Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080222558 | Apparatus and method of providing items based on scrolling - Disclosed is an apparatus and method of providing items based on scrolling. | 09-11-2008 |
20100103018 | DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF AND DATA RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Data transmission apparatus and method thereof, and data reception apparatus and method thereof. Input data is encoded into a plurality of visual codes according to a visual code type. The visual code type includes a sequential type requiring sequential transmission and a nonsequential type not requiring sequential transmission. The sequential visual code includes start code, data code, and end code, and is displayed sequentially. The nonsequential visual code is displayed nonsequentially. | 04-29-2010 |
20100146389 | Method of controlling virtual object or view point on two dimensional interactive display - A method of controlling a viewpoint of a user or a virtual object on a two-dimensional (2D) interactive display is provided. The method may convert a user input to at least 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) structured data according to a number of touch points, a movement direction thereof, and a rotation direction thereof. Any one of the virtual object and the viewpoint of the user may be determined as a manipulation target based on a location of the touch point. | 06-10-2010 |
20100185681 | Display infromation controling apparatus and method - A display information controlling apparatus and method are provided. The display information controlling apparatus may select at least one object from one or more objects based on a location of each of the one or more objects on a display and a location on the display corresponding to a user input signal. The display information controlling apparatus may perform a predetermined operation corresponding to the selected at least one object. | 07-22-2010 |
20100225580 | System and method of remote operation using visual code - A remote operation method using a visual code, and an apparatus executing the method. A mobile device encodes unique data into the visual code, and displays the visual code, and a display apparatus recognizes the displayed visual code, and performs a wireless connection with the mobile device. The mobile device remotely operates a pointer of the display apparatus mapped with the visual code when the wireless connection with the display apparatus is performed. In the display apparatus without a separate operation means, a remote operation is performed using the visual code of the mobile device. | 09-09-2010 |
20100283763 | MULTI-SENSING TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A multi-sensing touch panel and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The multi-sensing touch panel includes: a touch pad including an input surface; at least one infrared ray source which irradiates infrared rays to the touch pad; and a camera array including a plurality of infrared ray cameras which are disposed below the touch pad and inclined with respect to a plane of the input surface. | 11-11-2010 |
20100315381 | MULTI-TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS USING REAR VIEW CAMERA OF ARRAY TYPE - A multi-touch sensing apparatus using a rear view camera of an array type is provided. The multi-touch sensing apparatus may include a display panel to display an image, a sensing light source to emit light to sense a touch image which is generated by an object and displayed on a back side of the display panel, and a camera to divide and sense the touch image. The camera may be arranged in an edge of a lower side of the multi-touch sensing apparatus, or a mirror to reflect the touch image may be included in the multi-touch sensing apparatus. | 12-16-2010 |
20110029918 | Apparatus and method for navigation in digital object using gaze information of user - A digital object navigation apparatus and method using gaze information of a user is provided. The digital object navigation apparatus may collect gaze information and gesture information of the user, may determine navigation information with respect to a digital object including a zoom rate, a rendering quality, or an intensity of an annotation, and may navigate in the digital object. The user may navigate in the digital object by only gazing without separate manipulation. | 02-03-2011 |
20110102372 | Multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus using wedge waveguide - A multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus using a wedge waveguide is provided. A multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may sense a touch location or a target location on a display panel using a light which is reflected by an object located on the display panel. A camera in the multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may sense the touch location or the target location from the light reflected by the object. | 05-05-2011 |
20110115749 | MULTI-TOUCH AND PROXIMATE OBJECT SENSING APPARATUS USING SENSING ARRAY - A multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus using a sensing array is provided. The multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may sense a touch image or a target image by sensing an invisible light which is projected to a diffuser through the sensing array. Also, the multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may display an image on a display panel by controlling a location of the sensing array and a visible light source, without a backlight unit. | 05-19-2011 |
20110221705 | TOUCH OBJECT AND PROXIMATE OBJECT SENSING APPARATUS BY SELECTIVELY RADIATING LIGHT - Provided is a touch object and proximate object sensing apparatus by selectively radiating a light. An object sensing apparatus may separately use a touch light source to sense a touch image generated by an object touching a light guide, and a hovering light source to sense a target image generated by an object proximate to the light guide. The light guide may emit, to an upper portion of the light guide, an invisible light radiated from the hovering light source to enhance a sensation of sensing the proximate object. | 09-15-2011 |
