Modulator Patents (Class 348/724)
  • Patent number: 11360542
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for operating a processor in an electronic device. The method includes identifying an average throughput for a first set of subframes, predicting a load of the processor for a second set of subframes based on the identified average throughput, determining an operating frequency of the processor for the second set of subframes based on the predicted load, and operating the processor on the determined operating frequency for the second set of subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mahantesh Kothiwale, Satyam Namdeo, Yunas Rashid, Srinivasa Rao Kola, Manjunath Jayram
  • Patent number: 10650881
    Abstract: Described are memory modules that support different error detection and correction (EDC) schemes in both single- and multiple-module memory systems. The memory modules are width configurable and support the different EDC schemes for relatively wide and narrow module data widths. Data buffers on the modules support the half-width and full-width modes, and also support time-division-multiplexing to access additional memory components on each module in support of enhanced EDC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick A. Ware, John Eric Linstadt, Kenneth L. Wright
  • Patent number: 10188037
    Abstract: A method and apparatus estimate yield. A first signal is received that an aggregate yield measured by an aggregate yield sensor during a measurement interval. A second signal is received that indicates a plurality of geo-referenced regions across which a harvester has traveled prior to the measurement interval. The method and apparatus allocate, to each of at least two geo-referenced regions, an aggregate yield portion allocation based upon different travel times for crops to the aggregate yield sensor Visual-Infrared Vegetative Index data derived from sensing of plants in selected portions of the electromagnetic spectrum at a time other than harvest. The aggregate yield portion allocations are output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Aaron J. Bruns, Matthew J. Darr
  • Patent number: 9930523
    Abstract: The invention is related to a method allowing a prover holding a secret key (x) to prove its identity to a verifier and to prove to this verifier that he is within a predetermined distance of this verifier, said method comprising an initialization phase during which: the prover picks a first nonce (Np) and communicates this first nonce to the verifier; the verifier picks a first random vector (a), a leak function (L?), and a second nonce (Nv); the verifier uses said leak function (L?) to compute a modified secret (x?) depending on the leak (L?(x)) of said secret; the verifier transmits to said prover said leak function and said second nonce; the prover retrieves said first random vector and said modified secret, wherein said first random vector and said modified secret are used by said prover for computing responses (ri) to challenges (ci).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Serge Vaudenay, Ioana C. Carlson
  • Patent number: 9903979
    Abstract: A method and apparatus estimate yield. A first method comprises receiving a first signal indicating an aggregate yield measured by an aggregate yield sensor during a measurement interval, receiving a second signal indicating a plurality of geo-referenced regions across which a harvester head has traveled prior to the measurement interval, allocating a portion of the aggregate yield to each of at least two geo-referenced regions based upon different travel times for crops from different portions of the head and outputting aggregate yield portion allocations. A second method estimates yield based upon sensed power characteristics across the harvesting width of a harvesting machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Niels Dybro, Noel W. Anderson, Aaron J. Bruns, James J. Phelan
  • Patent number: 9852636
    Abstract: Traffic event data source identification embodiments comprise a first monitoring system that detects a traffic event, a communication device that broadcasts a discovery signal and receives back response signals from any second monitoring systems within the vicinity of the traffic event, and a memory that stores a list of responding second monitoring systems. Traffic event data collection embodiments incorporate the identification embodiments and additional features. In this case, the first monitoring system captures data recorded at the time of the traffic event and a second communication device transmits this data and, optionally, the list to a traffic event database in a traffic event data storage system. The first communication device also transmits a data capture request signal to the second monitoring system(s) requesting capture of any data recorded at the time of the traffic event and, optionally, requesting that such data be transmitted to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corproation
    Inventors: Stephen Y. Chow, Grant D. Miller, Nader M. Nassar, Richard J. Newhook, Erich D. Walls
  • Patent number: 9780914
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving broadcast signals are provided. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal includes encoding mobile data for forward error correction (FEC), encoding signaling data, forming data groups including the encoded mobile data and the encoded signaling data and transmitting a signal frame that includes the data groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jae Hyung Song, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Won Gyu Song, Hyoung Gon Lee, In Hwan Choi, Chul Kyu Mun
  • Patent number: 9439215
