Abstract: A washing machine and a control method thereof are disclosed. The present invention relates to a washing machine, more specifically, to a washing machine that is able to the amount of rinsing water used in a rinsing course.

Abstract: A dryer having a steam generator having high energy efficiency and incurring a low fabrication cost is disclosed. The dryer includes: a drum rotatably mounted in the interior of a main body and accommodating the laundry; a duct guiding air supplied to the drum; a heater assembly provided within the duct and heating air supplied to the drum; and a steam generator disposed to be adjacent to the heater assembly and generating steam to be supplied to the drum by using heat generated by the heater assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an operating method for a laundry drier which has a rotatable drum mounted inside a main body, a heater for heating the air flowing into the drum; and a scent supply module for spraying scent into the drum, comprising: a drying step of drying the laundry by supplying hot air heated by the heater; a pre-treating step of rumbling the drum while supplying air with the heater off; and a scent treating step of spraying scent onto the laundry which has passed through the pre-treating step. Since the scent is sprayed on after the pre-treating step, the scent can be effectively deposited on the laundry.

Abstract: A sensor element assembly, including: a sensor element; lead frames provided with the sensor element therebetween, the lead frames fixing the sensor element; a first head protection film protecting the sensor element fixed between the lead frames; an insulating film covering the first head protection film and the lead frames to insulate the lead frames; and a second head protection film (resin layer) further covering the head covered with the insulating film. The sensor element assembly is advantageous in that an epoxy resin layer is formed on a film layer covering a sensor element, so that the strength of the sensor element assembly can be maintained by the epoxy resin layer itself, thereby improving the impact resistance and compressive strength thereof.

Abstract: A washing machine and a control method thereof are disclosed. The present invention relates to a washing machine, more specifically, to a washing machine that dehumidifies air used in drying laundry by using water thrown away after rinsing course, with flowing a condensation duct.

Abstract: An optical disc apparatus and a control method for the optical disc apparatus are provided. A control method for an optical disc apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise rotating a disc through a spindle motor if a type of a disc loaded in the optical disc apparatus is determined; and carrying out servo operation which can be processed irrespective of rotation speed of the disc while checking whether the rotation speed of the disc equals a predetermined speed. Servo operation which can be processed independently of the rotation speed of the disc can correspond to operation related to focusing servo and additionally to operation related to tracking servo. Therefore, since the time the user has to wait for requested video, music, or data to be extracted after the user has inserted a medium is reduced, user convenience can be improved.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device capable of preventing light leakage and vertical crosstalk thereof is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate in which a pixel region and a data line region next to the pixel region are defined, a data line formed on the data line region of the first substrate with a first insulating film interposed therebetween, two outermost common electrodes of the adjacent two pixels spaced apart from opposite edges of the data line, a shield layer having two segments, each segment has one side of which overlaps an edge of the data line by a width of 0 ?m or more to 2 ?m or less and the other side of which overlaps an edge of one of the two outermost common electrodes with the first insulating film interposed therebetween, and a second substrate bonded opposite to the first substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a WiMAX system analyzer having an RAS emulation function and a method of acquiring UL synchronization and testing a PSS. The WiMAX system analyzer includes a clock counter, a D/A conversion unit, an A/D conversion unit, an RF processing unit, switching means, a signal generation unit, a signal analysis unit, and control means. The clock counter creates a frame number. The D/A conversion unit converts a DL sub-frame into an analog signal. The A/D conversion unit converts a UL sub-frame signal into digital data. The RF processing unit RF-modulates the DL sub-frame, outputs the modulated DL sub-frame, and demodulating a modulated UL sub-frame. The switching means connects the RF processing unit to the D/A conversion unit or the A/D conversion unit. The signal generation unit assigns a CID, and creating a DL sub-frame. The signal analysis unit decodes the UL sub-frame, and conducts various analyses.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of analyzing portable Internet signals in a measuring instrument. The method includes the steps of (a) acquiring synchronization using a preamble included in a currently received frame, (b) acquiring the access parameters of a DL_MAP included in the frame, and checking the validity of the DL_MAP, (c) if, as a result of the check at step (b), the DL_MAP is determined to be valid, acquiring downlink parameters and burst configuration information by interpreting the DL_MAP, and (e) performing a variety of diagnoses, including evaluation of signal quality for each burst, using the parameters and the burst configuration information.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an electron emission source and a method of fabricating an electronic device by using the method. An electron emission material layer of the electron emission source is formed by filtration and transfer, and a mask including windows (openings) having predetermined patterns is used in a transfer process so that an electron emission layer having a desired shape may be freely obtained.

