Abstract: An encoding/decoding apparatus and method for controlling a channel signal is disclosed, wherein the encoding apparatus may include an encoder to encode an object signal, a channel signal, and rendering information for the channel signal, and a bit stream generator to generate, as a bit stream, the encoded object signal, the encoded channel signal, and the encoded rendering information for the channel signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for operating a touch control based steering wheel includes a touch sensor for generating sensor-related information by measuring a surface location and intensity of a steering wheel to sense a gesture, a control unit for performing a corresponding function by analyzing the sensor-related information to generate touch input pattern information, and selecting a predetermined control command depending upon the touch input pattern information, and a feedback circuit for providing a feedback depending upon the control command.

Abstract: An apparatus for operating a touch control based steering wheel includes a touch sensor for generating sensor-related information by measuring a surface location and intensity of a steering wheel to sense a gesture, a control unit for performing a corresponding function by analyzing the sensor-related information to generate touch input pattern information, and selecting a predetermined control command depending upon the touch input pattern information, and a feedback circuit for providing a feedback depending upon the control command.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video processing device, a method for driving the video processing device, a video relay device, a method for driving the video relay device, and a computer-readable recording medium. An image processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprises: a video relay device for providing an image signal to a user device; and a video processing device for dividing an image signal, transmitting the divided image signals to the video relay device through a plurality of different communication networks, and adjusting the amount of data transmission of the plurality of communication networks according to traffic states of the plurality of communication networks, respectively.

Abstract: A contents output system capable of outputting contents and a method for sharing codec information for outputting the contents in the system are provided. The method for sharing codec information in a contents output system includes sharing, when a media server, a media renderer for outputting contents, and a control point are connected, codec information provided by the media server and the codec information of contents playable by the media renderer, and providing, at the media server, the contents to the media renderer according to the shared codec information.

Abstract: A content server and a content providing method of the same, and more particularly, a content server and a content providing method of the same which transcodes content and transmits and receives the transcoded content. The content server communicates with at least one external device which includes a storage part which stores a content therein; and a controller which, upon receiving a request from a content receiver for a predetermined content and information on a content format that is supportable by the content receiver, searches the storage part and the at least one external device for the predetermined content transcoded into the content format, and if such content is found, receives the predetermined content transcoded into the content format and provides the content receiver with the predetermined content transcoded into the content format.

Abstract: A content server and a content providing method of the same, and more particularly, a content server and a content providing method of the same which transcodes content and transmits and receives the transcoded content. The content server communicates with at least one external device which includes a storage part which stores a content therein; and a controller which, upon receiving a request from a content receiver for a predetermined content and information on a content format that is supportable by the content receiver, searches the storage part and the at least one external device for the predetermined content transcoded into the content format, and if such content is found, receives the predetermined content transcoded into the content format and provides the content receiver with the predetermined content transcoded into the content format.

Abstract: A contents output system capable of outputting contents and a method for sharing codec information for outputting the contents in the system are provided. The method for sharing codec information in a contents output system includes sharing, when a media server, a media renderer for outputting contents, and a control point are connected, codec information provided by the media server and the codec information of contents playable by the media renderer, and providing, at the media server, the contents to the media renderer according to the shared codec information.

Abstract: An optical recording/reproducing apparatus and a data recording method thereof. The optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: an encoder which encodes a data for recording in a specified format; an optical pickup which records the encoded data onto a data record area of an optical recording medium which is loaded in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus; and a controller which allocates a specified area of the optical recording medium as a management information record area, controls the optical pickup to record the management information regarding the data being recorded in the data record area to be recorded in the management information record area, and controls the optical pickup to periodically record the management information of the management information record area onto a file information record area of the optical recording medium.

Abstract: An optical recording/reproducing apparatus and a data recording method thereof. The optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: an encoder which encodes a data for recording in a specified format; an optical pickup which records the encoded data onto a data record area of an optical recording medium which is loaded in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus; and a controller which allocates a specified area of the optical recording medium as a management information record area, controls the optical pickup to record the management information regarding the data being recorded in the data record area to be recorded in the management information record area, and controls the optical pickup to periodically record the management information of the management information record area onto a file information record area of the optical recording medium.

Abstract: A content recording apparatus and a control method thereof. The content recording apparatus includes a recording medium for recording more than one content and a scheduled erase time set to at least one of the recorded contents; a time information manager to provide a current time information; and a controller to check the scheduled erase time at a predetermined time intervals and to control to change a content from a reproducible state into a temporarily erased state when a scheduled erase time of the content among the at least one content having the set scheduled erase time is the same as the current time provided from the time information manager. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently manage the limited recording area of the mass storage recording medium of the content recording apparatus.

Abstract: A content reproducing apparatus and a content reproducing method. The content reproducing apparatus for reproducing a content to be displayed through an external output device and providing the reproduced content to the external output device, includes: a playlist (PL) information storage storing information relating to a PL including at least one content list (CL) that includes at least one content; a user input section defining a PL-registered content to be registered to the PL, from the content to be reproduced during the reproduction of the content; and a controller controlling updating of information relating to the PL by applying information relating to the defined PL-registered content. Accordingly, by setting the PL with the easy and simple manipulation, the user's time and effort are not unnecessarily wasted.

Abstract: Disclosed are an optical disk editing apparatus and a method for operating the same. A user input unit requests an edition associated with a predetermined play list in at least one play list set in a user defined program chain information table of the optical disk, and a control unit allows a data file for storing actual data streams recorded on the optical disk to store only user data streams corresponding to the predetermined play list. Accordingly, only data streams corresponding to the play list are recorded on the optical disk.

Abstract: An optical recording/reproducing apparatus and a data recording method thereof. The optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: an encoder which encodes a data for recording in a specified format; an optical pickup which records the encoded data onto a data record area of an optical recording medium which is loaded in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus; and a controller which allocates a specified area of the optical recording medium as a management information record area, controls the optical pickup to record the management information regarding the data being recorded in the data record area to be recorded in the management information record area, and controls the optical pickup to periodically record the management information of the management information record area onto a file information record area of the optical recording medium.