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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7853127 | Equipment and method for information processing, recording medium, and program An device and method for changing frame rates of video signals. When 60i moving image data is generated from 24p moving image data, the phase of the top frame (hereafter, referred to as “A-frame”) within a pull down cycle is recorded. In a reverse ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7831132 | Information processing device and program An information processing apparatus is configured to execute a sequence of processing operations for recording video data recorded to a first recording medium in a first format to a second recording medium in a second format, without user's manual intervention. Any ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7742687 | Digital television recorders and stream format conversion and methods thereof Systems and methods for stream format conversion. A stream format conversion system converts data from a TS format to a PS format by selecting TS packets according to PID, filtering out TS headers and PES headers to obtain ES format data, and inserting PES and PS he... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7689105 | Record medium and its reproducer, reproducing method, record medium manufacturing apparatus, record medium manufacturing method, and recorder A system and method in which read information is calculated with additional information as a coefficient and has superior in quality to basic information. The read information contains a larger amount of information than the basic information. So, even if an attempt... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7689106 | Video or audio recording and reproducing apparatus The same contents having different recording rates are recorded on a multi-layer disk. A plurality of contents or the same contents having different recording rates are independently recorded respectively in different layers of an optical disk having a plurality of ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7676142 | Systems and methods for multimedia time stretching The invention is related to methods and apparatus that can advantageously alter a playback rate of a multimedia presentation, such as a video clip. One embodiment of the invention permits a multimedia presentation to be sped up or slowed down with a controlled chang... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7574119 | Information playback apparatus and information playback method There are provided a first image information output unit which overlaps first sub-picture information having high resolution HD onto main image information having high resolution HD to be outputted in accordance with a required image output format, and a second imag... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7499631 | Data stream format conversion method and recording method for the same A method for converting a data stream in a first format into a data stream in a second format is provided. Each stream includes data packs in which video/audio data are stored and a control pack for use in a playback control of the stream. In the first format stream... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7474841 | Image processing apparatus and its control method, and computer program and computer-readable storage medium An image processing apparatus enables smooth joint recording between 2 video coded streams without re-encoding by generating and inserting a dummy stream to maintain periodicity of phase information therebetween. A 2-3 pulldown unit 110 converts moving image ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7450831 | Method for DVD-subpicture compositing in 420 chroma format An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a first composited data signal and a second composited signal in response to a first data signal having a first chroma format and a second data signal havin... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7433294 | Method of and apparatus for recording data in various recording formats on an optical storage medium, method of and apparatus for reproducing the data, and an optical storage medium on which the data is recorded A method of and an apparatus for recording data on an optical storage medium includes recording the data in a desired recording format regardless of the type of the optical storage medium. Accordingly, it is possible to record data in a recording format selected by ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426217 | Method for transmitting data by an audio and video playback system A method for transferring data by an AV playback system. The AV playback system includes a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal connected to the transmitting terminal via a network. The receiving terminal includes a receiving buffer, a decoder buffer, and ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418196 | Video signal recording apparatus A recording time acquiring device is provided to acquire the recording time of the video signal recorded on the digital videotape on the basis of signals outputted from the digital video camera when the digital videotape is fast-forwarded from a leading position to ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411617 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, recording medium, and program In image-data recording processing performed when a video output conforms to the PAL system, a display-signal processing section receives image data having a frame rate of 30 Hz recorded in a memory, through a bus, converts the image data to image data having an NTS... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409146 | Digital recording device capable of converting and recording resolution of image data of digital television broadcast and recording method therefor In a digital recording device, image data recorded in a recording portion has its resolution decreased to be recorded in the recording portion when it is determined that the digital recording device is not being used. In other words, when it is determined that a pow... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398000 | Digital video segment identification An entertainment system, having a capability to playback a stored digital video record that includes frames of video data received from a television broadcast system, approximates ranges of frames in a digital video record that are either commercials or non-commerci... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394973 | Signal compressing apparatus An input signal is quantized into a quantization-resultant signal. The quantization-resultant signal is compressed into a compression-resultant signal. The compression-resultant signal is formatted into a formatting-resultant signal corresponding to a predetermined ... | 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 |
