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20080317340 | Method and apparatus for correcting preferred color and liquid crystal display device using the same - A method and apparatus for correcting a preferred color, which is capable of correcting the preferred color in consideration of an input image and the visual characteristics of a person by correcting differences between colors preferred by the person and an average color coordinate of a color to be corrected in the input image, and a liquid crystal display device using the same are disclosed. The method for correcting a preferred color includes converting data of an input image into lightness (L), chroma (C) and hue (H) data, detecting a preferred-color pixel from the input image, calculating average values of the L, C and H data of the preferred-color pixel, correcting the C and H data of the preferred-color pixel according to differences between the average values of the C and H data and reference values of the C and H data, correcting the L data of the preferred-color pixel according to the average value of the L data according to the hue of the preferred-color pixel, and inversely converting the corrected L, C and H data into image data. | 12-25-2008 |
20090009539 | Color gamut mapping and liquid crystal display device using the same - A color gamut mapping method, which is capable of minimizing a color difference perceived by a person, preventing brightness and contrast from deteriorating, and improving color reproducibility, and a liquid crystal display device using the same are disclosed. The color gamut mapping method includes converting image data having an original gamut into lightness, chroma and hue data, adjusting a primary hue angle of the original gamut according to a reproduction gamut and adjusting the hue data according to the adjustment amount of the primary hue angle, changing the lightness of an original gamut boundary in consideration of a reproduction gamut boundary and changing the brightness data by the change amount of the lightness of the original gamut boundary, deciding a focal point, which is a reference point of color gamut mapping, according to the size, the shape and the position of the original/reproduction gamut in lightness and chroma coordinates, deciding a mapping slope according to the decided focal point FP and a mapping area in which the lightness and chroma data are located and mapping the original gamut to the reproduction gamut according to the decided mapping slope, and converting the lightness, chroma and hue data mapped to the reproduction gamut into image data. | 01-08-2009 |
20090010531 | Method and apparatus for detecting preferred color and liquid crystal display device using the same - Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for detecting a preferred color, which is capable of accurately detecting a preferred-color area with a small amount of computations, and a liquid crystal display device using the same. The method for detecting a preferred color includes comparing a hue value of an input pixel with hue reference values and detecting a first preferred-color pixel, and performing a best linear estimation (BLE) operation with respect to the first preferred-color pixel and detecting a second preferred-color pixel. | 01-08-2009 |
20100157150 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING COLOR OF DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to improve video quality by accurately detecting a preferred color region and correcting the preferred color region to a target color, a method for correcting a color of a display device includes converting input R/G/B data into Y/Cb/Cr data, calculating a weight by an exponential function using a dispersion and a distance between an input value and a target value of the Y/Cb/Cr data, comparing the calculated weight with a target color range so as to detect a target color region, and calculating a detection probability, detecting an average value, a minimum value and a maximum value of the Y/Cb/Cr data for the detected target color region from a previous frame, calculating a correction constant using the average value, the minimum value and the maximum value of the Y/Cb/Cr data, a predetermined target value of the Y/Cb/Cr data, and the Y/Cb/Cr which is detected as the target color region and is input, adding the detection probability to the calculated correction constant as the weight so as to calculate a correction amount, correcting the input Y/Cb/Cr data using the calculated correction amount so as to output the Y/Cb/Cr data, and inversely converting the corrected Y/Cb/Cr data into R/G/B data. | 06-24-2010 |
20120038656 | Method for Simulating Image Quality Improvement of Image Display Device and Device Therefor - The present invention relates to a method for simulating image quality improvement of an image display device, in which the image display device to be tested is made to display an optimized picture quality with a simplified process by applying simplified simulation program and device; and a device therefor. The method for simulating picture quality improvement of an image display device includes the steps of selecting at least one input image data from a list of plurality of test image data by using a file input/output interface unit of a simulation tool, selecting at least one image processing algorithm from a list of a plurality of image processing algorithms by using an image control interface unit, applying the at least one image processing algorithm selected thus to the at least one input image data to convert the at least one input image data by using an algorithm application control unit, comparing and determining at least one output image data converted and forwarded thus to the input image data, and analyzing characteristics of the output image data by using a resultant image analysis and control unit. | 02-16-2012 |
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20080235935 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - A laundry treating apparatus is provided which can be manufactured easily. The laundry treating apparatus manufacturing method includes providing a metal plate formed of stainless steel and drawing the stainless steel plate to form a front panel such that the front panel includes a front surface and a plurality of edges extending continuously therefrom and at least one seamless corner where the front surface and two of the plurality of edges meet. | 10-02-2008 |
20080245114 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FRONT COVER FOR A LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - A laundry treating apparatus and a method of manufacturing a front cover for a laundry treating apparatus are provided herein. The method manufactures a front cover having an accurate desired shape using stainless steel having a unique metal color and gloss. The method of manufacturing a front cover for a laundry treating apparatus includes a drawing step to mold a front surface and a side surface of the front cover by drawing a stainless steel plate, a spring back reducing step to reduce a spring back of the drawn stainless steel plate, and a cutting step to cut the front cover from the stainless steel plate. | 10-09-2008 |
20080265721 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - A laundry treating apparatus is provided which can be manufactured easily. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet configured to hold laundry therein, a front cover including a door opening to load the laundry in the drum, and at least one panel opening configured to receive a control panel therein. | 10-30-2008 |
