Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090113232 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - An apparatus for managing a plurality of wireless sensor networks selects a configuring policy according to a characteristic of each wireless sensor network and configures a network with the selected configuring policy for management. When an error occurs in the wireless sensor network, the apparatus performs error diagnosis based on a configuring policy applied to the error-detected wireless sensor network, infers a cause of the error, and provides an error recovery method corresponding to the inferred cause of the error to the error-detected wireless sensor network. | 04-30-2009 |
20090129364 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SAFETY MESSAGE - A method for a first mobile station to transmit a safety message to a second mobile station is provided. The first mobile station competitively transmits a non-safety message to the second mobile station during a first period. The first mobile station spreads a safety message and generates a spread message when a second period starts, and transmits the spread message to the second mobile station. Accordingly, safety message transmission delay or data loss in the inter-vehicle communication can be prevented. | 05-21-2009 |
20090134974 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RADIO FREQUENCY INDENTIFICATION READER - An apparatus for managing a plurality of RFID readers includes a service policy managing unit that defines demands in the form of service policies to be understood by the plurality of RFID readers, a data processing rule managing unit that generates a data processing rule on the basis of the service policies, a collected data processing unit that receives a plurality of RFID tag data from the plurality of RFID readers, and generates integrated RFID events by applying the data processing rule to the plurality of RFID tag data, and a service report processing unit that provides results corresponding to the integrated RFID events. | 05-28-2009 |
20090138444 | METHOD OF SEARCHING METADATA SERVERS - The present invention relates to a method of searching a metadata server that searches ubiquitous sensor network (USN) metadata servers in a distributed environment. The present invention stores location information on the metadata servers by using a location-server cluster and searches a location of a metadata server in which a specified resource metadata is stored, during a metadata searching request by a client. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a simple and consistent interface to the client using the metadata management servers in terms of the metadata servers and can improve the clarity of service development and can reduce the entire development costs and the maintenance and repair costs. | 05-28-2009 |
20090140843 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION APPLICATION INTERFACE AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The present invention relates to an RFID application interface method and a system thereof. In the present invention, an RFID middleware system changes a control request input from a user or an RFID application system according to a communication protocol of an RFID device to be controlled, and sends it to the RFID device. Also, when the user or the RFID application system inputs a data process policy that is common to various RFID devices of a logical RFID device group, the RFID middleware system generates data process rules that are suitable for communication capability and data processing capability of each RFID device based on the data process policy and provides an interface that allows processing of data by a corresponding RFID device. In addition, the RFID middle system defines a procedural flow of at least one of services and at least one of tasks that constitute an RFID business process and provides an interface to support interconnection and cooperation of services that are included in the RFID business process. | 06-04-2009 |
20090153308 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING USER MEMORY OF RFID TAG - The present invention relates to a device and method for managing a memory of an RFID tag. The present invention provides an apparatus for managing a user memory of an RFID tag. The apparatus includes a memory usage information storing unit, a memory registration-management unit, and a memory referring unit. The memory usage information storing unit stores memory usage information. The memory registration-management unit searches information regarding an empty region of the user memory by the memory usage information storing unit, provides the searched information to the specific application system, receives memory usage information regarding the specific data that is to be stored in the user memory from the specific application system, and stores and manages the memory usage information regarding the specific data in the memory usage information storing unit, if the specific application system requests the user memory to store specific data. The memory referring unit provides memory usage information regarding the specific data, which is stored in the memory usage information storing unit, to the application system that requests to refer to the specific data if referring to the specific data is requested. According to the present invention, it is possible to systematically and efficiently manage data that is stored in the user memory region of the RFID tag by a plurality of users, and to prevent the storage positions of a plurality of data that are stored in the user memory region of the RFID tag from overlapping. As a result, it is possible to prevent a loss of data to be stored in the user memory region of the RFID tag. | 06-18-2009 |
20090276525 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING HETEROGENEOUS SENSOR DATA IN UBIQUITOUS SENSOR NETWORK - Provided is an apparatus and method for integrating heterogeneous sensor data in a ubiquitous sensor network. The method includes steps of receiving an integrated query for heterogeneous sensor networks from a sensor network management system, disintegrating the received integrated query to be suitable for each sensor network and transmitting the disintegrated queries to each corresponding sensor network. The method further includes steps of generating responses as integrated sensor data and storing the integrated sensor data into an integrated database, when receiving responses to respective queries from each of the sensor networks, and converting the integrated sensor data stored in the integrated database into a preset data format and transmitting the converted sensor data to the sensor network management system. | 11-05-2009 |
20100098146 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION METHOD AND DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a channel estimation method and device in a wireless communication system. A channel estimating device for estimating a channel based on a received signal generates an initial channel estimate by using a preamble extracted from the received signal, and determines whether there is a midamble between data symbols appearing next to the preamble. When there is a midamble, the channel estimating device acquires a first channel estimate by using the midamble, and acquires an updated second channel estimate by using the initial channel estimate and the first channel estimate. The channel estimating device performs channel equalization with the second channel estimate to compensate distortion. | 04-22-2010 |
20100106745 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING FINGERPRINT DATABASE FOR WIRELESS LOCATION - Provided is a fingerprint database generating method and device for wireless location. Signal strength is estimated by using access points on a numerical map, position coordinates of grid points, and a radio wave attenuation model so as to generate a fingerprint database. A simulation error is computed based on actual survey data measured in the real space, and the estimated signal strength is corrected by using the computed simulation error to thus generate a fingerprint database. | 04-29-2010 |
20100134322 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VEHICLES - An apparatus for detecting a vehicle includes a magnetic sensor that continuously obtains a magnetic signal varied due to movement of a vehicle; a gradient detecting unit that detects a gradient of the magnetic signal based on the obtained magnetic signal; and a vehicle status transitioning unit that generates status transition information of the vehicle based on the detected gradient. The apparatus further includes a vehicle coming-in/out determining unit that determines coming-in or coming-out of the vehicle based on the vehicle status transition information. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136999 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF TERMINAL - An apparatus for determining a position of a terminal calculates distances between a terminal and a plurality of base stations by using time information acquired by a reference station among the plurality of base stations through unidirectional communication between the terminal and the base stations and between the base stations, and determines a position of the terminal by using the calculated distances. | 06-03-2010 |
20100137001 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TERMINAL POSITION - The present invention relates to a terminal and a terminal location providing method. The terminal for selectively accessing a plurality of base stations supporting different communication systems includes a first network interface card that is turned on when the terminal is turned on, a second network interface card that is turned on or activated when receiving the terminal's location information request, a power controller for controlling power of the first and second network interface cards, and a processor for receiving the terminal's location information request and controlling the power of the first and second network interface cards through the power controller. | 06-03-2010 |
20100141406 | METHOD FOR GROUPING SENSOR NODES IN HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS - A method for grouping sensor nodes in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks has a sensor network management system. The method includes: receiving a group forming code from the sensor network management system at the respective sensor nodes, wherein the group forming code have sensor conditions and selecting group information from the group forming code in accordance with the conditions at the respective sensor nodes. The method further includes transmitting the selected group information IDs to the sink node. | 06-10-2010 |
20100142750 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING BLOCK OF VESSEL - A vessel block arranging device extracts image information on a vessel block loaded on a transporter, and determines whether to arrange the vessel block in an area in which the vessel block will be arranged by using location information of the arranged vessel block in the area and extracted image information, thereby reducing errors caused by determining the vessel block arrangement. | 06-10-2010 |
20100150061 | Device and method for arranging access point in wireless location - Provided are an access point arrangement device and a method for wireless location determination. An access point is arranged on a numerical map, received signal strength of a signal received from the access point for each grid point is calculated, and DOP and position error per grid point are calculated by using the received signal strength per grid point. It is determined whether to rearrange the currently arranged access point based on a ratio of a grid point with DOP less than a threshold value for entire grid points on the numerical map and a ratio of a grid point with a position error that is less than a threshold value. | 06-17-2010 |
