Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100266052 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING ENHANCED MEDIA DATA IN DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for processing enhanced media data in a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) system is provided. The apparatus for processing enhanced media data includes: a base layer processing unit configured to multiplex an elementary stream of a base layer and perform channel encoding for the multiplexed elementary stream of the base layer; an enhancement layer processing unit configured to synchronize an elementary stream of an enhancement layer with the elementary stream of the base layer and thereby multiplex the elementary stream of the enhancement layer and process the elementary stream of the enhancement layer to be transmittable via at least one of a plurality of transmission channels; and a synchronizer configured to provide the enhancement layer processing unit with synchronization information that is used for synchronizing the elementary stream of the enhancement layer with the elementary stream of the base layer. | 10-21-2010 |
20100315486 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDING/RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - Provided is a stereoscopic video service providing method using a stereoscopic video stream including first and second video streams in a digital broadcasting system. The stereoscopic video service providing method includes: generating information on the first video stream and information on the second video stream; inserting an identifier of the information on the second video stream into the information on the first video stream; and transmitting the first video stream and the information on the first video stream and the second video stream and the information on the second video stream through separate transmission channels, respectively. | 12-16-2010 |
20110010739 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - Provided is a method for transmitting a stereoscopic video in a digital broadcasting system, the stereoscopic video being composed of a left view and a right view. The method includes: generating information indicating that the video is stereoscopic, information about a composition type of the stereoscopic video, and additional information based on the composition type; and transmitting the stereoscopic video and the generated information. The composition type is to compose the stereoscopic video of a single or two encoding streams by using the left view and the right view. In the case of a single stream mode in which the stereoscopic video is composed of the single encoding stream, the additional information includes information about positions of the left and right views. In the case of a dual stream mode in which the stereoscopic video is composed of the two encoding streams, the additional information includes information indicating whether the respective encoding streams are the left view or the right view and information indicating correlation between the respective encoding streams. | 01-13-2011 |
20110050857 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE IN 3D IMAGE SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for displaying 3D images, which do not need to be reversed, so that users can watch the 3D images without modification in a 3D image system. The 3D images display extracts characteristic information regarding a plurality of imaging devices from left and right images taken by the imaging devices, selects an image among the left and right images, determines a reference element in the selected image, determines a selection element corresponding to the reference element in the non-selected image; calculates a disparity value between the left and right images by using the reference element and the selection element, determines whether the left and right images are normal or not by using the disparity value, and corrects the left and right images based on the determination result. | 03-03-2011 |
20110141364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION - Disclosed is a reception apparatus including a basic service reception unit to demodulate and channel-decode a signal received through one broadcasting channel among broadcasting channels for a basic service, and to extract a transport stream, an additional service reception unit to demodulate and channel-decode a signal received through a broadcasting channel for an additional service combined with the basic service, and to extract a transport stream, an integrated demultiplexer to respectively demultiplex the transport stream provided for the basic service and the transport stream provided for the additional service in order to extract at least one transport stream, and a source decoder to respectively decode the demultiplexed transport stream provided for the basic service and the demultiplexed transport stream provided for the additional service in order to broadcast at least one of a basic source and an additional source combined with the basic source. | 06-16-2011 |
20110242093 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMAGE DATA IN IMAGE SYSTEM - An apparatus for providing image data in an image system includes: a stereoscopic image generation unit configured to receive image data and depth information data and generate stereoscopic image data; a parallax calculation unit configured to analyze parallax information of a 3D image from the stereoscopic image data, divide the analyzed parallax information step by step, and determine parallax step information; a caption and text generation unit configured to generate a caption and a text by applying the parallax step information and generate position information of the generated caption and text; and an image synthesis unit configured to insert the caption and text into the stereoscopic image data based on the position information of the caption and text and provide 3D image data. | 10-06-2011 |
20120005715 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving broadcasting data and supplementary data. The method includes: generating broadcasting data and supplementary data for a plurality of predetermined 3D broadcasting services to be provided to users; multiplexing the generated broadcasting data for broadcasting channels respectively allocated to the plurality of predetermined 3D broadcasting services, and multiplexing the generated supplementary data for one commonly broadcasting channel commonly allocated to the plurality of predetermined 3D broadcasting services; encoding the multiplexed supplementary data corresponding to a conditional access system; and transmitting the encoded supplementary data to the one common broadcasting channel, and transmitting the multiplexed broadcasting data to the allocated broadcasting channels. | 01-05-2012 |
20120033035 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING 3-DIMENSIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE - Provided is a method and system of transmitting and receiving a three-dimensional (3D) broadcasting service, and more particularly, to a method and system for transmitting and receiving a reference image and a 3D auxiliary image for the 3D broadcasting service through a digital broadcasting network in real-time or in non-real time. According to the present invention, a smooth broadcasting service may be provided to terminals receiving a two-dimensional (2D) or 3D broadcast. | 02-09-2012 |
