Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090241171 | WEARABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD CONTROLLING INFORMATION/SERVICE IN WEARABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM - A wearable system and a method for transferring and controlling information/service based on biologically generated information from a user are provided. In the method, an intuitive bio signal generated by a user is sensed and a device pointed by the sensed bio signal is selected. Then, bio signal information is created using the sensed bio signal and the generated bio signal information is transmitted to the selected device. After transmitting, the information/service is transferred to the selected device after confirming that the selected device that receives the bio signal information is activated. | 09-24-2009 |
20100245118 | MULTIMODAL FUSION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REMOTELY CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a multimodal fusion apparatus capable of remotely controlling a number of electronic devices and a method for remotely controlling a number of electronic devices in the multimodal fusion apparatus. In accordance with the present invention, instead of one input device, such as a remote control or the like, multimodal commands, such as user-familiar voice, gesture and the like, are used to remotely control a number of electronic devices equipped at home or within a specific space. That is, diverse electronic devices are controlled in the same manner by the multimodal commands. When a new electronic device is added, control commands thereof are automatically configured to control the new electronic device. | 09-30-2010 |
20110054360 | FINGER MOTION DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a finger-motion detecting apparatus and method and includes a sensing unit to be disposed on a wrist of a subject person, said sensing unit being configured to output a measurement signal into the wrist of the subject person and to receive a reflected signal of the measurement signal according to the motion of tendons in the wrist of the subject person, a signal control unit configured to control whether the measurement signal is outputted and to adjust the measurement signal on the basis of the reflected signal, and a finger-motion recognizing unit configured to detect finger motion of the subject person from the reflected signal. According to the present invention, since a sensor capable of detecting finger motion is worn on a wrist, the problem of inconvenience in existing methods is resolved. | 03-03-2011 |
20110058705 | TEXTILE-BASED MAGNETIC FIELD INTERFACE CLOTHES AND MOBILE TERMINAL IN WEARABLE COMPUTING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to magnetic field interface clothes performing contactless magnetic field communication with a mobile terminal, the magnetic field interface clothes includes: a receiving part in which a mobile terminal is received and a coil part performing contactless magnetic field communication with a coil part of the mobile terminal at a position facing a coil part of the mobile terminal is formed, wherein the coil part formed in the receiving part includes a first coil and a second coil, the first coil and the second coil are received in the receiving part to have different winding directions. | 03-10-2011 |
20110069974 | TEXTILE-TYPEINTERFACE DEVICES FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION IN WEARABLE COMPUTING SYSTEM - Both ends of an interface may each be configured by an interface device including a light emitting unit that emits light into a textile, a light diffusion unit that widely diffuses the emitted light onto the textile and extends a light receiving range of a light receiving unit, and a light receiving unit for receiving an optical signal of the other party unlike the existing method using electromagnetic inductive coupling in the wearable computing system and a method of performing communication by using light such as infrared rays, visible light, laser, or the like as a medium is provided. | 03-24-2011 |
20110148568 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONTENTS PLAYER - Provided is a technology for controlling a contents player based on a grasping power information of a hand by measuring a change of the bundle shape of a tendons in an inside muscle of wrist, in which the device and method for controlling the contents player comprises a sensing unit that generates a grasping power information; a control state managing unit that manages a control state of the contents player; and a control order generating unit that generates a control order controlling the contents player based on the control state and the grasping power information, and transmits the control order, in which the control state can be changed or can be generates in response to the grasping power information, and the sensing unit can be existed in both hands, respectively. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148755 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND USER INTERFACING METHOD BASED ON WEARABLE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Provided is a user interface apparatus based on wearable computing environment, which is worn on a user, including: a sensor unit including at least one sensor worn on the user and outputting a plurality of sensing signals according to a positional change of a user's arm or a motion of a user's finger; and a signal processing unit outputting a user command corresponding to the 3D coordinates of the user's arm and the motion of the user's finger from the plurality of sensing signals output from the sensor unit and, controlling an application program running in a target apparatus using the user command. | 06-23-2011 |
20110199321 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SELF-MORPHABLE HAPTIC AND VISUAL INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF - A self-morphable haptic and visual information providing apparatus includes: a display unit configured to provide haptic information through a physical shape variation of a display screen; and a haptic element driving unit configured to generate a driving signal for providing the haptic information. | 08-18-2011 |
20110254810 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING USER INTERACTION USING SAME - A user interface device includes a frame replacement unit configured to replace a frame of an input image signal by a pattern frame at a frame time; a projector module configured to project an image of the image signal with the pattern frame onto a target; an image acquisition unit configured to capture a pattern image of the pattern frame from the image projected onto the target; and an image recognition unit configured to recognize a user interaction by using the captured pattern image. | 10-20-2011 |
