Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090146948 | Apparatus for Providing Sensing Information - The invention relates to an apparatus for providing sensing information which includes a surface-sensing information combiner for collecting tactile sensing information on a surface of an object and accompanying sensing information attendant on the tactile sensing information of the surface of the object to produce surface-sensing information or edit the produced surface-sensing information. The apparatus also includes a surface-sensing information board for providing an environment for the surface-sensing information of the object to allow a user to perceive the surface-sensing information of the object. The apparatus further includes a surface-sensing information reproducer for reproducing the tactile sensing information and the accompanying sensing information of the object to be sensed by the user. | 06-11-2009 |
20100174729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECOLLECTION USING THE SEARCH OF RECORDS OF THE PAST - A system of recollection using the search of records of the past, includes a database (DB) device storing records of individual's past events and things, a search computing device for making a search request in response to a user's request, a server computing device for searching the DB device in response to the search request to extract result data, and a presentation computing device for integrating and presenting the result data extracted from the server computing device by using multisensory elements. | 07-08-2010 |
20100274774 | DIGITAL DATA TAGGING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TAGGING AND SEARCH SERVICE USING SENSORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION - Provided are a digital data tagging apparatus for generating sensory and environmental information as a tag and endowing digital data with the sensory and environmental information that is automatically extracted using sensory sensor data and environmental sensor data, all of which are sensed by humans through their sensory organs, and a system and method for providing a tagging and search service using sensory and environmental information. The digital data tagging apparatus, and the system and method for providing a tagging and search service may be useful to enable users to search and use digital data more effectively and abundantly through the later use of the sensory and environmental information by collectively recognizing sensory and environmental information and automatically or manually endowing digital data with the recognized sensory and environmental information as a tag, wherein the sensory and environmental information are sensed by humans through their sensory sensors such as an olfactory sensor, a taste sensor and a tactile sensor; an environmental sensor such as temperature, humidity, illumination intensity and wind speed sensors, etc., as well as a camera or a mic. | 10-28-2010 |
20110069974 | TEXTILE-TYPEINTERFACE DEVICES FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION IN WEARABLE COMPUTING SYSTEM - Both ends of an interface may each be configured by an interface device including a light emitting unit that emits light into a textile, a light diffusion unit that widely diffuses the emitted light onto the textile and extends a light receiving range of a light receiving unit, and a light receiving unit for receiving an optical signal of the other party unlike the existing method using electromagnetic inductive coupling in the wearable computing system and a method of performing communication by using light such as infrared rays, visible light, laser, or the like as a medium is provided. | 03-24-2011 |
20110254810 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING USER INTERACTION USING SAME - A user interface device includes a frame replacement unit configured to replace a frame of an input image signal by a pattern frame at a frame time; a projector module configured to project an image of the image signal with the pattern frame onto a target; an image acquisition unit configured to capture a pattern image of the pattern frame from the image projected onto the target; and an image recognition unit configured to recognize a user interaction by using the captured pattern image. | 10-20-2011 |
20120154133 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK CASE FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed is a haptic feedback case for electronic equipment, including: a main body configured to accommodate the electronic equipment; a communication unit configured to receive haptic generation information from the electronic equipment; a filmy type actuator configured to generate haptic sensations; and a control unit configured to operate the film type actuator according to the haptic generation information input from the communication unit. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154134 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VISUAL-HAPTIC INFORMATION, AND BUTTON HAVING THE SAME - A button for providing visual-haptic information includes a visual-haptic variable button that adaptively provides various types of visual-haptic information according to input of information to an electronic apparatus. The visual-haptic variable button includes a visual information output part that adaptively changes various types of button icons according to manipulation and touch of the visual-haptic variable button for the input of information, thereby outputting visual information, and a haptic information output part that adaptively changes various types of sense of button manipulation and sense of button touch according to the manipulation and touch of the visual-haptic variable button, thereby outputting haptic information. At least one visual-haptic variable button is provided in the electronic apparatus for the input of information. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154286 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VISUAL-HAPTIC INFORMATION, AND TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A terminal for providing visual-haptic information includes a visual-haptic keypad that displays and provides the visual-haptic information. The visual-haptic keypad includes: a button frame of a plurality of buttons provided in the visual-haptic keypad; a visual display layer positioned under the button frame in a vertical direction on a basis of the button frame; and a haptic display layer positioned under the visual display layer in the vertical direction on the basis of the button frame. The button frame and the visual display layer are fixedly bonded to boundary portions of the plurality of buttons. | 06-21-2012 |
