Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a person includes a content separator configured to receive contents and separate the contents into video content and audio content; a video processor configured to recognize a face from an image in the video content received from the content separator and obtain information on a face recognition section by analyzing the video content; an audio processor configured to recognize a speaker from voice data in the audio content received from the content separator and obtain information on a speaker recognition section by analyzing the audio content; and a person recognized section information provider configured to provide information on a section of the contents in which a person appears based on the information on the face recognition section and the information on the speaker recognition section.

Abstract: A signature actor determination method for video identification includes setting a list of actors who appear in each of a plurality of videos, generating a plurality of subsets including the actors, and determining that an actor included in a single final set indicating a first video among the plurality of subsets is a signature actor of the first video. Accordingly, video identification is possible by using just a little information.

Abstract: Discloses is a method of manufacturing a micro-needle. The method includes a step of preparing a medicinal solution, a step of forming a plurality of tips with the medicinal solution, and a step of forming a cavity in each of the tips. In accordance with such a configuration, a micro-needle in which cavities are formed is provided, whereby it is possible to administer a fixed amount of medicine in a short time.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for extracting a highlight section of music. The apparatus for extracting a highlight section of music in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention includes a frame divider that divides an audio file into a plurality of frames having a predetermined sample length; an average energy signal calculator that calculates a signal representing the average magnitude of audio energy for a plurality of samples belonging to each frame for each frame of the plurality of frames; and a highlight section selector that extracts a low frequency signal from the signal representing the average audio energy magnitude for each frame and determines the highlight section from frame sections including maximum points of the low frequency signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for measuring quality of audio. The apparatus includes a distorted signal generation unit, an extraction unit, a distortion level measurement unit, a distortion function generation unit, and a search and measurement unit. The distorted signal generation unit generates a plurality of distorted signals with respect to audio in compliance. The extraction unit extracts a fingerprint and AV information corresponding to the audio and fingerprints and AV information corresponding to the plurality of distorted signals. The distortion level measurement unit measures fingerprint distance differences, and arousal and valence (AV) distance differences. The distortion function generation unit generates a fingerprint distortion function and an AV distortion function.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing a representative video image, which selects representative images based on human visual aesthetic criteria and creates an album by arranging the selected representative images in an album template with various layouts, based on the region of interest (ROI).

Abstract: Provided is an advertisement service system for providing additional information regarding an item as an advertisement target. The system for providing additional information of an advertisement includes an original advertisement server configured to provide original advertisement content and identification information regarding the original advertisement content, and a processing server configured to generate processed advertisement content by inserting the identification information into the original advertisement content, extract feature information with respect to the original advertisement content, and store at least one of the identification information and the feature information, together with additional information with respect to the original advertisement content.

Abstract: A DRM technique interoperability system includes an exporter and an importer. The exporter cancels the DRM technique from the contents to which the DRM technique of a DRM device is applied to generate a contents stream, generates a plurality of packets from the contents stream, and transmits the packets to the importer. The importer receives a plurality of packets from the exporter, generates a contents stream from the plurality of packets, applies a DRM technique of a second DRM device to the contents stream, and provides it to the second DRM device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for finger printing for comics. A system for searching comics according to the present disclosure includes: a fingerprint database storing fingerprints extracted from comics, a comics fingerprint extraction unit extracting fingerprints configured of at least one of box frames, cuts, and speech bubbles included in input comic images, a fingerprint based candidate group search unit searching candidate groups among comics stored in the fingerprint database using the extracted fingerprints, and a similarity measuring unit measuring similarity between the searched candidate groups and the comic images corresponding to the extracted fingerprints.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for searching for recommended music using the emotional information of music and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus that enable recommended music to be searched for using mixed emotions by extracting emotional values including a valence value and an arousal value from an input search condition when a predetermined search condition is input by a user, extracting an emotion rank combination corresponding to the extracted emotional value information using an emotion model that includes mixed emotions corresponding to the emotional values, searching a music emotion DB for music information corresponding to the emotion rank combination, and outputting a recommended music list based on the results of the search, thus improving the user's satisfaction with the results of the search.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for forensic marking of digital content. The apparatus includes a forensic marker configured to generate first content by inserting a first binary forensic mark in original content and second content by inserting a second binary forensic mark in the original content, and when a content service request is generated, combine the first content and the second content on the basis of information about a user who has requested the content service and thereby generate third content in which a forensic mark corresponding to the user information is inserted, a content database configured to store the first and second content, and a transceiver configured to transmit the third content.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for measuring quality of audio. The apparatus includes a distorted signal generation unit, an extraction unit, a distortion level measurement unit, a distortion function generation unit, and a search and measurement unit. The distorted signal generation unit generates a plurality of distorted signals with respect to audio in compliance. The extraction unit extracts a fingerprint and AV information corresponding to the audio and fingerprints and AV information corresponding to the plurality of distorted signals. The distortion level measurement unit measures fingerprint distance differences, and arousal and valence (AV) distance differences. The distortion function generation unit generates a fingerprint distortion function and an AV distortion function.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for extracting a fingerprint of a publication. And disclosed are a system and a method for identifying a publication using a fingerprint. The system for identifying the publication using the fingerprint includes: a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting fingerprints for collected query publications to identify the copyrights infringement; a fingerprint query unit for querying fingerprints of original publications corresponding from the fingerprint extraction unit; a DBMS for storing the fingerprints extracted from the original publications and additional information from the original publications, and providing a search result candidate group which is composed of fingerprints of at least one of the original publications corresponding to the queries of the fingerprint query unit; and a candidate group verification unit for determining copyright infringement for the query publications by verifying the search result candidate group provided from the DBMS.

