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20080199150 | Transfer of metadata using video frames - An automated method of attaching metadata to a segment of content using a programmed processor consistent with certain embodiments involves retrieving metadata relating to the segment of content; rendering the metadata as visually perceptible text in one or more frames of video; appending the one or more frames of video to the video as the first one or more frames of the video to produce metadata enhanced video; and storing or transmitting the metadata enhanced video. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 08-21-2008 |
20080205849 | SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO LOCKED CONTENT CONTAINED IN A RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication apparatus located remotely from an individual entering into communication with said apparatus, includes a module for: receiving a key signal uniquely representative of an individual at a remote communication apparatus; further receiving a signal representative of a specific recording medium; determining a signal representative of one or more personal identification characters based on said key signal and said recording medium signal; and transmitting said signal representative of said personal identification characters. | 08-28-2008 |
20080205850 | TITLE MATERIALS EMBEDDED WITHIN MEDIA FORMATS AND RELATED APPLICATIONS - Methods and apparatus are described for enabling actionable content by embedding title materials corresponding to digital bearer instruments in digital media. | 08-28-2008 |
20080205851 | VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD - A video playback apparatus includes a data-storage unit storing video data and a first video-time stamp, an information-storage unit storing first-associated information and a first-associated-time stamp, a unit acquiring plural playback-video data and plural second-video-time stamps of the plural playback-video data from the data-storage unit, and acquiring second-associated information of the playback-video data and a second-associated-time stamp of the second-associated information from the information-storage unit, a unit measuring information amounts of the playback-video data of the second-video-time stamps to obtain a smallest information amount of the information amounts, a unit detecting a time-stamp section corresponding to the smallest information amount, a unit changing the second-associated-time stamp to generate a changed time stamp, the second-associated information being presented in the time-stamp section by the changed time stamp, and a unit presenting the second-associated information together with the playback-video data based on the changed time stamp. | 08-28-2008 |
20080212938 | Computer readable storage medium storing video contents display program and video contents display apparatus - A contents display control means displays video contents in a contents display screen area, a virtual space display control means displays a two-dimensional or a three-dimensional virtual space and an object appearing in the two-dimensional or the three-dimensional virtual space in a virtual space display screen area, and a motion control means controls, when the video contents is displayed in the contents display screen area, a motion of the object, with reference to additional information of the video contents and motion control information specifying the motion of the object when the additional information satisfies a certain condition. Accordingly, a novel video contents display method can be provided with the use of the additional information multiplexed into the video contents. | 09-04-2008 |
20080212939 | Communication apparatus - A mobile terminal includes a storage unit which stores content data which contains sequential content, a playback unit which plays back the content data stored in the storage unit, and a control unit connected to the storage unit and the playback unit, and the control unit executes the following control. That is, when a playback restart request is issued for the interrupted content data, whether a synopsis needs to be played back is determined based on a predetermined synopsis playback condition. When it is determined that the synopsis needs to be played back, the playback unit plays back synopsis data corresponding to the content data before an interruption position, and plays back the content data from the interruption position. | 09-04-2008 |
20080219642 | Collapsible Fluid Containment Device With Semi-Rigid Support Members - A collapsible fluid containment bag for irrigating and cleaning wounds on extremities having semi-rigid support members and an elevated lower support member attached to the bottom of the proximal end of the containment bag creating a gradient for allowing irrigation fluids and biological tissue to drain to the distal end of the bag for removal. The containment bag is collapsible, making it a convenient size for storage, transport, and disposal. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219643 | METHOD TO CONTROL THE ACCESS TO CONDITIONAL ACCESS AUDIO/VIDEO CONTENT - The present invention aims at solving the financial revenue loss due to the presence of digital video recorders that allow skipping the commercial breaks. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219644 | AUDIO/VIDEO INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An audio/video information recording/reproducing device capable of easily implementing a post-recording function on an optical disk by using even a low-cost disk drive having a comparatively low-speed seek time. When recording a video file, it is recorded on an optical disk continuously for a duration equivalent to more than three times a seek time. When recording dubbing audio, it is recorded continuously only with constant data size at the same time with the reproducing of the recorded video file, thereby enabling concurrent real-time continuous reproducing and recording. Accordingly, concurrent reproductions of a video file and an audio file are ensured when reproducing dubbing audio. | 09-11-2008 |
20080226260 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING CONTENTS INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for outputting content information are provided. The apparatus includes a detection unit which detects a connection of a source device, a generator which generates metadata related to the source device, a storage unit which stores content stored in the source device and the metadata, a loader which classifies the content based on the metadata, and an output unit which outputs the classified content on a display screen. | 09-18-2008 |
20080232771 | V-CHIP DATA PROCESSING FOR DECODER WITH PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING FUNCTIONALITY - Systems and method for processing v-chip data for an MPEG-2 decoder with personal video recording functionality are provided. In one example, a system that processes V-Chip data with personal video recording functionality may include a data transport engine and a video decoder. The video decoder may be coupled to the data transport engine and may be adapted to parse out V-Chip data. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232772 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - A BD-ROM playback apparatus for selecting and playing back one among text subtitle streams together with a moving picture. PSR | 09-25-2008 |
20080232773 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - A BD-ROM playback apparatus for selecting and playing back one among text subtitle streams together with a moving picture. PSR | 09-25-2008 |
20080232774 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - A BD-ROM playback apparatus for selecting and playing back one among text subtitle streams together with a moving picture. PSR | 09-25-2008 |
20080240678 | DATA RECORDING METHOD - In a case of recording and managing a program which has a plurality of image streams in one program, it is necessary to address which stream a logic table which records a position of an I picture for high-speed fast forwarding and rewinding corresponds to. | 10-02-2008 |
20080240679 | RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCING METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS OF DIGITAL STREAM - According to one embodiment, this invention allows to acquire attribute information of a stream object and to generate it as management information upon recording a digital stream when an MPEG-TS that uses H.264 as a moving picture encoding format is to be recorded. Information is acquired from a component descriptor, a PES packet header, or a sequence parameter set in a program map table included in the digital stream signal, and video attribute information of the object and/or attribute information of the data unit is determined. The object is recorded for each data unit, and management information that manages the recorded is recorded. | 10-02-2008 |
20080240680 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An information communication terminal has a download function portion ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080247731 | Contents Reproduction Device, Contents Reproduction Control Method, Program - A content reproduction apparatus | 10-09-2008 |
20080247732 | Recording Apparatus and Method, Reproducing Apparatus and Method, Recording Medium, and Program - The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program for reproducing a video stream in a simpler method. A VOBU of an AV stream recorded on a recording medium includes, from the beginning thereof, navigation information, and then provider definition information followed by V_PCK, A_PCK, and S_PCK. The provider definition information contains closed GOP flag information, broken link flag, and I picture reproduction order information, the number of real frames, the number of reproduction frames, and progressive frame flag, related to the video data contained in the VOBU. A reproducing apparatus performs a reproduction process based on the provider definition information. The present invention is applicable to a reproducing apparatus of DVD. | 10-09-2008 |
20080253738 | MULTIMEDIA OPTICAL DISC STORING BOTH VIDEO TITLES PROVIDED WITH AV FUNCTION AND VIDEO TITLES WITH NO SUCH FUNCTIONS WHICH CAN INSTANTLY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SUCH KINDS OF TITLES, AND A REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND REPRODUCTION METHOD FOR SUCH DISC - A multimedia optical disc on which a variety of types of video titles are recorded and which enables a reproduction apparatus to instantly distinguish whether emulated AV functions may be performed for any of the titles. The multimedia optical disc includes a manager area which stores playback type information corresponding to the management information for each video title, with the playback type information including a first flag showing whether the present video title is expressed using one or a plurality of sets of route information and a second flag showing whether a title is expressed using any branch information. | 10-16-2008 |
20080253739 | PRODUCT INFORMATION DISPLAY AND PURCHASING - A method of providing additional information to a viewer of a moving image file is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing one or more tags within the moving image file indicating the existence of additional product information; visually indicating the existence of the tags alongside or over the moving image; detecting a request to view the product information associated with the one or more tags; pausing the moving image; and displaying the requested product information over the paused image. | 10-16-2008 |
20080253740 | Apparatus and Methods to Process Video or Audio - The presently claimed invention relates generally to video or audio data. One claim recites an apparatus. The apparatus includes an input to receive data associated with video or audio; a decoder to analyze the data associated with video or audio for a steganographic signal hidden therein, the steganographic signal hidden in data representing video picture elements or in data representing audio elements; an extractor to extract an identifier from the data associated with video or audio; a generator to provide a signal based at least in part on a result produced by said decoder and said extractor; and an output to output the signal. Of course, other combinations are provided and claimed as well. | 10-16-2008 |
20080253741 | RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A recording medium is provided recorded with a plurality of digital data and a plurality of reproduction path information defining a reproduction order of the plurality of digital data. The plurality of reproduction path information includes first reproduction path information defining a reproduction order of all of the plurality of digital data recorded on the recording medium and the second reproduction path information defining at least one reproduction order of at least one of the plurality of digital data recorded on the recording medium. The first reproduction path information comprising management information including first index information and further management information for all of the plurality of digital data. The second reproduction path information comprising second index information for accessing, from the first reproduction path information, the further management information for the at least one digital data according to a match of the first and second index information. | 10-16-2008 |
20080253742 | RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD AS WELL AS RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides a recording/reproduction apparatus and method as well as a recording medium wherein, when nondestructive editing is executed for an AV signal, the AV signal can be reproduced seamlessly without suffering from any interruption. Information representative of states (an A type, a C type, a D type, or an E type) of an IN point and an OUT point on a Clip, designated by a Playitem, of a Playlist in which at least more than one Playitems are arranged in the order of reproduction is described in a block Playitem( ). | 10-16-2008 |
20080260352 | RECORDED ADVERTISEMENT ENHANCEMENT - Methods, and apparatuses for providing enhanced advertisements during playback of a recorded advertisement are provided. More specifically, when a recorded advertisement segment is being played and/or fast-forwarded an enhancement to the originally recorded advertisement is presented to the user thereby increasing user awareness of the product displayed during playback of the recorded advertisement. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260353 | Video Recorder and Printing System Including Video Recorder - A video recorder connected to an external device such as a printer or a personal computer. The video recorder comprises a tuner for receiving a television program and program information corresponding to the television program, a recording medium for recording the television program and the program information received by the tuner, a remote controller, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor generates a label image based on the television program selected by the user with the remote controller, the program information corresponding to the television program, and the data which the user has input in the video recorder. And then the microprocessor sends the generated label image to the external device such as the printer. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260354 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATIC CHAPTER MAKING CAPABILITY - A chapter is made automatically, using a location at which recording is paused and then resumed, as a chapter border. | 10-23-2008 |
20080267584 | Digital Video Segment Identification - An entertainment system, having a capability to playback a stored digital video record that includes frames of video data received from a television broadcast system, approximates ranges of frames in a digital video record that are either commercials or non-commercials. The system also approximates frames that are either a beginning or an ending of a commercial or a non-commercial. The system then associates as a commercial two of the approximated frames that are a beginning or an ending of a commercial or a non-commercial and one or more of the approximated ranges there between until a predetermined percentage of the playback time of the digital video record is taken up by the associated commercials. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267585 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING OR REPRODUCING MULTIMEDIA DATA USING HIERARCHICAL INFORMATION STRUCTURE AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A multimedia data recording apparatus, a multimedia data reproducing apparatus, and multimedia data storage include a first layer storing multimedia data; and a second layer in which, when the multimedia data is divided into a record unit and a reproduction unit, information of attributes of the record unit and a relationship between the record unit and the reproduction unit are described with a markup language using elements and the attributes. Navigation data, which is used to control a selection of the reproduction unit and reproduction sequence, is recorded on a third layer. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267586 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING OR REPRODUCING MULTIMEDIA DATA USING HIERARCHICAL INFORMATION STRUCTURE AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A multimedia data recording apparatus, a multimedia data reproducing apparatus, and multimedia data storage include a first layer storing multimedia data; and a second layer in which, when the multimedia data is divided into a record unit and a reproduction unit, information of attributes of the record unit and a relationship between the record unit and the reproduction unit are described with a markup language using elements and the attributes. Navigation data, which is used to control a selection of the reproduction unit and reproduction sequence, is recorded on a third layer. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267587 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON TEXT SUBTITLE DATA SYNCHRONIZED WITH AV DATA, AND REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An information storage medium having recorded thereon text subtitle data that is rendered to be output in synchronization with reproduction of audio/video (AV) data, and a method and apparatus for reproducing the text subtitle data and AV data. The information storage medium includes subtitle data that is output in synchronization with AV data and output time information indicating an output beginning time and/or an output ending time of the subtitle data. | 10-30-2008 |
20080273861 | Method for Measuring Multimedia Video Communication Quality - A method for measuring multimedia communication quality is disclosed. The multimedia video communication quality may be objectively reflected through the embedment and extraction of digital watermark under a precondition that the quality of the multimedia video data is not obviously affected. In the invention, each frame of the multimedia video data is uniformly divided into blocks of equal size and watermark data is embedded in each of the blocks, so that the watermark may be uniformly distributed. The multimedia video data are divided into groups, and the watermark is embedded in a part of the frames with equal interval between the frames in each group to reduce the effect of the watermark on the data. The watermark information is directly embedded in the spatial domain of the original video data. The PSNR of the video data is linearly fitted using the accuracy rate of the recovered watermark relative to the original watermark, and the fitted PSNR is regarded as a measurement indication of the multimedia video communication quality. Post-processing such as smoothing filtering is performed on video frames after watermark extraction to eliminate the effect of the watermark on the multimedia video data quality. | 11-06-2008 |
