Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080225116 | Method and Apparatus For Defining and Reconstructing Rois in Scalable Video Coding - A multiple ROI (region of interest) setting method and apparatus in scalable video coding and an ROI reconstructing method and apparatus are provided. The multiple ROI setting apparatus includes: an ROI setting unit which sets at least one or more ROIs and allocates ROI identification numbers to the each of ROIs; a mapping unit which allocates at least one or more slice group identification numbers to the at least one or more ROI identification numbers; and a message generating unit which generates a message including ROI-associated information, slice-group-associated information, mapping information on mapping of the ROI identification number to the at least one or more slice group identification numbers, and scalability information. | 09-18-2008 |
20080247460 | Method and Apparatus For Scalable Video Adaption Using Adaption Operators For Scalable Video - An apparatus for and method of adapting a bitstream to which scalable video coding (SVC) technology is applied are provided. The apparatus for adapting a bitstream includes: an Adaptation QoS information extraction unit extracting SVC adaptation operators, and relationships between the SVC adaptation operators and the usage environment information of a terminal from the Adaptation QoS information on the bitstream to which SVC technology is applied; an Adaptation Decision Taking Engine(ADTE) unit determining the SVC adaptation operators corresponding to the usage environment of the terminal receiving the transmitted bitstream among the SVC adaptation operators; and a SVC bitstream extraction unit extracting the bitstream based on the determined SVC adaptation operator. According to the apparatus and method, scalable video can be efficiently provided for changing network environments and multimedia usage environments, through adaptation of scalable video streams using an adaptation operator suggested in Classification Scheme (AQoSJDS). | 10-09-2008 |
20090161762 | METHOD OF SCALABLE VIDEO CODING FOR VARYING SPATIAL SCALABILITY OF BITSTREAM IN REAL TIME AND A CODEC USING THE SAME - Methods of coding a bitstream in which the frames are encoded for enabling a spatial resolution is changed in real time, extracting the bitstream by adding a signaling message indicating that the spatial resolution is changed, and decoding the bitstream in which the spatial resolution is changed in real time after actively detects whether the spatial resolution is changed without additional information, and a codec using the methods are provided. Therefore, if the network has the restricted environment that the resolution is changed in real time while a video encoding and decoding or if there is a need to output the video whose the spatial resolution is partly changed in the decoder, the present invention provides methods to actively cope with the spatial resolution change of the video so as to efficiently watch the video. | 06-25-2009 |
20090164986 | Extended package scheme to support application program downloading, and system and method for application porogram service using the same - Provided is a package scheme to support application program downloading and a method and a system for an application program download service using the same in a system such as a TV-Anytime system. A method for forming a package capable of supporting application program downloading includes the steps of: a) generating metadata on general information of the application program including type information of the application program; b) generating metadata on detailed information of the application program including version information of the application program; c) generating metadata on usage environment of a terminal to which the application program is applied; and d) generating a package including the application program and all the metadata. | 06-25-2009 |
20100002763 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL ITEM DESCRIPTION AND PROCESS USING SCENE REPRESENTATION LANGUAGE - Provided are an apparatus and method for describing and processing digital items using a scene representation language. The apparatus includes a digital item method engine (DIME) unit for executing components based on component information included in the digital item; and a scene representation unit for expressing scenes of a plural number of media data included in the digital item in a form of defining spatio-temporal relations and allowing the media data to interact with each other. The digital item includes scene representation having representation information of the scene, and calling information for the digital item express unit to execute the scene representation unit in order to represent the scene based on the scene representation information at the scene representation unit. | 01-07-2010 |
20100046620 | SCALABLE VIDEO CODING ENCODER WITH ADAPTIVE REFERENCE FGS AND FGS MOTION REFINEMENT MECHANISM AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are alternatives for improving coding efficiency when an AR-FGS technique and an FGS motion refinement technique are applied to scalable video coding. When prediction of a residual signal an FGS layer is not performed, a ′ prediction signal of block related to the FGS layer is predicted in the same manner as the manner of predicting a prediction signal of a base quality layer. A scaling factor is allowed to have a non-zero value if required, and the residual signal of the FGS layer is used to determine a scaling factor of a higher FGS layer. The AR-FGS and FGS motion refinement techniques are restricted from being simultaneously used for key pictures. | 02-25-2010 |
