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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7852411 | Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles The gist of the invention is a subtitling format encompassing elements of enhanced syntax and semantic to provide improved animation capabilities. The disclosed elements improve subtitle performance without stressing the available subtitle bitrate. This will become ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7557865 | Display control apparatus and program When a digital broadcast bearing character information multiplexed with video information is received, image processing is performed in consideration of the video information that composes the background of characters to be displayed, thereby displaying the characte... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7486337 | Controlling the overlay of multiple video signals In one embodiment the present invention includes receiving an alpha component of a graphics signal, receiving a primary video signal, and receiving a secondary video signal. A portion of the alpha component is extracted and applied to the extracted portion to render... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7463311 | Method and system for including non-graphic data in an analog video output signal of a set-top box A method and system for including non-graphic data in an analog video output signal of a set-top box. Graphics data is generated from and represents non-graphic data using software or firmware that is executed by a processor, system-on-a-chip integrated circuit, or ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7456904 | Method and apparatus for superimposing characters on video A method and apparatus for superimposing a character on video for display on a video screen comprising providing a system capable of displaying a plurality of RGB pixel values on a video screen, designating a portion of the plurality of RGB pixel values to have spec... | 11/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7369180 | Method for processing auxiliary information in a video system A method for processing auxiliary information, such as closed caption or teletext data, in a video system enables an increased number of characters to be displayed per line. According to an exemplary embodiment, a video system (100) includes a tuner (10 | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365757 | Method and apparatus for independent video and graphics scaling in a video graphics system A method and apparatus for independent video and graphics scaling in a video graphics system is accomplished by receiving a video data stream, wherein the video data stream includes video data in a first format. A graphics data stream is also received, and the graph... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356084 | Method for tracking the disappearance of detected logos within digital video signals A method and system for sensing disappearance of the previously detected logos in noisy digital video signals. When a video program starts, a short period of time is allowed to initially detect the existence and the location of the logo within the incoming video fra... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355654 | Character display control circuit A character display control circuit comprises a selection circuit to select and output, as one of the RGB signals, one of a first voltage, a second voltage lower than the first voltage, and one or more third voltages existing between the first and second voltages; a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355609 | Computing visible regions for a hierarchical view A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment determines the visible regions of potentially overlapping views and writes the visible regions to an output device. The visible regions may be determined using the visible-above region asso... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349956 | System and method for accessing and operating personal computers remotely A remote access device is disclosed for capturing, digitizing and communicating video signals from a host computer to a remote computer. The remote computer returns keyboard and mouse signals through the remote access device to the host computer to control the host ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340457 | Apparatus and method to facilitate the customization of television content with supplemental data An apparatus and method for customizing television content uses an application (70) operating on a computing platform (12) associated with a display device (40). The platform (12) accesses a display component database (48) containi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340103 | Adaptive entropy encoding/decoding for screen capture content Adaptive entropy encoding and decoding techniques are described. For example, a screen capture encoder and decoder perform adaptive entropy encoding and decoding of palettized screen capture content in screen capture video. The encoder selects between different entr... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336286 | Method of and an apparatus for processing images In an image processing apparatus to conduct an on-screen display operation, the bus band of an image memory is minimized. The apparatus includes an image memory including a first memory area to store a first image data group of a first image for a background and a s... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330197 | Mixed reality exhibiting method and apparatus In exhibition of a synthesized image which is obtained by synthesizing a virtual world image with a real world image observed from a viewpoint position and direction of a user, data representing a position and orientation of a user is acquired, a virtual image is ge... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7312831 | Re-inserting VBI data using OSD apparatus and method A method of reinserting Vertical Blanking Interval (VBI) data in a digital video signal includes creating a gray scale palette in a an On Screen Display (OSD) memory; sizing a VBI area in an OSD memory; locating a VBI area in an OSD memory; generating a VBI luma wav... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7312815 | Method and apparatus for color calibration The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for color calibration for calibrating an input color. A target color represented by a first coordinate pair (X1, Y1). An input color, which is to be calibrated, is represented by a second coordin... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305618 | Methods for multimedia content repurposing Comprehensive multimedia content re-purposing relating to wireless communications employs content constructs that are compact representations of the content information. For video content, the constructs are content operators that represent 2D image regions and/or 3... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301666 | Image processing apparatus and method, image synthesizing system and method, image synthesizer and client computer which constitute image synthesizing system, and image separating method An image processing apparatus and method are disclosed. The system includes an image area designating device that designates an area to be extracted of an original image displayed on a display screen. A color changing device changes the color of an area, excluding t... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295219 | Display driver chips and methods having reduced storage of image data and/or on-screen display (OSD) data Image data and/or On-Screen Display (OSD) data is generated for display on a display having rows of pixels by repeatedly combining a portion of the OSD data and a portion of the display data in a display driver chip without storing more than the portion of the displ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295249 | Digital television display control apparatus and method Apparatus for controlling a digital television display, the apparatus comprising a main processor 4, a main memory 5 coupled to said main processor 4 via address and data busses, the main memory 5 being arranged to store at least temporar... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7277010 | Monitoring apparatus and method Monitoring apparatus and method including a processor, associated with a web site and capable of providing audio and video, which receives audio information recorded or obtained at a vehicle or premises. The processor, located remote from the vehicle or premises, re... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271846 | Receiving apparatus A receiving apparatus includes a reception unit which receives moving image data transmitted from a source node, an acquisition unit which requests the source node to send information including a vendor name of the source node so as to acquire the vendor name of the... | 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 |
| 7260108 | Multimedia information providing method and apparatus Media for videophone communication, media for communication navigation, media for i-mode packet communication, and media for handling video data as streaming data are linked to a server so that the server can receive data from the media of each type. A user of data ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259482 | Distance extender and method making use of same A distance extender (100, 200) for increasing a distance between a first device (145) and a second device (150) in electrical communication with the first device includes an electrical cable (130, 230) electrically coupled between the fir... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7254235 | Receiving mixed-media data Encrypted mixed media data (201) may be read by many browsers (101) from a server (108). Downloaded encrypted environment data includes data modification access codes. A user access code is received and an access check (214) is performed ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253822 | Picture displaying apparatus, picture displaying method, picture displaying program, and computer readable record medium containing the picture displaying program A picture displaying apparatus comprises a storing unit storing a plurality of pictures, a displaying unit displaying the picture, an aimed region designating unit designating a partial region on the picture as an aimed region, an image cutting-out unit cutting-out ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254824 | Encoding optimization techniques for encoding program grid section of server-centric interactive programming guide An interactive program guide (IPG) may include a program grid section and a multimedia section. The program grid section typically contains program information organized in a grid with a time axis and a channel axis. The multimedia section may include video for adve... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7251368 | Pixel-based data modifying method and device The invention relates to a method of modifying data in an encoded data signal 125 corresponding to successive pictures divided into sub-pictures, for providing an output modified data signal 126. In particular, this invention can be used for the insert... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248314 | Liquid crystal display with the red, green, blue, and yellow sub-pixels surrounding the white sub-pixel A LCD device includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixels each having a white (W) sub-pixel and red (R), green (G), blue (B) and yellow (Y) sub-pixels surrounding the W sub-pixel; thin film transistors each connected to gate and data lines over the fir... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242988 | Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239356 | Broadcast receiver for displaying video information of a program transmitted by broadcast waves A broadcast receiver has a GPS reception section for clocking, a TV tuner for receiving a broadcast wave of TV broadcast, and a display for displaying video information of a program transmitted by a broadcast wave, and displays video information of a plurality of pr... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230653 | Method and apparatus for real time insertion of images into video The present invention comprises a real time image insertion system for video utilizes a three-dimensional model of at least one target area within a site for identifying the target area within an original video image of the site, and for rendering a target image and... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227584 | Video signal processing system A video signal processing system for processing a video data VIN and graphic data DμP includes a filter unit, which receives the video data VIN. The filter unit filters the video data VIN to convert the video data VI... | 06/05/2007 |
