Patents by Inventor Kook Yeon Kwak

Kook Yeon Kwak 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).

  • Patent number: 8276177
    Abstract: A data transmission system for minimizing the number of errors during Tx/Rx times of digital data under mobile environments, and a data processing method for the same are disclosed. The system additionally codes digital data, and transmits the resultant coded data. As a result, the program information has a strong resistance to noise and channel variation, and can quickly cope with the rapid channel variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Moon Kim, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Won Gyu Song, Jin Woo Kim, Eun Hyung Cho, Hyoung Gon Lee
  • Publication number: 20120240005
    Abstract: A digital receiving system, and a method of processing data are disclosed. The digital receiving system includes a receiving unit, a known sequence detector, and a channel equalizer. The receiving unit receives a broadcast signal including mobile service data and main service data. The known sequence detector detects known data linearly inserted in a data group. The channel equalizer performs channel-equalizing on the received mobile service data using the detected known data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: In Hwan CHOI, Kook Yeon KWAK, Byoung Gill KIM, Jin Woo KIM, Hyoung Gon LEE, Won Gyu SONG
  • Patent number: 8270996
    Abstract: A receiving system comprises a first module configured to receive location information identifying current location of the receiver, a second module configured to receive a broadcasting signal including cell information which includes first information defining a location of each cell and second information defining a transport channel of each cell, extract the cell information, select a cell according to the extracted cell information, tune to a transport channel of the selected cell, and processing a broadcast transported from the tuned transport channel, a storage medium, and a controller configured to control to extract the cell information which is matched with the received location information, select the cell, tune to the transport channel of the selected cell, and process the broadcast transported from the tuned transport channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Jae Lim, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Won Gyu Song, Jong Moon Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee
  • Patent number: 8265868
    Abstract: A broadcast receiver and a method of processing data are disclosed. The broadcast receiver includes a signal receiving unit, a position information module, and a navigation unit. The signal receiving unit receives broadcast signal multiplexed mobile broadcast service data including traffic information and main broadcast service data. The position information module searches and generates a current position information of the broadcast receiver. The navigation unit assigns a weight to each link of a route to a destination based on the current position information received and the traffic information included in the mobile broadcast service data and searches for a bypass route based on the weighted link, and then performs route guidance using at least one of current route and the bypass route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Il Soo Cho, Hyeon Cheol Cho, Jong Sun Park, In Hwan Choi, Hyoung Gon Lee, Won Gyu Song, Seung Man Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim
  • Patent number: 8243849
    Abstract: A digital television (DTV) transmitter and a method of processing data in the DTV transmitter are disclosed. A pre-processor pre-processes the enhanced data by coding the enhanced data for forward error correction (FEC) and expanding the FEC-coded enhanced data. A data formatter generates enhanced data packets including the pre-processed enhanced data and for inserting known data to at least one of the enhanced data packets. A first multiplexer multiplexes the enhanced data packets with main data packets including the main data. An RS encoder RS-codes the multiplexed main and enhanced data packets, the RS encoder adding systematic parity data to each main data packet and adding RS parity place holders to each enhanced data packet. And, a data interleaver interleaves the RS-coded main and enhanced data packets, wherein a known data sequence is included in every Nth enhanced data segment outputted from the data interleaver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Won Kang, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20120201307
    Abstract: A method of processing broadcast data includes performing RS (Reed-Solomon) encoding and CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) encoding on mobile service data to output an RS frame; dividing the RS frame into a plurality of portions; block processing data in one portion of the plurality of portions; mapping the block processed data in the one portion into at least one region of a data group that comprises a plurality of regions, and adding a first known data sequence, a plurality of second known data sequences, and a transmission parameter to the data group; and transmitting a transmission frame including the data group, wherein the transmission parameter is positioned between the first known data sequence and one of the plurality of second known data sequences, and the first known data sequence and the one of the plurality of second known data sequences differ from each other in length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyoung Gon LEE, In Hwan CHOI, Kook Yeon KWAK, Jong Moon KIM, Won Gyu SONG, Byoung Gill KIM, Jin Woo KIM
  • Patent number: 8239741
    Abstract: A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method of the same are disclosed. The receiving system includes a receiving unit, a demodulator, a block decoder, and an RS frame decoder. The receiving unit receives a broadcast signal including mobile service data divided into a plurality of output masses, signaling information associated with the mobile service data, and known data. The demodulator demodulates the received broadcast signal. The block decoder block-decodes the demodulated mobile service data of the plurality of output masses based upon the signaling information, thereby outputting the mobile service data of one output mass. And, the RS frame decoder configures an RS frame with the block-decoded and outputted mobile service data, and performs error-correction decoding on the corresponding mobile service data in RS frame units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyoung Gon Lee, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Won Gyu Song, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20120195394
