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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421191 | Monitor connection destination setter connection destination setting method and connection destination setting program An input check device generates a connected apparatus table showing the correspondence between recording/reproducing devices and their respective output signals on the basis of instruction signals entered from a connection information setting unit. A storage stores ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7366400 | Recording medium for storing virtually deleted still picture information, recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor A recording medium for storing virtual deletion information, and recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor are provided. The recording medium includes a first region having a plurality of still pictures, and a second region having first virtual dele... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363511 | Method for processing audiovisual information in an electronic device, a system, and an electronic device A method for processing audiovisual information in an electronic device comprises at least one control block for controlling the operation of the electronic device, and a memory. The audiovisual information is encrypted. The control block is provided with a protecte... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358989 | Image input apparatus and method An image input apparatus. A detection section detects a change cycle of an intensity of an external light inputted to a camera. A timing control section synchronizes the change cycle of the intensity of the xternal light with a plurality of input timings of the came... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349975 | Simulcast web page delivery A multimedia broadcast system provides program schedule information simulcast as a Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) data stream including commands and displayable, selectable indicia associated with the commands, along with programs for display. A set top box is ad... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349621 | Information recording apparatus with selective control of recording medium and recording means drive means An information recording apparatus has a stop mode in which only recording means comprised of a rotatable drum on which a recording head is mounted and recording medium driving means comprised of a capstan/pinch roller are stopped, which stop mode can be changed fro... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7319808 | Input-output circuit, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus for digital video signal A video signal input-output circuit and a recording-reproduction apparatus in which a digitally compressed video signal input in packet form can be recorded and reproduced efficiently and in stable fashion. In this apparatus, a clock reference is detected from a pac... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315690 | Recording medium, recording apparatus and recording method for recording data into recording medium, and reproducing apparatus and reproducing method for reproducing data from recording medium Data is recorded in a data area of a disk in a hierarchical structure of program chains, programs, cells and packs, each pack is constructed by a pack header for identifying the pack and a packet having a data stream recorded therein, the packet has a packet header ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302165 | Apparatus for playing back still picture stored in storage medium based on still picture management information A playback apparatus for playing back picture information from a storage medium storing one or more still pictures and still picture group management information for managing one or more still pictures as a still picture group. The apparatus includes a device for re... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302166 | Computer readable storage medium for storing still picture and still picture management information A computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a procedure for controlling a computer to play back a storage medium storing one or more still pictures and still picture group management information for managing one or more still pictures as a still picture group... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295758 | Recording medium, recording apparatus and recording method for recording data into recording medium, and reproducing apparatus, and reproducing method for reproducing data from recording medium Data is recorded in a data area of a disk in a hierarchical structure of program chains, programs, cells and packs, each pack is constructed by a pack header for identifying the pack and a packet having a data stream recorded therein, the packet has a packet header ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295761 | Transmitting apparatus and control method therefor and receiving apparatus and control method therefor There are provided the controlling methods of the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus, which cancel the flow control to execute the normal reproduction by the user who looks at the warning display or in response to the reception of the flow control ca... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292507 | Play control method in digital versatile disc player An optical disc player such as a digital versatile disc (DVD) player and a play control method thereof can include setting a reproduction mode for a disc loaded in the digital versatile disc player, storing the set reproduction mode, and reading out and reproducing ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283720 | Recording medium for storing virtually deleted still picture information, recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor A recording medium for storing virtual deletion information, and recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor are provided. The recording medium includes a first region having a plurality of still pictures, and a second region having first virtual dele... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7266285 | Recording medium for storing virtually deleted still picture information, recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor A recording medium for storing virtual deletion information, and recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor are provided. The recording medium includes a first region having a plurality of still pictures, and a second region having first virtual dele... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263279 | Recording/playback device, and recording medium access method A DVD recorder is provided in which access control is effected by a driver layer (41), a UDF file system layer (42,) that reads and writes data from and to a DVD-RW with reference to a file system, and a data base layer (43) that accesses the UD... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258276 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260313 | Storage medium, recording apparatus, playback apparatus, recording method, and computer-readable storage medium A recording apparatus for recording one or more still pictures and still picture group management information for managing the one or more still pictures as a still picture group onto a storage medium and a storage medium therefor. A memory is provided which stores ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7239716 | Data insertion device and method of inserting data An data insertion device inserts pattern data including information related to digital watermarking into digital image data such as MPEG2 data. First, the MPEG2 data are read picture by picture, and a type of each picture is determined. Then, an insertion intensity ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7221625 | Multi-channel acoustic apparatus with DVD reproduction function In a multi-channel acoustic apparatus with a DVD reproduction function, comprising a DVD reproduction control unit for controlling the reproduction of a DVD, and a system control unit for controlling the overall acoustic apparatus and controlling the reproduction of... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221855 | Method for managing recording and reproduction of multi-dubbed audio stream A method for managing recording and reproduction of a multi-dubbed audio stream. This method includes the steps of producing virtual play lists, the number of which corresponds to the number of dubbed audio streams desired by a user in association with the clip-unit... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215877 | Information recording medium, information recording method and apparatus, and information playback method and apparatus An information recording method for recording information on a recording medium, including providing a recording medium having first and second areas, the first area for recording ands reproducing video information, the second area for recording manager information,... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212732 | Information recording medium, information recording method and apparatus, and information playback method and apparatus An information recording method for recording information on a recording medium, including providing a recording medium having first and second areas, the first area for recording ands reproducing video information, the second area for recording manager information,... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212728 | 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... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203142 | Multi-source surround audio apparatus A DVD audio signal reproducer reproduces a DVD to generate a DVD reproduced audio signal. A reproduced signal determiner determines whether the DVD reproduced audio signal is a 5.1-channel digital surround audio signal or a 2-channel digital audio signal, and genera... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200073 | Method and device for recording real-time information A method and device for recording video on a record carrier (11), e.g. an optical disc. The information is arranged according to a recording format, e.g. DVD-video, for being playable in standardized players. The video information is subdivided into cells and... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194187 | Recording medium for storing virtually deleted still picture information, recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor A recording medium for storing virtual deletion information, and recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor are provided. The recording medium includes a first region having a plurality of still pictures, and a second region having first virtual dele... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190880 | Player and disc system for producing video signals in different formats A system for playing a selected one of multiple audio tracks recorded in synchronized fashion with a motion picture on an optical disk. The optical disk has encoded on it a mixing master music and effects (“M&E”) track, or a switching master M&E track. Individua... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190885 | Information recording medium, information recording method and apparatus, and information playback method and apparatus An information recording medium of this invention has a first area which records common information which can be commonly played back by a plurality of types of information playback apparatuses provided by different manufacturers or distributors and complies with co... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188352 | Intelligent digital audiovisual playback system Payment-based audiovisual playback system characterized by comprising a microprocessor unit, primarily including storage means for storing inter alia in digital form the visual and sound information to be used, and associated, through a number of interfaces, with di... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165720 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162681 | Information reproducing apparatus, method of correcting reproducing program, and information recording medium An information reproducing apparatus, in which a disk having correction data recorded thereon is placed, acquires region information indicative of a region corresponding to the correction data after load processing is performed by a ROM loader. Then, under the contr... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162148 | Information recording medium, information recording method and apparatus, and information playback method and apparatus An information recording medium of this invention has a first area which records common information which can be commonly played back by a plurality of types of information playback apparatuses provided by different manufacturers or distributors and complies with co... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151970 | Multiple audio DACs with PC compatibility Multiple audio digital to analog converters (DACs) are provided to convert multiple digital audio streams to analog audio signals concurrently in a personal computer. Different digital audio streams are routed to each DAC and audio output device depending on priorit... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7136579 | Method of and apparatus for selecting subtitles from an optical recording medium A system for reproducing a subtitle from an optical recording medium and a method thereof. The system reconfigures a subtitle menu during reproducing data from an optical disc and selects the reconfigured menu in order to play the optical disc. The method includes s... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124425 | Audio/video system and method utilizing a head mounted apparatus with noise attenuation A head mounted display in a video/audio system includes a display device, a head mount, noise reduction devices, and a speaker. The display device is coupled to the head mount and produces visual images based on received video signals. The head mount is mounted on t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123818 | Digital video recording apparatus and method A video data recording apparatus detects a change in an attribute of a signal input with video data, generates management information showing a position in which the change was detected, and records the management information to a recording medium. The video data pl... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117231 | Method and system for the automatic generation of multi-lingual synchronized sub-titles for audiovisual data The present invention provides a method and system for computerized synchronization of an audio stream having a first synchronized textual representation usable for subtitling of the audio stream in the original language, with a second synchronized textual represent... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113694 | Apparatus for creating and managing navigation information in rewritable recording medium and method therefor An audio recording apparatus provides a method of managing the video and audio navigation data for a rewritable recording medium, such as DVDs. The recording medium contains video and audio files in either originally recorded or user defined sequence. During recordi... | 09/26/2006 |
