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).

  • Publication number: 20170085338
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a digital broadcast system and a data processing method. A broadcast signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed is transmitted and received. Then, in a broadcasting receiver, the program table information including information about a service or a program of an ensemble is parsed according to an identifier of the ensemble in which the mobile service data are multiplexed, in the received broadcast signal. And a mobile service is outputted by using the mobile service data and the parsed program table information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    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
  • Patent number: 9590659
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a broadcast signal includes encoding mobile data for FEC (Forward Error Correction); encoding signaling information for signaling the mobile data; allocating the encoded mobile data and signaling data into a transmission frame; and transmitting the broadcast signal including the transmission frame, wherein the transmission frame includes a service signaling table having service_type information identifying a type of a service of the mobile data and hidden information indicating whether the service of the mobile data is hidden or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chul Soo Lee, In Hwan Choi, Ho Taek Hong, Kook Yeon Kwak, Hyoung Gon Lee, Jae Hyung Song, Jin Pil Kim, Won Gyu Song, Joon Hui Lee, Jin Woo Kim, Byoung Gill Kim, Jong Yeul Suh, Kyu Tae Ahn
  • Patent number: 9584258
    Abstract: A digital broadcasting system which is robust against an error when mobile service data is transmitted and a method of processing data are disclosed. The mobile service data is subjected to an additional coding process and the coded mobile service data is transmitted. Accordingly, it is possible to cope with a serious channel variation while applying robustness to the mobile service data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyen O Oh, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Won Gyu Song, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee
  • Publication number: 20170026699
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a broadcast signal includes encoding mobile service data to build a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame according to an RS frame mode, wherein the mobile service data is either a mobile service data of a base layer or a mobile service data of the base layer and at least one enhancement layer, wherein each layer is specified by a layer identifier, wherein a layer identifier value of the base layer is set to 0 and a layer identifier value of the at least one enhancement layer starts from 1; and encoding signaling data, wherein the signaling data includes fast information channel (FIC) data and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data, and the FIC data includes information for rapid mobile service acquisition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Yeul SUH, In Hwan CHOI, Ho Taek HONG, Kook Yeon KWAK, Byoung Gill KIM, Jae Hyung SONG, Jin Pil KIM, Won Gyu SONG, Jin Woo KIM, Hyoung Gon LEE, Joon Hui LEE, Chul Soo LEE
  • Patent number: 9521436
    Abstract: A digital broadcasting system and a method of processing data are disclosed, which are robust to error when mobile service data are transmitted. To this end, additional encoding is performed for the mobile service data, whereby it is possible to strongly cope with fast channel change while giving robustness to the mobile service data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    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
  • Patent number: 9521441
    Abstract: A digital broadcast transmitter includes: a first encoder configured to Forward Error Correction (FEC) encode broadcast service data to add parity data, thereby generating an FEC frame, and divide the FEC frame into a plurality of groups, each of the plurality of groups having a same size; a second encoder configured to encode transmission parameter data; an interleaver configured to interleave data of the plurality of groups; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the interleaved data and the encoded transmission parameter data, wherein the transmission parameter data include information for identifying a number of the parity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    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: 20160360240
    Abstract: A digital broadcasting system and a method of processing data are disclosed. Herein, additional encoding is performed on mobile service data, which are then transmitted, thereby providing robustness in the processed mobile service data, so that the mobile service data can respond more strongly against fast and frequent channel changes. In a transmitting system including a service multiplexer and a transmitter located in a remote site, a method of processing data of the transmitting system includes comparing an output data rate of the service multiplexer and a transmission data rate of the transmitter, when a difference occurs between the two data rates, adjusting a burst size, wherein the burst transmits mobile service data, and encoding the mobile service data, and referring to the burst size so as to multiplex main service data and the encoded mobile service data in a burst structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    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
  • Publication number: 20160352461
