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| 20120038823 | DISPLAY SYSTEM A display system uses a broadcast device that can receive a plurality of media signals from a plurality of media sources and interlace two or more media signals frame-by-frame to form a display signal with multiplied frequency for being displayed on its panel. A plurali... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120013801 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING ANOTHER VIDEO SOURCE The present invention provides a method for monitoring another video source in addition to a current video source. One method according to the present invention comprises outputting a first video signal provided from a first contents source (for example, a broadcasting ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110261070 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING REMOTE DISPLAY LATENCY A multimedia communication device may be operable to divide each of created consecutive image frames into a first portion and a corresponding second portion. The first portion and the corresponding second portion for each of the consecutive image frames may be transmitt... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110255001 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD In a video signal processing device, a host CPU sets a number of parameters for a memory table at its low-load timing such as during power-up. The host CPU then enables the function of an automatic setting controller. Being notified of start of automatic setting, the au... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110242410 | METHOD AND DATA CARRIER FOR FURNISHING VIDEO AND/OR AUDIO INFORMATION IN DIFFERENT FORMATS The invention relates to a method for providing image and/or sound information in digital form, in particular of films, for transmission to a preferably mobile device by means of computers, comprising the following method steps: —providing the digital image and/or sou... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20100309972 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus including a correlation value computer configured, for a digital signal, transmitted on a frame basis, having a correlation between a first section and a second section occupying predetermined intervals at a start part of each f... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100289949 | OPERATION OF VIDEO SOURCE AND SINK WITH TOGGLED HOT PLUG DETECTION Methods and systems are described for transmitting and displaying video data after a hot plug event during a start-up dead period. In particular, hot plug events occurring when a toggleable hot plug detection mechanism is use.... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100289950 | OPERATION OF VIDEO SOURCE AND SINK WITH HOT PLUG DETECTION NOT ASSERTED Methods and systems are described for displaying enabling the transmission, formatting, and display of multimedia data after a hot plug event during a start-up dead period. In particular, approaches for transmission, formatting, and display of multimedia data in the abs... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100283790 | DEVICES TO PROCESS INTERLACED VIDEO OVER DSI Multiple systems and methods for accurately regenerating interlaced video signals that are transmitted using DSI is provided. In some embodiments, multiple types of VSYNC packets may be defined and used in encoding packets depending when the edge of a VSYNC pulse does o... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100277608 | IMAGE SHOOTING APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM THEREWITH An image shooting apparatus records video information obtained by shooting a subject, and transfers the video information to an external appliance by communication conforming to the HDMI standards. The image shooting apparatus also records rotation information represent... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100263003 | VIEWING AND PURCHASING PROGRAMMING IN OTHER FORMATS A method according to the present disclosure comprises displaying a program in a first format on a first television channel to a user and automatically displaying a message to the user indicating that the program is available in a second format on a second television ch... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100141835 | VIDEO SIGNAL ANALYSIS In order to detect interlace errors in a video signal, one receives successive digitally coded frames, each frame comprising data for a field of a first type and data for a field of a second type (i.e. a top field and bottom field or vice versa). One then generates for ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100146018 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A FILE FORMAT AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A DIGITAL BROADCASTING SIGNAL INCLUDING A FILE HAVING THE FILE FORMAT AND METHOD THEREOF A method for constructing a file format, and an apparatus for processing a digital broadcasting signal including a file having the file format and a method thereof are disclosed. A method for constructing a multimedia application format (MAF) file format is characterize... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100118190 | CONVERTING IMAGES TO MOVING PICTURE FORMAT A method for content delivery includes receiving a request for delivery of a still image to a client terminal. A promotional image is selected to be delivered to the client terminal together with the still image. The still image and the promotional image are processed t... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100106879 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VIDEO SELECTION AND PLAYBACK IN A PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER A method and system in accordance with the present invention provides a system that allows a portable media player to control settings of portable media player when receiving video from an accessory, to control playback of the portable media player and to provide for na... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100045863 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Provided is an image display system. The image display system includes a host image processor, a sub image processor, and a power line communication carrier The host image processor processes a broadcasting signal received through a tuner, or an image signal received fr... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100033626 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Disclosed is a control method of an image processing apparatus, the control method including: processing one among a first image, a second image formed on the basis of a different frame rate from that of the first image, and an overlay image where the first image is ove... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090303384 | VIDEO-SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIDEO-SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND VIDEO-SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM A video-signal processing apparatus includes a video-signal input unit to which a video signal including multiple images arranged in a time sequential manner is input; a time-division output unit configured to output, in a time-division manner, the video signal constitu... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090222871 | Method of transmitting digital services over a network and device implementing the method Within the context of the broadcasting of DVB services over an IP network, the trend is to separate the signalling information describing the network and the services offered from the services themselves. The signalling is made available to the terminals via XML files a... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090096921 | Image processing apparatus, method, program, and recording medium An image processing apparatus includes: digital-source processing means for processing a plurality of digital sources; analog-source processing means for processing a plurality of analog sources; and generation means for generating a clock independently of a clock locke... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090091654 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD This aims at providing an image recording apparatus and an image recording method which can output an image suitable for an aspect ratio of a display screen. When connection history data does not fulfill a predetermined condition, predetermined viewpoint image data is s... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20080127285 | MEDIA FORMATTING Media formatting wherein media available from a media source is formatted for use with a media terminal. The formatting may include formatting the media to corresponding with operating characteristics of the terminal. The formatting may also include formatting one or mo... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080111919 | Multiplexed DVI and displayport transmitter A semiconductor device that can be used to process and transmit data in two dissimilar formats. DVI or DisplayPort (DPortV1) standardized formats are disclosed. This integration, which can be operated in each mode as fully compliant circuit with the specific stan... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080106643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO TRANSMISSION OVER LONG DISTANCES USING TWISTED PAIR CABLES A system capable of transmitting and receiving high frequency video signals across various lengths of a twisted pair cable while maintaining video quality is presented. The system includes a transmitter and a receiver tandem coupled together over twisted pair cable. Eac... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080043144 | MULTIMODAL IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING OF SPEAKERS IN VIDEO A computer program product includes machine readable instructions for providing enhanced video output by: receiving footage including likeness information in a plurality of modalities; demultiplexing the plurality of modalities to provide information for each modality; ... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080037649 | Device and Method for Merging Different Video Codec The present invention is directed to a video unified codec device and its method. According to an embodiment of this invention, the unified codec device comprises parsing and decoding functional units (PD FUs) extracting and grouping context information, control signals... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070247548 | Information processing apparatus A data processing apparatus is capable of executing a plurality of signal processes. The data processing apparatus switches processes of a pre-processing portion, a data processing portion, and a post-processing portion with a control signal supplied from a function con... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070139400 | System and method for optimizing display bandwidth Aspects of a system and method for optimizing memory bandwidth in a video system may comprise examining different combinations of input and output video formats and video processes that occur between the input and output of the video system. For each combination, a desi... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070109443 | Method and circuit for creating a multimedia summary of a stream of audiovisual data As the amount of audiovisual data that can be received by consumers increases rapidly, there is an increasing need for proper summarisation of audiovisual data like films. Thereto, the invention provides a method of creating a multimedia summary of a stream of audiovisu... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070040937 | Digital multimedia broadcasting system and method for managing multimedia broadcast channels A method for managing a digital multimedia broadcasting channel includes receiving a broadcast data frame that includes an occurrence change field, and performing a service update responsive to reconfiguration version data defined within the occurrence change field. Alt... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20050264704 | Media device and method of enhancing viewing of video information in media device A method of enhancing the viewing of information in digital video format in a media device is provided. Digital video information is read from a memory and converted with a controller into a television signal. The television signal is low pass filtered with a filtering ... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050235324 | System and method for delivering representative media objects of a broadcast media stream to a terminal This invention relates to a system and method for delivering a media object associated with a media stream broadcasted from a communication device to a broadcast receiving unit such as a personal computer, a multimedia terminal, a television receiver, a television, or a... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050219412 | Method and apparatus for modulating video signals A luminance component of a video signal is modulated in a first frequency band. A first chrominance component of the video signal is modulated in a second frequency band and is mixed with an audio component. A second chrominance component of the video signal is modulate... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050219413 | Method and apparatus for modulating video signals A luminance component of a video signal is modulated in a first frequency band. A first chrominance component of the video signal is modulated in a second frequency band and is mixed with an audio component. A second chrominance component of the video signal is modulate... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050204400 | Method and system for downloading and storing interactive device content using the horizontal overscan portion of a video signal A method and system for decoding and storing encoded control data delivered via the horizontal overscan area of a video signal. An interactive device such as a toy performs behavior defined by control data that can be encoded into a video signal. The toy is equipped wit... | 09/15/2005 |
| 20050117068 | System and method for the wireless transmission of audio and video information A wireless transmission system and method according to which an audio signal and a video signal are combined, the combined signals are transmitted, and then separated back into a separate video signal and a separate audio signal. ... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050108750 | Candidate data selection and display apparatus and method Characterizing descriptor information for a presently viewed program is used to develop selection criteria by which to identify other program choices of potential interest to the viewer. Such options are then displayed to the viewer, either upon command or automatically... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050086702 | Translation of text encoded in video signals A variety of different languages and formats can be displayed based on closed caption or other types of encoded text data. In one embodiment the invention includes receiving a video signal with encoded text data, decoding the encoded text data, translating the decoded t... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050086705 | Method and apparatus for controlling play of an audio signal Apparatus and methods conforming to the present invention comprise a method of controlling playback of an audio signal through analysis of a corresponding close caption signal in conjunction with analysis of the corresponding audio signal. Objection text or other specif... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050086704 | Video security system The invention provides a video security system for monitoring a plurality of locations simultaneously. In one embodiment, the system includes a text insertion means connected between a video camera and monitor, a control means connected to the text insertion means, and ... | 04/21/2005 |
