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A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070217758 | DATA PROCESSOR To provide means for editing a content data stream quickly. A data processor according to the present invention can edit a content that has been written on a medium. The content is stored in a file as a data stream including multiple packets of the same packet size. And... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070206916 | Display device, display program storage medium, and displaying method A display device configured to display a list of programs stored in a storage device includes: a cutout image acquiring section which acquires a cutout image obtained by cutting out a scene in a program; a distribution date-time acquiring section which acquires distribu... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070201815 | Digital video editing system A digital video editing and playback system and methods of editing and playing back digital video are provided. The system includes a video processor adapted to receive video segments from multiple sources. The video segments include synchronization information. The vid... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070201816 | Editing device and method, program, and recording medium An editing device for replicating and editing data is disclosed. The device includes a replication destination information display controlling unit displaying files and directories of a recording medium as a replication destination of the data in the figure on a display... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070201814 | High speed dubbing apparatus The time necessary for dubbing of a bit stream is reduced. A high speed dubbing apparatus includes: a read section (20) for reading a bit stream conforming to a DVD-VR standard from a first storage device (10), and outputting... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070196075 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium The present invention comprises an input part for inputting image data, a receiving part for receiving production information relating to production transmitted from another apparatus, a recording part for recording the production information received by the receiving p... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070189708 | BROWSER BASED MULTI-CLIP VIDEO EDITING Embodiments of the present invention provide a manipulation facility within a browser environment. Without limitation, the clip may be a video clip. An editing tool may be adapted to associate a first and second clip in association with the manipulation facility. ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070189709 | VIDEO EDITING SYSTEM A nonlinear editing server 1 receives video editing information, which is then analyzed by an audio/video (AV) data managing unit 14. In accordance with the analyzed video editing information, AV data specified in the video editing information is read and ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070172194 | Program for controlling display of simulation video digest Image processing device is able to obtain digest video of an actual video with a simple configuration and has processor that generates simulation video data, image display control circuit that converts simulation video data into video signal and displays video signal on... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070165998 | File recording device, file reproducing device, file recording method, program of file recording method, recording medium containing therein program of file recording method, file reproducing method, program of file reproducing method, and recording medium containing therein program of file reproducing method This invention applies illustratively to the editing of taken pictures by use of a QT format file. An effect track ET is made by setting a null effect having no effect advantage and an active effect having an effect advantage with regard to a video track ST associated w... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070154164 | CONVERTING A STILL IMAGE IN A SLIDE SHOW TO A PLURALITY OF VIDEO FRAME IMAGES A method comprises generating still images for a slide show, converting at least one of the still images to a plurality of video frame images; and implementing a visual effect on at least one of the plurality of video frame images. ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070154163 | Systems and methods for creating aggregations of episodes of series programming in order A viewer of an episode of a series such as a television series may wish to access episodes of the series that the viewer missed when they were originally broadcast. Interactive applications may receive the viewer's indication of interest to record missed episodes of the... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070140646 | Non-linear editing device A non-linear editing device capable of removing a medium from a system during editing or even after editing by copying a material file in the medium to another medium such as a built-in hard disk during editing and automatically changing a reference destination of mater... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070133941 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS A playback apparatus plays back, from a recording medium, a plurality of information files, and a modified file which is generated using a portion of the plurality of information files. If modified data specified in playback description data for specifying a playback pr... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070133940 | System and method for generating and documenting personalized stories The invention enables customers to generate a story by interaction with a computer. A software program allows the customer to assume the role of a character within a story. Digitized photographs and personal data are captured and input (retail environment) or uploaded (... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070127880 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIDEO DATA PROCESSING IN DIGITAL VIDEO DECODING An apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding, such as digital video disk (DVD) decoding, which produces new video data according to main picture data, sub-picture unit (SPU) data, and an aspect ratio. The apparatus includes a sub-picture-u... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070110389 | Transmitter, receiver, transmission method, reception method, transmission program, reception program, and video content data structure A transmitter which transmits video content via a predetermined network, wherein the video content is encoded while an image group containing a plurality of frame images is handled as a processing unit, the transmitter includes a formation unit and a transmission unit. ... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070077022 | Data transfer method, data transfer source apparatus, data transfer destination apparatus, storage medium for recording data transfer program and storage medium for recording transferred-data recording program Disclosed herein is a data transfer method which is adopted for transferring content data recorded on a data-transfer source recording medium to a data-transfer destination recording medium and for transferring database data recorded in the data-transfer source recordin... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070064619 | VIDEO MAIL AND CONTENT PLAYBACK CONTROL WITH CELLULAR HANDSET The playback of video content delivered over a wireless network can be controlled by the provision of various control functions that can be actuated by the user. The controlled playback can be implemented on a system level, in which the delivery of the video content is ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070058925 | Interactive multimedia production Interactive multimedia production with polling, quizzing, and chatroom features for an interactively-connected audience. The production allows a producer to select and queue individual feeds from audience members for inclusion in the media output. Live text-based suppor... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070036514 | Information editing and displaying device, information editing and displaying method, information editing and displaying program, recording medium, server, and information processing system Disclosed herein is an information editing and displaying device for editing information using an editing screen area and a reference screen area, the information editing and displaying device including: operating means; editing input means; search requesting means; sea... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070025685 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM In a screen image for a user to operate other processing unit while one processing unit is in an editing state, icons of [A: EDITING-COMPLETE], [B: EDITING-HALT], [C: EDITING], [D: EDITING-COMPLETE], [E: EDITING-HALT (CALCULATING)] and [OPERATION GUI] are included. The ... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20070025686 | Video autograph and associated methods A combination Apparatus and Personalized Video Dedication product. The Apparatus is defined as a trophy, digital picture frame, sports object, or other three dimensional object that houses a video screen and audio output system. The Personalized Video Dedication is defi... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20070009225 | 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 sou... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20060291798 | DATA RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM A data recording apparatus and a data recording method to record multimedia files are provided. The data recording apparatus is configured to record media data into a file on a fragment-by-fragment basis. At least one fragment of the data is deleted in chronological ord... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060285819 | Creating edit effects on mpeg-2 compressed video A method and apparatus for creating edit effects on compressed video data is disclosed. First, an edit point is selected. Two anchor pictures on each side of the edit point are then selected. A series of frames is created to create an edit transition at the edit point. ... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060280428 | Method for clipping video assisted by clip identifier The invention relates to a video encoding and decoding technical field of the signal processing, especially relates to a method for video clip assisted by clip identifier. The method defines a clip identifier on the video encoding and decoding rule as an identifier used... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060280429 | Image capturing device and image capturing method An image capturing device includes an image capturer, operable to perform a first image capturing of an object image so as to generate first image data corresponding to a first time period shorter than a predetermined time period, and operable to perform a second image ... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060269220 | Reproducing system, reproducing apparatus, receiving and reproducing apparatus, and reproducing method A reproducing system includes a master apparatus, at least one slave apparatus, and a communication unit for performing communications via a predetermined communication network between the master apparatus and the slave apparatus. The master apparatus includes a first s... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060263037 | Distributed scalable media environment A network editor comprises a central location with stored movies that can be edited by editors at remote locations. An editor receives a representation of the movie, and specifies edits relative to the representation, enabling the editor to use a device lacking sufficie... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060263038 | Distributed scalable media environment A movie editor converts a received movie into a proxy format, and creates a texture strip representing the frames of the movie. An editor can use the texture strip to edit the movie, rather than editing the movie directly. Deep tags and/or special effects can be defined... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060257098 | Information processing apparatus and processing method, and program storage medium An information processing apparatus for suitably corresponding a plurality of images as an editing object to each of a plurality of scenes constituting scenario data. In the apparatus, when a read button (211) is operated, a material clip (212) as an editi... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060251384 | Automatic video editing for real-time multi-point video conferencing An “automated video editor” (AVE) automatically processes one or more input videos to create an edited video stream with little or no user interaction. The AVE produces cinematic effects such as cross-cuts, zooms, pans, insets, 3-D effects, etc., by applying a combi... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060251382 | System and method for automatic video editing using object recognition An “automated video editor” (AVE) automatically processes one or more input videos to create an edited video stream with little or no user interaction. The AVE produces cinematic effects such as cross-cuts, zooms, pans, insets, 3-D effects, etc., by applying a combi... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060251383 | Automatic video editing for real-time generation of multiplayer game show videos An “automated video editor” (AVE) automatically processes one or more input videos to create an edited video stream with little or no user interaction. The AVE produces cinematic effects such as cross-cuts, zooms, pans, insets, 3-D effects, etc., by applying a combi... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060222320 | Use of multiple related timelines A sequence of video images can be represented using multiple related timelines by generating a first timeline identifying a decode order associated with a sequence of video images and a second timeline identifying a display order associated with the sequence of video im... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060222319 | PRE-RECORDED DVD AD INSERTION Prerecorded DVD menu alteration and ad insertion. Additional material, such as commercials, previews, and computer files can be inserted into a presentation that has been saved on a storage device. The presentation can originate from a store bought DVD. The additional i... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060210240 | Video data reproduction apparatus A video data reproduction apparatus includes a selecting portion that selects a notification image associated in advance with a prescribed instruction when there is input of the prescribed instruction from a user while video data is being output, a generating portion th... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060210239 | Method for transferring video material, transmission side apparatus for transferring video material and reception side apparatus for transferring video material A transmission side apparatus reads out editing information from a storage unit in accordance with a name of an editing material and grasps time positions of a start frame and an end frame. The apparatus reads out an original material from a storage unit, determines a G... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060204213 | Media editing A media editing apparatus for editing media items together to form a media product comprises means for displaying at least two representations of the media items, each representation relating to media items lying within a respective time period with respect to the media... | 09/14/2006 |
