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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Patent number: 8577483Abstract: The invention relates to a method for decoding an audio signal, to allow an audio signal to be compressed and transferred more efficiently. The inventive method comprises steps of receiving an audio signal with spatial information signal, obtaining location information using the number of time slot and parameter of audio signal, establishing a multi-channel audio signal by applying spatial information signal to down-mix signal, and performing a multi-channel array for a multi-channel audio signal in response to the output channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Hyen O Oh, Hee Suk Pang, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim, Yang-Won Jung
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Patent number: 8577686Abstract: 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 and generating a pseudo-surround signal using the downmix signal and the spatial information. The apparatus for decoding an audio signal includes a demultiplexing part extracting a downmix signal and spatial information from a received audio signal and a pseudo-surround decoding part generating a pseudo-surround signal from the downmix signal, using the spatial information.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: 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: 20130281215Abstract: Technologies and implementations for providing an online game experience using multiple devices are generally disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventor: Yang-Won Jung
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Patent number: 8566107Abstract: Disclosed is 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. The mode information is information for indicating that a prescribed mode corresponds to one of at least three modes. The method includes detecting when a restricted mode change occurs and changing at least one mode when detecting a restricted mode change.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyen-O Oh, Hong Goo Kang, Chang Heon Lee, Sang Wook Shin, Yang Won Jung
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Patent number: 8543231Abstract: A method of processing a signal is disclosed, which includes receiving a downmix signal, object information and rendering information; obtaining downmix gain flag information indicating whether a downmix gain is included in the object information; and generating downmix processing information using the object information and the rendering information based on the downmix gain flag information, wherein the object information includes modified object level information or object level information, wherein the modified object level information is determined using a level of a modified object generated by applying the downmix gain to an object, and wherein the object level information is determined using a level of the object. Accordingly, in an apparatus for processing a signal and method thereof according to the present invention, the signal is decoded using modified object level information based on downmix gain flag information.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen-O Oh, Yang Won Jung
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Patent number: 8543386Abstract: Method and apparatus for processing audio signals are provided. The method for decoding an audio signal includes receiving filter information, applying spatial information to the filter information to generate surround converting information, and outputting the surround converting information. The apparatus for decoding an audio signal includes a filter information receiving part receiving filter information; an information converting part applying spatial information to the filter information to generate surround converting information, and a surround converting information output part outputting the surround converting information.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen O Oh, Hee Suk Pang, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim, Yang-Won Jung
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Patent number: 8532306Abstract: A method of decoding an audio signal is disclosed, The present invention includes the steps of receiving the audio signal having a plurality of channel signals including an ambient component signal and a source component signal, extracting the ambient component signal and the source component signal of each of the channels based on correlation between the channel signals, modifying the ambient component signal using surround effect information, and generating the audio signal including a plurality of channels using the modified ambient component signal and the source component signal. Accordingly, in an apparatus for decoding an audio signal and method thereof according to the present invention, an ambient component signal is extracted and modified based on correlation and the modified ambient and source component signals are outputted using different signal output units, respectively. Therefore, the present invention enhances a stereo effect of the audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyon-O Oh, Myung Hoon Lee, Yang Won Jung, Chirsluf Faller
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Patent number: 8527282Abstract: A method of processing a signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving extension information and at least one downmix signal of a first downmix signal decoded by a audio coding scheme and a second downmix signal decoded by a speech coding scheme; determining an extension base signal corresponding to a partial region of the downmix signal based on the extension information; and generating an extended downmix signal having a bandwidth extended by reconstructing a high frequency region signal using the extension base signal and the extension information. According to a signal processing method and apparatus of the present invention, signal corresponding to a partial frequency region of the downmix signal is used as the extension base signal. Therefore, the high frequency region of the downmix signal is reconstructed by using the extension base signal having variable bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen-O Oh, Yang Won Jung
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Patent number: 8521313Abstract: An apparatus for processing a media signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which the media signal can be converted to a surround signal a surround signal by using spatial information of the media signal. The present invention provides a method of processing a signal, the method comprising of generating source mapping information corresponding to each source of multi-sources by using spatial information indicating features between the multi-sources; generating at least one rendering information by using the source mapping information and filter information having a surround effect; and performing interpolation by using neighbor rendering information of the at least one rendering information.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2007Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen O Oh, Hee Suk Pang, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim, Yang-Won Jung
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Patent number: 8503683Abstract: An encoding method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus are provided. The decoding method includes extracting a down-mix signal and spatial information regarding a plurality of channels from an input bitstream, and generating a three-dimensional (3D) down-mix signal by performing a 3D rendering operation on the down-mix signal using the spatial information and a filter, wherein the sum of the number of valid signals of the down-mix signal, the number of valid signals of the spatial information, and the number of valid signals of co-efficients of the filter is less than the number of valid signals of the 3D 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: August 6, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Yang Won Jung, Hee Suk Pang, Hyen O Oh, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim
