Patents by Inventor Soon Choul Kim

Soon Choul Kim 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: 11882481
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for providing an offloading service. A method of providing an offloading service according to an example embodiment includes streaming, to a user terminal including a cellular network receiver and a broadcast network receiver, media content data through a cellular network, transmitting, to the user terminal, an offloading service providing signal for activating the broadcast network receiver of the user terminal through the cellular network, transmitting, to the user terminal, a broadcast signal including connection information of a broadcast network to which the user terminal is to be connected so as to receive the media content data, through the cellular network, and broadcasting the media content data through the broadcast network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soon Choul Kim, Sung Ik Park, Jae-young Lee, Hyun-Jeong Yim, Namho Hur, Dong Joon Choi
  • Publication number: 20230371048
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus of broadcast gateway signaling for channel bonding. The apparatus for broadcast gateway signaling includes an input formatting unit configured to generate baseband packets corresponding to channel bonding; and a stream partitioner configured to allocate the baseband packets to two or more RF channels of the channel bonding for generating an outer tunnel data stream, the outer tunnel data stream generated in different ways according to a plurality of operation modes for the channel bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae-Young LEE, Soon-Choul KIM, Sung-Ik PARK, Heung-Mook KIM
  • Patent number: 11778639
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus of broadcast gateway signaling for channel bonding. The apparatus for broadcast gateway signaling includes an input formatting unit configured to generate baseband packets corresponding to channel bonding; and a stream partitioner configured to allocate the baseband packets to two or more RF channels of the channel bonding for generating an outer tunnel data stream, the outer tunnel data stream generated in different ways according to a plurality of operation modes for the channel bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae-Young Lee, Soon-Choul Kim, Sung-Ik Park, Heung-Mook Kim
  • Publication number: 20220330095
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for providing an offloading service. A method of providing an offloading service according to an example embodiment includes streaming, to a user terminal including a cellular network receiver and a broadcast network receiver, media content data through a cellular network, transmitting, to the user terminal, an offloading service providing signal for activating the broadcast network receiver of the user terminal through the cellular network, transmitting, to the user terminal, a broadcast signal including connection information of a broadcast network to which the user terminal is to be connected so as to receive the media content data, through the cellular network, and broadcasting the media content data through the broadcast network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: SOON CHOUL KIM, Sung Ik PARK, Jae-young LEE, Hyun-Jeong YIM, Namho HUR, Dong Joon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220174253
    Abstract: An image receiving method includes receiving, from a plenoptic server, a high-quality image stream of a first viewpoint; requesting, from the plenoptic server, information on a second viewpoint to be shifted when a user's view is shifted, and requesting, from an edge server, a medium-quality image stream of the shifted second viewpoint; receiving, from the edge server, the medium-quality image stream of the second viewpoint and playing the received medium-quality image stream; and receiving information on the second viewpoint and subsequently playing a high-quality image stream of the second viewpoint received from the plenoptic server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soon Choul KIM, Joon Young JUNG, Dong Joon CHOI
  • Patent number: 11343786
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for broadcast gateway signaling using a cloud network and an apparatus for the same. The method includes generating an outer packet corresponding to the outer layer of a tunneling system using an inner packet corresponding to the inner layer of the tunneling system, generating a header of the outer packet, and transmitting the outer packet to a transmitter through a Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL). The header includes an STL propagation delay time field indicating a reception wait time for an STL stream corresponding to the outer packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soon-Choul Kim, Jae-Young Lee, Hye-Ju Oh, Hyun-Jeong Yim, Dong-Joon Choi
  • Publication number: 20220132452
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for broadcast gateway signaling using a cloud network and an apparatus for the same. The method includes generating an outer packet corresponding to the outer layer of a tunneling system using an inner packet corresponding to the inner layer of the tunneling system, generating a header of the outer packet, and transmitting the outer packet to a transmitter through a Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL). The header includes an STL propagation delay time field indicating a reception wait time for an STL stream corresponding to the outer packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soon-Choul KIM, Jae-Young LEE, Hye-Ju OH, Hyun-Jeong YIM, Dong-Joon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220007334
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus of broadcast gateway signaling for channel bonding. The apparatus for broadcast gateway signaling includes an input formatting unit configured to generate baseband packets corresponding to channel bonding; and a stream partitioner configured to allocate the baseband packets to two or more RF channels of the channel bonding for generating an outer tunnel data stream, the outer tunnel data stream generated in different ways according to a plurality of operation modes for the channel bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae-Young LEE, Soon-Choul KIM, Sung-Ik PARK, Heung-Mook KIM
  • Patent number: 11153849
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus of broadcast gateway signaling for channel bonding. The apparatus for broadcast gateway signaling includes an input formatting unit configured to generate baseband packets corresponding to channel bonding; and a stream partitioner configured to allocate the baseband packets to two or more RF channels of the channel bonding for generating an outer tunnel data stream, the outer tunnel data stream generated in different ways according to a plurality of operation modes for the channel bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae-Young Lee, Soon-Choul Kim, Sung-Ik Park, Heung-Mook Kim
