Abstract: A camera pan/tilt method includes receiving an input pan/tilt command. The method also includes determining whether the angle to be moved according to the input pan/tilt command is larger than the minimum angle for allowing pan/tilt to be executed by a hardware pan/tilt method. A hardware pan/tilt is executed according to the input pan/tilt command if it is determined that the angle to be moved according to the input pan/tilt command is larger than the minimum angle for allowing pan/tilt to be executed by the hardware pan/tilt method. A digital pan/tilt is executed according to the input pan/tilt command if it is determined that the angle to be moved according to the input pan/tilt command is not larger than the minimum angle for allowing pan/tilt to be executed by the hardware pan/tilt method.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting a software robot (sobot) message including a sobot having a genetic code. The method includes producing a sobot object, which has a genetic code, to be included in the sobot message according to a user input, generating a script file by scripting the produced sobot object, configuring the sobot message according to a user input, and transmitting the script file together with the sobot message.

Abstract: A communication terminal and a method of providing a unified natural language interface to the same are disclosed. The method includes: determining, when text information containing many characters is created, whether the text information conforms to one of preset grammatical constraints; extracting, when the text information conforms to one of the grammatical constraints, tokens of one or more of characters from the text information, and extracting, when the text information does not conform to one of the grammatical constraints, one or more characters having an attribute probability higher than a reference probability as a token; and analyzing the extracted tokens to, determine a function to handle the extracted tokens, and executing the determined function based on the extracted tokens.

Abstract: A voice communication method and system that enables establishing a voice communication in a URC environment is provided. The voice communication method and system of the present invention allow establishing a voice communication channel between terminals (private IP address to private IP address, public IP address to public IP address, and private IP address to public IP address) in a URC environment. Particularly, the voice communication system of the present invention is implemented with a call server acting as a STUN server for supporting voice communication between two terminals of which one is assigned private IP address and controlling the communication session in the URC environment.

Abstract: A method for designing a genetic code for a software robot in a software robot apparatus is provided in which a request for writing a genetic code for a software robot is received from a user, a plurality of intuition traits associated with one or more pieces of genetic information among genetic information included in the genetic code are provided, a value of an intuition trait selected from among the plurality of intuition traits is changed according to a user input, a representation value of each piece of genetic information related to the selected intuition trait is changed by applying the changed value of the intuition trait to a predetermined conversion formula, and the software robot is implemented according to representation values of the genetic information included in the genetic code, an external stimulus, and an internal state change of the software robot.

Abstract: A system and method for generating a robot genome. Internal state attribute preferences of internal states and behavior preferences are input by a user, and a set of one or more robot genomes containing initial values of genes is generated. A masking process of each robot genome of the generated robot genome group is performed so attributes are manifested. Robot genomes that underwent the masking process are loaded into a personality engine. A reliability value is calculated from a manifestation result of each robot genome, and reliability values of extracted robot genomes that satisfy a particular user reliability value are determined. Extracted robot genomes are modified when the user reliability value is not satisfied, and a new robot genome group including the modified robot genomes is generated. A robot genome satisfying the user reliability is extracted by iteratively performing the above procedures for the newly generated robot genome group.

Abstract: A genetic robot platform and a genetic robot behavior expression method. When a controller of a robot platform driving a genetic robot, which has robot-behavior-expression-related information as gene information and of which an expression behavior is determined according to the gene information, recognizes a stimulation, the controller determines whether there is a preset instinctive behavior corresponding to the recognized stimulation. When there is a preset instinctive behavior corresponding to the recognized stimulation, the controller determines whether the recognized stimulation corresponds to the first generated stimulation or a repeatedly-generated stimulation, and determines an instinctive behavior to be expressed according to the recognized stimulation and the number of times of repeated stimulations. Then, the controller enables the robot to perform the instinctive behavior corresponding to the currently-recognized stimulation by expressing the determined instinctive behavior.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for learning behavior in a software robot.

Abstract: Disclosed is a software robot apparatus and a method including detecting environmental information, detecting multiple external events objects, generating a sensor value having an effect on the software robot, changing physical states related to external events and internal events, generating a physical state value, changing a perception state, generating a perception state value corresponding to the changed perception state, changing an emotion state, generating an emotion state value; detecting an episode related to a behavior type, storing a variance related to each state, calculating a representative variance, and when a current perception state or a current emotion state is identified as unstable, detecting an episode capable of changing the unstable state into a normal state, determining a behavior and an object stored in the detected episode as a final behavior object, and expressing an actual behavior of the software robot to the object corresponding to the final behavior object.

