| SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20120131640 | ENABLING PRESENCE INFORMATION ACCESS AND AUTHORIZATION FOR HOME NETWORK TELEPHONY - In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating a presence server in a home network is provided, the method comprising: receiving a request for presence information; sending an event notification to all subscribed control points informing them of the request for presence information; receiving an action from one of the subscribed control points accepting or rejecting the request for presence information; and if the action received from the one of the subscribed control points accepts the request for presence information, causing presence information regarding the one of the subscribed control points to be sent to the entity that sent the request for presence information. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131607 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENTS IN IPTV SERVICE - A system and method for providing advertisements in Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service are provided. The system includes a content server that stores content data; an advertisement server that stores advertisement data; a tag server that collects tag information input from a plurality of users, creates and updates a tag cloud for the content data; and a set-top box that receives the tag cloud, the advertisement data, and the content data and outputs the content data and the received tag cloud to a display unit., The set-top box transmits the tag cloud to the advertisement server while the content data is output and the advertisement server prepares a list of advertisements based on the tag cloud. The set-top box receives the advertisement data from the advertisement server according to the advertisement list and outputs the advertisement data to the display unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131588 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING IN HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-PROCESSOR ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus for data processing in a heterogeneous multi-processor environment are provided. The apparatus including an analysis unit configured to analyze 1) operations to be run in connection with data processing and 2) types and a number of processors available for the data processing, a partition unit configured to dynamically partition data into a plurality of data regions having different sizes based on the analyzed operations and operation-specific processor priority information, which is stored in advance of running the operations, and a scheduling unit configured to perform scheduling by allocating operations to be run in the data regions between the available processors. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131562 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPGRADING VIRTUAL MACHINE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for upgrading a virtual machine in a portable terminal are provided in which an external class file different from a class file defined on a virtual machine for execution of a Java MIDlet is received and stored, then the external class file is dynamically loaded by a class loader when the Java MIDlet is executed. During operation, it is determined whether the external class file is applicable to the virtual machine by analyzing setting information of the external class file, and if so, the external class file is applied to the virtual machine. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131518 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING ITEM USING MOVEMENT OF OBJECT - An item selecting apparatus includes a movement detecting unit detecting a movement of a user, a screen displaying image information, a display image storage unit storing data to generate an image to be displayed on the screen, a display image generating unit generating an image to be displayed on the screen, and a control unit controlling so that a plurality of items is displayed on the screen in one of one-, two- and three-dimensional arrangements, in which the control unit receives a signal from the movement detecting unit to measure a movement of the object in at least one of x-, y- and z-axis directions and issues a command to select at least one from among the plurality of items or provides visual feedback thereto, in response to the measured movement of the user and in accordance with the arrangement of the plurality of items on the screen. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131511 | OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - An output apparatus capable of grouping menu items is configured for operation of a portable terminal into items with similar functions and outputting the grouped items. The apparatus includes an output management unit for determining sub-menu items included in a selected menu item when a user selects the menu item and determining sub-menu items having correlation with the selected menu item and a controller for outputting the sub-menu items determined by the output management unit together. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131509 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF UTILIZING BACKGROUND IMAGE OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of utilizing a background image of a portable terminal, and a portable terminal for implementing the method, are provided. The method includes displaying the background image, determining whether an input event is detected in the displayed background image, identifying a coordinate of an area in which the input event is detected upon detection of the input event, determining whether there exists a function mapped to the identified coordinate, and performing the function if there exists the function mapped to the identified coordinate. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131508 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for displaying a list of information items selected depending on whether each information item contains certain information is provided. An information display method of the present invention includes displaying a list having at least one information item; | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131492 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC BOOK FUNCTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for providing an electronic book (e-book) function in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a controller for loading an e-book, and a scrap processor for applying a specific effect to a partial region of a text of the loaded e-book and, if a user's input to the region to which the specific effect is applied is sensed, for generating the applied effect. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131472 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOOK AND FEEL CUSTOMIZATION INCLUDING CONTEXT ANNOTATION - An apparatus and method for providing Look and Feel Customization (LFC) in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes receiving an LFC Package including a plurality of LFC Element Settings to the mobile terminal, wherein at least one of the LFC Package and one of the LFC Element Settings are annotated with metadata regarding a context for use. By including LFC context metadata in an LFC Package or an LFC Element Setting, the mobile terminal is able to support context aware based LFC operations. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131450 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC BOOK SERVICE - An apparatus and method for changing electronic book (e-book) contents in an e-book system are provided. The method includes displaying e-book contents on a display unit, identifying at least one first information to be changed in the e-book contents, identifying change information for changing the first information, and, collectively changing the first information in the e-book contents according to the change information. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131446 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WEB PAGE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for displaying a Web page in a portable terminal is provided, in which a Web page to which access is requested is downloaded and divided into a body component and an input component by paring the Web page, then the body component is displayed in a predetermined area of a display of the portable terminal without being resized, and the input component is displayed resized to a predetermined size. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131343 | SERVER FOR SINGLE SIGN ON, DEVICE ACCESSING SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a server, a device accessing the server and a control method thereof, the server for single sign on including: a storage unit which stores user information of a second device; and a controller which identifies a second device which is accessed by a same user as a user of a first device and which stores account information, if the first device requests the account information for a content provider. With this configuration, there are provided a server which shares account information for a content provider, a device accessing the server and a control method thereof. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131266 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, DATA STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA - A data storage system includes a controller configured to receive data and data information about the data from a host, analyze the data information, detect whether the data has been compressed, and compress the data according to a detection result; and a nonvolatile memory device configured to store the data compressed by the controller and information about whether the data has been compressed. The controller includes a buffer configured to temporarily store the data and the data information received from the host, an analyzer configured to output, based on an analysis result, a compression control flag that indicates whether the data has been compressed, and a compressor configured to selectively compress or bypass the data based on the compression control flag, and to transmit the data to the nonvolatile memory device. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131247 | APPARATUS FOR PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONNECTION USING SPI IN PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, an apparatus for peripheral device connection using a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) in a portable terminal is provided and a method for data transmission using the same. The apparatus includes an SPI controller for activating each of slaves by independently assigning at least one serial data line to each of the slaves that reads/writes data from/to each of the slaves through at least one serial control line, a slave unit including at least one slave which under the control of the SPI controller, reads out data from the buffer and then performs data transmission between the slaves, and a buffer for temporarily storing the data to be transmitted in order to transmit data between the slaves which may have different data processing speeds and different data transmission speeds. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131246 | SYSTEM-ON-CHIP AND DATA ARBITRATION METHOD THEREOF - A system-on-a-chip semiconductor device comprises a first master device configured to issue a request having a transaction ID, a plurality of slave devices configured to provide data in response to the request, and an interconnector configured to include a slave interface for providing the request to one or more master interfaces and for supplying response data to the first master device based on operation characteristics of the first master. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131150 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for providing users with electronic book (e-book) content by means of a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes receiving an e-book from a provider server; transmitting a character request message containing identity information of the e-book to the provider server; receiving character information corresponding to the identity information from the provider server; displaying a character according to the character information; and outputting, when a page having a link to an event, the event by means of the character. A user may enjoy various activities such as collecting characters, promoting character level, and uploading character as well as reading e-books. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131131 | SHARING OF MOBILE CODE INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for sharing information corresponding to a Mobile Code (MC) by a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes scanning an MC by the mobile terminal, transmitting an identifier of the scanned MC to a server, and transmitting an identity of group members authorized to receive information corresponding to the scanned MC to the server. By sharing information corresponding to an MC according to the present invention, scanning efficiency is improved and duplication of scanning among group members is avoided. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131071 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING E-NOTE FUNCTION IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for providing an Electronic-note (E-note) function in a mobile terminal are provided. More particularly, an apparatus and a method for loading an Electronic-book (E-book) corresponding to a note through searching of contents of an E-note file by providing an E-note function that interacts with an E-book function in a mobile terminal. The apparatus includes a controller, a note manager, a display unit, and an input unit. The controller controls an E-book application that loads a book file and outputs book contents. The note manager manages an E-note application that generates an E-note corresponding to the book file when loading the book file. The display unit displays contents of the book file and the E-note. The input unit inputs notes regarding the book file into the E-note. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130952 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA IN CONNECTED DEVICES - A network-connectable terminal can synchronize data in connected devices. The network-connectable terminal includes a memory unit and a synchronization unit. The memory unit stores metadata updated according to update of data. The synchronization unit updates the metadata, creates version information indicating whether the metadata are updated, and exchanges version information with peripheral devices to determine a peripheral device and data requiring synchronization. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130716 | SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD FOR ROBOT - A speech recognition method for a robot. The speech recognition method for the robot includes one fundamental acoustic model. Whenever the noisy environment and the speaker are changed, the speech recognition method generates a plurality of parallel acoustic models in which the characteristic for each noisy environment and the characteristic for each speaker are reflected. As a result, the speech recognition method for the robot can freely recognize one of several acoustic models according to individual environments and speakers, such that it can basically remove mismatch between the model training environment and the test environment, thereby improving speech recognition capabilities. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129581 | DUAL DISPLAY FOLDER TYPE TERMINAL - A dual display folder type terminal having a hinge includes a manipulation unit formed in the hinge, wherein the inventive implementation of the hinge provides various function commands without the need of an additional space in the terminal. As a result, the size of the terminal doesn't suffer when implementing the manipulation unit. Further, the dual display folder type terminal can operate different modes based on the opening angle of a folder relative to the other folder. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129537 | Method for handoff to a femtocell in a wireless communication system, and server apparatus for the same - A method handsoff a terminal to a femtocell in a wireless communication system. The method includes, upon generation of a request for handoff to the femtocell, selecting, by a second server, at least one femtocells located within a predetermined distance from a source base station as candidate femtocells for the handoff, according to a request of a first server which functions as a femtocell gateway, receiving, by the first server, a response message comprising information of the candidate femtocells from the second server, sending, by the first server, a message requesting measurement of a reverse signal strength of a terminal under the handoff to the candidate femtocells, determining, by the first server, a destination femtocell for the handoff among the candidate femtocells based on the measurement result reported from the candidate femtocells, and executing a handoff procedure to the destination femtocell from the source base station. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129532 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING HANDOVER BETWEEN MACRO BASE STATION AND VEHICULAR BASE STATION - Provided are a method and system for handing over a mobile terminal between a macro base station and a vehicular base station to secure a communication service of a movable mobile terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a vehicular base station such as a vehicular relay station. The mobile terminal may be handed over by selecting a network or a vehicular base station suitable to a mobility and type of communication. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129502 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MESSAGE IN THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for transmitting a message in a mobile communication system is disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting a message in a portable terminal comprises a message generation unit for generating a message including contents corresponding to at least two recipients and for selectively selecting an intended user for the respective content, and a controller for controlling to transmit the message to the at least two recipients. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129403 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - A plug connector includes a housing that includes a plurality of step jaws and terminals that are arranged interposing adjacent step jaws. The plug connector also includes one or more terminals disposed on one or more exposed surfaces of each step jaw. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129334 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are semiconductor packages and methods of manufacturing the semiconductor package. The semiconductor packages may include a substrate including a chip pad, a redistributed line which is electrically connected to the chip pad and includes an opening. The semiconductor packages may also include an external terminal connection portion, and an external terminal connection pad which is disposed at an opening and electrically connected to the redistributed line. The present general inventive concept can solve the problem where an ingredient of gold included in a redistributed line may be prevented from being diffused into an adjacent bump pad to form a void or an undesired intermetallic compound. In a chip on chip structure, a plurality of bumps of a lower chip are connected to an upper chip to improve reliability, diversity and functionality of the chip on chip structure. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129333 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME - Provided are a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package and a semiconductor package manufactured using the method. The method includes providing a substrate having a first region and a second region having a higher step difference than the first region, i.e., having a difference in height, forming a mask pattern having a first opening exposing a portion of the first region and a second opening exposing a portion of the second region on the substrate, forming first and second bump material films filling the first and second openings, respectively, and forming the first and second bumps by performing a reflow process on the first and second bump material films, wherein the first opening has a lower portion having the same width with the second opening and a top portion having a width greater than the second opening. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129331 | METHODS OF FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING METAL GATE ELECTRODES - A method of fabricating semiconductor devices having metal gate electrodes includes forming an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region. The insulating layer is formed to include an interlayer insulating layer and a gate insulation layer. The interlayer insulating layer has first and second grooves respectively disposed in the first and second regions, and the gate insulation layer covers at least bottom surfaces of the first and second grooves. A laminated metal layer is formed on the substrate having the insulating layer. A planarization layer having non-photo sensitivity is formed on the laminated metal layer. The planarization layer in the first region is selectively removed using a dry etching process to expose the laminated metal layer in the first region and to form a planarization layer pattern covering the laminated metal layer in the second region. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129295 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a photoelectric conversion device having a semiconductor substrate including a front side and back side, a protective layer formed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate, a first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer formed on the back side of the semiconductor substrate, a first conductive layer including a first impurity formed on a first portion of a back side of the first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer, and a second conductive layer including the first impurity and a second impurity formed on a second portion of the back side of the first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129142 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LEARNING IN ELECTRONIC BOOK READER - Provided is a method and device for learning in an electronic book reader. A method for learning in an electronic book reader includes displaying a mask region covering an object of electronic book contents displayed on a screen, and releasing the displayed mask region to again display the covered object of the electronic book contents. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128387 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A developing cartridge having a simplified mounting/separation configuration and an image forming apparatus having the same. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a developing cartridge unit provided in the main body to form an image, a tray unit configured to accommodate the developing cartridge unit and movably mounted in the main body, a first link member movably coupled to the tray unit, and a second link member provided in the main body to be moved simultaneously with the first link member. The first link member includes a pressure piece to press the second link member such that the second link member does not interfere with the developing cartridge unit during movement of the first link member. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128385 | Image forming apparatus and power control method thereof - An image forming apparatus and a power control method thereof, the power control method of an image forming apparatus which includes a finisher to perform at least one of finishing jobs including arranging, sorting, grouping, folding, stapling, binding, and punching a print medium which is ejected after an image is formed thereon, the power control method including: determining whether or not a power mode of the image forming apparatus meets requirements for entering a power save mode in which power supplied to a part of elements of the image forming apparatus is shut off; determining whether or not the image forming apparatus has an ongoing job if the requirements for entering the power save mode are met; and entering the image forming apparatus in the power save mode while the power supply to the finisher is maintained if the image forming apparatus has the ongoing job. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128334 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MASHUP OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - An apparatus and method for combining multimedia data are provided. The method includes obtaining first multimedia content from a first source, obtaining second multimedia content from a second source, selectively combining the first multimedia content with the second multimedia content, and outputting the selectively combined multimedia content. According to implementations of the invention, selected portions and/or fragments of multimedia content may be mashed up rather than the entirety of the multimedia content from either or both sources. Also, the mashup of the multimedia content may be varied and adapted based on the characteristics of the device performing the mashup as well as the characteristics of the available transport mechanism. Finally, implementations of the invention provide for flexible transformation and precise synchronization among multimedia elements. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128260 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING IMAGES AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGES - Provided are methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding an image. The method of encoding an image includes: splitting a current picture into at least one maximum coding unit; determining a split structure of the at least one maximum coding unit and a prediction mode and partitions of each coding unit by encoding image data of the at least one maximum coding unit based on depths of deeper coding units; setting skip information and split information about a split of a coding unit of an upper depth including each coding unit, according to the each coding unit; and encoding the split information and skip information, which are set according to each coding unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128191 | PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH DUCT FOR TRANSMITTER - Provided is a portable terminal including a microphone hole formed to perforate from an outer wall of a housing to an inner wall of the housing, a duct groove extending from an inner side of the housing and being open on a top surface thereof, a microphone holder coupled with the top surface of the duct groove, and a microphone coupled with the microphone holder, in which a duct connected to the microphone hole is formed by coupling the microphone holder with the duct groove, and the microphone is connected with the microphone hole through the duct. The duck is formed by coupling the duct groove formed in the housing of the terminal with the microphone holder coupled with the microphone, thereby smoothly delivering input sound such as user's voice to the microphone and contributing to the slimness of the terminal. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128184 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SOUND CONTROL METHOD OF THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus and a sound control method of the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit which displays an image thereon; a sound processor which processes an audio signal corresponding to the image displayed on the display unit and outputs the signal as a left audio signal and a right audio signal; a sensor which detects a viewing direction of a user watching the display unit; and a controller which controls the sound processor to individually adjust an extent of the left audio signal and an extent of the right audio signal corresponding to the viewing direction. With this configuration, there are provided a display apparatus which outputs a sound to optimize effects of a three-dimensional (3D) image, and a sound control method of the same. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128098 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL PREDISTORTION OF NON-LINEAR AMPLIFIERS - A method used in a transmitting device comprising a non-linear amplifier and a digital predistortion (DPD) circuit. The method updates real and imaginary look-up tables used by the DPD. The method comprises: i) time-aligning a complex input signal, A, and a complex output signal, E. Signal A is a scan from 0 to a maximum value comprising N discrete points and signal E also comprises N discrete points. The method comprises: ii) performing an array division of A/E=(Y | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128095 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAPPING SYMBOLS TO RESOURCES IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting data information and control information by a transmitter in a communication system is provided. The method includes identifying an amount of resources to be used for control channel transmission within a predetermined maximum amount of resources available for control channel transmission among total resources of a subframe; mapping control information onto the identified amount of resources to be used for the control channel transmission; mapping data information onto all remaining resources of the subframe, other than the identified resources used for the control channel transmission among the total resources; and transmitting information related to the amount of resources to be used for the control channel transmission, through a predetermined control channel; and transmitting the mapped control information, and the mapped data information. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127981 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SENDING PACKETS ON A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a packet in a wireless local area network (LAN), the method including determining whether a packet, which does not expire during the current transmission opportunity (TXOP) but will expire before a next TXOP is secured, exists or not based on a time-to-live (TTL) of the packet; if it is determined that the packet does not expire during an expansion of the current TXOP, expanding the current TXOP; and transmitting the packet to a receiving station. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127935 | METHOD FOR ENABLING COLLABORATION AMONG TERMINALS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method for Mobile Station (MS) collaboration for a Downlink (DL) or Uplink (UL) transmission in a wireless network having MSs in a Base Station (BS) cell is provided. The DL transmission method includes forming a cluster of MSs having a same type of radio interface, receiving, by each MS, a DL transmission including a DL control channel message and a DL data burst, extracting, by the MSs, a DL data assignment included in the DL control channel message and indicating a receiving MS intended to receive the DL data burst, decoding, by the MSs, the DL data assignment and the DL data burst according to a determination to collaborate in the DL transmission, transmitting, by the collaborating MSs, a re-encoded DL data burst to the receiving MS, the receiving MS receiving the re-encoded DL data burst from the collaborating MSs and the DL data burst from the BS. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127925 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING ACCESS POINT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method connect an Access Point (AP) in a portable terminal. More particularly, an apparatus and method designate a group of searched peripheral APs, and attempt an access to an AP corresponding to a group selected by a user in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a group set unit and an AP search unit. The group set unit sets items of peripheral APs to a group according to user's selection. After searching the peripheral APs at the time of AP connection, the AP search unit classifies an AP belonging to a selected item and connects to the classified AP. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127878 | ANTENNA ALLOCATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for selecting and allocating antennas efficiently are provided. The method includes transmitting, to a User Equipment (UE), information indicating a configuration of a plurality of Channel Status Information Reference Signals (CSI-RSs) through UE specific signaling during an initial access attempt with the UE; receiving, from the UE, CSI-RS measurement results indicating configured CSI-RSs; transmitting CSI-RSs corresponding to a set of available distributed ports (D-ports) based on received signal strength information included in results of the CSI-RS measurement; and determining a CSI-RS of a selected D-port set for use in communications based on feedback information received from the UE. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127831 | POSITION DETERMINATION OF DEVICES USING STEREO AUDIO - Methods and systems for determining and utilizing spatial correlative information relating to two or more devices to determine device positioning are described. Using audio signals emitted from stereo speakers, for example, associated with a first device and a microphone associated with the second device, the distance and angle between the two devices and as their relative positions can be determined. No other sensors or specialized accessories are needed on either device to calculate the distance and angles. The devices need only be loaded with the appropriate software which, when executed, is able to carry out steps of the present invention. The usefulness of one or both of the devices may be enhanced by knowing the distance and angle data between the devices. For example, one device may be a TV having stereo speakers and the other device may be a handheld device, such as a smartphone, having a microphone. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127802 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an operation command, detecting a noise level of a common source line, and adjusting a number of times to perform an operation on a memory cell in response to the operation command based on the detected noise level. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127791 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD OF PROGRAMMING SAME - A nonvolatile memory device is programmed using an incremental step pulse programming method comprising a plurality of program loops. Some program loops use a one step verification operation, and other program loops use a two step verification operation. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127724 | OPTICAL PROBE AND OPTICAL SYSTEM THEREFOR - An optical probe and an optical system therefor are provided. The optical probe is includes a housing configured to house the optical system and the housing has a transparent window therein. the optical system includes a light emitting unit, a collimation lens, and a focusing lens. A numerical aperture of the optical system is adjustable by adjusting a pupil diameter of the collimation lens and a focal length of the focusing lens. The pupil diameter of the collimation lens is adjustable based on a variable focal lens or by adjusting a distance between the collimation lens and the light emitting unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127641 | GUIDE DEVICE FOR SLIDING UNIT OF SLIDING-TYPE PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided is a guide device for a sliding unit used in a sliding-type portable terminal. The guide device includes a slide lower portion, a guide plate, a slide plate integrally engaged with a bottom surface of the slide lower portion, the slide plate sliding while being confined in the guide plate in a way to face the guide plate, and a plurality of lubrication members provided with intervals therebetween in a longitudinal direction of the guide plate to facilitate sliding of the slide plate. The guide device achieves slimness and lightweightness while maintaining mechanical stiffness. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127562 | ACTIVE OPTICAL DEVICE USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL - An active optical device is provided. The active optical device includes an optically variable layer having a refractive index which changes according to temperature; and a temperature control unit that controls a temperature of one or more regions of the optically variable layer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127517 | Image forming apparatus and power control method thereof - An image forming apparatus and a power control method thereof are provided. The image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit which forms an image; a power supply which supplies operating power for the image forming apparatus; a switching circuit unit which switches to selectively supply the operating power; a memory unit which stores information about power status of the switching circuit unit; and a controller which outputs a power control signal for controlling a switching operation of the switching circuit unit in accordance with the information about the power status stored in the memory unit if power is abnormally shut off and then supplied again from the power supply to the switching circuit unit. With this, the image forming apparatus operates in a last power status, so that power can be prevented from being wastefully consumed or data can be prevented from being lost. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127444 | Reflection Mask For EUV Lithography, System For EUV Lithography, And Method Of Fixing The Reflection Mask For EUV Lithography - Example embodiments of the inventive concepts relate to a reflection mask including an upper surface configured to reflect extreme ultraviolet EUV light, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, where the lower surface includes at least one alignment key. The reflection mask may include a conductive layer, a substrate on the conductive layer, a reflection layer on the substrate, and an absorption pattern on the reflection layer. The reflection layer may define the upper surface configured to reflect extreme ultraviolet EUV light. The absorption pattern may expose the upper surface of the reflection layer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127386 | MULTI-CHANNEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - A multi-channel semiconductor device comprises a plurality of buffer groups each comprising at least one output buffer, a plurality of pad groups each comprising at least one output pad, and a channel switching portion that controls connection between the plurality of buffer groups and the plurality of pad groups. One of the pad groups outputs an output signal of one of the buffer groups in a first operation mode and sequentially outputs output signals of all of the buffer groups in a second operation mode. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127373 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A signal processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The signal processing apparatus includes a signal processor which processes a video signal and/or an audio signal; a power supply which generates a power signal; a first connector configured to be connected with an external second connector; and a control circuit which outputs the video signal and/or audio signal and the power signal if the external second connector is connected to the first connector, and performs a shutoff operation to not output the power signal if the first connector is not connected to the external second connector. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127366 | METHOD OF PICTURE CONTROL AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREOF - A picture control method and an image processing apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes setting a picture control mode; setting a picture control value in response to the picture control mode; and sensing a change of the picture control value; restoring the picture control value to a previous value if the change of the picture control value is maintained in excess of a certain amount of time. The image processing apparatus includes a picture controller which sets a mode and a value in response to the mode; a memory which stores an initial value of the value; and a controller which senses a change of the value and controls the picture controller to maintain the change of the value for a certain amount of time, and if the change of the value is maintained in excess of the certain amount of time, retrieves the initial value of the value, and controls the picture controller to change the picture control value to a previously unchanged value. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127357 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital image processing apparatus, which displays a setting item designated by a user and a setting status of a setting value for the setting item together on a portion of a setting menu that is most visible to user's eyes to allow the user to efficiently set items necessary for a photographing operation and/or other operations, and a method of controlling the apparatus. The apparatus includes a body; and a display unit on the body where setting information is displayed, wherein a display screen displayed on the display unit includes a selection region where at least one setting item is displayed and an adjustment region where a currently set current setting value is displayed together with candidate setting values that can be set for at least one of the at least one setting item. The current setting value and the candidate setting values can be displayed on the adjustment region for a selection item selected from display items displayed on the selection region, and the selection item can be in a central part of the selection region. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127341 | METHOD OF REMOVING AUDIO NOISE AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A method of removing an audio noise and an image capturing apparatus providing the same includes storing a specified audio signal included in a captured image as a noise signal, receiving an input audio signal included in an image, and removing a noise included in a transformed audio signal through a comparison between the input audio signal and the noise signal. Accordingly, the audio noise included in the input audio signal is removed, and thus the sound that is not desired by a user can be easily removed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127332 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital image processing apparatus, which displays a setting item designated by a user together with a setting status of a setting value for the setting item to allow the user to efficiently set items necessary for photographing and/or other operations, and a control method for the apparatus. The apparatus includes: a body; and a display unit on the body where setting information is displayed, wherein a display screen displayed on the display unit includes: a selection region where at least one setting item is displayed; and an adjustment region where a currently set current setting value is displayed together with candidate setting values that can be set for at least one of the at least one setting item. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127327 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING PICTURES THEREOF - Digital photographing apparatus and methods of providing picture at the digital photographing apparatus are disclosed. An example digital photographing apparatus transmits a picture of an object to be captured to a server, acquires at least one pre-captured picture of the object and a captured position of the at least one pre-captured picture from the server, and presents the at least one pre-captured picture and the captured position. The digital photographing apparatus selectively provides the at least one pre-captured picture in consideration of whether the captured position of the object is the same capture position or a different capture position. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127280 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus for generating an image in a portable terminal includes a camera unit and an image generating unit. The camera unit is provided with a single camera module and configured to acquire a first image corresponding to a left viewpoint and a second image corresponding to one of a complementary right or left viewpoint. The image generating unit is configured to determine a photographing region of the second image corresponding to the complementary right or left viewpoint, based on the first image, and acquire the second image in the determined photographing region of the second image using the camera unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127273 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes a depth map generator which generates a depth map of a predetermined image which includes at least one object; a disparity estimator which estimates a reference disparity of a left eye image and a right eye image at a predetermined distance from the object based on the generated depth map; a disparity calculator which calculates a changed disparity of the left eye image and the right eye image at a changed distance by using the estimated reference disparity if the predetermined distance is changed; and a three-dimensional (3D) image generator which generates a 3D image which moves horizontally from the left eye image and the right eye image corresponding to the changed disparity. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127256 | LIGHT SCANNING UNIT AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light scanning unit and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus employing the same. The light scanning unit includes an imaging optical system including, when a path of one of the light beams directed to one of the surfaces disposed relatively far from the deflector is referred to as a first light path and when a path of one of the light beams directed to one of the surfaces disposed relatively close to the deflector is referred to as a second light path, light paths in which both of a section of the second light path before a first change of the second light path and a section of the second light path after the first change of the second light path intersect a section of the first light path after a second change of the first light path. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127252 | Polygon mirror assembly, light scanning unit employing polygon mirror assembly, and image forming apparatus - A polygon mirror assembly, a light scanning unit employing the polygon mirror assembly, and an image forming apparatus. The polygon mirror assembly includes a polygon mirror formed of a plastic material and having a plurality of reflection surfaces; and a motor unit to support and rotate the polygon mirror, where the polygon mirror is coupled to the motor unit by using an adhesive material. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127218 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN TERMINAL USING SELF-EMITTING TYPE DISPLAY - A method for reducing power consumption in a terminal having a self-emitting display is provided. In the method, a readable region is displayed on a screen, and a brightness of the rest is made darker than that of the readable region. The readable region is moved. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127214 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A light-emitting-diode (LED) driving circuit and a display device include a current driving circuit, a level detector, a comparing circuit, a digital control circuit, and a power supply circuit. The level detector detects a minimum detection voltage signal having a minimum voltage level among voltage signals of first terminals of respective LED strings. The comparing circuit generates a first comparison output signal and a second comparison output signal based on a headroom-control reference voltage and the minimum detection voltage signal. The digital control circuit adjusts a duty ratio of a gate control signal in a digital mode based on the first comparison output signal, the second comparison output signal and a control clock signal. Therefore, the LED driving circuit has a small area in a semiconductor integrated circuit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127208 | METHOD FOR SCROLLING SCREEN IN TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method and apparatus scroll a screen in a touch screen terminal. The method includes entering a screen scroll mode, determining the direction of screen scroll, preparing screen scroll of the determined direction, and waiting to receive a screen scroll signal for operating the screen scroll, and, if the screen scroll signal is received, performing the screen scroll in the previously determined direction. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE DISPLAY - A method and apparatus provide selective display. The method includes acquiring region setting information in a display screen, acquiring a screen configuration element in the display screen, dividing the display screen into at least one region based on the region setting information and the screen configuration element, setting a screen attribute to each of the at least one region divided based on the region setting information and the screen configuration element, and controlling each pixel of the at least one region according to the set screen attribute and displaying information. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127189 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a digital image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the apparatus, by which a setting item designated by a user and a setting status of a setting value for the setting item are displayed together, thereby allowing the user to efficiently set items necessary for a photographing operation and/or other operations. The apparatus includes a body and a display unit on the body where setting information is displayed, in which a display screen displayed on the display unit includes a selection region where at least one setting item is displayed and an adjustment region where a currently set current setting value is displayed together with candidate setting values that can be set for at least one of the at least one setting item, and in which the at least one setting item is designated as candidate items that can be displayed on the selection region and display items selected from among the candidate items are displayed on the selection region. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127164 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING AVATAR - A processing apparatus for creating an avatar is provided. The processing apparatus calculates skeleton sizes of joints of the avatar and local coordinates corresponding to sensors attached to a target user, by minimizing a sum of a difference function and a skeleton prior function, the difference function representing a difference between a forward kinematics function regarding the joints with respect to reference poses of the target user and positions of the sensors, and the skeleton prior function based on statistics of skeleton sizes with respect to reference poses of a plurality of users. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127163 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing apparatus includes an image receiver which receives a plurality of image frames each including a first image and a second image respectively corresponding to a first eye and a second eye of a user, and an image processor which detects a pixel of the second image corresponding to at least one pixel of the first image and updates the first image based on information about the detected pixel of the second image. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127162 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method for displaying a stereoscopic image, the method comprises generating k images for a left eye and k images for a right eye based on a left-eye image and a right-eye image, where ‘k’ is a natural number greater than two, correcting an image currently received using an n-th image of the k images for the left eye and the k images for the right eye that are previously received, where ‘n’ is a natural number greater than ‘k’, displaying corrected k images for the left eye and corrected k images for the right eye on a display panel, and providing the display panel with lights based on the image displayed on the display panel. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127159 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel includes identifying a dimension of input data, where the input data is one of two-dimensional input data and three-dimensional input data, and generating first distributed data and second distributed data based on the dimension of the input data by at least one of copying the input data and dividing the input data into front data and back data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127145 | SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device and its operating method are provided. The display device and its driving method are capable of operating at a fail mode according to an image signal. The display device includes a master timing controller that generates a first substituting image signal and a fail operating signal, and a slave timing controller that generates a second substituting image signal in response to the fail operating signal. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127141 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device having an infrared receiver module. The display device includes a display part on which an image is displayed, a bezel part formed along an outer edge of the display part, an infrared receiving part provided on the bezel part, and the infrared receiver module disposed at a rear surface of the infrared receiving part and including an infrared sensor to receive an infrared signal and a plate-shaped printed circuit board on which the infrared sensor is mounted, and a distance from the outer edge of a side surface of the display part to a most distant portion of the infrared receiver module mounted on the printed circuit board in the sideward direction is shorter than a length from the outer edge of the side surface of the display part to a most distant portion of the printed circuit board. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127122 | INPUT SENSING CIRCUIT AND TOUCH PANEL INCLUDING THE SAME - An input sensing device for sensing an input on a touch panel, and touch panel are provided. The input sensing device has a capacitance node and includes a charge pump to which an output signal from a first electrode of the capacitance node is input as a charge source in response to a sensing signal applied through a second electrode of the capacitance node. The input sensing device determines whether there is an input on the touch panel, based on an output voltage of the charge pump. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127105 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for controlling an operation of a mobile terminal are preferably includes: cancelling a touch screen off mode and checking a set mode mapped to a certain key when input of the certain key is sensed while the mobile terminal is in the touch screen off mode. A screen is then displayed for executing the set mode, and displaying and processing of a signal input through a touch screen is performed. The method and apparatus provide an advantage by reducing procedures required by conventional devices in which a user process to execute a desired mode in a mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is in a touch screen off mode. By registering a function to be executed by input of one touch button key while in a touch screen off mode according to user tastes, the present invention accelerates utilization of the mobile terminal. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127104 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC BOOK FUNCTION IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A touch device is provided that allows users to easily select text in an Electronic Book (e-book), based on a touch interaction. A method is also provided that operates an e-book function in the touch device which includes displaying e-book content, receiving an anchor interaction at a location in text of the e-book content, displaying a number of candidate anchors, based on the location where the anchor interaction is input, determining two selected candidate anchors as definite anchors, and forming a block of text in the definite anchors. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127073 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof, are provided. The display apparatus includes: a camera which detects a coordinate of light projected on a screen by a pointing device projecting a light beam; an image processor which processes an image to be displayed on the screen, the image corresponding to the coordinate of the light detected by the camera; an optical filter which is disposed on a path of the light entering the camera to be detected by the camera and transmits light having a first wavelength to the camera by reducing of an amount of the light at a preset ratio; and a controller which determines a characteristic of the detected light according to a wavelength based on a brightness level of the light entering through the optical filter and detected by the camera. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127056 | Mimo antenna apparatus - A MIMO antenna apparatus is provided. The MIMO antenna apparatus includes a plurality of antenna devices each having an operation line extending parallel by a predetermined extension length from one end portion and configured to operate in a resonant frequency band when power is supplied. The apparatus also includes a main board divided into a device area and aground area. The apparatus further includes a plurality of ground pads each extending from the ground plate to the device area in the main board and configured to connect the one end portion of each of the antenna devices to the ground plate. The apparatus also includes a plurality of feeding pads mounted adjacent to the ground pad in the device area and configured to connect each of the antenna devices to the main board and to provide power to each of the antenna devices. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127012 | DETERMINING USER INTENT FROM POSITION AND ORIENTATION INFORMATION - In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for controlling a receiving device, the method comprising: detecting a position of a control device operated by a user; detecting horizontal orientation or vertical inclination of the control device; based on the position and the horizontal orientation or vertical inclination of the control device, determining that the control device is pointed at the receiving device as opposed to another receiving device in the vicinity; and causing the control device to control the receiving device at which it is pointed based on the determination that the control device is pointed at the receiving device. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126925 | INDUCTOR AND TRANSFORMER - An inductor and a transformer, each of which includes a first bobbin on which a first coil is wound and a second bobbin on which a second coil is wound, are provided. The first bobbin includes a first bobbin part on which the first coil is wound and a first support part provided at one end of the first bobbin part. The second bobbin includes a second bobbin part on which the second coil is wound and a second support part provided at one end of the second bobbin part. Another end of the first bobbin part is coupled to the second support part and another end of the second bobbin part is coupled to the first support part. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126904 | Oscillators And Methods Of Manufacturing And Operating The Same - Oscillators and methods of manufacturing and operating an oscillator are provided, the oscillators include a base free layer having a variable magnetization direction, and at least one oscillation unit on the base free layer. The oscillation unit may include a free layer element contacting the base free layer and having a width less than a width of the base free layer, a pinned layer element separated from the free layer element, and a separation layer element between the free layer element and the pinned layer element. A plurality of oscillation units may be arranged on the base free layer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126837 | Bumper structure of cleaning robot - A bumper structure of a cleaning robot which detects whether or not an obstacle contacts a bumper and a position of the obstacle, allows the bumper to be simply process and reduces the number of components of the cleaning robot to lower the production costs of the cleaning robot. The bumper structure includes a main body, a bumper installed on the front surface of the main body, a resistance film provided between the main body and the bumper and fixed to the main body, and a metal film provided between the main body and the bumper and fixed to the bumper such that the shape of the metal film is deformed together with the bumper and the metal film comes into contact with the resistance film when at least one obstacle contacts the bumper, so as to measure resistance values. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126720 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A three-dimensional image display device includes a luminance controller receiving a three-dimensional enable signal, a backlight data signal and at least one starting signal of a scan starting signal, a vertical blank starting signal and a backlight starting signal. The luminance controller outputs a backlight control signal and a backlight unit is operated based on the backlight control signal and is coupled to the luminance controller. The backlight data signal is based on a previous pulse of the starting signal and is applied from a first time when a current pulse of the starting signal starts to a second time when a next pulse of the starting signal starts. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126680 | Refrigerator and receptacle assembly thereof - A refrigerator including a receptacle provided in a storage chamber of a main body so that the receptacle is moved forward from and backward into the storage chamber, a cover hingedly provided at the receptacle, and an interlocking unit to interlock forward and backward motions of the receptacle and hinged rotation of the cover when the receptacle is moved forward by a predetermined distance. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126475 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus having a structure to prevent print defects caused by residual paper. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a paper feeding cassette separably mounted to the main body, a pickup member to pick up paper from the paper feeding cassette, and a paper separating member including a plurality of links to apply pressure to the pickup member when the paper feeding cassette is mounted to the main body and to release the pressure applied to the pickup member when the paper feeding cassette is separated from the main body. The paper separating member includes a first link to be pressed by the paper feeding cassette, a second link provided with a separating unit to press the pickup member, and an elastic member between the first link and the second link to allow the first link to press the second link. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126431 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - A semiconductor package having improved EMI and crosstalk characteristics is provided. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor package including a substrate, at least one first semiconductor chip formed on a top surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate, and at least one second semiconductor chip formed on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip, wherein first and second conductive layers are formed on the top surfaces of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, respectively, and the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are connected to a ground portion. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126424 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP INCLUDING A CHIP VIA PLUG PENETRATING A SUBSTRATE, A SEMICONDUCTOR STACK, A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGE AND AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - A semiconductor chip including a chip via plug penetrating a substrate, a semiconductor stack thereof, a semiconductor device package thereof, and an electronic apparatus having the same are disclosed. The semiconductor chip comprising, a substrate including an inner semiconductor circuit, a conductive redistribution structure formed on the substrate including a conductive redistribution interconnection and a conductive redistribution via plug, wherein the redistribution via plug is connected to the inner semiconductor circuit; a conductive chip pad formed on the substrate, and a conductive chip via plug configured to penetrate the substrate and electrically connected to the redistribution structure. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126400 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor package may include a package substrate, a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip may be arranged on the package substrate. The first semiconductor chip may have a plug electrically connected to the package substrate and at least one insulating hole arranged around the plug. The second semiconductor chip may be arranged on the first semiconductor chip. The second semiconductor chip may be electrically connected to the plug. Thus, the insulating hole and the insulating member may ensure an electrical isolation between the plug and the first semiconductor chip, and between the plugs. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126327 | RESONATOR HAVING TERMINALS AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE RESONATOR - A resonator and a method for manufacturing a resonator are provided. The method may include doping a wafer, and forming on the wafer a substrate, a drain electrode, a source electrode, a gate electrode, and at least one nanowire. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126223 | TRANSISTORS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING TRANSISTORS - An oxide transistor includes: a channel layer formed of an oxide semiconductor; a source electrode contacting a first end portion of the channel layer; a drain electrode contacting a second end portion of the channel layer; a gate corresponding to the channel layer; and a gate insulating layer disposed between the channel layer and the gate. The oxide semiconductor includes hafnium-indium-zinc-oxide (HfInZnO). An electrical conductivity of a back channel region of the channel layer is lower than an electrical conductivity of a front channel region of the channel layer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126207 | Organic Semiconductor Composition, And Transistor And Electronic Device Including A Polymer Therefrom - An organic composition for a semiconductor device includes a compound for an organic semiconductor device including a structural unit; and a metal-containing compound selected from a transition element-containing compound, a lanthanide-containing compound, and a combination thereof, which results in improved charge mobility due to a reduced grain boundary. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126076 | SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A supporting device to a display apparatus to prevent a wire from separating from a wire hanger. The supporting device to fix the display apparatus to a wall includes a wire part coupled to the display apparatus, a wire hanger mounted to the wall, the wire hanger to hang the wire part on the wall, and a separation protector provided at the wire hanger, the separation protector serving to prevent the wire part from separating from the wire hanger. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126003 | INTELLIGENT CORRELATED SCANNING OPERATION FOR MOBILE CODE ENABLER - An apparatus and method for an intelligent correlated scanning are provided. The method includes receiving, by a server, a first identifier of a scanned Mobile Code (MC) from a mobile station, determining, by the server, a second identifier of an MC correlated with the scanned MC based on the first identifier, and resolving, by the server, the first and second identifiers. The intelligent correlated scanning operation automatically identifies MCs that are correlated with the scanned MC such that the user's scanning experience is improved. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125413 | SOLAR CELLS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Solar cells and methods of manufacturing the solar cells are provided. The solar cell may be formed on a substrate having a plurality of concave portions. A plurality of nanostructures may be formed on a surface of the substrate, in which the plurality of concave portions are formed. A photoactive layer may be formed to cover the plurality of nanostructures. The nanostructures may include an inorganic material, and the photoactive layer may include an organic material. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125363 | Robot cleaner and control method thereof - A robot cleaner includes a main brush to sweep or scatter dust off a floor, a main brush motor to rotate the main brush, a Revolution Per Minute (RPM) detector to detect an RPM of the main brush motor, and a control unit to determine a type of floor according to the RPM of the main brush motor acquired by the RPM detector and control an operation of the robot cleaner based on the determined type of floor. A carpet mode to clean only a carpet area and a hard floor mode to clean a hard floor area excluding the carpet area are given based on detected information relating to the material of a floor, which enables partial cleaning with respect to a cleaning area selected by a user and adjustment in the number of cleaning operations or the intensity of cleaning according to the material of the floor. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125215 | Roll Printing Apparatus - According to example embodiments, a roll printing apparatus includes a cleaning device in which a cleaning nozzle unit and a spray nozzle unit are integrated so that both a reverse offset process and a cliche cleaning process may be achieved in the roll printing apparatus. The roll printing apparatus may include a base plate, a blanket roll to transfer an ink material to a cliche and a substrate, a blanket roll supporter located on the base plate to support the blanket roll, a cliche table located on the base plate to fix and move the cliche, a substrate table located on the base plate to fix the substrate, and the cleaning device installed on the base plate to clean the cliche. The cleaning device may include a cleaning nozzle unit to spray a cleaning solution and a spray nozzle unit to spray DIW, which are integrated. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125095 | Washing machine and method to detect suds thereof - A washing machine to detect suds using an acceleration sensor and a method to detect suds thereof are disclosed. By driving a motor and rotating a drum at a predetermined target RPM during a washing cycle and measuring displacement data of the drum changed according to the rotation of the drum, it is possible to accurately detect excess suds in the drum and to increase suds detecting accuracy. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125055 | Detergent supply device and washing machine having the same - A washing machine including a machine body, an upper case coupled to the upper part of the machine body, a rotary tub rotatably disposed in the machine body, a detergent supply device coupled to the upper case to supply detergent into the rotary tub, and a water supply valve connected between an external water supply source and the detergent supply device, wherein the detergent supply device includes a detergent box having a first guide member in which the detergent is put and a second guide member to change a flow direction of wash water flowing along the first guide member and a water supply frame having a connection part connected to the water supply valve and a water supply part communicating with the connection part to supply water to the detergent box. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE CAPABLE OF INTUITIVELY EDITING AND BROWSING FOLDER - Provided is a method and apparatus for displaying a user interface by displaying a first screen including at least one icon and a second screen including a first region obtained by reducing the size of the first screen 3-Dimensionally depending on an input of a user to edit or browse a folder, and a second region displaying folder content. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124417 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING MICOM CODE THEREOF - A display apparatus and a method for updating a micom code thereof are provided. According to the display apparatus, if an error occurs while a CPU is updating a micom code, a micom may drive the CPU using a system code. Accordingly, even if an error occurs in the process of updating the micom code, the display apparatus may be restored automatically without a jig apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124324 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATING MEMORY ACCESS ADDRESS - A memory access address translating apparatus and method may each classify pixels included in an input image into a plurality of tiles, and may generate a new memory for each of the successive tiles to enable the successive tiles, among a plurality of tiles, to be stored in different banks. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124276 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE, USER DEVICE AND DATA WRITE METHOD - Disclosed is an address mapping method for a data storage device using a hybrid mapping scheme. The address mapping method determines whether write data includes a defined super sequential block (SSB), and selects an address mapping mode for the write data in accordance with whether or not a SSB is present. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124266 | HYBRID STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A hybrid storage device is provided. The hybrid storage device includes a first storage part that comprises an interface device based on a first standard, a second storage part that comprises an interface device based on a second standard, and a connector for interface devices that is shared by the first storage part and the second storage part and comprises a plurality of pins. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124262 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ARBITRATING BUS - A bus arbitration apparatus and method are provided. A plurality of masters may be classified into master types based on master characteristics, and bus arbitration may be performed. Thus, it is possible to prevent a bus from being distributed to a predetermined master, and it is possible to improve overall performance of a bus system by solving a problem of unbalanced distribution of performance between the plurality of masters. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124150 | INTELLIGENT NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A network communication system and method make communication and information sharing more convenient and efficient. The A system includes an account information management module and an account information storage module. The account information management module stores the friend accounts of the user and the corresponding account information. The account information storage module analyzes the account information of the friend accounts, and makes a determination according to the network account information contained in the account information such that the friend accounts belonging to the same friend are added to the same account group. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124083 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COMMUNITY - A method and apparatus generate a community based on goals and intentions of its members. Context information related to a first member is collected. A list of goals that the first member wants to accomplish and a list of capabilities that the first member may provide are derived, based on the context information. A search is conducted to find a second member that has at least one of a capability matching at least one goal listed in the list of goals and a goal matching at least one capability listed in the list of capabilities. And then, a community including the first member and the second member is generated. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123873 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA SERVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DATA SERVICE APPLYING THE SAME - A method for providing a data service and a system for providing a data service applying the same are provided. The method includes selecting a content that is assigned a data assignment quantity indicating a quantity sufficient for using a service; comparing a data generation quantity indicating a quantity of data generated by a user and the data assignment quantity; and performing the service for the data generated by the user according to a result of the comparison. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123589 | CONTROL OF ROBOT HAND TO CONTACT AN OBJECT - A robot control method and apparatus estimates an error based on information of an object obtained using a motor drive current sensor, a force sensor or a tactile sensor mounted at a robot hand and information of the object obtained using an optical sensor and compensates for the error. The robot control method and apparatus includes measuring information of an object using an optical sensor or calculating information of the object input by a user, moving a robot hand to the object based on the information of the object, controlling the thumb and fingers of the robot hand to contact the object based on the information of the object, determining whether the thumb and fingers have contacted the object through a motor drive current sensor, a force sensor or a tactile sensor, and grasping the object depending upon whether the thumb and the fingers have contacted the object. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122524 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ALARM ACCORDING TO UNINTENDED FUNCTION IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and device for controlling generation an alarm in a mobile terminal is provided. The method comprises: checking whether a request to operate a microphone has been made by an application intended by a user that initiates an audio processing function when a request to operate the microphone is received; generating an alarm indicating an abnormal microphone operation if the request is determined not to be from an intended application; and turning off the microphone in response to the indication of the abnormal microphone operation. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122522 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE FOR RECEIVING DUAL BAND SIGNAL USING MULTIPLE RESONANCE ANTENNA - A mobile terminal device for receiving a dual band signal using a multiple resonance antenna in a mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal device includes a multiple resonance antenna, a first band filter connecting with the multiple resonance antenna, for filtering a first band signal of a low band received through the multiple resonance antenna, a second band filter connecting with the multiple resonance antenna, for filtering a second band signal of a high band received through the multiple resonance antenna, and a signal processor including a first signal processing unit for converting a frequency of the first band signal to generate a first baseband signal and a second signal processing unit for converting a frequency of the second band signal to generate a second baseband signal, and for activating a corresponding signal processing unit according to selection of a user. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122515 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH BASE STATION BASED ON SPEED OF USER EQUIPMENT IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a method for performing communication with a network by a User Equipment (UE) based on its speed information in the network in which at least one portion includes at least one micro cell overlapping at least one macro cell. The method includes measuring, by the UE, its moving speed; and performing at least one of feedback, measurement report, random access and UE capability report to the network by considering the measurement result. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122441 | DATA COMMUNICATION SETTING CONTROL METHOD BASED ON SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION MODULE AND PORTABLE DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method and a portable device that support the control of a data communication setting are provided. The portable terminal includes a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card interface into which the SIM is inserted. The device further includes a control unit, a memory unit, and a radio frequency unit. The control unit extracts Mobile Country Code/Mobile Network Code (MCC/MNC) information from the inserted SIM, determines data communication setting information corresponding to the MCC/MNC information from a policy table containing the data communication setting information for each MCC/MNC information, and establishes a data communication by using the determined data communication setting information. The memory unit stores the policy table, and the radio frequency unit performs the established data communication with a specific service operator network related to the SIM under the control of the control unit. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122431 | CALL RELAY FUNCTION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of supporting a call relay function is provided. The system includes a second modem terminal for performing a call connection with a first modem terminal through a network, the first modem terminal for relaying a call by forming a near distance communication channel with at least one non-modem terminal when a request for the call connection is received from the second modem terminal, or by supporting a call connection between the second modem terminal and the non-modem terminal and relaying a call to transmit and receive data necessary for execution of a call function when a request for the call connection with the second modem terminal is received from a non-modem terminal in which the communication channel is formed, and the non-modem terminal for performing a call function with the second modem terminal based on the call relay function of the first modem terminal. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122399 | WIRELESS SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method are provided for receiving and processing a control signal and/or a data signal through a short-range wireless communication. The wireless signal processing apparatus preferably includes a connection detection unit that detects a connection of a peripheral device, and a communication unit that receives the control signal and the data signal from a client device through the short-range wireless communication. A data processing unit sends the received data signal to the peripheral device, and a mode control unit for controlling the communication unit to send the received data signal to the data processing unit when the connection detection unit detects the connection of the peripheral device. The apparatus and method may be utilized for various purposes on the basis of the short-range wireless communication, depending on whether or not the peripheral device is connected. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122396 | METHOD FOR FAST DEVICE SEARCH BASED ON SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATION MODULE AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING THE METHOD - A method and mobile device for a fast device search based on a short range communication module. In the method, the mobile device checks a setting value of a fast device search mode for a restriction on a communication range of the short range communication module. Then the mobile device restricts transmission power of the short range communication module to a specific magnitude, and searches at least one short range communication device located within a specific range determined by the restricted transmission power. In the case where the short range communication module is a Bluetooth module, a pincode/passkey input can be exchanged to pairing a device with the mobile device within the specific range. A received signal strength indicator (RSSI) may be the basis for automatic selection of a device within the specific range. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122348 | CONNECTOR AND INTERFACE DEVICE - A connector and an interface device are provided. The connector includes: a plurality of contact locations having sequentially designated numbers; and a housing which houses the plurality of contact locations. The plurality of contact locations include: a first device pair contact location group which is configured to transmit data between a first pair of devices; a second device pair contact location group which is configured to transmit data between a second pair of devices; a third device pair contact location group which is configured to transmit data between a third pair of devices; and a fourth device pair contact location group which is configured to transmit data between a fourth pair of devices. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122324 | CIRCUIT CONNECTION ASSEMBLY - A circuit connection structure is disclosed. A disclosed example circuit connection structure includes circuit board including a plurality of connection terminals; a housing for supporting the circuit board; and a circuit supporting unit including a plurality of circuit patterns on a surface thereof, formed of an electrical insulating material, and coupled to the housing so that the circuit patterns contact the connection terminals. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122309 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING A WORK FUNCTION CONTROL FILM - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device may include: preparing a substrate in which first and second regions are defined; forming an interlayer insulating film, which includes first and second trenches, on the substrate; forming a work function control film, which contains Al and N, along a top surface of the interlayer insulating film, side and bottom surfaces of the first trench, and side and bottom surfaces of the second trench; forming a mask pattern on the work function control film formed in the second region; injecting a work function control material into the work function control film formed in the first region to control a work function of the work function control film formed in the first region; removing the mask pattern; and forming a first metal gate electrode to fill the first trench and forming a second metal gate electrode to fill the second trench. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122286 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first etching mask and a second etching mask are formed sequentially on a metal gate structure on a substrate and a first insulating interlayer covering a sidewall of the metal gate structure respectively. An opening is formed to expose a top surface of the substrate by removing a portion of the first insulating interlayer not overlapped with the first etching mask or the second etching mask. A metal silicide pattern is formed on the exposed top surface of the substrate. A plug on the metal silicide pattern is formed to fill a remaining portion of the opening. Further, a planarization layer may be used as the second etching mask. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122139 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND HEMOGLOBIN MEASUREMENT METHOD USING THE SAME - A microfluidic device and a method for measurement of biomaterials using the same. The microfluidic device includes a microfluidic structure including: a sample chamber which receives and accommodates blood; a reagent chamber which contains a luminescent reactant; a first detection chamber which contains a first material that is positively charged; a second detection chamber which is connected to the first detection chamber, and contains a second material having a boronate moiety; and at least one channel which connects the sample chamber, the reagent chamber and the first and second detection chambers. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121990 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte comprising: a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive represented by Formula 1 below: | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121963 | FLEXIBLE BATTERY AND FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A flexible battery and a flexible electronic device including the flexible battery as a power source. The flexible battery includes a cell stack comprising a plurality of unit cells, and an external casing sealing the cell stack, wherein each of the unit cells comprises a negative electrode, a positive electrode, an electrolyte layer disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a first polymer film at least partially surrounding the negative electrode, the positive electrode, and the electrolyte layer. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121800 | METHOD OF MODIFYING SURFACE OF SUBSTRATE FOR INKJET PRINTING - A method may include providing a surface modification inkjet head and a target inkjet head to be movable on a substrate, and forming a surface modification printed pattern by moving the surface modification inkjet head and ejecting surface modification ink onto the substrate. A target printed pattern may be formed by ejecting a target ink from the target inkjet head to the surface modification printed pattern and a metal wiring pattern may be formed on the substrate by removing the surface modification printed pattern. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121422 | Centrifugal fan and refrigerator having the same - A centrifugal fan includes a main shroud and a sub shroud. The main shroud is configured to connect upper ends of outer rims of a plurality of blades spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction of a base. The sub shroud is provided at the upper end of the outer rim of each blade and serves to prevent air from moving from a pressure surface to a negative pressure surface of each blade by passing over an upper end of the blade. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121277 | Image forming apparatus and fixing unit control method thereof - An image forming apparatus including: an image forming unit which forms an image; a fixing unit which fixes the image transferred to a printing medium; a power supply which supplies operation power to the fixing unit; a contactless sensor sensing a temperature of the fixing unit and respectively outputting a sensor-sensing voltage and a sensor-compensating voltage; and a contactless-sensing protector which shuts off the power if the sensor-sensing voltage is higher than the sensor-compensating voltage. The fixing unit can be protected from overheating and control error through the contactless-sensing protector for sensing the fixing temperature and shutting off the power. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121248 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND LENS DEVICE - A photographing device is provided, in which an exchangeable lens unit including an image-forming optical system for capturing an image of an object on a photographing element, an end lens interposed between the image-forming optical system and the photographing element, an end lens support for supporting the end lens, and a first mounting unit, and a main body including a second mounting unit to which the first mounting unit is mounted, the photographing element disposed inside the second mounting unit, and an opening unit installed at a side of the photographing element in the second mounting unit, for receiving the end lens therein. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121246 | OPTICAL PATH ADJUSTING DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical path adjusting device includes a supporting plate having a hole through which light travels, a two-dimensional (2D) aperture disposed in the supporting plate so as to adjust an open area of the hole, and a three-dimensional (3D) aperture having a plurality of first blinds and a plurality of second blinds. The plurality of first blinds are disposed to correspond to a first area of the hole so as to move to open or close the first area, and the plurality of second blinds are disposed to correspond to a second area of the hole so as to move to open or close the second area. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121241 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS AUTO FOCUSING OF A CAMERA IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of continuous auto focusing a camera in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes setting an arbitrary area of a preview screen as a focus area, the preview screen being divided into at least one tracking area, focusing on a subject located within the focus area and fixing a focus of the subject, and adjusting the focus with respect to the focus area when a movement of the subject is detected within the tracking area that includes the focus area. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121232 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING DATA - A method and apparatus for reproducing data are provided. The method and apparatus involve receiving a first signal for marking a desired reproduction position in media data; storing reproduction information for reproducing the media data from the desired reproduction position without searching for reference data in the media data; and reproducing the media data by using the reproduction information if a second signal is received so as to request the media data to be reproduced from the desired reproduction position. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121196 | Apparatus for decoding image data based on availability of reference data and method thereof - An image data decoding apparatus and method are based on an availability of reference data. The image data decoding apparatus may include a core to process decoding of image data, and an availability determining device to receive, from the core, availability verification request information with respect to a reference area of a first frame included in the image data, to determine an availability with respect to the reference area based on the received availability verification request information, and to transmit, to the core, the determined availability. When the reference area is available, the core may process decoding of a second frame based on the reference area. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE SEARCH USING FEATURE POINT - A method and an apparatus search an image using a feature point. The image search method extracts at least one feature point from an image and describes the extracted at least one feature point in stages, thereby generating a hierarchical feature point descriptor. In addition, the method may search for information matching the feature point descriptor from a local database (DB) included in a terminal or a remote DB included in a server. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121163 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING DEPTH OF 3D IMAGE THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus and a method for extracting a depth of a 3D image of the 3D display apparatus are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes: an image input unit which receives an image; a 3D image generator which generates a 3D image of which a depth is adjusted according to a relative motion between global and local motions of the image; and an image output unit which outputs the 3D image. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121162 | Filtering apparatus and method for high precision restoration of depth image - A high speed filtering apparatus and a method for high precision restoration of a depth image are provided. The high speed filtering apparatus for high precision restoration of the depth image may include a block setting unit to set a first block including a target pixel, and to set a second block with respect to a central pixel distributed around the target pixel based on a size of the first block, a weight determining unit to determine a pixel weight with respect to each pixel in the second block, and to determine a block weight with respect to the second block by applying the pixel weight, and a processor to filter the target pixel based on the block weight, thereby accurately filtering the target pixel. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121126 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING FACE POSITION IN 3 DIMENSIONS - An apparatus and method for estimating a three-dimensional face position. The method of estimating the three-dimensional face position includes acquiring two-dimensional image information from a single camera, detecting a face region of a user from the two-dimensional image information, calculating the size of the detected face region, estimating a distance between the single camera and the user's face using the calculated size of the face region, and obtaining positional information of the user's face in a three-dimensional coordinate system using the estimated distance between the single camera and the user's face. Accordingly, it is possible to estimate the distance between the user and the single camera using the size of the face region of the user in the image information acquired by the single camera so as to acquire the three-dimensional position coordinates of the user. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121102 | EARPHONE ANTENNA DEVICE FOR RECEIVING DUAL BAND SIGNAL - An earphone antenna device is provided. The earphone antenna device includes a first antenna connected to an earphone, configured in the form of a wire that is separate from an audio line, for receiving a first band frequency, and a connector connecting the earphone to a terminal device. The connector includes a Radio Frequency (RF) connected to the first antenna, for filtering the first band frequency and for restraining other band frequencies, and a second antenna connected between the RF filter and an internal path of the connector connected to the terminal device, for receiving a second band frequency higher than the first band frequency. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121083 | ENCRYPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An encryption method and apparatus for encrypting a plurality of rounds are provided. The encryption method including: extracting a conversion function, which is convertible in a table form from a predetermined block encryption method; converting the extracted conversion function into a corresponding converted table; applying the converted table to an input bit; applying an extension function, which extends an output bit, to an output of the converted table; and applying a restore function, which restores the extended output bit. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121024 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL ENTROPY ENCODING AND PARALLEL ENTROPY DECODING BASED ON DECODING RATE - Provided are an entropy encoding method, an entropy decoding method, an entropy encoding apparatus, and an entropy decoding apparatus. The entropy encoding method includes: generating bitstreams by dividing video data into a plurality of data groups, encoding each of the data groups so as to generate symbols, and performing entropy encoding on the symbols; classifying the generated bitstreams into a plurality of classes such that bitstreams of neighboring data groups are classified into different classes; determining, from among a plurality of segments divided from a datastream, segments to which one or more bitstreams of a same class are allocated based on decoding rates of the bitstreams; and outputting a datastream including bitstreams allocated to each segment. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120888 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRIMARY UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL HOPPING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless communication system includes a base station capable of communicating with a plurality of subscriber stations includes a controller configured to perform a frequency hop within a selected subset of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The PUSCH includes a plurality of available resource blocks and a plurality of restricted resource blocks. The base station includes a transmit path comprising circuitry configured to transmit control information and data to at least one of the plurality of subscriber stations in a sub-frame. The transmit path is also configured to transmit a plurality of resource blocks in the sub-frame. Further, the transmit path maps a plurality virtual resource blocks (VRB) to a plurality of available physical resource blocks (PRB) within a limited bandwidth of the sub-frame. The sub-frame includes the limited bandwidth and a plurality of restricted resource blocks. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120806 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOAD BALANCING IN MULTI-CELL WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - An apparatus and method provide load balancing in a multi-cell wireless access system. The method includes determining a change value of a TX power, determining a handover candidate set including at least one MS to be handed over, calculating expected gains after TX power control for each MS classification, and determining whether to control the TX power based on the expected gains. The change value is zero or a positive real number. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120741 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, READ METHOD FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCORPORATING NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A method of performing a read operation on nonvolatile memory device comprises receiving a read command, receiving addresses, detecting a transition of a read enable signal, generating a strobe signal based on the transition of the read enable signal, reading data corresponding to the received addresses, and outputting the read data after the strobe signal is toggled a predetermined number of times. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120733 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING FUSE ARRAY AND METHOD OF OPERATION THE SAME - Provided are a semiconductor device including a fuse and a method of operating the same. The semiconductor device includes a fuse array, a first register unit, and a second register unit. The fuse array includes a plurality of rows and columns. The first register unit receives at least one row of fuse data from the fuse array. Fuse data of the at least one row of fuse data is received in parallel by the first register unit. The second register unit receives the fuse data at least one bit at a time from the first register unit. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120731 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD OF PROGRAMMING - A method of programming a nonvolatile memory device comprises applying a program voltage to a selected wordline to program selected memory cells, and performing a verify operation by applying a verify voltage to the selected wordline to determine the programming status of the selected memory cells. The verify operation applies the verify voltage to the selected wordline at least two different times to divide the selected memory cells into at least three regions corresponding to different threshold voltage ranges. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120730 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING MAXIMUM VERIFY TIME IN NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile memory device is programmed by decoding a received address, determining whether the received address is a first type of page address or a second type of page address, adjusting a maximum verify time of a program loop used to verify a program state of page data according to the determined type of page address, and performing a verify operation during the adjusted maximum verify time. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120728 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A non-volatile memory device is provided, including a substrate formed of a single crystalline semiconductor, pillar-shaped semiconductor patterns extending perpendicular to the substrate, a plurality of gate electrodes and a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers alternately stacked perpendicular to the substrate, and a charge spread blocking layer formed between the plurality of gate electrodes and the plurality of interlayer dielectric layers. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120692 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SWITCH MODE POWER SUPPLY - A switch mode power supply (SMPS) is capable of reducing standby power consumption, and includes a power factor capacitor (PFC) bulk capacitor which supplies power in a standby mode to constant loads by repeatedly charging and discharging a voltage, a PFC controller which controls the voltage to be charged in the PFC bulk capacitor, a first resistor and a second resistor which divide the voltage of the PFC bulk capacitor and output a reference voltage, and a control unit which controls the charging and discharging of the voltage of the PFC bulk capacitor in accordance with the reference voltage. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120484 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - Provided is a projection optical system for an ultra-short focus image projection device. The disclosed projection optical system includes a first optical system for zooming an image formed by an image display device to form a first intermediate image, a second optical system for enlarging the first intermediate image to form a second intermediate image, and a reflection optical system for reflecting light which forms the second intermediate image. An optical axis of the first optical system translates parallel with respect to an optical axis of the second optical system in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the first optical system. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120446 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING DOCUMENT USING SPEECH DATA AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SYSTEM - A document generation method and system using speech data, and an image forming apparatus including the document generation system. The method includes setting document editing information including at least one of document form information and sentence pattern information for editing a document when the speech data is generated as the document; converting the speech data into text; and generating the text as the document based on the document editing information. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120362 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thin film transistor array panel includes a source electrode and a drain electrode on an insulating substrate, an oxide semiconductor on the insulating substrate and overlapping the source electrode and the drain electrode, a passivation layer overlapping the oxide semiconductor and on the insulating substrate, a gate electrode on the passivation layer, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode. The gate electrode and the pixel electrode include a same material. The oxide semiconductor is between the source electrode and the gate electrode, and between the drain electrode and the gate electrode in a cross-sectional view of the thin film transistor array panel. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120340 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, BONDING FILM USED FOR THE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE BONDING FILM - A display apparatus may include a display panel between top and bottom covers. The display panel has a display area to display an image. The display panel may be inserted in the bottom cover, which includes a bottom surface having a shape corresponding to a shape of the display panel. Lateral sides of the bottom cover extend upward from the bottom surface. The top cover supports edges of the display panel and includes a top surface having a display window to expose the display area. Lateral sides of the top cover extend toward the bottom cover from the top surface. A bonding film may be bonded to the top and bottom covers to fixedly couple the top cover to the bottom cover. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120334 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display may include a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer comprising liquid crystal molecules that are interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the insulating layer, a third electrode disposed on the second substrate, and an alignment layer disposed on any one of the second electrode and the third electrode. The second electrode comprises a fine slit structure, and at least one of the liquid crystal layer and the alignment layer comprises a sub-alignment substance. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120266 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CONNECTING COUNTERPART DEVICE BY CAPTURING IMAGE OF COUNTERPART DEVICE IN WIRELESS DEVICE - An apparatus and a method detect and connect a counterpart device by capturing an image of the counterpart device in a wireless device. A Relative Distance Value (RDV) between the wireless device and the counterpart device is determined via image capture using a camera. The counterpart device is identified using the determined RDV. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120264 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO STABILIZATION BY COMPENSATING FOR VIEW DIRECTION OF CAMERA - A video stabilization method includes: measuring an inter-frame camera motion based on a difference angle of a relative camera view direction in comparison with a reference camera view direction in each frame of a frame sequence of a video; generating a camera motion path of the frame sequence by using the inter-frame camera motion and determining a camera view direction adjustment angle based on a user's view direction by using the camera motion path; and compensating for the camera view direction by using the camera view direction adjustment angle in each frame. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120202 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING 3 DIMENSIONAL EFFECT AND REDUCING VISUAL FATIGUE AND APPARATUS ENABLING THE SAME - A method and an apparatus for improving three dimensional (3D) effect of a 3D image collected by a 3D photographing apparatus, and reducing visual fatigue, are provided. A feature point of a left-eye image entering through a left-eye lens and of a right-eye image entering through a right-eye lens is acquired, a disparity between the left- and right-eye images is detected, a distance between the left- and right-eye lenses is controlled so that the disparity between the left- and right-eye images becomes a previously-set reference disparity, and at least one of the left- and right-eye images is shifted so that a convergence point is placed on an object located within the left- and right-eye images. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120153 | Nozzle Plate And Method Of Manufacturing The Same - A nozzle plate including protruding nozzles and a method of manufacturing the nozzle plate. The nozzle plate may include a body unit and at least one nozzle protruding from the body unit. The at least one nozzle may include an exit part having a constant cross-sectional area and a damper part having a cross-sectional area that decreases in a direction toward the exit part, wherein the damper part of the at least one nozzle includes a plurality of inner wall surfaces having different angles of inclination. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120151 | Inkjet Head Cleaning Apparatus And Method - According to an example embodiment, an inkjet head cleaning apparatus that removes ink residue from an inkjet head after a purging operation in a non-contact manner includes a cleaning blade and a drive unit. The cleaning blade is at a distance from a bottom of the inkjet head. The drive unit is configured to move the cleaning blade in a direction parallel to the inkjet head bottom. The cleaning blade includes a flat upper surface parallel to the inkjet head bottom, and an ink film is produced between the flat upper surface of the cleaning blade and the inkjet head bottom. The cleaning blade also includes an elongated groove longitudinally in the upper surface of the cleaning blade. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120141 | Ink Discharge Apparatus And Method Of Controlling The Same - In an embodiment of the apparatus, a transparent inkjet head includes a first plurality of nozzles, and a color inkjet head includes a second plurality of nozzles. A color value measurement unit is configured to measure color values of ink applied to a plurality of pixels based on signals applied to the second plurality of nozzles of the color inkjet head and signals applied to the first plurality of nozzles of the transparent inkjet head. A control unit is configured to compare the measured color values of the ink applied to the plurality of pixels with a target value and to change the signals applied to the first plurality of nozzles of the transparent inkjet head such that the measured color values of the ink applied to the plurality of pixels are uniform. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120128 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel including nxm array of pixels and which sequentially drives the pixels from pixels in a first row to pixels in an n-th row, a panel driving circuit which sequentially applies first, second, third or fourth image data to the display panel, a backlight unit including a first light source disposed adjacent to the pixels in the first row and a second light source disposed adjacent to the pixels in the n-th row, and a backlight control circuit which divides each of first and second time periods into first, second, third and fourth blinking time periods, and applies a control signal to the backlight unit, where the first time period corresponds to two frames during which the first and second image data are applied, and the second time period corresponds to two frames during which the third and fourth image data are applied. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120125 | LCD APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING TEMPERATURE - An LCD apparatus and a method for compensating an input image based on temperature are provided. The LCD apparatus receives an external temperature of the LCD apparatus and compensates the input image based on the received external temperature and a measured internal temperature. Accordingly, a user may enjoy an image with optimum quality which is suitable for a current temperature. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120109 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMAGE EFFECT IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method is provided for providing an image effect in a mobile terminal. An image effect provider applies a wrinkling effect to data upon arrival at an end of the data while the data is shifted by a specific user action. A controller controls the image effect provider to display the data to which the wrinkling effect is applied upon arrival at the end of the data by the specific user action. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE - Provided is a system and method for controlling a device using Augmented Reality (AR). A system for controlling a device using Augmented Reality (AR) includes a device server, an AR server, and a portable terminal. The device server registers information about each device. The AR server generates an AR screen displaying type information and service-related information of at least one device searched in response to a request of a portable terminal by using the registered device information, and provides the generated AR screen to the portable terminal. The portable terminal connects with a device selected among devices displayed on the AR screen and performs a specific function with the connected device. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120065 | IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROVIDING METHOD BASED ON USER'S LOCATION - An image providing apparatus includes: a user location acquisition unit which acquires locations of users; a barrier adjustment unit which adjusts at least one of a space between a display and a barrier screen, a size of a barrier slot, and a left/right movement amount of the barrier slot at least based on a user's location of at least one of the users; an image generation unit which generates an image of which a time point region is adjusted, by the barrier adjustment unit, to the user's location; and an image output unit which outputs the generated image on a display. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120056 | COMPUTER, MONITOR, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D IMAGE THEREOF - A computer, a monitor, a recording medium, and a method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) image thereof are provided. The method of providing the 3D includes: generating a left eye image frame and a right eye image frame corresponding to a frame of an input 3D image; inserting an indicator indicating whether a current frame, among the left eye image frame and the right eye image frame, is a left eye image or a right eye image to a specific pixel of the current frame; and outputting, to a monitor, an image signal comprising the left eye image frame and the right eye image frame, to at least one of which the indicator is inserted. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120055 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, the image processing apparatus including: a parallax estimation unit which estimates parallax with respect to a left eye image and a right eye image of a three-dimensional (3D) image; a horizontal movement value determination unit which determines a horizontal movement value using the estimated parallax; a horizontal movement unit which horizontally moves the left eye image and the right eye image based on the horizontal movement value; and a controller which calculates a chronological change rate of the estimated parallax for a predetermined time, determines whether the chronological change rate is greater than a predetermined threshold, and if the chronological change rate is greater, limits the horizontal movement value to a predetermined range and controls the horizontal movement unit to horizontally move the left eye image and the right eye image based on the limited horizontal movement value. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120043 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING METHODS AND DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a display driving device, a display device including the same, and an image data compression and decompression method. The display driving device comprises an encoder that compresses PenTile® matrix encoded input image data using a binary encoding scheme and a DPCM encoding scheme, calculates errors produced by each encoding scheme, and selects an encoding scheme mode and its compressed data according to the calculated errors. A decoder decompresses the compressed data according to a decoding scheme corresponding to the selected encoding scheme mode. And a source driver drives source lines connected with a display panel based on decompressed data. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120018 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A display device including a capacitive touch screen panel is provided. The display device includes a touch screen panel sensor film including an upper Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) layer and a lower ITO layer, and a touch screen Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB), wherein an air path direction modification unit is formed on a passageway of an air path to modify a direction of the air path, the air path being formed between the upper ITO layer and the touch screen FPCB. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120005 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL DISPLAY - A touch screen panel display for displaying a three-dimensional image including a display, a touch screen panel sensor film stacked on top of the display, and a window stacked on top of the touch screen panel sensor film is provided. The touch screen panel display includes a viewing angle difference barrier film stacked between an upper surface of the touch screen panel sensor film and a lower surface of the window and for transmitting light of a pixel corresponding to a left eye and light of a pixel corresponding to a right eye to a left eye and a right eye, respectively. The touch screen panel display displays a three-dimensional image using a two-dimensional liquid crystal display. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119784 | DIGITAL LOGIC CIRCUIT WITH DYNAMIC LOGIC GATE - A digital logic gate suitable for a high-speed operation of a central processing unit. The digital logic gate comprises the first dynamic logic gate configured to logically gate a plurality of first input data in response to the first clock signal, a second dynamic logic gate configured to logically gate a gating output of the first dynamic logic gate and a plurality of second input data, and a latching device configured to latch a gating output of the second dynamic logic gate. The digital logic circuit need not adopt a keeper circuit, and thus a gate delay is reduced and the digital logic circuit performs a high-speed gating operation with robust characteristic against a current leakage or an input noise. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119359 | BUMP STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING THE BUMP STRUCTURE - Provided are a bump structure includes a first bump and a second bump, a semiconductor package including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The bump structure includes: first bump provided on a connection pad of a substrate, the first bump including a plurality of nano-wires extending from the connection pad and a body connecting end portions of the plurality of nano-wires; and a second bump provided on the body of the first bump. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119290 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING PROTRUSION TYPE ISOLATION LAYER - A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor layer having a convex portion and a concave portion surrounding the convex portion. The semiconductor device may further include a protrusion type isolation layer filling the concave portion and extending upward so that an uppermost surface of the isolation layer is a at level higher that an uppermost surface of the convex portion. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119287 | 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SAME - A three dimensional (3D) semiconductor device includes; a vertical channel extending from a lower end proximate a substrate to an upper end and connecting a plurality of memory cells, and a cell array comprising the plurality of cells, wherein the cell array is arranged in a gate stack of layers having a stair-stepped structure disposed on the substrate. The gate stack includes a lower layer including a lower select line coupled to a lower non-memory transistor proximate the lower end, upper layers including conductive lines respectively coupled to an upper non-memory transistor proximate the upper end and connected as a single conductive piece to form an upper select line, and intermediate layers respectively including a word line and coupled to a cell transistor, wherein the intermediate layers are disposed between the lower select line and the upper select line. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119286 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING VERTICAL CHANNEL TRANSISTORS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor device has a plurality of vertical channels extending upright on a substrate, a plurality of bit lines extending among the vertical channels, a plurality of word lines which include a plurality of gates disposed adjacent first sides of the vertical channels, respectively, and a plurality of conductive elements disposed adjacent second sides of the vertical channels opposite the first sides. The conductive elements can provide a path to the substrate for charge carriers which have accumulated in the associated vertical channel to thereby mitigate a so-called floating effect. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119283 | METHODS FOR FORMING ETCH STOP LAYERS, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING THE SAME, AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A plurality of vertical channels of semiconductor material are formed to extend in a vertical direction through the plurality of insulation layers and the plurality of conductive patterns, a gate insulating layer between the conductive pattern and the vertical channels that insulates the conductive pattern from the vertical channels. Conductive contact regions of the at least two of the conductive patterns are in a stepped configuration. An etch stop layer is positioned on the conductive contact regions, wherein the etch stop layer has a first portion on a first one of the plurality of conductive patterns and has a second portion on a second one of the plurality of conductive patterns, wherein the first portion is of a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the second portion. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119239 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting display device includes a plurality of first and second electrodes which are spaced apart from each other on a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting layers between the first and second electrodes, a flexible thin encapsulation film on the second electrodes, and a color filter on the flexible thin encapsulation film. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119215 | Array substrate, method of manufacturing the array substrate, and liquid crystal display device having the array substrate - In an array substrate, a method of manufacturing the array substrate, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having the array substrate, a pixel electrode includes an outline portion, connection portions, and slit portions. The outline portion is arranged toward a data line and a gate line thereon, and the connection portions extend in a direction that crosses the data line and the gate line, respectively, to connect to the outline portion. The slit portions protrude from side surfaces of the connection portions to connect to the outline portion. A shielding electrode is arranged toward the outline portion between the data line and the outline portion, and the gate line and the outline portion. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119091 | Infrared sensor module - An infrared sensor module includes a first infrared sensor that includes a first light emitting unit configured to emit infrared light to an object and a first light receiving unit configured to detect an amount of infrared light reflected from the object, a second infrared sensor that includes a second light emitting unit configured to emit infrared light to the object and a second light receiving unit configured to detect an amount of the infrared light reflected from the object, and a controller to measure reflectivity of the object using a peak output voltage of the first light receiving unit, and to measure a distance to the object using not only the measured object reflectivity but also an output voltage of the second light receiving unit. As a result, the distance from the infrared sensor to the object can be correctly measured irrespective of the reflectivity of the object. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118892 | COVER LOCKING DEVICE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - A locking device for a portable terminal includes a body; a battery cover; and a locking unit for allowing the battery cover to be selectively attached or detached from the bottom of the body, wherein a locked or locking-released position of the battery cover provided by the locking unit is located to be concealed within the interior of the body, so that the locked or locking-released position is not exposed to the outside. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118876 | FLIP CHIP BONDING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to example embodiments, a flip chip bonding apparatus includes a metal chamber, a stage in the metal chamber, and a planar antenna in the chamber. The stage may be configured to receive a circuit board having flip chips arranged thereon. The antenna may be configured to bond the flip chips to the circuit board by inductively heating the flip chips on the circuit board. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117801 | VARIABLE RESISTANCE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A variable resistance memory device has memory cells that are operated by Joule's heat and which are highly thermally efficient. Conductive patterns are formed on a substrate; sacrificial patterns exposing a portion of the top surface of each of the conductive patterns are formed on the conductive patterns, lower electrodes are formed by etching upper portions of the conductive patterns using the sacrificial patterns as an etching mask, then mold patterns are formed on the lower electrodes and cover exposed sidewall surfaces of the sacrificial patterns, and then the sacrificial patterns are replaced with variable resistance patterns. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117798 | METHOD OF ARRANGING COMPONENTS OF CIRCUIT BOARD FOR OPTIMAL HEAT DISSIPATION AND CIRCUIT APPARATUS HAVING COMPONENTS ARRANGED BY PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of arranging a plurality of components of a circuit board for optimal heat dissipation and a circuit apparatus having a plurality of components arranged by performing the method are provided. The method includes arranging a predetermined number of the plurality of components in the order of size of the components in a heat dissipation area having a predetermined width on a virtual straight line connecting the air inlet unit and the air outlet unit. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117753 | Cyclone dust collecting apparatus and vacuum cleaner having the same - A cyclone dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner includes a first chamber; an entering passage disposed above the first chamber, the entering passage guiding outer air to form a downwardly whirling air current in the first chamber; a second chamber formed at a position higher than that of an outlet of the entering passage above the first chamber, the second chamber in which the outer air entering from the first chamber whirls; a contaminants-blocking member disposed to be spaced apart from a bottom surface of the first chamber at a center of the first chamber, the contaminants-blocking member preventing contaminants and water separated in the first chamber from moving into the second chamber; and a grill disposed inside the second chamber to be in fluid communication with an air discharging port through which clean air is discharged. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117451 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING WEBPAGE - A method and apparatus for displaying webpages connected to links of a first webpage are provided. The method includes displaying a first webpage having at least one link corresponding to another webpage, detecting a touch to select one of the at least one link, and loading a second webpage corresponding to the selected link in the background. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117450 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus, a remote controller and a control method thereof, the display apparatus including a first communication section which receives web page data including a plurality of link items, a receiving section which receives a video signal, a signal processing section which processes the web page data or the video signal, a display section which displays a web page corresponding to the processed web page data or a video corresponding to the processed video signal, and a control section which groups the plurality of link items included in the displayed web page into a predetermined number of groups, generates index information about the groups and the link items included in the groups, and displays first user selection icons corresponding to each group using the generated index information. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117406 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEMORY MANAGEMENT IN MOBILE DEVICE - A method for memory management in a mobile device, and a mobile device for performing the method, are provided. The mobile device performs garbage collection in a flexible manner after transitioning from the sleep state to the wakeup state according to the paging cycle. This contributes to securing the sleep interval for the mobile device and reducing power consumption. The memory management method includes transitioning from a sleep state to a wakeup state, performing a paging procedure in the wakeup state, determining whether to initiate garbage collection after completion of the paging procedure, performing, when it is determined that garbage collection is to be initiated, garbage collection according to a paging cycle, and transitioning from the wakeup state to the sleep state after completion of garbage collection. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117344 | COMPUTING SYSTEM AND HIBERNATION METHOD THEREOF - A hibernation method of a computing system that includes generating backup data and write addresses according to at least a portion of data utilized by the computing system at a hibernation request, generating conversion addresses corresponding to a first non-volatile memory when the write addresses correspond to a second non-volatile memory, and storing the backup data in the first non-volatile memory according to either the write addresses or the conversion addresses. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117311 | Memory System And Method Of Operating A Memory System - A memory system according to at least one example embodiment stores meta data in a cache register when the memory system enters a standby mode. Therefore, the memory system may reduce power consumption in the standby mode, and/or rapidly perform a mode switch. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117296 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE HAVING ALTERNATIVE BIT ORGANIZATION - A system is disclosed that includes a first memory device operable according to either a first bit organization or a second bit organization, a second memory device operable according to only the first bit organization, and a memory control unit. The memory control unit is commonly connected to the first and second memory devices via a command/address bus and a portion of a data bus, and is connected to the second memory device via another portion of the data bus. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117286 | Interface Devices And Systems Including The Same - An interface device includes a transaction management unit, a buffer unit and a selection circuit. The transaction management unit selectively splits a transaction of a master device into a first sub-transaction and at least one remaining sub-transaction based on a size of the transaction. The buffer unit stores the remaining sub-transaction. The selection circuit selects one of the first sub-transaction and an output of the buffer unit in response to a select control signal. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117263 | MANIFEST MECHANISM IN BROADCAST INVOLVED SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for receiving manifest information by a client from a broadcast involved system are provided. The method includes accessing the broadcast involved system, receiving timing information comprising a specific entry point to check the manifest information, and acquiring the manifest information from a broadcasting channel using the timing information. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SOLICITATION OF PRESENCE INFORMATION FROM PRESENCE SOURCE - A method for requesting presence information from a presence source by a presence server is provided. The method includes receiving, from a presence source, media feature tag value corresponding to presence information published by the presence source, respectively; requesting specific presence information from the presence source using a specific media feature tag value from among the media feature tag values; transmitting a publication rule for controlling publication operation of the presence source; and receiving, from the presence source, the specific presence information published by the presence source, according to the publication rule. Each of the media feature tag value represents a type of presence information published by the presence source | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117249 | MOBILE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a mobile device and a control method thereof. The mobile device includes: a communication section or unit which communicates with a plurality of external devices on a predetermined network; a sensor section or unit which detects an indication direction of the mobile device with reference to a specific part of a casing of the mobile device; and a control section or unit which selects external device location information corresponding to the indication direction of the mobile device detected by the sensor section or unit among a plurality of external device location information corresponding to the plurality of respective external devices, and controls the communication section to start communication with an external device corresponding to the selected external device location information. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117190 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICE USING PERSONAL NETWORK - Disclosed is a method of providing a service of an external network through creating a service group including personal network devices establishing a personal network by a Converged Personal Network Service (CPNS) server. A plurality of service providers provide a service for each group without independent operation of the service group generation and management function, thereby conserving resources and improving efficiency. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117073 | PERSONAL MASHUPS - In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for automated creation of a mashup is provided, the method comprising: receiving data needs of a user; identifying sources of data to satisfy the data needs by comparing the data needs to available data sources; retrieving metadata relating to the identified sources of data from a source metadata store; identifying services to satisfy the data needs by comparing the retrieved metadata to available services; retrieving metadata related to the identified services from a service metadata store; and generating a plan for supplying data from the identified sources of data to the identified services based on the retrieved metadata from the source metadata source and the retrieved metadata from the service metadata source. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117024 | METHOD FOR UPDATING MEDIA DATABASE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for updating a media database in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes, when a change in a locale of the portable terminal is detected, decoding metadata of one or more media files according to a coding scheme corresponding to the changed locale, and updating the media database based on the decoded metadata. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116757 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNAL - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a high frequency signal by using a low frequency signal. The high frequency signal can be encoded by extracting a coefficient by linear predicting a high frequency signal, and encoding the coefficient, generating a signal by using the extracted coefficient and a low frequency signal, and encoding the high frequency signal by calculating a ratio between the high frequency signal and an energy value of the generated signal. Also, the high frequency signal can be decoded by decoding a coefficient, which is extracted by linear predicting a high frequency signal, and a low frequency signal, and generating a signal by using the decoded coefficient and the decoded low frequency signal, and adjusting the generated signal by decoding a ratio between the generated signal and an energy value of the high frequency signal. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116588 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A robot system and a control method thereof in which, when a robot is located in a docking region, the robot calculates a distance by emitting infrared rays and detecting ultrasonic waves oscillated from a charging station, measures a distance from the charging station and performs docking with charging station. The distance between the robot and the charging station is precisely measured, thereby performing smooth and correct docking of the robot with the charging station. Further, the robot emits infrared rays only while performing docking with the charging station and thus reduces power consumption required for infrared ray emission, and wakes up a circuit in the charging station based on the infrared rays emitted from the robot and thus reduces power consumption of the charging station. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116581 | ROBOT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A robot which is able to complete all or a part of desired operations and take a safety countermeasure in order to prevent an unexpected result from being obtained, even when a power source of a motor-based robot is unintentionally and suddenly cut off. A method of controlling a robot, which includes a main power source, a subsidiary power source and a motor to receive power from at least one of the main power source and the subsidiary power source, includes driving the motor using power supplied from the subsidiary power source if power supplied from the main power source is cut off, selecting at least one of a plurality of safety control modes to stably control the robot in consideration of a current state of the robot, and controlling the robot to operate in the selected safety control mode. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115555 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FISHING GAME USING A MOBILE PROJECTOR - An apparatus and method for providing a fishing game using a mobile projector are provided. The apparatus includes an output unit for outputting a fishing game image; a projector for projecting the fishing game image output from the output unit onto a projection surface; a sensor unit for calculating a direction and a speed in and at which the apparatus is moved, upon detecting a motion of the apparatus during the fishing game; and a controller for projecting the fishing game image using the projector module, and controlling a change in motion of a specific object in the fishing game image projected onto the projection surface, depending on the calculated direction and speed of the apparatus. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115535 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK POWER CONTROL USING RANGING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for uplink power control using a ranging signal in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes transmitting ranging channel information to a pico Base Station (BS), receiving power control information on a macro terminal from the pico BS, controlling a transmit power strength for the macro terminal based on the power control information, and instructing the macro terminal to control a transmit power to the controlled strength. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115530 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING FOR GROUP COMMUNICATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for setting a group communication session using a wireless access system are provided. The method includes transmitting, at a transmission side client, a message requesting start/end of group communication to a control Push To Talk (PTT) server, transmitting, at the control PTT server, a session set/end message including a sequence number to a participating PTT server, multicasting, at the participating PTT server, a connect/disconnect request message N times for at least one reception side client, and setting/releasing, at the at least one reception side client, a session for the group communication. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO RESOURCE MEASUREMENT IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - A radio resource measurement method in a heterogeneous network includes a user equipment (UE) that performs radio resource measurement; when a measurement result meets a predefined condition, the UE performs radio resource measurement on restricted resources according to configuration information of the restricted resources, wherein the restricted resources are a set of all sub-frame resources corresponding to Almost Blank Sub-frames (ABSes) or are a subset of the set. Therefore, the precision of RLM measurement or RRM measurement of a mobility system can be improved, and the implementation complexity of the UE can be decreased. | 05-10-2012 |