    Abstract: A digital broadcast transmitter includes a block processor encoding mobile service data at a coding rate of 1/H and first interleaving the encoded mobile service data, wherein H is an integer equal to or greater than 2, a deinterleaver deinterleaving the first-interleaved mobile service data to output a first data group, an interleaver second interleaving the first data group to output a second data group including the mobile service data, a trellis encoding module trellis encoding data of the second data group, and a multiplexer multiplexing the trellis-encoded data with segment synchronization data and field synchronization data, wherein the block processor is concatenated with the trellis encoding module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byoung Gill Kim, In Hwan Choi, Jin Woo Kim, Jong Moon Kim, Won Gyu Song, Hyoung Gon Lee, Kook Yeon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20120198303
    Abstract: A digital broadcast system having storing resistance to errors generated during the transmission of mobile service data, and a data processing method are disclosed. The digital broadcast system additionally encodes mobile service data. As a result, the mobile service data has strong resistance to a channel variation and noise, and at the same time the system can quickly cope with the channel variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Jae Hyung Song, In Hwan Choi, Ho Taek Hong, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Jong Yeul Suh, Jin Pil Kim, Won Gyu Song, Chul Soo Lee, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee, Joon Hui Lee
  • Publication number: 20120192241
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing digital broadcast signal are provided. The method for processing a broadcast signal includes forming a data group having mobile broadcast service data, where forming the data group includes mapping the mobile broadcast service data into corresponding locations of the data group, adding known data sequences and signaling data into the data group, inserting place holder bytes for MPEG header and non-systematic Reed-Solomon (RS) parity, and de-interleaving data of the data group having the mobile broadcast service data, known data sequences, signaling data and place holder bytes, and formatting mobile broadcast service data packets including the de-interleaved data of the data group, where formatting the mobile broadcast service data packets includes removing place holder bytes for the non-systematic RS parity, and replacing place holder bytes for the MPEG header with the MPEG header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Il Soo Cho, Hyeon Cheol Cho, Jong Sun Park, In Hwan Choi, Hyoung Gon Lee, Won Gyu Song, Seung Man Kim, Jong Moon Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim
  • Patent number: 8224299
    Abstract: A data transmission system for minimizing the number of errors during Tx/Rx times of mobile service data under mobile environments, and a data processing method for the same are disclosed. The system additionally codes the mobile service data, and transmits the resultant coded mobile service data. As a result, the mobile service data has a strong resistance to noise and channel variation, and can quickly cope with the rapid channel variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Kim, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Jong Moon Kim, Won Gyu Song, Hyoung Gon Lee, Byoung Gill Kim, Eun Hyung Cho
  • Patent number: 8223884
    Abstract: A broadcast transmitting system includes a first randomizer randomizing mobile service data bytes; a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame encoder generating an RS frame and dividing the RS frame into RS frame portions; a first interleaver interleaving symbols corresponding to data in the RS frame portions; a group formatter forming data groups including data corresponding to the interleaved symbols, each data group including known data sequences, signaling information, non-systematic RS parity data place holders and MPEG header data place holders; a packet formatter removing the non-systematic RS parity data place holders in the data groups and replacing the MPEG header data place holders in the data groups with Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) header data in order to output mobile service data packets; and a second randomizer randomizing the MPEG header data in the mobile service data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Moon Kim, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Won Gyu Song, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee
  • Publication number: 20120177149
    Abstract: A method of processing a digital broadcast signal in a transmitter includes encoding signaling information including a transmission parameter channel, including transmission parameters and a fast information channel (FIC) including cross layer information for mobile service acquisition, and transmitting the broadcast signal including ensembles including the encoded signaling information. The FIC is divided into FIC segments, each FIC segment including a FIC segment header and a FIC segment payload. The FIC segment header includes type information indicating a type of the FIC segment, the FIC further including a first ensemble identifier identifying a specific ensemble including a service map table (SMT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chul Soo LEE, In Hwan CHOI, Kook Yeon KWAK, Jin Woo KIM, Jae Hyung SONG, Jin Pil KIM, Won Gyu SONG, Hyoung Gon LEE, Byoung Gill KIM, Jong Yeul SUH
  • Publication number: 20120177063
