signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving prediction mode information, interpolating information and a residual of a current block, reconstructing an interpolating pixel using the interpolating information and a neighbor block, and reconstructing the current block using the interpolating pixel, the prediction mode information and the residual, wherein the interpolating information is generated based on a location of the current block. According to an apparatus and method for processing a video signal, high reconstruction rate can be obtained by improving the related art method having limited intra prediction modes available for a current block located on a boundary area of a picture in encoding in a manner of reconstructing and using an interpolating pixel based on interpolating information. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150163519 | SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTERING METHOD, SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTER AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A signal adaptive filtering method for reducing blocking effect and ringing noise, a signal adaptive filter, and a computer readable medium. The signal adaptive filtering method capable of reducing blocking effect and ringing noise of image data when a frame is composed of blocks of a predetermined size includes the steps of: (a) generating blocking information for reducing the blocking effect and ringing information for reducing the ringing noise, from coefficients of predetermined pixels of the upper and left boundary regions of the data block when a frame obtained by deconstructing a bitstream image data for inverse quantization is an intraframe; and (b) adaptively filtering the image data passed through inverse quantization and inverse discrete cosine transform according to the generated blocking information and ringing information. Therefore, the blocking effect and ringing noise can be eliminated from the image restored from the block-based image, thereby enhancing the image restored from compression. | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150195580 | SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTERING METHOD, SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTER AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A signal adaptive filtering method for reducing blocking effect and ringing noise, a signal adaptive filter, and a computer readable medium. The signal adaptive filtering method capable of reducing blocking effect and ringing noise of image data when a frame is composed of blocks of a predetermined size includes the steps of: (a) generating blocking information for reducing the blocking effect and ringing information for reducing the ringing noise, from coefficients of predetermined pixels of the upper and left boundary regions of the data block when a frame obtained by deconstructing a bitstream image data for inverse quantization is an intraframe; and (b) adaptively filtering the image data passed through inverse quantization and inverse discrete cosine transform according to the generated blocking information and ringing information. Therefore, the blocking effect and ringing noise can be eliminated from the image restored from the block-based image, thereby enhancing the image restored from compression. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150201218 | SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTERING METHOD, SIGNAL ADAPTIVE FILTER AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A signal adaptive filtering method for reducing blocking effect and ringing noise, a signal adaptive filter, and a computer readable medium. The signal adaptive filtering method capable of reducing blocking effect and ringing noise of image data when a frame is composed of blocks of a predetermined size includes the steps of: (a) generating blocking information for reducing the blocking effect and ringing information for reducing the ringing noise, from coefficients of predetermined pixels of the upper and left boundary regions of the data block when a frame obtained by deconstructing a bitstream image data for inverse quantization is an intraframe; and (b) adaptively filtering the image data passed through inverse quantization and inverse discrete cosine transform according to the generated blocking information and ringing information. Therefore, the blocking effect and ringing noise can be eliminated from the image restored from the block-based image, thereby enhancing the image restored from compression. | 07-16-2015 |
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| 20130128671 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICE AND PROGRAM METHOD - Disclosed is a flash memory device and programming method that includes; receiving buffer data and determining between a high-speed mode and a reliability mode for buffer data, and upon determining the reliability mode storing the buffer data in a first buffer region, and upon determining the high-speed mode storing the buffer data in a second buffer region. The memory cell array of the flash memory including a main region and a separately designated buffer region divided into the first buffer region and second buffer region. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20140104955 | PROGRAMMING NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE USING PROGRAM VOLTAGE WITH VARIABLE OFFSET - A method of programming a nonvolatile memory device comprises applying at least one test program pulse to selected memory cells located in a scan read area, performing a scan read operation on the selected memory cells following application of the at least one test program pulse to detect at least one one-shot upper cell, calculating an offset voltage corresponding to a scan read region at which the scan read operation is performed, setting a program start bias using the offset voltage, and executing at least one program loop using the program start bias. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20150036426 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROGRAM VERIFYING THE SAME - A program method of a three-dimensional nonvolatile memory device is provided which includes executing at least one program loop including an operation of programming selected memory cells of a selected string turned on by a selected string selection transistor and an operation of verifying whether programming of the memory cells is passed; and applying a negative counter voltage to a selected word line connected to the selected memory cells of the selected string at least once during an interval of the verify operation where there are turned on string selection transistors of unselected strings connected through the same bit line as that of the selected string. