Patents by Inventor Sung-Jun Ahn

Sung-Jun Ahn 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: 20260011060
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for generating media content based on generative AI. The apparatus generates combined media by combining existing media with synthetic media generated using a generative AI, defines metadata required for the generative AI to generate media content for the combined media, and generates the media content using the generative AI by adjusting the text prompt to be input into the generative AI using the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong YIM, Jae-Hyun SEO, Sung-Jun AHN, Jung-Sun UM, Bo-Mi LIM
  • Publication number: 20250324146
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a transmitter, a media system, and a method for transmitting communication data for media content generation, and a terminal, a media system and a method for receiving communication data for media content generation. The transmitter may include a package formatting unit configured to format at least one Service Element (SE) into a prompt package for media content generation, and a transmission unit configured to transmit communication data including the formatted prompt package. The terminal may include a receiver configured to receive communication data including a prompt package for generating media content, and a content generator configured to generate the media content based on the received prompt package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2025
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung-Jun AHN, Hyun-Jeong YIM, Sung-Ik PARK
  • Patent number: 12047134
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a broadcast signal transmission/reception method using multiple antennas and layered-division multiplexing and an apparatus for the same. A broadcast signal transmission apparatus includes a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation (BICM) unit for dividing enhanced layer data into two enhanced layer signals having different polarizations, a combination unit for generating a multiplexed signal corresponding to a first transmitting antenna by combining a core layer signal corresponding to core layer data with a first enhanced layer signal, and transmission signal generation units for generating a first transmission signal, corresponding to the multiplexed signal and transmitted through the first transmitting antenna, and a second transmission signal, corresponding to a second enhanced layer signal and transmitted through a second transmitting antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hoi-Yoon Jung, Bo-Mi Lim, Sung-Ik Park, Hae-Chan Kwon, Sung-Jun Ahn, Nam-Ho Hur
  • Publication number: 20240147262
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for determining network parameters. The method includes receiving factory equipment traffic information, unlicensed frequency characteristic information, and factory equipment characteristic information and determining network parameters by taking into account at least one of the factory equipment traffic information, the unlicensed frequency characteristic information, or the factory equipment characteristic information, or a combination thereof, and the network parameters may include at least one of channel access parameters, unlicensed bands/channels, or client grouping, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung-Sun UM, Hoi-Yoon JUNG, Seok-Ki AHN, Sung-Jun AHN
  • Publication number: 20240032071
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for time-division transmission of heterogeneous physical-layer signals. The method may include setting time-division-related information and alternately transmitting heterogeneous physical-layer signals to a terminal over the same frequency resource based on the time-division-related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seok-Ki AHN, Sung-Ik PARK, Sun-Hyoung KWON, Sung-Jun AHN, Jung-Sun UM, Hoi-Yoon JUNG
  • Patent number: 11855716
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for transmitting a broadcast signal for signaling information about a combination of Layered-Division Multiplexing (LDM) technology and Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology and an apparatus using the method. The method includes generating first signaling information indicating whether MIMO technology is applied to an enhanced layer by LDM technology, generating second signaling information indicating an MIMO application method when the MIMO technology is applied to the enhanced layer, and generating a broadcast signal using the first signaling information and the second signaling information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Bo-Mi Lim, Hoi-Yoon Jung, Sung-Ik Park, Hae-Chan Kwon, Sung-Jun Ahn, Nam-Ho Hur, Hyun-Jeong Yim
  • Publication number: 20230283323
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a broadcast signal transmission method for signaling a transmission structure based on a combination of LDM technology and MIMO technology and an apparatus using the same. The broadcast signal transmission method may include generating first signaling information, indicating a transmission structure based on a combination of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology and Layered Division Multiplexing (LDM) technology, for a first subframe of a current broadcast signal frame, generating second signaling information, indicating a transmission structure based on a combination of the MIMO technology and the LDM technology, for a current subframe subsequent to the first subframe, and generating a broadcast signal using the first signaling information and the second signaling information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Bo-Mi LIM, Sung-Ik PARK, Sung-Jun AHN, Hoi-Yoon JUNG, Hae-Chan KWON, Nam-Ho HUR
