Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090047970 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK RESOURCE RESERVATION BASED ON MOVING SPEED OF MOBILE TERMINAL, AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method, apparatus and system for network resource reservation and a mobile terminal therefor. Provided are a method, apparatus and system for minimizing unnecessary network resource reservation by predicting an expected direction of a terminal. The method for network resource reservation based on a moving speed of a mobile terminal includes: receiving a request for network resource reservation from the mobile terminal; calculating an expected moving direction of the mobile terminal, based on a speed-based moving probability model represented by a probability density function for a movable direction dependent on the moving speed of the mobile terminal, a moving speed of the mobile terminal, and position information of the mobile terminal; and performing network resource reservation for wireless cells included in the calculated expected moving direction. Thus, unnecessary network resource reservation can be minimized by predicting the moving direction of the terminal. | 02-19-2009 |
20090153556 | Ray tracing device based on a pixel processing element and method thereof - A pixel processing element (PPE)-based ray tracing device, includes an internal shared memory for receiving and storing image data to be rendered; a PPE processor for performing parallel ray tracing on the image data on a pixel-by-pixel basis; and a shading processor for accumulatively calculating color values of respective pixels obtained by ray tracing and determining a final color value of each pixel. Further, A PPE-based ray tracing method, includes receiving image data to be rendered on a frame-by-frame basis; storing data having a high frequency of use among the input data in a hierarchical cache; performing parallel ray tracing on image data of each pixel stored in the hierarchical cache on a frame-by-frame basis; calculating a color value of each pixel from first and second rays and a direct ray in accordance with the ray tracing result, and accumulating the color values to obtain the color value of each pixel. | 06-18-2009 |
20100070187 | HUMAN RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND HUMAN RECOGNITION METHOD - Provided are a human recognition apparatus and a human recognition method identifying a user based on a walking pattern. The human recognition apparatus includes a detecting unit detecting a vibration according to a user's walking, and outputting an electric signal, a pattern calculating unit acquiring a walker's walking pattern from the electric signal, and a user determining unit comparing the walking pattern with a previously measured reference data by user and identifying the user based on the comparison result. The human recognition apparatus and the human recognition method are robust against peripheral noise and can increase an acceptance rate through a simple structure and procedure by using the waling pattern, which is one-dimensional time information requiring no vast data throughput, as the user identification data. | 03-18-2010 |
20100112413 | SEPARATOR FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL - Provided is a high-temperature fuel cell separator. The fuel cell separator includes a fuel gas flow path containing hydrogen, an oxidant gas flow path containing mainly an oxygen component being supplied from an oxygen/nitrogen separator of a system and participating in electrochemical reactions, and a cooling gas flow path containing a nitrogen component to remove heat produced upon power generation of a fuel cell. Such a configuration provides a high-temperature fuel cell separator which is capable of improving efficiency of an overall fuel cell system through improved performance of a fuel cell stack due to increased oxygen partial pressure and which is also capable of improving reliability of the fuel cell stack through inhibition of the occurrence of a high-temperature region resulting from heat produced upon power generation of a fuel cell, by means of a flow of cooling gas containing a nitrogen component. | 05-06-2010 |
20100158387 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME FACE DETECTION USING STEREO VISION - A system and a method for detecting a face are provided. The system includes a vision processing unit and a face detection unit. The vision processing unit calculates distance information using a plurality of images including a face pattern, and discriminates between a foreground image including the face pattern and a background image not including the face pattern, using the distance information. The face detection unit scales the foreground image according to the distance information, and detects the face pattern from the scaled foreground image. | 06-24-2010 |
20100318938 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH DATA - Provided are a method and an apparatus for displaying search data. The method includes generating an identifier representing selected data if one of data displayed on a screen is selected, displaying the identifier on the screen and maintaining the identifier on the screen even when another data is being displayed, and displaying data corresponding to selected identifier if the identifier maintained on the screen is selected. | 12-16-2010 |
20110001813 | GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, ROBOT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME AND GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided is a gesture recognition apparatus. The gesture recognition apparatus includes a human detection unit, a gesture region setting region, an arm detection unit and a gesture determination unit. The human detection unit detects a face region of a user from an input image. The gesture region setting unit sets a gesture region, in which a gesture of the user's arm occurs, with respect to the detected face region. The arm detection unit detects an arm region of the user in the gesture region. The gesture determination unit analyzes a position, moving directionality and shape information of the arm region in the gesture region to determine a target gesture of the user. Such a gesture recognition apparatus may be used as a useful means for a human-robot interaction in a long distance where a robot has difficulty in recognizing a user's voice. | 01-06-2011 |
20110043523 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING GLOBAL ILLUMINATION - Provided is a graphics processing apparatus. The graphics processing apparatus minimizes the change of the pipeline structure of the existing graphics processing apparatus, enabling compatibility with the existing API. Simultaneously, by calculating the brightness value or color value of the face of an object according to a global illumination scheme, the graphics processing apparatus can provide realistic image videos. Moreover, the graphics processing apparatus generates an image video based on a local illumination scheme through the existing GPU and simultaneously provides a global illumination effect only for a desired region, thereby improving the entire processing speed of a system. | 02-24-2011 |