20110248918 | METHOD FOR SUSPENSION SENSING IN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY, METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUSPENSION SENSING IMAGE, AND PROXIMITY SENSING APPARATUS - Provided is a method for proximity sensing in an interactive display and a method of processing a proximity sensing image. The method for proximity-sensing may include suspending, in a three-dimensional (3D) space, at least one hand of a user to manipulate at least one of a viewpoint of the user and a position of a virtual object displayed on a screen, and changing the virtual object by manipulating at least one of the position of the virtual object and the viewpoint of the user based on the suspending. | 10-13-2011 |
20110304532 | Image capturing and display apparatus and method - Provided is a display apparatus and method. The display apparatus may sense light reflected from an object and passed through a display panel, and may control a power of a backlight unit depending on whether the light has passed through the display panel. | 12-15-2011 |
20120026160 | Photographable three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus - Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus. The 3D display apparatus may include a mode decision unit to determine a mode corresponding to a predetermined criterion, a barrier panel to form a pattern based on the determined mode, and a controller to control a power of a backlight unit associated with an image panel, based on the determined mode. | 02-02-2012 |
20120139855 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH INFORMATION AND PROXIMITY INFORMATION IN DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are an apparatus and method for detecting touch information and proximity information in a display apparatus. The apparatus for detecting the touch information and the proximity information in the display apparatus may detect the touch information and the proximity information by obtaining an image area associated with touch sensing and an image area associated with proximity sensing with respect to an obtained image in the display apparatus. | 06-07-2012 |
20120146953 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR SENSING MULTI-TOUCH AND PROXIMITY OBJECT - A display apparatus that may enable sensing a multi-touch and a proximity object is provided. The display apparatus may display an image generated by the object on an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel, and may sense an invisible light that may be reflected by the object and may have entered through a hole. | 06-14-2012 |
20120176298 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING LIGHT SENSING FUNCTION - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display apparatus having an optical sensing function is provided. The OLED display apparatus may photograph an external object by sensing input light from the external object that passes through an imaging pattern included in a display panel. | 07-12-2012 |
20120182215 | SENSING MODULE, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A sensing module, and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) control apparatus and method are provided. The sensing module may be inserted into an input device, for example a keyboard, a mouse, a remote controller, and the like, and may sense a hovering movement of a hand of a user within a sensing area, and thus it is possible to provide an interface to control a wider variety of GUIs, and possible to prevent a display from being covered. | 07-19-2012 |
20120230436 | DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF AND DATA RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Data transmission apparatus and method thereof, and data reception apparatus and method thereof. Input data is encoded into a plurality of visual codes according to a visual code type. The visual code type includes a sequential type requiring sequential transmission and a nonsequential type not requiring sequential transmission. The sequential visual code includes start code, data code, and end code, and is displayed sequentially. The nonsequential visual code is displayed nonsequentially. | 09-13-2012 |
20120235899 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECT - An apparatus, system, and method for controlling a virtual object. The virtual object is controlled by detecting a hand motion of a user and generating an event corresponding to the hand motion. Accordingly, the user may control the virtual object displayed on a 3-dimensional graphic user interface (3D GUI) more intuitively and efficiently. | 09-20-2012 |
20120268426 | APPARATUS TO SENSE TOUCHING AND PROXIMATE OBJECTS - A sensing apparatus may emit light, radiated from a light source, to an upper part and may preserve light in an internal part, based on a total internal emission angle of the light. Also, the sensing apparatus may project the light radiated to the upper part, and the light preserved in the internal part, towards at least one of a touching object and the proximate object. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268609 | VIDEO OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS, VIDEO OBJECT DEFORMING APPARATUS, AND METHODS THEREOF - A video object detecting apparatus enables a user to not only simply watch the video but also to explore a video using a motion and a posture of the user. In addition, the user may manipulate the video using body motion instead of general input units such as a mouse and a touch system. Also, a video object deforming apparatus enables the user to recognize a difference in motions between an interactive video and the user, and provides the user with a video reflecting the difference. | 10-25-2012 |