20080279535 | Subtitle data customization and exposure - Techniques to customize and expose subtitle data are described. In an implementation, a client includes a network connection device, a processor and memory. The memory is configured to maintain one or more user preferences and one or more modules that are executable on the processor to receive subtitle data via the network connection device and configure the subtitle data to be output accordingly to the one or more user preferences. | 11-13-2008 |
20080279536 | TRANSMARKING OF MULTIMEDIA SIGNALS - The presently claimed invention relates generally to digital watermarking and data hiding. One claim recites a method including: receiving data representing video, the data comprising at least first digital watermarking embedded therein; decoding the first digital watermarking embedded in the data to obtain a first identifier; and then converting the data into low bandwidth Internet video; and embedding at least the first identifier with digital watermarking into converted low bandwidth Internet video, the identifier identifying at least the video. Another claim recites a method including obtaining data representing at least video; analyzing the data to determine whether a first digital watermark is present in the data; if the first digital watermark is present in the data, embedding a second digital watermark in the data, the second digital watermark is more robust to an anticipated transformation relative to the first digital watermark; and then transforming the data according to the anticipated transformation. Of course, other combinations are described, enabled and claimed as well. | 11-13-2008 |
20080285947 | Reproduction Device - A playback apparatus has a platform | 11-20-2008 |
20080285948 | Reproducing Device and Method, Program, Recording Medium, Data Structure, and Recording Medium Manufacturing Method - The present invention relates to a playback apparatus, a playback method, a program, a recording medium, a data structure, and a manufacturing method for a recording medium in which content to be played back can be switched between streams different from a main stream. A PlayList includes Main path for referring to Video and Audio within a main TS, Sub Path-A for referring to Secondary Video and Secondary Audio in a sub TS, and Sub Path-B for referring to Audio in a sub TS. STN_table( ), which is information for selecting Video and Audio in a clip AV stream file- | 11-20-2008 |
20080285949 | VIDEO MOTION MENU GENERATION IN A LOW MEMORY ENVIRONMENT - A method of generating a motion menu in a low memory environment is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of encoded streams in a buffer by encoding a fixed duration from each of a plurality of title streams received in a video program, (B) generating a plurality of thumbnails frames in the buffer by decoding each of the encoded streams and (C) generating the motion menu in the buffer by combining one of the thumbnail frames from each respective one of the encoded streams into a respective one of plurality of menu frames such that a sequential display the menu frames appears as a plurality of thumbnails having dynamic content in the motion menu. | 11-20-2008 |
20080285950 | STILL PICTURE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING STILL PICTURE INFORMATION THEREFROM - A technique is provided for reproducing information from a recording medium, on which there are recorded a plurality of picture information sets; presentation time values, each associated with a corresponding one of the picture information sets; picture information record marks, each of which is associated with a corresponding one of the presentation time values; clip information specifying what position on the recording medium is associated with each of the presentation time values; and reproducing order specifying information which specifies in what order the picture information sets are to be reproduced. Picture information is reproduced through the steps of detecting the presentation time value of a picture information set to be retrieved from the corresponding picture information record mark; using said clip information to detect the recording position on the recording medium which corresponds to the detected presentation time value; and reproducing picture information from the detected recording position. | 11-20-2008 |
20080292270 | Reading Device, Program, and Reading Method - The application manager | 11-27-2008 |
20080292271 | Visual and audio data recording and reproducing apparatus - When external input data is recorded on a HD and an optical disc, recording on both discs is executed in intermittent recording fashion or recording on the optical disc is executed in low speed continuous recording fashion. During recording on both the HD and the optical disc, the residual amount of optical disc becomes slight, recording on the HD is allowed to continue, recording on the optical disc is paused while holding a position indicating how far recording on the optical disc has proceeded and after exchange of the optical disc, dubbing to a replaced optical disc is started from the stop position. During mere dubbing, recording on the optical disc is paused while holding a position indicating how far recording on the optical disc has proceeded and after exchange of the optical disc, dubbing to a replaced optical disc is started from the stop position. | 11-27-2008 |
20080292272 | Captioned video playback apparatus and recording medium - Disclosed is a captioned video playback apparatus comprising a storage unit that stores a caption signal defining a plurality of caption lines and a video signal defining a plurality of video images in association with a playback timing; a caption select unit that selects one of the plurality of caption lines defined by the caption signal stored in the storage unit; a caption playback unit that plays back the caption line selected by the caption select unit; a video playback unit that plays back the video signal stored in the storage unit; and a mode changeover unit that changes between a caption view mode for playing back a caption line selected by the caption select unit and a video image corresponding to the caption line using the caption playback unit and the video playback unit, and a normal view mode for playing back a video image using the video playback unit. | 11-27-2008 |
20080298770 | Playback apparatus and playback control means - A playback apparatus adapted to play back a content includes a first input unit via which to input a first content to be played back from a first apparatus, a second input unit via which to input a second content to be played back, and a storage unit adapted to store a specified playback start time. If time measured by a clock unit indicates that a predetermined time before the specified playback start time has been reached, a control unit controls a requesting unit to request the first apparatus to input the first content to be played back. If it is determined that the inputting of the first content from the first apparatus is not successfully completed by the specified playback start time, the control unit controls the playback operation so as to play back the second content input via the second content input unit. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298771 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING REDUCED IMAGE AND VIDEO APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method and apparatus for acquiring a reduced image are provided. A reduced image is acquired by starting receiving video data corresponding to a video from an external apparatus, determining whether reduced image data in the video data is completely received while the video data is being received, and stopping the receiving the video data if it is determined that the reduced image data is completely received. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298772 | Interactive device - This invention concerns an interactive data storage device and in particular the arrangement of information containing media items and menus stored on media or in servers. The data storage device contains interactive material comprising media items about particular goods or services together with plural menus. Each of the menus enables navigation through the media items according a particular point of view by allowing access only to media items that are relevant to that point of view. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCTION - The present invention provides a recording/reproduction apparatus which can record AV data at a variable rate as well as so as to enable trick plays. This recording/reproduction apparatus reads data from an HDD | 12-04-2008 |
20080298774 | STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING TEXT-BASED SUBTITLE DATA INCLUDING STYLE INFORMATION, AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING TEXT-BASED SUBTITLE DATA INCLUDING STYLE INFORMATION - A storage medium for storing text-based subtitle data including style information, a reproducing apparatus and methods are provided for reproducing text-based subtitle data including style information separately recorded on the storage medium. The storage medium includes: multimedia image data; and text-based subtitle data for displaying subtitles on an image based on the multimedia image data, wherein the text-based subtitle data includes dialog information indicating subtitle contents to be displayed on the image, style information indicating an output style of the dialog information, and partial style information indicating an output style applied to a portion of the dialog information. Accordingly, subtitles can be provided in a plurality of languages without limited to the number of units of subtitle data. In addition, subtitle data can be easily produced and edited. Likewise, an output style of the subtitle data can be changed in a variety of ways. Also, a special style can be applied in order to emphasize a portion of the subtitles. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298775 | STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING TEXT-BASED SUBTITLE DATA INCLUDING STYLE INFORMATION, AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING TEXT-BASED SUBTITLE DATA INCLUDING STYLE INFORMATION - A storage medium for storing text-based subtitle data including style information, a reproducing apparatus and methods are provided for reproducing text-based subtitle data including style information separately recorded on the storage medium. The storage medium includes: multimedia image data; and text-based subtitle data for displaying subtitles on an image based on the multimedia image data, wherein the text-based subtitle data includes dialog information indicating subtitle contents to be displayed on the image, style information indicating an output style of the dialog information, and partial style information indicating an output style applied to a portion of the dialog information. Accordingly, subtitles can be provided in a plurality of languages without limited to the number of units of subtitle data. In addition, subtitle data can be easily produced and edited. Likewise, an output style of the subtitle data can be changed in a variety of ways. Also, a special style can be applied in order to emphasize a portion of the subtitles. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298776 | STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING TEXT-BASED SUBTITLE DATA INCLUDING STYLE INFORMATION, AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING TEXT-BASED SUBTITLE DATA INCLUDING STYLE INFORMATION - A storage medium for storing text-based subtitle data including style information, a reproducing apparatus and methods are provided for reproducing text-based subtitle data including style information separately recorded on the storage medium. The storage medium includes: multimedia image data; and text-based subtitle data for displaying subtitles on an image based on the multimedia image data, wherein the text-based subtitle data includes dialog information indicating subtitle contents to be displayed on the image, style information indicating an output style of the dialog information, and partial style information indicating an output style applied to a portion of the dialog information. Accordingly, subtitles can be provided in a plurality of languages without limited to the number of units of subtitle data. In addition, subtitle data can be easily produced and edited. Likewise, an output style of the subtitle data can be changed in a variety of ways. Also, a special style can be applied in order to emphasize a portion of the subtitles. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298777 | STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING TEXT-BASED SUBTITLE DATA INCLUDING STYLE INFORMATION, AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING TEXT-BASED SUBTITLE DATA INCLUDING STYLE INFORMATION - A storage medium for storing text-based subtitle data including style information, a reproducing apparatus and methods are provided for reproducing text-based subtitle data including style information separately recorded on the storage medium. The storage medium includes: multimedia image data; and text-based subtitle data for displaying subtitles on an image based on the multimedia image data, wherein the text-based subtitle data includes dialog information indicating subtitle contents to be displayed on the image, style information indicating an output style of the dialog information, and partial style information indicating an output style applied to a portion of the dialog information. Accordingly, subtitles can be provided in a plurality of languages without limited to the number of units of subtitle data. In addition, subtitle data can be easily produced and edited. Likewise, an output style of the subtitle data can be changed in a variety of ways. Also, a special style can be applied in order to emphasize a portion of the subtitles. | 12-04-2008 |
20080304811 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, AND PLAYBACK METHOD - A BD-ROM playback apparatus simultaneously executes reproduction of a title including an AVClip and executes an application. The BD-ROM playback apparatus includes a BD-J module ( | 12-11-2008 |
20080310820 | OPTIMIZING DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER STORAGE SPACE BY COMMERCIAL SKIP MANAGEMENT - A method for storing a program for subsequent playback, includes: receiving an input signal including the program; parsing the input signal to provide at least one segment of commercial content and at least one segment of program content; indexing a segment list with segment information related to each segment; and storing each segment and the segment list for input to a playback device. A method for playback and a computer program product are provided. | 12-18-2008 |
20080317435 | APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EXECUTING AT LEAST REPRODUCING PROCESS ON CONTENT, RECORDING AND REPRODUCING SYSTEM, AND TITLE INFORMATION MANAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, there is provided an apparatus capable of executing at least a reproducing process on content. The apparatus includes a title information acquiring unit configured to acquire title information on content subjected at least to the reproducing process for each of content obtained via a network and content obtained from a removable recording medium, and a history holding unit configured to hold the title information acquired by the title information acquiring unit, as a history. | 12-25-2008 |
20080317436 | DIGITAL SIGNAL RECORDER WITH SELECTIVE ENCRYPTION AND KEY GENERATION - A digital signal recorder for recording a digital signal on a recording medium, including: an input circuit which receives a transmitted digital signal encrypted for protecting said transmitted digital signal using a first encryption method; a decrypting circuit which decrypts said transmitted digital signal into an original data; a key generation circuit which performs a prescribed arithmetic operation to generate a key; an encrypting circuit which receives said key and said original data, and encrypts said original data with said key using a second encryption method; a recording circuit which records, onto said recording medium, a key information which is used for decrypting said encrypted digital signal together with said encrypted digital signal, and a timing control circuit which controls decrypting timing of said decrypting circuit and encryption timing of said encrypting circuit; wherein said key generation circuit has a function for updating said key in connection with recording units of said recording media. | 12-25-2008 |
20090003797 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Content Tagging - An apparatus for providing content tagging may include a storage element and a tagging element. The storage element may be configured to store a predefined text entry. The tagging element may be in communication with the storage element and may be configured to receive a content item and tag the content item with the predefined text entry. | 01-01-2009 |
20090003798 | CONTENT RECORDER/PLAYER - A device according to the present invention can record and play a content and can transmit and receive data to/from at least one secondary device. At least one parameter has been set for the secondary device to define configuration settings for the secondary device, which has the function of transmitting data about the at least one parameter upon request. The device includes: a network controller for transmitting and receiving data to/from the secondary device; a system controller, which requests the secondary device to transmit the data about the at least one parameter, which has been set in the secondary device, during an initialization process; and a storage medium for storing the data that has been transmitted from the secondary device and received at the network controller. | 01-01-2009 |
20090003799 | Method for apparatus for reproducing image data - Main image data pieces in a recording medium are classified into groups according to recording date and time. A digest image data piece is generated from a main image data piece or pieces in each of the groups. Each of the generated digest image data pieces represents a digest of contents of the corresponding main image data piece or pieces. Contents of the digest image data pieces are sequentially reproduced in response to user's command in an order accorded with the recording dates and times of the main image data pieces corresponding to the digest image data pieces. | 01-01-2009 |
20090022478 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM WITH DATA STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-ANGLE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An information storage medium controls a multi-angle data reproducing apparatus by having a data structure including at least one clip for each angle, each angle clip being a data record unit of the multi-angle data for an angle. Each angle clip is divided into predetermined jumping units at jumping points and each is recorded in contiguous areas of the information storage medium. Using the clip jumping points as a link among the angle clips in which each angle clip is contiguously recorded provides efficient random access for reading the multi-angle data for angle change. | 01-22-2009 |
20090028526 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An information recording device ( | 01-29-2009 |
