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| 20110135030 | Semiconductor device, a parallel interface system and methods thereof - A semiconductor device, a parallel interface system and methods thereof are provided. The example semiconductor device may include a reference clock transmitting block generating a reference clock signal, a plurality of first transceiver blocks, each of the plurality of first transceiver blocks transmitting at least one parallel data bit signal based on one of a plurality of phase-controlled transmitting sampling clock signals and a per-pin deskew block controlling a phase of a transmitting sampling clock signal to generate the phase-controlled sampling clock signals for the respective plurality of transceiver blocks, the per-pin deskew block controlling the phase of each phase-controlled transmitting sampling clock signal based on a phase skew between a given training data bit signal, among a plurality of training data bit signals, corresponding to a given first transceiver block and the reference clock signal in a first operation mode, and based on phase skew information relating to a phase skew between a given parallel data bit signal of the at least one parallel data bit signal and the reference clock signal in a second operation mode. An example method may include reducing skew based on a comparison between a plurality of transmitted training data bit signals and a corresponding plurality of received training data bit signals in a first mode of operation and reducing skew based on received phase skew information relating to a phase skew difference between a reference signal and a parallel data bit signal in a second mode of operation. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110218949 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING DATA TRAINING IN SYSTEM INCLUDING MEMORY DEVICES - In one embodiment, a method of performing data training in a system including a memory controller and at least a first memory device including a group of memory banks is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of enabling states for the group of memory banks, wherein each enabling state is different and for each enabling state a set of the memory banks of the group is enabled and any remaining of the memory banks of the group are not enabled. The method further includes performing a first data training procedure that includes a series of first data training operations for the first memory device, each data training operation being performed for a different one of the plurality of enabling states, generating a noise profile based on the series of first data training operations, statistically analyzing the noise profile to select a reference enabling state of the group of memory banks, and performing a second data training procedure for the first memory device using the reference enabling state. As a result, the operating speed and reliability of the system including the memory device may be improved. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219248 | POWER-DOWN METHOD FOR SYSTEM HAVING VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES - A power-down method for a system including a plurality of volatile memory devices is disclosed. The method includes providing some of the plurality of volatile memory devices or some memory regions of the volatile memory devices to operate in a self-refresh mode, thereby increasing a rebooting operation speed and reducing power consumption. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219274 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING SYSTEM HANG - A memory system includes an error detection circuit having an error counter. When a bit error rate (BER) determined by the error counter exceeds a reference BER, the memory system reduces the BER by adjusting its operating speed or operating voltage, re-performing data training or impedance matching, or by adjusting a data swing width. Accordingly, a method of controlling a bit error rate may be performed, and a system hang is prevented. | 09-08-2011 |
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| 20100175434 | Pulsator unit for washing machine and washing machine having the same - In the washing machine, which has a tub installed in a main body, a spin basket rotatably installed in the tub, and a pulsator unit installed in the spin basket to generate a washing water current, the pulsator unit includes a first pulsator connected to a washing shaft of a driving device, a rod member installed on the upper surface of the first pulsator such that the rod member is tilted toward a central axis of the first pulsator at a designated angle, and a second pulsator coupled with the rod member such that the second pulsator is relatively rotated against the rod member. The pulsator unit generates a combined water current in the spin basket, and thus prevents the twisting and entanglement of laundry or reduces the amount of consumed washing water | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110094271 | Pulsator device usable with washing machine and washing machine having the same - A pulsator device that generates a composite stream of water to improve performance of a washing machine. The pulsator device includes a first pulsator configured to be rotated about a rotary shaft, a shaft connected to the first pulsator such that the shaft is rotated with the first pulsator, the shaft being eccentric with respect to the rotary shaft, and a second pulsator rotatably coupled to the shaft. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110107617 | Misting control method of clothing dryer - Disclosed herein is a control method of clothing dryer that sprays an appropriate amount of mist based on the amount of clothing and dries the clothing at a fiber rearrangement temperature to remove wrinkles from the clothing. Standard regain of clothing is confirmed, mist is sprayed such that an amount of mist equivalent to approximately twice the standard regain reaches the clothing, and the clothing is dried at the fiber rearrangement temperature, whereby wrinkles are removed from the clothing. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20120102661 | Washing machine and control method thereof - A control method of a washing machine to supply wash water in stages, generate bubbles and supply the generated bubbles. The control method includes supplying wash water to a tub to a predetermined level in stages one or more times during a washing cycle, generating bubbles at the respective stages at which the wash water is supplied to the tub, and driving a pulsator so that the bubbles are introduced into a wash tub. | 05-03-2012 |
