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| 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 |
| 7359439 | Encoding a still image into compressed video A method for producing a compressed video bitstream having a plurality of frames from data that specifies a single still image. The still image is encoded into data specifying a single intra (“I”) frame having an amount of data that approaches, but remains less ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7231091 | Simplified predictive video encoder In a video coding method, it is determined to code input video data according a technique selected from the group of: (a) intra-coding, (b) inter-coding without a residual and (c) inter-coding with a residual, wherein inter-coding codes the input video data with ref... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224884 | Design method for a video signal processing integrated circuit and integrated circuit and video signal processing apparatus thereby A video signal processing apparatus and a design method therefor are provided, and more particularly, a design method for a video signal processing integrated circuit (IC), in which to solve the shortage of pin ports caused by designing a video signal processor in a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215384 | Method and apparatus for simplifying field prediction motion estimation Motion estimation on a received stream of data comprising at least a predicted frame and an anchor frame, and utilizing even-parity field prediction to predict content of each of a plurality of fields of the predicted frame from corresponding fields of the anchor fr... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7096481 | Preparation of metadata for splicing of encoded MPEG video and audio Metadata for splicing of an encoded digital motion video stream (such as an MPEG Transport Stream) is prepared in real time while recording at the encoding bit rate and faster than encoded bit rate for off line encoding independent of the bit rate and mechanisms for... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7085474 | Watermark detecting apparatus An information detecting apparatus which can surely detect specific information such as a digital watermark in high-speed data stream and can be configured at low cost. The apparatus extracts data including specific information from a high-speed data stream, and det... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7068916 | Method of masking picture display transitions upon change-over of the video playback speed A method of reducing the response time upon a change-over between different display modes of a video display device, picture information from a first channel being displayed in one display mode and picture information from another channel being displayed in another ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7027713 | Method for efficient MPEG-2 transport stream frame re-sequencing A method and apparatus for creating a trick play video display from an MPEG-2 digital video transport stream are described. A trick play transport stream frame sequence template for each transport stream frame sequence and trick play video display mode supported by ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023924 | Method of pausing an MPEG coded video stream To produce a paused MPEG coded video stream from an original MPEG coded video stream, an I frame is extracted from the original stream, and a Group of Pictures for a “pause” (a pause GOP) is constructed containing the extracted I frame, some “frozen” frames,... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020287 | Method and system for key insertion for stored encrypted content An encrypted content transport stream is received by a viewer's device and recorded for subsequent playback. During recording, keys in headers of packets of the stream are stripped and placed in sequence in a table. Also, the table indicates changes in key indicatin... | 03/28/2006 |
| RE38849 | Information record medium, apparatus for recording the same and apparatus for reproducing the same An information recording apparatus (SSI) is provided with: a signal process device (72) for applying a predetermined signal process to a plurality of partial record information blocks constructing whole record information (R) to thereby generate processed par... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956869 | Data recording and/or reproducing apparatus, method, and system and recording medium A data recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method in which, during a recording operation, the maximum bit rate of a transport stream may be detected and along with the transport stream written into a storage medium. During a reproducing operation, the recorde... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6928234 | Picture recording apparatus and method thereof A picture recording apparatus for compression-encoding a moving picture sequence and recording the resultant data to a record medium is disclosed, that comprises an encoding unit for compression-encoding an input moving picture sequence, a recording unit for recordi... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6925340 | Sound reproduction method and sound reproduction apparatus An apparatus and method for recording and reproducing a sound (i.e. audio) signal corresponding to a video signal at a higher than normal speed. The method delimits a sound signal reproduced at a recording medium at a speed higher than a normal speed into successive... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6904174 | Simplified predictive video encoder In a video coding method, it is determined to code input video data according a technique selected from the group of: (a) intra-coding, (b) inter-coding without a residual and (c) inter-coding with a residual, wherein inter-coding codes the input video data with ref... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6879774 | Content sensitive control of rotating media A method and related computer system for content-sensitive control of rotating media. In one embodiment, a method includes decreasing a spin rate of a rotating source medium in response to the content of the rotating source medium. In one embodiment a system include... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6879769 | Device for processing recorded information and storage medium storing program for same An information preparation device, such as a personal computer, detects non-consecutive position information, such as times and dates, based on parameters (S11), such as preinputted non-consecutive point detection margins, and prepares (S12) an informa... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6871001 | Video decoder An MPEG video decoder 1 decodes a MPEG video stream using a discrete cosine transform together with a motion compensated prediction performing backward prediction and forward prediction. A frame buffer 104a is provided with a storage area for fo... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6847778 | Multimedia visual progress indication system A multimedia visual progress indication system that provides a trick play bar that is overlaid onto the program material or displayed on a dedicated display. A cache bar inside of the trick play bar indicates the length of a recording session or the length of stored... