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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8009960 | Cyclic video recording method for an optical storage medium In a cyclic video recording method for an optical storage medium, the optical storage medium is divided into a set of forward seeking sub-zones and a set of backward seeking sub-zones. Initial values of a current sub-zone and a flag are set. The flag indicates a dir... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7885513 | Seamless reproduction from a signal recorded on a first and a second layer of a record carrier The invention relates to an apparatus for reproducing a digital information signal which is recorded on a first and a second layer of a record carrier, the digital information signal being divided into cells, each cell being recorded in at least one sector, the digi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7865066 | Video camera and video camera information recording method for managing a scene as a chapter Disclosed are: an information recording technology capable of shortening the termination process time when the recording ends; and an information recording technology capable of recording independently of limitations due to the maximum number of video title sets and... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7848622 | Optical storage medium for real-time recording AVI-format file and method thereof A method of real-time recording a file with an AVI format on an optical storage medium is provided, in which the optical storage medium is a write-once type medium and employs a file system without multi-section record. According to the method, in the AVI format, a ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7840121 | Recording medium having data structure for managing reproduction of multiple graphics streams recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses The recording medium includes a data area storing at least multiple graphics streams in at least one portion thereof. The multiple graphics streams are multiplexed, and each graphics stream is a transport stream stored as one or more packets. Each packet has a packe... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835629 | Recording medium having data structure with real-time navigation information for managing reproduction of video data recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses A recording medium having a data structure for managing reproduction of video data recorded on the recording medium. The recording medium having at least one navigation area for storing navigation management information used in managing real-time reproduction path v... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826721 | Optical disc recording apparatus and method, and disc recording apparatus with camera The present invention has been made to increase the number of times of imaging operation in the case where a DVD+RW is used as a recording medium. The present invention provides an optical disc recording apparatus that records data onto an optical disc that adopts a... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826720 | Recording medium having data structure for managing recording and reproduction of multiple path data recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatus The recording medium includes at least one navigation area storing navigation management information for managing reproduction of the multiple reproduction path video data recorded on the recording medium. The navigation area has a plurality of angle change recordin... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826719 | Method for recording information on a record medium, record medium containing information, and method and device for reading information from a record medium A method is described for recording an audiovisual information stream comprising a plurality of alternative parts (VS1; VS2; VS3) and at least one common part (AS1; AS2; GS1; GS2), wherein the alternative parts of the... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7809252 | Systems and methods for caching multimedia data Systems and methods are provided for caching media data to thereby enhance media data read and/or write functionality and performance. A multimedia apparatus, comprises a cache buffer configured to be coupled to a storage device, wherein the cache buffer stores mult... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805062 | Transmitting and recording method, reproducing method, and reproducing apparatus of information and its recording medium A method of reproducing data from a recording medium, each of the data including reference time information indicating a reference time and including packet data, the method including: reproducing the data from the recording medium; obtaining a difference between re... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7792418 | Method and apparatus for reproducing data from recording medium using local storage A method and apparatus for reproducing data from a recording medium using a local storage is disclosed. The method for reproducing data of a recording medium using a local storage includes the steps of: a) reading a binding unit associated with a specific recording ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7769277 | Recording medium having a data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses In the data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data, a text subtitle information area stores at least one text subtitle information segment. The text subtitle information segment is represented by a single PES packet of transport packets. In one em... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747145 | High-resolution optical disk for recording stereoscopic video, optical disk reproducing device, and optical disk recording device An optical disk for recording stereoscopic videos and high-quality video signals and a system for reproducing the videos and signals from the optical disk are made compatible with the conventional video reproducing system. A reproducing device which is used for repr... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742686 | Signal processor A signal processor includes a point setting part that sets a position of a main image signal, as a registration point. A playback control part causes output of an image frame from the registration point used as a starting point in response to a given playback instru... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7729598 | Recording medium, reproduction apparatus, recording method, program, and reproduction method On a BD-ROM, there is recorded is a digital stream into which video and audio streams are multiplexed. The video stream is composed of a plurality of pictures that together represent video. The graphics stream includes a PES packet storing state control information ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725010 | Method and apparatus of reproducing data recorded on recording medium and local storage An apparatus for reproducing data recorded on a recording medium includes a pick-up unit, a local storage, and a decoder. The pick-up unit reads main data recorded on the recording medium, and the local storage stores sub data associated with the main data. The sub ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7715696 | Recording medium, playback apparatus, program, and playback method A BD-ROM contains a plurality of titles which can be branched among, and a Java application. The Java application is a program described in a programming language for a virtual machine. A life cycle where execution by the virtual machine is enabled is predetermined.... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7715697 | Broadcast program recording method and broadcast receiver, and information recorder for the same A broadcast receiver includes a tuner section for receiving a broadcast program, an MPEG decoder 126 for converting a signal coming from the tuner section into a given format, and a hard disk drive (HDD) for recording the converted digital signal. In the broa... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7702222 | Playback apparatus program and playback method A BD-ROM playback apparatus simultaneously executes playback of a title and execution of an application. The BD-ROM playback apparatus includes a playback control engine (32) for playing an AVClip belonging to one title, and a module manager (34) contr... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7689104 | Recording/playback device, recording device, and recording/playback method A recording/playback device includes an information conversion unit converting video or audio information, received from an external source, to video or audio data for recording on a rewritable optical disk, a recording unit recording the video or audio data on said... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7680398 | Recording device, information recording medium and recording method The recording apparatus of the present invention includes: a file generating section for receiving video data and audio data and generating a video data file and an audio data file; a dividing section for dividing the video data file into a plurality of video data e... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7643732 | Recording medium and method and apparatus for decoding text subtitle streams At least one text subtitle stream is recorded on a recording medium. Each text subtitle stream includes a dialog style segment defining a set of region styles and at least one dialog presentation segment. Each dialog presentation segment contains at least one region... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7630615 | Recording medium, playback apparatus, recording method, and playback method A BD-ROM playback apparatus simultaneously executes reproduction of a title including an AVClip and executes an application. The BD-ROM playback apparatus includes a BD-J module (35) executing an application, a playback control engine (32) for playing ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7623769 | Recording medium, playback apparatus, recording method, and playback method A BD-ROM playback apparatus simultaneously executes reproduction of a title including an AVClip and executes an application. The BD-ROM playback apparatus includes a BD-J module (35) executing an application, a playback control engine (32) for playing ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620301 | System and method for resuming playback In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a recording medium comprises a first recording area for recording data streams of a title domain and menu domain, said title domain comprising a plurality of titles, and a second recording area for recording naviga... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616870 | Disk device and control method therefor When the recording is started, recording information for information data is saved. When the supply of power has been recovered, the NWA and the LBN at the title head are reproduced based on the recording information. When RDI is present in a VOBU, and when a sequen... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7609948 | Reproduction device, reproduction method and program A BD-ROM playback apparatus for selecting and playing back one among text subtitle streams together with a moving picture. PSR 48-61 store Decode Capability flags whose set values indicate, for each language, whether or not a decode capability is prese... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609947 | Method and apparatus for coordinating playback from multiple video sources A playback apparatus performs multiangle playback by selectively playing back a plurality of video streams stored on a BD-ROM and a hard disk. In response to a user operation requesting an angle change, the playback apparatus reads a video stream corresponding to th... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7606474 | Information recording medium, information recording apparatus and method, information reproduction device and method, information recording/reproduction device and method, recording or reproduction control computer program, and data structure containing a control signal An information record medium includes a file for storing object data composing of a plurality of packets and further includes an object information file for storing corresponding definition information to control reproduction of the object data. The object data is i... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7603027 | Information recording medium, information recording device and method, information recording/reproducing device and method, and computer program An information recording apparatus (1) is provided with: a recording device (310) for recording record information onto an information recording medium by irradiating the information recording medium (100) with laser light with a recording power... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599611 | Recording medium, and method and apparatus of reproducing data recorded on the same A recording medium includes a data area and a data management area. The data area includes first and second titles which have different data formats with respect to each other. The data management area includes a plurality of data management files required for repro... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7599610 | Interface for audio visual device A system is disclosed that provides access to a large amount of content using a traditional interface. The system has many applications, one of which is for providing access to audio/visual content. Examples of audio/visual content includes compressed digital music ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7583888 | Reproduction device, program, and reproduction method A BD-ROM playback apparatus for selecting and playing back one among text subtitle streams together with a moving picture. PSR 48-61 store Decode Capability flags whose set values indicate, for each language, whether or not a decode capability is prese... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7577342 | TV system including optical disc apparatus A TV system including an optical disc apparatus capable of preventing a burn-in from appearing on the screen of a display is provided, wherein a timer is started to transmit still image data from the optical disc apparatus to a TV image receiver. When a predetermine... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7574118 | Stream data generation method and partial erase processing method Stream data has a recording data structure formed in units of stream blocks (or stream object units SOBU) which are segmented to have a predetermined data size. Data are recorded (or encoded) and partially erased (or temporarily erased) in units of the stream blocks... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7565064 | Method and device for updating a local copy of metadata The invention relates to the updating of a local copy of metadata. First change history data of metadata are read from an optical storage medium. Second change history data of the metadata are read from a local storage of an optical storage medium playback and/or re... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555206 | Apparatus for retrieving data from detachable optical driver A detachable optical driver includes a detachable box, a signal import and export device installed in the detachable box, a playing platform; and an encoding/decoding module connecting to and positioned inside the playing platform for being able to export said data ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7555205 | Method for controlling defect of optical disk, optical disk recording device, and optical disk reproducing device An optical disc recording apparatus (1) includes a system control unit (14) that judges whether main information and sub information which is recorded by being superimposed on said main information, relocates and records the main information or the sub... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7555207 | Storage medium storing text-based subtitle data including style information, and apparatus and method of playing back the storage medium A storage medium includes text-based subtitle data including style information for use with an apparatus and a method of playing back the storage medium. The storage medium includes moving image data, and subtitle data for providing a subtitle for the moving image d... | 06/30/2009 |