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| 20100203605 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FRACTIONATING LIGNOCELLULOSE-BASED BIOMASS - A method and apparatus for fractionating a lignocellulose-based biomass are provided. The method includes providing a lignocellulose-based biomass, extracting lignin from the biomass by adding a first solvent capable of dissolving the lignin, extracting xylose by adding a second solvent capable of dissolving hemicellulose to the biomass treated with the first solvent, and extracting the cellulose remaining in the biomass. In this method, a continuous process can be performed instead of a low efficiency batch-type process and components of the biomass can be obtained at high yield. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100209976 | METHOD OF PRE-TREATING AND SACCHARIFYING ALGAE BIOMASS - Disclosed is a method of pre-treating and saccharifying an algae biomass, by dehydrating the algae biomass to have a water content of about 10% to about 70% by weight, cutting the algae biomass having a water content of about 10% to about 70% by weight to a predetermined size, and saccharifying the cut algae biomass using a hydrolysis catalyst and/or a hydrolase to yield a monosaccharide. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100279372 | METHOD OF PRETREATING LIGNOCELLULOSE-BASED BIOMASS - Disclosed is a method of pretreating lignocellulose-based biomass by extracting lignin from biomass by adding a solvent for dissolving lignin to the lignocellulose-based biomass including lignin, hemicellulose and cellulose, and extracting the cellulose and/or hemicellulose by adding an ionic liquid to the remaining biomass after extracting the lignin. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110020881 | METHOD OF PRODUCING BIOFUEL USING BROWN ALGAE - In a method of producing biofuel using brown algae, | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110177565 | ISOLATED POLYPEPTIDE FOR INCREASING ACTIVITY OF POLYSACCHARIDE HYDROLASE AND METHODS OF USE - An isolated polypeptide is disclosed that improves the hydrolyzing capacity of a polysaccharide hydrolase such as cellulase, is capable of binding to a polysaccharide, is deficient in polysaccharide hydrolase activity, and includes a GH45 or a pollen-allergen domain. Methods of hydrolyzing polysaccharides using the isolated polypeptide are also disclosed. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120244588 | METHOD OF PRODUCING 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID USING MALONIC SEMIALDEHYDE REDUCING PATHWAY - A method of producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid (“3-HP”) with a high yield using a recombinant microorganism having an activity of reducing malonyl CoA into malonic semialdehyde and an activity of reducing malonic semialdehyde into 3-HP and/or an NADPH regeneration activity is provided. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120329084 | HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF LACTIC ACID-PRODUCING MICROORGANISM - A high throughput screening system and method of a lactic acid-producing microorganism using a mixture of at least two pH indicators are provided. The method may be useful in determining a production amount of a lactic acid, which is a final metabolite secreted by the microorganism, more accurately, rapidly and easily. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120329110 | GENETIC MODIFICATION FOR PRODUCTION OF 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID - A method of increasing 3-HP production efficiency by inhibiting expression of a lactate dehydrogenase, a phosphotransacetylase, and an alcohol dehydrogenase in production of 3-HP using a malonic semialdehyde reduction pathway to prevent metabolite leak and increase a malonyl-CoA pool is disclosed. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120329676 | HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING METHOD OF ACID-PRODUCING MICROORGANISM - A high throughput screening system and method of an acid-producing microorganism using a mixture of at least two pH indicators are provided. The method may be useful in determining a production amount of an acid, which is a final metabolite secreted by the microorganism, more accurately, rapidly and easily. | 12-27-2012 |
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| 20100136717 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO INSPECT DEFECT OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An apparatus and method to inspect a defect of a semiconductor device. The amount of secondary electrons generated due to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) may depend on the topology of a pattern of a semiconductor substrate. The amount of secondary electrons emitted from a recess of an under layer is far smaller than that of secondary electrons emitted from a projection of a top layer. Since the recess is darker than the projection, a ratio of a value of a secondary electron signal of the under layer to a value of a secondary electron signal of the top layer may be increased in order to improve a pattern image used to inspect a defect in the under layer. To do this, a plurality of conditions under which electron beams (e-beams) are irradiated may be set, at least two may be selected out of the set conditions, and the pattern may be scanned under the selected conditions. Thus, secondary electron signals may be generated according to the respective conditions and converted into image data so that various pattern images may be displayed on a monitor. Scan information on the pattern images may be automatically stored in a computer storage along with positional information on a predetermined portion of the semiconductor substrate. When calculation conditions are input to a computer, each of scan information on the pattern images may be calculated to generate a new integrated pattern image. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100219340 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An apparatus for measuring a semiconductor device is provided. The apparatus includes a beam emitter configured to irradiate an electron beam onto a sample having the entire region composed of a critical dimension (CD) region, which is formed by etching or development, and a normal region connected to the CD region, and an analyzer electrically connected to the beam emitter, and configured to select and set a wavelength range of a region in which a difference in reflectance between the CD region and the normal region occurs, after obtaining reflectance from the electron beam reflected by a surface of the sample according to the wavelength of the electron beam. A method of measuring a semiconductor device using the measuring apparatus is also provided. Therefore, it is possible to minimize a change in reflectance due to the thickness and properties of the semiconductor device, and set a wavelength range to monitor a specific wavelength, thereby accurately measuring and analyzing a CD value of a measurement part of the semiconductor device. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20120080597 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO INSPECT DEFECT OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An apparatus and method to inspect a defect of a substrate. Since a recess of an under layer of a substrate is darker than a projection of a top layer, a ratio of a value of a secondary electron signal (of an SEM) of the under layer to a value of the top layer may be increased to improve a pattern image used to inspect an under layer defect. Several conditions under which electron beams are irradiated may be set, and the pattern may be scanned under such conditions. Secondary electron signals may be generated according to the conditions and converted into image data to display various pattern images. Scan information on the images may be stored with positional information on the substrate. Each of scan information on the pattern images may be calculated to generate a new integrated image. | 04-05-2012 |
