Abstract: A method for detecting a communication speed of an apparatus is disclosed. The method includes a step for storing a communication speed which is currently used or a communication speed of one bit; a step for detecting a communication speed of received data by using data of a first frame which are first input among the received data; a step for detecting a consistent communication speed by comparing the detected communication speed and an initialized communication speed; a step for recognizing that a communication error is found if a consistent communication speed is not found as a result of said detection and for setting a consistent communication speed as a communication speed between the two apparatuses if a consistent communication speed is found; and a step for inputting the received data by using the set communication speed and performing corresponding commands.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for setting communication packet for a remote control between apparatuses is disclosed, which includes a communication port connected to an external apparatus by a communication bus, a communication circuit for converting signals transmitted/received by the communication port to signals appropriate for the communication bus, a memory for storing data information for communicating, and a microcomputer for controlling the communication circuit and the memory.

Abstract: A multipurpose remote controller and method for controlling the same is disclosed, which includes a user interface unit to which a control command signal is input by a user from outside, wire and wireless transmitting/receiving units for transmitting the control command signal input from the user interface unit to corresponding apparatuses, and for receiving operation state signals of the corresponding apparatuses, a central processor for controlling the user interface and wire and wireless transmitting/receiving units, a storage storing data for controlling the central processor, and a display unit for displaying control keys under control of the central processor and for displaying operation state and results.

Abstract: Disclosed is a network control system for home appliances that satisfies the characteristics of low-cost and high-efficiency with respect to currently used appliances adopting a low-performance microcomputer. The system is constructed to define a master/slave type communication structure with respect to the respective appliances; construct a network by connecting the appliances through the serial communication function; and enable the appliances to communicate with one another if a predetermined communication event is produced. According to the system, an optimized network for the home appliances can be implemented, and operation states of the respective appliances can be displayed through the co-operation among the appliances, thereby maximizing the user convenience.

Abstract: A home networking communication system and method for communicating using the same is disclosed, which includes a main apparatus for controlling a plurality of networked peripheral apparatuses in the house by inputting a control signal from outside, and for outputting state information of the controlled peripheral apparatuses, an external apparatus for inputting control signals for controlling the plurality of peripheral apparatuses from a long distance, and web server for transmitting the control signal input from the external apparatus to the main apparatus by Internet, and for receiving the state information of the peripheral apparatuses according to the transmitted control signal, storing, monitoring the same and providing the same to the external apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting communication protocol is disclosed, which is enable to communicate among apparatuses having different communication protocols by converting the different communication protocols into a protocol corresponding to one another. The apparatus includes a plurality of apparatuses having different communication protocols communicated in a bus line, and a converting apparatus connected to the plurality of apparatus for converting data input/output from an apparatus of a certain communication protocol by downloading communication protocol by Internet, or by mounting a card for converting communication protocol.

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: A home network system and a method for exchanging standards of the same are disclosed.

Abstract: A temperature sensing circuit using a thermopile sensor is provided which includes a thermopile sensor generating a voltage corresponding to an incidence amount of infrared rays, means for amplifying the output of the thermopile sensor, means for compensating for an offset of the amplifying means, and means for removing the output of the offset compensating means from the output of the amplifying means, to detect the temperature of an object.

Abstract: An improved microwave oven equipped with a thermopile sensor and a thawing method using the same which make it possible to detect a food surface temperature by using a thermopile sensor, optimizing the output from the magnetron based on the detected food surface temperature, the size of the food, and the weight of the same, and determining an optimum thawing completion time, thereby obtaining the best thawing condition and significantly reducing the thawing time.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring a food temperature in a microwave oven makes it possible to precisely measure a temperature of food placed in a microwave oven by providing thereto a simple circuit composition in order to carry out the measurement without regard to kinds of food, cooking, heating device or temperature variation therearound. The apparatus and method realizes a simplified temperature measuring apparatus, thereby facilitating miniaturization thereof and reinforcing price competitiveness, wherein the compensation voltage variation with regard to an ambient temperature variation is adjusted to disclose a linear characteristic, and a new output voltage is generated using a final output voltage and a compensation voltage in a temperature range in which the compensation voltage is non-linearly disclosed in accordance with the variation of the ambient temperature, thereby precisely compensating the ambient temperature which is variable in a wide range thereof.