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for setting an operating channel in a white space band. A method of setting an operating channel in a white space band by a device includes: receiving, by the device, a White Space Map including information on an available TV channel and an offset value in the available TV channel, and setting, by the device, the operating channel based upon the information of the available TV channel and the offset value from the available TV channel, wherein the offset value indicates a shifted amount of a center frequency of the operating channel from the center frequency of the available TV channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Wookbong Lee, Suhwook Kim, Jimsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 9337977
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting data comprising a plurality of data streams in a broadcasting system are provided. The method includes dividing a frame into a plurality of physical layer zones; allocating the plurality of data streams to at least one of the plurality of physical layer zones; allocating signaling information associated with the plurality of physical layers to at least one of the plurality of physical layer zones; and transmitting the frame to which the signaling information is allocated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ismael Gutierrez, Alain Mourad, Sung-Ryul Yun
  • Patent number: 9036090
    Abstract: A data transmitting device may include a first data transmitting unit and a second transmitting unit. The second data transmitting unit transmits to an external device video data encoded so as to be DC-free and capable of clock regeneration, via a pair of AC-coupled lines as a transmission path. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the transmission bandwidth of video data while improving signal quality and reducing power consumption. In addition, bi-directional transmission may be allowed which may enable new applications for inter-room transmission and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Toba, Gen Ichimura
  • Publication number: 20150062430
    Abstract: Provided in embodiments of the present invention are a method and device for transmitting a high-definition video signal, comprising: isolating from the high-definition video signal a brightness signal and a chrominance signal, and, by using an analog signal transmission mode, using non-overlapping frequency hands to transmit respectively the brightness signal and the chrominance signal. The solution of the present invention employs the analog signal transmission method, utilizes independent frequency bands to transmit respectively the brightness signal and the chrominance signal, and ensures that the brightness signal and the chrominance signal do not affect each other, thus ensuring video quality and timeliness of the high-definition video signal when transmitted over a long distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jun Yin, Xingming Zhang, Liquan Fu, Jiangming Zhu, Jun Wu, Jian Wu
  • Publication number: 20150009409
    Abstract: A video data transmitter apparatus generates and transmits a multi-value amplitude modulation signal by performing a multi-value amplitude modulation of a plurality of N bits per one symbol according to video data of a video signal or a color signal constituting the video signal, or a brightness signal and a color-difference signal. A data separator portion separates the video data into first to N-th pixel data, a difference calculator portion calculates (N?1) pieces of predetermined difference information based on the separated first to N-th pixel data, and a multi-value amplitude modulator portion performs a multi-value modulation so that predetermined N-bit data corresponds to a multi-value signal level closest to an intermediate level having an intermediate value between a maximum level and a minimum level of the multi-value signal level of the multi-value amplitude modulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi IKUSHIMA, Osamu SHIBATA, Hiroshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20150009410
    Abstract: A video data transmitter apparatus generates and transmits a multi-value amplitude modulation signal by performing a multi-value amplitude modulation of a plurality of N bits per one symbol according to video data of a video signal or a color signal constituting the video signal, or a brightness signal and a color-difference signal. A data separator portion separates the video data into first to N-th pixel data, a difference calculator portion calculates (N?1) pieces of predetermined difference information based on the separated first to N-th pixel data, and a multi-value amplitude modulator portion performs a multi-value modulation so that predetermined N-bit data corresponds to a multi-value signal level closest to an intermediate level having an intermediate value between a maximum level and a minimum level of the multi-value signal level of the multi-value amplitude modulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi IKUSHIMA, Osamu SHIBATA, Hiroshi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8891021
    Abstract: A video processing device is provided that includes a buffer, a luminance component, a maximum threshold component, a minimum threshold component and a flagging component. The buffer can store frame image data for a plurality of video frames. The luminance component can generate a first luminance value corresponding to a first frame image data and can generate a second luminance value corresponding to a second frame image data. The maximum threshold component can generate a maximum indicator signal when the difference between the second luminance value and the first luminance value is greater than a maximum threshold. The minimum threshold component can generate a minimum indicator signal when the difference between the second luminance value and the first luminance value is less than a minimum threshold. The flagging component can generate a flagged signal based on the maximum indicator signal and the minimum indicator signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: Renxiang Li, Faisal Ishtiaq
