Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of capturing an image by time-lapse photography, and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes: a camera; a display; and a controller configured to cause the display to display a preview image of an image to be captured via the camera by time-lapse photography; and calculate at least one capturing set value that is different from a preset capturing set value for the time-lapse photography based on at least one of an input of a capturing set value, a battery usage amount, or a memory usage amount.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touch screen with a first display area disposed at a front of a terminal body and a second display area disposed at a side of the terminal body; and a controller configured to display an operation screen on the first display area, display, on the second display area, information related to the operation screen displayed on the first display area in response to the terminal body being rotated from a first position to a second position, and control the information displayed on the second display area in response to an input received through the first display area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of capturing an image by time-lapse photography, and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes: a camera; a display; and a controller configured to cause the display to display a preview image of an image to be captured via the camera by time-lapse photography; and calculate at least one capturing set value that is different from a preset capturing set value for the time-lapse photography based on at least one of an input of a capturing set value, a battery usage amount, or a to memory usage amount.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touch screen configured to display a plurality of icons; and a controller configured to receive a predetermined touch input on a first icon of the plurality of icons, said predetermined touch input being different than a touch input for executing an application corresponding to the first icon, and display at least one graphic object on the touch screen representing an event that has occurred with respect to the application corresponding to the first icon.

Abstract: A mobile terminal may activate a specific mode on the basis of an external input received through a microphone activated on the basis of a specific condition. The mobile terminal includes a terminal body, a microphone disposed on the terminal body and configured to receive an input outside of the terminal body, a sensor configured to sense a movement of the terminal body, and a controller configured to activate the microphone on the basis of a specific movement of the terminal body sensed by the sensor, and activate a specific mode when the input outside of the terminal body received through the activate microphone corresponds to a change in vibration of air having a preset pattern.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touch screen with a first display area disposed at a front of a terminal body and a second display area disposed at a side of the terminal body; and a controller configured to display an operation screen on the first display area, display, on the second display area, information related to the operation screen displayed on the first display area in response to the terminal body being rotated from a first position to a second position, and control the information displayed on the second display area in response to an input received through the first display area.

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for controlling SIM cards. An apparatus which is paired with a second terminal comprises: a SIM card; state checking means which checks the state of the paired terminal with identical identification information as the first SIM card; and activation control means which controls SIM card activation depending on the state of the paired terminal. Using this configuration, the present invention makes it possible for a user to maintain multiple terminals using the same phone number with one billing statement without the help of a service provider through SIM card control.

Abstract: Methods and systems for mobile communications are provided, which provide a hands-free mobile communication when one is driving, particularly without the driver having to take out the mobile terminal and place it in the holder of a hands-free system and connect a cord. The methods and systems for mobile communications can support a plurality of users. The automobile mobile terminal is also used to perform other useful functions.

Abstract: An optimization method, which finds the optimal weight vector, is provided. The method finds the optimal weight vector which is used to produce an objective score from a parameter vector. Such objective scores provide the maximum correlation coefficient with subjective scores.

Abstract: Cameras that can provide improved images by combining several shots of a scene taken with different exposure and focus levels is provided. In addition, cameras are provided, which have pixel-wise exposure control means so that high quality images are obtained for a scene with a high level of contrast. Furthermore, cameras are also provided, which have a number of imaging sensing means that can operator at different focus and exposure levels. Cameras that can take several images or videos of a scene with different exposure and focus levels and save all the images or videos for future processing are also provided.

Abstract: Cameras that can provide improved images by combining several shots of a scene taken with different exposure and focus levels is provided. In addition, cameras are provided, which have pixel-wise exposure control means so that high quality images are obtained for a scene with a high level of contrast. Furthermore, cameras are also provided, which have a number of imaging sensing means that can operator at different focus and exposure levels. Cameras that can take several images or videos of a scene with different exposure and focus levels and save all the images or videos for future processing are also provided.

