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| 20090099693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF EMOTIONAL ACTION EXPRESSION - A system for control of emotional action expression including an emotion engine for creating an emotion according to information provided from a plurality of sensors, and an emotional action expression/actuation control unit for detecting an emotion platform profile and an emotion property from the created emotion and determining the action expression corresponding to the created emotion to control a target actuator. A control unit controls the motion of the target actuator under the control of the emotional action expression/actuation control unit. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090153499 | TOUCH ACTION RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for recognizing a touch action that a person has performed upon an object, is provided with a sensor component for detecting a sensor value corresponding to the touch action through an inertial sensor attached to part of a body of the person; and a signal processing component for recognizing the touch action from the sensor value detected by the sensor component and transferring the recognized touch action to the object. Further, a method for recognizing a touch action that a person has performed upon an object, is provided with: detecting a sensor value corresponding to the touch action through an inertial sensor attached to part of a body of the person; and recognizing the touch action from the detected sensor value and transferring the recognized touch action to the object. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090248372 | METHOD OF MODELING COMPOSITE EMOTION IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL VECTOR SPACE - A method of modeling a composite emotion in a multidimensional vector space, is provided with creating an emotion vector space by defining dimensions of a vector space in consideration of stimuli affecting emotions, and dividing a defined multidimensional vector space into emotion regions. Further, the method of modeling a composite emotion in a multidimensional vector space includes creating a composite emotion by calculating a fuzzy partitioned matrix between a current state vector and respective representative vectors in the created emotion vector space. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100160744 | BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL SENSOR APPARATUS, WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK, AND USER INTERFACE SYSTEM USING BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL SENSOR APPARATUS - A biological signal sensor apparatus worn on a user's body includes: a sensor unit for sensing physical states or movements of a user to generate biological signal data; a wireless communications unit for performing wireless data communications with a wireless sensor network to transmit the biological signal data; a sensor network protocol processing unit for processing protocols for end-to-end communications between the wireless communications unit and the wireless sensor network and for performing a mobility support procedure for the biological signal sensor apparatus; a processor for controlling the wireless data communications, the end-to-end communications, and the mobility support procedure to allow the biological signal sensor apparatus to serve as a mobile wireless sensor node; and a connection unit for connecting the sensor unit and the processor. The biological signal sensor apparatus serves as a mobile wireless sensor node in the wireless sensor network. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161836 | METHOD PORT ARRANGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION METHOD THEREOF FOR ROBOT SOFTWARE COMPONENT - A configuration method of a method port arrangement for robot software component includes: generating a requester method port module and a provider method port module; generating a requester method module and a provider method module depending on application of a method module to be generated in the component; registering the requester method module in the requester method port module and the provider method module in the provider method port module; and registering, in a method port management module, the requester method port module and the provider method port module where the requester method module and the provider method module have been registered. The method further includes establishing the requester method port module to be operated by interconnecting the requester method port module and the provider method port module; and executing input and output operations to/from the requester method port or the provider method port depending on application of the component. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110153073 | FAULT TOLERANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOT SOFTWARE COMPONENT - An apparatus for performing fault tolerance against a failure occurring during driving robot software components includes: a component executor for executing the robot software components, which are assigned with one thread from an operating system and have a same priority and cycle, by using the assigned thread; and an executor monitor for periodically monitoring the operation of the component executor and determining whether or not there is a failure in the robot software components executed by the component executor. The apparatus further includes: an executor manager for generating the component executor which is assigned with the robot software components having the same priority and cycle and, when the executor monitor determines that there is a failure in the execution of the robot software components, generating a new component executor. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COORDINATING OPERATION ACTION OF ROBOT SOFTWARE COMPONENT - Provided are an apparatus and a method of controlling the execution of components without an additional port or messaging for applying the dependency among the components. The apparatus comprises: a profile analyzing unit analyzing execution dependency information of components defined in an execution coordination profile; a component managing unit arranging the components in accordance with the execution sequence of the components caused by the execution dependency information; an execution coordination managing unit determining whether or not each of the components executes the operation on the basis of the execution dependency information of the corresponding component managed by the execution coordination units allocated to the components, respectively; and an operation executing unit executing the operation of each of the components in accordance with the determination result of the execution coordination manager. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110164823 | VIDEO OBJECT EXTRACTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method of extracting a foreground object image from a video sequence includes producing a reference background image by separating a background image from a frame image of the video sequence; producing edge information of the frame image and the reference background image; producing an edge difference image using the edge information; and extracting the foreground object image using the edge difference image based on the edge information. | 07-07-2011 |
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| 20110097740 | REAL-TIME CONTINUOUS DETECTION DEVICE - Provided is a real-time continuous detection device for detecting an analyte in a sample including: a sample inflow channel; a sample assay site; and a sample outflow channel, wherein the sample assay site includes a reversible capturing recognizing component and a sensor which detects a signal generated from a binding body of the analyte and the reversible capturing recognizing component. According to the real-time continuous detection device, it is possible to measure a change in concentration of the analyte in real time by continuously recycling the reversible capturing recognizing component. The real-time continuous detection device can be used to detect or assay living organism metabolites, a protein, a hormone, a nucleic acid, a cell, a food test material, an environment contaminant, national-defense chemical, biological and radiological test materials, or the like. Accordingly, the real-time continuous detection device can be applied to medical, public health, national defense, environment, food, veterinary, and biotechnology industries. | 04-28-2011 |
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| 20110142116 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING CHANNEL PARAMETER - A method and apparatus for estimating a channel parameter in a multi-antenna system is provided. The method of estimating a channel parameter includes selecting at least a part of received data as an effective segment based on power of the received data, and estimating a channel parameter by applying a channel estimation algorithm to received data within the selected effective segment. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the amount of calculation by removing noise signals from received data and measuring channels using signals within an effective signal segment when the channel parameters are estimated. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110142153 | MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT SYSTEM, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF RECEIVING SIGNALS - A multi-input multi-output system, receiving apparatus and method of receiving signals are provided. The multi-input multi-output system includes a transmitting apparatus configured to send signals coded through a double space time transmit diversity scheme while changing a phase and an antenna, and a receiving apparatus configured to, if a signal is received from the transmitting apparatus, estimate predetermined symbols by use of a maximum likelihood estimation scheme, estimate remaining symbols by use of a decision feedback equalization scheme, and to calculate a Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) of each of the predetermined symbols and the remaining symbols, in which the LLR of the remaining symbol is calculated by switching a channel matrix vector (H) of the receiving signal. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143757 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GROUP SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A group service providing method and apparatus suitable for use in a wireless communication system. A group registration method for providing a group service to a master terminal and a slave terminal, the group registration method may comprise receiving and storing subscriber profile information of the master terminal from an associated communication network server in response to a group service registration request from the master terminal; generating a group related to the group service registration request and a group key corresponding to the generated group and transmitting to the master terminal a group generation completion message including the group key; receiving and storing subscriber profile information of the slave terminal dependent on the master terminal from the communication network server; and transmitting the group key to the slave terminal with reference to the subscriber profile information of the slave terminal. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110151772 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING RADIO RELAY CHANNEL AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus and method for measuring radio relay channel are provided capable of easily measuring a radio relay channel on each radio link among a base station (BS), a relay station (RS) and a mobile station (MS) and providing a reliable result of measuring the characteristics of radio relay channel by controlling transmission/reception timing based on variation in operation time among the BS, the RS and the MS. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120025909 | DISTORTION COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL - A distortion compensation apparatus and an apparatus and method for transmitting a signal are provided. The distortion compensation apparatus can extract precise distortion information by adding an additional signal to an input signal during the compensation of distortion in a nonlinear apparatus, and can linearize the nonlinear properties of the nonlinear apparatus using the distortion information. The apparatus for transmitting a signal can output a signal linearized by the same method as that used by the distortion compensation apparatus. | 02-02-2012 |
