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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415193 | Information storage medium and information recording/playback system There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and c... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412153 | Information recording device and method, and information recording system In recording information, an SMPTE 339M-defined UMID buried in video and audio material signals to be recorded to a magnetic tape (30) or a UMID generated from information other than the material signals, is written to a contactless memory tag (37), wh... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412152 | Recording medium, reproduction apparatus, recording method, program, and reproduction method A BD-ROM has recorded therein an AV Clip generated by multiplexing a video stream and an interactive graphics stream. The video stream representing a motion picture made of a plurality of pictures, and the interactive graphics stream representing an interactive disp... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409399 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program A data processing apparatus stores continuous area management information which associates head position information of each continuous area on the storage medium with a continuous size thereof. The data processing apparatus specifies position information of a data ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409144 | Video and audio information processing A camera-recorder apparatus comprises an image capture device operable to capture a plurality of video images; a storage medium by which the video images are stored for later retrieval; a feature extraction unit operable to derive image property data from the image ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406253 | Picked up image recording system, signal recording device, and signal recording method When a recording start executed in a variable-speed recording mode, at ST44 a signal having a variable frame rate is selected on the basis of a validity signal from among image signals having a predetermined output frame rate in which the images having the va... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406249 | Disk media, and method of and device for recording and playing back information on or from a disk media In a video disk recording/playback device for converting a digital video signal or the like into high-efficiency coded data and recording the coded data on a video disk, or for restoring high-efficiency coded data recorded on the video disk and reproducing an output... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406250 | 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... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406251 | Information recording method, information recording medium, and information reproducing method, wherein information is stored on a data recording portion and a management information recording portion 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... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403695 | Digital information recording/playback system and digital information recording medium In a system for recording/playing back video data together with control information, a thumbnail, or thumbnail control information, extracted from a moving picture of a video is used as the control information. The thumbnail control information includes information ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403694 | Information recording medium, method for recording information, and method for reproduction information An information recording medium includes a first area (DA2) for storing picture data for forming a plurality of pictures, a second area (DA21) which is included in the first area and stores control data of the picture data, and a third area (INFO1 | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403692 | Apparatus and method for managing data An apparatus and a method for managing data stored in a personal video recorder (PVR) allows multiple users to utilize the PVR and to individually set protection levels for programs (e.g. movies, music) stored on the PVR. The protection levels permit a user to speci... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403696 | Recording apparatus, reproducing apparatus, recording method, and reproducing method An object of the present invention is to easily search data from a recording medium on which different types of data items are recorded. A storing apparatus is disclosed, that comprises a signal processing unit for acquiring first type data and second type data and ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403697 | Digital video system The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playbac... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403698 | Recording/reproduction apparatus and method as well as recording medium The invention provides a recording/reproduction apparatus and method as well as a recording medium wherein, when nondestructive editing is executed for an AV signal, the AV signal can be reproduced seamlessly without suffering from any interruption. Information repr... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400819 | Recording medium, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus A recording medium is provided recorded with a plurality of digital data and a plurality of reproduction path information defining a reproduction order of the plurality of digital data. The plurality of reproduction path information includes first reproduction path ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398010 | Information record medium, apparatus for recording the same and apparatus for reproducing the same An information record medium (1: DVD) has a record track recorded with record information to be reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus (S2). The information reproducing apparatus is provided with a read device (80), and performs a re... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397999 | Signal receiver A signal receiver for displaying received broadcast electric waves including: a first memory for storing as a past record information representing whether the signal receiver was previously subjected to initial setup, an alarm device for alarming the necessity of in... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398003 | Index data generation apparatus, index data generation method, index data generation program and recording medium on which the program is recorded This invention provides a data-recording/reproduction apparatus that creates hierarchical-structured video data for partial contents data based on telops, and that is capable of easily and accurately reproducing a summary searching for an arbitrary scene in contents... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398007 | Data recording and reproducing method and apparatus for adding synchronization data during recording and detecting synchronization data during reproduction A data recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing video signals in a plurality of formats with different rates to/from a record medium is disclosed. In the data recording and reproducing apparatus, a video signal in a selected format is conver... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394966 | Image communication apparatus for wireless communication of digital images, and method thereof An image capture apparatus includes an image capture unit, a recording unit, a wireless communication unit and a control unit. The recording unit records digital image captured by the image capture unit on a recording medium. The wireless communication unit transmit... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394970 | Information recording method, information recording medium, and information reproducing method, wherein information is stored on a data recording portion and a management information recording portion 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... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394971 | Information recording method, information recording medium, and information reproducing method, wherein information is stored on a data recording portion and a management information recording portion 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... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391963 | Method of controlling multimedia audio and video playback This invention discloses a method of controlling the multimedia audio and video playback by installing an audio/video playback program, a playback control program, and a data storage medium in a computer device, wherein the audio/video playback program adjusts a set... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389039 | Method of managing and playing title of medium, medium, and medium drive A method of managing and playing a title of a medium, the medium playing a deleted video title set (VTS) even after finalization of recording of a medium. The medium includes a first area recording video title sets and a second area recording search information used... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389038 | Multimedia information recording device and method for recording multimedia information file on recording medium A multimedia information recording device is used for efficiently recording multimedia information (100) file storage area (111) on a recording medium (110). From the multimedia information given to the device, a data body DB and control informa... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386223 | Method and an apparatus for stream conversion a method and an apparatus for data recording and data recording medium In a recording medium storing MPEG stream, flag information (encode_condition) indicating that the stream is recorded in a format enabling easily the first stream (MPEG transport stream) to be converted into the second stream (MPEG program stream) is provided. Such ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386222 | Audio/video information recording/reproducing device and method therefor An audio/video information recording/reproducing device capable of easily implementing a post-recording function on an optical disk by using even a low-cost disk drive having a comparatively low-speed seek time. When recording a video file, it is recorded on an opti... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386218 | Method and apparatus for automatic video CD authoring A method for authoring a Video CD in an information handling system includes creating chapter breaks as a function of video footage imported from a source. A static menu is created as a function of the chapter breaks. The video footage is transcoded. Lastly, the tra... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382965 | Method and system of visual content authoring A method and system for visual content authoring and user interface thereof. An authoring interface, comprising a plurality button controls, is first provided. Required play items are added using the button controls to generate a playlist, and a navigation path is t... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382967 | Video disk player In a video disk player for playing back a disk containing a plurality of music pieces, each recorded as a combination of video data and corresponding audio data, a picture-search process section for mainly searching the video data includes an audio-data buffer memor... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379657 | Method for generating additional information for guaranteeing seamless playback between data streams, recording medium storing the information, and recording, editing and/or playback apparatus using the same A method for generating additional information for guaranteeing seamless playback of data streams, a recording medium for storing the information, and recording, editing and/or playback apparatus using the same are provided. The method generates additional informati... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379099 | Image playback device and method and electronic camera with image playback function An image playback device, which may be part of an electronic camera, reads out recorded information that has been recorded on a recording medium. A time period discriminator receives the recorded information read out by the image playback device and discriminates pe... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376151 | Recording and producing an MPEG information signal on/from a record carrier A method of transmitting timing critical data via an asynchronous channel without changing any datum to be transmitted. The timing critical data can be an MPEG transport stream. The asynchronous channel can be a computer or telephone network, a digital storage media... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376335 | Method and device for recording real-time information A device for rendering real time information arranged in cells constituted by units encoded at a variable bit rate, e.g. video on a DVD, is described. The device has various trick play modes for rendering the information at a different speeds based on speed pointers... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376340 | Data allocation in DVD recording A method of recording an encoded bit stream, said encoded bit stream representing a plurality of video objects comprising a sequence of cells together constituting a part of an MPEG2 Program Stream, on a disc like record carrier, such as an optical disc. The method ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376338 | Information storage medium containing multi-language markup document information, apparatus for and method of reproducing the same An information storage medium containing multi-language markup document information, and an apparatus for and a method of reproducing the information storage medium which includes audio/video (AV) data, multiple markup documents which contain text information to be ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376339 | Multi-image reproducing and recording apparatus with appended information In order to select and designate the appropriate identification information when the multi image representing picture is recorded as a multi image onto a recording medium, a reproducing circuit 20 reproduces a recorded image at a designated track, its reprodu... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376330 | Encoded data recording apparatus and mobile terminal In a mobile terminal provided with an encoded data recording function, there is assumed a condition in which a picture frame transmitted from the terminal of a communication partner is reproduced by means of decoding processing and is displayed on a LCD (34) ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373414 | Multi-media system and method for simultaneously delivering multi-media data to multiple destinations A multimedia system and method that provides easy universal text searching for non-technical users, is disclosed. A configuration of the multimedia system and method of the present invention also facilitates content delivery through multiple, independent, simultaneo... | 05/13/2008 |
