Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090046745 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA WITH VARIOUS DATA CAPACITIES AT HIGH SPEED - There is provided an apparatus for transmitting and receiving data with various data capacity at high speed. The apparatus for transmitting and receiving data includes a client signal interface block converting client signals being received through media into a high-capacity electrical signal and selectively interfacing the converted high-capacity electrical signal through high-speed multi-channel; a framer receiving the selectively interfaced electrical signal from the client signal interface block and multiplexing and mapping the received electrical signal into 40 G multi-channel frame signals; and a SERDES & transceiver receiving the 40 G multi-channel frame signals from the framer, multiplexing the received multi-channel frame signals with the 40 G serial signals and transmitting the multiplexed 40 G serial signals. The apparatus for transmitting and receiving data may be useful to decrease its space and stably receive client signals by selectively interfacing various client signals with replacing the client signal interface blocks only, depending on the client signals to be supplied to the same transmitting/receiving apparatus. | 02-19-2009 |
20090129455 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING SKEW BETWEEN TRANSMITTED DATA - Provided is an apparatus for and method of automatically controlling skew between transmitted data, which is caused when a common low-speed field-programmable gate array (FPGA) transmits signals having a transmission rate in the range of tens of Gbps to an optical transponder. The apparatus and method can transmit data with a transmission rate of several Gbps irrespective of the type of the FPGA. | 05-21-2009 |
20090242282 | Apparatus and Method for Providing Interface Depending on Action Force, and Recording Medium Thereof - The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing a user interface depending on an action force, the apparatus comprising: a touch input unit for allowing a user to input a position or operation command thereto using a pointing object, being applied with the action force of the pointing object, and recognizing the applied position information; a tactile sensor placed on a bottom surface of the touch input unit, for detecting the action force and generating a predetermined signal; a control unit for determining an expression value of a transfer medium in response to the signal generated from the tactile sensor; and an expression unit for expressing the strength of the action force by outputting the transfer medium based on the expression value of the control unit. | 10-01-2009 |
20090314410 | TACTILE SENSOR HAVING MEMBRANE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a sensor capable of sensing temperature or force applied by a user. According to an aspect of the present invention, the tactile sensor includes a polymer layer having a concave portion and a membrane on a lower portion, wherein the membrane is formed by a concave portion, a resistant layer formed on a part of the polymer layer, and a conduction layer formed around the resistant layer. According to another aspect of the present invention, the tactile sensor includes a first polymer layer, a resistant layer formed on a part of the first polymer layer, a conduction layer formed around the resistant layer, a second polymer layer provided over the conduction layer and having a concave portion formed therein, and a base layer connected to the second polymer layer. | 12-24-2009 |
20100010760 | METHOD OF ANALYZING REFLECTION WAVES USING EFFECTIVE IMPEDANCE - Provided is a method for analyzing a reflection wave using effective impedance. The method includes the steps of: a) modeling a reflection surface of a building two-dimensionally; and b) obtaining a reflection wave by radiating a radio wave to the modeled reflection surface and analyzing the obtained reflection wave through making medium uniform. | 01-14-2010 |
20100123678 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING CONTACT LOCATION AND INTENSITY OF FORCE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a touch input device and a method of acquiring a contact location and the intensity of force using the same. The touch input device may include a touch panel with which a pointing object is brought in contact, a location-processing unit for receiving a signal regarding a contact location from the touch panel and processing information about the contact location of the pointing object, an intensity-processing unit for receiving a signal regarding a change in capacitance between an upper electrode layer of the touch panel and the pointing object from the touch panel and processing information about an intensity of force of the pointing object, and a switching unit for selectively electrically connecting the location-processing unit and the intensity-processing unit to the touch panel, so that information about the location and the intensity of force, of the pointing object, can be acquired. | 05-20-2010 |
