Abstract: A method and an apparatus for managing a menu item in a portable terminal are provided. In the method, at least one item is selected from items displayed on a screen according to a user control. An attribute of selected at least one item is determined. A new item is generated by one of dividing and merging the at least one item depending on the determined attribute.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to evaluate a quality of an audio signal, in which the number of effective channels is determined for each of a reference signal of a current frame and a test signal indicative of the reference signal that has passed through an audio codec, and an audio quality evaluation score of the current frame is calculated by evaluating an audio quality of the current frame based on the determined number of effective channels for each of the reference signal and the test signal by means of a predetermined evaluator.

Abstract: A portable terminal for generating and reproducing stereoscopic data is provided. More particularly, an apparatus and method for providing stereoscopic audio by applying a sense of distance to audio data by the use of subject information of image data when generating the stereoscopic data are provided. An apparatus for generating stereoscopic data in the portable terminal includes an image processor for applying a stereoscopic effect to image data by acquiring the image data for generating the stereoscopic data via a plurality of cameras, and for recognizing subject motion information of the image data. An audio processor applies a stereoscopic effect to audio data in accordance with the subject motion information ascertained from video data after acquiring audio data for generating the stereoscopic data.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for a complementary walking service by a portable terminal. The method for providing the complementary walking service preferably includes obtaining an image of a walker's route, extracting at least one preliminary risk factor component from the image, checking risk factor data depending on a portable terminal and detecting risk factors existing in the walker's route by matching the preliminary factor risk factor component to the risk factor data.

Abstract: A system and method for sorting music files based on moods are provided. The system includes a portable terminal for sorting stored music files based on moods, for changing mood information of a corresponding music file in response to a request to change mood of at least one of the music files, and for transmitting the mood change information to a mood analyzing server, and a mood analyzing server for receiving the mood change information, for updating mood judgment information that is standard information for determining mood of a music file based on the received mood change information, and for transmitting the updated mood judgment information to the portable terminal.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for managing a menu item in a portable terminal are provided. In the method, at least one item is selected from items displayed on a screen according to a user control. An attribute of selected at least one item is determined. A new item is generated by one of dividing and merging the at least one item depending on the determined attribute.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to evaluate a quality of an audio signal, in which the number of effective channels is determined for each of a reference signal of a current frame and a test signal indicative of the reference signal that has passed through an audio codec, and an audio quality evaluation score of the current frame is calculated by evaluating an audio quality of the current frame based on the determined number of effective channels for each of the reference signal and the test signal by means of a predetermined evaluator.

Abstract: A flat panel display device including electrodes facing each other is disclosed. The flat panel display device, including at least one unit discharge cell, includes: a upper and a lower substrates; one or more first partition members for supporting and keeping apart the upper and the lower substrates; and a pair of electrodes, formed on the first partition members, for generating the electric field in discharge space of the unit discharge cell, wherein the pair of electrodes are formed on one or more leteral faces which are in contact with the discharge space among all the lateral faces of the first partition members, the pair of electrodes facing each other at a right angle, and wherein intenal space is formed inside of the first partition members.

Abstract: There is an apparatus for evaluating the audio quality of a multi-channel audio codec, including: a preprocessing unit for synthesizing binaural signals based on multi-channel audio signals transmitted through a multi-channel of a multi-channel audio reproduction system; an output variable calculator for calculating an interaural cross-correlation coefficient distortion (IACCDist) and other output variables of the binaural signals; and an artificial neural network circuit for outputting a grade of the perceived quality based on the interaural cross-correlation coefficient distortion (IACCDist) and other output variables calculated in the output variable calculator.