Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090083452 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING DEVICE ASSOCIATION/CONTROL INFORMATION FOR REALISTIC MEDIA REPRESENTATION - Provided is an apparatus and method for creating device association/control information for realistic media representation. The device includes a media analyzer, a device information creator, a device parameter creator, a device attribute database, a device control information creator, and a device control stream creator. The media analyzer analyzes media to determine control values and control times for control parameters of respective devices to be associated for media reproduction. The device information creator creates device information by searching peripheral devices connected to a media reproduction device. The device parameter creator creates device parameter information by extracting controllable factors for the respective devices. The device attribute database stores the device information and the device parameter information. The device control information creator creates device control information including control values and control times for the respective device parameters. The device control stream creator creates a device control stream by converting the device control information into a stream-format binary code in the order of reproduction. Herein, one or more devices are associated according to the contents of the media. The apparatus and method can provide the optimal media representation effect by controlling peripheral devices suitably for an available environment by creating a signal for controlling the peripheral devices according to the media contents. | 03-26-2009 |
20090089812 | System and method for controlling synchronization of media and multi-devices for single-media multi-device media service - Provided is a system and method for controlling synchronization of media and multi-devices for an SMMD media service. The system includes a metadata managing unit and a synchronization controlling unit. The metadata managing unit analyzes ne-media to extract metadata. The synchronization controlling unit constructs a synchronization information table to store control data extracted from the metadata, and controls one or more devices for media reproduction on the basis of the synchronization information table. Optimal connectable devices are mapped according to device attributes and synchronization information extracted from metadata of ne-media and the results are controlled according to the contents of media, thereby maximizing the effect of vivid media reproduction. | 04-02-2009 |
20090147794 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVING MULTI-MEDIA DATA BETWEEN HETERO UPnP NETWORKS - Provided is a method and system for streaming multimedia data between hetero UPnP networks configured of a private network. The method comprises establishing a communication channel with a relay peer; establishing a virtual communication channel with a specific extensible home connector selected from a plurality of extensible home connectors connected with the relay peer; searching multimedia data to play from multimedia data in the specific extensible home connector which exists on the UPnP network through the virtual communication channel; establishing a communication environment through the UPnP internet gateway of the specific extensible home connector in case of demanding play of the searched multimedia data; and receiving multimedia data from the specific extensible home connector through the communication environment. | 06-11-2009 |
20090157829 | Peer-to-peer service system and method using e-mail service - A peer-to-peer service method and system are provided. The peer-to-peer service method include advertising E-mail address information and service and sharing resource information through a peer-to-peer network at peers, determining whether a peer requesting a service and a peer providing the service are in online state or in offline state on the peer-to-peer network, and providing a peer-to-peer service through an E-mail server when the peer requesting the service or the peer providing the service is in offline state. The peer-to-peer service system and method using an E-mail service are capable of providing a variety of P2P services (e.g., a message exchange, a file exchange, a remote control, etc.) to peers, which are in online state or temporarily in offline state, by using the E-mail in the P2P network environment which manages the connection information of the peers joined to the corresponding service or the indexes of the sharing resources. | 06-18-2009 |
20090157886 | DYNAMIC UI SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING LEGACY DEVICE - A dynamic user interface (UI) system and method is provided for remote controlling of a legacy device, which is not compatible with a peer-to-peer (P2P) middleware, through a P2P network. The dynamic UI system of the present includes at least one legacy device, a proxy for registering and managing the at least one legacy device and supporting a dynamic remote control user interface using a multi legacy device control protocol, and an edge peer for downloading the dynamic remote control user interface from the proxy and requesting control of the at least one legacy device to the proxy. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158353 | System and method for user-customized type media service based on single-media multi-devices - A system for user customized media service based on single-media multi-devices (SMMD), which cooperatively controls devices in accordance with effect information when media are reproduced, includes menu providing means for providing a setting menu capable of setting or correcting the effect information; and managing means for setting or correcting a device profile having information for cooperation with the devices in accordance with the setting or correcting the effect information. The system further includes controlling means for controlling the devices in accordance with the effect information. The method for user customized media service based on SMMD includes providing a setting menu capable of setting or correcting the effect information; setting or correcting a device profile having information for cooperation of the devices on a basis of the set or corrected effect information; and cooperatively controlling the devices in accordance with the effect information for the device profile. | 06-18-2009 |
20100074598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRESENTING MULTI-DEVICE VIDEO BASED ON MPEG-4 SINGLE MEDIA - A system for presenting real-sense effect of multi-device video based on MPEG-4 single media includes a transmission apparatus for extracting objects from MPEG-4 media, analyzing behavior patterns of the objects to recognize situation of the behavior patterns of the objects based on an ontology profile, generating real-sense effect metadata depending on the recognized situation, and producing the real-sense effect metadata, the ontology profile and the MPEG-4 media along with document and action script into a single media for the transmission thereof; and reception apparatus for extracting, upon receipt the single media, the real-sense effect metadata from the received single media, collecting real-sense effect devices existing in reproduction environments, analyzing how to control any of the real-sense effect devices based on the ontology profile, and presenting the real-sense effect by using the real-sense effect devices. | 03-25-2010 |
