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20120299770 | METHOD OF CALCULATING POSITION OF GPS RECEIVER, RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME, AND GPS RECEIVER - A method of calculating a position of a GPS receiver, a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method, and a GPS receiver are discussed. The method includes causing a control unit to combine a plurality of satellite signals received through the use of a receiver unit and to create a plurality of satellite signal groups; selecting a low-error satellite signal group not including any GPS satellite signal causing a reflection error or including the GPS satellite signal causing a reflection error as little as possible by the use of pseudoranges based on the GPS satellite signals included in the satellite signal groups; detecting the GPS satellite signal not included in the low-error satellite signal group as a reflected satellite signal; and calculating a positional coordinate of the GPS receiver by the use of the GPS satellite signals other than the reflected satellite signal. | 11-29-2012 |
20140081952 | METHOD AND APPARATUS USING ITEM SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE TABLE AS IDENTIFIER - A method and an apparatus using an item sequence of a sequence table as an identifier are provided. A data processing method includes the steps of: (a) causing the user apparatus to receive operation information to be transmitted from the information provider apparatus, wherein the operation information includes a plurality of data elements arranged in accordance with an item sequence of a sequence table in which the sequence of a plurality of items is specified and each data element includes one or more detailed operation data pieces; (b) extracting the data element of the item sequence corresponding to a reference position of the user apparatus out of the operation information; and (c) performing a predetermined operation using the one or more detailed operation data pieces included in the extracted data element. | 03-20-2014 |
20140139358 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC SIGNALS USING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION HAVING HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE - Device and method of efficiently controlling a traffic light using identification information having a layered structure are provided. A traffic light control device that controls signal light change of a management-target traffic light includes: a broadcast signal receiving unit that receives a broadcast signal emitted from a traffic control center via a broadcast network, wherein the broadcast signal includes identification information having a layered structure and a control command; and a traffic light control unit that determines whether the management-target traffic light belongs to a target of the control command on the basis of the identification information having a layered structure and that outputs the control signal for performing the signal light change based on the control command only when the management-target traffic light belongs to the target of the control command. | 05-22-2014 |
20140159924 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC SIGNALS - Device and method of controlling a traffic light on the basis of an analysis result of a broadcast signal transmitted via a broadcast network are provided. The traffic light control device controlling signal light change of a traffic light, includes: a broadcast signal receiving unit that receives a broadcast signal emitted from a traffic control center via a broadcast network; and a traffic light control unit that determines an offset time from a reference traffic light on the basis of an analysis result of the broadcast signal and that outputs a control signal for controlling the light change of a control target traffic light so that a time point which lags by the determined offset time from a signal light display start time point of the reference traffic light is matched with a signal light display start time point of the control target traffic light. | 06-12-2014 |
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20120102533 | REMOTE-CONTROLLER TYPE TELEPHONE SERVICE SYSTEM IN SET-TOP BOX OF INTERNET TELEVISION HAVING VIDEO SOLUTION - A remote-controller type telephone service system in a set-top box of an Internet television having a video solution is provided. In a telephone service system for providing a telephone function in an open platform based set-top box for providing an Internet television (web connected TV) function, the system includes a remote-controller type telephone terminal to provide a remote-controller function for the set-top box and a handset function for the telephone function. The set-top box includes a video telephone control unit to provide a video telephone function of displaying an image related to a video telephone on a screen of a TV based on a remote-controller signal when power of the TV is in an on-state; and an IP telephone control unit to provide an audio telephone function of outputting a voice related to an audio telephone when the power of the TV is in an off-state. | 04-26-2012 |
20120109397 | LOCATION-BASED SMART ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING RFID AND METHOD THEREOF - In a smart energy management system linked with home network devices respectively installed in a plurality of households to manage the use of energy for each household, a location detecting unit detects location information or entry/exit information of a household member through recognition of an RFID tag carried by the household member connected with an RFID receiving device. An energy recording unit receives energy use details of the household, inputted from the home network device, and records the received energy use details together with the location information or entry/exit information of the household member. A pattern analysis unit analyzes an energy use pattern for the energy use details. An energy management unit provides the energy use details through the home network device as a result obtained by comparing the energy use detailed for each household or so that the household member recognizes the energy use pattern. | 05-03-2012 |
