Humax Co., Ltd. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150143423 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE BASED ON USER INTERFACE THAT REFLECTS USER'S INTENTION - Disclosed are a device control apparatus, method, and system based on a user interface that reflects a user's intention. The apparatus may includes a user interface processing unit for displaying a user interface, including a content selection unit for selecting content and first and second control icons, on the touch screen of a first device, generating a selection icon indicating that the content has been selected when a signal to select the content selection unit is received from the touch screen, and displaying the selection icon on the touch screen and a transmission unit for sending a message, requesting that the content be displayed on a screen of a second device either in full screen mode or PIP mode, to the second device when at least part of the selection icon enters the first control icon or the second control icon is detected by the touch screen. | 05-21-2015 |
20150106387 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF REPRESENTING CONTENT INFORMATION USING SECTIONAL NOTIFICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for representing content information. The method and apparatus for representing content information according to embodiment of the present invention notifies the user employing a mobile environment (mobile terminal or smart terminal) in a tactile, auditory, or visual manner about existence of contents having a score larger than or equal to a particular score within a predetermined distance to represented contents in a predetermined order and enables the user to perform a search for the contents desired by the user based on the user's input, providing such an advantage that the user can find the contents of interest intuitively without examining searched contents one after another. | 04-16-2015 |
20140337887 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CHANNEL SWITCHING USING PRE-ACQUISITED PSI TABLE - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for switching channels to reduce channel zapping time, which use channel information generated prior to channel switching and generates audio and video data of a switched channel, thereby skipping a process of calculating channel information of a channel to be switched at the time of channel switching. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334504 | METHOD FOR HYBRID DELIVERY OF MMT PACKAGE AND CONTENT AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING CONTENT - Disclosed is a hybrid delivery method for content in which content is divided corresponding to the number of means of delivery and transmitted. An hybrid delivery method of content comprises the steps of: detecting the number of delivery means by which a server can transmit content to a client; dividing the content so as to correspond to the detected number of delivery means; generating composition information for each of the divided content; and transmitting the divided content and the composition information to the client using the transmission means. Thus, a variety of transmission means can be used effectively. | 11-13-2014 |
20140223470 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING CONTENTS - A method for reproducing content is disclosed. In one embodiment, content is selected from a first device connected to a network and an operation method of one or more second devices included in the network with regard to reproduction of the content can be set. The second devices can be set in a mute mode and messages indicating event generation, received from the second devices during reproduction of the content, can be output when reproduction of the content is ended. When a message is received during reproduction of the content, the message can be immediately output. When messages about events related to the same sender are received a predetermined number of times, a message indicating the same can be output. Devices can be selectively set in the mute mode according to device types. Accordingly, a user can view content while concentrating thereon without being disturbed by external devices. | 08-07-2014 |
20140198848 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD FOR RATE-DISTORTION OPTIMIZATION AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAME - Disclosed are an image encoding/decoding method for rate-distortion optimization and a device for performing the same. A macroblock to be encoded is provided, a prediction macroblock is generated by executing either inter prediction or intra prediction, a residual prediction block is generated on the basis of the generated prediction macroblock and the provided macroblock, and the residual prediction block is transformed by applying one of a plurality of predetermined transform matrices to the generated residual prediction block. Accordingly, rate-distortion can be optimized, and image quality can be enhanced. | 07-17-2014 |
20140196075 | CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM BASED ON USER PERSONAL ACCOUNT - A control method based on a user personal account may include receiving a first control message, including first user personal account information and first control information, from a first terminal, logging into a first user personal account corresponding to the first user personal account information based on the first user personal account information included in the first control message, and performing an operation corresponding to the first control information based on predetermined first user service policy information associated with the first user personal account. | 07-10-2014 |