20090041424 | TRANSMITTING-SIDE RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING-SIDE RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A conventional recording and reproducing apparatus cannot move second copyright-protected AV data while moving a first copyright-protected AV content when moving such AV data via a network because the recording and reproducing apparatus issues an exchange key to be used for decrypting the AV data to a single receiving-side recording and reproducing apparatus only. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041425 | REPRODUCING DEVICE - A reproducing device for playing back data from a recording medium, including: play back circuits for reading first stream data, which includes first video data, first audio data, and first subpicture data, from a recording medium; download data storage circuits for storing second stream data, which includes at least one of second video data, second audio data and second subpicture data downloaded via a network; and selection circuits for conducting at least one of: switching from said first video data to said second video data; switching from said first audio data to said second audio data, and switching from said first subpicture data to said second subpicture data; wherein data which is newly switched by said selection circuits and data which is not switched by said selection circuits are synchronously superimposed and outputted. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041426 | Concurrently displaying a drop zone editor with a menu editor during the creation of a multimedia device - Methods and apparatus are provided providing users with the ability to create and produce multimedia devices. In one aspect of the present invention, users are provided with the capability to easily and seamlessly create slideshows using multiple forms of graphic elements instead of just still pictures. In another aspect of the present invention, users are provided with the capability to create and modify the DVD menu that is required for DVDs to function properly on conventional DVD players. In still another aspect of the present invention, users are provided with an intuitive graphic interface that simply and clearly explains the trade offs the user must make in deciding which mode to record the DVD. | 02-12-2009 |
20090046991 | Contents Replay Apparatus and Contents Replay Method - To enable a lot of audio data and image data such as a still image and a moving image to be effectively and efficiently used. When audio data accumulated in a material database | 02-19-2009 |
20090046992 | ADAPTER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Video files recorded on a disk recording medium are acquired from an image capturing apparatus. First contents information indicating a list of the acquired video files is created. Based on the created first contents information, second contents information in a network advertisement format is created. Based on the first contents information and the acquired video files, video files in the network advertisement format are created. The created second contents information is advertised onto a network. Video files requested from a client terminal on the network based on the second contents information are delivered to the client terminal. | 02-19-2009 |
20090052867 | Recording Device, Reproducing Device, Recording Medium, Recording Method, and LSI - A recording apparatus that generates meta-information that includes an initial address of TS packets constituting a PES packet that includes an independently-decodable picture, and size information pertaining to the picture, and records the generated meta-information in a recording medium, comprising: a detection unit operable to detect, from the TS packets constituting a transport stream, a TS packet at a head of a PES packet; a judging unit operable to judge whether the PES packet includes an independently-decodable picture; and a generation unit operable to generate meta-information that includes, as the size information, a size from a head of a PES packet that is judged as including an independently-decodable picture to a head of a succeeding PES packet. | 02-26-2009 |
20090060452 | Display of Video Subtitles - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for presenting subtitles. A video is played on a display of a device. A display mode for the video is detected. A subtitle is presented in one of a plurality of presentation formats based on the detected display mode. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060453 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHORING MUSIC - The present invention provides a method for producing a music DVD disc that comprises categorizing downloading an audio content from a remote server, selecting the audio content for burning to the DVD disc, displaying an indication of an action that is to be performed to write the selected audio content to the DVD disc, and authoring the selected audio content to the DVD disc in response to the indicated action. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060454 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND FORMAT - According to one embodiment, a playback apparatus, includes: a decoder that decodes stream data to output a video signal, a generator that generates a transparency update signal and a layout update signal based on transparency information and layout information that are described in a script file such that the transparency update signal and the layout update signal are generated to synchronize with each other; and an output unit that outputs the video signal with a transparency updated according to the transparency update signal and with a layout coordinate synchronously updated according to the layout update signal. | 03-05-2009 |
20090067812 | Methods of playing/recording moving picture using caption search and image processing apparatuses employing the method - Provided are image processing methods and apparatuses for playing/recording a moving picture using caption search, which are capable of easily playing and recording the moving picture from a desired location by searching through captions of the moving picture. The method searches for a caption corresponding to a search key word among captions of the moving picture based on the search key word, displays a search-result list, and records at least one item included in the displayed search-result list according to a selected recording mode. Accordingly, a desired location of the moving picture can be played and/or recorded through caption search. Because the moving picture can be played from a predetermined location using caption search and a user's voice can be recorded and output, efficient foreign-language learning may be possible. | 03-12-2009 |
20090074382 | RECORDING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, RECORDING PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF, AND REPRODUCTION PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A control information decoding section ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090080859 | RECORDING METHOD AND A RECORDING APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL INFORMATION OF IMAGE EQUIPMENT - A method for recording internal information of video equipment, for digital video information of the video equipment, comprises the following steps of: a step for obtaining internal information of the equipment; a step for analyzing a stream of the digital video information to be recorded, and for detecting a packet identifier not used for a packet, recording the internal information therein; a step for processing the internal information of the equipment into packet information; and a step for changing the stream of the video information, so as to include the packet information of the internal information of the equipment therein, wherein the internal information is included in a part of the stream of the digital video information, whereby to record the digital video information, whereby providing a recording method and a recording apparatus for recording the internal information of the apparatus necessary for trouble analyzing, without adding an apparatus, newly, and lowering an operability for a user. | 03-26-2009 |
20090080860 | MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD - This digital television broadcast receiving apparatus includes a tab browser function to switch screens by a tab # | 03-26-2009 |
20090092374 | Digital Network-Based Video Tagging System - A system for handling video tags. The tags are displayed synchronized to a video. A controller manages and modifies tag data that can be created by one or more users. The controller identifies a tag dataset for use with a video and provides information for synchronization and display of the tags. In a particular embodiment, features of a social-network website implementation are disclosed whereby a user community can post, filter, rate and display tags. | 04-09-2009 |
20090092375 | Systems and Methods For Robust Video Signature With Area Augmented Matching - Systems and methods are provided for generating unique signatures for digital video files to locate video sequences within a video file comprising calculating a frame signature for each frame of a first video; and for a second video: calculating a frame signature for each frame of the second video for corresponding first video frame signatures, calculating a frame distance between each of the corresponding video frame signatures, determining video signature similarity between the videos, and searching within a video signature similarity curve to determine a maximum corresponding to the first video within the second video. The method further applies area augmentation to the video signature similarity curve to determine a maximum from among a plurality of maxima corresponding to the first video file within the second video file. | 04-09-2009 |
20090097821 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND REPRODUCING METHOD - On a BD-ROM, PlayList information is recorded. The PlayList information includes MainPath information and SubPath information. The MainPath information specifies one of a plurality of AVClips as a MainClip, and defines a primary playback section on the MainClip. The SubPath information specifies, among the rest of the AVClips, one AVClip as a SubClip, and defines, on the SubClip, a secondary playback section to be synchronized with the primary playback section. The PlayList information includes an STN_table, which indicates SubClip and, from among a plurality of elementary streams multiplexed into the SubClip, elementary streams allowed to be played back. A total data size of AVClip per unit time is, for example, less than or equal to 48 Mbits when the AVClip includes a plurality of elementary streams allowed in the STN_table to be played back and does not include elementary streams which are not allowed in the STN_table to be played back. | 04-16-2009 |
20090097822 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE READING BY A USER EQUIPMENT OF MCCH (MBMS POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT CONTROL CHANNEL) INFORMATION - A video playing device includes a classification unit | 04-16-2009 |
20090110368 | Videoconference Recording, Post-Processing, and Playback - Apparatus having corresponding computer-readable media comprises: a recording module adapted to record audio and video streams of a videoconference; a storage module adapted to store a media file associated with the videoconference; and a command module adapted to generate a command file comprising records for events that occur during the videoconference, wherein at least one of the records comprises a time of occurrence in the videoconference of an event associated with the media file, and a reference to the media file. | 04-30-2009 |
20090116817 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image display apparatus including: a selecting unit receiving instructions for selecting progress bars; a storage unit storing information on the progress bars including marks for helping a user to search predetermined scenes of content; and a control unit extracting a scene corresponding to the mark of the selected progress bar from the storage unit, and displaying the extracted scene. | 05-07-2009 |
20090123128 | Recording medium, reproducing apparatus, and reproducing method - In a recording medium on which is recorded a multiplexed stream ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090129747 | Methods and Apparatus for Displaying Information Regarding Interstitials of a Video Stream - Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for presenting information regarding interstitials of a video stream. A recording of a television show may include segments of the show interspersed with interstitials (e.g., commercials). The location of the interstitials within the recording is identified, and the locations of the interstitials are presented in progress bar during presentation of the video stream. The location of the interstitials may also be utilized to determine durations of the interstitials, and provide a user with information regarding the lengths of the interstitials of a recording, and/or the length of the other content of a recording (e.g., segments of a television show). | 05-21-2009 |
20090129748 | MATERIAL DATA RECORDING SYSTEM, REMOVABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDER AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MATERIAL DATA - A material data recording system that is possible to save time and effort of entry of guidance information to a label stuck on a removable recording medium and to reduce omission in entry and an error in writing, etc. is proved. The material data recording system has a removable recording medium and a recorder which records a material data containing at least one of a voice and an image on the removable recording medium. The recorder has a guidance information acquisition part which acquires the guidance information about the material data from outside, a memory which records the guidance information and a writing part which records the guidance information in the removable recording medium together with the material data. The removable recording medium has a storage medium which records the guidance information and the material data, and a display which displays the guidance information. | 05-21-2009 |
20090129749 | VIDEO RECORDER AND VIDEO REPRODUCTION METHOD - In a video recorder, closed caption sentence data is outputted by analyzing digital broadcasting data including closed caption information. Index data is generated on the basis of a feature extraction rule and the effectiveness of an appearing keyword by analyzing closed caption sentence data. Closed caption feature data including a type of a closed caption sentence and a display time is generated by analyzing a closed caption ES (Elementary Stream). The broadcasting data is stored as record data, the closed caption feature data is analyzed, chapter data for reproducing a program is generated by a chapter designated by the user, and the chapter data is outputted to a storage. In the case of recording and reproducing the digital broadcasting program, it is possible to perform both the reproduction by the optimal index using the closed caption and the reproduction by the keyword voluntarily inputted by the user. | 05-21-2009 |
20090129750 | Recording medium containing moving picture data and additional information thereof and reproducing method and apparatus of the recording medium - The present invention relates to a recording medium containing moving picture data and additional information thereof and to reproducing method and apparatus of the recording medium. The present recording medium has script files including additional information about moving picture data, e.g., scene descriptive text and introduction of characters, etc. In addition, information linking each script file with a section of moving picture data to be presented with contents of the script file is included in a link data file or is contained in a filename of the script file. In reproduction of the recording medium, a script file linked with presently reproduced moving picture data section is determined and searched for based on the link data file or every filename of the script files, and contents of the found script file are presented together with the presently reproduced moving picture data. Furthermore, previously presented additional information is removed depending on data or filename of the found script file. | 05-21-2009 |
20090129751 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM WITH STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-ANGLE DATA, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS THEREFOR - An information storage medium on which multi-angle data is recorded includes at least two clips in each of which video object data for an angle of the multi-angle data is recorded. The at least two clips are recorded in contiguous areas of the information storage medium. | 05-21-2009 |
20090136208 | Virtual Video Clipping and Ranking Based on Spatio-Temporal Metadata - A video data and metadata storage and retrieval system including storage apparatus for storing a plurality of recorded video portions and metadata describing a plurality of geographical locations and corresponding times at which the video portions were recorded, and a computer configured to query the stored metadata, identify a plurality of the recorded video portions that correspond to the metadata resulting from the query, and group any of the identified video portions together into a video clip that are separated by less than a predefined clip gap. | 05-28-2009 |
20090142037 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING PLAYLIST FOR IMAGE DATA - An image processing apparatus generates playlist data based on a specified playback procedure, and generates date information of the playlist data based on date information regarding image data specified in the playlist data. The playlist data and the date information of the playlist data are recorded in association with each other on a recording medium. | 06-04-2009 |
20090154894 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - The invention provides video signal processing apparatuses comprising a first multiplexer, a constrained image converter and a second multiplexer. The first multiplexer receives a plurality of high-definition video signals and selectively outputs one of the received high-definition video signals. The constrained image converter converts the high-definition video signal outputted from the first multiplexer into a constrained form to generate a constrained video signal. The second multiplexer receives the high-definition video signal outputted from the first multiplexer and the constrained video signal, and selectively outputs one of them. | 06-18-2009 |
20090162029 | ADJUSTING VIDEO PROCESSING IN A SYSTEM HAVING A VIDEO SOURCE DEVICE AND A VIDEO SINK DEVICE - One of a video source device and a video sink device may: (a) deactivate a video processing function at the one device and send a command for causing the other of the video source device and the video sink device to activate the video processing function; (b) activate the video processing function at the one device and send a command for causing the other device to deactivate the video processing function; and (c) based on user input indicating whether (a) or (b) resulted in a preferred video image, effect (a) or (b). The one device may receive an indication of video processing functions of which the other device is capable, such that (a), (b) and (c) may be performed for each indicated video processing function of which the one device is also capable. A user interface including at least one selectable control for indicating whether a video image resulting from (a) or (b) is preferred may be displayed. | 06-25-2009 |