20100123679 | INPUT MODULE WITH CAPACITANCE SENSORS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE INPUT MODULE AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING ALGORITHM FOR PROCESSING TOUCH INPUT APPLIED TO THE INPUT MODULE - Disclosed herein are a mouse with capacitance sensors, a method for manufacturing the mouse and a method for constructing an algorithm for processing an input corresponding to force applied by a user's finger to the mouse. The mouse with capacitance sensors includes a bottom plate having a center point, a plurality of electrodes formed at regular intervals on the top face of the bottom plate and arranged apart from the center point of the bottom plate by an equal distance, a top plate bonded to the top faces of the electrodes and deformed by force applied by a pointing object, and an adhesive layer formed around the top plate and the bottom plate to combine the top plate and the bottom plate. When the pointing object touches the top plate, capacitance sensors are formed between the pointing object and the electrodes to recognize a travel distance, a travel direction and a moving speed of a cursor through the magnitude and direction of force applied by the pointing object. | 05-20-2010 |
20100149124 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MOUSE ALGORITHM USING TACTILE SENSOR - A method for implementing a mouse algorithm using a plurality of pressure sensors is disclosed. The pressure sensors are used to freely move and rotate a mouse cursor in X, Y and Z directions, so that they can be applied as interface units for a slim device such as a mobile phone. The mouse algorithm processes a touch input. The pressure sensors are arranged in a ring shape and provide output values successively varying with magnitudes of forces applied thereto or pressures applied thereto. A moving direction of the mouse cursor is determined depending on a contact point detected through the output values and a moving distance and moving speed of the mouse cursor are determined in proportion to the magnitudes of the forces. | 06-17-2010 |
20100176825 | Tactile sensor for curved surface and manufacturing method thereof - A tactile sensor for curved surfaces applicable to objects with multi-dimensional curvature and a small radius of curvature and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The tactile sensor for curved surfaces includes a lower pattern including a plurality of lower polymer film layers spaced at specified intervals in a lower direction, lower metal layers disposed on the lower polymer film layers, and a number of lower resistors disposed on the lower metal layers, an upper pattern including a plurality of upper polymer film layers spaced at specified intervals in a direction perpendicular to the lower direction, upper metal layers disposed on the upper polymer film layers, and a number of upper resistors disposed below the upper metal layers to be electrically connected to the lower resistors, and a lower polymer layer and an upper polymer layer to bond the lower pattern and the upper pattern to each other. | 07-15-2010 |
20100250221 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO PROPAGATION MODELING USING RAY-TRACING METHOD - A method and apparatus for modeling radio propagation is provided. In the method, when a wall having a thickness is modeled as a line having no thickness, an error in a shade area is minimized by considering the thickness of a wall while maintaining simplicity in a ray-tracing method. | 09-30-2010 |
20100253626 | SLIM MOUSE FOR MOBILE APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A slim mouse for mobile appliances includes a lower polymer film having a metal layer on an upper surface of the lower polymer film, an upper polymer film having a metal layer on a lower surface of the upper polymer film, a donut force sensor array including multiple force sensors, a weight-bumper spacer including a donut sensor portion and a click-detection sensor portion, a pad including a donut sensor portion and a click-detection sensor portion, and a click-detection force sensor. | 10-07-2010 |
20100265208 | TOUCH SCREEN USING TACTILE SENSORS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ALGORITHM IMPLEMENTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are a touch screen using contact resistance type tactile sensors, which can adjust the density of an object to be displayed on a screen based on the variation of a contact position and a contact force and achieve a multi-touch recognizing function, a method for manufacturing the same, and an algorithm implementing method for the same. The touch screen using contact resistance type tactile sensors includes a lower display panel such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a transparent upper substrate, and a plurality of contact resistance type tactile sensors arranged between the upper substrate and the lower panel along the edge of the screen. The touch screen senses a contact position and a contact force based on a contact resistance generated from the contact resistance type tactile sensors, and has a multi-touch recognizing function. | 10-21-2010 |
20100302177 | Method and apparatus for providing user interface based on contact position and intensity of contact force on touch screen - A method and apparatus are disclosed providing a user interface using a touch input unit comprising a touch screen configured to detect a contact position and a contact force. The method comprises a step of the touch input unit receiving a touch input signal generated by a touch of a user's pointing object, a step of executing a step of a position processing unit identifying a contact position, corresponding to the received touch input signal, and a step of an intensity processing unit analyzing an intensity pattern of contact force, corresponding to the received touch input signal, simultaneously or sequentially, a step of a control unit determining an event corresponding to the touch input signal based on the identified contact position and the analyzed intensity pattern of contact force, and a step of an output unit outputting the determined event to a display screen. | 12-02-2010 |
