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20080223063 | Refrigerator with air guide duct - Disclosed is a refrigerator in which a space occupied by an evaporating dish can be minimized, evaporation efficiency of defrost water by convection-heat transfer can be improved, air can be easily exhausted in a machine room, and thus the cooling efficiency of a compressor and a condenser can be improved. The refrigerator includes: a cooling apparatus including a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator; a blowing fan blowing air to cool at least one of the compressor and the condenser; a blowing guide duct guiding the air blown by the blowing fan to an exterior; and an evaporating dish installed in a lower portion of the blowing guide duct in order to collect and evaporate defrost water, the evaporating dish having an opened upper portion to communicate with a path of the blowing guide duct. | 09-18-2008 |
20090314012 | Refrigerator with supercooled beverage dispenser and method for controlling the same - A refrigerator that allows a user to receive supercooled beverage through a dispenser in the refrigerator door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a compartment and a door opening and closing the compartment, a supercooling compartment in the main body to supercool a beverage, and a dispenser in the door to dispense supercooled liquid from the supercooling compartment without opening the door. A supercooled liquid tank is detachably installed in the supercooling compartment to supercool beverage. The supercooling compartment is installed in the rear side of the door such that a supercooling compartment door may be installed in the front side of the door to open and close the supercooling compartment in front of the door. | 12-24-2009 |
20110146310 | REFRIGERATOR AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. In a refrigeration cycle including a channel switching valve to selectively supply a refrigerant to a first evaporator side and/or a second evaporator side and hot pipes, a hot pipe on a freezing chamber side and a hot pipe on a refrigerating chamber are disposed upstream and downstream of the channel switching valve, respectively to reduce unbalance in amounts of the refrigerant and in the amounts of generated heat. | 06-23-2011 |
20120102984 | Refrigerator and dehumidification control mehod thereof - A refrigerator and a dehumidification control method thereof to effectively perform both temperature compensation and dehumidification so as to prevent formation of dewdrops in a refrigerating compartment of the refrigerator. The control method includes detecting a temperature of outside air around the refrigerator to judge whether or not the detected temperature corresponds to a low-temperature mode requiring dehumidification, heating a refrigerating compartment by operating a refrigerating compartment heater and a refrigerating compartment fan for dehumidification if the low-temperature mode is judged, cooling the refrigerating compartment by operating a compressor while continuously operating the refrigerating compartment fan, and simultaneously cooling and heating the refrigerating compartment to enable simultaneous implementation of temperature compensation by heating of the refrigerating compartment and dehumidification by cooling of the refrigerating compartment. | 05-03-2012 |
20130025303 | REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method of a refrigerator including a compressor to supply refrigerant to an evaporator to cool a storage compartment, a valve to adjust flow of the refrigerant, a fan to blow air heat-exchanged by the evaporator, and a heater to remove frost from the evaporator. The control method includes, upon receiving a power-saving signal, determining whether the received power-saving signal is a first or second power-saving mode signal, upon determining that the power-saving signal is the first power-saving mode signal, performing at least one selected from among resetting of target temperature of the storage compartment, adjustment of an operation rate of the compressor, and adjustment of operation time of the heater to execute a first power-saving mode, and, upon determining that the power-saving signal is the second power-saving mode signal, controlling the compressor, the fan, and the heater to be off to execute a second power-saving mode. | 01-31-2013 |
20130037240 | REFRIGERATOR - Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a main body including inner liners defining a freezer compartment and refrigerator compartment, doors rotatably coupled to the main body, gaskets installed at rears of the doors, each of the gaskets having a magnet provided therein, an intermediate partition wall formed by filling a space between the inner liners with an insulation material, an intermediate front plate disposed at a front of the intermediate partition wall to fix the inner liners, and a heat pipe installed at the front of the intermediate partition wall in a line to prevent dew from being formed on the intermediate front plate, wherein the intermediate front plate is formed in an asymmetric fashion so that the heat pipe installed at the front of the intermediate partition wall is fixed to a middle portion of the intermediate front plate in a tight contact fashion. | 02-14-2013 |