20100158164 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION AND RECEPTION APPARATUS OF OFDM SYSTEM - An apparatus for time synchronization of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system oversamples a received signal using a master clock having a frequency at least four times higher than a minimum sampling frequency in a transmission apparatus, sets one of a plurality of oversampled signals to an on-time signal, and shifts each of the remaining oversampled signals by a predetermined time on the basis of the on-time signal. The apparatus for time synchronization calculates a correlation value by correlating each of the shifted signals and the on-time signal with a previously known signal, detects a maximum energy value among the calculated correlation values, and detects a start point of a frame by comparing the maximum energy value with a predetermined threshold value. | 06-24-2010 |
20100166047 | METHOD FOR DETECTING SATELLITE NAVIGATION RECEIVED SIGNAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided are a method for detecting a received signal and an apparatus for detecting a satellite navigation received signal using the same. The present invention provides cells where a correlation value obtained through parallel signal detection is a predetermined signal detection threshold value or more are selected and time domain correlation is performed on the cells so that the correlation value is verified. The cells having the predetermined verified threshold value or more are detected as a final received signal. | 07-01-2010 |
20100173603 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING WARNING MESSAGE - Provided are a method and a system for transmitting and receiving a warning message that rapidly inform an adjacent hop of a dangerous situation that occurs on a road. The method for transmitting the warning message includes selecting one or more relay vehicles by using distances between vehicles and state information of the vehicles when the dangerous situation occurs on a road or outside, and increasing a warning message sequence number and generating and transmitting a warning message containing an identifier of the relay vehicle and a retransmission time. | 07-08-2010 |
20100197321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION - A position determination device calculates a first estimate of positioning information of a terminal based on a non-dynamic model from a measurement value for calculating the positioning information of the terminal. The position determination device calculates a plurality of second estimates of the positioning information of the terminal from the first estimate based on each dynamic model. The position determination device combines the first estimate and the second estimates, and calculates the positioning information of the terminal from the combined value. | 08-05-2010 |
20100223283 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING QUERY - An apparatus for processing a query in a plurality of heterogeneous sensor networks includes a query queue, a query combining and converting unit, a query command manager, and a data combiner. The query queue receives a plurality of queries from a user interface and stores them and the query combining and converting unit combines or converts the queries according to the heterogeneous sensor networks. The query command manager transmits the combined or converted queries to a corresponding sensor network from among the heterogeneous sensor networks, and the data combiner transmits a result according to the data received from the heterogeneous sensor networks to a user interface. | 09-02-2010 |
20100238048 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LOCATION INFORMATION - An apparatus for generating location information transmits an SUPL INIT message for measuring a location to a target terminal so as to position the target terminal. The target terminal transmits an SUPL POS INIT message including RFID tag information to the apparatus. The apparatus determines a positioning method of the target terminal by using RFID tag information, generates the location of the target terminal according to the determined positioning method, and transmits the location to a service user. | 09-23-2010 |
20100245076 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING POSITION OF MOVING OBJECT - The present invention relates to a system and method for tracking the position of a moving object. A system for tracking the position of a moving object includes: WSNs composed of a plurality of sensor nodes, each generating connection release information representing that the connection between the corresponding WSN and a moving object having a moving node serving as a sensor node attached thereto has released if having perceived the departure of the moving object; base stations managing the plurality of WSNs and collecting position information on the plurality of sensor nodes; a node information database storing the position information on the plurality of sensor nodes collected by the plurality of base stations; middleware checking the current position information on the moving object stored in the node information database if receiving the connection release information through any of the plurality of base stations, and deleting the current position information on the moving object stored in the node information database if the checked current position of the moving object is in a WSN having perceived the departure of the moving object; and a moving-object tracking application provided with the position information on the moving object by the middleware to track the position of the moving object. According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently process information of a WSN managed by each base station in middleware managing a plurality of base stations, thereby improving the accuracy in tracking the position of a moving object. | 09-30-2010 |