20090175592 | INFORMATION RECORDING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is an information recording processing apparatus including: a connector configured to communicably connect a recording apparatus having a current date and time information counting function to the information recording processing apparatus; and a recording controller configured to control recording of an information signal by the recording apparatus connected to the information recording processing apparatus by the connector, forming of time stamp information based on current date and time information obtained from the recording apparatus, and recording of the time stamp information by the recording apparatus as information corresponding to an information signal to be recorded by the recording apparatus. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175593 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - The present invention provides a digital broadcast receiving apparatus and a digital broadcast receiving method for retrieving a favorite program based on places where a user frequently visits and showing a program related to the places where the user frequently visits. In the digital broadcast receiving apparatus and the digital broadcast receiving method, based on GPS information included in a still picture captured by a digital camera and position information included in EPG information, whether a program is related to a favorite place of the user or not is determined, and the program related to a favorite place of the user is provided as a recommended program to the user. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175594 | Method and apparatus for providing additional information of video using visible light communication - A method and apparatus for providing additional information included in a video displayed on a display device using visible light communication (VLC). A data packet including video data and additional information for an object included in the video data is received. The video data is extracted from the data packet, and the video data is decoded. The additional information from the data packet is extracted, and the additional information decoded. The decoded video data is output through the display device, and at the same time, the additional information is transmitted for a particular object included in a video based on a VLC protocol using a light emitting device prepared in the display device. The additional information providing apparatus includes an image sensor module, a display module, a visible light receiving module, an additional information manager and a controller. | 07-09-2009 |
20090180757 | ORDER OF TITLES - A method of recording an encoded bit stream, said encoded bit stream representing a plurality of video objects comprising a sequence of cells together constituting a pan of an MPEG2 Program Stream, on a disc like record carrier, such as an optical disc. The method comprises recording a collection of contiguously arranged video objects and management information about recorded video objects. The collection is partitioned into adjacent recordings that represent playable titles, wherein a playable title is defined as a playback sequence of all complete cells or a subset of complete cells of a recording in the order of allocation within the video object storage area on the disc. The method further comprises generating a title list of titles sorted in the order of arrangement within the video object area on the disc. The method defines a free space title that represents free space within the video object area and includes the free space title in the title list. | 07-16-2009 |
20090180758 | MULTIPLEXING APPARATUS AND DEMULTIPLEXING APPARATUS - The multiplexing apparatus which does not make a user who watches a moving picture feel uncomfortable, the moving picture including: (i) a coding unit ( | 07-16-2009 |
20090185789 | RECORDNG MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A recording medium storing an AVClip structured by multiplexing video stream and a graphics stream. The graphics stream represents a moving picture made of a plurality of pictures, and the graphics stream includes graphics data representing graphics to be combined with the pictures. The graphics stream also includes window information (WDS) that specifies a window for rendering the graphics, and that indicates a width, a height and a position of the window on a plane which is a plane memory of a reproduction apparatus that combines the graphics with the pictures. | 07-23-2009 |
20090185790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ADDITIONAL DATA IN BROADCAST SIGNAL, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING BROADCAST SIGNAL, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING RECORDED BROADCASTING SIGNAL - A method and apparatus for processing additional data in a broadcast signal, a method and apparatus for recording a broadcast signal, and a method and apparatus for reproducing the recorded broadcast signal, which allow the normal display of additional data such as closed caption data on a screen during high-speed playback. The method includes extracting additional data from a video frame in an externally received broadcast signal, storing the extracted additional data in a transport stream generated from the broadcast signal, storing the transport stream containing the additional data, extracting the additional data from the stored transport stream according to a playback command, and separating a video signal and an audio signal from the transport stream and outputting the separate video signal and audio signal such that the extracted additional data is superimposed on the output video signal. | 07-23-2009 |
20090196577 | Prioritizing Picture Processing Other Than By Picture Type - In one embodiment the invention provides a method for outputting auxiliary information for use in playing back a video sequence, the method comprising obtaining a measure of usefulness of a particular picture for playing back the video sequence, wherein the measure of usefulness indicates a performance of playing back the video sequence if the particular picture is available in a decoded state at a time of playback versus the particular picture not being available in a decoded state at a time of playback; determining a position in a data stream that includes the video sequence; and storing the auxiliary information at the determined position in the data stream. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196578 | Conveyance of Picture Information Related To Picture Processing Times - In one embodiment the invention provides a method for outputting auxiliary information for use in playing back a video sequence, the method comprising obtaining a measure of usefulness of a particular picture for playing back the video sequence, wherein the measure of usefulness indicates a performance of playing back the video sequence if the particular picture is available in a decoded state at a time of playback versus the particular picture not being available in a decoded state at a time of playback; determining a position in a data stream that includes the video sequence; and storing the auxiliary information at the determined position in the data stream. | 08-06-2009 |
20090202224 | Conveyance of Picture Properties Other Than By Picture Type - In one embodiment the invention provides a method for outputting auxiliary information for use in playing back a video sequence, the method comprising obtaining a measure of usefulness of a particular picture for playing back the video sequence, wherein the measure of usefulness indicates a performance of playing back the video sequence if the particular picture is available in a decoded state at a time of playback versus the particular picture not being available in a decoded state at a time of playback; determining a position in a data stream that includes the video sequence; and storing the auxiliary information at the determined position in the data stream. | 08-13-2009 |
20090202225 | Simplified Identification of Certain Pictures in a Video Stream - In one embodiment the invention provides a method for outputting auxiliary information for use in playing back a video sequence, the method comprising obtaining a measure of usefulness of a particular picture for playing back the video sequence, wherein the measure of usefulness indicates a performance of playing back the video sequence if the particular picture is available in a decoded state at a time of playback versus the particular picture not being available in a decoded state at a time of playback; determining a position in a data stream that includes the video sequence; and storing the auxiliary information at the determined position in the data stream. | 08-13-2009 |
20090214179 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING SYSTEM - A display apparatus receives video data and plays back the received video data in real time. The display apparatus records history information indicating user operations performed in relation to video display when the video data is being played back and the operation time. Subsequently, to redisplay the video data, the display apparatus acquires appropriate video data from an external apparatus and plays back the video data in real time while reproducing the user operations indicated by history information, according to operation times. | 08-27-2009 |
20090214180 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND PLAYBACK METHOD - An Interactive Graphics Decoder | 08-27-2009 |
20090220212 | PLAYBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus to simultaneously play back first media data and second media data according to a selected method while the first media data is being played back in a trick play mode, wherein the second media data is independent from the first media data. | 09-03-2009 |
20090220213 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PLAYING BACK 3D IMAGES - Provided is a recording medium allowing random access to be performed in playing back 3D graphics. The recording medium comprises a digital stream area where a digital stream including temporally-arranged GOP pairs is recorded; and a map information area where map information is recorded, the map information indicating entry addresses in one to one correspondence with entry times on a time axis of the digital stream, each entry address showing a beginning of a corresponding GOP pair region in the digital stream area, wherein each GOP pair including first-type and second-type GOPs, each first-type GOP is data indicating a plain view picture set to be played back from a corresponding entry time, and each second-type GOP is data to be played back with a corresponding first-type GOP to provide a stereoscopic view, the data indicating a difference between a stereoscopic picture set and the plain view picture set. | 09-03-2009 |
20090220214 | Method and Apparatus for Reproducing Image - According to one embodiment, a video reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention it is possible to reproduce an object file without making the user understand hierarchies up to a recording medium holding video and audio files or a recording apparatus, by not displaying hierarchies higher than a hierarchy including a detected object file together with a list including the object file, and by displaying a list which shows an object file at a glance. | 09-03-2009 |
20090232477 | AUDIOVISUAL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an audiovisual system in which a TV, an AV amplifier, a DVD player and the like are combined, another device constituting the system is automatically set to an optimal operation state according to the content recorded on an optical disc. A reproduction content judging unit | 09-17-2009 |
20090238539 | Recording Apparatus, Recording Method, and Recording Program, and Image Capturing Apparatus, Image Capturing Method, and Image Capturing Program - To allow AV data created after the start of recording until the end of recoding to be easily continuously recorded and reproduced for a long time as a file. A stream of which AV data have been multiplexed is recorded to a file in the unit of a packet. When the file size exceeds 2 GB with the next packet that is recorded, record control is performed such that the time of the last end of audio data of the current file matches the time of the beginning of audio data of the next file to which the stream is recorded, the current file is closed, and seamless connection that denotes that the closed file and the next file to which the stream is recorded are connected such that audio data do not overlap is set. A file is newly created and the stream is continuously recorded thereto. The recording of the file is stopped according to a stop operation. When the recording is performed for a long time, a file is automatically divided. Upon reproducing, files in which the stream has been recorded for a long time can be continuously reproduced without causing the user to recognize the division of the file. | 09-24-2009 |
20090238540 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA ONTO PORTABLE DIGITAL RECORDING MEDIA - This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. This system includes a receiving module, a processing module and an output module, with viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses a method of storing medical image data on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of receiving the medical image data, processing the data and storing the data on the portable digital recording medium, with a viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It further discloses a method of selecting medical image data for recording on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of connecting a browsing terminal to a computer database that stores the medical image data, selecting a first set of the medical image data from the computer database, and recording the selected first set of medical image data on the portable digital medium, with a viewing program for viewing the medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses the method and system of retrieving medical image data that are related to the received/selected original medical image data, and recording the original and related medical image data on a portable digital recording medium. | 09-24-2009 |
20090245752 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CHARACTER INFORMATION ASSOCIATION METHOD AND CHARACTER INFORMATION ASSOCIATION PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and output an imaged picture; a picture recording unit configured to record pictures; a playback unit configured to play back a recorded picture recorded in the picture recording unit;
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20090245753 | Method of reproducing a still picture from a recording medium, method of decoding the still picture and the recording medium - In the method, video data is reproduced from the recording medium, and an I-picture and a number of P-pictures are output as a still picture based on the reproduced video data. The output data may then be received and decoded for display. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245754 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA ONTO PORTABLE DIGITAL RECORDING MEDIA - This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. This system includes a receiving module, a processing module and an output module, with viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses a method of storing medical image data on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of receiving the medical image data, processing the data and storing the data on the portable digital recording medium, with a viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It further discloses a method of selecting medical image data for recording on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of connecting a browsing terminal to a computer database that stores the medical image data, selecting a first set of the medical image data from the computer database, and recording the selected first set of medical image data on the portable digital medium, with a viewing program for viewing the medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses the method and system of retrieving medical image data that are related to the received/selected original medical image data, and recording the original and related medical image data on a portable digital recording medium. | 10-01-2009 |
20090252478 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING A DIGITAL SIGNAL AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING THE DIGITAL SIGNAL - A method and apparatus is provided for receiving and/or reproducing a digital signal, capable of efficiently recording a compressed, packeted digital signal and inhibiting a copy thereof. An input packet signal is added with a time stamp indicating a relative time of an arrival of the packet, and the packet signals of digital information with the added time stamps are recorded at reduced intervals therebetween. In reproducing, a packet interval adjusting circuit restores the original packet intervals in accordance with the time stamps, and then a time stamp change circuit changes at least one bit of the time stamp and thereafter outputs the digital information. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA ONTO PORTABLE DIGITAL RECORDING MEDIA - This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. This system includes a receiving module, a processing module and an output module, with viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses a method of storing medical image data on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of receiving the medical image data, processing the data and storing the data on the portable digital recording medium, with a viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It further discloses a method of selecting medical image data for recording on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of connecting a browsing terminal to a computer database that stores the medical image data, selecting a first set of the medical image data from the computer database, and recording the selected first set of medical image data on the portable digital medium, with a viewing program for viewing the medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses the method and system of retrieving medical image data that are related to the received/selected original medical image data, and recording the original and related medical image data on a portable digital recording medium. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252480 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA ONTO PORTABLE DIGITAL RECORDING MEDIA - This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. This system includes a receiving module, a processing module and an output module, with viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses a method of storing medical image data on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of receiving the medical image data, processing the data and storing the data on the portable digital recording medium, with a viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It further discloses a method of selecting medical image data for recording on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of connecting a browsing terminal to a computer database that stores the medical image data, selecting a first set of the medical image data from the computer database, and recording the selected first set of medical image data on the portable digital medium, with a viewing program for viewing the medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses the method and system of retrieving medical image data that are related to the received/selected original medical image data, and recording the original and related medical image data on a portable digital recording medium. | 10-08-2009 |
20090257734 | ON-VEHICLE VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS - Provided is an on-vehicle video playback apparatus, which facilitates appropriate playback of contents on a WAN which have to be played back synchronously with contents recorded on a video disc. | 10-15-2009 |
20090257735 | CODED SIGNAL REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A formatter | 10-15-2009 |
