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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129334 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Provided are semiconductor packages and methods of manufacturing the semiconductor package. The semiconductor packages may include a substrate including a chip pad, a redistributed line which is electrically connected to the chip pad and includes an opening. The semicon... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127214 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME A light-emitting-diode (LED) driving circuit and a display device include a current driving circuit, a level detector, a comparing circuit, a digital control circuit, and a power supply circuit. The level detector detects a minimum detection voltage signal having a mini... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126424 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP INCLUDING A CHIP VIA PLUG PENETRATING A SUBSTRATE, A SEMICONDUCTOR STACK, A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGE AND AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP A semiconductor chip including a chip via plug penetrating a substrate, a semiconductor stack thereof, a semiconductor device package thereof, and an electronic apparatus having the same are disclosed. The semiconductor chip comprising, a substrate including an inner se... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120106828 | MOBILE ROBOT AND SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAP BUILDING METHOD THEREOF A simultaneous localization and map building method of a mobile robot including an omni-directional camera. The method includes acquiring an omni-directional image from the omni-directional camera, dividing the obtained omni-directional image into upper and lower images... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105916 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH DOCUMENT SECURITY FUNCTION A printing control apparatus includes a user interface driver to provide a security preview setup screen such that security preview options for each object are selected when a call signal is transmitted from a graphic device interface according to a print request signal... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104534 | IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING GUARD RING AND NOISE BLOCKING AREA TO BLOCK NOISE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME An image sensor including a deep guard ring and a noise blocking area and a method of manufacturing the same. The image sensor includes the deep guard ring and a deep P well surrounding the noise blocking area, thereby preventing crosstalk between adjacent pixels. In ad... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104453 | NITRIDE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE OF USING SUBSTRATE DECOMPOSITION PREVENTION LAYER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME A light-emitting device is provided with a substrate decomposition prevention layer using as a matrix at least one selected from the group consisting of boron nitride (B—N), silicon carbide (Si—C), and silicon carbon nitride (Si—C—N), and patterned into a predet... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103028 | Washing machine and detergent case thereof A washing machine in which a detergent case is located below a washing tub unit and detergent and wash water are supplied from the detergent case to the washing tub unit by a pump. An overflow hole to prevent overflow of water to the outside the detergent case is provid... | 05/03/2012 |
| 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 temp... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081529 | METHOD OF GENERATING AND REPRODUCING MOVING IMAGE DATA BY USING AUGMENTED REALITY AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS USING THE SAME A method of generating and reproducing moving image data by using augmented reality (AR) and a photographing apparatus using the method includes features of capturing a moving image, receiving augmented reality information (ARI) of the moving image, and generating a fil... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081088 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING POWER THEREOF A method of supplying power from a solar cell module to a load includes measuring the output of the solar cell module, and controlling a power converter having a preset duty ratio to start operating in accordance with the measured output. Additionally, a power supply ap... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072741 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A computer system includes at least one device, a connector which is connected to a power supply apparatus which supplies power having a predetermined level to operate the computer system, a power unit which converts and provides the power supplied from the power supply... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO WRITE DATA USING PHASE-CHANGE RAM A data recording system includes a file system configured to manage block-based input/output of data, a phase-change random access memory (PRAM) configured to write first data among the data in units of sub blocks, and a block abstract layer configured to receive a writ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070191 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE ATTACHMENT UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME An image forming apparatus includes a guide member to guide movement of a developing device receiving member, which receives a plurality of developing devices, between the exterior and the interior of an image forming apparatus body. The guide member supports the develo... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF TONER CONSUMPTION An apparatus to detect toner consumption converts an original file into a spool file to perform preview before printing, converts the spool file into preview data, classifies objects based on types of items recorded in the spool file to create an object map, and calcula... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068349 | TAPE PACKAGE A tape package providing a plurality of input and output portions each having a minimum pitch. The tape package includes a tape wiring substrate including first and second wirings, and a semiconductor chip mounted on the tape wiring substrate, and including a first edge... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054854 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO EXECUTE USER AUTHENTICATION AND METHOD OF EXECUTING USER AUTHENTICATION IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus to execute user authentication includes an input unit through which user information is input, and an account management unit to manage an account information database. The account information database stores user information corresponding to ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054762 | SCHEDULING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A MULTICORE DEVICE A scheduling technique for a multicore device is provided. A scheduling apparatus for a multicore device calculates decision values for matrix elements of a decision matrix composed of virtual CPUs assigned to physical CPUs, selects a virtual CPU corresponding to a matr... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054479 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM-ON-CHIP (soc) UNIT, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF An image forming apparatus is connected to a host device including first and second power domains which are separately supplied with power and includes first and second memories to be disposed in the second power domain, a main controller disposed in the first power dom... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051432 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A VIDEO CODEC WITH LOW COMPLEXITY ENCODING A method and apparatus encode and decode a video that has been encoded with minimal computations. A first plurality of random measurements is taken for a first frame at an encoder. A subsequent plurality of random measurements is taken for each subsequent frame at the e... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050574 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF RECOVERING EDITING IMAGE THEREOF An image photography apparatus includes a storage unit to store data which is generated when an image is edited in the image photography apparatus, a receiver to receive an event to recover the image if editing of the image that is being edited in the image photography ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049352 | MULTI-CHIP PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A multi-chip package may include a package substrate, an interposer chip, a first semiconductor chip, a thermal dissipation structure and a second semiconductor chip. The interposer chip may be mounted on the package substrate. The first semiconductor chip may be mounte... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO INTERFACE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND HOST TO PROVIDE PERFORMANCE THROTTLING OF SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE A method and apparatus to interface a semiconductor storage device and a host in order to provide performance throttling of the semiconductor storage device. In the method, the semiconductor storage can receive a setting request command from the host. The semiconductor ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047319 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF THROTTLING PERFORMANCE OF THE SAME A semiconductor storage device (SSD) and a method of throttling performance of the SSD. The method can include gathering at least two workload data items related with a workload of the semiconductor storage device, estimating the workload using the at least two workload... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047318 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF THROTTLING PERFORMANCE OF THE SAME A semiconductor storage device and a method of throttling performance of the same are provided. The semiconductor storage device includes a non-volatile memory device; and a controller configured to receive a write command from a host and program write data received fro... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045871 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Provided are a semiconductor package of a semiconductor chip, a semiconductor module, an electronic system, and methods of manufacturing the same. The method includes mounting a semiconductor chip on a package substrate, forming a molding member on the semiconductor chi... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044274 | Low-power driving apparatus and method A low-power driving apparatus and method are provided. The low-power driving apparatus includes an illuminance-sensing module to sense illuminance, a minimum-perceivable-brightness-determination module to determine a minimum perceivable brightness having non-linear char... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044016 | ELECTRIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME An electric device and a control method of the same, the electric device including a load terminal, a constant voltage output unit to generate an output voltage to the load terminal, a feedback circuit having a plurality of feedback circuit elements to generate a feedba... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042671 | Refrigerator A refrigerator in which a right door that a user more frequently opens has a width less than that of a left door and a dispenser and a display unit are mounted at the center of a front surface of the refrigerator, resulting in enhanced usability. In the refrigerator, fu... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042185 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A computer system includes a system part, a connector to which an external device is connected, a communication unit which performs communication with the external device, and a control unit which is connected between the connector and the communication unit to monitor ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040498 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME A semiconductor device package includes a semiconductor chip including a conductive pad, a die pad on which the semiconductor chip is mounted and having a first thickness, a lead pattern including a first portion disposed adjacent to the edge of the die pad and having t... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038938 | Print controlling terminal and method for compensating colors A present color compensating method includes receiving selection of an input ICC profile and an output ICC profile, receiving selection of a plurality of color rendering intents to be applied to an ICC profile, generating a color conversion table using the selected inpu... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038937 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT BOARD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus that includes a power supply unit to convert AC power input to the image forming apparatus into DC power, a high-voltage power unit to convert the converted DC power to high voltage, an image forming unit to form an image using the converted h... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038824 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND UPGRADING METHOD THEREOF A digital broadcast receiver and an upgrading method thereof that can achieve an upgrade stabilization. The digital broadcast receiver includes a tuner to receive broadcast data of a selected channel, a demultiplexer to separate new middleware data and information data ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038813 | CAMERA MODULE A camera module includes an image sensor package including an image sensor chip and a chip cover layer protecting the image sensor chip, a first lens disposed above the image sensor package to be coupled with an upper surface of the chip cover layer, a second lens dispo... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037851 | PARTICLES HAVING PERMANENT DIPOLE MOMENT, FILMS INCLUDING THE PARTICLES, AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE FILMS A particle has a permanent dipole moment, a film includes the particle, and a method of forming the film includes aligning the particle on a surface. The particle has a permanent dipole moment and includes heterogeneous materials, wherein a positive pole is located in a... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036294 | COMPUTER INTEGRATED DISPLAY INTEGRATED DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME A computer integrated display and a control method of the same, the computer integrated display including at least one built-in universal serial bus (USB) device, a USB controller to control the built-in USB device, a USB output connector which is connected to a USB cab... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034752 | METHODS OF FORMING A GATE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME In a method of forming a gate structure, a gate pattern including a gate insulation layer pattern and a gate electrode sequentially stacked on a substrate is formed. The gate electrode includes a metal. A first plasma process is performed on the gate pattern using a rea... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033502 | METHOD OF READING DATA IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, AND DEVICE THEREOF A method of reading data in a non-volatile memory device. The method includes reading a plurality of memory cells of a first page in a memory cell array using a first read level, reading a plurality of memory cells of a second page adjacent to the memory cells of the fi... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033467 | SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A switching mode power supply (SMPS) includes at least one transformer, a switching unit to switch a voltage applied to the at least one transformer, a snubber circuit connected to the switching unit, a first switch to control an on or off operation of the snubber circu... | 02/09/2012 |