20100050345 | CONTROL METHOD OF LAUNDRY MACHINE - A control method of a laundry machine comprising a water supply, washing and rinsing cycle, the control method includes first determination step performed prior to the rinsing cycle and determining a kind of detergent, second determination step performed during a first rinsing course of the rinsing cycle and determining an amount of remained detergent in a rinsing water, and condition determination step of at least one following rinsing course based on the kind and amount of the remained detergent. | 03-04-2010 |
20100116004 | Ball balancer and laundry apparatus having the same - A ball balancer and a laundry apparatus having the same are disclosed. A ball balancer includes a circular housing comprising motion space formed therein, a fluid inlet and an air outlet, a plurality of ball members movable in motion space of the housing, a closing member closing up the fluid inlet and the air outlet, and viscous fluid filled in the motion space via the fluid inlet formed in the housing. The ball balancer according to the present invention may be fabricated more efficiently. | 05-13-2010 |
20130185914 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARAUS - A laundry treating apparatus is provided which can be manufactured easily. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet configured to hold laundry therein, a front cover including a door opening to load the laundry in the drum, and at least one panel opening configured to receive a control panel therein. | 07-25-2013 |
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20100058814 | WASHING MACHINE HAVING WASHING COURSE FOR SHOES - The present invention relates to washing machines, and, more particularly, to a washing machine in which a drum that holds laundry is rotated with respect to a substantially horizontal rotation shaft. | 03-11-2010 |
20100095465 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WASHING MACHINE - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a washing machine, in which functioning of a safe rinsing is shown to a user visibly for improving user's reliability. The method, having a detergent amount calculating step for calculating a remained detergent amount at the time of finishing a washing course or a starting of a rinsing course by means of a conductivity sensor, and a determining step for determining whether an additional rinsing is performed or not according to the remained detergent amount calculated thus, the method includes a user informing step for informing a change of the rinsing pattern to the user if the rinsing pattern which is a parameter that gives influence to the rinsing course with reference to the remained detergent amount calculated in the detergent amount calculating step. | 04-22-2010 |
20130026969 | TUBE-STRUCTURED BATTERY TO BE INSERTED INTO LIVING BODY - A tube-structured battery to be inserted into a living body is provided. The tube-structured battery includes: a biofuel battery part which generates electric energy by using biofuel in the blood passing through an internal space of the tube structure; a transformer circuit part which adjusts a voltage or current density by using the generated electric energy; and a secondary battery part which is charged with the electric energy by using the adjusted voltage or current density to store the electric energy, wherein the tube-structured battery is inserted into the living body or a blood vessel of the living body. | 01-31-2013 |
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20090230787 | SPHERICAL MOTOR ROTATING IN MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM - A spherical motor rotating in multi degrees of freedom has a reliable capability of determining positioning. The spherical motor includes a hollow spherical-shaped stator installed with a bi-level bobbin wound by coil generating a synthesized magneto-motive force on an inner surface thereof; and a rotor formed inside the stator and rotating around a shaft, wherein a slope of the shaft is adjusted by the synthesized magneto-motive force. Two or more of the bobbins are provided and installed at regular intervals along the inner surface of the stator, and the rotor includes one or more permanent magnets. The spherical motor rotating in multi degrees of freedom, formed with the above mentioned figures, can embody multi degrees of freedom by the interaction between the flowing current in the winding coil around the bobbin and the permanent magnet. | 09-17-2009 |
20130193464 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE PACKAGE AND LIGHT EMITTING MODULE - Disclosed are a light emitting device, a light emitting device package and a light emitting module. The light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer and an active layer between the first and second conductive semiconductor layers; a support member under the light emitting structure; a reflective electrode layer between the second conductive semiconductor layer and the support member; and first to third connection electrodes spaced apart from each other in the support member. The second connection electrode is disposed between the first and third connection electrodes, the first and third connection electrodes are electrically connected with each other, and the support member is disposed at a peripheral portion of the first to third connection electrodes. | 08-01-2013 |
20140354103 | MOTOR - A motor includes a stator including stator cores and coils wound on the stator cores, a rotor disposed at the inside of the stator and rotated by electromagnetic interaction with the stator, and a motor shaft combined with the rotor so as to be rotated together with the rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores arranged to be separated from each other in the circumferential direction of the rotor, a plurality of rotor slots formed between the plurality of rotor cores, a plurality of permanent magnets inserted into the plurality of rotor slots, and a plurality of cover members connecting neighboring rotor cores to close one opened side of each of the plurality of rotor slots. | 12-04-2014 |
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20130025661 | Thin Film Type Solar Cell and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A thin film type solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, which is capable of providing a wide light-transmission area without lowering cell efficiency and increasing processing time, so that the solar cell can be used as a substitute for a glass window in a building. The thin film type solar cell generally comprises a substrate; a plurality of front electrodes at fixed intervals on the substrate; a plurality of semiconductor layers at fixed intervals with a contact portion or separating channel interposed in-between, the plurality of semiconductor layers on the plurality of front electrodes; and a plurality of rear electrodes at fixed intervals by the each separating channel interposed in-between, the each rear electrode being electrically connected with the each front electrode; wherein the each rear electrode is patterned in such a way that a light-transmitting portion is included in a predetermined portion of the rear electrode. | 01-31-2013 |
20130243965 | METHOD OF PREPARING GRAPHENE FROM ORGANIC MATERIAL USING RADIATION TECHNIQUE AND GRAPHENE PREPARED USING THE SAME - Provided are a method for preparing grapheme from an organic material using a radiation technique, and graphene prepared using the same, and more particularly, a method of preparing graphene by dissolving an organic material such as polymer, oligomer, or the like, in a solvent to prepare an organic material solution, applying the prepared solution to an upper portion of a substrate to form an organic thin film, introducing a cross-link structure into the organic thin film through irradiation with radiation, and then performing a carbonization process, and graphene prepared using the same. | 09-19-2013 |