# US 8,542,709 B2 · Method of processing traffic information and digital broadcast system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,542,709 B2 - Document ID: US8542709B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/325,801 - Filed: 2011-12-14 - Published: 2012-04-05 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2005-10-05 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: Jin Pil Kim; Young In Kim; Ho Taek Hong; In Hwan Choi; Kook Yeon Kwak; Hyoung Gon Lee; Byoung Gill Kim; Jin Woo Kim; Jong Moon Kim; Won Gyu Song - Inventors: Jin Pil Kim; Young In Kim; Ho Taek Hong; In Hwan Choi; Kook Yeon Kwak; Hyoung Gon Lee; Byoung Gill Kim; Jin Woo Kim; Jong Moon Kim; Won Gyu Song - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542709B2 ## CPC - H04H 20/55: for traffic information - G08G 1/092: {Coding or decoding of the information} - H04H 20/95: characterised by a specific format, e.g. an encoded audio stream - H04L 1/0041: {Arrangements at the transmitter end} - H04L 1/0072: {Error control for data other than payload data, e.g. control data} - H04N 21/235: Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors - H04N 21/23608: {Remultiplexing multiplex streams, e.g. involving modifying time stamps or remapping the packet identifiers} - H04N 21/435: Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream - H04L 1/0059: {Convolutional codes} - H04L 1/0061: {Error detection codes} - H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N) - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - 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 broadcast transmitting/receiving system and a method for processing data are disclosed. The method for processing data may enhance the receiving performance of the receiving system by performing additional coding and multiplexing processes on the traffic information data and transmitting the processed data. Thus, robustness is provided to the traffic information data, thereby enabling the data to respond strongly against the channel environment which is always under constant and vast change. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A digital broadcast transmitter, comprising: a first encoder configured to encode enhanced data for Forward Error Correction (FEC); a signaling encoder configured to encode signaling information; a second encoder configured to add parity data to the encoded enhanced data; a data interleaver configured to interleave the encoded enhanced data having the parity data to output a data group; wherein the data group includes data blocks including known data sequences, wherein a first known data sequence of the known data sequences is located in a third data block of the data blocks, wherein a second known data sequence and a third known data sequence of the known data sequences are located in a fourth data block of the data blocks, wherein a fourth known data sequence, a fifth known data sequence and a sixth known data sequence of the known data sequences are located in a fifth data block, a sixth data block and a seventh data block of the data blocks, respectively, and wherein the first known data sequence, the third known data sequence, the fourth known data sequence, the fifth known data sequence and the sixth known data sequence are located in the data blocks with a same pattern and are spaced specific segments apart; and a trellis encoder configured to have at least one memory and trellis-encode the interleaved data, the at least one memory being initialized by initialization data when input data corresponds to a beginning of a known data sequence. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The digital broadcast transmitter of claim 1, further comprising a data transmission unit configured to insert synchronization data into the trellis-encoded data, modulate the trellis-encoded data having the synchronization data, and transmit the modulated data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The digital broadcast transmitter of claim 1, further comprising a block encoder configured to block encode the encoded enhanced data by a block unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The digital broadcast transmitter of claim 1, wherein the signaling information is inserted into the fourth data block of the data blocks. ### Claim 5 A method of transmitting a broadcast signal, the method comprising: encoding enhanced data for Forward Error Correction (FEC); encoding signaling information; adding parity data to the encoded enhanced data; interleaving the encoded enhanced data having the parity data to output a data group; wherein the data group includes data blocks including known data sequences, wherein a first known data sequence of the known data sequences is located in a third data block of the data blocks, wherein a second known data sequence and a third known data sequence of the known data sequences are located in a fourth data block of the data blocks, wherein a fourth known data sequence, a fifth known data sequence and a sixth known data sequence of the known data sequences are located in a fifth data block, a sixth data block and a seventh data block of the data blocks, respectively, and wherein the first known data sequence, the third known data sequence, the fourth known data sequence, the fifth known data sequence and the sixth known data sequence are located in the data blocks with a same pattern and are spaced specific segments apart; and trellis encoding the interleaved data, wherein at least one memory included in a trellis-encoder is initialized by initialization data when input data corresponds to a beginning of a known data sequence. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising: inserting synchronization data into the trellis-encoded data; modulating the trellis-encoded data having the synchronization data; and transmitting the modulated data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising block encoding the encoded enhanced data by a block unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the signaling information is inserted into the fourth data block of the data blocks.