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Class 386/106 - Disc


Subclass of Class 386 - Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing
Definition: Subject matter wherein the audio signal is recorded onto
No. of applications: 14
Last issue date: 07/01/2010


Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20100166391INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD
An apparatus includes a playback engine which acquires video/audio contents from a disc, an ENAV engine+Internet connection unit which acquire ENAV contents from the disc or acquire another ENAV contents from a server via a communication line, and a buffer manager. This...
07/01/2010
20100104264SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING AUDIO FROM A MEDIA SOURCE ON A TELEVISION DURING A MUSIC-ON-MUTE FUNCTION
There is provided a system and method for playing audio from a media source on a television during a music-on-mute function. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method, comprising receiving a signal with a video portion and an audio portion, determ...
04/29/2010
20100008648AUDIO ONLY PLAYBACK OF A DISK HAVING BOTH AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS
A system and method for playing audio only in a disk player. The disc player is configured to read data from disks formatted according to a selected audio and video standard. The system includes a file reader to read files of audio and video files based on the audio and...
01/14/2010
20090185791RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND REPRODUCING METHOD
On a BD-ROM, PlayList information is recorded. The PlayList information includes MainPath information and SubPath information. The MainPath information and SubPath information include connection_condition information and sp_connection_condition information, respectively...
07/23/2009
20090154896Video-Audio Recording Apparatus and Video-Audio Reproducing Apparatus
An apparatus capable of reproducing or recording sounds with high reality sensation, including, for example, an image pickup unit for picking up an image and outputting a video signal representing a video image picked up, a sound acquisition unit supplied with sounds as...
06/18/2009
20080285953Reproduction Apparatus, Reproduction Processing Circuit, Reproduction Method, Reproduction Program, and Computer-Readable Record Medium with Reproduction Program
A reproduction apparatus is provided which is capable of reproducing audio data continuously and unbrokenly, without increasing the storage capacity of a storing means.

An optical pick-up 101 reads audio information from an optical-d...

11/20/2008
20080285954Replay Apparatus
Disclosed is a replay apparatus including a reading unit, a display control unit, a storage unit to store a predetermined display limited letter string and a judging unit to judge whether the predetermined display limited letter string stored in the storage unit exists ...
11/20/2008
20080138039MOBILE VIDEO/AUDIO DEVICE
A mobile video/audio device is provided, comprising a receiving box, a display mounted on a surface of the receiving box for displaying a video content with a corresponding audio content accompanied, a compact disk (CD) drive disposed within the receiving box with an ac...
06/12/2008
20080063373Reproduction Device, Reproduction Method, Reproduction Program, Recording Medium, and Data Structure
When content is reproduced from a disc, audio and a subtitle can be properly and automatically selected. An original language can be set as a language of an audio stream to be reproduced on a player side. An audio stream of the original language is described at a positi...
03/13/2008
20080050097Moving image reproducing apparatus
A moving image reproducing apparatus that can produce appropriate information concerning the occurrence of a communication error in the DDC includes an error detecting unit that detects a communication error in a display data channel (DDC); an error information generati...
02/28/2008
20070196079Method for managing recording and reproduction of multi-dubbed audio stream
A method and recording medium for managing an A/V stream are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes a method for managing a main Audio/Video (A/V) stream on a recording medium, the method comprising: providing a first playlist on the recording medium...
08/23/2007
20060093333Method for exchange of information between a mobile terminal and a server
The invention concerns methods of exchanging information between a mobile terminal and a server. It consists in a method comprising a step of sending at least one photo from a mobile terminal to a server, a step of the server analyzing the photo that has been sent, a st...
05/04/2006
20060088293Subtitle file loading method and system thereof
The present invention relates to a subtitle file loading method for loading subtitle files from a disc to a memory of a disc player. The memory has a first memory block and a second memory block. A first group of subtitle files is first loaded into the first memory bloc...
04/27/2006
20050063677Image display method, image display program, and image display apparatus
An image display method by which a presence of a variation in a color signal in video, a variation in brightness data in video, a bit rate of video reproduction, an audio signal, a variation in a bit rate of video reproduction, or caption data is checked, whereby it is ...
03/24/2005
 
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