  • Patent number: 8842223
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmitter apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a transmitter system capable of easily transmitting a wideband signal. The transmitter apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit that obtains first transmission control information; a second acquisition unit that obtains second transmission control information similar to information input to another transmitter apparatus; and a generating unit that processes transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the first transmission control information and generates data including the processed transmission target data and the second transmission control information. The present technology can be applied to a transmitter apparatus that transmits a DVB-C2 signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Takashi Yokokawa, Naoki Yoshimochi, Takahiro Okada
  • Patent number: 8823881
    Abstract: A control device controls a television. The control device includes a touch module. The control device displays a menu containing a number of soft keys on a screen. The soft keys are activated to control the television to carry out corresponding functions. All positions on the menu are associated with all positions on the touch module correspondingly. As a result, a user can select desired soft keys to carry out corresponding functions by viewing the menu on the television and touching the touch module, rather than viewing the touch module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Chun Chang
  • Publication number: 20140184918
    Abstract: Symbols representing different classes of service are assigned to different modulation schemes so that the most important service (e.g., emergency messaging) can have the most robust performance, the next important service (e.g., audio) can have robust performance and so on including various grades of video (e.g., HDTV, SDTV) becoming available with decent received RF signal power. The separate modulation constellation points can be scaled to fit inside popular square constellation points to aide receiver synchronization. In this way, graceful degradation of service is afforded in the presence of noise in the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Luke Vernor Fay
  • Publication number: 20140160359
    Abstract: A camera for generating in a first mobile device a video signal, for viewing by a user, on the first mobile device, the camera generated video signal. The first mobile device has a connector and a cable, to connect the first mobile device camera generated video signal, by cable, to a second mobile device or to a television (TV) set, for viewing the first mobile device camera generated video signal on the second mobile device or on a television (TV) set. The first mobile device has a receiver, demodulator and processor for receiving, demodulating and processing OFDM modulated signals used in a Wi-Fi network and has a second receiver, demodulator and processor for receiving, demodulating and processing CDMA modulated signals used in a cellular system. The first mobile device receives, demodulates and processes location finder signals, such as GPS signals and has a touch screen generated control signal to control use of the first mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventor: Kamilo Feher
  • Patent number: 8634029
    Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus for distributing a received modulated RF signal to a plurality of tuners including a diplexer device. The diplexer device includes a plurality of filter circuits adapted to direct respective portions of the received modulated RF the signal to respective tuner devices. In an illustrated embodiment, the tuner devices supply tuned signals to a picture in picture display device. Also disclosed is a method of receiving a modulated ready of frequency signal and routing portions of the received signal to respective tuner devices using filter devices in a diplexer or multiplexer configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventor: Michael Anthony Pugel
  • Patent number: 8610514
    Abstract: A full spectrum modulator processes a plurality of CATV channels from separate paths. Each path has (i) a first filter for pulse shaping an input channel signal and upsampling a channel frequency thereof, (ii) an interpolator for interpolating the output of the first filter to a common sample rate, and (iii) a decimator for centering the output of the interpolator on a predetermined channel bandwidth. An IDFT processor receives channel signal outputs from the decimators. A polyphase filter bank receives IDFT processed parallel channel signals from the IDFT processor. A commutator converts the processed parallel channel signals from the polyphase filter bank to a single stream of data. A second filter upsamples the single stream of data to a fixed output sampling rate and low pass filters alias signals therefrom. Both standard and harmonically related carrier CATV channel frequency plans are accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: RGB Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Kennan Laudel
  • Publication number: 20130329139
    Abstract: A modulated video signal, received from a satellite, in a transceiver of a ship and of other water based communication devices, is demodulated and processed in a processor into a baseband processed video signal. The baseband video signal is processed and modulated into a Gaussian Minimum Shift Keyed (GMSK) or a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) or a Orthogonal Division Multiple Access (OFDM) modulated video signal. Receiving in a receiver a location finder information signal. Receiving and transmitting in a cellular phone one or more OFDM modulated signals in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system. Processing, cross-correlating and modulating, in a processor, a cross-correlator and a modulator of a cellular phone, an input signal into a processed, cross-correlated and modulated signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Kamilo Feher
  • Publication number: 20130308060
    Abstract: Symbols representing different classes of service are assigned to different modulation schemes so that the most important service (e.g., emergency messaging) can have the most robust performance, the next important service (e.g., audio) can have robust performance and so on including various grades of video (e.g., HDTV, SDTV) becoming available with decent received RF signal power. The separate modulation constellation points can be scaled to fit inside popular square constellation points to aide receiver synchronization. In this way, graceful degradation of service is afforded in the presence of noise in the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Luke Vernor Fay
  • Patent number: 8571119
    Abstract: A Software Defined Radio (SDR) subsystem capable of supporting a multiple communication standards and platforms for modulation, demodulation and trans-modulation of an input signal is provided. The SDR subsystem includes a Signal Conditioning Cluster (SCC) unit that includes a signal conditioning CPU adapted for sample based signal processing, a Signal Processing Cluster (SPC) unit that includes a signal processing CPU adapted for block based signal processing, and a Channel Codec Cluster (CCC) unit that performs a channel encoding or a channel decoding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Saankhya Labs Pvt. Ltd
    Inventors: Parag Naik, Anindya Saha, Hemant Mallapur, Sunil Hr, Gururaj Padaki
  • Publication number: 20130242201
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a transmission system includes a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter includes one or a plurality of light sources, a modulator, a first driver, a display, and a second driver. The one or a plurality of light sources is configured to emit a visible light whose light amount corresponds to a first drive signal. The modulator is configured to, according to transmission data to be transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver, modulate a first luminance signal indicative of an amount of the light the light source is configured to emit, to generate a second luminance signal. The first driver is configured to generate the first drive signal based on the second luminance signal. A mean of the second luminance signal during one frame in the input video signal is substantially equal to a value of the first luminance signal in the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Jun DEGUCHI, Hideaki Majima, Yuichi Nakamura, Hisao Kawasato, Nau Ozaki, Toshiyuki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 8526622
    Abstract: Television audio signal encoders include a matrix that sums a left channel audio signal and a right channel audio signal to produce a sum signal. The matrix also subtracts one of the left and right audio signals from the other to produce a difference signal. The encoders also include a configurable infinite impulse response digital filter that selectively uses one or more sets of filter coefficients to filter the difference signal and/or the sum signals. Each selectable set of filter coefficients is associated with a unique filtering application to prepare the difference signal for transmission. Decoders with the matrix are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: THAT Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew S. Barnhill, Roger R. Darr
  • Patent number: 8526508
    Abstract: A method of processing broadcast data in a transmitting system includes randomizing enhanced data; Reed-Solomon (RS) encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check encoding the randomized enhanced data to build an RS frame; encoding the enhanced data in the built RS frame at a coding rate of at least ½ or ¼; first interleaving the encoded enhanced data; deinterleaving the first interleaved enhanced data; first multiplexing enhanced data packets including the deinterleaved enhanced data with main data packets including main data; randomizing the main data in the multiplexed enhanced and main data packets; second interleaving the enhanced data in the multiplexed enhanced and main data packets and the randomized main data to output a data group having the interleaved enhanced data and the interleaved main data; trellis encoding data in the data group in a trellis encoding unit; and second multiplexing the trellis-encoded data with field synchronization data and segment synchronization data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung Gill Kim, In Hwan Choi, Kyung Won Kang, Kook Yeon Kwak, Woo Chan Kim
  • Patent number: 8482667
    Abstract: An apparatus for embedding additional information that may embed additional information into a digital television (TV) broadcast signal and transmit the additional information is provided. The apparatus may modulate the additional information to an intermediate frequency/radio frequency (IF/RF), embed the modulated additional information into the digital TV broadcast signal, and compensate for a distortion that may occur in an RF part, thereby correctly transmitting the additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korean Broadcasting System
    Inventors: Jae Kwon Lee, Young Woo Suh, Il Soo Kyung, Sung Ik Park, Heung Mook Kim, Nam Ho Hur
  • Publication number: 20130141648
    Abstract: A transmission and reception apparatus, system for transmitting and receiving signals, and method for transmitting and receiving signals are disclosed. In one example, a transmitting part produces an output signal including a first digitally modulated signal. A receiving part includes a mixer circuit and receives an input signal including a second digitally modulated signal. A folding signal may be present as a function of the first digitally modulated signal and a clock signal used to produce the first digitally modulated signal. The mixer circuit performs frequency down conversion on the input signal, and may also be configured to perform a harmonic wave removal function on the input signal that reduces the presence of the folding signal from the input signal. The receiving part may further include a filter circuit that receives the frequency-down-converted input signal from the mixer circuit and selects a predetermined reception signal from the frequency-down-converted input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sony Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130128125
    Abstract: Embodiments of a digital up-converter and an N-channel modulator are provided herein. The embodiments of the digital up-converter, in combination with the N-channel modulator, are capable of efficiently filling the spectrum of one or more RF signals with one or more types of information signals. For example, the digital up-converter can fill the spectrum of one or more RF signals with both broadcast and narrowcast video and data signals. In addition, the digital up-converter is capable of flexibly mapping the information signals to one or more channels of the one or more RF signals using a novel, three-level switching architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Broadcom Corporation
  • Patent number: 8411761
    Abstract: When a change in sub-channel selection is made after a mobile/handheld (M/H) Frame is begun, an M/H receiver is for some time unable to correct byte errors by transverse Reed-Solomon (TRS) decoding of turbo decoding results. Despite this, later stages of the M/H receiver are supplied data that cyclic-redundancy-check (CRC) decoding of Internet protocol (IP) packets does not find to be in error. Some of the IP packets comprise Service Map Table (SMT)-mobile/handheld (MH) data used to update SMT determining how the M/H receiver is operated. SMT-MH data that have not been subjected to TRS byte-error correction are kept from updating the SMT until those SMT-MH data are verified by later SMT-MH data subjected to TRS byte-error correction. Transmitting total number of Groups (TNOG) information for the currently received M/H Frame in all its sub-frames speeds up acquisition of Fast Information Channel updates by the M/H receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Allen LeRoy Limberg
  • Publication number: 20130050582
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a first interface configured to receive one or more HDMI or DVI signals for transmission over a respective one of an HDMI or DVI interface; a second interface configured to receive external data from a data source, the external data being intended for transmission over the HDMI or DVI interface; a data multiplexing device having inputs coupled to the first and second interfaces, and having an output, and being configured to multiplex the external data with information on one or more signal paths of the HDMI or DVI interface; and a transmitter coupled to the output of the data multiplexing device, configured to transmit the external data across the HDMI or DVI interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Duke H. Tran, Shing-Hong Lin
  • Patent number: 8355451
    Abstract: A method of processing a digital broadcast signal includes Reed-Solomon (RS) encoding enhanced service data for each column of at least one RS frame payload and adding a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) checksum byte at a right end of each row of the at least one RS frame payload to build at least one RS frame and forming data groups including the enhanced service data in the built RS frame and a plurality of known data sequences. Forming the data groups includes mapping the RS encoded enhanced service data into each of the data groups and inserting a place holder for a non-systematic RS parity into each of the data groups. The method further includes deinterleaving data in each of the data groups including the enhanced service data and the place holder and multiplexing the enhanced service data in each of the formed data groups with main service data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung Gill Kim, In Hwan Choi, Kyung Won Kang, Kook Yeon Kwak, Woo Chan Kim
  • Patent number: 8350968
    Abstract: A universal transmitter and a universal receiver for respectively transmitting and receiving orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signals using the international television bands respectively use fixed subcarrier spacing; fixed Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)/Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) period values; a fixed symbol duration for each cyclic prefix option; and fixed WRAN frame parameters, but a selectable channel bandwidth for transmission and reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Wi-LAN, Inc.
    Inventor: Shiquan Wu
  • Publication number: 20130002962
    Abstract: Digital television broadcasting signals employ parallel concatenated convolutional coding, commonly called “turbo coding”, to improve reception by receivers in motor vehicles. Turbo coded Reed-Solomon codewords are transversally disposed in the payload fields of encapsulating MPEG-2-compliant packets to improve the capability of the Reed-Solomon coding to overcome deep fades. Turbo codewords are transmitted more than once in so-called “staggercasting”. Reception of DTV signals is improved by combining soft decisions concerning repeated transmissions of turbo codewords before turbo decoding. Only the data components of turbo codewords are transmitted twice in “punctured” staggercasting of turbo codewords, with parity components being transmitted only once, so code rate is reduced by a smaller factor than two.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Allen LeRoy Limberg
  • Publication number: 20120327306
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting data in a broadcasting system. Input data is encoded by an encoder. A first demultiplexer generates first transmission symbols using the encoded data. The first transmission symbols are modulated, and the modulated first transmission symbols are transmitted. A second demultiplexer generates second transmission symbols using at least a portion of the encoded data. The second transmission symbols are modulated and the modulated second transmission symbols are transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Sil JEONG, Se-Ho MYUNG
  • Patent number: 8310600
    Abstract: Non-harmonically related carriers may be provided for signals entering a harmonically related carrier (HRC) network. A modified carrier frequency may be assigned for any and/or all harmonics of a reference frequency. The modified carrier frequency may be computed by determining a nearest multiple of an index frequency value to the nominal harmonic frequency. The modified carrier frequency may then be used to carry video signals into the HRC network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventor: John Alexander Ritchie, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8264606
    Abstract: A digital audio encoder, digital video conditioner, and a digital modulator are described for producing a television broadcast signal at a desired channel frequency range. Left and right audio channel signals are digitized and encoded according to a stereo standard and then combined to form a stereo audio signal. A second audio programming channel signal may be included. A video input can be digitized and conditioned to form a digital video channel. The stereo audio signal can be placed directly at a desired channel frequency by frequency modulation without the need for using an intermediate frequency. The digital video channel can be placed at a desired frequency by amplitude modulation. The digital and audio channels can be digitally combined to create a television transmission signal at a desired frequency and according to a desired standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: THAT Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Easley, Matthew Barnhill, William Kevin Kay
  • Patent number: 8204137
    Abstract: A channel equalizer includes a first transformer, an estimator, an average calculator, a second transformer, a coefficient calculator, a compensator, and a third transformer. The first transformer converts normal data into frequency domain data, where a known data sequence is periodically repeated in the normal data. The estimator estimates channel impulse responses (CIR) during known data intervals adjacent to each normal data block. The average calculator calculates an average value of the CIRs. The second transformer converts the average value into frequency domain data. The coefficient calculator calculates equalization coefficients using the average value, and the compensator compensates channel distortion of each normal data block using the coefficients. The third transformer converts the compensated data block into time domain data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung Gill Kim, In Hwan Choi, Kyung Won Kang, Kook Yeon Kwak, Woo Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20120133828
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for wireless transmission of audio/video information via different wired AV interface formats. A method and system for wireless communication of audio/video AV information between AV devices includes receiving audio/video (AV) information from a first AV module via a first wired AV interface in a first AV device, applying interface dependent processing to the AV information, and transmitting the processed AV information from a wireless transceiver over a wireless channel to a wireless receiver of a second AV device. The second AV device includes a second wired AV interface and the first AV interface is of a different type than the second interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Huai-Rong Shao, Ju-Lan Hsu, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 8184210
    Abstract: A digital radio frequency (RF) modulator provides modulation for base-band TV signals. The RF modulator provides direct conversion of digital base-band audio and video signals to a desired RF channel frequency, without any analog up conversion. The RF modulator includes an audio module, a video module, and a RF converter. The audio module includes a pre-emphasis filter, a multi-stage audio interpolator and a complex frequency modulator to generate frequency modulated (FM) audio signals. The video module includes a complex VSB filter, a group-delay compensation filter and some processing logic to generate a filtered output video signal. The RF converter includes a complex adder, a complex multiplier and a RF interpolator to construct the base band TV signals and to shift the base band TV signals in a frequency domain to the desired RF channel frequency. The exponential video carrier is generated at baseband and has a frequency whose value is in the range of +/?13.5 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics International
    Inventors: Vivek Mohan Sharma, Sheetal Kumar Jain
  • Patent number: 8164691
    Abstract: A VSB reception system includes a sequence generator for decoding a symbol corresponding to the supplemental data and generating a predefined sequence included in the supplemental data at VSB transmission system. The reception system also includes a modified legacy VSB receiver for processing the data received from the VSB transmission system in a reverse order of the VSB transmission system by using the sequence, and a demultiplexer for demultiplexing the data from the modified legacy VSB receiver into the MPEG data and the supplemental data. The VSB reception system also includes a supplemental data processor for processing the supplemental data segment from the demultiplexer in a reverse order of the transmission system, to obtain the supplemental data, thereby carrying out the slicer prediction, decoding, and symbol decision more accurately by using the predefined sequence, to improve a performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Hwan Choi, Young Mo Gu, Kyung Won Kang, Kook Yeon Kwak
  • Patent number: 8160524
    Abstract: A signal receiving apparatus includes: a receiver which receives at least two types of broadcasting signals included in a plurality of channels; and a controller which controls the receiver to search a current channel according to one type of a broadcasting signal used for a previous channel search and to search a current channel according to another type of a broadcasting signal if the channel is not searched, to thereby set an automatic channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Bong-ki Jang
  • Publication number: 20120086865
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting leakage of a digital CATV channel signal from a CATV system. The digital CATV channel signal is amplitude modulated with a tag signal having a frequency in the range of about 3 Hz to about 35 Hz, and coupled to the CATV system. At a point of leakage from the CATV system, the amplitude modulated digital CATV channel signal can be detected using a leakage detector capable of recovering the tag signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: TRILITHIC, INC.
    Inventors: Terry W. Bush, Gregg Stephen Rodgers, Brett W. Emsley
  • Publication number: 20120057079
    Abstract: A cable television transmitter includes a substrate including a silicon material, control electronics disposed in the substrate, and a gain medium coupled to the substrate. The gain medium includes a compound semiconductor material. The cable television transmitter also includes an optical modulator optically coupled to the gain medium and electrically coupled to the control electronics, a waveguide disposed in the substrate and optically coupled to the gain medium, a first wavelength selective element characterized by a first reflectance spectrum and disposed in the substrate, and a second wavelength selective element characterized by a second reflectance spectrum and disposed in the substrate. The cable television transmitter further includes an optical coupler disposed in the substrate and joining the first wavelength selective element, the second wavelength selective element, and the waveguide and an output mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Skorpios Technolgies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Dallesasse, Stephen B. Krasulick, William Kozlovsky
  • Patent number: 8104064
    Abstract: A bi-directional communications link between a television set and a remote control unit assists a viewer in controlling the entertainment system. The television set can signal the remote control unit to confirm instruction signal received from the remote control unit. The television can also transmit electronic program guide information to the remote control unit which is displayed on a display device on the remote control unit. The television can send the remote control unit a listing of available sub-channels within a single digital channel. The listing is displayed on the remote's display device, and the viewer can then choose from among the sub-channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Rae Shintani, Hirofumi Usui
  • Publication number: 20110285918
    Abstract: A television antenna system includes a box-shaped television antenna receiver, an antenna mounted in the television antenna receiver and connected with a television to transmit television signals to the television, a multimedia interface mounted in the television antenna receiver, and a RF modulator mounted in the television antenna receiver and connected between the multimedia interface and the television to transmit audio/video signals from the multimedia interface to the television. Thus, the multimedia interface is connected with the television through the RF modulator. When in use, the television co-operates with the television antenna system to play the audio/video signals of an external multimedia equipment by operation of the multimedia interface, so that the external multimedia information is directly played in the television without having to be played in the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventor: Ming-Wen Chang
  • Patent number: 8054891
    Abstract: A channel equalizer includes a first transformer, an estimator, an average calculator, a second transformer, a coefficient calculator, a compensator, and a third transformer. The first transformer converts normal data into frequency domain data, where a known data sequence is periodically repeated in the normal data. The estimator estimates channel impulse responses (CIR) during known data intervals adjacent to each normal data block. The average calculator calculates an average value of the CIRs. The second transformer converts the average value into frequency domain data. The coefficient calculator calculates equalization coefficients using the average value, and the compensator compensates channel distortion of each normal data block using the coefficients. The third transformer converts the compensated data block into time domain data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung Gill Kim, In Hwan Choi, Kyung Won Kang, Kook Yeon Kwak, Woo Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20110249191
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for communication via address modulation on an communication channel. A first processing component is configured to produce a plurality of data packets. Each data packet has an associated address from a plurality of available addresses. The system further comprises a plurality of addressable entities, with each of the addressable entities being represented by a proper subset of at least two of the available addresses. A second processing component is configured to apply at least one conditioning process to the series of data packets. The first processing component is configured to select an address for each packet from the subset of available addresses representing the addressable entity associated with the packet as to communicate data between the first processing component and the second processing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Joshua Paul Bruckmeyer, William Walton Boesch, Stephen Joseph Tomko, Jason Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 8032077
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication device including: a cable port to which an external device is connected; a reading unit that reads identification information from the external device; a determination unit that determines whether the external device is the source-side wireless communication device; an authentication memory unit that performs an authentication process with the source-side wireless communication device; a wireless communication unit that performs a wireless communication with the source-side wireless communication device; and a physical address processing unit that controls the source-side wireless communication device to store a physical address of a source-side device calculated based on from the read identification information of the sink-side device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Tomokazu Yuasa
  • Patent number: RE44335
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for terrestrial digital broadcasting service using a single frequency network without additional equipment. The system and method synchronizes input signals into transmitting stations by inserting a transmission synchronization signal into a header of TS periodically, and solves the problematic ambiguity of the trellis encoder by including a trellis encoder switching unit separately and initializing a memory of the trellis encoder. The terrestrial digital broadcasting system includes: a broadcasting station for multiplexing video, voice and additional signals into transport stream (TS) and transmitting the TS to the transmitting stations and a transmitting stations for receiving the TS and broadcast the TS to receiving stations through a single frequency network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung-Ik Park, Yong-Tae Lee, Seung-Won Kim, Chieteuk Ahn