20100265093 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING FINGERPRINT DATABASE FOR AN INDOOR WIRELESS LOCATION - The present invention relates to a method of automatically generating a fingerprint database for indoor wireless location. For this purpose, the present invention provides a method of generating a fingerprint database that determines a method of calculating the strength of signals transmitted from a plurality of access points, calculates the strength of signals at nodes of a plurality of vertical and horizontal grids set in an indoor space, and generates a database table by using the location information about the nodes and the calculated strength of the signals. Further, the present invention provides an environment analysis tool including a communication module that performs communication between at least one of the access points and a receiving terminal, an environment analysis module that calculates the strength of a signal at a specific location by using a method of calculating strength and generates a fingerprint database table, and a fingerprint database that stores the fingerprint database table. According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce time and manpower required to build a fingerprint database, and to easily build a new fingerprint database even though an indoor structure is changed. | 10-21-2010 |
20100274429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE GUIDING USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVER APPARATUS THEREFOR - An apparatus is for guiding a vehicle traveling of a vehicle by using information technology infrastructures. The apparatus includes: a control terminal for controlling the vehicle traveling; sensing devices that collect circumstance information of guidance areas desirous of guiding the vehicle by using the information technology infrastructures provided on the guidance areas; and a server device that recognizes a circumstance of the guidance areas to create a guidance route based on the collected circumstance information by the sensing device so that the control terminal controls the vehicle to travel along the guidance route. | 10-28-2010 |
20100306189 | SENSOR NETWORK MANAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a sensor network managing apparatus and a method thereof. The sensor network managing apparatus according to the present invention receives a query that includes a spatial join predicate for searching for target sensor nodes and a comparison predicate that is different for each sensor network, and generates query execution order information for searching for the target sensor nodes based on the spatial join predicate and the comparison predicate, wherein the spatial join predicate is related to a spatial location between sensor nodes respectively included in different sensor networks, and the comparison predicate are related to sensing values of sensor nodes of the sensor networks. In addition, the sensor node managing apparatus executes queries for the spatial join predicate and the comparison predicate on the plurality of sensor nodes on the basis of determined query execution order, and then extracts target sensor nodes as the query results. According to the present invention, an efficient method for searching for user-desired sensor nodes in more than two different sensor networks can be provided. | 12-02-2010 |
20110080312 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRIVING SAFETY - A safe driving providing system for supporting a safe driving of a vehicle includes: a radar for transmitting a signal of a predetermined frequency bandwidth to a plurality of vehicles, analyzing signals provided by the vehicles, calculating location information and distance information of the vehicles, and finding inter-vehicle distance information of the vehicles based on the location information and the distance information; and a controller for receiving operation speed information from a vehicle information terminal device installed in each vehicle, determining driving safety of the plurality of vehicles based on the received operation speed information and inter-vehicle distance information provided by the radar, and transmitting a warning message for safe driving to the vehicle information terminal device. | 04-07-2011 |
20110095904 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SAFETY GUIDANCE SERVICE - A method for providing a safety guidance service from a local server to a nomadic device includes gathering information regarding surrounding conditions within a service area on a road, receiving device information from the nomadic device, which enters the service area, determining whether or not the nomadic device is placed in a situation based on the device information, and when it is recognized that the situation has happened, providing safety guidance message suitable to the situation to the nomadic device. | 04-28-2011 |
20110125344 | AUTOMATIC VEHICLE GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A vehicle controller includes a communications unit for performing data communications with local servers; a local path generation unit for generating, in response to an automatic vehicle guidance service request, a local path based on a driving control command and sensing information received from the local servers via the communications unit; a path-following control unit for generating actuator control signals for controlling actuators of a vehicle to drive the vehicle along the local path; and a vehicle driving unit for driving the actuators according to the actuator control signals. Each local server pre-processes and merges sensor data received from the infra-sensor to generate the sensing information. A global server generates the driving control command based on the sensing information and transmits the driving control command to the local servers. | 05-26-2011 |
20110130894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRIVING GUIDANCE SERVICE TO VEHICLES - A system for remotely controlling a vehicle in a service area divided into plural service sectors includes: an infra sensor module installed in each service sector for periodically sensing obstacles and vehicles within the service sector; a vehicle controller mounted in each vehicle for requesting the driving guidance service and automatically controlling the vehicle in accordance with a vehicle control signal; and a local server installed in each service sector for communicating with the vehicle controllers through a driving guidance network based on information on the obstacles and vehicles sensed by the infra sensor module. The system further includes a global server for allocating network resources of the driving guidance network to allow the local server to communicate with the vehicle controllers using the allocated network resources. | 06-02-2011 |
