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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7688978 | Scene change detection In certain embodiments, a method of detecting a scene change in a digital video signal involves examining a slice of the digital video signal; determining if the slice contains a greater amount of data than a threshold amount of data; and if the slice contains a gre... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7660416 | System and method for media content collaboration throughout a media production process A delivery and display system 10 prepares and delivers daily film rushes and/or film “cuts” (i.e., rough edits) in full motion video to users via the Internet in a collaborative application and display interface. The delivery and display system includes a... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7577252 | Method for secure object detection in images A method processes an input image securely. An input image I is acquired in a client. A set of m random images, H1, . . . , Hm, and a coefficient vector, a=[a1, . . . , am], are generated such that the input image I is I=... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7496198 | Partial dual encrypted stream utilizing program map tables The present invention is suitable for use in a partial dual encrypted system. The present invention allows for two different decryption devices (e.g., an incumbent, or first, set-top and an overlay, or second, set-top) to be located in a single system having an incu... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7463736 | Data process apparatus and method therefor In an image process apparatus, a key different for each level of hierarchy is generated on the basis of a specific key with respect to image data having a hierarchical structure, the image data in each level of the hierarchy is encrypted using the generated key for ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7398395 | Using multiple watermarks to protect content material Content material is protected with a variety of watermarking processes. Different subsets of the protected content material are submitted to different watermarking processes. At the rendering device, a watermark detector is configured to detect one or more different... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7366302 | Apparatus and method for an iterative cryptographic block A method and apparatus for an iterative cryptographic block under the control of a CPU and without a fixed number of stages. In one embodiment, a first cryptographic block descrambles received information using an internal key or a preprogrammed key to form a descra... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363511 | Method for processing audiovisual information in an electronic device, a system, and an electronic device A method for processing audiovisual information in an electronic device comprises at least one control block for controlling the operation of the electronic device, and a memory. The audiovisual information is encrypted. The control block is provided with a protecte... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353380 | Method and apparatus for providing secure streaming data transmission facilities using unreliable protocols The invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting data securely using an unreliable communication protocol, such as User Datagram Protocol. In one variation, the invention retains compatibility with conventional Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and SOCKS prot... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353209 | Releasing decrypted digital content to an authenticated path Digital content is released to a rendering application for forwarding by such rendering application to an ultimate destination by way of a path therebetween. The path is defined by at least one module, and the digital content is initially in an encrypted form. An au... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337329 | Secure video card methods and systems Methods and systems for protecting data that is intended for use and processed on video or graphics cards are described. In one embodiment, a system comprises a graphics processor unit (GPU) for processing data that is to be rendered on a monitor. Memory is operably... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337328 | Secure video card methods and systems Methods and systems for protecting data that is intended for use and processed on video or graphics cards are described. In one embodiment, data is provided into a first portion of memory on a video card and the first portion has a first level of protection. The dat... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7319755 | Image altering apparatus and method for providing confidential viewing of a fundamental display image An image altering apparatus which provides confidential viewing of a video display by means of time multiplexing the fundamental display image with a color-inverted image thereof on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Electronic circuitry and/or software are utilized to modify ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305088 | Video distribution playback method, apparatus to be disposed on video distribution end, apparatus to be disposed on video playback end, computer readable medium, and movie distribution method A motion-picture distributor (12) uses a computer system (22) to convert video signals from a master film (14) into serial video data (41) complying with DVD-Video standards. Further, the computer system (22) modifies the sequence ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302586 | Secure video card methods and systems Methods and systems for protecting data that is intended for use and processed on video or graphics cards are described. In one embodiment, unencrypted data is provided in a video card memory. The unencrypted data is encrypted on the video card and transferred off o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302573 | Computer system and method for controlling output of reproduced video data A computer system with a monitor display, comprises a decoder unit configured to decode video data containing digital watermark information to derive decoded data, and configured to determine, based on information included in the video data, whether or not first cer... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299365 | Secure video card methods and systems Methods and systems for protecting data that is intended for use and processed on video or graphics cards are described. In one embodiment, data that is stored in memory other than a video card memory is encrypted and transferred over a bus to the video card. The en... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293178 | Methods and systems for maintaining an encrypted video memory subsystem Methods and systems protect digital content such as premium content like movies, programs, and other types of digital audio/visual content. In some embodiments, an architecture and related methods protect content by maintaining the content in encrypted form, whether... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7263714 | Providing content interruptions Content which users may wish to receive may be distributed with interrupting content such that the use of the content on the user's receiver may be interrupted and replaced with the interrupting content. The content which the user wishes to receive may be software, ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7239709 | Data recording/reproducing method, data recording/reproducing system, recording apparatus A data recording/reproducing method wherein encrypted digital data obtained by subjecting digital data to first encrypting by using a contents key and encrypted contents key obtained by subjecting the contents key to second encrypting are recorded on a recording med... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228413 | Data transmitting/receiving method and its receiver A data transmitting/receiving method for charging the reception of pay data in units of a reception or in units of a group to which receivers belong with a high degree of freedom and its receiver. The transmission side allocates the same group identification number ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225385 | Optical recording method A scrambling method for generating recording data onto a disc includes vertically scrambling main data, which is stored in DRAM, to generate PO, wherein the scrambled data due to generate PO is not stored in DRAM; then scrambling data again to generate PI; the scram... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224798 | Methods and apparatus for providing a partial dual-encrypted stream in a conditional access overlay system The present invention is directed towards providing a partial dual-encrypted stream in a conditional access overlay system. The headend equipment includes an aligner, identifier, and remapper (AIR) device (615) that receives a clear stream and one or two encr... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221757 | Method and system for accelerated data encryption An encrypted private session key for a private-key encryption method is quickly exchanged between a first device and a second device by computing encryption acceleration data using a public key for a public-key encryption method. The encryption acceleration data and... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221761 | Error resilient digital video scrambling A method and an apparatus for error resilient, digital image scrambling are disclosed. Error resilience scrambling is produced by shuffling transform coefficients between arrays of coefficients arranged along an axis substantially orthogonal to the axis along which ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218738 | Encryption and content control in a digital broadcast system A selective encryption encoder has a packet identifier that identifies packets of a specified packet type forming a part of a program. A packet duplicator duplicates the identified packets to produce first and second sets of the identified packets. A PMT (program ma... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215774 | Video data transfer control system and method A video data transfer control system allowing secure protection of video data from unauthorized copying is disclosed. A scrambling key used to scramble video data is stored in a key register and a new scrambling key is stored in a register. At the timing of a vertic... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215770 | System and method for partially encrypted multimedia stream A multimedia stream head end includes a legacy conditional access (CA) device that fully encrypts the stream using legacy keys. A copy of the stream is sent to a secondary CA device that encrypts only critical packets in the stream using secondary keys to render a p... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212630 | Method and apparatus for encryption using partial information A method and apparatus of encrypting optical images using binarization or phase only information is presented with a number of ways to secure the image also being provided. An image to be encrypted is first multiplied by a random phase function. The Fourier transfor... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206945 | Parallel distributed sample descrambling apparatus of passive optical network and method thereof Disclosed is a parallel distributed sample descrambling (DSS) apparatus and a method that lowers a clock speed of 622 MHz into ⅛ speed (77.76 MHz) and operates a serial descrambling processing in unit of bit by converting the processing into a parallel descramblin... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203310 | Methods and systems for cryptographically protecting secure content Methods and systems are provided for cryptographically protecting secure content in connection with a graphics subsystem of a computing device. Techniques are implemented to encrypt the contents of video memory so that unauthorized software cannot gain meaningful ac... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7190792 | Systems and methods for retrofitting electronic appliances to accept different content formats Systems and methods are disclosed for using an arbitrary fixed channel to carry third-party information. In one embodiment, the present invention provides systems and methods for enabling existing content rendering devices to accept content encoded in a proprietary ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191342 | Methods and circuits for allowing encrypted and unencrypted configuration data to share configuration frames Described are methods and circuits that allow encrypted and unencrypted, or differently encrypted, configuration data to define the contents of the same physical memory frame or frames within a programmable logic device. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176791 | Security verification method and device A security verification method for verifying whether improper settings that indicate composite errors of security settings exist in an object system, which is an object of examination, includes steps of: reading data transfer paths that represent data movement in th... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164373 | Data modulating method and apparatus, data demodulating method and apparatus, and code arranging method In a data demodulating method and apparatus, and a code arranging method, a multiplexer multiplexes an input data stream divided by a predetermined length into a plurality of types of pseudo random data streams using multiplexed information of predetermined bits by ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162745 | Protecting decrypted compressed content and decrypted decompressed content at a digital rights management client Theft of decompressed digital content as the content is being rendered is prevented. A requested slow-down of the rendering of the content is detected. Transfers of relatively large amounts of data are detected. A re-compressor-based requested slow-down of the rende... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155121 | Method and apparatus for providing controlled impairments to an optical transport system An optical stream is split into a primary optical stream and a secondary optical stream. The secondary optical stream is converted to an electrical signal. The electrical signal is processed to identify a particular portion of the optical stream. The primary optical... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146506 | Digital video display system A system for receiving and processing digital video information such as a digital television broadcast, includes a modular platform which receives a plurality of hot pluggable cards. The platform is coupled by a high data rate graphics bus to a digital television di... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7113523 | Data multiplexing device, program distribution system, program transmission system, pay broadcast system, program transmission method, conditional access system, and data reception device In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7099472 | Method and apparatus for securing digital video recording An approach is provided for storing and retrieving digital audio/video data. A system bus of fixed width transfers data bits. The data bits form a bit pattern. An interface is coupled to system bus and is configured to alter the bit pattern of the data bits, accordi... | 08/29/2006 |
