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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7916995 | Method and device for recording digital data Various applications record or handle uncompressed video, where the amount of information needed for each frame or field is constant, based on the video frame rate and color resolution of each pixel. Since various video frame rates and audio sample rates are defined... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7773863 | Data decoding device, data decoding method, semiconductor integrated circuit and data decoding system, using tag added to data pack A data decoding device for decoding a compressed and coded data includes: an inverse multiplexing part configured to separate compressed and coded data into a plurality of unit data, then separated, from the unit data, more than one type of a data pack, and adding a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769274 | Video processing and optical recording using a shared memory A combined digital TV decoding and optical recording system includes a transport stream demultiplexer to demultiplex at least one compressed multimedia stream from an MPEG transport stream having multiplexed compressed multimedia streams. A video encoder compresses ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7664374 | Digital convergent recorder The invention generally relates to a digital convergent recorder. The digital convergent recorder may generate and record into a storage device (e.g. HDD) a first digital data in a first compress format (e.g. MPEG2) out of an external input analog AV signal or a dig... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7620299 | Data recording device for recording data in basic recording units When, in the course of recording data to a disk for each basic recording unit, the recording is stopped in the middle of a basic recording unit, data of the basic recording unit of the recording that was stopped remain held in memory. When recording resumes, the rec... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613382 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup ci... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7590332 | Video signal recording and reproducing apparatus The video signal recording and reproducing apparatus of the invention includes: a receiving section for receiving a television signal; an image compression section for compressing an amount of information per unit time of the received continuous video signal; a writ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7551840 | Video tape recorder and recording method A video tape recorder for recording high definition television video signals onto a magnetic tape, and recording at least reproduction standard management information in the order of pictures of video data in a main sector, and in the order of pictures of compressed... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7512324 | Data recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording/reproduction method, and imaging apparatus The present invention provides a recording/reproduction apparatus and a method therefor with superior cost-effectiveness and data durability with respect to vibrations, and an efficient configuration of the memory for storing data for recording/reproduction processi... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7454124 | Video reproducing apparatus and reproducing method For a plurality of digital video signals whose frame frequencies are different, a pixel number converting circuit to convert the number of pixels is provided so that differences of the frame frequencies are replaced to differences of the numbers of pixels and a plur... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7440679 | Recording medium for storing information for still picture, recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor A recording medium for storing information for still pictures, and a recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor. A writeable and rewriteable recording medium stores data for a plurality of still pictures and audio data added thereto in one file or a ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437053 | Digital video recorder, method of driving the video recorder and program A digital video recorder writes data on a selected one of a first storage medium and a second storage medium. The recorder includes an abnormal state detector for detecting any abnormal event that possibly occurs while the recorder is writing the data on the first s... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433577 | Method and apparatus for reproducing television broadcast program digest An apparatus for reproducing a television broadcast program digest which stores a broadcast signal indicative of contents of at least one television broadcast program and guide data of the at least one television broadcast program. The apparatus pre-stores a period ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433582 | Personal video recording with machine learning for messaging Machine learning for control of a personal video recorder (“PVR”), including providing records of transmissions of messages; identifying a message point in operation of a PVR; selecting, in dependence upon the message point, a message to be transmitted; and dete... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430361 | Process and device for decoding MPEG pictures and for displaying them in rewind mode, video driver circuit and decoder box incorporating such a device A process for decoding and for displaying in rewind mode pictures of a stream of picture data compressed according to the MPEG standard using a specified number N of frame memories each adapted for storing a decoded picture, where N is an integer greater than or equ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424203 | Data reproduction transmission apparatus and data reproduction transmission method In the case that the video and audio information obtained from the digital broadcast or a digital recording medium coded according to a predetermined information processing rule is digitally transmitted, the normal reproduction and special reproduction are performed... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424201 | Method for field-programming a solid-state memory device with a digital media file The preferred embodiments described herein provide a method for field-programming a solid-state memory device with a digital media file. In one preferred embodiment, a solid-state memory device is provided that comprises a memory array comprising a plurality of fiel... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418193 | Video receiving and recording apparatus A video receiving and recording apparatus which can record a momentarily overlooked scene of a television broadcast and which can realize a reduction in power consumption and the like is provided. This video receiving and recording apparatus includes a short-time si... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412154 | Digital motion picture decoding apparatus and digital motion picture decoding method A digital motion picture decoding apparatus comprising an input buffer memory for storing coded data to be decoded, a reproduced picture memory for storing the decoded picture data to be displayed, and a display picture deciding means for deciding a reproduced pictu... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7398005 | Trick mode playback of recorded video The present invention concerns a method (200) and system (100) for producing a trick mode playback of a segment of video containing a plurality of predictive pictures. The invention includes the steps of: (a) decoding (212) a portion of a predic... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391962 | Optical recording/reproducing apparatus having a function of separating luminance and color components An optical recording/reproducing apparatus comprising an audio and video (A/V) codec having a function for separating luminance and color components. A video decoder converts an analog video signal into a digital video signal; an A/V codec having a pre-compression p... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389038 | Multimedia information recording device and method for recording multimedia information file on recording medium A multimedia information recording device is used for efficiently recording multimedia information (100) file storage area (111) on a recording medium (110). From the multimedia information given to the device, a data body DB and control informa... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386219 | Video data recording apparatus and video data recording method A time from covering to edit or broadcast is shortened and also management and handling of materials are made simpler. Encoder 1A compresses digital video signal DVS obtained by camera into encoded data DVA of low resolution. Encoder 1B compress... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386222 | Audio/video information recording/reproducing device and method therefor An audio/video information recording/reproducing device capable of easily implementing a post-recording function on an optical disk by using even a low-cost disk drive having a comparatively low-speed seek time. When recording a video file, it is recorded on an opti... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386223 | Method and an apparatus for stream conversion a method and an apparatus for data recording and data recording medium In a recording medium storing MPEG stream, flag information (encode_condition) indicating that the stream is recorded in a format enabling easily the first stream (MPEG transport stream) to be converted into the second stream (MPEG program stream) is provided. Such ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383565 | Directing process for use in sending trick-mode video streams with a high performance A high-performance directing process has use in sending a trick-mode video stream, of a particular video, from a video server to a viewer network. This directing process—1) receives a series of spaced apart requests from an external circuit with each request being... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379657 | Method for generating additional information for guaranteeing seamless playback between data streams, recording medium storing the information, and recording, editing and/or playback apparatus using the same A method for generating additional information for guaranteeing seamless playback of data streams, a recording medium for storing the information, and recording, editing and/or playback apparatus using the same are provided. The method generates additional informati... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7380029 | Disk driver cluster management of time shift buffer A file allocation system for a hard disk drive includes a memory with driver logic and a processor configured with the driver logic to receive a request to allocate hard disk space of a defined size for a buffer file. In some embodiments, the processor is configured... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379654 | Programmable video recorder backing store for non-byte stream formats The buffer of a programmable video recorder includes a backing store having a plurality of discrete temporary files that are configured to store non-byte streamed data, such as ASF data. The data stream includes a number of data samples that are each assigned a time... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372999 | Image coder and image decoder capable of power-saving control in image compression and decompression An image decoder comprises a code decompression/decoding unit that decodes code data produced through compression and encoding of image data, a power supply state detection unit that detects a current state of a power supply of the image decoder, and a controller th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372469 | Image transforming method The present invention provides a method for rotating YUV4:2:0 image in a digital display device, such as TV image system. A YUV4:2:0 image is separated to a Y division matrix and a U and V division matrix. Then the Y division is performed a rotation matrix calculati... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373079 | Method and an apparatus for stream conversion, a method and an apparatus for data recording, and data recording medium For encoding externally input AV signal to MPEG-TS that enables quickly conversion from MPEG-TS to MPEG-PS, data unit (Multiplexing Unit) is defined which includes a plurality of packet and has data size corresponding to data amount of one pack in MPEG-PS, and MPEG-... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370146 | Recording/reproducing control apparatus A recording/reproducing apparatus 11 has a directory service block 22 that stores management data for enabling search for stream data recorded in a virtual recording space, a controlled block 21 for receiving stream data identification informati... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7369745 | Data recording device and method, program storage medium, and program This invention relates to a data recording apparatus, a data recording method, a program storage medium, and a program whereby data recorded on an information recording medium is edited and reproduced in a suitably controlled manner. Where an AV stream file includin... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366402 | Method and apparatus of recording a high definition digital television broadcast signal The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of recording a directly-received digital television broadcast signal. This method demodulates a received high definition digital television broadcast signal, extracts transport stream belonging to a chosen chan... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366401 | Video summary play apparatus and method A signal receiving unit receives a signal including video data. A video data memory sequentially stores the video data. A timing decision unit decides a timing to generate a video summary by referring to the signal, and provides a generation request of the video sum... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362947 | Device, method, and system for video editing, and computer readable recording medium having video editing program recorded thereon A variety of special effect processing is performed on video frames retrieved from a disk device 30 in effect processing stages ES1, ES2, and so on. A work memory 112B is always interposed between processing at one stage and processing at... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363647 | Mapping process for use in sending trick-mode video streams with a high performance A high-performance mapping process has use in sending a trick-mode video stream, of a particular video, from a video server to a viewer network. This mapping process generates a trick-mode control map which—1) identifies segments of the normal video stream that in... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362959 | Method of and device for encoding an information stream The application relates to a method of and devices for encoding an information stream (20) into a variable bit rate (VBR) encoded information stream (24). The application discloses a method of estimating the relation between the variable bit rate, the ... | 04/22/2008 |
