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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418193 | Video receiving and recording apparatus A video receiving and recording apparatus which can record a momentarily overlooked scene of a television broadcast and which can realize a reduction in power consumption and the like is provided. This video receiving and recording apparatus includes a short-time si... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7356514 | Reproduction apparatus and reproduction method of digital video signal or audio signal A reproduction method and apparatus for reproducing video data and/or audio data from a recordable medium having video data and/or audio data recorded thereon. The video data and/or audio data is generated by superimposing information concerning an attribute of a vi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339615 | Method and apparatus for capturing images and for recording data that includes image data and audio data separately prepared from the image data A method and apparatus for recording data including image data, which includes: a recording unit 220 for recording image data; a play unit 250 for playing data including audio data; a release switch 114 for giving instructions to record image da... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327946 | AV data recording apparatus and method, and disk recorded by the same An AV data recording apparatus and an AV data recording method are provided, in which even in the case of using the UDF file system, seeking can be minimized. The AV data recording method has file management information for managing continuous blocks on a disk as an... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327387 | Image pick-up information transmitting system and remote control method for an information transmitting system To provide a pull model which can remotely control an image pick-up device by connecting the image pick-up device to an image information receiver through a communication path and operating a general purpose file reading program by the image information receiver. Th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324740 | AV data recording apparatus and method, and disk recorded by the same An AV data recording apparatus and an AV data recording method are provided, in which even in the case of using the UDF file system, seeking can be minimized. The AV data recording method has file management information for managing continuous blocks on a disk as an... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319808 | Input-output circuit, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus for digital video signal A video signal input-output circuit and a recording-reproduction apparatus in which a digitally compressed video signal input in packet form can be recorded and reproduced efficiently and in stable fashion. In this apparatus, a clock reference is detected from a pac... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319485 | Apparatus and method for recording data in a circular fashion The present invention includes a method and apparatus for recording data. According to the present invention, the method and apparatus includes the implementation of a “circular” buffer whereby data is capable of being recorded in a circular fashion. By implemen... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312845 | Method of capturing and processing sensed images A method of capturing and processing sensed images includes the step of sensing a viewed image to generate a viewed image signal carrying data representing the viewed image. The viewed image signal is communicated to a central processor. A printed data storage devic... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310823 | Digital information recording apparatus and outputting apparatus A digital information recording apparatus includes multiple recording circuits for making multiple copies. The apparatus limits the number of copies, however, in accordance with copy information provided within the digital information itself. When the number of copi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7289722 | Optical disc, recording device and reproducing device Optical discs formatted to record plural audio streams of different content for reproduction with a single video stream can result in audio output of content unexpected by the user depending upon the audio stream configuration contained in the AV stream reproduced. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7274860 | Apparatus, method, and recording medium implementing audio gap information for an audio presentation discontinuous period An optical disk for recording more than one system stream containing audio data and video data. The audio data and video data of the plural system streams are recorded to the optical disk, and are interleaved such that the difference between the input start times of... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265780 | Image information obtaining method, image information transmitting apparatus and image information transmitting system A transmitting and receiving device capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from another communication apparatus and an information processing device are provided. The information processing device produces directories that classifies a plurality of... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7209571 | Authenticating metadata and embedding metadata in watermarks of media signals A steganographic embedder associates data with a media signal by encoding the data, a link to the data, or a combination of both into the media signal. The embedder may be located in an media signal capture device or an external process or device. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206504 | Recording medium, apparatus and method related to information representing tunes An information recording medium includes a recording area for an auxiliary signal, and a recording area for a main signal. The auxiliary-signal recording area and the main-signal recording area are successively arranged. The main-signal recording area stores first i... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200337 | Optoelectronic transceiver having dual access to onboard diagnostics An optoelectronic transceiver includes first and second controller ICs. Each controller IC includes logic, a memory, an interface, and at least one input port. Each memory is configured to store digital diagnostic data and has a unique serial device address to allow... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194196 | Information record medium, and apparatus for and method of reproducing the same An information record medium is provided with: substantial information including video information and audio information which are related to each other; first reproduction control information to simultaneously reproduce the video information and the audio informati... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194192 | Recording medium for storing encrypted audio data, apparatus for and method of recording the same, and apparatus for and method of reproducing the same A recording medium for storing encrypted audio data, an apparatus and a method for recording the same, and an apparatus and a method for reproducing the same. Encrypted and unencrypted audio data corresponding to an audio program to be reproduced, such as a musical ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184653 | Unique digital content identifier generating methods and arrangements In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, enhancements have been developed to further extend the performance of the generic DVD navigator component. Of significance herein, was the need to assign a unique identifier to DVD discs and the like. Doin... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184600 | Video coding and video decoding apparatus A video encoding apparatus is provided with a resolution converting section, an encoding section, and a transmitting section. The resolution converting section enlarges or reduces a binary picture which represents the shape of an object. The encoding section encodes... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7173914 | Communication node receipt of node-output information from processorless central equipment A first communication node of a plurality of communication nodes connected with processorless central equipment in a system sends one or more first portions of node-output information to the processorless central equipment. One or more additional communication nodes... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167951 | Intelligent controller accessed through addressable virtual space Mass storage system controller apparatus receives requests for access to files in a data storage system and manages access to the files in the data storage system, the data storage system having a plurality of storage devices and the requests being addressed to the ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162160 | System and method for protecting eye safety during operation of a fiber optic transceiver A single-chip integrated circuit, sometimes called a controller, controls operation of a transceiver having a laser transmitter and a photodiode receiver. The controller includes memory for storing information related to the transceiver, and analog to digital conver... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149430 | Optoelectronic transceiver having dual access to onboard diagnostics The optoelectronic transceiver includes first and second controller ICs. Each controller IC includes logic, a memory, an interface, and at least one input port. Each memory is configured to store digital diagnostic data and has a unique serial device address to allo... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146052 | Image processing apparatus and surveillance camera system utilizing the same A surveillance camera system includes a multiplexer. The multiplexer successively selects image data output from each surveillance camera one by one so as to input the selected image data to an image recording apparatus. The image data input to the image recording a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136571 | System and method for fast playback of video with selected audio There is disclosed a video playback device for playing back a video program in fast forward mode on a display screen coupled to the video playback device. The video playback device contains an apparatus for selectively playing back portions of an audio signal associ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133594 | Digital recording apparatus that secures a certain number of video frames in a VOB constituting with another VOB a portion of encode stream that should be reproduced seamlessly A digital recording apparatus that obtains a digital stream including a plurality of frames, while recording the digital stream on a digital recording medium. This apparatus obtains, during recording, an instruction for a procedure in which a recording area is chang... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7116827 | Video coding and video decoding apparatus A video encoding apparatus is provided with a resolution converting section, an encoding section, and a transmitting section. The resolution converting section enlarges or reduces a binary picture which represents the shape of an object. The encoding section encodes... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7092618 | Audio information reproducing system, audio information reproducing apparatus and audio information reproducing method An audio information reproducing apparatus for reproducing audio information on a recording medium, which can be connected with a bus. In the medium reproducing control information for controlling a reproducing mode of the audio information and the audio information... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7079775 | Integrated memory mapped controller circuit for fiber optics transceiver A controller for controlling a transceiver having a laser transmitter and a photodiode receiver. The controller includes memory for storing information related to the transceiver, and analog to digital conversion circuitry for receiving a plurality of analog signals... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071852 | Enhanced test and measurement instruments using compression and decompression An enhancement that improves the performance of test and measurement equipment such as digital oscilloscopes and arbitrary waveform generators through the use of compression and decompression is described. The present invention is particularly effective for compress... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7061982 | Long-hour video/audio compression device and method thereof An application receives an original video and an original audio from a capture or a file to transfer the same to an interface control unit and writes a system code generated by the interface control unit into a system code file. The interface control unit controls a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057666 | System and method for encoding information into a video signal A system (10) and method of the present invention encodes information into a video signal by substituting luminance information within the video signal with a modulated frame of content data on one or more lines of the active portion of the video signal to pr... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050143 | Camera system with computer language interpreter A portable camera with integral printer device, the camera including a digital image capture device for the capturing of digital images; an integral programming language interpreter connected to the digital image capture device for the manipulation of the digital im... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050720 | Integrated memory mapped controller circuit for fiber optics transceiver A controller for controlling a transceiver having a laser transmitter and a photodiode receiver. The controller includes memory for storing information related to the transceiver, and analog to digital conversion circuitry for receiving a plurality of analog signals... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7035976 | Content recording apparatus A content recording apparatus that writes, when a recording instruction is issued, into a first area of a recording medium predetermined information indicating a predetermined value, records into a plurality of partial areas sporadically distributing in a second are... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031532 | Video coding and video decoding apparatus A video encoding apparatus is provided with a resolution converting section, an encoding section, and a transmitting section. The resolution converting section enlarges or reduces a binary picture which represents the shape of an object. The encoding section encodes... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7003214 | Recording, edit, and playback methods of audio information, and information storage medium Audio information is recorded in units of tracks on an information storage medium on which audio information and management information that pertains to the audio information are recorded, and information indicating the playback sequence of the audio information is ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6980703 | Information storage apparatus and article of manufacture An information storage apparatus comprises a storage device which stores digital data, an input device which sets a compression ratio of the stored data, and a writing device which writes the set compression ratio as additional data for the stored digital data to th... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978086 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus, such as a video camera, is arranged to record a first image signal and a second image signal on a first recording medium and a second recording medium, respectively. While recording on the first recording medium the first image signal subjected... | 12/20/2005 |
