• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.30 no.10
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• pp.925-937
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• 2003

The input of digital TV software is the Transport Stream, which utilizes the moving picture compression technique, MPEC-2 (Moving Picture Experts Groups-2). MPEG-2 TS consists of the complicated table hierarchy and internal relationships, as well as the various restrictions with regards to system standard of digital TV software in determining the field values of transport stream. However, the general MPEG-2 TS generation tool produces transport streams solely based on the MPEG-2 TS specification itself, and does not consider the interaction between modulo features or modules themselves, which construct digital TV software. In this paper, we propose a method to systematically generate MPEG-2 TS test data, namely‘Test Stream’, for digital TV software. We present the experiment result where the test stream derived from our developed tool according to the proposed method was applied to the actual digital TV software settop-box, and then analyze the result. Apart from other existing MPEG-2 TS generation tools, the advantage of our method is that not only is it capable of generating various levels of test streams including digital TV software module, integration, and system testing, but also detecting errors and analyzing their causes.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.551-562
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• 2002

Digital TV software, receiver system for digital broadcasting, processes huge MPEG-2 TS formatted data that has variable hierarchy. Because of complexity and enormity of MPEG-2 TS, it is difficult for user to generate test data manually. Generating of test data is not only expensive and time consuming but also requires expert knowledge of MPEG-2 standard. In this paper, we implemented the tool that generates the MPEG-2 TS formatted test data for Digital TV software. Using this tool, user ran get reliable test data without extensive knowledge of MPEG-2 standard. Also, database mechanism that our tool based on supports variable hierarchy of MPEG-2 TS.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10b
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• pp.210-212
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• 2005

The personal video recorder is a consumer electronics device that records television shows to a hard disk in digital format. In this paper, we propose an implementation method of personal video recorder for digital TV. The proposed personal video recorder includes cpu and system control modules, graphics and display module, audio DSP module, digital I/O module, NIM module, graphic software library, and embedded software modules for providing a lot of PVR functions such as live or reserved recordings, browsing of recorded content list, trick play and time shifting. Especially, combining trick play with time shifting makes much more convenient functions such as pausing live TV, instant replay of interesting scenes, and skipping advertising.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.04b
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• pp.400-403
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• 2002

디지털 방송 시대가 개막되었다. Digital TV 소프트웨어는 디지털 방송을 위한 수신기 시스템이다. 복잡한 입력 데이터를 처리하기 때문에 시스템 자체도 복잡하고 방대해 Digital TV 소프트웨어를 테스트하는 것은 쉽지 않다. 본 논문은 MPEG-2 TS 표준 형식의 입력 데이터를 이용하여 테스트 데이터를 생성했던 기존 연구를 확장하여 Digital TV 소프트웨어의 특정 모듈을 테스트 하는 방안에 대해 제안한다. Digital TV 소프트웨어의 모듈을 분석하여 테스트 시나리오를 추출하고 테스트 시나리오에 MPEG-2 TS와의 연관관계를 적용하여 데스트 데이터를 생성한다. 본 논문에서 제안만 기법을 사용하면 D-TV 소프트웨어의 특정 모듈을 테스트 하는데 적합한 테스트 데이터를 선정할 수 있을 것이다

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.10 no.1 s.26
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• pp.57-67
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• 2005

In the paper, we propose a TV-anytime codec that encodes and decodes TV-Anytime metadata according to the TV-Anytime specification so that the resulting binary TV-Anytime metadata can be transferred efficiently through the broadcasting network where the data bandwidth is restricted.. We describe the broadcasting environment that the TV-Anytime codec will be applied to, and the required functionalities of the software modules in detail. For the design of software modules, we show how to Implement the modules for metadata fragmentation. encoding, decoding, and the fragments management. The proposed TV-Anytime codec can be utilized as the core components to a personalized digital broadcasting system providing ECG(Electronic Content Guide) and segmentation information services according to TV-Anytime standard.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.141-144
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• 2006

