Abstract: A home energy management apparatus and method for interworking with a new renewable energy are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual mode function pixel that operates either in a first mode or in a second mode according to the intensity of a projected light to have a high visibility regardless of the intensity of projected light. The dual mode function pixel includes: a first membrane on which a self-luminescent element is formed; one or more membranes formed to surround the first membrane; and a lower layer formed below the first membrane and the one or more membranes to be spaced apart from the first membrane and the one or more membranes. The dual mode function pixel is controlled such that the self-luminescent element is driven either to emit light in a first mode operation or to selectively reflect a projected light by utilizing an interference of light generated between the first to one or more membranes and the lower layer in a second mode operation.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a smart appliance using a smart terminal to induce a user to reduce energy consumption in response to a demand response signal from an energy utility. The apparatus and method may motivate a user to reduce energy consumption effectively and actively in response to the demand response signal from the energy utility by allowing the user to report a demand response-based user-defined event to a pre-registered smart terminal, and to control a user-premises smart appliance using the smart terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical line terminal, the disclosure includes: an optical transmitter for generating a low speed downstream optical signal; a wavelength-multiplexer for wavelength-multiplexing the downstream optical signal; a first optical power branching tap coupler for allowing wavelength-multiplexed downstream optical signal to branch off; a wavelength band separator/coupler for separating between the wavelength-multiplexed downstream optical signal and a wavelength-multiplexed upstream optical signal; a circulation type wavelength-demultiplexer for wavelength-demultiplexing a downstream optical signal branched off by the first optical power branching tap coupler and an upstream optical signal separated by the wavelength band separator/coupler; an optical receiver for outputting a downstream electrical signal by using the wavelength-demultiplexed optical signal; and a signal processing module for controlling an optical power and a wavelength of the optical transmitter according to a s

Abstract: In a wireless optical communication system, while a mobile station including a wireless optical transmitting/receiving apparatus, i.e., an optical mobile station (OMS), is mounted in a moving object and moves, the mobile station performs handover from a previous optical base station (OBS) to a new OBS. Here, the mobile station may include at least one OMS, and when the mobile station includes two OMSs, soft handover is performed, and when the mobile station includes one OMS, hard handover is performed.

Abstract: A method for human activity prediction from streaming videos includes extracting space-time local features from video streams containing video information related to human activities; and clustering the extracted space-time local features into multiple visual words based on the appearance of the features. Further, the method for the human activity prediction includes computing an activity likelihood value by modeling each activity as an integral histogram of the visual words; and predicting the human activity based on the computed activity likelihood value.

Abstract: A terminal and method for recognizing a communication target within a visible range. The method of a terminal to recognize a communication target includes obtaining location information of a communication target whose identification information is unknown within a visible range of a terminal user; and recognizing a relative location of the communication target with respect to the terminal based on the obtained location information and displaying the recognized relative location of the communication target.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mufti-core processor having hierarchical communication architecture. The multi-core processor having hierarchical communication architecture is configured to include clusters in which cores are clustered; a lowest level memory shared among the cores included in the clusters; a middle level memory shared among the clusters; and a highest level memory shared by all the clusters. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to improve the performance of the applications by reducing the communication overhead between respective core and supporting the data and functional parallelization.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a simulation apparatus for verifying a hybrid system. The simulation apparatus includes a system model input unit, a model information storage unit, a simulation unit, and a result display unit. The system model input unit receives subsystem models which model subsystems included in a hybrid system. The model information storage unit stores the subsystem models and information about the operations of the subsystem models. The simulation unit runs a simulation of the subsystem models based on the information about the operations of the subsystem models stored in the model information storage unit. The result display unit displays the results of running the simulation of the subsystem models using the simulation unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an automotive augmented reality HUD apparatus and method, which can adaptively change a location and a direction based on the visual field of a driver, thus reducing errors in location matching between virtual object information and real-world information. The automotive augmented reality HUD apparatus includes a viewing angle calculation unit for estimating a line-of-sight direction of a driver using a face direction, detected based on face images of the driver, and center positions of pupils and calculating a viewing angle. A matching unit matches a location of real-world information located in front of a driver's seat with a location of corresponding virtual object information located in front of the driver's seat, based on the line-of-sight direction and the viewing angle. A display unit displays results of the matching by the matching unit, wherein the display unit enables rotation thereof and location change thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photo-acoustic tomography that can acquire a functional image for an inner part of a living body through generation of a local ultrasonic wave generated by energy that is introduced from a laser light source, and to a photo-acoustic tomography using a semiconductor laser and an optical fiber power amplifying device in order to increase resolution and an image acquisition time of an image, a photo-acoustic tomography that can acquire a high-sensitive image even in a place where a penetration depth is large through energy modulation, and a high-sensitive high-speed photo-acoustic tomography that can acquire a high-speed image by placing an array-type laser light source.

