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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161388 | Interactive discovery of display device characteristics A system and method for determining the characteristics of a device coupled to a client device are disclosed. A method, according to one embodiment, includes driving a display device with a first video output signal formatted according to a first video interface spe... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8028235 | Multi-windows color adjustment system and method The invention provides a multi-windows color adjustment system and method that divides the picture frame of a display screen into three or more windows so that the user can compare the color tones of the windows and then select the preferred window. The multi-window... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8001143 | Aggregating characteristic information for digital content A method includes receiving characteristic information pertaining to respective portions of content from each of a plurality of users. Aggregate characteristic information is updated based on the received characteristic information. The aggregate characteristic info... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7788584 | Computer-implemented method, system, and program product for hiding columns in an electronic table Under the present invention, when a user resizes or otherwise hides a column in the electronic table, a graphical indicia is displayed that represents the hidden column(s). If a user interacts with the indicia (e.g., by hovering a mouse/input device over it), a pop-... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7685521 | Information searching apparatus, method and memory medium therefor Range of the object of search is specified without specific designation by the user. In case changing of the image is instructed by an image operation portion, an image changing portion changes the image and displays such image on an image display portion, and the d... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7437682 | Icon label placement in a graphical user interface To improve the art of graphical user interfaces, the present invention introduces a system that displays iconic resource representations having a salient dimension in a manner that provides the user with an indication of where the user is within that resource. The s... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421663 | Graphical user interface design for multiple settings/values related to an item A Graphical User Interface is provided that presents multi-level configurable parameter values for an item in a condensed and scannable format. The GUI enables a user to clearly and quickly discern the relationship between the parameters. The GUI can also reflect mo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412654 | Apparatus and method for handling special windows in a display An apparatus and method for handling special windows in a display comprises a window manager in an operating system that is called by application programs to create special windows. The window manager embeds static key signals including encoded special window inform... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7395514 | System and method for accessing, manipulating and viewing internet and non-internet related information and for controlling networked devices A system and method are disclosed for accessing, generating, presenting and manipulating Internet and non-Internet related information, data and content, including information netcast over the Internet. The system is also capable of controlling operatively connected... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7355606 | Methods and apparatuses for the automated display of visual effects Methods and apparatuses for the generation of visual effects according to the elapsed time for real time display. One embodiment of the present invention provides an automated mechanism for displaying visual effects (e.g., fade to or from a target color) through adj... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352864 | Display device A display device comprises a nonvolatile memory for storing an amount of adjustment obtained in a blanking adjustment most recently performed for a particular video signal, means for judging whether or not the particular video signal is inputted, means for masking a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345690 | Display system for adjusting video parameters for user-selected area A display system for adjusting video parameters of a user-selected area is disclosed. The display system includes a level detector detecting a line pattern included in one of a plurality of image lines representative of a complete image being displayed, and a patter... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336801 | System and method for obtaining image-based products from a digital motion picture source Image-based products are obtained from a digital motion picture source by utilizing a content playing and display system for (a) displaying a sequence of motion picture image frames from a digital motion picture image source containing motion picture contents, and (... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330189 | Information processing system for displaying image on information terminal An information display device and an information processor for performing, in the case where an image is delivered to information terminals such as a mobile phone varied in display, optimum image processing in accordance with performance of the display of each of th... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325198 | Calendar-based interfaces for browsing and manipulation of digital images Embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to navigate, view, and manipulate a collection of digital images utilizing a GUI that has the familiar context of a calendar. Graphical objects representative of digital images are displayed within a particula... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7304766 | Method and apparatus for data adjustment A method includes obtaining a first value corresponding to a first location in a first color space and obtaining a second value in a second color space using the first value. The method further includes converting the second value to a third value in the first color... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7266771 | Video stream representation and navigation using inherent data An MPEG compressed bit stream representing video information is associated with supplemental information such as motion, audio, scene cut, and editorial information. The motion information is identified and processed to determine characteristics of the video informa... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7231604 | Individualized content guide A computer and Internet-based system and method for providing television and radio programming information to users, through a multi-tabbed viewing screen, where at least one of the tabs is individualized to a particular viewer's preferences. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230737 | Image processing method and apparatus An image processing method for inputting a color image signal and correcting the color image signal according to an observation condition, comprising the steps of: judging whether or not the input color image signal represents achromatic color; and controlling the c... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225456 | Gateway screen for interactive television A gateway screen for interactive television includes a television content panel and an internet content panel. The gateway screen is displayed by an interactive television (ITV), e.g., when the ITV is turned on. The gateway screen allows a user to quickly and easily... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7209145 | Color device profile having a buffered look-up table A color device profile including a buffered color look-up table having outermost nodes that replicate nodes of an inner portion that are closest to the outermost nodes, and input tonal reproduction curves having a range that is smaller than an input range associated... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207007 | Editing system, editing method, clip management device, and clip management method The relation between the edit resultant clip and the clip to be edited is managed with the hierarchical structure by managing means, so that the complicate editing works can be easily performed if the editing works are performed based on the information stored in th... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7190364 | System and method for polygon-smoothing in texture-based volume rendering A system and method for polygon-smoothing in texture-based volume rendering is provided. The method comprises the steps of: downsizing a slice polygon and determining boundary polygons around the downsized slice polygon using a smoothing factor, wherein the downsize... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187884 | Graphical representation of setting values of printing image and machine parameters for an electrophotographic printer or copier In a method or system for operation of at least one electrophotographic printing or copying system, at least one setting value of a parameter of a printing unit of the printing or copying system is displayed via a graphical user interface with a graphical representa... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178161 | Method and apparatus for creating a connection speed detecting movie and rich media player customization on the fly A master movie and player are created on the fly. The master movie is created based on characteristics of a movie or other asset to be viewed by the player. The player is constructed from a template having rudimentary player capabilities for a predetermined connecti... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162696 | Method and system for creating, using and modifying multifunctional website hot spots A method, apparatus and system for creating, using and modifying multifunctional website hot spots including software that identifies, programs and activates hot spots with a plurality of functions wherein the functions include a shopping mode for selecting and purc... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149972 | Display of follow-up information relating to information items occurring in a multimedia device The invention relates to a multimedia device, which detects at least one information item in an audio and/or video data stream processed by the multimedia device, saves the detected information items as a function of a weighting consisting of the time of occurrence ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146044 | Color conversion device and method A color conversion device and method are provided in which six hues and inter-hue areas are corrected independently, and the conversion characteristics can be changed flexibly, and which does not require a large-capacity memory. Coefficients of second-order and firs... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7126610 | System and method for image luminance transformation An image conversion system for altering an image to adjust the overall brightness of the image when displayed is provided. The image conversion system includes a luminance transformer and a color adjuster. To adjust the overall brightness of the image, the luminance... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7102613 | Low cost vertical visual indicator system for on screen displays A circuit has been shown to illustrate how a vertical indicator can be generated in logic for a simplified OSD generator. The vertical visual indicator generated uses little microcontroller firmware overhead allowing a less powerful microcontroller to be used in the... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096489 | System and method for interactive television A system and method for interactive television (ITV) includes presenting both TV channels and “virtual channels” on an ITV. A virtual channel can be a Web page stored in memory of the ITV (or remote therefrom) and accessed by a microprocessor in the ITV when a u... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7085414 | Characterization of display devices by averaging chromaticity values The present invention provides a method for characterizing display devices. Initially, a plurality of colors are generated on the display device. The generated colors are measured and a black point and a white point are determined. The measured colors are then corre... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079711 | Method and device for validating parameters defining an image The present invention describes a method of validating parameters defining an image, each parameter being represented by one of the tops of a polygon and being able to be associated with one or more functionalities. A point, being able to move in the polygon, makes ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075554 | Image display device In an image display device for receiving and displaying image data, color converter converts the image data on the basis of conversion characteristics data stored in a conversion characteristics storage. The conversion characteristics designation means including mea... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072074 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program recording medium, color adjustment method, color adjustment device, and color adjustment control program recording medium An image processing apparatus inputs photographic image data containing dot-matrix pixels and converts the input pixels according to predetermined correspondence relationship information, so as to produce processed image data. A correspondence relationship holding u... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7073128 | Video browser data magnifier A method of conceptually magnifying video browser data, the data being organised hierarchically in one or more levels (304, 312) is disclosed. The method comprises firstly selecting a parent level (304), the parent level selection making visible a firs... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072072 | Color rendering optimized for text and line art A pure rendering intent is used to render text and line art in color imaging systems. A CMY image goes through a one hundred percent under color removal process creating a CMYK image. The CMYK image is processed by a set of clamping tone reproduction curves. The cla... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055166 | Apparatus and methods for broadcast monitoring Disclosed herein are systems and methods for editing the content of a broadcast programming signal to provide a proprietary program signal that has been tailored to the preferences of an individual monitoring the broadcast programming signal. Accordingly, the system... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054035 | Method and system for management of color through conversion between color spaces A method of mapping a color produced by an image device in a presentation color space to a destination color space including steps of receiving the color from the image device, determining if color is to be preserved, converting the color to the destination color sp... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7017053 | System for reduced power consumption by monitoring video content and method thereof A system and method are provided for reducing power consumption within a video processing portion of a system based on display content. Display content is monitored to determine whether the display content is changing. New display content is compared to old display ... | 03/21/2006 |