20090263103 | Recording apparatus, recording method, and recording program, and image capturing apparatus, image capturing method and image capturing program - To improve user-friendliness in recording AV data created after recording is started until it is stopped as a file. AV data that are created after recording is started until it is stopped are recorded as a file. Information that represents a reproduction region and mark information that represents a jump position are additionally written to a reproduction list file. At this point, it is determined whether or not restrictions that have been set to the reproduction list file and an attribute file for additional writing are satisfied on the basis of the reproduction list file as an additionally writable candidate and the attribute file that correlates reproduction time and address of the AV data. When having been determined that they be satisfied, the reproduction region information and the mark information are additionally written to the reproduction list file as the additionally writable candidate. When having been determined that they be not satisfied, a new reproduction list file is created. As a result, the user can perform a recording operation for the AV data without necessity of recognizing the restrictions that have been set to the reproduction list file and the attribute file. | 10-22-2009 |
20090263104 | STREAM PLAYBACK CONTROL DEVICE - Time information for restoring the playback rate is affixed to a plurality of packets included in a stream. A predetermined number of such packets are stored in advance in a buffer memory | 10-22-2009 |
20090263105 | TRANSPORT STREAM GENERATING APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND TRANSPORT STREAM GENERATING METHOD - The present invention provides a recording apparatus that generates a transport stream so that a boundary between recording units (aligned units) and a file division point (i.e., a boundary between GOPs) always coincide with each other without obtaining information on the file size or the like. When generating a transport stream by time-division multiplexing transport packets, n or more transport packets (e.g., null packets N) other than a video packet are inserted between a video packet group generated from a single encoding unit (GOP) and a video packet group subsequent to the video packet group. When d indicates the data length of the transport packet, h indicates the data length of a fixed-length header added to each of the transport packets before being recorded on a data recording medium, and L indicates a recording unit length to the data recording medium, | 10-22-2009 |
20090263106 | TEXT SUBTITLE DECODER AND METHOD FOR DECODING TEXT SUBTITLE STREAMS - A method and a text subtitle decoder for decoding a text subtitle stream recorded on a recording medium are disclosed. A subtitle loading buffer initially loads a text subtitle stream including a dialog style segment defining a group of region styles and a dialog presentation segment having dialog presentation information and dialog text data for a dialog having at least one region. A text subtitle processor parses the dialog presentation segment into composition information, rendering information, and the dialog text data for each region. Next, a text renderer renders the text strings into a bitmap object for each region according to the rendering information, and the rendered bitmap object is composed in a graphics plane. | 10-22-2009 |
20090269029 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - There is provided a recording/reproducing device capable of more efficiently and reliably reproducing a scene desired by a user by adding the individual functions of receiving previously registered information from the user, detecting a match between the previously registered information and literal information, detecting a match between the previously registered information and a sound word, obtaining a feedback from the user, and the like. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269030 | STORAGE MEDIUM INCLUDING AV DATA AND APPLICATION PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A storage medium including audio-video (AV) data and application programs for providing additional functions using the AV data includes: movie mode data for reproducing audio-visual (AV) data; program mode data including a plurality of application programs for providing additional functions using the AV data; system data for controlling the execution of the movie mode data and the program mode data; and management information for managing the execution of the application programs in a unit of title, wherein the system data comprises mode information indicating whether a reproduction mode of a title to be reproduced is a movie mode or a program mode. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269031 | MULTIMEDIA STREAM PROCESSING SYSTEM - A multimedia signal processing system allows a user to store selected programs while simultaneously watching or reviewing another. The system includes an input section and an output section. Across all configurations, the output section remains substantially the same, while the input section varies according to the signal type and the source. The system receives a digital stream and simultaneously processes the digital stream for display and stores the digital stream on at least one storage device. The system further simultaneously processes a previously recorded digital stream for display while processing the digital stream for display. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269032 | INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD - There are provided a first image information output unit which overlaps first sub-picture information having high resolution HD onto main image information having high resolution HD to be outputted in accordance with a required image output format, and a second image information output unit which overlaps second sub-picture information having low resolution SD onto information into which the main image information having high resolution HD has been converted to have the low resolution SD to be outputted in accordance with a required image output format. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269033 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269034 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269035 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WRITING AND PLAYING BACK DIGITAL BROADCASTING SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE INFORMATION AND RECORDING MEDIA THEREFOR - The present invention relates to method and apparatus of providing supplementary service information for A/V contents written in a recording medium. This method has a recording medium containing Presentation Language data, which have to be included like as in a digital television signal for supplementary service information in accordance with Advanced TV Enhancement Forum or Digital TV Application Software Environment standard, and reproduces, if a disk reproduction is requested, the Presentation Language data as well as requested A/V data and provides them for a connected external device such as a digital television. As a result, various video information and functions provided with Presentation Language data by a recording medium can be realized at a digital television set being able to accept Presentation Language data. | 10-29-2009 |
20090274435 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a reproduction apparatus by which a user can easily search for a desired scene of content data, a reproduction method, a recording apparatus, a recording method, a recording medium, a program storage medium, and a program. Information used for a search is recorded together with content data on an optical disc. The data to be recorded on the optical disc contains at least content data main body, scene description information for displaying a predetermined menu screen on an external display apparatus in the reproduction apparatus. Scene description information is recorded together with the content data on the optical disc, the scene description information being of a data structure in which information indicating an On point and an Out point of the scene and information for each scene in which a plurality of pairs of a search key and a value are defined are contained in amounts corresponding to the number of scenes The present invention can be applied to a recording apparatus a reproduction apparatus, and a recording medium such as an optical disc. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274436 | Method and Apparatus for Adaptive Transport Injection for Playback - There are provided a method and apparatus for adaptive transport injection for playback. The apparatus includes a playback manager for managing at least one buffer to maintain a fullness of the at least one buffer for a data playback by adapting a data injection size, relating an amount of data injected at a given time into the at least one buffer, to smallest available space in the at least one buffer. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274437 | EMBEDDING DATA IN MEDIA METADATA TRACKS DURING PLAYBACK - Data is embedded onto new or existing media metadata tracks during playback of a media stream. A content server provides a media stream to a mobile device. Data associated with the playback of the media stream on the mobile device is obtained by the content server and saved to the media stream itself. Data may include playback statistics, viewing characteristics, channel changes, comment logs, etc. The information can be stored in a time-correlated manner to allow extraction and analysis of data. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274438 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIDEO DATA - A video processing apparatus includes: a memory; a storage unit; and a processor that operates to: acquire a reproduction end time from pre-conversion video data stored in the memory; perform stream data conversion processing on the pre-conversion video data stored in the memory to generate stream-data-converted video data on a unit video data basis after acquiring the reproduction end time; generate converted video data by inserting spurious management information including dummy data into the stream-data-converted video data; generate a time map indicating reproduction time information including the reproduction end time of the converted video data; write the converted video data and the time map to the storage unit; generate management information based on the reproduction end time and the time map written in the storage unit; and overwrite the spurious management information with the management information. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274439 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM INCLUDING META DATA FOR MULTI-ANGLE TITLE, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING THE SAME - A storage medium including meta data for providing an enhanced search function on AV data supporting multi-angle, and a reproducing apparatus and method for reproducing AV data from the storage medium are provided. The storage medium comprises moving picture data for supporting multi-angle; and meta data for providing an enhanced search function on the moving picture data, wherein the meta data is defined according to scene, and comprises information regarding at least one search keyword to be applied to a corresponding scene and information regarding an angle supported by the corresponding scene. Such meta data further includes information regarding a start location and a reproduction duration time of the corresponding scene. As a result, an enhanced search function can be realized according to scene, character, actor, or search criterion which a producer arbitrary defines, with respect to moving picture data supporting multi-angle. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274440 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274441 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274442 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274443 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274444 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274445 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-05-2009 |
20090279850 | Broadcast Signal-Providing Device, Broadcast Signal-Providing Method, Broadcast Signal-Providing Program, and Broadcast Signal-Providing System - During time-shifted playback of a broadcast signal, an immediacy information detection means ( | 11-12-2009 |
20090279851 | Captured image data management method and image capturing apparatus - A captured image data management method is disclosed. Coverage direction data are input to a recorder-built-in type mage capturing apparatus and the coverage direction data are recorded to a nonvolatile memory and a record medium. The captured image data are obtained as files. A name of the file recorded on the record medium is automatically assigned based on title information contained in the coverage direction data and the assigned file name is recorded to the nonvolatile memory and the record medium. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279852 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a detecting section that detects feature information of at least one AV stream; a recording section that records the AV streams, clip information defining attributes including the detected feature information, and playback-segment data specifying at least one playback segment to a storage medium in accordance with a predetermined data-recording format, the playback-segment data being obtained by setting a playback start point and a playback end point with respect to the AV streams; a playback-segment setting section that sets the playback segments with respect to the AV streams on the basis of detection time point of the feature information; and a data generating section that generates the playback-segment data specifying the playback segments set by the playback-segment setting section. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279853 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279854 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279855 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279856 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279857 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279858 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279859 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279860 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279861 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279862 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279863 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279864 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279865 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279866 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20090285549 | Favorite program extracting device and method - Provided is a technology for recording the information of contents recorded in a recording medium, when the reproduction of the contents is instructed by a user, thereby to extract a favorite program of the user on the basis of that information. For the technology, the contents stored in the recording medium in accordance with the operation of the user are reproduced. In case the contents are reproduced, the information indicating the reproduced contents is read out and recorded as reproduction history information. A list of programs to be broadcast is received, and the program according to the reproduction history information is extracted as the favorite program of the user from that list. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285550 | Electronic Apparatus, Content Reproduction Method, Record Medium, and Server Apparatus - An electronic apparatus is disclosed. A reproduction section allows first video content containing a plurality of types of data and first identification information to be reproduced. A transmission section transmits the first identification information to a server apparatus. A reception section receives a first application and first access control information from the server apparatus, the first application being associated with the first video content and being retrieved by the server apparatus based on the transmitted first identification information, the first access control information being generated by the server apparatus based on the first identification information and representing a condition in which the first application accesses the individual types of the data contained in the first video content. A control section executes the received first application based on the received first access control information when the first video content is reproduced. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285551 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Pre-Inserted and/or Potential Advertisement Breaks in a Video Sequence - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for identifying advertisement breaks in digital video files. Generally, an advertisement break identification module receives a digital video file and generates an edge response for each of one or more frames extracted from the video file. If one of the generated edge responses for a particular frame is less than a predefined threshold, then the module identifies the particular frame as the start of an advertisement break. The module then generates further edge responses for frames subsequent to the identified particular frame. Once an edge response is generated for a particular subsequent frame that is greater than the threshold, it is identified as the end of the advertisement break. The video file may then be manipulated or transformed, such as by associating metadata with the advertisement break for a variety of uses, removing the advertisement break from the video file, etc. Optionally, various time and/or frame thresholds, as well as an audio verification process, are used to validate the identified advertisement break. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285552 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285553 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285554 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285555 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285556 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285557 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285558 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285559 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285560 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285561 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285562 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REPRODUCING AUDIO/VIDEO DATA AND ADDITIONAL DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE AUDIO/VIDEO DATA - A method for reproducing data recorded on an interactive recording medium in conjunction with associated auxiliary data is disclosed. An interactive recording medium reproducing apparatus reproduces A/V data recorded on an interactive recording medium such as an interactive DVD in conjunction with contents data provided by a contents providing server using navigation information for the contents data also provided by the contents providing server, thereby allowing synchronized reproduction of data from different sources. | 11-19-2009 |
20090290852 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT A TIME-SHIFT EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT - Methods and apparatus to detect a time-shift event associated with the presentation of media content are disclosed. A disclosed system generates a first metering event representative of a first time period in which a program was continuously presented and a second metering event representative of a second time period in which a program was continuously presented. A time-shift detector receives the first and second metering events and calculates a presentation gap value and a broadcast time jump value. The time-shift detector compares the presentation gap value and the broadcast time jump value to determine whether a pause event, a fast forward event or a rewind event occurred. | 11-26-2009 |
20090290853 | METHOD FOR REPRODUCING DATA RECORDED ON AN INTERACTIVE RECORDING MEDIUM IN CONJUNCTION WITH ASSOCIATED AUXILIARY DATA - A method for reproducing data recorded on an interactive recording medium in conjunction with associated auxiliary data is disclosed. An interactive recording medium reproducing apparatus reproduces A/V data recorded on an interactive recording medium such as an interactive DVD in conjunction with contents data provided by a contents providing server using navigation information for the contents data also provided by the contents providing server, thereby allowing synchronized reproduction of data from different sources. | 11-26-2009 |
