Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for generating a residual image of multi-view video. The method includes generating a pruning mask of an additional view image by mapping a basic view image to the additional view image, among multi-view images, and detecting outliers in the pruning mask using color information of the basic view image and the additional view image.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for generating a residual image of multi-view video. The method includes generating a pruning mask of an additional view image by mapping a basic view image to the additional view image, among multi-view images, and detecting outliers in the pruning mask using color information of the basic view image and the additional view image.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for expanding a field of view of a head-mounted display device and an apparatus using the method. The method for expanding a field of view of a head-mounted display device projects a virtual image onto an eye of a user who wears the head-mounted display device. The method includes displaying an image using a curved display and a curved optical lens, and enlarging a virtual image corresponding to the image and projecting an enlarged virtual image at a location farther away from the eye of the user than the curved display using the curved optical lens, wherein the curved optical lens is located closer to the eye of the user than the curved display.

Abstract: Provided are an on-channel repeater and an on-channel repeating method.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for analyzing identification (ID) signals by converting radio frequency (RF) signals which are transmitted with an ID signal added thereto by a transmitting part, e.g., a plurality of transmitters or repeaters, into signals of a desired band; creating ID signals that are identical to the ID signals added to the RF signals; calculating correlation values between the converted signals and the created ID signals based on partial correlation; and extracting channel profile of multi-path signals caused by a channel between the transmitting part and the ID signal analyzing apparatus from the correlation value. The technology of the present research is applied to broadcasting and communication.

Abstract: Provided is an identification signal analyzing apparatus and method for compensating power of a channel profile occurring at a conventional identification signal analyzing apparatus by using a power compensation. The identification signal analyzing apparatus includes: an identification signal generator for generating an identification signal identical to a known identification signal inserted by a transmission device; a partial correlator for calculating a correlation value between a received signal including the known identification signal inserted by the transmission device and the identification signal generated by the identification signal generator through a partial correlation; a power compensator for compensating power of the correlation value calculated by the partial correlator; and a channel profile extractor for extracting a channel profile from the correlation value compensated by the power compensator.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving broadcast data in a digital broadcasting system. The method for transmitting and receiving broadcast data in a digital broadcasting system includes receiving the main data encoded with symbols having a plurality of levels; deciding whether levels of main data symbols encoded with symbols having the plurality of levels belong to a first group; and mapping the main data symbols to extended levels by using modulation values of the additional data if it is decided that the levels of the main data symbols belong to the first group.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system includes: a first repeater configured to repeat information bits of data to be transmitted a first repetition number of times; an interleaver configured to interleave the information bits repeated the first repetition number of times; an accumulator configured to accumulate-code the interleaved information bits; a second repeater configured to repeat the accumulate-coded information bits a second repetition number of times; a puncturer configured to puncture the information bits repeated the second repetition number of times; and a P/S converter configured to convert the punctured information bits and the information bits of the data and output RA-coded information bits.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for compensating a feedback path distortion in a digital broadcasting signal. The apparatus for improving a performance of a pre-equalizer in a transmitter of a digital broadcasting system having a feedback path for adaptively generating a filter coefficient of the pre-equalizer, includes a reference signal generator for generating a reference radio frequency (RF) signal, a feedback path estimator for estimating transmission band characteristic information for the feedback path based on the reference RF signal generated from the reference signal generator, and a feedback path compensator for compensating a demodulated signal transferred through the feedback path based on the estimated transmission band characteristic information from the feedback path estimator and generating a filter coefficient of the pre-equalizer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transceiving a broadcast signal in a digital broadcast system. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the following steps: generating a main signal using main data; generating an additional signal, the power of which is lower than that of the main signal, using a plurality of additional data; generating an additional signal frame using the additional signal and a frame header; and generating a broadcast signal using the main signal and an additional signal frame. The frame header is used in selectively extracting the plurality of additional data from the additional signal frame. According to the present invention, additional data can be efficiently transmitted while maintaining compatibility with existing digital broadcasting systems.

Abstract: Provided are a distributed repeater for repeating output signals identical to input signals through a channel different from that of main transmitter signals but identical to channels of other distributed repeaters, and a distributed repeating method thereof. The distributed repeater includes: a pre-processing unit configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal transmitted from an external device and demodulate the RF signal into a baseband signal; an equalizer configured to equalize the baseband signal to correct a distortion occurring on a transmission channel; an identification signal generation and insertion unit configured to generate an identification signal for identification of the distributed repeater and network conditioning, and insert the identification signal in the equalized baseband signal; and a post-processing unit configured to convert the baseband signal from the identification signal generation and insertion unit into an RF signal, and send the RF signal.