  • Patent number: 10917448
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for broadcast gateway signaling and an apparatus for the same. The apparatus for broadcast gateway signaling includes an inner packet generator for generating an inner packet corresponding to the inner layer of a tunneling system; an outer packet generator for generating an outer packet corresponding to the outer layer of the tunneling system; an outer packet header generator for generating the header of the outer packet; and an STL transmission unit for transmitting the outer packet to a transmitter via a Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Cleverlogic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Young Lee, Young-Min Choi, Soon-Choul Kim, Sung-Ik Park, Heung-Mook Kim
  • Patent number: 10805689
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of transmitting broadcasting data and apparatus for the same. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method of transmitting broadcasting data includes: determining at least one IP-based data packet provided in different lengths received from a higher layer; generating a media transport packet having a fixed length by converting the at least one IP-based data packet; and generating broadcasting data by modulating the generated media transport packet on the basis of a broadcasting data modulation scheme and transmitting the broadcasting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Joon Young Jung, Soon Choul Kim, Heung Mook Kim
  • Patent number: 10645454
    Abstract: Disclosed are a dynamic multi-mode service (MMS) transmission apparatus, a dynamic MMS reception apparatus, and a method for providing a dynamic MMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong Yim, Soon-Choul Kim, Byung-Jun Bae, Hye-Ju Oh, Heung-Mook Kim, Hyoung-Soo Lim, Nam-Ho Hur
  • Publication number: 20200128511
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus of broadcast gateway signaling for channel bonding. The apparatus for broadcast gateway signaling includes an input formatting unit configured to generate baseband packets corresponding to channel bonding; and a stream partitioner configured to allocate the baseband packets to two or more RF channels of the channel bonding for generating an outer tunnel data stream, the outer tunnel data stream generated in different ways according to a plurality of operation modes for the channel bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae-Young LEE, Soon-Choul KIM, Sung-Ik PARK, Heung-Mook KIM
  • Publication number: 20190387035
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for broadcast gateway signaling and an apparatus for the same. The apparatus for broadcast gateway signaling includes an inner packet generator for generating an inner packet corresponding to the inner layer of a tunneling system; an outer packet generator for generating an outer packet corresponding to the outer layer of the tunneling system; an outer packet header generator for generating the header of the outer packet; and an STL transmission unit for transmitting the outer packet to a transmitter via a Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CLEVERLOGIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Young LEE, Young-Min CHOI, Soon-Choul KIM, Sung-Ik PARK, Heung-Mook KIM
  • Publication number: 20190090029
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of transmitting broadcasting data and apparatus for the same. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method of transmitting broadcasting data includes: determining at least one IP-based data packet provided in different lengths received from a higher layer; generating a media transport packet having a fixed length by converting the at least one IP-based data packet; and generating broadcasting data by modulating the generated media transport packet on the basis of a broadcasting data modulation scheme and transmitting the broadcasting data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Joon Young JUNG, Soon Choul KIM, Heung Mook KIM
  • Patent number: 10135895
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcasting contents which repeatedly transmits segment based broadcasting contents to easily develop next generation broadcasting service and system so that it looks as if the contents are continuously reproduced even when contents having a limited capacity are repeatedly reproduced and a test environment which is the same as an actual broadcasting environment is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Byung Jun Bae, Hye Ju Oh, Hyun Jeong Yim, Soon Choul Kim, Hyoung Soo Lim, Nam Ho Hur
  • Publication number: 20170374421
    Abstract: Disclosed are a dynamic multi-mode service (MMS) transmission apparatus, a dynamic MMS reception apparatus, and a method for providing a dynamic MMS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong YIM, Soon-Choul KIM, Byung-Jun BAE, Hye-Ju OH, Heung-Mook KIM, Hyoung-Soo LIM, Nam-Ho HUR
  • Publication number: 20170195742
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for providing a broadcast service. The apparatus for providing a broadcast service includes a segment and metadata creation unit for creating a media segment file and profile information for a broadcast streaming service, a transfer processing unit for performing packetization and configuring a transport session in order to transfer audio/video and data objects, which correspond to the media segment file, and a broadcast transmission unit for formatting a media stream, received from the transfer processing unit, according to a broadcast signal format by multiplexing the media stream based on a layer, for creating a broadcast transmission frame that includes signaling information, and for transmitting the broadcast transmission frame via a broadcast network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Hye-Ju OH, Byung-Jun BAE, Hyun-Jeong YIM, Soon-Choul KIM, Hyoung-Soo LIM, Nam-Ho HUR
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20170099335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcasting contents which repeatedly transmits segment based broadcasting contents to easily develop next generation broadcasting service and system so that it looks as if the contents are continuously reproduced even when contents having a limited capacity are repeatedly reproduced and a test environment which is the same as an actual broadcasting environment is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Byung Jun BAE, Hye Ju OH, Hyun Jeong YIM, Soon Choul KIM, Hyoung Soo LIM, Nam Ho HUR