Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system (100) which uses a message structure for efficient communication between a plurality of home appliances. The home network system (100) includes at least one slave device (60, 70, 80), and at least one master device (50) connected to the slave device (60, 70, 80) through a network (90), for transmitting a request message to the slave device (60, 70, 80), wherein the request message is transmitted from an upper layer of the master device (50) to a lower layer thereof and from a lower layer of the slave device (60, 70, 80) to an upper layer thereof, and has a command code implying an operation which will be executed by the slave device (60, 70, 80), and a related argument for executing the operation.

Abstract: Method for controlling a drying course of a laundry dryer including the steps of (a) starting a drying course by using high temperature drying air, and sensing dryness of a drying object periodically, (b) determining a dryness saturation time point at which the dryness sensed thus exceeds a preset reference value Q, (c) determining a load of the drying object according to the drying saturation time point T_sat, and (d) varying a drying algorithm depending on the load of the drying object determined thus, whereby preventing a small amount of laundry from sticking to a drum in a drying course by varying a control algorithm of the drying motor in a case an amount of the drying object is determined to be small accurately with reference to a saturation time point of an electrode sensor.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system (1) which can efficiently configure a new home appliance (50) in the existing home network system. The home network system (1) includes at least one new device (50) newly connected to a master device (30) through a network (20), for transmitting a plugged-in request message containing an initial address through the network (20), receiving an address change request message containing a logical address, and changing the initial address to the logical address, and at least one master device (30) connected to the new device (50) through the network (20), for receiving the plugged-in request message from the new device, setting the logical address for the new device, and transmitting the address change request message containing the logical address to the new device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system (40) which can provide a predetermined control protocol for connecting various home networks (46,48) for communication. The home network system (40) includes a first network (46), a second network (48) separated from the first network (46,48), a home appliance connectable to at least one of the first and second networks, and a network manager (22) connectable to at least one of the first and second networks (46,48), for controlling and monitoring the home appliance.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an upgrade apparatus and its method for a home network system which can automatically upgrade software. The upgrade apparatus for the home network system is installed in the home network system having a first storage unit in which at least one protected program has been installed, and includes n upgrade means for deciding whether a second storage unit separated from the first storage unit stores an upgrade file corresponding to the protected program, and upgrading the protected program by using the upgrade file according to the decision result.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network management system which can perform processing, conversion and transmission of data between a plurality of client devices and a plurality of home appliances. The home network management system resides in a home master device connected to at least one home appliance through a first network and connected to at least one client device through a second network separated from the first network, and is controlled by a central processing means of the home master device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system and a configuration apparatus thereof which can efficiently configure a new home appliance in the home network system comprised of various home appliances. The home network system includes at least one slave device, and a plurality of master devices connected to the slave device through a predetermined network, wherein at least one master device includes a master means for controlling an operation of the slave device and monitoring a status thereof, and a slave means for responding to the request of the other master devices.

Abstract: A digital television (DTV) transmitter/receiver and a method of processing data in the DTV transmitter/receiver are disclosed. In the DTV transmitter, a pre-processor pre-processes the enhanced data by coding the enhanced data for forward error correction (FEC) and expanding the FEC-coded enhanced data. A data formatter generates enhanced data packets including the pre-processed enhanced data and inserts known data to at least one of the enhanced data packets. A first multiplexer multiplexes the enhanced data packets with main data packets including the main data. And, an RS encoder RS-codes the multiplexed main and enhanced data packets, the RS encoder adding systematic parity data to each main data packet and adding RS parity place holders to each enhanced data packet. Herein, the RS encoder may insert non-systematic RS parity data or null data into the RS parity place holders included in each enhanced data packet.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system which can achieve communication between a home master device and a remote control server by using a predetermined message structure. The home network system includes a home master device connected to a plurality of home appliances, and a remote control server connected to the home master device through a first network, for transmitting/receiving a message between a user terminal and the home master device. The message transmitted/received between the home master device and the remote control server includes at least a product code unit of the corresponding home appliance, a message code unit for notifying a transmission/reception direction of the message, parameter units under the definition of the message, and a number unit of parameters.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a security confirmation system which can achieve efficient communication by optimizing an amount of transmitted data, and a method thereof. The security confirmation system includes a home master device connected to at least one security device through a first network based on a predetermined protocol, for receiving predetermined security information from the security device, generating a service security data having the security information, and transmitting the service security data, and a user terminal connected to the home master device through a second network separated from the first network, for receiving and displaying the service security data.