Abstract: A feedback signal cancellation apparatus includes a first RF receiver configured to down-convert a received RF signal to a predetermined frequency band, a subtractor configured to subtract a replica of a feedback signal from the down-converted signal, a transmission signal generator configured to generate a repeater output signal using a feedback cancelled signal, a RF transmitter configured to transmit the repeater output signal, a second RF receiver configured to down-convert a RF signal outputted from the RF transmitter to a predetermined frequency band, a reference signal generator configured to receive the RF signal and generate a reference signal having no DC pilot, and a replica generator configured to generate a filter coefficient using correlation between the feedback cancelled signal and the reference signal and to generate a replica of the feedback signal using the generated filter coefficient and the down-converted signal of the second RF receiver.

Abstract: Provided is an on-channel repeater, which includes a receiver for receiving radio frequency (RF) signals; a subtractor for subtracting replica from the RF signals to thereby produce output signals of the subtractor; a repeating process unit for performing a repeating process onto the output signals of the subtractor; and a replica generator for calculating replica based on the output signals of the subtractor and the signals obtained after repeating process performed thereon and feeding the replica back to the subtractor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a relay apparatus for transmitting ancillary data and to a method for same, and particularly, to a relay apparatus for transmitting ancillary data for a terrestrial digital television broadcast and to a method for same.

Abstract: Provided are an on-channel repeater for repeating an output signal the same as an input signal on channel by removing feedback signals caused by low isolation of a transmission/reception antenna by converting a transmitted Radio Frequency (RF) signal into a signal of a predetermined band and subtracting a replica of the feedback signal from the converted signal, and by compensating for channel distortion of a reception signal by estimating an inverse of reception channel from a signal acquired by removing the feedback signal, and an on-channel repeating method.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving broadcast data in a digital broadcasting system. The method for transmitting and receiving broadcast data in a digital broadcasting system includes receiving the main data encoded with symbols having a plurality of levels; deciding whether levels of main data symbols encoded with symbols having the plurality of levels belong to a first group; and mapping the main data symbols to extended levels by using modulation values of the additional data if it is decided that the levels of the main data symbols belong to the first group.

Abstract: Provided is a modulating apparatus and method of an on-channel repeater. An object of the present invention is to provide a modulating apparatus of an on-channel repeater for reducing time delay by configuring and up-sampling a baseband signal, filtering the up-sampled baseband signal with an Equi-Ripple (ER) filter or in a window method, and converting the filtered baseband signal into an RF signal. The modulating apparatus includes: a baseband signal configuring unit for configuring a baseband. signal by combining an input field and a segment sync signal; a pilot adding unit for adding a pilot signal to the baseband signal; a filtering unit for filtering the baseband signal with the pilot signal; and an RF up-converting unit for up-converting the filtered signal into an RF signal. The present invention is used to form an on-channel repeating network in a transmitting system including a digital TV broadcasting system.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for synchronizing a timing clock between a transmission signal and a reception signal. The apparatus for synchronizing a timing clock includes a timing restorer configured to restore a timing clock based on a digital input data; and a timing clock synchronizer configured to synchronize the timing clock based on timing information and a timing restoration signal restored in the timing restorer.

Abstract: Provided is an identification signal analyzing apparatus and method for compensating power of a channel profile occurring at a conventional identification signal analyzing apparatus by using a power compensation. The identification signal analyzing apparatus includes: an identification signal generator for generating an identification signal identical to a known identification signal inserted by a transmission device; a partial correlator for calculating a correlation value between a received signal including the known identification signal inserted by the transmission device and the identification signal generated by the identification signal generator through a partial correlation; a power compensator for compensating power of the correlation value calculated by the partial correlator; and a channel profile extractor for extracting a channel profile from the correlation value compensated by the power compensator.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system includes: a first repeater configured to repeat information bits of data to be transmitted a first repetition number of times; an interleaver configured to interleave the information bits repeated the first repetition number of times; an accumulator configured to accumulate-code the interleaved information bits; a second repeater configured to repeat the accumulate-coded information bits a second repetition number of times; a puncturer configured to puncture the information bits repeated the second repetition number of times; and a P/S converter configured to convert the punctured information bits and the information bits of the data and output RA-coded information bits.