Abstract: An automatic parking control system includes a movable parking robot to load and carry a vehicle to be parked, a parking guide server for providing the parking robot with a moving path to the target parking space, and one or more posts, installed nearby an accessible parking area, for controlling a moving path of the parking robot in real time through communications with the parking robot.

Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for auto valet parking. In the system and method, a parking slot of a target vehicle among a plurality of slots formed in a parking place is determined based on situation information on the parking place and a movement path based on information on current location of the target vehicle and information on the parking slot is determined. The target vehicle is automatically parked in the determined parking slot by moving along the movement path.

Abstract: Provided are an adaptive communication method and a sensor node for performing the same. The sensor node adaptively selects transmitted signal output strength and a wakeup zone of transmitted data based on a received signal strength indication of a control packet received from a sink node and existence of an obstacle acquired through a sensor, and transmits data based on the adaptive selection. Also, during an operation as a receive mode, the sensor node wakes up and determines whether to receive the data from the transmit node based on wakeup zone configuration information per sensor node received from the sink node and a wakeup zone selected by a sensor node currently operable as a transmit node.

Abstract: Provided is a method for minimizing energy consumption while increasing a data rate between sensor nodes in a sensor network. In the sensor network, a parent node receives reservation information from a first node among a plurality of child nodes in a first period and broadcasts channel allocation information of the first node according to the reservation information in the first period so that the first node performs the data transmission in a second period or third period and maintains a sleep mode until the first period ends.

Abstract: A system and a method for transmitting and responding to an emergency signal are provided. In the system, when a user facing an emergency situation presses an emergency signal button of a mobile terminal, an emergency signal is transmitted to a security unit provided with alarm apparatuses such as flashing lights and sirens. The security unit that has received the emergency signal operates the alarm apparatuses, and simultaneously, transmits an emergency situation occurrence signal to a security center, so that a staff member located closest to an occurrence area of the emergency situation may intercept to prevent the crime.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a vehicle includes a magnetic sensor that continuously obtains a magnetic signal varied due to movement of a vehicle; a gradient detecting unit that detects a gradient of the magnetic signal based on the obtained magnetic signal; and a vehicle status transitioning unit that generates status transition information of the vehicle based on the detected gradient. The apparatus further includes a vehicle coming-in/out determining unit that determines coming-in or coming-out of the vehicle based on the vehicle status transition information.

Abstract: Provided is a cruise control system and method. A vehicle cruise control system collects state information of components inside and outside a vehicle, state information of a road on which the vehicle is provided, and drive pattern information of a driver of the vehicle, analyzes a mileage amount and an exhaust gas emission amount of the vehicle based on the collected state information of the components, the road state information, and the drive pattern information, calculates a cruise control speed based on the analysis result, and controls the vehicle to run at the cruise control speed.

Abstract: A scroll compressor and a refrigerating machine including the scroll compressor are provided. An oil supply channel may be formed in a fixed scroll of the compressor so as to provide for communication between a back pressure chamber and compression chambers formed between the fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll. The oil supply channel enables oil to be smoothly introduced from the back pressure chamber into each compression chamber, so that frictional losses and refrigerant leakage in the compression chambers may be effectively prevented, and efficiency of the compressor and the refrigerating machine including the compressor may be enhanced.

Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication method in a wireless sensor network environment. The method overhears a packet transmitted from a source sensor node to a destination sink node and determines whether the destination sink node receives the packet. A transmission node selected by using local information among a plurality of neighboring sensor nodes transmits the overheard packet to the destination sink node when the packet is not received.

Abstract: A rental software providing system and a method thereof, and its rental software providing server and a wireless terminal are disclosed. The rental software providing system using a prefetching scheme includes: a wireless terminal for notifying a network connection state, and a hardware state of the wireless terminal to a rental software providing server in order to perform the prefetching scheme; and a rental software providing server for prefetching partial programs of a rental software to be used in the wireless terminal by using a prefetching managing unit and a pattern analyzer and transmitting the prefetched partial programs to the wireless terminal.

Abstract: A tuning device for a stringed musical instrument comprising a socket to receive a peg of the instrument, a shaft rotatably connected to the socket, a motor to induce rotation of the shaft, a first gear to reduce the shaft rotation and increase torque from the motor, the first gear being engaged to the motor, a second gear to exponentially reduce the reduced shaft rotation, the second gear being engaged between the shaft and the first gear, a cutter to trim a string of the instrument, and a housing to cover and protect the shaft, the motor, and the gears, where the cutter is attached to the housing opposing the socket.

