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20100307186 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a cold air generator configured to generate cold air. The refrigerator also includes a storage chamber configured to receive the cold air generated by the cold air generator, and store at least one food and ice stuffs. Further, the refrigerator includes a storage chamber door configured to open and close an access point to the storage chamber. In addition, the refrigerator includes an inner frame coupled to the storage chamber and configured to move at least a part of the storage chamber in forward and backward directions. | 12-09-2010 |
20100307187 | REFRIGERATOR - The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cold air generator configured to generate cold air. The refrigerator also includes a first storage chamber configured to receive the cold air generated by the cold air generator. The refrigerator further includes a first storage chamber door configured to open and close an access point to the first storage chamber and configured to store at least one of food and ice stuffs. In addition, the refrigerator includes a second storage chamber, having a container and positioned on the first storage chamber, wherein the second storage chamber is configured to be movable in front and rear directions. | 12-09-2010 |
20100307188 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet configured to define an exterior boundary of the refrigerator. The refrigerator also includes a first storage chamber defined by interior walls of the cabinet and configured to store food stuffs. The refrigerator further includes a first door configured to open and close the first storage chamber by rotating about a rotational axis. In addition, the refrigerator includes a second storage chamber that is smaller than the first storage chamber defined at a side of the first door, and that is configured to enable access to food stuffs while the first door remains closed and a second door, located in a predetermined portion of the first door, configured to open and close the second storage chamber by rotating the rotational axis, wherein a rotation direction of the second door is identical to the rotation direction of the first door. | 12-09-2010 |
20130264931 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet configured to define an exterior boundary of the refrigerator. The refrigerator also includes a first storage chamber defined by interior walls of the cabinet and configured to store food stuffs. The refrigerator further includes a first door configured to open and close the first storage chamber by rotating about a rotational axis. In addition, the refrigerator includes a second storage chamber that is smaller than the first storage chamber defined at a side of the first door, and that is configured to enable access to food stuffs while the first door remains closed and a second door, located in a predetermined portion of the first door, configured to open and close the second storage chamber by rotating the rotational axis, wherein a rotation direction of the second door is identical to the rotation direction of the first door. | 10-10-2013 |
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20080224788 | Method and Apparatus for Pulse width Modulation in a Switching Amplifier - There is provided a method and apparatus for output pulse width modulation in a digital amplifier including: a determining step of adding or subtracting a value corresponding to a predetermined offset to or from an input audio signal alternately according to a period of the input audio signal, thereby determining a sign of a resulting value of adding or subtracting; a switching step of outputting the input audio signal to a first port when the determined sign is positive, and outputting the input audio signal to a second port after inverting the input audio signal into a positive number when the determined sign is negative; an adjusting step of adding a value corresponding to a pulse width for a minimum time required for switching to the audio signals output from the first port and the second port, and outputting a resulting value of adding; and a modulating step of performing pulse width modulation on the audio signals output from the adjusting step and outputting a first modulation signal and a second modulation signal. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce residual noises output from the switching amplifier and bias currents applied to load, so that heat generation decreases and amplification efficiency increases. | 09-18-2008 |
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20100118022 | LEVEL SHIFTER - A level shifter includes a first input circuit, a first load circuit, a second input circuit, and a second load circuit. The first input circuit receives a first input signal and a second input signal that swing between a first high power voltage and a first low power voltage. The first load circuit generates a high voltage, a sub-high voltage, a low voltage, and a sub-low voltage. The second input circuit receives a first voltage pair including the high voltage and the low voltage, and a second voltage pair including the sub-high voltage and the sub-low voltage. The second load circuit generates an output signal that swings between a second high power voltage and a second low power voltage. | 05-13-2010 |
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20120126712 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Provided are an LED driving circuit capable of preventing distortion of LED currents and having a high operating speed, and a display device including the LED driving circuit. The LED driving circuit includes a current driving circuit, a dynamic headroom controller and a power supply circuit. The current driving circuit controls current signals flowing through LED strings in response to a first control signal that includes information of an LED current and a current-driving-circuit enabling signal. The dynamic headroom controller generates a dynamic headroom control signal having a voltage level that changes according to a logic state of the current-driving-circuit enabling signal. The power supply circuit generates an LED driving voltage that changes according to the dynamic headroom control signal. | 05-24-2012 |
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20140300593 | POWER-ON RESET CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING POWER-ON RESET CIRCUIT - A power-on reset circuit includes a voltage detector unit to output an electrical signal in response to a power supply voltage received from a power supply terminal, an inverter to output a reset signal according to a level of the electrical signal from the voltage detector unit, a first switch unit to be turned on or off in response to the reset signal from the inverter; a first discharge unit to discharge the electrical signal in response to the power supply voltage from the first switch unit, a second switch unit to be turned on according to a start pulse signal from an external device and to receive the power supply voltage from the power supply terminal, and a second discharge unit to discharge the electrical signal in response to the power supply voltage from the second switch. | 10-09-2014 |
