Abstract: A haptic device and a display having the same are disclosed. The haptic device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may include a first moving bar coupled to a first lateral surface of a touch sensor and a first actuator coupled to the first moving bar and configured to repeatedly move the first moving bar minutely in a direction of the first lateral surface.

Abstract: A user input device and method thereof is provided. The user input device according to the present invention comprises a touch input module outputting a touch coordinate according to a touch input when there is the touch input on a touch screen region; a gesture input module outputting a gesture coordinate according to a gesture input when there is the gesture input on a predetermined spatial region corresponding to the touch screen; and a spatial convergence module adjusting at least one of the touch coordinate and the gesture coordinate based on a reference coordinate for a predetermined space by determining if the touch input and the gesture input are consecutive inputs based on the touch coordinate and the gesture coordinate.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic device control apparatus and method using a transparent display. The electronic device control apparatus includes a first image acquirer configured to acquire a plurality of thing-direction images respectively captured by a plurality of cameras, a virtual image generator configured to combine the plurality of thing-direction images to generate a virtual image corresponding to a thing-direction region projected on the transparent display, a user interface configured to receive a user input, and a function attribute mapper configured to recognize an object included in the virtual image, based on the user input, and map, to the virtual image, a function attribute for controlling the recognized object.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device case for providing tactile feedback and an operation method thereof. The electronic device case for providing tactile feedback, includes: a communication interface unit receiving a control signal from an electronic device according to an operation of the electronic device; an actuator driver generating an electric signal corresponding to preset tactile pattern data according to the received control signal; and one or more film type actuators provided to contact the actuator driver and varying physical properties according to the control signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a feedback providing module, a feedback providing apparatus, and a feedback providing method. The feedback providing module includes: an upper plate part generating a vibration; a lower plate part inducing the vibration of the upper plate part; and a feedback controlling unit applying first to fourth voltages having different levels to the upper and the lower plate part in response to feedback control signals and varying the levels of the first to fourth voltages to control the upper and the lower plate part to generate at least one of a sound and a vibration.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing an embryonic stem cell (ESC)-like cell, which includes the steps of: (a) obtaining a first cell population from a mammalian tissue or body fluid, wherein the first cell population comprises adult stem cells; (b) obtaining a second somatic cell population from a mammalian tissue, wherein the mammalian tissue is different from the mammalian tissue in step (a) and the second cell population is different from the first cell population; (c) coculturing the first cell population and the second cell population in a medium for a period of time sufficient to form a colony from either the first cell population or the second cell population; and (d) subculturing a cell from the colony in a medium for a period time sufficient to prepare the ESC-like cell.

Abstract: A button for providing visual-haptic information includes a visual-haptic variable button that adaptively provides various types of visual-haptic information according to input of information to an electronic apparatus. The visual-haptic variable button includes a visual information output part that adaptively changes various types of button icons according to manipulation and touch of the visual-haptic variable button for the input of information, thereby outputting visual information, and a haptic information output part that adaptively changes various types of sense of button manipulation and sense of button touch according to the manipulation and touch of the visual-haptic variable button, thereby outputting haptic information. At least one visual-haptic variable button is provided in the electronic apparatus for the input of information.

Abstract: A terminal for providing visual-haptic information includes a visual-haptic keypad that displays and provides the visual-haptic information. The visual-haptic keypad includes: a button frame of a plurality of buttons provided in the visual-haptic keypad; a visual display layer positioned under the button frame in a vertical direction on a basis of the button frame; and a haptic display layer positioned under the visual display layer in the vertical direction on the basis of the button frame. The button frame and the visual display layer are fixedly bonded to boundary portions of the plurality of buttons.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a haptic effect using a sound effect. The apparatus includes an audio filter storage unit, an acquisition unit, an analysis unit, a message configuration unit, and a haptic output unit. The audio filter storage unit stores a plurality of adaptive audio filters. The acquisition unit obtains sound effects output by an electronic device in response to an application or a user input event. The analysis unit analyzes the frequency components of each of the sound effects. The message configuration unit detects at least one of the adaptive audio filters from the audio filter storage unit, and generates a haptic output message, corresponding to the sound effect. The haptic output unit outputs a haptic effect based on the haptic output message. The adaptive audio filter dynamically varies depending on the application or the user input event.

