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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189680 | Picture encoding method and picture decoding method A picture encoding method of the present invention is a picture encoding method of predictively encoding an input picture with reference to pictures stored in a picture buffer, decoding the encoded input picture, judging whether or not the decoded picture is a pictu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184697 | Moving picture coding method and a moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion estimation unit (101) for performing motion estimation by fixing the one of two reference pictures as a reference picture indicated by an inputted default reference picture number DefRefNo and a variable len... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179968 | Motion vector coding and decoding methods A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vect... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179440 | Method and system for object surveillance and real time activity recognition Method and system for objects surveillance and real-time activity recognition is based on analysis of spatio-temporal images of individuals under surveillance where a spatio-temporal volume occupied by each individual is decomposed by crossing the same at specific h... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169547 | Processing of video image The present invention relates to a video image processor (1) that is configured to compare (7) a single frame included in the received video signal (3) with a preceding processed frame so as to detect changes. In order to enable the video being ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170118 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and recording medium Encoding parameters of picture and higher layers of importance to a number of applications, and encoding parameters of slice and lower layers of no importance to all applications are converted into auxiliary packets inserted respectively into a V-blanking area and a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160147 | Motion vector coding and decoding methods A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vect... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155200 | Motion vector coding and decoding method A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vect... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155206 | Picture encoding method and picture decoding method A picture encoding method of the present invention is a picture encoding method of predictively encoding an input picture with reference to pictures stored in a picture buffer, decoding the encoded input picture, judging whether or not the decoded picture is a pictu... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155201 | Motion vector coding and decoding methods A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vect... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149276 | Pressure-bonded ball diameter detecting apparatus and pressure-bonded ball diameter detecting method Improving detectability of a diameter of a pressure-bonded ball bonded by a bonding apparatus by calculating the diameter of the pressure-bonded ball by obtaining a first tentative radius by subtracting a distance between a line representing an outline of a pad shor... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149923 | Image decoding method, image coding method, image decoding apparatus, and image coding apparatus To provide an image decoding method allowing decoding of a multiview video even when no prefix NAL units are used. The image decoding method includes: parsing NAL units of a base view; decoding an image of the base view; parsing MVC extension parameters of a non-bas... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144764 | Video coding A method of encoding a video signal representing a sequence of pictures, the method employing both non-temporal prediction and temporal prediction, wherein the method comprises, for each picture that forms a reference picture for the temporal prediction of another p... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144768 | Apparatus and method for conserving memory in a fine granularity scalability coding system Decoding time stamps (DTSs) and presentation time stamps (PTSs) are used in fine granularity scalability (FGS) coding during MPEG-4 video coding. An input video is encoded in an FGS encoder into a base layer bitstream and an enhancement bitstream. The bitstreams are... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144769 | Streaming methods and systems Various embodiments provide methods and systems for streaming data that can facilitate streaming during bandwidth fluctuations in a manner that can enhance the user experience. In one aspect, a forward-shifting technique is utilized to buffer data that is to be stre... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139170 | Retractable display apparatus A frame cover and a back cover constituting a panel-shaped first casing having an image display surface include a plurality of primary engaging means provided at least in the butt-edge portions on the side to which hinges are attached and engaging between the butt e... | 03/20/2012 |
| RE43238 | Picture signal transmitting method and apparatus A picture type identifier, indicating one of intra-picture coding (an I-picture), forward or backward predictive coding (a P-picture) and bi-directionally predictive coding (a B-picture), is included with a picture signal when the signal is encoded and when the sign... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8125516 | Device and system for in vivo imaging The present invention provides a system and method for obtaining in vivo images. The system contains an imaging system and a transmitter for transmitting signals from a camera to a receiving system located outside a patient. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121198 | Embedding content-based searchable indexes in multimedia files Content-based analysis is performed on multimedia content prior to encoding the multimedia content in the rendering chain of processing. A content-based index stream is generated based on the content-based analysis and the content-based index stream is embedded in t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8094719 | Streaming methods and systems Various embodiments provide methods and systems for streaming data that can facilitate streaming during bandwidth fluctuations in a manner that can enhance the user experience. In one aspect, a forward-shifting technique is utilized to buffer data that is to be stre... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089508 | Capsule type medical system The present invention provides a capsule type medical system capable of displaying different images on a monitor in such a display mode that a diagnosis can be easily made when one capsule type endoscope includes a plurality of image pickup units. A capsule type end... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090032 | System and method of filtering noise A system and method of removing noise in a bitstream is disclosed. The system and method are most applicable to removing noise in a bitstream wherein the bitstream is encoded after being segmented into portions based on predefined classifications or models. Based on... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085851 | Moving image encoding method and apparatus A moving image encoding method of encoding a moving image while switching between variable-length encoding schemes. In this method, a continuous unit to be continuously reproduced is determined (S5201), a stream is generated by encoding the moving image witho... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081678 | Picture coding method and picture decoding method The picture coding method of the present invention is a picture coding method for coding a picture on a block-by-block basis, comprising: a selection step of selecting one of at least two sizes as a size of a block on which orthogonal transformation should be perfor... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081214 | Method of and system for mobile surveillance and event recording A data-encoding system includes a source of unencoded data, and a first encoder interoperably coupled to the source, wherein the first encoder is adapted to receive the unencoded data, encode the unencoded data, and output encoded data at a first data rate. The data... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077775 | System and method of adaptive rate control for a video encoder A method of adaptively adjusting a QP of a video encoder to control output bit rate including estimating the QP based on a complexity of a previous frame and encoding bit rate information of a current frame to provide an estimated QP, determining a threshold value b... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073057 | Motion vector estimating device, and motion vector estimating method To provide a motion vector estimating device which is capable of calculating the optimum motion vector by a trade-off between the bit rate of a motion vector and a differential amount, and estimating a motion vector in a pipeline structure at high speed, a motion ve... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073059 | Picture encoding method and picture decoding method A picture encoding method of the present invention is a picture encoding method of predictively encoding an input picture with reference to pictures stored in a picture buffer, decoding the encoded input picture, judging whether or not the decoded picture is a pictu... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068542 | Motion picture encoding device and motion picture decoding device When a prediction is made between fields with different parity, the predicative efficiency of a chrominance vector is improved by adaptively switching the generation of a chrominance motion vector depending on a encoding/decoding field parity (top/bottom) and a refe... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063936 | Modular immersive surveillance processing system and method According to an aspect of the invention, a system for providing immersive surveillance a site has a plurality of cameras each producing a respective raw video of a respective portion of the site. A processing component receives the raw video from the cameras and gen... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059153 | Three-dimensional object tracking using distributed thin-client cameras An object tracking system which includes a plurality of camera devices, each of which captures image data, a plurality of thin-client processors, each of which is connected to a respective camera device via a local connection, each thin-client processor hosting a th... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054883 | Method for transcoding compressed video signals, related apparatus and computer program product therefor Transcoder apparatus for transcoding an input video bit-stream having a first encoding profile (e.g., MPEG-2) into an output video bit-stream having a second encoding profile (e.g., H.264), the first encoding profile including motion estimation information, the appa... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050323 | Interpolation of video compression frames Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness val... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8022989 | Method and apparatus for controlling data delivery with user-maintained modes Communication is carried out using devices with user-maintained modes that enable synchronous content sharing and communication. Each user-maintained mode enables a lightweight interface for positioning content in a conversation by initiating and terminating data tr... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023560 | Apparatus and method for processing 3d video based on MPEG-4 object descriptor information The present invention relates to three-dimensional video processing apparatus and method using MPEG-4 object descriptor information and structures. The three-dimensional video processing apparatus and method that can support a three-dimensional video service smoothl... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019004 | Method and apparatus for converting coded serial video signal into serial IP video signal A method and system for converting coded serial video signal into a serial IP video signal, including steps of receiving the coded serial video signal and detecting the serial video timing, converting the serial video signal to a serial sequence of packets each cons... | 09/13/2011 |
| RE42690 | Abnormality detection and surveillance system A surveillance system having at least one primary video camera for translating real images of a zone into electronic video signals at a first level of resolution. The system includes means for sampling movements of an individual or individuals located within the zon... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009733 | Moving picture coding method and a moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion estimation unit (101) for performing motion estimation by fixing the one of two reference pictures as a reference picture indicated by an inputted default reference picture number DefRefNo and a variable len... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7502414 | Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program and recording medium Occurrence of mosquito noise of a macro block that contains even a small plain region is suppressed. One macro block is subdivided into sub blocks each of which is composed of four pixels×four lines. The average value of luminance levels of each sub block is calcul... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7463684 | Fading estimation/compensation Techniques and tools for performing fading estimation and compensation in video processing applications are described. For example, a video encoder performs fading compensation on one or more reference images to encode images in which fading is detected. A video dec... | 12/09/2008 |
