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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7689094 | Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and program A data processing method is disclosed which involves storing on an optical disk main line data as video data and low-resolution data, the latter data corresponding to the main line data but having a lower resolution and a smaller data amount than the main line data.... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7555195 | Content combination reproducer, content combination reproduction method, program executing the method, and recording medium recording therein the program Content data and metadata are obtained and reproduced, and combination interface information defining information necessary for executing combination operation on the contents is generated. The combination operation on the contents is controlled by following combina... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7426330 | Recording device and recording method The present invention is applied to a video data recording apparatus having an interface with a computer. The buffer size of a recording buffer 17A for temporarily storing data and recording the data on a recording medium 18 is switched between a mode ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7417690 | Video processing system and video processing method A system which allows significant camera breaks to be automatically detected among a large number of camera breaks and which is suitable in retrieving or playing a digital video is realized. Using a detected result recorded in an analysis result recording unit, a ca... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7333717 | Method of using AV devices and AV device system A plurality of devices and a device system are disclosed, in which a plurality of input devices generate an input AV signal, a related device records and reproduces the AV signal, and a display device displays the AV signal. The input devices, the related device and... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327933 | Variable-mode information signal reproduction apparatus with tracking control A reproduction apparatus reproduces information signals recorded in a plurality of recording modes having different information sizes of an information signal to be recorded per unit time, discriminates the recording mode of the reproduced information signal, and co... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327885 | Method for detecting short term unusual events in videos A method detects short term, unusual events in a video. First, features are extracted features from the audio and the video portions of the video. Segments of the video are labeled according to the features. A global sliding window is applied to the labeled segments... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322038 | Program guide system for recording television programs An interactive program guide system is provided. The system facilitates recording of programs selected from the program guide. The system handles the recording and viewing of pay programs, parentally-controlled programs, consecutive programs on different television ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319806 | Audiovisual system which uses metadata to allow user-initiated jumps from point to point within multiple audiovisual streams An audiovisual system receives audiovisual data and includes a system controller and a storage device to store at least a portion of the audiovisual data for later playback. The audiovisual system further includes a marking module to create metadata in response to a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305173 | Decoding device and decoding method Disclosed is a decoding apparatus for performing decoding processing in keeping with multi-view broadcast. The decoding apparatus includes a picture stream data storage unit (31) for allocating a storage area for each picture stream data and storing the stora... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298958 | Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus To provide a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus capable of automatically feeding a plurality of visual images by one picture feed operation. By pressing an operation button for picture-by-picture reproduction, a tape feed controller controls a capstan motor to... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293276 | Interactive television program guide for recording enhanced video content Interactive television systems and methods are provided for enhancing program guide content using recording and alert features for video related to promotions, advertisements, and other selectable displays presented in an interactive television application such as a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286571 | Systems and methods for providing on-demand datacasting The present invention provides systems and methods for providing on-demand datacasting. A system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a rate generator for controlling the rate at which data signals are combined with audio/video sig... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283722 | Apparatus and method for reproducing video signals as they are recorded Video signals received on TV channels are recorded and reproduced with time-division compression and decompression to and from a storage medium to allow the video signals to be reproduced while the signals are being recorded. A channel-switching signal is generated ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7269596 | Audio and/or video generation apparatus An audio/video generation apparatus comprises an audio and/or video generation device operable to generate audio and/or video material, and a metadata generation processor. The metadata generation processor is operable to generate metadata describing the content and... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259482 | Distance extender and method making use of same A distance extender (100, 200) for increasing a distance between a first device (145) and a second device (150) in electrical communication with the first device includes an electrical cable (130, 230) electrically coupled between the fir... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257310 | Method and apparatus for processing digital images files to a digital video disc There is provided a method and apparatus for transferring digital image files to a digital video disc. The files in the digital video disc, or digital photos, are representative of a plurality of still pictures and are user controllable interactively played on eithe... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245719 | Recording method and apparatus, optical disk, and computer-readable storage medium A recording apparatus records movie content onto a DVD. The movie content is encrypted using a different encryption method depending on whether the DVD is intended for consumer use or industrial use. If the DVD is for consumer use, a VIDEO_TS directory is created on... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239793 | On-screen display insertion A digital apparatus for reproducing a digital video representative signal stored on a recorded medium is connected to a receiving device including a decoder. The apparatus comprises a processing means for the digital video representative signal stored on the recorde... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224886 | Method of using AV devices and AV device system A plurality of devices and a device system are disclosed, in which a plurality of input devices generate an input AV signal, a related device records and reproduces the AV signal, and a display device displays the AV signal. The input devices, the related device and... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7184522 | Method and apparatus for managing calls through an entertainment center An incoming telephone call is held in a telephony network while a subscriber is notified that the call is waiting to be handled. A guide menu presenting call handling options is displayed on an entertainment center while a program played through the entertainment ce... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180551 | Method, apparatus, and program for image selection An operation for selecting a desired one of images can be simplified. Still image data sets are sequentially read from a recording medium according to order of file names and displayed on a TV. Upon display, the still image data sets are in a non-selection state. If... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171677 | Broadcast storing and displaying apparatus and video apparatus A broadcast storing and displaying apparatus including a network, a network management apparatus for managing the network, and plural types of video apparatuses connected to the network, wherein each of the plural types of video apparatuses transmits the state there... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7149757 | Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, control program for information processing apparatus and recording medium having control program recorded thereon for information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus, a method of controlling the information processing apparatus, a control program for the information processing apparatus and a recording medium having the control program recorded thereon for the information processing apparatus,... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7120351 | Control field event detection in a digital video recorder The invention concerns a method and system for identifying commercial message segments of a video signal. A set of rules is applied for determining the occurrence of commercial messages with a higher degree of accuracy as compared to conventional methods. In general... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117515 | Method of transmitting/receiving additional information Disclosed is a method of transmitting/receiving additional information. The method includes the steps of transmitting video, audio, trailer, and EPG(program guide) signals respectively having independent PIDs(packet identification numbers), receiving the transmitted... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7106749 | System for data stream processing A method for processing a data stream including receiving a transport stream (TS), storing at least a portion of the TS, the at least a portion of the TS having a beginning and including a plurality of TS packets, determining, from among the plurality of TS packets,... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099564 | Image recording and selective reproducing apparatus An image recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing a multiple picture signal obtained by multiplexing picture signals from a plurality of cameras via a frame switcher, the image recording and reproducing apparatus performing high-accuracy fas... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088906 | Information reproducing apparatus In an information reproducing apparatus, when a car is travelling, it is inhibited that the image information played back by a DVD reproducing apparatus is displayed on a display device, or the map information outputted from a navigation system is displayed. Further... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7065014 | Data reproduction control method for optical disk drive and an optical disk drive using the same In a method of controlling data reproduction in an optical disk drive, when a decoding error occurs, decoding is performed by changing a servo parameter. Thus, the decoding errors are reduced while playability is improved. The method of controlling data reproduction... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7039672 | Content delivery architecture for mobile access networks Systems and methods are provided for delivering content in a communications system. A communications system is provided that includes a plurality of terminals and a content director. The terminals are adapted to communicate via a communications network, and are each... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035628 | Method and apparatus for content blocking A method of disabling at least a portion of one of a plurality of channels in a digital audio radio system includes the steps of receiving (702) a digitally encoded bit stream over-the-air on the plurality of channels and decoding (704) a selected chan... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7027384 | Storage medium recording method and storage medium having multiple recording areas A storage medium includes a first area configured to have data stored therein in a first recording format; a second area configured to have data stored therein in a second recording format; a management table configured to manage a replacement area for a defect area... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7020892 | Time-shifted video signal processing A time-shifted video method has a real-time mode during which real-time video frames are delivered for display. In a time-shifted mode, time-shifted video frames are delivered for display. The time-shifted video frames are delayed relative to the real-time video fra... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010213 | Media playing system and process A system and method of playing recorded content on a DVD player employs software instructions on a DVD storage medium to control a DVD-Video player to make pseudo-random selections of content items from the DVD storage medium. Each content item may include an indivi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6966023 | Encoding method for an optical recorder An encoding method for an optical recorder provides an optical recorder with an encoder for encoding data received from a computer. Additionally, the optical recorder includes a processor for controlling operations of the encoder. The encoding method includes receiv... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6944226 | System and associated method for transcoding discrete cosine transform coded signals A method is provided for transcoding between video signals in two standards, DV and MPEG-2, each standard including discrete cosine transform (DCT) compressed signals. The each of the signals have macroblocks containing a plurality of DCT blocks. The DCT blocks are ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941516 | Object movie exporter Methods and apparatuses for compressing and/or transmitting and/or receiving data representing different views of an object. In one method according to the present invention, the method stores a plurality of frames of an object wherein each of these frames represent... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925244 | Apparatus for recording/reproducing high resolution video signal A video signal recording/reproducing apparatus for recording/reproducing a high resolution video signal wherein the video resolution is enhanced by shifting a carrier frequency to a higher band in frequency modulation in a VCR's video signal recording mode, and by d... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915068 | Interleave mode for helical scan recording An improved utilization of the storage space on a helical scan recording and/or reproduction apparatus in particular according to the D6 format. In the case of a data transfer rate in which the apparatus recording rate corresponds to an integer multiple of the data ... | 07/05/2005 |
