| LG ELECTRONICS INC. Patent applications |
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| 20120131447 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING/RECEIVING SERVICE OF PLURALITY OF CONTENT PROVIDERS AND CLIENT - A service providing method providing at least one of service provided from a plurality of contents provider to clients includes receiving metadata related to at least one of service provided from the contents provider; converting the received metadata into the metadata of XML format; and providing the metadata of the XML format to the clients. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128090 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION OF ACCESS POINT SELECTION - A method for providing information of access point (AP) selection in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system is provided. The method includes: receiving from candidate APs the AP selection information comprising channel correlation information for other stations associated with the candidate APs; and selecting one AP from candidate APs according to the channel correlation information corresponding to the candidate APs. Accordingly, a gain of multi-user multiple input multiple output (MIMO) can be increased, and an AP suitable for a terminal can be selected. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL CHANNEL FOR RELAY BACKHAUL LINK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a control channel for a relay backhaul link in a wireless communication system. In the transmission method of a control channel for a backhaul link in a base station of a wireless communication system according to one aspect of the present invention, the base station (BS) divides and allocates a 1 | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128012 | DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A digital broadcast system and a data processing method are disclosed. A data processing method of a digital broadcast transmission system includes delaying a reference time of a program clock reference (PCR) based on a size of mobile service data, when processing a broadcasting signal including main service data and the mobile service data, verifying a transport stream system target decoder (T-STD) model based on the PCR of the delayed reference time, and storing a packet of the main service data in an auxiliary buffer, when overflow of a buffer in the T-STD model is estimated as the verification result of the T-STD model. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127963 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - A method for transmitting a channel status information reference signals (CSI-RSs) for a maximum of eight antenna ports includes mapping the CSI-RSs for a maximum of eight antenna ports onto a data region of a downlink subframe having a normal cyclic prefix (CP) configuration according to a predetermined pattern; and transmitting the downlink subframe to which the CSI-RSs mapped, wherein the predetermined pattern defines the CSI-RSs to be mapped onto two OFDM symbols of the data region in the downlink subframe and mapped to at least one of four subcarrier positions in each of the two OFDM symbols, and wherein the four subcarrier positions defined by the predetermined pattern may be two consecutive subcarrier positions and two other consecutive subcarrier positions spaced apart by four subcarriers. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127954 | FEMTO BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING RADIO RESOURCE THEREOF - A method for allocating radio resource to one or more first UEs by a femto BS, includes: acquiring information about one or more second UEs which are located within a cell coverage of the femto BS but served by the macro BS; receiving a control channel from the macro BS; acquiring radio resource information allocated to the second UEs by the macro BS from the control channel; and allocating radio resource to the first UEs such that the allocated radio resource does not overlap with radio resource information allocated to the second UEs. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ANTENNA TRANSMISSION - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly to a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink signals in a wireless communication system for supporting multiple antenna transmissions. The method for transmitting the uplink signals in the wireless communication system for supporting the multiple antenna transmissions according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) including uplink grant information for indicating a first rank value; precoding uplink data on the basis of the first rank value; precoding uplink control information on the basis of a second rank value; multiplexing the precoded uplink data and the uplink control information on a PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) resource; and transmitting the multiplexed uplink data and the uplink control information. The uplink control information can include channel state information and the second rank value can be less than or equal to the first rank value. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127945 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - A method for transmitting reference signals for eight or fewer antenna ports includes mapping a portion of common reference signals (CRSs) for four or fewer antenna ports into a downlink subframe including 1 | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127944 | ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL REVERSE LINK CARRIERS IN MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for reliably and quickly establishing multiple reverse links in multi-carrier wireless networks is provided. Signaling channels are established the on an existing forward link in order to transmit reverse link power control bits and the acknowledgment indications. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION IN WLAN SYSTEM - There is provided a method of transmitting control information in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system, comprising transmitting first control information by means of cyclic shift delay diversity beam-forming and transmitting second control information. The first control information comprises information necessary for each of a plurality of target stations of the second control information to receive the second control information. The second control information beamformed and transmitted to the plurality of target stations. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127918 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF RELAYING OPERATION USING UPLINK RESOURCE - Disclosed is a method for relaying operation of a terminal using uplink resources. A method for receiving data using uplink resource in a method for receiving a communication service of a base station through a relay signal of an adjacent terminal present in a service area of the base station, includes: changing into an uplink resource reception mode to receive data from uplink resource; when the adjacent terminal delivers transmission data of the base station, receiving the data through the uplink resource; and decoding the received data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127900 | DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DIGITAL BROADCAST DATA, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR USE IN THE SAME - A method of processing broadcast data in a broadcast transmitter includes performing Reed-Solomon (RS) encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding on mobile service data to build at least one RS frame including the mobile service data and dividing the at least one RS frame into a plurality of portions; dividing each of the plurality of portions into several Serial Concatenated Convolutional Code (SCCC) blocks according to SCCC block mode information, encoding data in the SCCC blocks, and mapping the SCCC blocks including the encoded data to data blocks according to the SCCC block mode information; encoding signaling data including fast information channel (FIC) data and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data; and modulating a broadcast signal including data in the data blocks and the encoded signaling data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127898 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION USING H-FDD FRAME STRUCTURE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for performing communication using a half-frequency division duplex (H-FDD) frame structure in a mobile communication system. A user equipment for performing communication using an H-FDD frame structure according to the present invention comprises an RF unit in which each user equipment group receives and transmits signals using the H-FDD frame structure wherein the order of the downlink zone and uplink zone are reversely allocated to each of the groups. The downlink zone and uplink zone, which are allocated to each of the user equipment groups in the H-FDD frame structure, include a sub-frame wherein one or more symbols are allocated to idle time slots or are punctured. Each of the user equipment groups can receive and transmit signals using symbols that are not allocated to the idle time slots or are not punctured in the sub-frame. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127863 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DATA FLOW IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a wireless communication system and a user equipment (UE) providing wireless communication services, and more particularly, a method of controlling data flow in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (E-UMTS), a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, and a LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system that have evolved from a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). In particular, the present invention provides an effective way of controlling data flow of a relay node (RN) in the LTE-A system. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127282 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a video display apparatus and an operating method therefor. The operating method for a video display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: receiving video information on an incoming video from outside or on a broadcast video; detecting conversion information between a 2D video and a 3D video within 3D video information, when the received video information is 3D video information; performing a 2D signal processing or a 3D signal processing on either the incoming video from outside or the broadcast video, according to the conversion information. In this way, it becomes easier to find out whether an incoming video from an external device is a 2D video or a 3D video. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125312 | COOKING APPLIANCE AND AN OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME - a cooking appliance including: a cavity having a cooking space; a separating plate which forms a plurality of compartments from the cooking space of the cavity, and is provided so as to move inside the cavity in such a way as to be able to vary the sizes of the compartmentalised cooking spaces; a first heating source positioned so as to cook an item to be cooked provided in one of the cooking spaces; a second heating source positioned so as to cook an item to be cooked provided in another of the cooking spaces; and a separating-plate moving mechanism for moving the separating plate vertically. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125038 | REFRIGERATOR - Disclosed is a refrigerator which maximally obtains an internal volume and efficiently performs heat radiation of the inner area of a machinery chamber ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124756 | CONTROLLING METHOD OF WASHING MACHINE - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a washing machine which is provided with a drum motion for rotating a drum having laundry introduced thereto in a preset direction by using a motor. The method includes the steps of an observing motion performed before the drum motion is preformed, and an acceleration motion performed in succession to the observing motion. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124160 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CUSTOMIZED CONTENT AND TERMINAL THEREOF - Disclosed is a method for receiving a customized content in a terminal, the method comprising, transmitting a service subscription request message to a server; receiving user preference and one or more content packages from the server, wherein the user preference includes elements indicating one or more pre-defined profiles and a pre-defied condition, and each of the content packages includes an element indicating an identifier of a profile related to itself; and operating a specific content package according to corresponding profile when the pre-defined condition in the user preference is satisfied. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121035 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A method of processing data in a transmitter includes separating ensembles including mobile service data; building a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame including the mobile service data, dividing the built RS frame into RS frame portions; encoding signaling data including fast information channel (FIC) data including cross layer information for mobile service acquisition and transport parameter channel (TPC) data including FIC version information for identifying an update of the FIC data, wherein the TPC data is RS-encoded at a first code rate, and the FIC data is block-interleaved after being RS-encoded at a second code rate; forming a data group including data of an RS frame portion and the signaling data; and transmitting a broadcast signal including the formed data group. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121028 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING A CONTROL FORMAT INDICATOR CHANNEL FOR A RELAY BACKHAUL LINK IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving a control format indicator channel for a relay backhaul link in a wireless communication system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting a control format indicator channel for a relay backhaul link in a wireless communication system is configured such that a base station generates a relay physical control format indicator channel (hereinafter, referred to as “R-PCFICH”) containing information on a relay physical downlink control channel (hereinafter, referred to as “R-PDCCH”) region, and transmits the R-PCFICH through a first OFDM symbol of the R-PDCCH region. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120905 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING A DOWNLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - A method for a base station to transmit a channel-state-information reference signal for up to 8 antenna ports includes mapping, in accordance with a predetermined pattern, the channel-state-information reference signal for up to 8 antenna ports onto a data region of a downlink subframe having an extended cyclic prefix (CP) structure, and transmitting the downlink subframe onto which the channel-state-information reference signal for up to 8 antenna ports has been mapped; and, in the predetermined pattern, the channel-state-information reference signal for up to 8 antenna ports in mapped onto 2 OFDM symbols on the data region of the downlink subframe, with a definition for mapping onto at least one of 4 subcarrier wave positions in each of the 2 OFDM symbols, and the 4 subcarrier wave positions defined in the predetermined pattern can be disposed at 3 subcarrier wave intervals. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR REDUCING INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE IN MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for transmitting a reference signal, in a method for transmitting a Channel State Information-Reference Reference Signal (CSI-RS) for measuring a transmission channel according to each antenna and a data signal in a broadband wireless communication system based on a MIMO scheme through a plurality of antennas. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120902 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING ONE OR MORE RESOURCES TO REDUCE RESOURCE HOLE IN A WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for receiving allocated resources, by a terminal, in a wireless access communication system. In particularly, the present invention is to provide a method for receiving one or more resources in a wireless access communication system, the method comprising: receiving a control message from a network; checking the received control message whether the control message includes resource shift information; and receiving the one or more resources according to the resource shift information if it is checked that the control message includes the resource shift information, wherein the resource shift information comprises at least one of a resource shift indicator, a resource shift offset and a feedback allocation information. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120868 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION AND SYSTEM INFORMATION FOR REPEATERS AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of transmitting control information for a relay node (RN) from an eNode B in a wireless communication system includes transmitting information on a resource region of at least one relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) including the control information for the RN and interleaving mode information on an interleaving mode applied to the at least one R-PDCCH to the RN, wherein the resource region of the at least one R-PDCCH is RN-specifically configured. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120842 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for allocating a reerence signal, in a method for transmitting a Channel State Information-Reference Reference Signal (CSI-RS) for measuring a transmission channel according to each antenna and a data signal in a broadband wireless communication system based on a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) scheme through a plurality of antennas. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118533 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner includes an outdoor heat exchanger that is divided into a plurality of unit paths. at least two of the plurality of unit paths are connected in series or parallel to one another according to cooling/heating operation, so that it is possible to vary the number or length of paths through which a refrigerant passes. Since the number or length of paths is properly selected and used, it is possible to enhance efficiency. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118364 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell includes a silicon semiconductor substrate including a plurality of concave portions formed at a first surface thereof; an emitter layer formed at the first surface of the silicon semiconductor substrate having the plurality of concave portions; an antireflection layer formed on the emitter layer; and a front electrode layer connected to the emitter layer by penetrating through the antireflection layer. The front electrode layer is formed on a flat surface between the plurality of concave portions and has a finger matrix shape. Accordingly, an area of the concave portions effectively absorbing sun light can increase, and the reduction of fill factor can be reduced or prevented by a short horizontal migration length of electrons. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118358 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module includes: a front substrate; a rear substrate disposed to face the front substrate; a plurality of solar cells disposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate to generate electricity; and a plurality of ribbons disposed on a plurality of peripheral cells of the plurality of solar cells to collect generated current, each ribbon having a length shorter than that of but at least half of a length of the peripheral cell on which the ribbon is disposed. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118357 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell is effectively protected from external impact and moisture. The solar cell module includes a front substrate; a rear substrate facing the front substrate; a plurality of solar cells on the front substrate between the front substrate and the rear substrate; and a protector including a periphery portion formed between a periphery of the front substrate and the plurality of solar cells and a periphery of a rear substrate. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118172 | COOKING APPLIANCE - A cooking appliance includes: an input part for inputting manipulations for cooking; a cooking grill formed with a controller for outputting a control signal according to the input from the input part and a grill section for contacting food; and a panel heater in the shape of a panel formed in the cooking grill to be controlled by the controller for supplying heat to the grill section, wherein the heat of the panel heater is transmitted concentratedly to the grill section of the cooking grill and the grill section is heated concentratedly so as to cook the food, thereby minimizing the loss of heat and making grill marks appear more clearly on the object. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118002 | VACUUM INSULATION MEMBER, REFRIGERATOR HAVING VACUUM INSULATION MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING VACUUM INSULATION MEMBER - Disclosed are a vacuum insulation member, a refrigerator having a vacuum insulation member, and a method for fabricating a vacuum insulation member. The vacuum insulation member includes: an envelope having gas impermeability and having a certain decompressed space therein; a core formed as a structure for maintaining a certain shape and disposed at an inner side of the envelope to support the envelope; and a filler formed as powder having micro pores and filled at the inner side of the envelope. The use of a glass fiber core can be avoided, an internal vacuum degree can be easily maintained, and a life span can be lengthened. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117437 | ENCODING UPLINK ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO DOWNLINK TRANSMISSIONS - A portable device, such as a mobile terminal or user equipment, for encoding uplink acknowledgments to downlink transmissions. The portable device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of data blocks, such that each of the data blocks include an associated cyclic redundancy check (CRC), and a processor configured to determine received status for each of the data blocks by checking the CRC of each of the data blocks. The portable device further includes a transmitter for transmitting a response sequence which indicates the received status of all of the data blocks. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115482 | METHOD IN WHICH A MOBILE STATION RECEIVES INFORMATION ON A PERIPHERAL LEGACY BASE STATION IN A LEGACY SUPPORT MODE - The present invention relates to a broadband wireless access system, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for acquiring system information in a mobile communication system in which a legacy system and an advanced system coexist. A method of receiving system information on a peripheral base station in a mobile communication system includes receiving a second message containing time information for receiving, through a second region of a serving base station, a first message broadcasted through a first region of the serving base station and receiving the first message through the first region of the serving base station using the time information, the first message containing system information on neighbor legacy base stations and/or on the first region of neighbor advanced base stations which operate in a mixed mode. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114896 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING CORE OF VACUUM INSULATION PANEL, CORE OF VACUUM INSULATION PANEL, AND VACUUM INSULATION PANEL HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method for fabricating a core of a vacuum insulation panel, a core of a vacuum insulation panel, and a vacuum insulation panel having the core. The core is positioned at an inner side of an envelope of a vacuum insulation member, which is formed by bonding synthetic resin material fibers through thermal bonding. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114070 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method of transmitting a broadcast signal includes performing Reed-Solomon (RS) frame encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding on first mobile service data to form a primary RS frame and on second mobile service data to form a secondary RS frame; encoding on at least the first mobile service data or the second mobile service data, in serial concatenated convolution code (SCCC) block units; encoding signaling information including transmission parameters, the transmission parameters including SCCC encoding information and RS frame encoding information; formatting a data group including the encoded first mobile service data and second mobile service data, wherein the first mobile service data are included in a first region within the data group and the second mobile service data are included in a second region within the data group, the second region being different from the first region; and transmitting the broadcast signal including the formatted data group. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A TRANSMISSION MODE FOR A BACKHAUL LINK TRANSMISSION - Provided is a method for configuring a transmission mode for a backhaul link transmission in a radio communication system including a relay station. The method comprises: a step in which a base station transmits, to the relay station, a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) containing backhaul control information; and a step in which the base station transmits, to the relay station, a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) containing backhaul data, wherein the R-PDCCH is transmitted in one transmission mode selected from a plurality of predetermined transmission modes, and a reference signal transmitted through the R-PDCCH for the demodulation of the R-PDCCH is determined in accordance with said selected transmission mode. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113955 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A RANGING SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method in which a terminal transmits a ranging signal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises a step of acquiring cell identification information using the preamble received from a base station, a step of determining frequency resource allocation information using the cell identification information and information on the number of allocated subbands, and a step of transmitting a ranging signal using the sub-band indicated by the frequency resource allocation information. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113945 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a method for transmitting an acknowledgment through a base station in a multi-carrier system. The method for transmitting the acknowledgment through the base station in the multi-carrier system comprises the steps of receiving a plurality of uplink transmission blocks through at least one uplink carrier; determining a downlink channel for transmitting a plurality of ACK/NACK signals corresponding to the transmission blocks on the basis of the at least one uplink carrier; and transmitting the ACK/NACK signals on the determined downlink channel. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION FOR ADDITIONAL BROADCAST INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving control information for additional broadcast information in a wireless communication system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting control information for additional broadcast information in a wireless communication system comprises a step in which a base station transmits control information containing information on the transmission time of the additional broadcast message, and transmits the additional broadcast message at said transmission time. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113939 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for random access in a wireless communication system to which carrier aggregation is applied. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method in which a base station supports random access of a terminal in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation, comprises a step in which the base station allocates, to the terminal, a dedicated PRACH preamble for a second random access in an uplink component carrier (hereinafter, referred to as UL CC) which is additionally allocated or the configuration of which is changed after a first random access, and receives the dedicated PRACH preamble from the terminal. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113859 | METHOD FOR MEASURING CHANNEL QUALITY INFORMATION ON A DOWNLINK MULTI-CARRIER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING CARRIER AGGREGATION - The present invention relates to a method for measuring channel quality information in a system transmitting a signal via a plurality of component carriers. The method comprises the steps of: measuring a channel quality value of at least one component carrier allocated to a terminal from among a plurality of component carriers used to transmit a signal from a serving cell, to which the terminal belongs, to the terminal; comparing the channel quality value with a critical value for determining whether or not a channel quality of a component carrier not allocated to the terminal from among the plurality of component carriers must be derived; and, if the channel quality value is less than the critical value, measuring a channel quality value of a component not allocated to the terminal from among the plurality of component carriers. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113795 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL - The present invention relates to transmitting a downlink reference signal in a wireless communication system. A method for a base station to transmit a downlink signal by using two or more layers includes multiplexing and transmitting a reference signal for the two or more layers on the basis of a reference signal pattern on a data region of a downlink subframe and transmitting data for the two or more layers on the data region of the downlink subframe, wherein the reference signal for the two or more layers is a dedicated reference signal that is used to demodulate the data for the two or more layers on a receiving end, and in the multiplexing of the reference signal, the reference signal for the two or more layers is code-division-multiplexed by an orthogonal code having a length of at least 2. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120111312 | COOKING APPLIANCE - A cooking appliance comprises: a top plate divided into a grill area and a cooktop area; a cooktop area heating source disposed in proximity of the cooktop area; a grill area heater disposed adjacent the grill area; a cooking grill disposed adjacent the grill area for supporting food to be cooked; and a cooking grill heater mounted to the grill area for heating the cooking grill through contact with the cooking grill. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120111048 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes: a cabinet formed with a plurality of storage spaces divided; a first ice maker provided in any one of the plurality of storage spaces; a dispenser provided to a door, through which ice made in the first ice maker is discharged; a second ice maker provided in the storage space different from the storage space where the first ice maker is provided; and a water feeding passage branched such that it is possible to selectively supply water to the first ice maker and the second ice maker from a water supply source. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110747 | Mobile Terminal Controlling Washing Machine, Method Of Operating The Mobile Terminal, Washing Machine, And Method Of Operating The Washing Machine - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of displaying recommended washing machine operation information to control a washing machine, a method of operating the mobile terminal, a washing machine capable of operating the recommended washing machine operation information, and a method of operating the washing machine. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110412 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A digital broadcasting system and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. A method for controlling a digital broadcast receiving system includes the steps of receiving a broadcast signal having mobile service data and main service data multiplexed therein, extracting transmission parameter channel (TPC) signaling information and fast information channel (FIC) signaling information from a data group within the received mobile service data, by using the extracted fast information channel (FIC) signaling information, acquiring a program table describing virtual channel information and service of an ensemble, the ensemble being a virtual channel group of the received mobile service data, by using the acquired program table, detecting a descriptor defining basic information required for accessing the received service, and, by using the detected descriptor, controlling the receiving system to enable access to the corresponding service. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108279 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A REFERENCE SIGNAL SEQUENCE USING GROUPING - A method for a base station to receive a reference signal sequence from one or more devices within a cell of the base station in a multiple cell environment includes providing the one or more devices with information about the reference signal sequence, wherein the reference signal sequence is defined by a cyclic shift of a sequence within a sequence group identified by a group index (u), wherein the group index (u) is defined according to the cell in the multiple cell environment, wherein the sequence is given by a cyclic extension of a Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence having an index (q) and a length (N | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108255 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL USING SCHEDULING INFORMATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAME - Disclosed are a method for transmitting scheduling information in a mobile communication system and a femtocell base station using the method. A femtocell base station transmits scheduling information using a layered scheduling system in which the femtocell base station receives an allocated resource from a macrocell base station, and allocates the resource to femtocell users within a resource region thereof. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108161 | AIR CONDITIONER WITH OUTDOOR UNIT - An outdoor unit of an air conditioner is disclosed. The outdoor unit includes: a casing, including a portion defining an outlet through which air is discharged from the outdoor unit; an axial flow fan disposed in the casing for blowing air through the outlet, wherein the axial flow fan comprises: a hub; a plurality of main wings extending from the hub; and a rim connecting the main wings to one other and rotating integrally with the main wings; and one or more air entry blockers disposed at a clearance space between the rim and the portion of the casing defining the outlet. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106677 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method of transmitting a broadcast signal in a transmitter includes transmitting a transmission frame including a plurality of slots during which data groups of mobile data are transmitted, the mobile data being encoded through a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame and each row of a payload of the RS frame including a transport packet of the mobile data. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MULTI-VIEW VIDEO SIGNAL - Disclosed is a method of processing a video signal. the present invention includes obtaining inter-view reference flag information on a picture of a base view, if the picture of the base view is used for an inter-view prediction in accordance with the inter-view reference flag information, obtaining picture coding structure flag for the picture of the base view, generating a reference picture list for the inter-view prediction based on the picture coding structure flag, and predicting a pixel value of a picture of a non-base view using the reference picture list for the inter-view prediction. Accordingly, the present invention defines profile information indicating a stereo video, thereby coding a multiview video signal more efficiently. The present invention re-defines an access unit, thereby performing inter-view prediction without being restricted by a coding format of an inter-view reference picture in decoding a stereo video. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING DESTINATION STATIONS IN WLAN SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTI-USER MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT - A method of indicating destination stations, performed by an access point (AP), in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system supporting multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) is provided. The method includes transmitting a sounding request frame to the plurality of destination stations to transmit a sounding frame used for channel estimation between the AP and each destination station, receiving the sounding frame in response to the sounding frame request from each station, and transmitting a first data frame spatially multiplexed with respect to the plurality of destination stations by performing channel estimation on the basis of the sounding frame, wherein the sounding request frame comprises a group identifier (ID) indicating the plurality of destination stations. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106499 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL BANDWIDTH INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting and receiving channel bandwidth information in a wireless communication system is disclosed, by which backward compatibility can be maintained. The present invention includes transmitting the channel bandwidth information including information on a maximum number of resource blocks available for a mobile station supporting the first system and transmitting information on a number of resource blocks available for a mobile station supporting the second system. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106495 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - A method, related to the present invention, comprises: a step of receiving, from a base station, first component information for transmitting first channel information for a first frequency band; a step of receiving, from the base station, second component information for transmitting second channel information for a second frequency band added to the first frequency band; a step of transmitting the first channel information to the base station in accordance with the first component information; and a step of transmitting the second channel information to the base station in accordance with the second component information. When the point of time of the transmission of the first channel information and the point of time of the transmission of the second channel information coincide with each other, either the first channel information or the second channel information is transmitted in accordance with a predetermined drop rule. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106493 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting reference signals in a wireless communication system. A first set of reference signals and a second set of reference signals are generated and mapped to a first resource block (RB) in accordance with a first reference signal pattern and a second RB which is close to the first RB in accordance with a second reference signal pattern. The first RB and the second RB are transmitted from a base station to user equipment. Each of the first reference signal pattern and the second reference signal pattern is formed of one sub-frame and on RB unit. In addition, resource elements (Rs) to which the first set of reference signals and the second set of reference signals are respectively mapped in accordance with the second reference signal pattern are REs to which the second set of reference signals and the first set of reference signals are respectively mapped in accordance with the first reference signal pattern. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106460 | CARRIER RECONFIGURATION IN MULTI-CARRIER AGGREGATION - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system which supports carrier aggregation. In detail, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus, wherein a mobile station changes a component carrier (CC) in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a CC reconfiguration command via one or more first preconfigured CCs; reconfiguring, in accordance with the CC reconfiguration command, CC-related information to change one or more first preconfigured CCs to a second CC; and transmitting a signal indicating the completion of CC reconfiguration to the base station after the reconfiguration of the CC-related information. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106455 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A REFERENCE SIGNAL SEQUENCE USING GROUPING - A method for a base station to receive a reference signal sequence from one or more devices within a cell of the base station in a multiple cell environment includes providing the one or more devices with information about the reference signal sequence, wherein the reference signal sequence is defined by a cyclic shift of a base sequence, wherein the base sequence is one of a plurality of base sequences divided into groups, wherein each of the groups comprises at least one base sequence for each length (N), wherein each length (N) corresponds to (12*n), (n) being a positive integer, and receiving the reference signal sequence from one or more of the one or more devices. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106438 | METHOD FOR SENDING AN UPLINK CONTROL SIGNAL ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A DEVICE THEREFOR - Disclosed in a method whereby a terminal sends an uplink control signal on a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention comprises the steps of generating an uplink control signal, allocating uplink sending resources to the uplink control signal, and sending the uplink control signal to a base station; a time resource in the uplink transmission resources is divided into sub-frame units divided into two slots; at least one of the two slots comprises one reference symbol for transmitting a reference signal; and in the slot comprising the one reference symbol, at least one of a plurality of data symbols for transmitting data signals is dropped. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106437 | METHOD FOR PRIORITIZING OPERATION OF RELAY NODE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - Various methods and apparatuses for prioritizing operation of Relay Node are disclosed. A method for prioritizing the transmission and receipt of uplink signals in a relay node of a wireless communication system is presented. The method comprises determining radio resource requirements for receiving one or more access link signals and/or transmitting one or more backhaul link signal, determining the signal type of the one or more access link signals and/or determining the signal type of the one or more backhaul link signals, and selecting one of a transmitting mode operation and a receiving mode operation based on the radio resource requirements for receiving the one or more access link signals and/or transmitting the one or more backhaul link signals, and based on the signal type of the one or more access link signals and/or the signal type of the one or more backhaul link signals. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106421 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING COEXISTENCE CONSIDERING WHILE SUBCHANNEL ALLOCATION IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - A method for supporting coexistence in a mobile station configured for supporting a coexistence mode of a primary wireless communication system and a secondary wireless communication system. The method comprises transmitting to a base station, via the mobile station, a registration request (REG-REQ) message comprising coexistence capability information, receiving a registration response (REG-RSP) message comprising information about support of the coexistence mode in response to the REG-REQ message, and transmitting to the base station, via the mobile station, a sleep mode request (MOB_SLP-REQ) message comprising first coexistence information for requesting a band adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) for adjacent subcarrier permutation. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104923 | REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING VACUUM SPACE - The refrigerator includes a body having a storage space for storing a predetermined storage object, wherein the body includes an inner case having the storage space, an outer case having an inside surface spaced a predetermined gap from an inside surface of the inner case to house the inner case, a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case enclosed to maintain a vacuum state for heat insulating between the inner case and the outer case, and a sealing unit for sealing a front of the vacuum space formed between a front of the inner case and a front of the outer case and reducing a heat transfer rate between the inner case and the outer case. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104002 | REFRIGERATOR WITH VACUUM SPACE - A refrigerator includes a body having a storage space. The body includes an inner case having the storage space, an outer case having an inside surface spaced a predetermined gap from an outside surface of the inner case to house the inner case, a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case sealed to maintain a vacuum state for heat insulating between the inner case and the outer case, a supporting portion provided to contact with the outside surface of the inner case and the inside surface of the outer case to maintain a spaced state of the vacuum space, and a dewing preventive unit adjacent to the supporting portion for preventing dewing from taking place at the outer case by suppressing surface temperature drop of the outer case caused by cold conducted from the inner case to the outer case through the supporting portion. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103971 | COOKING APPLIANCE AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a cooking appliance and a control method thereof. A cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a top plate on which a cooking container is placed, a plurality of winding parts including a plurality of coils horizontally arranged under the top plate, a plurality of relay parts including a plurality of relays that each connected to the plurality of coils, and an inverter part for applying a voltage of high frequency to the plurality of winding parts. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103006 | REFRIGERTOR COMPRISING VACUUM SPACE - This invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly to a refrigerator in which a vacuum space is formed between an outer case and an inner case of a body thereof for enhancing a heat insulating function. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103002 | REFRIGERATOR - The embodiment relates to a refrigerator. A dispenser is not exposed to the outside when the dispenser is not used, such that the design of the refrigerator can be upgraded and the injection of foreign materials into the dispenser is blocked, such that sanitary conditions can be improved. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120102997 | REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING ICE MAKER - A refrigerator including an ice maker is disclosed. The refrigerator includes an ice maker comprising: an ice making tray rotatably provided therein; a driving unit connected with the ice making tray, to rotate the ice making tray selectively; and a cooling member provided in the ice making tray, contactable with water supplied to the ice making tray. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120102161 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AD-HOC NETWORK IN CPNS ENABLER - A method and device for controlling an ad-hoc network using a CPNS entity having a secure element (SE) in a CPNS enabler are discussed. According to an embodiment, the invention provides a method including receiving ad-hoc network information and SE information from each of the CPNS entities; designating one of the CPNS entities to be an ad-hoc network controller for an ad-hoc network based on the ad-hoc network information and the SE information; transmitting a command to perform a configuration of the ad-hoc network, information about the designated ad-hoc network controller, and service constraint information, to the designated ad-hoc network controller; and receiving service use information prepared based on the service provided in the ad-hoc network from the designated ad-hoc network controller. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099581 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. The data processing method includes receiving a broadcast signal in which main service data and mobile service data are multiplexed, demodulating the broadcast signal to acquire fast-information-channel signaling information including reference time information for a system clock, and outputting demodulation time information of a specific position of a frame of the broadcast signal, decoding the fast-information-channel signaling information, and establishing the reference time information as the system clock at a demodulation time according to on the outputted demodulation time information and decoding the mobile service data according to the system clock. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099565 | SYNCHRONIZATION ACQUISITION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM - Provided are a synchronization acquisition method and apparatus in a multi-carrier system. A terminal acquires the synchronization for a first downlink component carrier by detecting a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) in the first downlink component carrier. The terminal acquires the synchronization for a second downlink component carrier by detecting a reference signal in the second downlink component carrier. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099556 | METHOD FOR RECONFIGURING USER BITMAP IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - Disclosed are methods for reconfiguring a user bitmap in a group resource allocation method and apparatuses for supporting the same. In one embodiment of the present invention, the methods for reconfiguring the user bitmap in group resource allocation (GRA) may comprise the steps of receiving a control signal that includes a mobile indicator for indicating whether user bitmap is reconstructed from a base station, a user bitmap state bitmap (UBSB) for indicating scheduled and non-scheduled terminals which belong to the GRA, and the user bitmap for indicating the scheduled terminal, determining on the basis of the control signals whether the user bitmap is reconfigured, and reconfiguring the user bitmap by using the UBSB and the user bitmap. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099536 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system method thereof are disclosed. In a terminal of a wireless communication system, the present invention includes receiving a physical downlink control channel (hereinafter abbreviated PD-CCH), receiving a physical downlink shared channel ((hereinafter abbreviated PDSCH), and demodulating the PDSCH by interpreting the PDCCH according to a type of a subframe including the PDCCH and the PDSCH. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099532 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING RACH PREAMBLE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING RACH SIGNAL - A wireless communication system is disclosed. A method for constructing a RACH preamble according to a cell radius of a base station (BS) irrespective of a guard time (GT) and a method for allocating the RACH preamble are disclosed. A method for constructing a preamble of a random access channel (RACH) includes acquiring time-length information of a predetermined cyclic prefix (CP) for each cell radius of a base station (BS), acquiring sequence time-length information of a single sequence or a repeated sequence, and constructing the preamble using the predetermined CP time-length information and the sequence time-length information, irrespective of a time length of a guard time (GT). | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099520 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD OF REPEATER AND REPEATER USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for a repeater to transmit and receive a signal on a downlink sub frame in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: transmitting a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to terminals positioned within a repeater cell on a downlink sub frame; and receiving a second PDCCH or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) from a base station after a first guard time succeeding a first PDCCH section elapses, wherein a second guard time succeeding the PDSCH or the second PDCCH received from the base station is allocated to the downlink sub frame, and the repeater receives the second PDCCH through a certain range of symbols in accordance with information on the predetermined control channel section, which is received from the base station. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099518 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION FOR REPEATER AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus for transmitting and receiving control information for a relay node and a method thereof. The relay node for receiving control information in a wireless communication system comprises: a receiving module for receiving through higher layer signaling from a base station the information on a resource block (RB) which the relay node should search to receive the control information; a processor for detecting the control information from the first RB by blind-decoding at least one received RB which should be searched; and a receiving module for receiving through the first RB from the base station the control information detected by the processor. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099441 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PREVENTING COMPONENT CARRIER FAILURE PROPAGATION - Disclosed is a mobile communications system employing a plentitude of component carriers and carrier aggregation between a user equipment (UE) and a base station. When failure of any downlink component carrier (DL CC) or uplink component carrier (UL CC) has been detected, the UE transmits UL control signal (e.g., UL HARQ ACK/NACK) to the base station, by re-selecting a CC for UL transmission (e.g., activation of a control channel of a UL CC relating to the DL CC). This may prevent DL CC failure from influencing on a UL CC. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099255 | REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to a refrigerator. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096904 | Laundry Machine - A novel-structure laundry machine that is capable of washing laundry using steam is disclosed. The laundry machine includes a machine body constituting the external appearance thereof, a drum mounted in the machine body for receiving laundry, a steam generation unit for generating steam, and a primary steam supply part for supplying the steam generated in the steam generation unit into the lower part of the drum. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096887 | DEFROSTING HEATER FOR REFREGERATOR AND REFREGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a defrosting heater for a refrigerator and a refrigerator having the same, the refrigerator including an evaporator disposed in a refrigerator main body and configured to generate cold air, a fan configured to blow cold air flowed through the evaporator to circulate within the refrigerator main body, and a defrosting heater configured to defrost the evaporator and the fan by applying heat to the evaporator and the fan, wherein the defrosting heater comprises an evaporator defrosting unit configured to defrost the evaporator and a fan defrosting unit configured to defrost the fan, the evaporator defrosting unit and the fan defrosting unit being integrally formed, whereby the evaporator and the fan can simultaneously be defrosted. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096734 | LAUNDRY TREATING MACHINE - A laundry treating machine is disclosed. A laundry treating machine includes a cabinet comprising an accommodating space formed therein to accommodate laundry, a door rotatably coupled to a front surface of the cabinet, an air supply device for supplying air or heated air to the accommodating space, and first and second hinge parts, the first hinge part selectively provided in one of two couples of diagonally opposite front corners of the cabinet and the second hinge part provided in the other one. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096508 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AND APPARATUS OF RECEIVING MOBILE SERVICE DATA - A method of processing broadcast data in a broadcast transmitting system is presented. The method includes performing Reed-Solomon (RS) encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding on mobile service data bytes to generate an RS frame, wherein the RS frame comprises an RS frame payload including the mobile service data bytes, RS parity data bytes added at bottom ends of columns of the RS frame payload and CRC data bytes added at right ends of rows of the RS frame payload having the RS parity data bytes, dividing the RS frame into a plurality of portions, wherein each of the plurality of portions has an equal size of data bytes, converting the data bytes of the plurality of portions into data bit, and encoding each of the data bits at a code rate of 1/H to output data symbols, wherein H is greater than 1. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094719 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a display module and a controller. When a predetermined event is generated, the controller may display information related to the event and a first icon group including icons respectively corresponding to applications capable of executing functions using the information related to the event. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094718 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a mobile terminal includes a plurality of user identify modules (SIMs) corresponding to different phone numbers, and a controller configured to perform control, when a plurality of calls including at least a first call and a second call corresponding to each of at least two of the plurality of SIMs are simultaneously received, the received plurality of calls to perform a first operation of connecting a the first call of the received plurality of calls and a second operation of entering a chat mode with another party corresponding to a the second call of the received plurality of calls different from the first call. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094664 | METHOD OF SCANNING NEIGHBOR BASE STATION IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a broadband wireless access system, and more particularly, to a method for a mobile station to efficiently scan a neighbor base station and apparatus therefor. According to one embodiment of the present invention, in a broadband wireless access system, a method of performing a scan, which is performed by a mobile station to scan a neighbor base station, includes the steps of receiving a scan response (AAI_SCN-RSP) message including a first interval information indicating an interval for the mobile station to receive a preamble of the neighbor base station from a serving base station and receiving the preamble from the neighbor base station in the first interval. Preferably, the first interval is set by a subframe unit. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION BASED ON DISTRIBUTED DISCRETE POWER CONTROL IN COOPERATIVE MULTI-USER MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method and apparatus capable of enhancing a closed loop multi-input multi-output (MIMO) capacity through distributed discrete power control in the case of cooperatively transmitting information to multiple users through a downlink. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093235 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A method for transmitting a broadcast signal is presented. The method includes. Building a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame corresponding to an ensemble of a service of mobile data, the RS frame being a 2-dimensional data frame through which the mobile data belonging to the ensemble are Reed Solomon-cyclic redundancy check (RS-CRC) encoded, dividing the RS frame into a plurality of portions, encoding signaling information, wherein the signaling information includes fast information channel (FIC) data and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data wherein the FIC data includes cross layer information between a physical layer and an upper layer, mapping data in one portion of the plurality of portions to data groups, formatting data packets having data in the data groups, and transmitting a transmission frame having a parade of the data groups, wherein the TPC data includes an identifier of the parade and version information of the FIC data. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093217 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Video Signals - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing video signals, the method comprising: decoding a current frame of a video signal in block units to generate a restored frame, and acquiring first and second flags to acquire a filter coefficient which is adaptively determined from the video signal for each slice on the basis of flag information, or performing deblocking filtering with a predetermined filter coefficient. The present invention relates to a video signal processing method which includes an inter-frame prediction method that determines a motion vector, and a method for performing inter-frame prediction for a residual image. The method for processing video signals can increase the compression encoding efficiency by performing accurate motion prediction and residual image prediction, and can improve the quality of a restored image by removing distortion and performing a filtering for restoring an image that is close to the original image. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNALS IN UPLINK MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) TRANSMISSION - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for transmitting reference signals in uplink MIMO transmission. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method for transmitting uplink signals through a terminal in the wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving control information including the information on a cyclic shift and/or an orthogonal cover code; allocating the multiplexed reference signals onto an uplink subframe; and transmitting the subframe through a multi-antenna. When the uplink MIMO transmission is multiuser MIMO transmission, the reference signals of the terminal and the reference signals of other terminals can be multiplexed by using the orthogonal cover code. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING CARRIER MANAGEMENT PROCESS IN MULTI-CARRIER SUPPORTING BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a broadband wireless communication system, and disclosed are a method and an apparatus for executing a carrier management process in a broadband wireless communication system which supports multi-carrier. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for executing carrier management by a terminal in a communication system which supports the multi-carrier comprises the steps of: receiving a signal which indicates control channel allocation for a 1st carrier from a base station; receiving a signal which indicates control channel de-allocation for a 2nd carrier from the base station; activating the 1st carrier if the 1st carrier on which the control channel allocation is indicated is in an inactivate state; and inactivating the 2nd carrier if the 2nd carrier on which the control channel de-allocation is indicates is in an activated state. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093090 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM - Provided are a method and apparatus for uplink transmission in a multi-antenna system. A terminal transmits a plurality of first transmission symbols via a plurality of antennas using a first spatial processing performed on the first transmission symbols, and transmits a plurality of second transmission symbols via a plurality of antennas using a second spatial processing performed on the second transmission symbols. At least one column or at least one row of a first spatial processing matrix used in the first spatial processing is switched to form a second SFBC matrix used in the second spatial processing. According to the present invention, peak-to average power (PAPR)/cubic metric (CM) ratio can be kept at a low level, and imbalanced transmission power among antennas can be evened out. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093021 | CELL SEARCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM - Provided are a cell searching method and an apparatus in a multi-carrier system. A terminal acquires a first physical cell identity (PCI) for a first downlink component carrier, and acquires an expanded PCI for a second downlink component carrier. A first downlink reference signal through the first downlink element carrier is transmitted on the basis of the PCI, and a second downlink reference signal through the second downlink component carrier is transmitted on the basis of the expanded PCI. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091874 | REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator in which the assembly of the internal constituents of a main body and doors can be formed in various shapes. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120090126 | ROBOT CLEANER - Provided is a robot cleaner. In an embodiment, the robot cleaner for avoiding obstacles and sucking foreign materials using a plurality of sensors and a suction motor is characterized in that a drive suppression unit for detecting obstacles having a corresponding height is integrated with a base for forming a lower portion of a main body in order to not climb obstacles of a constant height during a driving period of the robot cleaner. The present disclosure according to the embodiment improves drive stability of the robot cleaner by sensing a threshold in erroneous state of the sensor for sensing the threshold. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120088549 | MOBILE TERMINAL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - The mobile terminal has a memory unit configured to store a software, a first display unit configured to display a first screen image generated by a first version of the software, and an interface unit configured to be connected to an external display device having a second display unit. A controller is configured to display the first screen image corresponding to the software of a first version on the first display unit when the software is executed, and to control a second screen image corresponding to the first image, according to the software of a second version to be displayed on the second display unit when the interface unit is connected to the external display device, the second image generated by a second version of the software. Accordingly, a user is able to experience different versions of software simultaneously. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087427 | REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD AND DEVICE IN A MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM - Provided are a reference signal transmitting method and device in a multi-antenna system. A terminal generates a plurality of reference signal sequences to which different cyclic shift values are allocated, respectively, generates an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol to which the plurality of reference signal sequences are mapped, and transmits the OFDM symbol to a base station through a plurality of antennas. Each cyclic shift value allocated to each reference signal sequence is determined on the basis of a parameter n indicated by a cyclic shift field transmitted from a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087400 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING DATA IN MULTI INPUT MULTI OUTPUT - Disclosed is a method for receiving data in a Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) system, the method comprising: decoding data transmitted from a transmitter by using one beam-forming vector included in a codebook that beam-forming vectors are formed in a hierarchical structure according to at least one of change directions of radio channels, the number of channel change directions, and a change rate; determining whether to update the beam-forming vector based on the radio channel changes; selecting other beam-forming vector included in the codebook having a hierarchical structure when it is determined that update for the beam-forming vector is required; feed-backing information about an index indicating where the selected beam-forming vector is located in the hierarchical structure of the codebook to the transmitter; and decoding data received from the transmitter by using the selected beam-forming vector. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087328 | METHOD OF PERFORMING UPLINK SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of performing uplink synchronization in a wireless communication system includes transmitting a random access preamble which is randomly selected from a set of random access preambles, receiving a random access response, the random access response comprising a random access preamble identifier corresponding to the random access preamble and a time alignment value for uplink synchronization, starting a time alignment timer after applying the time alignment value, starting a contention resolution timer after receiving the random access response, wherein contention resolution is not successful when the contention resolution timer is expired, and stopping the time alignment timer when the contention resolution timer is expired. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087291 | METHOD OF SUPPORTING OPERATION OF SLEEP MODE IN A WIDEBAND RADIO ACCESS SYSTEM - A method of indicating downlink traffic to a mobile subscriber station that is in a sleep mode includes transmitting a sleep request message to a base station (BS); entering the sleep mode in response to a sleep response message received from the BS, wherein the sleep response message includes a first SLPID; receiving a traffic indication message including a FMT field indicating formats for the traffic indication message from the BS during a listening interval of the sleep mode, wherein the FMT field indicates one of an SLPID bitmap based format and an SLPID based format, and the traffic indication message further includes a second SLPID when the SLPID based format is used; and terminating the sleep mode to receive the downlink traffic when the second SLPID in the traffic indication message is same as the first SLPID included in the sleep response message. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120084624 | DTV TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING BROADCAST DATA - A DTV transmitting system includes a frame encoder, a randomizer, a block processor, a group formatter, a deinterleaver, and a packet formatter. The frame encoder builds an enhanced data frame and encodes the frame two times for first and second error correction, respectively. It further permutes a plurality of encoded data frames. The randomizer randomizes the permuted enhanced data, and the block processor codes the randomized data at a rate of 1/N1. The group formatter forms a group of enhanced data having one or more data regions and inserts the data coded at the rate of 1/N1 into at least one of the data regions. The deinterleaver deinterleaves the group of enhanced data, and the packet formatter formats the deinterleaved data into enhanced data packets. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082119 | DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING A TRANSMISSION DIVERSITY TECHNIQUE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a data transmission/reception method using a transmission diversity technique in a wireless communication system. In the data transmission/reception method using the transmission diversity technique in the wireless communication system according to one aspect of the present invention, a base station allocates a downlink resource to a terminal, precodes data for transmitting to the terminal, and allocates the precoded data and a non-precoded demodulation reference signal (DMRS) to the allocated resource in order to transmit same. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082117 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK SIGNALS - A method for transmitting uplink signals, which include ACK/NACK signals, control signals other than the ACK/NACK signals, and data signals, is disclosed. The method comprises serially multiplexing the control signals and the data signals; sequentially mapping the multiplexed signals within a specific resource region in accordance with a time-first mapping method, the specific resource region including a plurality of symbols and a plurality of virtual subcarriers; and arranging the ACK/NACK signals at both symbols near symbols to which a reference signal of the plurality of symbols is transmitted. Thus, the uplink signals can be transmitted to improve receiving reliability of signals having high priority. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082102 | METHOD FOR INDICATING PRECODING MATRIX INDICATOR IN UPLINK MIMO SYSTEM WITH BASED ON SC-FDMA - A method of transmitting PMI (precoding matrix indicator) information in an uplink MIMO system is disclosed. The present invention includes the steps of receiving channel information from a user equipment and transmitting information on a resource allocated to the user equipment in uplink transmission and PMI information indicating a precoding matrix to apply to a region of the resource among a plurality of precoding matrices to the user equipment based on the received channel information, wherein the resource allocated to the user equipment is allocated by a bundle unit of a prescribed number of subcarriers, wherein each of a plurality of the precoding matrices are applied to regions generated from dividing a whole frequency band into a prescribed number of regions, respectively, and wherein the precoding matrix applied to the resource among a plurality of the precoding matrices has a maximum area resulting from overlapping a frequency band occupied by the allocated resource with a frequency band having the precoding matrix applied thereto. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A PACKET IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - The present invention related to a method in which a transmitting device transmits a packet in a wireless network, wherein said method comprises: a step of receiving, from an upper layer, video data divided into a plurality of slices and compressed into one or more types of layers; a step of constructing a MAC packet such that information on the types of said one or more layers of the video data is included in a MAC header of the MAC packet; and a step of delivering the MAC packet to a lower layer to transmit the MAC packet to a receiving device. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120079552 | DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING BROADCAST DATA - A digital television receiving system includes a first known data detector, a second known data detector, and a selector. The first known data detector detects a location of a first known data sequence in a broadcast signal by calculating a first correlation value between the broadcast signal and a first reference known data sequence. Similarly, the second known data detector detects a location of a second known data sequence in the broadcast signal by calculating a second correlation value between the broadcast signal and a second reference known data sequence. The selector selects the location information detected by one of the first and second known data detectors with a greater correlation value. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076226 | Digital Television Transmitter/Receiver and Method of Processing Data in Digital Television Transmitter/Receiver - A digital television (DTV) transmitter and a method of processing known data in the DTV transmitter are disclosed. The method of processing known data in a digital television (DTV) transmitter includes generating a known data sequence, trellis-encoding the known data sequence, the trellis-encoded known data sequence having upper, middle, and lower bits, wherein at least one of the upper, middle, and lower bits has an m-sequence property, and mapping the trellis-encoded known data sequence into one of 2-level, 4-level, and 8-level data sequences, wherein the mapped data sequence has substantially an m-sequence property, wherein a data sequence has an m-sequence property when a peak value among auto-correlation values of the data sequence having a length of N is 1 and all the off-peak auto-correlation values are −1/N. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076198 | DTV TRANSMITTER AND METHOD OF CODING DATA IN DTV TRANSMITTER - A digital television (DTV) transmitter includes a first randomizer randomizing enhanced data; a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame encoder generating an RS frame; a block processor encoding data in the RS frame, outputting data symbols, interleaving the data symbols, and converting the interleaved data symbols into data bytes; a group formatting unit mapping the data bytes into data groups; a deinterleaver deinterleaving data of the data groups; a packet formatter outputting enhanced data packets; a multiplexer multiplexing the enhanced data packets with main data packets; a second randomizer randomizing the multiplexed main data packets and MPEG header data in the multiplexed enhanced data packets; a Reed-Solomon (RS) encoder RS encoding the multiplexed enhanced data packets; an interleaver interleaving data of the RS-encoded data packets; and a trellis encoding unit trellis encoding the interleaved data. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076126 | METHOD IN WHICH USER EQUIPMENT PERFORMS RANDOM ACCESS IN A CARRIER AGGREGATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present document relates to a method in which user equipment carries out a process for random access to a base station in a carrier aggregation mobile communication system which performs communications using a plurality of component carriers (CCs), and to a terminal device for the method. The user equipment separately manages back-off operations for each of the CCs, and performs a random access preamble transmission using the relevant CC if another usable CC exists, even when a back-off period is being applied to a specific CC, to carry out a random access process in an efficient manner in a carrier aggregation mobile communication system. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076104 | METHOD FOR A USER TERMINAL TO RANDOM ACCESS A CARRIER AGGREGATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for random access to a base station by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system using carrier aggregation in which communication is conducted over a plurality of component carriers, and a terminal for the method are disclosed. When the UE performs a contention-based random access procedure in the mobile communication system to which CA technology is applied, the UE considers an uplink grant signal as a contention resolution message when receiving the uplink grant signal from a eNB only when the uplink grant signal is received through a downlink CC corresponding to an uplink CC used to transmit a random access preamble or a third message, to thereby prevent contention resolution from being erroneously ended. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076100 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM - Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting a reference signal in a multi-antenna system. A terminal generates a plurality of reference signal sequences to which cyclic shift values different from each other are allocated, generates an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol to which the plurality of reference signal sequences are mapped, and transmits the OFDM symbol to a base station through a plurality of antennas. The respective cyclic shift values allocated to the respective reference signal sequences are determined on the basis of a parameter n indicated by a cyclic shift field transmitted from a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076024 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT FEEDBACK IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - A method and apparatus for performing effective feedback in a wireless communication system supporting multiple antennas. A method for transmitting CSI of downlink transmission via uplink in a wireless communication system includes transmitting a joint-coded rank indicator (RI) and a first wideband (WB) precoding matrix indicator (PMI) at a first subframe, and transmitting a wideband channel quality indicator (WB CQI) and a second WB PMI at a second subframe. A user equipment (UE) preferred precoding matrix is indicated by a combination of the first PMI and the second PMI. If the RI is Rank-1 or Rank-2, the first PMI indicates one of subsets each having 8 indexes from among 16 indexes of the first PMI of a precoding codebook. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120073202 | REFRIGERATOR DOOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A refrigerator door is provided. The refrigerator door includes a front decoration defining a front external appearance of the refrigerator door, a door liner provided at a rear of the front decoration to define a rear external appearance of the refrigerator door, a pair of cap decorations provided on upper and lower portions of the front decoration to define top and bottom external appearances of the refrigerator door, a pair of door decorations coupled to both sides of the front decoration to define both side external appearances of the refrigerator door, a display portion interposed between the front decoration and the door liner, and an insulating layer interposed between the front decoration and the door liner. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120069903 | REFERENCE PICTURE LIST CHANGING METHOD OF MULTI-VIEW VIDEO - Disclosed is a method of changing a reference picture list. The present invention includes parsing a profile identifier and a slice type from a multiview video bitstream, obtaining inter-view reference information based on the profile identifier, initializing a reference picture list using the inter-view reference information, and modifying the reference picture list in consideration of the slice type. Accordingly, the present invention defines profile information indicating a stereo video, thereby coding a multiview video signal more efficiently. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A BROADCAST SIGNAL FOR 3D BROADCAST SERVICE - The disclosed method for processing a broadcast signal for 3D (3-Dimensional) broadcast service comprises encoding 2D (2-Dimensional) video stream including a 2D video frame, encoding depth information including depth of a 3D image relative to a plane of a display, encoding signaling information for signaling the encoded 2D video stream and the depth information, wherein the signaling information includes a 3D service location descriptor including codec type information specifying encoding type of the encoded depth information, generating the broadcast signal including the encoded 2D video stream, depth information and signaling information, and transmitting the generated broadcast signal. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120067334 | COOKING APPLIANCE - Provided is a cooking appliance including a heat accumulation section in an inner surface of a cavity. Therefore, heat generated by a heater may be accumulated in or emitted from the heat accumulation section, and thus food can be cooked through gradual heating of the cooking appliance. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120067075 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a refrigerator main body having a storage space to store foods and a machine room to accommodate a part of a refrigerant compression cycle apparatus, a condenser disposed between a bottom surface of the refrigerator main body and a lower surface of the storage space, at least one compressor disposed within the machine room, and a blow fan to form an air passage through which external air passed through the condenser is supplied into the compressor and discharged out of the machine room. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120066889 | REFRIGERATOR DOOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a refrigerator door is provided. The method includes installing a display portion on a rear surface of a front decoration, the front decoration defining a front external appearance of the refrigerator door, coupling door decorations to both side ends of the front decoration, the door decorations defining both side external appearances of the refrigerator door, coupling cap decorations to upper and lower ends of the front decoration to which the door decorations are coupled, the cap decorations defining top and bottom external appearances of the refrigerator door, injecting foam liquid into a space defined by the front decoration, the door decorations and the cap decorations, and coupling a door liner to a rear of the front decoration. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120064817 | HUMIDIFIER - A wall mount-type evaporative humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body mounted on a wall and having an air intake port and an air blower port formed therein, a ventilator disposed within the main body and configured to suck air into the air intake port and blow the air toward the air blower port, a water guide disposed within the main body and having a water channel formed therein, a water tank configured to contain water in order to supply the water to the water guide and seated in the water guide, and a humidification filter configured to absorb water of the water guide and to supply moisture to air flowing toward the ventilator and seated in the water guide. The present invention is advantageous in that it can realize a humidifying effect and a cooling effect at the same time, has the high utilization of space, and can control the humidity of the entire room rapidly and uniformly. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120063438 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BY APPLYING PRECODING MATRIX IN AN OPEN LOOP MIMO SYSTEM - A method for transmitting data by applying a precoding matrix in an open-loop multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system is disclosed. The method comprises selecting a precoding matrix and applying the selected precoding matrix to data during initial transmission; selecting a precoding matrix and applying the selected precoding matrix to data to be retransmitted; and retransmitting the data to which the precoding matrix is applied, wherein an index of the precoding matrix applied to the data is determined based on the times of current retransmission times of the data and index of the precoding matrix applied during initial transmission of the data. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062093 | REFRIGERATOR - The present embodiment relates to a refrigerator. With the present embodiment, a user can easily draw in and out foods stored in a storage chamber. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120061405 | REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a refrigerator in which an input member manipulated by being pushed using a user's body is disposed on a door of the refrigerator to easily open the door. Thus, convenience of use may be improved. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060565 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine is disclosed. A washing machine includes a cabinet configured to define an exterior appearance thereof; a tub installed in the cabinet to hold wash water therein; a drum rotatably installed in the tub to accommodate laundry therein; at least one venting portion provided in an upper portion of the tub to communicate with an outside of the tub; and a ventilation part ( | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060544 | REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to a refrigerator. The present invention improves a structure of a door and a storage basket, thereby making it possible to facilitate the storage and a drawing out of articles. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060301 | CONTROL METHOD OF WASHING MACHINE - Disclosed herein is a control method of a washing machine which minimizes damage to laundry to be washed. The control method includes executing a washing cycle to wash laundry to be washed by supplying wash water, dissolving detergent in wash water and washing the laundry, executing a rinsing cycle to rinse the laundry by draining wash water, spin-drying the laundry, and rinsing the laundry, and executing a spin-drying cycle to spin-dry the laundry by draining wash water and spin-drying the laundry, wherein the dissolving of the detergent is carried out at a water level lower than a predetermined reference water level. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060300 | Method for Washing and Washing Machine - A washing machine includes an outer tub and an inner tub rotatably provided in the outer tub, a spray nozzle spraying wash water into the inner tub, a circulation passage connecting the outer tub to the spray nozzle, and a filter provided in series with the circulation passage. A first pump directs the wash water from the outer tub to the circulation passage and to the spray nozzle so that foreign substances suspended in the wash water can be collected in the filter. A drain passage between the filter and spray nozzle connects the outer tub to the circulation passage. A second pump directs the wash water supplied to the circulation passage through the drain passage such that the wash water passes through the filter in a reverse direction and thus the foreign substances collected in the filter are exhausted out of the washing machine together with the wash water. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060299 | WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WASHING MACHINE - A method of controlling a washing machine is provided. A first laundry load is first detected based on a rotational property of a pulsator. A second laundry load is detected based on a property that varies in accordance with a vertical load applied from a tub. Finally, it is determined if laundry loaded in the drum is in a dry state or a wet state by comparing the first laundry load with the second laundry load. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120057559 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A DOWNLINK SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - The present invention discloses a method in which a base station transmits a downlink signal in a wireless communication system. In detail, the method comprises the following steps: allocating a transmitting resource to data symbols for transmitting downlink signals, in the direction of increasing a frequency index; and transmitting the downlink signal to a terminal, using the allocated resource. The frequency band of preset orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, from among the transmitting resource, contains a control domain and a segment band. The step of allocating the transmitting resource comprises the step of puncturing the data symbol using a control channel, to which the control domain contained in the preset OFDM symbols is allocated. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057551 | METHOD FOR MULTIPLEXING DATA AND CONTROL INFORMATION - A method for multiplexing a data information stream, including a systematic symbol and a non-systematic symbol, and a control information stream of at least three types in a wireless mobile communication system is disclosed. The method includes mapping the data information stream to a resource area so that the systematic symbol is not mapped to a specific resource area to which the control information stream is mapped, and mapping the control information stream to the specific resource area. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057487 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ACK/NACK - The present invention is directed to a wireless communication system. Particularly, the present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus of transmitting an ACK/NACK (acknowledgement/negative ACK) signal by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, which includes receiving a plurality of data units from a base station, bundling ACK/NACK results for a plurality of the data units per time or frequency interval to obtain at least one bundled ACK/NACK result, performing ACK/NACK multiplexing over the at least one ACK/NACK result to determine an uplink resource for ACK/NACK transmission and a bit sequence, and transmitting the bit sequence to the base station via the uplink resource for the ACK/NACK transmission. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057451 | METHOD OF RETRANSMISSION FOR SUPPORTING MIMO IN SYNCHRONOUS HARQ - A method for retransmitting data in synchronous Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) to support Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a plurality of unit data blocks to a receiver, receiving from the receiver a control channel signal including first feedback information indicating whether the transmission of the plurality of unit data blocks is successful, and retransmitting at least one of the plurality of unit data blocks according to a predetermined order, each unit data block in one Transmission Time Interval (TTI), if a rank is 1 and the first feedback information indicates that the transmission of the plurality of unit data blocks is failed. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056517 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine according to the present invention comprises: a vibration limiter disposed on an outer cistern, wherein the vibration limiter is capable of decreasing vibration by absorbing kinetic energy of a suspension when the outer cistern is excessively vibrating. Thus, the present invention prevents collision between a cabinet and the outer cistern which can be generated when the outer cistern is excessively vibrating, thereby achieving the effect of preventing damage to the surrounding parts. Furthermore, since collision between the outer cistern and the cabinet is prevented, it is possible to minimize space between the outer cistern and the cabinet, which allows the enlargement of outer cistern capacity. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120055656 | TURBO FAN AND AIR CONDITIONER WITH TURBO FAN - A turbo fan includes a main plate for rotation in a rotational direction about a rotational axis and a plurality of blades arranged at intervals around the rotational axis of the main plate. At least one blade includes: a first blade section having a leading end and a trailing end; a second blade section having a leading end and a trailing end, wherein the first blade section is between the main plate and the second blade section; and a third blade section having a leading end and a trailing end, wherein the third blade section is between the first blade section and the second blade section. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120044833 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING RANGING INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL THEREOF - Disclosed is a method for configuring a ranging channel in various frame structures and using the same in a communication system. A ranging channel is effectively configured according to a data structure, namely, frame structure, transmitted and received between a mobile station (MS) and a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, and ranging information is transmitted therethrough to thereby improve performance of a communication channel and resource efficiency. In the wireless communication system, a ranging channel is configured by using a time interval, such as an idle time, an idle symbol, an RTG, a TTG, and the like, not actually used for transmission of data or a signal in a data structure, namely, in a frame structure, transmitted and received between an MS and a BS, to transmit ranging information, so the channel performance and resource efficiency can be improved. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044821 | CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING APPARATUS IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a control channel and an apparatus thereof. A reference carrier is set, and then the multi-carrier sends blind decoding area information based on the reference carrier to monitor a control channel. A terminal monitors the control channel based on the blind decoding area information. The terminal performs blind decoding only for a component carrier required, and thus reduces power consumption and reception complexity. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044324 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D VIDEO IN A 3DTV - A broadcast receiver and a 3D video data processing method thereof are disclosed herein. a 3D video data processing method of a broadcast receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving, by a receiving unit, a broadcast signal including 3D video data and 3D complementary video information, wherein the 3D video data include half-resolution base video data and complementary video data for configuring a full-resolution image; parsing, by 3D video information processing unit, a 3D complementary video information; decoding, by a base video decoder, the half-resolution base video data; decoding, by a complementary video decoder, the complementary video data for configuring a full-resolution image; acquiring and storing by a Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) processor 3D complementary video information through 3D complementary video descriptor in Event Information Table (EIT); and combining and formatting, by an output formatter, the base video data and the complementary video data using the 3D complementary video information, thereby outputting a full-resolution 3D image. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042684 | REFRIGERATOR - The embodiment relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator allows a user to easily draw in and out foods stored in a storage chamber. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042679 | REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to a refrigerator. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042670 | REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator that facilitates keeping and drawing out a container for storing wine. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120040720 | MOBILE TERMINAL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a first display unit, an interface unit configured to be connected to an external display device having a second display unit, and a controller configured to receive a connection signal indicating a connection of the mobile terminal to the display device, to play a multimedia content on the first display unit, to provide video information of the multimedia content to the external display device, and to pause the playing of the multimedia content on the first display unit. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120039476 | SPEAKER - Provided are a speaker and a speaker system. The speaker includes a main unit and a sub unit. The main unit emits a sound in a first direction. The sub unit is formed integrally with the main unit and emits a sound in a second direction different from the first direction. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120039285 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING HARQ ACK/NACK SIGNAL IN MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of transmitting an ACK/NACK signal for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) in a wireless communication system is provided. A first ACK/NACK resource index and a second ACK/NACK resource index based on resources used to transmit a downlink control channel is determined. An ACK/NACK signal for a downlink transport block is transmitted through a plurality of antennas using first ACK/NACK resources obtained from the first ACK/NACK resource index and second ACK/NACK resources obtained from the second ACK/NACK resource index. An HARQ ACK/NACK signal can be reliably transmitted through a plurality of antennas. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120039239 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING METHOD FOR A RELAY NODE AND RELAY NODE USING THE METHOD - Disclosed is a method in which a relay node transmits/receives signals via a specific downlink subframe and a specific uplink subframe. The relay node may consider the propagation delay in accordance with the distance between a base station and the relay node to set a subframe timing for transmitting/receiving signals to/from the base station. The relay node may further consider the delay time of 0.5 symbol, 1 symbol or the like in addition to said propagation delay in the event of setting a downlink receiving timing. Setting an uplink subframe timing of the relay node can be divided into the event the timing is set on the basis of a backhaul link and the event the timing is set on the basis of an access link. In the event thee timing is set on the basis of the access link, the propagation delay can bee double that of the vent the timing is set on the basis of the backhaul link, which should be considered in setting the timing. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120039180 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CONTROL CHANNEL IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for monitoring a control channel in a multi-carrier system are provided. A terminal sets a common downlink carrier for monitoring a plurality of candidate control channels for receiving common control information among multiples carriers, and monitors the candidate control channels within a common search space of the common downlink carrier. The terminal receives common control information on a control channel which has been successfully decoded from among a plurality of candidate control channels. The invention can reduce a load due to blind decoding of the control channels and decrease battery consumption of the terminal. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120039179 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE CARRIERS - A method and apparatus supporting multiple carriers is provided. A user equipment receives a self-control format indicator (CFI) indicating a size of a control region of a first carrier by using the first carrier. The user equipment receives downlink control information (DCI) comprising a cross-CFI indicating a size of a control region of a second carrier over a first downlink control channel in the control region of the first carrier. The user equipment monitors a second downlink control channel in the control region of the second carrier. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038766 | REGION OF INTEREST BASED VIDEO SYNOPSIS - A region of interest based video synopsis methods, devices and systems are disclosed. One embodiment of the present disclosure pertains to a method of a server for generating a region of interest based video synopsis. The method comprises setting a region of interest (ROI) for an area tracked by a camera device communicatively coupled to the server in response to a receipt of region of interest configuration data. The method also comprises converting a video stream forwarded by the camera device while a moving object is active within the region of interest into metadata of the moving object. The method further comprises generating a video synopsis of the moving object active within the region of interest based on the metadata of the moving object. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038679 | MOBILE TERMINAL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a first display unit configured to display a first screen image, an interface unit configured to be connected to an external display device having a second display unit, and a controller configured to interface with the external display device to display a monitor window including a second screen image corresponding to the first screen image on the second display unit of the external display device, and to control the second screen image to be respectively zoomed out or zoomed in when the monitor window is enlarged or reduced on the second display unit. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038678 | MOBILE TERMINAL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a first display unit configured to display a first screen image; an interface unit configured to be connected to an external display device having a second display unit; and a controller configured to interface with the external display device to display a monitor window including a second screen image corresponding to the first screen image on the external display device, and to control the monitor window to be enlarged on the second display unit when the first screen image is zoomed in on the first display unit. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038541 | MOBILE TERMINAL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a first display unit, an interface unit configured to be connected to an external display device having a second display unit, and a controller configured to receive a connection signal indicating a connection of the mobile terminal to the external display device, to play a multimedia content on the first display unit, and to provide video information of the multimedia content to the external display device and to control the external display device to display the multimedia content on the second display unit only when the mobile terminal has a forwarding authority authorizing the mobile terminal to forward the multimedia content to the external display device. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120037147 | COOKING APPLIANCE - The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance of the disclosure comprises a cavity, in which the top surface thereof has a curvature, providing cooking space of food; a first heat source positioned at the top of the cavity while having the curvature corresponding to the top surface of the cavity and heating interior space of the cavity; a first heat source positioned at the bottom of the cavity and heating interior space of the cavity; and a discharge port discharging the discharge gas into the exterior space. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120036902 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine is disclosed, which includes a receiving part ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120036900 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine is disclosed which washes laundry using a mechanical force. The washing machine includes a display unit ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120036882 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is provided. Usability and efficiency of a storage space are improved in the refrigerator. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120034862 | CEILING-MOUNTED AIR CONDITIONER - A ceiling-mounted air conditioner is provided. The ceiling-mounted air conditioner includes a main body which is fixed onto a ceiling of a room where the ceiling-mounted air conditioner is installed and includes an air intake formed at the bottom thereof; a door panel which is connected to the bottom of the main body so as to be able to be attached to or detached from the main body and shuts or opens the air intake by being lifted up or down; a plurality of moving elements which are fixed onto the top surface of the door panel, are a predetermined distance apart from one another, and are lifted up or down so as to be able to lift up or down the door panel; and a plurality of rotation elements which are disposed at the main body so as to be able to rotate and thus to lift up or down the moving elements, wherein each of the moving elements includes a vertical portion having a cavity portion extending vertically therein and protruding vertically from the top surface of the door panel, a driving force transmitting portion formed on one side of the cavity portion and contacting a corresponding rotation element, and an elevation guide portion formed on the other side of the cavity portion and guiding the elevation of the vertical portion. Therefore, it is possible to improve the exterior appearance of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033643 | REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD - The present invention relates to a radio communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a reference signal transmitting method in a radio communication system, comprising the steps of generating a subframe including a control area and a data area, allocating a reference signal to a control channel mapped in the control area, and transmitting the subframe. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031136 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is provided. Usability and efficiency of a storage space are improved in the refrigerator. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030900 | UPRIGHT TYPE VACUUM CLEANER - An upright type vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The upright type vacuum cleaner includes a main body provided so that a disposition angle of the main body with respect to a surface to be cleaned is variable, a suction nozzle coupled to the main body so that the suction nozzle moves along the surface to be cleaned, and a joint provided between the main body and the suction nozzle to connect the main body and the suction nozzle so that the main body and the suction nozzle are rotated about a plurality of axes. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120029529 | MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A medical robotic system and method for controlling the system are provided to precisely measure contact force during the minimally invasive surgery. In one embodiment, a medical robotic system includes an input device, a robotic arm assembly, a surgical instrument operably coupled to the robotic arm assembly, the surgical instrument including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact of the surgical instrument with tissue of a patient, a current measurement unit configured to measure a joint current in the robotic arm assembly, a position/velocity measurement unit configured to measure a joint position and a joint velocity in the robotic arm assembly, an external force calculation unit configured to calculate size and direction of a contact force caused by the contact of the surgical instrument to the tissue based on the joint currents, positions and velocities measured when the contact is occurred and measured when the contact is not occurred. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120028665 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AN ADAPTIVE COMP SCHEME - Disclosed is a method for selecting an adaptive CoMP scheme for a user equipment. The user equipment selects a first CoMP set which can maximize a signal to interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) from among CoMP sets while performing a first coordinate multi-point (CoMP) scheme. Then, the user equipment compares the current data transmission rate thereof and the required minimum data transmission rate thereof and the required minimum data transmission rate while performing the first CoMP scheme and selecting the first CoMP set. Subsequently, the user equipment which performs the first CoMP scheme selects a second CoMP scheme on the basis of the result of the comparison in accordance with a predetermined sequence of CoMP schemes. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026396 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, VIEWING DEVICE AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display device, a viewing device, and a method for operating the same are provided. The method includes pairing a first viewing device with the image display device; displaying a first image corresponding to a first channel during a first period in synchronization with the first viewing device so that the first image can be viewed with the use of the first viewing device; and displaying a second image during a second period subsequent to the first period in synchronization with the first viewing device so that the second image cannot be viewed with the use of the first viewing device. This allow users to concurrently view different images using different viewing devices on a single image display device. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025418 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DAMPER ASSEMBLY OF REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a method of manufacturing a damper assembly. In the method, a case constituting an appearance of the damper assembly and having an open surface is molded, the case is inserted in a jig, the case is filled with a thermal insulating material to blow and mold the thermal insulating material, and a closing plate is coupled to the case to cover the open surface of the case. The closing plate contacts the discharge duct when the damper assembly closes the discharge duct. Accordingly, dimension stability, a defect rate, and sealing and insulating performances of the damper assembly are improved. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024148 | LINEAR COMPRESSOR - There is provided a linear compressor, which can reduce parts production costs and simplify a part installation process by decreasing the number of main springs. The linear compressor comprises: a cylinder providing a space for compressing a refrigerant; a piston linearly reciprocating inside the cylinder to compress the refrigerant; an inner stator; an outer stator; a permanent magnet connected to the piston and linearly reciprocating between the inner stator and the outer stator; a supporter piston connected to the piston, at least part thereof being extended in a radial direction of the piston; a plurality of front main springs positioned on the same axis as the piston, one ends of which being supported by the supporter piston; and one rear main spring positioned on the opposite side of the piston, one end of which being supported by the supporter piston. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024003 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a main body defining a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment, a door selectively closing the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment, respectively, a plurality of receiving members spaced apart vertically from each other in the refrigerator compartment, and a dispenser between upper and lower spaces of the receiving members, the dispenser supplying drinking water. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024002 | REFRIGERATOR HAVING MULTIPLE ICE BANKS - A refrigerator includes: a refrigerator main body including a freezing chamber positioned at a lower portion thereof and a refrigerating chamber positioned at an upper side of the freezing chamber; an ice maker positioned at a portion in any of the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber; first and second ice banks storing ice made by the ice maker; an ice dispenser supplying ice stored in the first ice bank and positioned in the refrigerating chamber; and an ice transfer unit transferring ice between the first and second ice banks, wherein the first and second ice banks are installed in separate spaces which are thermally insulated and maintained at a different temperature, respectively. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024001 | REFRIGERATOR WITH ICE DISPENSER - The present invention relates to a refrigerator having an ice dispenser, and according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator including a refrigerator body having a freezing chamber located at a lower portion thereof and a refrigerating chamber located at an upper portion of the freezing chamber; an ice maker located in the freezing chamber; a first ice bank located in the freezing chamber to store ice made by the ice maker; an ice dispenser located at an inner side of the refrigerating chamber; and an ice transfer means configured to transfer the ice stored in the first ice bank to the ice dispenser. | 02-02-2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120023999 | REFRIGERATOR HAVING ICE TRANSFER UNIT - A refrigerator includes: a refrigerator main body including a freezing chamber positioned at a lower portion thereof and a refrigerating chamber positioned at an upper portion thereof; an ice maker and an ice bank positioned at an inner side of the freezing chamber; an ice dispenser positioned at an inner side of the refrigerating chamber; a transfer flow path extending from the ice bank to the ice dispenser; an ice input unit supplying ice stored in the ice bank to the interior of the transfer flow path; and a blower blowing air to allow the ice supplied to the interior of the ice transfer flow path toward the ice dispenser. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023998 | REFRIGERATOR WITH INSTANT ICE MAKER - The present invention relates to a refrigerator having an instant ice maker, and according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator including a refrigerator body provided with a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber; a first and a second ice maker disposed inside the refrigerator, respectively; a water supply means configured to supply water to the first and the second ice maker; and a precooling means provided between the first ice maker and the water supply means to precool water supplied to the first ice maker. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023997 | REFRIGERATOR - In a refrigerator, a cooling air duct for supplying cooling air to an ice making chamber is installed to be exposed from an inner wall face of a refrigerator chamber. Thus, the thickness of the refrigerator main body can be sufficiently secured, and accordingly, temperature of cooling air flowing through the cooling air duct can be prevented from being increased by external air. Also, since the cooling air duct is installed in a receiving space, a generation of frost in the vicinity of the cooling air duct can be prevented, and an increase in a fabrication cost and power consumption when an anti-frost heater is installed can be prevented. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023980 | REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed are a refrigerator and a controlling method of the same. A change amount of a refrigerating chamber temperature, or a change amount of a freezing chamber temperature may be calculated per time period, and a load corresponding driving may be executed based on the calculated change amount. This may allow the load corresponding driving to be executed more precisely, reduce power consumption, and enhance stability and efficiency of a system. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023974 | REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly, to a refrigerator which can measure an amount of frost on an evaporator in real time and determine a frost removing time; and a method for controlling the same. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023681 | LAUNDRY MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a laundry machine ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023431 | COMPUTING DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD OF THE COMPUTING DEVICE USING USER INTERFACE - A computing device and method that support multitasking environment are discussed. According to an embodiment, the computing device includes a display screen; and a processor which controls the display screen and which: identifies a user command for selecting a first job from a group of jobs associated with the multitasking, determines at least one second job for the same group containing the first job, wherein the second job is a job which was recently accessed by a user from the same group, performs an operating process of the first job while displaying the first job in a first area of the display screen, and performs an operating process of the second job while displaying the second job in a second area of the display screen. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023157 | USER PROFILE BASED CONFIGURATION OF USER EXPERIENCE ENVIRONMENT - A user profile based configuration of user experience environment is disclosed. One embodiment of the present disclosure pertains to a method for generating a user experience environment for a device. The method comprises accessing a user profile associated with a device in a computing network in response to a request by the device for initializing or refreshing a user experience environment of the device. In one example embodiment, the user profile comprises data and metadata defining a communal user experience environment shared by the device and one or more other devices through the computing network. The method further comprises determining a type of the device, and generating the user experience environment of the device based on the user profile and the type of the device. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020428 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION USING THE SAME - There is described an electronic system comprising a first electronic device and a second electronic device communicating with each other. The first electronic device includes a first output unit, a first communication unit, and a first controller automatically transmitting supplementary information related to multimedia contents to the second electronic device through the first communication unit while playing the multimedia contents through the first output unit. The second electronic device includes a second output unit, a second communication unit, and a second controller outputting supplementary contents, related to the multimedia contents, through the second output unit on the basis of the supplementary information received from the first electronic device | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020323 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system is provided. Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs) for a plurality of respective antennas is generated. The DMRSs are mapped to a resource region, and transmitted through the respective corresponding antennas. The DMRSs are multiplexed using at least one of frequency division multiplexing (FDM), code division multiplexing (CDM), and time division multiplexing (TDM) methods and mapped in the resource region. Also, a position of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol to which the DMRSs are mapped in the resource region is an OFDM symbol to which a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a legacy cell-specific reference signal (CRS) are not mapped. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019462 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - There are provided an image display apparatus having a display unit capable of sensing a touch made by a pointing device, and a method for operating the same. The method includes outputting a synchronous signal through the entire region of the display unit, transmitting a first scanning signal and a second scanning signal respectively scanning the display unit in a first direction and a second direction to the pointing device; and acquiring touch position information regarding a touch made by the pointing device by using touch time information regarding time points when the pointing device receives the first scanning signal and the second scanning signal after sensing the synchronous signal. Accordingly, an error in touch recognition caused by the delay of a synchronous signal can be minimized. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019456 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING PRIVATE MODE IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for executing a private mode in a mobile terminal, including sensing a multi-touch applied over a display part, determining whether the multi-touch is identical with a touch code for entering to the private mode preset in a storage part, and turning off the display part or controlling a screen brightness when the multi-touch is identical with the touch code. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019114 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine is disclosed. A washing machine includes a cabinet defining an exterior appearance thereof and a detergent storage box detachably installed to the cabinet, the detergent box having transparent appearance for a user to identify the amount of detergent introduced into the washing machine. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018434 | REFRIGERATOR HAVING SUBSIDIARY STORAGE COMPARTMENT - A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet comprising a storage compartment; a door rotatably provided in the cabinet, the door opening/closing the storage compartment; an subsidiary storage compartment provided in the door, with an open rear surface; and an opening/closing device provided in a rear surface of the door to open and close the rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment. The opening/closing device includes a supporting member coupled to the subsidiary storage compartment; and a blocking member wound around the supporting member in a roll type. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017654 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017646 | WASHING MACHINE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A washing machine and a controlling method of the same are disclosed. A washing machine includes a cabinet ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017632 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is disclosed, which is able to mount an evaporator in a cool air generating chamber more easily for a short time. The refrigerator comprises a main body provided with a storage chamber; a cool air generating chamber provided above the main body and connected with the storage chamber; an evaporator provided inside the cool air generating chamber; and a support portion provided in the ceiling inside the cool air generating chamber and variably provided in a mounting direction of the evaporator to support the evaporator. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017629 | DISPENSER FOR REFRIGERATOR AND REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A dispenser for a refrigerator and a refrigerator including the same are disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet comprising a storage compartment; a door rotatably provided in the cabinet; and a dispenser provided in the door to supply water outside the door, the dispenser comprising a power supply part which is able to be connected with an external device containing predetermined liquid, to supply an electric power to the external device. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017627 | APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING WATER - An apparatus for purifying water comprises: a cold water unit configured to store cold water therein; an ice making unit configured to make the cold water into ice cubes; a first heat exchanger configured to supply cold air to the ice making unit; and a second heat exchanger configured to supply cold air to the cold water unit. Since the heat exchangers are individually disposed at the cold water unit and the ice making unit, the temperature of the cold water supplied from the cold water unit may be easily controlled. Furthermore, this may allow the cold water to be supplied to a user with a uniform temperature. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017623 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is disclosed, which is able to more desirably carry out a heat exchange action between a hot pipe and a drain guide pipe, which guides defrosting water. The refrigerator comprises a cool air generating chamber and a machine chamber provided above a main body; a defrosting water tray provided inside the cool air generating chamber; a water collecting tray provided below the main body; a hot pipe connecting a compressor with a condenser through the water collecting tray, the compressor and the condenser being provided in the machine chamber; and a drain guide pipe mounted outside the main body and connected to the defrosting water tray and the water collecting tray to guide the defrosting water discharged from the defrosting water tray to the water collecting tray, wherein the hot pipe is provided inside or outside the drain guide pipe. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017457 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS WITH LIQUID SPRAYING FUNCTION - The present invention relates to a dryer having a liquid spraying function, and according to one aspect of the present invention, a laundry treating apparatus including a plurality of laundry treating courses which have different laundry treating methods is provided. The apparatus comprises: a drum for receiving the laundry; a hot air supply means for supplying hot air to the inner side of the drum; a spraying means for spraying a fragrant solution to the inside of the drum; a manipulating means including a course selecting means for selecting the laundry treating courses; and a controller for controlling the apparatus according to the instructions inputted by the manipulating means, wherein a plurality of laundry treating courses includes at least one scent spray course for spraying the fragrant solution during the laundry treating process, and the course selecting means comprises a scent spray course selecting means for selecting one of the scent spray courses. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017392 | UPRIGHT TYPE VACUUM CLEANER - An upright type vacuum cleaner is disclosed. An object of the present invention is to provide an upright type vacuum cleaner having a movement direction changed smoothly and quickly as necessary during the movement. The upright type vacuum cleaner includes a body, a wheel member provided in the body, the wheel member including a main rotation member rotatably provided in the body, and an auxiliary rotation member rotatbly provided in the main rotation member to be rotated in a predetermined rotational direction different from a rotational direction of the main rotation member. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017381 | Laundry Treating Apparatus and Control Method of the Same - A laundry treating apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. A laundry treating apparatus includes a casing ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120015652 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING CHANGES IN A CSG SUBSCRIPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a method and an apparatus for processing changes in a closed subscriber group (CSG) subscription in a wireless communication system. A non-access stratum (NAS) of a user equipment receives, from a network, an NAS message indicating that the CSG service to a CSG cell has expired. The NAS notifies the expiration of the CSG service to access stratum (AS), and the AS transmits the expiration of the CSG service to the CSG cell. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014245 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING MESSAGE RELIABLY IN POWER SAVING CLASS MODE - Various methods and apparatuses for reliably transmitting or receiving messages and data in a Power Saving Class (PSC) mode, which are applicable to a wireless access system, are disclosed. In addition, various methods and apparatuses for retransmitting a management message (e.g., a control message) in the PSC mode are disclosed. Accordingly, the messages and data can be transmitted using a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) scheme. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014242 | METHOD OF ALLOCATING RESOURCES FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK SIGNAL IN MIMO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method of allocating resources for transmitting a signal in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes allocating one or more spatial resources of a plurality of spatial resources corresponding to first Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbols to a first transport block, allocating one or more other spatial resources of the plurality of spatial resources corresponding to the first SC-FDMA symbols to a second transport block, and allocating spatial resources corresponding to second SC-FDMA symbols to the first transport block and the second transport block. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014090 | REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator can display state information on a storage space, direct a light to an inside of the storage space when the door is opened, requires no additional lighting enabling to utilize a storage space to the maximum and to produce a high quality appearance. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013612 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AS 3D IMAGE - An electronic apparatus and a method for displaying a graphical user interface are disclosed. A position determination module determines the position of a user. A controller calculates a depth setting value based on a predetermined distance value and the determined position and adjusts depth values of a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) based on the calculated depth setting value. A display displays the plurality of GUIs with the adjusted depth values. The plurality of GUIs is displayed at respective output positions. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013450 | Remote Control Apparatus And System Thereof - A remote control apparatus and a system thereof are disclosed. A remote control apparatus includes a main body; a sliding unit that is slidable along a plurality of positions at the main body; a communication unit to communicate with an external device; a controller to control a mode of the external device in correspondence to a position among the plurality of positions of the sliding unit with respect to the main body; a display unit to display status information of the external device; and a manipulation unit to allow a user input to change the status information. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011885 | REFRIGERATOR AND COOLING APPARATUS - Provided is a chilling device or cooling apparatus that quickly chills a beverage. The chilling device or cooling apparatus may be provided to a refrigerator or a refrigerating storage. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011884 | REFRIGERATOR AND COOLING APPARATUS - Provided is a cooling apparatus that quickly cools beverages such as drinks or alcohols, can be installed on a refrigerator or a freezer, and reduces cooling time. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011883 | COOLING APPARATUS AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a cooling apparatus that quickly cools beverages such as drinks or alcohols, can be installed on a refrigerator or a freezer, and reduces cooling time. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011882 | REFRIGERATOR AND COOLING APPARATUS - Provided is a chilling device or cooling apparatus that quickly chills a beverage. The chilling device or cooling apparatus may be provided to a refrigerator or a refrigerating storage. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011881 | COOLING APPARATUS AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a cooling apparatus and a refrigerator having the same. The cooling apparatus includes a case configured to receive a container holding a liquid, and an agitating member that is positioned within the case and that is configured to agitate the container holding the liquid. The cooling apparatus also includes an electro-magnetic power generator that includes an electromagnet and that is configured to generate a driving force that causes the agitating member to agitate the container holding the liquid. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011880 | COOLING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a cooling apparatus including a non-freezing apparatus which can be installed in a refrigerating chamber or a refrigerating chamber door and stably store food in a non-frozen state. A cooling apparatus includes a freezing chamber, a refrigerating chamber, a freezing chamber door, a refrigerating chamber door, and a non-freezing apparatus installed in the refrigerating chamber or the refrigerating chamber door and storing food in a non-frozen state. In the non-freezing apparatus, since a lower space is cooled by the cool air introduced from the freezing chamber and an upper space is cooled by the atmosphere of the refrigerating chamber, it is possible to reduce a heating value of a heater which is operated to maintain the temperature of the upper space to be higher than that of the lower space. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011877 | REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a refrigerator. In the refrigerator, a water supply unit connected to a water supply passage to temporarily store the supplied water, thereby stably supplying water is disposed above an ice making apparatus. | 01-19-2012 |
