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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100272416 | PLURAL DRIVE DEVICE DELAY COUNTERMEASURE AND RECORDING/REPRODUCTION DEVICE PERFORMING POWER SAVING CONTROL The present invention is equipped with a plurality of low-cost middle-capacity hard disks that are combined together to realize a large capacity at the same level as a large-capacity hard disk, and performs power-saving management to minimize the power consumption by th... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100260482 | Generating a Synchronized Audio-Textual Description of a Video Recording Event A data processing system and a computer implemented method for generating a synchronized audio-textual description of a video recording of an event. The data processing system comprises an audio-textual description device arranged to record an audio-textual description ... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100254676 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGING APPARATUS An apparatus includes a storage unit that stores object metadata created by associating object present time information indicating a time when an object is present in video of audio/video data with object identification information to identify the object, music metadata... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100247061 | Collection and concurrent integration of supplemental information related to currently playing media Collection and concurrent integration of supplemental information related to currently playing media. Based on certain characteristics associated with the media, additional information related thereto is identified and output along with the media itself. This provides a... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100239232 | INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM An information reproducing apparatus (3) comprises: video operating means (331, 332, 333, 334, 336) for setting the video reproduction effect, music operating means (341, 342, 343, 344, 346) for setting the music reproduction effect, an imparting me... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100232766 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT A reproduction device includes: a reproduction unit which reproduces audio and/or video data; a reproduction position display unit which displays a time axis and scales on the time axis and displays a reproduction position indicator indicating the current reproduction p... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100232765 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING MUSIC SEGMENT, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING DATA [Problem] The present invention provides a method of detecting a music scene with a high accuracy from a television broadcast. [Means for Solution] The music-segment detection method provided with a data input step of inputting data includi... | 09/16/2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100195980 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCING METHOD A reproducing medium and apparatus to help guarantee reproduction compatibility are provided. An information storage medium to be reproduced by the reproducing apparatus includes audio/video (AV) data, an interactive content used to perform interactions with users, and ... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100195981 | Recording Apparatus The invention provides an effective means that realizes a long-hour recording and multi-channel simultaneous recording of TV broadcast programs without sacrificing the picture quality in reproduction. The invention also enhances user-friendliness in recording multiple c... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100178036 | Method and Device for Transmitting Audio and Video for Playback A video stream from a first source and an audio stream from a second source are received at a multimedia processing device such as a set-top box for play back. A first offset time is determined based upon user input, whereby playback of the video stream relative to play... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100172633 | SOUND SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD A sound signal control device includes a change determining unit to determine a change of a reproduction speed of input data containing a moving picture signal and a sound signal; a changeover detecting unit to detect, as a changeover timing, a period in which a degree ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100158484 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING AND INSERTING CONTENT INTO A PRESENTATION STREAM USING SIGNATURE DATA Described herein are methods and apparatus for the identification of locations in a presentation stream based on metadata associated with the presentation stream. Locations within a presentation stream are identified using signature data associated with the presentation... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100142913 | VIDEO-AUDIO RECORDING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO-AUDIO RECORDING METHOD Provided is a video-audio recording apparatus capable of executing a transition effect processing simply simultaneously with an image pickup. In this apparatus, a setting unit (121) of a transition effect unit (106) registers a transition effect in accorda... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100142927 | AUDIO AND VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK An audio and video synchronization apparatus and method in a wireless communication network are provided. The audio and video synchronization apparatus includes a receiver that receives audio frames and video frames, a playback buffer that sequentially buffers the audio... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100142926 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE VOICE-OVER OR MUSIC PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT A desktop application and supporting web site for recording voice-over or music sessions is introduced, wherein the production staff and talent may be in separate remote locations. The application includes providing a high quality data format for transferring audiovisua... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100135641 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING VIBRO-KINETIC DATA ONTO AN LPCM AUDIO STREAM OVER AN HDMI LINK There is described a method and device for encoding a vibro-kinetic signal (e.g., motion codes) directly onto a video player media (e.g., a DVD player) and for streaming the vibro-kinetic signal to a dedicated motion decoder in synchrony to the audio and video, while th... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100114345 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION OF AUDIOVISUAL INFORMATION Method and system of classification of audiovisual information from a data stream by means of audio stream comparison. After detecting segments of the data stream containing advertisements, the segments are compared to a plurality of audio files stored in a database to ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100104255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORCHESTRAL MEDIA SERVICE A system for the orchestral media service which receives the orchestral media having multiple tracks and neodata from a media service provider and shares the data with multiple connected devices to play, includes: a client engine that parses the orchestral media to sepa... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100098389 | VIDEO REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD In a reproducing apparatus capable of displaying text subtitles in synchronization with an AV stream, before the AV stream is reproduced, text subtitle streams and font information are read into a preload buffer section (122, 123) in a sequence determined by a pr... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100092150 | SUCCESSIVE VIDEO RECORDING METHOD USING UDTA INFORMATION AND PORTABLE DEVICE THEREFOR A successive video recording method and portable device for recording video in continuation at the end of a previously-stored video file to create a merged video file without special editing applications or special skills. A video file stored in a storage unit of the po... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100092155 | Display control apparatus, display control method, and program A display control apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a television broadcast signal containing at least remote broadcast image information, a display unit that displays image information, a recording and reproducing unit that records and reproduces the ima... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100067877 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND DISPLAY METHOD A transport signal transmitted from a television receiver apparatus 720 through a signal line 708 is subjected to a separation operation by a transport-signal processor 713 and decoded by a video-signal decoding unit 714 and an audio-signal d... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100067878 | CUSTOMIZING SOUNDTRACKS A system and method for replacing all or part of the original audio of a digital program with other audio enables a user to customize a digital program soundtrack. The method includes receiving the audio portion of the digital program as an audio data stream including m... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100054709 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a control unit to execute an operating system and selectively output a first video signal or both the first video signal and a first audio signal, an external input unit to which an external content signal co... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100054708 | Video-Audio Reproducing Apparatus, and Video-Audio Reproducing Method According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a video-audio reproducing apparatus including: an audio processing unit configured to apply a sound field effect to an audio of a content, the audio having an audio mode; an audio mode detecting unit con... | 03/04/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20100046918 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS A recording and playback apparatus can continue the playback of a content with playback time limit, even after the playback time limit expires during the playback of the content, and does not play back the content even though an instruction receiver receives a playback ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100040349 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF A VIDEO RESOURCE AND DIFFERENT AUDIO RESOURCES An audio-video system and method employs a dual-control interface for directly controlling the play speed of a video track while switching among a plurality of audio tracks independently of the video. The dual-control interface enables the user to adjust the play speed ... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100027972 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME CAPABLE OF ATTRACTING ATTENTION A digital photo frame (DPF) capable of attracting attention is provided. The DPF includes a storage unit, a playback unit, a motion detector and a processing unit. The memory stores a plurality of audio files. The playback unit is configured to play the audio files. The... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100008647 | Recording Apparatus, Recording Method, and Recording Program, and Image Capturing Apparatus, Image Capturing Method, and Image Capturing Program Management information for video data and audio data that are created after their recording is started until it is stopped and that are recorded as a stream file on a record medium is more securely stored. When their recording is started, EP entry information contained ... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100011296 | AUDIO/VIDEO INTERFACE AS A SUPPLEMENT TO RADIOLOGY REPORTS A method for generating an audio/video report, to be used with a report of radiographic image(s) is disclosed. The audio/video report is created by the radiologist while generating the report. The audio/video report includes a portion of a screen image selected by the r... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100003012 | METHOD FOR ENSURING SYNCHRONOUS PRESENTATION OF ADDITIONAL DATA WITH AUDIO DATA A recording medium, method and apparatus for managing data are discussed. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reproducing main data and additional data. The method includes receiving the additional data associated with the main data, t... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100003011 | METHOD FOR ENSURING SYNCHRONOUS PRESENTATION OF ADDITIONAL DATA WITH AUDIO DATA A recording medium, method and apparatus for managing data are discussed. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reproducing main data and additional data. The method includes receiving the additional data associated with the main data, t... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100003013 | METHOD FOR ENSURING SYNCHRONOUS PRESENTATION OF ADDITIONAL DATA WITH AUDIO DATA A recording medium, method and apparatus for managing data are discussed. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reproducing main data and additional data. The method includes receiving the additional data associated with the main data, t... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090324203 | RECORDER WITH RETROSPECTIVE CAPTURE A system and method allows a user to enter a command capture audio, video, and/or still pictures that commence at a moment in time earlier than entering the command.... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090317063 | Screen Recording Device, Screen Recording Method, And Information Storage Medium Provided is a method capable of suppressing generation of data that needs to undergo a complicated copyright process for redistribution thereof. The method includes: executing a program and outputting and displaying a screen generated by the program; reproducing and out... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090310941 | AUDIO CLOCKING IN VIDEO APPLICATIONS A method of operating an electronic video device such as a DVD player, wherein video clock signals and audio clock signals are derived from a system clock signal using two phase-lock loops, and these video and audio clock signals are used to process encoded video data a... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090310940 | Reproduction control device, method, and program A reproduction control device (10), which is connected to a content reproduction system (1) comprises: a selection instruction reception unit (22) that receives a next-audio-data selection instruction to cause a piece of audio data, which is listed ... | 12/17/2009 |
