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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7046308 | Method and apparatus for transmitting digital television data A digital television/local bus interface logic supports handling of digital television (DTV) data with non-tearing. The interface logic provides a dual frame buffer DTV architecture in which a pair of DTV/local bus frame buffers alternate functions: one frame buffer... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042473 | Method and system for displaying markup language based pages on handheld devices A method and system for displaying an markup language based Web page on a handheld device having a relatively small display is disclosed. The method includes loading a Web page designed for viewing in, for example, SVGA resolution. The page is stored in a virtual me... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042513 | Information signal processing device, information signal processing method, image signal processing device, image signal processing method and image displaying method using it, coefficient kind data generating device and method used therein, and computer readable medium and program The present invention relates to an information signal processor and the like preferable for use in the case of converting a format of an image signal or converting an image size. An input image signal, Vin, is converted into an output image signal, Vout that has di... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038729 | Device and method for producing coefficient seed data used for format conversion, and information-providing medium therefore The present invention relates to an information signal processor and the like preferable for use in the case of converting a format of an image signal or converting an image size. An input image signal Vin (525i signal) is converted into an output imag... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039116 | Methods and apparatus for embedding and format conversion of compressed video data System and methods are provided for modifying a compressed video data stream to match the available video decoding capability of a target decoder. Compressed video content can be embedded in another compressed bitstream to allow more efficient usage of available cha... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038728 | Image display method and apparatus Disclosed is an image display method and apparatus capable of displaying best quality images even when image signals with a variety of aspect ratios are inputted. The image display method includes restoring a picture frame from a video data stream, detecting an aspe... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038669 | System and method for providing a reference video signal A method is taught for providing a reference video signal to a video display through a video interface from a video display adapter for a host computer. The method includes the step of providing a horizontal sync line to carry a horizontal sync signal that occupies ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035477 | Image composition evaluation A method of providing composition evaluation of an image includes analyzing a composed image in accordance with one or more predefined composition rules and providing a report or warning signal if one or more of those compositional rules have been contravened. The a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035468 | Methods and apparatus for archiving, indexing and accessing audio and video data Archival storage and retrieval of audio/video information is described. Audio and/or video information is digitized, compressed and stored in an intermediate archive format (IAF), which preserves the content at a high-enough quality for subsequent retrieval and conv... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034889 | Signal processing unit and method for a digital TV system with an increased frame rate video signal A signal processing unit for a digital TV system comprises a first device which acts on a video signal with graphical picture elements and text characters. A second device performs frame-rate conversion on the output of the first device. The output of the second dev... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034887 | Method and apparatus for flicker filtering interlaced display data A graphics controller for flicker filtering interlaced image data is provided. The graphics controller includes a buffer and a memory region. A flicker filter for reducing a flicker of a display presented through an interlaced scan is also provided. The flicker filt... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034886 | Video production switcher with integrated aspect ratio converter A video production switcher converts an aspect ratio through the use of an integrated aspect ratio converter. Additionally, by having both converted and native format signals input to a switcher processor, the effective number of inputs can be doubled. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034885 | Image processing circuit An image processing circuit capable of carrying out high-speed processing and improving the horizontal and vertical resolutions even with its simple structure. The pixel values a to i of a total of nine pixels, three pixels in the horizontal direction along a scanni... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034817 | Method and device of alignment of a video image with an edge of a display screen The aligning a video image with an edge of a display screen, the video image being displayed by a scanning of lines of the display screen by at least one electron beam modulated by a modulation signal, including, for each scanned line of the screen, storing successi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034812 | Method and apparatus of automatically tuning output line rate and display controller provided with the same A method and apparatus for automatically tuning the output line rate thereof and a display controller provided with the same. The display controller of the present invention provides a display controller having a line buffer, an input means, an output means, a statu... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034888 | Method for motion pixel detection A method for motion pixel detection with a static counter map so as to correctly evaluate whether a missing pixel is in a static region or a non-static region, thereby reconstructing the missing pixel by an inter-field interpolation process or an intra-field interpo... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031798 | Event management systems and methods for the distribution of motion control commands A motion control system for controlling a target device to perform a desired motion operation. The motion control system comprises at least one motion event provider, a motion event manager, and a motion control component. The motion event provider is configured to ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030937 | Simplified TV tuner intermediate frequency circuit Between a mixer and an intermediate frequency amplifying circuit, there are an intermediate frequency tuning circuit which, for reception of a TV signal, is tuned between a chrominance subcarrier frequency and a video intermediate frequency in an intermediate freque... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030932 | Apparatus and method for converting multi-source input images An apparatus and a method for converting multi-source input images are disclosed. The apparatus includes an outside interface part including N outside interface units and pre-processing the input image, a format converting part including N format converters and conv... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030894 | Image display system and method A method of displaying an image includes receiving image data for the image, buffering the image data for the image, including creating a frame of the image, defining a first sub-frame and at least a second sub-frame for the frame of the image from the image data, t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024678 | Method and apparatus for producing demand real-time television A demand television system comprising a broadcast encoder and a storage encoder. The broadcast encoder encodes a real-time video frame sequence to form a broadcast bitstream and broadcasts the broadcast bitstream to a plurality of subscriber equipment, while simulta... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023496 | Moving picture decoding display apparatus and method for controlling a video signal's contrast and brightness when a video signal update is detected In a moving picture decoding display apparatus and moving picture decoding display method according to the present invention, moving picture decoder 101 decodes a moving picture signal, RGB matrix manipulation section 103 converts the decoded video sig... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023487 | Deinterlacing of video sources via image feature edge detection An interlaced to progressive scan video converter which identifies object edges and directions, and calculates new pixel values based on the edge information. Source image data from a single video field is analyzed to detect object edges and the orientation of those... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023486 | Video signal processing device and method A source original HD video signal S1 of 24-frame rate is subjected to 2-3 pull-down process, thereby generating a 30-frame rate SD video signal S5. The 24-frame rate time code added to the source video signal S1 is described in the user area of ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023485 | Apparatus and method for selectively converting clock frequency in digital signal receiver An apparatus for selectively converting a clock frequency in a digital signal receiver is provided. The apparatus includes: a first phase locked loop (PLL); a second phase locked loop; a switching portion for selecting a clock frequency from one of the first and sec... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020384 | Method for creating and recording transport time information for data recorded on a disk A recording medium and a method of recording data on the recording medium are provided. The method of recording data includes recording a transport stream on the recording medium. The transport stream is composed of one or more predetermined units, each predetermine... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020196 | Content supplying apparatus and method, and recording medium A content supplying apparatus includes a multimedia content server which keeps a list of coding parameters at predetermined bit rates. The coding parameters for transmitting a bit stream are determined in accordance with a transmission capacity based on the coding p... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019792 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus responding to diverse video signals having different display conditions includes: a frequency characteristic adjustment module that adjusts a frequency component of an analog video signal included in a supplied video signal; an A/D convers... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012648 | Image conversion method and image conversion apparatus An image conversion apparatus includes a progressive scanning converter for receiving an input image as a first interlaced scanning image having a field frequency of m (m: integer not less than 2) fields/sec, and converting the first interlaced scanning image into a... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7012552 | Civil aviation passive coherent location system and method A civil aviation passive coherent location system and method is disclosed. A receiver subsystem receives reference transmissions from an uncontrolled transmitter. The receiver subsystem also receives scattered transmissions originating from the uncontrolled transmit... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010737 | Method and apparatus for error data recovery The present invention provides a mechanism for preventing quality degradation of decoded data during the decoding of encoded data. In one embodiment, error propagation is detected and corresponding data is flagged. An error recovery process is then applied to the fl... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009655 | Method and system for direct recording of video information onto a disk medium A method for converting video information from an incoming format to an outgoing format using a process free from one or more intermediary files. The method includes receiving video information in a first format and receiving a desired output media format based upon... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009628 | Method and apparatus for auto-generation of horizontal synchronization of an analog signal to a digital display A method, apparatus, and system for determining a true horizontal resolution of an analog video signal arranged to display a number of features having associated feature edges on a display each of which were created with a true pixel clock is described. For a test h... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009363 | Optimized battery life in multiple battery applications Various apparatus and methods of supplying regulated battery power to an electrical device, such as a downhole tool, are provided. In one aspect, a method of providing power to an electrical device is provided that includes providing a plurality of batteries and pro... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006147 | Method and system for MPEG chroma de-interlacing A method (300) of converting interlaced Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) video signals to progressive video signals can include receiving an interlaced video signal representing a luma component specifying luma lines and a chroma component specifying chrom... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006572 | Method and apparatus for decoding video bitstreams to reduced spatial resolutions A method decodes a video encoded as a compressed bitstream including frames constructed as blocks. The bitstream is variable length decoded and inverse quantized to determine motion vectors and DCT coefficients of the blocks of the bitstream. The DCT coefficients ar... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006156 | Image data output device and receiving device Image data scaled by a scaling circuit and then multiplied by a weighting factor by a weighting factor multiplier circuit and an on-screen-display (OSD) data multiplied by a weighting factor by a weighting factor multiplier circuit and then scaled by a scaling circu... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006112 | Method for scaling image frame A method for scaling an image frame by an off-screen technology is provided. An image frame consisting of n rows and m columns of data is stored into a storage device. The image frame is divided into a plurality of image portions. Then, the plurality of image portio... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006091 | Method and system for optimizing the display of a subject of interest in a digital image The present invention is in the field of digital imaging. It relates to a method and a system for selecting a subject of interest in a digital image, so as to be able to then display this subject of interest on the screen of a terminal with low display capacity. The... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002627 | Single-step conversion from RGB Bayer pattern to YUV 4:2:0 format Bayer-pattern pixels captured by an image sensor have only one of the three primary colors (RGB) per pixel location. Rather than interpolate the Bayer-pattern to generate the missing RGB color components for each pixel location, a direct conversion is performed to Y... | 02/21/2006 |
