Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080239143 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVELY CONVERTING FRAME RATE BASED ON MOTION VECTOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH ADAPTIVE FRAME RATE CONVERSION FUNCTION - An interpolation image generation method and apparatus for adaptively converting a frame rate based on a motion vector, and a display device having an adaptive frame rate conversion function are provided. The interpolation image generation method includes an interpolation image generation process calculating motion vectors from a previous image unit and a subsequent image unit that are continuous and generating an interpolation image using the motion vectors; a motion error boundary detection process detecting an area, in which a motion error determined from the motion vectors is greater than a predetermined value, as a boundary area of the interpolation image; and a motion compensation process compensating for a motion error inside the detected boundary area based on a dominant direction of the motion vectors using at least one of the previous image unit and the subsequent image unit. | 10-02-2008 |
20090079869 | IMAGE APPARATUSES CAPABLE OF INTERCOMMUNICATING AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Image apparatuses capable of communicating with each other and a method of controlling the image apparatuses include the image apparatuses that communicate with each other using a high definition multimedia interface-consumer electronic control (HDMI-CEC) method. The keys provided to a remote controller to control a first image apparatus are mapped to a key code used to control the second image apparatus communicating with the first image apparatus. Therefore, the second image apparatus connected to the first image apparatus is also controlled by using the remote controller to control the first image apparatus. | 03-26-2009 |
20090128296 | TERMINAL HAVING RADIO FREQUENCY FUNCTION AND METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION OF THE TERMINAL - Provided are a terminal having a radio frequency identification (RFID) function and a method of processing information of the terminal for allowing intuitive interaction between a screen manipulation and an RFID manipulation with respect to using an RFID related service. The method of processing the information of the terminal including a screen and an RFID recognition unit, includes detecting a screen area corresponding to a position of the RFID recognition unit disposed at a predetermined position of the screen; displaying an RFID icon at a position of the detected screen area; recording information in an RFID tag based on the RFID tag contacting the RFID icon, and recognizing the information from the RFID tag the RFID tag contacting the RFID icon. | 05-21-2009 |
20090132595 | METHOD OF WRITING AND REPRODUCING MULTIMEDIA SERVICE BY USING TAG AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are method and apparatus for writing and reproducing a multimedia service using a tag in order to provide an intuitive interface for a user using a multimedia service. The method includes selecting a multimedia service to be written; generating tag information identifying the selected multimedia service; and writing the generated tag information to a tag. Accordingly, multimedia service information and content information can be stored in a tag by being written to tag information using a common format, and thus the user can later execute a service operation by easily writing information of a desired service operation to a tag and then simply connecting the tag to a tag reading device. | 05-21-2009 |
20090132923 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFACING BETWEEN DEVICES IN HOME NETWORK - A method of interfacing between devices in a home network control device includes dividing a screen into at least two areas, assigning a predetermined contents service function to each of the divided screen areas, sensing the position of the screen that an external device approaches and the distance between the screen and the external device reproducing content, and performing the contents service function differently between devices for each screen area according to the position of the screen that the external device approaches and the distance between the screen and the external device. | 05-21-2009 |
20090153733 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERPOLATING IMAGE - Provided are a method and apparatus for interpolating an image, that improve frequency characteristics of a motion compensated interpolation by combining motion compensation and a de-blurring filter. The image interpolation method includes: estimating a motion vector between adjacent frames; determining a location of a pixel that is to be interpolated between adjacent frames based on the estimated motion vector; selecting values of candidate pixels of the location of the pixel that is to be interpolated; and filtering the values of the candidate pixels by applying each filter coefficient according to locations of pixels to the values of the candidate pixels. | 06-18-2009 |
20090237359 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING TOUCH SCREEN KEYBOARD - Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying various types of touch screen keyboards at various positions according to an information input condition of a user. The method includes recognizing a point on a touch screen which a reference finger of at least one hand of a user touches, and displaying a touch screen keyboard including keys arranged according to the recognized point. Accordingly, a user-based touch screen keyboard which can be easily used, allow information to be quickly input, and reduce touch error, can be provided. | 09-24-2009 |
20090245548 | AUDIO APPARATUS FOR WIRELESSLY TRANSMITTING AUDIO SIGNAL, AUDIO SYSTEM, AND AUDIO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - An audio apparatus includes a main unit to extract audio signals for at least two channels from a multichannel audio signal; and a transmitter to wirelessly transmit at least one audio signal of the extracted audio signals to a first receiver, and to wirelessly transmit at least one other audio signal of the extracted audio signals to a second receiver. | 10-01-2009 |