Abstract: In the quorum sensing antagonist blocking the communication in bacteria, the method for preventing biofilm formation using this quorum sensing antagonist and the method for reducing the bacterial contamination, the quorum sensing antagonist contains the homoserine lactone moiety and sulfanylethanoyl group, and has a similar chemical structure to that of the autoinducer which is produced by bacteria as a signal, whereby the quorum sensing antagonist can inhibit the formation of biofilm and reduce the bacterial contamination as well.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided with a panel to display a picture thereon. The display apparatus comprises an inverter to convert DC power into AC power. The display apparatus also includes at least one lamp unit comprising a lamp body and a lamp electrode part provided in at least one of opposite ends of the lamp body to receive an electric power. A transformer is arranged adjacent to the lamp electrode part to boost up a voltage of the electric power output from the inverter to supply the electric power with the boosted voltage as a driving power to the lamp unit.

Abstract: A method of transferring an electronic material and a method of manufacturing an electronic device using the method of transferring the electronic material. The method of transferring the electronic material includes dipping a template, on which an electronic material layer is formed, into a liquid medium, separating the electronic material layer from the template, and floating the electronic material layer on a surface of the liquid medium; raising up the electronic material layer floated on the surface of the liquid medium by using a target substrate and transferring the electronic material layer on the target substrate; and fixing the electronic material layer to the target substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the wire type battery for wireless charging which is constructed by adding the coil for wireless charging to the wire type battery, by which the present invention can provide the wire type battery for wireless charging to easily carry out charging compared to the existing wire charging method and can solve the problem in the charging which is expected from the shape of the battery to improve the effect of charging.

Abstract: Surface field electron emitters using a carbon nanotube yarn and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. To fabricate the carbon nanotube yarn for use in fabrication of simple and efficient carbon nanotube field electron emitters, the method performs densification of the carbon nanotube yarn during rotation of a plying unit and heat treatment of the carbon nanotube yarn that has passed through the plying unit without using organic or inorganic binders or polymer pastes. The method fabricates the carbon nanotube yarn with excellent homogeneity and reproducibility through a simple process. The carbon nanotube yarn-based surface field electron emitters can be applied to various light emitting devices.

Abstract: An inverter power module for use in an electric/electronic device includes a driving circuit board, a power transformer mounted on the driving circuit board, an inverter transformer mounted on the driving circuit board, and a blocking unit to block a magnetic flux that is generated from the inverter transformer from being emitted to the outside. With this, the magnetic flux that is generated from the inverter transformer is blocked from being emitted to the outside, thereby allowing an EMI noise, a heating problem, a noise of the system circuit, etc. to be minimized.

Abstract: Provided is a tag attached to a mobile unit to estimate a position of the mobile unit, which can minimize the estimation position error of a mobile unit even while increasing the positioning interval of a beacon, and the tag includes a radio frequency (RF) transceiver transmitting and receiving an RF signal, an ultrasonic receiver receiving an ultrasonic signal, and a controller transmitting the RF signal to a beacon through the RF transceiver, receiving an RF response signal to the RF signal to calculate a distance between the mobile unit and the beacon based on the RF signal, and calculating a distance between the mobile unit and the beacon based on the ultrasonic signal when the ultrasonic signal, which is transmitted from the beacon together with the RF response signal, is received through the ultrasonic receiver.

Abstract: An oven, effectively and rapidly cooling a door by passing a sufficient quantity of cooling air through the door, is disclosed. The oven includes an outer case, an inner case, a door opening and closing the inner case, and a blower chamber having a cooling fan and provided at the upper side of the inner case. The door includes an inner plate and a frame to form an opened lower end. The frame has holes formed in the upper side to flowing air discharged by the cooling fan between the inner plate and an outer plate. A vent hole communicating with the blower chamber is provided in the upper end of the cooking chamber to pass hot air of the cooking chamber through the vent hole. Around the vent hole, a partition member is provided for preventing the hot air from being mixed with air discharged by cooling fan.

Abstract: Provided is an inverter for driving a backlight such as LCD, wherein the inverter includes a driving circuit for driving at least two of a plurality of lamps; a transformer for connecting the driving circuit to the plurality of lamps; and a balance coil connected to at least two of the plurality of lamps for balancing the current flowing through the at least two of the plurality of lamps, and the balance coil further includes a bobbin having a winding part divided into at least three parts; a core disposed in the bobbin; and first and second coils disposed on the divided winding parts.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oven that is capable of discharging hot air generated when cooling a door and heat generated in a cooking chamber through the lower end of the door. The oven includes a door having at least two separated air channels. The air channels comprise at least one first air channel to discharge hot air generated when cooling the door through the lower end of the door, and at least one second air channel to introduce air through the lower end of the door such that the door is cooled. In the housing is mounted a circulating fan. Between the circulating fan and the air channels is connected a channel connecting unit. As the circulating fan is rotated, air flows along the second air channel to cool the door. Hot air generated when cooling the door is introduced into the first air channel through the channel connecting unit, and is then discharged out of the oven through the lower end of the door.