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| 20110217820 | METHODS OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device using a recess channel array is disclosed. A substrate is provided having a first region and a second region, including a first transistor in the first region including a first gate electrode partially filling a trench, and source and drain regions that are formed at both sides of the trench, and covered by a first insulating layer. A first conductive layer is formed on the substrate. A contact hole through which the drain region is exposed is formed by patterning the first conductive layer and the first insulating layer. A contact plug is formed that fills the contact hole. A bit line is formed that is electrically connected to the drain region through the contact plug, and simultaneously a second gate electrode is formed in the second region by patterning the first conductive layer. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110241102 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING BIT LINE CONTACT PLUG AND BURIED CHANNEL ARRAY TRANSISTOR, METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULES, ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARDS AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME - A semiconductor device having a cell area and a peripheral area includes a semiconductor substrate, a cell insulating isolation region delimiting a cell active region of the semiconductor substrate in the cell area, a word line disposed within the semiconductor substrate in the cell area, a bit line contact plug disposed on the cell active region, a bit line disposed on the bit line contact plug, a peripheral insulating isolation region delimiting a peripheral active region of the semiconductor substrate in the peripheral area, and a peripheral transistor including a peripheral transistor lower electrode and a peripheral transistor upper electrode. The bit line contact plug is formed at the same level in the semiconductor device as the peripheral transistor lower electrode, and the bit line electrode is formed at the same level in the semiconductor device as the peripheral transistor upper electrode. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120214297 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING BURIED CHANNEL ARRAY TRANSISTOR - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes partially removing an active region and an isolation region to form a gate buried trench, forming a gate insulating layer on an inner wall of the gate buried trench, forming a gate conductive pattern on the gate insulating layer to fill the gate buried trench, and a height of an uppermost surface of the gate conductive pattern is lower than a height of an uppermost surface of the substrate. The method also includes forming an interlayer insulating layer on the substrate and on the gate conductive pattern, the interlayer insulating layer includes an upper insulating region and a lower insulating region, the lower insulating region fills the gate buried trench, the upper insulating region is formed over the substrate, and forming a bit contact plug connected to the active region through the interlayer. | 08-23-2012 |
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| 20100081033 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE AND FUEL CELL EMPLOYING THE SAME - A polymer electrolyte that may be used in a fuel cell includes sulfonated polyether ketone ketone and a cross-linking agent. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100204347 | ORGANIC AEROGEL, COMPOSITION FOR FORMING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - Disclosed is an organic aerogel including a polymer obtained from reaction an aryl alcohol compound, an aldehyde compound, and a polyol compound, a composition for forming the same, and a method of preparing the same. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110054052 | POLYURETHANE FOAM COMPOSITION AND POLYURETHANE FOAM PREPARED USING SAME - A polyurethane foam composition that includes polyol, isocyanate, a catalyst, a surfactant, a physical blowing agent, a chemical blowing agent, a nucleating agent and a silsesquioxane compound is provided. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110071231 | ORGANIC AEROGEL AND COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ORGANIC AEROGEL - A composition for manufacturing an organic aerogel including at least one monomer having at least two substituted or unsubstituted acrylamide groups and a solvent is provided, along with an organic aerogel including a polymeric reaction product of the monomer or monomers. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110105636 | ORGANIC AEROGEL, COMPOSITION FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THE ORGANIC AEROGEL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ORGANIC AEROGEL - An organic aerogel including a polymer that is a reaction product of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl cellulose compound or derivative thereof and a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene diphenyl diisocyanate compound, as well as a composition for the manufacture of an organic aerogel, and a method of manufacturing the organic aerogel. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110201713 | AEROGEL, AND COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE AEROGEL - An aerogel including a polymeric reaction product of (a) a first monomer including an aromatic compound having at least two unsaturated functional groups, and (b) a second monomer represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and including at least two groups independently chosen from (meth)acrylate groups and NR″R′ (where R″ and R′ are the same or different and are (meth)acryloyl groups) is provided. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110237698 | AEROGEL, COMPOSITION FOR THE AEROGEL, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE AEROGEL - An aerogel including a polymerization product of a first monomer selected from an aryl polyol compound including at least two aryl groups linked to each other by a linker, an aryl polyol compound including at least two aryl groups fused to each other, or a combination thereof, and a second monomer including a benzene substituted with at least two hydroxyl groups. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110245361 | ORGANIC AEROGEL AND COMPOSITION FOR THE ORGANIC AEROGEL - An organic aerogel includes a polymer prepared from a substituted or unsubstituted maleimide compound and a compound having at least two vinyl groups. A composition for the organic aerogel includes a substituted or unsubstituted maleimide compound and a compound having at least two vinyl groups. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110245362 | AEROGEL, AND COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF THE AEROGEL - An aerogel including a benzoxazine moiety-containing polybenzoxazine polymer is provided, wherein the aerogel comprises a reaction product of an aryl alcohol compound having at least two hydroxyl groups and an amine compound having at least two amine groups. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110311802 | AEROGEL-FOAM COMPOSITES - An aerogel-foam composite includes an open cell foam and an aerogel matrix polymer disposed in the open cell foam. The aerogel-foam composite has compression strength of about 15 megaPascals (MPa) or more. The open cell foam may be a polyurethane foam including a carbonate group (—OC(O)O—). | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120064287 | AEROGEL COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An aerogel composite comprises a support comprising a melamine-formaldehyde copolymer, wherein the support comprises a plurality of micro-openings, and an aerogel matrix disposed in the micro-openings. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120094062 | AEROGEL, COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING THE AEROGEL, AEROGEL COMPOSITE, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An aerogel comprising a polymerizing product of an alkylated melamine-formaldehyde copolymer, or of an alkylated melamine-formaldehyde copolymer and an aryl compound substituted with at least one hydroxyl group. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120171577 | ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION AND MAGNESIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - An electrolytic solution including: a magnesium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; and an anion receptor, wherein the anion receptor comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formulae 1 and 2 below: | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120231251 | COMPOSITION FOR CLAY-AEROGEL COMPOSITE, CLAY-AEROGEL COMPOSITE, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A clay-aerogel composite including a plurality of clay flakes having a layered structure and an aerogel on a surface of the clay flakes, wherein the plurality of clay flakes are connected to each other to provide a three-dimensional network structure, and the aerogel includes a copolymer of a first compound selected from an aryl alcohol, an amino-substituted triazine, or a combination thereof, and a second compound, which is an aldehyde. | 09-13-2012 |
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| 20110023648 | SHIFTING MECHANISM FOR DOUBLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A shift mechanism for a double clutch transmission is provided with a pre-select function that selects any one of a plurality of shift stages of the double clutch transmission and then selects a shift stage in another shift line and an interlock prevention function that prevents shift stages in one shift line from being selected, and allows for quick shift. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110023649 | SHIFTING APPARATUS FOR DOUBLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A shifting apparatus for a double clutch transmission may include a plurality of odd-numbered stage driven-shift elements, a plurality of even-numbered stage driven-shift elements, odd-numbered stage driving-shift elements that are provided to selectively move straight any one of the odd-numbered stage driven-shift elements, even-numbered stage driving-shift elements provided to selectively move straight any one of the even-numbered stage driven-shift elements, an odd-numbered stage selecting actuator that supplies the straight motion path to the odd-numbered stage driving-shift elements, an odd-numbered stage shifting actuator that supplies the rotary motion path to the odd-numbered stage driving-shift elements, an even-numbered stage selecting actuator that supplies the straight motion path to the even-numbered stage driving-shift elements, and an even-numbered stage shifting actuator that supplies the rotary motion path to the even-numbered stage driving-shift elements. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110024252 | CLUTCH ACTUATING APPARATUS FOR DOUBLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A clutch actuating apparatus for a double clutch transmission, may include an electric unit that generates rotational force, a decelerating unit coupled to the electric unit and reducing the rotational force of the electric unit, a straight-converting unit that converts the rotational force reduced by the decelerating unit into a straight motion force, a push rod that is moved straight by the straight motion force of the straight-converting unit and makes an operational stroke to selectively engage a clutch, a supplement force supplying unit engaging with the push rod to increase the straight movement force to the push rod or to remove the increased straight movement force from the push rod when the push rod engages or disengages the clutch, and a rod locating unit coupled to the push rod and changing a relative position of the push rod to the straight-converting unit. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110278128 | Clutch Driving Device - A clutch driving device includes a pair of first and second roller wing arms horizontally moving to both sides by moving body moving forward/backward on an axial center line of an actuator and a roller inclined cam surface defining a move path of a pivot is formed such that first and second roller wing arms horizontally move to both sides from the axial center line of actuator, on the surface of a lever generating a stroke at a release bearing. Therefore, the lever can be lifted above a clutch engagement gap where a sufficient stroke is generated at the release bearing engaging a clutch, such that it is possible to achieve sufficient performance even if the output of actuator is reduced by the amount of energy consumption which is relative reduced. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120125732 | CLUTCH ACTUATING APPARATUS FOR DOUBLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A clutch actuating apparatus for a double clutch transmission, may include an operation rod that constructs an operation stroke for engaging a clutch while moving straight, an electric power unit that generates a rotational force, a straight converting unit that converts the rotational force of the electric power unit into a straight movement force for moving straight the operation rod, a supplement force supplying unit for increasing the straight movement force of the operation rod and removing increased straight movement force in accordance with whether the operation rod engages or disengages the clutch, a rod locating unit that changes a position of the operation rod relative to the straight converting unit, and a housing that accommodates the straight converting unit and the supplement force supplying unit and covers the operation rod with a portion exposed to the outside. | 05-24-2012 |
