Abstract: An MPEG video decoding system with a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) function is disclosed. By applying the PVR function to an MPEG-2 decoder chip, which is the standard recommendation of the digital video transmission field, diverse high-performance PVR services such as video storage and search using an HDD application in the video decoder chip can be used, and two HD-class displays can simultaneously be supported. Also, the features of the video TS bitstream stored through the video decoding chip having a proposed PVR engine can be extracted in real time, and the playback or trick play of the stored video contents can be diversely and easily performed. According to the PVR-support video decoding system, an improved storage and search function of a video bitstream, and diverse video services can be provided, and the added value of the digital video recorder can be heightened.

Abstract: An MPEG video decoding system with a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) function is disclosed. By applying the PVR function to an MPEG-2 decoder chip, which is the standard recommendation of the digital video transmission field, diverse high-performance PVR services such as video storage and search using an HDD application in the video decoder chip can be used, and two HD-class displays can simultaneously be supported. Also, the features of the video TS bitstream stored through the video decoding chip having a proposed PVR engine can be extracted in real time, and the playback or trick play of the stored video contents can be diversely and easily performed. According to the PVR-support video decoding system, an improved storage and search function of a video bitstream, and diverse video services can be provided, and the added value of the digital video recorder can be heightened.

Abstract: A variable gain amplifier including: a differential amplification unit amplifying and outputting a difference between a first input signal and a second input signal inputted via a first input terminal and a second input terminal, respectively, according to a first bias current of the first input terminal and second input terminal, to a first output terminal and a second output terminal; a diode-connected load unit comprising loads diode-connected to the first output terminal and second output terminal, respectively, the load receiving a second bias current; and a gain control unit controlling a gain between the input terminals and the output terminals of the differential amplification unit by controlling the size of the first bias current and second bias current.

Abstract: Disclosed is a video transcoding apparatus converting a specific bit rate of an MPEG (moving pictures experts group) bit stream into a different rate thereof for transportation. The present invention includes a video pre-processing unit having a predetermined matrix structure and down-sampling a macro block decoded by the video decoder by transforming the macro block into a corresponding picture structure to the compressed video bit stream, a transcoding parameter control unit detecting information about a picture from a previous bit stream variable-length-decoded by the video decoder and setting up an encoding mode for a transcoding in accordance with the detected information, etc. Therefore, the present invention does not need the motion estimation unit of encoder and reduce the complexity of the bit allocation unit. When changing HD-rated MPEG sequence over 10 Mbps into NTSC-rated MPEG sequence below 6 Mbps, the present invention reduces calculation time and complexity of hardware.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for speech segment detection, and a system for speech recognition. The apparatus is equipped with a sound receiver and an image receiver and includes: a lip motion signal detector for detecting a motion region from image frames output from the image receiver, applying lip motion image feature information to the detected motion region, and detecting a lip motion signal; and a speech segment detector for detecting a speech segment using sound frames output from the sound receiver and the lip motion signal detected from the lip motion signal detector. Since lip motion image information is checked in a speech segment detection process, it is possible to prevent dynamic noise from being misrecognized as speech.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reflection plate for a backlight unit in a liquid crystal display device, and more particularly, to a reflection plate for a backlight unit in a liquid crystal display device, which is made of a thermoplastic thermal conductive resin composition having a thermal conductivity of at least 0.35 W/mK, thereby effectively solving the thermal problem of the backlight unit, and having excellent properties such as shock resistance, heat resistance, mechanical strength, and the like, as well as having excellent reflectivity, thereby improving the durability of the liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: A heating apparatus using an electromagnetic wave is disclosed, by which cut-of performance of an electromagnetic wave is enhanced by increasing an electromagnetic wave absorption bandwidth having cut-off performance below ?70 dB. The present invention includes a door provided to an open front side of a body to be opened/closed and a choke filter having a panel type choke part arranged by at least one row each along an edge of the door and a filter part arranged by at least one row each along an edge of the choke part and having a plurality of slots, wherein a prescribed choke part is provided to a most inner side among rows of the choke and filter part.