20100302181 | TACTILE SENSOR MODULE HAVING UWB WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND UWB COMMUNICATION METHOD USING THE TACTILE SENSOR MODULE - Disclosed herein are a tactile sensor module including a sensing unit connected to an external electronic device through a UWB communication network and a UWB communication method using the tactile sensor module. The tactile sensor module includes the sensing unit which has a plurality of sensor cells and outputs an output signal corresponding tactile information on a force applied thereto by a user using a pointing object, and a UWB based module which wirelessly connects the sensing unit to the external electronic device to construct a UWB communication network, receives external data in the form of a UWB wireless communication signal from the external electronic device, converts the output signal into data that can be recognized by the external electronic device and transmits the converted data to the external electronic device as a UWB wireless communication signal. | 12-02-2010 |
20100321310 | BRIGHTNESS CONTROLLABLE ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE WITH TACTILE SENSOR SENSING INTENSITY OF FORCE OR INTENSITY OF PRESSURE, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME, MOBILE TERMINAL KEYPAD HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an electroluminescence device capable of controlling the brightness thereof based on the intensity of force or the intensity of pressure. The electroluminescence device includes a substrate at least a part of which is transparent; a first electrode formed on the bottom face of the substrate; an emission layer formed underneath the first electrode; a second electrode formed underneath the emission layer; a tactile sensor formed underneath the second electrode and sensing the intensity of force or the intensity of pressure; and a controller connected to the tactile sensor and adjusting a variation in electric field between the first and second electrodes based on the output of the tactile sensor to control the brightness of light emitted from the emission layer. | 12-23-2010 |
20100328338 | BRIGHTNESS CONTROLLABLE LED ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH TACTILE SENSOR SENSING INTENSITY OF FORCE OR INTENSITY OF PRESSURE, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME, MOBILE TERMINAL KEYPAD HAVING THE SAME, ROBOT EYE AND ROBOT NOSE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a brightness controllable LED illumination device using a tactile sensor sensing the intensity of force or the intensity of pressure. The brightness controllable LED illumination device includes at least one LED emitting light based on electric field formed between first and second electrodes; a tactile sensor sensing the intensity of force or pressure applied by a predetermined contact object and generating an output signal corresponding to the sensed intensity; and a controller connected to the tactile sensor and adjusting a variation in the electric field based on the output signal of the tactile sensor to control the brightness of the light emitted from the at least one LED. | 12-30-2010 |
20110044508 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RAY TRACING USING PATH PREPROCESS - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for ray-tracing using a path preprocess. The method for ray-tracing including launching a ray from a transmitting point at angles with regular intervals, setting a first side of an object where the launched ray is projected as a reference patch, and searching predetermined preprocessed path data for a counterpart patch corresponding to a second side of another object, the second side being exposed to the projected ray reflected or diffracted from the set reference patch, and tracing a transmission path of the reflected or diffracted ray. | 02-24-2011 |
20110102420 | METHOD FOR 3D PREPROCESSING FOR RAY TRACING - A method for 3D preprocessing for ray tracing includes: selecting and storing visible surfaces by designating one of a plurality of structures as a reference structure and remaining structures as relative structures, searching for the relative structures from the reference structure, storing relative structures having a surface visible from the reference structure, and removing relative structures having an invisible surface; conducting selection and storage based on distance measurement by measuring the distance from the reference structure to each of the stored relative structures and removing relative structures positioned beyond a reference spot predetermined with reference to the reference structure; and calculating a ray propagation path by calculating the propagation path of the ray between the reference structure and each of the relative structures stored in said conducting selection and storage based on distance measurement. | 05-05-2011 |
20110107850 | 6-AXIS SENSOR STRUCTURE USING FORCE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING FORCE AND MOMENT THEREWITH - A 6-axis force sensor includes bumper | 05-12-2011 |
20110143676 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING A SIGNAL IN MILLIMETER WAVEBAND - Provided is a millimeter waveband signal receiving device and method. The millimeter waveband signal receiving method includes receiving a plurality of millimeter waveband signals via a plurality of paths, selecting a switching path from among the plurality of paths based on the plurality of received millimeter waveband signals, and setting a communication connection to the selected switching path. | 06-16-2011 |
