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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128374 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION USING POLARIZED LIGHT In an apparatus and a method for performing communication by using polarization property of light, a transmission apparatus includes a controller to establish a first channel corresponding to a first polarization property; a signal encoder to encode data into an electri... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128366 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION USING CHROMINANCE INFORMATION IN VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM In a transmission apparatus, a reception apparatus and a method for performing communication using chrominance information, a transmission apparatus includes a symbol converter to obtain a symbol from data; a symbol modulator to generate a chrominance value based on the... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128365 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION USING LIGHT WAVELENGTHS IN A VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A transmitting apparatus includes a controller to classify data to be transmitted and to select a corresponding wavelength, a signal modulator to encode the data into an electrical signal, and a light emitting unit to emit a visual light at the selected wavelength based... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127205 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING DISPLAY AREA A display device to change an image displayed in a display area when the display area is changed includes a memory, a location output unit and a screen display unit. The memory stores size information of a display area displayed on a screen and the image data of the dis... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127201 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USER INTERFACE An apparatus and method for providing an augmented reality user interface are provided. The method may be as follows. An augmented reality image is stored. The augmented reality is obtained by overlapping an image with augmented reality information, which is related to ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108254 | REFERENCE SIGNAL ALLOCATION METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR SAME, AND TRANSCEIVER DEVICE USING THE APPARATUS Disclosed is a reference signal required for an estimation of a frequency domain channel by a receiver side in order to transmit and receive data between a UE and a BS, and an apparatus and a method for allocating a reference signal for obtaining channel state informati... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108184 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD A mobile terminal may use an antenna unit of a second device to transmit and/or receive data. The mobile terminal may allow a second device to use its antenna unit to transmit and/or receive data. The mobile terminal may suspend control of its antenna unit if a second d... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106977 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING USING VISIBLE LIGHT A server device to transmit a message through a visible light communication, in which the server includes a visible light communication unit to transceive data through visible light communication; a message reception unit to receive a message; a message identification u... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106477 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING POWER INFORMATION REGARDING COMPONENT CARRIER IN MULTI-COMPONENT CARRIER SYSTEM An apparatus and method for transmitting maximum transmit power information in a multi-component carrier system. A method for transmitting power information regarding a component carrier includes: calculating power headroom which can be additionally output from an activ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083309 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION FOR POWER COORDINATION IN MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIER SYSTEM An apparatus and method for transmitting control information about power coordination in a multiple component carrier system is disclosed herein. This specification discloses receiving information about a mobile station which is used to determine a range of power coordi... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081393 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USING VIRTUAL OBJECTS A method for providing AR information, in which the method includes receiving virtual object setting information by a first terminal, in which the virtual object setting information including virtual object selection information and movement setting information; and tra... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120054690 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT Provided are an apparatus and a method for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) object. The apparatus may include a display panel to display a 3D object having plural faces, an object generating unit to rotate the displayed 3D object in a rotation direction of the appara... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054635 | TERMINAL DEVICE TO STORE OBJECT AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREFOR A terminal device stores augmented reality generated by merging an image of an object and attribute information associated with the object. The terminal device, and a method therefor, allow for retrieval of stored augmented reality information about selected objects if ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052847 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD A mobile terminal and control method to share content with a device and control the device are provide. The mobile terminal includes a communication unit to communicate with a host and the device; a search unit to receive content information and device information; an i... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052829 | TERMINAL HAVING TRANSFER MODE AND NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD A terminal and a network connection method to automatically connect devices to a network and transfer data to the devices using the received signal strength indication (RSSI) levels of signals respectively received from the devices. The terminal may transfer different d... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050305 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) USING A MARKER An Augmented Reality (AR) providing method using an instant marker or a substitution marker is provided. According to an example, the instant marker or the substitution marker is created based on a 3-dimensional object. A meaning unit of an original 2-dimensional marker... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047574 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING MULTI USER INPUT A terminal includes an input unit to receive input signals of users, a human information detection unit to detect user human information of the users, a user identification unit to identify the users using the user human information, and a control unit to identify the u... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECT INFORMATION An apparatus for providing attribute information about an object being displayed on a screen of the apparatus in an augmented reality a method thereof are provided. The apparatus for displaying an object, which is extracted from an image input, such as a camera, include... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046942 | TERMINAL TO PROVIDE USER INTERFACE AND METHOD A terminal and method to determine surrounding circumstances using received sound signals and to automatically control various user interfaces according to the surrounding circumstances. The terminal divides the received sound signals into voice and non-voice signals, a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046072 | USER TERMINAL, REMOTE TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR SHARING AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE Provided are a user terminal, a remote terminal, and a method for sharing an augmented reality (AR) service. The method for sharing an AR service by a user terminal includes displaying an image received from a remote terminal; recognizing an object included in the displ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046070 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING A mobile terminal includes a communication unit to communicate with another terminal or an Internet host, a memory to store sharing information, a setting unit to set permission to transreceive sharing information, and a control unit to transmit a profile of sharing inf... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045215 | MOBILE TERMINAL, SERVER AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Disclosed herein are a mobile terminal and server and a communication method. In an exemplary embodiment, a mobile terminal includes a light reception unit that receive visible light; a communication unit that performs communication using the visible light received by t... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044796 | METHOD FOR GENERATING SIGNAL PATTERN USING MODULUS OR SEQUENCE, AND DEVICE THEREOF Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for generating signal patterns used for a transmission/reception process between a terminal and a base station by using a modular sonar sequence.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044620 | MOBILE DEVICE A mobile device is includes a first case; a second case performing a swing motion about its end contiguous to the first case; a display portion formed to be wrapped around the end along external surfaces of the first case and the second case; and a hinge portion coupled... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044264 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY An apparatus and method for providing augmented reality (AR) includes acquiring an image of a real world including a first object, setting the first object as a reference object, acquiring a photographing position, a photographing direction, and a distance value between... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044263 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTED REALITY A terminal device and method for augmented reality (AR) is disclosed herein. The terminal device including: a communication unit to communicate with an object server, the object server storing images of a plurality of objects and property information corresponding to le... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044164 | INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING A CONTROL AREA ON A TOUCH SCREEN An interfacing apparatus and method for setting a control area of a touch screen. The interface apparatus includes a touch screen, an area setting unit to set a selected area of the touch screen as a control area, a function setting unit to set a function to the control... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042393 | USER TERMINAL, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING DIGITAL CONTENT A user terminal, a method and a system for transmitting digital content. A user terminal receives digital content from a digital content provider, the digital contents include a digital rights management (DRM) unit to change DRM information of the received digital conte... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041971 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS USING FILTER INFORMATION An object recognition method using filter information includes acquiring object image information including an object of interest, acquiring filter information for recognizing the object of interest from the object image information, and recognizing the object of intere... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041848 | TERMINAL, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION Provided are a user terminal, a server, and a method for content marketing. The method includes purchasing, by a user terminal, content including digital rights management (DRM) information having a selling condition and a purchase condition; and transmitting, by the us... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038750 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT Provided are an apparatus and a method for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) object. The apparatus may include a photographing unit to photograph the face of a user from a plurality of directions and to output facial data, a generating unit to generate facial proporti... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038671 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AUGMENTED REALITY WINDOW A user equipment to display an augmented reality (AR) window includes a display unit to display an image and AR windows corresponding to objects included in the image, and a control unit to determine an arrangement pattern of the AR windows by adjusting at least one of ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038670 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION An apparatus, system, and method for providing augmented reality (AR) information of a concealed object are disclosed. The method for providing AR information of a concealed object by a terminal connectable to a server via a wired and/or wireless communication network m... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038669 | USER EQUIPMENT, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY FILTERING AUGMENTED REALITY An augmented reality filter selecting user equipment, includes a display unit display to display a real image including a target object and a plurality of filter icons, a user input unit to receive a user command, the user command including a selection of a target filte... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036268 | METHOD OF OPERATING INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS AND SUBNET SYSTEM USING THE SAME A method of operating an Internet protocol (IP) address allocates, creates, and processes an interface identifier (ID) of an IP address area. In the allocation, the IP address area includes a subnet prefix area and an Interface ID area, and certain bits of the Interface... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036218 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING APPLICATION WITH A PORTABLE TERMINAL A method for sharing an application between a first portable terminal and a second portable terminal includes the first portable terminal collecting application information if an application sharing event occurs, generating a marker including the application information... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034885 | BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING HUMAN BODY COMMUNICATION A transmitter includes a human body communication unit to detect an available broadcast channel; a channel setting unit to set the available broadcast channel to be connected; a broadcast data processing unit to generate a broadcast signal to be transmitted via the huma... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030304 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HUMAN BODY COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM Provided are a device and a method for recognizing a multiplex contact pattern in a human body communication network system, which may analyze a multiplex contact pattern of devices connected via a human body communication, may determine one of meaningful contact patter... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030207 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTENT PROCESSING A mobile communication terminal and a method of processing content thereof are disclosed. The terminal and method analyze inputted commands to generate condition data used to automatically executed the inputted commands when the condition for the command occurs. The mob... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029809 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ROAD VIEW An apparatus and method for providing road view data corresponding to an inputted location. The apparatus includes a manipulation unit to received user information containing a road view data request signal; a display unit to output image data containing road view data;... | 02/02/2012 |
