Abstract: A content providing apparatus may include a container capable of containing a consumable material, a sensor to measure an amount of a consumable material contained in the container, a content output control unit configured to control an output of a content to be provided based on the amount of the consumable material measured by the sensor, and a content output unit configured to output the content with the output controlled by the content output control unit. Also, a content providing method may include measuring an amount of a consumable material contained in a container, determining an output of a content to be provided based on the measured amount of the consumable material, and providing the content with the determined output.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing a media content including tagging information to a client terminal, which includes: by a social media server, when a media content is requested by a client terminal accessing the social media server, providing the requested media content and tagging information (13) of the requested media content to the client terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for selecting and providing media content on a social network service (SNS), and the apparatus includes a media content search unit configured to search, from a SNS server which contains media content composed of images or text, for media content related to a user accessing the SNS server, a media content processing unit configured to determine at least one piece of media content among the retrieved media content as candidate media content by analyzing an image, text, or metadata of the retrieved media content, and a service providing unit configured to provide the determined candidate media content to the user.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to a device for generational social communication, including a media contents processor configured to receive media content and additional information associated with the media content from a social network service (SNS) server and display the same on display, a user option provider configured to provide at least one user-selectable option for the media content on the display, and a user option launcher configured to launch a selected user-selectable option when the user-selectable option is selected by a user, and a method for generational social communication using the same.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system are configured to recommend content using metadata including an event metadata unit, a searching unit, and a control unit. The event metadata generating unit is configured to generate event metadata regarding content selected by a user. The searching unit which, on the basis of the generated event metadata and social metadata regarding content uploaded to an SNS server associated with the user, is configured to search the content uploaded to the SNS server to recommend content to be provided to the user. The control unit is configured to provide the recommended content to the user using the social metadata regarding the searched recommended content.

Abstract: A device for dynamic reconfiguration of robot components includes: a resource monitoring unit for monitoring resources of a plurality of boards on which components for executing tasks of a robot are loaded; a dynamic reconfiguration unit for dynamically reconfiguring components of the boards, in the case at least one of the boards is at a risk for a scarcity of resources; and a log managing unit for storing a configuration of present components and a configuration of reconfigured components. Accordingly, it is possible to recognize a scarcity of resources in advance while the robot is operating and prevent the robot from malfunctioning by distributing the components.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for collecting contents using social relation characters, which includes: an input unit for receiving search information from a main user; a database for storing SNS subscriber list of the main user and related users in relation to the main user and group information in relation to friendship in an SNS; and a content managing unit for searching contents in relation to the received search information by using the group information from contents possessed by the main user and the related users in an SNS server, defining the searched contents as a first content group, calculating a first interest index for each content included in the first content group based on additional information input by the related users, and determining a predetermined content, on which interest of the related users is focused, from the searched contents based on the calculated first interest index.

Abstract: A content providing apparatus may include a container capable of containing a consumable material, a sensor to measure an amount of a consumable material contained in the container, a content output control unit configured to control an output of a content to be provided based on the amount of the consumable material measured by the sensor, and a content output unit configured to output the content with the output controlled by the content output control unit. Also, a content providing method may include measuring an amount of a consumable material contained in a container, determining an output of a content to be provided based on the measured amount of the consumable material, and providing the content with the determined output.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for selecting and providing media content on a social network service (SNS), and the apparatus includes a media content search unit configured to search, from a SNS server which contains media content composed of images or text, for media content related to a user accessing the SNS server, a media content processing unit configured to determine at least one piece of media content among the retrieved media content as candidate media content by analyzing an image, text, or metadata of the retrieved media content, and a service providing unit configured to provide the determined candidate media content to the user.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for collecting contents using social relation characters, which includes: an input unit for receiving search information from a main user; a database for storing SNS subscriber list of the main user and related users in relation to the main user and group information in relation to friendship in an SNS; and a content managing unit for searching contents in relation to the received search information by using the group information from contents possessed by the main user and the related users in an SNS server, defining the searched contents as a first content group, calculating a first interest index for each content included in the first content group based on additional information input by the related users, and determining a predetermined content, on which interest of the related users is focused, from the searched contents based on the calculated first interest index.

