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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189108 | Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens is capable of providing a plurality of contents on a single physical display device and reconstructing a f... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8159613 | Method for setting caption window attributes and associated television system A method for setting caption window attributes and an associated television system are concerned. The method includes steps of providing a plurality of attributive bit sets corresponding to a plurality of pixels in a caption; utilizing a window condition to compare ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159614 | Image display apparatus and channel information display method thereof An image display apparatus and a channel information display method thereof are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes displaying an image from a selected channel on at least one region of a screen; sequentially receiving, by a tuner, images from... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8125567 | Apparatus and method for controlling the screen size of real-time video An apparatus and a method are provided for controlling the screen size of a real-time video stream. The method including receiving via a digital channel a real-time video stream and content, determining whether there is overlap between the video stream and the conte... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8098330 | Mapping of presentation material Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for generating a video output by combining a first video input and a second video input. A first input image is accessed from the first video input and a second input image is accessed from the second video i... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8063989 | Television broadcast signal receiving apparatus A television broadcast signal receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit, a control unit and a display control unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a plurality of audio-video signals. The control unit is configured to receive operation inputs. The di... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063988 | Television receiver A TV receiver, which comprises an image character recognition means to recognize captions included in images of the TV programs as characters, a TV program type determination means to determine types of the TV programs, and an information screen generating means to ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059202 | Method for controlling electronic apparatus A method is provided for enabling users to control an electronic apparatus such as a television signal receiver, multimedia device, and/or other device in an easy and convenient manner using a single key of a user input device. According to an exemplary embodiment, ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059201 | Method and apparatus for providing a video signal A method of providing a video signal for display of a stream of video data (200) at a rate other than real-time, the video data being built up from frames, includes real-time rendering of non-contiguous segments of the stream of video data having multiple sub... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8035745 | Television channel selection canvas A channel selection canvas for display on a video display device is disclosed. The video display device can be a television, a laptop computer, or personal digital assistant device. The channel selection canvas allows a user to preview and choose video signals to be... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8013937 | Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a digital signal processing module which receives video information, audio information, or data i... | 09/06/2011 |
| RE42640 | Display apparatus A display apparatus including a display to display a picture; a signal processor to format a video signal to be output to the display; and a controller to output a control signal to the signal processor on the basis of a picture display state controlled through a co... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7948560 | On-screen signal processing apparatus and broadcast receiving apparatus for displaying image data according to attribute data An on-screen signal processing apparatus comprises a first display memory for storing binary image data, a second display memory for storing decoration data (i.e., “attribute data”) for decorating the binary image data stored in the first display memory in a uni... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944506 | Caption presentation method and apparatus using same A caption presentation method and an apparatus using the method, by which caption and information related to the caption can be provided together in a broadcast receiver or in an image reproducer that displays the caption in a closed caption method. The method inclu... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7907214 | Display apparatus and control method of the same A control method of a display apparatus including processing a broadcasting signal of a currently tuned channel and displaying the broadcasting signal on a main picture; extracting broadcasting program information of other currently broadcasting channels if a captio... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7903953 | Image recording and reproducing apparatus and method An image recording and reproducing apparatus and method are provided, in which a current broadcasting and a previous broadcasting with respect to one image content can be viewed at the same time using multi-decoding. One embodiment of the apparatus includes mode set... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903176 | Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens. The apparatus for providing multiple screens is capable of connecting a plurality of screens to a plurality of output ports so as to dynamically configure the plura... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7864249 | Method and apparatus displaying double screen An apparatus for displaying a double screen in a wide screen display device, the apparatus including a video interface to receive a first and a second video signal from a plurality of video signals according to a selection control signal, wherein each of the first a... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860375 | Method and apparatus for simultaneous recording and displaying two different video programs A method and apparatus for simultaneously recording and displaying video signals from two different video sources. The apparatus comprises a main channel processing circuit, a second channel processing circuit, and common circuitry. The common circuit comprises a di... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7821577 | Display device and method of driving the same A display device and a method of driving the same are disclosed, wherein a single original image is converted into a picture-enhanced image and a non-enhanced image, which are then displayed. The display device includes a controller (140) dividing a screen in... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7768576 | Multi-screen synthesis apparatus, method of controlling the apparatus, and program for controlling the apparatus There is provided a multi-screen synthesis apparatus that can execute display of video data and update of an OSD image without causing a user to feel a visual sense of incongruity, and reduce system costs. Periodic video source data and aperiodic OSD image data are ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7697072 | Image displaying method and apparatus for television when powering on/off An image displaying method for a television includes: selecting a portion of a plurality of display regions of a screen of the television to display a still or animated image when a power-on signal is received; and utilizing all the plurality of display regions to d... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7659942 | Broadcast receiver A broadcast receiver includes a varying unit which varies an output volume of broadcast audio, a display unit which displays a subtitle, which represents content of the broadcast audio, and a control unit which controls the display unit to display the subtitle when ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7639308 | Television channel selection canvas A channel selection canvas for display on a video display device is disclosed. The video display device can be a television, a laptop computer, or personal digital assistant device. The channel selection canvas allows a user to preview and choose video signals to be... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7633554 | Selectively overlaying a user interface atop a video signal Overlaying visual interface information atop a video signal without obscuring desired features of the video signal. The video signal may contain one or more pre-selected features, such as text. Two or more display sections equally divide the video signal, and any pr... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7593064 | System for adaptive display of video image segments A system determines available system resources along with the complexity of video clips in order to initiate and adapt automatic video clip playback. A method automatically concurrently plays multiple video clips in at least one composite video image by automaticall... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7515207 | Television broadcast receiving apparatus, program information processing method and program information processing program A television broadcast receiving apparatus includes a first receiver operable to receive a first television broadcast; a second receiver operable to receive a second television broadcast; a decoding unit operable to decode video data multiplexed to the first televis... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7436390 | OSD (on screen display) multi cursor display method and apparatus An OSD multi cursor display method and apparatus are provided, wherein an OSD source transmits a plurality of OSD multi cursor display data to a display apparatus by giving each data a peculiar ID, said display apparatus stores the plurality of received OSD multi cu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430018 | Timesharing of a display screen Since a continuous movie effect is created at 24 frames/second, a TV or a movie screen capable of displaying 48 frames/second can alternate the frames from two different programs, so that the frames of each program will have the rate of 24 frames/second. Two viewers... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428018 | Apparatus and method for adjusting screen A method and apparatus for adjusting a screen. The apparatus for adjusting a screen includes an on screen display (OSD) adjusting unit and a screen dividing unit. The OSD adjusting unit is overlaid on a reproduced image for providing an interface to allow screen adj... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7417633 | Workstation for processing and producing a video signal A workstation for processing and producing a video signal comprises a video input system, a video graphics processor, and a video output system. The video input system may comprise a video input module, a first video pipeline, and a second video pipeline. The video ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7400360 | Device for simultaneous display of video at two resolutions with different fractions of active regions An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a decoded video signal. The second circuit may be configured to generate (i) a first video output signal having a first resolution and (ii) a second video s... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398541 | Electronic television program guide schedule system and method Systems and methods are provided for displaying promotional information on a display on which program listings information is displayed. In some embodiments, the promotional information and the program listings information may be displayed simultaneously with video ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391470 | Apparatus and method for providing caption information An apparatus and method for providing caption information effectively provides information on the status of a caption service for a broadcast signal depending on a user's selection by checking the caption service status of the broadcast signal at a predetermined tim... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385586 | Systems and methods for presenting an interactive user interface A system interactively controlled by a TV viewer remote control transmitter displays portions of a scroll program guide on the. Viewer's display screen. A tuner receives TV radio frequency or optical transmission signals in a plurality of cable channels and passes a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375761 | Receiver having motion picture data decoder A receiver includes a motion picture data decoder which decodes motion picture data to obtain decoded motion picture data, a memory which stores the decoded motion picture data, a video processing unit which mixes the decoded motion picture data with first graphics ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376338 | Information storage medium containing multi-language markup document information, apparatus for and method of reproducing the same An information storage medium containing multi-language markup document information, and an apparatus for and a method of reproducing the information storage medium which includes audio/video (AV) data, multiple markup documents which contain text information to be ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373652 | Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide Techniques for searching a program guide database. In accordance with a method, one or more search criteria (e.g., keywords) are received and a request for a search is then sent, along with the search criteria, to a head end of an information distribution system. In... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373650 | Apparatuses and methods to enable the simultaneous viewing of multiple television channels and electronic program guide content A Digital Home Communication Terminal (DHCT) including a plurality of tuners, each of which can select one of a plurality of transmission channels provided by a Digital Broadband Delivery System (DBDS). The multiple tuners enable the DHCT to tune to a plurality of d... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373123 | Multiple tuners in a single radio receiver A radio receiver having multiple AM/FM tuners. A first tuner and a second tuner may be connected with an antenna for generating a first and second composite audio output signal. A dual input digital signal processor may be connected with the first tuner and the seco... | 05/13/2008 |