20130111943 | NON-AZEOTROPIC MIXED REFRIGERANT CYCLE AND REFRIGERATOR EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant cycle and a refrigerator equipped with the same are disclosed. The non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant cycle includes a first refrigerant tube to guide a refrigerant from a condenser to a first evaporator, a second refrigerant tube to guide the refrigerant from the first evaporator to a second evaporator, a third refrigerant tube to guide the refrigerant from the second evaporator to a compressor. A downstream portion of the first refrigerant tube is arranged within the second refrigerant tube, to form a first heat exchanger having a double tube structure. An upstream portion of the first refrigerant tube is arranged within the third refrigerant tube, to form a second heat exchanger having a double tube structure. Thus, the first and second heat exchangers are simplified. | 05-09-2013 |
20140007610 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a body, first and second storage compartments and a machine compartment formed in the body, a blower fan disposed in the machine compartment, first and second refrigerating units comprising first and second compressors to compress first and second refrigerants, respectively, first and second condensers to condense the first and second refrigerants, respectively, first and second expansion valves to expand the first and second refrigerants, respectively, and first and second evaporators to evaporate the first and second refrigerants, respectively, the first and second refrigerating units supplying cold air to the first and storage compartments, respectively. The first compressor, the second compressor, and the first condenser are disposed in the machine compartment and are cooled by forcible flow of air caused by the blower fan, and the second condenser is disposed outside the machine compartment and is cooled by natural convection of air. | 01-09-2014 |
20140007611 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator having a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment that circulates a plurality of individual refrigerating cycles using a plurality of compressors so as to individually cool the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment. The refrigerator includes a plurality of compressors, a plurality of condensers, a plurality of expansion valves, and a plurality of evaporators. One of the plurality of condensers is disposed in a machine compartment and the other condenser is disposed outside the machine compartment so that a heat dissipation effect of the machine compartment may be improved and arrangement availability may be increased. Also, the refrigerator includes a plurality of compressors, a dual path condenser, a plurality of expansion valves, and a plurality of evaporators. The dual path condenser may have a plurality of individual condensation paths. | 01-09-2014 |
20140053581 | COOLING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A cooling apparatus includes a storage compartment, an evaporator to cool air in the storage compartment by evaporating a refrigerant, a compressor to compress the refrigerant evaporated by the evaporator, an air blower to supply the air cooled by the evaporator to the storage compartment and to remove frost formed on the evaporator, a storage temperature sensor to sense a temperature of the storage compartment, a driving unit to drive the compressor and the air blower, and a controller to perform a defrosting operation of operating the air blower to remove frost formed on the evaporator when a cooling operation of cooling the storage compartment is terminated and to perform the cooling operation, wherein the controller defers, when the defrosting operation is being performed, operation of the compressor, even if the temperature of the storage compartment is greater than or equal to the storage upper limit temperature. | 02-27-2014 |
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20120185607 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING AND PLAYING CONTENT IN A MULTIMEDIA STREAMING SYSTEM - To store and play contents streamed in a multimedia streaming system, an operating method of a server in the multimedia streaming system includes receiving a transmission request for a Media Presentation Description (MPD) file; and transmitting the MPD file including a flag indicating whether it is possible to generate a media file that is playable by a media file player by concatenating transmitted segments. | 07-19-2012 |
20130074141 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING MEDIA DATA OF MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST SERVICE - A method and an apparatus for synchronizing media data and auxiliary data received by a service through a broadcast network or a communication network in a multimedia broadcast service are provided. The method includes receiving regular media data provided for a broadcast service, receiving and storing control information regarding adjunct media data comprising auxiliary data regarding the regular media data, determining location information of the adjunct media data included in the control information, and receiving and storing the adjunct media data according to the location information. If an identifier of the adjunct media data is included in a header of the regular media data, reading the stored adjunct media data corresponding to the identifier of the adjunct media data, and executing the adjunct media data in synchronization with the regular media data according to synchronization information included in the header. | 03-21-2013 |