20090320024 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control device for displaying a menu generated based on the media included in the devices within a home network. The control device includes a media information collection unit which collects information on media that can be processed by devices within a home network, a control unit which generates a task list for tasks that can be performed based on the collected information, and a display unit which displays the generated task list. A user thereby may control the devices within a home network using the menu generated based on the media included in the devices, making it possible to improve convenience to the user. | 12-24-2009 |
20100001893 | REMOTE CONTROLLER TO SET OPERATING MODE USING ANGLES, METHOD OF SETTING OPERATING MODE THEREOF, AND METHOD OF DETERMINING HOST DEVICE - A remote controller, a method of setting an operating mode thereof, and a method of determining a host device. The remote controller includes an angle detection unit to set a direction of an end of the remote controller to be a reference axis if a manipulation is input, and to detect a rotational angle between the reference axis and the front end axis of the remote controller if the remote controller rotates, and a controlling unit to control the remote controller to operate in an operating mode corresponding to the rotational angle. | 01-07-2010 |
20100007518 | INPUT APPARATUS USING MOTIONS AND USER MANIPULATIONS AND INPUT METHOD APPLIED TO SUCH INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus and a command inputting method are described. The input apparatus generates a predetermined command using a motion detected by a motion detector and a user manipulation input to an input unit. Accordingly, a user can use the input device capable of motion detection in various manners to control a number of to-be-controlled devices. | 01-14-2010 |
20100013660 | PAIRING METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREFOR - A control device includes a search unit which receives profiles from each of a plurality of apparatuses in a home network and searches for a plurality of apparatuses able to be controlled in the home network, a user interface unit which displays information regarding the plurality of apparatuses found as a result of searching, and a control unit which pairs the control device with an apparatus selected from among the plurality of apparatuses found. Therefore, it is possible to provide a user with information regarding the plurality of apparatuses in the home network, so that the user may easily perform pairing using the information. | 01-21-2010 |
20100103125 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OTHER DEVICES USING THE SAME - Provided is a method of controlling an electronic device by using a remote control device comprising a touch screen, the method including selecting one of a plurality of functions supported by the electronic device via the touch screen, sequentially displaying a plurality of user interfaces, usable for controlling the function selected with an input detected by the touch screen, one-by-one, and controlling the electronic device by using one of the plurality of user interfaces that are sequentially displayed. | 04-29-2010 |
20110119147 | CONTENT SUPPLY SYSTEM AND CONTENT SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A content supply system and a content supply method thereof, and a display device and a control method thereof which supplies content to the display apparatus, are disclosed. A content supply system, including a user terminal which is used to purchase content; a content supply server which stores therein purchase description information of the first content purchased through the user terminal, and supplies second content based on the purchase description information of the purchased first content; and a display device which transmits usage authorization information to the content supply server corresponding to the purchase description information of the purchased first content, and receives the second content from the content supply server. The present invention supplies content which is purchased by a user through a user terminal and enables a user to use the content without double payment for the content. | 05-19-2011 |
20110126147 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; a receiving unit which receives a preset input command; and a control unit which displays an image including a plurality of objects corresponding respectively to preset operations and a selection zone for selection of the objects, moves the selection zone in response to a 4-way up, down, left and right way movement input received by the receiving unit, and displays on the display unit a selection menu which is reconfigured such that at least one of the objects included in the selection zone can be selected according to the 4-way movement input. The control method includes: displaying an image including a plurality of objects corresponding respectively to preset operations and a selection zone for selection of the object; moving the selection zone in response to a 4-way up, down, left and right way movement input; and displaying a selection menu reconfigured such that at least one of the objects included in the selection zone can be selected according to the 4-way movement input. | 05-26-2011 |
20110126152 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, CONTENTS SUPPLYING SYSTEM, AND CONTENTS SUPPLYING METHOD THEREOF - A display device; a control method thereof; a contents supplying system, and a contents supplying method thereof smoothly executing contents are disclosed. The display device includes: a display unit which displays a video; a user input unit which receives an input of a user; a communication unit which communicates with a first contents supplying server storing a plurality of contents and a second contents supplying server supplying the contents; and a control unit which displays a contents menu including contents information related to the plurality of contents in the display unit. The control unit demands supplying of contents selected among the plurality of contents depending on an input of a user, to the second contents supplying server, and receives the selected contents transmitted from the first contents supplying server to the second contents supplying server from the second contents supplying server by streaming data. | 05-26-2011 |
