Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100124404 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MULTIMEDIA USING THE SAME - Provided are a multimedia playing system and a method for playing multimedia using the system. The system includes a first multimedia player, a second multimedia player, and a user interface. The first multimedia player includes a first media controller controlling plays of a first video and a first audio in response to multimedia data received from an external device. The second multimedia player includes a second media controller operating independently of the first multimedia player and controlling plays of second video in response to the multimedia data. The user interface transmits synchronization information to the first and second media controller. | 05-20-2010 |
20110010774 | MULTIMEDIA PLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are a multimedia play apparatus and method. The multimedia play apparatus and method enable synchronization between an audio and a video through existing multimedia play time information, and even in a multimedia service that simultaneously provides multimedia and a message, the multimedia play apparatus and method enable synchronization between multimedia and a message that occurs by terminal characteristics between different environments and different users on the basis of existing multimedia play time information and multimedia meaning information. Moreover, by performing synchronization between multimedia and a message on the basis of the multimedia meaning information, the multimedia play apparatus and method can prevent the damage of a multimedia service that provides multimedia and a message together because of a spoiler corresponding to a malicious message. | 01-13-2011 |
20110014985 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING AND MANAGING CONTENTS IN MULTIPLE METAVERSE - Provided are a system and method for delivering and managing contents in multiple metaverses. The system includes a plurality of metaverses and a multiverse management platform. The plurality of metaverses include first and second metaverses providing different mixed reality environments to allow a user to perform various business activities using contents. The multiverse management platform supports a teleport between the first and second metaverses, converts values of the contents used in the first metaverse into contents usable in the second metaverse, and performs integrated management of the plurality of metaverses to allow the converted contents to be used in the second metaverse through the teleport. | 01-20-2011 |
20110065549 | REAL TIME AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM OF SPORTING GOODS AND CONTROL METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a real time automatic control system and more particularly, there are provided a system providing sports suitable for a user by automatically controlling sporting goods by considering health history information and state information of a user in real time while the user is playing sports using the sporting goods, and a control method using the same. For this, there is provided a real time automatic control system of sporting goods that includes: a sensor device outputting condition information including a rating of perceived exertion of a user in real time; a server device storing profile information including health history information and sporting history information of the user; and an exercise intensity setting device setting an optimal exercise intensity by using the condition information and the profile information, and controlling the sporting goods in real time in accordance with the optimal exercise intensity. | 03-17-2011 |
20110110641 | METHOD FOR REAL-SENSE BROADCASTING SERVICE USING DEVICE COOPERATION, PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND PLAY APPARATUS FOR REAL-SENSE BROADCASTING CONTENT THEREOF - Provided is a method for a real-sense broadcasting service using device cooperation. The method for the real-sense broadcasting service may map and control synchronization of real-sense reproduction devices around a user, deviating from an existing real-sense broadcasting based on an image and a sound, and may reproduce a real-sense effect using cooperation of a device group with respect to a particular effect. | 05-12-2011 |
20110149818 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC POWER OF ELECTRIC POWER CONTROLLER, LRWPAN-ETHERNET BRIDGE AND SENSOR NODE - The network configuration technology for controlling an electric power sensor node is disclosed. The method for controlling electric power includes transmitting an an Ethernet packet type command message to at least one electric power sensor node through an LRWPAN-Ethernet bridge in accordance with profile information related to an electric power control, the profile information being set by a user; receiving LR-WPAN packet type response messages transmitted from the at least one electric power sensor node in response to the Ethernet package type command message as Ethernet packet type response messages through the LRWPAN-Ethernet bridge; and providing a control result of an electric power equipment corresponding to the at least one electric power sensor node to the user based on the Ethernet packet type response messages. | 06-23-2011 |
20110238678 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECT INFORMATION IN MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - An apparatus for providing object information in a multimedia system includes: a receiver configured to receive multimedia contents from a content provider; a parser configured to parse the received multimedia contents and store output information in a memory, the output information corresponding to playback time of objects existing inside the multimedia contents; a controller configured to receive playback time of the multimedia contents from an event generation device, synchronize with the event generation device using the received playback time of the multimedia contents, and receive event information when an event is generated by the event generation device; a comparator configured to retrieve output information corresponding to the event information from the memory; and a display unit configured to display the retrieved output information. | 09-29-2011 |
