Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Lg Electronics Inc.

Korea Electronics Technology Institute

Inha University Research and Business Foundation

Jeonghoon Kang

Junhyun Park

Sung Woo Han

Minsung Kim

Sungmo Lee

Kwanwoo Hong

Doyeon Kim

Jihyun Woo

Seokmo Chang

Jihye Lee

Changwoo Kim

Hyungwoo Lee

Taeyun Kim

Jihoon Choi

Heesoo Kang

Hooijoong Kim

Nokhaeng Lee

Jeawon Lee

Hyeoncheol Kim

Junhyeong Park

Taejoo Kim

Sangyoung Kweon

Hyeongjoon Park

Eun-Suk Bang

Jungchul Choi

Kanghyun Kim

Eunsuk Bang

Minhwan Oh

Jaeik Park

Hyosub Choi

Eunkyeong Kwak

Hyunhee Im

Wonjae Han

Yujin Park

Bogyu Kim

Sejun Lee

Suhwan Ji

Hyungjin Choe

Jaejin Ko

Doochan Cho

Hansol Youn

Seungbok Choi

Byunghyuk Kang

A clothes treating apparatus includes: a cabinet; a tub positioned inside the cabinet; a drum configured to rotate inside the tub; and a damper coupled to the cabinet and the tub and configured to reduce vibrations of the tub according to a rotation of the drum. The damper includes: a piston; a cylinder forming an inside space in which the piston is movable, the cylinder including a yoke and a bobbin positioned at one side of the yoke; and a friction member positioned between an outer surface of the piston and an inner surface of the cylinder and including a magneto-rheological fluid of which viscosity changes according to a magnetic field. A thickness of the friction member positioned between the piston and the bobbin is smaller than a thickness of the friction member positioned between the piston and the yoke.

Clothes treating apparatus

A washing machine according to an aspect of the disclosure includes: a tub to accommodate wash water; a drum inside the tub; a driving device configured to rotate the drum, the driving device including: a coupler configured to move between a first position and a second position to adjust a rotational speed of the drum, and a solenoid configured to move the coupler between the first position and the second position in response to an electric current flowing through the solenoid; a circulation pump configured to operate to circulate the wash water in the tub; and a controller configured to determine when the circulation pump is operating and to control the electric current flowing through the solenoid to move the coupler between the first position and the second position while the circulation pump is determined to be operating.

Washing machine and control method thereof

A washing machine is provided that includes a washing tub, a driver to rotate the washing tub, a sensor to sense an operation of the washing machine, and at least one processor configured to obtain a weight of dry fabric of laundry in the washing tub, control the driver to rotate the washing tub at a speed within a first range, and obtain a first torque axis current of the driver. The at least one processor is further configured to, after supplying washing water to the washing tub, control the driver to rotate the washing tub at a speed within a second range and obtain a second torque axis current of the driver, and identify a material of the laundry by inputting at least one of the weight of the dry fabric, the first torque axis current, or the second torque axis current to a neural network model.

Disclosed herein is a range hood having improved sound characteristics by improving a structure thereof. The range hood includes a case including an inlet through which air is introduced, and a fan module arranged inside the case to suck air through the inlet. The fan module includes a fan configured to move air by rotating, a motor configured to supply a driving force to rotate the fan, a fan frame provided to accommodate the fan and the motor therein, the fan frame including a fan inlet and a fan outlet, and a sound generating member provided to generate a sound of a predetermined frequency band when in contact with the air discharged through the fan outlet.

Range hood

A washing machine and a method for controlling thereof. A washing machine including a spin basket, the washing machine including a driving unit configured to rotate the spin basket, a sensor configured to detect an operation of the washing machine, a display configured to display information, and a processor configured to, based on a user command for managing the washing machine being received, perform a cleaning course for cleaning the spin basket, obtain diagnosis information regarding the washing machine using the sensor while the cleaning course is performed, and display the obtained diagnosis information on the display. The processor is configured to perform the cleaning course by controlling the driving unit to supply wash water to the spin basket and rotate the spin basket filled with the wash water.