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20160093237 | SOURCE DRIVER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A source driver circuit is provided which includes a plurality of digital multi-spread (hereinafter referred to as “DMS”) blocks configured to generate DMS signals for controlling an output timing of a data signal to be transmitted to a display panel from a plurality of clocks which are delayed as much as a reference period one another. Each DMS block includes a plurality of sub blocks. Each of the sub blocks includes an enable signal generator and a delay unit. The enable signal generator generates an enable signal for outputting target DMS signals of the DMS signals using clocks selected from the plurality of clocks. The delay unit delays the DMS signals such that the DMS signals are sequentially delayed by the reference period. | 03-31-2016 |
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20100144505 | ROLLER USABLE WITH IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A roller usable with an image forming apparatus includes a shaft, a body formed on an outer surface of the shaft, and a tube disposed on an outer surface of the body. The tube is formed so that opposite side end portions of the tube contact opposite side surfaces of the body. The opposite side end portions of the tube are heated and pressurized so as to be secured on the opposite side surfaces of the body. | 06-10-2010 |
20110026967 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A process cartridge usable with an image forming apparatus includes a developing member, a photosensitive medium to face the developing member, a pair of supporting plates to rotatably support the developing member and the photosensitive medium; a center moving member rotatably disposed on the supporting plate, the center moving member having a first position in which the photosensitive medium contacts the developing member and a second position in which the photosensitive medium is spaced apart from the developing member; and a separation restraining member formed so that when the center moving member locates at the second position, the separation restraining member restrains the center moving member from moving from the second position. | 02-03-2011 |
20130259523 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A process cartridge usable with an image forming apparatus includes a developing member, a photosensitive medium to face the developing member, a pair of supporting plates to rotatably support the developing member and the photosensitive medium; a center moving member rotatably disposed on the supporting plate, the center moving member having a first position in which the photosensitive medium contacts the developing member and a second position in which the photosensitive medium is spaced apart from the developing member; and a separation restraining member formed so that when the center moving member locates at the second position, the separation restraining member restrains the center moving member from moving from the second position. | 10-03-2013 |
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20120023254 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA STREAMING SERVICE - In an apparatus for providing a multimedia streaming service, a server transmits a Media Presentation Description (MPD) including information about media data to a client, receives a partial request message requesting a part of media data having a range according to a defined range in the MPD, and transmits to the client a segment having the range in response to the partial request message. The segment includes at least one fragment, segment index information indicating the position of the at least one fragment in the segment, and fragment index information indicating the position of each of a plurality of samples included in the at least one fragment. | 01-26-2012 |
20120047280 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING DETERIORATION OF A QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE OF A MULTIMEDIA SERVICE IN A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for reducing a deterioration of a Quality of Experience (QoE) in a multimedia service. The method includes reproducing a first multimedia stream by the multimedia device, receiving a command for reproducing a second multimedia stream during the reproducing of the first multimedia stream, and reproducing the second multimedia stream with reference to information regarding a unit image that is independently decoded from the second multimedia stream. The information regarding the unit image includes information regarding a number of unit images per unit time included in the second multimedia stream. | 02-23-2012 |
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20130301656 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A MULTIMEDIA DATA PACKET - A method and an apparatus for transmitting a multimedia data packet are provided. The method includes generating Media Abstraction Layer (MAL) information for abstracting information on the multimedia data to be transmitted, generating a multimedia data packet including said MAL information, and transmitting the generated multimedia data packet to a network entity. | 11-14-2013 |
20140023071 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIMEDIA DATA - There are provided a method and apparatus for delivering transport characteristics of multimedia data. According to an aspect of the present invention, transport characteristics of media data that can be divided in a unit of a Media Processing Unit (MPU) are created in a unit of a predetermined number of MPUs, the created transport characteristics and a flag indicating presence or absence of the created transport characteristics are inserted into the media data, and the resultant media data is delivered. Accordingly, by using transport characteristics in units of media data unit groups, each media data unit corresponding to a short time length, it is possible to effectively control Quality of Service (QoS) in a dynamically changing transport environment, like a mobile network. | 01-23-2014 |
20140105132 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA DATA DELIVERY CHARACTERISTICS INFORMATION IN MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting multimedia data delivery characteristics information by a multimedia data transmission apparatus in a multimedia communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a multimedia data reception apparatus, an element indicating whether multimedia data delivery characteristics information denoting information related to a Quality of Service (QoS) for multimedia data is included, and the multimedia data delivery characteristics information if the element indicates that the multimedia data delivery characteristics information is included. | 04-17-2014 |
20160065643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A MULTIMEDIA DATA PACKET - A method and an apparatus for transmitting a multimedia data packet are provided. The method includes generating Media Abstraction Layer (MAL) information for abstracting information on the multimedia data to be transmitted, generating a multimedia data packet including said MAL information, and transmitting the generated multimedia data packet to a network entity. | 03-03-2016 |