Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| 20120026278 | MERGING CONTENT A device may detect an event, determine a display layout in accordance with the event, receive input video streams, merge two or more of the input video streams into a high definition output stream in accordance with the display layout, and send the high definition outp... | 02/02/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120008048 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DATA GENERATING DEVICE, IMAGE DATA GENERATING PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY METHOD According to one embodiment, a display device includes an image data generating unit and a display unit. The image data generating unit generates image data on an image. The display unit presents a video including the image data to an image viewer on a moving body to su... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110304771 | TV Screen Text Capture A method of processing television images consistent with certain implementations involves receiving a television signal and capturing a television image; capturing and storing a frame of the television image to a frame memory device; editing the captured image to at lea... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110268425 | POWER MANAGEMENT IN MULTI-STREAM AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICES A method of managing power consumption in a video device capable of displaying encoded multi-stream video is disclosed. Power reduction is achieved by limiting the amount of video and audio decoding and processing performed on at least some of the encoded streams, by ta... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110265123 | Method and System for Presenting Customized Content on a Television In Conjunction with Regular Programming A method and system for presenting content selectable by the viewer on a television screen simultaneously with standard television programming. The system includes a video/audio system such as television, a programming provider such as a television network, a local or r... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261259 | Controlling One or More Attributes of a Secondary Video Stream for Display in Combination with a Primary Video Stream A method controls one or more attributes of a secondary video stream for display in combination with a primary video stream. The method comprises: identifying a primary video stream; identifying a secondary video stream; assigning one or more settings for one or more at... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110206350 | DIGITAL CHIP AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF A digital chip system, digital chip, methods for embedding data and methods for extracting data are provided. In some embodiments, a digital chip includes: a watermark encoder digital chip configured to receive one or more watermark bits and generate a stego-video; and ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110191813 | USE OF PICTURE-IN-PICTURE STREAM FOR INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION FAST CHANNEL CHANGE A method and apparatus of controlling an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) channel change to a first multimedia stream of an IPTV channel, where the channel change is initiated by a set top box coupled to the network device is described. A network device receives a re... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181781 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO SIGNALS FROM A PLURALITY OF INPUT SOURCES Provided are an apparatus and method thereof for displaying video signals on a display screen of a display apparatus, wherein the video signals are received by the display apparatus from a plurality of input sources. The method includes: determining whether a medium inp... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110157473 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PREVIEWING CONTENTS FROM MULTIPLE PROTECTED SOURCES A method, apparatus and system for simultaneously previewing contents from multiple protected sources. A primary data stream associated with a primary port is generated, the primary data stream having a primary image to be displayed on a display screen. A secondary data... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110141363 | MULTIMEDIA TELEVISION PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS A system and method are provided for television program announcements, involving a television; a storage device connected to the television that stores multimedia summaries of a plurality of television programs, including the channel and time of display of the program f... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110109800 | TV feature highlight A method carried out on a television receiver device involves at a television receiver/tuner device, carrying out a channel scan to identify available television channels that can be received by the television receiver device; while the channel scan is being carried out... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109801 | Method and System for Television Channel Control Methods and systems are provided to switch television channels during a commercial break and automatically notify the viewer when the commercial on the original channel is over so that the user may switch back to watch the original channel. This permits a viewer to avoi... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110102671 | Picture in Picture Video Display for Low Power Device A device to display moving images with a picture-in-picture effect. A memory that stores values is coupled to a display screen. The display screen displays images according to the values stored in the memory. A first receiver receives a first sequence of images and stor... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110075032 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING A DIGITAL INFORMATION SIGNAL The invention relates to an apparatus for receiving a first and second video signal. The first video signal represents a sequence of images having a first size, and the second video signal representing a sequence of images having a second size, the second size being sma... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110075031 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL BROADCASTING IN MOBILE TERMINAL An apparatus and a method for controlling digital broadcasting reproduction such as digital broadcasting reproduction via a sub-screen, reproduction end and channel group management through simple touch drag in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a co... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110064387 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED NETWORK SEARCH AND COMPANION DISPLAY OF RESULTS RELATING TO AUDIO-VIDEO METADATA Embodiments disclosed herein include systems and methods which allow consumers of audio-visual content (such as movies and television programs) to obtain dynamic additional content about programs and movies being watched, and customize that additional content to their p... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110037897 | AUDIO SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CAR AUDIO SYSTEM An audio system including an inverter, a first amplifier, a first mixer, a main speaker, and a first audio output port is provided. The inverter receives a first audio signal and inverts the first audio signal into an inverted audio signal. The first amplifier receives ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110029874 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING VOLUME OF COMBINED AUDIO CHANNELS Audio volume control systems and methods are operable to control volume of audio channels of a combined audio channel. An exemplary embodiment displays an audio channel control graphical user interface (GUI) on a display, displays on the audio channel control GUI a spec... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110001878 | EXTRACTING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FROM TV SIGNAL TO SUPERIMPOSE MAP ON IMAGE A TV uses optical character recognition (OCR) to extract text from a TV image and/or voice recognition to extract text from the TV audio and if a geographic place name is recognized, displays a relevant map in a picture-in-picture window on the TV. The user may be given... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110001877 | TUNING DEVICE WITH DIPLEXER INPUT The present invention includes an apparatus for distributing a received modulated RF signal to a plurality of tuners including a diplexer device. The diplexer device includes a plurality of filter circuits adapted to direct respective portions of the received modulated ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100290761 | System and method for providing time-adapted video content There is provided a system and method for time-adapted video content during trick mode playback. There is provided a method of providing a plurality of pre-produced alternative contents for use by a playback device in conjunction with rendering of a content, comprising ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100265401 | VIDEO OUTPUT DEVICE AND VIDEO OUTPUT METHOD A video output device includes a screen configuration management section for managing a placement or a scaling of a screen for displaying at least one video, an area determination section for determining a character area in an input video, a supplemental information sto... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100259681 | Video synthesizing apparatus and program The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content... | 10/14/2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100259679 | Video synthesizing apparatus and program The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100259680 | Video synthesizing apparatus and program The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100260479 | Video synthesizing apparatus and program The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100242066 | Method of Performing Random Seek Preview for Streaming Video To provide random seek of a preview position for streaming video, while playing a video stream, a preview position of the video stream is sought, and a preview result extracted from the video stream corresponding to the preview position is displayed while the video stre... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100231792 | SEAMLESSLY CYCLED VIDEO RESOURCES Embodiments of seamlessly cycled video resources are described. In embodiments, program previews can be displayed where each program preview corresponds to a channel that is user-selectable for viewing a program. A subsequent channel can be determined that is user-selec... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100231791 | System and method for dynamic video placement on a display There is provided a video playback device for providing adjustable display coordinates and for playing a video on a display. The video playback device comprises a memory storing a plurality of video streams each associated with one of a plurality of different display co... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100231793 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE AND TELEVISION EMPLOYING THE SAME A television includes a television signal receiving unit, a communication signal receiving unit, a processor, and a display unit. The television signal receiving unit is configured to receive TV signals. The communication signal receiving unit is configured to receive c... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100220973 | Video data reproducing apparatus, video data generating apparatus and recording medium To provide a video data reproducing apparatus or the like, which includes: a flag reader 101 for reading out a flag that designates a playback style during special playback, from video data; decoders 102 and 103 for decoding two sets of video data; ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100201879 | Customizable Picture-in-Picture In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provide systems and methods for customizing picture-in-picture video images on a television. Specifically, in one embodiment, a television receiver for depicting multiple images on a single display is de... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100188579 | System and Method to Control and Present a Picture-In-Picture (PIP) Window Based on Movement Data A method includes receiving selection data from a remote control device to select a portion of a video image displayed at a display device. The method includes creating a dynamic picture-in-picture (PIP) window having a size smaller than the video image. The method incl... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100178027 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING CONTENT Provided are method and apparatus for displaying a message relating to a service received from a server while a multi-function device reproduces content, the multi-function device including a function of reproducing content stored in an information storage medium and a ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100165201 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WIDGET SERVICE THEREOF A method for providing a widget service in a broadcast receiving apparatus is provided. A method for providing the widget service includes operations of receiving widget information, and displaying on a picture-in-picture (PIP) screen at least part of all the received w... | 07/01/2010 |