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| 20100225637 | DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM WITH MONITORING UNIT FOR DATA DRIVER - A display driving system includes a timing controller configured to receive a data signal composed of image data and generate a control signal such as a clock signal; an interface configured to transmit the data signal and the control signal to a plurality of data drivers; the data drivers configured to receive the data signal and the control signal through the interface and supply received signals to a display panel to display an image; and a monitoring unit configured to feed back LOCK signals indicative of state information of the data drivers to the timing controller such that the data drivers can be monitored. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110181558 | DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM USING TRANSMISSION OF SINGLE-LEVEL SIGNAL EMBEDDED WITH CLOCK SIGNAL - A display driving system includes a timing control section having an LVDS receiving unit for receiving data signals, a data processing unit for temporarily storing the data signals, processing the data signals and outputting processed data signals, a timing generation unit for generating clock signals and timing control signals, and a transmission unit for transmitting the data signals; and a panel driving section having row driving units for sequentially emitting gate signals toward a display panel and column driving units for receiving the signals transmitted through signal lines from the transmission unit and supplying the received signals to the display panel. In the timing control section, the transmission unit has driving parts which embed the clock signals between the data signals at the same level and generate and output single level transmission data. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110242066 | DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM USING SINGLE LEVEL DATA TRANSMISSION WITH EMBEDDED CLOCK SIGNAL - A display driving system using single level data transmission with embedded clock signals. The display driving system is configured to embed a clock signal of the same level between data signals and transmit these signals as a single level signal, wherein a cycle at which clock signals are embedded is controlled and a data format is constructed such that a control data transmission step can be extended over 2 words. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110286562 | RECEIVER HAVING CLOCK RECOVERY UNIT BASED ON DELAY LOCKED LOOP - A receiver for receiving an input signal (a clock-embedded data (CED) signal), in which a clock signal is periodically embedded between data signals, includes a clock recovery unit configured to recover and output the clock signal and a serial-to-parallel converter configured to recover and output a data signal. The input signal (the CED signal) comprises a single level signal in which the clock signal is periodically embedded between the data signals at the same level. The clock recovery unit is configured based on a delay locked loop (DLL) without using an internal oscillator for generating a reference clock signal. | 11-24-2011 |
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| 20090041449 | THE TESTING MATTER PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS ATTACHED THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an apparatus for photographing an experimental object or animal. The apparatus comprises: a two-dimensional image photographing device which includes a light source, a first optical filter wheel, a first motor, a beam splitter, a second motor, a first window, a second window, an optical zoom module, a second optical filter wheel, a fourth motor, a photographing means and a first enclosure; a three-dimensional image photographing device which includes a laser scanner, a test tube, a third motor, a test tube mounting stand and a second enclosure; and a control section for controlling the operations of the first motor, the second motor, the optical zoom module, the photographing means, the third motor and the fourth motor. The experimental object photographing apparatus includes the three-dimensional experimental object photographing device detachably mounted to the two-dimensional image photographing device so as to obtain two- and three-dimensional images of the experimental object. Since the three-dimensional image photographing device is coupled to the two-dimensional image photographing device only when it is desired to photograph the three-dimensional image, its installation and operation are easy and the two- and three-dimensional image photographing devices do not need to be purchased separately, thereby saving the cost. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20110079713 | UNI-AXIS TYPE LENS MODULE FOR THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA - Disclosed herein is a Uni-axis type lens module for a thermal imaging camera. The Uni-axis type lens module includes an object lens facing an object, receiving light from the object to capture an image of the object and transmitting visible rays and far infrared rays through one optical axis to integrate the visible rays and the far infrared rays; a beam splitter located behind the object lens in the direction of the optical axis, reflecting far infrared rays from lights that pass through the object lens and transmitting visible rays from the lights; a far-infrared imaging lens located in the direction of the optical axis of the far infrared rays reflected from the beam splitter, receiving the far infrared rays that reflect from a fold mirror and forming an image on a far-infrared sensor that converts an optical image into a thermal image signal; and a visible light imaging sensor located in the direction of the optical axis of the visible rays that pass through the beam splitter, arranged behind the beam splitter, receiving the visible rays that pass through the beam splitter and forming an image on a CCD sensor that converts an optical image into an actual image signal. Accordingly, images of visible rays and far infrared rays can be simultaneously captured to acquire distinct images. | 04-07-2011 |