20100077404 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SENSORY DEVICES - A system for controlling a plurality of sensory devices includes a plurality of end devices having the plurality of sensory devices connected thereto, respectively, each end device generating an IR control signal to execute a sensory devices so as to present sensory effects; a multi-device controller for managing IR control codes as profiles, and issuing a device control command to control the sensory device on the basis of the sensory effect metadata; and a ZigBee coordinator for parsing the device control command from the multi-device controller, determining the sensory device to be controlled depending on the parsed control command and transmitting a control message corresponding to the parsed control command to the end device having the determined sensory device connected thereto through ZigBee communication. | 03-25-2010 |
20100104255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORCHESTRAL MEDIA SERVICE - A system for the orchestral media service which receives the orchestral media having multiple tracks and neodata from a media service provider and shares the data with multiple connected devices to play, includes: a client engine that parses the orchestral media to separate into each audio/video and neodata, combines the audio/video into one resource to play, synchronizes with the connected devices with a basis of the playback time of the main audio/video, analyzes the neodata, maps the neodata into control command to transfer to the connected devices, and outputs the mapped control command; and a communication interface that performs connection with the devices having respective communication systems and transfers the control command to the connected devices. | 04-29-2010 |
20100135296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICASTING CONTENTS BETWEEN DEVICES IN NETWORKS - An apparatus for multicasting contents between devices in different networks includes: a home-to-home multicast control device for finding the devices in the networks, downloading contents from a device in a network to which the home-to-home multicast control device belongs, processing the contents to generate file blocks, each file block having chunk files, and multicasting the processed contents to the devices in the networks; and at least one home-to-home multicast bridge device for receiving the contents transmitted from the home-to-home multicast control device and streaming the contents to one or more devices in a network to which the home-to-home multicast bridge device belongs. The apparatus further includes a multicast relay device for relaying the contents between the home-to-home multicast control device and the home-to-home multicast bridge device. | 06-03-2010 |
20100135645 | SMMD MEDIA PRODUCING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A SMMD media producing apparatus includes: a pre-processor for extracting first media data and produces MXF media data with adjusted resolution using media data of an MXF format; and a neo-data producer for extracting second media data from the MXF media data with the adjusted resolution and produces neo-data to be added to the extracted second media data. The apparatus further includes a media publisher for producing SMMD media data using the neo-data produced by the neo-data producer and the first media data. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138494 | CONTENT REDISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BASED ON PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK AS WELL AS CONTENT MANAGEMENT TERMINAL AND ITS CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD - A content redistribution system based on a peer-to-peer (P2P) network includes: a content management terminal that, being a peer of the P2P network, decides for redistribution of contents based on characteristic information included in the contents received via a heterogeneous network; and peer terminals to which are distributed the contents decided for redistribution according to data transmission regulations in a community group on the P2P network. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138881 | SMMD HOME SERVER AND METHOD FOR REALISTIC MEDIA REPRODUCTION - A single-media multi-devices (SMMD) home server includes a plurality of media decoding units decoding multi-channel AV media data divided from a realistic media content and reproducing the decoded multi-channel AV media data; a home server processor unit dividing the realistic media content into the multi-channel AV media data and effects data, feeding the divided multi-channel AV media data to the media decoding units, and generating effects control data corresponding to the divided effects data; and a gateway/Ethernet switch receiving the realistic media content through a network and forwarding the received realistic media content to the home server processor unit, and receiving the divided multi-channel AV media data from the home server processor unit and feeding the received multi-channel AV media data to the media decoding units through a switching function. | 06-03-2010 |
20130154797 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN CONTENT AND OLFACTORY RECOGNITION DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for interaction between content and an olfactory recognition device. In the method for interaction between an olfactory recognition device and a content device, the method allows the olfactory recognition device to interact with the content device. If a connection to the content device has been made to enable data communication with the content device, an open signal is transmitted to the content device. As a response to the open signal, an approval signal is received from the content device. A device information datasheet that is information about the olfactory recognition device is transmitted to the content device in response to the approval signal. An acknowledgement signal is received from the content device. | 06-20-2013 |
20130271562 | USER RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A user recognition apparatus includes: a visible-light image processing unit configured to acquire a visible-light image using a visible-light camera; an infrared-light image processing unit configured to acquire an infrared-light image using an infrared-light camera; a threshold value processing unit configured to remove a background of the infrared-light image using a threshold value, and generate a clipped infrared-light image; an optical flow processing unit configured to calculate an optical flow based on the clipped infrared-light image and the visible-light image, and generate a clipped visible-light image based on the calculated optical flow; and a visible light processing unit configured to recognize a user based on the clipped visible-light image. | 10-17-2013 |
20140113715 | VIRTUAL WORLD PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a virtual world processing apparatus. The virtual world processing apparatus includes a gas sensor unit and an engine. The gas sensor unit obtains scent information in the real world. The engine receives information about the capabilities of the gas sensor unit from the gas sensor unit, and transmits the scent information obtained by the sensor unit to a virtual world or the real world. | 04-24-2014 |