Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110025630 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION AND CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS USING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD THEREOF - A character input method using a touch screen, in which one or more areas requiring user input is defined in the touch screen, pre-recognized information is defined for each of the defined areas, character information is received by a user in one or more user desired areas among the defined areas, the character information is recognized using a character recognizer, and the recognized character information is updated in the user desired areas. | 02-03-2011 |
20110086650 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING HANDWRITTEN MESSAGE INCLUDING TIME INFORMATION - A method for transmitting and receiving a handwritten message having time information includes generating one or more codes using handwritten message information which is sequentially input by a user, converting the handwritten message information and the one or more codes into one image and transmitting the converted image, confirming whether a received image includes the one or more codes, and if the received image includes the one or more codes, sequentially reproducing the contents of the handwritten message according to an input order of the contents of the handwritten message by analyzing the one or more codes. | 04-14-2011 |
20110110595 | IMAGE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING LIGHTING COMPONENT - An image correction apparatus and method for eliminating a lighting component are provided. A photographed original image is divided into a plurality of block units to calculate a representative brightness value of each of the divided block units. A background image having the size of the original image is generated using the calculated brightness value and interpolation. A lighting component is extracted from the background image and a lighting component included in the original image is eliminated using the extracted lighting component. | 05-12-2011 |
20110111775 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING HANDWRITTEN MESSAGE BY USING HANDWRITING DATA - A method for reproducing a handwritten message using handwriting data, the method including receiving an input of the handwritten message and generating handwriting data including position information and time information of the handwritten message and a still image using the position information, encoding a handwriting image including the handwriting data in the still image and transmitting the encoded handwriting image through the still image, receiving and decoding the handwriting image, extracting the handwriting data included in the decoded handwriting image, and sequentially reproducing the handwritten message according to an order of input of the handwritten message using the extracted handwriting data. | 05-12-2011 |
20110181619 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING HANDWRITING ANIMATION MESSAGE - Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving a handwriting animation message. The apparatus for transmitting a handwriting animation message includes an input unit for receiving an input of a handwriting animation message including coordinate information and time information of points being input onto a background image from a user of a transmitting mobile terminal, a controller for controlling merging or synchronization of the background image and the handwriting animation message, and a transmitter for transmitting the merged or synchronized background image and handwriting animation message to a receiving mobile terminal. | 07-28-2011 |
20110183691 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING HANDWRITING ANIMATION MESSAGE - Provided is a system for transmitting a handwriting animation message including a transmitting mobile terminal for transmitting the handwriting animation message including coordinate information and time information of one or more points forming handwriting information which is input by a user of a transmitting mobile terminal, an animation messaging server for, upon receiving the handwriting animation message, transcoding the handwriting animation message into a format supported by the receiving mobile terminal and transmitting the transcoded handwriting animation message, and the receiving mobile terminal for receiving the transcoded handwriting animation message. | 07-28-2011 |
20110211759 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON CHARACTER ORIENTATION - A character recognition apparatus and method based on a character orientation are provided, in which an input image is binarized, at least one character area is extracted from the binarized image, a slope value of the extracted at least one character area is calculated, the calculated slope value is set as a character feature value, and a character is recognized by using a neural network for recognizing a plurality of characters by receiving the set character feature value. Accordingly, the probability of wrongly recognizing a similar character decreases, and a recognition ratio of each character increases. | 09-01-2011 |
20120288182 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A COUNTERFEIT BILL - A mobile communication device and method for identifying a counterfeit bill are provided. In the method, an InfraRed (IR) image of a bill is received, feature values are extracted from the IR image to represent edges, a binary image having displayed pixels and non-displayed pixels is generated based on the feature values, and a corrected image is generated by overlaying the binary image on a pre-stored real bill database and adjusting the binary image to match a predetermined area of the binary image matches to the predetermined area of the real bill database. A number of displayed pixels in the corrected image is counted, and whether the bill is counterfeit is based on the number of displayed pixels in the corrected image. | 11-15-2012 |
20120324335 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EDITABLE FLASH FILE - A method for storing and managing a content-editable Flash file is provided, in which a Flash file is loaded to be edited, data of a predetermined size is loaded from the Flash file, it is determined based on the loaded data whether the Flash file is editable, and editable data is loaded from the Flash file, if the Flash file is editable. | 12-20-2012 |
20130034290 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A COUNTERFEIT BILL USING A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and a portable terminal for identifying a counterfeit bill. The method includes receiving, by the portable terminal, an image of a bill photographed using visible rays and an image of the bill photographed using infrared rays; determining a denomination of the bill by comparing the image photographed using the visible rays with a denomination database; obtaining correction information for making the image photographed using the visible rays correspond to a corresponding bill image in the denomination database; forming a corrected image by correcting the image photographed using the infrared rays using the correction information; binary-coding the corrected image; and determining whether the bill is counterfeit by comparing the binary-coded corrected image with an image of the corresponding bill pre-stored in a genuine bill database. | 02-07-2013 |