    Abstract: A method is provided for processing broadcast data in a broadcast transmitter. Broadcast service data is randomized. The randomized broadcast service data is first-encoded to add parity data to the randomized broadcast service data. The first-encoded broadcast service data is second-encoded. The second-encoded broadcast service data is first interleaved. The first-interleaved broadcast service data is second-interleaved. Signaling data is encoded for signaling the broadcast service data. The encoded signaling data is third-interleaved. The third-interleaved signaling data is fourth interleaved. A frame is transmitted that is divided into a data region including the second-interleaved broadcast service data, a first signaling region including the fourth-interleaved signaling data and a second signaling region that includes at least one symbol that is used for synchronization and channel estimation. The frame includes known data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    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: 9490936
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a digital broadcast system and a data processing method. A broadcast signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed is transmitted and received. Then, in a broadcasting receiver, the program table information including information about a service or a program of an ensemble is parsed according to an identifier of the ensemble in which the mobile service data are multiplexed, in the received broadcast signal. And a mobile service is outputted by using the mobile service data and the parsed program table information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    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: 20160322988
    Abstract: A DTV transmitting system includes an encoder, a randomizer, a block processor, a group formatter, a deinterleaver, and a packet formatter. The encoder codes enhanced data for error correction, permutes the coded data, and further codes the permuted data for error detection. The randomizer randomizes the coded enhanced data, and the block processor codes the randomized data at an effective coding rate of 1/H. The group formatter forms a group of enhanced data having data regions, and inserts the coded enhanced data into at least one of the data regions. The deinterleaver deinterleaves the group of enhanced data, and the packet formatter formats the deinterleaved data into corresponding data bytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Hyoung Gon Lee, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Jong Moon Kim, Won Gyu Song, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20160315734
    Abstract: A method and transmitting system for processing data are discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes randomizing enhanced data; first encoding the randomized enhanced data to add first parity data for error correction, thereby forming a frame; dividing data of the frame into a plurality of groups, wherein the plurality of groups have a same size; first interleaving data of each group; second interleaving the first-interleaved data; encoding signaling information at a code rate; and transmitting a broadcast signal including the second-interleaved enhanced data and the encoded signaling information. Second encoding on the randomized enhanced data is selectively performed, wherein, when the second encoding is performed, second parity data for error detection are added to the randomized enhanced data. The signaling information includes transmission parameters to indicate whether the second encoding is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20160302084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting system for transmitting/receiving a digital broadcasting signal and a method of processing data. In one aspect of the present invention provides a method of processing data, the method including receiving a broadcasting signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, demodulating the received broadcasting signal, obtaining an identifier indicating that data frame of the broadcasting signal includes service guide information, decoding and storing the service guide information from the data frame; and outputting a service included in the mobile service data according to the decoded service guide information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    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: 20160285936
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a broadcast signal in a transmitter is provided. First data is encoded by adding parity data, and second data is encoded by adding parity data with different code rates, respectively. Signaling data is encoded. The encoded first data, the encoded second data, and the encoded signaling data are arranged in a frame among frames. The frames are modulated and transmitted. The frame among frames includes known data for channel estimation. The frames include a plurality of subframes that include a plurality of data units. The frame among frames includes the encoded first data unit and the encoded second data unit. The signaling data includes information for fast service acquisition which allows a receiver to locate upper layer signaling information. The signaling data further includes information on encoding type of data in a data unit, and information on a number of data units carried within a subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: In Hwan CHOI, Kook Yeon KWAK, Byoung Gill KIM, Won Gyu SONG, Jin Woo KIM, Hyoung Gon LEE
  • Patent number: 9450871
