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20080282568 | DRYER - A dryer, which can control the amount of heat generated from a heater in accordance with the clogging degree of an air passage, is disclosed. The dryer includes a heater for heating air passing through an air passage, the heater generating heat in a controlled amount, and a controller for controlling the amount of heat generated from the heater in accordance with a clogging degree of the air passage. Since the amount of generate heat is controlled in accordance with the clogging degree of the air passage, it is possible to achieve an enhancement in power consumption efficiency. | 11-20-2008 |
20080313921 | CLOGGING DETECTION METHOD FOR DRYER - A clogging detecting method for a dryer, which can accurately determine a clogging degree of an air passage, even when there is an operation deviation of a temperature control member, is disclosed. The clogging detecting method includes determining operating characteristics of a temperature control member turning on/off in accordance with a temperature of an air passage, determining a clogging degree of the air passage in accordance with a clogging reference corresponding to the determined operating characteristics, and displaying the determined clogging degree of the air passage. | 12-25-2008 |
20080313923 | CLOGGING DEGREE DECIDING METHOD FOR DRYER - A clogging degree deciding method for a dryer, which can accurately determine a clogging degree of an air passage, even when there is an influence of external environments, is disclosed. The clogging degree deciding method includes reading information as to clogging of an air passage, and displaying a clogging degree of an exhaust duct or a clogging degree of a filter in accordance with the read clogging information. The clogging information includes an ON/OFF duty ratio of a temperature control member. The displaying step includes comparing a difference between two ON/Off duty ratios finally stored with a filter-clogging determination reference value, and determining the clogging degree of the filter, based on a result of the comparison. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the clogging degrees of the exhaust duct and filter to the user. | 12-25-2008 |
20090139110 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR DRYER - A control apparatus for a dryer, which can provide a connection for a detecting circuit adapted to determine a clogging degree of the dryer, is disclosed. The control apparatus includes a power supply circuit comprising a heating coil arranged in a heater case, and a temperature control member mounted to the heater case, the temperature control member receiving power, and supplying the received power to the heating coil, a microcomputer for controlling an operation of the dryer, and a connecting line for connecting the power supply circuit to the microcomputer. Through the connecting line, the microcomputer can detect a state of the power supply circuit. | 06-04-2009 |
20090145001 | DISPLAY DEVICE OF DRYER - A display device of a dryer, which can achieve the reliability of a function to display a clogging degree in the dryer, is disclosed. The display device includes a display unit for displaying a clogging degree of an air passage through at least one level indicator, and a controller for controlling the display unit when power is supplied, such that the level indicator flickers for a predetermined time, and then displays the clogging degree of the air passage. The display for the clogging degree of the air passage is executed, following the display of a normal operation state of the display unit. | 06-11-2009 |
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20150154470 | IMAGE MATCHING METHOD USING FEATURE POINT MATCHING - An image matching method includes: extracting a plurality of feature points from a reference image; selecting a first feature point from the feature points, and selecting a first reference search area comprising the first feature point; setting a first matching candidate search area corresponding to the first reference search area from a target image, and extracting a plurality of feature points from the first matching candidate search area; selecting a second feature point closest to the first feature point in the first reference search area, and selecting a first straight line connecting the first and second feature points; generating a plurality of segments from the feature points extracted from the first matching candidate search area; and determining a first matching straight line matching a length and an angle of the first straight line, from the segments generated from the feature points extracted from the first matching candidate search area. | 06-04-2015 |
20150199585 | METHOD OF SAMPLING FEATURE POINTS, IMAGE MATCHING METHOD USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE MATCHING APPARATUS - A method of sampling feature points, an image matching method using the same, and an image matching processor are disclosed. The method of sampling feature points for image matching includes: dividing a first image into a plurality of regions corresponding to a number of feature points to be sampled; extracting a sampled feature point from each of the regions such that a distance between a sampled feature point of one region and a sampled feature point of another region satisfies a predetermined condition; and estimating a homography on the basis of the extracted sampled feature points and corresponding sampled feature points of a second image to be matched with the first image. | 07-16-2015 |
