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:
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:
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:
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.