Abstract: A vehicle includes a drive for driving the vehicle, a display for outputting a visual stimulus image, and a controller that controls the drive and the display, the visual stimulus image contains a visual stimulus object having a repeating pattern, and the controller outputs, via the display, the visual stimulus image in which a size of the visual stimulus object changes over time.

Abstract: A mobility device may include a drive for driving the mobility device, a projector for outputting a visual stimulus, an electroencephalogram device for detecting a brainwave of a user, and a controller for controlling the drive and/or the projector. The controller may be connected to the EEG device, and may be configured to control the projector to output the visual stimulus to a surface at a position spaced by a specified distance from the mobility device.

Abstract: A robot collision detection device and a method thereof are provided. The robot collision detection device includes a buffer that periodically stores a driving command for allowing a robot to move to a destination and a sensor that detects a behavior of the robot. A controller monitors the driving command and a behavior of the robot corresponding to the driving command, and determines whether there is a robot collision based on the driving command and the behavior of the robot.

Abstract: An embodiment device for controlling a service robot includes a communication device configured to communicate with the service robot and a controller configured to detect a present situation of the service robot by using various pieces of sensor information acquired from the service robot, determine a task appropriate to the present situation of the service robot, wherein the task includes one or more behaviors, and control the service robot based on an action set for each of the one or more behaviors of the task.

Abstract: An embodiment device for planning a path of a robot includes a camera configured to capture an image in a moving direction of the robot and a controller configured to detect a moving obstacle in the image in the moving direction of the robot, to calculate a speed and a moving direction of the moving obstacle based on a change in a location of the moving obstacle, and to set a region of the moving obstacle based on the speed and the moving direction of the moving obstacle, the region being in a form of an ellipse.

Abstract: An embodiment method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) includes transmitting object information in response to an interaction, transmitting content and template information based on the object information, combining the content with the template information to render a GUI screen, and displaying the rendered GUI screen on a display device.

Abstract: A robot control system and a method may be operated in a microservices architecture (MSA)-based control environment. The robot control system includes an application programming interface (API) gateway that connects an authentication server for authenticating a robot, a management server for managing the robot, and an operation server for operating the robot in a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) communication method and an administrator terminal that communicates with the robot through WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication).

Abstract: A robot collision detection device and a method thereof are provided. The robot collision detection device includes a buffer that periodically stores a driving command for allowing a robot to move to a destination and a sensor that detects a behavior of the robot. A controller monitors the driving command and a behavior of the robot corresponding to the driving command, and determines whether there is a robot collision based on the driving command and the behavior of the robot.

Abstract: A display device includes gate lines, data lines, pixels connected to the gate lines and data lines, a data driver, a gate driver, and a signal controller for controlling the data driver and gate driver. A method for driving the display device includes: compressing, by the signal controller, vertical resolution of input image data of each frame by k or receiving by the signal controller the compressed input image data; processing by the signal controller the compressed input image data to generate output image data; generating, by the data driver, data voltages based on the output image data and applying the data voltages to the data lines; and applying, by the gate driver, gate-on voltage pulses concurrently to k neighboring gate lines corresponding to the applied data voltages. Starting times of the gate-on voltage pulses of at least two of the k neighboring gate lines are different from each other.

Abstract: A driver state monitoring system includes a first lighting module for driving a first lighting device, a camera for acquiring an image, a second lighting module for driving a second lighting device by synchronizing the second lighting device with the first lighting device wirelessly, and a controller for analyzing the image acquired by the camera to recognize a driver state.

Abstract: An image display device includes a display panel displaying an image, and a diffractive element formed to operate in a 2D mode or a 3D mode so that the image of the display panel is perceived as a 2D image or a 3D image after passing through the diffractive element. In the image display device, the diffractive element includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a first electrode layer formed on the first substrate that includes a plurality of zones, a second electrode layer formed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. Further, when the diffractive element operates in the 3D mode, a common voltage is applied to the second electrode layer, and polarity of voltages applied to the first electrode layer with respect to the common voltage is inverted every zone.