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6847781 | Digital signal recording apparatus and recording medium The present invention provides a digital signal recording apparatus and a recording medium for recording digital compressed picture information on magnetic tape, and specifically the structure of the recording apparatus that suitably records picture trick-play data ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6819862 | Video data recording medium, video data recording apparatus and video data playback apparatus Video data divided into a plurality of cells, attribute information for specifying the playback order of the plurality of cells, and a flag for specifying whether the playback can be effected or not for each of the plurality of cells are recorded on an optical disk.... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6807361 | Interactive custom video creation system The present invention analyzes recorded video from a video camera to identify camera and object motion in the recorded video. Keyframes representative of clips of the recorded video are displayed on a user interface that allows a user to manipulate an order of the k... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804450 | Method and apparatus for reverse playback of a digital data The invention proposes a method for reverse playback of a digital data stream representing video information. The information is stored in an Intra picture coded format followed by several Non-Intra coded pictures. For reverse playback n sectors are jumped back from... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6721492 | Signal processing apparatus and method, recording apparatus, playback apparatus, recording and playback apparatus, and stream processing apparatus and method In order to obtain a high-quality image when an encoded stream which is encoded using MPEG is played back at variable speed, a stream conversion apparatus is provided which converts an arrangement of DCT coefficients of a source encoded stream into an arrangement su... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6480664 | Trick mode VTR which generates trick play data from a stream of images containing intra-pictures and predictive pictures and selects specific DCT coefficients for intra-pictures Tape formatting, tracking and trick mode data generation are disclosed for providing trick modes for compressed video stored on a video tape. The tape is formatted so that trick mode data is recorded at normal speed within certain areas delineated by pred... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6185359 | System for the multi-speed reproduction of recorded color television signals and for the correction of color sequence errors in reproduced color television signals In a system (1) including a reproducing device (2) for reproducing color television signals recorded on a record carrier (7) in adjacent track portions in at least one normal reproducing mode and at least one special reproducing mode, which includes a col... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6078720 | Apparatus for copying a signal recorded on a video recording medium without demodulation An apparatus for picking up a video signal recorded on a recording medium and copying a frequency modulated signal without demodulation. In the apparatus, a high-pass filter separates a high-frequency modulated luminance signal from the modulated video si... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6031573 | Intelligent video information management system performing multiple functions in parallel In an intelligent video information management (IVIM) system, a first sequence of dynamic video images is generated by a first video camera on a first occasion and is recorded on a hard disk. The same camera, or a different camera, generates a second sequ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5949948 | Method and apparatus for implementing playback features for compressed video data A compressed video playback system which eliminates playback mode transition artifacts. Transitions between various playback modes are effected in such a manner that transition artifacts are eliminated by delaying playback mode transitions until appropria... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5946442 | High-speed video tape copier A video tape copier, particularly a high-speed video tape copier for rapidly copying a video signal from a video tape onto another video tape. The high-speed video tape copier plays back a video tape at an N-tuple speed, band-passes the frequencies of vid... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5946037 | Method and apparatus for reordering frames in MPEG coder/decoder A method and an apparatus for reordering frames in MPEG coder/decoder, in which input image frames of a displaying order are transformed to a transmitting order, and conversely, transmitted order to the displaying order, for coding and decoding by dividin... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5912780 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus has a rotary magnetic head mechanism having at least a first rotary magnetic head with a magnetic gap set to a azimuth angle less than 90 degrees in a clockwise direction with respect to a width direction of ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5692092 | Recording and playback system for variable speed playback wherein more a.c. coefficients are allotted to the macroblocks in the central part of an image frame A digital VTR which is able to record a band-compressed signal having a bit-rate of 17 to 60 Mbps of a program while creating a low-bit-rate signal (1.5 to 5 Mbps) having the same program content as well as utilizing the low-bit-rate signal as a signal fo... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5543927 | Variable speed playback of digital video stored in a non-tape media A method for high speed playback of digital video data (e.g. D1 or D2 data) in which, at lower speeds, the frames of data to be played back are made of a mixture of consecutive frames of data. The frames of data are mixed by averaging the pixel values ove... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5532829 | Automatic color control circuit having a control signal storing capacitor A control circuit includes: a capacitor for normal reproduction which stores an output of a reproduction color burst level detection for automatic color signal level control in a color signal processing circuit at the time of normal reproduction in a vide... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5260800 | Apparatus and method for high-speed video tape duplication from master disk A laser video disk master is operated at 2× speed for duplicating video information to be recorded in VHS format. Two last disk video players are modified to operate in synchronism in order to multiplex from one to the other in duplicating video programs... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5233433 | Recording digital VCR and a reproducing digital VCR for recording and reproducing a digital PAL signal A recording digital VCR for recording digital PAL signals sampled at four times the chrominance subcarrier frequency, includes: a selection range shifter for shifting a sample in the horizontal direction by two samples depending on the field number; a syn... | 08/03/1993 |
