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20100300137 | Refrigerator - A refrigerator having an intermediate storage compartment, which has an improved structure of a return flow passage to return cold air from the intermediate storage compartment. The refrigerator includes a first evaporator to supply cold air to an upper storage compartment, a second evaporator to supply cold air to a lower storage compartment, a cold air supply duct to supply cold air generated at the second evaporator to an intermediate storage compartment, and a curved section formed at a top of the intermediate storage compartment to uniformly distribute the cold air supplied via the cold air supply duct in the intermediate storage compartment. The refrigerator also includes a cold air return duct to return cold air from the intermediate storage compartment, and an ice-making cold air return duct to return cold air from an ice maker. The cold air return duct is joined with the ice-making cold air return duct. | 12-02-2010 |
20100319388 | Lever for dispenser and refrigerator having the same - A refrigerator having an operation lever for a dispenser includes first and second levers interconnected to perform respectively different functions. At least one of the first and second levers is moved relative to the other one. Accordingly, the operability and the aesthetic appearance of the refrigerator may be improved. | 12-23-2010 |
20100319389 | LEVER FOR DISPENSER AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - A refrigerator having an operation lever for a dispenser includes first and second levers interconnected to perform respectively different functions. At least one of the first and second levers is moved relative to the other one. Accordingly, the operability and the aesthetic appearance of the refrigerator may be improved. | 12-23-2010 |
20100319391 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator including an extractable container, and a conveying unit formed in an inner space of a vertical wall of the extractable container. The conveying unit includes a guide part to guide the movement of a partition member that divides a storage space of the extractable container, and a fixing part to restrict the movement of the partition member | 12-23-2010 |
20100320890 | Refrigerator - The refrigerator includes a main body provided with a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment, vertically divided from each other. a first storage compartment door and a second storage compartment door are vertically disposed so as to open and close the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment of the main body. an illumination unit is provided at least one of the lower end portion of the first storage compartment door and the upper portion of the second storage compartment. Also an input unit is provided to input operation data of the illumination unit. | 12-23-2010 |
20130221824 | STORAGE UNIT AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - A storage unit and refrigerator that allows an internal space of an accommodating vessel to be divided into a plurality of sub-spaces by box-shaped division cases are provided. The refrigerator includes a body, a storage compartment having an open front, a door pivotably coupled to the body to open and close the open front of the storage compartment, division cases formed in a box shape to allow food to be stored therein, and an accommodating vessel to accommodate the division cases such that an internal space of the accommodating vessel is divided into sub-spaces. A bottom face of each of the division cases is provided with a protrusion, a bottom face of the accommodating vessel is provided with concave portions. The protrusions are fixed to the concave portions to allow the division cases to be accommodated in the accommodating vessel. | 08-29-2013 |
20140049149 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator including an extractable container, and a conveying unit formed in an inner space of a vertical wall of the extractable container. The conveying unit includes a guide part to guide the movement of a partition member that divides a storage space of the extractable container, and a fixing part to restrict the movement of the partition member | 02-20-2014 |
20140292174 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator including an extractable container, and a conveying unit formed in an inner space of a vertical wall of the extractable container. The conveying unit includes a guide part to guide the movement of a partition member that divides a storage space of the extractable container, and a fixing part to restrict the movement of the partition member | 10-02-2014 |
20140375198 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator in which a rotating bar installed to one of a pair of doors is rotated when the other door is opened or closed. The refrigerator includes a rotating bar to seal a gap between doors, and a guide device to guide rotation of the rotating bar. The guide device includes a base having a receptacle, a rotating unit mounted in the receptacle and rotated by a rotating shaft, a ramp structure fixed in the receptacle and having a ramp, a linkage unit linearly movably secured to the rotating unit and connected to the rotating bar so as to be linearly moved on the ramp and rotated along with the rotating unit about the rotating shaft, and an elastic unit supported by the rotating unit and adapted to transmit elastic force to the linkage unit to allow the linkage unit to move on the ramp. | 12-25-2014 |