20120162140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERACTION USING PATTERN IMAGE - A user interaction apparatus using a pattern image includes: an image output unit for outputting a general image on a display region; a laser radiating unit for radiating laser beams for a pattern image; a pattern image forming unit for forming the pattern image by using the laser beams; a pattern image output unit for outputting the pattern image by overlapping the same on the display region of the general image; and an image acquiring unit for capturing the pattern image output on the display region. The apparatus further includes: an image recognizing unit for recognizing a user input by performing an image processing on the pattern image captured by the image acquiring unit. | 06-28-2012 |
20120306790 | FILM TYPE APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK AND TOUCH SCREEN INCLUDING THE SAME - A film type apparatus for providing haptic feedback and a touch screen including the same are provided. In the film type apparatus, a plurality of unit haptic feedback providing apparatuses are arranged in an array. Each of the unit haptic feedback providing apparatuses includes a lower electrode, a lower charge capacitive member disposed on the lower electrode, an upper charge capacitive member disposed apart from the lower charge capacitive member, a spacer disposed between the lower and upper charge capacitive members to separate the lower and upper charge capacitive members, an upper electrode disposed on the upper charge capacitive member, and a charge supply unit connected to the lower and upper electrodes to supply electric charge. | 12-06-2012 |
20120320092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING MIXED REALITY BASED ON PRINT MEDIUM - An apparatus for exhibiting mixed reality based on a print medium includes a command identification module and a content reproduction module. The command identification module identifies a hand gesture of a user performed on a printer matter in the print medium to recognize a user input command corresponding to the hand gesture. The content reproduction module provides a digital content corresponding to the printed matter onto a display area on the print medium. | 12-20-2012 |
20120327038 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING TOUCH INPUT USING ILLUMINATION SENSORS - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for sensing touch input using illumination sensors. The apparatus includes: a touch pad on which at least one illumination sensor is arranged; and a controller collecting sensor values of the at least one illumination sensor to perform touch recognition suitable for a present illumination environment. | 12-27-2012 |
20130044054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BARE-HAND INTERACTION - An apparatus for providing bare-hand interaction includes a pattern image projecting unit for projecting a pattern image of structured light onto a projection zone and an image projection unit for projecting an image of digital contents onto a projection zone. The pattern image is captured from the projection zone by a pattern image capturing unit and processed by an image recognizing unit in order to recognize a user input interacted with the projected contents image. The apparatus then generate a system event corresponding to the recognized user input to control an application program in accordance with the event. | 02-21-2013 |
20130088339 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an electronic device case for providing tactile feedback and an operation method thereof. The electronic device case for providing tactile feedback, includes: a communication interface unit receiving a control signal from an electronic device according to an operation of the electronic device; an actuator driver generating an electric signal corresponding to preset tactile pattern data according to the received control signal; and one or more film type actuators provided to contact the actuator driver and varying physical properties according to the control signal. | 04-11-2013 |
20140292501 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC EFFECT USING SOUND EFFECT - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a haptic effect using a sound effect. The apparatus includes an audio filter storage unit, an acquisition unit, an analysis unit, a message configuration unit, and a haptic output unit. The audio filter storage unit stores a plurality of adaptive audio filters. The acquisition unit obtains sound effects output by an electronic device in response to an application or a user input event. The analysis unit analyzes the frequency components of each of the sound effects. The message configuration unit detects at least one of the adaptive audio filters from the audio filter storage unit, and generates a haptic output message, corresponding to the sound effect. The haptic output unit outputs a haptic effect based on the haptic output message. The adaptive audio filter dynamically varies depending on the application or the user input event. | 10-02-2014 |
20150086046 | FEEDBACK PROVIDING MODULE, FEEDBACK PROVIDING APPRATUS, AND FEEDBACK PROVIDING METHOD - Disclosed herein are a feedback providing module, a feedback providing apparatus, and a feedback providing method. The feedback providing module includes: an upper plate part generating a vibration; a lower plate part inducing the vibration of the upper plate part; and a feedback controlling unit applying first to fourth voltages having different levels to the upper and the lower plate part in response to feedback control signals and varying the levels of the first to fourth voltages to control the upper and the lower plate part to generate at least one of a sound and a vibration. | 03-26-2015 |