20130081088 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLAYING BROADCAST CONTENT IN BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for playing broadcast content in a broadcasting system are provided. The method and the apparatus enable a viewer to watch an entire event by broadcasting the event through different networks in a condition that the event may not be broadcast from start to finish over a single broadcasting network. | 03-28-2013 |
20130097627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA SERVICE - A method for receiving a multimedia service is provided. The method includes receiving service specific information for at least one multimedia service provided from different networks, selecting one service based on the service specific information, and receiving the selected service. The service specific information includes one of a first service map table including information about at least one service which is transmitted over a plurality of logical channels, and a second service map table including information about at least one service which is transmitted over a single logical channel. Each of the first and second service map tables includes asset-related information. | 04-18-2013 |
20130298253 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MESSAGE FOR DOWNLOADABLE CAS OR DRM IN MMT - A method for transmitting and receiving a message for Downloadable-Conditional Access System (D-CAS) or Downloadable-Digital Rights Management (D-DRM) in Moving Picture Experts Group Media Transport (MMT) is provided. The method includes, upon receiving Composition Information (CI) from an MMT server, acquiring signaling information for D-CAS or D-DRM, which is included in the CI, acquiring, from the signaling information, an address of a server from which software of D-CAS or D-DRM is downloadable, generating a request for the software based on the signaling information, and sending the request for the software to the server address. | 11-07-2013 |
20140130114 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLAYING BROADCAST CONTENT IN BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for playing broadcast content in a broadcasting system are provided. The method and the apparatus enable a viewer to watch an entire event by broadcasting the event through different networks in a condition that the event may not be broadcast from start to finish over a single broadcasting network. | 05-08-2014 |
20150150055 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MULTI-MEDIA SERVICES - The present invention discloses a server for transmitting and receiving messages for a signaling (S) layer in MMT (Moving Picture Experts Group Media Transport), which includes a first sub-layer of the S layer for producing first messages to provide information necessary for the use of MPEG, a second sub-layer of the S layer for producing second messages to provide information used for delivering MPEG media, and a delivery (D) layer for making external and internal deliveries of the first and the second messages, wherein each of the first and the second messages includes at least one field corresponding to each of the message type, version, length, extension field and payload. | 05-28-2015 |
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20120261713 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LIGHTING APPARATUS - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes i) a substrate main body including a light emitting area and a sealing area surrounding the light emitting area, ii) an OLED disposed on the light emitting area of the substrate main body, iii) a sealant disposed on the sealing area of the substrate main body and iv) an encapsulation substrate encapsulating the OLED, wherein the encapsulation substrate comprises first and second surfaces opposing each other. The apparatus may further include a heat dissipating wire configured to dissipate heat generated by the OLED. The heat dissipating wire includes a heat absorption portion disposed on the first surface of the encapsulation substrate and contacting the sealant, a heat dissipating portion disposed on the second surface, and a coupling portion interconnecting the absorption portion and the heat dissipating portion. | 10-18-2012 |
20120268001 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting display device including a substrate, a first electrode formed on the substrate, a second electrode formed on the substrate separate from the first electrode, and an emissive layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein an auxiliary electrode is formed on the first electrode and is electrically connected to the first electrode, and the auxiliary electrode is covered by an insulating layer. | 10-25-2012 |
20120286299 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting display device is disclosed. The display device includes a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; an auxiliary electrode patterned on and insulated from the first electrode, and having a top surface that has surface roughness; an intermediate layer on the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode; and a second electrode on the intermediate layer and facing the first electrode. The auxiliary electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected to each other via the surface roughness of the top surface of the auxiliary electrode. | 11-15-2012 |