20120304067 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER INTERFACE USING SOUND RECOGNITION - An apparatus and method for controlling a user interface using sound recognition are provided. The apparatus and method may detect a position of a hand of a user from an image of the user, and may determine a point in time for starting and terminating the sound recognition, thereby precisely classifying the point in time for starting the sound recognition and the point in time for terminating the sound recognition without a separate device. Also, the user may control the user interface intuitively and conveniently. | 11-29-2012 |
20120311432 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COMPOSING WEB DOCUMENT AND APPARATUS OF SETTING WEB DOCUMENT ARRANGEMENT - An apparatus and method of composing a web document and an apparatus to set a web document arrangement are provided. The apparatus to compose a web document includes a generation module which generates a plurality of frames by analyzing a source of a web document, a composition module which arranges the generated frames using a predetermined frame arrangement mode, and an output module which displays the arranged frames on a screen. | 12-06-2012 |
20120330594 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING 3D POSITION AND ORIENTATION THROUGH SENSOR FUSION - An apparatus and method for estimating a three-dimensional (3D) position and orientation based on a sensor fusion process is provided. The method of estimating the 3D position and orientation may include estimating a strength-based position and a strength-based orientation of a remote apparatus when a plurality of strength information is received, based on an attenuation characteristic of a strength that varies based on a distance and orientation, estimating an inertia-based position and an inertia-based orientation of the remote apparatus by receiving a plurality of inertial information, and estimating a fused position based on a weighted-sum of the strength-based position and the inertia-based position, and to estimate a fused orientation based on a weighted-sum of the strength-based orientation and the inertia-based orientation. The strength-based position and the strength-based orientation may be estimated based on a plurality of adjusted strength information from which noise is removed using a plurality of previous strength information. | 12-27-2012 |
20130016124 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VIRTUAL WORLD - An apparatus and method for processing a virtual world. The apparatus for controlling a facial expression of an avatar in a virtual world using a facial expression of a user in a real world may include a receiving unit to receive sensed information that is sensed by an intelligent camera, the sensed information relating to a facial expression basis of the user, and a processing unit to generate facial expression data of the user for controlling the facial expression of the avatar, using initialization information representing a parameter for initializing the facial expression basis of the user, a 2-dimensional/3-dimensional (2D/3D) model defining a coding method for a face object of the avatar, and the sensed information. | 01-17-2013 |
20130028469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION AND ORIENTATION THROUGH SENSOR FUSION - An apparatus and method of estimating a three-dimensional (3D) position and orientation based on a sensor fusion process. The method of estimating the 3D position and orientation may include determining a position of a marker in a two-dimensional (2D) image, determining a depth of a position in a depth image corresponding to the position of the marker in the 2D image to be a depth of the marker, estimating a 3D position of the marker calculated based on the depth of the marker as a marker-based position of a remote apparatus, estimating an inertia-based position and an inertia-based orientation by receiving inertial information associated with the remote apparatus, estimating a fused position based on a weighted sum of the marker-based position and the inertia-based position, and outputting the fused position and the inertia-based orientation. | 01-31-2013 |
20130169594 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING 3D IMAGE - An apparatus and method for controlling a 3-dimensional (3D) image using a virtual tool are provided. The apparatus may detect a user object that controls the 3D image, and determine a target virtual tool matching movement of the user object. In addition, the apparatus may display the determined target virtual tool along with the 3D image. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169643 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DEPTH - A display apparatus and method may be used to estimate a depth distance from an external object to a display panel of the display apparatus. The display apparatus may acquire a plurality of images by detecting lights that are input from an external object and passed through apertures formed in a display panel, may generate one or more refocused images, and may calculate a depth from the external object to the display panel using the plurality of images acquired and one or more refocused images. | 07-04-2013 |
20130182958 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING BODY PART ASSOCIATION - An apparatus and method for analyzing body part association. The apparatus and method may recognize at least one body part from a user image extracted from an observed image, select at least one candidate body part based on association of the at least one body part, and output a user pose skeleton related to the user image based on the selected at least one candidate body part. | 07-18-2013 |
