Patents by Inventor Jin-Woo Hong

Jin-Woo Hong 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).

  • Broadcaster apparatus, content operator apparatus, and receiving terminal for augmented broadcasting service, and augmented broadcasting service method
    Patent number: 9661398
    Abstract: A broadcaster apparatus, content operator apparatus, and receiving terminal for augmented broadcasting service, and an augmented broadcasting service method. A service user may select a predetermined content operator among content operators that provide augmented content in an environment for providing an augmented broadcasting service according to an exemplary embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon Choul Kim, Jeoung Lak Ha, Bum Suk Choi, Young Ho Jeong, Jin Woo Hong
  • Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving moving picture experts group (MPEG) media transport (MMT) signaling message for measurement configuration (MC) processing
    Patent number: 9641831
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Media Transport (MMT) signaling message for Measurement Configuration (MC) processing in an MMT sending entity. The method includes generating an MC message with header information by setting a measurement mode (measurement_mode), which indicates information on a measurement start time (measurement_start_time) of a measurement item in an MMT receiving entity, to one of: an immediate measurement start, a measurement start at a predetermined time, a measurement start based on a predetermined condition, and an immediate measurement stop; and transmitting an MMT packet including the generated MC message to an MMT receiving entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Chang Ki Kim, Jeong Ju Yoo, Jin Woo Hong
  • Image encoding/decoding apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9602832
    Abstract: Provided is an image encoding/decoding apparatus and method. The image encoding apparatus may include a motion vector prediction unit to perform a prediction with respect to an arbitrary motion vector of a current block within an image, using at least one of vector information of a motion vector corresponding to an adjacent block and vector information of a previous motion vector of the current block, and a differential determination unit to determine differential information of a motion vector of the current block based on the motion vector predicted in the motion vector prediction unit and an actual motion vector of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hae-Chul Choi, Se Yoon Jeong, Sukhee Cho, Hui Yong Kim, Jinho Lee, Hahyun Lee, Sung-Chang Lim, Jongho Kim, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woo Hong, Jin Woong Kim
  • IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNIDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION
    Publication number: 20170026652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Hae Chul CHOI, Se Yoon JEONG, Sung-Chang LIM, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woo HONG, Dong Gyu SIM, Seoung-Jun OH, Chang-Beom AHN, Gwang Hoon PARK, Seung Ryong KOOK, Sea-Nae PARK, Kwang-Su JEONG
  • IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNIDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION
    Publication number: 20170026642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Hae Chul CHOI, Se Yoon JEONG, Sung-Chang LIM, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woo HONG, Dong Gyu SIM, Seoung-Jun OH, Chang-Beom AHN, Gwang Hoon PARK, Seung Ryong KOOK, Sea-Nae PARK, Kwang-Su JEONG
  • Indoor unit of air conditioner and method of controlling the air conditioner
    Patent number: 9551498
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner having improved structures of suction, discharge and/or flow passages which may increase operation efficiency, reduce noises and realize a compact size. The indoor unit includes a housing comprising a front panel and a rear panel coupled to a rear portion of the front panel, at least one discharge outlet exposed to a front of the front panel, at least one suction inlet formed in the rear panel at a position corresponding to the discharge outlet, at least one heat exchanger disposed at a front portion of the suction inlet to absorb heat from air introduced through the suction inlet or transfer heat to the air introduced through the suction inlet, and at least one diagonal flow fan disposed between the heat exchanger and the discharge outlet to suction air passing through the heat exchanger and discharge the air through the discharge outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Ho Kim, Jin Baek Kim, Yeon Seob Yun, Tae Duk Kim, Woo Seog Song, Moon Sun Shin, Hae Gyun Shin, Ki Pyo Ahn, Joon Ho Yoon, Min Gi Cho, Jae Youn Cho, Sun Muk Choi, Hyoung Seo Choi, Dong Gi Han, Jin Woo Hong, Jun Hwang
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RETRANSMITTING PACKET OF MMT SERVICE, AND RETRANSMISSION REQUEST METHOD AND DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160337091
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of re-transmission of a lost MMT packet by a packet transmission apparatus. The method includes generating a media processing unit (MPU) based on a media fragment unit (MFU) and generating an MMT asset by encapsulating the MPU; generating an MMT packet based on the MPU included in the generated MMT asset; and transmitting the generated MMT packet, wherein the method further comprises adding, in a signaling message related to re-transmission of the MMT packet, delay_constrained_ARQ_flag to indicate whether or not the MMT packet transmission apparatus supports a delay-constrained automatic repeat request (ARQ) function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, YONSEI UNIVERSITY WONJU INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Chang Ki KIM, Kwang Deok SEO, Jeong Ju YOO, Jin Woo HONG