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| 20090073374 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed, which can yield maximum liquid crystal efficiency from all areas within the pixels by orienting the liquid crystals in a manner that the liquid crystals are twisted by 90° in an area above the electrodes and twisted by 180° in an area in-between the electrodes. The liquid crystal display device includes, a pixel electrode insulated from a counter electrode having a plurality of slits on a first substrate, a second substrate facing into and adhered to the first substrate and having a liquid crystal layer formed therebetween, and an orientation layer formed on each inner surface of the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein one orientation layer is oriented to be twisted by 90° from above the pixel electrode and the other orientation layer is oriented to be twisted by 180° from above the slit. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090137077 | Thin film transistor array substrate and fabricating method thereof - A liquid crystal display and a fabricating method thereof for improving an aperture ratio are disclosed. A liquid crystal display (LCD) according to the present invention includes a gate line, a data line and a common line on the thin film transistor array substrate, the gate line crossing the data line to define a pixel region; a thin film transistor near the crossing of the gate line and the data line; a common electrode connected to the common line in the pixel region; and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor in the pixel area for forming an in-plane electric field in association with the common electrode during an operation of the LCD, wherein an edge of the pixel electrode overlaps the common line with at least one insulating layer therebetween, and an edge of the common electrode overlaps the pixel electrode with said at least one insulating layer therebetween. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090254963 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL CHANNEL SERVICE - A method and an apparatus for providing a virtual channel service are disclosed. The method includes maintaining a contents list recorded in a personal video recorder and a virtual channel information, determining a playback order of recorded contents included in the list in accordance with a preset algorithm, and playing back in sequence the recorded contents through a predetermined virtual channel. As a result, a user may approach easily to the recorded contents. | 10-08-2009 |
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| 20080259024 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and an electronic device using the same are provide. The method for providing a GUI includes receiving rotation information from an external input device by sensing movement of the external input device, and changing a display state of information output on a display using the rotation information of the external input device. Therefore, a user can output setup information conveniently, and user's convenience is provided. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090072992 | REMOTE CONTROL FOR SENSING MOVEMENT, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING POINTER BY THE REMOTE CONTROL, AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A remote control is provided including a plurality of sensors which sense movement of the remote control, and a control unit which turns on at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors and thereby senses movement of the remote control, and determines whether to turn on or off the remaining sensors according to whether or not the at least one sensor senses movement of the remote control. Consequently, battery consumption is reduced. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20110110521 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NETWORK ACCESSING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an electronic device enabling wireless networking through a wireless network and a network accessing method thereof, the electronic device including: a communicating unit which accesses the wireless network to perform wireless networking; an encoding unit which encodes a signal transmitted from or received by the communicating unit; and a controller which controls the encoding unit to encode identification information of the electronic device, in response to the electronic device being powered on, and controls the communicating unit to initiate an access to the wireless network based on the identification information encoded by the encoding unit. Accordingly, an automatic access to the wireless network is initiated when the electronic device is powered on, without any special manipulation by the user, thereby enhancing convenience to the user. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110188657 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method for connecting wireless communications, a wireless communications terminal and a wireless communications system are provided. The method includes receiving a first signal including assumed configuration data; determining an availability of a wireless communications connection using the assumed configuration data; sending an association request message, if it is determined that the wireless communications connection is available; and receiving a second signal including connection configuration data, which is different from the assumed configuration data, in response to the association request message. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120017257 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A system and method of establishing a connection between a wireless terminal and a display apparatus of a display system includes comparing a signal strength of signals transmitted and received between the wireless terminal and the display apparatus, and automatically establishing the connection if it is determined that the signal strength is greater than or equal to a threshold value based on connection parameters in the signals. | 01-19-2012 |