20130038613 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND PLAYING ANIMATED MESSAGE - Methods and apparatus are provided for generating an animated message. Input objects in an image of the animated message are recognized, and input information, including information about an input time and input coordinates for the input objects, is extracted. Playback information, including information about a playback order of the input objects, is set. The image is displayed in a predetermined handwriting region of the animated message. An encoding region, which is allocated in a predetermined portion of the animated message and in which the input information and the playback information are stored, is divided into blocks having a predetermined size. Display information of the encoding region is generated by mapping the input information and the playback information to the blocks in the encoding region. An animated message including the predetermined handwriting region and the encoding region is generated. The generated animated message is transmitted. | 02-14-2013 |
20130321315 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING A CHARACTER IN A TOUCH KEYPAD - A method and apparatus for inputting characters using a touch keypad with a plurality of keys are provided, in which upon detection of a user's touch on one of the plurality of keys, a character corresponding to the touched key is acquired, a pop-up character set is generated using the acquired character and a character which has been completely input before the user's touch and displayed in an input character display area, and a touch pop-up including the pop-up character set is displayed in the vicinity of the touched key. | 12-05-2013 |
20140092101 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANIMATED EMOTICON - An apparatus and method for producing an animated emoticon are provided. The method includes producing a plurality of frames that constitute the animated emoticon; inputting at least one object for each of the plurality of frames; producing object information for the input object; and producing structured animated emoticon data that include each of the plurality frames and the object information. | 04-03-2014 |
20140240258 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INPUT APPLYING TEXTURE OF BACKGROUND IMAGE - A method of processing an image is provided. The method includes identifying edge components of a background image by a unit of a predetermined size, identifying input coordinate points of a touch input which is input on a touch screen, determining distorted coordinate points by applying the edge components to the input coordinate points, and displaying a drawing image formed by connecting the distorted coordinate points, on the background image. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING CONTENTS THROUGH WRITING INPUT ON TOUCH SCREEN - A method of writing content through a writing input on a touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying written input content according to a writing input detection and identifying whether there is a proofreading mode control, and when there is the proofreading mode control, entering a proofreading mode, displaying the written input content according to the writing input detection, identifying a proofreading mark in the written input content, and applying an editing content corresponding to the proofreading mark, so as to proofread the written content. | 08-28-2014 |
20140286626 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CREATING AND REPRODUCING LIVE PICTURE FILE - An apparatus for reproducing an image file and outputting audio data related to the image file at the same time is provided. The apparatus includes an audio editor configured to edit audio data having a predetermined time length in order to create edited audio data, and an encoder in configured to encode image data and the audio data edited by the audio editor in order to create a live picture file, wherein the live picture file includes at least one of an image data area including the image data, additional data header area including information related to additional data including the audio data, and an audio data area including the edited audio data. | 09-25-2014 |
20150033164 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE - A method of providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is provided. The method includes receiving an image to be used for the GUI, and selecting one or more object areas to be used for the GUI from the image, setting a GUI icon corresponding to the selected object area, and outputting the set GUI as a home screen for executing at least one of application on a display of the terminal. | 01-29-2015 |
20150041959 | HARDMASK COMPOSITION FOR FORMING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A hardmask composition for forming a resist underlayer film, a process for producing a semiconductor integrated circuit device, and a semiconductor integrated circuit device, the hardmask composition including an organosilane polymer, a stabilizer, the stabilizer including methyl acetoacetate, ethyl-2-ethylacetoacetate, nonanol, decanol, undecanol, dodecanol, acetic acid, phenyltrimethoxysilane, diphenylhexamethoxydisiloxane, diphenylhexaethoxydisiloxane, dioctyltetramethyldisiloxane, tetramethyldisiloxane, decamethyltetrasiloxane, dodecamethylpentasiloxane, hexamethyldisiloxane, or mixtures thereof, and a solvent, wherein the solvent includes acetone, tetrahydrofuran, benzene, toluene, diethyl ether, chloroform, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, propylene glycol methyl ether acetate, propylene glycol ethyl ether acetate, propylene glycol propyl ether acetate, ethyl lactate, γ butyrolactone, methyl isobutyl ketone, or mixtures thereof, the solvent is present in an amount of about 70 to about 99.9% by weight, based on a total weight of the composition, and the stabilizer is present in an amount of about 0.0001 to about 3.0% by weight, based on a total weight of the composition. | 02-12-2015 |
20150058718 | USER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING HANDWRITING CONTENT - A method for creating handwriting content is provided. The method includes displaying handwriting letters being input, extracting at least one candidate handwriting word stored in advance in response to the input handwriting letters, displaying the extracted at least one candidate handwriting word, and replacing the input handwriting letters with a candidate handwriting word selected from among the displayed at least one candidate handwriting word. | 02-26-2015 |
20150062041 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING FUNCTIONS RELATED TO HANDWRITTEN USER INPUT ON LOCK SCREEN - Apparatuses and methods are provided for executing a function corresponding to a handwritten user input at the same time as providing a handwritten unlock command on a lock screen of an electronic device. The apparatus includes a touch screen that displays a lock screen including a first layer for unlocking the lock screen and a second layer that is laid over the first layer, and a controller that verifies that an unlock command is the same as a predetermined unlock command in response to the unlock command being input to the first layer, to display the second layer in response to the unlock command being the same as the predetermined unlock command, and to search for a command corresponding to a handwritten user input that is input to the second layer to execute the command. | 03-05-2015 |
20150071505 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ONLINE SIGNATURE VEFICATION USING PROXIMITY TOUCH - A method and apparatus for verifying an input signature are provided. The method includes generating signature data based on a real touch event and a proximity touch event that occur on a touch input unit of and apparatus, extracting a feature of the input signature based on the signature data, and determining whether to authenticate the input signature based on a similarity between the feature of the input signature and a corresponding feature of a previously stored reference signature. | 03-12-2015 |