Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. method for controlling energy in a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system includes determining whether a user is absent in a use space for energy control; if the user is absent, determining whether to initiate energy control by using a user's departure and arrival probability and a probability distribution of a length of time away, which are determined based on previously stored data.
Abstract:
A handheld user device and a control method thereof are provided, the user terminal device includes a first user interface, a second user interface, a sensing device which senses an operating condition of the handheld user device, a controller which enables the first user interface and disables the second user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a first condition and enables the second user interface and disables the first user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a second condition.
Abstract:
An information providing apparatus and method for providing information regarding a device, by the information providing apparatus, are provided. The method includes finding at least one device capable of providing a service based on location information via a communication unit included in the information providing apparatus; receiving, from the found at least one device, via the communication unit, information regarding the found at least one device, wherein the information regarding the found at least one device comprises current location information of the found at least one device, current status information of the found at least one device, and function information of the found at least one device; and storing the received information in at least one of a storage unit included in the information providing apparatus and an external storage device.