| 7369756 | Method for decoding non-DV data stored in a DV format A method for extracting and decoding data stored in a DV format having sequential DIF blocks that include a header and a payload portion, where the stored data is not decodable under the DV format in which the data is stored. The data is sequentially extracted and d... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366407 | Method and apparatus for storing MPEG-2 transport streams using a conventional digital video recorder An apparatus for storing an MPEG-2 transport data stream with a conventional digital video (DV) recorder. The MPEG-2 transport stream data is inserted into a data block of a digital video (DV) frame. The DV frame is stored on the storage medium of the DV recorder. F... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352954 | Apparatus and method for displaying on-screen display image in compound video device An apparatus and method for displaying an on-screen display (OSD) image in a compound video device which includes a first video device, such as a video cassette recorder (VCR), and a second video device, such as a digital versatile disc (DVD) player/recorder, integr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346271 | Apparatus and method for converting a compressed video stream with preview of converted stream An apparatus by which a user can easily set a parameter for conversion when a compression encoding system of video stream is converted is provided. A particular period in a first video stream is repeatedly reproduced to convert the reproduced portion into a second v... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343087 | Data stream playback device and method, digital broadcast receiver and related computer program When advance prediction is conducted for overflows and underflows, which are both types of buffer errors, and the occurrence of a buffer error is predicted, frames that a viewer will be unlikely to notice even if playback is omitted or conducted for a different dura... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343089 | Information processing apparatus for executing format conversion An information processing apparatus comprises an encoder for encoding predetermined information into first video information ST1 based on a first format, an insertion section for inserting conversion information VOBU_2NDREF_EA, VOBU_3RDREF_EA, VOBU_A_SYNC... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336891 | Information recording apparatus and method for converting video information An information recording apparatus for recording video information conforming to a first format comprises generation section for generating conversion compatibility information indicating the compatibility of conversion of video information conforming to the first f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327939 | Format conversion method and apparatus and format conversion control program In the starting NV_PCK of a VOBU in a DVD-Video format stream, a flag indicating the M value preceding and succeeding the VOBU is inserted to indicate the picture structure of the VOBUs before and after a cell boundary for use in calculating time information on a DV... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324743 | Time code calculating method and time code calculating apparatus When converting a predetermined time code into another time code in a different format while increasing or decreasing a count value for one second corresponding to the format of the time code thus converted, first of all, a time code 210 which has not been co... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324742 | Video-signal processing apparatus and method, recording medium and program Apparatus to suppress image deterioration in a data, broadcast thereby providing a display with quality, wherein a video signal separated from a reception signal by a demultiplexer is outputted to a converter section through an MPEG decoder section. When the video s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317865 | Method and apparatus for converting and optimizing editing files A method and apparatus for generating a converted edit file based on an original editing file, by correlating the various entries of the original edit file and calculating new editing data to be used in the converted edit file. The method further optimizes the HDTV-... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7307669 | System, method, and apparatus for displaying streams with dynamically changing formats A system and method for displaying frames with dynamically changing display parameters is described herein. The display engine stores new display parameters detected by the decoder in one buffer of a ping pong buffer, while continuing to use another set of display p... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305173 | Decoding device and decoding method Disclosed is a decoding apparatus for performing decoding processing in keeping with multi-view broadcast. The decoding apparatus includes a picture stream data storage unit (31) for allocating a storage area for each picture stream data and storing the stora... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302162 | Modulation of a video signal with an impairment signal to increase the video signal masked threshold An impairment signal is introduced into an original visual signal, either electronically or optically, that is not noticeable in a display of the original visual signal but is noticeable in a copy made of the display by a camcorder or other camera, thereby discourag... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295768 | Recording and reproducing apparatus In a recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing video data, includes: a shuffling memory (6); a writing means for writing video data into the shuffling memory in accordance with the synchronizing signal and a write reference clock signa... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293277 | Remote control unit for intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction systems The invention relates to a remote control unit for intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction systems, comprising storage means, payment means, a sound control circuit, display means and a metal chassis wherein said remote control unit comprises a distant radio fr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280744 | 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... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274823 | System and method for processing symbols embedded in digital video Video images in, e.g., a multimedia stream are scanned prior to compression for transmission to recognize symbols, such as graphics symbols and alpha-numeric characters. The types, positions, sizes, etc. of the symbols are recorded to render symbol information, and ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268828 | Television receiver and control method thereof for displaying video signals based on different television modes A television receiver includes a switching portion which receives each of a video signal received and obtained by an antenna and a video signal read from a storage medium, and selectively outputs one of the video signals in response to an instruction signal for outp... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269342 | Video signal reproducing device The image signal reproduction apparatus for reproducing a main image signal including either a first type of image signal obtained by converting a film material image into an electrical signal or a second type of image signal including a video signal as a material t... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260312 | Method and apparatus for storing content A system receives a broadcast program and temporarily stores the program data. A request is received to permanently record the broadcast program. This request is received after a portion of the broadcast program has been received and temporarily stored. The broadcas... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257318 | Information recording/reproducing apparatus and method of coordinately processing pieces of aspect ratio information The aspect ratio information of an input video signal is detected and rewritten in such a way that the contents of the aspect ratio information of RDI located at the head of each video object unit and the contents of the aspect ratio information in the sequence head... | 08/14/2007 |
