Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080203559 | Power device package and semiconductor package mold for fabricating the same - Provided are a power device package coupled to a heat sink using a bolt and a semiconductor package mold for fabricating the same. The power device package includes: a substrate; at least one power device mounted on the substrate; a mold member sealing the substrate and the power device; and at least one bushing member fixed to the mold member to provide a through hole for a bolt member for coupling a heat sink to the mold member. | 08-28-2008 |
20090243037 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CAPACITORS FIXED TO SUPPORT PATTERNS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device containing a cylindrical shaped capacitor and a method for manufacturing the same is presented. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of storage nodes and a support pattern. The plurality of storage nodes is formed over a semiconductor substrate. The support pattern is fixed to adjacent storage nodes in which the support pattern has a flowable insulation layer buried within the support pattern. The buried flowable insulation layer direct contacts adjacent storage nodes. | 10-01-2009 |
20100165576 | POWER SYSTEM MODULE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are a power system module allowing a user's requirements to be easily met, and having economic practicality and high integration, and a manufacturing method thereof. The power system module includes a plastic case, a molding type power module package, a control circuit board, and at least one external terminal. The plastic case defines a bottom and a side wall. The molding type power module package is fixed to the bottom of the plastic case and includes at least a power device therein. The control circuit board is fixed to the side wall of the plastic case, includes at least a control device mounted thereon which is electrically connected to the power module package. The external terminal protrudes to outside the plastic case and is electrically connected to the control circuit board. | 07-01-2010 |
20100305856 | Pedestrian navigation device and method using heading information of terminal - A pedestrian navigation device and method uses heading information of a terminal to measure a location. Moving direction information and x, y, and z-axis acceleration values of the terminal are detected. Heading information is calculated using the moving direction information of the terminal. Validity of the heading information is determined using the detected x, y, and z-axis acceleration values, making it possible to more accurately estimate the location of the pedestrian. | 12-02-2010 |
20110291884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ACCURACY OF LOCATION INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for determining accuracy information of location information. The method includes receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) location information of a user terminal from a GPS, determining whether the user terminal enters into a GPS shadow area, checking terminal movement information including a moving speed and a moving direction of the user terminal, when the user terminal enters into the GPS shadow area, estimating location information of the user terminal based on the terminal movement information, checking auxiliary location information including a moving state of the user terminal, error information of a terrestrial magnetism sensor, and the moving speed of the user terminal, and determining the accuracy information based on an accumulated location error of the estimated location information, based on the auxiliary location information. | 12-01-2011 |
20120282750 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CAPACITORS FIXED TO SUPPORT PATTERNS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device containing a cylindrical shaped capacitor and a method for manufacturing the same is presented. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of storage nodes and a support pattern. The plurality of storage nodes is formed over a semiconductor substrate. The support pattern is fixed to adjacent storage nodes in which the support pattern has a flowable insulation layer buried within the support pattern. The buried flowable insulation layer direct contacts adjacent storage nodes. | 11-08-2012 |
20130085664 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HEADING CHANGE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for detecting a heading change of a navigating body to which a mobile terminal has been attached are provided. The mobile terminal includes at least one measure unit and a change vector calculator. The at least one measure unit measures at least one of an acceleration of gravity component vector and a rotational axis component vector, with respect to a rotation of the navigating body, on a terminal coordinate system that is fixed in the mobile terminal. The change vector calculator calculates a horizontal heading change vector and a vertical heading change vector based on at least one of the acceleration of gravity component vector and the rotational axis component vector. | 04-04-2013 |
20130237248 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for providing location information are provided. The method includes estimating location information is estimated, calculating an error value of the estimated location information, controlling activation of a location determination module according to the error value, and providing location information using at least one of the estimated location information and location information determined by the location determination module. | 09-12-2013 |