20130226514 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) POSITION AND DIRECTION PRECISELY - A system, apparatus, and method for precisely estimating a three-dimensional (3D) position and a direction. The 3D position and direction estimation apparatus may estimate a distance between at least one receiver and at least one transmitter and a direction of a remote device, based on intensity information of a signal measured at the at least one receiver, may sequentially select the minimum number of intensity information for estimating the 3D position and the direction of the remote device, in a descending order of robustness against noise, based on the estimated distance and direction of the remote device, and may precisely estimate the 3D position and the direction of the remote device based on the selected intensity information. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227465 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ITEMS BASED ON SCROLLING - Disclosed is an apparatus and method of providing items based on scrolling. | 08-29-2013 |
20130250064 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FIELD OF VIEW - A display apparatus for controlling a field of view is provided. When a mode it set to a photograph mode, the display apparatus may control the field of view when photographing, by sensing an input light emitted from an object and transmitted through a first panel on which a field of view control pattern is formed, and a second panel on which an imaging pattern is formed. | 09-26-2013 |
20130253869 | CALIBRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR 3D POSITION/DIRECTION ESTIMATION SYSTEM - Provided is a calibration apparatus and method of a three-dimensional (3D) position and direction estimation system. The calibration apparatus may receive inertia information and intensity information during a predetermined period of time, may calculate distances between a transmitter and the respective receivers, and may calibrate a signal attenuation characteristic of each receiver using the distances between the transmitter and the respective receivers. | 09-26-2013 |
20130271449 | METHOD OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) VOLUMETRIC DATA - A method of generating three-dimensional (3D) volumetric data may be performed by generating a multilayer image, generating volume information and a type of a visible part of an object, based on the generated multilayer image, and generating volume information and a type of an invisible part of the object, based on the generated multilayer image. The volume information and the type of each of the visible part and invisible part may be generated based on the generated multilayered image which may be include at least one of a ray-casting-based multilayer image, a chroma key screen-based multilayer image, and a primitive template-based multilayer image. | 10-17-2013 |
20130322720 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARSING HUMAN BODY IMAGE - An apparatus and method for parsing a human body image may be implemented by acquiring a depth image including a human body, and detecting a plurality of points in the acquired depth image by conducting a minimum energy skeleton scan on the depth image. | 12-05-2013 |
20140132530 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING AND MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device, and a method of operating and manufacturing the display device may receive input light from an object to be scanned that is positioned in front of a display for displaying an image, and may perform scanning of the object to be scanned. | 05-15-2014 |
20140168389 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE USING AT LEAST ONE OF GAZE DIRECTION OF USER OR GRAVITY DIRECTION - A three-dimensional (3D) display device for displaying a 3D image using at least one of a gaze direction of a user and a gravity direction includes a gaze direction measuring unit to measure the gaze direction, a data obtaining unit to obtain 3D image data for the 3D image, a viewpoint information obtaining unit to obtain information relating to a viewpoint of the 3D image, a data transform unit to transform the 3D image data, based on the gaze direction and the information relating to the viewpoint of the 3D image, and a display unit to display the 3D image, based on the transformed 3D image data. | 06-19-2014 |
20140184754 | METHOD OF OBTAINING DEPTH INFORMATION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of obtaining depth information and a display apparatus may adjust a sensor area of a sensor panel based on a distance from an object, and may obtain depth information of the object based on the adjusted sensor area. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195982 | PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING DISPLAY BUTTONS AND METHOD OF INPUTTING FUNCTIONS USING DISPLAY BUTTONS - A portable terminal having display buttons for displaying images corresponding to specific functions through keys pressed by a user, and a method of inputting functions of the portable terminal using the display buttons. The portable terminal includes: a controller which receives signals corresponding to a user key pressed from the plurality of input buttons and outputs image data to be displayed on each of the plurality of input buttons using the received signals; and a plurality of buttons for inputting a key from a user and outputting a signal corresponding to the key pressed, and for receiving the image data from the controller and displaying the received image data. Accordingly, by using the display buttons for displaying variable images corresponding to specific functions as well as an essential function of inputting keys from a user when a specific function is input in the portable terminal such as a cell phone, a plurality of functions can be input with only a limited number of buttons, providing speed and convenience to the user for function input. | 07-10-2014 |