20110130918 | CELL-BASED VEHICLE DRIVING CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A cell-based vehicle driving control system includes a local server for obtaining road environment information on roads within a cell and target vehicle information on a target vehicle within the cell and generating local waypoints based on the road environment information and the target vehicle information; a global server for monitoring the target vehicle information, the road environment information and local server information on the local server received from the local server; and a vehicle control terminal, mounted in the target vehicle, for receiving the local waypoints from the local server and controlling the target vehicle based on the local waypoints. The road environment information is obtained by using at least one sensor installed on the roads. | 06-02-2011 |
20110134118 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING TEXTURES OF BUILDING - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for creating textures of a building capable of storing textures of a three-dimensional building automatically extracted/obtained from spatial information convergence contents such as photographs, moving pictures, etc., including positional information and directional information, etc. together with a three-dimensional spatial information model. The apparatus for creating textures of a building, includes: an image processing apparatus that detects metadata from one or more image and creates an image topology using the metadata; and a texture processing apparatus that creates a virtual photographing environment based on geographical information and metadata detected in the image processing device, creates a building identifier list of a building model used in creating the virtual photographing environment, detects and groups images including each building based on the building identifier list and an image topology created in the image processing apparatus, and clips the textures of a building included in the grouped images. | 06-09-2011 |
20110148584 | METHOD OF PLACING RFID TAG FOR UNDERGROUND USE UNDER GROUND SURFACE - A method includes: placing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag for underground use under a ground surface, wherein a ground plate which has a diameter greater than that of the RFID tag or a tag antenna and on a top of which the RFID tag is mounted is placed underground such that the RFID tag protrudes above the ground surface or a bottom of the RFID tag is aligned with the ground surface. | 06-23-2011 |
20110151412 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING A DRIVING SAFETY - An apparatus for evaluating driving safety comprises: a task/action storing unit that stores a task list and an action list, wherein the task list comprises at least one task that a driver can perform while driving and the action list comprises at least one action for performing the at least one task, a task/action defining unit that extracts a performing task that the driver currently intends from the task list and defines detailed actions for performing the performing task from the action list, a driving conduct analyzing unit that analyzes driving conduct on the basis of the performing task and the detailed actions and a driving safety evaluating unit that evaluates the degree of safe driving of the driver by using a result analyzed by the driving conduct analyzing unit. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153215 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING FACILITY INFORMATION - Provided are an apparatus and method of providing facility information that may correct inaccurate information on a facility using site information and provide the corrected information in an augmented reality manner. A facility information providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention including: a site information analyzing unit that analyzes site information to identify a site facility; a facility information searching unit that retrieves facility information corresponding to the site information; a facility information mapping unit that maps the facility information with the site facility and corrects the facility information based on a mapped result to generate corrected facility information; and an augmented reality providing unit that synthesizes the corrected facility information with the site information to generate augmented reality information. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153276 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMPOSITE SENSOR INFORMATION - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for providing composite sensor information. The apparatus receives sensor information from a plurality of sensors and creating a virtual sensor as a proxy for a plurality of effective sensors included in a region requested to be searched from a user terminal. Thereafter, the apparatus creates composite sensor information by fusing a plurality of the sensor information corresponding to the plurality of effective sensors included in the virtual sensor. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153590 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR OPEN API AND GENERATING MASHUP BLOCK SKELETON CODE - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for searching for an open API and generating a mashup block skeleton code. A method for searching for an open API and generating a mashup block skeleton code includes: storing metadata of web services and open APIs according to an integrated schema; searching for a web service or an open API corresponding to search query input from a user; extracting the metadata necessary to generate the skeleton code of the metadata of the mashup block by using the mapping relationship between the meta data of the searched web service or the searched open API and the metadata of the mashup block; and generating the skeleton code of the metadata of the mashup block by using the extracted metadata. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153655 | SERVER-SENSOR NETWORK COOPERATIVE SPATIAL QUERY PROCESSING METHOD AND SERVER USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a server-sensor network cooperative spatial query processing method and a server using the method. The server-sensor network cooperative spatial query processing method includes the server detecting supplementary information for selecting sensor nodes to be excluded from among a plurality of sensor nodes by performing a preliminary spatial query, before starting a spatial query with the plurality of sensor nodes, and the server requesting the spatial query to the sensor nodes, selected based on the supplementary information, when starting the spatial query with the plurality of sensor nodes. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154373 | AUTOMATIC MASH-UP APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for automatic mash-up, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for automatic mash-up for providing new services by combining previously constructed services providing an open application programming interface (API). The automatic mash-up apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a mash-up execution unit executing a mash-up service comprised of two or more open applications; a service context inference engine unit inferring changes in service context of the mash-up service; and a mash-up management control unit reorganizing the mash-up service in accordance with an inference result of the service context inference engine unit. | 06-23-2011 |
20120150412 | DRIVING WORK LOAD MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a driving work load measurement apparatus. The driving work load measurement apparatus includes a driving work load calculation unit and a warning alarm unit. The driving work load calculation unit calculates driving work loads driving-related information collected according to driving, and calculates a total driving work load using the driving work loads and weights which are set for the respective driving work loads. The warning alarm unit provides a warning message corresponding to the total driving work load, based on control of the driving work load calculation unit. | 06-14-2012 |
20120253648 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAFFIC INFORMATION - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating traffic information. The apparatus includes a first information collection unit, a second information collection unit, a comparison and analysis unit, and a computation unit. The first information collection unit collects first sensed data, including first reference sampled data and a plurality of pieces of first surrounding sampled data from a first sensor unit. The second information collection unit collects second sensed data, including second reference sampled data and a plurality of pieces of second surrounding sampled data from a second sensor unit. The comparison and analysis unit determines similarity between the first sensed data and the second sensed data, extracts a first time from the first sensed data, and extracts a second time from the second sensed data. The computation unit calculates the vehicle's average speed. | 10-04-2012 |
20130099914 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SPEEDOMETER FOR VEHICLE - The apparatus includes an information collection unit configured to collect map information, information about the position of a vehicle, and base station information, a speed limit calculation unit configured to calculate a legal speed limit of a road on which the vehicle is driving, based on the map information, the information about the position, and the base station information, a speedometer display mode storage unit configured to store a number of differently set speedometer display modes for respective legal speed limits of the road, a speedometer display mode extraction unit configured to extract a speedometer display mode corresponding to the legal speed limit of the road among the number of differently set speedometer display modes depending upon the legal speed limit of the road, and a display unit configured to automatically change a previously displayed speedometer display modes to the extracted speedometer display mode. | 04-25-2013 |
20130154855 | VEHICLE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING MAGNETIC SENSOR - The vehicle detection apparatus includes a communication unit, a magnetic sensing unit, a calibration information generation unit, a vehicle detection unit, and a control unit. The communication unit receives information about movement of a reference vehicle from a central management center. The magnetic sensing unit senses the change in a magnetic field attributable to the movement of a vehicle, and generates a magnetic signal. The calibration information generation unit generates calibration information. The vehicle detection unit calibrates the change in the magnetic signal attributable to movement of an actual vehicle based on the calibration information, and detects the movement of the actual vehicle. The control unit controls the above units, and sets the mode to calibration information generation mode in order to generate the calibration information and to vehicle detection mode in order to sense the movement of the actual vehicle. | 06-20-2013 |
20130194110 | AUTOMOTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY HEAD-UP DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an automotive augmented reality HUD apparatus and method, which can adaptively change a location and a direction based on the visual field of a driver, thus reducing errors in location matching between virtual object information and real-world information. The automotive augmented reality HUD apparatus includes a viewing angle calculation unit for estimating a line-of-sight direction of a driver using a face direction, detected based on face images of the driver, and center positions of pupils and calculating a viewing angle. A matching unit matches a location of real-world information located in front of a driver's seat with a location of corresponding virtual object information located in front of the driver's seat, based on the line-of-sight direction and the viewing angle. A display unit displays results of the matching by the matching unit, wherein the display unit enables rotation thereof and location change thereof. | 08-01-2013 |