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Patent number: 8504377Abstract: A method of processing a signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving at least one of a first signal and a second signal, obtaining mode information and modification flag information indicating whether the first signal is modified, if it is determined as an audio coding scheme according to the mode information, decoding the first signal by the audio coding scheme, if the first signal is modified based on the modification flag information, reconstructing the first signal by applying modification reconstruction information to the first signal, determining an extension base signal corresponding to a partial region of the first signal based on extension information, and generating an extended downmix signal having a bandwidth extended by reconstructing a high frequency region signal using the extension base signal and the extension information.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen-O Oh, Yang Won Jung
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Patent number: 8498421Abstract: 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: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang-Won Jung, Hee Suk Pang, Hyen-O Oh, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim
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Patent number: 8494667Abstract: A method and/or apparatus for encoding and/or decoding an audio signal is disclosed, in which a downmix gain is applied to a downmix signal in an encoding apparatus which, in turn, transmits, to a decoding apparatus, a bit stream containing information as to the applied downmix gain. The decoding apparatus recovers the downmix signal, using the downmix gain information. A method and/or apparatus for encoding and/or decoding an audio signal is also disclosed, in which the encoding apparatus can apply an arbitrary downmix gain (ADG) to the downmix signal, and can transmit a bit stream containing information as to the applied ADG to the decoding apparatus. The decoding apparatus recovers the downmix signal, using the ADG information. A method and/or apparatus for encoding and/or decoding an audio signal is also disclosed, in which the method and/or apparatus can also vary the energy level of a specific channel, and can recover the varied energy level.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hee-Suk Pang, Hyen O Oh, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim, Yang Won Jung, Sung Young Yoon
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Patent number: 8488797Abstract: A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal and a downmix processing information; and, processing the downmix signal using a downmix processing information, comprising: de-correlating the downmix signal; and, mixing the downmix signal and the de-correlated signal in order to output the processed downmix signal, wherein the downmix processing information is estimated based on an object information and a mix information is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen-O Oh, Yang-Won Jung
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Patent number: 8488819Abstract: An apparatus for processing a media signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which the media signal can be converted to a surround signal by using spatial information of the media signal. The present invention provides a method of processing a signal, the method comprising of generating source mapping information corresponding to each source of multi-sources by using spatial information indicating features between the multi-sources; generating sub-rendering in formation by applying filter information giving a surround effect to the source mapping in formation per the source; generating rendering information for generating a surround signal by integrating the at least one of the sub-rendering information; and generating the surround signal by applying the rendering information to a downmix signal generated by downmixing the multi-sources.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2007Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hee Suk Pang, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Hyun Lim, Hyen O Oh, Yang-Won Jung
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Patent number: 8483411Abstract: An apparatus for processing a signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving a downmix signal generated from a plural-channel signal, mix information and phase shift information on the plural-channel signal, upmixing the downmix signal into the plural-channel signal by applying the mix information to the downmix signal, and generating an original plural-channel signal by shifting a phase of at least one channel of the plural-channel signal based on the phase shift information. According to the present invention compensate a reconstructed original plural-channel signal using compensation information (phase shift information), thereby compensating a phase or a gain lost in the plural-channel signal reconstructed by upmixing using mix information.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen-O Oh, Yang Won Jung
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Patent number: 8463413Abstract: A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving the audio signal including object information, obtaining correlation information indicating whether an object is grouped with other object from the received audio signal, and obtaining one meta information common to grouped objects based on the correlation information.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen O Oh, Yang Won Jung
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Patent number: 8463605Abstract: A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving downmix information, object information and mix information, generating and transferring multi-channel information using at least one of the downmix information, the object information and the mix information, and selectively generating and transferring either first gain information or extra multi-channel information including second gain information in accordance with a decoding mode using at least one of the object information and the mix information.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen-O Oh, Yang Won Jung
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Patent number: 8452430Abstract: An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an information receiving unit receiving a downmix signal including and a plurality of preset informations; an external preset information receiving unit receiving a plurality of external preset informations being inputted from external; an external preset applying-determining unit determining whether the plurality of the external preset informations applies to the downmix signal; an external preset information selecting unit selecting one external preset information, if the plurality of external preset informations is selected; and a rendering unit controlling the object by applying the external preset information to the all data regions. Accordingly, an audio signal can be efficiently reconstructed by individually selecting and applying external preset information by a data region unit or by selecting and applying the same external preset information to a whole downmix signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen O Oh, Yang Won Jung
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Patent number: 8428267Abstract: A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal, a first multi-channel information, and an object information; processing the downmix signal using the object information and a mix information; and, transmitting one of the first multi-channel information and a second multi-channel information according to the mix information, wherein the second channel information is generated using the object information and the mix information is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyen-O Oh, Yang-Won Jung