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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7440680 | Information recording medium, information recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave for controlling record or reproduction, and data structure including control signal On an information recording medium, an entire stream including a plurality of portion streams, each of which is provided with picture information or audio information constituting a series of content, is multiplexed-and-recorded by a unit of packet. The information ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440387 | Information recording medium, information recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method, computer program for controlling record or reproduction, and data structure including control signal On an information recording medium, an entire stream including a plurality of portion streams, each of which is provided with content information including still picture information, is multiplexed-and-recorded by a unit of packet. The information recording medium i... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440679 | Recording medium for storing information for still picture, recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor A recording medium for storing information for still pictures, and a recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor. A writeable and rewriteable recording medium stores data for a plurality of still pictures and audio data added thereto in one file or a ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437058 | Method and device for transmitting material data A system and method in which position information about a position where material data were created is stored as altitude information of four bytes, longitude information of four bytes and latitude information of four bytes in the Spatial Coordinates area in UMID. I... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437053 | Digital video recorder, method of driving the video recorder and program A digital video recorder writes data on a selected one of a first storage medium and a second storage medium. The recorder includes an abnormal state detector for detecting any abnormal event that possibly occurs while the recorder is writing the data on the first s... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437056 | Combination system and copy error preventing method thereof A combo system and method having a play unit to play a signal recorded on a first recording medium and a recording unit to record the signal played by the play unit on a second recording medium. A detector detects whether a predetermined copy preventing signal exist... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433295 | Information recording medium, information recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method, computer program for controlling record or reproduction, and data structure including control signal On an information recording medium, an entire stream including a plurality of portion streams, each of which is provided with content information including still picture information, is multiplexed-and-recorded by a unit of packet. The information recording medium i... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433583 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus for recording moving image data on a disk-like recording medium detects a defective area on the disk-like recording medium, determines a continuous data area for the moving image data on the basis of a data rate of the moving image data to be r... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430360 | Replaying a video segment with changed audio A method of, and a system capable of, replaying a portion of a video, the method comprising the steps of, and the system comprising the means for: receiving, during a playing of a video, a replay request to replay a portion of the video; skipping, responsive to the ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430363 | Image playback apparatus and method with playback frame rate of selected representative image being higher than that of other representative images, or with playback of audio data of image file corresponding to selected representative image It is an object of this invention to allow easy recognition of the contents of a motion image file when INDEX is displayed. To achieve this object, an image playback apparatus includes a playback device adapted to play back from a recording medium a plurality of ima... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428370 | Digital video system The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playbac... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428372 | Apparatus and a record carrier for, and a method of recording a sequence of video data signals An apparatus for recording a sequence of video data signals on a record carrier includes input structure for receiving video data signals, generating structure for generating characteristic point information signals, processing structure for processing the character... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426329 | Systems and methods for receiving, storing, and rendering digital video, music, and pictures on a personal media player A personal media player (PMP) uses a digital media processing system—comprising a video rendering subsystem, a music rendering subsystem, and a picture rendering subsystem—to produce moving-video (video), audio (music), still-graphics (picture), and other output... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426336 | Information storage medium and information recording/playback system There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and c... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426337 | Recording medium, reproduction apparatus, recording method, program, and reproduction method A BD-ROM has recorded therein an AV Clip generated by multiplexing a video stream and a graphics stream. The graphics stream represents an interactive display to be overlayed with the video stream, and includes a sequence of three Button State groups. The interactiv... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424205 | Video player and video playing method When a program chain to be played is determined, a system controller calculates the average bit rate in the program chain by dividing the amount of data of the program chain by the total play time of the program chain. The system controller also waits for a navigati... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424209 | System and method for real-time data archival Systems and methods for archiving real-time data are provided. Real-time data transport files can be transferred from a data store to an output data store for play back on digital devices, such as digital VCR and digital display devices. A synchronizer component fac... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423662 | Method and system for electronic capture of user-selected segments of a broadcast data signal A personal video recorder (PVR) includes a “bookmark” feature with which a user can specify and capture segments of an audiovisual program, for example, a television broadcast, that contain information or content that the user wishes to record for later access. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424210 | Information storage medium, information reproduction device, information reproduction method An information storage medium records a video object unit comprising a sub-picture pack comprising sub-picture units, each of the sub-picture units comprising a sub-picture unit header, pixel data, and a sub-picture display control sequence table, and the sub-pictur... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421192 | Recording/reproducing apparatus, transmitting apparatus and transmitting method Disclosed are an image recording/reproducing apparatus and a transmitting method which are user-friendly when transmitting image data recorded on a medium to an external device. Reproduction path information for transmitting image data edited by a user is recorded o... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418194 | Data structure of stream data, and recording and playback method thereof Stream object SOB is made up of one or more stream packs S_PCK, each of which is made up of a pack header and stream packet S_PKT. The pack header includes predetermined time information SCR, and the stream packet includes one or more application packets AP_PKT appe... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418195 | Information reproducing apparatus Disclosed is an information reproducing apparatus including a command input part inputting a common command for reproducing a sub-picture menu and for calling a selection screen for sub-picture change; a detecting part detecting existence information of the sub-pict... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7412152 | Recording medium, reproduction apparatus, recording method, program, and reproduction method A BD-ROM has recorded therein an AV Clip generated by multiplexing a video stream and an interactive graphics stream. The video stream representing a motion picture made of a plurality of pictures, and the interactive graphics stream representing an interactive disp... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409399 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program A data processing apparatus stores continuous area management information which associates head position information of each continuous area on the storage medium with a continuous size thereof. The data processing apparatus specifies position information of a data ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409143 | DVD-audio disk, and apparatus and method for playing the same A DVD-Audio which includes a data zone for storing data to be reproduced and an information zone for storing information on the data to be reproduced. The information zone includes directories of a video title set (VIDEO_TS) and an audio title set (AUDIO_TS). The AU... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409145 | Smart profiles for capturing and publishing audio and video streams A method and system for capturing video and/or audio streams and for publishing consolidated video and/or consolidated audio streams. A capture profile specifying parameters for capturing the video stream and/or audio stream is selected from a list of predefined pro... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406250 | Information recording method and information reproducing method 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... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403699 | Optical disc apparatus At the time of stopping the first reproduction process, a main controller makes a RAM store audio identification information corresponding to the kind of audio having been reproduced in the preceding reproduction process. At the time of restarting reproduction proce... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403694 | Information recording medium, method for recording information, and method for reproduction information An information recording medium includes a first area (DA2) for storing picture data for forming a plurality of pictures, a second area (DA21) which is included in the first area and stores control data of the picture data, and a third area (INFO1 | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403695 | Digital information recording/playback system and digital information recording medium In a system for recording/playing back video data together with control information, a thumbnail, or thumbnail control information, extracted from a moving picture of a video is used as the control information. The thumbnail control information includes information ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403697 | Digital video system The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playbac... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400859 | Combined modulator and MP3 player having socket power supply adapter and/or universal connector A combined digital audio file player and modulator. In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus comprising: an elongate housing having a distal end and a proximal end; a socket power adapter located at a distal end of the elongate housing; an interface port in ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400819 | Recording medium, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus A recording medium is provided recorded with a plurality of digital data and a plurality of reproduction path information defining a reproduction order of the plurality of digital data. The plurality of reproduction path information includes first reproduction path ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398000 | Digital video segment identification An entertainment system, having a capability to playback a stored digital video record that includes frames of video data received from a television broadcast system, approximates ranges of frames in a digital video record that are either commercials or non-commerci... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398006 | Disc access processor processing a result of accessing a disc and method thereof Prior to recording, a difference between a disc's temporal, maximum recordable length and a temporal length having been consumed by recording data is calculated. A scale is determined to allow a length of a period of a preprogrammed recording to be relatively matche... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398001 | Output circuit and related apparatus and method for electrically detecting whether cable is connected to output port of output circuit An output circuit of a player can detect whether a cable is electrically connected to an output port of the output circuit. The output circuit includes a signal circuit and a decision module for detecting whether a cable is connected by detecting voltage change at t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394966 | Image communication apparatus for wireless communication of digital images, and method thereof An image capture apparatus includes an image capture unit, a recording unit, a wireless communication unit and a control unit. The recording unit records digital image captured by the image capture unit on a recording medium. The wireless communication unit transmit... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394967 | Recorded content management A recorded content management system determines when recorded content maintained in a television-based entertainment and information system has been watched by a viewer. When a segment or percentage of the recorded content for a particular program is displayed for v... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394973 | Signal compressing apparatus An input signal is quantized into a quantization-resultant signal. The quantization-resultant signal is compressed into a compression-resultant signal. The compression-resultant signal is formatted into a formatting-resultant signal corresponding to a predetermined ... | 07/01/2008 |