20140060371 | INTELLIGENT MINE DEVICES AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - An intelligent mine device includes a detection unit configured to detect an approach of a target object. The device includes an analysis processing unit configured to radio-communicate with the target object to perform identification of friend or foe against the target object. The device a blasting unit configured to blast the intelligent mine device when the analysis processing unit identifies the target object as the foe. | 03-06-2014 |
20140093851 | HORSEBACK RIDING SIMULATOR AND METHOD FOR HORSEBACK RIDING SIMULATION - Disclosed is a horseback riding simulator configured to operate in an adaptive manner with respect to a user and a method using the same, the horseback riding simulator including a user identification unit to identify a user through user identification information based on user facial information extracted from an input image, a posture recognition unit to calculate user posture information by extracting information related to each of designated body parts of the user from the input image, a coaching unit to provide the user with instruction in horseback riding posture, based on the user identification information and the user posture information, and a sensory realization unit to control a horseback riding mechanism based on a user-intended posture calculated through analysis of the user posture information. Accordingly, user-customized horseback riding instruction is provided through identification of a user and recognition of a user's horseback riding posture. | 04-03-2014 |
20140100696 | WORKING METHOD USING SENSOR AND WORKING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SAME - Disclosed is a working method using a sensor, which increases recognition of a component to increase mounting of a component and enhancing productivity. The working method includes: extracting an object to be picked from a pile of objects using the sensor; picking the extracted object to move the picked object to a predetermined place; and estimating an angle of the moved object in the current position using the sensor. Accordingly, the working method can perform precise component recognition and posture estimation by two steps: a component picking step and a component recognition step, and effectively apply to a manufacturing line, thereby improving mounting of a component and enhancing productivity of a product. | 04-10-2014 |
20140107842 | HUMAN-TRACKING METHOD AND ROBOT APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - Provided are a human-tracking method and a robot apparatus. The human-tracking method includes receiving an image frame including a color image and a depth image, determining whether user tracking was successful in a previous image frame, and determining a location of a user and a goal position to which a robot apparatus is to move based on the color image and the depth image in the image frame, when user tracking was successful in the previous frame. Accordingly, a current location of the user can be predicted from the depth image, user tracking can be quickly performed, and the user can be re-detected and tracked using user information acquired in user tracking when detection of the user fails due to obstacles or the like. | 04-17-2014 |
20140156661 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VEHICLE - A vehicle detecting apparatus obtains a magnetic signal from strength of a geomagnetic field generated due to a movement of a vehicle, and detects and classifies the moving vehicle on the basis of information regarding the latest magnetic signal change pattern indicating a change in the magnetic signal and information regarding a magnetic signal change pattern with respect to each vehicle stored in a database. The vehicle detecting apparatus receives detection and classification information regarding a vehicle which has actually moved, from an external information providing server, and gradually updates it through learning of a magnetic signal change pattern of the corresponding vehicle. | 06-05-2014 |
20140172909 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE APPLICATION USING ROBOT - An apparatus for providing a service application using a robot includes a sensing unit configured to generate environmental sensing information on the surrounding of a moving path of the robot and user state information; and a user circumstance determination unit configured to determine the circumstance and intention of a user to generate user recognition information, and searches and downloads a service application. Further, the apparatus includes a service provision unit configured to search service representation devices around the moving path of the robot and migrate a service corresponding to the service application to at least one of the searched service representation devices; and a user feedback management unit configured to manage feedback information corresponding to an interaction between the user and the robot. | 06-19-2014 |
20140203197 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING POSITIONS OF OTHER APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed are an apparatus for measuring position of other apparatus and a method for the same. The apparatus may comprise at least one light emitting part transmitting a photo signal, at least one light receiving part receiving a photo signal transmitted from other apparatus, and a signal processing part controlling the at least one light emitting part to transmit the photo signal including identification information of itself, acquiring identification information of the other apparatus based on the photo signal received from the other apparatus, and acquiring a positional information of the other apparatus based on the acquired identification information of the other apparatus. Thus, the apparatus located in an arbitrary space may accurately acquire relative positional information of counterpart apparatuses. | 07-24-2014 |
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