20120096075 | NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD AND DEVICE BY HUMAN INTERACTION - When sensor information including user's position information, bearing information, and direction information is collected, an accessible agency list near agency sensor information is requested from the agency providing a network. When at least one accessible agency list generated based on sensor information is received from the agency, it is searched whether there is an agency satisfying sensor information from among the agencies in the list. When the agency satisfying sensor information is found, the user accesses the network through the agency to access the network of the agency according to a user direction. | 04-19-2012 |
20120127268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BROADCASTING NETWORK AND HOME NETWORK FOR 4D BROADCASTING SERVICE - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for controlling a broadcasting network and a home network for a 4D broadcasting service. The method for controlling a broadcasting network for a 4D (four-dimension) broadcasting service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: encoding image data of a predetermined place photographed by multiple cameras; receiving realistic effect data from at least one sensor sensing state information of the predetermined place while the photographing is performed; synchronizing the realistic effect data and the image data with each other by considering an encoding time of the image data; generating a transport stream (TS) including the realistic effect data and the image data based on the synchronization; and transmitting the generated TS to a home network. | 05-24-2012 |
20120167035 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING CUSTOMER-ORIENTED EMOTIONAL HOME APPLICATION SERVICE - An apparatus for developing a user-oriented emotional home application service includes: an emotional information collection unit configured to sense a user and a user's surrounding environment through a sensor and collect one or more pieces of emotional information; an emotional home application service platform engine configured to extract contents suitable for the user based on the collected emotional information; and an application service development support unit configured to support various tools including a service modeling tool for developing an emotional home application service. | 06-28-2012 |
20130136374 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING THAT INTRA PREDICTION BASED ON MODE OF VARIABLE SIZE PARTITION IS APPLIED IN MACRO BLOCK - A method for encoding that adaptive intra prediction based on a mode of variable size partition is applied in a macro block, includes calculating average values of the macro blocks to set the representative values of the macro blocks; and generating minor macro blocks by partitioning the macro blocks based on partition of the exceeded portion and calculating average values of each of the minor macro blocks and then, setting representative values of each of the minor macro blocks using the calculated average values. Further, the method includes generating minor macro blocks by partitioning the macro blocks based on partition of horizontal and vertical directions, calculating average values of each of the minor macro blocks and then, setting representative values of each of the minor macro blocks using the calculated average values. | 05-30-2013 |
20130225243 | APPARATUS FOR REAL TIME ENCODING OF MOBILE DEVICE SCREEN AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus of real time encoding of a mobile device screen and a method thereof. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the real time encoding and storing of the mobile device screen can be performed by using a hardware video codec embedded in the mobile device, thereby realizing the high-performance encoding without degrading the image quality while reducing load sharing of a CPU under multitask environment and the video codec can be selectively used according to the application operation, thereby improving the use of the video codec. | 08-29-2013 |
20130235935 | PREPROCESSING METHOD BEFORE IMAGE COMPRESSION, ADAPTIVE MOTION ESTIMATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF IMAGE COMPRESSION RATE, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING IMAGE DATA FOR EACH IMAGE TYPE - The present invention relates to an image compression pre-processing method before image compression, including extracting a plurality of sample frames from an image; calculating a minimum value of the sum of errors between each of blocks included in a random present sample frame of the sample frames and each of blocks corresponding to a reference sample frames; generating an object for each region based on a distribution of the calculated minimum values of the sums of errors for each block; calculating a motion reference value by tracking the motion of the object in the plurality of sample frames; and determining an image type of the image by comparing the motion reference value with a threshold. | 09-12-2013 |
20130251033 | METHOD OF COMPRESSING VIDEO FRAME USING DUAL OBJECT EXTRACTION AND OBJECT TRAJECTORY INFORMATION IN VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING PROCESS - Disclosed is a method of compressing video frame using dual object extraction and object trajectory information in a video encoding and decoding process, including: segmenting a background and a object from a reference frame in video to extract the object, extracting and encoding motion information of the object based on the object, determining whether a frame is a reference frame based on encoded video in a decoding process, if it is determined that the frame is the reference frame, generating background information of a prediction frame based on the reference frame, and generating the prediction frame by extracting an object of the reference frame and referring to header information to reflect motion information of the object. | 09-26-2013 |
20130251279 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD USING ADAPTIVE PREPROCESSING SCHEME - The present invention relates to an image encoding method using an adaptive preprocessing scheme, including loading an input image for each frame, determining an encoding type of each of the frames, determining the size of a block to be encoded in each frame according to the determined encoding type, determining blocks that can be replicated from the blocks having the determined size and performing an intra-picture replication preprocessing or inter-picture replication preprocessing procedure on the determined blocks according to the encoding types of the frames, and encoding the frames on which the preprocessing procedure has been performed. | 09-26-2013 |
