Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Myoung-soon Choi

Kuk-hyun Han

Sang-jun Han

Dae-Hyun Kim

Pil-seung Yang

Hark-joon Kim

Bo-mi Kim

Bo-hyun Kyung

Seung-hun Jeon

Lyun-sik Hyun

Sang-wook Cho

Yu-seong Jeon

Hee-chul Yun

Ho Tae Jin

Jong-hyuk Lee

Young-chul Sohn

Hyok-sung Choi

Jong-wook Park

Ju-il Eom

Seong-kook Shin

Jae-uk Han

Hae-sik Jun

Disclosed is a voice recognition apparatus connected via a network and sharing a voice recognition function. The voice recognition apparatus includes: a microphone configured to receive a voice signal from a user's speech; a communicator configured to communicate with at least one external voice recognition apparatus; a voice recognizer configured to determine a wake-up word involved in the voice signal; and a controller configured to transmit the voice signal to the external voice recognition apparatus corresponding to the determined wake-up word. Thus, it is possible to overcome a limited voice recognition distance caused by a physical characteristic of a microphone and expand a spatial range where voice recognition is possible, thereby providing various voice recognition services to a user in more places.

Voice recognition system having expanded spatial range

Provided are method and apparatus for writing and reproducing a multimedia service using a tag in order to provide an intuitive interface for a user using a multimedia service. The method includes selecting a multimedia service to be written; generating tag information identifying the selected multimedia service; and writing the generated tag information to a tag. Accordingly, multimedia service information and content information can be stored in a tag by being written to tag information using a common format, and thus the user can later execute a service operation by easily writing information of a desired service operation to a tag and then simply connecting the tag to a tag reading device.

Method of writing and reproducing multimedia service by using tag and apparatus therefor

A host device is provided, which includes a network communication unit connected to network; a local communication unit locally connected to a slave device; a virtualization unit to virtualize the slave device as a network device within the network; and a controlling unit to control the virtualized slave device as the network device. Therefore, a developer may implement an application in consideration of a single type of network without considering various physical input and output ports.

Host device and slave device controlling method

Provided are a terminal having a radio frequency identification (RFID) function and a method of processing information of the terminal for allowing intuitive interaction between a screen manipulation and an RFID manipulation with respect to using an RFID related service. The method of processing the information of the terminal including a screen and an RFID recognition unit, includes detecting a screen area corresponding to a position of the RFID recognition unit disposed at a predetermined position of the screen; displaying an RFID icon at a position of the detected screen area; recording information in an RFID tag based on the RFID tag contacting the RFID icon, and recognizing the information from the RFID tag the RFID tag contacting the RFID icon.

Terminal having radio frequency function and method of processing information of the terminal

A printing method and apparatus, a print control method, and a multimedia apparatus are provided. The printing method includes receiving a multimedia file or additional information of the multimedia file from a multimedia apparatus; interpreting the multimedia file or the additional information of the multimedia and obtaining at least one item included in the additional information; and printing the obtained at least one item.

Printing method and apparatus, print control method, and multimedia apparatus

Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying various types of touch screen keyboards at various positions according to an information input condition of a user. The method includes recognizing a point on a touch screen which a reference finger of at least one hand of a user touches, and displaying a touch screen keyboard including keys arranged according to the recognized point. Accordingly, a user-based touch screen keyboard which can be easily used, allow information to be quickly input, and reduce touch error, can be provided.

Method and apparatus for displaying touch screen keyboard

A display tag is provided. A display tag includes a sensing unit which captures an image displayed on a screen of an external tag writer, if a sensing unit is disposed opposite the screen; and a display unit which displays a captured image. Therefore, a user can visually recognize content related to tag information, and thus user convenience is enhanced.

Display tag, display tag system having display tag, and method for writing display tag information

An apparatus for controlling devices in one or more home networks is provided. The apparatus includes an authentication unit, a control message generation unit, a control message transmission unit, a response message reception unit, and an information management unit. The authentication unit performs authentication with one or more relay devices each connected to a plurality of devices through a network. The control message generation unit generates a control message in response to a user input. The control message transmission unit transmits the generated control message to a device selected by the user from among the plurality of devices. The response message reception unit receives a response message responding to the transmitted control message. The information management unit manages information about the relay devices and the plurality of devices.

Apparatus and method for controlling devices in one or more home networks

A method of interfacing between devices in a home network control device includes dividing a screen into at least two areas, assigning a predetermined contents service function to each of the divided screen areas, sensing the position of the screen that an external device approaches and the distance between the screen and the external device reproducing content, and performing the contents service function differently between devices for each screen area according to the position of the screen that the external device approaches and the distance between the screen and the external device.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Myoung-soon Choi