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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7821528 | Apparatus and method for video searching in a mobile communications terminal An apparatus and method for detecting video in a mobile communications terminal, wherein the apparatus for detecting the video of the mobile communications terminal comprises a scene change frame detector to detect a preset number of scene change frames based on inp... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7425981 | Video pre-processing A foreground object part is distinguished from a substantially static background part of each videoframe within a video sequence. Each video frame is divided into a number of video blocks each of which comprises one or more pixels. A mask frame is generated in respe... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7315898 | Data communication system, data transmission apparatus, data reception apparatus, data communication method, and computer program In a data communication system, the function of automatic repeat request is provided for transmission of packets based on a data communication protocol such as the Real-Time Transport Protocol or the User Datagram Protocol. Lost packets are detected at various timin... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7274803 | Method and system for detecting conscious hand movement patterns and computer-generated visual feedback for facilitating human-computer interaction The present invention is a system and method for detecting and analyzing motion patterns of individuals present at a multimedia computer terminal from a stream of video frames generated by a video camera and the method of providing visual feedback of the extracted i... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7254120 | Data rate controller The present invention provides a data rate controller system for determining the coder used, and hence the data rate, for a plurality of channels in an associated network. Each channel provides statistical information about an associated signal to a central controll... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7231603 | Communication apparatus, communication system, video image display control method, storage medium and program A communication apparatus of the present invention has a function of displaying a plurality of video images on a same screen. The communication apparatus includes a first synthesizing unit with synthesizing video data transmitted from a remote communication terminal... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7193149 | System handling video, control signals and power The system integrates a CCTV system including one or more video source units into the structured cabling system (“SCS”) of a building by combining video signals, control signals and power for each video source unit over a single multipair cable made up of plural... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7161632 | Video terminal, video terminal communicating system, and videoconference system The screen layout of a main screen and a subscreen is optimized, depending on the types of images to be displayed on the main screen and the subscreen. A video terminal, capable of displaying a subscreen within a main screen, is equipped with a signal control unit | 01/09/2007 |
| 7091519 | Semiconductor thin film, semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an insulating film on its surface, and ac active layer made of a semiconductive thin film on the substrate surface. The thin film contains a mono-domain region formed of multiple columnar and/or needle-like crystals... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092585 | Method and apparatus for processing both static and moving images An image processing apparatus which is capable of displaying moving images with more actions for longer period of time. The apparatus is equipped with: an image data ROM 6 which stores a plurality of static image information and moving image information that ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7075564 | Video conferencing interface A video conferencing circuit (12) is configured to receive an input (26) from one of a plurality of video input devices. The video signal is then stored, compressed and transmitted by an interface circuit such as a modem (18). Video signals from... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7050633 | Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium therefor In an image processing apparatus, an input image is synthesized with a stored image supplied from a storage unit and having been shifted so that the positions of the pixels in the image areas of the input image and of the stored image, associated with a telop, will ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7035697 | Access control systems and methods for motion control A method of generating control commands to be executed by a motion control system under control of a plurality of system users to move an object in a desired manner. At least one restricted program element associated with the motion control system is identified. An ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031798 | Event management systems and methods for the distribution of motion control commands A motion control system for controlling a target device to perform a desired motion operation. The motion control system comprises at least one motion event provider, a motion event manager, and a motion control component. The motion event provider is configured to ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031522 | Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium therefor In an image processing apparatus, an input image is synthesized with a stored image supplied from a storage unit and having been shifted so that the positions of the pixels in the image areas of the input image and of the stored image, associated with a telop, will ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024038 | Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium therefor In an image processing apparatus, an input image is synthesized with a stored image supplied from a storage unit and having been shifted so that the positions of the pixels in the image areas of the input image and of the stored image, associated with a telop, will ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021795 | Illumination apparatus Illumination apparatus (8) which comprises at least two light sources, at least one light collecting device for collecting light from the light sources (10), motion providing means for providing relative motion between the light sources (10) and... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010215 | Device and method for compressing images Video decoder decodes pictures B0, B1, I2, B3 of GOP-3 which have been read out from a recording medium along with recording of new compressed picture data onto the recording medium thereafter to further decode pictures B4, P5 | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006576 | Video coding A method of video encoding including: receiving a video signal to be coded; coding data representing a frame of said video signal; and repeating part, but not all, of the data. The repeated part including the picture header for the frame. A method of decoding an enc... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6961446 | Method and device for media editing The present media editing device generates media including messages in an easy manner in a communication terminal such as a mobile terminal. Therein, a moving image data storage part stores moving image data recorded by a user. A region extraction part extracts any ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6947072 | Video telecommunication system A video telecommunication system having a plurality of cameras (video cameras) installed at remote locations and a monitor for monitoring the video, provided with a video information describing unit for sending a switch command for the camera to a video transmission... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6865374 | Video recovery system and method A recover system and method for a wireless video communication system. The system comprises: a transmitter for transmitting encoded video data to a wireless device; a receiver for receiving a return signal from the wireless device; a signal analysis system for analy... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6798921 | Method for image designating and modifying process Images in a plurality of related images are processed such that a specific region of the image in the first frame is designated and a specific image in the specific region is modified while at the same time the information about the image characteristic quantity of ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6707943 | Method of monitoring the quality of distributed digital images by detecting false contours A method and device for monitoring the quality of distributed digital images coded by blocks of pixels in which a false contour phenomenon may be generated when the image is reproduced. An image average for pixels represented by at least one luminance respectively c... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6668070 | Image processing device, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing device for calculating the motion direction of each pixel in a predetermined screen of interest from among a plurality of time series screens. The image processing device includes a score calculator for calculating a score correspondin... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6434484 | Method and device for displaying animated navigation information A method and device for displaying animated navigation information has a processor, a memory, a display, and an input, housed in a portable, handheld housing. In various embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of frames are stored in memory, whe... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6313863 | Image communication apparatus and system A combined image is made up of a static image and a motion image. An area of the static image is replaced by the motion image to form the combined image. The combined image is then coded and transmitted from one communication partner to another communicat... | 11/06/2001 |
| 5898457 | TV conference communication device and method of controlling the same A method of controlling TV conference communication devices having exchanges of moving picture images therebetween through a network includes sending first moving-picture-image parameters from one of the TV conference communication devices to at least ano... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5889549 | Communication apparatus having coding/decoding means responsive to a settable coefficient Disclosed is a communication apparatus in which coding and/or decoding parameters for coding and/or decoding data can be performed in dialog fashion to make possible the optimum coding of transmitted data and the optimum reproduction of received data. The... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5870208 | Method and apparatus for printing high quality still picture frames A method and apparatus for printing a hand motion corrected still picture frame to form a clear, high quality image. Even field and odd field data making up a still picture frame are stored in a memory. The stored frame is divided into blocks and a motion... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5867209 | Television telephone which displays image data having a first precision degree and image data having a second precision degree on a respective display region of a display screen A television telephone apparatus is coupled with a home-use large-screen TV receiver and a home-use telephone, and is connectable to another television telephone apparatus of a counter party via the home-use telephone and the public telephone network. The... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5821987 | Videophone for simultaneous audio and video communication via a standard telephone line A videophone includes a video camera for transducing and digitizing images at a station and connected to a video processor for compressing and encoding the digitized images into video data. The videophone also includes an audio transducer and digitizer co... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5812200 | Method and apparatus for constant data rate output of encoders An apparatus for encoding data blocks and methods of operating the same result in an encoder that provides constant data rate outputs. The encoder comprises DCT (discrete cosine transformer) resources having a truncate controller configured to receive a t... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5751337 | Teleconferencing method and system for providing face-to-face, non-animated teleconference environment A method and system provides a face-to-face video conference utilizing a video mirror. The method and apparatus comprise a first station having a first predetermined sensory setting; a second station having a second predetermined sensory setting; and an i... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5748776 | Feature-region extraction method and feature-region extraction circuit The present invention is intended to exactly extract a feature-region along its contour line without erroneously extracting any moving object other than the feature-region. An extraction signal from a feature-region main-portion extracting circuit is sent... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5732146 | Scene change detecting method for video and movie A scene change point detecting method which detects a scene change point by successively processing time series frame images I1, I2, I3, - - - sampled in this order from a processed video. The method includes at least one of the following four scene-chang... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5719786 | Digital media data stream network management system A computer-based media data processor for controlling transmission of digitized media data in a packet switching network. When the processor receives a request from a network client node for presentation of specified media data stream presentation unit se... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5686956 | Object-by background information coding apparatus and method An object based background information coding apparatus and method for an MPEG-4 system codes background images for effectively compressing image data corresponding to an MPEG-4 profile and for compensating the background information without errors. The a... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5677728 | Stereoscopic video telecommunication system A stereoscopic video telecommunication system includes a fiberoptic based wideband switching network interconnecting wideband subscriber stations and narrowband subscriber stations. A wideband station includes a stereoscopic video receiver along with a st... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5666162 | Moving image signal coding apparatus and moving image signal coding control method A moving image signal coding apparatus and moving image signal coding method dividing one frame of the moving image signal into a plurality of areas which may possibly overlap each other and refreshing the areas at different periods corresponding to an in... | 09/09/1997 |