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| 20110149330 | Image forming apparatus and error guide offering method thereof - An error guide offering method of an image forming apparatus which includes a display unit to display a user interface (UI) offering an error guide to an error, the method including: detecting the error from the image forming apparatus; determining whether the error occurs from a plurality of locations; determining whether error guides to the error occurring from the plurality of locations have a common procedure; displaying a first error guide to a first error; displaying a second error guide to a second error instead of returning to a standby mode upon a completion of the processing of the error according to the first error guide; processing the second error according to the second error guide, the displaying the second error guide including displaying a common procedure in the first and second error guides. With this, an error guide integrating a common procedure to a plurality of errors occurring from the image forming apparatus efficiently processes the error and reduces waste of time. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149332 | METHOD OF SETTING DISPLAY MODE IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM TO SET THE DISPLAY MODE - A method of setting a display mode in an image forming apparatus connected to an external apparatus via a network includes logging in to the image forming apparatus, authenticating log-in information according to the logging in at the image forming apparatus, displaying a document box and file stored in the image forming apparatus on a display unit according to the set display mode in accordance with a user corresponding to the authenticated log-in information, and selecting one of the displayed document box and file. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110271222 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING TRANSLUCENT POP-UP INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO INFORMATION SELECTED ON TOUCH SCREEN - A method of displaying a translucent pop-up including additional information corresponding to information selected on a touch screen includes receiving a first touch input for selecting first information on the touch screen; displaying a first translucent pop-up including first additional information corresponding to the first information; receiving a second touch input for selecting second information located in a region of the first translucent pop-up, on the touch screen; and displaying a second translucent pop-up including second additional information corresponding to the second information. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120194843 | METHOD OF CHANGING POSITION OF MENU IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO CHANGE POSITION OF MENU - A method of changing a position of a menu in an image forming apparatus includes displaying a screen of a first mode user interface having menus for a use of a function of the apparatus, selecting any one menu of the first mode user interface, shifting the selected menu to a second mode user interface, and deleting the selected menu from the screen of the first mode user interface, adding and displaying the selected menu to a screen of the second mode user interface When the first mode is a user mode, the second mode is a manger mode, and when the first mode is the administrator mode, the second mode is a user mode. | 08-02-2012 |
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| 20120119346 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - Disclosed are a semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor package comprises a package cap which is capable of radiating high temperatures and performs a shield function preventing transmission of electromagnetic waves into and/or out of the semiconductor package. The semiconductor package including the package cap prevents chip malfunctions and improves device reliability. The package cap is positioned to cover first and second semiconductor chips of a semiconductor package. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120175782 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing the same. a substrate including a first face and a second face, wherein the first and second faces face each other; a first ground pattern disposed on the first face; a second ground pattern disposed on the second face; a plurality of ground via plugs which connect the first ground pattern and the second ground pattern, wherein the plurality of ground via plugs penetrate the substrate; and a first aluminum oxide film interposed between the plurality of ground via plugs, wherein a ground voltage is applied to the plurality of ground via plugs. The semiconductor package may be manufactured using an anodic oxidation process. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120214302 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method may include preparing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, forming a via hole exposing at least a portion of the substrate from the first surface of the substrate, forming a first insulating film on an inner wall of the via hole, forming a conductive connection part filling an inside of the via hole including the first insulating film, polishing the second surface of the substrate until the conductive connection part is exposed, and selectively forming a second insulating film on the second surface of the substrate using an electrografting method to expose the conductive connection part. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120280382 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES - Semiconductor package are provided. In one embodiment, the semiconductor package may include a substrate such as a circuit substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on the circuit substrate, a molding (or an encapsulant) covering the semiconductor chip and the circuit substrate and including a first temperature control member, and a heat dissipation member covering the molding. | 11-08-2012 |
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| 20090022395 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ENHANCING COLOR OF IMAGE - An apparatus and method of enhancing color of image is provided. The apparatus for enhancing color of image including: a saturation enhancement unit to enhance a saturation of an input image using a saturation variation according to a brightness feature of the input image; a gray scale area protection unit to determine a final saturation variation depending on a saturation value of the input image and the saturation variation, and to prevent a saturation enhancement of a gray scale area; a color control unit to control a color of the input image using a color variation according to the brightness feature of the input image; and a brightness value correction unit to correct a difference between a resultant brightness value and an input brightness value of the input image, the resultant brightness value being generated by applying the final saturation variation and the color variation to the input image. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100053451 | Apparatus and method for frame interpolation based on accurate motion estimation - An apparatus and a method for frame interpolation based on precision motion estimation are provided. The apparatus for frame interpolation may generate an interpolation frame to restore images based on a motion vector which is determined after a motion vector is determined based on a rotation element in addition to forward motion and backward motion between frames. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100104140 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING FRAME RATE USING MOTION TRAJECTORY - A frame rate improving apparatus and method use a motion trajectory. The frame rate improving apparatus determines forward feature point trajectory information through a feature point, and generates a new intermediate frame by performing backward motion estimation through the feature point trajectory information, thereby generating an interpolated image with high quality. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100149423 | Apparatus and method of estimating motion using block division and coupling - Provided are an apparatus and method of estimating a motion using block coupling and block division. In the apparatus, a block having a motion estimation error greater than a predetermined value may be coupled with a neighbor block, and motion estimation is performed through the coupled block to improve a frame rate, thereby reducing an artifact phenomenon in an interpolated image. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110075025 | System and method producing high definition video from low definition video - Provided is system and a method of producing a high definition video from a low definition video. According to one or more embodiments, the method performs a trajectory estimation and a matching operation only with respect to a feature region pixel of a previous frame of the low definition video, which is different from all pixels of the previous frame, thereby reducing an amount of computation to improve efficiency of a memory, producing the high definition video in real time, and producing a more accurate high definition video with respect to a feature region. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110157208 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus may synthesize an input frame with texture information of another frame and provide an output frame with an enhanced texture component. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120033038 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EXTRAPOLATED VIEW - A view extrapolation apparatus and a view extrapolation method to generate images at a plurality of virtual points uses a relatively small number of input images. The view extrapolation apparatus and the view extrapolation method output a view at a reference point, the view at the reference point being formed of frames generated chronologically, integrate a plurality of successive frames of the view at the reference point to generate an integrated frame, and generate an extrapolated view at a virtual point using the integrated frame. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033872 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EXTRAPOLATED VIEW BASED ON IMAGE RESIZING - A view extrapolation apparatus and a view extrapolation method to generate images at a plurality of virtual points using a relatively small number of input images are disclosed. The view extrapolation apparatus and the view extrapolation method output a view at a reference point, the view at the reference point being formed of frames according to time, generating the frames of the view at the reference point to generate a resized frame, and generating an extrapolated view at a virtual point using the resized frame. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120169722 | METHOD AND APPARATUS GENERATING MULTI-VIEW IMAGES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - A method and apparatus for generating multi-view images are provided. An error suspicious area may be detected from a reference view image. A foreground-first image may be generated by foreground-first warping including regarding the error suspicious area as a foreground, and a background-first image may be generated by background-first warping including regarding the error suspicious area as a background. The foreground-first image and the background-first image may be blended, and an output view image in a predetermined viewpoint may be generated. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120212480 | MULTI-VIEW RENDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING BACKGROUND PIXEL EXPANSION AND BACKGROUND-FIRST PATCH MATCHING - An apparatus and method for restoring a hole generated in multi-view rendering are provided. A hole in an output view may be restored using temporally neighboring images. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20130016897 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MULTI-VIEW IMAGE USING HOLE RENDERING - A method and apparatus for processing a multi-view image are provided. A priority may be assigned to each hole pixel in a hole region generated when an output view is generated. The priority of each hole pixel may be generated by combining a structure priority, a confidence priority, and a disparity priority. Hole rendering may be applied to a target patch including a hole pixel having a highest priority. The hole pixel may be restored by searching for a source patch most similar to a background of the target patch, and copying a pixel in the found source patch into a hole pixel of the target patch. | 01-17-2013 |
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| 20090152080 | BRAKE PEDAL STOP LAMP SWITCH - The present invention provides a brake pedal stop lamp switch assembly comprising: a pedal switch plate fixed to a car body, a switch-fixing bracket mounted to the pedal switch plate and having at least one or more fixing-protrusions, a switch assembly linearly moving in a pressing direction in the switch-fixing bracket, and including a hole sensor that generates a signal when a magnet attached to upper portion of pedal stopper plate approaches and an electronic circuit that receives signals of the hole sensor, and a plurality of teeth formed at the switch assembly to fix the switch assembly that has linearly moved relative to the switch-fixing bracket, engaged with the fixing-protrusion of the switch-fixing bracket. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090293666 | Organ Type Accelerator Pedal Apparatus - The present invention provides an organ type accelerator pedal apparatus comprising a pedal to which a driver applies a force to rotate a pedal arm; and a pedal bracket to which one end of the pedal is hinge-connected and which includes one or more fitting protrusions, guide protrusions, fitting holes used to be fixed. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100139443 | Damping System for Shift Cable - A damping system for a shift cable is disclosed, in which vibrations and noises that are generated by a transmission and transmitted into the interior of a vehicle through a shift cable are considerably reduced across a damper, that is positioned in a bottleneck section of a socket housing and contacts with bottleneck section, such that it is possible to effectively exclude vibrations and noises transmitted into the interior of a vehicle. Further, the present invention is advantageous in terms of the cost and weight, because a rubber damper is used instead of a mass damper, and it is possible to reduce vibrations and noises without increasing force for operating a shift lever and maximally prevent the function of reducing vibrations and noises from being deteriorated by frictional wear. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100139445 | ELECTRONIC ORGAN TYPE ACCELERATOR PEDAL - An electronic organ type accelerator pedal apparatus, may include a pedal housing having a pedal arm receiving space therein and a carrier fitting hole, a pedal pivotally hinged to a hinged portion of the pedal housing, a pedal arm pivotally mounted to an inner surface of the pedal housing, wherein one end portion of the pedal arm is elastically biased by an elastic member and the other end portion of which is pivotally coupled to the pedal through the carrier fitting hole to transfer an activating force of the pedal to the other end portion of the pedal arm, and a damping stopper fixed to the inner surface of the pedal housing in the pedal arm receiving space and selectively engaged with the other end portion of the pedal arm to limit a rotation of the pedal arm when the pedal arm is rotated by the elastic member. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110056325 | NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS FOR SHIFT CABLE - A noise reduction apparatus for a shift cable, may include a mounting socket that is fixed to a shift lever mounting bracket, with an inner cable of the shift cable therethrough, a cable connection pipe that has one side connected to a shift lever-sided end of an outer cable of the shift cable, and a housing connection pipe that has one end elastically-coupled to a shift lever-sided end of the cable connection pipe with a predetermined distance therebetween by a first antivibration member in a damper housing and the other end thereof elastically-connected to the shift lever mounting bracket by a second antivibration member in the mounting socket. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110132134 | OPERATION MODE PENDANT TYPE ADJUSTMENT PEDAL APPARATUS - A pendant type adjustment pedal apparatus includes an adjustment accelerator pedal that adjust a pedal clearance by the rotation of a motor, and an adjustment brake pedal that receives the rotation of motor through a rotary drive cable. Accordingly, convenience in adjusting a pedal clearance is provided, and particularly, adjustment accelerator pedal achieves a vibration mode in addition to a foot effort mode, which is an eco mode, by an electric mode generating device, such as a solenoid or a linear motor. Therefore, it is possible to improve fuel efficiency and to provide a danger recognition function using an accelerator pedal. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120125142 | ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOR VEHICLE - An acceleration pedal for a vehicle includes a pedal arm where a pedal is connected and that is rotatably mounted; a straight actuator that presses pedal arm in a return direction by moving straight; and a controller that controls straight actuator. Therefore, according to the acceleration pedal for a vehicle, it is possible to not only generate mechanical or electric signals to transmit driver's intention of acceleration to a power generator, but allow the driver to safely and economically drive and send specific signals to the driver by applying active action to the acceleration pedal. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120132028 | ADJUSTABLE PENDANT AND ORGAN TYPE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEVICE IN VEHICLE - An adjustable pendant and organ type accelerator pedal device can vary the position of a pedal assembly including a pedal pad forwards and backwards according to driver's will to thereby allow a driver to operate pedal pad in a convenient state, such that convenience is remarkably improved and merchantability is significantly improved by greatly decreasing a sense of fatigue due to operating pedal pad. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137822 | PEDAL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A pedal device for a vehicle may include a brake pedal and an accelerator pedal which may be pivotally installed in a movable panel, an electric device selectively moving the movable panel, and an eco device transferring a motion of the electric device to the accelerator pedal to adjust a pedal effort of the accelerator pedal or vibrate the accelerator pedal. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120137823 | BRAKE PEDAL DEVICE - Provided is a brake pedal device that can effectively prevent a brake pedal from hurting a drive by forcibly rotating the brake pedal toward the front of the vehicle, away from the driver, when the brake pedal is pushed to driver by a car collision, with the brake pedal supported to the car body. The brake pedal device includes a brake pedal pivotably supported to a car body, and a pivot lever forcibly pivoting the brake pedal to the front of a vehicle, away from a driver, by forcibly pivoting by means of the car body in a collision. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143439 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCELERATION PEDAL OF VEHICLE - A method controls an acceleration pedal of a vehicle that calls a driver's attention by causing vibration or increasing pedal effort in the acceleration pedal according to diversified driving situations. The method includes selecting a control mode of selecting, by a driver, a control mode given to the acceleration pedal, judging an eco red state of judging whether the vehicle is driven for a predetermined time in the eco red state, and executing the control mode of giving the control mode selected at the selecting of the control mode to the acceleration pedal when it is judged that the vehicle is driven for the predetermined time in the eco red state at the judging of the eco red state. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120144948 | OPERATING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An operating apparatus for a vehicle facilitating a continuous operation may include a shift lever, a gate means providing a gate pattern and allowing the shift lever moving along a path to sequentially select a plurality of shift ranges and to make a continuous displacement in a specific shift range, actuators mounted in a vehicle to change physical quantities, and a controller controlling the actuators based on the continuous displacement made by the shift lever in the specific shift range. In addition, instead of letting the shift lever to make a continuous displacement in a specific shift range, the operating apparatus may include an additional independent operator to make the continuous displacement. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120144949 | SHIFTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A shifting apparatus capable of selecting any one of plural shift ranges according to a driver's manipulation intention and allowing the driver to additionally express his/her consecutive manipulation intention in a specific shift range may include: a main shaft, a shifting lever installed to slide in a straight line and pivot along the main shaft, and a gate plate limiting a reciprocation path of the shifting lever such that the shifting lever reciprocates on a single path while sliding in a straight line and pivoting along the main shaft. The gate plate may include a gate pattern having a plurality of shift ranges arranged in a line on the reciprocation path and formed in such a manner that a specific shift range among the plurality of shift ranges is discriminated from the other shift ranges. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120316030 | IGNITION CONTROL TYPE AUTO LEVER DEVICE - An ignition control type auto lever device may disclose shift mode control signals for P(parking)-R(rear)-N(neutral)-D(drive) that are generated by movement of an auto lever according to a gate pattern, another mode control signal that is generated by movement of the auto lever to a section behind the D(drive), and electric signals generated by at least one or more different operations of the auto lever at a section positioned ahead of the P(parking) position that are sent to a PIC (Personal Identification Card) system. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130025397 | INTEGRATED CONTROL SHIFT LEVER DEVICE - An integrated control shift lever device according to an exemplary embodiment provides M mode of +/− to feel a dynamic shift manipulation feeling together with automatic mode of P (parking), R (reverse), N (neutral), and D (driving) as a basic function and further provides integrated mode 6 to provide to engine control unit the electrical signal generated by positional change of automatic lever to control the engine, suspension device, or the steering device in addition to the transmission by driver's simple manipulation, thereby significantly improving convenience and in particular, further improving performance, quality, and merchantability of an automobile when the integrated control shift lever device may be applied to a vehicle. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130025398 | INTEGRATED CONTROL SHIFT LEVER DEVICE - An shift lever device provides M mode of +/− to feel a dynamic shift manipulation feeling together with automatic mode of P (parking), R (reverse), N (neutral), and D (driving) as a basic function and further provides integrated mode to provide to engine control unit the electrical signal generated by positional change of automatic lever to control the engine, suspension device, or the steering device in addition to the transmission by driver's simple manipulation, thereby significantly improving convenience and in particular, further improving performance, quality, and merchantability of an automobile when the shift lever device is applied to a vehicle. | 01-31-2013 |
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| 20100174885 | RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are a reconfigurable processor and operating method thereof. The reconfigurable processor may use a configuration memory distributed to each operation unit. The distributed configuration memory may be separated into a distributed operation configuration memory including configuration information about an operation of a function unit, and a distributed routing configuration memory including configuration information about routing. The distributed operation configuration memory may be activated according to a predicate signal. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100199076 | COMPUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF HANDLING INTERRUPT - A computing apparatus and method of handling an interrupt are provided. The computing apparatus includes a coarse-grained array, a host processor, and an interrupt supervisor. When an interrupt occurs in the coarse-grained array while performing a loop operation, the host processor processes the interrupt, and the interrupt supervisor may perform mode switching between the coarse-grained array and the host processor. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100223449 | INTERRUPT HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EQUAL-MODEL PROCESSOR AND PROCESSOR INCLUDING THE INTERRUPT HANDLING APPARATUS - An interrupt support determining apparatus and method for an equal-model processor, and a processor including the interrupt support determining apparatus are provided. The interrupt support determining apparatus determines whether an instruction input to a processor decoder is a multiple latency instruction, compares a current latency of the instruction with a remaining latency if the instruction is a multiple latency instruction, and updates the current latency to the remaining latency if the current latency is greater than the remaining latency. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110252179 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROUTING DATA AMONG MULTIPLE CORES - An apparatus and method for routing data among multicores that is capable of reconfiguring the connection among the multicores are provided. The apparatus includes a configuration information generating unit and at least one switching unit. The configuration information generating unit is configured to generate configuration information that indicates a local network connection among the multicores based on a program counter received from each of the multicores. The at least one switching unit is configured to change a data transfer path among the multicores based on the configuration information. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110296143 | PIPELINE PROCESSOR AND AN EQUAL MODEL CONSERVATION METHOD - A pipeline processor which meets a latency restriction on an equal model is provided. The pipeline processor includes a pipeline processing unit to process an instruction at a plurality of stages and an equal model compensator to store the results of the processing of some or all of the instructions located in the pipeline processing unit and to write the results of the processing in a register file based on the latency of each instruction. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120185673 | RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR USING POWER GATING, COMPILER AND COMPILING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a reconfigurable processor that may process a first type of operation in first mode using a first group of functional units, and process a second type of operation in second mode using a second group of functional units. The reconfigurable processor may selectively supply power to either the first group or the second group, in response to a mode-switch signal or a mode-switch instruction. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185675 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSING TRACE DATA - An apparatus and method for compressing trace data is provided. The apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect trace data corresponding to one or more function units performing a substantially significant operation in a reconfigurable processor as valid trace data, and a compression unit configured to compress the valid trace data. | 07-19-2012 |