Abstract: A composite sensing apparatus, a sensing method using a composite sensor, and a touch pad apparatus using the same are provided. The composite sensing apparatus includes a pad unit including a first sensing area which senses a fingerprint, and a second sensing area which senses a touch state, and a control unit which generates control signals according to results sensed by the first and the second sensing areas. As a result, the sensing apparatus can simultaneously have a fingerprint recognition sensor and a touch pad sensor.

Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of contact locations sequentially numbered, and a housing which accommodates the contact locations. The contact locations include a first pair contact location group utilized for a first data transmission, and a second pair contact location group utilized for a second data transmission.

Abstract: An audio/video (AV) apparatus and a signal control method thereof are provided. The AV device includes: an AV interface which is configured to transmit and receive a first signal including AV data according to an High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard and to transmit and receive a second signal including an integrated data packet; a signal converter which selectively converts a received signal received through the AV interface; and a controller which determines whether the received signal is the first signal or the second signal, and controls the signal converter to bypass the received signal or convert the received signal into a converted signal according to the determination.

Abstract: A display apparatus which supports wireless/optical communication is provided. The display apparatus includes a wireless/optical interface which performs wireless/optical communication with at least one first external apparatus, a power supply unit which supplies power to the wireless/optical interface, a user interface through which a device is selected, and a controller which controls power supply from the power supply unit to the wireless/optical interface according to user selection on the user interface.

Abstract: A video processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The video processing apparatus includes: a signal receiving unit which receives a signal from an external video processing apparatus; a video processing unit which processes the signal received by the signal receiving unit; and a controller which supplies or cuts off electric power to the video processing unit according to whether the signal is received by the signal receiving unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a signal receiver which receives an image signal; a signal processor which compresses the image signal; a wireless transmitter which transmits the compressed image signal to a display apparatus wirelessly; and a controller which controls the signal processor to raise a compression rate of the image signal according to an increased distance between the wireless transmitter and the display apparatus.

Abstract: An elevator system without a machine room is disclosed. In this elevator system without a machine room according to the present invention, a built-in winding apparatus is installed in the interior of a hoistway for moving an elevator car. In addition, the elevator system without a machine room according to the present invention is characterized in that a movement stroke of a counterweight is shorter than a movement stroke of an elevator car, and a reinforcing installation member is installed across an upper portion of a pair of counterweight guide rails which corresponds to an upper counterweight moving distance, and a pair of counterweight guide rails are integral with the reinforcing installation member, and the built-in winding apparatus is installed on the reinforcing installation member in such a manner that the elevator car is moved by a driving force transferred by a motor roping unit.