Abstract: A heating apparatus using an electromagnetic wave is disclosed, by which cut-of performance of an electromagnetic wave is enhanced by increasing an electromagnetic wave absorption bandwidth having cut-off performance below ?70 dB. The present invention includes a door provided to an open front side of a body to be opened/closed, a choke filter having a panel type choke part arranged by at least one or more rows along an edge of the door and a filter part arranged by at least one or more rows along the choke and having a plurality of slots wherein a prescribed choke part is provided to a most inner side, a glass panel attached to an inner lateral side of the door and the choke filter, and a flange part provided to an external end portion of the door along the edge of the door to lie in a same level with an inner lateral side of the glass panel.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber; a magnetron for generating a microwave; a waveguide for guiding the microwave from the magnetron toward the cooking chamber; an antenna between the cooking chamber and the waveguide for propagating the microwave guided by the waveguide into the cooking chamber; and a driving unit for moving the antenna along a first direction and rotating the antenna.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wireless receiver which is enabled upon receiving a specific identification signal to receive data, and more particularly, which minimizes power consumption in an idle state and accurately discriminate the specific identification signal. The wireless receiver which receives the specific identification signal to enable a main transceiver for transmitting and receiving data includes a signal detector for receiving a signal in a particular frequency band to output a first wake-up signal, and an identification detector which is enabled by the first wake-up signal, decoding a signal in a particular frequency band, and discriminating whether or not the decoded signal is the identification signal to enable the main transceiver.

Abstract: Provided is an access mediator system for mediating convergence services of communication and broadcasting using a non-communicative appliance. The access mediator system includes: a non-communicative appliance access interface unit performing an interface function so as to converge a non-communicative appliance comprising an interface supporting image and voice multimedia data but not including a communication function; a broadband convergence network access interface unit performing an interface function so as to access a broadband convergence network connected to various service provider servers via wire and wireless interfaces; and a main processor accessing a selected service provider server via the broadband convergence network access interface unit to mediate the selected service provider server and the non-communicative appliance.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for combining video and a player skin in an embedded system having no graphics card, and a method used by the apparatus. The apparatus includes: an application program; a virtual frame buffer; a graphics processor; and an image processor. The apparatus processes a video player skin image using a virtual frame buffer without a graphics card, and stores the processed video player skin image in a region of a physical main memory, thereby requiring no high-performance CPU, simplifying the hardware structure, and embodying a superior application program without needing a frame buffer and driver compatible with an operating system.

Abstract: A microwave oven, which has a circular polarized wave stirrer for uniformly heating food, is disclosed. The microwave oven includes a magnetron generating electromagnetic waves, a waveguide guiding the electromagnetic waves generated from the magnetron to a cavity, and a stirrer formed to an outlet of the waveguide, receiving electromagnetic waves from the magnetron, and generating two polarized waves having different electric field directions and phases.

Abstract: Microwave oven including a cavity for placing food therein, a magnetron for generating a microwave, a waveguide having at least two slots for guiding the microwave from the magnetron to an inside of the cavity, and a stirrer fan rotatably mounted on an inside of the cavity for varying an interfered state of the microwaves periodically, thereby heating the food more uniformly.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for decoding a video clip image as well as a moving picture of a specific channel compressed by MPEG using a video decoder. Specifically, the present invention restores video clip data such as a data broadcast intra frame still picture, a video drip, and the like using the video decoder to output the restored data to a screen, thereby reducing the load and memory access of the host processor. And, the present invention decodes animation OSD data via the video decoder to output to the screen, thereby implementing high quality OSD with an inexpensive cost.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing video signals, which can selectively freeze any one of two or more images being displayed, are disclosed. The apparatus includes a video decoder decoding at least one video stream in picture units, by using a plurality of decoding frames and at least one freezing frame, a memory storing in picture units the decoded video stream outputted from the video decoder, and a plurality of video processors reading the stored video stream from the memory and transforming the stored video stream to displayable data.

Abstract: A microwave oven door, and more particularly, an apparatus for shielding electromagnetic wave that compensates for the length of slots formed in an end of an oven door in order to improve the shielding ability capable of preventing the leakage of electromagnetic wave from the cavity. In the apparatus, a choke structure includes a choke base connected with an inner portion of the oven door, a choke inner side portion bent perpendicularly from the choke base and a choke top bent from the choke inner side portion to contact a front circumferential portion of an oven cavity. Slots are formed in the choke top and the choke inner side portion at a predetermined interval. Each slot is extended from a distal end of the choke top to a predetermined point of the choke inner side portion. The predetermined point is distanced the same as or smaller than the half of the width of the choke inner side portion from a joint between the choke top and the choke inner side portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video decoder with a down conversion function, and a method for decoding a video signal. According to the video decoder and the method for decoding a video signal of the present invention, a VLD analyzes a received compressed video stream, and extracts motion signals. The bitstream analyzed at the VLD is converted into a macro block through an IQ and IDCT in succession, and a MC makes motion compensation of an up sampled data by using the extracted motion signals. A data from the IDCT and a data from the MC are added, down sampled by an adaptive down sampler, and stored in an external memory. For motion compensation, the adaptive up sampler up samples the data down sampled at the adaptive down sampler, and provides to the MC.