20120110221 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING KEY INPUT USING INTERRUPT - Provided is an apparatus for processing a key input using an interrupt. When a key is pressed, a key input signal and a key interrupt signal may be generated and transmitted to a control unit which may process the pressed input key. When the control unit receives the key interrupt signal, the control unit may identify an input key corresponding to the key input signal and process the identified input key. | 05-03-2012 |
20120123797 | SYSTEM FOR MEDIA RECOMMENDATION BASED ON HEALTH INDEX - A system for providing health information is provided. The system includes a wellbeing-index (WI) providing unit and a recommendation media providing unit. The WI providing unit receives a user's health information obtained through one or more health information measuring devices and calculates a WI indicating the user's health condition based on the health information. The recommendation media providing unit provides a recommendation media content suitable for the user based on the WI providing unit. | 05-17-2012 |
20130088562 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING SILHOUETTE FUNCTION ON VIDEO SCREEN FOR VIDEO CALL AND METHOD THEREOF - A communication terminal provides a silhouette function on a video screen for a video call and a method thereof. The communication terminal may include a video input unit to receive an input of a video signal for a video call from a camera, a body recognition unit to recognize a body image of a user captured through the camera in the video signal, a silhouette processing unit to silhouette an area corresponding to the body image in the video signal, and a video output unit to output the video signal including the silhouetted body image to at least one opposite party communication terminal. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088814 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING FASTENING MEMBER PASSING THROUGH UPPER CASE OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. An upper case to protect an electronic circuit board is disposed on an upper part of a lower case to protect the electronic circuit board. A fastening member is passed through a hole formed at the upper case and fastened to a connection portion formed at the lower case. Accordingly, the upper case and the lower case are connected to each other. A cover is attached to an upper surface of the upper case to thereby cover the fastening member. | 04-11-2013 |
20130090770 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING ENERGY APPARATUS USING ENERGY MODELING TECHNIQUE - A system and method for automatically controlling an energy apparatus using an energy modeling technique is disclosed. The energy management service system for managing the use of energy of each region may include an energy collecting unit to collect energy usage information of an energy apparatus consuming energy in a region through a remote metering server, an apparatus collecting unit to collect control state information of the energy apparatus through a home network device installed in the region to control the operation of the energy apparatus, and an energy management unit to determine an energy usage control factor based on the energy usage trend and to automatically control the operation of the energy apparatus based on the energy usage control factor. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091006 | Communication System For Controlling Network Access Through Access Point By Using Advertisement - Provided is a communication system and method that may control a network access through an access point (AP) using an advertisement. The communication system may include an advertisement server to maintain an advertisement database (DB), and an internet sharer to control an access by a terminal to a network. The internet sharer may receive an advertisement from the advertisement server so as to provide the advertisement to the terminal when a request for a network access is received from the terminal, and may allow the terminal to access the network when the advertisement is executed in the terminal. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091053 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICE LINKING CLOSED USER GROUPS BASED ON SMART TELEVISION AND SMART SET-TOP BOX - Provided is an apparatus for providing a service that links closed user groups (CUGs) based on a smart TV and a smart set-top box. A server may provide at least one application (app) store: The app store may register apps provided by developers, and may provide the registered apps to users of a CUG. The app retriever may provide a result of inquiry and retrieval performed with respect to apps registered in the at least one app store, to a terminal that performs the inquiry and retrieval. The terminal distributed for a predetermined CUG service may use apps associated with varied CUG services through the server. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091326 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING USER DATA STORAGE ENVIRONMENT USING NETWORK-BASED FILE SYSTEM IN N-SCREEN ENVIRONMENT - A system for providing a user data storage environment using a network-based file system in an N-screen environment is provided. The system may include a memory cache to store a cache file downloaded from a Network File System (NFS) storage that is equipped in a server and stores data for each user, and an NFS interface to store, in the memory cache, the cache file downloaded through an NFS, in order to use the cache file in the N-screen environment. | 04-11-2013 |