20100232508 | CODING METHOD OF REDUCING INTERLAYER REDUNDANCY USING MITION DATA OF FGS LAYER AND DEVICE THEREOF - Provided is a scalable video coding method and apparatus. Motion data of a high-quality fine grain scalability (FGS) layer is used for interlayer coding in order to remove redundancy between coarse grain scalability (CGS) layers or layers having different spatial resolutions, and information indicating that data of the FGS layer has been used for interlayer motion prediction is inserted for Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG)-4 scalable video encoding. A bitstream extractor checks the information and performs extraction to maintain the data of the FGS layer. MPEG-4 scalable video decoding is performed using the information. By using the FGS layer, interlayer redundancy can be efficiently removed, thereby improving encoding efficiency. | 09-16-2010 |
20110138019 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-LAYERED CONTENT USING PLURALITY OF SERVERS - Provided is a system and method for providing a multi-layered content that may divide a content encoded using a scalable coding scheme, into a plurality of quality groups having different quality levels, assign corresponding servers to the plurality of quality groups, and transmitting the quality groups, increasing a number of transmission sessions. | 06-09-2011 |
20110154150 | FAST STOCHASTIC DECODE METHOD FOR LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODE - Provided is a fast stochastic decoding method for a low density parity check (LDPC) code. The decoding method may include decoding the LDPC code based on an LDPC decoding scheme, using a message expressed by a log-likelihood ratio (LLR) value. | 06-23-2011 |
20110225240 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING TRANSACTION OF IPTV - A method and apparatus for controlling a transaction in an entity employing a Moving Picture Experts Group eXtensible Middleware (MXM) transaction are provided. The transaction may include at least one sub-session, and the at least one sub-session may be hierarchically configured. A syntax for controlling hierarchical sub-sessions, a syntax of a transaction control message, and a syntax of a content transfer control message are disclosed. | 09-15-2011 |
20120011556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BROADCASTING SERVICE - A method for providing a broadcasting service containing contents includes: generating contents representations metadata for describing possible representations of the contents; and outputting the contents representations metadata, wherein the contents representations metadata includes one or more contents representations description elements which describe a metadata tool defined by a standard specification. | 01-12-2012 |
20120144443 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING SOURCE BUFFERING FOR MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT GROUP TRANSMISSION OF REAL-TIME ENCODED SCALABE VIDEO CONTENTS - A system and method for performing source buffering to transmit a real-time encoded scalable video to multiple transmission groups are provided. A streaming system for providing a scalable video bitstream for each multicast group may include an encoder source buffer to receive a scalable video bitstream and to store the received scalable video bitstream, and a plurality of subgroup transmitters, each to receive data of different layers in the stored scalable video bitstream from the encoder source buffer, to packetize the received data, and to transmit the packetized data to a terminal. | 06-07-2012 |
20120201306 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING AND RECONSTRUCTING ROIS IN SCALABLE VIDEO CODING - A multiple ROI (region of interest) setting method and apparatus in scalable video coding and an ROI reconstructing method and apparatus are provided. The multiple ROI setting apparatus includes: an ROI setting unit which sets at least one or more ROIs and allocates ROI identification numbers to the each of ROIs; a mapping unit which allocates at least one or more slice group identification numbers to the at least one or more ROI identification numbers; and a message generating unit which generates a message including ROI-associated information, slice-group-associated information, mapping information on mapping of the ROI identification number to the at least one or more slice group identification numbers, and scalability information. | 08-09-2012 |
20120288002 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING VIDEO USING TEMPLATE MATCHING AND MOTION PREDICTION - Provided is an apparatus and method for motion estimation using a template that is generated by applying an intra-prediction. A template including intra-prediction information of a current block may be generated, and an optimal predicted range may be retrieved by performing a template matching using the template. | 11-15-2012 |
20130294506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING AND RECONSTRUCTING ROIS IN SCALABLE VIDEO CODING - A multiple ROI (region of interest) setting method and apparatus in scalable video coding and an ROI reconstructing method and apparatus are provided. The multiple ROI setting apparatus includes: an ROI setting unit which sets at least one or more ROIs and allocates ROI identification numbers to the each of ROIs; a mapping unit which allocates at least one or more slice group identification numbers to the at least one or more ROI identification numbers; and a message generating unit which generates a message including ROI-associated information, slice-group-associated information, mapping information on mapping of the ROI identification number to the at least one or more slice group identification numbers, and scalability information. | 11-07-2013 |