Abstract: The air conditioner includes a housing having an outlet, a heat exchanger disposed within the housing, a fan for blowing air exchanged with the heat exchanger toward the outlet, a first position for opening the outlet and a second position for covering the outlet and a door including a plurality of holes for discharging air out of the housing at the second position. The air blowing method of the air discharged from the air conditioner may be different.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for controlling an electromotive compressor in a heat pump system for a vehicle. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an unexpected cutoff of a compressor attributable to overload and the generation of noise and vibration attributable to frequent restarts can be prevented by controlling the number of rotations of the compressor within a specific range based on the discharge pressure of the compressor.

Abstract: A method and system is disclosed that allows a user to easily and intuitively operate applications that require contact information, in a touch device, via a tray item associated with the contact information. The method for operating applications includes: displaying a contact tray comprised of a number of tray items based on contact information, on an execution screen; receiving an interaction to use a tray item in the contact tray; configuring an execution screen for an application based on contact information of the tray item; and operating the application based on the configured execution screen.

Abstract: A personal robot including a first smart device, a robot main body, and a second smart device is implemented as a first type where the first smart device is wirelessly connected to the robot main body, as a second type where the first smart device is mounted on and connected to the robot main body in a wired manner, or as a third type where the second smart device is wirelessly connected to the robot main body where the first smart device is mounted on and connected to the robot main body in a wired manner. In the third type, the robot main body is connected to the first smart device in a wired manner and wirelessly connected to the second smart device, and a robot main body control unit controls the robot main body according to simultaneously processed data from the first and second smart devices.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle, which makes refrigerant bypass an external heat exchanger and turns off a fan mounted on the external heat exchanger when temperature of the outdoor air is lower than setting temperature and the vehicle enters into an idle state in a heat pump mode, thereby continuously operating the heat pump mode even in the below zero temperature so as to keep heating performance, reducing consumption of electrical power without needing to operate an electric heater, and preventing excessive noise of a fan when the vehicle enters into an idle state in the below zero temperature.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle delays the change of the direction of a directional valve for a given period of time and then conducts the change of the direction of the directional valve, upon receiving the mode change signal between an air conditioner mode and a heat pump mode, thus preventing the generation of the noise and vibration caused by the differential pressure of a refrigerant.

Abstract: An apparatus for obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) face model using a portable camera, comprising: a face image capturing unit; a face image processing unit; a 3D face mesh creating unit configured to analyze relationships of the face images to create a 3D user face mesh; a standard face model matching unit configured to match a 3D face standard model to the 3D face mesh created by the mesh creating unit to create a final high-quality user face model; a face skin texture synthesizing unit configured to create a face skin texture from the captured images; and a realistic face rendering unit configured to perform realistic rendering by using the user's high-quality 3D face model and the skin texture.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rear-wheel drive apparatus of an eco-friendly vehicle, which is capable of improving the longitudinal driving force and handling performance of a vehicle by independently driving both rear wheels of the vehicle using a plurality of drive motors.

Abstract: Disclosed therein is an air conditioner for a vehicle, which includes: a bypass passageway formed at a lower portion of an air-conditioning case which bypasses cold air and warm air passageways; a regeneration passageway formed at the lower portion of the air-conditioning case for supplying the air passing through the bypass passageway to a regeneration part of the desiccant rotor; and a heater having one side area arranged on the bypass passageway and the other side area arranged on the warm air passageway.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a dehumidification line for supplying some refrigerant circulating in a refrigerant circulation line to an evaporator before the refrigerant is introduced into an exterior heat exchanger after passing a first expansion means so as to dehumidify the interior of the vehicle in a heat pump mode, thereby allowing the refrigerant to smoothly flow to the evaporator at a low pressure through the dehumidification line before the refrigerant is introduced into the exterior heat exchanger which has a higher pressure than the evaporator when the interior of the vehicle is dehumidified, and smoothly dehumidifying the inside of the vehicle.

Abstract: A touch-sensitive device has a touch-based input interface and includes a touch-based folder control for creating, moving or arranging folders in response to an input of a touch-based user interaction. The touch-sensitive device receives an input from a touch-based user interaction on a home screen of the touch sensitive device and creates a new folder in response to at least one object selected by the user interaction. The touch based folder control visually disposes the new folder at a specific place on the home screen.

