Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for monitoring a dangerous situation of a human body. The dangerous situation such as the apnea or suffocation of the human body is determined based on variations in one of a cardiac impulse amplitude signal and a respiration amplitude signal of the human body and is transmitted to a wired or wireless terminal, thereby monitoring the dangerous situation of the human body in a sleep state.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for calculating calorie consumption using a 3-dimensional accelerometer, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for calculating calorie consumption using a 3-axial accelerometer, in which energy consumption (Kcal) corresponding to a human's physical activity can be calculated at a high degree of precision.

Abstract: An apparatus for actively tracking an object is provided. The apparatus includes a camera unit; a motor drive for changing a shooting direction of the camera unit; and a controller for acquiring a first comparative image and a second comparative image in sequence using the camera unit, comparing the first comparative image with the second comparative image, detecting a moving direction and a speed of an identical object existing in the first and second comparative images, determining an estimated location of the object after receipt of the second comparative image based on the detected moving direction and speed, and enlarging and capturing the object in the estimated location of the object.