20140189748 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING CONTENTS - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for recording a content. An embodiment of the invention provides a method for recording a content that includes: determining a recording state of a first content through a first path; searching a second content corresponding to the first content through a second path according to the recording state of the first content through the first path; and recording or downloading the second content found by the search through the second path or providing a link by which to obtain the second content. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189141 | REAL-TIME CONTENT TRANSCODING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND REAL-TIME CONTENT RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A real-time content transcoding method, apparatus, and system, and a real-time content receiving apparatus and method are provided. The real-time content transcoding method includes: generating a candidate content list on the basis of a transcoding-related information supportable by a transcoder with respect to content requested by a user terminal; transmitting the candidate content list to the user terminal; and transcoding the content in a manner corresponding to a content information selected by the user terminal in real time and transmitting the transcoded content to the user terminal. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189068 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CLOUD SERVICE, AND SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a system for providing a cloud service. The system includes an integrated cloud providing unit which integrates contents information which is transmitted from at least one digital media server (DMS) which is connected to a first network, and provides contents to a terminal which is connected through a second network, based on the integrated contents information, and a connection management unit which manages connection of the terminal to the first network using identification information of the least one DMS. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189008 | MEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A media system and a method of controlling the media system are disclosed. The media server includes: a media unit configured to control a content sharing with a client; and an operation manager unit configured to switch an operation mode to a standby mode when a preset time passes after a content sharing of the client and the media server is stopped. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185948 | METHOD FOR STORING MOTION PREDICTION-RELATED INFORMATION IN INTER PREDICTION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING MOTION PREDICTION-RELATED INFORMATION IN INTER PREDICTION METHOD - Provided are methods for storing and obtaining motion prediction-related information in inter motion prediction method. The method for storing the motion prediction-related information may include obtaining size information of prediction unit of a picture, and adaptively storing motion prediction-related information of the picture on the basis of the obtained size information of prediction unit of the picture. The method for obtaining the motion prediction-related information may include searching a first temporal motion prediction candidate block to obtain first temporal motion prediction-related information in the first temporal motion prediction candidate block, and searching a second temporal motion prediction candidate block to obtain second temporal motion prediction-related information in the second temporal motion prediction candidate block. Thus, a memory space for storing the motion prediction-related information may be efficiently utilized. Also, an error between the prediction block and an original block may be reduced to improve coding efficiency. | 07-03-2014 |
20140059444 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE BROWSING - The present invention provides a method, apparatus and system for remote browsing, which allows a URL visited by a first browser of a first terminal to be connected through a browser installed in at least one different terminal. A method for remote browsing comprises displaying a list indicating at least one device equipped with a browse function among a plurality of devices connected to a network; selecting a device from the list according to a device selection signal; and i requesting connection to a webpage by using a browser installed in the selected device. Therefore, information received by a mobile device can be played in a better environment without introducing a cumbersome procedure. | 02-27-2014 |
20140033111 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING STATUS BAR - A method of displaying a status bar includes displaying a status bar indicating a played state of contents and enlarging a section including a selected position and displaying the enlarged section at a position separated from the status bar when a predetermined position is selected from the status bar. A second section including a second position is enlarged to display the enlarged second section at a position separated from the status bar and the enlarged section when the second position is selected from the displayed enlarged section. The section is enlarged proportional to a distance to a terminated position of a drag from the status bar and displaying the enlarged section when a touch is dragged from the predetermined position of the status bar in a direction other than an advance direction of the status bar in the predetermined position of the status bar. | 01-30-2014 |
20130326556 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT MANAGEMENT LIST AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SAME - Disclosed are a method for providing a content management list which enables integrated management for the use of various contents and an apparatus for performing the same. The method for providing the content management list in a content management list provision apparatus which can be connected to a plurality of contents through a network includes the steps of: displaying the content management list including electronic program guide information of a broadcasting program; and displaying information of reserved playback contents corresponding to the reservation time of a time axis which is additionally displayed in the content management list according to an event signal for indicating a content playback reservation. Accordingly, the method enables a user to easily determine the reserved states of all available contents, and enables the user to efficiently make plans to use the various contents therethrough. | 12-05-2013 |