The personal digital recorder is a consumer electronics device that records television shows to a hard disk in digital format. In this paper, we propose an implementation method of personal digital recorder for HDTV. The proposed personal recorder includes CPU and system control modules, graphics and display module, audio DSP module, digital I/O module, NIM module, graphic software library, and embedded software modules for providing a lot of personal digital recorder functions such as live or reserved recordings, browsing of recorder content list, trick lay and time shifting. Especially, combining trick play with time shifting makes much more convenient functions such as pausing live TV, instant replay of interesting scenes, and skipping advertising.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.7 no.11
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• pp.1564-1570
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• 2004

Recently, The Analog TV has been being replaced by digital TV. This dues to the advantage of digital TV that sends data as well as audio/video stream to the receiver. But there are no standards or rules for processing the data. So, most companies or developers process the data in separate methods. This absence of standards or rules for processing the data causes many confusions and waste of time, money, man power. This Thesis proposes the solution of the problem not based on standardized respect but methodological respect. This solution is using XML in producing and playing the broadcasted multimedia contents and data. We believe that this solution saves much man power, time, money and increase reusability of expensive broadcasting contents.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.1767-1777
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• 2010

In digital TV broadcasting, such as terrestrial, cable, satellite, and IPTV, the head-end of digital TV broadcasting has a more complicated transmission structure than that of analog TV broadcasting. Furthermore, digital TV broadcasting has a feature that supports multiplex models, such as Multiple Program Transport Stream (MPTS). Therefore, the purpose of our work was to design and examine a more efficient new system of emergency alert message transmission to support the digital TV broadcasting environments. Digital TV broadcasting is the IP generation or RF transmission of 8-VSB, QAM, and QPSK modulated through a multiplexer or re-multiplexer multiplexed stream as a MPEG-2 Transport Stream after content encoding. The new system proposed in this paper transmits an emergency alert message without scrambling after replacing the PID and payload of the -packet with the message prototype in the TS stream from the multiplexer. If we need to transmit an emergency alert message under digital TV broadcasting services, then the receiver first checks the PID of each packet in the TS stream for the emergency alert message. Next, if a packet is determined to be an emergency alert message, then the set-top box displays the message on the TV screen using its function of On Screen Display, or the PC based software displays the message on the monitor screen using its function of overlay with user interface if the packet is found to be an emergency alert message. We have designed an emergency alert message protocol and a system model. By experiments and analysis of the system, we concluded that the system achieved efficiency and the ability to send and receive emergency alert messages using the system under different digital TV broadcasting service environments.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.1-7
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• 2007

Since the DirectTV started its digital broadcasting services in 1994 for the first time in the U.S., digital broadcasting widened its services in many areas. In korea, TIT(Transport Information Technology) based IP-TV services have been provided in Saemaeul trains and some sections of subway trains. But the software systems for the service performed in alternated fashions and suffered from many problems such as suspension, memory leaking and overflow. These problems increased playback loss time and resulted in bad reliabilities. In this paper, a software TIT monitor is designed and implemented for the TIT system in physically poor environments. The designed system formalized monitoring time intervals for effective monitoring. Through the real experiments, playback time is improved in 14% comparing to existing system.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.69-77
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• 2014

Because smart televisions (TVs) have various and innovative functions that are different from traditional TVs, consumers are front with a complex decision-making problem when they want to buy a best TV among alternatives made by many TV makers. TV manufactures have developed and announced different types of smart TV models and they need a comparative study for evaluating their characteristics. In this paper, we suggest the Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) method for deciding the best smart TVs regarding many selection criteria. The method provides a decision support for consumers who like to purchase a smart TV. We describe criteria affecting the smart TV selection through a literature review and suggest a user testing method in order to derive accurate judgments from consumers. Using the Expert Choice software package, we show a an numerical example how the priority of smart TVs are computed.