20130257834 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT OF DIGITAL DEVICE BASED ON IMAGE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling light of a digital device based on an image and a control method thereof and can improve sensory effects by collecting light characteristic information of digital devices built in the playing environment based on an image played by an image player to extract an optimal light effect, improve the use efficiency of the digital devices by using the home network and the light of the two-way communicable digital devices to improve the sensory effects, and prevent personal information from being leaked in public and commercial facilities by allowing users to select the application of the received light control signal without collecting the light characteristic information of the mobile communication terminals when applying the sensory effects by controlling the light of the mobile communication terminals. | 10-03-2013 |
20130279821 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD USING BINARY PARTITION TREE - An image encoding method using a Binary Partition Tree (BPT) includes performing the BPT on a reference frame, detecting blocks, each having a difference in a pixel value exceeding a threshold value in a current frame, based on a result of the BPT of the reference frame, and performing the BPT of the current frame on the detected blocks. In accordance with the present invention, block partition is not applied to all frames, but a partial partition method based on a difference between the pixel values of a reference frame and a current frame to be encoded is provided. Accordingly, the encoding speed within the P frame or the B frame can be improved. Furthermore, the PSNR of a corresponding frame can be maintained within a specific range of the PSNR of a reference frame, and a compression effect can be improved. | 10-24-2013 |
20140082465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMMERSIVE-MEDIA, MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method and apparatus for generating immersive media and a mobile terminal using the method and apparatus is disclosed. An apparatus for generating immersive media comprises an image generation unit generating image data based on image signals, a sensory effect data generation unit generating sensory effect data by obtaining information related to a sensory effect for providing a sensory effect in conjunction with the image data, and an immersive media generation unit generating immersive media based on the sensory effect data. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082526 | METAVERSE CLIENT TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING METAVERSE SPACE CAPABLE OF ENABLING INTERACTION BETWEEN USERS - Disclosed herein are a metaverse client terminal and method for providing a metaverse space capable of enabling interaction between users. The metaverse client terminal includes a sensing data collection unit, a motion state determination unit, a server interface unit, and a metaverse space provision unit. The sensing data collection unit collects sensing data regarding a motion of a first user. The motion state determination unit determines a motion state of the first user, and generates state information data of the first user. The server interface unit transmits the state information data of the first user to a metaverse server, and receives metaverse information data and state information data of a second user. The metaverse space provision unit generates a metaverse space, generates a first avatar and a second avatar, incorporates the first and second avatars into the metaverse space, and provides the metaverse to the first user. | 03-20-2014 |
20140236324 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL BASED ON LIVING PATTERN - Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a terminal based on a living pattern, the apparatus including an interface configured to read n sets of physical terminal use information from a database, and select, from among the read n sets of physical terminal use information, m sets of physical terminal use information of which a difference in length between a set reference time and a start time or a termination time is less than or equal to a length of set interval time, each of n and m denoting a natural number, and a processor configured to generate a virtual terminal profile based on the m sets of physical terminal use information and control a virtual terminal included in the generated virtual terminal profile. | 08-21-2014 |
20140303502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING HEARTBEATS WITHOUT CONTACT AND WIRELESSLY - Provided is a method of measuring heartbeats without contact and wirelessly. The method includes searching for a sport point on which heartbeats are measured; imaging a found spot point through a thermal graphic camera and obtaining temperature related data wirelessly; and analyzing the obtained temperature related data and calculating heartbeats. | 10-09-2014 |
20140310587 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ADDITIONAL MEDIA INFORMATION - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for processing additional media information, including an acquisition unit to acquire, from a database, when media data is input through an interface, a pattern corresponding to the input media data and a processor to determine a sensory effect corresponding to the acquired pattern and generate a first annotation of the determined sensory effect. | 10-16-2014 |
20150026259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COPING SERVICE BASED ON CONTEXT-AWARE INFORMATION - A method for providing a coping service based on context-aware information includes: recognizing a context through interworking with the devices provided in the space, and generating context-aware information; and searching for a service ID corresponding to the context-aware information from an awareness information and service mapping table in which awareness information occurrence time, occurrence place codes and service IDs are stored according to multiple awareness information IDs. Further, the method includes searching for workflow information corresponding to the searched service ID from a service workflow table in which workflow information according to service IDs is stored; and providing a service corresponding to the context awareness in accordance with the searched workflow. | 01-22-2015 |