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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7133347 | Information outputting apparatus and method, and presentation medium for digital television broadcast systems Disclosed are an information outputting apparatus, an information outputting method and a presentation medium, wherein the information outputting apparatus having an extracting device for extracting a program clock reference and a transport packet from an input stre... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133598 | Method for converting packetized video data and corresponding navigation data into a second data format A video processing system adaptively generates and processes volume/file structure and navigation data of different data format and converts data between different formats for decoding, recording and other applications. The system processes the volume/file structure... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133593 | Signal reproducing method & apparatus, signal recording/reproducing method and apparatus and signal recording medium By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130524 | Signal recording method and apparatus, signal recording / reproducing method and apparatus and signal recording medium By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130251 | Communication system and its method and communication apparatus and its method A communication system including a first apparatus having a first storage medium, and a second apparatus for transmitting data to the first apparatus. The second apparatus has a second storage medium for storing management information of data to be transferred to th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127150 | Image data recording apparatus An apparatus for generating reproduction list data which designates reproduction of modified image data generated using first image data recorded in a recording medium, in response to an instruction for stopping the recording of the first image data with respect to ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126993 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and recording medium Encoding parameters of picture and higher layers of importance to a number of applications, and encoding parameters of slice and lower layers of no importance to all applications are converted into auxiliary packets inserted respectively into a V-blanking area and a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127151 | Signal recording method and apparatus, signal recording/reproducing method and appparatus and signal recording medium By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123814 | Audio/video production method A method of facilitating identification of audio and/or video productions, comprising the steps of maintaining a register of unique program identification codes which identify corresponding audio/video productions, assigning a new unique program identification code ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123819 | Encoding/recording device that suspends encoding for video data and sampling for an audio signal in response to a recording pause instruction so as to allow data recorded before and after recording pause to be continuously reproduced An encoding/recording device encodes a video signal according to MPEG, encodes an audio signal with a predetermined method, and multiplexes the encoded video signal and the audio signal to produce a system stream. The encoding/recording device then records the syste... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120745 | Cache memory device and memory allocation method A cache memory device comprises a secondary tag RAM that partially constitutes a secondary cache memory and employs a set associative scheme having a plurality of ways, and a secondary cache access controller that, when the number of ways in the secondary tag RAM is... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120470 | Mobile communication terminal When reproducing a multimedia file received by a receiving section, a control section controls a sound reproduction section to reproduce a sound on the basis of sound data. Further, the control section controls a display section to display an image on the basis of i... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113469 | Method for recording data streams with a low bit rate During the recording of packetized data streams with a low bit rate, the packets are stored in data blocks having a constant size. Time stamps are used for the addressing of the data blocks, which time stamps describe the time duration which, in the case of the bit ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103263 | Program receiver and method of display processing of program explanation screen In a program receiver and a method of display processing of a program explanation screen, it is possible to display a reproduced program explanation screen as high-definite as a received program explanation screen when reproducing received program explanation inform... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103437 | Work data collection method There is disclosed a work data collection method. In a darkroom, a data collector (12) photographs a series of jobs through an infrared video camera (14) while observing the jobs being done by a worker (11) through a darkroom goggle. At each bre... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103261 | Consumer friendly error correcting formating method for white book 2.0 video compact disc with CD-DA red book audio tracks Consumer friendly compact disc which employ MPEG 1 video data for DVD players, computers, and CD-DA tracks for Compact Disc players with traditional playback identified by these independent machines. DVD playable MPEG 1 video time will not alter CD audio playability... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103554 | Method and device for generating a data flow from variable-length code words and a method and device for reading a data flow from variable-length code words In a method for producing a data stream of code words of variable lengths which are divided up into a plurality of sets of code words, wherein a raster having segments is specified for the data stream, wherein two adjacent raster points define a segment, code words ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103840 | Effect adding device, effect adding method, effect adding program, storage medium where effect adding program is stored The present invention is capable of easily and quickly selecting and applying desired effects. In the present invention, single-shot effects and continuous effects for specifying special effects for images are arranged and displayed in the order of use in a single-e... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103677 | Methods and systems for efficiently processing compressed and uncompressed media content Methods and systems are described that permit efficient processing of user-defined multi-media editing projects that combine multiple different source data streams into a single compressed data stream that represents the project. The described approaches are directe... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102643 | Method and apparatus for controlling the visual presentation of data According to one aspect of the invention, disclosed herein is a method of controlling a visual presentation of data to a viewer, the presentation comprising a plurality of display configuration states through which data content is presented to a viewer, the presenta... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103260 | Video editing system There is described an editing system in which image data representing an initial moving image input in a first format at a corresponding rate is stored in a store and is manipulated to produce image data representing an edited moving image for output in a second for... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099557 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus and editing method A portable recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data to and/or from a storage medium are provided. The medium has a data area and a management area. The data area stores data and the management area stores management information fo... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099558 | Recording medium editing apparatus based on content supply source An editing apparatus wherein the editing of content is controlled according to its supply source. Identification information for identifying a content supply source is recorded in a recording medium in correspondence with the content supplied from the content supply... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094164 | Trajectory detection and feedback system A trajectory detection and feedback system is described. The system is capable of detecting one or more moving objects in free flight, analyzing a trajectory of each object and providing immediate feedback information to a human that has launched tile object into fl... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095948 | Method of storing digital audio and/or video programs compressed on the basis of groups of pictures (GOPs) on a medium with immediate jumping between groups through co-storage of transport stream packets and pointer information, a method for reading such information, and a device for storing and/or reading such information A method for storing digital audio and/or video programs compressed on the basis of groups of pictures (GOPs) on a medium with immediate jumping between groups through co-storage of Transport Stream packets and pointer information, a method for reading such informat... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095949 | Broadcast video image recording apparatus A broadcast video image recording apparatus for recording broadcast video image data has a first storage unit for storing broadcast video image data, a second storage unit for storing video image data to be played back, and a control unit for searching the first sto... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096486 | TV program selection support system A TV program selection support system selects only programs suiting viewer's preference or necessary for a viewer from a large number of programs to be broadcast and proposes the selected programs to the viewer. The TV program selection support system comprises a pr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096302 | Method and apparatus for accelerating detection of serial bus device speed signals A method and apparatus for accelerating detection of speed code signals, and in particular S400 signals, for IEEE Standard 1394-1995 serial bus devices. The present invention validates S400 mode immediately after detecting an S400 speed signal, ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092621 | Data recorder-reproducer and bit map data processing method, control program processing method and setting data processing method of data recorder-reproducer In a data recorder-reproducer, and a bit map data processing method, a control program processing method and a setting data processing method of the data recorder-reproducer, bit map data supplied from the external is taken in, and the taken bit map data is superimp... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092619 | Signal recording method & apparatus, signal recording / reproducing method & apparatus and signal recording medium By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092620 | Converting analog video data into digital form The inventive stand alone mechanism converts video data from an original format such as VHS or digital video to an optical media such as a CD-RW or DVD-RW and prepare it for use in non-linear computer applications such as video editing and production in a single ste... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085995 | Information processing apparatus and processing method and program storage medium An information processing apparatus for suitably corresponding a plurality of images as an editing object to each of a plurality of scenes constituting scenario data. In the apparatus, when a read button (211) is operated, a material clip (212) as an e... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085472 | Signal recording method & apparatus, signal recording / reproducing method & apparatus and signal recording medium By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084908 | Image signal recording apparatus with controlled recording of main, preceding and succeeding moving image signals A recording apparatus, which is designed to generate play list data according to a recording operation of a moving image signal, the play list data being used for controlling a reproducing process of one moving image stream including a moving image signal so as to i... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079293 | Digital album and methods of use The present invention relates to a digital album having a hard drive and built-in scanner configured to scan photographic prints or documents. The digital album allows a user to save the photographic prints or scanned documents as digital images on the hard drive, o... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7080324 | Control for a graphical user interface supporting coupled variables and method of operation thereof A variable control displayed through a graphical user interface and linked to a control element. The variable control has graphical representations of readily identifiable and easy to use controls. These controls include at least one text box to display a value. The... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7080395 | Information processor, information processing method as well as broadcasting system and broadcasting method There is provided an information processor and an information processing method for effectively utilizing EPG data. Identification codes for identifying specific character parts such as names of the cast of a program described in a description text describing the de... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073179 | Methods and systems for implementing dynamic properties on objects that support only static properties Methods and systems of simulating dynamic properties on computer-implemented objects that do not support dynamic properties are described. In one embodiment, one or more first objects that do not support dynamic properties are provided. One or more second programmab... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7073128 | Video browser data magnifier A method of conceptually magnifying video browser data, the data being organised hierarchically in one or more levels (304, 312) is disclosed. The method comprises firstly selecting a parent level (304), the parent level selection making visible a firs... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7073124 | Display drafting apparatus and system therefor When the drafting operation with a display drafting apparatus and the generating operation with a control program schema generator proceed concurrently or separately, a step of temporarily storing the device of interest for display can be omitted to enhance the draf... | 07/04/2006 |
