# US 8,275,004 B2 · Digital broadcasting transmitter, turbo stream processing method thereof, and digital broadcasting system having the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,275,004 B2 - Document ID: US8275004B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/262,029 - Filed: 2008-10-30 - Published: 2009-04-16 - Granted: 2012-09-25 - Earliest claimed: 2005-12-22 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dong-il Song; Hae-joo Jeong; Jung-pil Yu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8275004B2 ## CPC - H04H 20/28: Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information - H03M 13/2936: {comprising an outer Reed-Solomon code and an inner convolutional code} - H03M 13/2957: {Turbo codes and decoding} - H03M 13/6513: {Support of multiple code types, e.g. unified decoder for LDPC and turbo codes} - H03M 13/6519: {Support of multiple transmission or communication standards} - H04H 20/30: by a single channel - H04H 20/42: Arrangements for resource management - H04H 20/46: specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53-H04H20/95 - H04H 20/93: which locates resources of other pieces of information, e.g. URL [Uniform Resource Locator] - H04L 1/0041: {Arrangements at the transmitter end} - H04L 1/0045: {Arrangements at the receiver end} - H04L 1/0065: {Serial concatenated codes} - H04L 1/007: {Unequal error protection (for format H04L1/0078; for codes per se H03M13/35)} - H04L 27/02: Amplitude-modulated carrier systems, e.g. using on-off keying; Single sideband or vestigial sideband modulation (H04L27/32 takes precedence) - H04N 21/234309: {by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or from Quicktime to Realvideo (conversion of standards in analog television systems H04N7/01)} - H04N 21/23439: {for generating different versions} - H04N 21/2365: Multiplexing of several video streams - H04N 21/2368: Multiplexing of audio and video streams - H04N 21/2383: Channel coding {or modulation} of digital bit-stream, e.g. QPSK modulation (arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by adapting the channel coding H04L1/0009; analogue front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002) - H04N 21/2662: Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities - H04N 21/4382: {Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulation (analog front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002)} - H04N 21/631: {Multimode Transmission, e.g. transmitting basic layers and enhancement layers of the content over different transmission paths or transmitting with different error corrections, different keys or with different transmission protocols} - H04N 21/8451: {using Advanced Video Coding [AVC]} - H04H 20/33: by plural channels - H04L 2001/0098: {Unequal error protection} - H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N) - H03M: CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A digital broadcasting transmitter, a turbo stream processing method thereof, and a digital broadcasting system having the same. The digital broadcasting transmitter includes a first compressor, forming a normal stream by compressing audio and video signals in a first compression format, a second compressor, forming a turbo stream by compressing the audio and video signals in a second compression format, a transport stream (TS) constructor, compressing the turbo stream in an H.264 format and forming the dual transfer stream by multiplexing the normal stream and the turbo stream, and a TS processor, robustly processing the dual transfer stream transmitted from the TS constructor, thus enhancing the transmission efficiency. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A digital broadcast transmitter, comprising: a first compressor to output a normal data stream compressed by a Moving Picture Experts Group-2 (MPEG-2) format; a second compressor to output an additional data stream compressed by an H.264 format; a place holder maker to insert a placeholder for parity into the additional data stream; and a transport stream (TS) constructor to multiplex the normal data stream and the additional data stream to construct a TS; wherein the additional data stream is processed robustly, wherein the additional data stream is first interleaved before being multiplexed with the normal data stream and second interleaved after being multiplexed with the normal data stream, wherein the normal data stream and the additional data stream are arranged in a predetermined ratio by the multiplexing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The digital broadcasting transmitter of claim 1, wherein further comprises: a Reed-Solomon (RS) encoder to RS-encode the additional data stream. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The digital broadcast transmitter of claim 1, wherein the normal data stream comprises video data and the additional data stream comprises video data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The digital broadcast transmitter of claim 1, wherein the normal data stream comprises video data and audio data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The digital broadcast transmitter of claim 1, wherein the additional data stream comprises video data and audio data. ### Claim 6 A stream processing method of a digital broadcasting transmitter, comprising: outputting a normal data stream compressed by a Moving Picture Experts Group-2 (MPEG-2) format; outputting an additional data stream compressed by an H.264 format; inserting a placeholder for parity into the additional data stream; and multiplexing the normal data stream and the additional data stream to construct a transport stream (TS), wherein the additional data stream is processed robustly, wherein the additional data stream is first interleaved before being multiplexed with the normal data stream and second interleaved after being multiplexed with the normal data stream, wherein the normal data stream and the additional data stream are arranged in a predetermined ratio by the multiplexing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The stream processing method of claim 6, wherein the multiplexing and constructing of the TS comprises: Reed-Solomon (RS)-encoding the additional data stream.