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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8005337 | Method and apparatus for performing synchronised audio and video presentation A synchronisation of the presentation or reproduction of video data with audio data is described, which data each are processed on two non-synchronised computers. An MPEG-type stream is separated into video data and audio data, wherein the video data is processed ut... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7844166 | Reproduction device, video decoding device, synchronization/reproduction method, program and recording medium In a random access reproduction of a stream in which video and audio are multiplexed, it is difficult to reproduce the video and audio in synchronization. A demultiplexer (110) separate a video packet, an audio packet, and a subtitle packet from the inputted ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7756397 | Video transmission system In order to avoid disturbance in synchronization establishment at the time of data transmission in a system includes different communication protocols (e.g., a DV system and a MPEG system), a transmission system side which complies with a plurality of communication ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7729593 | Image and sound output system, image and sound data output device, and recording medium An image and sound output system includes an image and sound data output device, and an image display device that is connected to the image and sound data output device through a transmission path. Further, the image and sound data output device includes an image an... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7512319 | Synchronous information reproduction apparatus In a synchronous information reproduction apparatus, a receiving section sequentially receives a clock signal. A storing section stores object information to be sequentially reproduced from a series of reproduction points. A reproduction point generating section gen... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7496277 | System and method of programmatic window control for consumer video players A media playback device capable of displaying multiple streams simultaneously and with expanded picture-in-picture capabilities is provided. The placement, size, aspect ratio, cropping, scale, transparency, tint, contrast, and cropping of the media can be set or adj... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7440676 | Method and apparatus for transmitting dummy video sync and audio signals in optical disc player A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting dummy video sync and audio signals in an optical disc player, which are capable of generating a dummy video sync signal when the optical disc player plays an audio-only optical disc. The method and apparatus trans... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433574 | Audio-video stream data recording, replaying, and editing system A stream data recording apparatus records stream data in such a manner that the head of each video coding unit and the head of a series of audio coding unit corresponding to each video coding unit contained in the stream data coincide with the heads of access units ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7398007 | Data recording and reproducing method and apparatus for adding synchronization data during recording and detecting synchronization data during reproduction A data recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing video signals in a plurality of formats with different rates to/from a record medium is disclosed. In the data recording and reproducing apparatus, a video signal in a selected format is conver... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7209641 | Decoder A decoder having improved accuracy for reading data. The decoder decodes reproduced data including preamble data, to which a first synchronization pattern is added, and information data, which follows the preamble data and to which a second synchronization pattern i... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199834 | Vertical synchronizing signal generation apparatus and video signal processing apparatus The vertical sync signal generator includes: a vertical sync signal separation circuit for separating a vertical sync signal of an input luminance signal and outputting the separated signal as a first vertical sync signal; an automatic frequency control circuit for ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7181636 | Method of ensuring synchronous presentation of additional data with audio data recorded on a rewritable recording medium A recording medium and a method and apparatus for managing data are provided. The method includes recording additional data in a data file separate from a file containing main data and recording navigation information that links the main data and the additional data... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7127537 | Method and apparatus for pre-processing in a common-format control processing input signals of, or output signals for, interfaces of different type In audio processing technology there are interfaces of different type, the different interface types being associated with differing sample clock frequencies and/or differing data frame or data word formats. In some applications it is desired do process audio signal... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7120149 | Methods and system for resequencing out of order data packets Methods and a related data routing system for handling received data packets that are out of sequence and were previously declared lost. Following receipt of a data packet, it is determined if the sequence number of the received data packet is out of order in compar... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113692 | Data processing device and data recording method A recording/reproducing device has an NTSC decoder which receives a video signal and outputs a video signal, an MPEG audio encoder which receives an audio signal and outputs an audio signal, and a synchronous control circuit which detects a synchronizing signal from... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7098960 | Data slicer, data slicing method, and amplitude evaluation value setting method A data slicer 300 includes a slice level calculation unit 310 that determines whether a detected digital video signal is a CRI signal on the basis of the amplitude of the signal, and sets a reference slice level and upper and lower slice levels which a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7054380 | Embedding a first digital information signal into a second digital information signal for transmission via a transmission medium A transmitter is disclosed for transmitting a first and second digital information signal. Said first digital information signal comprises first frames having at least a first synchronization signal and a data portion stored in them. The transmitter processes the se... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7012981 | Method and apparatus for improving data frame synchronization in a low SNR environment A method of apparatus for achieving and maintaining alignment of a data receiver to data frames in the presence of noise is taught. A statistical weighting process is employed to sample synchronization symbols that reoccur in data frames. The information is used to ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6959141 | Data reproduction apparatus and reproduction method A data reproduction apparatus and a data reproduction method can alleviate the workload of a special processing operation of fast forward or reverse data reproduction and improve the data access speed for fast reproduction of data. The data reproduction apparatus co... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6954469 | Multi-channel video pump A system for streaming a plurality of video or other recorded signals from storage to receiving devices maintains each of the signal streams at their encoded bit rate. The bit rate of each stream is detected from the stored signals and a corresponding queue is set u... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6950144 | Apparatus and method of controlling image display An apparatus and a method of controlling image display in an image display apparatus having a panel and wherein an image output is synchronized to a frame synchronization signal of an input signal. The method includes determining whether or not an input synchronizat... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6895174 | Frame number detecting device An object is to provide a frame number detecting device having a frame counter which is less apt to output a wrong frame number even if a sync signal type was erroneously detected from a DVD etc. and the combination of variation of the sync signal types corresponds ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6879771 | Recording timing setting apparatus and information recording apparatus A recording timing setting apparatus for setting a recording start timing for recording first recording information onto a recording medium on which second recording information is previously recorded and on which a plurality of synchronization signals are recorded ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6683999 | Image transmission apparatus and method utilizing different transmission modes for transmitting moving image data and still image data In a data communication apparatus for encoding information data by using a predetermined encoding method, encoded information data is transmitted isochronously with a predetermined communication cycle when the encoding method corresponds to a decoding met... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6536011 | Enabling accurate demodulation of a DVD bit stream using devices including a SYNC window generator controlled by a read channel bit counter A method of processing a DVD bitstream includes the steps of reading the DVD bitstream, the bitstream including a sync frame. A sync window is created, the sync window being open at least during the expected timing of a sync detection signal within the sy... | 03/18/2003 |
| 5946443 | Method and apparatus for restoring sync data in a digital video disc playback system A sync data restoring method and apparatus restores data recorded on a digital video disc (DVD) despite damaged sync data in a digital video disc playback system. The method and apparatus determines whether sync data is normal or not using a window signal... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5926606 | VCD up-grading circuit board for a CD player or CD-ROM A VCD up-grading circuit board for a CD player or CD-ROM includes an MPEG decoder, a microprocessor, a DRAM, an audio digital/analog converter, a TV encoder and a synchronous clock generator. The VCD up-grading circuit board for a CD player or CD-ROM is a... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5920529 | Method and apparatus for reproducing data recorded in a recording medium on a sector basis A method and apparatus for reproducing data recorded in a sector basis from a recording medium. The data recorded in each sector may include audio and/or video data and the data of each sector may be arranged in one or more packets wherein each packet may... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5848218 | Adaptive sync protection method in digital reproduction systems and apparatus therefor An adaptive sync protection apparatus for a digital video cassette recorder (VCR) adaptively protects a sync signal being reference of processing a digital reproduction signal reproduced via a recording medium from the varied reproduction characteristics ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5844622 | Digital video horizontal synchronization pulse detector and processor The invention pertains to a digital video horizontal synchronization pulse detector and processor comprising pulse detector for generating a timing pulse in response to each horizontal synchronization pulse. A sync position error device generates a time p... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5808750 | System for recording/reproducing both digital and analog signals for a video cassette recorder A system for a video cassette recorder is capable of recording/reproducing analog video and audio signals as well as digital video and audio signals for a HDTV. The revolution of a head drum may be determined different from each other depending on the sel... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5796794 | Method and apparatus for serial-to-parallel conversion of data based on sync recovery An apparatus and method for converting a serial data signal into a parallel data signal based on sync signals contained within the serial data signal are provided. The serial-to-parallel data conversion apparatus includes a signal input end, a true sync s... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5712741 | Synchronizing signal detecting apparatus for digital video cassette recorder A synchronizing signal detecting apparatus for a digital video cassette recorder (DVCR), which can detect a more stable synchronizing signal by detecting the synchronizing signal in a parallel processing method includes input signal convertor for converti... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5696867 | Apparatus in digital video tape recorder for detecting a sync signal in digital data An apparatus for a digital video tape recorder for detecting a sync signal in digital data includes: a data restoring device for producing serial data and a serial clock signal received from a reproducing head of the digital video tape device; a servo dev... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5671066 | Apparatus for recording and reproducing video signals with preemphasis and deemphasis processes A video signal recording and reproducing apparatus comprises a magnetic tape (4) into which video signals are recorded. A preemphasis circuit (35) modifies the video signals prior to the recording into the magnetic tape (4), so as to increase magnitude of... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5655048 | Image reproducing apparatus capable of eliminating vertical wobbles A first head changeover signal generation circuit generates a first head changeover signal to be used for switching between first heads and between second heads. A second head changeover signal generation circuit generates a second head changeover signal ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5631739 | Video printer which switches to a field a mode upon determining a non-standard video signal and method thereof A video printer is automatically set in a field mode even when a frame mode is manually selected if an input video signal is nonstandardized. To determine whether the input video signal is standardized or not, the number of equalizing pulses generated dur... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5589944 | Method and apparatus for generating a video signal producing an unviewable display from a videotape recording thereof A standard video signal is modified such that the modified video can be displayed in a normal fashion on a standard monitor device, yet copies made of the modified video signal by videotape recorders will reproduce a video signal containing disturbances w... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5561791 | Method and apparatus for conditioning timed program independent of transport timing In an interactive video-on-demand system, real-time programs are encoded as a transport stream including a plurality of transport stream packets. Some of the transport stream packets include timing signals indicating the real time of the program. The tran... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5523856 | Synchronizing signal detecting and error-correcting apparatus A synchronizing signal extracting apparatus comprising synchronizing signal detecting circuit for detecting a synchronizing signal of predetermined bits from entered digital data, synchronizing signal generating circuit adapted to be reset by an output of... | 06/04/1996 |