    Abstract: A digital broadcasting system and a method of processing data are disclosed. Herein, additional encoding is performed on mobile service data, which are then transmitted, thereby providing robustness in the processed mobile service data, so that the mobile service data can respond more strongly against fast and frequent channel changes. In a transmitting system including a service multiplexer and a transmitter located in a remote site, a method of processing data of the transmitting system includes comparing an output data rate of the service multiplexer and a transmission data rate of the transmitter, when a difference occurs between the two data rates, adjusting a burst size, wherein the burst transmits mobile service data, and encoding the mobile service data, and referring to the burst size so as to multiplex main service data and the encoded mobile service data in a burst structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: 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: 9444579
    Abstract: A method of processing broadcast data in a broadcast transmitter. The method can include randomizing broadcast service data, first encoding the randomized broadcast service data to add parity data to the randomized broadcast service data, second encoding the first-encoded broadcast service data at a code rate of D/E (D<E and D and E are integers equal to or greater than 1, respectively), first interleaving the second-encoded broadcast service data, second interleaving the first-interleaved broadcast service data, encoding signaling data for signaling the broadcast service data, third interleaving the encoded signaling data, fourth interleaving the third-interleaved signaling data, and transmitting the second-interleaved broadcast service data and the fourth-interleaved signaling data through a frame. The frame includes known data, and the signaling data includes information for identifying the code rate and information related to the known data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee, Won Gyu Song
  • Patent number: RE46188
    Abstract: A transmitting system, a receiving system, and a method of processing broadcast signals are disclosed. Herein, the transmitting system includes an RS frame encoder, a block processor, a group formatter, and a trellis encoding module. The RS frame encoder performs error correction encoding on an RS frame payload including mobile service data so as to form an RS frame, divides the RS frame into a plurality of portions, and outputs the divided RS frame portions. The block processor performs one of ½-rate encoding and ¼-rate encoding on each bit of the mobile service data included in each portion. The group formatter maps a portion including symbols of the ¼-rate encoded mobile service data and symbols of the ½-rate encoded mobile service data to a corresponding region of a data group. And, the trellis encoding module performs trellis encoding on the symbols of the ¼-rate encoded mobile service data and the symbols of the ½-rate encoded mobile service data of the data group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Kim, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Won Gyu Song, Chul Kyu Mun, Hyoung Gon Lee, In Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: RE46244
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a digital broadcast system and a data processing method. A broadcast signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed is transmitted and received. Then, in a broadcasting receiver, the program table information describing channel information and event information of the mobile service data according to an identifier of an ensemble in which the mobile service data are multiplexed, in the received broadcast signal. And the mobile service data is outputted by using the parsed program table information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    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
  • Patent number: RE46280
    Abstract: A digital television (DTV) receiving system includes a tuner, a demodulator, a known data detector, an equalizer, a transmission detector, and a block decoder. The tuner receives a DTV signal having a data frame in which main and mobile service data are multiplexed. The demodulator demodulates the DTV signal, and the known data detector detects known data included in the mobile service data. The equalizer equalizes the demodulated DTV signal using the detected known data, and the transmission parameter detector detects an error correction mode from the equalized DTV signal. Finally, the block decoder decodes the equalized DTV signal for error correction using the detected error correction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: 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: RE46288
    Abstract: A digital television receiving system includes a first known data detector, a second known data detector, and a selector. The first known data detector detects a location of a first known data sequence in a broadcast signal by calculating a first correlation value between the broadcast signal and a first reference known data sequence. Similarly, the second known data detector detects a location of a second known data sequence in the broadcast signal by calculating a second correlation value between the broadcast signal and a second reference known data sequence. The selector selects the location information detected by one of the first and second known data detectors with a greater correlation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee, Jong Moon Kim, Won Gyu Song
  • Patent number: RE46304
    Abstract: A broadcasting signal receiver and a method for transmitting/receiving a broadcasting signal are disclosed. An identifier of a cell is set in the broadcasting signal and, if the cell is changed, channel information of the changed cell can be obtained from program table information having the channel information of the cell. Accordingly, the broadcasting signal receiver can continuously output a program although the cell is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Kim, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Hyoung Gon Lee, Won Gyu Song, Jin Pil Kim, Jong Moon Kim, Byoung Gill Kim, Chang Sik Yun