| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20100175405 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner includes an air-conditioning device that air-conditions an indoor space, a lighting device that illuminates the indoor space, an input device that receives signals to operate the air-conditioning device and for selecting a sleep mode, and a controller that controls the lighting device and the air-conditioning device. When the input device receives the signal for selecting the sleep mode, the lighting device is controlled to sequentially perform a sleep entry operation in which the indoor space is illuminated to have a predetermined luminance and color temperature for a predetermined time, a sleep operation in which the indoor space is illuminated to have a predetermined luminance and color temperature until a wakeup time, and a wakeup operation in which the indoor space is illuminated to have a predetermined luminance and color temperature. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100176208 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An air conditioner and a method for controlling the air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include an air-conditioning device having a variety of components that provide air-conditioning of an indoor space, an input device that receives signals to manipulate the air-conditioning device and signals to select a sleep mode, and a controller that, when the input device receives a signal to select the sleep mode, controls the air-conditioning device to perform a rapid eye movement sleep operation at least one time to air-condition the indoor space at a temperature higher than a temperature that is set in accordance with the sleep mode. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110056673 | AIR CONDITIONER AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An air conditioner and a controlling method thereof are provided. The controlling method may include determining an initial operation temperature based on a received external input or setting, cooling or heating a room at the determined initial operation temperature for a preset initial operation time period, and thereafter increasing or decreasing the room temperature at a preset time interval. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110277982 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are an air conditioner and a method for controlling the air conditioner. The air conditioner includes an input unit receiving an input air-conditioning temperature for an indoor space, an air-conditioning unit generating a cool or hot wind having the input air-conditioning temperature, and a location detecting unit for detecting a user s location in the indoor space. A direction and temperature of the cool or hot wind generated by the air-conditioning unit are adjusted in accordance with whether a user is detected in the indoor space by the location detecting unit. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110296857 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR CONDITIONER - Provided is a method for controlling an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes an air-conditioning unit having a plurality of components constituting a heat exchange cycle, a location detecting sensor detecting a location of a learner in an indoor space, and a control unit controlling the air-conditioning unit. The control unit controls the air-conditioning unit such that the air-conditioning unit repeatedly generates a direct or indirection wind directing toward the learner detected by the location detecting sensor by at least one time as time has elapsed. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20080218769 | Optical Pointing Device for Mobile Terminals - The present invention relates to an optical pointing device for mobile terminals, which can improve assembly efficiency and stability. An optical pointing device according to the present invention includes a holder having an accommodation opening therein. Light emitting means is installed in the accommodation opening of the holder. A condensing element includes a pair of prisms installed in the accommodation opening of the holder and integrated into a single structure so as to condense light emitted from the light emitting means, and a condensing lens disposed between the paired prisms. An image sensor captures light provided through the condensing element and calculates the captured light as displacement values. The condensing element includes a lens holder coupled to the condensing lens so as to maintain stable installation of the condensing lens between the paired prisms. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090184852 | Optical joystick and portable electronic device having the same - An optical joystick and portable electronic device having the same are disclosed, by which malfunctions of the optical joystick due to sunlight or external illumination light are prevented or minimized. Therefore, precision of the optical joystick can be enhanced. The optical joystick according to the present invention includes an infrared light source, a cover part having a contacting surface for a contact by a subject, a light-receiving part detecting the infrared ray, and an optical member provided on an light path of the infrared ray traveling from the cover part toward the light-receiving part, wherein the cover part comprises a cover base and an infrared ray pass layer blocking out external noisy light on a predetermined band and passing substantially a wavelength band of infrared rays. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100194712 | OPTICAL POINTING DEVICE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an optical pointing device as a user interface for electronic devices such as communication terminals and the like. The optical pointing device includes a light receiving part, an optical unit transferring light to the light receiving part and including a reflection part disposed in an optical path, a frame body integrally formed with the reflection part to support the reflection part, a cover covering the frame body and having an interface surface, and a light source illuminating the cover. The optical pointing device reduces the number of components and permits convenient and easy assembly, thereby significantly improving productivity while reducing assembly defect. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110018800 | OPTICAL POINTING APPARATUS AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH THE SAME - An optical pointing device and a portable electronic device having the same, in which external noise light and/or noise light due to diffused reflection or the like is prevented from being introduced into an optical sensor enhancing precision of operation and providing a housing with improved structure. The device includes an infrared source; a cover having a cover plate transmitting infrared rays from the IR source for reaching a subject out of the cover plate and a cover frame that supports the cover plate; an optical unit in the cover and on which the infrared ray reflected from the subject is incident; and an optical sensor sensing the infrared ray incident thereon from the optical unit; the cover plate has a base coupled to the cover frame, and an IR band-pass filter layer provided on one side of the base. | 01-27-2011 |
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| 20090282319 | HIERARCHICAL DECODING APPARATUS - A decoder includes multiple decoder stages and a controller. The decoder stages perform decoding operations with respect to a received signal using corresponding different decoding algorithms. The controller determines whether the decoding operation performed by one of the decoder stages with respect to the received signal is successful, and controls the decoding operation of each of the other decoder stages in response to a result of the determination. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090307566 | ITERATIVE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An iterative decoding method is disclosed and includes sequentially executing a number of iterative decoding cycles in relation to a parity check equation until the parity check equation is resolved, or a maximum number N of iterative decoding cycles is reached, during execution of the number of iterative decoding cycles, storing in a data buffer minimum estimated values for a set of variable nodes corresponding to a minimum number of bit errors, and outputting the minimum estimated values stored in the data buffer as a final decoding result when the number of iterative decoding cycles reaches N. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100296433 | SOURCE ANTENNA SWITCHING SCHEME FOR NON-ORTHOGONAL PROTOCOL - The present invention relates to a source antenna switching scheme for a non-orthogonal protocol; and more particularly, to a source antenna switching scheme for a non-orthogonal protocol, which transmits a signal of a source node to a destination node through a relay node. The present invention provides a source antenna switching scheme for a non-orthogonal decode-and-forward protocol that can acquire a greater diversity than the conventional NDF protocol. In other words, the present invention provides a source antenna switching scheme for a non-orthogonal decode-and-forward protocol that can increase a diversity order by adding a reasonable priced antenna instead of expensive hardware such as an RF chain when there are a plurality of antenna in the RF chain. | 11-25-2010 |