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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7493014 | Replaying video information A video replay apparatus including a content storage device, a replay controller configured to control a replay of video material from the content storage device, the replay controller being configured to control the replay in accordance with metadata associated wit... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493025 | Information recording method, information recording medium, and information reproducing method, wherein information is stored on a data recording portion and a management information recording portion With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of repro... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493026 | Information recording method, information recording medium, and information reproducing method, wherein information is stored on a data recording portion and a management information recording portion With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of repro... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493027 | Information recording method, information recording medium, and information reproducing method, wherein information is stored on a data recording portion and a management information recording portion With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of repro... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7448322 | Roller closing device with an inner and outer part A roller closing device is provided with an inner element and with an outer element. These two elements are arranged at least partially in a coaxial manner. The inner element can be deflected radially with respect to the outer element by the use of at least one elas... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448813 | Heat transfer printing device and printing method Incorporates means for maintaining a constant tension in the printing ribbon (3) consisting of a loading drum (9-9') placed after the thermal print head (1) that attracts the ribbon to define a loop, thereby maintaining a constant tension... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7435025 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes an accommodation section, an image recording section, an outer arcuate guide member, an inner arcuate guide member, and a feeding section. Recording media are stacked on the accommodation section. The image recording section for... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426366 | Image forming apparatus and paper ejection method of image forming apparatus A drive unit for changing the driving rate of paper ejection rollers for ejecting sheets of paper after fixing is installed, and an image forming apparatus has an option, and when ejecting the sheets of paper to an intra-body paper ejection unit, after the sheets of... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422385 | Printing paper winding device A printing paper winding device for enabling winding of printing paper even paper with a base material having a low resistance to bending stresses or printing paper having RFID labels carrying IC chips. Bending stresses are reduced by dividing the movement region of... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7408845 | Radio corrected clock A radio correcting timepiece that can reduce the influence of a radio wave situation of the standard radio wave having time information according to an area, and can make a correction to the exact time in a shorter time is provided. The radio correcting timepiece co... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406248 | Digital image retrieval and storage The present invention relates to the retrieval and storage of image data captured using a digital image acquisition device such as a still camera, a video camera or a scanning device, and of image data stored on removable storage media such as compact flash, smart a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403721 | Image forming apparatus, MFP and method of displaying jam removal guidance An image forming apparatus according to the invention includes a scanner for reading an image, a printer for fixing an image formed thereby on paper and discharging the paper, a display for displaying information, and a controller for controlling the scanner, the pr... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398048 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including: a first driven roller that forms a first nip portion with a driving roller; a second driven roller that forms a second nip portion with the driving roller at a downstream side of the first nip portion; a first transfer passage i... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398024 | Image forming apparatus Upon occurrence of jamming in an apparatus, an electrification unit 4 ceases electrification of a surface of a photosensitive drum 3 and, simultaneously, an exposure unit 5 starts to expose the entire surface in a width direction to light. Furth... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394970 | Information recording method, information recording medium, and information reproducing method, wherein information is stored on a data recording portion and a management information recording portion With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of repro... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389038 | Multimedia information recording device and method for recording multimedia information file on recording medium A multimedia information recording device is used for efficiently recording multimedia information (100) file storage area (111) on a recording medium (110). From the multimedia information given to the device, a data body DB and control informa... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382970 | Process control manager for audio/video file system A system and method for managing file system processes is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the system includes a global process module to handle and monitor the file system processes within a file system. The global process module includes a process status moni... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379701 | Sheet cassette and image forming apparatus A sheet cassette (1) according to the present invention has a double structure portion (10) including an upper plate (11) and a lower plate (12). The lower plate (12) has a first guide groove (13) elongated widthwise of a sh... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379703 | Image forming apparatus A plurality of helical groove sections are provided on outer peripheral surfaces of press rollers provided in a curl elimination mechanism. Each of the groove sections assumes a shape extending in the circumferential direction of the respective press rollers; that i... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379657 | Method for generating additional information for guaranteeing seamless playback between data streams, recording medium storing the information, and recording, editing and/or playback apparatus using the same A method for generating additional information for guaranteeing seamless playback of data streams, a recording medium for storing the information, and recording, editing and/or playback apparatus using the same are provided. The method generates additional informati... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376331 | Method and system for regulating power in portable audio/video playback device A method and a system for regulating power in a portable audio/video playback device enabling the portable audio/video playback device to completely play an audio/video multimedia file or data without sufficient power or external power. A processing unit is employed... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376364 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding cassette, transport rollers, a pick-up roller, a sheet detector, and a control section. The sheet feeding cassette stores sheets for developer images to be transferred thereonto at a secondary transfer position. Th... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372781 | Watch comprising a solar time display A watch having a civil time display (12, 16), a solar time display (13, 18) and a mechanism for correction (24, 34, 36) of these displays. The correction mechanism is arranged in such a way as to allow the relative desynchronization of the civil... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371024 | Printhead assembly A printer includes a pair of opposed printhead assemblies for double-sided printing. Each printhead assembly includes first and second print modules having respective first and second elongate print heads. A single printhead circuit board controls both of the print ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373076 | Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plur... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369754 | Information storage medium and information recording/playback system There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369749 | System and method for recording and reproducing broadcasting programs There is provided a system for recording and/or reproduction of broadcasting programs permits the facilitation of selection and management of recorded videos in the manner of following the operations of general AV equipment such as televisions and video decks, in wh... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369753 | Information recording medium, method for recording information, and method for reproduction information An information recording medium includes a first area (DA2) for storing picture data for forming a plurality of pictures, a second area (DA21) which is included in the first area and stores control data of the picture data, and a third area (INFO1 | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369752 | Universal multimedia optic disc player and its application for revocable copy protection The media player employs an operating system that supports a virtual machine into which auto-run playback programs may be loaded and run. The auto run playback program is stored on the media containing the program content, such as on an optical disc medium. When the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366403 | Recording apparatus, data managing apparatus and data managing method A recording apparatus which records a plurality of information data pieces in a built-in recording medium is provided with a display which displays a selection screen for selecting additional information pieces for managing a plurality of information data pieces rec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362953 | Information recording method, information recording medium, and information reproducing method, wherein information is stored on a data recording portion and a management information recording portion With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of repro... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362955 | Video recording and reproducing apparatus A video recording and reproducing apparatus for simultaneously displaying a plurality of image contents recorded at given time points or images at a plurality of given portions within the same image contents is disclosed. A plurality of images read from a randomly a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362945 | Image processing apparatus, image printing control apparatus, print image designation method and image printing control method Printing of an image different from that designated by a user is prevented. Specifically, an image file in which image data has been stored and an order file in which ordering information that designates an image to be printed has been stored are recorded on a memor... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362956 | Apparatus for playing back a video content storage medium An apparatus is capable of playing back video content recorded on a DVD-Video disk without requiring the playing of a menu. A presentation sequence control unit of a non-video navigation manager extracts button commands for playing titles from a VMGM-PG for displayi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359617 | Dual mode timeline interface A dual-mode GUI (600) is disclosed which includes a source timeline (614) and a manual editing timeline (606) within a common editing window (608). This arrangement enables the user to maintain a contextual appreciation of relationships (... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359620 | Information transmitting method, information processing method and apparatus, and information recording and reproducing method and apparatus For example, in case of distributing contents by BS broadcast and recording a transmitted TS stream into a storage device, even if the stream has been encrypted, a trick play can be easily performed. A start marker packet and an end marker packet are sent just befor... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359619 | Transmitting signals to cause replays to be recorded at a plurality of receivers A video stream may include portions that are stored while other portions are being displayed. In one embodiment, a portion of the video stream may be stored in digital storage media at one instance while in the next instance another portion of the stream is being re... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356245 | Methods to facilitate efficient transmission and playback of digital information Systems, methods, and computer products that facilitate transmission of information used for fast and responsive video and audio playback at non-standard, trick mode speeds. An embodiment of the present invention uses low resolution, compressed, and independent fram... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350463 | Spindle assembly Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350992 | Center-justifying spindle assembly Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 04/01/2008 |