Abstract: A user interaction apparatus using a pattern image includes: an image output unit for outputting a general image on a display region; a laser radiating unit for radiating laser beams for a pattern image; a pattern image forming unit for forming the pattern image by using the laser beams; a pattern image output unit for outputting the pattern image by overlapping the same on the display region of the general image; and an image acquiring unit for capturing the pattern image output on the display region. The apparatus further includes: an image recognizing unit for recognizing a user input by performing an image processing on the pattern image captured by the image acquiring unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a haptic feedback case for electronic equipment, including: a main body configured to accommodate the electronic equipment; a communication unit configured to receive haptic generation information from the electronic equipment; a filmy type actuator configured to generate haptic sensations; and a control unit configured to operate the film type actuator according to the haptic generation information input from the communication unit.

Abstract: Provided is a technology for controlling a contents player based on a grasping power information of a hand by measuring a change of the bundle shape of a tendons in an inside muscle of wrist, in which the device and method for controlling the contents player comprises a sensing unit that generates a grasping power information; a control state managing unit that manages a control state of the contents player; and a control order generating unit that generates a control order controlling the contents player based on the control state and the grasping power information, and transmits the control order, in which the control state can be changed or can be generates in response to the grasping power information, and the sensing unit can be existed in both hands, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device case for providing tactile feedback and an operation method thereof. The electronic device case for providing tactile feedback, includes: a communication interface unit receiving a control signal from an electronic device according to an operation of the electronic device; an actuator driver generating an electric signal corresponding to preset tactile pattern data according to the received control signal; and one or more film type actuators provided to contact the actuator driver and varying physical properties according to the control signal.

Abstract: Both ends of an interface may each be configured by an interface device including a light emitting unit that emits light into a textile, a light diffusion unit that widely diffuses the emitted light onto the textile and extends a light receiving range of a light receiving unit, and a light receiving unit for receiving an optical signal of the other party unlike the existing method using electromagnetic inductive coupling in the wearable computing system and a method of performing communication by using light such as infrared rays, visible light, laser, or the like as a medium is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing bare-hand interaction includes a pattern image projecting unit for projecting a pattern image of structured light onto a projection zone and an image projection unit for projecting an image of digital contents onto a projection zone. The pattern image is captured from the projection zone by a pattern image capturing unit and processed by an image recognizing unit in order to recognize a user input interacted with the projected contents image. The apparatus then generate a system event corresponding to the recognized user input to control an application program in accordance with the event.

Abstract: An apparatus for exhibiting mixed reality based on a print medium includes a command identification module and a content reproduction module. The command identification module identifies a hand gesture of a user performed on a printer matter in the print medium to recognize a user input command corresponding to the hand gesture. The content reproduction module provides a digital content corresponding to the printed matter onto a display area on the print medium.

Abstract: A film type apparatus for providing haptic feedback and a touch screen including the same are provided. In the film type apparatus, a plurality of unit haptic feedback providing apparatuses are arranged in an array. Each of the unit haptic feedback providing apparatuses includes a lower electrode, a lower charge capacitive member disposed on the lower electrode, an upper charge capacitive member disposed apart from the lower charge capacitive member, a spacer disposed between the lower and upper charge capacitive members to separate the lower and upper charge capacitive members, an upper electrode disposed on the upper charge capacitive member, and a charge supply unit connected to the lower and upper electrodes to supply electric charge.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a finger-motion detecting apparatus and method and includes a sensing unit to be disposed on a wrist of a subject person, said sensing unit being configured to output a measurement signal into the wrist of the subject person and to receive a reflected signal of the measurement signal according to the motion of tendons in the wrist of the subject person, a signal control unit configured to control whether the measurement signal is outputted and to adjust the measurement signal on the basis of the reflected signal, and a finger-motion recognizing unit configured to detect finger motion of the subject person from the reflected signal. According to the present invention, since a sensor capable of detecting finger motion is worn on a wrist, the problem of inconvenience in existing methods is resolved.

Abstract: A user interaction apparatus using a pattern image includes: an image output unit for outputting a general image on a display region; a laser radiating unit for radiating laser beams for a pattern image; a pattern image forming unit for forming the pattern image by using the laser beams; a pattern image output unit for outputting the pattern image by overlapping the same on the display region of the general image; and an image acquiring unit for capturing the pattern image output on the display region. The apparatus further includes: an image recognizing unit for recognizing a user input by performing an image processing on the pattern image captured by the image acquiring unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a haptic feedback case for electronic equipment, including: a main body configured to accommodate the electronic equipment; a communication unit configured to receive haptic generation information from the electronic equipment; a filmy type actuator configured to generate haptic sensations; and a control unit configured to operate the film type actuator according to the haptic generation information input from the communication unit.