  • MOTION PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160337643
    Abstract: Provided is a video encoding apparatus, including a signal separator to separate a differential image block into a first domain and a second domain, based on a boundary line included in the differential image block, the differential image block indicating a difference between an original image and a prediction image with respect to the original image, a transform encoder to perform a transform encoding with respect to the first domain using a discrete cosine transform (DCT), a quantization unit to quantize an output of the transform encoding unit in a frequency domain, a space domain quantization unit to quantize the second domain in a space domain, and an entropy encoder to perform an entropy encoding using outputs of the quantization unit and the space domain quantization unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation, University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Sung-Chang LIM, Ha Hyun LEE, Hui Yong KIM, Se Yoon Jeong, Suk Hee CHO, Hae Chul CHOI, Jong Ho KIM, Jin Ho LEE, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woo HONG, Dong Gyu SIM, Seoung Jun OH, Gwang Hoon PARK, Mun Churl KIM, Neung Joo HWANG, Sea Nae PARK
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR 3D BROADCASTING SERVICE IN BROADCASTING SYSTEM COMBINED WITH MOBILE BROADCASTING
    Publication number: 20160323645
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and a method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) broadcasting service that may provide a two-dimensional (2D) fixed broadcasting service using a fixed broadcasting signal or a 2D mobile broadcasting service using a mobile broadcasting signal when a transmitter transmits each of a left image and a right image constituting a 3D image using the fixed broadcasting signal or the mobile broadcasting signal, and the receiver receives the fixed broadcasting signal and the mobile broadcasting signal, or may provide a 3D broadcasting service by composing an image received using the fixed broadcasting signal and an image received using the mobile broadcasting signal into a 3D image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Sung-Hoon KIM, Chung Hyun AHN, Sukhee CHO, Jin Woong KIM, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woo HONG
  • UNIFIED SPEECH/AUDIO CODEC (USAC) PROCESSING WINDOWS SEQUENCE BASED MODE SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20160314798
    Abstract: A Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC) that may process a window sequence based on mode switching is provided. The USAC may perform encoding or decoding by overlapping between frames based on a folding point when mode switching occurs. The USAC may process different window sequences for each situation to perform encoding or decoding, and thereby may improve a coding efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seungkwon BEACK, Tae Jin LEE, Min Je KIM, Kyeongok KANG, Dae Young JANG, Jeongil SEO, Jin Woo HONG, Chieteuk AHN, Ho Chong PARK, Young-cheol PARK
  • IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNIDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION
    Publication number: 20160309146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Hae Chul CHOI, Se Yoon JEONG, Sung-Chang LIM, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woo HONG, Dong Gyu SIM, Seoung-Jun OH, Chang-Beom AHN, Gwang Hoon PARK, Seung Ryong KOOK, Sea-Nae PARK, Kwang-Su JEONG
  • LPC RESIDUAL SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS OF MODIFIED DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORM (MDCT)-BASED UNIFIED VOICE/AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160307579
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LPC residual signal encoding/decoding apparatus of an MDCT based unified voice and audio encoding device. The LPC residual signal encoding apparatus analyzes a property of an input signal, selects an encoding method of an LPC filtered signal, and encode the LPC residual signal based on one of a real filterbank, a complex filterbank, and an algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Seung Kwon BEACK, Tae Jin LEE, Min Je KIM, Kyeongok KANG, Dae Young JANG, Jin Woo HONG, Jeongil SEO, Chieteuk AHN, Hochong PARK, Young-cheol PARK
  • OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD USING SPATIAL ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
    Publication number: 20160282460
    Abstract: Disclosed is an object recognition apparatus using spatial electromagnetic waves. The object recognition apparatus includes: a spatial electromagnetic wave measurer configured to measure a signal strength of electromagnetic waves generated for a predetermined purpose in a specific space; and an object recognizer configured to recognize an object present in the specific space based on whether there is a change in the measured signal strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin Woo HONG, Jong Soo LIM
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING MMT PAYLOAD HEADER
    Publication number: 20160269306
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for configuring an MMT payload header. The apparatus for configuring an MMT payload header, according to one embodiment, extracts a sequence number of a media processing unit (MPU) comprising one or a plurality of media fragment units, which are to be aggregated into one payload and mapped, and displays the extracted sequence number of the MPU on the MMT payload header. Specifically, the apparatus for configuring an MMT payload header displays the sequence number commonly associated with a plurality of MFUs on the header only once, when the plurality of MFUs in one payload are aggregated in the one payload and mapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Chang-Ki KIM, Jeong-Ju YOO, Jin-Woo HONG, Kwang-Deok SEO, Hong-Rae LEE