Abstract: Provided are a modulation method and a demodulation method for satellite communication using a widespread signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the method including: adding a dummy frame to a broadcasting/communication signal frame for signal transmission of a digital video broadcasting-satellite second generation (DVB-S2) modulator; verifying a spreading factor; adding the same physical layer header to the broadcasting/communication signal frame to which the dummy frame is added, repeatedly the number of times corresponding to the verified spreading factor; and repeating the same data, for example, PL frame data as the physical layer header.

Abstract: Provided is a method of identifying a transmission control protocol (TCP) packet loss, including transmitting at least one TCP data packet to a TCP receiver, estimating wireless channel status information using the TCP receiver by interaction between a TCP layer and a physical layer, and receiving an acknowledgement (ACK) packet including the estimated wireless channel status information from the TCP receiver.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for providing an accurate automatic language translation service. A user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit to display a translation option setting menu for a user with respect to a source sentence of which a category is designated and to be translated; a user input unit to receive, from the user, an input on setting of a translation option; a communication unit to transmit the translation option to a translation server, and to receive a translation result from the translation server; and a control unit to control operations of the display unit, the user input unit, and the communication unit. According to the present invention, a translation service for multilingual multimedia through a natural styled highly precise automatic translation is enabled.

Abstract: Provided is a pain signal measurement device including a microprobe array inserted into a skin to measure a pain signal. The microprobe array includes a guard electrode disposed on a substrate; a plurality of microprobes penetrating the substrate and the guard electrode, electrically insulated from the guard electrode, and measuring a voltage or current of the skin into which the microprobe array is inserted; and an insulating layer disposed between the guard electrode and a guarded electrode of each of the microprobes to reduce a noise between the microprobes. A surface of the insulating layer of each of the microprobes is grounded to the guard electrode.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for providing additional information through a digital media content are provided. The method includes: detecting an item selected by a user selection when the user selection is sensed in a media content that is being reproduced; judging whether the user selection is a first selection for primarily selecting the item or a second selection for secondarily selecting the item in a set time after the item is primarily selected; and highlighting at least a portion of the item according to a set display format according to whether or not additional information linked to the item is present in the case in which the user selection is the first selection and displaying the additional information linked to the item in the case in which the user selection is the second selection.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for deciding a motion partition mode and an encoder. The method for deciding a motion partition mode includes reading, a motion partition mode decision unit, motion vector information of more than one neighboring block decided as an inter mode among neighboring blocks of a current prediction unit C0 from a motion vector storage unit; and deciding, by the motion partition mode decision unit, the motion partition mode for the current prediction unit using the read motion vector information. In accordance with the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to perform the real-time encoding in the high-resolution and high-complexity video by shortening the time required for the motion estimation and improving the performance of the encoder.

Abstract: A visible light wireless communication receiver includes: a source code recognizing unit that receives a source bit stream and recognizes the source bit stream as source codes of a unit of a first number of bits; and a line coding unit that encodes each of the source codes into an encoding code of a unit of a second number of bits, the second number being larger than the first number. In particular, in the encoding code, the number of bits corresponding to 1 is the same as the number of bits corresponding to 0. Therefore, the change in brightness of lighting may be minimized in the visible light wireless communication.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for providing additional information to an FU in a reconfigurable codec. The apparatus includes a syntax parser, a prediction mode converter unit, and an inverse prediction unit. The syntax parser parses the encoding type value of a multimedia bit stream and a first prediction mode value from the multimedia bit stream. The prediction mode converter unit converts the first prediction mode value into a second prediction mode value corresponding to the encoding type value. The inverse prediction unit determines an inverse prediction operating mode based on the second prediction mode value.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method that may perform various operations on a website according to combinations of buttons on a remote controller. A system for supporting a remote controller may include: a profile storage unit to store a plurality of profiles containing functions of the remote controller and information associated with the functions of the remote controller; a receiver to receive an input signal from the remote controller, and to interpret an event of the input signal based on a profile corresponding to the remote controller; and a presentation unit to access a web server, to transform, to a predetermined behavior, at least one event interpreted by the receiver, and to request the web server for an operation corresponding to the behavior.