Abstract: A method for detecting face direction of a person includes receiving a face image of the person. The method further includes determining whether the person is wearing glasses, based on the face image. The method also includes determining whether the number of reflection points of light in a glasses region of the face image is four or more at the time of detecting the glasses region. The method also includes aligning the reflection points of light in order of size, upon determining that the number of reflection points of light is four or more. The method also includes detecting two virtual images of the light, based on the aligning. The method also includes detecting a face direction vector based on the two virtual images of the light.

Abstract: A menu selection apparatus using gaze tracking includes: a gaze tracker configured to track a gaze of a driver and to output time series gaze data; a timer included in the gaze tracker and configured to output a timing pulse; a buffer configured to store the time series gaze data; a counter configured to count the timing pulse to adjust synchronization with the timer; a button configured to output a click signal when being clicked by the driver; and a controller configured to extract the time series gaze data for a critical time based on button click timing as the click signal is output from the button and to then calculate an average of gaze vectors within each time series gaze data.

Abstract: A system for controlling an exposure of a camera may include: a histogram calculator configured to calculate a histogram from an input image; a virtual histogram generator configured to generate a virtual histogram by differently applying the exposure to the calculated histogram; a histogram hole filter configured to generate a final histogram by filtering a hole generated in the virtual histogram; a histogram uniformity unit configured to perform uniformity of the final histogram; and an optimum exposure setting unit configured to apply an exposure value depending on the uniformized histogram.

Abstract: A display device may include a frame rate determining unit configured to receive an input image signal and configured to select, based on the input image signal, one of a first frame rate and a second frame rate to be a selected frame rate. The input image signal may include luminance information. The second frame rate may be equal to a natural number times the first frame rate. The natural number may be greater than or equal to 2. The display device may further include a display panel configured to display a first image according to at least a control signal generated based on the selected frame rate.

Abstract: A two-dimensional/three-dimensional switchable display apparatus includes: a display panel; a first substrate disposed on the display panel; a first electrode layer disposed on the first substrate and including a plurality of first electrodes; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; a second electrode layer disposed on the second substrate and including a plurality of second electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. A plurality of lens units are formed in association with a first position of the liquid crystal layer when a lens forming voltage profile is applied to the first electrodes and a common voltage is applied to the second electrodes. When the common voltage is applied to the first electrodes and the lens forming voltage is applied to the second electrodes, the plurality of lens units are formed in association with a second position spaced apart from the first position.

Abstract: A 3D image display device includes a display unit including a display panel and an optical panel located at a front side of the display panel and changing a path of light. A controller is configured to generate a signal for controlling the display unit. The controller includes an image signal processor which generates an input image signal based on image information containing 2D image information and depth information. The image signal processor generates a 3D image signal based on the 2D image information and the depth information. The image signal processor extracts a low-depth area having a small depth and generates a 2D image signal corresponding to the low-depth area. The display unit displays the low-depth area by a 2D image.

Abstract: A 3D image display device includes: a display panel including pixels; a signal controller controlling driving of the display panel; and an image signal processor generating a 3D input image signal based on image information and outputting the generated 3D input image signal to the signal controller. The image signal processor includes a view point generating unit generating view points corresponding to the respective pixels, and a 3D input image signal generating unit generating the 3D input image signal for the respective pixels based on information on a position of the pixel, information on the generated view point for the respective pixel, and the image information.

Abstract: A method for detecting face direction of a person includes receiving a face image of the person. The method further includes determining whether the person is wearing glasses, based on the face image. The method also includes determining whether the number of reflection points of light in a glasses region of the face image is four or more at the time of detecting the glasses region. The method also includes aligning the reflection points of light in order of size, upon determining that the number of reflection points of light is four or more. The method also includes detecting two virtual images of the light, based on the aligning. The method also includes detecting a face direction vector based on the two virtual images of the light.

Abstract: A display device includes gate lines, data lines, pixels connected to the gate lines and data lines, a data driver, a gate driver, and a signal controller for controlling the data driver and gate driver. A method for driving the display device includes: compressing, by the signal controller, vertical resolution of input image data of each frame by k or receiving by the signal controller the compressed input image data; processing by the signal controller the compressed input image data to generate output image data; generating, by the data driver, data voltages based on the output image data and applying the data voltages to the data lines; and applying, by the gate driver, gate-on voltage pulses concurrently to k neighboring gate lines corresponding to the applied data voltages. Starting times of the gate-on voltage pulses of at least two of the k neighboring gate lines are different from each other.