Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090158168 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING IDLE SCREEN - An apparatus and a method for configuring an idle screen, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for analyzing functions of a terminal according to a user's environmental state, and configuring an idle screen in accordance with the analysis. According to the apparatus and method, when a change in a current environmental state is sensed while performing the selected terminal function, the terminal determines an environmental state information item corresponding to a changed environmental state, and updates the selected terminal function in a terminal function item corresponding to the determined environmental state information item. When there is a request for displaying an idle screen, the terminal determines a current environmental state item corresponding to the currently environmental state, extracts one or more terminal functions corresponding to the determined environmental state information item, and configures the idle screen using the extracted terminal functions. | 06-18-2009 |
20090319919 | Apparatus and method for dynamically creating a community space in a virtual space - An apparatus and method for dynamically creating a community space in a virtual space. A request for a connection to a personal web space of another user to be visited by a user possessing a personal web space is made. When the connection request is identified, a new community space is generated by connecting the personal web spaces of the users to each other. Immediate interaction between the users is performed in the generated new community space. | 12-24-2009 |
20100177696 | Apparatus and method for sharing information through presence service in a communication network - An apparatus is capable of sharing information through a presence service in a communication network and capable of providing presence information of a Mobile Station (MS). The apparatus extracts at least one of application information and contents indication information from an application in execution. Presence information is generated that includes at least one of the application information and the contents indication information, and transmitting the presence information to a presence server. | 07-15-2010 |
20100180012 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA FILE STREAMING IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for multimedia file streaming are provided. In a method for multimedia file streaming in a receiving portable terminal, the method includes determining meta data included in a received packet, generating new meta data having a circular-type media data offset on the basis of the meta data, storing media data included in the packet received in a circular manner according to the media data offset included in the new meta data, and loading the media data stored according to the media data offset included in the new meta data. | 07-15-2010 |
20100328431 | Rendering method and apparatus using sensor in portable terminal - A method and an apparatus detect motion, rotation, and tilt for rendering using a sensor in a portable terminal. The rendering method using the sensor in the portable terminal includes pre-rendering a region of a size corresponding to a screen of the terminal and a surrounding region. A preset region of the pre-rendered regions is displayed. A motion of the terminal is detected using a sensor, and a region to display in the pre-rendered regions is changed according to the motion. | 12-30-2010 |
20110304624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAY TRACING IN A 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SYSTEM - A ray tracing method and apparatus in a 3-Dimensional (3D) image system. The method includes sampling for four vertexes of each pixel in a plurality of pixels, sampling for a pivot of the each pixel, and determining a color of the each pixel using the sampling result on the four vertexes and the pivot. | 12-15-2011 |
20120007859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING FACE ANIMATION IN COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method and apparatus generate a face animation in a computer system. An input of a face image is received. A head model and a skull model are determined for the face image. The head model is matched with the skull model, and a face model is generated. At least one parameter for the generated face model is adjusted according to an expression of the input face image, thus being capable of allowing a user to easily generate a face model and a facial animation with various expressions without manually adjusting various parameters. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008931 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WORLD CLOCK IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method display a world clock on the basis of an Augmented Reality (AR) scheme in a portable terminal. The method for displaying information in the portable terminal includes obtaining camera image data from a camera. The method also include searching for a city corresponding to a camera location and a camera viewpoint direction on the basis of a memory. The method further includes obtaining information on the found city and displaying the obtained information on the found city by compositing the information into the obtained camera image data. | 01-12-2012 |
20120019526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AND REPRODUCING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENTS IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus produce and reproduce Augmented Reality (AR) contents in a mobile terminal. In the method, contents are produced. An image including an object corresponding to the contents is recognized. Recognition information for the object corresponding to the contents is obtained based on a recognition result. AR contents including the contents and the recognition information are generated. Therefore, AR contents for an input image may be easily produced and reproduced, and the AR contents may be used as independent multimedia contents, not an auxiliary means of other contents. | 01-26-2012 |
20120106784 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING OBJECT IN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and system track an object in an image or a video. Pose information is extracted using a relation of at least one feature point extracted in a first Region of Interest (RoI). A pose is estimated using the pose information. A secpmd RoI is set using the pose. And the second RoI is estimated using a filtering scheme. | 05-03-2012 |
20130038557 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF A SCREEN IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for controlling screen display in a portable terminal are provided. In the method, whether a screen touch occurs is determined. When the screen touch occurs, whether the screen touch corresponds to a spiral touch is determined using coordinates at which the screen is touched. When the screen touch is the spiral touch, the screen is magnified or reduced. | 02-14-2013 |
20130278632 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for displaying an augmented reality image and an electronic device thereof are provided. A method for displaying an augmented reality image in an electronic device includes comparing a target image with a viewpoint conversion image, the comparison determining matching pairs of a plurality of features of the target image and a plurality of features of the viewpoint conversion image and, if the matching pairs are determined, displaying an augmented reality image of the viewpoint conversion image. | 10-24-2013 |
20130328867 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION USING THREE DIMENSION MAP - An apparatus for providing augmented information using a 3-D map in a mobile device including a camera, a display that displays a current image including a first object acquired in real time through the camera, and a controller that performs to control such that the current image acquired in real time and an actual 3-D image acquired and stored by previously photographing the first object are mixed and displayed on the display. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING IMAGE DATA - A method of processing image data is provided. The method includes receiving input image data, determining whether the input image data matches stored image data which is pre-stored in a database, storing, in the database, the input image data which is determined to match the stored image data, and providing the stored image data which is stored in the database. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332078 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D MAP SHOWING AREA OF INTEREST IN REAL TIME - An apparatus and a method for providing a three Dimensional (3D) map showing an area of interest in real time are disclosed. The method includes receiving terminal view information of a plurality of terminals, determining an object of interest on a 3D map based on the received terminal view information; and reconfiguring a 3D map including the object of interest. Position information on an area receiving a lot attention from the public, path information by which the user moves to the area, and a preview image of the area in real time may be provided. | 12-12-2013 |
20140152853 | TERMINAL FOR GENERATING AUGMENTED REALITY AND METHOD THEREOF - A terminal for generating an augmented reality and a method thereof are provided. The terminal includes a camera property information providing server configured to store camera property information associated with one or more cameras, and the terminal is configured to receive, from the camera property information providing server, camera property information associated with a camera included in the terminal and generate an augmented reality based on the stored camera property information when an augmented reality-based application is driven and thus, may provide an augmented reality in which a virtual object is accurately matched to an image. | 06-05-2014 |
20140233798 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a plurality of digital images and a processor, wherein the processor tracks movement of an object recognized in the plurality of digital images, and the processor detects an amount of movement between the plurality of digital images, and selects one among a plurality of object tracking methods based on at least a part of the amount of the movement. | 08-21-2014 |
20140300634 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AUGMENTED REALITY BY USING TRANSPARENT DISPLAY - An apparatus and a method for implementing augmented reality by using a transparent display are provided. The method includes calculating a point-of-view of a user based on a face image captured by a front camera, detecting an image of an area depending on an angle of view identical to a viewing angle of the user based on the calculated point-of-view of the user, implementing the augmented reality by using the detected image, and outputting the implemented augmented reality to the transparent display. | 10-09-2014 |