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MMT BUFFER MODEL USING RECEPTION QUALITY FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20160261897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for managing an MMT buffer model using a reception quality feedback (RQF) message from an MMT reception entity, comprising the steps of: receiving, from an MMT transmission entity, a measurement configuration (MC) message; measuring maximum transmission delay and minimum transmission delay, according to a request by the MC message that is received; renewing an RQF message including the maximum transmission delay and minimum transmission delay that have been measured; and transmitting the renewed RQF message to the MMT transmission entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Chang-Ki KIM, Jeong-Ju YOO, Jin-Woo HONG, Kwang-Deok SEO, Tae-Jun JUNG
  • Motion picture encoding apparatus and method thereof
    Patent number: 9432697
    Abstract: Provided is a video encoding apparatus, including a signal separator to separate a differential image block into a first domain and a second domain, based on a boundary line included in the differential image block, the differential image block indicating a difference between an original image and a prediction image with respect to the original image, a transform encoder to perform a transform encoding with respect to the first domain using a discrete cosine transform (DCT), a quantization unit to quantize an output of the transform encoding unit in a frequency domain, a space domain quantization unit to quantize the second domain in a space domain, and an entropy encoder to perform an entropy encoding using outputs of the quantization unit and the space domain quantization unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sung-Chang Lim, Ha Hyun Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Se Yoon Jeong, Suk Hee Cho, Hae Chul Choi, Jong Ho Kim, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woo Hong, Dong Gyu Sim, Seoung Jun Oh, Gwang Hoon Park, Mun Churl Kim, Neung Joo Hwang, Sea Nae Park
  • Method and apparatus for control of randering multiobject or multichannel audio signal using spatial cue
    Patent number: 9426596
    Abstract: The present research relates to controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. The present research provides a method and apparatus for controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals based on spatial cues in a process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. To achieve the purpose, the method suggested in the research controls rendering in a spatial cue domain in the process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seung-Kwon Beack, Jeong-Il Seo, Dae-Young Jang, Tae-Jin Lee, Yong-Ju Lee, Jin-Woo Hong, Jin-Woong Kim
  • Apparatuses for providing and receiving augmented broadcasting service in hybrid broadcasting environment
    Patent number: 9426506
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing an augmented broadcasting service and an apparatus for receiving the augmented broadcasting service in a hybrid broadcasting environment. The apparatus for providing the augmented broadcasting service includes: a real-time data provider configured to provide real-time data through a first transmission network; an augmented content provider configured to provide augmented content through a second transmission network, wherein the augmented content is to be synchronized with the real-time data; and a multiplexer configured to multiplex the real-time data, the augmented content metadata and timing information for synchronization between the real-time data and the augmented content metadata, and output resulting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon-Choul Kim, Jeoung-Lak Ha, Jung-Hak Kim, Bum-Suk Choi, Young-Ho Jeong, Jin-Woo Hong, Kyuheon Kim, Jong-Hwan Park, Min-Woo Jo, Gwang-Hoon Park, Doug Young Suh
  • Image encoder and decoder using undirectional prediction
    Patent number: 9407937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hae Chul Choi, Se Yoon Jeong, Sung-Chang Lim, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woo Hong, Dong Gyu Sim, Seoung-Jun Oh, Chang-Beom Ahn, Gwang Hoon Park, Seung Ryong Kook, Sea-Nae Park, Kwang-Su Jeong
  • Apparatus and method for 3D broadcasting service in broadcasting system combined with mobile broadcasting
    Patent number: 9392255
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and a method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) broadcasting service that may provide a two-dimensional (2D) fixed broadcasting service using a fixed broadcasting signal or a 2D mobile broadcasting service using a mobile broadcasting signal when a transmitter transmits each of a left image and a right image constituting a 3D image using the fixed broadcasting signal or the mobile broadcasting signal, and the receiver receives the fixed broadcasting signal and the mobile broadcasting signal, or may provide a 3D broadcasting service by composing an image received using the fixed broadcasting signal and an image received using the mobile broadcasting signal into a 3D image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung-Hoon Kim, Chung Hyun Ahn, Sukhee Cho, Jin Woong Kim, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woo Hong