Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080298690 | Digital Photo Content Processing System and Method and Apparatus for Transmitting/Receiving Digital Photo Contents Thereof - A system for processing digital photo contents in a digital camera is disclosed. The system includes a content transmitting unit, and a content receiving unit. The content transmitting unit creates an image by photographing objects in a photographing area, requests supplementary information to at least one of persons in the photographing area, receives personal IDs from at least one of target persons, composes digital photo contents using the created image and the personal ID and stores the composed digital photo contents, and transmits after classifying the stored digital photo content by the received personal ID. The content receiving unit transmits an own personal ID when a request for supplementary information to identify a target person from a content transmitting unit of a photographer, receives digital photo contents composed using an image captured from the content transmitting unit and the personal ID, and displays the received digital photo contents. | 12-04-2008 |
20090241171 | WEARABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD CONTROLLING INFORMATION/SERVICE IN WEARABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM - A wearable system and a method for transferring and controlling information/service based on biologically generated information from a user are provided. In the method, an intuitive bio signal generated by a user is sensed and a device pointed by the sensed bio signal is selected. Then, bio signal information is created using the sensed bio signal and the generated bio signal information is transmitted to the selected device. After transmitting, the information/service is transferred to the selected device after confirming that the selected device that receives the bio signal information is activated. | 09-24-2009 |
20100245118 | MULTIMODAL FUSION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REMOTELY CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a multimodal fusion apparatus capable of remotely controlling a number of electronic devices and a method for remotely controlling a number of electronic devices in the multimodal fusion apparatus. In accordance with the present invention, instead of one input device, such as a remote control or the like, multimodal commands, such as user-familiar voice, gesture and the like, are used to remotely control a number of electronic devices equipped at home or within a specific space. That is, diverse electronic devices are controlled in the same manner by the multimodal commands. When a new electronic device is added, control commands thereof are automatically configured to control the new electronic device. | 09-30-2010 |
20100270089 | COMPACT TACTILE INPUT AND OUTPUT APPARATUS - An apparatus for transmitting information in the form of a tactile sense is provided. Particularly, a tactile-sense input/output motor and a tactile-sense input/output apparatus using the tactile-sense input/output motor are provided. A tactile-sense input/output housing having a plurality of tactile-sense input/output motors, each of which performs a linear motion according to an ultrasonic electrical signal to transmit a tactile sense to a contact surface and senses a pressure of the contact surface to output a tactile-sense input signal is used for portable apparatuses, wrist wearable devices, rings, or other various apparatuses so as to transmit information through a tactile sense. | 10-28-2010 |
20110069974 | TEXTILE-TYPEINTERFACE DEVICES FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION IN WEARABLE COMPUTING SYSTEM - Both ends of an interface may each be configured by an interface device including a light emitting unit that emits light into a textile, a light diffusion unit that widely diffuses the emitted light onto the textile and extends a light receiving range of a light receiving unit, and a light receiving unit for receiving an optical signal of the other party unlike the existing method using electromagnetic inductive coupling in the wearable computing system and a method of performing communication by using light such as infrared rays, visible light, laser, or the like as a medium is provided. | 03-24-2011 |
20110148755 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND USER INTERFACING METHOD BASED ON WEARABLE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Provided is a user interface apparatus based on wearable computing environment, which is worn on a user, including: a sensor unit including at least one sensor worn on the user and outputting a plurality of sensing signals according to a positional change of a user's arm or a motion of a user's finger; and a signal processing unit outputting a user command corresponding to the 3D coordinates of the user's arm and the motion of the user's finger from the plurality of sensing signals output from the sensor unit and, controlling an application program running in a target apparatus using the user command. | 06-23-2011 |
20110199321 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SELF-MORPHABLE HAPTIC AND VISUAL INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF - A self-morphable haptic and visual information providing apparatus includes: a display unit configured to provide haptic information through a physical shape variation of a display screen; and a haptic element driving unit configured to generate a driving signal for providing the haptic information. | 08-18-2011 |
20110254810 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING USER INTERACTION USING SAME - A user interface device includes a frame replacement unit configured to replace a frame of an input image signal by a pattern frame at a frame time; a projector module configured to project an image of the image signal with the pattern frame onto a target; an image acquisition unit configured to capture a pattern image of the pattern frame from the image projected onto the target; and an image recognition unit configured to recognize a user interaction by using the captured pattern image. | 10-20-2011 |
