Abstract: A force sensing apparatus and an operating method of the force sensing apparatus may obtain and provide information about a force applied to an object, thereby enabling control of a force to be applied to manipulate the object.

Abstract: A user input apparatus and method may measure, using a first sensor, surface input information that is applied to a surface of a user input apparatus, may measure, using a second sensor, orientation information that is input based on a physical quantity associated with a pose or a rotary motion of the user input apparatus, and may generate a content control signal by combining the surface input information and the orientation information.

Abstract: Disclosed are a touch gesture recognition apparatus and method that can be, or applied to, both a single-touch system and a multi-touch system. The touch gesture recognition method recognizes touch gestures using the diagonal-line length of a bounding box created based on touch location information and variations in the diagonal-line length. After a gesture is recognized, the recognized gesture is mapped to an input event of a user input device and feedback according to the input event is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring a tactile sensation is provided. The tactile sensation measuring apparatus may include a plurality of pressure measuring units, each to measure a magnitude of an external pressure applied, using a variable resistance material of which a resistance changes when an external pressure is applied, and a tactile sensation measuring unit to measure a three-dimensional (3D) tactile sensation corresponding to the external pressure, based on a position of each of the plurality of pressure measuring units, and the magnitude of the external pressure measured by each of the plurality of pressure measuring units.

Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a mobile terminal is provided. By dynamically selecting or setting a specific function of a mobile terminal according to a change in pressure or contact areas sensed by a plurality of touch sensors which cover the mobile terminal, a user can easily select or set a specific function of the mobile terminal according to his or her intention, and easily recognize information displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A gate driving circuit is capable of improving yield by virtue of acquisition of a design margin and reduction of a fabricating cost. The gate driving circuit includes a shift register having N stages driven by a start signal and first to fourth clock signals output from the exterior, and an externally input reset signal is applied to reset terminals of the N?1th stage and the Nth stage of the shift register, respectively.

Abstract: A three-dimensional display device and a user interfacing method therefor are disclosed. The three-dimensional display device according to one embodiment comprises: a display unit for displaying a three-dimensional virtual object; a user input signal generation unit for generating a user input signal by detecting a handling object for handling an operation of the three-dimensional virtual object in a three-dimensional space matched with the three-dimensional virtual object; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the three-dimensional virtual object according to the user input signal.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory includes a plurality of planes vertically stacked over a substrate. Each plane includes one or more cell mats. Each cell mat includes lower lines, upper lines crossing the lower lines, and variable resistance elements positioned in intersection regions of the lower lines and the upper lines, respectively. Lower contacts are coupled to the lower lines, respectively, and, in a plan view, overlap with a boundary region between half of the upper lines and the other half number of the upper lines. Upper contacts are coupled to the upper lines, respectively, and overlap with a boundary region between a half number of the lower lines and the other half number of the lower lines. One cell mat of an upper plane is vertically stacked over a lower plane to overlap with two adjacent cell mats of the lower plane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adsorbent including a hierarchically porous silica monolith, and particularly, to an adsorbent for adsorbing or separating carbon dioxide in air or heavy metals in an aqueous solution, in which an amino group is covalently bonded to the silica monolith. Further, the present invention relates to a method for preparing the adsorbent including a hierarchically porous silica monolith, and particularly, to a method for preparing an adsorbent for adsorbing or separating carbon dioxide in air or heavy metals in an aqueous solution, in which an amino group is covalently bonded to the silica monolith.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for energy management considering multiple context. An embodiment of the present invention allows providing an energy management and saving plan, which is generated by collecting information about space, user, device, service profile, user's energy using pattern, user number, sensor data, energy saving information, weather information, regulations relating thereto, real-time energy price information, demand response information, big data and ontology, to manage and save energy efficiently.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) tactile feedback apparatus and method for implementing the same may include a tactile feedback providing unit which provides a 3D tactile feedback, in response to a motion input by a user, a position measuring unit which measures a position of the tactile feedback providing unit, and a movement controlling unit which controls a movement of the tactile feedback providing unit based on the position of the tactile feedback providing unit.

Abstract: A user authentication method includes extracting a facial landmark from each of a first input image and a second input image; generating a first sparse code of the facial landmark extracted from the first input image and a second sparse code of the facial landmark extracted from the second input image; and determining whether a user is to be authenticated based on the first sparse code of the first input image and the second sparse code of the second input image.

Abstract: Provided is an input device that may sense a first contact occurring along a planar coordinate axis among three-dimensional (3D) spatial coordinate axes to generate first contact information, to sense a second contact occurring along a vertical coordinate axis among the 3D spatial coordinate axes to generate second contact information, to analyze contact information including at least one of the first contact information and the second contact information to generate an input signal to control a predetermined display device, and to transmit the generated input signal to the display device. The display device may control an object that is displayed on the display device, based on the input signal.

Abstract: A mobile terminal control apparatus and method is disclosed. The mobile terminal control apparatus includes a plurality of touch sensors formed on a rear of the mobile terminal, a touch recognition unit recognizing a touch of a finger sensed by the plurality of touch sensors and displaying a user interface on a front screen of the mobile terminal according to the recognized touch of the finger, and an execution unit recognizing a change in the touch of the finger, and executing the displayed user interface on the basis of the result of the recognition. The mobile terminal may control user interfaces of a mobile terminal without fingers overlapping a screen of the mobile terminal.

Abstract: The media sharing apparatus includes a terminal information management unit for, when a media playing terminal is connected thereto, requesting profile information from the connected media playing terminal and managing profile information received from the media playing terminal. A media information management unit determines based on the profile information whether to convert media data to be provided to the media playing terminal, and ascertains media conversion information suitable for a type of the media playing terminal. A media conversion unit converts the media data into data suitable for the type of the media playing terminal depending on a result of the determination. A data processing unit provides either media data suitable for the type of the media playing terminal among pieces of pre-stored media data, or media data converted by the media conversion unit, to the media playing terminal.

Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a mobile terminal is provided. By dynamically selecting or setting a specific function of a mobile terminal according to a change in pressure or contact areas sensed by a plurality of touch sensors which cover the mobile terminal, a user can easily select or set a specific function of the mobile terminal according to his or her intention, and easily recognize information displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A variable stiffness film, a variable stiffness flexible display, and a manufacturing method thereof may include a lower electrode, a variable fluid, and an upper electrode. A polymer layer may be formed on the lower electrode, and a variable fluid receiving portion is patterned on the polymer layer. A variable stiffness layer is formed by putting a variable fluid in the variable fluid receiving portion. The upper electrode is formed on the variable fluid layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of driving the same are provided. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, an upper electrode extending from a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of switching structures extending from both sidewalls of the upper electrode in a direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a phase-change material layer disposed between the plurality of switching structures and the upper electrode.

Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a mobile terminal is provided. By dynamically selecting or setting a specific function of a mobile terminal according to a change in pressure or contact areas sensed by a plurality of touch sensors which cover the mobile terminal, a user can easily select or set a specific function of the mobile terminal according to his or her intention, and easily recognize information displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of driving the same are provided. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, an upper electrode extending from a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of switching structures extending from both sidewalls of the upper electrode in a direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a phase-change material layer disposed between the plurality of switching structures and the upper electrode.