Abstract: A video communication apparatus and method for a multi-standby mobile terminal is provided for accomplishing video communication using two communication modules supporting two different communication systems. The video communication apparatus for the multi-standby mobile terminal includes a first communication module which establishes a voice channel with a counterpart mobile terminal for exchanging voice signals via a first communication network and a second communication module which establishes a video channel with the counterpart mobile terminal for exchanging video signals via a second communication network.

Abstract: Disclosed is an urgent message transmission system. In the system, when a disaster warning message is received from a network provider, an originating terminal transmits the received disaster warning message to a preset urgent message recipient according to a user's request. Further, a terminating terminal having received an urgent message from the originating terminal transmits the received urgent message to a preset urgent message recipient according to a user's request. Accordingly, when an urgent message is received from a provider or a specific user, it is possible to quickly transfer the contents of the received urgent message to other users without recreating a separate urgent message.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method for providing dangerous road information based on a Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) in real-time. The system includes: a dangerous road zone information sensing unit having a sensing function for sensing diverse information in a dangerous road zone and a computing function for extracting dangerous road information by analyzing the sensed information; a dangerous road zone information transmitting unit for transmitting the extracted dangerous road information through a short distance wireless network; a dangerous road zone information collecting unit for collecting the transmitted dangerous road information and checking duplication elimination and unification of the dangerous road information; and a dangerous road zone information providing unit for providing the dangerous road information collected and processed in the dangerous road zone information collecting unit to a Telematics vehicle approaching to the dangerous road zone in real-time through wireless communication.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, a punch-through prevention film pattern and a channel film pattern are formed on an insulation layer. The punch-through prevention pattern and the insulation layer may include nitride and oxide, respectively. The punch-through prevention pattern is located under the channel pattern.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the boost circuit includes a boost unit configured to perform a charge pumping operation based on a control signal. A controller is configured to control the boost unit such that the boost unit performs a lesser charge pumping operation from an initial time when power is supplied to the boost circuit until a desired time than after the desired time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for delivering data based on a sensor network. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for delivering data is provided in a means of transportation such as a vehicle, activates a node of a corresponding sensor network when a vehicle enters a road segment, and receives data from the transmission node. Then, the apparatus for delivering data calculates an optimum path along which the received data is delivered to a target destination, determines whether to use other vehicles or to directly deliver the data to the target destination on the basis of the calculated optimum path, and delivers the data to the target destination by the determined method. In this case, the target destination to which the data is delivered may be a different node of the same sensor network, or may be a node or a center of a different sensor network.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of preventing a collision of vehicle in a crossroad are disclosed. The apparatus includes: an information generating unit installed at each of roads near the crossroad for generating real-time vehicle information by integrating vehicle's information including a speed and a position provided from the vehicles on each of the roads and traffic sign information; and an information collecting and providing unit for providing the traffic sign information to the information generating unit, collecting vehicles' information in real-time from the information providing means of a predetermined road near the crossroad, storing the collected information, and providing the collected information to vehicles approaching the crossroad through another roads for the vehicles to predict a collision in the crossroad.

Abstract: Provided are a terminal and method for distinguishing between email recipients using a specific identifier. According to the inventive terminal and method, when email is desired to be sent to several recipients, it is possible to set an individual transmission configuration for each recipient and transmit the email in different formats depending on the recipients. Thus, a large-sized file is prevented from being unnecessarily created or transferred, thereby reducing unnecessary traffic. In addition, it is possible to prevent the storage space of a mobile device from being wasted due to receiving an unwanted attachment file.

Abstract: A compressor and oil blocking device therefor are provided which are capable of preventing oil from spreading onto, for example, a balance weight, which are capable of preventing oil from being excessively sucked into a compression device by a separating device disposed between a driving motor and the compression device, and which are capable of constantly maintaining a predetermined amount of oil in compression chambers regardless of a rotational speed of the driving motor by directly supplying oil to a bearing surface and the compression chambers and by easily discharging gas from an oil drain passage. A trochoid gear pump may be used to smoothly supply oil to the compression device. Further, a synchronous reluctance motor may be used to enhance a performance of the compressor and to expand a driving region of the compressor.