| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20100128568 | Method and apparatus of location tracking - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of location tracking. The location tracking apparatus may calculate a location of an object using an ultrasound. In this instance, an intensity of the used ultrasound may be determined based on a distance to the object, thereby reducing unnecessary power consumption. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100185681 | Display infromation controling apparatus and method - A display information controlling apparatus and method are provided. The display information controlling apparatus may select at least one object from one or more objects based on a location of each of the one or more objects on a display and a location on the display corresponding to a user input signal. The display information controlling apparatus may perform a predetermined operation corresponding to the selected at least one object. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100238168 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SKELETON MODEL USING MOTION DATA AND IMAGE DATA - An apparatus and method for generating a skeleton model using motion data and image data. The apparatus for generating the skeleton model may synchronize the image data and the motion data, and generate a three-dimensional (3D) skeleton model of an entire body of a user using a silhouette extracted from the image data and also using a position or orientation of a joint of the user extracted from the motion data. The skeleton model may be generated using the image data and the motion data, thereby improving accuracy of the skeleton model of the entire body of the user. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100309752 | Method and device of measuring location, and moving object - Disclosed is a moving object and a location measuring device and method thereof that may transmit an ultrasound signal to the moving object through a plurality of ultrasound transmitting units, and may estimate a location of the moving object at a current time based on distance information of distances between the moving object and the plurality of ultrasound transmitting units measured based on the transmitted ultrasound, inertia information, and location information of the moving object at a time prior to the current time. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100315381 | MULTI-TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS USING REAR VIEW CAMERA OF ARRAY TYPE - A multi-touch sensing apparatus using a rear view camera of an array type is provided. The multi-touch sensing apparatus may include a display panel to display an image, a sensing light source to emit light to sense a touch image which is generated by an object and displayed on a back side of the display panel, and a camera to divide and sense the touch image. The camera may be arranged in an edge of a lower side of the multi-touch sensing apparatus, or a mirror to reflect the touch image may be included in the multi-touch sensing apparatus. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110070925 | Apparatus, method and computer-readable medium generating ultrasonic waves and vibration - Provided is a vibration apparatus, method and computer-readable medium generating vibrations and ultrasonic waves. The vibration apparatus, method and computer-readable medium may generate the vibrations or the ultrasonic waves in accordance with a first control signal and a second control signal each having a frequency band different from each other. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110102372 | Multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus using wedge waveguide - A multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus using a wedge waveguide is provided. A multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may sense a touch location or a target location on a display panel using a light which is reflected by an object located on the display panel. A camera in the multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may sense the touch location or the target location from the light reflected by the object. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110115749 | MULTI-TOUCH AND PROXIMATE OBJECT SENSING APPARATUS USING SENSING ARRAY - A multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus using a sensing array is provided. The multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may sense a touch image or a target image by sensing an invisible light which is projected to a diffuser through the sensing array. Also, the multi-touch and proximate object sensing apparatus may display an image on a display panel by controlling a location of the sensing array and a visible light source, without a backlight unit. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110221705 | TOUCH OBJECT AND PROXIMATE OBJECT SENSING APPARATUS BY SELECTIVELY RADIATING LIGHT - Provided is a touch object and proximate object sensing apparatus by selectively radiating a light. An object sensing apparatus may separately use a touch light source to sense a touch image generated by an object touching a light guide, and a hovering light source to sense a target image generated by an object proximate to the light guide. The light guide may emit, to an upper portion of the light guide, an invisible light radiated from the hovering light source to enhance a sensation of sensing the proximate object. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221888 | Apparatus, method and computer-readable medium imaging through at least one aperture of each pixel of display panel - Provided is an imaging apparatus, method and computer-readable medium that photographs an object through at least one aperture of each of pixel of a display panel. The imaging apparatus includes a camera unit in back of the display panel and photographs the object through the at least one aperture of each of the pixels of the display panel to enable a location of the camera unit to be the same as a location of a display unit, measures a distance to the object using a blur effect occurring when photographing through the at least one aperture of the display panel, and restores an image where the blur effect is included. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110241908 | System and method for processing sensory effect - A sensory effect processing system and method are disclosed. Sensory effects contained in contents may be embodied in a real world, by generating command information for controlling a sensory device based on sensory effect information and sensory device capability information. In addition, data transmission rate may be increased by encoding metadata into binary metadata, encoding metadata into extensible mark-up language (XML) metadata, or encoding metadata into XML metadata and further encoding the XML metadata into binary metadata. Also, a bandwidth may be reduced. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110254670 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIRTUAL WORLD - In an apparatus and method for processing a virtual world, haptic information regarding a virtual object in the virtual world, the haptic information corresponding to sensed information, is extracted and transmitted to a haptic feedback device. Accordingly, interaction between a real world and the virtual world is achieved. The processing speed of the haptic information with respect to the virtual object may be increased by varying data structures according to types of the virtual object. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110311288 | TOOL FOR REALIZING THE KOREAN ALPHABET USING A CONSONANT AND VOWEL COMBINATION SYSTEM - A tool for implementing Korean characters using a consonant-vowel combination system, in which a simple and concise combination system capable of implementing all Korean characters using only six consonants and vowels is constructed, and thus users of the tool may realize originality, superiority, and convenience of Korean letters in daily life. The tool for implementing Korean characters using a consonant-vowel combination system is configured to implement the Korean characters using six consonant and vowel plates including: letter plate “ | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120038551 | Apparatus and method for controlling object - An object controlling apparatus and method are provided. An object of a virtual world may be more intuitively and readily manipulated by controlling an operation, a state, a shape, and the like of the object based on transform information associated with the object and a pointing signal for manipulating the virtual that is received from an input device. In addition, by manipulating the object based on information matching the input pointing signal between internal transform information and total transform information, a unique transform operation may be assigned to each object and thus, the user may be provided with a variety of functions. Here, the internal transform information is uniquely set for each object and the total transform information is set to be commonly applied to all the objects of the virtual world. | 02-16-2012 |
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| 20090029736 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND SIM INDICATIVE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A subscriber identity module (SIM) indicative information display method of the present invention includes receiving SIM indicative information one of a SIM card detected in one of the SIM card slots, registering the SIM indicative information with a SIM identity of the SIM card, detecting a SIM indicative information request requesting the SIM indicative information of the SIM card, and displaying the SIM indicative information mapped to the SIM identity of the SIM card when a SIM indicative information request is detected. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090063967 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING APPLICATIONS THROUGH AN IDLE SCREEN THEREOF - A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a method for executing applications through an idle screen thereof are disclosed. When a smart screen is called through an idle screen, it is displayed on the idle screen so as to overlap the idle screen. The smart screen displayed on the idle screen includes one of a plurality of application executing screens and a scroll bar to change the application executing screen displayed on the idle screen. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090313545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING MEDIA FILE - An apparatus and method for playing media files are disclosed. The playback method includes: receiving a user option request from a user; selecting, according to a user input, a frame of the media file to process the received user option request; moving to the selected frame when the user option request requires a frame shift; and playing back the media file from the selected frame in response to a playback request. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100175020 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION PROGRAM THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method for providing an application program is provided. The method for providing an application program of a mobile terminal includes receiving an input sound signal, determining whether at least one predetermined keyword exists in the input sound signal, determining, if at least one predetermined keyword is determined to exist in the input sound signal, at least one application program mapped with the keyword may be displayed in response to detection of the input of the sound signal that is terminated. And a word corresponding to the keyword and at least one application program mapped with the keyword may be displayed. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100192105 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUNCTION OF A DEVICE - A method and a system are disclosed for function control using a display unit including a touch area and a non-touch area. The device includes an output area for displaying various types of screen data corresponding to execution applications, a control area for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling a function of the device, and a control unit for detecting execution of a particular application, configuring a screen comprising the output area and the control area in response to the executed application, and controlling a function of the device according to a user interaction occurring through the GUI in the control area. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110197160 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION OF MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - A method and apparatus for displaying information of multiple applications simultaneously on the execution screen of a common application is provided. A method for providing information in mobile terminal includes displaying an execution screen having a plurality of information display regions with execution of a common application, detecting an interaction made to one of the information display regions, executing an application related to information presented in the information display region at which the interaction is detected, and displaying original data corresponding to the information presented in the information display region at which the interaction is detected. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110289438 | INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An event-triggered contact information provision apparatus and method of a mobile terminal is provided for presenting contact information of a person, who has triggered an event, around the contact object representing the person on a specific screen. An information provision method of a mobile terminal preferably includes detecting an event; tracing a contact object associated with triggering the event; and presenting contact information of a person triggering the event around at least a portion of the contact object on a display of the mobile terminal. | 11-24-2011 |
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| 20100158088 | PORTABLE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING WIRELESS CHANNEL AND MULTIPLE ANTENNA CORRELATION - A portable apparatus of measuring a wireless channel and a multiple antenna correlation, the apparatus including: a Radio Frequency (RF) unit to control a frequency of a signal to be measured, to broadcast the signal to be measured through multiple transmission antennas, to control a frequency of a received signal, and to send the received signal to the baseband unit, the received signal being received through multiple receiving antennas; and a baseband unit to generate and transmit, to the RF unit, the signal to be measured, to measure wireless channels for each of the multiple transmission antennas and wireless channels for each of the multiple receiving antennas based on the received signal output from the RF unit, to calculate a correlation for each of the multiple transmission antennas, and to calculate a correlation for each of the multiple receiving antennas based on the wireless channels for each of the multiple transmission and receiving antennas. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100159854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLING RECEIVED POWER OF MULTI-ANTENNA RADIO CHANNEL MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT - Provided is an apparatus for adaptively controlling a received power of a multi-antenna radio channel measurement equipment, the apparatus including: a plurality of antennas to receive a measurement signal; a switch unit comprising a plurality of switches to input the measurement signal; a switch control unit to control the plurality of switches of the switch unit to sequentially input the measurement signal; a reception (Rx) attenuator to adjust a Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) of the measurement signal; an Rx AGC control unit to control the Rx attenuator to adaptively adjust the RSSI of the measurement signal; a timing control unit to generate a reference timing signal for the switch control unit and the automatic RSSI control unit; and a digital baseband control unit to collect and store information associated with the measurement signal. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100217763 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CLUSTERING AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPATH CLUSTERING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING THE SAME - An automatic clustering method using an Average-linkage algorithm and a KPower Means algorithm, and a method and apparatus for multi-path clustering required for a spatial channel modeling (SCM) in a wireless communication environment are provided. The automatic clustering method, including: a first step of obtaining an initial cluster centroid using a hierarchical clustering algorithm; a second step of moving the initial cluster centroid using a two dimensional clustering algorithm; a third step of clustering a data set according to the moved initial cluster centroid; and a fourth step of calculating a validation index with respect to the clustered data set and determining an optimal number of clusters. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100260078 | MULTI-ANTENNA RADIO CHANNEL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD WHICH GENERATES TIME DIVISION DUPLEX TIMING SIGNAL AND MEASURES TWO-WAY RADIO CHANNEL - The present invention relates to a multi-antenna radio channel measurement system and method which generates a Time Division Duplex (TDD) timing signal and measures a two-way radio channel. The multi-antenna radio channel measurement system which measures a probing signal for measuring a radio channel, the multi-antenna radio channel measurement system including: a baseband unit alternately transmits the probing signal for measurement and receives the received channel signal to be measured based on a TDD synchronization time; a synchronization unit which obtains time synchronization with the other radio channel measurement system, generates a transmission/reception synchronization signal, and provides the transmission/reception synchronization signal to the baseband unit; a transceiver unit which up converts the probing signal for measurement and down converts the received channel signal; and a radio frequency (RF) front-end unit which switches suitable antennas according to a timing control signal of the baseband unit. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100271953 | MULTI-ANTENNA RADIO CHANNEL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TWO-WAY RADIO CHANNEL MEASUREMENT - The present invention relates to a multi-antenna radio channel measurement system and method for a two-way radio channel measurement, including: Control & Console Software to select a radio measurement mode, generate a probing signal for measurement, receive input parameters to be measured, and deliver the parameters to a baseband unit; a baseband unit (BBU) to set a transmission/reception frequency band and bandwidth and set a timing using the selected radio measurement mode and the received input parameters; a timing unit to synchronize a time with another radio channel measurement system to generate a transmission/reception synchronization signal, and provide the transmission/reception synchronization signal to the BBU; a transceiver unit (TRXU) to up-convert the probing signal for measurement and down-convert the reception channel signal; and a radio frequency (RF) front-end unit (RFFU) to switch to a suitable antenna according to a timing control signal of the BBU. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20120020432 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MIMO CHANNEL USING LOOSELY SYNCHRONOUS CODES, AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for estimating a Multiple Input Multiple. Output (MIMO) channel. A signal transmission method for estimating the MIMO channel via 2N transmission antennas (N is greater than or equal to “1”) includes generating a code having a predetermined Interference Free Window (IFW), and transmitting the code via two transmission antennas. | 01-26-2012 |
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| 20080266026 | Electromagnetic bandgap structure and printed circuit board - An electromagnetic bandgap structure and a printed circuit board that can solve a mixed signal problem between an analog circuit and a digital circuit are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the electromagnetic bandgap structure can include a first metal layer; a first dielectric layer, stacked in the first metal layer; a metal plate, stacked in the first dielectric layer; a via, connecting the first metal layer to the metal plate; a second dielectric layer, stacked in the metal plate and the first dielectric layer; and a second metal layer, stacked in the second dielectric layer. Here, a hole can be formed on the metal plate. With the present invention, the electromagnetic bandgap structure can lower a noise level more within the same frequency band as compared with other structures having the same size. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090073670 | Multilayered printed circuit board and fabricating method thereof - A multilayered printed circuit board and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed. A method that includes repeating processes of forming at least one circuit pattern, and at least one insulation layer that covers the circuit pattern, over a carrier and interconnecting circuit patterns on different layers with vias; stacking a metal stiffener over the insulation layer; repeating processes of forming at least one insulation layer and at least one circuit pattern over the stiffener and interconnecting circuit patterns on different layers with vias; and removing the carrier, can be used to reduce warpage in the board and improve workability. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090283302 | Printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof - Disclosed are a printed circuit board and a manufacturing method thereof. The printed circuit board in accordance with the present invention includes: a circuit laminate, a solder resist laminated on the circuit laminate, a metal support layer formed on the solder resist, a stiffener formed on the metal support layer. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100126765 | MULTI-LAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a multi-layer PCB having external contact pads formed on one side can include: forming an outermost insulation layer, in which openings are formed corresponding with the external contact pads; forming a mask, in which openings are formed corresponding with the external contact pad and with a circuit pattern, on the outermost insulation layer; forming the external contact pads and the circuit pattern in the openings of the outermost insulation layer and the openings of the mask; removing the mask; forming a build-up layer by stacking layers over the outermost insulation layer such that the external contact pads and the circuit pattern are covered; forming a first solder resist layer on the build-up layer; and forming a second solder resist layer on an opposite side of the outermost insulation layer; and forming openings in the second solder resist layer such that the external contact pads are exposed. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100148348 | PACKAGE SUBSTRATE - A package substrate is disclosed. The package substrate as a printed circuit board, in which a semiconductor chip is mounted on one side thereof and the other side thereof is mounted on a main board, can include a substrate part, a first pad, which is formed on one side of the substrate part such that the first pad is electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, and a first solder resist layer, which is formed on one surface of the substrate part such that the first pad is exposed. Here, the first solder resist layer is divided into a pad portion and a dummy portion, the first pad is exposed in the pad portion, and the dummy portion is thinner than the pad portion. The package substrate can contribute to the formation of a structure in which thermal expansion coefficients are symmetrical between the top and bottom, thus preventing the warpage. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110303452 | Electromagnetic bandgap structure and printed circuit board - An electromagnetic bandgap structure, including: a first metal layer; a first dielectric layer, stacked in the first metal layer; a metal plate, stacked in the first dielectric layer; a via, having one end part which is connected to the first metal layer; a second dielectric layer, stacked in the metal plate and the first dielectric layer; and a second metal layer, stacked in the second dielectric layer, whereas the other end part of the via is connected to a via land which is placed in a hole formed in the metal plate, and the via land is connected to the metal plate through a metal line. | 12-15-2011 |