Patents by Inventor Do-Seob Ahn

Do-Seob Ahn 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).

  • Publication number: 20230289912
    Abstract: Provided is an intelligent disaster management method and an apparatus using a satellite image. The disaster management method includes receiving a satellite image to monitor a disaster, setting a location of an area for disaster monitoring and a type of disaster to be monitored and selecting at least one satellite image associated with the location of the area and the type of disaster among the received satellite images through a satellite image selection model, synthesizing the selected satellite images through a satellite image synthesis model and generating disaster image data which enables to monitor a disaster, and monitoring a disaster of the area for disaster monitoring by using the disaster image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Mun PARK, Tae-Gun KANG, Sang-il KIM, Seung Chul KIM, Do-Seob AHN, Joon Gyu RYU, Jeom Hun LEE
  • Publication number: 20190130528
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of upsampling based on a maximum-resolution image and red, green and blue (RGB) composition and an apparatus performing the same. An image generating method may include acquiring visible-channel images included in multi-spectrum images, upsampling a remaining image excluding a maximum-resolution image from the visible-channel images, based on the maximum-resolution image among the visible-channel images, and generating an RGB composite image by composing the upsampled remaining image and the maximum-resolution image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Tae Jung KIM, Do-Seob AHN, Ilgu JUNG
  • Publication number: 20190050966
    Abstract: A method of restoring an image is disclosed. The method may include obtaining multispectral images of an identical object using a plurality of different channels, identifying a noise image including a noise among the multispectral images, determining reference images to be used to restore the noise image among the multispectral images, detecting a noise area of the noise image based on a relationship between the noise image and the reference images, and restoring the detected noise area using pixels of the reference images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Tae Jung Kim, Do-Seob Ahn, Ilgu Jung
  • Patent number: 9136936
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus and method for implementing frequency selectivity in a multi-beam satellite system that transmits a signal to user equipment through one or more antenna feed groups. The transmission apparatus includes: an antenna feed group selecting unit configured to select one or more antenna feed groups from the one or more antenna feed groups; a cyclic delay offset determining unit configured to determine a cyclic delay offset according to a determination result of the antenna feed group selecting unit; and a transmitting unit configured to apply the cyclic delay offset determined by the cyclic delay offset determining unit to a signal to be transmitted through the one or more antenna feed groups selected by the antenna feed group selecting unit, and to transmit a resultant signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hee-Wook Kim, Kun-Seok Kang, Bon-Jun Ku, Do-Seob Ahn
  • Patent number: 9136992
    Abstract: First resource blocks of a radio resource each include a first number of subcarriers and a second number of subframes having the first size. In this case, second resource blocks are formed, each second resource block including fewer subcarriers than the first number and fewer subframes than the second number based on the first resource blocks. A signal is transmitted in the first resource block or second resource block, and particularly, signals of first and second channels are transmitted by sharing the first resource block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hee Wook Kim, KunSeok Kang, Bon Jun Ku, Do-Seob Ahn
  • Patent number: 9100262
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for normally receiving data by accurately estimating and compensating for a frequency offset for a wireless frequency channel through which data are transmitted in a communication system under wireless frequency environment. In the present invention, data transmitted through the wireless frequency channel are received, the frequency offset in the wireless frequency channel from the receive data is estimated based on an interpolation scheme using the periodogram, and the frequency offset is compensated to receive the data by frequency-synchronizing with the wireless frequency channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun Nam, Hee-Wook Kim, Tae-Chul Hong, Kun-Seok Kang, Bon-Jun Ku, Do-Seob Ahn
  • Patent number: 9094985
    Abstract: In a system that performs mobile communication using at least two beams, by determining a size of a beam based on information that is acquired for mobile terminals attempting an access, a beam of a form having an adaptive size is formed and thus communication is performed. A beam sector including a plurality of beam segments and a beam segment that forms a beam of a minimum size within entire coverage is set, and while forming one beam per beam sector, a size of a beam is adaptively determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hee Wook Kim, KunSeok Kang, Bon Jun Ku, Do-Seob Ahn
  • Publication number: 20150063203
    Abstract: A method of designing and communicating a beam in a communication system is provided. More particularly, a method of designing and communicating a beam in a communication system using carrier aggregation in order to increase a maximum data rate in a multiple beam mobile communication system is provided. By applying carrier aggregation, a maximum data rate can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hee Wook KIM, Kunseok KANG, Bon Jun KU, Do-Seob AHN
  • Publication number: 20150063201
    Abstract: A method of forming a beam and a method of allocating a resource in a long term evolution (LTE)-based mobile communication system are provided. More particularly, a method of forming an adaptive satellite multiple beam for enhancing multiple beam performance and a method of allocating a resource that can relieve interference in a beam that is formed according to the method in a multiple beam system in which satellite communication and mobile communication is coupled based on LTE are provided. When providing a communication service that supports both satellite communication and ground communication, performance degradation can be reduced with the same interface, and by providing a method of forming an adaptive beam and a method of allocating a resource by relieving interference of the formed beam in consideration of a position of the terminal by independently allocating a subcarrier to the terminal and enabling the terminal to process the subcarrier, performance of a multiple beam can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hee Wook KIM, Kunseok KANG, Bon Jun KU, Do-Seob AHN
  • Patent number: 8804857
    Abstract: A signal processing technology for allowing a repeater to transmit a signal received from an external apparatus to a terminal is provided. In a satellite system, a signal transmitted from a satellite or transmitted to a satellite is subject to a low order modulation, and a terrestrial repeater performs a high order modulation on signals and retransmits the signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Industrial Cooperation Foundation Chonbuk National University
    Inventors: Hee-Wook Kim, Soo-Young Kim, Bon-Jun Ku, Do-Seob Ahn
  • Patent number: 8675545