20130261769 | CONTEXT RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Context recognition methods and apparatus are provided for an application processor and a micro control unit. It is determined whether an operation switch condition for switching to a sleep mode is satisfied. A request for execution of a context recognition function is sent to a micro control unit, when the operation switch condition is satisfied. The application processor switches to the sleep mode, when the context recognition function is executed by the micro control unit. The micro control unit collects sensor data at previously stored time intervals, and previously stored state information is updated based on the sensor data. | 10-03-2013 |
20130282275 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LOCATION INFORMATION USING NAVIGATION ALGORITHM - A method and apparatus for detecting location information using a navigation algorithm are provided. The method includes searching for neighboring Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, receiving, if at least one GPS satellite is detected, pseudo-range information from at least one of the detected GPS satellites and storing the received pseudo-range information, calculating a displacement of a pedestrian terminal based on step detection of a pedestrian, correcting the calculated displacement of the pedestrian terminal using the received pseudo-range information, and measuring the location of the pedestrian terminal is measured using the corrected displacement. | 10-24-2013 |
20140068306 | LOW POWER DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A low power detection apparatus and a method for displaying information are provided. When a low power manager drives a proximity detection sensor to generate a proximity interrupt in a state within which the portable terminal is in an idle state, the low power manager drives a motion detection sensor and determines a motion of the portable terminal for a preset time. When there is no motion of the portable terminal for the preset time, the low power manager generates proximity data for displaying screen information and then transmits the generated proximity data to an application processor so as to display screen information which the user desires with low power. | 03-06-2014 |
20140145949 | INSTRUCTION INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD USING EYE MOVEMENT - An instruction input device and method using eye movement in which an error rate of detecting a point at which a user gazes, is reduced by storing frequencies of an object moving on a screen and instructions corresponding thereto. In addition, the error rate is reduced by comparing frequency detected from eye movement gazing at the object with the frequency of the object and determining as an input of an instruction when the compared value is included within a predetermined range. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146181 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING DIFFERENTIAL IMAGE - An apparatus for acquiring a differential image includes: an image acquiring unit acquiring a first image including environment light from an image sensor of a camera and infrared polarized light from an illuminating unit and a second image including horizontal polarized light of the environment light; an image correcting unit correcting brightnesses of background areas of the first and second images; and a differential image generating unit generating a differential image between the first and second images of which the brightnesses of the background areas are corrected. | 05-29-2014 |
20140147002 | USER AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING MOVEMENT OF PUPIL - A user authentication apparatus and method using movement of a pupil is capable of rapidly and accurately performing authentication with high security by storing the respective frequencies of objects mechanically moving on a screen and security keys corresponding thereto, comparing a frequency detected from movement of a pupil gazing at any object with a frequency of the object, and performing the authentication based on a corresponding security key when the detected frequency is included in a predetermined range. | 05-29-2014 |
20140160005 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GAZE TRACKING - An apparatus and a method that controls gaze tracking. The apparatus includes an imaging device that has an image sensor divided into a plurality of zones and a gaze tracking controller. The gaze tracking controller is configured to determine a lens PSF and an image sensor PSF of the camera, respectively, using images for each zone acquired from image elements disposed in each zone of the image sensor. In addition, the gaze tracking controller is configured to estimate illumination reflection points using an imaging device PSF determined from the determined lens and image sensor PSFs at the time of detecting a user gaze using the imaging device. | 06-12-2014 |
20140160011 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHECKING GAZE OBJECT - An apparatus for checking a gaze object includes an eye detector configured to detect eyes from a captured image of a user who stares at objects while the objects displayed on a display move at certain frequencies, a frequency converter configured to check a motion of the detected eyes and convert the motion of the eyes into an eye moving frequency, and a discriminating unit configured to compare the eye moving frequency and moving frequencies of the objects and discriminate an object at which the user stares depending upon whether or not the eye moving frequency is identical with the moving frequencies of the objects. | 06-12-2014 |
20140160249 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display system includes a line-of-sight tracking camera to detect an eyeball of a driver, first and second stereo cameras, a controlling unit, and a storing unit. The first and second stereo camera photographs a range corresponding to a field-of-view based on stereo camera-based line-of-sight information that is changed based on line-of-sight tracking camera-based line-of-sight information, and provide a photographed image. The controlling unit converts the line-of-sight tracking camera-based line-of-sight information into first and second stereo camera-based line-of-sight information based on pre-stored position and rotation information of the tracking camera and the first and second stereo cameras, and project the converted information onto the first and second stereo cameras, such that a three-dimensional line-of-sight coordinate is calculated. The storing unit stores information related to a system as well as the position and rotation information of the tracking camera and the first and second stereo cameras. | 06-12-2014 |
