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| 20080312760 | Method and system for generating and processing digital content based on text-to-speech conversion - A method and system is provided for generating digital content using text-to-speech (TTS) conversion. A predetermined script is selected using a portable terminal or user personal computer (PC). A format for converting the selected script into an audio data file is determined. The selected script is generated into the audio data file according to the determined conversion format of the audio data file using a TTS engine provided to at least one of the user PC and a web server. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090174312 | Tetraphenylnaphalene Derivatives and Organic Light Emitting Diode Using the Same - The present invention provides a novel tetraphenylnaphthalene derivative, and an organic light emitting device using the same. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090255279 | REFRIGERATOR AND ICE MAKER THEREOF - An ice detecting apparatus of an ice maker disposed to make ice in a refrigerator includes an ice maker and an ice detecting sensor to detect an ice-full state of ice discharged from the ice maker. The ice detecting sensor may be disposed at the ice maker. The ice detecting sensor may also be heated by a heater. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090255280 | REFRIGERATOR AND ICE MAKER THEREOF - An ice detecting apparatus for an ice maker provided in a refrigerator includes an ice maker, and an ice detecting sensor attached to the ice maker and detecting an amount of ice collected in an ice container. The ice detecting sensor includes at least one optical transmitter or emitter provided on one side of the ice maker and at least one receiver at another side of the ice maker. The optical transmitter and receiver are separated by a prescribed distance and, at least one heater is provided to generate heat to be transferred to at least one of the optical transmitter or receiver. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090255283 | REFRIGERATOR AND ICE MAKER THEREOF - An ice detecting apparatus for a refrigerator the apparatus includes an ice maker, an ice container to collect ice made by the ice maker, and an ice detecting sensor to detect an amount of ice stored in the ice container. The ice detecting sensor has a transmitter module provided on one side of the ice maker and a receiver module provided on another side of the ice maker. The transmitter module is separated by a prescribed distance from the receiver module. At least one of the transmitter module or receiver module includes at least one optical element and at least one heater, and the heater is made of an electroconductive heating material. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090272130 | ICE DETECTING APPARATUS OF ICE MAKER FOR REFRIGERATOR AND ICE DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - An ice detecting apparatus for a refrigerator comprising and ice maker, a storage container to collect ice from the ice maker, and an ice detecting sensor provided at the ice maker including a transmitting unit to transmit one or more pulses, and a receiving unit to detect the pulses transmitted from the transmitting unit. A controller to determine whether the storage container is full or nearly full based on the pulses detected by the receiving unit among one or more pulses transmitted by the transmitting unit. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090293509 | ICE AMOUNT DETECTING METHOD OF ICE DETECTING APPARATUS OF ICE MAKER FOR REFRIGERATOR - A method of detecting an amount of ice stored in a storage bin made by an ice maker of a refrigerator, the method comprises applying heat to the ice detecting sensor of the ice maker, detecting an amount stored in the storage bin, and controlling heat application according to the detected amount. The ice maker has an ice detecting sensor attached thereto. A sensor heater provides the heat. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090293510 | ICE DETECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A REFRIGERATOR - A method of determining a amount of ice collected in a storage container of a refrigerator, the ice being discharged into the storage container by an ice maker having an ice detecting sensor with a heater, the method comprises determining whether or not the ice storage container is full or nearly full of ice by turning on the detecting sensor for a prescribed period of time. In one embodiment, the heater is turned on while the determining step is preformed. In an alternative embodiment, the heater is continuously maintained in an “ON” state. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100044717 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - After forming a signal line including aluminum, an upper layer of an oxide layer including aluminum that covers the signal line is formed in the same chamber and by using the same sputtering target as the signal line, or a buffer layer of an oxide layer including aluminum is formed in a contact hole exposing the signal line during the formation of the contact hole. Accordingly, the contact characteristic between an upper layer including indium tin oxide (“ITO”) or indium zinc oxide (“IZO”) and the signal line may be improved to enhance the adhesion therebetween while not increasing the production cost of the thin film transistor (“TFT”) array panel. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100051933 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A thin film transistor array substrate having a high charge mobility and that can raise a threshold voltage, and a method of fabricating the thin film transistor array substrate are provided. The thin film transistor array substrate includes: an insulating substrate; a gate electrode formed on the insulating substrate; an oxide semiconductor layer comprising a lower oxide layer formed on the gate electrode and an upper oxide layer formed on the lower oxide layer, such that the oxygen concentration of the upper oxide layer is higher than the oxygen concentration of the lower oxide layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the oxide semiconductor layer and separated from each other. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100071769 | FLUORENE DERIVATIVES AND ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a novel fluorene derivative and an organic electronic device using the same. The organic electronic device has excellent efficiency, driving voltage, and a lifespan. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100122543 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes an ice maker positioned in the refrigerator and configured to make ice. The refrigerator also includes a plate positioned at an open side of the ice making tray and configured to reduce water overflow. The refrigerator further includes a cool air inlet passage configured to allow cool air to be introduced to an area inside of the plate. In addition, the refrigerator includes a cool air outlet passage that is separate from the cool air inlet passage, and configured to allow release of cool air from the area inside of the plate to an exterior of the plate. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100130259 | MOBILE TERMINAL WITH IMAGE PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF STABILIZING IMAGE THEREIN - A mobile terminal and image stabilizing method therein are disclosed. When a prescribed image is projected using a projector module provided to a mobile terminal, hand shaking is detected by a sensing unit and is then corrected. Therefore, shaking of a projected image can be corrected. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100139299 | REFRIGERATOR AND FULL ICE LEVEL SENSING APPARATUS THEREOF - A refrigerator and an ice level sensing apparatus are provided. The refrigerator may include a main body, and an ice level sensing apparatus including an optical element for sending or receiving a signal, and an alignment device for aligning and maintaining alignment of the optical element in a preset direction. The sensing apparatus may sense whether an ice storage container in which ice cubes made by an ice maker is at a full ice level. The optical element may be aligned at a preset position, thus preventing movement of the optical element, resulting in improved reliability of the sensing apparatus. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100148169 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate has improved electrical properties and reduced appearance defects and a method of fabricating the TFT substrate, are provided. The TFT substrate includes: gate wiring which is formed on a surface of an insulating substrate; oxide active layer patterns which are formed on the gate wiring and include an oxide of a first material; buffer layer patterns which are disposed on the oxide active layer patterns to directly contact the oxide active layer patterns and include a second material; and data wiring which is formed on the buffer layer patterns to insulatedly cross the gate wiring, wherein a Gibbs free energy of the oxide of the first material is lower than a Gibbs free energy of an oxide of the second material. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149476 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display substrate includes; a base substrate, a deformation preventing layer disposed on a lower surface of the base substrate, wherein the deformation preventing layer applies a force to the base substrate to prevent the base substrate from bending, a gate line disposed on an upper surface of the base substrate, a data line disposed on the base substrate, and a pixel electrode disposed on the base substrate. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100155721 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate is provided. The thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate includes an insulating substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer formed on the insulating substrate and including an additive element, a gate electrode overlapping the oxide semiconductor layer, and a gate insulating layer interposed between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, wherein the oxygen bond energy of the additive element is greater than that of a base element of the oxide semiconductor layer. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100276686 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The thin film transistor substrate may have low resistance characteristics and may have reduced mutual diffusion and contact resistance between an active layer pattern and data wiring. The thin film transistor substrate may include gate wiring formed on an insulating substrate. Oxide active layer patterns may be formed on the gate wiring and may include a first substance. Data wiring may be formed on the oxide active layer patterns to cross the gate wiring and may include a second substance. Barrier layer patterns may be disposed between the oxide active layer patterns and the data wiring and may include a third substance. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100287971 | REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A refrigerator and a control method thereof are disclosed. A refrigerator is able to supply water preserved in a cool state to an ice maker. The refrigerator includes an ice-making chamber, an icemaker provided in the ice-making chamber, a dispenser for dispensing water, and a water tank connected to the dispenser and the icemaker. The water tank stores water in a cool state. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100292846 | REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING ICE MAKING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A refrigerator and a control method thereof, in which an ice making speed is controlled. A selected ice-making operation mode may be determined, and, based on the determination of the selected ice-making operation mode, an internal temperature of the ice making compartment may be controlled to an appropriate temperature. For instance, an operation rate of a cold air fan and/or a rotating speed of the cold air fan may be controlled. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100313594 | REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING ICE MAKING DEVICE - A refrigerator, which includes an ice making compartment, an ice making device arranged in the ice making compartment, and an ice making tray provided at the ice making device and configured to receive and retain water to be frozen to make ice. The refrigerator also includes a cold air inlet provided at the ice making compartment and configured to allow cold air to be introduced into the cold air compartment, and a cold air guide configured to guide cold air from the cold air inlet toward the ice making tray. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110012203 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A thin film transistor panel includes; an insulating substrate, a gate line including a gate electrode disposed on the insulating substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, the semiconductor layer including a sidewall, a data line including a source electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, a drain electrode disposed substantially opposite to and spaced apart from the source electrode, a first protective film disposed on the data line, the first protective film including a sidewall, a second protective film disposed on the first protective film and including a sidewall, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode, wherein the sidewall of the second protective film is disposed inside an area where the sidewall of the first protective film is disposed, and the source electrode and the drain electrode cover the sidewall of the semiconductor layer. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110031117 | SPUTTERING TARGET APPARATUS - A sputtering target apparatus is provided. The sputtering target apparatus includes a first target assembly including a first target array having a first target, a second target disposed adjacent to the first target, and a first target dividing region disposed between the first and second targets, the first target assembly extending along a first direction, wherein the first target dividing region has a longitudinal cross-section that is oblique with respect to the first direction. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110048045 | ICE MAKER AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - An ice maker comprises a tray accommodating water to make ice, a first control box ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110048052 | Refrigerator - A refrigerator includes an ice storage bin, an opening provided in the ice storage bin through which ice is discharged, and a plurality of blades provided in the ice storage bin, such that the plurality of blades can rotate in a forward direction or in a reverse direction, to selectively discharge ice through the opening as whole ice or crushed ice, where gravity and the plurality of blades are the only forces exerted on the ice collected in the ice storage bin. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110067429 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes an ice maker to make pieces of ice and an ice storage bin to receive the pieces of ice made by the ice maker. A plurality of blades is rotatably disposed at a bottom portion of the ice storage bin and an ice separating device to separate clumped pieces of ice discharged from the ice maker is disposed in the ice storage bin between the ice maker and the plurality of blades, where the ice separating device is disposed on at least a rear wall, a front wall, or a side wall of the ice storage bin. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110068340 | Thin Film Transistor Array Panel and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A thin film transistor array panel includes an insulating substrate. A gate line is formed on the insulating substrate and has a gate electrode. A gate insulating layer is formed on the gate line. A semiconductor layer is formed on the gate insulating layer and overlaps the gate electrode. Diffusion barriers are formed on the semiconductor layer and contain nitrogen. A data line crosses the gate line and has a source electrode partially contacting the diffusion barriers and a drain electrode partially contacting the diffusion barriers and facing the source electrode. The drain electrode is on the gate electrode. A pixel electrode is electrically connected to the drain electrode. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110100039 | ICE-FULL STATE DETECTING APPARATUS AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - An ice-full state detecting apparatus and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. The refrigerator including an ice-full state detecting apparatus includes: a refrigerator body including a cooling chamber; a cooling chamber door to open and close the cooling chamber; an ice maker installed at the cooling chamber or at the cooling chamber door; an ice storage container to store ice made by the ice maker; and the ice-full state detecting apparatus to detect an ice-full state of the ice storage container, wherein the ice-full state detecting apparatus includes: a ice-full state detecting sensor to detect an ice-full state of the ice storage container; a sensor heater to heat the ice-full state detecting sensor; a detecting unit to detect whether the ice-full state detecting sensor is in contact with external air; and a controller to control the operation of the sensor heater based on the detection result of the detecting unit. The ice-full state detecting sensor can be restrained from being frosted to thus prevent degradation of detection performance of the ice-full state detecting sensor. In addition, power consumption required for a defrosting operation can be reduced. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110114940 | THIN FILM DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin film transistor array panel includes: a substrate; a gate line disposed on the substrate and including a gate electrode; a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line; an semiconductive oxide layer disposed on the gate insulating layer; a data line disposed on the semiconductive oxide layer and including a source electrode; a drain electrode facing the source electrode on the semiconductive oxide layer; and a passivation layer disposed on the data line. The semiconductive oxide layer is patterned with chlorine (Cl) containing gas which alters relative atomic concentrations of primary semiconductive characteristic-providing elements of the semiconductive oxide layer at least at a portion where a transistor channel region is defined. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110147740 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a thin film transistor (TFT), a method for manufacturing the TFT, and a display substrate using the TFT that may prevent degradation of the characteristics of an oxide semiconductor contained in the TFT by blocking external light from entering a channel region of the oxide semiconductor. The TFT comprises an oxide semiconductor layer; a protective layer disposed on the oxide semiconductor layer and overlapping a channel region of the oxide semiconductor layer; an opaque layer disposed between the oxide semiconductor layer and the protective layer; a source electrode contacting a first side of the oxide semiconductor layer; a drain electrode contacting a second side of the oxide semiconductor layer and facing the source electrode with the channel region disposed between the drain electrode and the source electrode; a gate electrode to apply an electric field to the oxide semiconductor layer; and a gate insulating layer disposed between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer. | 06-23-2011 |
