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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184179 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for combining still images An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. An obtaining unit obtains a first still image, a first difficulty level indicating a complexity of the first still image, a second still image, and a second difficulty level indicating a complexity of th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181216 | Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and data processing system A data processing apparatus that appropriately adjusts the image quality of an image. At a plurality of user terminals, image data transmitted from a broadcasting station is processed based on parameters input by users, and user information including the image data ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175408 | Image signal processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image signal processing method, and computer program product An image signal processing apparatus for performing signal processing with respect to output from an image pickup device, which includes an image signal correcting unit for receiving an output signal corresponding to each of divided areas of the image pickup device ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165295 | Data transmission method Encrypted auxiliary information data DYAE/DCAE including no inhibited codes is generated based on auxiliary information data DYA/DCA including no inhibited codes, in an auxiliary data packet having an auxiliary data flag ADF formed of a first combination of a plural... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164638 | Communication system and method thereof The present invention makes it possible to process at high speed the foreground component image and the background component image of picked up images on a network platform. A client computer 27 outputs information specifying image data desired to separate to... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161021 | Recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, and file management method A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus, and a file management method are disclosed wherein the operability in management of a large number of files recorded on a recording medium using an index file can be improved significantly further than ever. An index ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160155 | Apparatus for encoding and decoding header data in picture signal transmission A picture decoding method and apparatus for decoding a bit stream, the bit stream being compatible with MPEG 1 moving picture video standard. The method includes receiving, via an input terminal, from the bit stream that includes extension data added in a header of ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159527 | Method of displaying pictures, program for displaying pictures, recording medium holding the program, and display unit At least one picture is shown on a plurality of displays according to the distance from a user to an object. Picture signals are classified based on depth values of pictures, a plurality of displays are chosen based on the classification, and the pictures are shown ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156524 | Content preference calculation method and content reception apparatus A content preference degree calculating method and system that calculates preference degrees of viewers to contents such as broadcast programs in conformity with the actual viewing pattern. In a preference degree calculating unit, the value of a function which is ba... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156014 | Communication service method and communication apparatus thereof for transmitting advertisements in a private communication environment Each user terminal apparatus is connected with a service business enterprise system by a connection business enterprise system in a state that a live image can mutually be transmitted through the service business enterprise system. An user beforehand sets its live i... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155458 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method, information processing apparatus and information processing method, information recording apparatus and information recording method, information reproducing apparatus and information reproducing method, recording medium and program The present invention can code an I-picture that satisfies a predetermined condition using parameter information. When it is determined at step S1 that a picture type is the I-picture, it is determined at step S2 whether or not the phase of a macro blo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155223 | Receiving device, receiving method, and program A receiving device includes a pilot signal extractor, an estimator, an interpolator, a distortion corrector, a calculator, and a determiner. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155210 | Apparatus for encoding and decoding header data in picture signal transmission A picture decoding method and apparatus for decoding a bit stream, the bit stream being compatible with MPEG 1 moving picture video standard. The method includes receiving, via an input terminal, from the bit stream that includes extension data added in a header of ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155209 | Apparatus for encoding and decoding header data in picture signal transmission A picture decoding method and apparatus for decoding a bit stream, the bit stream being compatible with MPEG 1 moving picture video standard. The method includes receiving, via an input terminal, from a bit stream that includes extension data added in a header of a ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154661 | Video device, output switching method for video device, and cable discriminating method A video device comprises: a video signal processor generating a standard definition video signal at least having a composite signal and a high definition component video signal; an outputting unit outputting the standard definition video signal or the high definitio... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151302 | Broadcasting system and receiving apparatus The broadcast station 1 provides the digital contents to be put on the air with the attributive information of the digital contents thereof. The selective information showing the user's taste is set out in the filter unit 12. The filter unit 12 ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150090 | Headphone and ear pad The present invention provides a headphone with a more comfortable and stable feeling to the user when being worn by the user. The headphone includes a headphone section that has a sound-sending section of a speaker unit arranged at the front surface side thereof, a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145875 | Address translation circuit for a CPU An address translation circuit includes an area address holding section, an invert flag holding section, a match detection section, and a bit conversion section. The area address holding section holds at least part of a translation target address as an area address.... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145040 | Program recording system, communication terminal, as well as recording and reproducing apparatus According to the present invention, a recording instruction signal including channel information on the program that the user is viewing at present is transmitted from a communication terminal with a television receiving function; this recording instruction signal i... | 03/27/2012 |
