Patents by Inventor Yang-Won Jung
Yang-Won Jung has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20150088530Abstract: Method and apparatus for processing audio signals are provided. The method for decoding an audio signal includes extracting a downmix signal and spatial information from a received audio signal, generating surround converting information using the spatial information and rendering the downmix signal to generate a pseudo-surround signal in a previously set rendering domain, using the surround converting information. The apparatus for decoding an audio signal includes a demultiplexing part extracting a downmix signal and spatial information from a received audio signal, an information converting part generating surround converting information using the spatial information and a pseudo-surround generating part rendering the downmix signal to generate a pseudo-surround signal in a previous set rendering domain, using the surround converting information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Hyen-O Oh, Hee Suk Pang, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim, Yang-Won Jung
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Publication number: 20150067885Abstract: Technologies are generally described for privacy protection for a life-log system. In some examples, a method performed under control of a life-log system may include receiving, from a user account, a request to change one or more real life-log data entries relating to a real event that are stored in a first part of a database; removing the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event from the first part of the database; and storing, in the first part of the database, one or more misleading life-log data entries relating to a false event corresponding to the real event.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Seungil Kim, Yang-Won Jung
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Patent number: 8972270Abstract: A method for processing an audio signal is disclosed. The method for processing an audio signal includes frequency-transforming an audio signal to generate a frequency-spectrum, deciding a weighting per band corresponding to energy per band using the frequency spectrum, receiving a masking threshold based on a psychoacoustic model, applying the weighting to the masking threshold to generate a modified masking threshold, and quantizing the audio signal using the modified masking threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2009Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei UniversityInventors: Hyen-O Oh, Chang Heon Lee, Jeongook Song, Yang Won Jung, Hong Goo Kang
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Patent number: 8917874Abstract: Method and apparatus for processing audio signals are provided. The method for decoding an audio signal includes extracting a downmix signal and spatial information from a received audio signal, generating surround converting information using the spatial information and rendering the downmix signal to generate a pseudo-surround signal in a previously set rendering domain, using the surround converting information. The apparatus for decoding an audio signal includes a demultiplexing part extracting a downmix signal and spatial information from a received audio signal, an information converting part generating surround converting information using the spatial information and a pseudo-surround generating part rendering the downmix signal to generate a pseudo-surround signal in a previously set rendering domain, using the surround converting information.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen O Oh, Hee Suk Pang, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim, Yang-Won Jung
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Publication number: 20140348113Abstract: Technologies are generally described for providing wireless communications. In some examples, a method performed under control of a mobile operating server may include determining whether there is an authenticated wireless access point around a mobile device, if there is no authenticated wireless access point, determining whether there is a non-authenticated wireless access point whose capacity is over a predetermined value around the mobile device and if there is a non-authenticated wireless access point whose capacity is over the predetermined value, instructing the mobile device to connect to a wireless local area network provided by the non-authenticated wireless access point.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventor: Yang-Won JUNG
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Patent number: 8824443Abstract: Technologies are generally described for providing wireless communications. In some examples, a method performed under control of a mobile operating server may include determining whether there is an authenticated wireless access point around a mobile device, if there is no authenticated wireless access point, determining whether there is a non-authenticated wireless access point whose capacity is over a predetermined value around the mobile device and if there is a non-authenticated wireless access point whose capacity is over the predetermined value, instructing the mobile device to connect to a wireless local area network provided by the non-authenticated wireless access point.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventor: Yang-Won Jung
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Patent number: 8804967Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal are provided. In the encoding method, spatial information is calculated based on a multi-channel audio signal and a down-mix signal, and a compensation parameter that compensates for the down-mix signal is calculated based on the multi-channel audio signal and the down-mix signal. Thereafter, a bitstream is generated by encoding the spatial information, the compensation parameter, and the down-mix signal and combining the results of the encoding. Therefore, it is possible to prevent deterioration of the quality of sound regarding a multi-channel audio signal by compensating for the multi-channel audio signal using a compensation parameter that compensates for a down-mix signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang-Won Jung, Hee Suk Pang, Hyen-O Oh, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim
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Publication number: 20140222439Abstract: An encoding method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus are provided. The decoding method includes skipping extension information included in an input bitstream, extracting a three-dimensional (3D) down-mix signal and spatial information from the input bitstream, removing 3D effects from the 3D down-mix signal by performing a 3D rendering operation on the 3D down-mix signal, and generating a multi-channel signal using a down-mix signal obtained by the removal and the spatial information. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently encode multi-channel signals with 3D effects and to adaptively restore and reproduce audio signals with optimum sound quality according to the characteristics of an audio reproduction environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang-Won Jung, Hee Suk Pang, Hyen O. Oh, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim
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Publication number: 20140222440Abstract: A method for decoding an audio signal, receiving a downmix signal having at least one independent object and a background object downmixed therein receiving object information and enhanced object information, wherein the object information includes at least one of level information and correlation information between the independent object and the background object, wherein the enhanced object information includes a residual signal extracting the at least one independent object and the background object from the downmix signal using the object information and the enhanced object information receiving mix information from a user, the mix information being usable to control gain or panning of the independent object or the background object generating downmix processing information using at least one of the object information and enhanced object information processing at least one independent object and the background object using at least one of the downmix processing information and the mix information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyeon O OH, Yang Won JUNG
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Publication number: 20140214980Abstract: Technologies are generally described for a spoiler alert scheme. In some examples, a spoiler alert system may include an event determination unit configured to determine an event of interest to a user for which a spoiler alert is to be provided, a spoiler identification unit configured to identify one or more posts in an online forum that include spoiler information regarding the determined event of interest, and a spoiler control unit configured to hide the one or more identified posts from the online forum, as displayed to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Empire Technology Development LLCInventor: Yang-Won Jung
