Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for providing digital multimedia broadcasting confinement service. The system includes: a relay center side system, which is adopted to the relay center, according to the relay center side packet identification description (PID) key, for modifying the PID of transport stream and generating the distorted program specific information (PSI); and a terminal side system, which is adopted to the DMB terminal, according to the terminal side PID key, for recovering the distorted PSI of the transport stream received from the relay center and decoding it. The method includes the steps of: identifying whether the actual PID of the TS is consistent when the TS is demultiplexed by audio/video PID acquired through the program map table (PMT) analysis of the TS; generating a preset alarm signal; modifying the PID of the audio/video data in the PMT according to the terminal side PID; and demultiplexing the TS according to the modified PID value.

Abstract: Multimedia content is provided continuously for multiple users each potentially moving to a different place while enjoying it together. The system includes a network for transmitting preferably IP-format data, a first device for outputting particular multimedia content received through the network, and a second device for outputting a second multimedia content prepared for, and received upon requesting, continuous provision of the particular multimedia content through the network. A contents server delivers the particular multimedia content and the second multimedia output to the first and second devices, respectively. The second multimedia content consists of the part of the particular multimedia content remaining to be transmitted at the point of time at which the second device requested the continuous provision of the particular multimedia content.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for coding a video image is provided, in which a first macro block is coded with intra coding modes, the number of which corresponds to the first macro block, a first intra coding mode having a minimum value and a first minimum value to which the first intra coding mode is applied are acquired, the first minimum value is compared with a threshold that is set for fast coding mode search, and it is determined whether to code a second macro block with intra coding modes, the number of which corresponds to the second macro block, based on the comparison.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing a digital image are provided, including a decoder that decodes a high-resolution image and outputs the decoded high-resolution image, a resizer that resizes a thumbnail image to a size to be displayed on a display, and a controller that outputs the resized thumbnail image on the display, then replaces the thumbnail image with the decoded high-resolution image.

Abstract: A method is provided for constructing a video frame in a video signal processing apparatus using multi-core processing, in which multiple macro blocks are generated from a video signal on a predetermined unit basis, and a video frame is constructed by combining the generated multiple macro blocks with header information. The video frame includes one correlation information field for recording information about correlations between the multiple macro blocks, and the one correlation information field is located in front of the multiple macro blocks constituting the video frame.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for extracting a region-of-interest of a user in a multimedia mobile terminal. The method includes: setting a search region in an input picture input to the multimedia mobile terminal on a screen picture-to-screen picture basis, and extracting a group of boundary of a region-of-interest based on a brightness difference between the set search region and an environment around the set search region; determining boundary coordinates of the region-of-interest through learning during a predetermined frame among the extracted group of boundary coordinate candidates; and enlarging the region-of-interest having the determined boundary coordinates, and displaying the enlarged region-of-interest. As a result, a region the user is most interested in or pays more attention to than other regions on a screen is automatically extracted.

Abstract: A apparatus and method for displaying available video play times are provided. Information about a remaining battery capacity of a video playing apparatus and information about a resolution of a video file is received from a first signal input unit, and information contained in a codec-resolution mapping table is received from a second signal input unit. Available video play times associated with video decoding modes are acquired based on the information received from the first signal input unit and the information received from the second signal input unit.

Abstract: A method is provided for acquiring a Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) image in an image processing apparatus, in which images corresponding to each of consecutive frames are photographed with a stereo camera including at least two image pickup devices with different exposure times, a correlation between images photographed in each frame at different exposure times is checked, and the images photographed at the different exposure times are synthesized into one image based on the correlation.

Abstract: A retransmission apparatus is provided that uses a packet method for a DMB service and includes: a DMB receiver for receiving DMB data from a medium; a DMB transmission mode release unit that outputs an MPEG-2 TS by releasing a DMB transmission mode in the DMB data received from the DMB receiver; a channel information extractor that extracts channel information contained in a Fast Information Channel (FIC) of the DMB data in the DMB transmission mode release process of the DMB transmission mode release unit; a data information extractor that receives the MPEG-2 TS from the DMB transmission mode release unit and extracts data information indicating a location of an elementary stream from the received MPEG-2 TS; a channel information database (DB) that stores the channel information extracted by the channel information extractor and the data information extracted by the data information extractor as channel data; a first IP streamer that IP-streams the MPEG-2 TS output from the data information extractor; and a

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding an image based on a video sensor structure are provided. The method includes acquiring an image to be encoded; separating the acquired image into respective color components; creating a predicted image for each of the color components, and creating a residual image between the predicted image and the acquired image; and performing transform encoding on each of the color components individually by applying the residual image to a transformation formula.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for processing a boundary strength (BS) by a deblocking filter, the method including: an encoding process for generating a packet including BS information; and a decoding process for receiving the packet including the BS information generated from the encoding process, and during the decoding process the BS information is used in a deblocking process.