Washing machine and controlling method thereof

A method of manufacturing a motor assembly comprising a motor and an impeller coupled to a rotation shaft of the motor, the method includes disposing a plurality of balls in a ring-shaped groove formed in a surface of the impeller; rotating the impeller at a speed greater than a resonant rotation speed to move the balls to a compensation position for compensating for an eccentricity in the motor assembly; and fixing the balls at the compensation position in the groove.

Motor assembly and method of manufacturing the same

Disclosed herein is a washing machine capable of identifying whether laundry of an inner tub includes waterproof clothing. The washing machine includes a cabinet provided with an opening at an upper portion thereof, an outer tub provided in the cabinet, an inner tub provided in the outer tub, a motor configured to rotate the inner tub, a camera configured to capture an image of an inside of the inner tub, and a controller configured to control the motor to increase a rotational speed of the inner tub to a first rotational speed during spinning. The controller is configured to control the motor to set the rotational speed of the inner tub to a second rotational speed, which is less than the first rotational speed, based on the image of the inside of the inner tub captured by the camera during the spinning.

A washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub disposed inside the cabinet, and a rotating tub rotatably disposed inside the tub. A suspension device connects the tub to the cabinet such that the tub is supported by the cabinet, and a vibration reduction apparatus is coupled between the tub and the suspension device to reduce vibration of the tub according to rotation of the rotating tub. The vibration reduction apparatus includes a first rod and a second rod rotatably coupled to the first rod.

Washing machine and vibration reduction apparatus thereof

The present disclosure provides a connected car big data acquisition device, and connected car big data collecting system and method using the device. A connected car big data acquisition device includes: an interface configured to communicate with a device associated with a data production layer and a device associated with a service using layer; a storage configured to store data; and a controller configured to generate preprocessed data based on raw data related to connected cars received from a device associated with a data production layer through a preprocessing process using an integrated platform and to control the preprocessed data to be stored in the storage based on a memory availability ratio of the storage.

Connected car big data acquisition device, system and method for storing data gathered in a single platform

A controlling method for a dryer is provided. The controlling method includes the steps of rotating a drum in a first direction and a second direction which is an opposite direction to the first direction by a motor, measuring the load of the motor and identifying the weight of drying materials based on the lower motor load among the load of the motor measured during rotation in the first direction and the load of the motor measured during rotation in the second direction.

Dryer and controlling method for the same

A clothes care device having a steam spray nozzle of an improved structure. The clothes care device includes: a main body including a clothes care chamber of which a front side opens; a steam generator configured to supply a steam to inside of the clothes care chamber; and a steam spray configured to receive a steam from the steam generator and spraying the steam to the clothes care chamber, wherein the steam spray includes a steam nozzle in which the steam spray opening is formed, a nozzle cover coupled to the steam nozzle, wherein a steam inlet is formed in the nozzle cover, and a guide member positioned inside the nozzle cover and covering at least one portion of a moving path of a steam entered through the steam inlet.

Clothes care device

An electronic apparatus includes a main body including a nut portion; a plurality of level-adjustable foots placed at a lower side of the main body, configured to support the main body, adjustable in height to level the main body, and including a bolt portion inserted in and screw-coupled to the nut portion; and an elastic member configured to elastically press one of the bolt portion and the main body toward the main body or the level-adjustable foot to make a first thread of the bolt portion and a second thread of the nut portion corresponding to the first thread be in contact with each other.

Electronic apparatus

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same which can effectively reduce an afterimage phenomenon generated on a display unit. A control apparatus of a mobile terminal for reducing an afterimage of a display unit of the mobile terminal according to embodiments of the present invention may comprise: the display unit for displaying items in a turned-on state; and a control unit for turning off the display unit after displaying the items on the display unit, moving display locations of the items displayed on the display unit in the turned-on state in a state where the display unit is turned off, and displaying the items in the moved display locations when the display unit is turned back on.

Apparatus and method for reducing image sticking in a mobile terminal

Drum-type washing machine

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Seoul, South Korea

Jeonghoon Kang