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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7292771 | Apparatus, method and medium for information processing An information processing apparatus and process for dealing with moving pictures. A storage stores still pictures corresponding to scene switchovers of the moving pictures, and time stamps of the scene switchovers. A display controller provides a display control to ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292779 | 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... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292769 | Recording and reproducing apparatus and method A recording and reproducing apparatus is disclosed which comprises: an input element supplied with video signals; a recording element for recording the video signals input through the input element onto a storage medium; a reproducing element for reproducing the vid... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289716 | Scalable programmable video recorder A programmable video recorder (PVR) includes a writer application programming interface (API) and a reader API that operate essentially independently to enable the PVR to be networked to multiple reader applications. The writer API creates a backing store and a shar... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289721 | Method and apparatus for data reproduction A data reproduction method and apparatus includes first circuitry to produce an information signal from a storage medium. The information signal includes copy control information. Detection circuitry is provided to detect the copy control information. Control circui... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289723 | Digital recording system using variable recording rate An erase prohibition setting unit sets erase prohibition in accordance with an instruction. When the range is not set in units of cells of the current cell, the current cell is divided by a cell separator to set a sequence of advanced cells. A reconstruction part re... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286744 | Apparatus for recording and reproducing information onto and from a recording medium having a ring buffer area An apparatus for recording and reproducing information which can expand a ring buffer area in a recording medium. In an apparatus for recording and reproducing information in which a ring buffer area where an information signal is circulatively recorded and reproduc... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286747 | Digital video apparatus user interface A method of controlling a system for processing stored information on a storage medium includes the following steps. Stored information is played back during a play mode of operation. A user is provided an opportunity to select a bookmark representing a correspondin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286748 | Sharing live advanced streaming format indexed files A computing system connected to storage medium and one or more rendering devices receives streamed multimedia data. The multimedia data is encoded in a format, such as an Advanced Streaming Format, that is conducive to storing the multimedia data in files having app... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286751 | Recording medium for storing real time recording/reproduction information, method and apparatus for recording and reproducing in real time, and file operating method using the same A recording medium for storing real time recording/reproduction information, a real time recording and reproducing method and apparatus, and a file operating method using the information. Real time recording/reproduction information for ensuring real time recording/... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285044 | Party play DVD game A DVD game that employs a method for randomly shuffling through a large set of video and/or audio clips using a DVD player is disclosed. The DVD game may be used as a parlor-type game including a game board plus moveable play pieces, trivia question cards, random na... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286750 | 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... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283732 | Optical disk reproducing device In an optical disk reproducing device for reproducing the video/audio information recorded on an optical disk wherein a setup menu is displayed for setting various kinds of functions of the optical disk reproducing device and a function is selected from the displaye... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283727 | Method of and device for recording information A method is described for writing real time video signals on an optical disc having a recording area which comprises an administrative area, a spare area, and a user area. Normal recording takes place in blocks in a first pre-reserved area of a free part of the user... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283729 | Recording medium for storing real time recording/reproduction information, method and apparatus for recording and reproducing in real time, and file operating method using the same A recording medium for storing real time recording/reproduction information, a real time recording and reproducing method and apparatus, and a file operating method using the information. Real time recording/reproduction information for ensuring real time recording/... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283731 | Recording apparatus, recording method, reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, and record medium A recording apparatus for recoding digital data to a record medium that is removable and assigned unique medium identification information is disclosed, that comprises a converting means for converting data to be recorded into a file structure that allows a first fi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284087 | Method and apparatus for increasing sustainable bandwidth in a multiple disk drive storage system A method of increasing sustainable bandwidth in a multiple disk storage system that comprises reading a first part of a data file from a first track location on a first hard disk drive, and reading a second part of the data file from a second track location on a sec... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283725 | Recording medium of stream data, and recording method and playback method of the same Upon playback of stream data which is recorded while being appended with time stamp information in units of packets, time management is made using the time stamp information. A video playback time viewed from the user, which may be indicated by I-, B-, and P-picture... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283728 | Recording/reproducing method suitable for recording/reproducing AV data on/from disc, recorder and reproducer for the method, information recording disc and information processing system The present invention relates to a method for recording an AV file using an information recording disk in which data is recorded/reproduced by sectors. The recording method includes the steps of determining whether or not input data is AV data; detecting a defective... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283177 | Method and apparatus for controlling the functions of an image capturing apparatus A control apparatus for remotely controlling one of adjusting functions of an image capturing apparatus, including contrast, gamma, sharpness, and aperture. The control apparatus transmits to the image capture apparatus a first command requesting a current value of ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283429 | Recording apparatus having playlist editing function A recording apparatus comprising a recording portion for recording moving image data on a recording medium, a recording instruction portion for instructing start and temporary stop of recording the moving image data, a playlist processing portion for producing playl... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283723 | Method and device for recording real-time information A method and device for recording real time information on a record carrier, e.g. video on an optical disc. The information is arranged according to a recording format, e.g. DVD video, for being playable in standardized players. The information is subdivided into un... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283721 | Method and apparatus for automatically or electronically addressing data within a file or files Available storage media capacity will be doubling every 2 years. In 2005 it will likely be possible to store about 80 movies on a single 400 GByte hard disk. Because it is no longer possible to access specific recordings stored in a book shelf by just looking at the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280740 | Information recording medium, information recording apparatus and method, information reproducing apparatus and method, computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave DVD 1′ has different kinds of recording information recorded therein together with each of reproduction lists showing procedures for reproducing each of the recording information. In addition, this DVD has an integrated reproduction list GL recorded therein... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281086 | Disk queue management for quality of service A mixed queue method for managing storage requests directed includes a low-priority request queue on which all low-priority requests are placed and where they are subject to throughput optimization by re-ordering. When a high-priority request limit has not been reac... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280746 | Optical disc apparatus The main controller makes the designated non-volatile memory store the restart point equivalent to the preceding stop point, and in starting reproduction processing, the main controller reads out the restart point from the designated non-volatile memory and starts r... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280452 | Optical recording/reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing backup recorded information in case of a power failure and recorded information backup method thereof An optical recording/reproducing apparatus capable of backing up recorded information in case of an electrical power failure and a recorded information backup method thereof. Management information on recorded data is stored in a local memory such as a static random... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280747 | Information recording medium, information recording method and apparatus, and information playback method and apparatus An information recording medium of this invention has a first area which records common information which can be commonly played back by a plurality of types of information playback apparatuses provided by different manufacturers or distributors and complies with co... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280743 | Data recording apparatus for recording stream data in which dummy data is inserted and data recording apparatus for recording end code in place of dummy code A recording apparatus according to an aspect of this invention has an insertion unit configured to insert dummy data at a predetermined position of stream data, and a recording unit configured to record the stream data in which the dummy data is inserted on a record... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280745 | Process and device for managing the memory space of a hard disk, in particular for a receiver of satellite digital television signals Several audio/video streams are recorded in an interleaved manner on logical tracks of variable sizes. These audio/video streams are selected on the basis of an allocation table contained in a random access memory, and which describes the state of occupancy of the l... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280748 | Recording apparatus, recording method, reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, and record medium A recording apparatus for recoding digital data to a record medium that is removable and assigned unique medium identification information is disclosed, that comprises a converting means for converting data to be recorded into a file structure that allows a first fi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277621 | Recording medium with video index information recorded therein video information management method which uses the video index information, recording medium with audio index information recorded therein, audio information management method which uses the audio index information, video retrieval method which uses video index information, audio retrieval method which uses the audio index information and a video retrieval system The video index information has a tree structure comprising frame information, sound information, segment information, and package information each as a structure element object. The segment information manages package information for managing a plurality of other s... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277624 | 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... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277622 | Recording medium of stream data, and recording method and playback method of the same Upon playback of stream data which is recorded while being appended with time stamp information in units of packets, time management is made using the time stamp information. A video playback time viewed from the user, which may be indicated by I-, B-, and P-picture... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277625 | Data recording method and apparatus, data recording medium, and data reproducing method and apparatus The present invention provides remarkably improved availability in a data recording method and apparatus, a data recording medium, and a data reproducing method and apparatus. By recording additional information for data reproduction in each sector on a data reprodu... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277272 | Portable DVD player with built-in battery A portable DVD player with a built-in battery located in compartments disposed on opposite sides of the axle on which the DVD is located. The compartments contain the batteries and the closures for the compartments and are secured to the main body to positively loca... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274864 | Method and device for digital video capture A method and a device of digital video capture for capturing recorded video data into a computer system. In one embodiment, the device may include a reading unit to read frames of video data, a detection unit to estimate scene changes, a determining unit to determin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274858 | Coded data control device Necessary coded data only can be read out at random accessing even with recording medium having coded data recorded thereon but whose code quantity is out of proportion to time. Once a recording medium was loaded into a recorder-player connected with a coded-data co... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7274861 | Information recording medium, and apparatus and method for recording information to information recording medium An information recording medium achieves high speed conversion of a signal input externally from MPEG-TS to MPEG-PS complying with the DVD standard. An apparatus and a method are used to record information to the information recording medium. A constrained format wh... | 09/25/2007 |