    Abstract: A method of processing a digital broadcast signal includes Reed-Solomon (RS) encoding enhanced service data for each column of at least one RS frame payload and adding a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) checksum byte at a right end of each row of the at least one RS frame payload to build at least one RS frame and forming data groups including the enhanced service data in the built RS frame and a plurality of known data sequences. Forming the data groups includes mapping the RS encoded enhanced service data into each of the data groups and inserting a place holder for a non-systematic RS parity into each of the data groups. The method further includes deinterleaving data in each of the data groups including the enhanced service data and the place holder and multiplexing the enhanced service data in each of the formed data groups with main service data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byoung Gill KIM, In Hwan CHOI, Kyung Won KANG, Kook Yeon KWAK, Woo Chan KIM
  • Patent number: 8218675
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for processing broadcast data in a digital broadcast transmitter. The method includes performing Reed-Solomon (RS) encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding on mobile service data to build an RS frame, dividing the RS frame into a plurality of portions, mapping one of the plurality of portions into a first data group that has a first region and a second region and adding known data sequences and place holders for MPEG header data to the first data group, deinterleaving data in the first data group to output a second data group, replacing the place holders for MPEG header data in the second data group with MPEG header data such that mobile service data packets are output and interleaving data in the mobile service data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Moon Kim, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Won Gyu Song, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee
  • Patent number: 8219895
    Abstract: A DTV transmitter includes a pre-processor pre-processing enhanced data, a data formatter generating enhanced data packets including the pre-processed data and inserting known data place holders to the data packets, and a multiplexer multiplexing the enhanced data packets with main data packets. It further includes an RS encoder which RS-codes the multiplexed data packets, and a data interleaves which interleaves the RS-coded data packets. The RS encoder adds systematic RS parity data to each main data packet and adds non-systematic RS parity place holders to each enhanced data packet. The RS encoder adds the RS parity place holders such that the RS parity place holders are placed after the enhanced data within each interleaved enhanced data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Hwan Choi, Kyung Won Kang, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Woo Chan Kim, Jae Hyung Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee, Jong Moon Kim
  • Patent number: 8213544
    Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver includes a tuner receiving a digital television (DTV) signal which includes a first data group including mobile service data, and the DTV signal has been processed by generating the first data group by interleaving a second data group by a DTV transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung Gill Kim, In Hwan Choi, Jin Woo Kim, Jong Moon Kim, Won Gyu Song, Hyoung Gon Lee, Kook Yeon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20120163478
    Abstract: A method of processing digital broadcast data in a digital broadcast transmitter includes performing Reed-Solomon (RS) encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check encoding on mobile service data to build an RS frame; dividing the RS frame into a plurality of portions; mapping one of the plurality of portions into a first data group and inserting known data sequences, transmission parameters, place holders for non-systematic RS parity data, place holders for main service data, and place holders for MPEG header data into the first data group; deinterleaving data of the first data group to output a second data group; and removing the place holders for non-systematic RS parity data and the place holders for main service data in the second data group and replacing the place holders for MPEG header data in the second data group with MPEG header data to output mobile service data packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jong Moon KIM, In Hwan CHOI, Kook Yeon KWAK, Byoung Gill KIM, Won Gyu SONG, Jin Woo KIM, Hyoung Gon LEE
  • Publication number: 20120163477
    Abstract: A digital broadcasting system and method of processing data are disclosed. Herein, a transmitting system within the digital broadcasting system includes a byte-symbol converter, an interleaving unit, a block formatter, and a trellis encoding module. Herein, the byte-symbol converter converts inputted mobile service data to symbol units. The interleaving unit is provided with (N?1) number of block interleavers in parallel, and interleaves the symbols outputted from the byte-symbol converter. The block formatter controls output orders of the mobile service data being inputted and data being outputted from each block interleaver within the interleaving unit. The trellis encoding module is provided with a plurality of trellis encoders in parallel, and enables each trellis encoder trellis-encode the mobile service data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Won Gyu Song, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee, Jong Moon Kim
  • Patent number: 8208501
    Abstract: A digital broadcast transmitting/receiving system and a method for processing data are disclosed. The method for processing data may enhance the receiving performance of the receiving system by performing additional coding and multiplexing processes on the traffic information data and transmitting the processed data. Thus, robustness is provided to the traffic information data, thereby enabling the data to respond strongly against the channel environment which is always under constant and vast change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Pil Kim, Young In Kim, Ho Taek Hong, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Hyoung Gon Lee, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Jong Moon Kim, Won Gyu Song