20110198758 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING CONTACT PLUG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a conductive area, a first pattern formed on the substrate and having a contact hole through which the conductive area is exposed, and a contact plug in the contact hole. The contact plug includes first and second silicon layers. The first silicon layer, formed from a first compound including at least two silicon atoms, is formed in the contact hole to contact a top surface of the conductive area and a side wall of the first pattern. The second silicon layer, formed from a second compound including a number of silicon atoms less than the number of the silicon atoms of the first compound, is formed on the first silicon layer and fills a remaining space of the contact hole, the second silicon layer being spaced apart from the first pattern at an entrance of the contact hole. | 08-18-2011 |
20110316885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE INCLUDING POSITION INFORMATION - A method and an apparatus are provided, which can display a map that includes a position corresponding to position information in the form of a bird's eye view having perspective views and display an image on an upper portion of the map that is displayed in the form of a bird's eye view to correspond to the position information when the image including the position information is displayed on the map. | 12-29-2011 |
20120017179 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING LIST OF CONTENTS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method for providing a list of contents and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. The method displays images corresponding to a plurality of items included in a specific category of contents. If one of the displayed images is selected, a list of contents included in the item corresponding to the selected image is displayed. Accordingly, a user can easily identify what the item represents by viewing the image corresponding to the item. | 01-19-2012 |
20120059818 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAYING METHOD OF CONTENTS - A display apparatus and a displaying method of contents, the display apparatus including a content output unit which outputs contents, a display unit which displays predetermined space information, a user interface (UI) generating unit which generates UI information, a user input unit, and a control unit which classifies the contents into a group which corresponds to a position on the displayed predetermined space information based on predetermined position information of the contents in response to a request to search for contents, being input through the user input unit, controls the UI generating unit to generate a first UI indicating the group, and controls the display unit to display the generated first UI at the corresponding position of the group on the displayed predetermined space information. | 03-08-2012 |
20120229966 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a light shielding layer including a first opening which transmits a light. The second substrate includes a shutter including a second opening which corresponds to the first opening, and a first flexible electrode part which is connected to one end of the shutter and transmits or blocks the light by moving the shutter. The first flexible electrode part includes a first flexible electrode, a second flexible electrode, and an insulation pattern. The insulation pattern insulates the first flexible electrode and the second flexible electrode from each other, and exposes upper and lower surfaces of the first flexible electrode and the second flexible electrode which are parallel to the second substrate, by covering portions of the first flexible electrode and the second flexible electrode. | 09-13-2012 |
20120274454 | METHOD OF WRITING AND REPRODUCING MULTIMEDIA SERVICE BY USING TAG AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are method and apparatus for writing and reproducing a multimedia service using a tag in order to provide an intuitive interface for a user using a multimedia service. The method includes selecting a multimedia service to be written; generating tag information identifying the selected multimedia service; and writing the generated tag information to a tag. Accordingly, multimedia service information and content information can be stored in a tag by being written to tag information using a common format, and thus the user can later execute a service operation by easily writing information of a desired service operation to a tag and then simply connecting the tag to a tag reading device. | 11-01-2012 |
20120293852 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a base substrate, a micro shutter, a first driving electrode, a second driving electrode, and a plurality of anchors. The micro shutter includes a flat portion having at least one opening, a main concave portion adjacent to the opening and extending in from the flat portion to a first depth, and at least one sub-concave portion extending in from a bottom surface of the main concave portion to second depth. The first driving electrode is connected to a first side of the micro shutter. The second driving electrode is connected to a second side of the micro shutter. The second side is positioned opposite to the first side. The anchors fix the first and second driving electrodes on the base substrate. | 11-22-2012 |
20130138772 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, APPARATUS PROVIDING APPLICATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus and a control method thereof which communicate with each other to provide and receive at least one application, an apparatus providing the at least one application and a control method thereof, the display apparatus including: a display unit; a communication unit which communicates with a server that provides a plurality of applications and a list of the plurality of applications; a storage unit which stores therein at least one application downloaded through the communication unit and deletion history information of the at least one application; and a controller which displays on the display unit an image of the list of the plurality of applications to download the at least one application, and transmits to the server the deletion history information of the at least one application to display on the display unit deletion/non-deletion of the at least one application in the image of the list of the plurality of applications. | 05-30-2013 |