20150014725 | PHOSPHOR AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a phosphor and a light emitting device having the same. The light emitting device includes a light emitting chip, a plurality of phosphors to absorb a portion of light emitted from the light emitting chip and to emit lights having mutually different peak wavelengths, and a molding member provided on the light emitting chip and including the phosphors. The phosphors include a first phosphor to emit light having a first peak wavelength, a second phosphor to absorb the portion of the light emitted from the light emitting chip and to emit light having a second peak wavelength, and a third phosphor to absorb the portion of the light emitted from the light emitting chip and to emit light having a third peak wavelength. The first to third peak wavelengths have mutually different color spectrums, and a light emission spectrum in which the first to third peak wavelengths are mixed with each other has a luminous intensity having a substantially flat section in at least 30 nm at a peak wavelength thereof. | 01-15-2015 |
20150182104 | RACK ASSEMBLY AND DISHWASHER HAVING THE SAME - A rack assembly and a dishwasher having the same, the rack assembly includes a basket in which a plurality of holes are formed; and a loading plate that is disposed to be separable from the basket and to be deformable so that loading plate and the materials to be washed placed thereon are removable from the basket. Through this configuration, loading and unloading of the materials to be washed can be easily performed. | 07-02-2015 |
20150192344 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator having an intermediate storage compartment, which has an improved structure of a return flow passage to return cold air from the intermediate storage compartment. The refrigerator includes a first evaporator to supply cold air to an upper storage compartment, a second evaporator to supply cold air to a lower storage compartment, a cold air supply duct to supply cold air generated at the second evaporator to an intermediate storage compartment, and a curved section formed at a top of the intermediate storage compartment to uniformly distribute the cold air supplied via the cold air supply duct in the intermediate storage compartment. The refrigerator also includes a cold air return duct to return cold air from the intermediate storage compartment, and an ice-making cold air return duct to return cold air from an ice maker. The cold air return duct is joined with the ice-making cold air return duct. | 07-09-2015 |
20150208899 | CUTLERY BASKET AND DISH WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A cutlery basket and a dish washing machine having the same includes one or more distribution units contained in the cutlery basket, so that a plurality of cutlery utensils can be uniformly arranged without overlapping, resulting in increased washing efficiency. | 07-30-2015 |
20160003521 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator in which a rotating bar installed to one of a pair of doors is rotated when the other door is opened or closed. The refrigerator includes a rotating bar to seal a gap between doors, and a guide device to guide rotation of the rotating bar. The guide device includes a base having a receptacle, a rotating unit mounted in the receptacle and rotated by a rotating shaft, a ramp structure fixed in the receptacle and having a ramp, a linkage unit linearly movably secured to the rotating unit and connected to the rotating bar so as to be linearly moved on the ramp and rotated along with the rotating unit about the rotating shaft, and an elastic unit supported by the rotating unit and adapted to transmit elastic force to the linkage unit to allow the linkage unit to move on the ramp. | 01-07-2016 |
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20130123626 | ULTRASOUND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF KEY-SETS AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS METHOD USING THE ULTRASOUND APPARATUS - An ultrasound apparatus comprising a control panel on which a plurality of key-sets are printed, wherein each of the plurality of key-sets responds to at least one beam from among a plurality of beams, and then is displayed on the control panel. | 05-16-2013 |
20140104281 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY, AND USER INTERFACE SCREEN GENERATING METHOD - A cardiac ultrasound image display to analyze a heart wall motion, and a method and apparatus for displaying a cardiac ultrasound image. A method of displaying a medical image includes obtaining a characteristic value for each of one or more segments included in an object, generating an image of the object indicating the segment of which the characteristic value is a predetermined value, and displaying the image. | 04-17-2014 |
20140376793 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Provided are an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and a method of operating the same. A method of operating the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes displaying an ultrasonic image in a first region of a display unit, selecting a region of interest (ROI) in the ultrasonic image, displaying a scan conversion image and a certain magnification in a second region, and acquiring a measurement value of the ROI on a basis of the scan conversion image. The scan conversion image is generated by enlarging or reducing an image corresponding to the selected ROI at the certain magnification. A resolution of the scan conversion image is equal to or higher than a resolution of the ultrasonic image. | 12-25-2014 |
