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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7228525 | Generic rendering framework Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for rendering objects. According to one aspect, a program has instructions to receive at run time, in a render manager, a request for rendering a first object and an output destination for rendering the fir... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228056 | Methods and systems for managing multiple inputs and methods and systems for processing media content Methods and systems for managing multiple inputs that are capable of competing or contending for a particular or primary output are described. In one embodiment, the multiple inputs are managed through the use of a software-implemented matrix switch object, and an a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225203 | Information storage system and information management system This invention provides a system for managing information in a format that can be used based on the international standard time and local time. Upon storing and managing information (150), a) the local time (121) of a predetermined area, b) a standard ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7224889 | Editing apparatus and data editing method In an editing apparatus, the work efficiency can be improved comparing to a conventional apparatus. Storage means (14) having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port; and control means (16) for controlling the recording areas of the sto... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225158 | Image commercial transactions system and method An image commercial transactions system and method that implement sales according to the purpose of the seller is disclosed. An e-commerce system sells a picture and a handling condition specific to the picture, both being recorded on a predetermined recording mediu... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221630 | Information recording medium, information recording and reproduction method, and information recording and reproduction apparatus An information recording medium includes a data area for recording data; and a drive information area for recording at least one piece of drive information. The data area is divided into a plurality of segmented areas in a radial direction of the information recordi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221850 | Information processing apparatus and method, and recording medium When MPEG streams are connected, audio data is connected without losing continuity, so that playback data which is not unnatural is obtained. In a case where data of videos of a stream is connected to immediately after another video of another stream and these are e... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221851 | Method and system for DVD smooth search transitions Aspects of performing search transitions in a DVD system are described. The aspects include calculating an instantaneous frame rate, adjusting a timestamp of a frame based on the calculated instantaneous, and displaying the frame according to the adjusted timestamp.... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218586 | Intermittent optical disc recording method and optical disc drive splitting data Because a series of data is recorded continuously, the recording quality of data recorded in course of recording cannot be evaluated. Accordingly, the laser output cannot be controlled properly and there are a deterioration and dispersion of the recording quality. F... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218836 | Playback apparatus A playback apparatus plays back, from a recording medium, a plurality of information files, and a modified file which is generated using a portion of the plurality of information files. If modified data specified in playback description data for specifying a playbac... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218837 | Program-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A program signal is recorded on a recording medium. The program signal is reproduced from the recording medium. First time information is generated in accordance with lapse of time. Second time information is generated from the reproduced program signal. The second ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215871 | Changing a playback speed for video presentation recorded in a field structure format The invention includes a system and method for changing a playback speed of a selected video segment containing field pictures which has been recorded onto a portion of a storage medium. A selected video segment can be modified for a changed playback speed and the m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215627 | Method and apparatus of processing audio information having system header When a portion of an audio object comprising a head pack having a system header is to be deleted, a copy of the system header of the pack is inserted in a pack which is the end boundary of deletion. This gives a new head pack after the deletion a system header havin... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213089 | System and method for displaying a preview indicating a time-based adjustment of image data or sound data An information processing device for setting a parameter about objective data, comprising an output unit for outputting the objective data, an operation unit for detecting an instruction of a user, an output control unit for altering the parameter value with time in... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209636 | Encoded stream generating apparatus and method, data transmission system and method, and editing system and method A method and apparatus for generating an encoded data stream representing a number of pictures or frames and having a number of layers including a picture layer in which time code information attached to the original data is described or inserted therein for each pi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209642 | Terminal apparatus and recording method A terminal apparatus comprising an insertion hole into which to insert a copyright-compliant first memory card and a copyright-noncompliant second memory card. The first and the second memory cards are substantially the same in shape. If the copyright-noncompliant s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209635 | Moving picture editing method, moving picture editing system and storing medium with moving picture editing programs stored therein A moving picture editing method is disclosed, in which if one or two reference frames utilized for motion compensation of P or B frame, constituting a part of moving picture before editing and not deleted in edition so as to constitute moving picture after editing, ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206804 | Methods and systems for transmitting digital images Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for communicating a recipient-selected customization of a digital image using an index file. The index file associates a customization characteristic with the segments of the digital image required to... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206495 | Methods and systems for managing multiple inputs and methods and systems for processing media content Methods and systems for managing multiple inputs that are capable of competing or contending for a particular or primary output are described. In one embodiment, the multiple inputs are managed through the use of a software-implemented matrix switch object, and an a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206651 | Method of displaying and editing mixer configuration by mixer engine control program A mixer engine control program is executable by a computer for performing a method of displaying and editing a mixer configuration which specifies a mixing process of a signal processing apparatus. Logging on is made to the mixer engine control program with a user a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203415 | Recording, reproducing, and recording/reproducing apparatuses for recording input data in a recording medium capable of non-linear access and methods therefor In recording, reproducing, and recording/reproducing apparatuses and methods thereof, while endlessly-recording first data, desired second data can be easily stored. The apparatuses include a recording mechanism for endlessly-recording the first data in a recording ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200090 | Information recording apparatus including information attaching and generating device which generates group control information When a detection device detects any kind of change regarding track recording after the start of the track recording, a grouping instruction is given to information attaching and generating device. Then, the information attaching and generating device attaches the sa... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196992 | Apparatus and method for reproducing recorded data on read-only recording medium A read-only recording medium and a reproducing method thereof ensures reproduction compatibility with a rewritable recording medium in which real data is recorded with substantial discontinuity. The read-only recording medium comprises a data recording area in which... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197228 | Multifunction remote control system for audio and video recording, capture, transmission and playback of full motion and still images A multifunction remote controlled video recording, transmission and playback system includes a still frame generator adapted for selecting and generating still frames on the fly while a full motion video signal is being recorded, without interrupting the recording f... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197230 | Recording medium, playback apparatus and recording/playback apparatus thereof In order to search for an image recorded on an optical disk 10, a registration trigger is generated automatically or in response to an instruction of the user from a microcomputer block 30, a pointer indicating the recording position of a main image wh... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197753 | Recording medium drive device An object of the invention is to provide a disc drive device capable of compulsively ejecting an optical disc by a manipulation function from the outside to prevent information recorded on the optical disc mounted on the disc drive device from being damaged. A disc ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194195 | Software based digital video recorder device A system and method for converting information stored on a magnetic medium to DVD format. A tape transport mechanism may sample information stored on a magnetic medium at a selected rate where the selected rate is correlated to an available buffer size in a data pro... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194588 | Method for reproducing digital information and digital information recording or reproducing device A method for reproducing digital information includes the steps of: transferring, with a control circuit, information in a hard disk drive to a memory simultaneously with completion of storage of the information in the hard disk drive from outside of a device body, ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194190 | Recording medium, playback apparatus and recording/playback apparatus thereof In order to search for an image recorded on an optical disk 10, a registration trigger is generated automatically or in response to an instruction of the user from a microcomputer block 30, a pointer indicating the recording position of a main image wh... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190878 | Editing video data Original video data of a first format is edited. The first format video data has jitter frames (626) inserted therein and is displayed at a first frame rate. The original video data is read from a video tape recorder (301) in the first format and conve... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190415 | Digital broadcasting receiver A digital broadcasting receiver for changing a current channel from one channel to another channel when a commercial message is broadcast on the one channel on which a program is being watched. The time after changing the current channel is measured by a timer IC. W... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190883 | Systems and methods for fast random access and backward playback of video frames using decoded frame cache In some embodiments, the invention includes a method of processing a video stream. The method involves detecting a request to playback a particular frame. It is determined whether a decoded version of the particular frame is in a decoded frame cache. If it is not, t... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190370 | Previewing and manipulating a framed image print An apparatus and method of generating a visual representation of an image based product. Where the image based product is a picture image, the method produces a framed prototype image showing the picture image framed within a frame. The method includes providing a f... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187842 | Optical disc, recording apparatus, playback apparatus, program, computer-readable recording medium, recording method and playback method A recording apparatus for an optical disc is provided which stores a VOB, the recording apparatus performing: receiving, from an operator, an operation to specify a preceding reproduction section and a subsequent reproduction section from the VOB through an interact... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187840 | Reproducing arrangement having an overview reproducing mode A reproducing arrangement for reproducing scenes of a stored film in an overview reproducing mode of the reproducing arrangement, has random access memory means for the storage of audio/video data (AVD) of a film which is reproducible at a normal reproducing speed d... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188088 | Video editing apparatus, video editing method, and recording medium A video data storing unit stores video data pieces. An editing information generating unit generates editing information sets. A copyright information storing unit stores a standard copyright royalty fee for each video data piece. A royalty fee calculation unit calc... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185274 | Computer user interface architecture wherein users interact with both content and user interface by activating links A user interface architecture wherein user content and user interface are composed of documents with links. Links have properties that indicate how links should be displayed. Link display may depend upon characteristics of the linked-to frame. Commands are implement... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184593 | Method and apparatus for detecting local features of video, and recording medium storing the method A method of detecting local features of video which includes the steps of: extracting a first static image and a second static image from a video made up of a plurality of static images; calculating a feature quantity of the first static image and a feature quantity... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181434 | Method for converting high level motion scripts to computer animations A method that converts high-level scripts into 3D animations uses natural language for fast prototyping. The proposed method first transforms the natural language script into the metadata with high-level semantics, then matches the metadata to several motion clips i... | 02/20/2007 |
