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| 20100215346 | AUDIO-VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE Problem: It is to automatically recognize CM-broadcast periods, while video-recording television broadcast, without interfering with simultaneous access action to the medium for video-recording the television broadcast. Means to Solve the P... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100178029 | RECORDING/PLAY BACK APPARATUS, PLAY BACK CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING/PLAY BACK PROGRAM According to one embodiment, it is possible to easily record a master image related to new personal image data on a recording medium, and reproduce the personal image data in synchronization with play back of the master image. In an embodiment of the invention, when a p... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100138881 | SMMD HOME SERVER AND METHOD FOR REALISTIC MEDIA REPRODUCTION A single-media multi-devices (SMMD) home server includes a plurality of media decoding units decoding multi-channel AV media data divided from a realistic media content and reproducing the decoded multi-channel AV media data; a home server processor unit dividing the re... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100131993 | Method and apparatus for the efficient generation, storage and delivery of multiple versions of a video Multiple versions of a video such as a movie are generated, stored and delivered to a user by generating and storing a single “master” version of the video in combination with one or more lists of editing information (“edit lists”) which are used to modify the ... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100124408 | Image Converter, Image Reproducer, Image Conversion/Reproduction System, and Recording Medium An image converter includes an image converting unit and a determining unit. The image converting unit acquires frame image groups each including one or more frame images from original image data, and outputs the frame image(s) of each acquired group, converting its/the... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100092154 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD An AV Clip formed by multiplexing a video stream and a graphics stream and recorded on a BD-ROM as a recording medium. The video stream constitutes a moving picture while the graphics stream enables graphics to be overlaid on the moving picture, and includes pieces of c... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100080534 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDED MEDIUM An AV stream, as an entity of contents, is managed by ClipInformation. The reproduction of the AV stream is managed by PlayList. The attribute information of the AV stream, that is the address information RSPN_arrival_time_discontinuity of the discontinuous point in the... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100066489 | SECURITY-ENABLED DIGITAL MEDIA AND AUTHENTICATION METHODS THEREOF Embodiments of methods, devices and/or systems for security-enabled digital media and authentication methods thereof are described.... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100067884 | PORTABLE VIDEO SYSTEM A video system attachable to a docking station includes a display capable of displaying video data received from the docking station, and a media player, wherein the video system is capable of operating when removed from the docking station. The video system is capable ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100067875 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and contr... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100061706 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and contr... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100054698 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RECORDING CONTENT An apparatus determines whether a combination of a certificate type of a content certificate recorded on a source recording medium and a medium type of the source recording medium is a proper combination. If the combination is a proper combination, the apparatus request... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100046926 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT A BD-ROM on which an AVClip and a Java™ application are recorded. The AVClip includes a video stream and an audio stream multiplexed therein. On the BD-ROM recorded further are management information and the Mixing_On flag corresponding to the management information. ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100046912 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD A BD-ROM contains PlayList information. The PlayList information defines a reproduction section for each of a plurality of AV Clips and contains MainPath information and SubPath information. The MainPath information specifies one of the AV Clips as the MainClip and defi... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100046925 | VIDEO/AUDIO PLAYBACK APPARATUS A video/audio playback apparatus that can continue playback even if the external storage means are disconnected during playback, includes a virtual file system section 24 for merging the video/audio information and playback control information of the optical disc... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100040348 | MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, MOVING IMAGE CODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK METHOD, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK SYSTEM A moving image coding method that can prevent playback discontinuity without an increase in processing load during playback is provided. The moving image coding method codes a video stream that includes a first moving image and a second mov... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100027971 | MOVING IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS A moving image encoding method of encoding a moving image while switching between variable-length encoding schemes. In this method, a continuous unit to be continuously reproduced is determined (S5201), a stream is generated by encoding the moving image without s... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100021140 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD An information reproduction method comprises setting an imaginary access unit in a video object in which a still picture is recorded; and managing reproduction by use of the imaginary access unit.... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100008653 | Content reproducing apparatus, method, and program A content reproducing apparatus includes: a content control unit (23) that controls reproduction of a content by reading a program from a BD (41) and executing the program; a reproduction information recording unit (32) that records reproduction inf... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090304353 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, WHEREIN INFORMATION IS STORED ON A DATA RECORDING PORTION AND A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION RECORDING PORTION With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproduci... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090304356 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, WHEREIN INFORMATION IS STORED ON A DATA RECORDING PORTION AND A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION RECORDING PORTION With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproduci... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090304355 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, WHEREIN INFORMATION IS STORED ON A DATA RECORDING PORTION AND A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION RECORDING PORTION With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproduci... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090285549 | Favorite program extracting device and method Provided is a technology for recording the information of contents recorded in a recording medium, when the reproduction of the contents is instructed by a user, thereby to extract a favorite program of the user on the basis of that information. For the technology, the ... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090279873 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, WHEREIN INFORMATION IS STORED ON A DATA RECORDING PORTION AND A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION RECORDING PORTION With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproduci... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090274449 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, WHEREIN INFORMATION IS STORED ON A DATA RECORDING PORTION AND A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION RECORDING PORTION With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproduci... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090269024 | MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM A multimedia signal processing system utilizes an easily manipulated, low-cost storage and display system that allows the user to view a television program and instantly review previous scenes within the program. The invention also allows the user to store selected prog... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090238545 | REPRODUCING DEVICE AND PROGRAM A reproducing device includes: a user setting storage unit storing user setting preference information set by a user; a reproduction control storage unit storing reproduction-control-use preference information for controlling reproduction of a video content; a BD-J modu... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090208189 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD A playback device for playing back a playlist. The playback device determines, as a current sub-playitem, a sub-playitem that is optimum for the current sub-playitem each time the current playitem changes. The playback device continues a playback of a playitem when a cl... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090195377 | DRIVING MODULE WITH BIDIRECTIONAL LENSES AND SCREEN FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES A driving module with bidirectional lenses and screen for displaying images includes a body, an image capturing unit and an image displaying unit, wherein the image capturing unit is disposed in the body and has a first lens and a second lens disposed and exposed on the... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090185072 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus inputs motion picture data generated by encoding a motion picture, each frame image of the motion picture is formed by synthesizing a plurality of images, containing a plurality of image data corresponding... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090180762 | INFORMATION DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS A signal processing apparatus of a configuration capable of requesting a transmission of an information file including the currently received information data in response to an instruction for starting a recording in the course of reception of information data transmitt... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090115843 | Interactive Television System and Method A system and method for simulating a user's participation at an event. The system and method including providing a virtual queue or line for meeting and obtaining an autograph of a celebrity, attending a live event and/or for purchasing an item. The system and method in... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116822 | IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM A system includes a DVD recorder capable of recording and playing back video data using an HDD, a TV receiver capable of displaying TV broadcasts or effecting display based on the video data played back by the DVD recorder, and an HDMI interface that integrates the func... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090079883 | Audio Video System with Embedded Wireless Host and Wireless Speakers An audio video system is described that includes an AV receiver with a wireless audio module (WAM) host and without audio amplifier functionality. The system further includes a plurality of wireless speakers each having a WAM device to enable unidirectional or bidirecti... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090074378 | CLOSED CAPTION CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR A closed caption display controller to control a display mode of a closed caption corresponding to a speech of an audio signal, the controller comprises an analysis unit to analyze the speech on a speech quality, an examination unit configured to examine a speech listen... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090077586 | DVD Playback Over Multi-Room By Copying to HDD DVD playback over Multi-room by copying to the hard drive of a primary device in a networked multi-room system (NMS). The DVD content is saved to a hard drive and can then be retrieved by any of the remote devices in the NMS by accessing the program guide or the recorde... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090047002 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM A movie stream recorded on a recording medium with accompanying management information according to a predetermined standard format is edited while satisfying an upper limit condition. When the number of play items or the number of playlist... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090041436 | Image Recording Device and Image Recording Method An image recording apparatus comprising a recording unit configured to a record signal based on a signal acquired by an imaging sensor onto a disc media; a recognition unit configured to recognize a type of the disc media; a first image signal generation unit configured... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090013370 | Media playback apparatus and method for providing multimedia content using the same a media playback apparatus and a method for providing a multimedia content using the same are disclosed. In accordance with the apparatus and the method, a content reception information stored in a disk media is read and a connection to an external apparatus is establis... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090003804 | Recording/Reproducing Apparatus, Transmitting Apparatus and Transmitting Method Disclosed are an image recording/reproducing apparatus and a transmitting method which are user-friendly when transmitting image data recorded on a medium to an external device. Reproduction path information for transmitting image data edited by a user is recorded on th... | 01/01/2009 |