Abstract: A music search apparatus using an emotion model includes a music database (DB) for storing sound source data about a plurality of pieces of music and Arousal-Valence (AV) coefficients of the respective pieces of music. An emotion model generation unit classifies different emotion types into a plurality of groups, and generates an emotion classification model from using respective probability distributions of the plurality of groups for an AV coefficient plane. A music search unit identifies an emotion type from using information entered by a user when a music search request is received, detects an AV coefficient range for designating an AV coefficient corresponding to the identified emotion type from using the emotion classification model, and searches the music DB for music corresponding to the AV coefficient range.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for searching for recommended music using the emotional information of music and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus that enable recommended music to be searched for using mixed emotions by extracting emotional values including a valence value and an arousal value from an input search condition when a predetermined search condition is input by a user, extracting an emotion rank combination corresponding to the extracted emotional value information using an emotion model that includes mixed emotions corresponding to the emotional values, searching a music emotion DB for music information corresponding to the emotion rank combination, and outputting a recommended music list based on the results of the search, thus improving the user's satisfaction with the results of the search.

Abstract: Disclosed are a forensic marking method and a forensic marking system capable of inserting in real-time a forensic mark for user information in digital contents provided online.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for protecting the copyright of digital content, and an apparatus and method for determining the authenticity of digital content. The apparatus for protecting the copyright of digital content includes a creative commons license (CCL) watermark application unit configured to watermark digital content provided with CCL information on the basis of the CCL information, and a modification-detecting watermark application unit configured to insert a modification-detecting watermark in the digital content watermarked by the CCL watermark application unit. The apparatus for determining the authenticity of digital content includes a modification-detecting watermark extractor, a CCL watermark extractor, and a CCL authenticity determiner.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for forensic marking of digital content. The apparatus includes a forensic marker configured to generate first content by inserting a first binary forensic mark in original content and second content by inserting a second binary forensic mark in the original content, and when a content service request is generated, combine the first content and the second content on the basis of information about a user who has requested the content service and thereby generate third content in which a forensic mark corresponding to the user information is inserted, a content database configured to store the first and second content, and a transceiver configured to transmit the third content.

Abstract: A music playing system using a music visualization technique includes: a music information extraction unit for extracting one or more pieces of music information regarding basic characteristics, meta-characteristics and emotional characteristics of music, the music including music being played at present, music selected for playing, and music selected for visualization; and a display control unit that provides a user interface window for visualizing the extracted music information and controls the user interface window, wherein the user interface window includes a visualization configuration panel having a setup function for selecting the music information to be extracted.

Abstract: A music search apparatus using an emotion model includes a music database (DB) for storing sound source data about a plurality of pieces of music and Arousal-Valence (AV) coefficients of the respective pieces of music. An emotion model generation unit classifies different emotion types into a plurality of groups, and generates an emotion classification model from using respective probability distributions of the plurality of groups for an AV coefficient plane. A music search unit identifies an emotion type from using information entered by a user when a music search request is received, detects an AV coefficient range for designating an AV coefficient corresponding to the identified emotion type from using the emotion classification model, and searches the music DB for music corresponding to the AV coefficient range.