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| 20090072349 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - Example embodiments provide a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. A semiconductor device according to example embodiments may include a lower electrode including a first lower electrode and a second lower electrode, and the second lower electrode may be formed on at least a part of the first lower electrode using a material different from the first lower electrode. A dielectric film may be formed on at least a part of the second lower electrode and a first upper electrode may be formed on the dielectric film. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090072350 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING A CONTACT PLUG AND FABRICATION METHODS THEREOF - Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device includes an insulating layer that is formed on a supporting layer and has a contact hole. A first contact plug is formed on an inner wall and bottom of the contact hole. A second contact plug buries the contact hole and is formed on the first contact plug. A conductive layer is connected to the first contact plug and the second contact plug. The bottom thickness of the first contact plug formed on the bottom of the contact hole is thicker than the inner wall thickness of the first contact plug formed on the inner wall of the contact hole. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090130457 | DIELECTRIC STRUCTURE - A dielectric structure includes a first dielectric layer, a buffer oxide layer and a second dielectric layer. The lower dielectric layer has a material having a perovskite structure including titanium and is formed on a substrate. The buffer oxide layer is formed on the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer has a perovskite structure including titanium and is formed on the buffer oxide layer. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090231973 | METHOD OF MANAGING PLAYBACK SPEED INFORMATION OF A RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PLAYBACK SPEED INFORMATION FOR VIDEO CONTENT RECORDED THEREON, AND REPRODUCING METHOD FOR THE RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus for reproducing data from a recording medium, including a reading unit configured to read control information from a specific area of the recording medium, the control information including playback speed information and a maximum transfer rate information specifying a maximum transfer rate needed by an application. The playback speed information is distinguished from the maximum transfer rate information and the playback speed is for suitably reproducing main data from the recording medium. Also included is a controller configured to control the reading unit and the recording medium with respect to driving and servo control in order to reproduce the main data recorded on a main data area of the recording medium in response to the playback speed information and/or the maximum transfer rate information. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090305725 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SERVICE INFORMATION USING LOCATION INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a method and system to provide service information to a portable terminal based on the location information associated with the portable terminal. The service information providing method is performed in such a way that a server acquires location information associated with the portable terminal and service information corresponding to the location information. The portable terminal may acquire and store the service information from the server. The portable terminal user can also identify new service information regarding a place where the user is located. | 12-10-2009 |
| 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 |
| 20090315705 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LOCATION ALARM IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method that can control a location alarm in a portable terminal. The apparatus can operate in multiples modes. The apparatus can determine whether set location information exists, and can check if location information corresponding to a current location of the apparatus exists. The apparatus can also determine whether the current location information corresponds to the set location information and may output an alarm if the current location information corresponds to the set location information. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100004854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION-BASED SCHEDULING SERVICE OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for providing a location information-based scheduling service is disclosed. The method includes determining a meeting point or appointed place based on location information associated with a plurality of portable terminals. The method includes suggesting various routes and means to travel to the appointed place; and providing data content to a user of a first portable terminal until one or more users associated with the other portable terminals arrive at the appointed place. The appointed place can be determined based on a distance between all the portable terminals and/or their respective movement times. Users can share their expected arrival times and information regarding their current locations while traveling towards the appointed place. If a portable terminal user requests a content while waiting for other users to arrive, the surplus time can be calculated and available contents can be provided within the surplus time. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100123664 | METHOD FOR OPERATING USER INTERFACE BASED ON MOTION SENSOR AND A MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE USER INTERFACE - The present invention relates to a method of operating a user interface (UI) based on a motion sensor and a mobile terminal using the same. The method of operating a UI of a mobile terminal including a touch sensor and a motion sensor includes identifying an input of a mode conversion key, activating the motion sensor, and converting a UI mode to a motion mode. The mobile terminal having a touch sensor and motion sensor may include a display unit and a controller. The display unit may display an application execution screen. The controller may activate the motion sensor if mode conversion is requested in an activated state of the touch sensor, and may activate the touch sensor if mode conversion is requested in an activated state of the motion sensor. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100130132 | SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL, AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A short-range communication device and mobile terminal, and a control method and system for the same are disclosed. The control method enables the user to control the mobile terminal through the short-range communication device having motion sensing capability. Hence, the user can conveniently control the operation of the mobile terminal through the short-range communication device. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131749 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATING MODE OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An operating mode control apparatus and method for a mobile terminal are disclosed. The apparatus and method enable the user to control the operation of a mobile terminal on the basis of the proximity of the user to the mobile terminal, the movement of the mobile terminal, and the housing orientation thereof. Hence, the user may enjoy a visuo-spatial user interface. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100134312 | INPUT DEVICE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an input device and method of a portable terminal. The present invention includes generating an input event by a first input mode, generating a second input event by a motion of the portable terminal simultaneously or consecutively with the input event, and controlling operation of an application program according to the user function of the portable terminal in consideration of the first and second input events. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100164894 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A VIBRATION AND A PORTABLE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for generating a vibration and a portable terminal using the same. The method includes displaying a coordinate for generating a vibration pattern, displaying, on the coordinate, a line image according to an input of the portable terminal user, generating a vibration pattern corresponding to the displayed line image, and storing the generated vibration pattern. | 07-01-2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100182265 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING FOLDABLE DISPLAY AND OPERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a foldable display and an operation method for the same are disclosed. The foldable display unit includes a plurality of display zones, wherein the application of program depends on the degree of folding angle of the display unit, and the display unit displays on its screen according to the folding angle. Further, variations of closing and opening motion of the foldable display unit triggers different modes of operation and displays | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100227556 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING OPERATION BETWEEN TERMINALS AND TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of automatically controlling operation between mobile terminals and a terminal supporting the same provide for automatic operation control terminals to control each terminal to recognize a specific operation generated in the terminal. Terminals generating the same operation signal automatically activate a near-distance communication module, and automatically forms a communication channel based on the near-distance communication module. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100273529 | INPUT PROCESSING METHOD OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - An input processing method of a mobile terminal and a device performing the same are disclosed. Information on a user facility performed by a touch event generated at an area of the mobile terminal is compared with voice sensing data collected through a microphone to perform a specific user facility. As a result, erroneous touch event and imprecision generated during the voice sensing are improved. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100283735 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING USER FUNCTIONS BY TYPES OF INPUT SIGNALS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL ADAPTED TO THE METHOD - A method for activating user functions by types of input signals and a portable terminal adapted to the method are disclosed. The input means of the portable terminal generate various types of input signals. The portable terminal activates and controls particular user functions according to corresponding input signals. In a multi-tasking situation where a plurality of user functions are simultaneously used, the portable terminal can activate and control the user functions according to the particular types of input signals. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110007086 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIRTUAL OBJECT BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - Virtual object based image processing method and apparatus are provided. At least one virtual object is selected and applied to the underlying image such as a preview image obtained by a camera in order to create a merged image. The selected virtual object has a modification attribute allowing parts of the underlying image to be modified. A user can easily obtain various merged images decorated with the modification attributes of the selected virtual object by checking in advance merged images overlapped with the virtual object before saving them. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110022983 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH ITEM IN PORTABLE TERMINALS - A method and apparatus for displaying a search item in a portable terminal is disclosed. When an item (for example, a particular place, a route to a destination place, particular content, etc.), for which the user requests to search, is searched and displayed, the location information regarding the search item can be displayed, in steps, from a wide range (i.e., upper information) to a narrow range (i.e., lower information), thereby the user can intuitively and easily recognize the location of the search item. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110032182 | PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING PLURAL INPUT DEVICES AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERACTION THEREOF - A portable terminal having plural input devices and a method for providing interaction thereof are provided. A method for providing interaction of a portable terminal having plural directional input devices, includes: receiving an interaction signal input from at least of the plural direction input devices; checking drive modes of the portable terminal; and executing a preset function by the drive modes corresponding to the interaction signal. The method may easily execute various functions through intuitive interaction using plural input devices thereby improving convenience for a user. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110041086 | USER INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An interaction method and apparatus for an electronic device is proposed for providing the user with interactive audio/video/haptic effects. An interaction method for an electronic device according to the present invention includes outputting an event object in response to an input action to an event element; detecting a user interaction to the event object; and outputting an effect object in response to the user interaction. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110053641 | MOTION INPUT DEVICE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL AND OPERATION METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a motion input device for portable terminal and an operation method using the same. A motion input device of a portable terminal of the present invention includes a sensor unit configured to collect a sensor signal from at least one sensor; an operation recognition unit configured to generate a motion signal corresponding to an operation of portable terminal based on the sensor signal; a scenario preparation unit configured to generate an input scenario based on at least one motion signal; and a scenario mapping unit configured to detect, in a scenario database, a standards scenario corresponding to the input scenario, and to generate an input signal corresponding to the standards scenario. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110069024 | INPUT METHOD AND INPUT DEVICE OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - An input method and device of a portable terminal is disclosed. If the pressure value corresponding to a mechanical force applied to the external body of the portable terminal is equal to or less than a preset value, the portable terminal ascertains that the current state is a grip state. If the pressure value is greater than the preset value, the portable terminal ascertains that a current state is a squeeze state. The command generated according to the grip state and the squeeze state is applied to a currently enabled application program. | 03-24-2011 |