Abstract: A software robot apparatus (sobot apparatus) with a genetic code is disclosed. The sobot apparatus includes an application module, an artificial animated object engine, a sobot protocol module, an update agent, an update protocol module, a network interface, a sobot player, a script engine, a player database, a repository interface, a sobot graphic/audio interface, a 3D engine, a system software, a memory device, a display part, and an audio output part.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for changing emotion of a software robot (sobot) in a sobot terminal. The sobot terminal includes a short-term memory unit and a long-term memory unit. When an emotional change occurs during the operation of the short-term memory unit, the sobot terminal stores a short-term reference emotion value of the corresponding emotion in the long-term reference memory. When the operation time of the long-term memory unit elapses, the sobot terminal resets the long-term reference emotion value using the short-term reference emotion values stored in the long-term memory unit. The sobot terminal can change the emotion of the sobot more naturally through the above process.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting a software robot (sobot) message including a sobot having a genetic code. The method includes producing a sobot object, which has a genetic code, to be included in the sobot message according to a user input, generating a script file by scripting the produced sobot object, configuring the sobot message according to a user input, and transmitting the script file together with the sobot message.

Abstract: A refrigerator capable of transmitting and receiving information over a network and having an automatic food ordering function and a method for operating the same, wherein the residual amounts of food articles stored in containers of the refrigerator are measured through sensors installed in the containers and then displayed on a screen of a display unit, thereby enabling a user to easily recognize the residual amounts of the food articles stored in the refrigerator without opening the door of the refrigerator. The measured residual amounts of the food articles are compared with minimum proper amounts of the food articles preset by the user, respectively. In the case where the measured residual amount of a specific one of the food articles is smaller than the minimum proper amount of the specific food article, the specific food article is automatically ordered and delivered.

Abstract: Disclosed are an unmanned monitoring system and a monitoring method for performing 360° unmanned monitoring work in equipment having a low storage capacity, such as a robot, by using one omni-directional camera. When an image is input through the omni-directional camera, a movement of an object is detected from the image. Then, the movement region is sampled by tracing the object and the image for the movement region is rotated into a frontal image while compensating for inclination of the image in order to allow a user to easily view the image. Thus, the frontal image is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal of a user, such as a mobile phone or a PDA.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for detecting a face from an image. The apparatus and method uses color components and enables a Support Vector Machine (SVM) having superior recognition performance to previously learn face and non-face images and determine whether an image is a face image based on a learned image database by reducing the size of a feature vector of a face as compared to conventional systems. Accordingly, the apparatus converts a face image into a mosaic image having a minimum size to reduce the dimension of the feature vector, in order to rapidly and correctly detect a face image.

Abstract: A speech recognition system comprises: a speech pickup element for picking up speech from an external speaker; a speech level controller for receiving the picked up speech at a speech input level provided by a speech recognizer, and outputting the received speech to the speech recognizer; a speech detector for detecting a speech signal period needed for speech recognition from the speech output from the speech receiver; a speech saturation detector for determining, based on the threshold value, whether the speech signal in the detected speech signal period is saturated; and an input level determiner for determining a new speech input level, and outputting information on the new speech input level to the speech receiver when the speech signal in the speech signal period is saturated, whereby the speech receiver receives the speech in a unsaturated state. A speech recognition method comprises steps corresponding to the functions of the system as specified above.

Abstract: A refrigerator capable of transmitting and receiving information over a network and having an automatic food ordering function and a method for operating the same, wherein the residual amounts of food articles stored in containers of the refrigerator are measured through sensors installed in the containers and then displayed on a screen of a display unit, thereby enabling a user to easily recognize the residual amounts of the food articles stored in the refrigerator without opening the door of the refrigerator. The measured residual amounts of the food articles are compared with minimum proper amounts of the food articles preset by the user, respectively. In the case where the measured residual amount of a specific one of the food articles is smaller than the minimum proper amount of the specific food article, the specific food article is automatically ordered and delivered.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling a refrigerator capable of transmitting and receiving information over an external communication network. A display unit is installed on the front surface of the refrigerator, and a touch panel is connected to the display unit to input a variety of user commands. A schedule management function, a self-diagnosis management function and a component replacement time management function are performed and, if an emergency situation occurs while those functions are performed, a pop-up message is outputted to the screen and information related to the pop-up message is transmitted over the external communication network. Therefore, the user can recognize an emergency situation at an accurate date, manage the refrigerator more efficiently and rapidly and handle information more conveniently. A touch panel and a radio remote controller are selectively used to input a variety of function key signals enabling a user to watch television through the display unit.

Abstract: Structure for mounting a monitor on a refrigerator including the monitor mounted on a front face of the refrigerator for presenting a picture, and a controlling part mounted on a top of the refrigerator for providing a picture signal to the monitor for presenting a state of the refrigerator and internet information, wherein cables connecting the displaying part and the driving circuit are resistant to noise, thereby permitting no trespass into a food space at all and an easy mounting on the door.

Abstract: A setup system and method for a refrigerator having a plurality of compartments respectively adapted to perform independent refrigerating and freezing functions. The setup system and method provides an application program adapted to control refrigerating and freezing environments for the refrigerator and initialized during the manufacturing process of the refrigerator by the manufacturer. In accordance with the refrigerator setup system and method, the user is allowed to install, directly or via program providing means connected to a network, the application program to establish respective refrigerating or freezing environments desired for the compartments. Thus, it is possible to provide effects of establishing refrigerating and freezing environments for respective compartments meeting the local characteristics of the area where the refrigerator is used.