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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159615 | System and method of geometrical predistortion of overlaying graphics sources A system and method of geometrical predistortion of a graphical source signal is provided in which the graphical source signal is merged with an input video signal for display on a display device. The input video signal is received at a hardware scaler device and a ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8144251 | Overlaid images on TV An ambient, beautiful, entertaining visual experience that can be displayed on a TV requiring little or no user interaction beyond initiation. Multiple image layers that may be still or moving video, photos, etc, or a combination thereof can be overlaid on each othe... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8098332 | Real time motion picture segmentation and superposition Various embodiments of separating a picture part of interest from an arbitrary background are described. The background may be a moving or still frame. The picture part of interest and background frames may be in or out of focus. One separation approach employs the ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7800695 | Video storage device, and method of controlling a video storage device and video mixer A video mixer is employed to form a transition between two video compositions, for example a fade or a wipe. A video storage device is associated with the video mixer and plays out a video signal, the timing of which is controlled in dependence upon the progress of ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7511767 | Video storage device, and method of controlling a video storage device and video mixer A video mixer may be employed to form a transition between two video compositions, for example a fade or a wipe. A video storage device may be associated with the video mixer and plays out a video signal, the timing of which is controlled in dependence upon the prog... | 03/31/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7400361 | Method and device for generating a video effect A method for generating a video effect using a video signal processing device. The method comprises generating horizontal and vertical gating base signals. The horizontal gating base signal is combined with a first modulation signal and the vertical gating base sign... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7333150 | Method, system, and program product for eliminating error contribution from production switchers with internal DVEs Measurement of the relative timing between images and associated information, for example video and audio. Image mutual event characteristics are recognized in the images and associated mutual event characteristics are recognized in the associated information. The i... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324166 | Live actor integration in pre-recorded well known video The apparatus inserts a participant realistically into familiar background media to provide similar results to a completely original movie with multi-camera studio production and editing. An automated and simplified studio has multiple cameras and traditional studio... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7296231 | Video structuring by probabilistic merging of video segments A method for structuring video by probabilistic merging of video segments includes the steps of obtaining a plurality of frames of unstructured video; generating video segments from the unstructured video by detecting shot boundaries based on color dissimilarity bet... | 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 |
| 7277579 | Smart scan A method for determining a border of an image includes (a) receiving a composite image including a background image and a foreground image, (b) following one geometric feature (e.g., a line) of the background image, and (c) detecting two or more breakpoints in the f... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7224404 | Remote display control of video/graphics data A method and apparatus where a source delivers graphics data to a target, which receives and displays the graphics data. The source of the graphics data controls how the graphics data is to be displayed at the target. The source transmits a display control signal pr... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7199836 | Object-based audio-visual terminal and bitstream structure As information to be processed at an object-based video or audio-visual (AV) terminal, an object-oriented bitstream includes objects, composition information, and scene demarcation information. Such bitstream structure allows on-line editing, e.g. cut and paste, ins... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7180549 | Apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding An apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding, such as digital video disk (DVD) decoding, which produces new video data according to main picture data, sub-picture unit (SPU) data, and an aspect ratio. The apparatus includes a sub-pictu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7154560 | Watermarking of digital image data Digital watermarks can serve to indicate copyright ownership of digitized video. When video images are transmitted as transformed by discrete cosine transformation (DCT) for compression, with or without motion compensation, it is advantageous to include a watermark ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7139015 | Method and apparatus for mixing compressed video Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for mixing compressed video useable in a videoconferencing environment having a plurality of endpoint users. Through the use of the method and apparatus, each endpoint can receive a unique layout displaying some subset of t... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136078 | Connection device capable of mixing an RGB graphics signal and a YUV video signal and related method A connection device capable of mixing an RGB graphics signal and a YUV video signal. The connection device includes a graphics conversion module for transforming an RGB graphics signal into a YUV graphics signal, and a mixing module connected to the graphics convers... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7119849 | 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 a periodic OSD image data are... | 10/10/2006 |
| RE39214 | Blending text and graphics for display Text and graphics elements may be alpha blended in a way to reduce flicker when the text or graphics are display by a processor-based television receiver. The alpha values are used to intelligently smooth pixels adjacent the element to create television text and gra... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7057650 | Image sensing apparatus and method for synthesizing a composite image A composite image having a natural appearance is obtained when a synthesis target image is combined with a background image. By photographing a subject under different photographic conditions, a plurality of synthesis target images are obtained and the resulting ima... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050113 | Digital video data scaler and method A digital video stream is digitally scaled to properly display on a device having a horizontal to vertical aspect ratio different than the source aspect ratio leaving a blank area on the device. Graphic data is digitally scaled separately to extend partially or comp... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042511 | Apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding An apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding, such as digital video disk (DVD) decoding, which produces new video data according to main picture data, sub-picture unit (SPU) data, and an aspect ratio. The apparatus includes a sub-pictu... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034891 | Interfacing system for stream source apparatus and display apparatus and interfacing method thereof An interfacing method and system for a stream source apparatus and a display device, which includes a stream source apparatus receiving analog/digital signals from external analog/digital equipments to generate a plurality of transmission packet streams correspondin... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030934 | Video system for combining multiple video signals on a single display A video system and method for combining multiple video signals on a single display is provided. The video system includes a video processor to process a second video signal and generate a processed video signal. The processed video signal has the same resolution and... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7015978 | System and method for real time insertion into video with occlusion on areas containing multiple colors A system, method and computer program product for real-time insertion of indicia (e.g., an advertisement) into a live (or taped) broadcast. Typically, the invention allow insertion with occlusion onto surfaces such as tennis courts, the wall behind home plate on a b... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7006155 | Real time programmable chroma keying with shadow generation A system for forming composite video images from one or more foreground images and one or more background images. In one embodiment, s sum of a suppressed foreground image signal with weight α, with one or more selected foreground colors suppressed, and a backgroun... | 02/28/2006 |
| RE38954 | Television signal processor that is operable to generate a television signal broadcast waves with a plurality of different broadcast standards In an effective display area, an additional information recognizing part 203 recognizes a standard of a broadcast wave, refers to a ROM 212 and selects a target value, and provides an internal clock of a video data reading part 205 and an intern... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6987520 | Image region filling by exemplar-based inpainting An example-based filling system identifies appropriate filling material to replace a destination region in an image and fills the destination region using this material, thereby alleviating or minimizing the amount of manual editing required to fill a destination re... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6985188 | Video decoding and channel acquisition system A digital video decoding system receives packetized video data representing programs conveyed on a plurality of video channels. The system includes a plurality of buffers for storing encoded video data representing images of video programs conveyed on a correspondin... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6980257 | Plural-source, selectable, combined image/text single-screen display A plural-source-capable, broadcast-reception, audio/video system and methodology which freely enable the simultaneous display, on a single television receiver screen, of different categories of these broadcast-information components which may be being broadcast at t... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6959117 | Method and apparatus for deblurring and re-blurring image segments Using image segmentation in video compression brings about a limitation in video quality when a segment moves in position from frame to frame. The limitation arises because color contributions (bleeding or blurring) naturally occur between neighboring segments. The ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956971 | Terminal and method for transporting still picture Terminal and method for transporting a still picture uses a moving picture terminal after extraction of a frame unit of still pictures, for example, from a moving picture. The extracted still picture frames can be encoded in a fixed quantizing value and stored befor... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956618 | Apparatus and method for processing image, and an image processing program An image processing apparatus, which displays an image corresponding to a synchronizing frequency change-image signal, which is obtained by changing a frequency of a synchronizing signal of an image signal, and an other image corresponding to an other image signal o... | 10/18/2005 |
