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| 20100128568 | Method and apparatus of location tracking - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of location tracking. The location tracking apparatus may calculate a location of an object using an ultrasound. In this instance, an intensity of the used ultrasound may be determined based on a distance to the object, thereby reducing unnecessary power consumption. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100185681 | Display infromation controling apparatus and method - A display information controlling apparatus and method are provided. The display information controlling apparatus may select at least one object from one or more objects based on a location of each of the one or more objects on a display and a location on the display corresponding to a user input signal. The display information controlling apparatus may perform a predetermined operation corresponding to the selected at least one object. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100238168 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SKELETON MODEL USING MOTION DATA AND IMAGE DATA - An apparatus and method for generating a skeleton model using motion data and image data. The apparatus for generating the skeleton model may synchronize the image data and the motion data, and generate a three-dimensional (3D) skeleton model of an entire body of a user using a silhouette extracted from the image data and also using a position or orientation of a joint of the user extracted from the motion data. The skeleton model may be generated using the image data and the motion data, thereby improving accuracy of the skeleton model of the entire body of the user. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100309752 | Method and device of measuring location, and moving object - Disclosed is a moving object and a location measuring device and method thereof that may transmit an ultrasound signal to the moving object through a plurality of ultrasound transmitting units, and may estimate a location of the moving object at a current time based on distance information of distances between the moving object and the plurality of ultrasound transmitting units measured based on the transmitted ultrasound, inertia information, and location information of the moving object at a time prior to the current time. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100315381 | MULTI-TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS USING REAR VIEW CAMERA OF ARRAY TYPE - A multi-touch sensing apparatus using a rear view camera of an array type is provided. The multi-touch sensing apparatus may include a display panel to display an image, a sensing light source to emit light to sense a touch image which is generated by an object and displayed on a back side of the display panel, and a camera to divide and sense the touch image. The camera may be arranged in an edge of a lower side of the multi-touch sensing apparatus, or a mirror to reflect the touch image may be included in the multi-touch sensing apparatus. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110070925 | Apparatus, method and computer-readable medium generating ultrasonic waves and vibration - Provided is a vibration apparatus, method and computer-readable medium generating vibrations and ultrasonic waves. The vibration apparatus, method and computer-readable medium may generate the vibrations or the ultrasonic waves in accordance with a first control signal and a second control signal each having a frequency band different from each other. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110102372 | Multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus using wedge waveguide - A multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus using a wedge waveguide is provided. A multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may sense a touch location or a target location on a display panel using a light which is reflected by an object located on the display panel. A camera in the multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may sense the touch location or the target location from the light reflected by the object. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110115749 | MULTI-TOUCH AND PROXIMATE OBJECT SENSING APPARATUS USING SENSING ARRAY - A multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus using a sensing array is provided. The multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may sense a touch image or a target image by sensing an invisible light which is projected to a diffuser through the sensing array. Also, the multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may display an image on a display panel by controlling a location of the sensing array and a visible light source, without a backlight unit. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110221705 | TOUCH OBJECT AND PROXIMATE OBJECT SENSING APPARATUS BY SELECTIVELY RADIATING LIGHT - Provided is a touch object and proximate object sensing apparatus by selectively radiating a light. An object sensing apparatus may separately use a touch light source to sense a touch image generated by an object touching a light guide, and a hovering light source to sense a target image generated by an object proximate to the light guide. The light guide may emit, to an upper portion of the light guide, an invisible light radiated from the hovering light source to enhance a sensation of sensing the proximate object. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221888 | Apparatus, method and computer-readable medium imaging through at least one aperture of each pixel of display panel - Provided is an imaging apparatus, method and computer-readable medium that photographs an object through at least one aperture of each of pixel of a display panel. The imaging apparatus includes a camera unit in back of the display panel and photographs the object through the at least one aperture of each of the pixels of the display panel to enable a location of the camera unit to be the same as a location of a display unit, measures a distance to the object using a blur effect occurring when photographing through the at least one aperture of the display panel, and restores an image where the blur effect is included. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110241908 | System and method for processing sensory effect - A sensory effect processing system and method are disclosed. Sensory effects contained in contents may be embodied in a real world, by generating command information for controlling a sensory device based on sensory effect information and sensory device capability information. In addition, data transmission rate may be increased by encoding metadata into binary metadata, encoding metadata into extensible mark-up language (XML) metadata, or encoding metadata into XML metadata and further encoding the XML metadata into binary metadata. Also, a bandwidth may be reduced. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110254670 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIRTUAL WORLD - In an apparatus and method for processing a virtual world, haptic information regarding a virtual object in the virtual world, the haptic information corresponding to sensed information, is extracted and transmitted to a haptic feedback device. Accordingly, interaction between a real world and the virtual world is achieved. The processing speed of the haptic information with respect to the virtual object may be increased by varying data structures according to types of the virtual object. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110311288 | TOOL FOR REALIZING THE KOREAN ALPHABET USING A CONSONANT AND VOWEL COMBINATION SYSTEM - A tool for implementing Korean characters using a consonant-vowel combination system, in which a simple and concise combination system capable of implementing all Korean characters using only six consonants and vowels is constructed, and thus users of the tool may realize originality, superiority, and convenience of Korean letters in daily life. The tool for implementing Korean characters using a consonant-vowel combination system is configured to implement the Korean characters using six consonant and vowel plates including: letter plate “ | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120038551 | Apparatus and method for controlling object - An object controlling apparatus and method are provided. An object of a virtual world may be more intuitively and readily manipulated by controlling an operation, a state, a shape, and the like of the object based on transform information associated with the object and a pointing signal for manipulating the virtual that is received from an input device. In addition, by manipulating the object based on information matching the input pointing signal between internal transform information and total transform information, a unique transform operation may be assigned to each object and thus, the user may be provided with a variety of functions. Here, the internal transform information is uniquely set for each object and the total transform information is set to be commonly applied to all the objects of the virtual world. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120182215 | SENSING MODULE, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A sensing module, and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) control apparatus and method are provided. The sensing module may be inserted into an input device, for example a keyboard, a mouse, a remote controller, and the like, and may sense a hovering movement of a hand of a user within a sensing area, and thus it is possible to provide an interface to control a wider variety of GUIs, and possible to prevent a display from being covered. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120183203 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FEATURE OF DEPTH IMAGE - Provided is a feature extraction method and apparatus to extract a feature of a three-dimensional (3D) depth image. The feature extraction apparatus may generate a plurality of level sets using a depth image, and may extract a feature for each level depth image. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120235899 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECT - An apparatus, system, and method for controlling a virtual object. The virtual object is controlled by detecting a hand motion of a user and generating an event corresponding to the hand motion. Accordingly, the user may control the virtual object displayed on a 3-dimensional graphic user interface (3D GUI) more intuitively and efficiently. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120268609 | VIDEO OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS, VIDEO OBJECT DEFORMING APPARATUS, AND METHODS THEREOF - A video object detecting apparatus enables a user to not only simply watch the video but also to explore a video using a motion and a posture of the user. In addition, the user may manipulate the video using body motion instead of general input units such as a mouse and a touch system. Also, a video object deforming apparatus enables the user to recognize a difference in motions between an interactive video and the user, and provides the user with a video reflecting the difference. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120304067 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER INTERFACE USING SOUND RECOGNITION - An apparatus and method for controlling a user interface using sound recognition are provided. The apparatus and method may detect a position of a hand of a user from an image of the user, and may determine a point in time for starting and terminating the sound recognition, thereby precisely classifying the point in time for starting the sound recognition and the point in time for terminating the sound recognition without a separate device. Also, the user may control the user interface intuitively and conveniently. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130016124 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VIRTUAL WORLD - An apparatus and method for processing a virtual world. The apparatus for controlling a facial expression of an avatar in a virtual world using a facial expression of a user in a real world may include a receiving unit to receive sensed information that is sensed by an intelligent camera, the sensed information relating to a facial expression basis of the user, and a processing unit to generate facial expression data of the user for controlling the facial expression of the avatar, using initialization information representing a parameter for initializing the facial expression basis of the user, a 2-dimensional/3-dimensional (2D/3D) model defining a coding method for a face object of the avatar, and the sensed information. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130181988 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING POSE CLUSTER - Provided is a method of creating a body pose cluster, including performing feature extraction from pose data about at least one pose, classifying, as a single cluster, similar poses from a feature vector space using a similarity measure, and configuring the number of poses included in each cluster from the feature vector space to be uniform using an imbalance measure. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130182958 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING BODY PART ASSOCIATION - An apparatus and method for analyzing body part association. The apparatus and method may recognize at least one body part from a user image extracted from an observed image, select at least one candidate body part based on association of the at least one body part, and output a user pose skeleton related to the user image based on the selected at least one candidate body part. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185233 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING POSE CLASSIFIER BASED ON DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ARCHITECTURE - A system and method for learning a pose classifier based on a distributed learning architecture. A pose classifier learning system may include an input unit to receive an input of a plurality of pieces of learning data, and a plurality of pose classifier learning devices to receive an input of a plurality of learning data sets including the plurality of pieces of learning data, and to learn each pose classifier. The pose classifier learning devices may share learning information in each stage, using a distributed/parallel framework. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130271449 | METHOD OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) VOLUMETRIC DATA - A method of generating three-dimensional (3D) volumetric data may be performed by generating a multilayer image, generating volume information and a type of a visible part of an object, based on the generated multilayer image, and generating volume information and a type of an invisible part of the object, based on the generated multilayer image. The volume information and the type of each of the visible part and invisible part may be generated based on the generated multilayered image which may be include at least one of a ray-casting-based multilayer image, a chroma key screen-based multilayer image, and a primitive template-based multilayer image. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130278633 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AUGMENTED REALITY SCENE - A method and system for generating an augmented reality (AR) scene may include obtaining real world information including multimedia information and sensor information associated with a real world, loading an AR locator representing a scheme for mixing the real world information and at least one virtual object content and the real world information onto an AR container, obtaining the at least one virtual object content corresponding to the real world information using the AR locator from a local storage or an AR contents server, and visualizing AR information by mixing the real world information and the at least one virtual object content based on the AR locator. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140015931 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIRTUAL WORLD - A virtual world processing apparatus and method are provided. Sensed information related to an image taken in a real world is transmitted to a virtual world using image sensor capability information, which is information on a capability of an image sensor. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140101604 | INTERFACING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE EXPLOITING MULTI-MODALITY - An interfacing device for providing a user interface (UI) exploiting a multi-modality may recognize at least two modality inputs for controlling a scene, and generate scene control information based on the at least two modality inputs. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140168389 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE USING AT LEAST ONE OF GAZE DIRECTION OF USER OR GRAVITY DIRECTION - A three-dimensional (3D) display device for displaying a 3D image using at least one of a gaze direction of a user and a gravity direction includes a gaze direction measuring unit to measure the gaze direction, a data obtaining unit to obtain 3D image data for the 3D image, a viewpoint information obtaining unit to obtain information relating to a viewpoint of the 3D image, a data transform unit to transform the 3D image data, based on the gaze direction and the information relating to the viewpoint of the 3D image, and a display unit to display the 3D image, based on the transformed 3D image data. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140233848 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECT USING DEPTH IMAGE - An apparatus recognizes an object using a hole in a depth image. An apparatus may include a foreground extractor to extract a foreground from the depth image, a hole determiner to determine whether a hole is present in the depth image, based on the foreground and a color image, a feature vector generator to generate a feature vector, by generating a plurality of features corresponding to the object based on the foreground and the hole, and an object recognizer to recognize the object, based on the generated feature vector and at least one reference feature vector. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140344743 | DISPLAY INFORMATION CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display information controlling apparatus and method are provided. The display information controlling apparatus may select at least one object from one or more objects based on a location of each of the one or more objects on a display and a location on the display corresponding to a user input signal. The display information controlling apparatus may perform a predetermined operation corresponding to the selected at least one object. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140363047 | ESTIMATOR TRAINING METHOD AND POSE ESTIMATING METHOD USING DEPTH IMAGE - An estimator training method and a pose estimating method using a depth image are disclosed, in which the estimator training method may train an estimator configured to estimate a pose of an object, based on an association between synthetic data and real data, and the pose estimating method may estimate the pose of the object using the trained estimator. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140363076 | ESTIMATOR TRAINING METHOD AND POSE ESTIMATING METHOD USING DEPTH IMAGE - An estimator training method and a pose estimating method using a depth image are disclosed, in which the estimator training method may train an estimator configured to estimate a pose of an object, based on an association between synthetic data and real data, and the pose estimating method may estimate the pose of the object using the trained estimator. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150022441 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INTERFACING REGION IN DEPTH IMAGE - An apparatus for detecting an interfacing region in a depth image detects the interfacing region based on a depth of a first region and a depth of a second region which is an external region of the first region in a depth image. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150023557 | APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS, APPARATUS FOR LEARNING CLASSIFICATION TREES, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - An object recognition system is provided. The object recognition system for recognizing an object may include an input unit to receive, as an input, a depth image representing an object to be analyzed, and a processing unit to recognize a visible object part and a hidden object part of the object, from the depth image, by using a classification tree. The object recognition system may include a classification tree learning apparatus to generate the classification tree. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150205998 | USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A user authentication method includes extracting a facial landmark from each of a first input image and a second input image; generating a first sparse code of the facial landmark extracted from the first input image and a second sparse code of the facial landmark extracted from the second input image; and determining whether a user is to be authenticated based on the first sparse code of the first input image and the second sparse code of the second input image. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150206026 | METHOD OF GENERATING FEATURE VECTOR, GENERATING HISTOGRAM, AND LEARNING CLASSIFIER FOR RECOGNITION OF BEHAVIOR - Example embodiments disclose a method of generating a feature vector, a method of generating a histogram, a learning unit classifier, a recognition apparatus, and a detection apparatus, in which a feature point is detected from an input image based on a dominant direction analysis of a gradient distribution, and a feature vector corresponding to the detected feature point is generated. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150206032 | METHOD OF LEARNING A PARAMETER TO ESTIMATE POSTURE OF AN ARTICULATED OBJECT AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING POSTURE OF AN ARTICULATED OBJECT - A method of learning a parameter to estimate a posture of an articulated object, and a method of estimating the posture of the articulated object are provided. A parameter used to estimate a posture of an articulated object may be iteratively learned based on a depth feature corresponding to an iteration count, and the posture of the articulated object may be estimated based on the learned parameter. | 07-23-2015 |
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| 20120169740 | IMAGING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READING AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are a display device and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium. By comparing a priority of an animation clip corresponding to a predetermined part of an avatar of a virtual world with a priority of motion data and by determining data corresponding to the predetermined part of the avatar, a motion of the avatar in which motion data sensing a motion of a user of a real world is associated with the animation clip may be generated. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120188237 | VIRTUAL WORLD PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A virtual world processing apparatus and method. Sensed information, which is information collected by a sensor is inputted. The sensed information is adapted, based on a sensor capability, which is information on capability of the sensor. Accordingly, interoperability between a real world and a virtual world or interoperability between virtual worlds may be achieved. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188256 | VIRTUAL WORLD PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for processing a virtual world. A data structure of a virtual object of a virtual world may be defined, and a virtual world object of the virtual world may be controlled, and accordingly an object in a real world may be reflected to the virtual world. Additionally, the virtual world object may migrate between virtual worlds, using the defined data structure. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191737 | VIRTUAL WORLD PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed are a virtual world processing device and method. By way of example, data collected from the real world is converted to binary form data which is then transmitted, or is converted to XML data, or the converted XML data is further converted to binary form data which is then transmitted, thereby allowing the data transmission rate to be increased and a low bandwidth to be used, and, in the case of a data-receiving adaptation RV engine, the complexity of the adaptation RV engine can be reduced as there is no need to include an XML parser. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130038601 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING AN OBJECT IN VIRTUAL WORLD - A system and method of controlling characteristics of an avatar in a virtual world may generate avatar control information based on avatar information of the virtual world and a sensor control command expressing a user intent using a sensor-based input device. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130088424 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIRTUAL WORLDS - A device and method for processing virtual worlds. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, information which is measured from the real world using characteristics of a sensor is transferred to a virtual world, to thereby implement an interaction between the real world and the virtual world. The disclosed device and method for processing virtual worlds involve selectively transferring information, from among the measured information, which is different from previously measured information. The disclosed device and method for processing virtual worlds involve transferring the entire measured information in the event that the measured information is significantly different from the previously measured information and for selectively transferring information, from among the measured information, which is different from the measured information in the event that the difference is not significant. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130103703 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SENSORY EFFECTS - A system and method for processing sensory effects. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, sensory effects included in content may be implemented in the real world by generating command data for controlling a sensory device based on sensory effect information and specific information about the sensory device. In addition, the data transmission rate is high and a low bandwidth may be used by encoding metadata as binary before transmission, or encoding as XML before transmission, or encoding as XML and then further encoding as binary before transmission. | 04-25-2013 |
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| 20090029736 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND SIM INDICATIVE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A subscriber identity module (SIM) indicative information display method of the present invention includes receiving SIM indicative information one of a SIM card detected in one of the SIM card slots, registering the SIM indicative information with a SIM identity of the SIM card, detecting a SIM indicative information request requesting the SIM indicative information of the SIM card, and displaying the SIM indicative information mapped to the SIM identity of the SIM card when a SIM indicative information request is detected. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090063967 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING APPLICATIONS THROUGH AN IDLE SCREEN THEREOF - A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a method for executing applications through an idle screen thereof are disclosed. When a smart screen is called through an idle screen, it is displayed on the idle screen so as to overlap the idle screen. The smart screen displayed on the idle screen includes one of a plurality of application executing screens and a scroll bar to change the application executing screen displayed on the idle screen. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090313545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING MEDIA FILE - An apparatus and method for playing media files are disclosed. The playback method includes: receiving a user option request from a user; selecting, according to a user input, a frame of the media file to process the received user option request; moving to the selected frame when the user option request requires a frame shift; and playing back the media file from the selected frame in response to a playback request. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100175020 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION PROGRAM THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method for providing an application program is provided. The method for providing an application program of a mobile terminal includes receiving an input sound signal, determining whether at least one predetermined keyword exists in the input sound signal, determining, if at least one predetermined keyword is determined to exist in the input sound signal, at least one application program mapped with the keyword may be displayed in response to detection of the input of the sound signal that is terminated. And a word corresponding to the keyword and at least one application program mapped with the keyword may be displayed. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100192105 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUNCTION OF A DEVICE - A method and a system are disclosed for function control using a display unit including a touch area and a non-touch area. The device includes an output area for displaying various types of screen data corresponding to execution applications, a control area for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling a function of the device, and a control unit for detecting execution of a particular application, configuring a screen comprising the output area and the control area in response to the executed application, and controlling a function of the device according to a user interaction occurring through the GUI in the control area. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110197160 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION OF MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - A method and apparatus for displaying information of multiple applications simultaneously on the execution screen of a common application is provided. A method for providing information in mobile terminal includes displaying an execution screen having a plurality of information display regions with execution of a common application, detecting an interaction made to one of the information display regions, executing an application related to information presented in the information display region at which the interaction is detected, and displaying original data corresponding to the information presented in the information display region at which the interaction is detected. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110289438 | INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An event-triggered contact information provision apparatus and method of a mobile terminal is provided for presenting contact information of a person, who has triggered an event, around the contact object representing the person on a specific screen. An information provision method of a mobile terminal preferably includes detecting an event; tracing a contact object associated with triggering the event; and presenting contact information of a person triggering the event around at least a portion of the contact object on a display of the mobile terminal. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120287154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF ITEM - Provided is a method of controlling display of an item. In the method, a plurality of individual items is displayed. A touch input is detected from at least two of the displayed individual items. An outline of a folder item to be generated is displayed around a plurality of the at least two touched individual items. Upon receiving a touch release input, the folder item is generated and displayed within the outline to arrange the individual items that receive touch inputs therein. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290972 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method for controlling a screen thereof are provided. A plurality of tasks is classified in categories such as an event log and a timeline. The screen is divided into a main screen area in which a main screen image such as a home screen is displayed, and a sub screen area in which a task list associated with one of the categories is displayed. The task list displayed on the sub screen area is substituted with a task list of another category when a change command occurs, while the main screen image can be maintained unchanged. The sub screen area can be enlarged and additional tasks of the same category displayed upon sensing a sub screen enlargement command. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120297342 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING ICONS DISPLAYED BY THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a method arrange icons on a screen of the electronic device. In the method, when a user selects an icon displayed on a screen, the device determines whether there is a sub-icon associated with the selected icon. If there is a sub-icon, the device arranges and displays the sub-icon in a radial arrangement on the screen around the selected icon, so the user can visually perceive the relation between the selected icon and its sub-icon, and easily select and use a desired function or data associated with the sub-icon. | 11-22-2012 |
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| 20100158088 | PORTABLE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING WIRELESS CHANNEL AND MULTIPLE ANTENNA CORRELATION - A portable apparatus of measuring a wireless channel and a multiple antenna correlation, the apparatus including: a Radio Frequency (RF) unit to control a frequency of a signal to be measured, to broadcast the signal to be measured through multiple transmission antennas, to control a frequency of a received signal, and to send the received signal to the baseband unit, the received signal being received through multiple receiving antennas; and a baseband unit to generate and transmit, to the RF unit, the signal to be measured, to measure wireless channels for each of the multiple transmission antennas and wireless channels for each of the multiple receiving antennas based on the received signal output from the RF unit, to calculate a correlation for each of the multiple transmission antennas, and to calculate a correlation for each of the multiple receiving antennas based on the wireless channels for each of the multiple transmission and receiving antennas. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100159854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLING RECEIVED POWER OF MULTI-ANTENNA RADIO CHANNEL MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT - Provided is an apparatus for adaptively controlling a received power of a multi-antenna radio channel measurement equipment, the apparatus including: a plurality of antennas to receive a measurement signal; a switch unit comprising a plurality of switches to input the measurement signal; a switch control unit to control the plurality of switches of the switch unit to sequentially input the measurement signal; a reception (Rx) attenuator to adjust a Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) of the measurement signal; an Rx AGC control unit to control the Rx attenuator to adaptively adjust the RSSI of the measurement signal; a timing control unit to generate a reference timing signal for the switch control unit and the automatic RSSI control unit; and a digital baseband control unit to collect and store information associated with the measurement signal. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100217763 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CLUSTERING AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPATH CLUSTERING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING THE SAME - An automatic clustering method using an Average-linkage algorithm and a KPower Means algorithm, and a method and apparatus for multi-path clustering required for a spatial channel modeling (SCM) in a wireless communication environment are provided. The automatic clustering method, including: a first step of obtaining an initial cluster centroid using a hierarchical clustering algorithm; a second step of moving the initial cluster centroid using a two dimensional clustering algorithm; a third step of clustering a data set according to the moved initial cluster centroid; and a fourth step of calculating a validation index with respect to the clustered data set and determining an optimal number of clusters. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100260078 | MULTI-ANTENNA RADIO CHANNEL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD WHICH GENERATES TIME DIVISION DUPLEX TIMING SIGNAL AND MEASURES TWO-WAY RADIO CHANNEL - The present invention relates to a multi-antenna radio channel measurement system and method which generates a Time Division Duplex (TDD) timing signal and measures a two-way radio channel. The multi-antenna radio channel measurement system which measures a probing signal for measuring a radio channel, the multi-antenna radio channel measurement system including: a baseband unit alternately transmits the probing signal for measurement and receives the received channel signal to be measured based on a TDD synchronization time; a synchronization unit which obtains time synchronization with the other radio channel measurement system, generates a transmission/reception synchronization signal, and provides the transmission/reception synchronization signal to the baseband unit; a transceiver unit which up converts the probing signal for measurement and down converts the received channel signal; and a radio frequency (RF) front-end unit which switches suitable antennas according to a timing control signal of the baseband unit. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100271953 | MULTI-ANTENNA RADIO CHANNEL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TWO-WAY RADIO CHANNEL MEASUREMENT - The present invention relates to a multi-antenna radio channel measurement system and method for a two-way radio channel measurement, including: Control & Console Software to select a radio measurement mode, generate a probing signal for measurement, receive input parameters to be measured, and deliver the parameters to a baseband unit; a baseband unit (BBU) to set a transmission/reception frequency band and bandwidth and set a timing using the selected radio measurement mode and the received input parameters; a timing unit to synchronize a time with another radio channel measurement system to generate a transmission/reception synchronization signal, and provide the transmission/reception synchronization signal to the BBU; a transceiver unit (TRXU) to up-convert the probing signal for measurement and down-convert the reception channel signal; and a radio frequency (RF) front-end unit (RFFU) to switch to a suitable antenna according to a timing control signal of the BBU. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20120020432 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MIMO CHANNEL USING LOOSELY SYNCHRONOUS CODES, AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for estimating a Multiple Input Multiple. Output (MIMO) channel. A signal transmission method for estimating the MIMO channel via 2N transmission antennas (N is greater than or equal to “1”) includes generating a code having a predetermined Interference Free Window (IFW), and transmitting the code via two transmission antennas. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120155516 | MULTI-LINK WIRELESS CHANNEL SOUNDER AND MULTI-LINK WIRELESS CHANNEL MEASUREMENT METHOD THEREOF - A multi-link wireless channel sounder is provided. The multi-link wireless channel sounder includes a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antenna unit, a transmitter (TX) signal processing unit configured to transmit via the MIMO antennas one or more TX wireless channel signals to be transmitted via a wireless channel, a receiver (RX) signal processing unit configured to receive and process one or more RX wireless channel signals that are received from multiple links via the MIMO antenna unit, and a control unit configured to receive an operation mode selection signal that indicates a TX mode or an RX mode from a user and to control the TX signal processing unit or the RX signal processing unit to operate selectively in accordance with the operation mode selection signal. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130163488 | RADIO-FREQUENCY TRANSCEIVING FRONT-END APPARATUS USING PASSIVE ELEMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a radio-frequency front-end apparatus that can be used in wireless communication systems performing transmission/reception by using a single antenna. The radio-frequency transceiving front-end apparatus using passive elements in a wireless communication system includes: a transmitting unit's hybrid coupler configured to divide and output a transmission signal into two outputs having a phase difference of 90°; a first circulator configured to receive a first output of the hybrid coupler through a first terminal thereof and output the received first output through a second terminal thereof; a second circulator configured to receive a second output of the hybrid coupler through a first terminal thereof and output the received second output through a second terminal thereof; and an output unit's hybrid coupler configured to receive transmission signals from the second terminal of the first circulator and the second terminal of the second circulator, and combine and output the received signals. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20140334356 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN CELLS - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a resource management method performed by a coordinator for controlling interference between cells. The coordinator receives a channel state of a second base station neighboring a first base station from the first base station. The coordinator partitions a resource based on the channel state. The coordinator allocates the partitioned resource to the first base station. In addition, the coordinator transmits a first message requesting resource management to be set to the first base station. Here, the first message includes information on the allocated resource. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150045033 | METHOD OF RELAY BETWEEN DEVICES - A data relay method includes receiving a relay request from a BS, and when the relay request is accepted, relaying data between the BS and at least one external terminal, or the data relay method includes determining relaying between a first terminal among a plurality of terminals, and other remaining terminals excluding the first terminal among the plurality of terminals, and relaying data between the first terminal and the other remaining terminals. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150131577 | COOPERATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL AND BASE STATION SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of providing cooperative communication to a terminal through a plurality of base stations is provided. A plurality of base stations each transmit a midamble to a terminal, and the terminal measures a channel through a received midamble. The terminal transmits information about the measured channel to at least one of the plurality of base stations. | 05-14-2015 |
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| 20080266026 | Electromagnetic bandgap structure and printed circuit board - An electromagnetic bandgap structure and a printed circuit board that can solve a mixed signal problem between an analog circuit and a digital circuit are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the electromagnetic bandgap structure can include a first metal layer; a first dielectric layer, stacked in the first metal layer; a metal plate, stacked in the first dielectric layer; a via, connecting the first metal layer to the metal plate; a second dielectric layer, stacked in the metal plate and the first dielectric layer; and a second metal layer, stacked in the second dielectric layer. Here, a hole can be formed on the metal plate. With the present invention, the electromagnetic bandgap structure can lower a noise level more within the same frequency band as compared with other structures having the same size. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090073670 | Multilayered printed circuit board and fabricating method thereof - A multilayered printed circuit board and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed. A method that includes repeating processes of forming at least one circuit pattern, and at least one insulation layer that covers the circuit pattern, over a carrier and interconnecting circuit patterns on different layers with vias; stacking a metal stiffener over the insulation layer; repeating processes of forming at least one insulation layer and at least one circuit pattern over the stiffener and interconnecting circuit patterns on different layers with vias; and removing the carrier, can be used to reduce warpage in the board and improve workability. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090283302 | Printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof - Disclosed are a printed circuit board and a manufacturing method thereof. The printed circuit board in accordance with the present invention includes: a circuit laminate, a solder resist laminated on the circuit laminate, a metal support layer formed on the solder resist, a stiffener formed on the metal support layer. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100126765 | MULTI-LAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a multi-layer PCB having external contact pads formed on one side can include: forming an outermost insulation layer, in which openings are formed corresponding with the external contact pads; forming a mask, in which openings are formed corresponding with the external contact pad and with a circuit pattern, on the outermost insulation layer; forming the external contact pads and the circuit pattern in the openings of the outermost insulation layer and the openings of the mask; removing the mask; forming a build-up layer by stacking layers over the outermost insulation layer such that the external contact pads and the circuit pattern are covered; forming a first solder resist layer on the build-up layer; and forming a second solder resist layer on an opposite side of the outermost insulation layer; and forming openings in the second solder resist layer such that the external contact pads are exposed. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100148348 | PACKAGE SUBSTRATE - A package substrate is disclosed. The package substrate as a printed circuit board, in which a semiconductor chip is mounted on one side thereof and the other side thereof is mounted on a main board, can include a substrate part, a first pad, which is formed on one side of the substrate part such that the first pad is electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, and a first solder resist layer, which is formed on one surface of the substrate part such that the first pad is exposed. Here, the first solder resist layer is divided into a pad portion and a dummy portion, the first pad is exposed in the pad portion, and the dummy portion is thinner than the pad portion. The package substrate can contribute to the formation of a structure in which thermal expansion coefficients are symmetrical between the top and bottom, thus preventing the warpage. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110303452 | Electromagnetic bandgap structure and printed circuit board - An electromagnetic bandgap structure, including: a first metal layer; a first dielectric layer, stacked in the first metal layer; a metal plate, stacked in the first dielectric layer; a via, having one end part which is connected to the first metal layer; a second dielectric layer, stacked in the metal plate and the first dielectric layer; and a second metal layer, stacked in the second dielectric layer, whereas the other end part of the via is connected to a via land which is placed in a hole formed in the metal plate, and the via land is connected to the metal plate through a metal line. | 12-15-2011 |
