• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.346-354
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• 2010

T-DMB is using MPEG-4 BIFS standard format for broadcasting interactive data service. BIFS enables us to represent contents as a scene which consists of various objects such as AV, image, graphic, and text. It also enables us to control objects by using user interaction. BIFS was designed to be adapted to multimedia systems with various input devices. Today, however, we are in lack of considering about mobile device with restricted input unit. The problem is that a consistent user control of interactive data contents is not possible due to the limitations of input units in T-DMB terminals. To solve the problem, we defined KeyNavigator node that provides a means to select or navigate objects (like menu) in BIFS contents by arrow keys and enter key of mobile terminal. By using KeyNavigater node, not only BIFS contents providers can make BIFS contents as they want, but also users can get a way to control BIFS contents consistently and easily.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.5 no.5
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• pp.488-493
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• 2002

MPEG-4 movies are composed of several media objects, organized in a hierarchical fashion. Those media objects are served to the clients as elementary streams. To play the movie, client players compose the elementary streams according to the meta- information called the scene graph. The meta-information streams are delivered as BIFS and OD elementary stream. Using dynamically generated BIFS and OD streams, we can provide a service something differs from traditional file services. For example, we can insert weather or stock information into the bottom of the screen while an existing movie was played in the screen. In this paper, we propose a dynamic service framework and dynamic server. Dynamic service framework is an object-oriented framework dynamically generating BIFS and OD streams based on the external DB information. Dynamic server provides a GUI for the server management and interface for registering dynamic services. In this framework, the dynamic service has the same interface as a file service. So, a dynamic service is considered as a file service by clients and other services.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.04b
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• pp.400-402
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• 2001

MPEG-4는 AV 데이터를 포함한 멀티미디어 데이터를 객체단위로 유연성 있게 부호화하는 표준으로써 장면을 구성하는 객체의 표시 방법과 특성을 지정하기 위한 장면기술 언어인 BIFS와 XMT를 정의하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 XMT를 이용하여 MPEG-4 스티림을 생성하기 위한 시스템을 소개한다. XMT는 최근의 멀티미디어 기술언어인 XML 기반 표준화를 반영하는 것이다. 제안하는 시스템은 XMT 디스크립션을 XML 파서를 이용하여 파싱하고 그 정보로 MEPG-4 스트림을 생성한다. 파싱결과로 생성된 DOM 트리를 표준 DOM API를 이용하여 MPEG-4의 장면 구성 정보를 가지고 있는 씬 컴포지션 트리로 변환한다. 그리고 이 정보를 이용하여 BIFS를 생성하고 이를 최종적으로 인코딩과 먹싱의 과정을 거쳐 MPEG-4 스트림을 생성한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.253-259
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• 2001

인터넷을 통해 멀티미디어 데이터의 접근이 보편화됨에 따라 다양한 형태의 데이터와 사용자 인터렉션이 요구되었고, 또한 유선 및 무선등과 같은 다양한 통신 선로에서 Desktop-PC, PDA, Hand-Held PC등과 같은 다양한 단말기를 통해 멀티미디어 데이터 서비스를 받으려는 사용자의 요구가 증가되고 있다. 따라서 이런 요구를 효율적으로 지원할 수 있는 멀티미디어 시스템에 대한 개발이 요구되었고, 이를 위해 MPEG4 표준이 등장하게 되었다. MPEG-4(ISO/IEC 국제표준 14496)는 오디오, 비디오, 합성 오디오, 그리고 그래픽스 요소(material)를 포함하는 멀티미디어 데이터로 구성된 복잡한 씬(scene)을 구성하고, 이를 통신라인을 통해 사용자와 상호작용이 가능한 멀티미디어 시스템을 정의하는 표준규약을 말한다. 본 논문에서는 Java와 Java3D기반의 MPEG-4 표준 규약에 충실한 MPEG-4 시스템 구현에 대하여 기술한다.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.309-316
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• 2001

MPEG-4 describes audiovisual scenes that are composed of several media objects, organized in a hierarchical fashion. And for end users, it brings higher levels of interaction with content, within the limits set by the author. These spatio-temporal arrangements of the objects in the scene are specified using a parametric methodology, BIFS(BInary Format for Scenes). This paper proposes MPEG-4 Contents Authoring System that provides visual configuration of an MPEG-4 scene and its event information. The developed MPEG-4 Contents Authoring System generates streaming MPEG-4 Contents, such as BIFS stream, OD(Object Descriptor) stream automatically.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.583-592
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• 2006