20110148706 | ANTENNA WITH CONTROLLED SIDELOBE CHARACTERISTICS - An antenna with controlled sidelobe characteristics includes: a power coupler configured to receive a signal to be transmitted and generate and output a main channel signal and an auxiliary channel signal; a main channel power distributor configured to receive the outputted main channel signal and distribute power of the main channel signal; a main antenna configured to receive the power-distributed signal, the main antenna including a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array of a number of antenna elements; a vector signal controller configured to control amplitude and phase of the auxiliary channel signal; an auxiliary channel power distributor configured to receive the controlled amplitude and phase of the auxiliary channel signal and distribute power of the auxiliary channel signal; and an auxiliary antenna independently installed separate from the main antenna, the auxiliary antenna including an antenna element or an array of a number of antennas. | 06-23-2011 |
20120134674 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAPPING A CLIENT SIGNAL - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for mapping an SDH signal and other 40-Gbps client signals through a single data path. The mapping apparatus supports both a justification byte mapping scheme and a sigma-delta distribution mapping scheme and implements a single data path. Accordingly, power consumption may be reduced by changing each mapping mode in a hitless manner or minimizing logic capacity according to a mapping mode used in the mapping apparatus. | 05-31-2012 |
20120166129 | CALIBRATION METHOD USING A VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER AND DELAY TIME MEASUREMENT USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a calibration method using a vector network analyzer including: acquiring impulse responses for a direct wave and a multi-reflected wave generated by transmitting and receiving devices connected to a measuring port of the vector network analyzer; setting a gate only for an impulse response for the direct wave among the impulse responses for the acquired direct wave and multi-reflected wave; and transforming the impulse response for the direct wave to which the gate is set into a frequency domain signal and defining the transformed frequency domain signal as calibration results. | 06-28-2012 |
20120257012 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY - A display method and a display apparatus of a 3D image are provided. The display method includes: receiving an image stream; determining a viewing mode of the image stream; determining whether or not a screen of a display apparatus is adjusted according to the determined viewing mode; and adjusting the screen of the display apparatus in the case in which it is determined in the determining of whether or not the screen of the display apparatus is adjusted that the screen is adjusted, wherein the viewing mode of the image stream includes a 2D image viewing mode and a 3D image viewing mode. | 10-11-2012 |
20120263229 | ADAPTIVE IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters. | 10-18-2012 |
20120275513 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE - Disclosed are a video encoding/decoding method and device. The video encoding method may comprise the steps of: establishing an adaptive filter corresponding to the current image; comparing the adaptive filter established in this way with at least one existing adaptive filter contained in a filter list; establishing whether to add the adaptive filter established in the way described to the adaptive filter list, based on the results of the comparison; and encoding the current image by using an adaptive filter contained in the filter list. In this way, encoding efficiency can be improved. | 11-01-2012 |
20130058585 | APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE BY SKIP ENCODING AND METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal. | 03-07-2013 |
20130108184 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING IMAGES USING TEMPLATE MATCHING AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGES | 05-02-2013 |
20130136172 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING VIDEO, AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a video encoding method and apparatus for setting and encoding quantization parameters, and to a video decoding method and apparatus for decoding and setting quantization parameters in a video encoding and decoding apparatus which uses blocks having various sizes and depths as encoding and decoding units. | 05-30-2013 |
20130168336 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING TACTILE SENSOR TO CURVED SURFACE - The present invention relates to a structure for attaching tactile sensors to a curved surface, comprising a sensor fixing unit configured to have at least part of one surface curved and to have a plurality of sensor insertion grooves, crossing each other, formed in the one surface in a matrix form; tactile sensor units formed in a matrix form, inserted into the respective sensor insertion grooves, and configured to detect external force; sealing units configured to seal the respective sensor insertion grooves; and a support unit configured to come in contact with one face of the sealing units or the sensor fixing units and to support the sensor fixing units. Accordingly, the tactile sensors can be easily attached to a curved surface, and mass production is possible. | 07-04-2013 |