Abstract: Provided is a method of compressing a reference frame in encoding or decoding moving images. A reference frame to be compressed is divided into basic processing blocks. The basic processing blocks are divided into sub-blocks. A maximum value and a minimum value of pixels within each sub-block are calculated. A necessary bit length needed for compression of each sub-block is obtained based on a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value. An average bit length of the sub-blocks within the basic processing block is calculated based on the calculated necessary bit lengths of the sub-blocks. Bits are variably allocated to each sub-block by adjusting the necessary bit length of each sub-block so that the average bit length of the sub-blocks within a corresponding basic processing block is less than or equal to a preset required bit length. Each sub-block is compressed to the allocated bits.

Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses for coding a motion vector by a multimedia image codec. The method including: calculating and storing difference vectors which represent differences between adjacent motion vectors of image data; selecting a central axis of the stored difference vectors based on trend information of the difference vectors; transforming the difference vectors based on the central axis of the difference vectors; and performing bit coding using the axis-transformed difference vectors.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting an output bit rate of a TS packet includes: a TS processing unit for processing the TS packet; an output buffer for buffering and outputting TS packets processed by the TS processing unit; and a bit rate adjustment unit for separating a counting value of packet output time into an integral part and a decimal part by a preset reference cipher according to ticks, generating TS packet output signals for outputting one TS packet stored in the output buffer if a value obtained by performing first counting according to the ticks reaches a value of the integral part, resetting a first count value, and decreasing the first count value by one if a carry occurs in a value obtained by performing second counting for achieving an increment by the value of the stored decimal part whenever the TS packet output signals are generated.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding IPM information are provided, in which a coding unit is received, IPMs of a plurality of sub-units included in the coding unit are determined, a relation between an IPM of each sub-unit and IPMs of neighboring sub-units of the each sub-unit is checked, and information about IPMs of a plurality of sub-units according to the relations is encoded in an integrated manner.

Abstract: An intra-prediction coding and decoding method is provided, in which a picture to be encoded is received in coding units, each of the coding units is divided into a plurality of sub-units, an IPM is determined for each coding unit, residual data is acquired for each sub-unit of each coding unit according to the determined IPM, and information about the IPM of each coding unit and the residual data of each sub-unit of each coding unit are encoded.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding motion vector information are provided, in which a coding unit is divided into a plurality of subunits, PMVs of the subunits are calculated, it is determined whether the PMVs satisfy a predetermined condition, and coded motion vector data are generated, which include information indicating an omission of the motion vectors of the subunits, if the PMVs satisfy the predetermined condition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of encoding a direct mode when coding moving images, the method includes finding a prediction and a cost for each of a plurality of direct modes including a backward-based temporal direct mode and a forward-based temporal direct mode with respect to a current block to be encoded and determining one mode having the lowest cost as a result of comparing the costs as an optimal encoding mode, thereby performing encoding the direct mode.

Abstract: A method of performing an intra prediction coding with respect to a plurality of blocks included in an image frame is provided. The method of performing an intra prediction coding includes confirming whether a neighboring pixel that is referred to in an intra prediction of a block exists in the current frame, if the neighboring pixel referred to in the intra prediction exists, reading the color difference signal value of the pixel referred to in the intra prediction from the current image frame, if at least one neighboring pixel referred to in the intra prediction does not exist, reading the color difference signal value of at least one pixel from the previous image frame and performing the intra prediction with reference to the read color difference signal value of the pixel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating the contour of a user object in a moving picture during video communications so that a personal background image is not provided during video communications. Information about center coordinates as well as a size of a face of the user object is extracted from a moving picture frame. Edges are extracted from the moving picture frame, and a boundary of a head of the user object is estimated using a semicircle. The boundaries of left and right shoulders and left and right arms of the user object are estimated using second-order function graphs that overlap a largest portion of the edges. An entire contour of the user object is estimated according to the boundaries of the head, the left and right shoulders, and the left and right arms of the user object.