20130095458 | Social Network Training Service System and Method Using Smart Trainer Application - A social network training service system and method is disclosed. The system may include a training program information maintaining unit to maintain information about each of training programs produced for each of a plurality of trainers, a training program information providing unit to provide information about each of the training programs to a user who requests a connection through a user terminal, and an information sharing management unit to form a group among a plurality users, to receive at least a portion of an exercise result of each of the users, input information input by each of the users, and body information of each of the users measured by measuring equipments of the users, and to provide at least some of the received information to user terminals of the users to enable the users to share the information | 04-18-2013 |
20140089963 | METHOD OF MANAGING MULTIPLE CONTENT SERVERS - A method of managing multiple content servers to provide a portal service is provided. Personal information on a user managed by the portal service is mutually used by a plurality of content servers to authenticate or identify the user. The content servers use an ID of a set-top box and an integrated ID of the user transmitted from the set-top box so as to identify a particular user and a set-top box of the user among users provided with a plurality of services. | 03-27-2014 |
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20120110200 | Multiprotocol Adapter System and Data Conversion Method in Multiprotocol Adapter System - Provided are a multiprotocol adapter system and a data conversion method in the multiprotocol adapter system. The multiprotocol adapter system may include a connection recognizing unit to recognize a connection with a plurality of different kinds of devices; a session managing unit to manage a connection session by sensing an input signal of the plurality of different kinds of devices connected by an input, to manage the connection with the devices; a plug and play unit to control the plurality of different kinds of devices by a unit of service provided by the plurality of different kinds of devices; a data converting unit to convert data received; a user information managing unit to manage user identity information received via radio frequency identification; and a data transmitting unit to combine the converted data and the user identity information and transmit the combined data to a terminal. | 05-03-2012 |
20120110543 | Application Store System for Supporting Development of Application Interoperated with Unified Device and Method for Managing Application Store - Provided are an application store system for supporting development of an application interoperated with a unified device and a method for managing an application store in the application store system. The application store system may include an authority application processing unit to process a developer's authority application for a multiprotocol adapter system; a software development kit (SDK) distributing unit to distribute a SDK for the multiprotocol adapter system; an application registering unit to receive an application developed using the SDK, and to register and store the application; an application list providing unit to provide a list of registered and stored applications; and an application providing unit to provide the user with an application selected from the list. The SDK may include an application development tool for controlling a plurality of different kinds of devices by controlling the multiprotocol adapter system interoperated with the plurality of different kinds of devices. | 05-03-2012 |
20130091308 | MULTI PROTOCOL ADAPTER - A multi protocol adapter capable of implementing various communication modes is disclosed. The multi protocol adapter may include a plurality of communication ports to connect to a plurality of communication modules supporting different communication protocols, and a main controller to convert a signal received from one of a plurality of the communication modules and to output the converted signal to the other communication module. In this instance, each of a plurality of the communication modules is attachable and detachable, and may be connected to one of a plurality of the communication ports. | 04-11-2013 |
20140055551 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSONAL PROTECTION IN VIDEO CALL - An image processing method and apparatus for personal protection in a video call is provided. The image processing method in a communication terminal may include receiving an input of a video signal from a camera for a video call, recognizing a body shape of a user, by detecting a body outline of the user captured by the camera in an image included in the video signal, processing an area corresponding to the body shape to be in a form of a silhouette, in order to protect exposure of a figure and an identity of the user while maintaining an ambient image of the user in the video image, and transmitting the processed video image, as a final video signal for the video call, to at least one target communication terminal. | 02-27-2014 |
20140086758 | Cooling Fan Velocity Control Apparatus Using Timer and Temperature Sensor - An apparatus and method for controlling a velocity of a cooling fan using a timer and a temperature sensor in a set-top box (STB) are provided. An apparatus for controlling a velocity of a cooling fan in an STB may include a temperature sensor unit to change a resistor to be in inverse proportion to an internal temperature, using a thermistor, a timer unit to generate a pulse signal using a capacitor and the resistor of the temperature sensor unit, a switching unit to turn on/off applied voltage, using the generated pulse signal, and a power source unit to apply the voltage to the switching unit. | 03-27-2014 |