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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7536087 | Method of managing recorded still pictures on a recording medium The present invention relates to a method of conducting management operations such as deletion, copy, and movement of recorded still pictures recorded on a recording medium. The present method records still pictures onto a recording medium, groups the recorded still... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7433580 | Information processing apparatus, information managing method and medium This invention relate to an information processing apparatus comprising first recording means for recording one moving picture in at least one recording increment; second recording means for recording a still picture corresponding to the moving picture in keeping wi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426334 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7415194 | 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 repro... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7373076 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373652 | Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide Techniques for searching a program guide database. In accordance with a method, one or more search criteria (e.g., keywords) are received and a request for a search is then sent, along with the search criteria, to a head end of an information distribution system. In... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369746 | Device for recording digital video and audio signals in designated areas of a recording medium in a predetermined track format Data separating means extracts intra-frame or intra-field encoded blocks from an intra-frame or intra-field encoded, and inter-frame or inter-field encoded digital video signal, and a digital audio signal contained in an input bit stream. Error correction code appen... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362949 | Intelligent video system Described is an intelligent fast-forward video system that automatically controls a relative play speed of the video based on a complexity of the content reflecting the real story of a video, thereby enabling to carry out a fast-forward viewing for summarizing an en... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7333720 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333719 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330194 | Video object clipping method and apparatus A video object clipping method includes storing, in a storage unit, original images each including a video object to be clipped and reference alpha images representing objects prepared, determining a criteria original image and a criteria reference alpha image from ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330641 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330642 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327940 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324136 | Electronic camera, and image display method and image recording method therefor The electronic camera, and image display method and image recording method applied thereto are capable of eliminating discontinuity in moving image caused by a camera control such as interruption by still image recording in moving image capturing and aperture switch... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313319 | Information storage medium, video recording method and information reproducing device The video data including the unit compressed video data, each reproducible independently of each other, are recorded on the video data recording areas as the divided video data. The divided video data includes one or more integer number of unit compressed video data... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304650 | Video object clipping method and apparatus A video object clipping method includes storing, in a storage unit, original images each including a video object to be clipped and reference alpha images representing objects prepared, determining a criteria original image and a criteria reference alpha image from ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295217 | Video object clipping method and apparatus A video object clipping method includes storing, in a storage unit, original images each including a video object to be clipped and reference alpha images representing objects prepared, determining a criteria original image and a criteria reference alpha image from ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295759 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295216 | Video object clipping method and apparatus A video object clipping method includes storing, in a storage unit, original images each including a video object to be clipped and reference alpha images representing objects prepared, determining a criteria original image and a criteria reference alpha image from ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295218 | Video object clipping method and apparatus A video object clipping method includes storing, in a storage unit, original images each including a video object to be clipped and reference alpha images representing objects prepared, determining a criteria original image and a criteria reference alpha image from ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292780 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292776 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288208 | Method of manufacturing ZnO substrate from ZnO crystal formed by hydrothermal synthesis method Li impurities are removed from a substrate of ZnO formed by a hydrothermal synthesis method. The surface layer of the substrate with Li impurities removed, is etched to planarize the substrate. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289719 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283730 | Optical disc camcorder The present invention provides an optical disc camcorder unit having a base plate assembly loaded with an optical disc and a camcorder main body accommodating the base plate assembly, the base plate assembly is swingably set to the camcorder main body via a rotating... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7266782 | Techniques for generating a coversheet for a paper-based interface for multimedia information The present invention provides techniques for generating a coversheet for a paper document comprising one or more pages, wherein the paper document is generated by printing a printable representation of multimedia information on a paper medium. The coversheet may pr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257317 | Recording apparatus and reproducing apparatus A recording apparatus comprises a first producing unit which produces moving image data; a second producing unit which produces still picture data from the moving image data; and a recording unit which records a moving image file including the moving image data and ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254314 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254315 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254824 | Encoding optimization techniques for encoding program grid section of server-centric interactive programming guide An interactive program guide (IPG) may include a program grid section and a multimedia section. The program grid section typically contains program information organized in a grid with a time axis and a channel axis. The multimedia section may include video for adve... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7242988 | Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7221465 | Printer control device and method to control printers in network to which multiple printers are connected, and computer program product to perform said control In a network system which includes multiple printers, when a problem is detected in any one of the printers performing a print, another normally functioning printer is selected to substitute for the printer in which the problem is detected. In order to ensure that q... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7203380 | Video production and compaction with collage picture frame user interface A method, system, and apparatus for easily creating a video collage from a video is provided. By segmenting the video into a set number of video segments and providing an interface for a user to select images which represent the video segments and insert the selecte... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197228 | Multifunction remote control system for audio and video recording, capture, transmission and playback of full motion and still images A multifunction remote controlled video recording, transmission and playback system includes a still frame generator adapted for selecting and generating still frames on the fly while a full motion video signal is being recorded, without interrupting the recording f... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7184051 | Method of and apparatus for rendering an image simulating fluid motion, with recording medium and program therefor An apparatus for processing an image has a texture rendering unit for storing a texture image in a texture rendering area of an image memory, an image rendering unit for storing a polygon in a display rendering area of the image memory based on at least the texture ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184650 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180540 | Method of managing data files using representative voice within portable digital apparatus A method of managing a user's data files in a portable digital apparatus which can receive and discharge a recording medium and has a display device. In the method, first, when a representative-voice request signal is received from a user, a new directory and a repr... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181061 | Digital camera for taking a stereoscopic pair of images The digital camera being capable of recording stereoscopic first and second still images includes an imaging device that captures the first and second still images in this order, a display unit that displays a moving image captured by the imaging device to allow fra... | 02/20/2007 |