20090297126 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A MEDIA PACKAGE FOR INGESTING INTO AN ON-LINE DOWNLOADING APPLICATION - A system and method of delivering a media package to an on-line downloading store are disclosed. The method includes receiving a media file into a compressor application in which at least one compression job is assigned for the media file. The method further includes receiving setting data and destination data for storing a media package associated with processing the media file. The method next includes retrieving pre-defined asset metadata based on user-submitted credential data and vendor identification data, receiving contract acceptance data based on a pre-existing contract associated with the media file and generating a media package configured for ingestion into the on-line media store for each at least one compression job assigned to the media file. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297127 | METHOD FOR RECORDING AND MANAGING A MULTI-CHANNEL STREAM - The present invention relates to a method for recording and managing a multi-channel broadcast stream. The present method records on a recording medium such as a BD-RW a multi-channel broadcast stream where a plurality of channels are multiplexed, and creates and records management information for individual search and reproduction control of the plural channels. Consequently, this method ensures fast random access and various trick play of individual subchannel streams multiplexed in a recorded multi-channel stream at user's request. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297128 | CONTENT PLAYING DEVICE, CONTENT PLAYING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT PLAYING SYSTEM - A content playing device includes: an identifying unit to identify, with regard to subsidiary contents created by secondarily using contents as editing material and having playback control information instructing playback of actual content data of source editing material contents which are primary contents serving as source editing material, lacking primary contents which are the source editing material contents that are not included in held primary contents deemed to be held by a user; a sample content obtaining unit to externally obtain sample contents corresponding to the lacking primary contents; and a playback processing unit to execute, at the time of playing subsidiary contents following playback control information, playback signal processing for actual content data of held source editing material contents currently existing as the held primary contents regarding held source editing material contents, and playback signal processing for actual content data of corresponding sample contents regarding the lacking primary contents. | 12-03-2009 |
20090304350 | DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER CONTENT FILTERING - A system may include a digital video recorder. The digital video recorder may provide a list of recorded television programs, receive selection of a television program in the list of television programs, and receive information identifying a segment to be filtered from the selected television program. The digital video recorder may further create a filtered television program by marking the segment as hidden or deleting the segment, where the segment is not visible when the filtered television program is played, and store the filtered television program. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304351 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BEHAVIORS FOR LIVE AND PLAYBACK CONSUMPTION - Systems and methods for modifying the behavior and use of rich media environment (RME) information depending on the state of consumption of related content. Mechanisms are provided by which RME information can be used in different ways depending upon whether the content at issue is being consumed “live” or whether the content at issue is being played back at a later time after the “live” transmission. An RME scene update and/or scene description can include an optional tag or identification, with associated material being valid for use during one of media playback and live consumption. Particular behavior selection can also be inherent in the scene update and/or scene description script, such that the script determines the behavior of the RME based upon the status of the media consumption. Further still, resources referenced by a script can be fetched before content is rendered, where the resources may be present, absent, or modified depending upon whether the content is being consumed live or during a playback session. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304352 | VIDEO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK EQUIPMENT, VIDEO RECORDING METHOD, VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD, AND VIDEO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK METHOD - A video recording and playback equipment which plays video data of a program memorized in an MXF file without playback delay is provided. It has a receiver, an analyzer, a playback information table, a program data memory and a decoder. The receiver receives the MXF file which includes the video data and metadata including information about an identification tag to identify the video data and data size of the video data. The analyzer judges whether the data contained in the file is the video data. If it is the video data, the analyzer analyzes a memory location where the video data is memorized in the file and memorize it on the playback information table as playback information, and also memorize the file to the program data memory. Only the video data is played by the decoder from the file based on the playback information. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304353 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304354 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304355 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304356 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304357 | Providing Content Interruptions - Content which users may wish to receive may be distributed with interrupting content such that the use of the content on the user's receiver may be interrupted and replaced with the interrupting content. The content which the user wishes to receive may be software, audio, video, graphics or other material and the interrupting content in one embodiment of the prevent invention may be advertisements. In this way, the user's receiver may be utilized to determine when it is appropriate to interrupt the interruptible content with the interrupting content. This may provide a convenient mechanism for reduced price or free distribution of a wide variety of media currently provided only in physical form or only for free without any compensation to the content provider. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304358 | Providing Content Interruptions - Content which users may wish to receive may be distributed with interrupting content such that the use of the content on the user's receiver may be interrupted and replaced with the interrupting content. The content which the user wishes to receive may be software, audio, video, graphics or other material and the interrupting content in one embodiment of the prevent invention may be advertisements. In this way, the user's receiver may be utilized to determine when it is appropriate to interrupt the interruptible content with the interrupting content. This may provide a convenient mechanism for reduced price or free distribution of a wide variety of media currently provided only in physical form or only for free without any compensation to the content provider. | 12-10-2009 |
20090310938 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING MOTION PICTURE WITH LOCATION INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for recording and reproducing a motion picture with location information are provided. The method for reproducing the motion picture includes acquiring, when a request for playing a motion picture is detected, current location information of the mobile terminal using location data, retrieving location information included in the motion picture, comparing the current location information and the retrieved location information, and reproducing, when the current location information and the retrieved location information are substantially identical with each other, the motion picture. | 12-17-2009 |
20090317059 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING / RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK ENHANCEMENT INFORMATION, VBI DATA, OR AUXILIARY DATA THROUGH DIGITAL TRANSMISSION MEANS SPECIFIED FOR MULTIMEDIA DATA TRANSMISSION - A data transmission interface apparatus is provided for communicating with another data transmission interface apparatus through a digital transmission means specified for multimedia data transmission. The data transmission interface apparatus has at least a processor for processing multimedia data; and a data converting circuit, coupled to the processor, for converting a plurality of first multimedia data sets into a plurality of second multimedia data sets; and for converting a plurality of first auxiliary data sets into a plurality of second auxiliary data sets. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317060 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MULTIMEDIA - Provided are a method and an apparatus for processing multimedia to provide a simulated experience where a plurality of remote users simultaneously view the same content even though one of the users is viewing the content at a different time. The method includes reading out information regarding user reactions to content during playback of the content, displaying a history of user reactions according to the information regarding the user reactions, and playing back a portion of content corresponding to a selected time point from the history of the user reactions at which the user reactions occurred. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317061 | IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing method and apparatus and an image generating method and apparatus, the image processing method to output a video data being a two-dimensional (2D) image as the 2D image or a three-dimensional (3D) image including: extracting information about the video data from metadata associated with the video data; and outputting the video data as the 2D image or the 3D image by using the extracted information about the video data. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317062 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing method and apparatus to output video data, which is a two-dimensional (2D) image, as a three-dimensional (3D) image, the image processing method including: when a current frame of the video data is classified as a new shot that is different from a shot a previous frame of the video data that is output temporally before the current frame, estimating a motion of the current frame by using one or more next frames of the video data that are output temporally after the current frame and are classified as the new shot; and outputting the current frame as the 3D image by using the estimated motion. | 12-24-2009 |
20090324199 | GENERATING FINGERPRINTS OF VIDEO SIGNALS - The present invention provides novel techniques for generating more robust fingerprints ( | 12-31-2009 |
20090324200 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A playback-position feature value extracting unit extracts, as a playback-position feature value, a feature value at a playback position from an image being played back. A synchronizing unit synchronizes the playback-position feature value with a feature value on a data recording medium on which setting information for processing the image is recorded in association with a feature value of the image. A control unit controls a time width used for synchronization between the feature value on the data recording medium with the playback-position feature value. A reading unit reads, when the playback-position feature value is synchronized with the feature value on the data recording medium, the setting information recorded on the data recording medium in association with the playback-position feature value. A reflecting unit reflects, based on the read setting information, the process in the image being played back. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324201 | DATA-PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data-processing device includes: a conversion section performing a process of format-conversion in an interactive manner on an AV file between an AV independent format and an AV multiplex format at the time of data communication between an AV server and a network module; a time slot setting section setting a conversion process time slot, a server-side time slot and a network-side time slot; and a time slot control section controlling the allocation of the format conversion process, the data communication process with the AV server and the data communication process with the network module, so that each of the three processes is periodically performed at specified time intervals by allocating the format conversion process and the data communication process on a plurality of AV files to the conversion process time slot and the server-side time slot, respectively, and so that the two processes are performed in parallel. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324202 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A BD-ROM has recorded thereon: a plurality of subtitle streams each configured for playback in sync with a video stream; and PlayList information. The PlayList information includes PlayItem information and a display method flag. The PlayItem information defines a playback section with information indicating In_time and Out_time of a playback time axis of the video stream and includes a stream information table. The display method flag indicates whether or not control according to a subtitle display method is valid. The stream information table specifies to, a playback apparatus, one of the subtitle streams to be selected if the control according to the subtitle display method is valid. | 12-31-2009 |
20100003009 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING SEARCH INFORMATION FOR RECORDED DIGITAL BROADCAST STREAMS - A method and apparatus for automatically creating a play list of a received digital broadcast stream to be recorded on a recording medium. Specific positions of the received broadcast stream in which the packet identification code contained in the received stream changes are detected and recorded as entry points of programs. A play list can be automatically created based upon the detected entry points, thereby enabling a user to easily locating start positions of recorded programs. | 01-07-2010 |
20100003010 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD TO CONTROL THE SAME - An imaging apparatus and a method to control the same are provided. When a captured image is recorded (or stored), a category of the image is obtained according to a feature of the image, and a file of the image assigned a file name determined based on the category is created and stored, thereby enabling more convenient classification of a large number of images. To accomplish this, the method to control an imaging apparatus includes obtaining an image and recording the image assigned a file name determined based on a category of the image. | 01-07-2010 |
20100014832 | Playback apparatus program and playback method - An BD-ROM playback apparatus simultaneously executes reproduction of a title including an AVClip and executes an application. The BD-ROM playback apparatus includes a BD-J module ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100014833 | CONTENT PROTECTION USING A PROTECTION STREAM - The invention relates to a portable storage medium, a media player, a method, and a signal for disturbing the perception of content provided in a first media stream. The first media stream is combined with a second media stream in at least one transport stream. The media player includes a control unit, which receives a user selection of reproducing content provided in the first media stream, (step | 01-21-2010 |
20100014834 | Control System for Network of Input Devices with Optimization of the Recording Process Based on the Recording Device - Apparatus, methods, and systems for centrally and uniformly controlling the operation of a variety of devices, such as communication, consumer electronic, audio-video, analog, digital, 1394, and the like, over a variety of protocols within a network system and, more particularly, a control system and uniform user interface for centrally controlling these devices in a manner that appears seamless and transparent to the user. In a one embodiment, the control system optimizes the recording process by limiting the selectable source device and the selectable channels of a source device based on the selected sink or recording device. | 01-21-2010 |
20100014835 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An apparatus which reproduces a movie from a recording medium, when receiving an instruction, reproduces the movie from a point associated with an appearance point of a feature portion. | 01-21-2010 |
20100014836 | INFORMATION TRANSFER SYSTEM, A TRANSMITTER, A RECEIVER AND A RECORD CARRIER FOR USE IN THE SYSTEM - The application relates to an information transfer system, comprising a receiver ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100014837 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD - An information storage medium records contents and sets for each of the contents a resume permission flag indicating whether or not reproduction resume is permitted by a reproduction resume command or a command of a reproduction device executed based on a user operation. | 01-21-2010 |
20100014838 | Editing Method and Recording and Reproducing Device - In order to provide a recording and reproducing device that allows a user to select and manage arbitrary play lists, a unit of management for managing all registered play list information and an upper management hierarchical level are added. The unit of management is adapted to be handled on the same level with unified information that indicates a reproduction range of all AV data. User-defined unified information is adapted to be handled on the added management hierarchical level. The user-defined unified information is formed to allow arbitrary reproduction ranges contained on a lower hierarchical level to be registered. | 01-21-2010 |
20100021134 | Method for providing digital content - A method for providing a digital content is disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, a playback information package generated according to a playback sequence of a main digital content and an auxiliary digital content is used to facilitate a configuration of a playback apparatus supporting a BD-J specification | 01-28-2010 |
20100021135 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021136 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021137 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021138 | METHOD FOR THE DISTRIBUTED RECORDING OF A MULTIMEDIA STREAM, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method is provided for distributed recording of a set of data. The method includes a step of issuing a recording request by a requiring equipment, a step of distributing said recording on at least one equipment different from the requiring equipment and connected thereto by a communication network. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021139 | MULTIPLEXING APPARATUS AND DEMULTIPLEXING APPARATUS - The multiplexing apparatus which does not make a user who watches a moving picture feel uncomfortable, the moving picture including: (i) a coding unit ( | 01-28-2010 |
