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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7885512 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information recording medium, and computer program An information processing apparatus plays back content including a plurality of divided playback zones, a playlist being associated with each of the divided playback zones. The information processing apparatus includes a playlist selection information obtaining unit... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7869695 | Optical disc apparatus To improve operability of figure key input in a title search, a chapter search, a track search, and a time search mode in an optical disc apparatus, for example, the quantity number of titles and the quantity number of digits thereof are detected from an optical dis... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865065 | Apparatus and method of recording information on a recording medium A semiconductor device having a plurality of data recording areas is provided. The semiconductor device includes an input port that receives basic information; an additive data recording area on which additive data serving as information additive to the basic inform... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860374 | Information recording method, format changing method, and information reproduction method For recording AV data in accordance with the DVD-VR format on a DVD medium which already has AV data recorded thereon in accordance with the DVD-Video format, it was conventionally necessary to perform logical formatting of the DVD medium. The DVD-Video format and t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7848621 | File format translation Providing data for a stream multiplexer without generating any additional elementary stream file, including: receiving elementary stream data; generating pointer information for the elementary stream data; and generating a modification script using the pointer infor... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848620 | Method for managing chapters A method for managing chapters is disclosed. When data such as broadcasting program are recorded and chapters are set (e.g., automatically) based on a predetermined time interval in a disc recorder, such as a DVD recorder, embodiments of a method and apparatus of th... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848619 | Recording medium having data structure for managing to resume reproduction of video data recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses The present invention relates to a data structure for managing to resume reproduction of data including at least video data recorded on a recording medium. A recording medium having the data structure has data recorded thereon that comprises: at least one data playi... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7822322 | Optical disk device When a break in data is detected by a detection unit, an audio output stoppage command unit commands a digital audio processing device connected to an audio output unit to stop output of audio. A sampling frequency checking unit checks whether or not the sampling fr... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813625 | Disc reproducing apparatus A disc reproducing apparatus includes: a language setting section setting and storing a subtitle language; a menu language setting section setting and storing a menu language to be displayed in the menu screen in the first memory; and a second memory storing the sub... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813624 | Apparatus for and method of recording digital audio/video signals A recording apparatus for recording digital audio/video signals on a removable rewritable disc like recording medium has been proposed. The apparatus comprises writing means (21, 22, 25) for recording the digital information signals and control means (20 | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809250 | Recording medium having a data structure for managing reproduction of graphic data and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses The recording medium includes a graphic information area having at least one graphic image information segment and at least one palette information segment recorded therein. Each palette information segment provides color information. Each graphic image information ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809251 | Information recording/reproduction apparatus A disk camcorder includes an image pickup optical system including an image pickup element, a memory for temporarily storing recorded information from the image pickup element, and a recording/reproduction unit which records the recording information stored in the m... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805061 | Structure of navigation information for video data recorded on a recording medium and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses using the structure A structure of navigation information for video data recorded on a recording medium and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses using the structure. The method of recording video data in accordance with the present invention records video data on a recordi... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801422 | System and method for producing medical image data onto portable digital recording media This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. This system includes a receiving module, a processing module and an output module, with viewing program for viewing medic... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801419 | Multimedia reproduction device and menu screen display method A small-size digital device requires preferable operability and user-friendliness of the user interface. In a multimedia reproduction device (10), an operation unit (40) acquires an instruction concerning content reproduction via a user operation. A re... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801421 | Recording medium having data structure for managing reproduction of still pictures recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses The recording medium includes a data structure with at least one playlist file stored in a playlist area of the recording medium. The playlist file includes at least one playitem, at least one sub-playitem and mark information. The playitem provides navigation infor... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801420 | Video image recording and reproducing apparatus and video image recording and reproducing method An apparatus includes a program guidance information holding section which holds electronic program guidance information, an algorithm holding section which holds separation point forming algorithms corresponding to a plurality of program attributes acquired from th... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796863 | Apparatus and computer-readable program for generating volume image Provided is a generating apparatus that generates a DVD-Video volume image, and a BD-ROM volume image, that each have: a digital stream, path information, and a jump table, where in the respective digital streams, a button command to be executed by a playback appara... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796864 | Information storage medium containing interactive graphics stream for change of AV data reproducing state, and reproducing method and apparatus thereof An information storage medium including AV data; presentation graphics data including subtitle information corresponding to the AV data; and interactive graphics data including menu data; wherein the interactive graphics data further includes a reproducing state cha... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796866 | Digital versatile disc recording apparatus and cell-by-cell edition method using the same A digital versatile disc (DVD) recording apparatus and a cell-by-cell edition method using the same are provided. The DVD recording apparatus records images on a DVD in video format when the DVD is loaded on a DVD drive. The cell-by-cell edition method comprises rec... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796865 | Method and apparatus for managing information for editing recorded data The present invention relates to editing data streams recorded in a recording medium. At the time of deleting an arbitrary navigation unit from a data stream partitioned by the navigation units and recorded in a recording medium, information is recorded in the recor... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792417 | Data processor In a drive loadable with storage media of different types, a data stream is recorded directly on a given storage medium at a write rate and in a recording format associated with the storage medium. When loaded with a storage medium on which a data stream repr... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7787755 | Recording medium having data structure for managing reproduction of slideshows recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses A computer readable medium is provided having a data structure for managing reproduction of a slideshow of still images recorded on the computer readable medium. The computer readable medium includes a clip information area and/or a playlist area. The clip informati... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783172 | Method and apparatus for reproducing data from recording medium using local storage A method and apparatus for reproducing data from a recording medium using a local storage is disclosed. A method and apparatus for downloading data associated with the recording medium from an external part, and reproducing the downloaded data is disclosed. A bindin... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7783174 | System and method for producing medical image data onto portable digital recording media This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. This system includes a receiving module, a processing module and an output module, with viewing program for viewing medic... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7783173 | Randomly accessible visual information recording medium and recording method and reproducing device and reproducing method Access point pictures designated as randomly accessible positions are I pictures or P pictures. Information indicating the decoding sequence (I1, P1, B1, B2, B3, B4, P2, . . . ) of pictures functioning as access point... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7783171 | Data recording/reproducing system, storage device, and file access method An audio/video storage device using a hard disk speeds up the start of reproduction of an audio/video file and reduces power consumption and a noise level. A data recording/reproducing system of the present invention has a hard-disk drive and a flash memory device. ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778528 | Method of reproducing an interactive disk through a network The present invention relates to an interactive disk reproducing method using a network. The present method downloads various content-related information and the latest contents associated with A/V data pre-recorded on a placed interactive disk from a remote content... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7773864 | Slicing interactive graphic data in disc authoring Authoring a Blu-ray Disc including defining interactive regions within a composition with buttons and associating a command with the button; and automatically defining non-interactive regions within the composition with buttons, wherein the non-interactive regions a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769276 | Randomly accessible visual information recording medium and recording method, and reproducing device and reproducing method Access point pictures designated as randomly accessible positions are I pictures or P pictures. Information indicating the decoding sequence (I1, P1, B1, B2, B3, B4, P2, . . . ) of pictures functioning as access point... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7769275 | Recording medium having a data structure for managing reproduction of graphic data and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses The recording medium includes a data area storing one or more graphic segments, each of which includes graphic data, multiplied with other data. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764868 | Recording medium, reproduction device, program, reproduction method, and recording method Recorded on the recording medium (BD-ROM) is an AV stream that is obtained by multiplexing a video stream and one or more audio streams. MOVIE objects are scenarios showing playback procedures of video data described using playback device-oriented commands. In addit... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7756401 | Digital audio-video information reproducing apparatus and reproducing method for reproducing subtitle file and file-based audio-video file A digital audio-video information reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method thereof are provided, in which a predetermined time point or a keyword from users is used as a basic for controlling the reproduction of a file-based AV file. If the subtitle is in a bi... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7751692 | Method of reproducing an interactive disk through a network The present invention relates to an interactive disk reproducing method using a network. The present method downloads various content-related information associated with A/V data pre-recorded on a placed interactive disk from a remote content-providing server connec... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751693 | Method and apparatus for recording/reproducing image information on/from removable medium In an image recording/reproduction method for recording image information on a recording medium by using a computer, a verify mode is set into the OFF state when recording image information on said recording medium. In addition, use as a write or read region a speci... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747143 | Digital video recorder A unique high performance digital video recorder having a number of novel features. The recorder's electronics are all on a unitary printed circuit board. The recorder also requires at least one hard disk drive and audio and video input analog signals (from a source... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7747144 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium, control The invention is associated with an information processing apparatus and method, a control program for the information apparatus, and a recording medium recording the control program. As directed by a host apparatus, control data are reproduced by controlling access... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742685 | Optical disc apparatus capable of time search function and time search playback method thereof An optical disc apparatus capable of time search function and a time search playback method thereof are disclosed, wherein the method comprises: searching for a playback area corresponding to a particular time using C_PBIT (Cell Playback Information Table) and VTS_V... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7738780 | Method and apparatus for controlling a recording operation of a digital video device A method and apparatus for controlling a recording operation of a digital video device is provided which automatically skip over or mute a data stream of some duration consistent with a user-defined filter condition during a data recording process, such as a disc co... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734156 | Disc reproduction apparatus capable of digest reproduction A disc reproduction apparatus reading and reproducing data containing a plurality of chapters recorded on a disc-like recording medium includes an input unit for accepting an input of an instruction from a user and a control unit for controlling a reproduction opera... | 06/08/2010 |