Abstract: A digital television (DTV) transmitter and a method of processing data in the DTV transmitter/receiver are disclosed. In the DTV transmitter, a pre-processor pre-processes the enhanced data by coding the enhanced data for forward error correction (FEC) and expanding the FEC-coded data. A packet formatter generates one or more groups of enhanced data packets, each enhanced data packet including the pre-processed enhanced data and known data, wherein the data formatter adds burst time information into each group of enhanced data packets. And, a packet multiplexer generates at least one burst of enhanced data by multiplexing the one or more groups of enhanced data packets with at least one main data packet including the main data, each burst of enhanced data including at least one group of enhanced data packets.

Abstract: A drum washing machine and a clothes dryer equipped with a thermoelectric module are disclosed. The thermoelectric module includes a heat absorption side and a heat dissipation side which absorbs and dissipates heat at a junction between two dissimilar metals depending on direction of current flow through the junction. The heat absorption side is disposed at a hot air flowing passage. Accordingly, the drying apparatus can increase energy efficiency with minor structural modification and becomes environmentally friendly unlike a conventional drying apparatus using a heat pump.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system (100) which can easily control home appliances by performing a preset control command for a predetermined event when the event is generated. The home network system (100) includes at least one slave device (60), and a master device (50) connected to the slave devices (60) through a predetermined network (90). The master device (50) stores an event file including an externally-inputted generation condition of a predetermined event and a control command for the event, and transmits an event set file including at least the generation condition of the event to the slave device (60) corresponding to the generation condition of the event, and the slave device (60) stores the event set file and transmits an event notification file to the master device (50) when the event is generated, so that the master device (50) can receive the event notification file and make the corresponding control command performed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor package board, in which a copper pattern having a predetermined shape is formed on a dummy area, thus preventing the entire semiconductor package board from bending. The present invention is technically characterized in that the copper pattern includes a beam part, which is provided in the longitudinal direction of the semiconductor package board, and a rib part, which is provided in the lateral direction of the semiconductor package board.

Abstract: A method for setting a product address in a home network system is disclosed. The method includes a step for requesting a temporary address in which a network controller designates redundant addresses with a predetermined range to each product and requests an arbitrary address among the redundant address as a temporary address; a step for designating a temporary address in which each product designates an arbitrary address among the redundant addresses as a temporary address and informs to a network controller; and a step for confirming an address in which the network controller sequentially sets one of the redundant addresses for each address not doubled among informed temporary addresses from each product.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electroactive solid-state actuator, including a solid polymer electrolyte film having first and second main surfaces facing each other, and first and second conductive polymer layers infiltrated into the first and second main surfaces of the solid polymer electrolyte film. Further, a method of manufacturing the electroactive solid-state actuator is provided, the method including preparing a solid polymer film having first and second main surfaces facing each other, infiltrating a monomer of a conductive polymer into the first and second main surfaces of the solid polymer film, followed by polymerization, to form first and second conductive polymer layers, and immersing the solid polymer film into an ionic liquid or liquid electrolyte to be converted to an electrically conductive polymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dielectric polymer actuator and an inchworm robot using the same. The dielectric polymer actuator comprises a laminate-type actuating part and a frame. The laminate-type actuating part is provided with at least one dielectric polymer film which has first and second surfaces positioned opposite to each other and a side interposed between the first and second surfaces and which includes an incompressible dielectric polymer. First and second compliant electrodes are connected to the first and second surfaces. The frame is formed along the side of the dielectric polymer film so that prestrain applied to the dielectric polymer film is about zero. When a voltage is applied through the first and second compliant electrodes to the dielectric polymer film, the laminate-type actuating part is warped in any one direction of first and second surface directions.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a security confirmation system which can achieve efficient communication by optimizing an amount of transmitted data, and a method thereof. The security confirmation system includes a home master device connected to at least one security device through a first network based on a predetermined protocol, for receiving predetermined security information from the security device, generating a service security data having the security information, and transmitting the service security data, and a user terminal connected to the home master device through a second network separated from the first network, for receiving and displaying the service security data.

Abstract: A flip chip bonding method and substrate architecture are disclosed for enhancing bonding performance between a chip and a substrate by forming a bump on the chip or the substrate. The flip chip bonding method includes performing pretreatment of a wafer having chips, dicing, and obtaining the pretreated individual chip; performing pretreatment of a substrate; aligning the pads of the pretreated chip with the pads of the pretreated substrate, and bonding the chip and the substrate together by applying an ultrasonic wave and heat using a collet and simultaneously applying pressure. Post treatment is performed by filling or molding resin after bonding. The chip or the substrate is formed with a plated bump, a stud bump or a wedge bump. The stud bump or the wedge bump can be additionally formed on the plated bump.

Abstract: A method for separating multiple home networks networked in one communication line into each home network is disclosed, which includes the steps of forming home network for networking apparatuses in the house to communicate with one another, setting individual home codes to each apparatus, connecting the home networks formed in a plurality of houses to one another, and forming packet data including the home codes for communicating.