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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115872 | Method of capturing digital broadcast images in a digital broadcast receiving terminal A method of capturing digital broadcast images in a digital broadcast terminal is provided. Upon request for output of digital broadcasting from a user, video frames of received digital broadcast frames are decoded. Upon request for a multi-capture function from the... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7787052 | Broadcasting receiver having freeze function and a method thereof A broadcasting receiver having a freeze function and a method thereof. The broadcasting receiver has an operation reception unit receiving predetermined operation signals; a graphic driver unit continuously outputting one frame of same image signal and/or one frame ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7768575 | Method and apparatus for capturing consecutive frames in digital video A method and an apparatus for capturing consecutive frames in digital video are disclosed. Through adding a function of capturing consecutive frames in digital video to digital televisions or digital recording equipments, the continuous fantastic frames in digital v... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7626637 | Method and apparatus for capturing full-screen frames An apparatus for capturing full-screen frames, which are displayed by a display unit having a first display buffer and a second display buffer, in real time. The display unit selects one of the first and second display buffers as a front buffer for displaying the fu... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7502074 | Television signal receiver and mobile phone equipped with the same A television signal receiver comprises a tuner, a decoder, a first storage medium that stores a frame of video signals extracted by the decoder as a captured image, a second storage medium that stores sound data representing a variety of shutter sounds to be generat... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7446819 | Apparatus and method for processing video signals An apparatus and method for processing video signals, which can selectively freeze any one of two or more images being displayed, are disclosed. The apparatus includes a video decoder decoding at least one video stream in picture units, by using a plurality of decod... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7436459 | Digital broadcast receiving apparatus and method for receiving digital broadcast A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast, includes a freeze determining section and a display control section. The freeze determining section determines whether or not a freeze process should be initiated on a basis of a receiving st... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7385649 | Video display apparatus and method In a video display apparatus and method, video data of video being displayed on a display unit are sequentially updated and temporality stored in a storage unit. The video data stored in the storage unit is written into an external storage medium according to a firs... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7362947 | Device, method, and system for video editing, and computer readable recording medium having video editing program recorded thereon A variety of special effect processing is performed on video frames retrieved from a disk device 30 in effect processing stages ES1, ES2, and so on. A work memory 112B is always interposed between processing at one stage and processing at... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349579 | Image processing device, image processing method, and image reading method The present invention provides an image processing device, an image processing method, and an image reading method, by which encoded data can be easily generated from sub-sampled image data, without a complicated circuit or an increase in the data amount. A one-dime... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7280154 | Interpolative interleaving of video images A video processing system is presented that interleaves video data. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, data from a first field is placed in a frame and is augmented with pixel values in adjacent alternate rows of the frame with pixel value... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266288 | Video/audio playback apparatus and video/audio playback method Provided is a video/audio playback apparatus and a video/audio playback method in which on receiving an instruction for switching video operation from the video operation switching circuit, a data reading circuit reads a video/audio stream for playing an audio and a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253843 | Dual mode signal processing apparatus and method using a picture-in-picture (PIP) mode The present invention relates to a dual mode signal processing apparatus using a picture-in-picture (PIP) window. In particular, the present invention relates to a display apparatus and a function switching apparatus that display two views for DSPs performing differ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7218635 | Apparatus and method for indexing MPEG video data to perform special mode playback in a digital video recorder and indexed signal associated therewith There is disclosed an apparatus for implementing special mode playback operations in a digital video recorder. The apparatus comprises an Intra frame indexing device capable of receiving an incoming MPEG video stream and identifying therein data packets associated w... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7177531 | Record and playback apparatus and record medium The present invention provides a record and playback apparatus including: a quantitative display unit of visually quantitative displaying a record time of a record-completed image recorded in the storage medium and the remaining recordable time; a record indicator c... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7161637 | Program restart and commercial ending notification method and system A method and system are provided for allowing channel surfing during the presentation of a commercial broadcast by returning the viewer to the desired program channel after the commercial broadcast has concluded. When a commercial broadcast is received that interrup... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161627 | Apparatus and method of registration correction for video signal processor and a television camera having registration correcting function A registration correction apparatus having interpolation circuits. The interpolation circuits receives digital sampled pixel signals from at least one channel of a plurality of color signal channels. The digital sampled pixel signals have been obtained by sampling c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155063 | Image processing apparatus and method of controlling same An image processing apparatus, and a method of controlling the same, for making it possible to execute decoding of compressed image data appropriately, in a processing time needed for decoding that will not detract from user convenience, and in conformity with amoun... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7139586 | Method and system for targeted broadcasting A system (20) of targeted broadcasting in a cellular communication system during an event can include at least one mobile unit (25) having stored therein scheduling information relating to an event, a designated location for the event, and a designated... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139033 | System and method for television frame capture and display A system and method are provided for frame capture and redisplay in a stand-alone television. The method comprises: down-converting a television signal including a plurality of frames; selecting an accepted frame; capturing the selected frame; storing the captured f... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7092042 | Broadcasting receiver A PLL circuit compares a PCR with the output frequency of a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), and returns a voltage value which is the result of the comparison to the VCO, so that a reference clock corresponding to the PCR is outputted from the VCO. A switch supp... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7051356 | Method and system for remote wireless video surveillance Disclosed are a system and method for providing wireless video surveillance of a remote location using microwave transmission of video data using TCP/IP networking protocol. The system comprises a remote unit having one or more analog cameras, a video encoder/decode... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7023491 | Method and device for displaying frozen pictures on video display device A method and apparatus for constructing a frozen picture to be displayed on a display device in a video data decoding system; the apparatus and method including the steps of receiving video data to be spatially and temporally reconstructed in the decoding system, fi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020892 | Time-shifted video signal processing A time-shifted video method has a real-time mode during which real-time video frames are delivered for display. In a time-shifted mode, time-shifted video frames are delivered for display. The time-shifted video frames are delayed relative to the real-time video fra... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7006154 | Portable system for live television signal editing A system and method for editing live television signals. This system includes: a plurality of input connectors for receiving separate input video signals, and an output connector; a mixer for generating at the output connector a real-time output video signal derived... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999057 | Timing of fields of video An apparatus and method to delay a field of video by one row in a two field frame to reduce DC build-up or stick caused by textual image. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6980256 | Instant replay of digital video optimized using non MPEG frame tags A method and device for providing instant replay in an MPEG video decoder. The method and device provides non-MPEG frame tags for correlation of the frames in the decompressed domain to the frames in the compressed domain. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6965785 | Cooperative wireless luminescent imagery A wireless communication device having luminescent display capabilities in accordance with various embodiments is provided with a machine accessible medium including instructions to receive data representing a set of one or more picture elements of an audience assis... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6952558 | Wireless sports view display and business method of use An on-location local multicast distribution system and business method therefor. Contemporaneous information is continuously provided to a local distribution unit on a particular event (e.g., a NASCAR race) from multiple input devices, such as video cameras and micr... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6952234 | Image pickup apparatus and method for broadening apparent dynamic range of video signal An image pickup method and an image pickup apparatus are provided which can pick up an image with a broad substantial dynamic range even with a video camera or the like which is likely to be subject to image shifts. In increasing an apparent dynamic range of a video... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6947060 | Image forming apparatus, electron beam apparatus, modulation circuit, and image-forming apparatus driving method An image forming apparatus which performs pulsewidth modulation with a pulsewidth set by counting a clock. Especially, for grayscale level correction by setting the frequency of the clock, the periodic clock is counted, and an output pattern is changed in accordance... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6924845 | Value added digital video receiver Methods and systems are provided for customizing a digital broadcast receiver. Video and audio clips may be captured from a broadcast signal after receiving commands from a user. The captured clips may then be used to provide background images and sounds. Sounds may... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6806913 | Apparatus and method for processing additional information in data broadcast system In an apparatus and method for processing a data broadcast signal, additional information contained in a TV broadcast signal can be easily selected and acquired without a time limit by using a still picture. Additional information corresponding to the still picture ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6791622 | Methods and apparatus for providing video still frame and video capture features from interlaced video signals Methods and apparatus for reducing the artifacts associated with still frame display and video capture of interlaced video are provided. Tuner 100 receives an interlaced video signal having an image frame with first and second fields. Motion detector 55 | 09/14/2004 |
| 6778223 | Image display apparatus and method Image data of still images are created based on data produced by one-dimensionally sampling a sequence of two-dimensionally displayed moving image data in one direction while sequentially moving a sampling position in another direction, and particular frame images a... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6762797 | Method and apparatus for catch-up video viewing A method and apparatus are provided for catching-up on viewing a program on a viewing device. The apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a storing mechanism configured for simultaneously recording and playing back digital video and audio stre... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6636271 | Apparatus and method for playing back a recorded video signal in a time compressed manner A signal processing method and apparatus provides a capability of storing a portion of an input signal representing a received program and accessing the stored information to provide a signal component representing a time-compressed version of the portion... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6630965 | Field freeze filter implementation A circuit for freezing a video frame having a first field interlaced with a second field. The circuit generally comprises a memory and a filter. The memory may be configured to present a plurality of coefficient signals that define (i) a first coefficient... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6490000 | Method and apparatus for time shifting and controlling broadcast audio and video signals A method and apparatus for delaying the display of a portion of audio and video broadcast signals received from a remote location. Received broadcast video and audio signals are placed in a first-in/first-out storage queue to enable the control of the pla... | 12/03/2002 |