20130177078 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO USING ADAPTIVE PREDICTION BLOCK FILTERING - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video. The method and apparatus of the present invention involve generating a first prediction block for a block to be decoded, calculating a filter coefficient on the basis of the block adjacent to the first prediction block, and performing filtering on the first prediction block using the filter coefficient so as to generate a second prediction block if information relating to the performance of filtering indicates that filtering should be performed. According to the present invention, accuracy in video prediction and encoding performance are improved. | 07-11-2013 |
20130182768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING / DECODING VIDEO USING ERROR COMPENSATION - According to the present invention, a method for decoding a video in a skip mode comprises the steps of: deriving a pixel value of an estimation block for a current block; deriving an error compensation value for the current block; and deriving a pixel value of a final prediction block using the pixel value of the prediction block and the error compensation value. According to the present invention, the amount of transmitted information is minimized, and the efficiency of video encoding/decoding is improved. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182779 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO-ENCODING/DECODING USING FILTER INFORMATION PREDICTION - Provided is a scalable video-decoding method based on multiple layers. The scalable video-decoding method according to the present invention comprises: a step of predicting first filter information of a video to be filtered using the information contained in an object layer and/or information contained in another layer, and generating second filter information in accordance with the prediction; and a step of filtering the video to be filtered using the second filter information. According to the present invention, the amount of information being transmitted is reduced, and video compression performance is improved. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188731 | METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING BLOCK INFORMATION USING QUAD TREE, AND DEVICE FOR USING SAME - Disclosed decoding method of the intra prediction mode comprises the steps of: determining whether an intra prediction mode of a present prediction unit is the same as a first candidate intra prediction mode or as a second candidate intra prediction mode on the basis of 1-bit information; and determining, among said first candidate intra prediction mode and said second candidate intra prediction mode, which candidate intra prediction mode is the same as the intra prediction mode of said present prediction unit on the basis of additional 1-bit information, if the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit is the same as at least either the first candidate intra prediction mode or the second candidate intra prediction mode, and decoding the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188740 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENTROPY ENCODING/DECODING - Provided is an entropy decoding method. The entropy decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: drawing context information about a symbol to be decoded using at least either context information about corresponding layer or context information about other layers; and performing entropy decoding on the symbol using the drawn context information. According to the present invention, image compression efficiency can be enhanced. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188884 | METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGES AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING USING SAME - The present invention relates to image encoding and image decoding. A method for encoding images according to the present invention comprises the steps of: acquiring division information from peripheral blocks of an encoding target block with respect to the peripheral blocks; predicting the division of the encoding target block on the basis of the acquired division information; encoding information on the difference between the practical division information of the encoding target information and the predictive division information predicted in the predicting process; and transmitting the encoded information. The present invention can encode/decode the division information of the encoding/decoding target blocks using the information about the peripheral blocks. | 07-25-2013 |
20130223528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL ENTROPY ENCODING/DECODING - The present invention relates to an entropy encoding method comprising the following steps: updating probability information using the update information derived based on a bit stream received from an encoder; deriving a bin corresponding to the current codeword based on the updated probability information; and performing the inverse binarization of the derived bin to acquire a syntax element. According to the present invention, video-encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved. | 08-29-2013 |
20130250055 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A 3D VIDEO CODING RATE AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A 3D video encoding rate controlling method and an apparatus using the method are disclosed. An image encoding method includes encoding first and second images at a first encoding ratio, with an encoding rate of the first image different from an encoding rate of the second image and after encoding the first and second images at the first encoding ratio, encoding the first and second images at a second encoding ratio. Accordingly, it may be possible to provide a viewer with 3D images while minimizing visual fatigue in consideration of a human visual characteristics. | 09-26-2013 |
