Abstract: A screen position sensing method in a multi display system, a content configuring method, a watermark image generating method for sensing a screen position, a server, and a display terminal are provided. A screen position sensing method in a multi display system performed by a sensing server may include receiving identification information of display terminals from a display server, receiving an image output by each of the display terminals from a camera, and determining a screen position of each of the display terminals based on a watermark included in the image of the display terminals and the received identification information.

Abstract: A screen position sensing method in a multi display system, a content configuring method, a watermark image generating method for sensing a screen position, a server, and a display terminal are provided. A screen position sensing method in a multi display system performed by a sensing server may include receiving identification information of display terminals from a display server, receiving an image output by each of the display terminals from a camera, and determining a screen position of each of the display terminals based on a watermark included in the image of the display terminals and the received identification information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling multiple display devices based on space information thereof. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive space information of multiple display devices; a controller configured to generate a virtual space and generates a scene by mapping content to a screen of each of the multiple display devices in the virtual space based on the space information; and a transmitter configured to transmit information on the generated scene to each of the multiple display devices.

Abstract: Provided is a fast stochastic decoding method for a low density parity check (LDPC) code. The decoding method may include decoding the LDPC code based on an LDPC decoding scheme, using a message expressed by a log-likelihood ratio (LLR) value.

Abstract: A data redirection system and a method of providing a data redirection service are provided. The data redirection system includes a thin-client terminal configured to be connected to a local peripheral device and receive multimedia data from the local peripheral device; and a redirection server configured to be connected to the thin-client terminal via a network, receive the multimedia data from the thin-client terminal, execute the multimedia data in an application program and transmit an execution result screen displaying the result of the execution to the thin-client terminal.

Abstract: A transcoding server is provided, and the transcoding server includes a receiving unit configured to receive image data and additional information via a communication network; an additional middleware configured to process the received additional information; a decoding unit configured to decode the received image data; an overlay-mixer configured to generate integrated image data by overlaying the decoded image data with the processed additional information; an encoding unit configured to encode the generated integrated data image; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the encoded integrated image data to one or more terminals.

Abstract: A scalable video decoder and a controlling method thereof are provided. A method of controlling a scalable video decoder includes: determining whether a macro block mode of an upper layer is an interlayer prediction mode when decoding a scalable video; when the macro block mode of the upper layer is determined as the interlayer prediction mode, determining an up-sampling operation is required to thereby either perform texture up-sampling using corresponding macro block information of a lower layer and neighboring pixel information, or perform residual up-sampling using the corresponding macro block information of the lower layer; and decoding the upper layer using the texture up-sampling or the residual up-sampling.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for motion estimation using a template that is generated by applying an intra-prediction. A template including intra-prediction information of a current block may be generated, and an optimal predicted range may be retrieved by performing a template matching using the template.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding a video signal. A video signal encoding apparatus may include: a reference image storage unit to store a reference image; a template motion estimation unit to estimate a motion between an input image and the reference image using a template, and to generate motion estimation information; an adaptive motion compensation unit to generate a predicted image using the motion estimation information and the reference image, to calculate a filter coefficient with respect to the predicted image using the template, and to filter the predicted image using the filter coefficient; a transformation and quantization unit to perform integer-transformation and quantization for a differential image that is a difference between the input image and the filtered predicted image; and an entropy encoding unit to entropy encode the quantized differential image and to output an image stream.

Abstract: Provided is a fast stochastic decoding method for a low density parity check (LDPC) code. The decoding method may include decoding the LDPC code based on an LDPC decoding scheme, using a message expressed by a log-likelihood ratio (LLR) value.

Abstract: Provided are a scalable video encoding/decoding method and apparatus, which may improve an image quality of a base layer while not using an anti-aliasing filter. The scalable video decoding apparatus includes an entropy decoding unit to decode an image received from an encoding apparatus, a de-blocking filter to reduce a block distortion of the decoded image, a motion compensation unit to apply a motion compensation scheme to an image passing through the de-blocking filter, a half-pel filter to apply a half-pel compensation scheme to an image where the motion compensation scheme is applied by the motion compensation unit, and an output unit to output an image where the half-pel compensation scheme is applied by the half-pel filter.

Abstract: A motion vector estimation method and an encoding mode determining method for converting an input moving picture image into a compressed moving picture image suitable for a desired frame rate by re-determining a motion vector and a motion-compensated block type when the frame rate of the input moving picture image needs to be reduced. A method of estimating a motion vector of a motion vector of a macroblock of a current frame in a transcoder includes determining whether the motion vector of the macroblock of the current frame is created with reference to a macroblock of a dropped frame and estimating the motion vector of the macroblock of the current frame by tracing back a reference frame until an undropped frame is found, if the motion vector of the macroblock of the current frame is created with reference to the macroblock of the dropped frame.

Abstract: A distributed video encoder and decoder and a distributed video encoding and decoding method through a symmetrical motion prediction and channel division are provided. Side information may be generated through the symmetrical motion prediction, and only a portion, which is significantly distorted, may be encoded and decoded into a channel code through an evaluation of the side information and thus, a configuration of the distributed video decoder may be simplified.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for effectively up-sampling an image using information of neighboring blocks, and a method and apparatus of scalable video encoding/decoding using the same. The method for up-sampling a low resolution image corresponding to a high resolution image having an arbitrary image up-sampling ratio includes determining whether the low resolution image is inter-mode data, and performing an image up-sampling adaptively according to a macroblock mode of the low resolution image, when the low resolution image is the inter-mode data.

Abstract: A scalable video decoder and a controlling method thereof are provided. A method of controlling a scalable video decoder includes: determining whether a macro block mode of an upper layer is an interlayer prediction mode when decoding a scalable video; when the macro block mode of the upper layer is determined as the interlayer prediction mode, determining an up-sampling operation is required to thereby either perform texture up-sampling using corresponding macro block information of a lower layer and neighboring pixel information, or perform residual up-sampling using the corresponding macro block information of the lower layer; and decoding the upper layer using the texture up-sampling or the residual up-sampling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for up-sampling/down-sampling data of a video block in a scalable video data encoding/decoding. The up-sampling method according to the present invention obtains a 2N×2N enlarged block by computing a converting matrix to data of a given N×N video block. The converting block has matrix elements leading data of the video block to resultant data that could be obtained by a converting process that applies DCT to the data, pads some zeros to coefficients, and applies IDCT to the coefficients including the padded zeros. The down-sampling method according to the present invention obtains an N×N reduced block by computing a converting block to a given 2N×2N video block. The converting block for reducing has matrix elements leading data of the 2N×2N video block to resultant data that could be obtained by a converting process that applies DCT to the data, removes some coefficients from transformed coefficients, and applies IDCT to the remaining coefficients.

Abstract: A motion vector estimation method and an encoding mode determining method for converting an input moving picture image into a compressed moving picture image suitable for a desired frame rate by re-determining a motion vector and a motion-compensated block type when the frame rate of the input moving picture image needs to be reduced. A method of estimating a motion vector of a motion vector of a macroblock of a current frame in a transcoder includes determining whether the motion vector of the macroblock of the current frame is created with reference to a macroblock of a dropped frame and estimating the motion vector of the macroblock of the current frame by tracing back a reference frame until an undropped frame is found, if the motion vector of the macroblock of the current frame is created with reference to the macroblock of the dropped frame.