20150057546 | METHOD OF GENERATING BODY MARKER AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A body marker generation method and an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus using the same are provided. The body marker generation method includes capturing an image of a subject by using a three-dimensional (3D) infrared sensor; acquiring position information indicating a position of a probe with respect to the subject; determining a diagnostic part of the subject based on the position information, the diagnostic part being a target object to which the probe transmits an ultrasonic signal; and displaying a body marker for the diagnostic part. | 02-26-2015 |
20150126871 | SUPPORT APPARATUS OF ULTRASOUND PROBE, HANDSFREE ULTRASOUND PROBE INCLUDING THE SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SUPPORT APPARATUS - A support apparatus of an ultrasound probe, a handsfree ultrasound probe including the support apparatus, and a method of operating the support apparatus. The support apparatus includes: a housing including an accommodation unit capable of accommodating an ultrasound probe and an adhesion unit capable of contacting a target object; and a first control unit for controlling an adhesive force with respect to the target object of the adhesion unit according to whether a user touches at least one of the ultrasound probe and the housing. | 05-07-2015 |
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20090284653 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING TRANSMITTER, DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVER, AND METHODS THEREOF - A digital broadcasting transmitter, digital broadcasting transmission method, digital broadcasting receiver, and digital broadcasting reception method are provided. The digital broadcasting transmitter includes: an input unit to receive corresponding audio data and video data; and a signal processing unit to individually construct a first type stream having the audio and the video data, and a second type stream having the audio data different in broadcast time from the audio and the video data in the first type stream, and to output the first type stream and the second type stream. Therefore, it is possible to reduce user inconvenience caused by a broadcast being disconnected. | 11-19-2009 |
20100201865 | IMAGING METHOD FOR USE WITH VARIABLE CODED APERTURE DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE IMAGING METHOD - Provided are an imaging method for use with a variable coded aperture filter and an imaging apparatus using the imaging method. The variable coded aperture filter includes a plurality of regulated patterns which may be properly selected, and an image obtained via a certain pattern of the variable coded aperture filter may be processed by a deconvolution method related to the certain pattern. The patterns in the variable coded aperture filter have different aperture degrees from each other so as to adjust an exposure amount, and accordingly, a subject which is extremely bright or extremely dark may be photographed and depth information and focus information may be obtained from the photographed image. Therefore, images of high image quality may be obtained in a large range of brightness variation. | 08-12-2010 |
20130330588 | SUB-BATTERY PACK, BATTERY PACK HAVING THE SUB-BATTERY PACK, PORTABLE ULTRASONIC SCANNING APPARATUS USING THE SUB-BATTERY PACK AND BATTERY PACK, AND CART CARRYING THE SUB-BATTERY PACK, BATTERY PACK AND PORTABLE ULTRASONIC SCANNING APPARATUS - A battery pack includes a case, at least one receptacle defined in the case and configured to accommodate at least one battery that supplies power to a portable ultrasonic scanning apparatus, at least one first terminal installed to the at least one receptacle, the first terminal coming into contact with a terminal of the battery when the battery is accommodated in the at least one receptacle, and a second terminal electrically connected to the at least one first terminal, the second terminal being electrically connected to the portable ultrasonic scanning apparatus. | 12-12-2013 |
20140100441 | MEDICAL IMAGE IMAGING METHOD, MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - A medical diagnostic apparatus includes a data obtainer, which obtains an image frame included in a region to be imaged; and a data processor, which processes the obtained frame and obtains a medical image. The data obtainer includes a composite image generator, which generates a composite image by using the image frame; and a medical image obtainer, which compensates the composite image by using the image frame and boundary conditions corresponding to image signals included in the composite image and obtains the medical image by using the compensated composite image. | 04-10-2014 |
20140128736 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a control panel through which a command for manipulation of the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus is input, a keyboard configured to input, and a controller configured to determine whether or not an input time of text is reached and to control movement of the keyboard such that the keyboard extends outward. | 05-08-2014 |