Abstract: A device for dynamic reconfiguration of robot components includes: a resource monitoring unit for monitoring resources of a plurality of boards on which components for executing tasks of a robot are loaded; a dynamic reconfiguration unit for dynamically reconfiguring components of the boards, in the case at least one of the boards is at a risk for a scarcity of resources; and a log managing unit for storing a configuration of present components and a configuration of reconfigured components. Accordingly, it is possible to recognize a scarcity of resources in advance while the robot is operating and prevent the robot from malfunctioning by distributing the components.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system are configured to recommend content using metadata including an event metadata unit, a searching unit, and a control unit. The event metadata generating unit is configured to generate event metadata regarding content selected by a user. The searching unit which, on the basis of the generated event metadata and social metadata regarding content uploaded to an SNS server associated with the user, is configured to search the content uploaded to the SNS server to recommend content to be provided to the user. The control unit is configured to provide the recommended content to the user using the social metadata regarding the searched recommended content.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a UPnP control point and a UPnP device based on the UPnP network and a connecting method using the same, in which a service connection is performed. The service connection is restrictedly performed using a configuration file defined to allow or deny a connection with a specific device on the UPnP network, so that only devices specified by a user can be connected.

Abstract: A UPnP control point for searching a UPnP device based on the location, includes a communication unit that performs communications with UPnP devices on a UPnP network; a memory unit that parses an extensible markup language (XML) description file of a UPnP device, received through the communication unit, and stores UPnP device information containing location information of the UPnP device as a list; and a control unit that provides the stored location information of the UPnP device using location information of the memory unit and generates a control command for a UPnP device selected by a user.

Abstract: A gaze-based three-dimensional (3D) interaction system and method, as well as a 3D gaze tracking system and method, are disclosed. The gaze direction is determined by using the image of one eye of the operator who gazes at a 3D image, while the gaze depth is determined by the distance between pupil centers from both eyes of the operator shown in an image of both eyes of the operator.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a UPnP control point and a UPnP device based on the UPnP network and a connecting method using the same, in which a service connection is performed. The service connection is restrictedly performed using a configuration file defined to allow or deny a connection with a specific device on the UPnP network, so that only devices specified by a user can be connected.

Abstract: A gaze-based three-dimensional (3D) interaction system and method, as well as a 3D gaze tracking system and method, are disclosed. The gaze direction is determined by using the image of one eye of the operator who gazes at a 3D image, while the gaze depth is determined by the distance between pupil centers from both eyes of the operator shown in an image of both eyes of the operator.

Abstract: A processor 10 for selectively performing multiplication or division of two inputs comprises a pre-processing unit 20 for modifying the signs of the inputs; an aligning unit 30 for aligning bit positions of the sign-modified inputs; an arithmetic unit 40 for selectively performing multiplication or division of the sign-modified and bit-aligned inputs; a post-processing unit 50 for modifying the signs of outputs from the arithmetic unit; and a control unit 70 for controlling operations of the pre-processing unit, aligning unit, arithmetic unit, and post-processing unit.

Abstract: An exclusive OR/NOR gate circuit which is capable of achieving a low power consumption, a reliable operation, and a fast operation speed, and of being operated irrespective of any kind of process and in accordance with any value of two input signals, that is, being full-swung at a low power, having no necessity of an inverter circuit for an input signal and an additional output circuit by using NOR/NAND gates, and consequently of being adapted to any field requiring a low power and a high efficiency operation.

Abstract: A circuit for driving an AC TFEL device which is a complete solid luminescence element, capable of generating positive and negative AC voltages from a single DC voltage by utilizing a relative potential difference and thereby providing a compact voltage supply unit required for driving the AC TFEL device. A circuit is also provided which is constructed to reduce the number of operating voltages required in the refresh drive method and the scan inversion symmetric drive method upon driving the matrix of the AC TFEL device by using a relative potential generating circuit. By employing such a circuit, it is possible to simply provide a voltage supply circuit required in a portable display system using the AC TFEL device and supply a voltage required for the refresh driving and the scanning sequence inversion driving by using only one clock control signal.