    Abstract: In a system where satellite communication using multi-beams is performed for each group including a plurality of beams, a required data transmission rate of each beam is detected for each group, more traffic resources are allocated to a beam having a higher required data transmission rate than other beams based on the detection result, and data traffic transmitted to each beam in the group is adaptively controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Dae Sub Oh, Hee Wook Kim, Do-Seob Ahn
  • Publication number: 20140064411
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for normally receiving data by accurately estimating and compensating for a frequency offset for a wireless frequency channel through which data are transmitted in a communication system under wireless frequency environment. In the present invention, data transmitted through the wireless frequency channel are received, the frequency offset in the wireless frequency channel from the receive data is estimated based on an interpolation scheme using the periodogram, and the frequency offset is compensated to receive the data by frequency-synchronizing with the wireless frequency channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun NAM, Hee-Wook KIM, Tae-Chul HONG, Kun-Seok KANG, Bon-Jun KU, Do-Seob AHN
  • Patent number: 8560928
    Abstract: A diversity method using an error correcting code. The diversity method includes creating a mother code by performing error correction coding on an input bit string to be coded, puncturing the created mother code and acquiring an error correcting code including systematic information and partial parity information, and space-time encoding the acquired error correcting code corresponding to each frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sooyoung Kim, Hee-Wook Kim, Do-Seob Ahn
  • Publication number: 20130252655
    Abstract: In a system that performs mobile communication using at least two beams, by determining a size of a beam based on information that is acquired for mobile terminals attempting an access, a beam of a form having an adaptive size is formed and thus communication is performed. A beam sector including a plurality of beam segments and a beam segment that forms a beam of a minimum size within entire coverage is set, and while forming one beam per beam sector, a size of a beam is adaptively determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hee Wook KIM, KunSeok KANG, Bon Jun KU, Do-Seob AHN
  • Patent number: 8543106
    Abstract: Provided is a satellite communication system for obtaining a diversity gain by transmitting a signal applied with STBC. When a signal transmission band of a link between a satellite and a terminal differs from that of a link between a satellite and a repeater, the satellite communication system includes: a satellite for transmitting a first signal encoded to STBC using a band of a link formed between the satellite to a terminal and transmitting a second signal encoded to STBC using a band of a link formed between the satellite to a repeater; and at least one of frequency transforming repeaters for receiving the second signal through the band of the link formed between the satellite to the repeater, transforming the received second signal to a signal with other frequency band, and transmitting the transformed second signal using a band of a link formed to a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hee-Wook Kim, Kun-Seok Kang, Do-Seob Ahn
  • Patent number: 8514770
    Abstract: Provided is a method of establishing an uplink in a mobile satellite communication system, the method including: receiving a random uplink access signal from terminals included in a coverage of a satellite beam; estimating a location of each of the terminals; calculating an uplink transmission point in time when each of the terminals transmits an uplink signal, based on the estimated location of each of the terminals; transmitting, to each of the terminals, the calculated uplink transmission point in time; and receiving the uplink signal from each of the terminals at the calculated uplink transmission point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hee Wook Kim, Kunseok Kang, Do-Seob Ahn, Ho Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 8411615
    Abstract: A power controlled adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) scheme in a satellite communications system includes: calculating, by a user terminal, a received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) through a packet received from a base station; removing a power control level applied to a packet received before the received packet from the calculated received SNR, and deciding the value obtained by decreasing the calculated received SNR by the power control level; deciding an AMC mode based on the decided received SNR; determining whether power control is required, and deciding a required power control magnitude depending on a channel state positioned in the AMC mode range; transmitting the decided AMC mode and the decided power control information to the base station through channel quality indicator (CQI) feedback; and applying the AMC mode based on information received, and increasing a power by a power control magnitude decided from the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Tae-Chul Hong, Kunseok Kang, Do-Seob Ahn, Ho-Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20130070698
    Abstract: First resource blocks of a radio resource each include a first number of subcarriers and a second number of subframes having the first size. In this case, second resource blocks are formed, each second resource block including fewer subcarriers than the first number and fewer subframes than the second number based on the first resource blocks. A signal is transmitted in the first resource block or second resource block, and particularly, signals of first and second channels are transmitted by sharing the first resource block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hee Wook KIM, KunSeok Kang, Bon Jun Ku, Do-Seob Ahn
  • Patent number: 8396411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication method in a mobile communication system. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile satellite communication system having a complementary terrestrial component among various mobile communication systems. The mobile satellite communication system can simultaneously provide a communication service and a broadcasting service to a terminal according to integration between communication and broadcasting. Different signal transmission methods are used between the complementary terrestrial component and a satellite. Specifically, a time division duplex method and a frequency division duplex method are used together and resources are allocated. As a result, system throughput can be increased, and local broadcasting contents can be effectively transmitted to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hee Wook Kim, Kun Seok Kang, Do-Seob Ahn, Ho Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 8392783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method of reusing radio resources capable of improving radio resource efficiency. According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a communication system including a repeater that retransmits signals transmitted from a satellite to user terminals, it is possible to reuse some of the radio resources used in a wide area coverage, such as the satellite, in a repeater coverage. Therefore, it is possible to ensure radio resources such that repeater data can be transmitted to user terminals without additional radio resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yeon Su Kang, Kun Seok Kang, Do-Seob Ahn, Ho Jin Lee