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150103597 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM - An method of operating a memory system including a plurality of memory cells includes changing an operation mode at least some of the memory cells which operate based on a first operation mode to operate based on a second operation mode; and performing a change erase operation on the memory cells for which an operation mode is changed on the basis of a change erase condition when the operation mode is changed. When memory cells operate in the first operation mode, a normal erase operation is performed based on a first erase condition, and when memory cells operate in the second operation mode, a normal erase operation is performed based on a second erase condition. The change erase condition is different from at least one of the first and second erase conditions. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150117100 | STORAGE DEVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMMING METHOD - A method of programming a storage device comprises determining whether at least one open page exists in a memory block of a nonvolatile memory device, and as a consequence of determining that at least one open page exists in the memory block, closing the at least one open page through a dummy pattern program operation, and thereafter performing a continuous writing operation on the memory block. | 04-30-2015 |
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| 20100073730 | DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD - A method of transmitting data from an image forming apparatus, the method including: receiving identification information of a destination of the data; determining whether to transmit the data to the destination corresponding to the received identification information based on a security policy of the image forming apparatus; and transmitting the data to the destination in response to the destination being determined to be a destination to where the data is allowed to be transmitted, based on the security policy. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100085596 | METHOD OF ATTACHING AND SENDING FILE THROUGH WEBMAIL FROM IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO PERFORM THE METHOD - An image forming apparatus which logs into an external webmail server by using a web browser included in the image forming apparatus, the webmail is written on a webpage of the webmail server, a file to be attached to the webmail is selected, and the selected file is attached to the webmail so as to send the webmail to the webmail server. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110080609 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO SUPPORT WIRED AND WIRELESS NETWORK INTERFACES AND NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A network connection method of an image forming apparatus to support wired and wireless network interfaces includes receiving a destination address, attempting to connect to a destination corresponding to the destination address by using each of the wired and wireless network interfaces, determining a network interface connectable to the destination, according to a result of the attempt, and transmitting data to the destination by using the connectable network interface. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110125806 | METHOD OF MANAGING FILES IN WEBDAV SERVER-EMBEDDED IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM THAT PERFORMS THE METHOD - A method of managing files in a Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)-embedded image forming apparatus and an image forming apparatus that performs the method. The method includes receiving a connection request from the WebDAV client to manage at least one of a file and a directory stored in a storage unit of the image forming apparatus; receiving login information from the WebDAV client, authenticating the received login information of the WebDAV client, receiving a WebDAV command to control the at least one of the file and the directory from the authenticated WebDAV client, and executing a process with respect to the at least one of the file and the directory with reference to the received WebDAV command. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20130057908 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF MANAGING ADDRESS BOOK THEREOF - A method of managing an address book of an image forming apparatus that supports a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection includes connecting the image forming apparatus to an external wireless device in the P2P connection method through a wireless local area network (WLAN); operating a soft access point (AP) module of the image forming apparatus so that the image forming apparatus operates as an AP; allocating an internet protocol (IP) address to the wireless device by driving a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server unit (DHCP server) of the image forming apparatus; and registering the wireless device connected to the image forming apparatus in the address book, which stores wireless devices that are connectable to the image forming apparatus, with the allocated IP address. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057912 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION THEREOF - A method of controlling a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection of an image forming apparatus that supports the P2P connection includes: receiving in the image forming apparatus a P2P connection request from an external wireless device; checking a device type of the wireless device by the image forming apparatus; determining whether the device type corresponds to connection restricted device types; and when the device type is the connection restricted device type, blocking a P2P connection to the wireless device by the image forming apparatus, and when the device type is not the connection restricted device type, P2P connecting the image forming apparatus to the wireless device. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130088749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL LINK SPEED OF AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method of controlling a link speed in an image forming apparatus to reduce power consumption of the image forming apparatus by changing the link speed of the image forming apparatus, the method including establishing a link between the image forming apparatus and an external device in a normal mode of the image forming apparatus, determining whether a network environment of the image forming apparatus, which is reconfigured by changing a speed of the established link, satisfies at least one predetermined condition, and disabling a function of changing the speed of the established link in a sleep mode of the image forming apparatus, based on a result of the determining. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130148149 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING WI-FI DIRECT AND METHOD OF ACTIVATING WI-FI DIRECT - A multi-function printer (MFP) supporting Wi-Fi Direct includes a print engine to perform a print operation, a first wireless interface to connect the MFP to an access point (AP) of an infrastructured network, a second wireless interface to Wi-Fi Direct connect the MFP to an external wireless terminal, a soft AP to allow the MFP to perform as an AP when the MFP is Wi-Fi Direct connected, a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server unit to allocate an internet protocol (IP) address to the wireless device that is Wi-Fi Direct connected to the MFP, a Wi-Fi Direct connection manager to manage the Wi-Fi Direct connection, and an automatic group owner (AGO) manager activate Wi-Fi direct so as to drive the soft AP and operate the MFP as a group owner (GO) when the MFP receives a Wi-Fi Direct activation request. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148161 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF MANAGING CHANNEL THEREOF - Provided is a multi-function printer (MFP) supporting Wi-Fi Direct. The MFP includes a print engine to perform a printing operation, a first wireless interface to connect the MFP to an access point (AP) of an infrastructured network, a second wireless interface to connect the MFP to an external wireless terminal in a Wi-Fi Direct, a soft AP to allow the MFP to perform as an AP when the MFP is Wi-Fi Direct connected, and a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server unit allocating an internet protocol (IP) address to the wireless device that is Wi-Fi Direct connected to the MFP, where the MFP is simultaneously connected to an AP of the infrastructured network and an external wireless terminal via the first wireless interface and the second wireless interface by using one channel. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148162 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER TO PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF PERFORMING IMAGE FORMING OPERATION THEREOF - A method of performing an image forming operation in an image forming apparatus supporting peer to peer (P2P) connection includes P2P connecting the image forming apparatus to an external wireless device while the image forming apparatus is wirelessly connected to an access point (AP) of an infrastructured network, receiving a discovery packet from the wireless device via a P2P interface, transmitting to the wireless device a response packet including an Internet protocol (IP) address of the P2P interface, receiving from the wireless device an image forming operation performing request having the IP address of the P2P interface as a destination, and performing the requested image forming operation. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20140085666 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING WIFI DIRECT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INTERNET ACCESS IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that supports WiFi Direct, includes a user interface unit to receive a command from a user, a WiFi-Direct connection unit to perform WiFi-Direct connection with an external wireless terminal, an Internet connection unit to perform connection to the Internet, a control unit to permit or prohibit Internet access of the WiFi-Direct connected wireless terminal made through the Internet connection unit, a soft access point (AP) module to allow the image forming apparatus to operate as an AP in WiFi-Direction connection with the wireless terminal, a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server module to allocate a network address to the wireless terminal if the image forming apparatus operates as an AP, and an image forming operation execution unit to perform an image forming operation under control of the control unit. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140092425 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO SUPPORT WI-FI DIRECT AND METHOD OF WI-FI DIRECT CONNECTING THEREIN - An image forming apparatus supporting a Wi-Fi Direct receives a request for a Wi-Fi Direct connection from an external wireless device, and allows to establish the Wi-Fi Direct connection between the image forming apparatus and the external wireless device by using device information that is previously stored with respect to wireless devices that were previously Wi-Fi Direct connected to the image forming apparatus. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140268210 | DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD - A method of transmitting data from an image forming apparatus, the method including: receiving identification information of a destination of the data; determining whether to transmit the data to the destination corresponding to the received identification information based on a security policy of the image forming apparatus; and transmitting the data to the destination in response to the destination being determined to be a destination to where the data is allowed to be transmitted, based on the security policy. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140351292 | METHOD OF MANAGING FILES IN WEBDAV SERVER-EMBEDDED IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM THAT PERFORMS THE METHOD - A method of managing files in a Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)-embedded image forming apparatus and an image forming apparatus that performs the method. The method includes receiving a connection request from the WebDAV client to manage at least one of a file and a directory stored in a storage unit of the image forming apparatus; receiving login information from the WebDAV client, authenticating the received login information of the WebDAV client, receiving a WebDAV command to control the at least one of the file and the directory from the authenticated WebDAV client, and executing a process with respect to the at least one of the file and the directory with reference to the received WebDAV command. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140368882 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER TO PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF PERFORMING IMAGE FORMING OPERATION THEREOF - A method of performing an image forming operation in an image forming apparatus supporting peer to peer (P2P) connection includes P2P connecting the image forming apparatus to an external wireless device while the image forming apparatus is wirelessly connected to an access point (AP) of an infrastructured network, receiving a discovery packet from the wireless device via a P2P interface, transmitting to the wireless device a response packet including an Internet protocol (IP) address of the P2P interface, receiving from the wireless device an image forming operation performing request having the IP address of the P2P interface as a destination, and performing the requested image forming operation. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150116746 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM IMAGE FORMING JOB BY USING NETWORK - An apparatus and method of forming an image for image-forming data includes connecting the image-forming apparatus to a device by using a wireless communication, receiving image-forming data from the connected device; adjusting a priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device, according to a type of the device or a mode in which the image-forming apparatus is connected to the device, and based on the adjusted priority of the image-forming data, forming an image for the image-forming data. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150126115 | METHOD OF REGISTERING USE OF MOBILE TERMINAL TO IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE METHOD, METHOD OF REQUESTING REGISTRATION OF USE OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL, AND THE MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE METHOD - A method of registering use of a mobile terminal that supports a near field communication (NFC) function, to an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus using the method, a method of requesting registration of the use of the mobile terminal supporting the NFC function, and the mobile terminal using the method, which enable registration of use of the mobile terminal to the image forming apparatus without a manager when the mobile terminal performs initial NFC with the image forming apparatus by NFC tagging. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150156346 | METHOD OF ATTACHING AND SENDING FILE THROUGH WEBMAIL FROM IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO PERFORM THE METHOD - An image forming apparatus which logs into an external webmail server by using a web browser included in the image forming apparatus, the webmail is written on a webpage of the webmail server, a file to be attached to the webmail is selected, and the selected file is attached to the webmail so as to send the webmail to the webmail server. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150205550 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING FUNCTION OF NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION AND METHOD OF SETTING NFC OPERATION MODE THEREOF - A near field communication (NFC) operating mode of an image forming apparatus may be set by determining a type of a job to be performed in the image forming apparatus via NFC tagging of a mobile device, determining a first NFC operating mode corresponding to the determined type of the job from among a plurality of NFC operating modes supported by an NFC module, setting the determined first NFC operating mode as an operating state of the NFC module, and performing the job by tagging the mobile device via NFC by using the set first NFC operating mode. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150220290 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING WI-FI DIRECT AND METHOD OF ACTIVATING WI-FI DIRECT - An image forming apparatus supporting peer to peer (P2P) connection includes a print engine to perform a print operation; a first wireless interface to connect the image forming apparatus to an access point (AP) of an infrastructured network; a second wireless interface to connect the image forming apparatus to an external mobile device by P2P; a soft AP module to allow the image forming apparatus to perform as an AP when the image forming apparatus is P2P connected; a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server unit to allocate an internet protocol (IP) address to the mobile device that is P2P connected to the image forming apparatus; a soft AP activating unit to activate the soft AP module; and a control unit. If a discovery packet is received from the mobile device via P2P interface, the control unit is operable to control the image forming apparatus to process the discovery packet. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150326555 | METHOD OF MANAGING FILES IN WEBDAV SERVER-EMBEDDED IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM THAT PERFORMS THE METHOD - A method of managing files in a Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)-embedded image forming apparatus and an image forming apparatus that performs the method. The method includes receiving a connection request from the WebDAV client to manage at least one of a file and a directory stored in a storage unit of the image forming apparatus; receiving login information from the WebDAV client, authenticating the received login information of the WebDAV client, receiving a WebDAV command to control the at least one of the file and the directory from the authenticated WebDAV client, and executing a process with respect to the at least one of the file and the directory with reference to the received WebDAV command. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20160054962 | METHOD OF SETTING WIRELESS CONNECTION VIA NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of configuring a wireless connection of an image forming apparatus via near field communication (NFC) is provided. The method includes receiving, by the image forming apparatus, wireless configuration information and Internet protocol (IP) address configuration information from a mobile device when the mobile device is tagged by the image forming apparatus, performing, user authentication of the mobile device with respect to the image forming apparatus, establishing communication between the image forming apparatus and an access point (AP) based on the wireless configuration information, and assigning an IP address to the image forming apparatus based on the IP address configuration information. | 02-25-2016 |