20130258946 | CROSS-LAYER OPTIMIZATION METHOD IN A MULTIMEDIA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND AN ABSTRACTION LAYER COMPONENT FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are cross-layer optimization method where information about lots of dynamic changes in wireless environment is shared and cross-layer optimization is implemented and abstraction layer component. Multimedia transmission layer operating method where optimization of first layer and second layer is implemented by using service information provided from first layer having transmission layer and network layer and second layer lower than datalink layer. The operating method includes upward abstraction step where service information provided to second layer is processed and processed service information is provided to multimedia transmission layer and downward abstraction step where indication information provided from multimedia transmission layer is processed and processed service information is provided to second layer. Consequently, there is advantage that all layers share diverse information about lots of dynamic changes in wireless environment, and the diverse information can be controlled to allow transmission where QoS is ensured more effectively. | 10-03-2013 |
20130250097 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING BACKGROUND SCREEN IN NAVIGATION DEVICE - When a vehicle is driving, a camera image can be selected that photographing a front or other direction of a vehicle in real time to display the selected image on a background screen of a menu screen in a navigation device. In addition, selection buttons of the menu screen is displayed to be transparent or translucent. Since a driver can keep eyes a moving direction of the vehicle while manipulating a navigation device, possible accidents of the vehicle can be prevented in advance. | 09-26-2013 |
20130215963 | ADAPTIVE INTRA-PREDICTION ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD - Disclosed is an adaptive intra-prediction encoding and decoding method. The adaptive intra-prediction encoding method comprises the following steps: providing a prediction unit to be encoded; determining the total number of prediction modes for intra-prediction in accordance with the size of the prediction unit; selecting a certain prediction mode on the basis of the displacement of a reference pixel among the determined total number of the prediction modes, and performing intra-prediction using the selected prediction mode; and transforming and quantizing the residual value, which is the difference between the prediction unit predicted by the intra-prediction and the current prediction unit, and entropy-encoding the transformed and quantized value. Thus, rate-distortion may be optimized and image quality and encoding speed may be improved. | 08-22-2013 |
20130204973 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A SCALABLE HTTP STREAM FOR NATURAL REPRODUCTION UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF EXPRESSION-SWITCHING DURING HTTP STREAMING - Discussed is a processing method which enables natural reproduction upon the occurrence of representation switching during the transmission of an HTTP stream. The method includes: constructing, for a first representation, a plurality of segments including base layer of scalable video coding, constructing, for a second representation with a higher resolution than the first representation, a plurality of segments including enhanced layer of scalable video coding, and transmitting at least one of at least a part of the plurality of segments for the first representation and at least a part of the plurality of segments for the second representation, when transmitting the second representation. Only base layers may be extracted from the second representation and used as a reference in decoding low bit-rate segments to be reproduced in the future, thus multimedia content can be seamlessly displayed upon the occurrence of representation-switching. | 08-08-2013 |
20130173760 | PROCESSING METHOD TO BE IMPLEMENTED UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EXPRESSION SWITCH IN HTTP STREAMING - Disclosed is a processing method which enables natural reproduction in the event an expression switch occurs during an HTTP streaming transmission. The method involves: receiving a first media information file which stores information regarding segments in the event no expression switch occurs, and a second media information file which stores information regarding segments in the event an expression switch occurs; and receiving and reproducing segments of the content to be received with reference to the first information in the event no expression switch occurs, and receiving and reproducing segments of the content to be received with reference to the second information in the event an expression switch occurs. Thus, multimedia content may be provided without screen stoppage errors arising from changes in the dynamic environment of a channel. | 07-04-2013 |
20130167188 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERFACE - The method for controlling interface according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: detecting the state of connection with one or more sink devices and one or more source devices which are connected to input and output ports of a multimedia interface module; identifying one or more operation modes available for the detected connection state; and transmitting device information of the one or more sink devices to the one or more source devices, the device information being selectively edited in accordance with a requested operation mode among the identified operation modes. Therefore, various operation modes such as Through, Convert, Switch, Mix, Distribute, Duplicate and Exchange can be chosen for effective operation, thereby enhancing the convenience of the user and increasing the performance of interface between the sink devices and source devices. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166770 | METHODS OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A MEDIA INFORMATION FILE FOR HTTP STREAMING - Disclosed are methods of transmitting and receiving media information file for HTTP stream. Content is divided into segments, the segments are divided into segment sub groups, each of the divided segments grouping the segment sub groups, a meta media information file including information on a segment sub group is configured; and sub media information file including information on segments in a segment sub group is configured. When service initializes, the metal media information file is transmitted. When a transmission request for content is received, the sub media information file to which a playback request timing for content belongs is selected and transmitted by referring to the meta media information file, and then, a segment in a segment sub group corresponding to the sub media information file is transmitted. Thus, during HTTP streaming, initial transmission delay is reduced, and random access and trick mode playback are possible. | 06-27-2013 |
20130128978 | METHODS FOR ENCODING/DECODING OF VIDEO USING COMMON MERGING CANDIDATE SET OF ASYMMETRIC PARTITIONS - The present invention provides video encoding and decoding methods using block merging, which can be applied to a high resolution video of more than HD (High Definition) resolution. A video encoding method includes partitioning a current block into a first and a second prediction unit by using asymmetric partitioning, constructing a list of common merging candidate blocks including a predetermined number of common merging candidate blocks selected from adjacent blocks of the current block, selecting at least one candidate block from among the list of common merging candidate blocks and sending information of the selected candidate block to a decoder for each of the first and the second prediction unit. | 05-23-2013 |
20130122924 | METHOD FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY BASE STATIONS, AND TERMINALS AND BASE STATIONS SUPPORTING THE METHOD - Provided is a method of mitigating interference caused by a base station. The method includes (a) determining whether there is an accessible base station among one or more base stations, and (b) sequentially determining channel information, which enables minimization of transmission power of each of the base stations, by base station among channel information between each of the base stations and a terminal to transmit the determined channel information to each of the base stations until an accessible base station is found when there is no accessible base station. | 05-16-2013 |
20130108182 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES FOR INTRA-PREDICTION CODING | 05-02-2013 |
20130089265 | METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAME - A method for encoding/decoding high-resolution image and a device for performing the same set the size of an extended macro-block as the size of a prediction unit to be encoded, according to a temporal frequency feature or a spatial frequency feature found therebetween at least one picture to be encoded, perform motion prediction and motion compensation using the set prediction unit size unit, and perform the conversion thereof. Also, a macro-block having 32×32 pixel or 64×64 pixel size is divided into at least one partition based on an edge, and encoding is performed on each of the divided partitions afterwards. Therefore, encoding efficiency for high definition (HD) or higher resolution images is enhanced. | 04-11-2013 |
20130070723 | METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIAL PRECODING AND BASE STATION SUPPORTING SAME - Provided is a differential precoding method for reducing inter-user interference and increasing the sum rate. The differential precoding method comprises initializing a precoding matrix with a first (Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) for a channel between a mobile station and a base station; and updating the precoding matrix with a second PMI for the channel and side information for adaptively updating the precoding matrix according to a change speed of a state of the channel, wherein the side information has a quantized scalar value. | 03-21-2013 |
20110299603 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING - A device and a method for encoding/decoding are disclosed. The encoding apparatus includes: an encoding unit configured to encode data and generate encoded data; a decoder description generation unit configured to generate a decoder description that describes functional units (FUs) constituting a decoder for decoding the encoded data and the connection relation of the FUs; an FU list generation unit configured to generate and output an FU list for FUs constituting a decoder for decoding the encoded data; and a packetizing unit configured to be inputted with the encoded data, to be inputted with a decoder description, an FU list and FUs corresponding to the inputted encoded data, and to packetize and output said decoder description, FU list and FUs. | 12-08-2011 |
20110064140 | ENCODER AND DECODER - Provided are bitstream encoding/decoding methods and devices. The decoder includes: a condition information extracting unit creating recognition information using syntax tree information indicating a hierarchical structure between syntax elements corresponding to bits of an input bitstream, respectively and rule description information indicating connectivity between the syntax elements; and a decoding unit decoding data contained in the bitstream into moving image data using the recognition information. Accordingly, it is possible to decode bitstreams encoded in a variety of types (syntax, semantics) corresponding to a variety of standards (for example, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and MPEG-4 AVC) by the use of the same information recognition method. | 03-17-2011 |