| RE43271 | Digital signal transmission method digital signal transmission system, digital signal transmitting apparatus and recording medium An object of the invention is to arrange so that the digital signal transmission between specific equipments connected with each other by the transmission line of a fixed standard can be performed securely and satisfactorily. When a digital signal destination... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140956 | Device, method, and program for reproducing data following a countdown A reproduction device reproducing data by reading data recorded in a recording medium and buffering the read data to a predetermined buffer. The reproduction device includes: a setting unit setting a countdown time; a determination unit determining whether or not th... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140736 | Data management apparatus, data management method, and program A data management apparatus for managing data stored in a predetermined storage area includes a reader configured to communicate with a plurality of objects each having a memory storing an address indicating a storage area and to read the address from the memory of ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139918 | Recording medium editing apparatus based on content supply source An editing apparatus wherein the editing of content is controlled according to its supply source. Identification information for identifying a content supply source is recorded in a recording medium in correspondence with the content supplied from the content supply... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139788 | Apparatus and method for separating audio signals An audio signal separation apparatus for separating observation signals in the time domain of a mixture of a plurality of signals including audio signals into individual signals by means of independent component analysis to produce isolated signals adapted to produc... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139776 | Wireless receiving apparatus and electronic appliance A wireless receiving apparatus that includes a connector including a plurality of terminals. A predetermined terminal is assigned as an identification terminal for identifying an electronic appliance connected to the connector, and a circuit for generating an identi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139664 | Reception apparatus, reception method and program Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus, including, an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal reception section, a first filter section, a subtraction section, a second filter section, a coefficient production section, and a Fast Fourier Transformation ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136027 | Method and apparatus for providing conditional customization for generating a web site A technique for generating a web site in accordance with received data entry by: presenting a prompt for data entry; receiving a data entry in response to the prompt; presenting at least one additional prompt for data entry that is determined at least in part based ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134613 | Image processing apparatus and method, and image pickup apparatus The present invention particularly relates to an image processing apparatus in which motion blur contained in a blurred image can be eliminated. An area specifying unit 103 specifies a non-mixed area formed of a foreground area consisting of foreground object... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126308 | Video signal processor, video signal recorder, video signal reproducer, video signal processor processing method, video signal recorder processing method, video signal reproducer processing method, recording medium A video signal processing apparatus capable of flexibly handling metadata having various notation formats is provided. The video signal processing apparatus has metadata notation format identification block for identifying a metadata notation format written in a pre... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122076 | Digital-signal-processing apparatus and method Digital-signal-processing apparatus has a ringing-suppression-coefficient-generating device that generates a ringing suppression coefficient according to an amount of ringing occurred at an input signal, and a ringing suppression device that generates a ringing supp... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120704 | Image display apparatus, signal processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product An image display apparatus includes an interlaced-to-progressive converter configured to receive input of interlaced signals and to convert the interlaced signals into progressive signals including interpolated pixels generated by interpolation; a level converter co... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120551 | Active-matrix display device, and active-matrix organic electroluminescent display device An active-matrix display device that employs current-programmed-type pixel circuits and performs the writing data to each of pixels on a line-by-line basis. The active-matrix display device has a matrix of current-programmed-type pixel circuits includes a data line ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113839 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, and storage medium An image and motion corresponding to the image are presented in response to a request issued by an user. The user transmits image data from a terminal to a motion data generating apparatus. The motion data generating apparatus generates motion data from the received... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111334 | Signal switching apparatus and control method of signal switching apparatus A signal switching apparatus includes: a video reference input block; a plurality of synchronous signal generating blocks; a plurality of video signal input blocks; a signal processing block; a video signal output processing block; a switching block; and a control b... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108861 | Information management apparatus and method, recording medium, as well as program for scheduling a recording of an event An information management apparatus presents an unexpected event to all users. This apparatus displays time ranges of scheduled events from the start time to the end time along a time axis based on an operation performed to schedule the start time and end tim... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106957 | Image signal processing apparatus, and image signal processing method An image signal generated by a CCD image sensor is processed by the block-generating section 28 provided in an image-signal processing section 25. A class tap and a prediction tap are thereby extracted. The class tap is output to an ADRC process sectio... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104062 | Information providing apparatus and method, display controlling apparatus and method, information providing system, as well as transmission medium The invention provides an information providing apparatus and method by which the amount of data to be transmitted when data of a program table composed of characters and images or the like are to be transmitted is reduced and it is made possible to cope with a chan... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8104060 | Information transmitting method and television broadcast receiver The address information for reading the detailed information of a computer server which provides the detailed information of distribution information displayed on a predetermined display screen together with a single program or plural programs is transmitted with ea... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103115 | Information processing apparatus, method, and program An information processing apparatus that compares an input image with a model image to identify the subject of the input image with the subject of the model image. The apparatus includes feature value extraction means for setting feature points, each of which is on ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098335 | Nonlinear processing device and image display apparatus A nonlinearly processed (gamma-corrected) video signal is subjected to three-dimensional signal level correction using three-dimensional correction values and corresponding to a position in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of a pixel on a display scre... | 01/17/2012 |