Abstract: Cameras that can provide improved images by combining several shots of a scene taken with different exposure and focus levels is provided. In addition, cameras are provided, which have pixel-wise exposure control means so that high quality images are obtained for a scene with a high level of contrast. Furthermore, cameras are also provided, which have a number of imaging sensing means that can operator at different focus and exposure levels. Cameras that can take several images or videos of a scene with different exposure and focus levels and save all the images or videos for future processing are also provided.

Abstract: The linear equalizer is implemented utilizing second-order statistics, assuming two classes that have normal distributions, which improves the convergence speed and performance significantly. The idea and teaching of the present invention is also extended with equalization viewed as a multi-class classification problem. Furthermore, the idea and teaching of the present invention is extended to blind equalization.

Abstract: A video display apparatus with separate display means is provided so that the textual information can be displayed without preventing viewers from watching the full picture. The separate display means can be provided for a television receiver so that textual information, which includes closed caption text and subtitles, can be displayed on the separate display means without occupying the picture area. The separate display means can be provided for a screen in a movie theater so that subtitles can be displayed on the separate display means when a foreign movie is played. The separate display unit can be used to display other textual information, including a channel number, a name of the broadcasting station, the title of the current program and the remaining time of the current program. Furthermore, the separate display unit can display information on a local weather and a local time.

Abstract: Methods and systems for efficient video compression by recording various state signals of cameras. In accordance with the teaching of the present invention, a video camera with means to record the movement, zooming state, focus state, and aperture state of the video camera is provided. The luminous intensity, camera identification number and frame index are also recorded. These various state signals are recorded along with video and audio signals on recording media, such as magnetic tapes, memory cards, and hard drives in a predetermined data format. Additionally, video compression algorithms, which utilize such state signals to predict the current frame from previous reconstructed images, are provided. In particular, the information on the various states of the video camera is useful in obtaining accurate motion compensated images.

Abstract: Methods and systems for mobile communications are provided, which provide a hands-free mobile communication when one is driving, particularly without the driver having to take out the mobile terminal and place it in the holder of a hands-free system and connect a cord. The methods and systems for mobile communications can support a plurality of users. The automobile mobile terminal is also used to perform other useful functions.

Abstract: New methods and systems for objective measurements of video quality based on degradation of edge areas are provided. By observing that the human visual system is sensitive to degradation around edges, objective video quality measurement methods that measure degradation around edges are provided. In the present invention, an edge detection algorithm is first applied to the source video sequence to find edge areas. Then, the degradation of those edge areas is measured by computing a difference between the source video sequence and a processed video sequence. From this mean squared error, the PSNR is computed and used as video quality metric.

Abstract: The linear equalizer is implemented utilizing second-order statistics, assuming two classes that have normal distributions, which improves the convergence speed and performance significantly. The idea and teaching of the present invention is also extended with equalization viewed as a multi-class classification problem. Furthermore, the idea and teaching of the present invention is extended to blind equalization.

Abstract: Cameras that can provide improved images by combining several shots of a scene taken with different exposure and focus levels is provided. In addition, cameras are provided, which have pixel-wise exposure control means so that high quality images are obtained for a scene with a high level of contrast. Furthermore, cameras are also provided, which have a number of imaging sensing means that can operator at different focus and exposure levels. Cameras that can take several images or videos of a scene with different exposure and focus levels and save all the images or videos for future processing are also provided.

Abstract: New methods for objective measurement of video quality using the wavelet transform are provided. The characteristic of the human visual system, which varies in spatio-temporal frequencies, is exploited to develop methods for objective measurement of video quality. In order to compute spatial frequency components, the wavelet transform is applied to each frame of source and processed videos. Then, the difference (squared error) of the wavelet coefficients in each subband is computed and summed, producing a difference vector for each frame. By applying this procedure to the entire frames of source and processed videos, a sequence of difference vectors is obtained and the average vector is computed. Each component of this average vector represents a difference in a certain spatial frequency. In order to take into account the temporal frequencies, a modified 3-D wavelet transform is provided. In either case, a single vector represents the difference between the source and the processed videos.