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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6687828 | Method and apparatus for ciphering playback mode information for recording on record medium A signal transmission method applicable to prevention of modification or alteration of the playback mode information, such as copying management information or charging information. The playback mode information form a terminal 15P is data-converted for c... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6603866 | Image recording/reproducing apparatus and its method In an image recording/reproducing apparatus and its method which is capable of readily extracting a still image from a moving image for recording, a still image designated by the user is extracted from a moving image inputted from image input/output means... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6603576 | Method and apparatus for superimposing additional information with image signal A method and apparatus for superimposing additional information onto image information in a manner such that the additional information is inconspicuous on the displayed image. The additional information is spread throughout the image signal via logical o... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6598049 | Data structure identifying method and recording medium In a data structure identifying method, objects and/or data structures are differentiated by using an identifier. The identifier is formed by using an index in place of an address, thereby reducing a required number of bits for describing the address. A t... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6587415 | Drive unit having blank/written area identification capability A result of a blank/written identification performed concurrently with decoding is verified when an error occurs during decoding of read information, and retry is performed according to this identification result in order to achieve fast retry operation. ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6580830 | Picture decoding method and apparatus An MPEG downdecoder is to be provided which eliminates dephasing of pixels of moving picture data without losing properties inherent in a picture obtained on interlaced scanning. In the case of a field DCT mode, 4×4 decimating IDCT is executed for phase ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6577641 | Method and means for allocating time slots in a TDD system Method and apparatus for allocating tie slots in a time division duplex communication system. First and second types of time slots selected from receiving and transmitting type time slots are allocated as the first and second time slots, respectively, in ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6577510 | Switching power supply A power supply uses a switching element of a desired voltage withstanding property to obtain a desired conversion output. The power supply includes a converter transformer having primary and secondary windings loosely coupled to one another, and an auxili... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6574290 | Digital information reproducing apparatus and reproducing method A digital information reproducing apparatus and method in which a digital reproduction signal is equalized by predetermined equalizing characteristics, and a first clock signal is formed on the basis of the equalized signal. The digital reproduction signa... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6574274 | Picture signal processing system, decoder, picture signal processing method, and decoding method A picture signal processing system is disclosed, that comprises a decoder for generating the number of encoded bits and/or an average quantizing scale as representative value(s) of encoding parameters of an input encoded picture signal, decoding the input... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6567951 | Optical disc format exhibiting robust error correction coding An optical disc recording/reproducing method and apparatus employs a logical format that allows for long interleaving by a large block to thereby improve reliability of the recording/reproduction operation. Data is recorded/reproduced in accordance with a... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6564217 | Data communication system that transmits the selected contents and menu onto the network for delivery to the client computer A server computer for a data communication system and adapted to transmit a document via a network, such as the Internet or an intranet, to a client computer in response to a request therefrom. The server includes an article memory for storing a plurality... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6556768 | Recording/reproduction apparatus capable of exchanging information with storage apparatus mounted on recording medium assembly A recording/reproducing apparatus (e.g., VTR) includes capability to exchange information with a storage apparatus such as a memory card mounted on a recording medium assembly (e.g., cassette). When the cassette is inserted into a compartment in the compa... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6549720 | Picture signal processing method and apparatus, picture signal recording method and apparatus and recording medium A picture signal processing method and apparatus, a picture signal recording method and apparatus, and a recording medium, in which resolution switching is effected seamlessly. To this end, a controller 19 has the function of reading out the identificatio... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6549715 | Method for estimating available record time and a recording medium processing apparatus The record position information of broadcasts is used to evaluate the blank length from the tape head up to the record start position of the first broadcast. The blank length from the record end position of the broadcast up to the record start position of... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6549670 | Picture decoding method and apparatus An MPEG downdecoder is to be provided which eliminates pixel dephasing with the field DCT mode and the frame DCT mode without detracting from picture characteristics proper to interlaced pictures. To this end, a decimating IDCT unit 14 effectuates 4×4 de... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6546549 | Source code transformation process and recording medium A process for transforming an original source code containing a description of a stub method employed in an object interaction into another source code corresponding to an environment on which a program is executed. The original source code is described w... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6546490 | Signal transmision method A signal transmission method applicable to prevention of modification or alteration of the playback mode information, such as copying management information or charging information. The playback mode information form a terminal 15P is data-converted for c... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6546333 | Car navigation apparatus, traffic information providing apparatus, program recording medium for car navigation apparatus, and program recording medium for traffic information providing apparatus Providing a car navigation apparatus which can always detect a position of a car with high accuracy, and can obtain traffic information in a practical manner. The car navigation apparatus according to the present invention obtains the DGPS correction data... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6546188 | Editing system and editing method Video signals input to a hybrid recorder are output to the main unit of a computer as video signals. The hybrid recorder records the video signals in a built-in hard disk, and also replays the signals from the hard disk, the signals being output to a pict... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6546139 | Coding apparatus and method, decoding apparatus and method, data processing system, storage medium, and signal The invention relates to a coding apparatus for embedding second data into first data without deterioration of the first data, and a decoding apparatus for decoding the coded data to the original first data and the second data without deterioration. The i... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6542788 | Robot apparatus capable of selecting transmission destination, and control method therefor A robot apparatus such as an entertainment robot is configured to select a transmission destination at which a communication appliance is located, and transmits predetermined information to the selected transmission destination. The predetermined informat... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6542695 | Video signal recording/reproduction apparatus and method with multi-picture display A video signal recording/reproduction apparatus utilizes time division writing and reading to implement simultaneous recording and reproduction of different video signals to and from a common recording medium. In one operating mode, a first video signal b... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6539094 | Data transmission apparatus and method, data receiving apparatus and method, and data transmitting/receiving system and method Data to be transmitted via a serial bus in conformity with the IEEE 1394 protocol are ciphered by a ciphering/deciphering circuit, and headers are attached thereto by a header sync detecting/generating circuit. And after further attachment of CRC code by ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6535558 | Picture signal encoding method and apparatus, picture signal decoding method and apparatus and recording medium A picture encoder for encoding picture signals of a lower hierarchy representing pre-set picture signals and picture signals of an upper hierarchy similarly representing pre-set picture signals. The picture encoder includes a first encoding unit for encod... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6532124 | Information recording apparatus and method thereof The present invention relates to an information recording apparatus and a method thereof that allow all data on a magnetic tape to be easily obtained and instrumental data and header information supplied from respective systems to be combined when instrum... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6526220 | Apparatus and method for TV broadcast copy protection Copy protecting television broadcast program signals which are received and recorded in a format that reserves recording areas for accessory information relating to the format and reserves other recording areas for digital image signals. When the input si... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6523101 | Installed-software development assistance system In order to appropriately assign a plurality of programs to a plurality of storage devices, a header file and a source file are compiled by a compiling processing section so as to create an object file. The object file and a library file are linked by a l... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6505097 | Arithmetic processing device, inter-object communication method, and robot An arithmetic processing device for inter-object data communication has an object manager for connecting objects so as to enable exchange of data between the objects, and a connection data supplying unit for supplying the object manager with connection da... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6504930 | Encryption and decryption method and apparatus using a work key which is generated by executing a decryption algorithm In a scrambler used in the transmission side, a decryptor for generating a work key from a data key and system keys uses the same decryption algorithm as that used in a decryptor for encryption in the OFB mode. Under this condition, in a descrambler used ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6504551 | Color correction device, color correction method, picture processing device, and picture processing method The color of plural pixels making up a source video image is corrected by a computer 10, a hard disc device 20 and a picture processing device 30. The computer 10 functions as a parameter setting unit for setting plural parameters for designating the sour... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6501854 | Information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a medium Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus comprising: an image acquiring means for acquiring an objective image; an identification information recognizing means for recognizing, of the objective image acquired by said image acquiring means, ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6501851 | Image encoding/decoding by eliminating color components in pixels During an encoding operation, one of the R, G, B components of a pixel in the image are eliminated. In a first pixel, the B component is eliminated, and then in a second pixel which is to the right of the first pixel, the R component is eliminated. Furthe... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6496583 | Digital data transfer apparatus and method A converting processing block (4B/5B CONVERTER & ARB. SIGNAL CONVERTER) functions as a 4 bit/5 bit converting unit for performing 4 bit/5 bit conversion of data and as an arbitration signal converting unit for allocating 5-bit symbols other than 5-bit sym... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6491395 | Image reproducing apparatus for hologram or holographic stereogram An image reproducing apparatus having a small size and which is highly portable reproduces an image contained within a hologram or holographic stereogram. In one embodiment, when a movable section movably attached to an apparatus body is moved from a firs... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6487293 | Method and apparatus for reproducing ciphered data A data reproducing apparatus and method is provided for reproducing data that was ciphered during recording in one or more of sector forming, header appending, error correction coding, modulation, and synchronization appending operations used for processi... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6483945 | Moving picture encoding method and apparatus Method and apparatus for encoding moving pictures in which a bitstream of encoded moving pictures has a bit rate contained within a pre-set range. The bit rate of a unit domain, such as a GOP, of an encoded bitstream is compared to a reference value. If t... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6480202 | Image processing device and method, image transmission/receptor system and method, and providing medium Information on ambient light (viewing environment information) input from ambient light input section 101 is fed to viewing environment converting section 100a, which determines measured color values of monitor 103, and then fed to profile updating sectio... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6477179 | Data receiving device and data receiving method Data receiving device and method in which data is received through a broadcast network, the data is reconstructed into packets usable on a computer, and the packets are output to the computer, directly or through a local area network. The reconstructed pa... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6476877 | Color correction apparatus, color correction controller, and color correction system The invention provides a technique of making color adjustment for a great number of colors among different imaging apparatus. In the process of making color adjustment among a plurality of cameras, a color correction processing unit disposed in a CCU of e... | 11/05/2002 |
