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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164690 | Image display device for expanding and displaying part of an image An image display device includes an MPEG decoder configured to generate image signals based on digital signals received by a tuner unit, an image segmenting unit configured to extract image signals included in a segment area being an arbitrary area portion from imag... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7999877 | Displaying data on lower resolution displays Data intended to be displayed on a higher resolution display such as a non-interlaced display used as a computer monitor may be converted for display on a lower resolution display such as an interlaced display. The conversion may be done in a way that preserves the ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7944505 | Image processing apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program An information processing apparatus includes storage means for storing an adjusted value previously set by a user for an output state of information and prediction means for predicting a prediction value for adjustment of the output state in accordance with the stor... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7903175 | Device and method for zooming images A method for zooming images is provided. The method is suitable for altering the size of a source image frame in both horizontal and vertical directions to generate a destination image frame. The method for zooming images includes the following steps. First, the fre... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7616263 | Information-processing apparatus and removable substrate used therein An information-processing apparatus is provided. For example, the information-processing apparatus has an information-processing device that processes information and a removable substrate that is detachably connected to the information-processing device. The inform... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7583321 | Displaying data on lower resolution displays Data intended to be displayed on a higher resolution display such as a non-interlaced display used as a computer monitor may be converted for display on a lower resolution display such as an interlaced display. The conversion may be done in a way that preserves the ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7561207 | Image processing apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program An information processing apparatus includes storage means for storing an adjusted value previously set by a user for an output state of information and prediction means for predicting a prediction value for adjustment of the output state in accordance with the stor... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7440036 | Television receiver that produces a contracted image Even when a user is by the immediate side of a screen of a large screen television receiver such as a plasma TV receiver, the user can view an image displayed on the screen entirely by contracting the image to be displayed, and power consumption of the television re... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436411 | Apparatus and method for rendering a video image as a texture using multiple levels of resolution of the video image A method and apparatus to generate one or more graphics textures of a video image, wherein graphics textures have differing resolutions, and to render the video image as a graphics texture using the one or more graphics textures of differing resolutions. The one or ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428019 | System and method for increasing space or time resolution in video A system and method for increasing space or time resolution of an image sequence by combination of a plurality input sources with different space-time resolutions such that the single output displays increased accuracy and clarity without the calculation of motion v... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420619 | Method for controlling partial image enlargement in DMB receiver A method for controlling partial image enlargement in a DMB receiver is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving DMB image data in real time and displaying a broadcast image on a screen; determining whether or not a partial image enlargement mode is sele... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411628 | Method and system for scaling, filtering, scan conversion, panoramic scaling, YC adjustment, and color conversion in a display controller Techniques for performing panoramic scaling are disclosed that reduce visible distortion in a panoramic image. Further, techniques for performing combined YC adjustment and color conversion are disclosed that reduce the size and power requirements of video manipulat... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408589 | Video signal processing circuit, video display, and display driving device Provided is a video signal processing circuit capable, in a scale conversion, of rendering a circuit scale small and alleviating a deterioration of a vertical resolution. A vertical scaler is provided with a function of increasing the number of scanning lines of an ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408590 | Combined scaling, filtering, and scan conversion Techniques for performing combined scaling, filtering, and/or scan conversion are disclosed that reduce that amount of line buffer space required in the overall design of a video processing system. In particular, coefficients from all or a sub-set of the scaling, fi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7391473 | Video display method of video system and image processing apparatus Video information and sub-information pertaining to a partial image to be displayed on a small-screen monitor are input from a receiver, disk playback unit, or memory data reader. On the basis of the sub-information, a target region data extractor and target region ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385650 | Device and method for processing image signal, program for performing the method, and computer-readable medium for recording the program A device for processing an image signal that can improve an image quality of a zoom image, in which based on an input image signal, an image-signal-processing section produces an output image signal to display the zoom image with an expansion rate of an image being ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375767 | Method of converting resolution of video signals and apparatus using the same A method converts a resolution of video signals, the method including: calculating up-sampling and down-sampling ratios based on a resolution of an input video signal and a desired resolution of an output video signal; calculating a number of filter tabs by multiply... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7354316 | Category 5e compliant patch panel A patch panel that provides a more flexible test bed for copper based broadband services using male or female pin-type connectors (commonly referred to as “telco” or “champ” connectors) that meets ANSI/T1A/E1A-568-B.2 standards is disclosed. The connectors, ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349539 | Encoding and encrypting devices for secure scalable data streaming A device and method thereof for encoding and encrypting data. The device includes a segmenter adapted to receive the data and segment at least a portion of the data into regions, a scalable encoder adapted to scalably encode at least one of the regions into scalably... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336386 | Image processor including a data compression unit having a switch and image processing method thereof The image processor comprises a switch that divides image data into m×n pixels, having n lines with m pixels per one line; a group of line memories that store the divided image; a compression device which batch compresses the image data of m×n pixels. Further, a c... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336303 | Imaging device An imaging control unit specifies a scan region, including an effective pixel region and a blanking region, of an image based on a magnification for electronic zooming, and converts an input optical signal into an electrical signal by scanning the scan region. The i... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7321391 | Camera apparatus, photographing method and a storage medium that records method of photographing A camera has a provisional photographing mode in which a human model image is displayed on a through image in an overlapping manner on a display, and the user moves the human model image to a desired position in the through image and records a composition indicating... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312832 | Sub-picture image decoder A sub-picture image decoder is disclosed, which essentially uses a sub-picture buffering unit to temporarily store at least one sub-picture data, an adjustment unit to store plural types of adjusting parameters, a control unit to compare the sub-picture data with th... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7269785 | Digital manipulation of video in digital video player According to the invention, a technique for operating a digital versatile disk (DVD) system is disclosed. First digital information is read from a DVD player. The first digital information is decompressed to create second digital information that is stored. In order... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268830 | Video display appliance having function of varying screen ratio and control method thereof Disclosed are a video display appliance having a function of varying a screen ratio of a main picture to a sub-picture depending upon a position of a user when a twin picture function is provided, and a control method thereof. The video display appliance includes a ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262811 | System and method for automatic zoom A system and method for automatically zooming “in” and “out” a video content stream to adjust for Ratio Mismatches is disclosed. The present invention is particularly applicable to 4:3 video content delivered in a 16:9 video content stream. The present inven... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262812 | Method for fine tuned automatic zoom A system and method for fine tuned automatic zooming “in” and “out” a video content stream to adjust for Ratio Mismatches and changes in Pillar Bar size is disclosed. The present invention is particularly applicable to 4:3 video content delivered in a 16:9 v... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259796 | System and method for rapidly scaling and filtering video data This invention relates generally to hardware for scaling and filtering video data and more specifically to algorithms and techniques for accelerating scaling and filtering operations on digital video data. The hardware is designed so that scaling and filtering opera... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250982 | Device and method for processing PIP in TV A device and method for processing a PIP (picture in picture) in a TV, in which a PIP is overlaid on a main picture, thus allowing a user to watch the PIP as well as the main picture even in a region of the PIP at the same time. The device includes a first video pro... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7212238 | Magnification alteration processing method which accords with types of image data and image processing apparatus which uses the method A device for outputting video signal includes a magnification alteration processing section that alters the magnification of image data expanded in frame memory in such a manner that the number of pixels in the frame memory and the number of pixels of the display ar... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212218 | Video display apparatus and video display method When the combination of the image signal and contents each having various aspect ratios is displayed on the display with various aspect ratios, an image display device that generates a proper display screen with simple operation or automatically is provided. The ima... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206029 | Picture-in-picture repositioning and/or resizing based on video content analysis A video display device, such as a television, having a picture-in-picture (PIP) display and a processor. The processor detects cues, such as color/texture/events/behaviors, etc., present in a primary display image, that is overlaid by the PIP. These cues are utilize... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202911 | Method and/or circuit for implementing a zoom in a video signal An apparatus comprising a de-interlacer circuit, a rate converter circuit and a zoom circuit. The de-interlacer circuit may be configured to generate a first progressive signal having a first rate in response to an interlaced signal. The rate converter circuit may b... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197194 | Video horizontal and vertical variable scaling filter An apparatus for variably scaling video picture signals comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate one or more data signals vertically scaled to a first value in response to (i) the video picture signals and (ii)... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7184548 | Encoding and decoding methods for secure scalable streaming and related systems A method and system for securely and scalably encoding data are described. A method and system for decoding data which has been securely and scalably encoding are also described. In one encoding method embodiment, the present invention recites receiving data. The pr... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184093 | Video image formatting technique The formatting of a video image frame (10) having a first aspect ratio to yield an image frame having a different aspect ratio is facilitated by establishing a pan and scan pixel coordinate (P) within the image that defines an image capture window for formatt... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7154544 | Digital camera including a zoom button and/or a touch tablet useable for performing a zoom operation An information processing device includes a shooting lens assembly, a photoelectric conversion element, a memory, a display screen, a zoom designation device and an image size changing device (e.g., a controller). The photoelectric conversion element receives light ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149369 | Method and system for image scaling A method for image scaling. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for image scaling that begins by selecting an input pixel from a first image. An input edge characteristic is determined from an input window associated with the inp... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142252 | Image processing apparatus and method for displaying picture-in-picture with frame rate conversion An apparatus and method for implementing picture-in-picture with frame rate conversion includes an input buffer unit, a data synchronizing unit, first through third memories, and a memory control unit. The input buffer unit buffers input data and outputs buffered da... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7119851 | Image processing apparatus and control method thereof An image processing apparatus is capable of displaying a first image obtained from a broadcast wave and a second image reproduced from a storage medium on a display unit. The apparatus comprises a first image processing unit adapted to increase a size of the first i... | 10/10/2006 |
