Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch circuit and a touch sensing method. A touch circuit may include a driving circuit configured to transmit a driving signal to a touch electrode, a sensing circuit configured to sense a change in capacitance generated in the touch electrode, and a touch control circuit configured to control a polarity of the driving signal transmitted by the driving circuit. The polarity of the driving signal controlled by the touch control circuit may be determined based on a location of the touch electrode. Touch sensitivity can be improved by differently controlling a polarity of a driving signal transmitted to an adjacent touch electrode.

Abstract: A method of controlling a device includes determining a distance between the device and a hovering inputter; determining 3-dimensional (3D) location information of a hovering input based on the distance; selecting a task among a plurality of tasks corresponding to an operation of an application executed by the device and the 3D location information of the hovering input; determining a class of an execution input according to the hovering input; and performing the selected task according to the determined class of the execution input.

Abstract: The present embodiment may provide a touch sensing circuit including: an analog signal processing circuit including one or more adjustable filters configured to receive a touch sensing signal from a touch electrode of a panel and to transmit some of a frequency region of the touch sensing signal; and a touch control circuit configured to determine a change in capacitance of the touch electrode attributable to an object approaching the panel and to transmit a controlling signal to control the adjustable filters of the analog signal processing circuit. The adjustable filter of the present embodiment may include a variable resistor or a variable capacitor. A resistance value or capacitance value of the adjustable filter may be changed in response to the controlling signal, thus changing a frequency pass band of the touch sensing signal.

Abstract: A method of controlling a device includes determining a distance between the device and a hovering inputter; determining 3-dimensional (3D) location information of a hovering input based on the distance; selecting a task among a plurality of tasks corresponding to an operation of an application executed by the device and the 3D location information of the hovering input; determining a class of an execution input according to the hovering input; and performing the selected task according to the determined class of the execution input.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the technology. Provided are a method, an apparatus and a recording medium in which a terminal receives additional content corresponding to a captured image from a server by using a wireless communication device, and provides the additional content, based on a signal detected by a user interaction region.

Abstract: A method of controlling a device includes determining a distance between the device and a hovering inputter; determining 3-dimensional (3D) location information of a hovering input based on the distance; selecting a task among a plurality of tasks corresponding to an operation of an application executed by the device and the 3D location information of the hovering input; determining a class of an execution input according to the hovering input; and performing the selected task according to the determined class of the execution input.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and Internet of Things (IoT). Provided is a method of providing content, performed by a device, the method including: outputting content from the device; determining a learning state of the user with respect to the content, based on biometric information of a user received from a sensing device; changing the content, based on the determined learning state of the user; and outputting changed content. The present disclosure is applicable to intelligent services based on various technology (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety-related service).

Abstract: A method of outputting content by a device includes obtaining attribute information about review content that is retrieved by the device; estimating an amount of user's memory about the review content at a preset time based on the obtained attribute information and reference information obtained after the review content is selected; comparing the estimated amount of the user's memory and a threshold value; and changing appearance of the review content in response to the amount of the user's memory being determined as equal to or less than the threshold value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the technology. Provided are a method, an apparatus and a recording medium in which a terminal receives additional content corresponding to a captured image from a server by using a wireless communication device, and provides the additional content, based on a signal detected by a user interaction region.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and Internet of Things (IoT). Provided is a method of providing content, performed by a device, the method including: outputting content from the device; determining a learning state of the user with respect to the content, based on biometric information of a user received from a sensing device; changing the content, based on the determined learning state of the user; and outputting changed content. The present disclosure is applicable to intelligent services based on various technology (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety-related service).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of displaying an object on a device. The method includes specifying a first object displayed on a screen from among a plurality of objects including order information, displaying, on the screen, a second object corresponding to an object information area selected from among a plurality of object information areas indicating the plurality of objects displayed together with the first object based on the order information, and changing an object displayed on the screen to the specified first object when a return input for the specified first object is received.

Abstract: A method of controlling a device includes determining a distance between the device and a hovering inputter; determining 3-dimensional (3D) location information of a hovering input based on the distance; selecting a task among a plurality of tasks corresponding to an operation of an application executed by the device and the 3D location information of the hovering input; determining a class of an execution input according to the hovering input; and performing the selected task according to the determined class of the execution input.

Abstract: A method of outputting content by a device includes obtaining attribute information about review content that is retrieved by the device; estimating an amount of user's memory about the review content at a preset time based on the obtained attribute information and reference information obtained after the review content is selected; comparing the estimated amount of the user's memory and a threshold value; and changing appearance of the review content in response to the amount of the user's memory being determined as equal to or less than the threshold value.

Abstract: A method of displaying an object on a device, is provided. The method includes generating identification information of objects of interest selected from objects available for displaying on the device based on preset sequence information, and determining sequence information of an object displayed on the device among the available objects. The method further includes based on an input, displaying an object of interest corresponding to previous sequence information or following sequence information of the determined sequence information, among the objects of interest.

Abstract: An information storage medium storing subtitle text-based information, and a method and apparatus utilizing same, process a subtitle The information storage medium includes: dialog information which contains script text information of the subtitle and information specifying an output type of the script text; and presentation information which contains style information used to convert the script text into a bitmap format through rendering. With this structure, the amount of data required for a subtitle and the amount of data that should be processed when a subtitle is output may be greatly reduced.

Abstract: A storage medium storing program applications to provide additional functions using moving-images and management information needed to manage the program applications. The storage medium includes reproduction mode data reproducing moving-image data, program data including a plurality of program applications providing additional functions using the moving-image data, system data controlling the execution of the reproduction mode data and the program data, and management information managing the execution of the program applications in unit of title. The program applications providing additional functions can be managed in unit of title and loaded to a system memory in advance to be executed.

Abstract: Provided are a method of performing an event action by using a touch screen device based on operation gestures that are simultaneously input by using multiple operation tools and the touch screen device. The method includes: identifying a first operation tool based on contact by the first operation tool, the contact being sensed on the touch screen device; setting an operation area on the touch screen device based on an area designated by the contact by the first operation tool; identifying a second operation tool based on access by the second operation tool, the access being sensed on the touch screen device; sensing an operation gesture of the second operation tool within the operation area by using the second operation tool.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for effectively fixing scrambled content. The method includes checking fixing information for a program map table (PMT) packet of packets constituting the content, the fixing information being used to fix a transformed part of the content; extracting location information of a next PMT packet containing fixing data for fixing the transformed part of the content from the fixing information of the PMT packet; and fixing the transformed part of the content by using the fixing data in the next PMT packet indicated by the extracted location information. Accordingly, it is possible to easily detect a location of the content, which stores the fixing information, thereby expediting fixing of the transformed content.

Abstract: A method of reproducing a video image is provided. The method includes reproducing a video image in a three-dimensional (3D) manner, being requested to reproduce the video image at an Nx playback speed (N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2), and in response to the request, reproducing the video image at the Nx playback speed. The reproducing of the video image at the Nx playback speed comprises includes reproducing the video image at the Nx playback speed in a two-dimensional (2D) manner.

Abstract: An image processing method, including extracting shot information from metadata, wherein the shot information is used to classify a series of two-dimensional images into predetermined units; if it is determined, by using shot type information included in the shot information, that frames classified as a predetermined shot can be reproduced as a three-dimensional image, extracting background depth information from the metadata, wherein the background depth information is about a background of the frames classified as the predetermined shot; generating a depth map about the background of the frames by using the background depth information; if the frames classified as the predetermined shot comprise object, extracting object depth information about the object from the metadata; and generating a depth map about the object by using the object depth information.