20160117820 | IMAGE REGISTRATION METHOD - An image registration method for registering a first image taken from a first viewpoint and a second image taken from a second viewpoint is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a first reference image by photographing a reference target from a first viewpoint; obtaining a second reference image by photographing the reference target from a second viewpoint; obtaining reference coordinate-difference values that indicate difference in coordinates of corresponding pixels between the first reference image and the second reference image; obtaining parallax registration-error values based on a distance of a photographing target from the first viewpoint and the second viewpoint; obtaining a registration result of a first image of the photographing target taken from the first viewpoint and the second image of the photographing target taken from the second viewpoint based on the reference coordinate-difference values; and correcting the registration result based on the parallax registration-error values. | 04-28-2016 |
20160117821 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING IMAGES - There are provided an apparatus and method for registering images. The apparatus includes at least one processor configured to implement: a first transform model estimator configured to generate a first transform model based on corresponding feature points between a first image and a second image; a second transform model estimator configured to generate a second transform model based on corresponding feature points between a first partial image of the first image and a second partial image of the second image, the second partial image being generated based on the first partial image; and a registrator configured to register the first image and the second image by transforming the first partial image using the first transform model and the second transform model. | 04-28-2016 |
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20130076488 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRIC DEVICE - A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. The method may include displaying, on a display, information related to at least one of a plurality of items to be managed or processed by the device, selecting at least one piece of item information displayed on the display, recognizing the selected piece of item information, and storing the recognized piece of item information into a memory as an object to be managed or processed by the device. | 03-28-2013 |
20130174586 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR A REFRIGERATOR AND REFRIGERATOR USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a diagnostic method of a refrigerator using the same, and according to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a diagnostic method of the refrigerator, and the method may include sensing power supplied thereto; determining whether or not a power failure has occurred based on the sensed power; storing power failure occurrence information when it is determined that the power failure has occurred; referring to the power failure occurrence information when the power supply is resumed; storing power failure end information when the power failure occurrence information is found; and providing the power failure occurrence and power failure end information. | 07-11-2013 |
20130325939 | TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a terminal management system and a method for managing a terminal. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a system or an online service in which an original ID is assigned to all terminals, i.e. management targets, and this is registered in a server system in order to remotely receive a management service. Here, the terminal may include various kinds of electronic products, especially, appliances. | 12-05-2013 |
20130346300 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The present invention relates to a network system and a control method thereof. The network system includes: a commercial electric appliance comprising a cost system for an operation thereof; and a control device communicably connected to the commercial electric appliance, wherein the control device comprises a display unit configured to remotely monitor operation information of the commercial electric appliance. | 12-26-2013 |
20140052573 | SYSTEM FOR PURCHASING AND MANAGING AN ITEM USING A TERMINAL AND A REFRIGERATOR USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an information management system, and more specifically, to an information management system capable of managing information about products stored in a storeroom of home appliances or a shopping list, or purchasing products from an external market through a terminal connected to and communicated with the home appliances and managing information about the purchased products. | 02-20-2014 |
20140059220 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING THE LOCATIONS OF ELECTRIC APPLIANCES - The present invention relates to a method for recognizing the locations of electric appliances. The method for recognizing the locations of electric appliances according to one embodiment includes: a step of the electric appliances starting communication; a step of said electric appliances recognizing basic information required for recognizing the locations thereof; and a step of the locations of said electric appliances being recognized on the basis of the recognized basic information. | 02-27-2014 |
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20100098957 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL USING SLICE STACK PRESSING PROCESS AND FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL THEREBY - Disclosed herein are a method for manufacturing a functional material for use in various industrial fields in which anisotropy or physical properties change according to height may be utilized, as well as a functional material manufactured thereby. The method includes the steps of: (1) mixing powders composed of the components of the functional material with a binder to prepare a mixed paste; (2) coating the mixed paste on a substrate, and then separating the coated material from the substrate, thus preparing a slice; (3) repeating step (2) to prepare a plurality of slices, and stacking the slices in a mold; and (4) pressing the stacked slices at a predetermined temperature and pressure. A multifunctional material, such as an anisotropic material having physical properties which change according to the direction of material, or a material having physical properties which change in a graduated manner according to height, may be manufactured in a simple and economical manner. | 04-22-2010 |
20100116309 | THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS - Disclosed herein is a thermoelectric material for intermediate- and low-temperature applications, in which any one or a mixture of two or more selected from among La, Sc and MM is added to a Ag-containing metallic thermoelectric material or semiconductor thermoelectric material. The thermoelectric material has a low thermal diffusivity, a high Seebeck coefficient, a low specific resistivity, a high power factor and a low thermal conductivity, and thus has a high dimensionless figure of merit, thus showing very excellent thermoelectric properties. The thermoelectric material provide thermoelectric sensors having high sensitivity and low noise and, in addition, is widely used as a thermoelectric material for intermediate- and low-temperature applications, because it shows excellent thermoelectric performance in the intermediate- and low-temperature range. | 05-13-2010 |
20150372212 | TE-BASED THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL HAVING COMPLEX CRYSTAL STRUCTURE BY ADDITION OF INTERSTITIAL DOPANT - This invention relates to a Te-based thermoelectric material having stacking faults by addition of an interstitial dopant, including unit cells configured such that A-B-A-C-A elements are stacked to five layers, in which A element of a terminal of a unit cell and A element of a terminal of another unit cell are repeatedly stacked by a van der Waals interaction, wherein an interstitial element as the dopant is located at an interstitial position between the repeatedly stacked A elements adjacent to each other, thus generating stacking faults of the repeatedly stacked unit cells to thereby form a twin as well as a complex crystal structure different from the unit cells (where A is Te or Se, B is Bi or Sb, and C is Bi or Sb). | 12-24-2015 |
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20090107395 | Deposition Apparatus With Guide Roller For Long Superconducting Tape - Disclosed herein is a deposition apparatus with a guide roller for a long superconducting tape. The deposition apparatus has a supply reel which is provided in a vacuum chamber and rotated to supply the tape, a feed and deposition unit which is spaced apart from the supply reel and vacuum deposits a superconducting layer on the tape while feeding the tape, and a collection reel which is spaced apart from the feed and deposition unit and is rotated to collect the vacuum-deposited tape. The feed and deposition unit includes a drum which is rotated to wind the tape on a predetermined portion of an outer circumference of the drum several times, thus feeding the tape, and a guide roller which is spaced apart from the drum, includes a plurality of rollers each having on an outer circumference thereof grooves and protrusions at regular intervals, and is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a rotating shaft of the drum by a sum of a width of the tape and a thickness of each of the protrusions, with the tape passing over an outer circumference of the guide roller. The invention deposits a superconducting layer while maintaining constant tension when the tape is thermally deposited, thus preventing the tape from being deformed because of the difference in the thermal expansion and contraction of the tape resulting from non-uniform tension. | 04-30-2009 |
20090110952 | Gradient Thin Film - Disclosed herein is a gradient thin film, formed on a substrate by simultaneously depositing different materials on the substrate using a plurality of thin film deposition apparatuses provided in a vacuum chamber, wherein the gradient thin film is formed such that the composition thereof is continuously changed depending on the thickness thereof by deposition control plates provided in the path through which the different materials move to the substrate. The gradient thin film is advantageous in that the thin film is formed by simultaneously depositing different materials using various deposition apparatuses, so that the composition thereof is continuously changed depending on the thickness thereof, with the result that the physical properties of a thin film are easily controlled and the number of deposition processes is decreased, and thus processing time and manufacturing costs are decreased, thereby improving economic efficiency. | 04-30-2009 |
20090111700 | Superconducting Strip Having Metal Coating Layer And Method Of Manufacturing The Same - Disclosed herein is a superconducting strip having a metal coating layer and a method of manufacturing the superconducting strip. The method of manufacturing the superconducting strip includes: washing a superconducting thin film, a stabilizing substrate and an anti-bonding substrate with alcohol; forming a metal coating layer on each of the superconducting thin film and stabilizing substrate; adhering the superconducting thin film and stabilizing substrate to each other such that the metal coating layer formed on the superconducting thin film faces the metal coating layer formed on the stabilizing substrate; disposing the anti-bonding substrate on an outside of the stabilizing substrate and then winding the anti-bonding substrate such that the anti-bonding substrate and the stabilizing substrate are closely adhered to each other by winding the anti-bonding substrate around a bobbin under a predetermined tension; and heat-treating the superconducting thin film and stabilizing substrate such that they are bonded to each other by the metal coating layer disposed therebetween. | 04-30-2009 |