20110148864 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING HIGH-QUALITY USER-CUSTOMIZED 3D AVATAR - Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for creating a 3D avatar. The method of creating a three dimensional (3D) avatar includes receiving body information of a user and storing the body information in a DataBase (DB), and creating a 3D avatar for the user by modifying standard data, predetermined based on body information about various persons and stored in the DB, based on the body information of the user. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150283 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISING CONTENT - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing advertising content effectively. The apparatus for providing advertising content comprises: a image processing unit for extracting an object from a captured image; the long-distance analysis unit for creating long-distance analysis information obtained by analyzing the object at a first distance; the short-distance analysis unit for creating short-distance analysis information obtained by analyzing the object at a second distance that is shorter than the first distance; and the content selection unit for selecting advertising content using the long-distance analysis information and the short-distance analysis information. | 06-23-2011 |
20110282665 | METHOD FOR MEASURING ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS FOR MULTI-MODAL FUSION - Provided is a method for measuring environmental parameters for multi-modal fusion. The method for measuring environmental parameters for multi-modal fusion, includes: preparing at least one enrolled modality; receiving at least one input modality; calculating image related environmental parameters of input images in at least one input modality based on illumination of enrolled image in at least one enrolled modality; and comparing the image related environmental parameters with a predetermined reference value and discarding the input image or outputting it as a recognition data according to the comparison result. | 11-17-2011 |
20120057756 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IDENTIFIER OF VEHICLE - The present invention detects a candidate ROI group associated with character strings/figure strings on the basis of a result acquired through prior learning of various types of license plates, verifies the interested region candidate group detected by using at least one condition of five predetermined conditions, and determines an MBR region in the selected ROI region from the verified interested region candidate group by considering a ratio between the height and width of the ROI region to recognize the license plate for the automobile. According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically detect the location of the license plate regardless of various types of license plate specifications defined for each of countries. | 03-08-2012 |
20120148101 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING TEXT AREA, AND AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION SYSTEM OF NUMBER PLATE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method of extracting a text area, the method including generating a text area prediction value within an input second image based on a plurality of text area data stored in a database including geometric information about a text area of a first image, generating a text recognition result value by determining whether a text is recognized with respect to a probable text area within the input second image, and selecting a text area within the second image by combining the generated text area prediction value and text recognition result value. | 06-14-2012 |
20120154393 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING ANIMATION BY CAPTURING MOVEMENTS OF NON-RIGID OBJECTS - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for creating animation by capturing the motions of a non-rigid object. The apparatus includes a geometry mesh reconstruction unit, a motion capture unit, and a content creation unit. The geometry mesh reconstruction unit receives moving images captured by a plurality of cameras, and generates a reconstruction mesh set for each frame. The motion capture unit generates mesh graph sets for the reconstruction mesh set and generates motion data, including motion information, using the mesh graph sets. The content creation unit creates three-dimensional (3D) content for a non-rigid object by generating a final transformation mesh set, having a topology similar to that of the reconstruction mesh set, using the motion data. | 06-21-2012 |
20120155719 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING UPPER BODY - Disclosed is a method of detecting an upper body. The method includes detecting an omega candidate area including a shape formed of a face and a shoulder line of a human from a target image, cutting the target image into the upper body candidate area including the omega candidate area, detecting a human face from the upper body candidate area, and judging whether the upper body of the human is included in the target image according to the result of detecting the human face. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158184 | METHOD FOR OPERATING MAKEUP ROBOT BASED ON EXPERT KNOWLEDGE AND SYSTEM THEREOF - Disclosed is a makeup system based on expert knowledge including: a makeup robot controlled to apply a cosmetic to a face of a user; a makeup server expert system including makeup information associated with makeup application and command profile information created by programming operation commands of the makeup robot; and a makeup client system configured to download a command profile for controlling operation of the makeup robot from the makeup server expert system, and transmit the command profile to the makeup robot. | 06-21-2012 |
20120162216 | CYLINDRICAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention provides a cylindrical three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus and method. The cylindrical 3D image display apparatus includes a spiral screen unit configured such that a plurality of individual screens, each being spirally formed, form a shape of a cylinder, and such that the spiral screen unit display an image on the cylinder. A 3D image control unit is configured to display a 3D image by controlling transparency of each of the plurality of individual screens, based on a display sequence of slice images of the 3D image projected from above or below the cylinder. | 06-28-2012 |
20120165041 | LOCALIZATION DEVICE AND LOCALIZATION METHOD - Disclosed are a device and a method for localizing a user indoors using a wireless local area network, and more particularly, a localization device and a localization method that improve localization accuracy by fusing various context information when localizing a user-portable/wearable device connected with a wireless network based on an RF-based wireless network such as ZigBee. | 06-28-2012 |
20120215383 | SECURITY CONTROL APPARATUS, TRACK SECURITY APPARATUS, AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT APPARATUS, AND SECURITY CONTROL SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A security control service system includes: a track security apparatus for traveling along a track installed in a place to be secured, and obtaining and transmitting security information to a security control apparatus; an autonomous mobile robot apparatus for traveling along the track together with the track security apparatus or freely traveling in the place to be secured, and obtaining and transmitting security information to the security control apparatus; and the security control apparatus for transmitting a control command for security control to the track security apparatus or the autonomous mobile robot apparatus after analyzing the security information. | 08-23-2012 |
