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: 9258581
    Abstract: A method is described for transmitting broadcast signals. First encoding of mobile data for a mobile service is performed. Second encoding of the first encoded mobile data is performed. The second encoded mobile data multiplexed with main data for a main service in a time domain is transmitted. The second encoded mobile data is allocated in a mobile unit and the main data is allocated in a main unit. The second encoded mobile data is transmitted with signaling information. The signaling information includes information to detect the mobile unit and a coding rate of the mobile data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 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
  • Publication number: 20160028506
    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: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Hwan CHOI, Kook Yeon KWAK, Byoung Gill KIM, Jin Woo KIM, Hyoung Gon LEE, Won Gyu SONG
  • Publication number: 20160029013
    Abstract: An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an IR emitter controller for recognizing a pair of 3D glasses connected to the image display apparatus; a video multiplexer for receiving a plurality of displayed video data using a plurality of pairs of 3D glasses, setting a frame rate for the plurality of video data to assign a frame period thereto, and multiplexing the plurality video data according to the frame period assigned at the set frame rate, when the plurality of pairs of 3D glasses is connected to the image data apparatus; and a display unit for frame-sequentially displaying the multiplexed video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kook Yeon KWAK, Kwan Suk Kim, Jong Yeul Suh
  • Publication number: 20160020869
    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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: 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: 20160020788
    Abstract: A channel equalizer includes a first transformer, an estimator, an average calculator, a second transformer, a coefficient calculator, a compensator, and a third transformer. The first transformer converts normal data into frequency domain data, where a known data sequence is periodically repeated in the normal data. The estimator estimates channel impulse responses (CIR) during known data intervals adjacent to each normal data block. The average calculator calculates an average value of the CIRs. The second transformer converts the average value into frequency domain data. The coefficient calculator calculates equalization coefficients using the average value, and the compensator compensates channel distortion of each normal data block using the coefficients. The third transformer converts the compensated data block into time domain data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byoung Gill KIM, In Hwan CHOI, Kyung Won KANG, Kook Yeon KWAK, Woo Chan KIM
  • Patent number: 9240865
    Abstract: A method of transmitting broadcast signals includes forward error correction (FEC) encoding mobile data; interleaving the FEC encoded mobile data; encoding signaling information for the mobile data; mapping the interleaved mobile data and the encoded signaling information into a data unit, wherein the data unit includes a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is concatenated with the second region, wherein the first region includes known data and the encoded signaling information, and wherein the second region includes known data and the encoded mobile data; and transmitting the broadcast signals including the data unit, wherein the data unit is multiplexed with a data unit of main data in a specific time period, wherein the signaling information includes information of the data unit having the interleaved mobile data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee, Won Gyu Song
  • Publication number: 20160013813
    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: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 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: 20150373669
    Abstract: A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. The data processing method includes receiving a broadcast signal in which main service data and mobile service data are multiplexed, demodulating the broadcast signal to acquire fast-information-channel signaling information including reference time information for a system clock, and outputting demodulation time information of a specific position of a frame of the broadcast signal, decoding the fast-information-channel signaling information, and establishing the reference time information as the system clock at a demodulation time according to on the outputted demodulation time information and decoding the mobile service data according to the system clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    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: 20150365183
    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: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    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
  • Patent number: 9198005
    Abstract: A digital broadcast receiving system includes a known data detector, a carrier recovery unit, and a timing recovery unit. The known data detector may detect known data information inserted and transmitted from a digital broadcast transmitting system and using the known data information to estimate initial frequency offset. The carrier recovery unit may obtain initial synchronization by using the initial frequency offset, and may detect frequency offset from the received data by using the known sequence position indicator so as to perform carrier recovery. The timing recovery unit may detect timing error information from the received signal by using the known sequence position indicator so as to perform timing recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    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: 9185413
    Abstract: A channel equalizer includes a first transformer, an estimator, an average calculator, a second transformer, a coefficient calculator, a compensator, and a third transformer. The first transformer converts normal data into frequency domain data, where a known data sequence is periodically repeated in the normal data. The estimator estimates channel impulse responses (CIR) during known data intervals adjacent to each normal data block. The average calculator calculates an average value of the CIRs. The second transformer converts the average value into frequency domain data. The coefficient calculator calculates equalization coefficients using the average value, and the compensator compensates channel distortion of each normal data block using the coefficients. The third transformer converts the compensated data block into time domain data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byoung Gill Kim, In Hwan Choi, Kyung Won Kang, Kook Yeon Kwak, Woo Chan Kim
  • Patent number: 9184770
    Abstract: A method processing broadcast data in a broadcast transmitter is described. The method may include randomizing broadcast service data, encoding the randomized 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. The method further includes first interleaving the encoded broadcast service data, second interleaving the first-interleaved broadcast service data, encoding signaling data for signaling the broadcast service data, interleaving the encoded signaling data, modulating the first-interleaved broadcast service data and the interleaved signaling data, and transmitting the modulated data. The signaling data may include information for indicating the code rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    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: 9179138
    Abstract: An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an IR emitter controller for recognizing a pair of 3D glasses connected to the image display apparatus; a video multiplexer for receiving a plurality of displayed video data using a plurality of pairs of 3D glasses, setting a frame rate for the plurality of video data to assign a frame period thereto, and multiplexing the plurality video data according to the frame period assigned at the set frame rate, when the plurality of pairs of 3D glasses is connected to the image data apparatus; and a display unit for frame-sequentially displaying the multiplexed video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kook Yeon Kwak, Kwan Suk Kim, Jong Yeul Suh
  • Patent number: 9178536
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    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: 9154817
    Abstract: A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. The data processing method includes receiving a broadcast signal in which main service data and mobile service data are multiplexed, demodulating the broadcast signal to acquire fast-information-channel signaling information including reference time information for a system clock, and outputting demodulation time information of a specific position of a frame of the broadcast signal, decoding the fast-information-channel signaling information, and establishing the reference time information as the system clock at a demodulation time according to on the outputted demodulation time information and decoding the mobile service data according to the system clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: 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: 20150281738
    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: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    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: 9137523
    Abstract: The present description discloses a method and apparatus for displaying images. An image display method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the following steps: generating, from an inputted source, 3D image data to be outputted; taking, as an input, first information on whether or not there are a plurality of viewers, and, in the event there are a plurality of viewers, on the number of viewers, and second information on the viewing mode of each viewer based on the first information; generating individual synchronization information for the generated 3D image data in response to the viewing mode of each viewer in accordance with the inputted first information and second information; and outputting the generated 3D image data via a screen, and transmitting the generated synchronization information to the 3D eyeglasses of each viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jung Sig Jun, Kook Yeon Kwak
  • Patent number: 9136960
    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: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    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
  • Patent number: 9106349
    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: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    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
  • Patent number: RE45735
    Abstract: A digital broadcast system including a broadcast receiving system and data processing method are disclosed. In the broadcast receiving system receiving broadcast signals, the broadcast receiving system includes a transmission parameter decoding unit, a known sequence detector, and a burst controller. The transmission parameter decoding unit detects information on a burst of a received signal from broadcast data having main service data and mobile service data multiplexed therein within a field of the received signal and outputs the detected information on the burst. The known sequence detector receives burst information from the transmission parameter decoding unit and uses the received burst information and known data position information included in the received data, so as to output burst control information. The burst controller uses the burst control information to control power supply of the broadcast receiving system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    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