20110032985 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE DECODING - An adaptive decoding apparatus and a method of adaptive decoding are disclosed. The adaptive decoding apparatus configuring a decoding process adaptively based on an encoding format of inputted data includes: a separating part configured to separate decoding module configuration information and encoded data from inputted data received from an outside and to output the decoding module configuration information and the encoded data; a decoding module storing part configured to store a plurality of decoding modules, the decoding modules being configured to perform a predetermined unit of partial decoding process; a decoding module configuration information analyzing part configured to analyze the encoded data according to the decoding module configuration information and to generate and output syntax parsing control information and connection control information; and a decode executing part configured to form a reconfigured decoder by loading and connecting target decoding modules from the decoding module storing part by use of the connection control information and to decode the encoded data according to the syntax parsing control information by use of the reconfigured decoder. Accordingly, the decoding process can be adaptively configured for decoding, based on the encoding format of the inputted data. | 02-10-2011 |
20110023062 | IP BROADCASTING RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE IN IP BROADCASTING RECEIVER - An IP broadcast receiver and a method for providing a service in the IP broadcast receiver are disclosed. Information related to an IP broadcast and/or the IP broadcast receiver is provided to a terminal connected to a communication network via a server unit provided in the IP broadcast receiver, and a service related to the IP broadcast and/or the IP broadcast receiver may be performed according to a request from the terminal. Information provided to the terminal may include a menu allowing a user to select one or more services from among an EPG service, a reservation service, a history service, a contents uploading/downloading service. A menu screen image may be provided with a resolution corresponding to the connected terminal. Thus, the operations related to the IP broadcast receiver, e.g., EPG checking, reservation record, reservation watch, history checking, contents uploading/downloading, and the like, can be remotely simply performed, thus enhancing user convenience. | 01-27-2011 |
20100306799 | BROADCASTING RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION IN THE SAME - In a broadcasting receiver according to one implementation of this document, a method for providing information comprises displaying items to be included in a menu by arranging the items based on preference information managed by the broadcasting receiver; and, if a predetermined item is selected from the displayed menu, displaying sub-items to be included in a menu associated with the selected item by arranging the items based on the preference information or displaying a program list associated with the selected item. The preference information can comprise information categorized into multiple steps, information at each step can comprise more than one item, and each item of information at each step can store the number of reproduction of the program related to the corresponding item in an associated manner. Based on the number of reproduction, display order of items to be included in the corresponding menu can be changed. | 12-02-2010 |
20100054342 | BITSTREAM DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed are a bitstream decoding device and a method thereof. The decoding device can include a parser, configured to receive schema information for analyzing a bitstream and convert the bitstream to a meaningful datum to output the datum; and a decoding solution, configured to output a video datum by performing a bitstream decoding by use of the datum. With the present invention, it is possible to decode the bitstream encoded in various ways according to each standard by using the same information recognizing method. | 03-04-2010 |
20100034294 | BITSTREAM DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed are a bitstream decoding device and a method thereof. The decoding device includes a toolbox, configured to include a plurality of functional units which independently perform a predetermined process-each of the functional units is distinguished by using unique identifiable information; and a connection control unit, configured to selectively load at least one functional unit by using the identifiable information and to control a bitstream to be decoded as video data. With the present invention, it is possible to decode bitstreams, encoded in various ways according to each standard, by using the same information recognizing method. | 02-11-2010 |
20090103631 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNIFIED CODES - A unified codec device and method are disclosed. A decoding device includes a decoding description decoder, generating at least one table by using inputted decoding description; and a codec unit, decoding and outputting encoded video data, included in an inputted bit-stream, to moving picture data by using the table. With the present invention, a bit-stream, encoded by various formats according to each standard (e.g. MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and MPEG-4 AVC), can be decoded by the same information recognizing method. | 04-23-2009 |
20080317131 | Estimation/Compensation Device for Mb/Based Illumination Change and Method Thereof - An adaptive motion estimation/compensation device and a method thereof for MB-based illumination change are disclosed. If a macro block mode is determined as a newly designed P_L0_16×16_Mean by calculating the sum of an absolute difference, the motion estimation device CABAC-codes the absolute difference between the pixel mean of a current frame and the pixel mean of a candidate pattern block and transmits the CABAC-coded absolute difference to a pertinent decoder. With the present invention, the transmission amount of the bit stream transmitted to the decoder for decoding can be minimized by maximizing corresponding compressing rate. | 12-25-2008 |