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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151303 | Television device and method of identifying consecutive programmes A television device for receiving and storing an electronic programme guide, the electronic programme guide including a plurality of programme entries for respective television programmes, each programme entry having a title field including title data for the title ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144870 | Encoding and detecting apparatus An encoding data processing apparatus generates a video material item marked copy by embedding a payload data word into the video material item. The video material item includes plural video frames. A code word generator generates a water mark code word from the pay... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131024 | Apparatus and method of image capture for facial recognition An image capture apparatus includes a first imaging device operable to capture an image feedback image. A generator generates a feedback image from a captured image for output to a display. A facial recognition unit operates to determine the position of a face withi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121341 | Data processing apparatus and method A water marking system generates a water marked image frame for conveying a payload data word by combining at least one image frame with a two-dimensional water mark pattern. The water mark pattern includes plural regions each associated with one of symbols of the p... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117528 | Information handling An information handling apparatus, in which metadata is generated in respect of a current information item by reference to an ensemble of information items having associated metadata, the metadata having corresponding indicator data representing a degree of trust as... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8086075 | Motion adaptive image processing An image processing method for image conversion by combining two or more source values based on a mixing parameter to generate an output pixel value. A metric is calculated for a selected pixel at a given image field based on the directly preceding image field and a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073060 | Video synchronization A method of synchronizing the phase of a local image synchronization signal generator of a local video data processor in communication with an asynchronous switched packet network to the phase of a reference image synchronization signal generator of a reference vide... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068682 | Generating output pixels of an output image from one or more input images using a set of motion vectors having a sub-pixel accuracy An image processing apparatus in which output pixels of an output image are generated from one or more input images using motion vectors having a sub-pixel accuracy. A motion vector allocator allocates motion vectors in the pixels, and compares a current output pixe... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055094 | Apparatus and method of motion adaptive image processing An image processing apparatus includes a first motion detector, a second motion detector and a conversion selector. The first motion detector detects motion to a first level of spatial frequency sensitivity. The second motion detector detects motion to a second leve... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050252 | Packet-based video network indicating video signal synchronization and methodology thereof A video data network device arranged to receive a video signal and an associated synchronisation signal and to launch video data packets representing the video signal onto a packet-based data network comprises means for detecting whether the video signal is synchron... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046580 | Data processing apparatus and method for generation of protection compression encoded data An encoding data processing apparatus is described which is operable to generate protected compression encoded data representative of protected media signals. The apparatus comprises a data analyser which is operable to receive compression encoded data representativ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8032361 | Audio processing apparatus and method for processing two sampled audio signals to detect a temporal position An audio processing apparatus for processing two sampled audio signals to detect a temporal position of one of the audio signals with respect to the other. The apparatus detects audio power characteristics of each signal in respect of successive continuous temporal ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023728 | Display apparatus and method In a method of displaying an image from an image store to a display device, each pixel has a color represented by pixel values which define a position within color space. A plurality of regions are defined within the color space, and each pixel value used within the... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015410 | Data processing apparatus and method A data processing apparatus is operable to identify one of a plurality of code words present in a watermarked version of a material item. The marked version is formed by combining each of a plurality of parts of a code word with one of a plurality of units from whic... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013899 | Camera arrangement and method A camera arrangement comprising a plurality of camera elements and a corresponding method of arranging camera elements is described. The camera arrangement improves the resolution of a stitched image by maintaining a uniform overlap between the fields of view of adj... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8000534 | Alias avoidance in image processing An image processing apparatus in which output pixel values are generated with respect to pixels of an input image selected in accordance with an image feature direction in the input image. The apparatus includes a mechanism comparing blocks of pixels of the input im... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996866 | Data broadcast method A system for providing requested data sets of broadcast data service transmitted as part of a broadcast signal, including a broadcast headend configured to receive a data request from a receiver, and configured to broadcast requested data sets to the receiver in res... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996567 | Audio processing A network interface device connectable to a network, the device being arranged to receive digital audio data representing an audio signal and, substantially in real time, to launch data packets representing the digital audio data onto the network, the device compris... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971020 | Embedding data in an information signal A method of controlling copying of an information signal, comprises the steps of: prior to recordal and/or transmission, applying to the information signal a substantially imperceptible modification representing copy control data including a password securely... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965858 | Data processing apparatus and method An encoding data processing apparatus configured to parse a compression encoded bit stream to identify frames of a video image, and to determine for image frame areas of the compression encoded bit stream providing spare data capacity as a result of the fixed data p... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962964 | Watermarking and transferring material A client device for use in a system having a server, the client device including: a receiving device configured to receive information material from the server, the information material containing a reversible modification providing a visually perceptible disturbing... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7912045 | Data streaming communication system and method A data communication system for communicating one or more payload streamed data signals and an auxiliary data signal, the auxiliary data signal being arranged as one or more data packets according to a data packet protocol, each packet having a packet destination ad... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899306 | Security system A media data security system for rendering a secure media data file, having associated authentication data, for output comprises a data preparation unit operable with respect to a version of the media data file, having user controls for generating a list of desired ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899205 | Data content identification A method of detecting a version of input data content, there being a plurality of different versions of said data content, in which: said data content is arranged as two or more segments according to a segmentation pattern; and | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889975 | Media editing A media editing apparatus for editing media items together to form a media product comprises means for displaying at least two representations of the media items, each representation relating to media items lying within a respective time period with respect to the m... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884745 | Analogue to digital conversion An analog-to-digital conversion arrangement converting an input analog signal into an output digital representation. Two or more analog-to-digital conversion paths each applying a conversion mapping between input analog signal magnitudes and respective digital value... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7856119 | Embedding data in material An apparatus including a transformer for transforming transform domain data into time domain data and a combiner for receiving material and combining said time domain data with said material to form data embedded material. Hence, the material is not subject any tran... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7844052 | Encoding and detecting apparatus An encoding data processing apparatus is arranged to generate a marked copy of an item of material by introducing at least one code word into a copy of the material item, the code word being arranged to identify a payload data word. The encoding apparatus comprises ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840816 | Identifying material stored using a signature as a retrieval index A method of identifying material which includes the step of inserting an identifying code into a signal as a watermark, and deriving a signature from the material. The code and signature are stored in a database. The watermarked signal may be distributed and/or tran... | 11/23/2010 |
| RE41939 | Audio/video reproducing apparatus and method An audio/video reproducing apparatus is connectable to a communications network for selectively reproducing items of audio/video material from a recording medium in response to a request received via the communications network. The audio/video reproducing apparatus ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831127 | Combining video material and data A method of combining data with other material comprises the step of repetitively distributing the data in the other material. The data is for example metadata associated with the other material. The other material may be one or more of video, audio and data materia... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7818577 | Identifying material using a watermark and a signature A method of identifying material comprises the step of inserting an identifying code into a signal as a watermark, and deriving a signature from the material. The code and signature are stored in a database. The watermarked signal may be distributed and/or transmitt... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7817650 | Data transmission A data communication transmitting node is provided, the transmitting node comprising: a plurality of buffers for storing data from a respective plurality of input data streams; means for monitoring an occupancy level of each of the plurality of buffers to detect if ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7808932 | Virtual connection for packetised data transfer in a video and audio network A packet-based data network includes a packet-based network switch, and a plurality of packetised data sources coupled to the network, where the packetised data includes at least one of audio data or video data. The data network further includes at least one destina... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804522 | Image analysis for smoke detection A smoke detection method for identifying, in a current input image, an area indicative of the presence of smoke, there being a sequence of two or more input images, the method comprising the steps of: storing a background estimation for a current input image; and co... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7792322 | Encoding apparatus and method An encoding data processing apparatus is arranged to generate a marked copy of an image by introducing a code word into a copy of the image. The apparatus comprises a code word generator operable to generate the code word. The encoding apparatus includes an image pe... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7783897 | Programmable logic device A hardware decryption processor operates, when power is applied to a programmable logic device, to read an encrypted configuration program, to decrypt the encrypted configuration program using a first secret configuration key stored in a register, and to configure a... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778516 | Identifying, recording and reproducing information A signal processing system comprises a recorder (500,204) for recording information signals representing video audio and/or data material on a tape (502, 126). The recorder (500, 204) generates (152,178) first material identifiers for ide... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7746133 | Charge pump circuit A charge pump circuit including an input rail, an output rail, a voltage rail, a control line, an MOS input transistor including a gate and a channel connected between the input rail and the voltage rail, and an MOS output transistor including a gate and a channel c... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7739598 | Media handling system A media handling system in which candidate video sequences are displayed on a display screen in schematic form for selection by a user comprises means for detecting human faces in the candidate video sequences; a display screen for displaying representations of the ... | 06/15/2010 |
