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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7444066 | 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 ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7433574 | Audio-video stream data recording, replaying, and editing system A stream data recording apparatus records stream data in such a manner that the head of each video coding unit and the head of a series of audio coding unit corresponding to each video coding unit contained in the stream data coincide with the heads of access units ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7406252 | Encoding apparatus of audio signal, audio disc and disc reproducing apparatus DVD-video data and DVD-audio data are recorded in a DVD-Avd disc. The DVD-audio data is composed of an audio manager having an audio manager information, an audio manager menu, a first audio title set including first audio data and a second audio title set including... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7362954 | Recording apparatus and method, recording medium, and program When the head of a data pack that can be a start point of consecutive recording is included in an ECC (error correcting code) bank, data indicating this is set in an ECCTB (error correctly code two-B picture). When the head of a data pack that can be a start point o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7348482 | Discriminator for differently modulated signals, method used therein, demodulator equipped therewith, method used therein, sound reproducing apparatus and method for reproducing original music data code A nibble stream containing MIDI music data words and synchronous nibbles and an external audio signal are selectively converted to an audio-frequency signal, which in turn is converted to a set of PCM codes for storing it in a compact disc; and the audio frequency s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339615 | Method and apparatus for capturing images and for recording data that includes image data and audio data separately prepared from the image data A method and apparatus for recording data including image data, which includes: a recording unit 220 for recording image data; a play unit 250 for playing data including audio data; a release switch 114 for giving instructions to record image da... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7308188 | Audio reproducing apparatus Even when both a digital audio signal and an analog audio signal are inputted, a type of inputted digital audio signal is identified, and an internal signal path is automatically switched based on the result of the identification operation and previously set content... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7263271 | System of sharing objects having a plurality of contents In order to use video contents created according to DVD video in DVD audio, audio and video sub-directories are located under a root directory. The video sub-directory includes video contents and their management information. The audio sub-directory includes audio c... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260314 | Data recording medium, and data reproducing apparatus An information recording medium on which are recorded substantial data and reproduce control information for reproducing the substantial data, wherein the reproduce control information includes first reproduce control information required for reproducing the substan... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248787 | Encoding apparatus of audio signal, audio disc and disc reproducing apparatus DVD-video data and DVD-audio data are recorded in a DVD-Avd disc. The DVD-audio data is composed of an audio manager having an audio manager information, an audio manager menu, a first audio title set including first audio data and a second audio title set including... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7181298 | Information converting method, information converting apparatus and information reproducing apparatus An information converting method of converting audio information, which comprises a plurality of partial-audio information based on a predetermined record standard in each of which output control information to control a state of the audio information at a time of o... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7057666 | System and method for encoding information into a video signal A system (10) and method of the present invention encodes information into a video signal by substituting luminance information within the video signal with a modulated frame of content data on one or more lines of the active portion of the video signal to pr... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7027708 | System and method for reproducing a video session using accelerated frame playback A client for reproducing a video session includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The memory stores a first video frame that includes first video data, a first video sub-frame comprising second video data that is different from the first video data, ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6993072 | Digital signal coding apparatus A digital signal coding apparatus for controlling the coding operation of a coding unit so as to obtain predetermined information amount and for recording into a predetermined recording packet. The apparatus has a control circuit to control the coding operation of t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6950114 | Apparatus for compensating for luminance level of video signal A luminance level compensating apparatus passes only the luminance signal of a pixel in a first detection range in the vertical direction of an image indicated by an input luminance signal, detects and stores a first frequency for each luminance level of the passed ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941061 | Information recording method, information reproducing method, information recording medium, and information reproducing apparatus 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... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934462 | Signal processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program For accurate scene-change detection, the amplitudes of sub-band signals subjected to the spectral decomposition are detected, and the detected amplitudes are smoothed and sampled during smoothing. Then, the amount of spectral change is determined based on the smooth... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934466 | Buzz reduction circuit and TV/VCR combo using the same Buzz reduction circuit for eliminating a vertical period buzz without being influenced by amplifier circuits in an audio signal line. A video signal of a VCR video head is input to a vertical synchronizing signal separating circuit to separate a vertical synchronizi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931197 | Frequency modulation (FM) recording apparatus of video tape recorder A frequency modulation (FM) recording apparatus for recording an FM modulated video signal onto a recording medium is provided. This recording apparatus (luminance components plus color components) includes an automatic gain controller; a limiter for limiting the le... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6922520 | Recording medium cartridge with memory circuit employing a hierarchical data structure A recording medium cartridge includes a memory circuit for storing information concerning signals recorded on the recording medium within the cartridge. The information is stored in the memory circuit in the form of a hierarchic data structure which includes a plura... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915066 | 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... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907190 | Method and an apparatus for reproducing bitstream having non-sequential system clock data seamlessly therebetween A system stream contiguous reproduction apparatus to which are input one or more system streams interleaving at least moving picture data and audio data, and system stream connection information includes a system clock STC generator for producing the system clock th... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907187 | Information recording method, information reproducing method, and information recording/reproducing medium 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... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904231 | Information recording method, information reproducing method, information recording medium, and information reproducing apparatus 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... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901210 | Multi-session disc having a DVD application session, and a recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method thereof A multi-session disc having a digital versatile disc (DVD) application session, a recording/reproducing apparatus, and a recording/reproducing method, are provided. In this multi-session disc, which has a compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) session, a lead-in are... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6895596 | Circuit and method for interleaving a data stream A circuit and method of interleaving a data stream (DATA) in which the data to be interleaved is contained in separate sections of the data stream. A buffer storage circuit (28) receives and stores the data stream. A first section (T1-T2) of the... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6892024 | Information recording apparatus An information recording apparatus includes: a transferring device that separately and simultaneously receives at least two information supplied through at least two channels, and separately and simultaneously transfers the at least two information to a storing devi... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6892022 | Storing and retrieving encoded data stream with specified time of delivery on a hard disk In an embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for storing multimedia information to a medium. In another embodiment, a method is provided for retrieving multimedia information stored on a medium. ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6892023 | Method, medium, and apparatus for recording and reproducing information using cell information 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... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6879775 | Optical disc playback apparatus In an optical disc playback apparatus capable of appropriately setting a font resolution of an on-screen message depending on a display resolution of data to be reproduced from an optical disc, a reader 12, 13, 14, 15 reads record data Si from a recording sur... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6873789 | AV data recording apparatus and method, and disk recorded by the same An AV data recording apparatus and an AV data recording method are provided, in which even in the case of using the UDF file system, seeking can be minimized. The AV data recording method has file management information for managing continuous blocks on a disk as an... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6865340 | CD-type disc in which a DVD application is recorded on a physical layer of the CD-type disc, and a recording/reproducing apparatus and method thereof A disc in which a digital versatile disc (DVD) application is recorded in a physical layer of the disc, a recording/reproducing apparatus, and a recording/reproducing method are provided. In the disc, a lead-in area, a lead-out area and a user area, each having a co... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6862401 | Recording apparatus, method and program recording medium A recording apparatus includes a recording device which records audio visual data (hereinafter referred to as “AV data”) on a recording medium. A file restoration device which, when file management information for managing a file recorded on the recording medium... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6856759 | Recording apparatus and coding apparatus A recording apparatus includes a detector for detecting a video attribute, a detector for detecting an audio attribute, and an address information generator for generating specific address information which indicates a data write address at the time when the video a... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6845215 | Body-carryable, digital storage medium, audio/video recording assembly The invention is directed to a body-carryable, digital storage medium audio/video recording assembly, including an analog audio/video generating source producing an audio/video signal. A conductor means transmits the audio/video signal to an audio/video signal recor... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6829017 | Specifying a point of origin of a sound for audio effects using displayed visual information from a motion picture Displaying visual information from a motion picture in a visual field within a designated extent of a related aural field supports editing of a spatial audio effect for the motion picture. The extent of a related aural field also is displayed. Information specifying... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6587155 | Fading of main video signal without affecting display of superimposed video signal A fade circuit adjusts the luma as well as one or more chroma components of a main video so that the fade ins and fade outs of the main video do not change the color of an on-screen display image, such as the volume bar. In one embodiment, luma component ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6500006 | Learning and entertainment device, method and system and storage media thereof A pronunciation practice system, device and method allows the user, while watching the television screen, to speak-the part of the character which has been selectively turned off, and to check his pronunciation with the subtitle or voice playback simultan... | 12/31/2002 |