Digital broadcasting technology has developed focusing on multi-channel/multi-media, high-definition quality, and mobility-support. Recently, there has been a clear trend toward bidirectional service with the convergence between broadcasting and communication. The broadcasting viewer is no longer simply a passive receptor but has also become an information generator. Currently, the digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) specifications are the major standard for portable digital broadcasting and have been establishing the overall guidelines for bidirectional service using the MPEG-4 system. While detailed specifications for DMB systems are not well-established for bidirectional service yet, they share the basic concepts underlying the European Eureka-147 Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) system. This paper develops key scenarios for bidirectional service in DMB, describes the signal transaction of broadcasting and return channels, and demonstrates typical scenarios using binary format for scenes (BIFS) in the MPEG-4 system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2004.10b
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• pp.619-621
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• 2004

유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅에 대한 연구가 활발하게 전개되고 있는 지금, PC에서뿐만 아니라 언제 어디서나 가능한 모바일 환경에서 다양한 사용자 인터랙션에 중점을 두고 떨러 가지 기하객체들과 이미지, 텍스트 객체 등을 지원함으로써 PDA의 고유의 특성을 이용하고 또 이에 알맞은 PDA환경에서 전문적인 저작도구를 개발하는 것이 필요하다. 따라서 PDA와 같은 제한된 스크린 사이즈와 메모리 공간에서 작은 메모리를 사용하여 얼마나 풍부한 컨텐츠가 저작가능한가 하는 것이 아주 중요하다 본 논문은 PDA환경에서 기하객체와 텍스트, 이미지 등 객체들을 이용하여 MPEG-4 컨텐츠 저작함에 있어서 기존의 저작도구의 기초 위에서 PDA환경의 고유 특성을 고려하여 BIFS 텍스트 생성 모듈, BIFS 인코더 모듈. 멀티플렉서 모듈에 대한 최적화 기법을 연구하며 더 나아가서 PDA환경에 보다 적합하면서도 직접적이고도 시각적인 저작이 가능한 MPEG-4 컨텐츠 저작시스템을 제안하고 그 개발 결과를 보인다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.11 no.4 s.33
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• pp.541-553
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• 2006

Since DMB on-air was started, not high-qualified audio, video services but various service models have been required. This paper is about systems for one of these services, video associated data service. A terrestrial DMB system to make contents of video associated data services and transmit them on DMB channel is proposed in this paper. This system satisfies standard of the video associated data services for terrestrial DMB; MPEG-4 BIFS (BInary Format for Scene) Core2D scene description profile and graphics profile. This system is designed to support two major features of broadcasting, real-time authoring non automatic transmission and non real-time authoring automatic transmission, and focuses on the abilities to make high-qualified contents efficiently and transmit them to video encoder reliably. This system proved its performance through conformance tests with various receivers, so can be used in future on-air.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.10 no.1 s.26
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• pp.22-30
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• 2005

We implement an interactive 3D audio broadcasting terminal which synthesizes an audio scene according to the request of a user. Audio scene structure is described by the MPEG-4 AudioBIFS specifications. The user updates scene attributes and the terminal synthesizes the corresponding sound images in the 3D space. The terminal supports the MPEG-4 Audio top nodes and some visual nodes. Instead of using sensor nodes and route elements, we predefine node type-specific user interfaces to support BIFS commands for field replacement. We employ sound spatialization, directivity/shape modeling, and reverberation effects for 3D audio rendering and realistic feedback to user inputs. We also introduce a virtual concert program as an application scenario of the interactive broadcasting terminal.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.10 no.4 s.29
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• pp.474-487
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• 2005

T-DMB (Terrestrial-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) adopted MPEG-4 BIFS (Binary Format for Scene) Core2D scene description profile and graphics profile as the standard of video associated data service. By using BIFS, we can support to overlay objects, i.e. text, stationary image, circle, polygon, etc., on the main display of receiving end according to the properties designated in broadcasting side and to make clickable buttons and website links on desired objects. Therefore, a variety of interactive data services can be served by BIFS. In this paper, we implement real-time video associated data service system far T-DMB. Our developing system places emphasis on real-time data service by user operation and on inter-working and stability with our previously developed video encoder. Our system consists of BIFS Real-time System, Automatic Stream Control System and Receiving Monitoring System. Basic functions of our system are designed to reflect T-DMB programs and characteristics of program production environment as a top priority. Our developed system was used in BIFS trial service via KBS T-DMB, it is supposed to be used in T-DMB main service after improvement process such as intensifying system stability.