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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131607 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENTS IN IPTV SERVICE A system and method for providing advertisements in Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service are provided. The system includes a content server that stores content data; an advertisement server that stores advertisement data; a tag server that collects tag informatio... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131588 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING IN HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-PROCESSOR ENVIRONMENT An apparatus for data processing in a heterogeneous multi-processor environment are provided. The apparatus including an analysis unit configured to analyze 1) operations to be run in connection with data processing and 2) types and a number of processors available for ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131518 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING ITEM USING MOVEMENT OF OBJECT An item selecting apparatus includes a movement detecting unit detecting a movement of a user, a screen displaying image information, a display image storage unit storing data to generate an image to be displayed on the screen, a display image generating unit generating... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131511 | OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL An output apparatus capable of grouping menu items is configured for operation of a portable terminal into items with similar functions and outputting the grouped items. The apparatus includes an output management unit for determining sub-menu items included in a select... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131343 | SERVER FOR SINGLE SIGN ON, DEVICE ACCESSING SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Disclosed are a server, a device accessing the server and a control method thereof, the server for single sign on including: a storage unit which stores user information of a second device; and a controller which identifies a second device which is accessed by a same us... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131266 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, DATA STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA A data storage system includes a controller configured to receive data and data information about the data from a host, analyze the data information, detect whether the data has been compressed, and compress the data according to a detection result; and a nonvolatile me... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131247 | APPARATUS FOR PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONNECTION USING SPI IN PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION USING THE SAME In one embodiment, an apparatus for peripheral device connection using a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) in a portable terminal is provided and a method for data transmission using the same. The apparatus includes an SPI controller for activating each of slaves by ind... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131150 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT IN MOBILE TERMINAL A method and apparatus for providing users with electronic book (e-book) content by means of a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes receiving an e-book from a provider server; transmitting a character request message containing identity information of the e-... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130952 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA IN CONNECTED DEVICES A network-connectable terminal can synchronize data in connected devices. The network-connectable terminal includes a memory unit and a synchronization unit. The memory unit stores metadata updated according to update of data. The synchronization unit updates the metada... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130716 | SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD FOR ROBOT A speech recognition method for a robot. The speech recognition method for the robot includes one fundamental acoustic model. Whenever the noisy environment and the speaker are changed, the speech recognition method generates a plurality of parallel acoustic models in w... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129537 | Method for handoff to a femtocell in a wireless communication system, and server apparatus for the same A method handsoff a terminal to a femtocell in a wireless communication system. The method includes, upon generation of a request for handoff to the femtocell, selecting, by a second server, at least one femtocells located within a predetermined distance from a source b... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129532 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING HANDOVER BETWEEN MACRO BASE STATION AND VEHICULAR BASE STATION Provided are a method and system for handing over a mobile terminal between a macro base station and a vehicular base station to secure a communication service of a movable mobile terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a vehicular base station such as a ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129403 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR A plug connector includes a housing that includes a plurality of step jaws and terminals that are arranged interposing adjacent step jaws. The plug connector also includes one or more terminals disposed on one or more exposed surfaces of each step jaw.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129333 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME Provided are a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package and a semiconductor package manufactured using the method. The method includes providing a substrate having a first region and a second region having a higher step difference than the first region, i.e., ha... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129331 | METHODS OF FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING METAL GATE ELECTRODES A method of fabricating semiconductor devices having metal gate electrodes includes forming an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region. The insulating layer is formed to include an interlayer insulating layer and a gate in... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129295 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE Disclosed herein is a photoelectric conversion device having a semiconductor substrate including a front side and back side, a protective layer formed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate, a first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer formed on the back... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128387 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME A developing cartridge having a simplified mounting/separation configuration and an image forming apparatus having the same. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a developing cartridge unit provided in the main body to form an image, a tray unit configured ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128385 | Image forming apparatus and power control method thereof An image forming apparatus and a power control method thereof, the power control method of an image forming apparatus which includes a finisher to perform at least one of finishing jobs including arranging, sorting, grouping, folding, stapling, binding, and punching a p... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128260 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING IMAGES AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGES Provided are methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding an image. The method of encoding an image includes: splitting a current picture into at least one maximum coding unit; determining a split structure of the at least one maximum coding unit and a prediction m... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128184 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SOUND CONTROL METHOD OF THE DISPLAY APPARATUS A display apparatus and a sound control method of the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit which displays an image thereon; a sound processor which processes an audio signal corresponding to the image displayed on the display un... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128098 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL PREDISTORTION OF NON-LINEAR AMPLIFIERS A method used in a transmitting device comprising a non-linear amplifier and a digital predistortion (DPD) circuit. The method updates real and imaginary look-up tables used by the DPD. The method comprises: i) time-aligning a complex input signal, A, and a complex outp... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128095 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAPPING SYMBOLS TO RESOURCES IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method for transmitting data information and control information by a transmitter in a communication system is provided. The method includes identifying an amount of resources to be used for control channel transmission within a predetermined maximum amount of resourc... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127981 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SENDING PACKETS ON A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a packet in a wireless local area network (LAN), the method including determining whether a packet, which does not expire during the current transmission opportunity (TXOP) but will expire before a next TXOP is sec... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127925 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING ACCESS POINT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL An apparatus and method connect an Access Point (AP) in a portable terminal. More particularly, an apparatus and method designate a group of searched peripheral APs, and attempt an access to an AP corresponding to a group selected by a user in a portable terminal. The a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127878 | ANTENNA ALLOCATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and apparatus for selecting and allocating antennas efficiently are provided. The method includes transmitting, to a User Equipment (UE), information indicating a configuration of a plurality of Channel Status Information Reference Signals (CSI-RSs) through UE ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127802 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an operation command, detecting a noise level of a common source line, and adjusting a number of times to perform an operation on a memory cell in response to the operation command based on the detected noise level.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127791 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD OF PROGRAMMING SAME A nonvolatile memory device is programmed using an incremental step pulse programming method comprising a plurality of program loops. Some program loops use a one step verification operation, and other program loops use a two step verification operation.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127724 | OPTICAL PROBE AND OPTICAL SYSTEM THEREFOR An optical probe and an optical system therefor are provided. The optical probe is includes a housing configured to house the optical system and the housing has a transparent window therein. the optical system includes a light emitting unit, a collimation lens, and a fo... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127562 | ACTIVE OPTICAL DEVICE USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL An active optical device is provided. The active optical device includes an optically variable layer having a refractive index which changes according to temperature; and a temperature control unit that controls a temperature of one or more regions of the optically vari... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127517 | Image forming apparatus and power control method thereof An image forming apparatus and a power control method thereof are provided. The image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit which forms an image; a power supply which supplies operating power for the image forming apparatus; a switching circuit unit which sw... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127444 | Reflection Mask For EUV Lithography, System For EUV Lithography, And Method Of Fixing The Reflection Mask For EUV Lithography Example embodiments of the inventive concepts relate to a reflection mask including an upper surface configured to reflect extreme ultraviolet EUV light, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, where the lower surface includes at least one alignment key. The reflect... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127386 | MULTI-CHANNEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME A multi-channel semiconductor device comprises a plurality of buffer groups each comprising at least one output buffer, a plurality of pad groups each comprising at least one output pad, and a channel switching portion that controls connection between the plurality of b... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127373 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A signal processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The signal processing apparatus includes a signal processor which processes a video signal and/or an audio signal; a power supply which generates a power signal; a first connector configured to be ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127366 | METHOD OF PICTURE CONTROL AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREOF A picture control method and an image processing apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes setting a picture control mode; setting a picture control value in response to the picture control mode; and sensing a change of the picture control value; restoring the... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127357 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A digital image processing apparatus, which displays a setting item designated by a user and a setting status of a setting value for the setting item together on a portion of a setting menu that is most visible to user's eyes to allow the user to efficiently set items n... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127341 | METHOD OF REMOVING AUDIO NOISE AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME A method of removing an audio noise and an image capturing apparatus providing the same includes storing a specified audio signal included in a captured image as a noise signal, receiving an input audio signal included in an image, and removing a noise included in a tra... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127332 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A digital image processing apparatus, which displays a setting item designated by a user together with a setting status of a setting value for the setting item to allow the user to efficiently set items necessary for photographing and/or other operations, and a control ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127327 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING PICTURES THEREOF Digital photographing apparatus and methods of providing picture at the digital photographing apparatus are disclosed. An example digital photographing apparatus transmits a picture of an object to be captured to a server, acquires at least one pre-captured picture of t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127280 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL An apparatus for generating an image in a portable terminal includes a camera unit and an image generating unit. The camera unit is provided with a single camera module and configured to acquire a first image corresponding to a left viewpoint and a second image correspo... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127273 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF An image processing apparatus includes a depth map generator which generates a depth map of a predetermined image which includes at least one object; a disparity estimator which estimates a reference disparity of a left eye image and a right eye image at a predetermined... | 05/24/2012 |