20140223374 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING MENU BASED ON DEPTH INFORMATION AND SPACE GESTURE OF USER - A method of displaying a menu based on at least one of a depth information and a space gesture is provided. The method including determining depth information corresponding to a distance from a screen of a user terminal to a hand of a user; identifying at least one layer among a plurality of layers based on the depth information; and applying a graphic effect to the identified layer so that a menu page corresponding to the at least one identified layer is displayed on the screen of the user terminal. | 08-07-2014 |
20140232635 | MOBILE DEVICES FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA USING GESTURE - A mobile device configured for data transmission to a corresponding mobile device is provided. The mobile device may include a gesture input unit configured to receive a gesture, a gesture determination unit configured to determine whether the gesture corresponds to a preset gesture associated with a command to perform data transmission to the corresponding mobile device, and a data communication unit configured to transmit a data transmission request to the corresponding mobile device based on a result of the determination, configured to receive, from the corresponding mobile device, an acceptance signal indicating an input of an acceptance gesture at the corresponding mobile device, and configured to transmit data to the corresponding mobile device in response to receiving the acceptance signal. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232638 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERFACE USING GAZE INTERACTION - A method and apparatus for a user interface using a gaze interaction is disclosed. The method for the user interface using the gaze interaction may include obtaining an image including eyes of a user, estimating a gaze position of the user, using the image including the eyes of the user, and determining whether to activate a gaze adjustment function for controlling a device by a gaze of the user, based on the gaze position of the user with respect to at least one toggle area on a display. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233848 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECT USING DEPTH IMAGE - An apparatus recognizes an object using a hole in a depth image. An apparatus may include a foreground extractor to extract a foreground from the depth image, a hole determiner to determine whether a hole is present in the depth image, based on the foreground and a color image, a feature vector generator to generate a feature vector, by generating a plurality of features corresponding to the object based on the foreground and the hole, and an object recognizer to recognize the object, based on the generated feature vector and at least one reference feature vector. | 08-21-2014 |
20140333722 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DEPTH IMAGE USING RELATIVE ANGLE BETWEEN IMAGE SENSOR AND TARGET OBJECT - An apparatus for processing a depth image using a relative angle between an image sensor and a target object includes an object image extractor to extract an object image from the depth image, a relative angle calculator to calculate a relative angle between an image sensor used to photograph the depth image and a target object corresponding to the object image, and an object image rotator to rotate the object image based on the relative angle and a reference angle. | 11-13-2014 |
20140344743 | DISPLAY INFORMATION CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display information controlling apparatus and method are provided. The display information controlling apparatus may select at least one object from one or more objects based on a location of each of the one or more objects on a display and a location on the display corresponding to a user input signal. The display information controlling apparatus may perform a predetermined operation corresponding to the selected at least one object. | 11-20-2014 |
20140355825 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING POSE - A method and apparatus for estimating a pose that estimates a pose of a user using a depth image is provided, the method including, recognizing a pose of a user from a depth image, and tracking the pose of the user using a user model exclusively of one another to enhance precision of estimating the pose. | 12-04-2014 |
20150015544 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING OBJECT, AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING CALIBRATION PATTERN IN OBJECT SENSING APPARATUS - At least one example embodiment discloses an apparatus for sensing an object, the apparatus including a display, a light source configured to emit light toward the display, a pattern layer on the display, the pattern layer including a first pattern for identifying a position on the display, a camera configured to generate a pattern image based on light reflected off of the pattern layer, and a controller configured to adjust an operation of at least one of the light source and the camera based on a second pattern displayed in the pattern image. | 01-15-2015 |
20150022441 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INTERFACING REGION IN DEPTH IMAGE - An apparatus for detecting an interfacing region in a depth image detects the interfacing region based on a depth of a first region and a depth of a second region which is an external region of the first region in a depth image. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023557 | APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS, APPARATUS FOR LEARNING CLASSIFICATION TREES, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - An object recognition system is provided. The object recognition system for recognizing an object may include an input unit to receive, as an input, a depth image representing an object to be analyzed, and a processing unit to recognize a visible object part and a hidden object part of the object, from the depth image, by using a classification tree. The object recognition system may include a classification tree learning apparatus to generate the classification tree. | 01-22-2015 |