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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7027717 | 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... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027711 | Editing apparatus for an optical disk, computer-readable storage medium, and computer program A VOB composed of a plurality of VOBUs and Cell information are recorded on an optical disk. Each VOBU includes a plurality of sets of picture data, and the Cell information specifies a reproduction section (Cell). According to a user indication, picture data corres... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027710 | Data recording and reproducing apparatus A data recording and reproducing apparatus which can easily perform the editing of audio and/or visual data even at the camera site. In the data recording and reproducing apparatus, a VTR portion and an MO disc portion are integrally constituted. Audio and/or visual... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7024677 | System and method for real time video production and multicasting An integrated, fully automated video production system provides a video director with total control over all of the video production devices used to produce and broadcast a show. Such devices include, but are not limited to, cameras, robotic pan/tilt heads, video ta... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024098 | Reverse trick modes on progressive video using special groups of pictures The invention concerns a method (200) and system (100) for encoding a video signal. The method includes the steps of receiving (212) a progressive video signal, and encoding (214) the progressive video signal into at least one group of pi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024095 | Editing apparatus and method for extracting specified portions of editing material In an editing apparatus and an editing method where the editing operation is enhanced in easiness and accuracy, a marker RSM or GSM is detected by a fast access to a tape-shaped recording medium 1, material data read out according to the detection of the mark... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023924 | Method of pausing an MPEG coded video stream To produce a paused MPEG coded video stream from an original MPEG coded video stream, an I frame is extracted from the original stream, and a Group of Pictures for a “pause” (a pause GOP) is constructed containing the extracted I frame, some “frozen” frames,... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023486 | Video signal processing device and method A source original HD video signal S1 of 24-frame rate is subjected to 2-3 pull-down process, thereby generating a 30-frame rate SD video signal S5. The 24-frame rate time code added to the source video signal S1 is described in the user area of ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020381 | Video editing apparatus and editing method for combining a plurality of image data to generate a series of edited motion video image data A video editing apparatus for editing electronic motion video image data utilizes an effect setting table that specifies mapping of editing effect names arbitrarily registered by the user to editing effects or screen effects, for example, transition effects between ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019871 | Digital photo album having a built-in scanner The present invention relates to a digital photo album having a hard drive and built-in scanner configured to scan photographic prints. The digital photo album allows a user to save the photographic prints as digital images on the hard drive, or another medium, and ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017144 | Combined image views and method of creating images A first image of a first software which can be combined with other images of other software such that any one or more of the images can be restored from the combined image, and methods relating thereto. The method of making the combined image comprises creating a fi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016599 | Allocating real time data on a disc like recording medium Method of recording a series of ordered real-time information signals, such as audio/video information, on a disc like recording medium, such as an optically readable disc. The method comprises recording of contiguous sequences of detectable marks, each sequence rep... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016597 | Information recording medium and system controller An information recording medium for recording a real-time file containing real-time data in such a manner that the real-time data is continuously reproducible by a playback reference model, the real-time data including at least one of video data and audio data. The ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016596 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, recording medium and data signal providing image processing program An image processing apparatus that reads out and outputs image information recorded in a recording medium, includes: a read device that reads out a plurality of sets of image information recorded in the recording medium; a display device that displays image informat... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016542 | Efficient transmission of quarter-VGA images using DVC codecs Methods and apparatus for encoding and decoding video subframes (e.g., lower-resolution video) with a DVC video coder are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments allow a DVC video coder to efficiently code a subframe. The disclosed encoder embodiments redistribute bloc... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013025 | Image correction apparatus The nature of the target image to be corrected is identified in regard to whether it is a still image or a moving image, and where it is a moving image, correction is performed with regard to the entire image, and where it is a still image, the image is divided into... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7012964 | Method and device for data transmission Data indicative of a transfer mode of a transmission packet may be inserted into a payload portion contained in a serial digital transfer interface (SDTI) transmission packet. Also, data indicative of a timing mode of the transmission packet may be inserted into thi... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7012653 | Program restart and commercial ending notification method and system A method and system are provided for allowing channel surfing during the presentation of a commercial broadcast by returning the viewer to the desired program channel after the commercial broadcast has concluded. When a commercial broadcast is received that interrup... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010216 | Data recording and reproducing apparatus having a data transfer device selectively transferring data between multiple data recording and reproducing devices A data recording and reproducing apparatus which can easily perform the editing of audio and/or visual data even at the camera site. In the data recording and reproducing apparatus, a VTR portion and an MO disc portion are integrally constituted. Audio and/or visual... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010215 | Device and method for compressing images Video decoder decodes pictures B0, B1, I2, B3 of GOP-3 which have been read out from a recording medium along with recording of new compressed picture data onto the recording medium thereafter to further decode pictures B4, P5 | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010168 | Apparatus for prediction coding or decoding image signal and method therefor A hardware structure for adaptively prediction coding an image signal using spatial correlation and a method therefor are provided. The prediction coding apparatus has a packet change detection unit which determines whether or not blocks used to determine a predicti... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010031 | Apparatus for protection of data reproduction according to protection data and first and second apparatus protection data to determine whether main data at specified positions are reproduced in their entirety, partially, or not at all In a reproduction apparatus, for reproducing an original signal conveyed as main data by a data medium such as a recording disk, with medium protection data which are specific to the data medium being conveyed together with the main data, the apparatus includes a se... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7008134 | Disc management system An optical storage media management system and process for storing and organizing a relatively large collection of optical discs in the form of a display binder with a plurality of display sheets including associated indicia matching a positional identifier indicati... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006757 | Recording method of stream data and data structure thereof An information medium which has a data area for recording stream data (SOB) using stream packets each of which includes an application packet area, and a management area for recording management information that pertains to the stream data (SOB) is used. The stream ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006574 | Header-estimating moving picture receiving apparatus and output apparatus A receiving apparatus receives a bitstream that is divided into units encoding a moving picture and includes a stream header indicating how the units are to be decoded. The receiving apparatus estimates the contents of the stream header from the contents of the unit... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006424 | Information recording/reproducing system, music recording/reproducing system, information recorded medium and music recording/reproducing method An information recording/reproducing system has an information recording/reproducing apparatus and a portable information recording/reproducing apparatus. The information recording/reproducing apparatus has: an information copying device which, when predetermined a ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006154 | Portable system for live television signal editing A system and method for editing live television signals. This system includes: a plurality of input connectors for receiving separate input video signals, and an output connector; a mixer for generating at the output connector a real-time output video signal derived... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003212 | Data editing apparatus, data editing method and data recording/reproducing apparatus for re-editing formerly edited data Provided are a data editing apparatus, a data editing method and a data recording/reproducing apparatus which can easily reedit edited data recorded on a nonlinear-accessible recording medium. When a start point (IN point) or an end point (OUT point) of partial data... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003154 | Adaptively processing a video based on content characteristics of frames in a video A system and method for temporally processing an input video including input frames. Each frame has an associated frame play time, and the input video has a total input video play time that is a sum of the input frame play times of all of the input frames. Each of t... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999389 | Disk device having real-time and reliability recording modes A disk recording/reproduction device ideal for processing audio-visual data streams requiring real-time characteristics. A disk device has an operating mode ideal for recording and reproduction of motion image and audio data requiring real-time continuity by limitin... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993567 | Recording/reproducing apparatus, data reproducing method, and data recording/reproducing method Although music program data has been recorded on a disc, imperfect index data or a signal has been recorded so that music program data is prohibited from being reproduced. To allow music program data to be reproduced, the index data is rewritten to perfect index dat... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993513 | Interactive simulations utilizing a remote knowledge base A system is disclosed that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a cognitive educational experience. The system provides the user with a simulated environment that presents a training opportunity to understand... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993347 | Dynamic media interleaving Interleaving preferred location specific content into broadcast content including providing a location of the client device to the source of preferred location specific content; receiving broadcast content in the client device; receiving preferred location specific ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993251 | Method and apparatus for concealing disk soft errors in recorded digital television signals A video data storage system holds MPEG compressed video data on a hard disk drive. A transport decoder receives a bit-stream including the compressed audio and video data formatted as transport packets and that reformats the compressed audio and video data into resp... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993246 | Method and system for correlating data streams Events in a first data stream are correlated with events in a second data stream based on a method of indexing. As information of a first and second data stream are stored to a data file, the data streams are monitored for certain trigger events. An informational da... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993245 | Iterative, maximally probable, batch-mode commercial detection for audiovisual content Identification of starting and ending times of commercial breaks and commercials within those commercial breaks found in audiovisual content is disclosed. A solution to a “batch optimization” problem is used in which commercial locations within a set of audiovis... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6983099 | Information reproducing apparatus, image display control method, and recording medium An information reproducing apparatus includes a device operable to reproduce image signals recorded on a recording medium; a unit operable to set at least one image signal start point and end point for editing the recorded image signals; a storage device operable to... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6980731 | Data transmitting method and data transmitter This invention relates to a data transmission method or the like suitable for transmitting video data, audio data or the like. There is transmitted a serial digital transfer interface transmission packet in which an interval of each line of a video frame comprises a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980594 | Generation of MPEG slow motion playout MPEG coded video data includes groups of pictures (GOPs). Each group of pictures includes one or more I-frames and a plurality of B- or P-frames. To produce an MPEG slow-forward coded video stream, the coding type of each frame in the MPEG coded video data is identi... | 12/27/2005 |