20140010283 | ADAPTIVE IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters. | 01-09-2014 |
20140029668 | APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE BY SKIP ENCODING AND METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal. | 01-30-2014 |
20140036994 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a video encoding apparatus, including a signal separator to separate a differential image block into a first domain and a second domain, based on a boundary line included in the differential image block, the differential image block indicating a difference between an original image and a prediction image with respect to the original image, a transform encoder to perform a transform encoding with respect to the first domain using a discrete cosine transform (DCT), a quantization unit to quantize an output of the transform encoding unit in a frequency domain, a space domain quantization unit to quantize the second domain in a space domain, and an entropy encoder to perform an entropy encoding using outputs of the quantization unit and the space domain quantization unit. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037001 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING REFERENCE UNIT - An inter prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting candidate units from among reconstructed neighbor units; creating a candidate unit set with respect to units to be decoded, using the selected candidate units; determining a reference unit from among the candidate units which constitute the created candidate unit set; and performing inter prediction on the units to be decoded, using the determined reference unit. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved. | 02-06-2014 |
20140091963 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE IN RADIO WAVE SYSTEM - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for analyzing propagation of an electromagnetic wave by effectively using a ray tracing scheme in a radio wave system, in which; an electromagnetic wave scattered in an electromagnetic wave incident to an interface in a service area is detected; average scattering power for the interface is calculated by the scattered electromagnetic wave; the propagation of the electromagnetic wave in the service area is analyzed based on the average scattering power. | 04-03-2014 |
20140133739 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING ERRORS IN MULTIPLE STREAM-BASED 3D IMAGES - The present invention relates to correcting errors of multiple stream-based 3D images. The present invention comprises a 3D image synchronizing unit which synchronizes a first image and a second image consisting the 3D image; a 3D image correcting unit which detects an error block in the first image, searches a corresponding block in the second image, and corrects the error block on the basis of the block information of said corresponding block; and a compositing unit which composites the corrected first image and the second image to generate a 3D stereoscopic image. According to the present invention, bit errors occurring when transmitting multiple stream of 3D image can be corrected, providing better quality of 3D images. Also, error correction can be easily performed by using the method of the present invention without complicated calculations. | 05-15-2014 |
20140152489 | HIGH-FREQUENCY OCEAN SURFACE RADAR USING FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXING AND ORTHOGONAL WAVEFORMS - A method of reusing a frequency by allocating two orthogonal signal waveforms to the same frequency band is as follows. Two high-frequency ocean surface radars can be operated in the same frequency band without mutual interference by allocating a signal having an up-chirped LFM waveform and a signal having a down-chirped LFM waveform, having the same frequency band, to the two radars by employing an orthogonal characteristic between the two signals. Furthermore, a plurality of radars located within a distance within which interference is possible can be operated without mutual interference by combining and allocating two orthogonal signals and a plurality of frequency bands. | 06-05-2014 |
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20140375889 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING TRANSPORT STREAM - Disclosed herein is a method of switching a transport stream. The method comprises receiving a plurality of different input streams, receiving a switching command for a first input stream that belongs to the plurality of input streams and that is now output, searching for an out-point of the first input stream and an in-point of a second input stream that is newly output, in response to the switching command, inserting a virtual P picture stream between the out-point and the in-point, and performing switching from the first input stream into the second input stream based on the out-point and the in-point. | 12-25-2014 |
20150063149 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY MEASURING PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS OF MILLIMETER RADIO WAVES AND ACQUIRING DATA USING SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL IN REAL TIME - Provided is a method for automatically measuring propagation characteristics of millimeter radio waves and acquiring data using a simple network management protocol (SNMP) in real time. A remote server may control a transmitter control terminal and a receiver control terminal, which control a transmitter and receiver separated from each other at a predetermined distance so as to measure propagation characteristics, through a wired/wireless network using the SNMP. | 03-05-2015 |