20120044321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BROADCASTING SERVICE IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A broadcasting service monitoring apparatus includes: a stream separation unit to extract a partial stream from an inputted 3D stream and separate detailed stream configuration and service-related information and a stream for 3D video service from the 3D stream; a configuration information analysis unit to minutely analyze the separated service-related information and the separated stream for 3D video service; a 2D image decoding unit to decode the separated stream for 3D video service into a predetermined image; an image separation unit to separate one screen of the decoded predetermined image into two screens and generate two images; a 3D image reproduction unit to reproduce the generated two images; a depth information extraction unit to extract depth information for 3D video service from the generated two images; and a 3D information representation unit to represent the analyzed values and the extracted depth information. | 02-23-2012 |
20120062698 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving reference image data and 3D additional image data in 3D image data so as to provide a 3D image in a digital broadcasting system. In the method, a basic image and a 3D additional image in a 3D image of a 3D broadcasting service is processed in a stereoscopic image format of one of a side-by-side method and a top-down method. The basic image and the 3D additional image processed in the stereoscopic image format are encoded to a basic image stream and a 3D additional image stream. The encoded basic image stream and the encoded 3D additional image stream are multiplexed to a 3D image stream of a single stream using a dual stream method, and the multiplexed 3D image stream is then transmitted. | 03-15-2012 |
20120274741 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO - A method of receiving stereoscopic video according to the present invention includes receiving a bit stream including image information, extracting a base image stream corresponding to a base image and an additional image stream corresponding to an additional image from the bit stream, generating the base image and the additional image by decoding the base image stream and the additional image stream, respectively, and generating a left image and a right image by using at least one of the base image and the additional image. According to the present invention, | 11-01-2012 |
20120320168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN THE PROVISION OF A PLURALITY OF TRANSPORT INTERACTIVE 3DTV BROADCASTING SERVICES - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a plurality of transport interactive 3DTV broadcasting services in the provision of higher definition 3D video service and 3D data service, while maintaining the compatibility with the existing digital TV broadcasts or 3DTV services. To this end, an input 3D video is encoded to generate a 3D additional video base stream and a 3D additional video enhanced stream. Engineer information for defining engineers, which includes 3D broadcasting service configuration information, is generated, and then an encoded 2D base video stream, an encoded audio stream, the encoded 3D additional video base stream and the engineer information are multiplexed and transmitted via a base layer. The 3D additional video enhanced stream is multiplexed and transmitted via an enhanced layer. | 12-20-2012 |
20130195158 | MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT TRANSMISSION METHOD IN A DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SAME - Provided is a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission method in a digital broadcasting system. The method includes generating a plurality of first modulation symbols by modulating first information bits; generating a plurality of second modulation symbols by modulating second information bits; generating a plurality of first pre-coded symbols and a plurality of second pre-coded symbols by pre-coding the plurality of first modulation symbols and the plurality of second modulation symbols; and allocating the plurality of first pre-coded symbols and the plurality of second pre-coded symbols staggeringly through a first antenna and a second antenna and transmitting them. | 08-01-2013 |
20130271568 | TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HYBRID SERVICE, AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A receiving apparatus includes a first receiving unit that receives a first signal comprising an information descriptor to describe service characteristics, reference data, and additional data reference information through a RF communication network; a second receiving unit that can be connected to an IP network; a demux unit that detects the information descriptor from the first signal; a first signal processing unit that processes the reference data; a control unit that, if it is determined as a hybrid service depending on the information descriptor, controls the second receiving unit to access a source apparatus corresponding to the additional data reference information; a second signal process unit that, if a second signal comprising additional data is received through the IP communication network, processes the additional data; and an output unit that synchronizes and outputs the reference data and the additional data. | 10-17-2013 |
20130271657 | RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HYBRID SERVICE, AND HYBRID SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A receiving apparatus includes a first receiving unit that receives signaling information and a first signal comprising reference data through a radio frequency broadcast network; a control unit that detects a plurality of additional data source information from the signaling information; a second receiving unit that accesses an internet protocol communication network, and receives a second signal comprising additional data from a source apparatus corresponding to each of the plurality of additional data source information; a storage unit that stores the reference data contained in the first signal and the additional data contained in the second signal; and an output unit that processes, synchronizes and outputs each of the reference data and additional data. | 10-17-2013 |
20140112395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODER BUFFERING IN HYBRID CODED VIDEO SYSTEM - Disclosed is a transport device in a video system which uses a hybrid video codec. The transport device includes a first video encoder which encodes a first video using a first video codec, a second video encoder which encodes a second video using a second video codec, and a delay buffer for synchronizing a delay time for the first video and the second video, based on a buffer size of if a first transport stream system target decoder (T-STD) stipulated in the first video encoder and a buffer size of a second T-STD stipulated in the second video encoder. | 04-24-2014 |