Abstract: A method for coarsely and finely controlling contents via respective main and auxiliary sliders, and a portable terminal supporting the same are provided. The portable terminal includes: a display unit displaying a main slider including a slidable path of a predetermined length for designating a predetermined region of contents and an auxiliary slider extending at least a part of a slidable path of the main slider; a touch screen detecting a signal for selectively displaying the auxiliary slider; and a controller for performing a control operation to display the auxiliary slider according to generation of the signal.

Abstract: A door structure for an air conditioner of a vehicle includes an indoor/outdoor air door having a dome shape. An outdoor air door has a plate shape and adjusts the amount of outdoor air introduced into the vehicle. First and second counter-flow preventing ribs are disposed vertically between the dome shaped indoor/outdoor air door and the plate shaped outdoor air door. The first counter-flow preventing rib is mounted to a first hinge which is connected to one end of the plate shaped outdoor air door. The second counter-flow preventing rib is mounted to be close to another end of the plate shaped outdoor air door. An air conditioning filter is disposed below the dome shaped indoor/outdoor air door, the plate shaped outdoor air door, and the first and second counter-flow preventing ribs and filters the introduced indoor air or outdoor air.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle which uses an evaporator of an air-conditioning case for common use in an air-conditioning mode and in a heat pump mode for cooling and heating so as to reduce weight and manufacturing costs. The heat pump system can be applied without any change in structure of the air-conditioning case, and can be operated even at low temperature without any influence of outdoor temperature because the heat pump system uses waste heat of an engine so as to enhance fuel efficiency and increase heating performance and efficiency.

Abstract: An image processing method based on zooming for a mobile terminal permits touch zooming on touch screens of a plurality of devices. The image processing method preferably includes: displaying, in response to entering a touch on a touch screen displaying an image, a zooming GUI indicator for image zooming operation; performing image zooming on the touch screen in response to entering a touch point move while retaining the touch; and hiding the zooming GUI indicator from the touch screen in response to entering a touch release.

Abstract: A method and system is disclosed that allows a user to easily and intuitively operate applications that require contact information, in a touch device, via a tray item associated with the contact information. The method for operating applications includes: displaying a contact tray comprised of a number of tray items based on contact information, on an execution screen; receiving an interaction to use a tray item in the contact tray; configuring an execution screen for an application based on contact information of the tray item; and operating the application based on the configured execution screen.

Abstract: A personal robot including a first smart device, a robot main body, and a second smart device is implemented as a first type where the first smart device is wirelessly connected to the robot main body, as a second type where the first smart device is mounted on and connected to the robot main body in a wired manner, or as a third type where the second smart device is wirelessly connected to the robot main body where the first smart device is mounted on and connected to the robot main body in a wired manner. In the third type, the robot main body is connected to the first smart device in a wired manner and wirelessly connected to the second smart device, and a robot main body control unit controls the robot main body according to simultaneously processed data from the first and second smart devices.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a dehumidification line for supplying some refrigerant circulating in a refrigerant circulation line to an evaporator before the refrigerant is introduced into an exterior heat exchanger after passing a first expansion means so as to dehumidify the interior of the vehicle in a heat pump mode, thereby allowing the refrigerant to smoothly flow to the evaporator at a low pressure through the dehumidification line before the refrigerant is introduced into the exterior heat exchanger which has a higher pressure than the evaporator when the interior of the vehicle is dehumidified, and smoothly dehumidifying the inside of the vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus for obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) face model using a portable camera, comprising: a face image capturing unit; a face image processing unit; a 3D face mesh creating unit configured to analyze relationships of the face images to create a 3D user face mesh; a standard face model matching unit configured to match a 3D face standard model to the 3D face mesh created by the mesh creating unit to create a final high-quality user face model; a face skin texture synthesizing unit configured to create a face skin texture from the captured images; and a realistic face rendering unit configured to perform realistic rendering by using the user's high-quality 3D face model and the skin texture.

Abstract: A virtual plastic surgery SNS service apparatus for providing a virtual plastic surgery service, comprising: a three-dimensional (3D) face model generation unit configured to generate a 3D face model by using an image from a portable camera; a 3D face model database management unit configured to store and manage the 3D face model and a result of virtual plastic surgery such that the 3D face model and the result of virtual plastic surgery are shared by people on a SNS (Social Network Service); a virtual plastic surgery simulation unit configured to allow a user to directly perform a simulation of virtual plastic surgery by using a certain facial part of a shared face model of a friend or by using a certain facial part of a known entertainer; and a social network service unit configured to allow the user to share the simulation result with people on the SNS or to connect the user to an expert to be consulted.