Abstract: A method for operating a terminal providing a file system function, and a terminal having configured hardware is provided. In the method, a specific command is received from a first application. The received specific command is transferred to a second application regardless of whether the second application is executed. An execution result of the specific command is received from the second application.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing moving image ancillary information, based on a script, is provided. The method includes receiving a user command for inputting ancillary information, where the ancillary information includes a script for a moving image being played. The method further includes storing the ancillary information input by a user, searching for and extracting the stored ancillary information during playback of the moving image, and outputting the extracted ancillary information to an image display screen using the script.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling home network devices is provided. The apparatus includes a display unit that displays a list of items corresponding to a plurality controlled devices arranged in a predetermined space, a receiving unit that receives a first image containing the controlled devices, the list, and information on light reflected from a controlled device of the controlled devices and the device list, and a control unit that maps the controlled devices and the items in the list according to the light information detected from the received image.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a WS message and an apparatus for processing a WS message, the method includes providing data in the form of a WS message, addressing the WS message to a plurality of receiving nodes, and transmitting the addressed WS message to the plurality of receiving nodes.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling home network devices is provided. The apparatus includes a display unit that displays a list of items corresponding to a plurality controlled devices arranged in a predetermined space, a receiving unit that receives a first image containing the controlled devices, the list, and information on light reflected from a controlled device of the controlled devices and the device list, and a control unit that maps the controlled devices and the items in the list according to the light information detected from the received image.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for executing an application within a mobile device is provided. The method includes receiving, at a first device, a message from a second device external to the first device, the message including an application identifier; executing, at the first device, at least one application among a plurality of applications based at least in part on the application identifier; and performing, at the first device, a function of the at least one application based at least in part on a command received from the second device.

Abstract: A system includes a camera module, a processor, and a display drive unit. The camera module includes a lens, a color filter array having an IR filter, an R filter, a G filter, and a B filter, and an image sensor. The number of IR filters is larger than that of G filters, and the number of G filters is larger than that of R filters or B filters. The processor includes a signal extraction unit that extracts an RGB image signal and an IR image signal from an electrical source image signal from the camera module, a lane pattern image data generating unit that generates image data, a pedestrian image data generating unit that generates pedestrian image data. The display drive unit implements image data generated by the lane pattern image data generating unit and the pedestrian image data generating unit through a display.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for managing files in a distributed storage system. The apparatus and method for managing a file in a distributed storage system according to the present invention counts the number of inquiries on a file requested by a client; selects the file as a hot file if the number of inquiries counted in a certain counting period is larger than a hot file selection threshold value; and increases the number of copies of the file selected as a hot file or stores the file selected as a hot file in a storage device having a relatively good performance.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for executing an application within a mobile device is provided. The method includes detecting, by the mobile device, a connection with a host device through a wired interface; receiving, from the host device, a request to execute a specific application installed in the mobile device; and executing the specific application according to the received request.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting and/or receiving data in an electronic device are provided. In the method, whether a second network is connected is detected while the electronic device cooperates with a server via a first network. When the second network is detected, whether the server is accessible via the second network is determined. When the server is accessible via the second network, the cooperation with the server via the first network is released, and the electronic device is allowed to cooperate with the server via the second network.

Abstract: There are provided an electronic device and a stereo camera image depth calculating method using the same. The stereo camera image depth calculating method includes: receiving first and second sample images obtained by simultaneously imaging an object with a stereo camera configured of first and second cameras; scanning the first and second sample images to calculate disparities in respective points of the object in a reference direction; and selecting a value equal to or smaller than a minimum value among the calculated disparities as a relative movement value.

Abstract: An apparatus for enhancing the visibility of color images includes: a luminance value cumulative distribution calculator that calculates a cumulative distribution function of the number of pixels from a minimum value of luminance values; a baseband signal determining unit that determines baseband signal pixels having luminance values smaller than a threshold level; a luminance compensation value generator that generates luminance compensation values to apply the lower-level luminance compensation values as the pixels have higher-level luminance values, for the pixels having the luminance values larger than the threshold level; a luminance gain generator that determines a luminance gain applied to the luminance compensation values according to a mean luminance values of the input images and the level of the luminance values of the pixels to which the luminance compensation values are applied; and a luminance value enhancing unit that summing the luminance compensation values including the gain with the luminan

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing information of a device to other devices through the home network are provided. The method includes: generating relative location information indicating that a first device is present in a vicinity of a second device if a remote control signal for the second device is received; and providing the relative location information as location information of the first device to at least one other device belonging to the home network. Accordingly, the user can acquire location information of devices belonging to the home network. Therefore, it is possible to easily identify the correspondence of devices visually recognized by the user to the device list obtained as a result of the search.

Abstract: An apparatus for auto white balance includes a histogram generation unit writing respective histograms of Cb values and Cr values with regard to pixels included in an input image frame, a single-tone determination unit comparing respective maximum values of the histograms of Cb values and Cr values with a first threshold value, and determining the input image frame as a single-tone image if at least one of the maximum values is higher than the first threshold value, and an auto white balance gain computation unit computing and an auto white balance gain by using color information of an input image frame and outputting the computed auto white balance gain, wherein if the input image frame is determined to be a single-tone image, the auto white balance gain computation unit outputs an auto white balance gain computed with respect to a previous input image frame.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for improving the sharpness of an image, which may prevent occurrence of distortion of an image in an edge enhancement process of the image by applying an active weight in accordance with a two-dimensional (2D) high pass filtering value of the image. The apparatus may include: a 2D high pass filter outputting a high frequency element value for the luminance values of pixels of an input image; a weight generating unit generating a weight changed depending on a magnitude of the high frequency element value; a weight applying unit applying the weight to the high frequency element value; and an edge enhancement image generating unit adding, to the luminance values of the pixels of the input image, the high frequency element value to which the weight is applied to thereby output an image of which an edge is enhanced.

Abstract: A method and an electronic device provide a voice recognition service. The method includes displaying one or more application programs according to a voice command input through a microphone, determining an additional service to be driven in a selected application program in consideration of the voice command when the any one of the one or more application programs is selected, and displaying the additional service.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for registering a user's face using two stereo cameras and displaying a glassless 3D image to a user using a single camera, in a handheld terminal. A glassless 3D image display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first imaging unit extracting a single distance from a user; a second imaging unit connected with the first imaging unit to extract a stereo distance from the user; a control unit coinciding the single distance with the stereo distance; a distance information storage unit storing information on the single distance and the stereo distance coinciding with each other to register the user; a third imaging unit extracting the single distance from the user based on the stored distance information; and a display unit outputting the 3D image according to a distance extracted from the third imaging unit.

Abstract: A method for operating a terminal providing a file system function, and a terminal having configured hardware is provided. In the method, a specific command is received from a first application. The received specific command is transferred to a second application regardless of whether the second application is executed. An execution result of the specific command is received from the second application.

Abstract: An apparatus for heating water and steam, that has a first container with cold water and a second container with hot water, the two containers being in fluid communication via an intermediary pipe having a one-way valve to permit flow only from the first container to the second container. The first container has a water level monitor that controls when an input pipe allows water to refill the first container. The second container has a heat exchanger, a steam input pipe, a steam output pipe, and a heating element. The second container may be connected to a steam press, a boiler, and a washing machine.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stereo camera module. The stereo camera module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a sensor unit having heterogeneous sensors having different number of pixels and a lens unit adjusting an angle of view of the sensor unit.