20140380220 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL IMAGING - A method for providing a UI for medical imaging of an object includes: generating UIs respectively corresponding to processes for imaging the object; determining a display order of the UIs; receiving a UI completion input of the medical professional regarding the first UI; and displaying the second UI in response to the receiving the UI completion input. The UIs corresponding to the processes for imaging the object may be automatically provided to the medical professional, based on the order. | 12-25-2014 |
20150054761 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A user interface (UI) providing method and apparatus that increase the usability of a control panel and quickly and conveniently provide a desired UI to a user. The UI providing method includes detecting a gesture of a hand of a user, determining a touch input UI that corresponds to the detected gesture and is displayed on a screen, and adjusting and displaying the touch input UI on a basis of a distance from the screen to the hand. | 02-26-2015 |
20150078644 | METHOD OF GENERATING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE, METHOD OF ACQUIRING PHASE INFORMATION OF PHASE CONTRAST IMAGE, METHOD OF ACQUIRING PHASE INFORMATION OF SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGE, AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE - Disclosed are a magnetic resonance (MR) image generating method and apparatus that perform imaging on an MR image by using a radio frequency (RF) multi-coil which includes a plurality of channel coils. The MR image generating method includes generating a plurality of pieces of K-space completion data which respectively correspond to the plurality of channel coils and converting the plurality of pieces of K-space completion data to a frequency domain in order to generate a plurality of pieces of image data, combining the plurality of pieces of image data in order to acquire an MR image, and acquiring phase information which relates to the MR image based on the plurality of pieces of image data and the plurality of pieces of K-space completion data. | 03-19-2015 |
20150091571 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An MRI apparatus performs an MRI while moving a patient table and includes a main magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field in a bore; a gradient coil assembly configured to apply a gradient signal to the static magnetic field to generate a magnetic field gradient; an RF coil assembly configured to apply an RF excitation signal and an RF refocusing signal; and a controller configured to control the RF refocusing signal so that a slice to which the RF refocusing signal is to be applied conforms to the slice to which the RF excitation signal has been applied. | 04-02-2015 |
20150093000 | MEDICAL DEVICE, READER OF THE MEDICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MEDICAL DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a medical device including a reader to recognize a command code, and a main body to perform a function matched to the command code recognized by the reader. The medical device may have a small size and be produced at low cost. | 04-02-2015 |
20150117739 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE METHOD - A method for generating an image by using a medical imaging apparatus includes acquiring first slab data which relates to a first imaging slab, acquiring second slab data which relates to a second imaging slab at a position which is different from a position of the first imaging slab, and generating a restored image by using data from among the acquired first slab data and data from among the acquired second slab data in slices which correspond to a same position on an object. | 04-30-2015 |
20150138245 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FITTING MULTIPLE MODELS TO IMAGE - Provided is an image processing apparatus for fitting a model to image data. The image processing apparatus determines a final parameter set and a final inlier scale of a first model by iteratively performing a model estimation process and an inlier scale estimation process, wherein the model estimation process determines a model parameter set, and the inlier scale estimation process determines an inlier scale by using the determined model parameter set. | 05-21-2015 |
20150173712 | ULTRASONIC PROBE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are an ultrasonic probe and a method of manufacturing the same. The ultrasonic probe includes: a matching layer; a piezoelectric layer that is disposed on a bottom surface of the matching layer and generates ultrasonic waves; and a backing layer that is disposed on a bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer and includes plate-shaped carbon allotropes and a backing material provided between the plate-shaped carbon allotropes. | 06-25-2015 |
20150194143 | TRANSDUCER SUPPORT, ULTRASOUND PROBE, AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a transducer support, ultrasound probe, and ultrasound imaging apparatus. The ultrasound transducer support includes a first layer having first areas in which heat transfer materials are arranged and second areas in which sound absorbent materials are arranged, the first and second areas being arranged alternately; and a second layer having third areas located below the first areas in which sound absorbent materials are arranged and fourth areas located below the second areas in which heat transfer materials are arranged. | 07-09-2015 |
