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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356247 | Information recording apparatus and method for the same Entry points are managed so they are easy for users to understand. The data recording apparatus has a receiver unit that receives a stream of encoded digital data; an analyzer that detects change in an attribute of the received stream and that outputs the detection ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352955 | Management of reproduction duration of information data A reproducing apparatus comprises a reproducing unit that reproduces a plurality of information data (media data which include movie data, still image data, and audio data), and management information, which contains duration information indicating reproduction dura... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7302059 | Star pattern partial encryption A selective encryption encoder consistent with certain embodiments of the invention has a packet identifier that identifies packets of a specified packet type, the specified packet type being defined by packets occurring in a star pattern approximately situated at a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286387 | Reducing the effect of write disturbs in polymer memories The write disturb that occurs in polymer memories may be reduced by writing back data after a read in a fashion which offsets any effect on the polarity of bits in bit lines associated with the addressed bit. For example, each time the data is written back, its pola... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280742 | Method for recording audio data on a rewritable recording medium and for adjusting data grouping criterion The present invention relates to a method of writing audio data to a rewritable recording medium as grouping the written audio data into each Audio Object Unit (AOBU). This method changes AOBU grouping criterion such as time or size if a bit rate of input audio data... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7242848 | Information record medium, apparatus for recording the same and apparatus for reproducing the same An information recording apparatus (SS1) is provided with: a signal process device (72) for dividing record information (R) to be recorded into a plurality of partial record informations including at least video information, for applying a predetermine... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7209270 | Method and apparatus for phase correlation holographic drive A holographic storage apparatus for recording data in a holographic medium includes at least one light source for generating a reference beam and a signal beam. The reference beam is preferably a phase beam of unchanging phase content. The apparatus also includes a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7187852 | Method and apparatus for on-the-fly DVD encoding A method of integrating audio information and video information, with a single pass is disclosed. In the system of the present invention, a first pass is made through a collection of audio and video information to determine certain information that will be needed to... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7085028 | Hologram recording apparatus, hologram recording method, and hologram recording medium A hologram recording apparatus, a hologram recording method and a hologram recording medium reduce noise components generated by a phase modulation type spatial light modulator, thus permitting improved integrity of data to be achieved. A light beam whose diffractio... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076153 | Digital video recording system and its recording medium In a DVD recording/playback system, a set top box STB receives an MPEG transport stream constituted by a plurality of transport packets, and a formatter extracts support information indicating if management information included in the transport packets includes pred... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075092 | Charged particle beam microscope with minicolumn One embodiment of the present invention is an electron microscope that includes: (a) a main vacuum chamber housing a stage therein and connected to a vacuum pump; (b) a load lock for loading a specimen into said main vacuum chamber; (c) a minicolumn non-translatably... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7027088 | Color to monotone conversion apparatus, color to monotone conversion method and a medium recording thereon a color to monotone conversion program The present invention is directed to a monotone conversion apparatus that it is provided with a picture acquisition unit for expressing a picture in picture elements in a dot matrix form and acquiring picture data representing each picture element in gradation of pr... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6978083 | 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... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975360 | Image detector method and apparatus including plural detector regions and image illuminators A digital camera has first and second light sources for sequentially illuminating a document from two different directions in response to the camera being activated. The camera has first and second sensor portions. Only the first and second sensor portions respectiv... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6961096 | Apparatus for and method of converting location information, and computer program product that is used therefor An apparatus for, a method of, and a computer program product for processing location information associated with an image of picture-taking, in a wide range of usage, inputs the location information associated with the image of picture-taking, and converts the inpu... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6948111 | 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/... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938199 | 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/... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6909454 | Calibration techniques in flying spot scanners & telecine machines A method of calibrating the light system in a flying spot scanner or telecine machine using a cathode ray tube light source and a photosensitive detector, wherein at a first level of light transmitted to the photosensitive detector a control signal to the photosensi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6539162 | Photographing a panoramic image produced from a captured digital image Apparatus for processing a stored panoramic digital image includes a panoramic digital imager adapted to capture a predetermined panoramic digital image of a scene and a storage arrangement coupled to the panoramic digital imaging apparatus for storing a ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6400894 | Filming video display screens A device for enabling images of television or computer video display screens to be incorporated into film footage without the presence of a roll bar modifies the video signal fed to a scanning electronic beam in response to a signal from the camera indica... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6285827 | Optical disc recording apparatus, computer-readable recording medium recording a file management program, and optical disc An optical disc recording apparatus for recording a video object onto an optical disc. A recording area of the optical disc is divided into a plurality of zones which each include a plurality of adjacent tracks. The optical disc recording apparatus includ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6266483 | Information recording medium, apparatus and method for recording or reproducing data thereof An information recording medium suitable for optical discs such as DVD-RAM is provided for integrated management of data as objects in different kinds of AV formats. Also apparatus is provided for data recording and playing to the medium. The medium store... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6192184 | Picture print generating method and system, and recording medium When a picture print is generated by editing a picture image recorded on a film, the print in accordance with a customer's requirements is generated by simple operations and at a low cost. Low resolution image data of a picture image read from a film are ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6081293 | Linear motor film gate for telecine A linear motor driven film gate for a motion picture telecine and methods for operation. A housing associated with a telecine optical block is operative to support and transport a single film frame in a precisely controlled linear motion past a telecine s... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5933566 | Film analyzer A film analyzer for displaying print images simulated from picture frames of a photographic film on a video display. The analyzer includes a film reader for picking up image data of the picture frames, a first memory for storing the picked-up image data, ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5852707 | Photographed image reproducing apparatus A photographed image reproducing apparatus is used to reproduce photographic images recorded on successive frames of a film having magnetic tracks on which information is writable for each frame. The apparatus includes a read/write device for reading or w... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5784529 | Method and apparatus for correcting noise in a film scanner In a film scanner, noise caused by fluctuations in the intensity of a light source 100 are corrected by taking a sample 175 of the light source and correcting the image read from, or written to, the film with respect to the sample. Preferably, the sample ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5745636 | System and method for rendering images An image processing system comprising and image recording system and an image rendering system. The image recording system records images of a scene, and comprises a recording device for recording images of the scene on a series of frames, each frame incl... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5692094 | Film image scanning apparatus for picking up an image and magnetic data recorded on a film without deterioration from noise generated by a peripheral circuit A light source illuminates a developed silver salt photographing film having a magnetic recording portion on which magnetic data is recorded. A light source drive section drives the light source. An image read section reads image data from the film illumi... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5682458 | Camera for recording shot data on a magnetic recording area of a film A camera and a video filing system practicable therewith are disclosed. The camera has a body and a plurality of component parts removably mounted on the body and including a lens and a stroboscope. The body and component parts each has a respective condi... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5640201 | Film cartridge and film image input system thereof A film cartridge which can be looked up easily and a film image input system which can obtain a high quality image by using the film cartridge wherein the image signal of each frame image, of which the image quality is adjusted, is recorded in the EEPROM ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5592457 | System for recording digital information in a pulse-length modulation format An improved system for recording and playing back digital information in a special pulse-length modulation format on a disc-shaped record. The digital information is stored in a succession of alternating marks and spaces, both having lengths that are disc... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5589902 | Integrated automatic installation for taking photographs or sequences of photographs A photo installation having an acquisition element intended to receive the optical image of a subject desired to be photographed. The acquisition element is connected to a central processing unit for storing the optical information thus received. The inst... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5550641 | System and method for rendering images An image processing system comprising and image recording system and an image rendering system. The image recording system records images of a scene, and comprises a recording device for recording images of the scene on a series of frames, each frame incl... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5546196 | Supplemental photofinishing data system A system for use in a photofinishing station wherein photographic prints from photographic film frame images are generated. The system enables the station to process a filmstrip including a magnetic strip, and includes a digital scanner for generating sca... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5539721 | Reducing the recording power based on the timing of recorded synchronization signal A method of recording an optical disk, by irradiating a laser light onto a predetermined track of the optical disc to record information pits corresponding to an input composite signal including data signal and synchronization signal, includes the steps o... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5469269 | High speed optical information system and method A high speed optical information search system, comprising a scanning device means for scanning along the vertical lines on the optical magnetic tape, a pick-up device for sensing and accumulating data of the tape and for shift-transmitting and outputting... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5448372 | Storage and retrieval of digitized photographic images A storage and retrieval mechanism for a digital image processing system employs a reduced capacity frame store in the playback device. A plurality of photographic images captured on a photographic recording medium are digitized for processing and subseque... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5434678 | Seamless transmission of non-sequential video segments This invention relates to a video system comprising integrated random access video technologies and video software architectures for the automated selective retrieval of non-sequentially stored parallel, transitional, and overlapping video segments from a... | 07/18/1995 |
