Abstract:
In a mobile robot and a method for measuring a moving distance thereof, by including an image capture unit for photographing the bottom surface according to motion of a mobile robot at a certain intervals and capturing images; a displacement measurer for measuring displacement about the captured image; and a microcomputer for outputting an actual moving distance by direction and motion of the mobile robot on the basis of the measured displacement value, it is possible to measure an accurate moving distance of the mobile robot with only one image sensor installed at the center of a body of the mobile robot, and accordingly it is possible to simplify a mechanical structure and facilitate maintenance and repairing.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an apparatus controlling an operation of a motor and control method thereof enabling to prevent a driving force of the motor from being reduced and actuate the motor for hours stably when a washing machine is operated for hours. The present invention includes the steps of detecting a phase voltage value and a phase current value applied to the motor between forward and backward revolution sections of the motor, calculating a phase resistance value based on the detected phase voltage and current values, and controlling the operation of the motor by controlling a voltage applied to the motor in accordance with the calculated phase resistance value.
Abstract:
An improved method for detecting a laundry weight in a washing machine employing a sensorless BLDC motor is provided. The motor is rotated until the washer reaches a first speed. The washer then operates in a torque control mode for a predetermined amount of time, and a laundry weight is then determined based on a speed of the motor after the predetermined amount of time has elapsed. In this manner, laundry weight can be accurately determined and the laundry can be effectively washed. Additionally, since a washing machine employing this improved method for detecting does not require a hall sensor and its peripheral circuit manufacture is simplified, and thus cost may be reduced.
Abstract:
An LCD is adapted to be manufactured using a significantly reduced number of masks and masking processes. In order to form a gate of the LCD, aluminum and one of molybdenum, tantalum, tungsten and antimony are sequentially deposited and patterned using a single mask. Cutting a shorting bar for preventing static electricity is performed while a passivation layer is patterned and rinsed. Accordingly, an LCD produced by this method includes a first metal layer, which includes a first contact hole and is disposed on a substrate, a second metal layer which covers the first metal layer and includes a second contact hole which is smaller than the first contact hole, an insulating layer, which covers the second metal layer and includes a third contact hole larger than the second contact hole, and a pad, which includes a conductive layer contacting the second metal layer through the third contact hole on the insulating layer.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display having a top plate and a bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of drain bus line arranged in a matrix on a substrate surface. A plurality of thin film transistors, each including a source, gate and drain, are formed at intersections of the gate and drain bus lines. A black matrix pattern, including a non-conductive black resin, is provided on the gate bus lines, the drain bus lines and the thin film transistors for shielding these elements from light generated by back lighting the display. A protective layer is formed on the black matrix pattern having contact holes for coupling the pixel electrodes to corresponding drain electrodes of the thin film transistors.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display having a top plate and a bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of drain bus line arranged in a matrix on a substrate surface. A plurality of thin film transistors, each including a source, gate and drain, are formed at intersections of the gate and drain bus lines. A black matrix pattern, including a non-conductive black resin, is provided on the gate bus lines, the drain bus lines and the thin film transistors for shielding these elements from light generated by back lighting the display. A protective layer is formed on the black matrix pattern having contact holes for coupling the pixel electrodes to corresponding drain electrodes of the thin film transistors.