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Publication number: 20140214706Abstract: In one example, a computer-readable medium stores computer-executable instructions that cause one or more processors to aggregate at least a subset of a listing of current employees into at least one of plural categories, scan online activity for one or more of the current employees to an online service to detect instances of predetermined indicia, and collect the detected instances of the predetermined indicia into a profile for a perspective employee.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventor: Yang-Won Jung
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Method and an apparatus for processing speech, audio, and speech/audio signal using mode information
Patent number: 8781843Abstract: A method of processing a signal, which includes receiving at least one of a first signal and a second signal, receiving mode information, and decoding the at least one of the first signal and the second signal using at least one of a first coding scheme and a second coding scheme according to the mode information. Further, the mode information is information for indicating that a prescribed mode corresponds to which one of at least three modes.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyen-O Oh, Hong Goo Kang, Chang Heon Lee, Sang Wook Shin, Yang Won Jung -
Publication number: 20140177848Abstract: A method for processing an audio signal at an audio decoder, the method including receiving a downmix signal, a residual signal, and object information; extracting a background-object signal and a foreground-object signal from the downmix signal using the residual signal and object information; receiving mix information including gain information for the background-object signal; generating a downmix processing information based on the object information and the mix information; and generating an output signal including a modified background-object signal and a modified foreground-object signal. The modified background-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the background-object signal using the mix information. The modified foreground-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the foreground-object signal using the downmix processing information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyen O OH, Yang Won JUNG
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Patent number: 8755442Abstract: A method and apparatus for signal processing which enable data compression and recovery with high transmission efficiency are disclosed. Data coding and entropy coding are performed with correlation and grouping is used to increase coding efficiency. A method for signal processing according to this invention, the method includes decapsulating the signal received over an Internet protocol network, obtaining data coding identification information from the de-capsulated signal and data-decoding data according to a data coding scheme indicated by the data coding identification information, wherein the data coding scheme includes at least a pilot coding scheme, the pilot coding scheme decodes the data using a pilot reference value corresponding to a plurality of data and a pilot difference value, and the pilot difference value is generated using the data and the pilot reference value.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2006Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen O Oh, Hee Suk Pang, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim, Yang Won Jung
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Publication number: 20140161285Abstract: A method of processing an audio signal, and which includes a receiving object information including object level information indicating a level of objects, object gain information and object correlation information; receiving preset presence information and preset number information; receiving preset information based on the preset presence information and the preset number information by an audio decoding apparatus, the preset information including preset metadata representing an attribute mode of the preset information, preset rendering data and preset type information indicating whether the preset rendering data is in a matrix type or not obtaining a preset matrix from the preset rendering data by the audio decoding apparatus, and generating a processed audio signal by controlling a gain or panning of the at least one object included in the audio signal based on the downmix processing information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyen O OH, Yang Won JUNG
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Publication number: 20140161261Abstract: A method of processing an audio signal, the method including receiving a downmix signal including at least one object signal, and object information extracted when the downmix signal is generated, the at least one object signal including a background object and at least one independent object; receiving mix information including mode selection information, the mix information for controlling the at least object signal; receiving enhanced object information corresponding to a residual signal generated when the at least one object signal is downmixed to the downmix signal; generating downmix processing information by using the object information and the mix information; generating an output signal by applying the downmix processed information to the downmix signal; and extracting the background object and the at least one independent object from the downmix signal, by using the enhanced object information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen-O OH, Yang Won JUNG
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Publication number: 20140143334Abstract: Technologies are generally described for a social networking service (SNS). In some examples, a method performed under control of a server may include receiving a user input associated with the user responding to content posted in an online forum, determining whether a threshold condition set by the user is satisfied for the user's response to be disclosed with regard to a particular piece of content posted in the online forum, and disclosing the user's response to the particular piece of content posted in the online forum when the threshold condition is determined to be satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Empire Technology Development LLCInventor: Yang-Won Jung
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Patent number: 8725279Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing an audio signal is disclosed. Herein, the method includes receiving a downmix information having at least one independent object and a background object downmixed therein; receiving an object information and a mix information; and extracting at least one independent object from the downmix information using the object information and the enhanced object information.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen O Oh, Yang Won Jung
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Patent number: 8712060Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing an audio signal is disclosed. Herein, the method includes receiving a downmix information having at least two independent objects and a background object downmixed therein; separating the downmix information into a first independent object and a temporary background object using a first enhanced object information; and extracting a second independent object from the temporary background object using a second enhanced object information.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyeon O Oh, Yang Won Jung
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Patent number: 8712058Abstract: An encoding method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus are provided. The decoding method includes extracting an arbitrary down-mix signal and compensation information necessary for compensating for the arbitrary down-mix signal from the input bitstream, compensating for the arbitrary down-mix signal using the compensation information, and generating a three-dimensional (3D) down-mix signal by performing a 3D rendering operation on the compensated arbitrary down-mix signal. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently encode multi-channel signals with 3D effects and to adaptively restore and reproduce audio signals with optimum sound quality according to the characteristics of an audio reproduction environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2007Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Yang Won Jung, Hee Suk Pang, Hyen O Oh, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim