Patents Assigned to SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11178421
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for improving the encoding efficiency by adaptively changing the resolution of the motion vector in the inter prediction encoding and inter prediction decoding of a video. The apparatus includes: a predicted motion vector calculator for calculating a predicted motion vector of a current block to be encoded using motion vectors of one or more surrounding blocks; and a skip mode encoder for encoding a result of performing a prediction of the current block and information indicating that the current block is a skip block when the predicted motion vector satisfies a skip condition, wherein at least one motion vector among the motion vectors of the surrounding blocks and the motion vector of the current block has a resolution different from resolutions of the other motion vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunyeon Kim, Jeongyeon Lim, Joohee Moon, Yunglyul Lee, Haekwang Kim, Byeungwoo Jeon, Juock Lee, Dongwon Kim
  • Patent number: 11175874
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for displaying an image on a multi-display device including two or more displays comprises determining whether the image includes a boundary area image to be displayed over a boundary area between a first display and a second display adjacent to the first display; and inserting dummy data into the image so that the image has an increased size and the dummy data is displayed on a position corresponding to the boundary area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gukchan Lim, Seungmin Seen, Yong Woo Bae, Dongyoub Sinn, Seungho Shin, Hak-Soon Lee, Jinsoo Jeon
  • Patent number: 11170755
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a speech synthesis apparatus and method that can remove discontinuity between phoneme units when generating a synthesized sound from the phoneme units, thereby implementing natural utterances and producing a high-quality synthesized sound having stable prosody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changheon Lee, Jongjin Kim, Jihoon Park
  • Patent number: 11171695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for signaling a multi-user packet. More specifically, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a communication unit; and a processor configured to process signals transmitted and received through the communication unit, wherein the processor receives, through the communication unit, a high efficiency multi-user PHY protocol data unit (HE MU PPDU), wherein a preamble of the HE MU PPDU includes high efficiency signal A field (HE-SIG-A) and high efficiency signal B field (HE-SIG-B), and decodes the received HE MU PPDU based on information obtained from the HE-SIG-A, wherein a configuration of the HE-SIG-B is identified based on information obtained from at least one subfield of the HE-SIG-A and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Geonjung Ko, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 11172028
    Abstract: A method and a server device for providing an IoT platform service are provided. According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of providing an IoT platform service, which is performed by an IoT platform server apparatus, generates a shadow device corresponding to an IoT device, manages state information of the IoT device through the corresponding shadow device, and registers and administers a specification (i.e., a device descriptor) regarding common features of a plurality of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Karam Ko
  • Patent number: 11159210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for signaling a multi-user packet. More specifically, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a communication unit; and a processor configured to process signals transmitted and received through the communication unit, wherein the processor receives, through the communication unit, a high efficiency multi-user PHY protocol data unit (HE MU PPDU), wherein a preamble of the HE MU PPDU includes high efficiency signal A field (HE-SIG-A) and high efficiency signal B field (HE-SIG-B), and decodes the received HE MU PPDU based on information obtained from the HE-SIG-A, wherein a configuration of the HE-SIG-B is identified based on information obtained from at least one subfield of the HE-SIG-A and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Geonjung Ko, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 11153759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for supporting a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set to efficiently use a wireless resource. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including: a processor; and a communication unit, wherein the processor receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits a trigger-based PHY protocol data unit (PPDU) in response to the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger-based PPDU comprises a spatial reuse parameter for spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) terminal and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 11153916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently scheduling multi-user uplink transmission. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal, including: a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, by the transceiver, a trigger frame that triggers a multi-user uplink transmission, perform a multi-user uplink transmission in response to the received trigger frame, and receive, by the transceiver, an ACK for the multi-user uplink transmission, wherein when the multi-user uplink transmission is performed on a resource unit in which a temporary association identifier (AID) is assigned by the received trigger frame, the processor obtains ACK information for the terminal from the ACK for the multi-user uplink transmission based on the temporary AID and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11153058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a signaling method of a wireless LAN frame for multi-user transmission, and to a wireless communication terminal, and a wireless communication method using the same. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal, including: a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: generate a frame including a first signal field and a second signal field, wherein the first signal field includes a bandwidth field indicating total bandwidth information in which the frame is transmitted, and the second signal field includes a resource allocation field indicating arrangement information of resource unit(s) in a frequency band through which the frame is transmitted, and transmit, by the transceiver, the generated frame and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Geonjung Ko
  • Patent number: 11146935
    Abstract: A short-range wireless communications apparatus according to one embodiment includes a short-range wireless communications unit and a control unit. The short-range wireless communications unit is configured to communicate with a terminal device configured to provide a call service and a predetermined artificial intelligence service. The control unit configured to control the short-range wireless communications unit so that when the call service is provided, media data related to the call service is transmitted and received between the short-range wireless communications unit and the terminal device through a first channel, and when the artificial intelligence service is provided during the call service being provided, media data related to the artificial intelligence service is transmitted and received between the short-range wireless communications unit and the terminal device through a second channel separated from the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoungsoon Jang, Koo Yong Park, Hyo Jin Choi, Myung Soon Park
  • Patent number: 11140718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently scheduling simultaneous uplink transmissions of a plurality of terminals. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal, the terminal including: a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor receives, through the transceiver, a trigger frame transmitted by a base wireless communication terminal, and performs a multi-user uplink transmission based on the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger frame includes a predetermined field indicating whether an additional trigger frame is present or not, and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11140556
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for supporting a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set to efficiently use a wireless resource. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including: a processor; and a communication unit, wherein the processor receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits a trigger-based PHY protocol data unit (PPDU) in response to the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger-based PPDU comprises a spatial reuse parameter for spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) terminal and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 11129163
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a frame through the transceiver, determine whether the frame is classified into an Intra-Basic Service Set (BSS) frame or an Inter-BSS frame according to a BSS from which the frame is transmitted, and access a channel according to whether the frame is an Intra-BSS frame or an Inter-BSS frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Juhyung Son, Woojin Ahn, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11128421
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal for wireless communication is disclosed. The wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit a non-legacy physical layer frame including a legacy signaling field including information decodable by a legacy wireless communication terminal by using the transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11122496
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a frame through the transceiver, determine whether the frame is classified into an Intra-Basic Service Set (BSS) frame or an Inter-BSS frame according to a BSS from which the frame is transmitted, and access a channel according to whether the frame is an Intra-BSS frame or an Inter-BSS frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 11122495
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a frame through the transceiver, determine whether the frame is classified into an Intra-Basic Service Set (BSS) frame or an Inter-BSS frame according to a BSS from which the frame is transmitted, and access a channel according to whether the frame is an Intra-BSS frame or an Inter-BSS frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 11116035
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver and a processor for processing a radio signal received through the transceiver or a radio signal to be transmitted through the transceiver. The processor accesses a channel according to according to a priority of data to be transmitted to the base communication terminal by the wireless communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Juhyung Son, Geonjung Ko, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11109347
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technology for improving paging efficiency in a communication system by implementing a new paging method (scheme) of minimizing signaling load of a radio section and accurately and rapidly performing paging without performance deterioration when paging is performed in a MIMO communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min Soo Na
  • Patent number: 11102778
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal including a transceiver for transmitting/receiving a wireless signal and a processor for controlling an operation of the wireless communication terminal. The transceiver receives a first frame indicating information on a resource that a base wireless communication terminal allocates to a plurality of wireless communication terminals from the base wireless communication terminal, and transmits data to the base wireless communication terminal based on the first frame. The plurality of wireless communication terminals include the wireless communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11102517
    Abstract: An apparatus for decoding video data receives a bitstream including a coding tree unit (CTU) of encoded video data and split information related to the CTU of the video data, determines a coding block to be decoded, determines a prediction partition mode for the coding block corresponding to the leaf node of the tree split structure among a plurality of prediction partition modes using mode type information included in the bitstream, the plurality of prediction partition modes including at least one prediction partition mode allowing the coding block to be predicted by being split into two equal-sized triangles of the same size, and decodes the coding block corresponding to the leaf node according to the determined prediction partition mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Jae-seob Shin, Se-hoon Son, Sun-young Lee