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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159609 | Image processing chip and related method for processing video The invention relates to an image processing chip and related method. The image processing chip includes a pin for receiving a composite signal; a synchronization signal detecting circuit, coupled to the pin, for extracting a synchronization signal from the composit... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145043 | Recording medium for storing information for still picture, recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor A recordable and/or rewriteable recording medium for storing still picture data, and recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor. The recording medium stores still picture group information for grouping a plurality of still pictures in order to manage... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8130320 | Method and system for identifying addressing data within a television presentation Characters represented within a frame of a television presentation are identified. A pattern formed by a subset of the characters is identified if the pattern is indicative of an addressing datum. A provision is made for a selection of characters that form the patte... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8059940 | Broadcast receiving apparatus and broadcast receiving method According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiving apparatus includes a receiving module configured to receive a broadcast signal; a storage configured to store audio files and video files; a reading module configured to determine whether the broadcast signal receiv... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8018531 | Method and system of detecting signal presence from a video signal presented on a digital display device A system for transmitting a modulated video signal to be presented on a digital display device, the video signal having a first frame and a second frame, the first frame and the second frame each comprised of a plurality of pixels, the system comprising a signal sou... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7920208 | Method, system, and apparatus for communication by means of transmitted signals over visual media A communication method, system, and apparatus are provided that transmits supplementary communications combined with standard television or other visual media (e.g., cable, satellite, video, pre-recorded video, IPTV, Internet, print media) to a viewer/reader. The in... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7692723 | Method and system for enhanced modulation of video signals A method, apparatus and system for signal modulation. A plurality of pixels are selected in a pattern such that a first pixel group of the plurality of pixels is unpaired with a second pixel group of the plurality of pixels throughout the pattern in a portion of a v... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7679678 | Data processing device and method, and recording medium and program An improvement information generating unit (11) generates a plurality of types of improvement information for improving the image quality of an image (broadcast image) broadcast as a program. An integrating unit (12) embeds one or more of the plurality... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7626635 | Method and system of detecting signal presence from a video signal presented on a digital display device A system for transmitting a modulated video signal to be presented on a digital display device, the video signal having a first frame and a second frame, the first frame and the second frame each comprised of a plurality of pixels, the system comprising a signal sou... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7602442 | Apparatus and method for processing information signal A plurality of processing portions sequentially performs a plurality of processing operation on an information signal. In this case, the plurality of processing portions is provided with a control-command-added information signal to which control commands are added ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7602443 | Methods for improved modulation of video signals A method for modulating a video signal. Frames are selected from a plurality of frames for modulation. Intensity of a plurality of pixels of a plurality of scan lines of a field of the selected frames is altered according to at least one pattern or as designated by ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7586541 | Method and system for enhanced modulation of video signals A method for encoding a carrier signal in a video signal, the video signal having one or more frames, the frames each having a first field and a second field, the first field and the second field of each frame having a plurality of scan lines, each having a pluralit... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7586542 | Methods for improved modulation of video signals A method for modulating a video signal. Frames of a plurality of frames are selected for modulation. A first magnitude alternation pattern is designated for each of a first area of a field of the selected frames. A second magnitude alternation pattern is designated ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7456902 | Method and system for identifying addressing data within a television presentation Characters represented within a frame of a television presentation are identified. A pattern formed by a subset of the characters is identified if the pattern is indicative of an addressing datum. A provision is made for a selection of characters that form the patte... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7440675 | AV information reproducing system and a reproducing method applied to the same system In a system for reproducing AV information from a recording medium, such as a DVD, not only are usual titles reproduced, but also related information relevant to specific stream information is acquired easily by making use of resources on a computer network. In a re... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440677 | Detection of copy protection indicators or redistribution control indicators in an analog video signal To detect at least one of a copy protection indicator and a redistribution control indicator in an analog video signal, the video format of the analog video signal is determined, e.g., by detecting the horizontal frequency and vertical frequency of the signal. Based... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440034 | Method and apparatus for transferring data within viewable portion of video signal A video signal has a visual image (12) and carries data for optical detection (54) via the image. The data for optical detection is encoded (52) as data bits in a plurality of lines within a defined region (14) within the image. A corresp... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7412009 | Apparatus and method for automatic performance control in a digital radio In digital radio technology, information channels describing the properties of the associated performance channel(s) are included in the broadcast band. The digital radio determines when selected signal groups are present in the information channels. Upon identifica... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400727 | Information embedding method, information extracting method, information embedding apparatus, information extracting apparatus, and recording media An apparatus for embedding secret information in an image signal transmitted with a shape signal showing the shape of an object is described. This apparatus comprises an embedding position decision unit for deciding a position in the object where the secret informat... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394462 | Superimposing apparatus and method for broadcasting three-dimensional computer graphics image A superimposing apparatus and method for broadcasting a 3DCG image can calculate and superimpose additional information such as characters and figures expressed by a 3DCG image on a TV frame in real time by combining a general three-dimensional graphics accelerator ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391471 | Apparatus and method for merging vertical blanking intervals This invention teaches an apparatus and method for merging information transmitted in vertical blanking interval (VBIs) of several services into a single VBI. The system includes a pair of memories for each service wherein each memory is toggled between a read and w... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7379121 | Signal transmitting device and signal receiving device In a signal transmitter and a signal receiver, a multiplexing part multiplexes a video signal and a time-base-compressed audio signal on the basis of a multiplexing control signal to transmit the multiplexed signal through a data line in the signal transmitter, and ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373122 | Reproduction device information setting method, and information setting program A setting information transmission means 1c transmits setting information (area information) concerning broadcast reception of a reproducing apparatus 1 itself and set by a user, to an external device. List information corresponding to the setti... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372915 | Transmitting method and transmitting device, receiving method and receiving device, and transfer method and transfer system Data broadcast data, which is broadcast in data broadcasts, is constructed by disposing, for example, EMD (Electric Music Distribution) links required to acquire song data as actual broadcast data, which is broadcast in actual broadcasts by a transmitting device, th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370016 | Music distribution systems Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369184 | Digital broadcast receiving apparatus In a digital broadcast receiving apparatus, when a power source operation input is done by a user during execution of a starting sequence, a control part stops the execution of the starting sequence and counts the number of operations for a preset time. When the num... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370114 | Software downloading using a television broadcast channel A software distribution architecture having a television broadcast system as its infrastructure. Software from a software repository (1600) is mixed into a television broadcast system and transmitted into one or more selected channels at prescribed dates and ... | 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 |
| 7363575 | Method and system for TERC4 decoding using minimum distance rule in high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) specifications Certain embodiments of the invention provide a method and system for TERC4 decoding using minimum distance rule. A plurality of bits may be received that may indicate addresses of samples of data. A lookup table may be generated based on the received plurality of bi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360235 | Systems and methods for operating a peripheral record/playback device in a networked multimedia system Systems and methods are disclosed of a network including a primary device, a plurality of remote devices, and a shared peripheral device. The network allows the remote devices to operate the peripheral device, such as a DVD player, VCR, or camcorder, via the primary... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359006 | Audio module supporting audio signature A system and method embed an audio signature in a video frame. An audio signature is generated from one bit a buffer input data. Two registers store an audio signature and reference count. According to an embodiment, the audio signature is generated left/right (L/R)... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356311 | Wireless audio signal and control signal device and method thereof A signal transmission arrangement includes a signal transmitter and a signal receiver wirelessly communicating with the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter includes a hybrid signal device to hybridize the audio signal with the control signal to form a consoli... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356246 | Method and system for extending recording A digital video recorder (DVR) is user-configurable to start recording before a scheduled start of a program. The DVR displays an electronic program guide having a graphical indicator that the DVR is configured to start recording a program early. When a user command... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352864 | Display device A display device comprises a nonvolatile memory for storing an amount of adjustment obtained in a blanking adjustment most recently performed for a particular video signal, means for judging whether or not the particular video signal is inputted, means for masking a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349552 | Connected audio and other media objects Media objects are transformed into active, connected objects via identifiers embedded into them or their containers. In the context of a user's playback experience, a decoding process extracts the identifier from a media object and possibly additional context inform... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349911 | Data processing method and apparatus Binary data to which meta-data is to be appended, and meta-data to be appended to the binary data are loaded. The meta-data has an XML format. The loaded meta-data is connected after the loaded binary data. The data synthesized in this manner is output as a single f... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7346107 | VSB transmission system for processing supplemental transmission data A VSB communication system or transmitter for processing supplemental data packets with MPEG-II data packets includes a VSB supplemental data processor and a VSB transmission system. The VSB supplemental data processor includes a Reed-Solomon coder for coding the su... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342613 | Method and system for inserting closed captions in video A closed captioning configuration system is described. The system receives parameters of a digital video presentation and computes closed captioning parameters to drive a closed captions encoder, creating closed captions which are compatible with the presentation. I... | 03/11/2008 |