20100021140 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD - An information reproduction method comprises setting an imaginary access unit in a video object in which a still picture is recorded; and managing reproduction by use of the imaginary access unit. | 01-28-2010 |
20100027970 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027971 | 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 (S | 02-04-2010 |
20100034514 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD WITH CONTENT RECORDING AND/OR STREAMING - A content recording and display device, system and method that is operable to display content placed in a frame buffer, and further to stream out and/or record the content placed in the frame buffer for remote viewing or later playback. | 02-11-2010 |
20100034515 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program which ensure that content can be played back. In a case where content and metadata necessary to play back the content are received from a content server via the Internet, a module dtSilk | 02-11-2010 |
20100034516 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A playback device that creates a virtual package by combining a structural element recorded on a BD-ROM with an additional content recorded on a removable medium. The middleware in the playback device is provided with a file I/O module | 02-11-2010 |
20100034517 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information recording apparatus includes: a moving image input unit configured to input a moving image; a position information obtaining unit configured to obtain position information at the time of the moving image being input; a position information converting unit configured to convert the obtained position information into at least either bitmap data or text data, relating to a place determined with the position information thereof; a moving image management information generating unit configured to generate moving image management information that is information including at least either the converted bitmap data or text data, which is moving image management information used for managing the input moving image; and a recording control unit configured to record the generated moving image management information in a manner correlated with the moving image as a moving image management file. | 02-11-2010 |
20100034518 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR USE IN A PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A machine readable disc in which a machine readable application program, a digital stream, and management information including plural pieces of play list information which define playback paths of the digital stream are recorded. The machine readable application program is readable by a virtual machine included in a machine. A life cycle during which the machine readable application program can be read and executed by the virtual machine is specified. The management information includes information that indicates a predetermined piece of play list information, among plural pieces of play list information, which defines a playback path of the digital stream that is played back by a playback control engine included in the machine during the life cycle, simultaneously with the execution of the machine readable application program. | 02-11-2010 |
20100040346 | SYSTEM HAVING MOVIE CLIP OBJECT CONTROLLING AN EXTERNAL NATIVE APPLICATION - A system comprises a movie clip environment in which a movie clip object is defined, and a native application that is external to the movie clip environment. The native application renders an image to an off-screen surface of the system. A composition manager is responsive to communications from the movie clip object to control where the off-screen surface is to be rendered on a display screen. The composition manager may be responsive to communications from the movie clip object to direct the native application to control one or more properties of the image of the off-screen surface. | 02-18-2010 |
20100040347 | Video Stream Adaptive Frame Rate Scheme - A system for a video stream adaptive frame rate comprises a video capture device for sending video samples captured from a video source and a video playback device for receiving video samples from the video capture device. The video capture device includes a playback buffer and is configured to adjust a playback of the video samples from the playback buffer when the buffer is not within a designated target range. Other systems and methods are also provided. | 02-18-2010 |
20100040348 | MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, MOVING IMAGE CODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK METHOD, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A moving image coding method that can prevent playback discontinuity without an increase in processing load during playback is provided. | 02-18-2010 |
20100046916 | 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 reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046917 | 3D ENABLED PLAYER/RECORDER - Systems and methods that facilitate the playback of 3D content on 3D ready or capable televisions. In a preferred embodiment, a content player when instructed to playback video content will auto detect and transmit the 3D content to a 3D ready television and also control the television via CEC to “place” the television in 3D mode. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046918 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A recording and playback apparatus can continue the playback of a content with playback time limit, even after the playback time limit expires during the playback of the content, and does not play back the content even though an instruction receiver receives a playback instruction when the playback of the content is stopped after the playback time limit of the content expires during the playback of the content with the playback time limit. The recording and playback apparatus outputs the warning information, when the instruction receiver receives the stop instruction after the playback time limit of the content expires during the playback of the content. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046919 | RECORDING PLAYBACK DEVICE IN IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a recording playback device in an image display apparatus and a method thereof. In the recording playback method, at least one bookmark is received from a user during playback of a recording stored in an internal or external memory. The at least one bookmark is stored. The recording is played back from the bookmarked point by a user's request. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046920 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE - A playback apparatus has a platform | 02-25-2010 |
20100046921 | REPRODUCER, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCING METHOD - When a plurality of AVClips recorded on a BD-ROM and Local Storage | 02-25-2010 |
20100046922 | STREAM GENERATION APPARATUS, STREAM GENERATION METHOD, CODING APPARATUS, CODING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A stream generation apparatus of the present invention is a stream generation apparatus which generates a stream including coded pictures and a command for managing a buffer which holds a decoded picture, the command being added to one of the coded pictures as a reference picture. It includes a judging unit which judges whether or not the coded picture to which the command is added is skipped at the time of trick-play, an adding unit which adds, in the case where the coded picture is judged to be skipped, repetition information indicating the same contents as the command to another coded picture that follows, in decoding order, the coded picture judged to be skipped and that is not skipped at the time of the trick-play, and a generating unit which generates the stream including the coded pictures, the command and the repetition information. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046923 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, OPTICAL DISC, RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD - A playback apparatus not only plays back an AV stream recorded on a BD-ROM but also downloads an update kit from a WWW server ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100046924 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, OPTICAL DISC, RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD - A playback apparatus not only plays back an AV stream recorded on a BD-ROM but also downloads an update kit from a WWW server ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100054702 | Information processing device, information processing method, and program - An information processing device performing a process of correcting a difference in time information between section boundaries of contents data of recording contents and section boundaries of independently acquired metadata of the recording contents is disclosed, which includes: difference calculating means for calculating a time difference candidate, which is a candidate for time correction, as a correction time for matching a predetermined section boundary of the metadata with that of the contents data; evaluation value calculating means for calculating an evaluation value indicating a degree of match of the section boundaries of the contents data and the metadata; and correction means for correcting the difference in time information using the time difference candidate having a highest evaluation value among the evaluation values calculated for the time difference candidates of all combinations of the section boundaries of the metadata and the contents data, as the correction time of the time information. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054703 | Display Processing Apparatus and Display Processing Method - According to one embodiment,a display processing apparatus includes: an operation receiver configured to receive operation to select a first key content as a search key; a relation calculator configured to calculate first relation between the first key content and each of other contents; and a display processor configured to display first list information including first display information at a predetermined position and other display information at positions corresponding to the first relation. The relation calculator calculates second relation between a second key content and each of other contents when the first display information is updated by second display information. The display processor displays second list information including the other display information at positions corresponding to the second relation. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054704 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR - When video data is reproduced by a recording/reproduction unit, an output unit outputs occurrence information on an object, which is not included in the video data being output by the output unit but is included the video data recorded on a recording medium, to a display unit. While the video data is being reproduced from the recording medium by the recording/reproduction unit, an instruction specifying a predetermined object condition including a non-reproduction object is input based on the occurrence information and the reproduction operation is performed by extracting video data satisfying the object condition. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054705 | Content data processing device, content data processing method, program, and recording/ playing device - A content data processing device includes: a stability score computing unit to compute a stability score corresponding to the stability of an image for each frame, based on the image data of each frame making up content data; and a playing segment selecting unit to select a playing segment from the content data based on the stability score computed with the stability score computing unit. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054706 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A plurality of video streams and STN_table are recorded in the local storage | 03-04-2010 |
20100054707 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADVERTISEMENT INSERTION AND PLAYBACK FOR STB WITH PVR FUNCTIONALITY - A personal video recorder (PVR) enabled set-top box (STB) may be operable to store an advertisement and associated playback control information received from a media provider into a storage device in the PVR enabled STB, schedule the stored advertisement for viewing based on the associated playback control information. The PVR enabled STB may be operable to insert the stored advertisement into media content for one or more times based on the scheduling. The PVR enabled STB may be operable to cause display of the stored advertisement and the media content in different transport formats. At a forward/reverse playback position during a PVR playback, the PVR enabled STB may be operable to cause display of the stored advertisement when a play count associated with the stored advertisement is less than a count threshold at the forward/reverse playback position. | 03-04-2010 |
20100061700 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Under a device use environment in which a plurality of video-signal formats are present together, an operation of a video signal on a medium is performed in accordance with a proper video-signal format. In a UIAppInfo within a basic file of a loaded medium, reading is performed to detect which is set to 1, Is60 or Is50, and it is determined whether the read video-signal format matches a video-signal format supported by a target apparatus. In a case in which they match, use of the medium such as recording or playback is started; however, in a case in which they do not match, the use of the medium is not performed. The recording of streams of different video-signal formats is not performed on the same medium, the recording being a recording operation that is not allowed by AVCHD. | 03-11-2010 |
20100061701 | CV TAG VIDEO IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH LAYER GENERATING AND SELECTION FUNCTIONS - Under an internet environment, video images of actual roads, stores or the like are distributed, an arbitrary tag can be attached to the video images or information can be written in them and further a plurality of layers are set to the video images in the same area. An administrator device ( | 03-11-2010 |
20100061702 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A playback device generates a virtual package in response to a construction request made by an application. After the virtual package is thus generated, a virtual file system | 03-11-2010 |
20100061703 | PERSONNEL FIELD DEVICE FOR PROCESS CONTROL AND OTHER SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHOD - An apparatus includes an image recorder configured to record video images. The apparatus also includes a display screen configured to present the video images to a user and to create notations overlying one or more of the video images based on user input. The apparatus further includes a transceiver configured to stream the video images over a wireless mesh network and to transmit data associated with the notations over the wireless mesh network. The apparatus could also include components for providing cryptographic keys to wireless nodes joining the wireless mesh network, a sensor for detecting or measuring one or more characteristics, and/or an asset tracker for transmitting or receive signals for identifying a location of the apparatus. The apparatus could further include at least one voice unit supporting bidirectional voice communications and/or a site survey unit for identifying signal strengths associated with detected wireless nodes. | 03-11-2010 |
20100061704 | Recording medium, and method and apparatus for reproducing the recording medium - In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving management information associated with the audiovisual data. The management information includes link information, an indicator, and reference information. The method further includes identifying whether or not a set of additional data associated with the audiovisual data exists in a stream including at least a portion of the management information using the indicator. The additional data describes the audiovisual data. Also, the indicator includes one of a first indicator value indicating that the set of the additional data associated with the audiovisual data exists in the stream and a second indicator value indicating that the set of the additional data associated with the audiovisual data does not exist in the stream. The audiovisual data and the set of the additional data are retrieved using the link information referencing the set of the additional data and the reference information being assigned to the audiovisual data, and the audiovisual data and the associated additional data are reproduced. | 03-11-2010 |
20100061705 | Recording medium and method and apparatus for reproducing text subtitle stream recorded on the recording medium - The computer readable medium stores an executable data structure for managing reproduction of text by a reproducing apparatus. The data structure includes at least one text subtitle stream having a style segment and at least one presentation segment. The style segment defines a group of region styles, and the presentation segment contains at least one region of text. The region of text is linked to a selected one of the group of region styles defined in the style segment by an identifier. The style segment and the at least one presentation segment are encapsulated into respective PES packets. The presentation segment contains a continuous presentation flag indicating whether continuous presentation is required for the presentation segment with a previous presentation segment. A presentation start time of the presentation segment is equal to presentation end time of the previous presentation segment when continuous presentation is required for the presentation segment with the previous presentation segment. | 03-11-2010 |
20100061706 | 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 control information, the control information (DA | 03-11-2010 |
20100067869 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A first demodulation unit of a digital broadcast reproduction system extracts signals for a plurality of channels from broadcast waves input to a radio receiver, subjects the signals to analog-to-digital conversion, and temporarily stores the data in a multichannel buffer. A second demodulation unit reads, from the multichannel buffer, digital data for a selected channel corresponding to a channel selection signal input from a controller operated by a user to a channel selection acknowledging unit. The unit subjects the data thus read to the remainder of the demodulation process so as to generate a data stream. A decoding unit | 03-18-2010 |
20100067870 | VIDEO DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, VIDEO SERVER, GATEWAY SERVER, AND VIDEO DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A system includes a reading unit reading first management information including a first item specifying video data and the video data from a storage medium, a storage unit recording second management information including the first item obtained from the first management information and the video data transferred from the reading unit, a memory storing third management information including the first item and a second item specifying a transfer or no transfer of the video data, and a controller transferring the first management information to the memory from the reading unit, updating the second item of the third management information in response to the transfer of the video data, and controlling the transfer of the video data in the video content which is designated by a read request from one of the reading unit and the storage unit to the outside based on the second item of the third management information. | 03-18-2010 |