20120154134 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VISUAL-HAPTIC INFORMATION, AND BUTTON HAVING THE SAME - A button for providing visual-haptic information includes a visual-haptic variable button that adaptively provides various types of visual-haptic information according to input of information to an electronic apparatus. The visual-haptic variable button includes a visual information output part that adaptively changes various types of button icons according to manipulation and touch of the visual-haptic variable button for the input of information, thereby outputting visual information, and a haptic information output part that adaptively changes various types of sense of button manipulation and sense of button touch according to the manipulation and touch of the visual-haptic variable button, thereby outputting haptic information. At least one visual-haptic variable button is provided in the electronic apparatus for the input of information. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154286 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VISUAL-HAPTIC INFORMATION, AND TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A terminal for providing visual-haptic information includes a visual-haptic keypad that displays and provides the visual-haptic information. The visual-haptic keypad includes: a button frame of a plurality of buttons provided in the visual-haptic keypad; a visual display layer positioned under the button frame in a vertical direction on a basis of the button frame; and a haptic display layer positioned under the visual display layer in the vertical direction on the basis of the button frame. The button frame and the visual display layer are fixedly bonded to boundary portions of the plurality of buttons. | 06-21-2012 |
20120162140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERACTION USING PATTERN IMAGE - A user interaction apparatus using a pattern image includes: an image output unit for outputting a general image on a display region; a laser radiating unit for radiating laser beams for a pattern image; a pattern image forming unit for forming the pattern image by using the laser beams; a pattern image output unit for outputting the pattern image by overlapping the same on the display region of the general image; and an image acquiring unit for capturing the pattern image output on the display region. The apparatus further includes: an image recognizing unit for recognizing a user input by performing an image processing on the pattern image captured by the image acquiring unit. | 06-28-2012 |
20120315694 | CELL CULTURE UNIT AND CELL CULTURE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a cell culture device, which includes a plurality of cell culture units, in which the cell culture unit includes: a cell culture tub that defines a culture space for cultivating cells, contains culture medium in the culture unit, and has an air layer above the culture medium; a drainage channel that is connected to the cell culture tub to discharge used culture medium to the integral drainage channel; an open culture medium reservoir that supplies new culture medium into the cell culture tub; and a droplet generator that is disposed between the cell culture tub and the open culture medium reservoir and supplies the culture medium from the open culture medium reservoir to the cell culture tub, using negative pressure of the air layer generated when the used culture medium is discharged. | 12-13-2012 |
20120320092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING MIXED REALITY BASED ON PRINT MEDIUM - An apparatus for exhibiting mixed reality based on a print medium includes a command identification module and a content reproduction module. The command identification module identifies a hand gesture of a user performed on a printer matter in the print medium to recognize a user input command corresponding to the hand gesture. The content reproduction module provides a digital content corresponding to the printed matter onto a display area on the print medium. | 12-20-2012 |
20130044054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BARE-HAND INTERACTION - An apparatus for providing bare-hand interaction includes a pattern image projecting unit for projecting a pattern image of structured light onto a projection zone and an image projection unit for projecting an image of digital contents onto a projection zone. The pattern image is captured from the projection zone by a pattern image capturing unit and processed by an image recognizing unit in order to recognize a user input interacted with the projected contents image. The apparatus then generate a system event corresponding to the recognized user input to control an application program in accordance with the event. | 02-21-2013 |
20130222427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY - An augmented reality implementing system is disclosed. The augmented reality implementing system includes an image outputting device and an augmented reality implementing device. The augmented reality implementing device derives an object from a captured image of a specific space and extracts a predetermined virtual object corresponding to the derived object; when an image of a user tool for interaction with the virtual object is included in the captured image, reflects a motion command corresponding to a motion pattern of the user tool on the virtual object; and generates a new image by reflecting the virtual object on the captured image, and outputs the new image to the image outputting device. | 08-29-2013 |
20140002421 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE FOR PROJECTION COMPUTER AND INTERFACE METHOD USING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
20140111619 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING IMAGE - An image acquisition device is provided. The image acquisition device includes: a pattern generator that generates a plurality of incident light patterns using a plurality of light sources and that projects the generated plurality of incident light patterns to a target object; a pattern acquisition unit that acquires a pattern image that is formed in the target object by the plurality of incident light patterns; and an operation unit that generates a three-dimensional image of the target object using the pattern image. | 04-24-2014 |
20140334671 | OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An object recognition apparatus and method are disclosed. The object recognition apparatus includes: a skin color DB storing skin color information; a pattern light generator that irradiates a pattern light onto an object, which is a part of a human body; an image acquisition unit that receives the pattern light reflected from the object and generates a pattern light image of the object; and an operation unit that recognizes the object based on the skin color information and the pattern light image. | 11-13-2014 |