20120148253 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA EXCHANGE SERVICE - Disclosed is an interface method for exchanging data among information appliances by using optical communications including visible light and information appliances supporting the same. The present invention projects a screen providing a data exchange service through a first information appliance, determines whether at least one second information appliance is positioned on the projected screen, and controls an optical communication direction of a first information appliance to exchange data with the second information appliance when the second information appliance is positioned on the projected screen so as to exchange data between the first information appliance and the second information appliance. | 06-14-2012 |
20120294624 | TEXTILE-STRUCTURE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION INTERFACE DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A textile-structure optical communication interface device includes a diffusing unit configured to diffuse an optical signal including information transmitted between information devices. Further, the textile-structure optical communication interface device includes a condensing unit configured to condense the optical signal. Further, a textile-structure optical communication interface system includes a textile-structure optical communication interface device configured to enable optical fibers to be woven with yarns and to transmit and receive information between information devices. Furthermore, the textile-structure optical communication interface system includes a signal processing unit configured to signal-process the information transmitted and received between the information devices. | 11-22-2012 |
20120318074 | APPARATUS FOR SENSING PRESSURE USING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for sensing pressure using an optical waveguide sensor. The apparatus for sensing pressure using an optical waveguide sensor, includes: a light source radiating light; an optical waveguide panel emitting some of the radiated light outside through a plurality of light transmitting regions previously formed, and changing an amount of totally reflected light according to pressure applied to at least one of the plurality of light transmitting regions; a detector detecting the amount of light; and an analyzer determining intensity and a location of the pressure according to the detected amount of light. | 12-20-2012 |
20130044054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BARE-HAND INTERACTION - An apparatus for providing bare-hand interaction includes a pattern image projecting unit for projecting a pattern image of structured light onto a projection zone and an image projection unit for projecting an image of digital contents onto a projection zone. The pattern image is captured from the projection zone by a pattern image capturing unit and processed by an image recognizing unit in order to recognize a user input interacted with the projected contents image. The apparatus then generate a system event corresponding to the recognized user input to control an application program in accordance with the event. | 02-21-2013 |
20130319730 | FABRIC-TYPE MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A fabric-type multilayer PCB and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method electrically connects first and second circuit patterns by compressing the first and second unit circuits with a conductor therebetween to introduce the conductor into an insulating layer, and thus can save on manufacturing cost and achieve more precise junction. Also, the fabric-type multilayer PCB includes a conductor that is formed on a fabric material, and directly joined to the first and second circuit patterns to electrically connect the first and second circuit patterns, and thus enables efficient electrical connection. Moreover, even when a shape is deformed by the torsion of flexible fabrics, an electrical connection can be maintained. | 12-05-2013 |
20140097525 | CIRCUIT BOARDS, METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES INCLUDING THE CIRCUIT BOARDS - Provided is a circuit board, which may include a base layer, an adhesive film, a conductive circuit, and a through via. The adhesive film and the conductive circuit may be provided in plurality to be alternately stacked on the base layer. The through via may be formed through soldering. Since the base layer is not damaged during the soldering, the through via may include various conductive materials. The through via makes it possible to easily connect the conductive circuits having different functions to one another. Accordingly, the circuit board may have multi functions. Thicknesses of the conductive circuits may be adjusted to protect the conductive circuits from folding or bending of the base layer. The circuit board having a multi-layered structure can function not only as a fabric or clothes but also as an electronic circuit. | 04-10-2014 |
20140111619 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING IMAGE - An image acquisition device is provided. The image acquisition device includes: a pattern generator that generates a plurality of incident light patterns using a plurality of light sources and that projects the generated plurality of incident light patterns to a target object; a pattern acquisition unit that acquires a pattern image that is formed in the target object by the plurality of incident light patterns; and an operation unit that generates a three-dimensional image of the target object using the pattern image. | 04-24-2014 |
20140334671 | OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An object recognition apparatus and method are disclosed. The object recognition apparatus includes: a skin color DB storing skin color information; a pattern light generator that irradiates a pattern light onto an object, which is a part of a human body; an image acquisition unit that receives the pattern light reflected from the object and generates a pattern light image of the object; and an operation unit that recognizes the object based on the skin color information and the pattern light image. | 11-13-2014 |