  • Publication number: 20230155634
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for transmitting a broadcast signal for signaling information about a combination of Layered-Division Multiplexing (LDM) technology and Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology and an apparatus using the method. The method includes generating first signaling information indicating whether MIMO technology is applied to an enhanced layer by LDM technology, generating second signaling information indicating an MIMO application method when the MIMO technology is applied to the enhanced layer, and generating a broadcast signal using the first signaling information and the second signaling information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Bo-Mi LIM, Hoi-Yoon JUNG, Sung-Ik PARK, Hae-Chan KWON, Sung-Jun AHN, Nam-Ho HUR, Hyun-Jeong YIM
  • Publication number: 20230146118
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a broadcast signal transmission/reception method using multiple antennas and layered-division multiplexing and an apparatus for the same. A broadcast signal transmission apparatus includes a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation (BICM) unit for dividing enhanced layer data into two enhanced layer signals having different polarizations, a combination unit for generating a multiplexed signal corresponding to a first transmitting antenna by combining a core layer signal corresponding to core layer data with a first enhanced layer signal, and transmission signal generation units for generating a first transmission signal, corresponding to the multiplexed signal and transmitted through the first transmitting antenna, and a second transmission signal, corresponding to a second enhanced layer signal and transmitted through a second transmitting antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Hoi-Yoon JUNG, Bo-Mi LIM, Sung-Ik PARK, Hae-Chan KWON, Sung-Jun AHN, Nam-Ho HUR
  • Patent number: 11025349
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for channel decoding using noise level correction in a high-speed mobile reception environment and an apparatus for the same. The method includes estimating, by a signal receiver that is based on OFDM and is moving at high speed, Inter-Carrier Interference (ICI) power for received signal power based on the movement speed of the signal receiver; calculating, by the signal receiver, a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) for a received signal using an estimate of the ICI power; and decoding, by the signal receiver, a channel code based on a Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) per bit, calculated based on the SNR, and the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung-Jun Ahn, Bo-Mi Lim, Sun-Hyoung Kwon, Sung-Ik Park, Jae-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 8750505
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for controlling program conversion according to program protection information. The method for controlling conversion of a broadcasting program includes: demultiplexing a broadcasting program into broadcasting program data and program protection information; encrypting the broadcasting program data based on distribution condition of the program protection information when recordation of the broadcasting program data is requested; and recording the encrypted broadcasting program data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korean Broadcasting System, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, Seoul Broadcasting System Co., Ltd., Korea Educational Broadcasting System
    Inventors: Hyon-Gon Choo, Jeho Nam, Sangwoo Ahn, Jooyoung Lee, Moon-Kyun Oh, Jin-Woo Hong, Won-Sik Cheong, Sang-Kwon Shin, Keunsik Lee, Byung-Sun Kim, Hee-Young Jun, Sang-Gyou Lee, Sang-Jin Kim, Sung-Jun Ahn, Sung-Hwan Park, Jooho Song
  • Publication number: 20110261254
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for controlling program conversion according to program protection information. The method for controlling conversion of a broadcasting program includes: demultiplexing a broadcasting program into broadcasting program data and program protection information; encrypting the broadcasting program data based on distribution condition of the program protection information when recordation of the broadcasting program data is requested; and recording the encrypted broadcasting program data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicants: KOREAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM, MUNHWA BROADCASTING CORPORATION, ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KOREA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM, SEOUL BROADCASTING SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyon-Gon Choo, Jeho Nam, Sangwoo Ahn, Jooyoung Lee, Moon-Kyun Oh, Jin-Woo Hong, Won-Sik Cheong, Sang-Kwon Shin, Keunsik Lee, Byung-Sun Kim, Hee-Young Jun, Sang-Gyou Lee, Sang-Jin Kim, Sung-Jun Ahn, Sung-Hwan Park, Jooho Song