20120326204 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LIGHTING APPARATUS - An organic light emitting diode lighting apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: a substrate main body, an organic light emitting element formed on the substrate main body and a sealing cap bonded with the substrate main body and covering and sealing the organic light emitting element. The sealing cap may further include a surface facing the organic light emitting element and the surface is divided into a plurality of thickness parts having different thicknesses. | 12-27-2012 |
20130002154 | ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An illuminating apparatus includes a drive circuit that generates a drive current, and an organic light emitting panel that receives the drive current and that emits light. The drive circuit is capable of controlling a color temperature of the emitted light from the organic light emitting panel by controlling a current strength of the drive current and is capable of controlling a brightness of the emitted light according to a pulse width of the drive current. | 01-03-2013 |
20130048986 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An OLED display includes: a first pixel including a first pixel electrode of a pixel electrode, a second pixel including a second pixel electrode of the pixel electrode, and a third pixel including a third pixel electrode of the pixel electrode; a resonance assistance layer on the first pixel electrode; an organic emission layer including a first organic emission layer on the resonance assistance layer and the second pixel electrode, a second organic emission layer on the first organic emission layer, and a third organic emission layer on the third pixel electrode; a common electrode on the organic emission layer; and a color mixture preventing layer on the common electrode and configured to absorb overlapped light in an overlapped wavelength region of a wavelength region of first light emitted by the first organic emission layer and a wavelength region of second light emitted by the second organic emission layer. | 02-28-2013 |
20140133023 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE - The 3D display device includes a display panel including a first pixel area displaying a left-eye image, and a second pixel area neighboring the first pixel area and displaying a right-eye image, and a lenticular lens unit positioned on the display panel to cover the first pixel area and the second pixel area and having at least one color. | 05-15-2014 |
20140177046 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY FOR NAKED EYES - Provided is a three-dimensional display. The display includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a barrier layer on a first surface of the substrate and at an area corresponding to a boundary between neighboring pixel areas of the plurality of pixel areas; a driving circuit layer on the barrier layer; and a display device layer on the driving circuit layer and forming pixels at positions corresponding to the plurality of pixel areas, wherein light emitted by the display device layer is emitted outside via a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface of the substrate. | 06-26-2014 |
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20090243972 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a display device including a substrate, a display signal line disposed on the substrate, a contact assistant disposed on the pad region of the substrate as a draw-out terminal of the display signal line, a driver IC chip disposed on the substrate and connected to the display signal line through the contact assistant, and a testing thin film transistor disposed between the substrate and the driver IC chip. The testing thin film transistor and the display signal line are connected to each other. | 10-01-2009 |
20130082990 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a display device including a substrate, a display signal line disposed on the substrate, a contact assistant disposed on the pad region of the substrate as a draw-out terminal of the display signal line, a driver IC chip disposed on the substrate and connected to the display signal line through the contact assistant, and a testing thin film transistor disposed between the substrate and the driver IC chip. The testing thin film transistor and the display signal line are connected to each other. | 04-04-2013 |
20150108535 | ENCAPSULATION MEMBER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An encapsulation member for a display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the encapsulation layer includes a first layer, a second layer formed over the first layer, and a third layer formed over the second layer. The third layer is formed of the same material as that of the first layer. An end of at least one of the first to third layers has a curved shape. | 04-23-2015 |
20150261029 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device includes a display substrate with a pixel and being curved along a first direction, an opposite substrate facing the display substrate, being coupled to the display substrate, and curved with the display substrate, a column spacer disposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate to maintain a gap between the display substrate and the opposite substrate and including first and second spacers respectively disposed at left and right sides of a center line passing through a center portion of the display substrate along a second direction substantially normal to the first direction, a first misalignment preventing layer disposed at a left side of the first spacer with respect to the center line, and a second misalignment preventing layer disposed at a right side of the second spacer with respect to the center line. | 09-17-2015 |