Abstract: A prediction mode determining method in scalable video coding based on a structure of multiple layers is provided. The prediction mode determining method includes: deriving a coded block pattern (CBP) value of a luma component for a 16×16 mode of an encoding target picture; determining first candidate modes for the encoding target picture according to the derived CPB value; and determining a final prediction mode for the encoding target picture based on the determined first candidate modes. According to the present invention, encoding efficiency may be improved, and complexity may be reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a multi-angle viewing service, in which main broadcast content is transmitted to a main terminal and multi-angle content are transmitted to a personal terminal, are disclosed. The apparatus for providing a multi-angle viewing service includes an encoder unit configured to receive videos captured at a plurality of different angles from a plurality of cameras, and to generate a plurality of elementary streams, a broadcast transmission unit configured to transmit broadcast content generated based on the plurality of elementary streams through a broadcasting network, and a multi-angle streaming unit configured to generate a plurality of pieces of multi-angle content corresponding to the broadcast content based on the plurality of elementary streams, and to transmit one of the plurality of pieces of multi-angle content to a personal terminal through a network based on a request signal from the personal terminal.

Abstract: In a multi-angle view processing apparatus, main-view data and at least one multi-angle view datum are received and processed through via one identical apparatus, and the main-view data and the at least one multi-angle view datum are separated into main images and sub images to be separately provided to different apparatuses, and as a result, seamless multi-angle view images selected by a user may be viewed with optimal resolution.

Abstract: A multilingual audio service supporting system and a method thereof which allow multiple viewers using different languages to watch the same TV program based on a multiplatform. The system may include a content data providing device, a multilingual audio data providing device, a content image output device, and a multilingual audio output device. Audios in various languages, in time synchronization with main content, are provided through multilingual audio output devices in the vicinity to the content image output device, so that new broadcast-associated multilingual audio services can be provided.

Abstract: A method of providing a flash card and apparatuses for performing the method are disclosed. A method of providing a flash card in a learning system including a first terminal and second terminals may include creating, by the first terminal, a first flash card associated with a corresponding page of an electronic book (e-book) currently being displayed on a display of the first terminal, and transmitting, by the first terminal, the first flash card to the second terminals.

Abstract: Disclosed is a social network service device. The social network service device includes a message processing unit which receives, from a common smart device, an identifier of a user group which uses the common smart device, and information of a personal smart device which is connected to the common smart device for a multi-screen service, and a social network establishment unit which establishes a social network between common smart devices by modeling a relation between the user group and a user who uses the personal smart device, and a relation between the common smart device and the personal smart device, using the information of the personal smart device, based on the identifier of the user group.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an eyebrow coil jacket, a heat control apparatus of a reactor using the eyebrow coil jacket, and a method for manufacturing the heat control apparatus of the reactor. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an eyebrow coil jacket that is capable of increasing the heat control area of the reactor even when applied to a large-sized reactor so that a heat control amount of the heat control apparatus is improved 20% more than when a half pipe coil is used, a heat control apparatus of a reactor using the eyebrow coil jacket, and a method for manufacturing the heat control apparatus of the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for estimating network jitter, which has the effect of more precisely estimating network jitter by using time information corresponding to a transmission time, which is transmitted from a transport layer in a transmitting end to a receiving end.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vent gas adsorption system and a method of recovering volatile organic compounds (VOCs), more particularly to a vent gas adsorption system devised to effectively adsorb VOCs included in the vent gas and reduce VOC content of the vent gas, and a method of recovering VOCs.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving media data, which can provide D-layer timing information, which is transmitted from a media transmission service based on an MMT system and required for timely synchronization playout time of the media and media. The apparatus for transmitting the media data comprises a packetizer for generating a delivery layer packet (D-layer packet), which packetizes encapsulation layer data (E-layer data) to include timing information, wherein the timing information comprises sampling time information and transmission process delay information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to DTPA derivatives capable of forming complexes by combining with metals and the like, metal complexes formed by combining with the DTPA derivatives, MR and CT contrast agents including gold (Au) nano-particles of which surfaces are coated with the metal complexes, and a method for manufacturing the same. The MR and CT contrast agents according to the present invention have a high magnetic relaxation rate, thereby providing an excellent contrast enforcement effect and a long image acquisition time. Furthermore, the MR and CT contrast agents are not toxic to the human body, and are image contrast agents of dual molecules capable of being applied to both MR and CT.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a chamber used for annealing doped wafer substrates. In one embodiment the method provides removing dopants deposited in an annealing chamber after an annealing process of a doped substrate by flowing one or more volatilizing gases into the annealing chamber, applying heat to volatilize the deposited dopants in the annealing chamber, and exhausting the chamber to remove volatilized dopants from the annealing chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for adaptive layer selection and a server having the same are provided. The adaptive layer selecting apparatus includes a monitoring unit monitoring a connection state of at least one channel connected through a communication network, a channel managing unit detecting available channels to be used for providing a service based on a result of the monitoring, and a layer managing unit determining the number of adaptive layers to be used for encoding based on bandwidths of changed available channels when the number of the available channels is changed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite sheet, to a substrate for a display element including same, and to a display device including same. More specifically, the composite sheet comprises: a reinforcement-impregnated matrix; a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the matrix; and a barrier layer formed on at least one surface of the coating layer, wherein, if an elastic modulus of the matrix is E2 at a temperature of 25° C. and an elastic modulus of the coating layer is E3 at a temperature of 25° C., the ratio of the elastic modulus, i.e. E3/E2, is approximately 5×104 or less.

Abstract: A transport system for a hybrid 3D content service is provided. This system includes: an SVC encoder configured to encode 3D content of a left image and a right image, and a hybrid network transmission streaming module configured to transmit a base layer (BL) stream from among scalable bitstreams encoded by the SVC encoder to a client system through a broadcasting network, and to transmit an enhancement layer (EL) stream to the client system through an Internet network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display apparatus and to a display method adopting a novel system capable of displaying images using light in the invisible spectrum instead of using light in the visible spectrum which can be observed by the naked eye of a human. The novel system may be applied to various display apparatuses such as a television, a computer monitor, a mobile phone, a game console screen, and an outdoor advertisement display panel for displaying a variety of pieces of information such as documents, pictures, and videos.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for reproducing and watching a video. More specifically, according to the present invention, when a plurality of three-dimensional videos are reproduced, a plurality of users can select different preferred videos to simultaneously watch the selected videos.

Abstract: A multi-network environment adaptive media streaming method and apparatus. The method of transmitting media streaming includes encoding content to generate media data consisting of a plurality of layers; separating the generated media data into layers; and transmitting the media data separated into layers to a media receiving apparatus in a streaming format over a plurality of networks.

Abstract: A prediction mode determining method in scalable video coding based on a structure of multiple layers is provided. The prediction mode determining method includes: deriving a coded block pattern (CBP) value of a luma component for a 16×16 mode of an encoding target picture; determining first candidate modes for the encoding target picture according to the derived CPB value; and determining a final prediction mode for the encoding target picture based on the determined first candidate modes. According to the present invention, encoding efficiency may be improved, and complexity may be reduced.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a chamber used for annealing doped wafer substrates. In one embodiment the method provides removing dopants deposited in an annealing chamber after an annealing process of a doped substrate by flowing one or more volatilizing gases into the annealing chamber, applying heat to volatilize the deposited dopants in the annealing chamber, and exhausting the chamber to remove volatilized dopants from the annealing chamber.