20140171037 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CALL TERMINATION BASED ON GAZE, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL THEREFOR - A mobile communication terminal for controlling call termination based on a user's gaze includes a call answer and decline judging unit configured to compare a user's gaze movement frequency with preset call answer and call decline frequencies and judge a call answer or a call decline according to frequencies coinciding with each other; and a call termination control processing unit configured to perform a call mode or a call refusal mode according to the judgment of the call answer and decline judging unit. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON ADVERTISED GOODS - A system for providing information on an advertised product includes an advertised product information processing unit for comparing a dominant frequency of the advertised product with user's eyes movement frequency, and, if the frequencies coincide with each other, determining that the user is gazing at the advertised product, extracting information on the advertised product from a storage unit and outputting the extracted information through an output unit. | 06-19-2014 |
20140194147 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING BATTERY CONSUMPTION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for reducing battery consumption of a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes calculating a current location of the mobile terminal, route information to a destination, and an alarm period for determining whether the mobile terminal has arrived at the destination or at a nearby region of the destination, if the destination is input, and deactivating a locating module before the alarm period has elapsed, determining whether the mobile terminal has arrived at the destination or the nearby region of the destination if the alarm period has elapsed, and notifying the user that the mobile terminal has arrived at the destination or the nearby region of the destination if the mobile terminal has arrived at the destination or the nearby region of the destination. | 07-10-2014 |
20140223089 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STORING DATA IN A FLASH MEMORY USING ADDRESS MAPPING FOR SUPPORTING VARIOUS BLOCK SIZES - The present invention relates to a method and device for storing data in a flash memory using address mapping for supporting various block sizes. A storage device determines the size of a block that a host system uses on the basis of the size of data that the host system requests and uses the determined block size as a mapping unit. Additionally, the storage device divides a logical address space into at least one area, and maps an address using the minimum units of different mappings in each divided area. | 08-07-2014 |
20140232746 | THREE DIMENSIONAL AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD USING EYE TRACKING - A three-dimensional augmented reality display apparatus and method using eye tracking adjust a depth of an image without an increase in volume and are easily applied to an augmented reality head up display (HUD), by adjusting an angle of a total reflection prism based on positions of both eyes of a driver detected in real time using eye tracking to allow a right eye image to be formed in a driver's right eye and allow a left eye image to be formed in a driver's left eye. | 08-21-2014 |
20140365095 | APPARATUS OF SENSING MINOR COLLISION OF VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus that senses a minor collision of a vehicle is configured to minimize damage to the vehicle by actuating a brake system of the vehicle upon sensing a scratch of the vehicle by analyzing a sound (e.g., a sound wave signal) generated when a surface of the vehicle is scratched by, for example, a column of a building, the other vehicle, or the like when the vehicle is driven forward or backward at or below a certain speed. | 12-11-2014 |
20140379172 | VEHICLE MANIPULATING SYSTEM USING SOUND WAVES - A vehicle manipulating system using sound waves includes a friction pad, and a sound wave generation film that generates film sound waves when adhered to the friction pad and moved. A smartphone is configured to control devices in a vehicle using the sound waves generated by the sound wave generation film, in order to control various devices in the vehicle while driving. | 12-25-2014 |
20150063074 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED INPUT-SERVICE - An apparatus and method that provide a customized input-service is provided. The apparatus includes at least one input unit that generates an sound wave based on an exterior input and a sound wave sensor that converts an sound signal for the sound wave into an electric signal. In addition, a controller analyzes the electric signal received from the sound wave sensor to confirm where the exterior input is generated and detects a control signal based on the exterior input and performs an operation based on the control signal from operations allocated to the input unit. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066245 | VEHICLE CONTROLLING APPARATUS INSTALLED ON STEERING WHEEL - A vehicle controlling apparatus installed on a steering wheel includes an acoustic wave sensor disposed on the steering wheel of a vehicle, the sensor converting an acoustic wave signal generated by an input from the outside into an electrical signal. A controller is configured to analyze the electrical signal received from the acoustic wave sensor to recognize a pattern depending on the input from the outside and perform an operation depending on the recognized pattern. | 03-05-2015 |