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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147239 | Method of controlling gas type clothes dryer Disclosed herein is a method of controlling a gas type clothes dryer. The method control the dryer to continuously detect condition of a flame sensor even after ignition of the dryer, thereby preventing a drying operation from being performed when a flame has been e... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8104848 | Dryer having door opening and closing apparatus A dryer having a door opening and closing apparatus are disclosed. The door opening and closing apparatus includes a cabinet provided with an opening part, a door installed to the cabinet to open and close the opening part, a hook provided to the door, a fixing part... | 01/31/2012 |
| RE43130 | Method and apparatus for encoding interlaced macroblock texture information A method for padding interlaced texture information on a reference VOP to perform a motion estimation detects whether said each texture macroblock of the reference VOP is a boundary block or not. After the undefined texture pixels of the boundary block are extrapola... | 01/24/2012 |
| RE43129 | Method and apparatus for encoding interlaced macroblock texture information A method for padding interlaced texture information on a reference VOP to perform a motion estimation detects whether said each texture macroblock of the reference VOP is a boundary block or not. After the undefined texture pixels of the boundary block are extrapola... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091252 | Method of controlling gas valve of dryer Disclosed herein is a method of controlling a gas valve of a dryer which controls the amount of gas supplied into a gas combustor. The method includes detecting the temperature of hot air supplied into a drum, detecting the temperature of the hot air discharged outs... | 01/10/2012 |
| RE43061 | Method and apparatus for encoding interlaced macroblock texture information A method for padding interlaced texture information on a reference VOP to perform a motion estimation detects whether said each texture macroblock of the reference VOP is a boundary block or not. After the undefined texture pixels of the boundary block are extrapola... | 01/03/2012 |
| RE43060 | Method and apparatus for encoding interlaced macroblock texture information A method for padding interlaced texture information on a reference VOP to perform a motion estimation detects whether said each texture macroblock of the reference VOP is a boundary block or not. After the undefined texture pixels of the boundary block are extrapola... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8069582 | Dryer A dryer includes a cabinet; a drum rotatably mounted inside the cabinet; a front panel provided between the cabinet and the drum; a valve provided inside the cabinet to control supply and cutoff of gas and an amount of the supplied gas; a fixing piece for mounting t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7992322 | Dryer having intake duct with heater integrated therein Disclosed herein is a dryer having a heater-integrated intake duct capable of reducing thermal loss and preventing overheating of the dryer. The dryer includes a support panel having a through-hole, an intake duct communicating with the through-hole, a drum into whi... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7866174 | Refrigerator having cold air circulating apparatus and control method of circulating cold air A refrigerator having a cold air circulating apparatus includes: a main body, which is provided with a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment for preserving food items, and a temperature controlled compartment for preserving food items, separately from t... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865991 | Washing machine and steam washing method thereof A washing machine and steam washing method thereof are disclosed. The method includes performing primary steam washing by supplying steam to laundry, performing a washing cycle by supplying wash water to the laundry, performing a rinsing cycle, performing a spin-dry... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7863548 | Method for preventing overheating of microwave oven A method for preventing overheating of a microwave oven includes receiving information of a cooking condition and a cooking start command for current cooking, the cooking condition including a magnetron output level and a current cooking period, confirming pause dur... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7827830 | Washing machine having filtering lifters Disclosed herein is a washing machine that includes a lifter capable of removing foreign matter from water while agitating laundry. The washing machine includes a tub containing water supplied from an outside source, a drum disposed inside the tub, a lifter body mou... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7787075 | Liquid crystal display Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display that compensates an hourglass phenomenon using a backlight unit. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a polarizer adhered to the liquid crystal panel, and a backlight unit including a diffuser sheet... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7765716 | Dryer having intake duct with heater integrated therein Disclosed herein is a dryer having a heater-integrated intake duct capable of reducing thermal loss and preventing overheating of the dryer. The dryer includes a support panel having a through-hole, an intake duct communicating with the through-hole, a drum into whi... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7727494 | Child care storage having steam sterilizing apparatus A child care storage having a steam sterilizing apparatus, wherein the steam sterilizing apparatus includes an outer tub defined by walls of a steam sterilizing compartment; a hollow upstanding coupling member installed on the center bottom of the outer tub and havi... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7726147 | Refrigerator capable of promoting photosynthesis of vegetables and control method therefor A refrigerator includes a storing unit for storing vegetables; a light emitting unit for irradiating light onto the vegetables stored in the storing unit to promote photosynthesis of the vegetables; an input unit for receiving an operation instruction on whether the... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7678590 | Organic electroluminescence device and method for manufacturing same An organic electroluminescence device includes a substrate; first electrodes arranged on the luminous portion of the substrate in a single direction; an insulating layer pattern formed on the first electrodes and the substrate in a lattice shape to define plural pix... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7656564 | Apparatus and method for compensating for pixel distortion in reproduction of hologram data An apparatus for compensating for pixel distortion while reproducing hologram data includes an extraction unit, a determination and calculation unit, a table, and a compensation unit. The extraction unit extracts a reproduced data image from a reproduced image frame... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7644588 | Magnetic refrigerator The present invention relates to a magnetic refrigerator comprising separated hot and cold heat exchange units wherein a heat transfer fluid that exchanges a heat with a magnetic heat exchange unit having the magnetocaloric material pieces arranged to have a gap the... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7603865 | Magnetic refrigerator A magnetic refrigerator includes independent hot heat exchange unit and cold heat exchange unit wherein separate heat transfer fluids are circulated. ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7594297 | Angle control apparatus for upright type vacuum cleaner Disclosed herein is an angle control apparatus for an upright type vacuum cleaner. The angle control apparatus comprises a main body having a suction port and a discharge port formed thereon and including a suctioning device inside the suction port, a suction unit h... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7591885 | Wet type air cleaner A wet type air cleaner includes a purification unit installed in a housing. The purification unit includes a blower unit for directing air to cleaning water in the bottom of the housing, an inner guide for drawing up the cleaning water in the bottom of the housing, ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7582841 | Control button of drum type washing machine Disclosed herein is a control button of a drum type washing machine. The control button comprises a button securing part, a button operating part, an elastic member, and a cylindrical button provided to a control panel. The button securing part includes a securing b... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7580173 | Optical information detecting method and optical information detector There is provided an optical information detecting method comprising: detecting an image of a source data page containing a frame mask by the use of an optical detection region within respective 1:N (where N is greater than 1) excessive detection pixels; monitoring ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7570838 | Image correction method for compensating for misalignment of pixels in holographic digital data storage system For compensating for misalignment of pixels at the time of reproduction in a Holographic Digital Data Storage (HDDS) system, and thereby correcting an image, a stored page-based image is detected using a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) through a one-to-one (1:1) pixel m... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7569102 | Wet type air cleaner A wet type air cleaner includes a purification unit which includes an inner guide portion for drawing a cleaning water upward, a water jetting nozzle for injecting the cleaning water drawn thereto through the inner guide portion, and a blower for drawing air downwar... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7555907 | Refrigerating storage using thermoelectric element A refrigerating storage, includes a refrigerating compartment; a plurality of air inlets and air outlets formed in an inner wall of the refrigerating compartment; a duct for providing an air passage between the air inlets and the air outlets; a thermoelectric elemen... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7545097 | Organic electroluminescence device and method for manufacturing same An organic electroluminescence device includes a substrate; first electrodes arranged on the luminous portion of the substrate in a single direction; an insulating layer pattern formed on the first electrodes and the substrate in a lattice shape to define plural pix... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545068 | Rotor for use in induction motor A rotor for use in an induction motor includes a main body installed to be rotatable by having a gap inside a stator, providing a flow path of magnetic fluxes produced from the coil, and including a plurality of conductors formed on an edge region of the main body; ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7539116 | Holographic digital data storage system compatible with holographic and reflective medium In a holographic digital data storage system, a light source generates a reference beam, a holographic optical element saves a plurality of interference patterns between the reference beam and a plurality of beams of specific sizes and a beam splitter splits each re... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7519224 | Method and apparatus for compensating data image reproduced from holographic system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for preprocessing a page image reproduced from a storage medium in a holographic system. The present invention calculates pixel sums for each lines in the page image to select a maximum sum, calculates a modified... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7513939 | Wet type air cleaner A wet type air cleaner includes a housing storing cleaning water in a bottom portion thereof; and a purification unit installed in the housing. The purification unit includes: a blower unit for directing air to the cleaning water in the bottom of the housing; an inn... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7500283 | Vacuum cleaner provided with a cover locking/releasing structure and a cover hinge-coupling structure A vacuum cleaner includes a suction inlet provided at a main body and a cover hinge-coupled to the main body to cover a dust collection chamber included in the main body. A locking unit is disposed around the suction inlet in order to releasably lock the cover. Furt... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7475449 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a main body, a motor assembly installed at the main body, the motor assembly including a motor for generating a suction force, an exhaust filter for filtering fine foreign substances from air passing through the motor assembly, and a guide ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7474782 | Apparatus and method for processing holographic data reproduced from a holographic medium In an apparatus for processing holographic data reproduced from a holographic medium, a data arranging unit arranges input data in a form of M1×M2 data pixels on a page basis to thereby generate arranged data. Then, a holographic data detector outputs a page image ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7420145 | Method for preventing overheating of microwave oven A method for preventing overheating of a microwave oven including a controller for controlling an output level of a magnetron is disclosed. The method includes: a) receiving information of cooking conditions and a cooking start command input by a user, the cooking c... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7404231 | Dust container of upright type vacuum cleaner and supporting structure for cover thereof A dust container of an upright type vacuum cleaner includes a circular cover having a suction port and an exhaust port, a guide member attached to a lower surface of the cover to guide an air flow, a filter attached to a lower surface of the guide member, and a cyli... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398578 | Cyclone dust collecting device for use in a vacuum cleaner A cyclone dust collecting device, for use in a vacuum cleaner, includes a housing defining therein a cyclonic air flow chamber. A dust collection chamber is disposed under the cyclonic air flow chamber and a partition wall is disposed between the cyclonic air flow c... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7387664 | Wet type air cleaner A wet type air cleaner includes a cylindrical housing provided with an air inlet at a top surface thereof and at least one of air outlets at a lateral surface thereof, for storing cleaning water in a bottom portion thereof, a blower unit including a fan having a spr... | 06/17/2008 |
