Patents by Inventor Won Gyu Song

Won Gyu Song 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: 9680506
    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: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 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: 9674673
    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: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    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: 9660764
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    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: 20170134052
    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: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Hyen O OH, In Hwan CHOI, Kook Yeon KWAK, Byoung Gill KIM, Won Gyu SONG, Jin Woo KIM, Hyoung Gon LEE
  • Patent number: 9648065
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Won Gyu Song, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee
  • Patent number: 9634691
    Abstract: A transmitting system and a method of transmitting digital broadcast signal are disclosed. The method of transmitting digital broadcasting signal in a transmitter includes multiplexing a specified number of mobile data packets, a first scalable number of mobile data packets, and a second scalable number of main data packets, interleaving mobile data in the mobile data packets and main data in the main data packets, transmitting the interleaved mobile and main data during a slot, wherein the data group includes a plurality of first blocks, each first block including a plurality of data segments, specified block of the plurality of first blocks including the mobile data, known data sequence, trellis initialization data and RS parity bytes inserted in pre-determined position of the data group, wherein the data group includes a plurality of regions, wherein the last region includes the first scalable number of mobile data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Won Gyu Song, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee, Jae Hyung Song, In Hwan Choi, Chul Kyu Mun
  • Publication number: 20170085920
    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: Application
    Filed: November 30, 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9564989
    Abstract: A DTV transmitting system includes a frame encoder, a randomizer, a block processor, a group formatter, a deinterleaver, and a packet formatter. The frame encoder builds an enhanced data frame and adds parity data into the data frame. The frame encoder further divides the data frame into first and second sub-frames including first and second portions of the parity data, respectively, and permutes a plurality of the first sub-frames and a plurality of the second sub-frames, respectively. The randomizer randomizes enhanced data in the permuted sub-frames, and the block processor codes the randomized data at a rate of 1/N1. The group formatter forms a group of enhanced data having one or more data regions and inserts the 1/N1 coded 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 enhanced data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyoung Gon Lee, In Hwan Choi, Byoung Gill Kim, Won Gyu Song, Jong Moon Kim, Jin Woo Kim
  • 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: 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
  • Patent number: RE46312
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting digital broadcast signal are provided. The apparatus includes a group formatter to format a data group including mobile service data, where the group formatter further maps the mobile service data into a data group of interleaved format, adds N training sequences into a corresponding location of the data group of interleaved format, adds signaling data into the data group of interleaved format, inserts place holder bytes for MPEG header and non-systematic Reed-Solomon (RS) parity into the data group of interleaved format, and deinterleaves the mobile service data in the data group of interleaved format, a non-systematic RS encoder to non-systematic RS encode the mobile service data in the formatted data group and insert non-systematic RS parity obtained from the non-systematic RS encoding into the formatted data group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyoung Gon Lee, Byoung Gill Kim, Won Gyu Song, In Hwan Choi, Jin Woo Kim
  • Patent number: RE46354
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting digital broadcast signal are provided. The apparatus includes a group formatter to format a data group including mobile service data, where the group formatter further maps the mobile service data into a data group of interleaved format, adds N training sequences into a corresponding location of the data group of interleaved format, adds signaling data into the data group of interleaved format, inserts place holder bytes for MPEG header and non-systematic Reed-Solomon (RS) parity into the data group of interleaved format, and deinterleaves the mobile service data in the data group of interleaved format, a non-systematic RS encoder to non-systematic RS encode the mobile service data in the formatted data group and insert non-systematic RS parity obtained from the non-systematic RS encoding into the formatted data group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyoung Gon Lee, Byoung Gill Kim, Won Gyu Song, In Hwan Choi, Jin Woo Kim
  • Patent number: RE46398
    Abstract: A digital broadcasting system for transmitting/receiving a digital broadcasting signal and a data processing method are disclosed. A program table information has an identifier identifying mobile service data and main service data in a broadcasting signal. The program table information is multiplexed with the mobile service data and main service data. Then, broadcast receiving system can receive and output the mobile service data by parsing the program table information and using the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jin Pil Kim, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee, Jong Moon Kim, Won Gyu Song
  • Patent number: RE46399
    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. The method of processing data in a transmitting system includes receiving mobile service data, encapsulating the received mobile service data to a transport stream (TS) packet, and outputting the encapsulated mobile service data as a mobile service data packet, and multiplexing a main service data packet including main service data and the encapsulated mobile service data packet, thereby transmitting the multiplexed data packets to at least one transmitter located in a remote site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    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
  • Patent number: RE46436
    Abstract: A method for receiving a broadcasting signal and a broadcasting signal receiver are disclosed. Even when a cell is changed while an emergency alert is output, the emergency alert can be continuously output using emergency alert table information included in the broadcasting signal and channel information of the cell. The emergency alert table information may include a cell identifier and the channel information of the cell may include virtual channel information of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chang Sik Yun, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Hyoung Gon Lee, Won Gyu Song, Jin Pil Kim, Jong Moon Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Byoung Gill Kim