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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8139927 | Information recording apparatus and information recording method An information recording apparatus includes a recording medium receiver to receive a recording medium whereon information may be recorded by the apparatus and a non-volatile memory to store management information about the recording medium provided in the recording ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8120709 | Method of and apparatus for utilizing video buffer in a multi-purpose fashion to extend the video buffer to multiple windows The present invention includes a method and device that allows efficient mixing of multiple video images with a graphics screen while utilizing only one video buffer. The present invention partitions the sole video buffer, pre-scales the plurality of video images an... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8004611 | Method of and apparatus for utilizing video buffer in a multi-purpose fashion to extend the video buffer to multiple windows The present invention includes a method and device that allows efficient mixing of multiple video images with a graphics screen while utilizing only one video buffer. The present invention partitions the sole video buffer, pre-scales the plurality of video images an... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7929057 | Display control method A display control method and device are discussed. According to one aspect, the method includes dividing a screen into a first display region, on which a first broadcast signal is displayed, and a second display region having at least one sub screen, on which a seco... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7855752 | Method and system for producing seamless composite images having non-uniform resolution from a multi-imager system A method and system for producing seamless composite images having non-uniform resolution from a multi-imager system is disclosed. A plurality of lower resolution source images is acquired. In addition, a plurality of higher resolution source images is acquired. The... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7825991 | Multi-video display system A multi-video display system includes a multi-video display unit, a caption mode designating unit, a caption adding unit, a sound mode designating unit, and a sound adding unit. The multi-video display is capable of displaying videos, which are respectively viewable... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7777814 | Method of and apparatus for utilizing video buffer in a multi-purpose fashion to extend the video buffer to multiple windows The present invention includes a method and device that allows efficient mixing of multiple video images with a graphics screen while utilizing only one video buffer. The present invention partitions the sole video buffer, pre-scales the plurality of video images an... | 08/17/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7391874 | Audio console with integral video monitor An audio mixing console that comprises at least one input connector for receiving a video signal for broadcast; at least one input connector for receiving an audio signal; a control panel that includes a plurality of user operable audio channel controls; a signal pr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7375769 | Image processing apparatus In an apparatus for composing image data of a main picture and image data of a sub-picture by a chroma key process, an attribute of an image contained in the sub-picture is detected, a partial area of the sub-picture is set as a chroma key mask area in accordance wi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369157 | Video monitoring system using daisy chain A video monitoring system using daisy chain is disclosed. The video monitoring system can display a multiplexed image consisting of four or more pictures by bypassing video signals captured by a plurality of video cameras through several stages. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7336302 | Frame memory device and method with subsampling and read-out of stored signals at lower resolution than that of received image signals A frame memory device is employed in a digital camera, for example, to output raster-scanned digital color image signals at lower resolution than that of original image signals. The order of sequentially received original raster-scanned digital color image signals i... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337463 | Displaying heterogeneous video Heterogeneous video may be independently encoded in a processor-based system and transmitted for display on a display device. In the display device, the independent video streams may be de-packetized for display on the same display at different frame rates. Thus, ea... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7292235 | Controller driver and display apparatus using the same A control driver includes a display memory control section which generates a first process control signal when image data includes only first image data which has a pixel size equal to or smaller than that of a display section, and generates a second process control... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292284 | 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... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286189 | Method and apparatus for encoding video content A system identifies video data to be encoded as well as multiple display regions associated with a particular video display type. Each of the multiple display regions is associated with a different portion of an image associated with the video data. The video data i... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280158 | Video synthesizing apparatus A data amount of a still image to be synthesized is reduced to shorten a transmission time and to reduce a memory utilization spent by the image. The display position of the still image to be synthesized is easily changed to improve operation efficiency. A video syn... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275831 | Display device A display apparatus for displaying at least one of images and data in a vehicle has a projection unit and a display surface, the projection unit being arranged on at least one of a vehicle roof and on a vehicle inside mirror. The display surface may be used to displ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274407 | Method and apparatus for encoding video content A system identifies video data to be encoded as well as multiple display regions associated with a particular video display type. Each of the multiple display regions is associated with a different portion of an image associated with the video data. The video data i... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271849 | Method and apparatus for encoding video content A system identifies video data to be encoded as well as multiple display regions associated with a particular video display type. Each of the multiple display regions is associated with a different portion of an image associated with the video data. The video data i... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268833 | Display control method A display control method includes the steps of: dividing a screen into a first display region, on which a first broadcast signal is displayed, and a second display region having a plurality of sub screens, on which a second broadcast signal is displayed, in which th... | 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 |
| 7268829 | 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... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262783 | System for delivering and enabling interactivity with images A system, including apparatuses, software and methods, is disclosed for capturing and delivering images as to which various interactive functions are enabled for a user. The images introduced to the system can come from any one of a variety of sources, including the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7250978 | Multi-vision system and method of controlling the same A multi-vision system and a method of controlling a display device usable in a multi-vision environment are disclosed. The multi-vision system includes a video source providing a video signal, a user input unit receiving multi-vision arrangement information from a u... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7231069 | Multiple view angles camera, automatic photographing apparatus, and iris recognition method A multiple view angles camera used for an automatic photographing apparatus includes a narrow view angle lens, a cylinder lens, and an image sensor. One image sensor is used, and a wide view angle image and a narrow view angle image are projected on the image sensor... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7221782 | Method and apparatus for determining a dynamic range of a digital medical image A method and apparatus are provided for adjusting a dynamic range of a digital medical image for a medical imaging system. The digital medical image contains a clinical region and a non-clinical region. The method and apparatus identify the non-clinical region of th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215364 | Digital imaging system using overlapping images to formulate a seamless composite image and implemented using either a digital imaging sensor array An imaging system for obtaining a wide field of view comprises a plurality of imaging devices each having a defined field of view and each of the imaging devices having a mechanism for capturing an image at a selected time instant. The imaging devices are positioned... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196733 | Apparatus for receiving broadcast data, method for displaying broadcast program, and computer program A data broadcasting receiver apparatus includes a receiver for receiving image data of the image of an object and size information relating to the object, transmitted through data broadcasting, an input unit for inputting screen information relating to a display scr... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187847 | User interface for television schedule system Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hour... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187417 | Video signal processing apparatus that performs frame rate conversion of a video signal A video signal processing apparatus which performs a frame-rate conversion of a progressive line-scan video signal based on a film source of M film frames per second (wherein M is a natural number) into a video signal in which a same film frame is repeated N times f... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184098 | Cyclic data signal averaging system and method for use in video display systems A system and method for reducing periodic intensity variation in a video image includes applying input signals representing video image data to multiple circuit components by sequentially shifting the input signals through the circuit components to produce output si... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7164448 | Method for scrolling MPEG-compressed pictures A method for scrolling MPEG-compressed pictures consists in decoding a sequence of pictures (34, 35, 36) or any two pictures to be viewed by a MPEG decoder (5) and storing the sequence of pictures (35, 35, 36) or any two pictures in MPEG decoder... | 01/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7162531 | Manipulating a compressed video stream A computer may be remotely accessed. At a first location, display commands are generated. The display commands are converted into a compressed video data stream. Each display element (50) is checked if it is encoded (52). If an object is encoded, it is... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154558 | Display control apparatus and method, and recording medium and program therefor A display control apparatus includes a display controller for receiving image signals corresponding to a plurality of images, to perform image processing on the image signals, and to synthesize images corresponding to the thus-processed image signals. While the imag... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151852 | Method and system for segmentation, classification, and summarization of video images In a technique for video segmentation, classification and summarization based on the singular value decomposition, frames of the input video sequence are represented by vectors composed of concatenated histograms descriptive of the spatial distributions of colors wi... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149408 | Method and apparatus for editing video data Disclosed herein is a moving-picture editing apparatus that comprises a display device and a controller. The display device has a display screen and can display the frames forming a moving picture, on the display screen in the form of a frame matrix based on the fra... | 12/12/2006 |
