Patent application number | Description | Published |
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20100090974 | Switch and portable terminal using the same - A system and method for providing an input to a portable terminal includes a switch for a portable terminal with a touch screen. The switch includes a suction plate attachable onto the main screen; and a button inserted into the suction plate, the button touching the touch screen when it is pushed. | 04-15-2010 |
20100177696 | Apparatus and method for sharing information through presence service in a communication network - An apparatus is capable of sharing information through a presence service in a communication network and capable of providing presence information of a Mobile Station (MS). The apparatus extracts at least one of application information and contents indication information from an application in execution. Presence information is generated that includes at least one of the application information and the contents indication information, and transmitting the presence information to a presence server. | 07-15-2010 |
20100180012 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA FILE STREAMING IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for multimedia file streaming are provided. In a method for multimedia file streaming in a receiving portable terminal, the method includes determining meta data included in a received packet, generating new meta data having a circular-type media data offset on the basis of the meta data, storing media data included in the packet received in a circular manner according to the media data offset included in the new meta data, and loading the media data stored according to the media data offset included in the new meta data. | 07-15-2010 |
20110105147 | Apparatus and method for reporting loss of portable terminal in wireless communication system - The present invention is provided to report a loss of a terminal in a wireless communication system. A method of detecting the loss of the terminal includes comparing information elements that change depending on geographical movement of a primary terminal and a secondary terminal when a time for detecting the loss arrives. The loss of the secondary terminal is detected based on the comparison result of the information elements that change depending on the geographical movement of the terminals. The loss of the secondary terminal is reported to the primary terminal. | 05-05-2011 |
20120008931 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WORLD CLOCK IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method display a world clock on the basis of an Augmented Reality (AR) scheme in a portable terminal. The method for displaying information in the portable terminal includes obtaining camera image data from a camera. The method also include searching for a city corresponding to a camera location and a camera viewpoint direction on the basis of a memory. The method further includes obtaining information on the found city and displaying the obtained information on the found city by compositing the information into the obtained camera image data. | 01-12-2012 |
20120019526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AND REPRODUCING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENTS IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus produce and reproduce Augmented Reality (AR) contents in a mobile terminal. In the method, contents are produced. An image including an object corresponding to the contents is recognized. Recognition information for the object corresponding to the contents is obtained based on a recognition result. AR contents including the contents and the recognition information are generated. Therefore, AR contents for an input image may be easily produced and reproduced, and the AR contents may be used as independent multimedia contents, not an auxiliary means of other contents. | 01-26-2012 |
20120143731 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRADING DIGITAL CONTENTS IN DIGITAL CONTENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method transact digital contents. More particularly, an apparatus and a method for inserting a purchaser's signature into digital contents and providing the same in a digital contents management system are provided. The apparatus includes a purchaser terminal, a contents server, and a receiver terminal. The purchaser terminal detects a user's input, writes a signature to be inserted into contents, and transmits the written signature to a contents server when purchasing contents. The contents server inserts the signature received from the purchaser terminal into original digital contents. The receiver terminal receives and reproduces the original digital contents to which the signature has been added. | 06-07-2012 |
20120194421 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE LINKED TO TERMINAL POSTURE - A terminal and method for providing user interfaces linked to postures of a terminal, whereby a key input signal is received from any one of function keys located at both sides of the terminal, a posture of the terminal is determined in response to the received key input signal, a user interface screen corresponding to the determined posture of the terminal is provided, and settings of the terminal are changed according to the determined posture of the terminal, thereby increasing convenience of a user interface without use of a complicated sensor system. | 08-02-2012 |
20130038557 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF A SCREEN IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for controlling screen display in a portable terminal are provided. In the method, whether a screen touch occurs is determined. When the screen touch occurs, whether the screen touch corresponds to a spiral touch is determined using coordinates at which the screen is touched. When the screen touch is the spiral touch, the screen is magnified or reduced. | 02-14-2013 |
20130182062 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TAKING IMAGE AND CONDUCTING VIDEO COMMUNICATION - A method and an apparatus for taking an image and conducting video communication are provided. The image-taking and video communication apparatus includes a transparent display, a front camera, and a controller. The front camera is positioned behind the transparent display and captures an image of an object in front of the transparent display through the transparent display. The controller synchronizes an image capture period of the front camera with a screen output period of the transparent display so that image capturing of the front camera alternates with screen output of the transparent display. | 07-18-2013 |
20130328867 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION USING THREE DIMENSION MAP - An apparatus for providing augmented information using a 3-D map in a mobile device including a camera, a display that displays a current image including a first object acquired in real time through the camera, and a controller that performs to control such that the current image acquired in real time and an actual 3-D image acquired and stored by previously photographing the first object are mixed and displayed on the display. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING IMAGE DATA - A method of processing image data is provided. The method includes receiving input image data, determining whether the input image data matches stored image data which is pre-stored in a database, storing, in the database, the input image data which is determined to match the stored image data, and providing the stored image data which is stored in the database. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332482 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRACKING LOCATION OF WIRELESS TERMINAL BASED ON IMAGE - An apparatus for tracking a location of a wireless terminal based on an image is provided. The apparatus includes an image matching database to store images classified by regions, and a matcher to receive a query image captured by a camera module of the wireless terminal and image matching data that contains region information about where the query image is captured, to search the image matching database for a matching image that corresponds to the image matching data, to determine if the query image matches the matching image, and to send the wireless terminal location information that corresponds to the matching information if the query image matches the matching image. | 12-12-2013 |