20140165125 | BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND BROADCASTING METHOD OF PROVIDING MULTI-PICTURE - A broadcasting transmitting apparatus of providing a multi-picture may include a multi-picture generator configured to divide an acquired video into a first video and a second video; a first video encoder configured to encode the first video; a second video encoder configured to encode the second video; a multiplexer configured to multiplex the first and second videos to a single stream video; and a transmitter configured to modulate the multiplexed single stream video to transmit the modulated single stream video to a receiving apparatus through a broadcasting network. | 06-12-2014 |
20140211861 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HIGH DEFINITION (HD) BROADCASTING SERVICE AND ULTRA HIGH DEFINITION (UHD) BROADCASTING SERVICE - A method of transmitting a high definition (HD) image and an ultra high definition (UHD) image, the method including obtaining a first HD image by down-scaling an original UHD image, obtaining at least one of a second HD image and a half-resolution UHD image by down-scaling the original UHD image, encoding the first HD image, encoding at least one of the second HD image and the half-resolution UHD image, generating a first transmission stream by multiplexing and synchronizing the encoded first HD image, generating a second transmission stream by multiplexing and synchronizing at least one of the encoded second HD image and the encoded half-resolution UHD image, transmitting the first transmission stream via a first transmission channel, and transmitting the second transmission stream via a second transmission channel differing from the first transmission channel is provided. | 07-31-2014 |
20140215547 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REALISTIC BROADCASTING IMAGE - A method of providing a realistic broadcasting image including an ultra high definition (UHD) image, the method including generating a first encoding stream from a high definition (HD) image, generating a second encoding stream from at least one of a UHD image and an image restored from the first encoding stream, generating a third encoding stream from at least one of the UHD image and an image restored from the second encoding stream, generating a first transmission stream by applying at least one of packetization, synchronization, and multiplying to the first encoding stream and the second encoding stream, generating a second transmission stream by applying at least one of packetization and synchronization to the third encoding stream, transmitting the first transmission stream via a first transmission channel, and transmitting the second transmission stream via a second transmission channel having a lower transmission capacity than the first transmission channel. | 07-31-2014 |
20140293005 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING 3-DIMENSIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE - Provided is a method and system of transmitting and receiving a three-dimensional (3D) broadcasting service, and more particularly, to a method and system for transmitting and receiving a reference image and a 3D auxiliary image for the 3D broadcasting service through a digital broadcasting network in real-time or in non-real time. According to the present invention, a smooth broadcasting service may be provided to terminals receiving a two-dimensional (2D) or 3D broadcast. | 10-02-2014 |
20140327739 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING 3D DIGITAL BROADCASTING, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING IMAGE MODE - An apparatus and method of receiving 3D digital broadcasting capable of frame compatibility and service compatibility even in the existing display apparatus, regardless of whether a 3D service mode is a frame-compatible or service-compatible, are provided. The apparatus of receiving broadcast may include: a broadcast signal receiving and demodulating unit that receives and demodulates broadcast signals to extract transport streams; a demultiplexing unit that extracts broadcast program information including a broadcast service mode, a video format and an encoding type of elementary streams, and elementary streams from the demodulated transport streams; and a video processing unit that processes the video signals and outputs the video signals to the display device, based on the broadcast program information obtained by the demultiplexing unit and the display mode of the apparatus of receiving broadcast set by a user. | 11-06-2014 |
20140354777 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SPATIAL INFORMATION USING ACTIVE ARRAY LENS - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for obtaining spatial information using an active array lens. In order to obtain spatial information in the apparatus for obtaining spatial information including the active microlens, at least one active pattern for varying a microlens' focus is determined by controlling voltage applied to a pattern of the active microlens, and at least one projection image captured by the at least one active pattern is obtained in a time-division unit. | 12-04-2014 |
20140362676 | OPTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The present invention relates to an optical information processing apparatus and to a method for controlling same. Provided is an optical information processing apparatus and a method for controlling same, the optical information processing apparatus comprising: a light source for irradiating light; an optical modulator for modulating the light irradiated from the light source; an optical system for collecting the light modulated by the optical modulator and enabling the modulated light to be incident to an optical medium; a stage on which the optical medium is placed; an optical detection unit for detecting the pattern of the light reflected from the optical medium; and a control unit for analyzing the pattern of the light detected by the optical detection unit so as to control the optical system and the location of the stage. | 12-11-2014 |
20150077515 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT IMAGE FRAMES IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING SYSTEM, AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD - An apparatus for compensating for synchronization between left and right image frames in a stereoscopic system includes a similarity calculating unit configured to calculate similarity between left and right image frames on the basis of a scene change point in time of the left and right image frames, a left and right image frame difference value extracting unit configured to search a stereoscopic pair on the basis of the similarity and extract a temporal frame difference value between the left and right image frames, and a left and right image frame synchronization compensating unit configured to perform synchronization by shifting any one of the the left and right image frames on a time axis on the basis of the left and right image frame difference value. | 03-19-2015 |