| PANTECH CO., LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20120135784 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USING AN AUGMENTED REALITY DATABASE - A mobile terminal includes a reception unit to receive content information, an extraction unit to recognize an item of interest from the received content information and to extract detailed information, an augmented reality database to store the detailed information, and a display unit to combine the information stored in the augmented reality database with a first image and to output the combined second image in augmented reality. A method for providing an augmented reality by construction and management of a unique augmented reality database includes receiving content information, recognizing an item of interest in the received content information, extracting detailed information from metadata corresponding to the recognized item of interest, storing the detailed information in the augmented reality database, and combining the information stored in the augmented reality database with a first image into a second image, and outputting the second image in augmented reality. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120134315 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPORTING PERFORMANCE - Provided are different wireless communication systems, in particular, a method and an apparatus for reporting performance between wireless communication systems. Information about a wireless network in an area where wireless communication systems coexist may be shared, through recognizing performance degradation of a wireless communication service provided by a first wireless communication system, and transmitting performance information of the wireless communication service provided by the first wireless communication system to a second wireless communication system. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120128374 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION USING POLARIZED LIGHT - In an apparatus and a method for performing communication by using polarization property of light, a transmission apparatus includes a controller to establish a first channel corresponding to a first polarization property; a signal encoder to encode data into an electrical signal; a light emitting unit to emit light based on the electrical signal; and a polarizer to polarize the light into first polarized light having the first polarization property, and to output the first polarized light. A reception apparatus includes a controller to establish a first channel corresponding to a first polarization property; an analyzer to receive light, and to extract first polarized light having the first polarization property from the light; a polarized light receiver to convert the first polarized light to an electrical signal; and a signal decoder to decode the electrical signal to digital data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128366 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION USING CHROMINANCE INFORMATION IN VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a transmission apparatus, a reception apparatus and a method for performing communication using chrominance information, a transmission apparatus includes a symbol converter to obtain a symbol from data; a symbol modulator to generate a chrominance value based on the symbol; a luminance controller to generate a luminance value; a color space converter to generate an RGB value based on the luminance value and the coordinate value; and a light emitting unit to emit light based on the RGB value. A reception apparatus includes a visible light receiver to receive light and to generate an electrical signal having RGB color information of the light; a color space converter to generate a luminance value and a chrominance value based on the RGB color information; a symbol demodulator to obtain a symbol based on the chrominance value; and a data converter to convert the symbol to data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128365 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION USING LIGHT WAVELENGTHS IN A VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmitting apparatus includes a controller to classify data to be transmitted and to select a corresponding wavelength, a signal modulator to encode the data into an electrical signal, and a light emitting unit to emit a visual light at the selected wavelength based on the electrical signal. A receiving apparatus includes a controller to classify data to be received, and to select a corresponding wavelength, an optical filter to receive and filter a visible light, a visible light receiver to transform the filtered visible light into an electrical signal, and a signal demodulator to demodulate the electrical signal into digital data. A transmission method includes classifying transmission data, selecting corresponding wavelength, and encoding the data into an electrical signal to transmit. A receiving method includes filtering a received light, transforming the filtered light into an electrical signal, and demodulating the transformed electrical signal into digital data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127205 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING DISPLAY AREA - A display device to change an image displayed in a display area when the display area is changed includes a memory, a location output unit and a screen display unit. The memory stores size information of a display area displayed on a screen and the image data of the displayed image. The location computing unit computes a start point of the changed display area when the display area is changed. The display unit decodes data corresponding to the size of the display area based on the computed new start point from the image data to display the decoded data in the display area. Since the start point is obtained with center point of the changed display area and its size information and then a display area to be displayed is determined based on the start point, a current search location is maintained even when the screen is swung. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127201 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USER INTERFACE - An apparatus and method for providing an augmented reality user interface are provided. The method may be as follows. An augmented reality image is stored. The augmented reality is obtained by overlapping an image with augmented reality information, which is related to at least one object included in the image. The stored augmented reality image and an augmented reality image, which is captured in real time, are output through a divided display user interface at the same time. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120122454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGISTRATION OF OWNER'S TERMINAL IN SMALL NETWORK OF BASE STATIONS - Provided is a system for registering a terminal, including: a verification unit to verify whether the terminal is a closed subscriber group (CSG) member in response to a registration request to a small base station that is received from the terminal; a search unit to search for an owner terminal of the small base station when the terminal is not the CSG member as the verification result; a request unit to request the found owner terminal to determine whether to approve a CSG member registration of the terminal; and a registration unit to register the terminal as a temporary CSG member when the owner terminal approves the CSG member registration in response to the request. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117135 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A SEQUENCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - Disclosed is a method for generating a sequence and an apparatus for the same which can satisfy the number M′ of sequences sufficiently larger than a length N of a sequence required in a wireless communication system. When the generation of a sequence of the wireless communication system is intended, a first sequence is generated from an m | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120108254 | REFERENCE SIGNAL ALLOCATION METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR SAME, AND TRANSCEIVER DEVICE USING THE APPARATUS - Disclosed is a reference signal required for an estimation of a frequency domain channel by a receiver side in order to transmit and receive data between a UE and a BS, and an apparatus and a method for allocating a reference signal for obtaining channel state information. In a wireless communication system including a UE and a BS using multiple antennas, cells are distinguished by applying a CDM, multiple antenna layers are distinguished by using a frequency offset or a time offset, and the reference signal for obtaining the channel state information is allocated to a frame or a subframe. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108184 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile terminal may use an antenna unit of a second device to transmit and/or receive data. The mobile terminal may allow a second device to use its antenna unit to transmit and/or receive data. The mobile terminal may suspend control of its antenna unit if a second device is transmitting or receiving from the antenna unit. A communication method allows a mobile terminal to use the antenna unit of a second device to transmit and/or receive and the second terminal to use the antenna unit of the mobile terminal to transmit and/or receive. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106977 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING USING VISIBLE LIGHT - A server device to transmit a message through a visible light communication, in which the server includes a visible light communication unit to transceive data through visible light communication; a message reception unit to receive a message; a message identification unit to identify a receiving object, a message type, and a transmission characteristic of the message; and a message transmission unit to transmit the message to the receiving object according to the transmission characteristic of the message. A method for transmitting a message though visible light communication, in which the method includes receiving a message; identifying a receiving object of the message, a message type and a transmission characteristic of the message; and transmitting the message to the receiving object according to the transmission characteristic of the message using the visible light communication. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106477 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING POWER INFORMATION REGARDING COMPONENT CARRIER IN MULTI-COMPONENT CARRIER SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for transmitting maximum transmit power information in a multi-component carrier system. A method for transmitting power information regarding a component carrier includes: calculating power headroom which can be additionally output from an activated uplink component carrier; calculating maximum transmit power configured for the activated uplink component carrier; generating a medium access control (MAC) message including a first field indicating the power headroom and a second field indicating the maximum transmit power; and transmitting the MAC message to a base station (BS). The BS can know about maximum transmit power of each uplink component carrier, preventing excessive uplink scheduling to thus reduce interference. Also, the BS can clearly know about to which uplink component carrier maximum transmit power is related. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120102094 | MULTI-SCREEN SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT - Disclosed herein are a multi-screen service system and method for providing a continuous image based on a user environment. It is possible to provide a continuous image to a user by calculating a buffering time, which is estimated in consideration of an image data size and a network environment, and an expected time of arrival, which is estimated in consideration of current position information and an average speed of a user, and making a request for transmitting content to a content providing server if the expected time of arrival is within the buffering time. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099619 | METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE CONTROL BY AN ULTRA-WIDEBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN A MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT AND A RECEIVER FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - An Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless communication system in a multi-user environment determines a threshold value to eliminate a signal pulse affected by a near-interference from among a plurality of signal pulses transmitted a number of times. A method for controlling an interference includes receiving the signal pulses, calculating a correlation value by applying a predetermined correlation mask to the signal pulses, determining a threshold value by referring to the number of times that the signal pulses are transmitted, a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio, and information about a ratio of a near-interference to a far-interference, and eliminating signal pulses having a correlation value greater than the threshold value. The correlation values that are not greater than the threshold value are summed to detect a bit corresponding to each pulse signal. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099513 | COORDINATED MULTIPOINT TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING METHOD USING ADAPTIVE CYCLIC DELAY DIVERSITY, SYSTEM SIDE APPARATUS AND RECEIVING APPARATUS USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A COORDINATED BASE STATION SET - Disclosed is a coordinated multi-point transmitting/receiving method using adaptive cyclic delay diversity, a system side apparatus and a receiving apparatus using the same, and a method for determining a coordinated base station set, which can cause a particular base station to have a good channel performance in a particular frequency band, which requires coordinated multi-point transmission/reception, by using adaptive cyclic delay diversity (CDD), so as to include the relevant base station in a coordinated base station set. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098859 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USER INTERFACE - An apparatus and method for providing an augmented reality (AR) user interface. The method includes acquiring an image containing at least one object; recognizing the object from the acquired image; detecting AR information related to the recognized object; classifying the detected AR information into groups according to specific property information; generating a user interface that displays the groups of AR information separately. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120093258 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR FREQUENCY ATTENUATION USING ADAPTIVE CYCLIC DELAY DIVERSITY, AND TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING SAME - Disclosed is a method for compensating for frequency attenuation using adaptive cyclic delay diversity, and a transmitting apparatus and method and a receiving apparatus and method using the same. In the method, a receiving side feeds back information on an antenna to be delayed and an adaptive CDD delay value for the antenna to a transmitting side, and the transmitting side performs a cyclic delay transmission based on the provided cyclic delay value, so as to improve the reception frequency response characteristics. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093253 | POWER ALLOCATION METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR SAME, AND TRANSCEIVER DEVICE USING THIS FORM OF SIGNAL TRANSMISSION - Disclosed is a wireless communication system and a power allocation in the wireless communication system. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093089 | METHOD FOR SELECTING PRECODER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME, FEEDBACK METHOD OF CHANNEL INFORMATION OF TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING CHANNEL INFORMATION OF BASE STATION - Disclosed is related to a wireless communication system, and is a method and an apparatus for selecting a UE and a precoder based on a measurement during a determined period after receiving information extracted by using channel state information from each UE in a MU-MIMO communication system, and a switching apparatus and method between modes using the same. Accordingly, the BS performs a long term measurement based precoding by using only the same feedback information (for example, PMI) as that of a SU-MIMO mode, so that a set of UEs to be supported by a MIMO and precoders for each UE, which prevent or minimize interference between UEs, may be determined without an increase of a feedback overhead. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092528 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) SERVICE - An augmented reality (AR) service including a photographing unit to capture an image of a target object, an information collecting unit to collect contextual information of the captured image of the target object, a tag generating unit to generate an AR tag of a first direction, the AR tag corresponding to the contextual information, and a display unit to display the image of the target object and the AR tag. A method for providing an AR service including capturing an image of a target object with a camera, collecting contextual information including location information of the captured image of the target object and a first azimuth information between the target object and the camera, generating an AR tag corresponding to the contextual information, and displaying the captured image of the target object and the generated AR tag. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092507 | USER EQUIPMENT, AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AR TAG INFORMATION - A user equipment to generate augmented reality (AR) tag information includes a photographing unit to capture an image of a target object, an information collecting unit to collect contextual information when the photographing unit captures the image of the target object, and a control unit to generate AR tag information of the target object based on the contextual information. A method for generating AR tag information in a user equipment includes capturing an image of a target object, collecting contextual information when capturing the image of the target object, and generating AR tag information of the target object based on the contextual information. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092370 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AMALGAMATING MARKERS AND MARKERLESS OBJECTS - An apparatus to provide AR includes a marker recognition unit to recognize objects in reality information, an amalgamation determining unit to determine whether the objects are amalgamated, an amalgamation processing unit to determine an attribute of each of the recognized objects and to generate an amalgamated object based on the determined attributes, and an object processing unit to map the amalgamated object to the reality information and to display the mapped amalgamated object. A method for amalgamating objects in AR includes recognizing objects in reality information, determining whether the objects are amalgamated, determining an attribute of each of the recognized objects, generating an amalgamated object based on the determined attribute, mapping the amalgamated object to the reality information, and displaying the mapped amalgamated object. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092369 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR IMPROVING VISIBILITY OF AUGMENTED REALITY OBJECT - Provided are a display apparatus and a display method for improving visibility of each object by differently displaying each object from the background when providing an augmented reality (AR) service. The display apparatus and the display method may improve visibility of each object by outputting a list of overlapped objects or a map of overlapped objects. Also, the display apparatus and the display method may improve visibility of each object by enlarging a complex area, in which objects are densely disposed, to reduce overlapping of the objects. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092368 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) INFORMATION - Provided are a server, a terminal, and a method of providing Augmented Reality (AR) using a mobile tag in the terminal which is accessible to the server through a wired/wireless communication network. The method includes writing content in response to a tag creation request to create a tag; setting location information of the tag; setting, if the tag is a mobile tag, the location information of the mobile tag to a variable state and setting movement information of the mobile tag; and transmitting information about the mobile tag including the content, the location information, and the movement setting information of the mobile tag to the server, and requesting the server to register the mobile tag. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092363 | APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus includes a flexible display to display an image; a bending measurement unit to measure a bending value of a portion of the flexible display; and a display control unit to correct an image based on the bending value and to control the flexible display to display the corrected image. In a method for displaying a corrected image, a bending value of a portion of a flexible display is measured, a bent shape of the flexible display is estimated using the bending value, an image is corrected based on the bent shape such that the image is viewed as a planar image of a virtual planar display arranged perpendicular to a viewing direction, and the corrected image is displayed. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120088545 | IMAGE/AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICE OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - In an image/audio playback technology in a mobile communication terminal, a single image is divided into two halves, i.e., left-half and right-half images, which are displayed on two mobile communication terminals, respectively. In addition, two mobile communication terminals can play left-side and right-side audio data, respectively, which compose stereo audio data, according to the relative locations of the two mobile communication terminals. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087259 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING MDT-RELATED DATA - Provided is a method for obtaining and reporting minimization of drive-tests (MDT)-related data and an apparatus for performing the same. The method may include receiving mode signaling message related to performing of an MDT mode, obtaining MDT-related data for measuring a propagation environment around equipment, based on the MDT mode signaling message, maintaining and storing the MDT-related data in a memory, generating an MDT report message including at least one of an average of the MDT-related data D | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087258 | USER TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA RELATED TO MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE-TESTS (MDT) - A user terminal and a method for managing data related to minimization of drive-tests (MDT) in the user terminal. The method includes entering into an MDT mode, receiving a system parameter from a base station, obtaining MDT-related data D | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120083309 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION FOR POWER COORDINATION IN MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIER SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for transmitting control information about power coordination in a multiple component carrier system is disclosed herein. This specification discloses receiving information about a mobile station which is used to determine a range of power coordination for a maximum uplink transmit power of the mobile station, from a base station, by obtaining the information, and transmitting an information response message to the base station, which includes the obtained subsidiary information. Further, compatibility with an existing system may be accomplished due to information about power coordination being provided through the use of an existing UE information procedure. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081393 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USING VIRTUAL OBJECTS - A method for providing AR information, in which the method includes receiving virtual object setting information by a first terminal, in which the virtual object setting information including virtual object selection information and movement setting information; and transmitting a request to a server for uploading a virtual object onto a real-world image of a target location based on the virtual object setting information. An apparatus to provide AR information, in which the apparatus includes a communication unit to process signals received from a server and to transmit signals to the server; a display unit to display a real-world image of a target location; a manipulation unit to receive a user input signal; and a control unit to receive virtual object setting information and to request the server to upload a virtual object onto the real-world image of the target location. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120079597 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING FUNCTION OF INACTIVATING MOBILE COMMUNICATION VIRUSES, AND METHOD THEREOF - A mobile communication system for inactivating a virus includes: a database associated with the mobile communication system, for storing at least one virus vaccine program; and a virus monitoring unit associated with the mobile communication system, for checking virus infection of received data, analyzing virus information, choosing one of virus vaccine programs that are stored in the database and inactivating the virus. Virus vaccine programs are timely updated over the air (OTA) whenever a new version of vaccine program is available. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077545 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal includes a subscriber identification module (SIM) card unit to receive and store Internet Protocol (IP) device information including a local IP address of an IP device from a femtocell, and a control unit to transmit a control command to control the IP device using the local IP address. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077519 | TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING APPARATUSES AND METHODS USING A DIFFERENTIAL CYCLIC DELAY DIVERSITY MIMO SCHEME - Disclosed are a transmitting/receiving apparatus and method using a differential cyclic delay diversity MIMO scheme. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077484 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING RANDOM ACCESS CONTROL CHANNEL (RACH) PREAMBLE - In a method for transmitting a radio access control channel (RACH) preamble, steps may include supplying power to a device, checking a base time offset for the device, generating a random time offset used to transmit the RACH preamble, and transmitting the RACH preamble based on the checked base time offset or the generated random time offset. Devices having the same base time offset may be grouped together, and devices in a same group may transmit the RACH preamble according to their respective generated random time offsets. A device to transmit an RACH preamble includes a power supply unit, a control unit, an offset generating unit, and a communication unit. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120063297 | USER TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR RADIO RESOURCE CONNECTION THEREOF - In a user terminal and a method for a radio resource connection thereof, the user terminal includes a communication unit to transmit a request signal to request a radio resource connection and to receive a response signal in response to the request signal, a control unit to generate the request signal, to select a first cell based on the response signal and to determine whether to retransmit a request signal to the first cell based on a timer; and a timer management unit to start the timer. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062595 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY - There is provided a method of providing Augmented Reality (AR) using the relationship between objects in a server that is accessible to at least one terminal through a wired/wireless communication network, including: recognizing a first object-of-interest from first object information received from the terminal; detecting identification information and AR information about related objects associated with the first object-of-interest, and storing the identification information and AR information about the related objects; recognizing, when receiving second object information from the terminal, a second object-of-interest using the identification information about the related objects; and detecting AR information corresponding to the second object-of-interest from the AR information about the related objects, and transmitting the detected AR information to the terminal. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060226 | METHOD FOR AUTHORIZING USE OF AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) INFORMATION AND APPARATUS - A method for authorizing use of Augmented Reality (AR) information includes acquiring information regarding a location at which the AR information is to be provided, authorizing a user to use the AR information, creating attribute information including the AR information, the location information, and authority information, and transmitting the attribute information to an AR system. The AR system can register the attribute information, and can provide the AR information only to authorized users. An apparatus to authorize use of Augmented Reality (AR) information includes a location information acquiring unit, an authorization unit to authorize a user to use the AR information, and an AR information processor to create attribute information. The attribute information is transmitted to an AR system as a request for the AR system to register the attribute information so the AR system provides the AR information only to authorized users. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120058774 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for displaying augmented reality (AR) information on a terminal according to authorization for use of AR information provided from an AR system. The method includes recognizing a current location of the terminal; receiving authorization information of AR information receivable at the recognized current location; determining whether the AR information is available with reference to the authorization information for the AR information; and displaying the receivable AR information according to the determination result. Accordingly, the terminal recognizes its current location, determines the availability of AR information receivable at the recognized location, receives available AR information from the AR system according to the determination result, and displays the received available AR information in a window on a display of the terminal. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057032 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USING OBJECT LIST - An apparatus to provide augmented reality includes an image acquisition unit to acquire an image including a target object, a supplementary information acquisition unit to acquire supplementary information, an object recognition unit to recognize the target object from the acquired image, and a candidate nomination unit to generate candidate objects based on the supplementary information. A method for providing augmented reality includes transmitting, at a terminal, an image including a target object or supplementary information of the target object, and location information of the terminal to a server; and determining, at the server, whether the target object is recognized, and generating a list of candidate objects based on the supplementary information, if the target object is not recognized. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120047574 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING MULTI USER INPUT - A terminal includes an input unit to receive input signals of users, a human information detection unit to detect user human information of the users, a user identification unit to identify the users using the user human information, and a control unit to identify the users corresponding to the input signals, and to control the terminal according to the input signals of the identified users. A method for controlling a terminal includes receiving input signals of users, detecting user human information, identifying the user using the user human information, identifying the users corresponding to the received input signals, and controlling the terminal according to the input signals of the identified users. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECT INFORMATION - An apparatus for providing attribute information about an object being displayed on a screen of the apparatus in an augmented reality a method thereof are provided. The apparatus for displaying an object, which is extracted from an image input, such as a camera, includes a communication unit, an object recognition unit and a control unit. The communication unit is configured to perform data communication with respect to an object server which stores images of a plurality of objects and attribute information of each object. The object recognition unit is configured to extract the object from the image input and recognize the object. The apparatus determines the attribute information of the object being displayed based on a state of the object and provides attribute information. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120046942 | TERMINAL TO PROVIDE USER INTERFACE AND METHOD - A terminal and method to determine surrounding circumstances using received sound signals and to automatically control various user interfaces according to the surrounding circumstances. The terminal divides the received sound signals into voice and non-voice signals, analyzes the divide sound signals based on frequencies and determines the circumstances based on the analyzed sound signals. The terminal may further control a user interface based on the determined surrounding circumstances. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120046072 | USER TERMINAL, REMOTE TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR SHARING AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE - Provided are a user terminal, a remote terminal, and a method for sharing an augmented reality (AR) service. The method for sharing an AR service by a user terminal includes displaying an image received from a remote terminal; recognizing an object included in the displayed image; generating first AR result information using first AR data of the object stored in a first database; and displaying the generated first AR result information and the recognized object. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120046070 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING - A mobile terminal includes a communication unit to communicate with another terminal or an Internet host, a memory to store sharing information, a setting unit to set permission to transreceive sharing information, and a control unit to transmit a profile of sharing information through the communication unit. A communication method includes setting permission for transreceiving sharing information, receiving a request for transreceiving sharing information, and transmitting a profile of the sharing information. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120045215 | MOBILE TERMINAL, SERVER AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Disclosed herein are a mobile terminal and server and a communication method. In an exemplary embodiment, a mobile terminal includes a light reception unit that receive visible light; a communication unit that performs communication using the visible light received by the light reception unit; and a control unit that controls a network to be formed by transmitting/receiving information to/from one or more other mobile terminals using the same light source through the communication unit. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044796 | METHOD FOR GENERATING SIGNAL PATTERN USING MODULUS OR SEQUENCE, AND DEVICE THEREOF - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for generating signal patterns used for a transmission/reception process between a terminal and a base station by using a modular sonar sequence. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044620 | MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device is includes a first case; a second case performing a swing motion about its end contiguous to the first case; a display portion formed to be wrapped around the end along external surfaces of the first case and the second case; and a hinge portion coupled to ends of the first case and the second case, wherein the hinge portion includes a first link having one end fixed to the interior of the first case and the other end coupled to a slot of the second case, and a second link having one end fixed to the interior of the second case and the other end coupled to a slot of the first case. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044264 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY - An apparatus and method for providing augmented reality (AR) includes acquiring an image of a real world including a first object, setting the first object as a reference object, acquiring a photographing position, a photographing direction, and a distance value between the reference object and the photographing position, acquiring map information corresponding to the photographing position and a photographing direction, mapping the reference object to the map information by using the acquired distance value, detecting AR information of the objects from the map information, and outputting the detected AR information. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044263 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A terminal device and method for augmented reality (AR) is disclosed herein. The terminal device including: a communication unit to communicate with an object server, the object server storing images of a plurality of objects and property information corresponding to levels of each object; an object recognition unit to recognize an object contained in the image; and a control unit to receive property information from the object server corresponding to a pixel value of the recognized object from and to combine the received property information and the recognized object. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044164 | INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING A CONTROL AREA ON A TOUCH SCREEN - An interfacing apparatus and method for setting a control area of a touch screen. The interface apparatus includes a touch screen, an area setting unit to set a selected area of the touch screen as a control area, a function setting unit to set a function to the control area, and a function executing unit to execute the function at the control area. The interface method includes setting the selected area as a control area, setting a function for the control area, and executing the set function if a touch is sensed on the control area. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042393 | USER TERMINAL, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING DIGITAL CONTENT - A user terminal, a method and a system for transmitting digital content. A user terminal receives digital content from a digital content provider, the digital contents include a digital rights management (DRM) unit to change DRM information of the received digital content; a content processing unit to encode the digital content having the changed DRM information; and a communication unit to transmit the encoded digital content to an external terminal. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041971 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS USING FILTER INFORMATION - An object recognition method using filter information includes acquiring object image information including an object of interest, acquiring filter information for recognizing the object of interest from the object image information, and recognizing the object of interest using the filter information. An object recognition apparatus using filter information including an object information acquiring unit to acquire object image information comprising an object of interest, a filter information input unit to acquire filter information, an output unit to output the image information and the filter information, and a controller to recognize the object of interest in the object image information using the filter information. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041848 | TERMINAL, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - Provided are a user terminal, a server, and a method for content marketing. The method includes purchasing, by a user terminal, content including digital rights management (DRM) information having a selling condition and a purchase condition; and transmitting, by the user terminal, the content to an external terminal based on the purchase condition in the DRM information. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038750 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT - Provided are an apparatus and a method for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) object. The apparatus may include a photographing unit to photograph the face of a user from a plurality of directions and to output facial data, a generating unit to generate facial proportion data from the outputted facial data, a storage unit to store the facial proportion data of the user for each photographed direction, and a control unit to determine a line of sight of the user by comparing the stored facial proportion data with photographic data of the user currently taken by the photographing unit and to generate a 3D object having a vanishing point varying depending on the determined line of sight of the user. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038671 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AUGMENTED REALITY WINDOW - A user equipment to display an augmented reality (AR) window includes a display unit to display an image and AR windows corresponding to objects included in the image, and a control unit to determine an arrangement pattern of the AR windows by adjusting at least one of a size, a display location, a display pattern, and a color of the AR windows and to control the display unit to display the AR windows in the determined arrangement pattern, together with the objects. A method includes detecting the object in the image, generating the AR window corresponding to the object, determining an arrangement pattern of the AR window based on an adjustment of an attribute, and displaying the AR window in the determined arrangement pattern along with the object. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038670 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION - An apparatus, system, and method for providing augmented reality (AR) information of a concealed object are disclosed. The method for providing AR information of a concealed object by a terminal connectable to a server via a wired and/or wireless communication network may include acquiring an image of a real environment; defining a reference object included in the acquired image; obtaining image capturing position information about a position of the image and reference object recognition information of the defined reference object; transmitting the obtained image capturing position information and the reference object recognition information to the server; receiving information about concealed objects from the server, the concealed objects being disposed behind the reference object along or about a direction from the image capturing position to the reference object; and outputting the received information about concealed objects. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038669 | USER EQUIPMENT, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY FILTERING AUGMENTED REALITY - An augmented reality filter selecting user equipment, includes a display unit display to display a real image including a target object and a plurality of filter icons, a user input unit to receive a user command, the user command including a selection of a target filter icon and a movement of the target filter icon, and a control unit to control the display unit to display the target object and filtered AR information corresponding to the target object. A method for selecting a filter includes displaying a real image including a target object and a plurality of filter icons, receiving a command to select a target filter icon, applying the target filter icon by moving the selected target filter icon onto a target object on the displayed image, and displaying the target object and information corresponding to the target object, in which the target filter icon is applied. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120036268 | METHOD OF OPERATING INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS AND SUBNET SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method of operating an Internet protocol (IP) address allocates, creates, and processes an interface identifier (ID) of an IP address area. In the allocation, the IP address area includes a subnet prefix area and an Interface ID area, and certain bits of the Interface ID area are used as an index area of a subnet gateway. The allocation is implemented in order from the higher layer to the lower layer so that the Interface ID area is sequentially allocated from the higher bits for the index areas of the respective layers. The combination of the certain bits of the allocated Interface ID and the subnet prefix area of the IP address area is used as the subnet ID of the subnet layers. The lowest subnet gateway allocates the Interface ID to terminating equipment to access the IP network based on a format of the IP address. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036218 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING APPLICATION WITH A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for sharing an application between a first portable terminal and a second portable terminal includes the first portable terminal collecting application information if an application sharing event occurs, generating a marker including the application information, and displaying the marker; and the second portable terminal capturing an image of the marker including application information, recognizing the marker, extracting the application information from the marker, and installing an application corresponding to the application information from the marker. The first portable terminal includes a marker generating unit to generate the marker including the application information, and a display unit to display the marker. The second portable terminal includes a camera unit to capture an image of the marker, a marker recognizing unit to recognize the marker, a marker analyzing unit to extract the application information from the marker, and an application installing unit to install the application. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120034885 | BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING HUMAN BODY COMMUNICATION - A transmitter includes a human body communication unit to detect an available broadcast channel; a channel setting unit to set the available broadcast channel to be connected; a broadcast data processing unit to generate a broadcast signal to be transmitted via the human body communication unit. A receiver includes a human body communication unit to receive broadcast signal; a channel setting unit to retrieve the broadcast channel to be connected; a broadcast processing unit to control the human body communication unit to receive the broadcast signal; and a broadcast data processing unit to generate broadcast data. A method for transmitting a broadcast signal includes detecting and setting the available broadcast channel to be connected; generating the broadcast signal; and broadcasting the broadcast signal via the broadcast channel. A method for receiving broadcast signal includes receiving, retrieving, and setting the broadcast channel; receiving the broadcast signal; and generating broadcast data. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030304 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HUMAN BODY COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided are a device and a method for recognizing a multiplex contact pattern in a human body communication network system, which may analyze a multiplex contact pattern of devices connected via a human body communication, may determine one of meaningful contact patterns as a group pattern, and may provide a communication service between devices in the group pattern or execute a related application. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030207 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTENT PROCESSING - A mobile communication terminal and a method of processing content thereof are disclosed. The terminal and method analyze inputted commands to generate condition data used to automatically executed the inputted commands when the condition for the command occurs. The mobile communication terminal includes a pre-work setting unit to set a combination condition which includes a search condition, a predetermined-operation identification information, and source data; a condition variation monitoring unit to monitor whether an actual condition satisfies the search condition, and a post-processing management unit to process the source data, if the actual condition satisfies the search condition, and to execute a predetermined operation according to the predetermined-operation identification information, if the actual condition satisfies the search condition. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029809 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ROAD VIEW - An apparatus and method for providing road view data corresponding to an inputted location. The apparatus includes a manipulation unit to received user information containing a road view data request signal; a display unit to output image data containing road view data; a camera to capture an image in a specific photographing direction and output the captured image; a sensor unit to output sensing information containing a photographing direction of the camera; and a control unit to detect, at an inputted reference position, road view data corresponding to the photographing direction of the camera output from the sensor unit and output the detected road view data. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027305 | APPARATUS TO PROVIDE GUIDE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY OBJECT RECOGNITION AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for providing a guide for augmented reality object recognition includes acquiring image information, analyzing an object corresponding to the image information, and outputting object recognition guide information according to a result of analyzing the object. An apparatus to provide a guide for augmented reality object recognition includes an image acquisition unit to acquire and output image information, and a control unit to analyze an object corresponding to the image information and to output object recognition guide information according to a result of analyzing the object. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027217 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MERGING ACOUSTIC OBJECT INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for merging acoustic object information to provide an Augmented Reality (AR) service in which real images are merged with sounds. The acoustic object information merging apparatus includes an acoustic objectization unit, an acoustic object information creator and a merging unit. The method classifies sounds received in a microphone array to identify an object corresponding to the received sound. If there is a failure to identify an object for each sound, then a band-pass filter is applied to secondarily classify the received sounds. Acoustic object information is created and merged with a captured image or recorded sound. The acoustic object information may include additional information about the object identified as corresponding to the received sound. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026192 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) USING USER RECOGNITION INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for providing Augmented Reality (AR) using user recognition information includes: acquiring user recognition information for a real object; selecting a virtual object that is to be mapped to the acquired user recognition information; and adding the user recognition information as mapping information for the selected virtual object. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026159 | ACTIVE TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR PROVIDING STEREOGRAPHIC IMAGE - An active-type stereographic image display apparatus includes an image display unit; a touch sensing unit to sense a touch position through a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer that are arranged to cross with each other, and to separate an image output from the image display unit through a lens array into a first eye image and a second eye image based on a refractive index of light; and a lens driving control unit to control a focal length by controlling the lens array. The method for driving the active-type stereographic image includes displaying a stereographic image comprising a first eye image and a separate second eye image, sensing a touch position of a user input, separating an image output into a first eye image and a second eye image, and controlling a focal length provided by a lens array. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026112 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a stereographic image display apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof. The stereographic image display apparatus includes an image display unit and a touch sensing unit which is positioned on the image display unit and is configured to interpose a lens array between a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer. The manufacturing method of the stereographic image display apparatus includes: allowing a transparent conductive material to be deposited on both surfaces of a lens array; forming first and second transparent electrode layers by etching the transparent conductive material deposited on the both surfaces of the lens array thereby generating a touch sensing unit; and adhering the touch sensing unit to an upper surface of an image display unit. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023169 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE USING HUMAN BODY COMMUNICATION - A portable terminal to provide social network service using human body communication includes a human body communication unit to transmit or receive data through a human body, a memory unit to store at least one of social data, user data, reference data, and any additional data collected, a contact object identifying unit to identify a contact object by using the data received by the human body communication unit, and a pattern analyzing unit to analyze a pattern of contact with the contact object using the data stored in the memory unit. A method for providing social network service using human body communication includes sensing a human body contact, identifying a contact object, and analyzing a pattern of contact with the contact object using at least one of social data, user data, reference data and any additional data collected. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023166 | AUGMENTED REALITY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A terminal, server, system, and method for providing private tag information by the terminal accessible to the server through a wired/wireless communication network are provided. The method includes recognizing an object, detecting private tag information related to the recognized object, the private tag information including a sharing range, and outputting the detected private tag information. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021809 | TILT SLIDE MODULE AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A tilt slide module and a mobile communication terminal having the same includes a lower slide plate, an upper slide plate coupled to the lower slide plate to move in a sliding manner with respect to the lower slide plate wherein the upper slide plate is overlapped with the lower slide plate, a fixing piece wherein a hinge shaft is inserted in a hole provided thereon, and a tilt guide coupled to the fixing piece by the hinge shaft to be rotated about the hinge shaft. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019547 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USING ADDITIONAL DATA - An augmented reality (AR) providing apparatus includes a first data acquiring unit to acquire first data of a target object, a second data acquiring unit to acquire second data, and an image processor to obtain a representative image based on the first data and to modify the representative image based on the second data. A method for providing AR includes acquiring first data for a target object, acquiring second data from a source associated with the target object or a user of an AR providing apparatus, obtaining a representative image related to the first data, and modifying the representative image based on the second data. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120014357 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER IN MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIER SYSTEM - A method for performing handover in a multiple component carrier system includes a UE transmitting a measurement report message, including measurement values for one or more cells, to a source BS, the source BS transmitting a handover request message, including at least one of a candidate cell list including at least one candidate cell to be used in a target BS, an aggregatable cell list including at least one aggregatable cell in which UE capability is taken into consideration, and a list of sensible cells including at least one cell defined based on a similarity sensitivity of a measured frequency, to the target BS based on the measurement value, the source BS checking the cell included in the at least one list, receiving a handover ACK message including a final cell from the target BS, and determining handover, and the source BS transmitting a handover command message to the UE. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120009913 | FEMTOCELL ACCESS NODE, FEMTOCELL SYSTEM, AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR THE SYSTEM - A femto cell connection node, a femto cell system, and a data transmission method of the system are disclosed. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008871 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING IMAGE USING THE SAME - An image output correcting device includes an output unit to process a first image and to output the processed first image as a second image, an input unit to receive a part of the second image output, a computation unit to compute a depth information of a surface on which the image is outputted by comparing the first image and the second image input to the input unit, and a control unit to generate a third image using the depth information to be outputted. A method for correcting an image output on a surface using depth information includes processing a first image, outputting a second image, computing depth information of a surface to which the second image is outputted by comparing the first image and the second image, and generating a third image using the depth information and outputting the third image. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008003 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY THROUGH GENERATION OF A VIRTUAL MARKER - An apparatus to provide augmented reality (AR), includes a relevant information acquisition unit to acquire relevant information corresponding to an object to implement AR, a relevant information editing unit to edit the of acquired relevant information, and a virtual marker generating unit to generate a virtual marker based on the edited relevant information by mapping the edited relevant information to a marker element, which is defined based on a number, a symbol, an icon, a color or a combination of the number, symbol, icon and color. A method for providing AR includes acquiring relevant information corresponding to an object recognized in an image, editing the relevant information, and generating the a virtual marker based on the edited relevant information. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120005622 | APPARATUS TO DISPLAY THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) USER INTERFACE - An apparatus to display a three-dimensional (3D) User Interface (UI) includes a display panel to display a 3D UI comprising main menu polygonal cells; a sensing unit to sense a user selection of a target main menu polygonal cell; and a control unit to execute a function of the selected target main menu polygonal cell. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003990 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes a communication unit to detect a first device and to receive device information from the first detected device; a memory unit to store a search classification; a control unit to determine class and location information of the first detected device using device information received from the first detected device, and to control a search result to be displayed on a display unit. An information display method using a mobile terminal includes detecting devices within a reference proximity, receiving device information from a first detected device; storing a search classification in the mobile terminal; determining class information and location information of the first detected device, and comparing the class information with the stored search classification; and displaying a determination result. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002360 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WITH FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A flip-type mobile communication terminal includes a first main body, a second main body coupled to the first main body; a flexible display; a connection member connected to the flexible display; and a length-adjusting assembly to adjust length of the flexible display. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001901 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D AUGMENTED REALITY - An apparatus to provide three-dimensional (3D) augmented reality (AR) image includes an image obtainer to obtain an image including an object, and an image processor to calculate 3D position information about the object, obtain AR data corresponding to the object, covert the AR data according to the 3D position information, and generate a 3D AR image using the converted AR data and the obtained image. A method for providing 3D AR image includes obtaining an image including an object, calculating 3D position information of the object, obtaining AR data corresponding to the object, converting AR data according to the 3D position information, generating a 3D AR image using the converted AR data and the obtained image, and displaying the generated 3D AR image. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001859 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NOISE - A touch screen device may include: a touch panel receiving a touch signal; a noise measurement unit measuring a noise value input to the touch panel; a determination unit determining whether or not the measured noise value exceeds a threshold; and a control unit controlling an operation mode to be maintained or switched according to a determination result of the determination unit. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110320969 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN INTERACTIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) object processing apparatus. The apparatus is capable of interacting with a user and utilizes a stereoscopic effect of a 3D user interface (UI) as information. The apparatus includes a combination of various units, including but not limited to, a display panel, a sensing unit and control unit to effectuate interaction between a user and a 3D object sourced from the apparatus. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110306390 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR READING DATA - An apparatus to read data includes a command receiving unit to receive a read record command with respect to data stored in the apparatus, a record identification unit to identify a valid record from among records corresponding to the stored data based on the received read record command, and a data read unit to read data corresponding to the valid record. A method for reading data includes receiving a read record command with respect to data stored in an apparatus, receiving a read record command with respect to stored data, identifying a valid record from among records corresponding to the stored data based on the received read record command, and reading data corresponding to the identified valid record. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110306303 | INPUT APPARATUS AND INPUT METHOD USING HUMAN BODY CONTACT - Provided are an input apparatus and an input method using a human body contact in which an electric current at a contacted part of a human body varies at different parts of the human body, and an input corresponding to the measured electric current is sensed. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110305177 | FIXED MOBILE CONVERGENCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING ACCESS POINT - Disclosed herein are a fixed mobile convergence (FMC) apparatus and a method for searching an access point. The FMC apparatus and method effectively search an access point using a frequency searching method of a radio access technology (RAT) service in which a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation is used to increase efficiency in power consumption of the FMC apparatus. The FMC apparatus recognizes an area available for a wireless local area network (WLAN) service and may automatically search an access point in the corresponding area so that it is possible to decrease inconvenience to a user. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110292847 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION-REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a technology for allocating a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) in a wireless communication system. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110274193 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SCRAMBLING CODES IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for generating a scrambling code in a radio communication system is disclosed. In particular, an apparatus and method for generating a scrambling code using a Gold-like sequence even when m is a multiple of 4 for a length 2 | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110268087 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIERS - A method of receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system supporting multiple component carriers by a base station is provided. The method includes determining periodic SRS (P-SRS) transmission or aperiodic SRS (A-SRS) transmission about at least one serving cell (SCell) to be configured for a user equipment (UE), transmitting a triggering message including an activation or deactivation of the at least one SCell and indicating information for the A-SRS transmission according to the determination, and receiving an A-SRS from the UE through an activated SCell from among the at least one SCell configured in the UE. Uplink scheduling for an additional secondary serving cell and data communication through the uplink scheduling can be performed rapidly, as compared with a scheme using only a periodic SRS. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267972 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING OF CYCLIC SHIFT PARAMETER FOR SUPPORTING ORTHOGONALITY IN MIMO ENVIRONMENT - A method includes: determining a CS parameter which implicitly indicates an orthogonality allocation rule and orthogonality-related information, by determining a multiple access state of one or more User Equipments (UEs), and transmitting the determined CS parameter to the one or more UEs, wherein the orthogonality-related information comprises an Orthogonal Cover Code (OCC) indicated by the CS parameter, the orthogonality allocation rule is determined as a uniform scheme or a non-uniform scheme according to a set with at least one element to which the CS parameter belongs, if the non-uniform scheme is applied as the orthogonality rule, determining the at least one element as the CS parameter of the UE if the UE is in an SU-MIMO (Single User Multiple Input Multiple Output) state, and if the uniform scheme is applied as the orthogonality rule, determining the at least one element as the CS parameter of the UE if the UE is in an MU-MIMO (Multiple User Multiple Input Multiple Output) state. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110258392 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT FILES USING CACHING - A method for providing DRM files using caching includes identifying DRM files to be displayed in a file list in response to a request, decoding a number of first DRM files from among the identified DRM files and caching the first DRM files in a first memory space, and reading the first DRM files in the first memory space in response to the request. Then, a system displays the first DRM files as a file list in a display area. The second DRM files from among the identified DRM files other than the first DRM files are not initially decoded, and file data related to the second DRM files are cached in a second memory space. DRM files from among the second DRM files are subsequently decoded in response to a subsequent command. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255491 | METHOD AND APPRATATUS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a wireless communication system, a base station, a resource allocation device and method, a user equipment, a resource allocation reception device and method that utilize encoding and decoding techniques for transmitting through communication systems with uplinks and downlinks, the resource allocation information used to share transmission resources in a wireless communication system. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110249641 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM - A method for performing a random access in a multi-carrier system includes transmitting a random access preamble on an uplink component carrier to a base station, and receiving a random access response on a first downlink component carrier. The random access response includes information regarding a second downlink component carrier used to transmit a contention resolution message indicating that a random access collision with other mobile stations are resolved. A base station to perform the method includes a preamble reception unit to receive the random access preamble, a response generation unit to generate the random access response, and a response transmission unit to transmit the random access response. A mobile station to perform the method includes a preamble transmission unit, a response reception unit, a carrier configuration unit, and a message reception unit. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110199951 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN MULTI-COMPONENT CARRIER SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for performing a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) in a multi-Component Carrier (CC) system are disclosed. The method includes determining whether a condition for an application of a DRX to a first CC is satisfied and, if the condition is satisfied, performing the DRX on the first CC based on DRX configuration information common to the first CC and a reference CC. The on-duration of the DRX applied to the first CC is synchronized with the on-duration of a DRX mode of the reference CC. Although CCs enter the DRX mode at different points of time, the active or inactive times of the DRX modes are synchronized with each other such that the PDCCHs of all the CCs may be detected at the active times of the respective CCs. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110195762 | TERMINAL INCLUDING ROTATABLE BODY - A terminal with improved usability may include a body unit including a first body, a second body disposed adjacent to the first body, a third body disposed to face the first body and the second body; a movement unit to semi-automatically slide the third body between a first position in which the third body covers a front surface of the first body and a front surface of the second body, and a second position in which the third body is slid to expose a front surface of the second body; and a tilting unit to rotate the second body towards the third body. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194238 | TERMINAL AND OPENING MECHANISM TO DISPLAY A MANIPULATION AREA OF A TERMINAL - A terminal to display a usable manipulation area includes a first body unit, a second body unit, and an operation unit to slide the second body at an incline relative to the first body between a first position where the second body faces the first body, and a second position where the first body is exposed. The front surface of the second body may remain exposed when moving from a first position to the second position. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193993 | APPARATUS HAVING PHOTOGRAPH FUNCTION - A terminal includes an image input unit, an image output unit, and a controller to transmit image frames generated by the image input unit to the image output unit in real time if a preview mode is activated. If an object is selected within an image displayed on the screen of the image output unit, the controller identifies the selected object, detects an image frame, in which an object matched to the identified object is present, processes the detected image frame, and transmits the processed image frame to the image output unit so that an image can be edited before the photographed image is recorded. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110191724 | DEVICE FOR ITEM CONTROL, SYSTEM FOR ITEM CONTROL, AND METHOD - A first device classifies and displays an item, identifies a suitable class matched to approach information of a second device out of the entire area of the classified item as the second device approaches the first device, and provides the second device with the identified class or executes a service linked to the class. The second device approaches a portion where a desired class is displayed by the first device, receives the class from the first device, and provides a linked service using the same. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191707 | USER INTERFACE USING HOLOGRAM AND METHOD THEREOF - A user interface using a hologram includes a memory unit to store information on a shape, a function, a position, and a movement pattern for a virtual object; a hologram output unit to project a hologram display area and to display the virtual object in the projected hologram display area; a real object sensing unit to sense a real object in the hologram display area and to generate information on a position and a movement pattern of the real object; a contact recognizing unit to determine the positions and the movement patterns of the respective virtual object and the real object to recognize a contact between the virtual object and the real object; and a control unit to determine whether the recognized contact between the virtual object and the real object corresponds to an input for selecting the virtual object. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191103 | PORTABLE TERMINAL TO ADJUST SOUND OUTPUT OF WIRELESS HEADSET - A portable terminal and method for adjusting transmitted sound output to a wireless headset. A portable terminal includes a wireless connection setting unit to establish a connection with a wireless headset and a loopback control unit. The loopback control unit may transmit a test signal within a voice band to the connected wireless headset, receive a sound signal inputted through a microphone of the portable terminal in response to the transmitted test signal, analyze the received sound signal and adjust sound output to be transmitted to the wireless headset. A method for adjusting sound output includes establishing a connection with a wireless headset, transmitting a test signal within a voice band, receiving a sound signal inputted through a microphone of the portable terminal in response to the transmitted test signal, analyzing the sound signal, and adjusting sound output to be transmitted to the wireless headset according to the analysis result. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110190034 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - Disclosed herein are a mobile terminal and a method for displaying information using the same. A mobile terminal includes a display unit that displays information or applications processed in the mobile terminal on a display panel; and a control unit that controls the information or applications displayed on the display unit to be rotated at an angle with respect to the display panel and controls additional information or applications to be displayed on portions about the displayed information or applications produced by the rotation if a reference signal is inputted to the mobile terminal. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110190025 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A device and method for controlling power for a mobile communication terminal correct a difference between the transmission power of a mobile communication terminal set by a radio frequency (RF) test and the transmission power radiated by the antenna of the mobile communication terminal when communicating with a base station. A device includes a communication path detector to determine whether the mobile communication terminal communicates with RF test equipment or a base station, and a power controller to set a measured power control value for data transmission. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110190019 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SYSTEM FRAME NUMBER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is an apparatus and a method for managing s system frame number (SFN) in a wireless communication system. A base station allocates information about the SFN to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and transmits the PDCCH, and a mobile terminal reads the PDCCH at each discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle to inspect whether the mobile terminal received a paging message, and determines whether an SFN of the mobile terminal is identical to an SFN of the base station using the information about the SFN included in the PDCCH, thereby solving a difference in SFN. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110190010 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PAGING AREA - An apparatus and method for managing a paging area may induce a paging area to be allocated to a User Equipment (UE). A paging area may be controlled to be updated upon an occurrence of an event and may reduce traffic congestion. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110189993 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING TEMPORARY SUBSCRIBER OF SMALL BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile terminal transmits a temporary subscriber request message requesting a temporary subscriber registration to a subscriber management server of a core network via a macro base station if camping on a small base station fails, a subscriber management server receives the temporary subscriber request message and transmits the temporary subscriber request message to the small base station if the mobile terminal is registrable as a temporary subscriber of the small base station, and a small base station receives the temporary subscriber request message and determines whether to accept or reject the temporary subscriber registration of the mobile terminal, and transmits, to the subscriber management server or to the mobile terminal, a temporary subscriber response message indicating that the mobile terminal is permitted to be registered as a temporary subscriber if the temporary subscriber registration is accepted. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110189977 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING SCHEDULE INFORMATION BETWEEN MOBILE TERMINALS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In an apparatus and method for sharing schedule information between mobile terminals, a sending mobile terminal transmits schedule information input by a user to a receiving mobile terminal. A schedule management server monitors a position of the sending mobile terminal according to the schedule information. If the current position of the sending mobile terminal is different from position information included in the schedule information, schedule change information is transmitted to the receiving mobile terminal, which outputs the schedule information. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110189955 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD USING THE SAME - Mobile terminals and a communication method using the same in which a mobile terminal includes a display unit to display image information processed in the mobile terminal; a conversion unit to convert an image signal corresponding to the image information output from the display unit into an electric signal; and an electrical output unit to output the electric signal converted by the conversion unit. Further, a mobile terminal includes an electrical reception unit to receive an electric signal for image information; a conversion unit to convert the electric signal received by the electrical reception unit into an image signal; and a display unit to display image information corresponding to the image signal converted by the conversion unit. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188545 | DIRECT-SEQUENCE ULTRA-WIDEBAND TERMINAL DEVICE - Provided is a Direct-Sequence Ultra-Wideband (DS-UWB) terminal device. A mobile communication terminal device using a DS-UWB scheme may simultaneously or sequentially transmit and receive a signal in a low-frequency band and a signal in a high-frequency band, and may simultaneously process the signals. Therefore, the DS-UWB scheme may be applied to a function division technique. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188542 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A communication apparatus and method for operating a communication apparatus are provided. The communication apparatus is configured to determine whether a sub-frequency band causing interference is present among sub-frequency bands included in a reception frequency band group, and to send to another communication apparatus an interference avoidance request signal which requests the other communication apparatus to transmit signals by use of remaining sub-frequency bands except the sub-frequency band causing interference, leading to simpler and more efficient interference avoidance. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188483 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION - A communication terminal captures an image of a device having a local area wireless communication function, displays the image on a screen, and performs local area wireless communications with the device while further displaying data stored in the device on the screen. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188453 | BASE STATION, CSG MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed are a small base station and a method for managing a mobile terminal, and a closed subscriber group (CSG) management server. The small base station may communicate with a server for managing a CSG in which the mobile terminal is registered, and may temporarily delete the mobile terminal from the CSG if the mobile terminal is in a packet data protocol (PDP) preservation state or re-register the temporarily deleted mobile terminal in the CSG. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188423 | MULTI-MODE TERMINAL, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a system and method for reducing power consumption of a multi-mode terminal, which can decrease power consumption of a multi-mode terminal that supports mobile communication and wireless local area network (LAN) functions and increase efficiency of the wireless LAN function. To this end, power is cut off or a low-power state is maintained if a wireless LAN service is not used, and power is applied to a wireless LAN modem if a user requests or a call reception message is received through a mobile communication modem. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188390 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a communication terminal and a method for determining a packet retransmission time in the hand-off thereof. If a hand-off between heterogeneous communication networks with different speeds is generated, a packet retransmission time after the hand-off is determined corresponding to features of a current communication network so that an error packet can be retransmitted at a speed suitable for the corresponding handed-off communication network without waste of communication resources. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188189 | FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC PRODUCT HAVING A SHAPE CHANGE CHARACTERISTIC AND METHOD THEREOF - A flexible electronic product includes a flexible electronic assembled body and an actuator including a shape memory member. The actuator of the flexible electronic product deforms in response to an input. The flexible electronic assembled body includes a flexible display device, such as an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a plastic liquid crystal display (LCD), a plastic plasma display panel (PDP), an electronic ink panel, an organic thin film transistor (OTFT). | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187828 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING 3D LOCATION INFORMATION - An apparatus to obtain 3D location information from an image using a single camera or sensor includes a first table, in which the numbers of pixels are recorded according to the distance of a reference object. Using the prepared first table and a determined focal distance, a second table is generated in which the number of pixels is recorded according to the distance of a target object. Distance information is then calculated according to the detected number of pixels with reference to the second table. A method for obtaining 3D location information includes detecting a number of pixels of a target object from a first image, generating tables including numbers of pixels according to distance, detecting a central pixel and a number of pixels of the target object from a second image, and estimating two-dimensional location information one-dimensional distance of the target object from the tables and pixel information. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187750 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE AND METHOD - A method for controlling an image may include activating a selected area of the image based on a touch point, setting the selected area according to a maintained touch input or according to a second input, increasing a zoom of the image, and outputting the zoomed selected area if a touch release is sensed. An apparatus to control an image displayed on a screen may include a touch sensing unit, a display unit, and a screen processing unit of which the screen processing unit activates a selected area and zooms the selected area based on a touch. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187745 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION - A system and method for providing augmented reality (AR) information to a mobile communication terminal in a mobile communication system is provided. If the mobile communication terminal is determined to have entered a service cell providing AR information, the mobile communication terminal transmits an AR information request including position information to a server. Upon receiving the AR information request signal, the server determines AR information including at least one tag pattern provided in the service cell and information associated with the tag pattern and transmits the AR information to the mobile communication terminal. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187744 | SYSTEM, TERMINAL, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY - A system, a terminal, a server, and a method for providing an augmented reality are capable of providing environment information data in a direction viewed by a user from a current position. The server for providing an augmented reality manages information data to be provided to the terminal in a database according to a section. If the server receives current position information and direction information of the terminal from the terminal connected according to an execution of an augmented reality mode, the server searches information data in a direction in which the terminal faces in a section in which the terminal is currently located from the database, and transmits the searched information data to the terminal. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187743 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY - A first terminal shares a digital marker edited in a digital marker editing mode and an object corresponding to the edited digital marker with a second terminal using a wireless communication technology. If a digital marker is displayed on an image display unit of the first terminal, the second terminal photographs the digital marker using a camera, and synthesizes an object corresponding to the photographed digital marker with a real-time video image obtained through the camera to display a merged image as augmented reality. Then, the second terminal receives input information for changing the digital marker from a user, and transmits the received input information to the first terminal. The first terminal changes a digital marker using the input information received from the second terminal. The second terminal photographs the changed digital marker, and displays an object corresponding to the changed digital marker. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187724 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - A mobile terminal includes a display unit to display information processed by the mobile terminal, the display unit comprising a touch panel; and a control unit to control the display to display first information in a first direction if a first drag is detected and to display second information in a second direction different from the first direction while the first information is displayed if a second drag is detected. An information display method for a mobile terminal includes displaying first information in a first direction in response to a first drag; and displaying second information in a second direction different from the first direction in response to a second drag while the first information is displayed. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187709 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A mobile terminal to display information includes a memory unit to store menu information and application information corresponding to a menu; a display unit that includes a touch panel and displays a first item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the menu; and a control unit that rotates a touched display area of the first item and displays a second item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the menu. The menu may include a main menu, one or more sub-menus, and one or more items, which may be executable applications. The first item may be an entry in a contact list, a status item representing recent call or message activity, or a multimedia item. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187681 | APPARATUS FOR SCREEN LOCATION CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - The apparatus to control an image output position of a flexible display moves a position of an image output area in a screen area when the flexible display is rotated. The apparatus may include: a bending measurement unit to measure a bending degree of the flexible display; a rotation measurement unit to measure a rotation degree and a rotation direction of the flexible display; and a controller to output an image at an image output area, and move a position of the image output area. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187659 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus displays a images depending on a viewing angle. The display includes a panel unit including a plurality of unit pixels, each unit pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels having different polarization characteristics, and a control unit to control the sub-pixels, the sub-pixels respectively displaying at least one image polarized at different angles. The display apparatus may display different images simultaneously through a screen. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187656 | INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD - An interface apparatus and method that may display an interface image by synthesizing a reference resonance frequency with the interface image, and may transmit a resonance occurrence frequency to the displayed interface image to generate a resonance between the reference resonance frequency and the resonance occurrence frequency to provide a user with sensory feedback. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187655 | MULTI-DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A multi-display device includes: a transparent first touch panel; a second touch panel of which at least a part overlaps the first touch panel; and an operation controller which operates the first and second touch panels. The operation controller senses a touch input of the first and second touch panels to determine and execute a function according to a state of the sensed touch input and an overlapped state of the first and second touch panels. The operation controller may selectively activate first and second functions of first and second touch panels, respectively, according to a touch recognition result and select and execute a third function linked with the first and second functions. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187625 | ANTENNA CONNECTOR OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile communication terminal includes a main member and a moving member movably joined to the main member. An antenna connector connects and disconnects an antenna to a PCB according to a movement of the moving member. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187623 | UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS TYPE WIRELESS DATA CARD - A universal serial bus (USB) type wireless data card is used for wireless communication in a multi-in/multi-out (MIMO) environment. The USB type wireless data card includes a card body. A USB connector is disposed at one end of the card body and connectable to a USB port of an electronic device. An antenna part includes first and second antennae connected to the card body such that the first and second antennae may be received in the card body and may be extended from the card body to move away from the card body and be spaced apart from the USB connector. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110186656 | MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING PERFUME EMITTING APPARATUS - A mobile terminal with perfume emission includes a perfume generator to store perfume; and a motor coupled to the perfume generator to emit the perfume to outside of the mobile terminal. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110186414 | DOME SWITCH INTEGRATED TOUCH WINDOW FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A dome switch integrated touch window for a mobile terminal includes a lower substrate, a dome switch, a spacer sheet, and an upper substrate. A dome switch is disposed on a lower substrate to correspond to a contact terminal. The dome switch extends through a spacer sheet and an upper substrate disposed on the spacer sheet. The dome switch is covered by a design film. The dome switch includes an operation member having a resilient base disposed over the contact terminal and a resilient protrusion projecting from the resilient base, and a dome disposed between the operation member and the lower substrate. The operation member may have an upwardly concaved dome-shaped groove to receive the dome. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110184888 | SYSTEM TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE WIRELESS POWER, TERMINAL DEVICE, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A system to transmit and receive wireless power, a terminal device, a management server, and a wireless power transmission apparatus may use non-radial wireless energy transmission technology to generate a resonant frequency in resonators and charge a device. The terminal device may receive the wireless power to perform charging by non-contact energy transmission. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110183684 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD - A mobile communication terminal and a method are employed to select an object in an image captured by a camera, to detect information about a current position of the mobile communication terminal, information about a bearing of the object, and information about the distance between the current position of the mobile communication terminal and the object, and to calculate the position of the object based on the information. Thus, information about an object located a distance from the current position of the mobile communication terminal can be obtained using the mobile communication terminal. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110182484 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR FORMING HUMAN NETWORK USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of forming a human network using the same are provided. The method for forming a human network includes selecting a person of interest from an image; selecting a relay person from the first stored image to which information about the selected person of interest is relayed through facial recognition; and acquiring the personal information for the selected person of interest from a mobile terminal of the selected relay person. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110182470 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING IMAGE CONVERSION FUNCTION AND METHOD - A mobile communication terminal having an image conversion function arranges and displays area-specific images in a three-dimensional (3D) space on the basis of distance information of the area-specific images of a two-dimensional (2D) image. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181489 | UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS TYPE WIRELESS DATA CARD - A universal serial bus (USB) type wireless data card is used for wireless communication in a multi-in/multi-out (MIMO) environment. The USB type wireless data card includes a card body. A USB connector is installed at a first end of the card body and is connectable to a USB port of an electronic device. An antenna part includes a first antenna and a second antenna rotatable with respect to the card body to be spaced apart from the electronic device. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110176634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION-REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are an apparatus for Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) allocation and a method for CSI-RS transmission using the same in a wireless communication system. A CSI-RS for each antenna port is allocated to REs or subcarriers on a basis of a symbol or symbol axis in a subframe or Resource Block (RB), and is allocated in such a manner that a distance between neighboring CSI-RS allocation REs or subcarriers may be 3 REs or subcarriers. Accordingly, in the range of following CSI-RS transmission overhead, CSI-RSs are allocated to a time-frequency resource domain in such a manner so as to have perfect orthogonality or quasi-orthogonality according to cells or cell groups. Then, the CSI-RSs, which have been allocated to the time-frequency resource domain, are transmitted. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110171997 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING EVENT PICTURE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for forming an event picture in a mobile communication terminal. If an event such as call reception, alarm or message reception occurs while a service picture is displayed on a screen of the terminal, the current service picture is backed up, a command input through the buttons provided to the terminal is interrupted and the event picture is overlapped over the current service picture, thereby allowing a user to perceive the corresponding event. Accordingly, the terminal user can correctly perceive the event occurred during the service. In addition, when the event occurs, the command input through the buttons is interrupted, so that it is possible to prevent an unintended event processing or erroneous operation due to an erroneous button manipulation. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110171951 | MOBILE PHONE FOR CONTROLLING DIVERSITY - A mobile phone to transmit and receive a radio frequency signal through a first antenna and a second antenna in a radio communication system includes a first radio frequency signal receiving unit to convert the radio frequency signal received through the first antenna into a baseband signal to be transmitted to a controller, a second radio frequency signal receiving unit to convert the radio frequency signal received through the second antenna into a baseband signal to be transmitted to the controller, and a radio frequency signal transmitting unit to convert a baseband signal transmitted from the controller into a radio frequency signal, to distribute the radio frequency signal, and to selectively output the distributed radio frequency signal to the first antenna and the second antenna. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170689 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ENCRYPTED MESSAGE - A terminal may include a memory to store first encryption information applied to the handheld terminal and second encryption information corresponding to a phone number of another party's terminal, and a control unit to encrypt a message using the first encryption information and the second encryption information stored in the memory, when transmitting the message to the other party's terminal. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170623 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL INFORMATION FEEDBACK, BASE STATION RECEIVING THE CHANNEL INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD OF THE BASE STATION - Disclosed is a wireless communication system including an apparatus and a method for feeding back channel information of a User Equipment (UE); a Base Station (BS) for receiving channel information of a UE and for communicating with the UE; and a communication method of the BS which can dynamically switch between Single-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (SU-MIMO) and Multiple-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) access schemes. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110159904 | USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, AND METHOD FOR FRAME TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - Provided are a user equipment, a frame transmission and reception method using a radio resource of the user equipment, and a frame transmission method using a radio resource of a base station. If an application is generated, a radio resource allocation may be requested. In response to the request, a data radio resource for a data frame and a separate control radio resource for a control frame may be allocated. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110143740 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SMALL BASE STATION - An apparatus and a method for controlling a small base station using a macro base station may reduce interference between the small base station and the macro base station. The method includes determining whether a small base station is in a blank state; transmitting a deactivation request message to the macro base station if the small base station is in the blank state; and operating the small base station in an inactive mode if a deactivation response message is received from the macro base station. The inactive mode being a mode of the small base station in which a synchronization channel or a minimal channel is transmitted to enable a terminal in the cell area of the small base station to identify the small base station. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143703 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING EMERGENCY CALL IN TERMINAL - A terminal and a method for supporting an emergency call in a terminal in which policy information regarding an emergency call may be received from a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and used to select a PLMN supporting the emergency call for a current terminal and a base station of the PLMN. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110142026 | HYBRID PHONE AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING CHANNEL IN THE HYBRID PHONE - A hybrid phone to acquire channels has a first communication mode supporting voice/low-rate data communications and a second communication mode supporting high-rate data communication, and includes a phone control unit having a communication processor controlling voice/data communications according to programs stored in a memory. The communication processor includes a channel acquisition processor attempting to acquire channels for the first and second communication modes. If the channel acquisition processor cannot acquire a channel for the second communication mode within a predetermined time, the channel acquisition processor stops attempting to acquire the channel for the second communication mode and reattempts to acquire the channel for the first communication mode. If the channel acquisition processor acquires the channel for the first communication mode, the channel acquisition processor reattempts to acquire the channel for the second communication mode. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110128229 | TERMINAL AND SLIDING APPARATUS - A terminal includes two bodies facing each other of which one of the two bodies inclinedly slides relative to the other body. The terminal may include a first body, a second body facing the first body, and a sliding apparatus to inclinedly slide the first body and the second body between a first position in which the first body and the second body face each other and a second position in which the second body is inclined with respect to the first body. The sliding apparatus converts a sliding force exerted in a linear direction to a rotation force in a rotation direction. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110124372 | IMAGE/AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICE OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - In an image/audio playback technology in a mobile communication terminal, a single image is divided into two halves, i.e., left-half and right-half images, which are displayed on two mobile communication terminals, respectively. In addition, two mobile communication terminals can play left-side and right-side audio data, respectively, which compose stereo audio data, according to the relative locations of the two mobile communication terminals. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122803 | SMALL BASE STATION AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A small base station to provide a service wirelessly or through wires includes an operation mode management unit to determine an operating mode of the small base station. An operation method of the small base station may determine connection statuses of terminals, and may set an operation mode of a wireless communication unit as a sleep mode or an idle mode if all terminals registered in the small base station are wirelessly connected to the small base station. If there are registered terminals not located in the small base station cell area, the operation mode may be sleep mode. If there are terminals connected wirelessly to the small base station, the operation mode may be the active mode. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110116410 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for controlling inter-cell interference (ICI) in a mobile communication system by transmitting uplink control information from a base station in a home cell to a terminal of a neighboring cell based on ICI amount information measured at the base station. The ICI control method includes receiving an uplink signal at a base station and extracting inter-cell interference amount information from the uplink signal, generating uplink control information based on the extracted inter-cell interference amount information, and transmitting the uplink control information to a terminal in a neighboring cell. The terminal schedules an uplink resource including selecting frequency bands for an uplink signal by referring to the uplink control information. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110111813 | TERMINAL AND SLIDING APPARATUS OF TERMINAL - A terminal may include a first body, a second body connected to the first body, and a sliding apparatus to operate the first body and the second body between a first position in which the second body is disposed on the first body, and a second position in which the second body is inclined with respect to the first body. The sliding apparatus may include a connection body having a first end connected to the first body and a second end connected to the second body, and an operator to semi-automatically operate the second body relative to the first body between the first position and the second position. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110107212 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEE-THROUGH INPUT - A terminal and a method for providing a see-through input provide intuitive control of a plurality of applications. The terminal may include a touchscreen to display a first application and a second application and to sense occurrence of a touch and generate a touch signal; and a control unit to determine whether the touch signal is a general input for the first application or a see-through input for the second application and to execute a function of an application corresponding to the general input or the see-through input. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110107210 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL AXES AND USER INTERFACE APPARATUS USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL PLANES FORMED BY THREE-DIMENSIONAL AXES - A user interface apparatus using three-dimensional axes and a user interface apparatus using two-dimensional planes, each of the two-dimensional planes being formed by two of three-dimensional axes, are provided. The user interface apparatus uses the three-dimensional axes or the two-dimensional planes to select a menu or to search for desired information in a device, such as a mobile terminal. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110105162 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and a method for transmitting control information by a system in a heterogeneous wireless communication network using Component Carriers (CCs), the heterogeneous wireless communication network including a first wireless communication network and a second wireless communication network, which at least partially overlap and are heterogeneous, the system controlling the second wireless communication network can more stably and efficiently transmit control information in a heterogeneous network environment. The method includes: calculating an environmental parameter having an influence on transmission of control information; determining a transmission scheme of the control information according to the calculated environmental parameter; and transmitting the control information to a User Equipment (UE) connected to the second wireless communication network according to the determined transmission scheme. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110105116 | TERMINAL FOR ENTERING COVERAGE OF SMALL BASE STATION, SMALL BASE STATION, NETWORK APPARATUS, AND METHOD - A terminal for entering a coverage of a small base station, a network apparatus, and a method for operating the same are provided. The network apparatus controls small base stations, on which the terminal is camped, to operate in an active mode in which the small base station emits radio frequency (RF) signals, and controls small base stations, accessible by the terminal but not camped on by the terminal, to operate in an inactive mode in which the small base station does not emit RF signals. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110105107 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING ACTIVATION INDICATOR REGARDING COMPONENT CARRIER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for supporting activation/deactivation of serving cells by a base station (eNB) in a wireless communication system provides decreased overhead and decreased power consumption for a user equipment (UE). The method includes configuring M supportable serving cells in the UE, configuring an indicator indicating activation/deactivation of each of the M serving cells, configuring a medium access control (MAC) message which includes a MAC control element (CE) and a logical channel identifier (LCID), the MAC CE including the indicator configured for each of the M serving cells and having a length corresponding to an integer multiple of 8 bits, the LCID indicating that the MAC CE includes the indicator indicating activation/deactivation of each serving cell, and transmitting the configured MAC message to the UE. Accordingly, a control channel or data channel regarding a component carrier is selectively received depending on whether the component carrier is activated. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102336 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A user interface apparatus may include a display unit to display a screen according to an application, a touch sensor to generate a touch signal if a touch is sensed on the display unit, a pressure sensor to generate a push signal if a push is sensed on the display unit, and an interface unit to determine an input according to the touch signal and the push signal, and to perform an operation of the application corresponding to the determined input. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110092234 | SMALL BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION THEREOF - A small base station and a method for controlling an operation of the small base station provides that a first control unit of the small base station may control the small base station to be switched to an idle mode if a terminal is not located in a coverage of the small cell. If the small base station is switched to the idle mode, a communication unit of the small base station may transmit a signal about a base station cognitive channel so that the terminal may recognize the small cell. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110092215 | NETWORK CONTROLLER AND SMALL BASE STATION - A small base station may report to a network controller about whether a radio frequency (RF) signal transmitted from a macro base station is sensed. The network controller may control an operational mode of the small base station depending on whether the RF signal is sensed. Accordingly, the small base station may not transmit the RF signal at all times, and thus, it is possible to reduce an interference between a small cell and a macro cell or interference between the small cell and another small cell. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110087983 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH INTERFACE AND TOUCH INTERFACE METHOD - A mobile communication terminal having a touch interface and a touch interface method provide a touch selection process for the purpose of menu selection. The mobile communication terminal includes a touch unit to generate a touch signal in response to a received touch, a touch signal determination unit to receive the touch signal from the touch unit, and to determine whether the touch is maintained or released, and an execution menu processing unit to generate an execution menu list with respect to data corresponding to the touch signal if the touch is determined to be maintained, to sequentially activate respective execution menus of the execution menu list in accordance with a menu change time, and to transmit an execution command with respect to the activated execution menu to execute the activated execution menu to a control unit if the touch is determined to be released. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110086659 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for transmitting and receiving control information, such as downlink assignment and uplink grant, to each CC through a DCI format of a PDCCH in a wireless communication system using a plurality of CCs. Exemplary embodiments include configuration and transmission of a CC indicator for the DCI format, in order to identify a CC to which the control information transferred by each DCI format corresponds from among the CCs. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110086637 | NETWORK SERVER, MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile communication terminal may include a reception unit to receive a message from a network server in accordance with an entrance of the mobile communication terminal to coverage area of a small-sized base station, a message definition unit to verify that an expiration time is included in the received message defining the message as a driving command message, and a terminal control unit to extract the expiration time from the defined driving command message and to drive a terminal timer to reduce the extracted expiration time. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110081933 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for signal transmission/reception between a user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) or cell in a wireless communication system in which a position of a US may be determined by identifying according to a positioning reference signal (PRS) pattern. By a method of transmitting PRSs using a more effective and efficient muting method, it is possible to reduce interference between multiple base stations that simultaneously transmit a same PRS pattern. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080902 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING A PREAMBLE IN AN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS MOBILE TERMINAL - A preamble acquisition apparatus includes a first PN code generation unit for generating a first PN code having a bit string, a first correlation calculation unit for correlating a received frequency domain preamble signal with the first PN code within a first correlation range to generate a first correlation value, a first correlation value comparison unit for comparing the first correlation value with a first threshold value, a second PN code generation unit for generating a second PN code, a second correlation calculation unit for correlating the received frequency domain preamble signal with the second PN code within a second correlation range to generate a second correlation value, and a preamble acquisition determination unit for comparing the second correlation value with a second threshold value to determine whether to acquire the preamble. The bit values of the first PN code are located in the second PN code. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110079499 | DOME SHEET STRUCTURE INCLUDING LIGHT GUIDE FILM AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL INCLUDING THE DOME SHEET STRUCTURE - A dome sheet structure of a mobile communication terminal may include: a metal dome covering a contact point printed on a printed circuit board; and a light guide film disposed on the metal dome. The light guide film may be bonded with the metal dome in a bonding area, and the bonding area may be an area between two concentric circles having different diameters and centered at a center of the metal dome. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110078614 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A terminal to provide a virtual keyboard includes a touch panel to sense a touch input, a memory unit to store a plurality of virtual keyboards and a touch point number corresponding to each virtual keyboard, a virtual keyboard setting unit to select one of the virtual keyboards corresponding to a touch point number that matches a number of sensed touch inputs, and a display unit to display the selected virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard setting unit may select one of the virtual keyboards according to a dimension or area of the sensed touch input, and may relocate the virtual keyboard according to coordinates of a touch input. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078567 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - An apparatus includes a key providing unit to arrange one key group in a main touch area and to arrange remaining key groups in sub-touch area, a touch screen to display a virtual keyboard and to receive an input, and an input recognizing unit to recognize a user-inputted direction gesture. The key providing unit decreases the size of the key group in the main touch area and moves it to the sub-touch area, enlarges a size of a key group corresponding to the direction of the direction gesture and moved into the main touch area. A method to display the virtual keyboard also includes decreasing the size of the key group in the main touch area and rearranging it into the sub-touch area, enlarging a size of a key group in the sub-touch area receiving a click input, and arranging it into the main touch area. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074829 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL INCLUDING TOUCH INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF - A mobile communication terminal includes a touch unit to receive a first touch and to generate a first touch signal according to the received first touch, a coordinate computation unit to receive the first touch signal from the touch unit to compute first touch position coordinates of the first touch, a region enlargement unit to define an original region in accordance with an enlargement condition according to the first touch position coordinates and to enlarge the original region to generate an enlargement region, a coordinate mapping unit to generate second coordinates of the enlargement region and to map first coordinates of the original region with the second coordinates of the enlargement region, and a control unit to perform a command on the first coordinates of the original region. A method for the mobile communication terminal includes displaying the enlargement region on a display of the mobile communication terminal. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110069215 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PICTURE USING IMAGE RECOGNITION - A picture control apparatus provides control of a picture displayed on a display of a mobile terminal according to an action detected through image recognition. A picture control method includes detecting an action from images captured by a camera, and controlling a picture displayed on a display if the detected action is a specific action. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110068903 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL INCLUDING RFID READER AND TRANSCEPTION METHOD THEREOF - A mobile communication terminal including a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader includes a base band unit to control communications, a Radio Frequency (RF) unit to transceive a signal representing voice and data communications with an external mobile communication terminal, and an RFID unit to transceive an RFID signal with a RFID transponder in a high frequency band through the RF unit. An RFID RF block may share components with the RF unit including an antenna, an antenna switch module and a high output amplifier unit to reduce circuit area consumption. The RFID signal may be transceived over a UHF band to increase an operating range of the RFID. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110067097 | PLATFORM SECURITY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A platform security apparatus and a method thereof are capable of protecting a mobile communication terminal from an abnormal or unintended operation of an application program installed over a platform of the mobile communication terminal. An authentication key is created with respect to each function of an application program, and the authentication key and an identifier of the application program are associated with each other and stored. An authentication process is performed by comparing an authentication key and an identifier of an application program registered as function parameters with an authentication key and an identifier of the application program which have been stored, when the application program calls the function. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110061012 | MOBILE TERMINAL TO DISPLAY COMPOSITE MENU INFORMATION - A mobile terminal to display composite menu information generated by grouping a plurality of menu items includes a display unit to display menu information; a memory unit to store composite menu information generated by grouping a plurality of menu items; and a control unit to control composite menu item corresponding to a plurality of menu items selected by a user's instruction to be displayed on the display unit. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110059753 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING INFORMATION OF OTHER MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINALS - A mobile communication system and a method for capturing information of other mobile communication terminals located within a distance from the user's mobile communication terminal may include a first mobile communication terminal for transmitting capture signal, location information and identification information; the second mobile communication terminals for transmitting location information and identification information of the second mobile communication terminals; and a base station for transmitting the GPS driving signal to the second mobile communication terminals and capturing information of the second mobile communication terminals. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058053 | MOBILE TERMINAL WITH MULTIPLE CAMERAS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes: a first camera; a second camera; an image processor to process first image data generated by the first camera according to an interface format of a host processor; and a concurrent driver to process second image data generated by the second camera according to an output format of the image processor and to buffer the processed second image data to the host processor. A method for image processing of a mobile terminal includes, if both the first and second cameras operate in an ON state, the image processor processing the first image data of the first camera according to the interface format of the host processor, and the concurrent driver operating in an active mode to process the second image data of the second camera according to the output format of the image processor and buffering the arranged images to the host processor. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058051 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL FUNCTION AND PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL SYSTEM - In a mobile terminal having a photographing control function based on an image recognition technique and a photographing control system employing an image recognition technique, a specific action is detected from a user image taken by one camera, and the operation of another camera or the processing of an image taken by the camera is controlled when the specific action has been detected, thereby controlling photographing without direct physical manipulation of a user. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110055769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCATION IMAGE - A system to provide a three-dimensional (3D) location image includes a Global Positioning System device to identify location data corresponding to image data generated by a camera, a transmission unit to transmit the image data and the location data to a 3D location information server, a receiving unit to receive location display data from the 3D location information server, a generation unit to generate 3D location image data using the location display data, and a providing unit to display the 3D location image data. A method for providing a 3D location image includes generating image data, identifying location data associated with the image, transmitting the image data and the location data to a 3D location information server, receiving location display data from the 3D location information server, and generating and displaying 3D location image data using the location display data and the image data. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110053635 | APPARATUS TO MODIFY APPLICATIONS OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An experience modification apparatus for a mobile terminal generates a modification event upon detecting execution of an application provided by the mobile terminal or upon detecting a specific order of key inputs so as to modify the applications of the mobile terminal. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110043469 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING HOT KEY FUNCTION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for executing a hot key function of a mobile terminal provide that, if a motion of the mobile terminal is detected and a touch of a user is detected, a specific hot key function is executed, so that the user may input commands according to the touch of the user and the motion of the mobile terminal. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110037658 | MULTI-LAYER THIN FILM INTERNAL ANTENNA, TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTI-LAYER THIN FILM INTERNAL ANTENNA - A multi-layer thin film internal antenna is formed by sequentially sputter depositing a deposition layer and a conductive layer on a substrate. The deposition layer and the conductive layer may be formed using, as target materials, nickel and silver, respectively. A protecting layer may be further sputter deposited on the conductive layer. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110034148 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING COMMUNICATION OPERATION RESULTED FROM AN ERRONEOUS CONTENT IN MOBILE PLATFORM - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for detecting whether a content executed in a mobile platform of mobile communication terminal perform a communication operation without a user's reservation or permission, thereby preventing an unexpected communication operation. In this invention, if a content performs the communication operation due to its malfunction by a computer virus or a program error, the communication operation, such as voice calling or message transmission to unspecified communication terminal or access to arbitrary wireless internet server, is detected and interrupted. With the interruption of the unexpected communication operation, the user's damage, such as the payment of charges for communication services, is previously prevented. In case of the interruption of the communication operation, the user is informed of the erroneous content and the performed communication operation so that the user selects the corresponding contents to be deleted or preserved. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110023083 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT FOR USE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A digital rights management (DRM) apparatus in a mobile terminal includes DRM middleware that makes different types of DRM systems compatible. The DRM middleware includes at least one plug-in module to perform a conversion between different types of DRM contents. A part of the at least one plug-in module is downloaded in real time from a server and is executed. A part of the at least one plug-in module is executed by a server by remote control through a plug-in interface. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110021193 | MOBILE STATION, TRANSMISSION RELAY, BASE STATION, AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA USING CONNECTION IDENTIFIER IN MULTI-HOP RELAY SYSTEM - A Connection Identifier (CID) including an ID of a base station and an ID of a transmission relay is assigned to a mobile station by a transmission relay to transmit and receive information among the mobile station and the base station via the transmission relay. A mobile station includes a receiving unit to receive a CID from a transmission relay connected to a base station, the CID assigned by the transmission relay and including an ID of the base station and ID of the transmission relay; and a transmission unit to transmit data to the base station through the transmission relay based on the CID. The transmission relay includes a CID assignment unit to assign the CID to the mobile station. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110016390 | MOBILE TERMINAL TO DISPLAY MENU INFORMATION ACCORDING TO TOUCH SIGNAL - A mobile terminal that displays menu information along a trace may include a memory unit to store menu information; a touch screen including a touch panel, the touch screen to display the menu information; and a controller to control the touch screen to display at least a portion of the menu information on a trace according to a dragged input signal corresponding to the trace. A method for displaying menu information on a display includes storing menu information including a menu item and sub-menu items corresponding to the menu item, receiving a dragged input signal on the display, the dragged input signal beginning at a start point, and displaying the sub-menu items on a trace corresponding to the dragged input signal, the menu item arranged at the start point. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110014904 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE CONTROL MENU AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THE SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE CONTROL MENU - A system to provide a supplementary service control menu includes an information collection unit to collect state information associated with a supplementary service; a level determination unit to determine a level of the supplementary service using the state information; a menu building unit to generate an identifier (ID) of the supplementary service and to build the supplementary service control menu; and a menu display unit to display the built supplementary service control menu including the supplementary service having an effect associated with the level on a screen. A method for providing the supplementary service control menu includes collecting state information associated with a supplementary service; determining a level of the supplementary service; generating an ID of the supplementary service; building the supplementary service control menu including the generated ID; and displaying the supplementary service control menu including the supplementary service having an effect associated with the level. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110007189 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CONVERSION TO DIGITAL ZOOM MODE - Provided are an apparatus and method of automatic conversion to a digital zoom mode allowing a digital zoom to be executed by automatically converting to a highest resolution mode supporting the digital zoom when a digital zoom key is pushed, in a high-resolution mode that a wireless communication terminal does not support such a digital zoom. The apparatus includes a key pad having a digital zoom key, a video processing unit for processing video data from the camera unit to determine a resolution and execute a digital zoom function, and a control unit for controlling the video processing unit to convert a resolution mode that does not support the digital zoom function to a highest resolution mode among resolution modes supporting the digital zoom function and execute the digital zoom function when the digital zoom key is pressed in the resolution mode that does not support the digital zoom function. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20100316015 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PACKET SERVICE SETUP AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for controlling packet service setup includes the steps of: transmitting a packet service request message containing a requested QoS to a packet service node by a mobile communication terminal; transmitting to the mobile communication terminal a packet service request response message including an assigned QoS determined in consideration of the requested QoS and network resources contained in the message received by the packet service node; comparing one or more parameter values among parameters contained in the assigned QoS contained in the packet service request response message from a mobile communication network with corresponding one or more parameter values among parameters contained in the QoS requested by the mobile communication terminal; and transmitting a packet service cancel request message if a difference between the parameter values is greater than or equal to a preset value. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100306650 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER INTERFACE IN TOUCH DEVICE - A user interface apparatus includes a position identification unit to identify a first position where a first touch is generated on a display screen; a priority assignment unit to respectively assign priorities to menu items displayed on the display screen; and a menu item movement unit to move the menu items to the first position as a destination according to the assigned priorities and in response to the first touch. A user interface method in a touch device includes identifying a first position where a first touch is generated on a display screen, respectively assigning priorities to menu items displayed on the display screen, and moving the menu items to the first position according to the assigned priorities in response to receiving the first touch. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100299873 | HINGE ASSEMBLY AND PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A portable device includes a first body element, a second body element, and a hinge assembly to allow the second body element to slide and rotate, and to vary the vertical arrangement between the first body element and the second body element while remaining parallel to each other. The hinge assembly has a first end rotatably coupled to the first body element and a second end rotatably and slidably coupled to the second body element to allow the first body element and the second body element to slide and vary the vertical arrangement therebetween while staying parallel to each other. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100277365 | MOBILE TERMINAL TO PROVIDE LOCATION MANAGEMENT USING MULTIMEDIA DATA AND METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal to manage a location using multimedia data and a method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal acquires a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signal in a camera preview and utilizes the GPS satellite signal in a map service in association with multimedia data. In addition, the mobile terminal acquires and stores place name information from a location guide service using location information, and provides a service using the location information stored in the multimedia data. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100262543 | ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT METHOD AND CASH PAYING METHOD USING LCD BARCODE DISPLAYED ON MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed are an electronic settlement system, an electronic settlement method, and a cash payment method using a barcode displayed on a mobile terminal, thereby performing member identification using the barcode including member information, electronic settlement services (such as credit card settlement, direct payment card settlement, advance payment card settlement, small amount settlement, and Giro system settlement) at various shops via a procedure verifying whether a user is an actual owner of the barcode, cash payment services via member information barcode and member identification procedures, advance payment card services by depositing a designated amount of money at a database of the bank and allowing the user to systematically use the advance card within the deposited money, and wireless banking services for transmitting and receiving various banking related data via wireless network between the bank and the members. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100262540 | ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT METHOD AND CASH PAYING METHOD USING LCD BARCODE DISPLAYED ON MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed are an electronic settlement system, an electronic settlement method, and a cash payment method using a barcode displayed on a mobile terminal, thereby simply performing member identification using the barcode including member information, electronic settlement services (such as credit card settlement, direct payment card settlement, advance payment card settlement, small amount settlement, and Giro system settlement) at various shops via a procedure verifying whether a user is an actual owner of the barcode, cash payment services via member information barcode and member identification procedures, advance payment card services by depositing a designated amount of money at a database of the bank and allowing the user to systematically use the advance card within the deposited money, and wireless banking services for transmitting and receiving various banking related data via wireless network between the bank and the members. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100251107 | HANDHELD TERMINAL AND METHOD OF EDITING DATA USING TOUCH INPUT - Provided is a method of editing data and a handheld terminal using the method. The handheld terminal includes: a recognition unit to recognize a touch input associated with a correction code on a screen; a discernment unit to discern an editing function corresponding to the recognized touch input; and an editing unit to edit data provided on the screen according to the discerned editing function. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100246834 | WIND RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIND RECOGNITION USING MICROPHONE - A wind recognition system includes a sampling unit to sample data inputted through a microphone, an amplitude analysis unit to analyze an amplitude pattern of the sampled data, and a wind recognition unit to recognize the inputted data as wind if the analyzed amplitude pattern corresponds to a wind pattern. The amplitude analysis unit obtains amplitude data from the sampled data, and determines that the analyzed amplitude pattern corresponds to the wind pattern if the amplitude data includes n amplitudes each having a predetermined size. Alternatively, the amplitude analysis unit determines that the analyzed amplitude pattern corresponds to the wind pattern if a standard deviation of amplitudes included in the amplitude data is less than a reference deviation. Also, the wind recognition unit may recognize the inputted data as wind if the analyzed frequency spectrum of amplitude data corresponds to a wind prototype. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100246546 | METHOD OF SELECTING ANTENNAS AND TRANSMITTING DATA IN MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS - In a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless local area network (WLAN) system, a method is provided for selecting at least one antenna from a plurality of antennas and transmitting a data frame from a station to an access point via the selected antenna or antennas. A method for transmitting data from a plurality of stations to an access point in the MIMO WLAN system includes detecting a channel status of a channel from the access point to each transmitting antenna of the station, selecting at least one transmitting antenna from among the station's transmitting antennas based on the detected channel status, and transmitting a data frame from the station to the access point via the selected transmitting antenna or antennas. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245392 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING DISPLAY AREA - A display device to change an image displayed in a display area when the display area is changed includes a memory, a location output unit and a screen display unit. The memory stores size information of a display area displayed on a screen and the image data of the displayed image. The location computing unit computes a start point of the changed display area when the display area is changed. The display unit decodes data corresponding to the size of the display area based on the computed new start point from the image data to display the decoded data in the display area. Since the start point is obtained with center point of the changed display area and its size information and then a display area to be displayed is determined based on the start point, a current search location is maintained even when the screen is swung. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100233892 | EXTENDED USB RECEPTACLE AND EXTENDED USB PLUG - An extended USB receptacle includes n standard terminals spaced apart from each other, and up to n-1 extended terminals interposed between the n standard terminals and spaced apart from each other. An extended Universal Serial Bus (USB) plug to connect with a USB receptacle includes n standard terminals spaced apart from each other to correspondingly connect with n standard terminals of the USB receptacle, and n-1 extended terminals interposed between the n standard terminals and spaced apart from each other, the n-1 extended terminals to correspondingly connect to n-1 extended terminals of the USB receptacle if the USB receptacle is an extended USB receptacle. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100232537 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION THROUGH MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - A space-time coding apparatus receives two groups of inputs and outputs two groups of outputs. A configuration of each output group is based on spatial diversity and a configuration between the groups of outputs is based on spatial multiplexing. The space-time coding apparatus may include two spatial diversity coders whose outputs are each connected two spatial multiplexing coders. A plurality of antennas may be respectively connected to outputs of each spatial multiplexing coder. Coding coefficients are configured so that a first wireless receiving terminal corresponding to a first group of outputs receives only input signal components of a first group of inputs, and a second wireless receiving terminal corresponding to a second group of outputs receives only input signal components of a second group of inputs. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100232536 | PRECODING APPARATUS FOR MULTI-USER, MULTI-ANTENNA, WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A multi-antenna wireless transmission apparatus for multiple receiving terminals includes a channel characteristic acquiring unit to acquire characteristic parameters of a wireless transmission channel between a transmitting party antenna and a receiving party antenna, a coefficient calculator to use the characteristic parameters of the wireless transmission channel to calculate coefficients configured such that the transmitting party sets a ratio of received power for a transmission signal at the receiving party to intensity of interference and noise of the transmission signal, and a precoder to multiply an input signal by a matrix whose elements are the coefficients calculated by the coefficient calculator and to output an output signal. The output signal is to be transmitted from the transmitting party antenna to the receiving party antenna. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100221937 | A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WITH A COVER MOVING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CONNECTOR UNIT TO OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS - A wireless communication terminal includes a terminal body having an arrangement portion, a connector unit hinge-connected to the terminal body and able to be accommodated in and taken out of the arrangement portion, a cover unit to move on the terminal body to cover and uncover the arrangement portion, and a guide unit to hold the cover unit in an open position, and to guide the cover unit into a closed position in conjunction with a movement of the connector unit. The cover unit includes an embedded intenna, and the connector unit includes a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector to provide a wireless communication function. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100214984 | METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS PROCESS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for a random access process in a mobile communication system. According to the exemplary embodiments, in the case where a mobile terminal requests a random access to a network, when the network is not able to promptly allocate a resource for the random access to the mobile terminal due to an insufficient resource, the mobile terminal is maintained in a standby state without repeatedly requesting the random access to the network. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the uplink signal interference caused by the repeated random access request, reduce the possibility of communication contention between the mobile terminals for the access to the mobile communication system, and reduce the power consumption of the mobile terminal. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214244 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes an infrared temperature sensor and can detect a user's finger arranged within a detection distance even though the user's finger does not contact the electronic device. Movement of the user's finger is also detected. A pointer positioned and moving according to the position and movement of the user's finger is displayed on a screen of the portable electronic device, and a predetermined function corresponding to the movement of the finger may be performed. A method for controlling the electronic device includes detecting that a user's finger is positioned within a detection distance of an infrared temperature sensor, and displaying a pointer corresponding to a position of the user's finger on a display screen. The method also may include moving the pointer or performing a function corresponding to the movement direction of the pointer. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100208919 | ELECTRET CONDENSER MICROPHONE FOR NOISE ISOLATION AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION - An electret condenser microphone reinforces electrostatic discharge protection and noise isolation by adding a series of components in the electret condenser microphone. It is possible to block TDMA noise by embodying an RC circuit using series resistors and a varistor having a capacitor component in an electret condenser microphone, and to provide ESD protection effect when testing air or contact ESD by mounting two transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diodes. It is possible to block RF noises in various frequency bands, and to reduce TDMA noise level when making a cal with a maximum power level, by applying an electret condenser microphone for ESD protection and noise isolation to a mobile communication terminal. Further, since the electret condenser microphone may use an internal analog ground, an artwork of a PCB substrate or isolations from other parts is possible. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100203869 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PHONE NUMBER MANAGEMENT USING IMAGE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method for phone number management using images in a mobile terminal permit the management of plural phone numbers with a single image through image segmentation. The mobile terminal segments an image into two or more segments and receives and saves phone number management information corresponding to one or more segments. If a call request is input and a segment corresponding to a called party is selected, a call is originated by using the phone number corresponding to the selected segment. While the call is ongoing, the selected segment may be emphasized by being enlarged on the image or brightened relative to other segments. | 08-12-2010 |