20150208981 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - A method of providing information for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) includes: performing an imaging of a patient by executing a sequence including a plurality of protocols; and providing, to the patient, threshold related information about a motion of the patient which corresponds to a currently executed protocol, of the plurality of protocols. | 07-30-2015 |
20150272550 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS OF ULTRASOUND IMAGE BY USING PRESTORED GRADATION DATA AND IMAGES - Provided is a method of adjusting brightness of an ultrasound image including : generating at least one first image representing a region of interest (ROI) by using echo signals corresponding to ultrasound waves irradiated toward the ROI; adjusting brightness of the at least one first image based on an external signal for selecting at least one selected from a plurality of prestored gradation data and a plurality of prestored image data; and generating a second image representing the ROI based on the adjusted brightness. | 10-01-2015 |
20160026761 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A medical image processing apparatus and method are provided. The medical image processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire an icon based on information in a medical image file of an object, the icon having a shape of the object and comprising one or more sub-icons, and a display configured to display the icon. Each of the one or more sub-icons corresponds to an anatomical region of the object is configured to accept input to perform one or more image processing functions associated with the corresponding anatomical region. | 01-28-2016 |
20160051232 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method of more easily determining a measurement object that may be provided from a standard view for a user who is a doctor to read an ultrasound image in an ultrasound diagnosis. A data acquisition unit acquires ultrasound data of a target object. An image processor generates an ultrasound image by using the ultrasound data, acquires a standard view based on the ultrasound image, acquires measurement information that is information regarding measurement objects measurable within the standard view based on the standard view, and acquires at least one of the measurement objects based on the acquired measurement information. | 02-25-2016 |
20160058397 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MRI APPARATUS, AND HEAD COIL FOR MRI APPARATUS - Provided is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus including: a display configured to display a three-dimensional (3D) image on an inner wall of a bore within a gantry; a head coil comprising at least one opening formed at a region that corresponds to eyes of a target object and an optical element disposed in the at least one opening; and a controller configured to adjust a perspective of the 3D image based on an input received from the target object or an input received from a user. | 03-03-2016 |
20160069974 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - The MRI apparatus includes: a radio frequency (RF) transmitter configured to transmit an RF signal including multiple frequency signals corresponding respectively to multiple slices of an object to excite the multiple slices of the object; a gradient amplifier configured to apply a three-dimensional (3D) spatial encoding; an RF receiver configured to receive MR signals in an overlapped state from the multiple slices in a same repetition time (TR) period; and an image processor configured to acquire 3D k-space data based on the MR signals and acquire an MR image of each of the multiple slices based on the 3D k-space data. | 03-10-2016 |
20160125607 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A medical image processing apparatus includes a data acquirer that scans an object with a fiducial marker attached thereto to acquire volume data, and a data processor that estimates a plane of interest, based on a position of the fiducial marker and a position of a landmark in the volume data. | 05-05-2016 |
20160139789 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and a method of controlling the same, and more specifically, to a technique for displaying a gain compensation regulating unit including a time gain compensation (TGC) regulating unit or a lateral gain compensation (LGC) regulating unit corresponding to the set ROI when a region of interest (ROI) in an ultrasound image is set. The ultrasound imaging apparatus according to the embodiment includes an input unit configured to receive a command of setting a region of interest (ROI) in an ultrasound image; and a display unit including a first region on which the ultrasound image is displayed and a second region on which a gain compensation regulating unit configured to change a gain compensation value of the ultrasound image is displayed, wherein, when the command of setting the ROI in the ultrasound image displayed on the first region is input, the display unit displays only a gain compensation regulating unit corresponding to the input ROI in the ultrasound image on the second region. | 05-19-2016 |