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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006272 | Method and apparatus of displaying bit stream data, method and apparatus for generating bit stream data, and storage medium According to a data display method, data having a program unit and instruction data for the program unit multiplexed on bit stream data is received. The program unit is extracted from the received data and is stored in a memory. The instruction data is extracted fro... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7971220 | System, method, computer program product, and apparatus for automatically ensuring consistency between program and system information protocol tables and program specific information tables in a digital television stream A system, method, computer program product, and apparatus for automatically ensuring consistency between program and system information protocol (PSIP) tables and program specific information (PSI) tables in a digital television (DTV) stream, for example, in ATSC DT... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966634 | Method and apparatus for information exchange in an interactive communication system using tv broadcast information A method for information exchange, comprises the steps of producing information transmissions in a broadcast standard; sending the information live from a studio; digitizing the sent data and then transmitting the digitized data via satellite as IP multicast packets... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7516471 | Detector for digital television signal A DTV signal detector detects DTV signals received by a receiver on a selected DTV channel in a Digital Television System. The DTV detector includes a first DTV signal detector that detects a first characteristic of the received DTV signals, and a second DTV signal ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7475418 | Digital broadcasting system and method for automatically locating programs after relocation A broadcasting station transmits a program of continuous sequence of events as a transport stream so as to be received by at least a mobile receiver. The broadcasting station provides the transport stream with link information showing the links between the transport... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7458090 | Method and apparatus of displaying bit stream data, method and apparatus for generating bit stream data, and storage medium According to a data display method, data having a program unit and instruction data for the program unit multiplexed on bit stream data is received. The program unit is extracted from the received data and is stored in a memory. The instruction data is extracted fro... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7426187 | False sync code protection (FSP) decoding by software This invention describes a false sync code protection (FSP) decoding technique by software for removing padding binary numbers from video data signals in electronic devices such as camera-phones. These padding binary numbers (e.g., a byte 101001012) are e... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7383562 | Restricted reception device for digital cable broadcasting system, and reception system and method using the same A restricted reception device enabling a subscriber receiver to selectively receive broadcasting data transferred via a digital cable broadcasting network, includes: a demultiplexer for receiving broadcasting data and an ECM including a CW from the subscriber receiv... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366478 | Partitioned radio-frequency apparatus and associated methods Radio-frequency (RF) apparatus includes receiver analog circuitry that receives an RF signal and provides at least one digital signal to receiver digital circuitry that functions in cooperation with the receiver analog circuitry. The receiver analog circuitry and th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7336717 | Receiver circuit, in particular for a mobile radio A radio receiver with a low intermediate frequency has a first mixer stage that can be fed with a modulated input signal and at whose output a complex intermediate frequency signal can be derived. Connected downstream of the first mixer stage is a limiting amplifier... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327406 | Methods and apparatus for implementing a receiver on a monolithic integrated circuit A monolithic integrated circuit includes a tuner and a SAW filter function. The tuner receives a radio frequency (RF) television signal that has a range of fundamental frequencies from 55 mega hertz (Mhz) to 880 Mhz. The tuner down converts the RF television signal ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324163 | Sub-carrier detection (SCD) for motion threshold logic An apparatus comprising a video decoder configured to receive a composite video signal modulated on a sub-carrier signal and having a luma component and a chroma component, the video decoder configured to perform a motion detection operation on the luma component an... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7304533 | Integrated channel filter using multiple resonant filters and method of operation A circuit includes a first filter comprising a first inductor coupled to a first variable capacitor, wherein the first filter is associated with a first resonant frequency. The circuit further comprises an amplifier coupled to the first filter and a second filter co... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296287 | Image down-loading apparatus and system, and image down-loading method A switching apparatus of a camera server switches to down-load advertisement for a predetermined period at predetermined intervals while down-loading an image sensed by a camera, in response to a request for the image sensed by the camera. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275254 | Method and apparatus for determining and displaying the service level of a digital television broadcast signal The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and system for determining and displaying the service level of a digital television broadcast signal. A digital television receiver receives a digital television broadcast signal. The digital television broadcast s... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268825 | Digital synchronizing generator A sync generator (genlock) (10) for frequency and phase locking an incoming video signal to a system clock (12) includes a digitizer (16, 22) for digitizing the incoming video signal to yield a digitized color sub-carrier burst component. A nume... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7240357 | Simultaneous tuning of multiple satellite frequencies A system and method for receiving services is presented. The system comprises a first splitter having an input, a first output and a slaved output receiving a first signal at the input having a single polarization including a first service and a slaved service, wher... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239323 | Color display driving apparatus in a portable mobile telephone with color display unit A color display driving apparatus that simultaneously on-screen displays an RGB format color image and a YUV format color image on the same color display unit. A first memory stores YUV data, and a YUV-RGB converter converts YUV data read from the first memory to RG... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233629 | Adjusting a receiver The invention relates to a method for adjusting IQ-imbalance of a direct conversion receiver (200). In the method a radio frequency training signal is locally generating and conveyed to an in-phase branch and a quadrature-phase branch of the receiver (200 | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221726 | Arrangement for generating a decoder clock signal The invention relates to an arrangement for generating a decoder clock signal for decoding a data signal which is available together with a clock signal and a data word signal signalizing data words, both of which signals may each have different frequencies. The arr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7187418 | Systems and methods for delivering picture-in-picture signals at diverse compressions and bandwidths T Systems and methods for providing picture-in-picture, or other multi-picture displays. Some of the systems include two or more video and/or data signals that are coupled to a transmission device. In addition, a selector signal is coupled to the transmission device... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180549 | Apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding An apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding, such as digital video disk (DVD) decoding, which produces new video data according to main picture data, sub-picture unit (SPU) data, and an aspect ratio. The apparatus includes a sub-pictu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7146626 | Method and apparatus for storing and displaying digital objects associated with an electronic television program guide using fuzzy logic The apparatus and method of the present invention provides a direct-to-home integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) and a program for storing and displaying digital objects associated with an electronic television program guide using fuzzy logic. The method and apparatus ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139329 | Receiver in a radio communication system A receiver has a low spurious level and a high frequency precision without increasing power consumption of a local oscillator. The receiver comprises first and second local oscillators; a phase locked loop operating based on an output of the first local oscillator; ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133657 | Channel calibrator for use with a quadrature mixing receiver and a method of operation thereof The present invention is directed to a channel calibrator and a method of calibrating in-phase and quadrature phase channels for use with a quadrature mixing receiver. In one embodiment, the channel calibrator includes a balancer and an equalizer. The balancer reduc... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7102465 | Frequency discrete LC filter bank An inductive (“L”)-capacitive (“C”) filter bank has application for use in a television receiver. The LC filter includes inductors configured in at least one inductive (“L”) bank, and capacitors configured in at least one capacitive (“C”) bank. The i... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7088202 | Methods and apparatus for an improved discrete LC filter A discrete inductive-capacitive (LC) filter selects between at least two inductor banks to tune the LC filter. The filter receives an input signal that includes one or more bands of frequencies. A control signal selects a band of frequencies for processing. A first ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7075946 | Method and apparatus for audio output combining A receiver unit (500) capable of combining a plurality of streaming data channels includes a receiver and a channel decoder (510) for receiving over the air in a time division multiplex signal the plurality of streaming data channels. The receiver unit... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075950 | Program clock reference correction method in a multiplexed burst mode downlink transmission in an integrated multispot satellite communication system Program Clock Reference correction method in a multiplexed burst mode downlink transmission in an integrated multispot satellite communication system (S) in a multimedia broadcasting network for setting up bi-directional communication with a satellite with return ch... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072649 | Multiple purpose antenna system A multiple purpose antenna system for installation on a highway truck to receive and transmit signals. The system includes an antenna for communication of electromagnetic frequency signals having multiple band widths, a multiplex unit coupled to the antenna having c... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069578 | Settop cable television control device and method including bootloader software and code version table for maintaining and updating settop receiver operating system software A cable television settop receiver and method includes a software component and a frequency acquisition method for determining the ability of the operating system/control program in the settop receiver to operate the settop receiver. The software component, referred... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061545 | Method for displaying menu of TV A method for displaying a menu of a TV is disclosed, in which icons and characters are prevented, to the utmost, from being transformed in a screen mode having a variable width, such as a double window mode or a PIP mode, so that meanings of the icons and characters... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054417 | Advanced call screening appliance According to the invention, a network interface device for processing a telephone call is disclosed. The network interface device includes a first and second communication interfaces, a telephone switch and a controller. The first communication interface is coupled ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7042511 | Apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding An apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding, such as digital video disk (DVD) decoding, which produces new video data according to main picture data, sub-picture unit (SPU) data, and an aspect ratio. The apparatus includes a sub-pictu... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043750 | Set-top box with out-of band modem and cable modem A circuit arrangement for combining signals in a cable set-top box or television receiver. An out-of-band upstream amplifier and a cable modem upstream amplifier have their outputs combined at a combiner before being passed to the cable through a diplexer. The outpu... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032213 | Fixing incompatible applications using a light debugger A computer method for patching applications that are incompatible with an operating system is provided. The method determines if an application is compatible with an operating system, and if the application is determined to be incompatible, a debugger is loaded that... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028330 | Transferring information between an internet module and TV controller of a web TV A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for display by a speaker of the web television. The internet module is arra... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019791 | Video processing device A video processing device includes a control circuit for detecting a physical quantity related to a size of noise contained in the input video signal, and an OSD (On Screen Display) circuit for providing a user with a warning screen when the physical quantity detect... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012932 | Digital broadcast data receiving apparatus A digital broadcast data receiving apparatus comprises a plurality of broadcast data receiving units for receiving digital broadcast data supplied from a plurality of digital broadcast data sources, respectively and a parallel receiving unit for receiving, from the ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010263 | System and method for distributing music and data A system and method for distributing music and data. The music or data is first transmitted to a consumer via a satellite radio network. The system includes a satellite radio receiver for the user which is capable of receiving the wireless transmission and providing... | 03/07/2006 |