20130089028 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION - A wireless communication system and a wireless communication method using directional communication are provided. The wireless communication method includes a communication request device transmitting a communication request message to a communication target device using directional communication, the communication request device receiving a response message that includes wireless communication connection information of the communication target device generated in response to the communication request message from the communication target device, the communication request device determining a wireless communication technology based on the wireless communication connection information, and the communication request device performing wireless connection with the communication target device according to the determined wireless communication technology. | 04-11-2013 |
20130177204 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING HAND - Disclosed are an apparatus for tracking a location of a hand, includes: a skin color image detector for detecting a skin color region from an image input from an image device using a predetermined skin color of a user; a face tracker for tracking a face using the detected skin color image; a motion detector for setting a ROI using location information of the tracked face, and detecting a motion image from the set ROI; a candidate region extractor for extracting a candidate region with respect to a hand of the user using the skin color image detected by the skin color image detector and the motion image detected by the motion detector; and a hand tracker for tracking a location of the hand in the extracted candidate region to find out a final location of the hand. | 07-11-2013 |
20130301493 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DATA - Disclosed herein are a method of transmitting data and a method of receiving data. In the method of transmitting data, a management frame including data to be transmitted is configured, and the configured management frame is transmitted. In the method of receiving data, a management frame is received and then data is read from the received management frame. | 11-14-2013 |
20140079295 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATING DISGUISED FACE - An apparatus for discriminating a disguised face includes a face area detector configured to detect a face area in an input image provided from an external source. The apparatus includes a skin color modeling module configured to separate a skin color area from the face area and a disguised face discriminator configured to determine whether signals in the skin color area have a pulse component to discriminate whether a face in the input image is the disguised face. | 03-20-2014 |
20140107842 | HUMAN-TRACKING METHOD AND ROBOT APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - Provided are a human-tracking method and a robot apparatus. The human-tracking method includes receiving an image frame including a color image and a depth image, determining whether user tracking was successful in a previous image frame, and determining a location of a user and a goal position to which a robot apparatus is to move based on the color image and the depth image in the image frame, when user tracking was successful in the previous frame. Accordingly, a current location of the user can be predicted from the depth image, user tracking can be quickly performed, and the user can be re-detected and tracked using user information acquired in user tracking when detection of the user fails due to obstacles or the like. | 04-17-2014 |
20140170628 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE-INTELLIGENCE USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Provided is a multiple-intelligence detection system. The multiple-intelligence detection system includes an image detection device obtaining image information for evaluating multiple-intelligence from a user, a multiple-intelligence measurement model unit receiving the image information from the image detection device to perform multiple-intelligence evaluation through selection of one of a first reaction and a second reaction, and a content unit receiving a result of the evaluated multiple-intelligence from the multiple-intelligence measurement model unit to generate an individual portfolio on the basis of the received result. The multiple-intelligence measurement model unit selects one of the first and second reactions on the basis of a reference reaction according to feelings and behavior patterns of the user. | 06-19-2014 |
20140210650 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFORMING BUS DRIVER OF INTENTION TO GET ON OR OFF BUS - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for informing a bus driver of a user's intention to get on or off a bus. The apparatus for informing a bus driver of a user's intention to get on or off a bus includes a getting-on information collection device. The getting-on information collection device includes a getting-on information reception unit, an arrival-expected bus identification unit, and a transmission information transmission unit. The getting-on information reception unit receives getting-on information entered by a passenger who desires to get on a bus at a bus stop via a getting-on information transfer device of the bus stop. The arrival-expected bus identification unit identifies a bus expected to arrive having the earliest expected arrival time at the bus stop based on a bus number. The transmission information transmission unit transmits the transmission information to the getting-on information notification device of the bus expected to arrive. | 07-31-2014 |
20140218516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING HUMAN INFORMATION - A human information recognition method includes analyzing sensor data from multi-sensor resource placed in a recognition space to generate human information based on the sensor data, the human information including an identity, location and activity information of people existed in the recognition space. Further, the human information recognition method includes mixing the human information based on the sensor data with human information, the human information being acquired through interaction with the people existed in the recognition space; and storing a human model of the people existed in the recognition space depending on the mixed human information in a database unit. | 08-07-2014 |
20140348380 | METHOD AND APPRATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECTS - A method for tracking an object in an object tracking apparatus includes receiving an image frame of an image; and detecting a target, a depth analogous obstacle and an appearance analogous obstacle; tracking the target, the depth analogous obstacle and the appearance analogous obstacle; when the detected target overlaps the depth analogous obstacle, comparing the variation of tracking score of the target with that of the depth analogous obstacle. Further, the method includes continuously tracking the target when the variation of tracking score of the target is below that of the depth analogous obstacle and processing a next frame when the variation of tracking score of the target is above that of the depth analogous obstacle; and re-detecting the target. | 11-27-2014 |