20100137142 | Method of Manufacturing Round Wire Using Superconducting Tape and Round Wire Manufactured Using the Superconducting Tape - Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing round wire using superconducting tape, including the steps of: slitting superconducting tape into superconducting tape strips; silver-coating the slit superconducting tape strips; laminating the silver-coated superconducting tape strips to form a superconducting tape laminate having a square cross-section; holding the superconducting tape laminate; heat-treating the fixed superconducting tape laminate to cause diffusion junction between silver; and copper-plating the heat-treated superconducting tape laminate to have a circular section. The method is advantageous in that, since it is formed by slitting, silver-coating and laminating conventional superconducting tape, its superconducting layer can be protected, and it has a circular cross-section, so that it can be easily joined and wound, with the result that it is expected that, like general copper wires, its application fields will be enlarged because it can be wound in a solenoid shape at the time of magnetic winding. | 06-03-2010 |
20110111963 | Apparatus For Fabricating High Temperature Superconducting Film And High Temperature Superconducting Film Fabricated Through Auxiliary Cluster Beam Spraying - Disclosed herein is a high temperature superconducting film and an apparatus for fabricating a high temperature superconducting film in a vacuum chamber through auxiliary cluster beam spraying using an evaporation method, wherein a high temperature superconducting material is deposited on a substrate in a vapor state by evaporating the high temperature superconducting material, and at the same time, a cluster beam material is formed into gas atoms by heating the cluster beam material charged in a material housing, and the formed gas atoms pass through a nozzle of an inlet of the material housing and then are sprayed and grown on the substrate in the form of the cluster beam, thereby forming pinning centers in the high temperature superconducting film. | 05-12-2011 |
20110218112 | Superconducting Wire - Disclosed herein is a superconducting wire which is used in, for example, superconducting magnet energy storage systems. The superconducting wire includes: a wire comprising a metal substrate, a superconducting layer and a buffer interposed between the metal substrate and the superconducting layer; and a stabilizer layer plated on the wire, wherein an epoxy resin insulating layer coats the entire surface of the stabilizer layer. The superconducting wire makes it possible to reduce damage to an insulating material when forming the insulating material during the production of the superconducting wire, and it has a uniform surface and can be produced in a simple manner. | 09-08-2011 |
20120252680 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING TAPE - Disclosed herein is a high-temperature superconducting tape, including: a substrate; a buffer layer formed on the substrate; and a high-temperature superconducting layer formed on the buffer layer, wherein the substrate is made of SUS310s or stainless steel containing 0.01-1% of silicon (Si) and 1-5% of molybdenum (Mo) and has an average metal crystal grain size of 12 μm or less, and the high-temperature superconducting layer is made of a ReBCO (ReBa | 10-04-2012 |
20120283105 | Superconducting Strip Having Metal Coating Layer and Method Of Manufacturing the Same - A rolled superconducting article includes: a cylindrical bobbin having a post in a cylindrical shape; a superconducting strip wound on the cylindrical bobbin in a rolled shape with a predetermined tension applied, wherein the superconducting strip is formed of a superconducting thin film, which is coated with a metal coating layer on a facing surface of the superconducting thin film, and a stabilizing substrate wound on the superconducting strip, wherein the stabilizing substrate is coated with a metal coating layer on a facing surface of the stabilizing substrate; an anti-bonding substrate wound on an outer surface of the stabilizing substrate with a predetermined tension applied; wherein the superconducting thin film is thermally adhered to the stabilizing substrate by heat-treating the rolled superconducting strip with the anti-bonding substrate wound therearound. | 11-08-2012 |
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20110179584 | WASHING METHOD - Disclosed is a washing method in which an inner tub or a pulsator is operated in various ways to achieve reduced abrasion of laundry and enhanced washing performance. The washing machine includes a disentangling washing operation during which the inner tub is alternately rotated in forward and reverse directions to disentangle laundry received in the inner tub, a tapping washing operation, subsequent to the disentangling washing operation, during which the inner tub is successively rotated in a given direction such that the laundry is adhered to an inner surface of the inner tub and the wash water is raised along a path between the outer tub and the inner tub to thereby flow into the inner tub by centrifugal force generated during rotation of the inner tub, and an agitation washing operation, subsequent to the tapping washing operation, during which the pulsator is alternately rotated in forward and reverse directions. | 07-28-2011 |
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 |
20140026624 | WASHING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a washing apparatus comprising a cabinet; a tub which is provided inside the cabinet, for storing washing water; a drum which is rotatably provided inside the tub with a vertical shaft at the center and a filtering portion for filtering water which circulates from the tub to the drum. | 01-30-2014 |
20140101866 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WASHING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a washing apparatus, and more particularly, to method for controlling a washing apparatus provided with an independently rotatable drum and a pulsator, comprising a step of draining further comprising a plurality of steps of draining a predetermined amount of rinsing water at a time; a middle step of dehydrating; and a step of supplying water, further comprising a plurality of steps of providing a predetermined amount of rinsing water at a time. | 04-17-2014 |