20130163063 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a first insulating substrate, a light shielding layer on the first insulating substrate and including a first opening through which a light passes, a second insulating substrate which faces the first insulating substrate, and a shutter part on the second insulating substrate. The shutter part includes a driving beam electrode, a deformable electrode which faces the driving beam electrode and moves in response to a voltage applied to the driving beam electrode, and a shutter. The shutter includes a second opening which corresponds to the first opening of the light shielding layer, is connected to the deformable electrode and overlaps one of the deformable electrode or the driving beam electrode according to a movement of the deformable electrode, in a plan view. | 06-27-2013 |
20130198651 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD USING THE SAME - A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a receiver which receives contents, a display unit which displays the received contents, a controller which displays a UI (User Interface) which, if a predetermined event occurs, poses a question regarding whether additional information corresponding to the contents is intended to be received, and, when an additional information reject command is input through the UI, the controller controls to change a display format of the UI when the UI is displayed thereafter. | 08-01-2013 |
20130311942 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit which displays a content image on a screen; a communication unit which communicates with an external server to receive a social network service (SNS); and a controller which displays the content image in a first area of the screen, displays an SNS image in a second area of the screen so that the SNS image and the content image do not overlap, and adjusts both a size of the content image and a size of the SNS image according to a user's input to one of the content image and the SNS image so that the content image and the SNS image do not overlap. | 11-21-2013 |
20130335799 | PHOTOLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a light source unit that emits a first light with a first wavelength, an optical filter that converts the first light to a second light, and an optical shutter that transmits or reflects the first light or the second light. | 12-19-2013 |
20130341300 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a light shielding layer including a first opening which transmits a light. The second substrate includes a shutter including a second opening which corresponds to the first opening, and a first flexible electrode part which is connected to one end of the shutter and transmits or blocks the light by moving the shutter. The first flexible electrode part includes a first flexible electrode, a second flexible electrode, and an insulation pattern. The insulation pattern insulates the first flexible electrode and the second flexible electrode from each other, and exposes upper and lower surfaces of the first flexible electrode and the second flexible electrode which are parallel to the second substrate, by covering portions of the first flexible electrode and the second flexible electrode. | 12-26-2013 |
20140160408 | PHOTOLUMINESCENT PANEL, PHOTOLUMINESCENT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PHOTOLUMINESCENT PANEL - A photoluminescent panel includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate facing the lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, and a color conversion layer disposed on the upper substrate. The color conversion layer includes a light excitation particle which absorbs light having a desired wavelength and emits excited light, and a scattering particle which scatters the excited light. | 06-12-2014 |
20140167288 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING CONTACT PLUG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a conductive area, a first pattern formed on the substrate and having a contact hole through which the conductive area is exposed, and a contact plug in the contact hole. The contact plug includes first and second silicon layers. The first silicon layer, formed from a first compound including at least two silicon atoms, is formed in the contact hole to contact a top surface of the conductive area and a side wall of the first pattern. The second silicon layer, formed from a second compound including a number of silicon atoms less than the number of the silicon atoms of the first compound, is formed on the first silicon layer and fills a remaining space of the contact hole, the second silicon layer being spaced apart from the first pattern at an entrance of the contact hole. | 06-19-2014 |
20140167926 | TERMINAL HAVING RADIO FREQUENCY FUNCTION AND METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION OF THE TERMINAL - Provided are a terminal having a radio frequency identification (RFID) function and a method of processing information of the terminal for allowing intuitive interaction between a screen manipulation and an RFID manipulation with respect to using an RFID related service. The method of processing the information of the terminal including a screen and an RFID recognition unit, includes detecting a screen area corresponding to a position of the RFID recognition unit disposed at a predetermined position of the screen; displaying an RFID icon at a position of the detected screen area; recording information in an RFID tag based on the RFID tag contacting the RFID icon, and recognizing the information from the RFID tag the RFID tag contacting the RFID icon. | 06-19-2014 |
20140258909 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OTHER DEVICES USING THE SAME - Provided is a method of controlling an electronic device by using a remote control device comprising a touch screen, the method including selecting one of a plurality of functions supported by the electronic device via the touch screen, sequentially displaying a plurality of user interfaces, usable for controlling the function selected with an input detected by the touch screen, one-by-one, and controlling the electronic device by using one of the plurality of user interfaces that are sequentially displayed. | 09-11-2014 |