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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7444063 | Information-recording apparatus, information-recording method, information-reproducing apparatus, information-reproducing method, and information-recording medium In an information-recording apparatus and the like according to the invention, digital information is recorded in a magnetic tape according to a recording format in which two types of sync lengths exist. The recorder records digital information having a first inform... | 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 |
| 7430363 | Image playback apparatus and method with playback frame rate of selected representative image being higher than that of other representative images, or with playback of audio data of image file corresponding to selected representative image It is an object of this invention to allow easy recognition of the contents of a motion image file when INDEX is displayed. To achieve this object, an image playback apparatus includes a playback device adapted to play back from a recording medium a plurality of ima... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426334 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424207 | Digital camera A digital camera includes a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit makes signal processing on the camera data read from a camera data area of an SDRAM to produce YUV data for record. A thin-out circuit makes a thin-out processing on the recording Y... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421192 | Recording/reproducing apparatus, transmitting apparatus and transmitting method Disclosed are an image recording/reproducing apparatus and a transmitting method which are user-friendly when transmitting image data recorded on a medium to an external device. Reproduction path information for transmitting image data edited by a user is recorded o... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415196 | 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... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409143 | DVD-audio disk, and apparatus and method for playing the same A DVD-Audio which includes a data zone for storing data to be reproduced and an information zone for storing information on the data to be reproduced. The information zone includes directories of a video title set (VIDEO_TS) and an audio title set (AUDIO_TS). The AU... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7406255 | Information processing apparatus A system controller displays all setup items on a setup screen, at the time of a setup mode in which a setup button 18a of a remote controller is depressed, in case that it is judged that a disc is not loaded on a tray of an apparatus itself, and, in c... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403699 | Optical disc apparatus At the time of stopping the first reproduction process, a main controller makes a RAM store audio identification information corresponding to the kind of audio having been reproduced in the preceding reproduction process. At the time of restarting reproduction proce... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400859 | Combined modulator and MP3 player having socket power supply adapter and/or universal connector A combined digital audio file player and modulator. In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus comprising: an elongate housing having a distal end and a proximal end; a socket power adapter located at a distal end of the elongate housing; an interface port in ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7398000 | Digital video segment identification An entertainment system, having a capability to playback a stored digital video record that includes frames of video data received from a television broadcast system, approximates ranges of frames in a digital video record that are either commercials or non-commerci... | 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 |
| 7394972 | Optical disc reproduction apparatus An optical disc reproduction apparatus starts reproduction of audio other than DTS audio when the audio number of the DTS audio on an optical disc is found to be greater than the audio number of other audio, starts reproduction of DTS audio assigned an audio number ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391960 | DV format capable recording and reproduction device and method Audio DIF blocks containing audio data and video DIF blocks containing video data are extracted by an audio/video extracting unit and respectively recorded in separate storage areas of an HDD. System data and audio auxiliary data are extracted by a system data recon... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391961 | Audio signal processing method, audio signal processing apparatus, Hi-Fi video apparatus, digital video apparatus and 8 mm video apparatus An audio signal processing method for repairing an anomalous state such as noise, a discontinuity, and a break of sound, comprising detecting the anomalous state of an audio signal, deleting the audio signal in the anomalous segment, deducing the correct audio signa... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7382970 | Process control manager for audio/video file system A system and method for managing file system processes is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the system includes a global process module to handle and monitor the file system processes within a file system. The global process module includes a process status moni... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382700 | Recording medium and signal processing apparatus A digital signal recording disc has a first area storing an audio title set. The audio title set has data representing audio information and data representing a still picture. The audio title set is void of a pack of data for playback control. The first area also st... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379661 | Presentation of media content A method of reproducing an interactive recording medium in a reproducing apparatus, comprising the steps of: checking attribute information for auxiliary contents data of A/V data recorded on the interactive recording medium; and determining a presentation method fo... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376331 | Method and system for regulating power in portable audio/video playback device A method and a system for regulating power in a portable audio/video playback device enabling the portable audio/video playback device to completely play an audio/video multimedia file or data without sufficient power or external power. A processing unit is employed... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373077 | Audio signal processing method, audio signal processing apparatus, HI-FI video apparatus, digital video apparatus and 8 MM video apparatus An audio signal processing method for repairing an anomalous state such as noise, a discontinuity, and a break of sound, comprising detecting the anomalous state of an audio signal, deleting the audio signal in the anomalous segment, deducing the correct audio signa... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372504 | Camera with video capturing button and still capturing button capable of simultaneous operation One of first and second picture-taking operating devices is placed in a rear surface of a camera body, while the other of the picture-taking operating devices is placed in a front surface of the camera body. An operator can selectively use the two picture-taking ope... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373079 | Method and an apparatus for stream conversion, a method and an apparatus for data recording, and data recording medium For encoding externally input AV signal to MPEG-TS that enables quickly conversion from MPEG-TS to MPEG-PS, data unit (Multiplexing Unit) is defined which includes a plurality of packet and has data size corresponding to data amount of one pack in MPEG-PS, and MPEG-... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373076 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373506 | Data authentication system A data processing system, apparatus and method are provided to verify and validate data. Cryptographic processes employ keys to encrypt the data, check the data and prevent tampering with the data. The data may include header information such as compressed contents ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369754 | 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... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369746 | Device for recording digital video and audio signals in designated areas of a recording medium in a predetermined track format Data separating means extracts intra-frame or intra-field encoded blocks from an intra-frame or intra-field encoded, and inter-frame or inter-field encoded digital video signal, and a digital audio signal contained in an input bit stream. Error correction code appen... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370268 | Systems and methods for managing and presenting multimedia and content rich data on a removable memory apparatus The various embodiments disclosed are generally directed towards systems and methods for managing and displaying content rich data, such as multimedia, residing on a removable memory apparatus inserted into a handheld device. In one aspect of the invention, a method... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367042 | Method and apparatus for hyperlinking in a television broadcast A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information can be associated with a region, and can be transmitted in encoded form,... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362955 | Video recording and reproducing apparatus A video recording and reproducing apparatus for simultaneously displaying a plurality of image contents recorded at given time points or images at a plurality of given portions within the same image contents is disclosed. A plurality of images read from a randomly a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362960 | Data recording method and data recording system as well as data recording medium A data recording method and a data recording system suitable for recording of a material for recording and attendant information are disclosed. When attendant information to video data generated corresponding to the video data is to be recorded, the video data are m... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362956 | Apparatus for playing back a video content storage medium An apparatus is capable of playing back video content recorded on a DVD-Video disk without requiring the playing of a menu. A presentation sequence control unit of a non-video navigation manager extracts button commands for playing titles from a VMGM-PG for displayi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359528 | Monitoring of video or audio based on in-band and out-of-band data The presently claimed invention relates generally to monitoring and/or filtering video or audio data. In one implementation a method is provided including: obtaining data representing video or audio; analyzing the data representing video or audio for an in-band sign... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359625 | Recording medium with content stream data recorded thereon, recording apparatus, and reproducing apparatus therefor A recording medium having content stream data recorded thereon and a recording and reproducing apparatus provided therefor. On the recording medium, content stream data is recorded as a stream object formed of one or more stream object units, each having a predeterm... | 04/15/2008 |
