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"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
David Sarnoff, American radio pioneer ; 1921
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7657149 | Method and apparatus for storing a stream of video data on a storage medium A system for storing video data includes a receiver configured to receive a stream of video data that includes a sequence of original transport packets. Each original transport packet has a first predetermined number of bytes including video data bytes. A first circ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7394966 | Image communication apparatus for wireless communication of digital images, and method thereof An image capture apparatus includes an image capture unit, a recording unit, a wireless communication unit and a control unit. The recording unit records digital image captured by the image capture unit on a recording medium. The wireless communication unit transmit... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386216 | Video signal transmitting apparatus for transmitting different type video signals depending on capability of video signal receiving apparatus An interface is realized that can prevent video signals from being copied easily and which uses a luminance/color difference signal transmission scheme with an excellent harmony with a television circuit. In a video transmission using a digital interface, colorimetr... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385649 | Video display apparatus and method In a video display apparatus and method, video data of video being displayed on a display unit are sequentially updated and temporality stored in a storage unit. The video data stored in the storage unit is written into an external storage medium according to a firs... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370342 | Method and apparatus for delivery of targeted video programming A system residing preferably in a television set-top box monitors the television watching habits of one or more viewers and creates one or more profiles for each viewers descriptive of various characteristics of each viewers, including television watching preference... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366396 | Method and apparatus of recording/reproducing multi-channel stream The present invention relates to multi-channel stream recording/reproducing method and apparatus. The present multi-channel stream reproducing method checks whether or not reproduced multi-channel stream belongs to same broadcast (RF) channel, and deletes PSI (Progr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352953 | Method and apparatus for recording and storing video information A personal video recording/storage apparatus for downloading streaming video and data contents from a number of sources and storing the video files to an internal storage device, such as a disk drive. The apparatus further has the ability to offload the video files ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352864 | Display device A display device comprises a nonvolatile memory for storing an amount of adjustment obtained in a blanking adjustment most recently performed for a particular video signal, means for judging whether or not the particular video signal is inputted, means for masking a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7330164 | Video controlled detector sensitivity A method for setting opto-sensor detection sensitivity in a projection video display comprising the steps of sequentially generating video signals of different colors for illuminating a sensor with video images of the video signals. In responsive to the video signal... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324735 | Image processing An image data processing system is configured to store image data with redundant protection in the form of a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID). An input card is configured to receive an input stream of real-time digital video data, possibly provided by a v... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324646 | Method and apparatus for film anti-piracy A method and apparatus is disclosed for introducing alterations or distortions in projected images. The distortions on the projected image are imperceptible to a human viewer. The distortions are recorded on recording devices and observable upon viewing the recorded... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322038 | Program guide system for recording television programs An interactive program guide system is provided. The system facilitates recording of programs selected from the program guide. The system handles the recording and viewing of pay programs, parentally-controlled programs, consecutive programs on different television ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321735 | Optical down-converter using universal frequency translation technology A method and system for converting an optical signal to electrical information signals, including demodulated baseband information signals and modulated baseband signals at multiple harmonics. In an embodiment, the optical information signal is amplitude modulated w... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315685 | Method and apparatus for continuous feed of disks for recording digital video signals and authenticating the digitally recorded disks A digital signal recording apparatus a method of operating the same, used in conjunction with TV and video cameras, for example for security applications, includes a disk feeder system having a disk recorder and an upper compartment for holding fresh unrecorded disk... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310823 | Digital information recording apparatus and outputting apparatus A digital information recording apparatus includes multiple recording circuits for making multiple copies. The apparatus limits the number of copies, however, in accordance with copy information provided within the digital information itself. When the number of copi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295826 | Integrated frequency translation and selectivity with gain control functionality, and applications thereof Methods and apparatuses for frequency selectivity and frequency translation, and applications for such methods and apparatuses, are described herein. The method includes steps of filtering an input signal, and down-converting the filtered input signal. The filtering... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295751 | Method and apparatus for continuous feed of disks for recording digital video signals and authenticating the digitally recorded disks A digital signal recording apparatus and a method of operating the same, used in conjunction with TV and video cameras, for example for security applications, includes a disk feeder system having a disk recorder and an upper compartment for holding fresh unrecorded ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292835 | Wireless and wired cable modem applications of universal frequency translation technology Frequency translation and applications of same are described herein, including cable modem applications. Such applications include, but are not limited to, frequency down-conversion, frequency up-conversion, enhanced signal reception, unified down-conversion and fil... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293276 | Interactive television program guide for recording enhanced video content Interactive television systems and methods are provided for enhancing program guide content using recording and alert features for video related to promotions, advertisements, and other selectable displays presented in an interactive television application such as a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283429 | Recording apparatus having playlist editing function A recording apparatus comprising a recording portion for recording moving image data on a recording medium, a recording instruction portion for instructing start and temporary stop of recording the moving image data, a playlist processing portion for producing playl... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273452 | Vision catheter system including movable scanning plate A disposable imaging catheter that produces high resolution, color images comparable to those obtained from an endoscope. The device may also be made to function as a guidewire. The device may also include a sheath which slides over the catheter body for stiffening ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7260785 | Method and system for object retransmission without a continuous network connection in a digital media distribution system The present invention provides a method and system for object retransmission in an asynchronous environment without a continuous network connection in a digital media distributor (DMD) system. The method and system include receiving objects in a receiver from a cent... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260582 | Information recording apparatus, method, information reproduction apparatus, and method An information recording or reproduction apparatus and method in which a transport packet for padding is not inserted and a limited recording space is used effectively when performing data editing to delete a mid-stream of the moving picture file consisting of an MP... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248775 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes a CCD light-receiving element. An image signal of an object captured by the light-receiving element is stored on an image memory via a signal processing circuit, and subsequently compressed by an image compression/expansion circ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242844 | Video signal recording and reproduction device and video signal reproduction device A video signal recording and reproduction device of this invention uses one of a plurality of terminals for receiving input of component video signal to also serve as a composite video signal input terminal, thereby reducing a number of the input terminals. This rea... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239793 | On-screen display insertion A digital apparatus for reproducing a digital video representative signal stored on a recorded medium is connected to a receiving device including a decoder. The apparatus comprises a processing means for the digital video representative signal stored on the recorde... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239343 | Image distribution method employing both a first network whose bandwidth is not assured and second network whose bandwidth is assured for control and image transmission An image distribution method for distributing an image acquired by a camera on a network includes the steps of receiving control information for the camera from an image reception apparatus via a packet-switched network; and sending an image acquired by the camera t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236683 | Method and apparatus for providing or enhancing copy protection by adding selected negative-going and positive-going pulses in a video signal HBI The horizontal blanking interval (HBI) of a normal video signal is modified to enhance the playability of the applied copy protected video signal while maintaining the copy protection effectiveness. As generally known, a copy protected video signal with positive-goi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231138 | Method and system for DVD single frame stepping backwards Aspects of performing single frame backwards playback in a DVD system are described. The aspects include receiving a signal indicating selection of a single frame reverse function. Frame data for a preceding frame of an original playback is then reconstructed while ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228060 | Copy guard method and digital broadcast receiving apparatus According to a copy protection method of the present invention, as for a component video signal which is composed of a luminance signal and two color-difference signals, copy inhibition information is superimposed upon a first color-difference signal and information... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228057 | Apparatus and method of reproducing moving picture at variable speed Moving pictures are reproduced from a stored moving-picture signal and output at a set reproduction speed. The stored moving-picture signal is reproduced in accordance with the set reproduction speed to obtain first interlaced pictures. The first interlaced pictures... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7187840 | Reproducing arrangement having an overview reproducing mode A reproducing arrangement for reproducing scenes of a stored film in an overview reproducing mode of the reproducing arrangement, has random access memory means for the storage of audio/video data (AVD) of a film which is reproducible at a normal reproducing speed d... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7177528 | Disk drive apparatus, and data processing method for use with disk drive apparatus A disk drive apparatus is provided which is capable of performing recording and playback processing of an AV data stream requiring real-time characteristics and processing in an operation mode suitable for battery driving. The construction is formed in such a way th... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174088 | Digital signal recording method, digital signal reproducing method, digital signal recording and reproducing method, and digital signal recording and reproducing apparatus A digital signal recording and reproducing method and apparatus using first, second, third, and fourth information as information to protect a copyright, the first and second information are added to the digital signal, the third information is inputted from the dig... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174082 | Method for designing de-emphasis circuit for video signal processing integrated circuit and integrated circuit made by the same In a de-emphasis circuit designing method for minimizing the number of peripheral components of a video signal processing integrated circuit (IC), a circuit device for determining the level of a reproduced video signal of the de-emphasis circuit is included in the v... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170477 | Image reproducing method, image display apparatus and picture signal compensation device When reproducing an image by a display apparatus having a plurality of pixels, in an average signal level operation circuit is performed an operation to obtain an average signal level which is an average level of all the pixel signals in a picture signal including a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7155114 | Information recording apparatus and method, information reading apparatus and method, magnetic tape format, and recording medium An information recording apparatus for recording information on a predetermined recording medium includes a creation unit for creating search data from main image data; and a recording unit for recording the search data created by the creation unit and the main imag... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155609 | Key exchange mechanism for streaming protected media content In accordance with a key exchange mechanism for streaming protected media content, key exchange components on both a client device and a server device communicate with one another to pass one or more keys from a removable storage medium (e.g., a DVD) on the server d... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151887 | Copy controlling method and system of digital contents In a system for recording digital contents compressed and delivered by the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) standard, in decoding the contents, even a DCT coefficient of the digital contents is required in a discrete cosine transform (DCT) unit, according to the ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146627 | Method and apparatus for delivery of targeted video programming A system residing preferably in a television set-top box monitors the television watching habits of one or more viewers and creates one or more profiles for each viewers descriptive of various characteristics of each viewers, including television watching preference... | 12/05/2006 |