20100067871 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORD MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, INFORMATION TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD - An apparatus and a method, which make it possible to collect a plurality of the contents authored for DVD to record easily them on a large-capacity information record medium and to increase a data rate in reproducing the recorded contents, perform the processes of: creating source packets from a disk image file; collecting them to form arrangement units | 03-18-2010 |
20100067872 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING BACK SCENE USING UPnP - A method and apparatus for playing back a scene using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). A control point sends a request for a scene to be played back to a media server that stores Audio/Video (AV) content and receives the scene to be played back from the media server in response to the request. The control point receives information about supportable protocol and file format from a media renderer that will play back content, and determines a content resource, a protocol and a file format to be used for playback based on the information. The control point composes a scene to be played back based on the received scenes. The media renderer plays back the composed scene. | 03-18-2010 |
20100067873 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - On a recording medium, stereoscopic and monoscopic specific areas are located one after another next to a stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area is a contiguous area to be accessed both in stereoscopic video playback and monoscopic video playback. The stereoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in stereoscopic video playback. In both the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area and the stereoscopic specific area, extents of base-view and dependent-view stream files are arranged in an interleaved manner. The extents on the stereoscopic specific area are next in order after the extents on the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The monoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in monoscopic video playback. The monoscopic specific area has a copy of the entirety of the extents of the base-view stream file recorded on the stereoscopic specific area. | 03-18-2010 |
20100067874 | 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 control information, the control information (DA | 03-18-2010 |
20100067875 | 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 control information, the control information (DA | 03-18-2010 |
20100067876 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A recording medium storing an AVClip structured by multiplexing video stream and a graphics stream. The graphics stream represents a moving picture made of a plurality of pictures, and the graphics stream includes graphics data representing graphics to be combined with the pictures. | 03-18-2010 |
20100080531 | VIDEO TELOP SELECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A video telop selection apparatus includes a video playback unit which plays back a video, a determination unit which determines appearance positions of telops and appearance intervals of the telops, a frame storage unit which stores frames containing the telops, an index generating unit which generates telop indices having the appearance positions of the telops and the appearance intervals of the telops, an index storage unit which stores the telop indices, an index selection unit which selects a telop index for a preferential telop from the telop indices, wherein the preferential telop is a telop that is given a priority based on an appearance position of the telop and an appearance interval of the telop, and an index display unit which generates an index selection frame, based on the telop index for the preferential telop and a frame containing the preferential telop, and displays the index selection frame. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080532 | Synchronizing Video with Audio Beats - A computer-implemented method to synchronize video with beats in audio is described. Multiple video frames and multiple audio frames are displayed in a first and second bounded region, respectively, in a user interface. The multiple audio frames represent audio content that includes a periodic beat that is audible when the audio content is played. Input is received to associate one or more video frames with the multiple audio frames using a cursor. In response to the input, the first video frame is synchronized with a beat audio frame in the multiple audio frames. In response to a playback input, the first video frame is displayed in the user interface when the beat audio frame is played. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080533 | NETWORK MEDIA PLAYER WITH USER-GENERATED PLAYBACK CONTROL - A network media player enables user-controlled playback of video or other content from various sources according to a playback control record. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080534 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDED MEDIUM - An AV stream, as an entity of contents, is managed by ClipInformation. The reproduction of the AV stream is managed by PlayList. The attribute information of the AV stream, that is the address information RSPN_arrival_time_discontinuity of the discontinuous point in the AV stream, the information EP_map and TU_map correlating the time information in the AV stream and the address information, and the time information ClipMark of a characteristic picture in the AV stream, are recorded in the ClipInformation. This enables a preset mark to be retrieved promptly. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080535 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING SIGNALS ON DISK RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording apparatus of this invention detects the state of management information, which pertains to a recording address of an image signal, and which is reproduced from a disk-like recording medium having a first area for the image signal and a second area for the management information. On the basis of the detection result, management data is reproduced from the first area of the disk-like recording medium. On the basis of the management data reproduced from the first area, the management information reproduced from the second area is modified. A modify unit records the modified management information in the second area. | 04-01-2010 |
20100086282 | PICTURE SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND PICTURE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A picture signal processing system includes a playback apparatus and a display apparatus connected via first and second communication units. The playback apparatus receives a video signal made up of source data generated by moving giant image data in a constant direction at a constant speed, wherein the giant image data has a number of pixels far greater than the number of pixels in a display region. The playback apparatus reads source data speed information stored in the video signal header, and transmits the video signal and the speed information to the display apparatus. The display apparatus references a table to determine how to process the video signal on the basis of the speed information, processes the video signal, and then displays the processed video signal. | 04-08-2010 |
20100086283 | Systems and methods for updating video content with linked tagging information - A system and method associates relevant additional information with a video stream, whether live or pre-recorded. The system creates a spot within the video that is linked to the additional information. When a particular action occurs in relation to the spot, the additional information is presented to the viewer of the video. The action that triggers the action of the spot can be automatically controlled by the system or the action can be a user initiated action. Viewers of the video stream can interact, independently of each other, with the video and be presented with the information associated with the video. | 04-08-2010 |
20100092152 | METHOD FOR OPERATING ADDTIONAL INFORMATION OF VIDEO USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A method for operating additional information related to video displayed on a display device by a terminal apparatus communicable with the display device, includes receiving first data related to the video from the display device, displaying information included in the first data on a built-in display and receiving at least one of the displayed information, which is selected by a user, generating an additional information request message for requesting the information selected by the user, sending the additional information request message to the display device, receiving from the display device second data including additional information corresponding to the additional information request message, and displaying the second data on the built-in display. | 04-15-2010 |
20100092153 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A reproducing apparatus includes a reproducing section picking up any signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods from a recording medium. The recording medium records the signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods and record management information denoting association of the signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods with each other, respectively. A decoding section decodes the signal picked up from said recording medium, and a recording section records reproduction management information including reproduction-interruption information in the reproducing section associated with the record management information onto the recording medium. | 04-15-2010 |
20100092154 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - An AV Clip formed by multiplexing a video stream and a graphics stream and recorded on a BD-ROM as a recording medium. The video stream constitutes a moving picture while the graphics stream enables graphics to be overlaid on the moving picture, and includes pieces of control information called a PCS and an ICS. When the AV Clip is played back immediately following playback of another digital stream, the control information indicates to the reproduction device that the presence of data already in memory of a graphics decoder is to be continuous. | 04-15-2010 |
20100098391 | Recording Medium Containing Supplementary Service Information For Audio/Video Contents, and Method and Apparatus of Providing Supplementary Service Information of the Recording Medium - The present invention relates to method and apparatus of providing supplementary service information for A/V contents written in a recording medium. This method has a recording medium containing Presentation Language data, which have to be included like as in a digital television signal for supplementary service information in accordance with Advanced TV Enhancement Forum or Digital TV Application Software Environment standard, and reproduces, if a disk reproduction is requested, the Presentation Language data as well as requested A/V data and provides them for a connected external device such as a digital television. As a result, various video information and functions provided with Presentation Language data by a recording medium can be realized at a digital television set being able to accept Presentation Language data. | 04-22-2010 |
20100104261 | Brief and high-interest video summary generation - A video is summarized by determining if a video contains one or more junk frames, modifying one or more boundaries of shots of the video based at least in part on the determination of if the video contains one or more junk frames, sampling a plurality of the shots of the video into a plurality of subshots, clustering the plurality of subshots with a multiple step k-means clustering, and creating a video summary based at least in part on the clustered plurality of subshots. The video is segmented into a plurality of shots and a keyframe from each of the plurality of shots is extracted. A video summary is created based on a determined importance of the subshots in a clustered plurality of subshots and a time budget. The created video summary is rendered by displaying playback rate information for the rendered video summary, displaying a currently playing subshot marker with the rendered video summary, and displaying an indication of similar content in the rendered video summary. | 04-29-2010 |
20100104262 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PLAYBACK PROGRAM FOR PLAYING BACK STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO CONTENTS - To provide a playback apparatus | 04-29-2010 |
20100111497 | MEDIA PLAYING TOOL WITH A MULTIPLE MEDIA PLAYING MODEL - Machine-readable media, methods, and apparatus are described for a media playing tool with a multiple media playing model. In some embodiments, the multiple media playing model may decoding a first media stream into a plurality of first frames and decode a second media stream into a plurality of second frames. Further, the multiple media playing model may adjust a first frame of the plurality of first frames and a second frame of the plurality of second frames into a third frame with a predetermined layout. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111498 | METHOD OF CREATING A SUMMARY - Method of creating a summary ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100119209 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING AN APPLICATION TO COOPERATE WITH RUNNING OF A PROGRAM - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for enabling an application to cooperate with the running of a program. According to the invention, the playing control information of a program and the linking information of an application corresponding to the program are edited into a program playing control file. Through executing said playing control file, guided by the linking information and based on the running control information of the application, the application can download, run or stop to run cooperating with the playing of the optical disc program. The Solution of combining an application and a program into a playing control file will effectively cause the downloading and running of the application to cooperate with the playing of the program so as to ensure normal realization of corresponding functions. | 05-13-2010 |
20100119210 | IMAGE DIFFERENCE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, SCENE CHANGE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DIFFERENCE VALUE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - There are provided steps of extracting parts of two image data as areas for analysis (S | 05-13-2010 |
20100119211 | METHOD OF PRESENTING AUXILIARY DATA FOR AN INTERACTIVE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of presenting auxiliary data for an interactive recording medium is disclosed. In an interactive recording medium reproducing apparatus that reproduces A/V data and contents data recorded on an interactive recording medium and contents data provided by a contents providing server, the contents data provided by the contents providing server is presented appropriately according to the attributes of the contents data by using attribute information for the contents data. | 05-13-2010 |
20100119212 | METHOD OF PRESENTING AUXILIARY DATA FOR AN INTERACTIVE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of presenting auxiliary data for an interactive recording medium is disclosed. In an interactive recording medium reproducing apparatus that reproduces A/V data and contents data recorded on an interactive recording medium and contents data provided by a contents providing server, the contents data provided by the contents providing server is presented appropriately according to the attributes of the contents data by using attribute information for the contents data. | 05-13-2010 |
20100124407 | METHOD OF STORING STATUS INFORMATION ABOUT CONTENT REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOWING CONTENT TO BE AUTOMATICALLY REPRODUCED USING THE STATUS INFORMATION - Provided are a method of storing status information in a first content reproducing device, and a method of allowing content to be automatically reproduced in a second content reproducing device based on the status information stored in the first content reproducing device. The method of storing status information includes: monitoring an operation of the first content reproducing device; generating status information about the monitored operation; and storing the status information in the first content reproducing device. The method of allowing content to be automatically reproduced includes: checking if the first and second content reproducing devices are connected to each other; reading a log file recording the status information from the first content reproducing device if the first and second content reproducing devices are connected to each other; interpreting the status information; and selectively performing an operation according to a result of the interpreting. | 05-20-2010 |
20100129056 | Optimizing Ad Insertion By Removing Low Information Frames - Techniques are provided to perform seamless or non-seamless ad insertion using a low-complexity process. Delay is introduced into a transport stream to prevent decoder buffer overflow. Delay buildup in the transport stream is reduced by removing pre-identified redundant or near redundant frames. Pre-identification of frames for removal reduces the processing required at the splice points, while maintaining a minimum overall delay in the transport stream. | 05-27-2010 |
20100129057 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING LOGICAL MEDIA STREAMS FOR MEDIA STORAGE AND PLAYBACK - Systems and methods are described for storing a media stream on a storage medium, wherein the media stream is based upon at least one source file. An index file for the media stream is created, and the at least one source file is processed to create at least one media file that is stored on the storage medium. The index file is updated to reference at least a portion of the at least one media file, and the index file is stored on the storage medium. Such techniques may be useful, for example, in encoding information onto a disk drive, flash drive or other portable media compatible with a placeshifting audio/video player or the like. | 05-27-2010 |
20100129058 | TIME MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND TIME MANAGEMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a content playback apparatus includes a read module which reads information that is recorded in a recording medium, a clock module which is managed such that tampering is prevented, and a control module which controls the read module and the clock module. Content information and time management information is recorded in the recording medium. The time management information includes date/time recording information indicative of a date/time at which previous playback of the content information is stopped, playback allowable period information, start date/time information of a playback allowable period and end date/time information of the playback allowable period. The control module includes a time management module which corrects the start date/time information of the playback allowable period and the end date/time information of the playback allowable period, with use of time information which is acquired from the clock module. | 05-27-2010 |
20100129059 | APPEARANCE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND APPEARANCE INSPECTION METHOD - Visibility of defects is improved for inspection of structures and the like, by generating an image having higher resolution than pixel resolution of a TV camera itself. An appearance inspection apparatus is provided with a TV camera; a camera driving device for making the TV camera scan an inspection object; an image capture device for capturing the image in the TV camera as a digital image; a camera motion measuring device for measuring scanning motion of the TV camera; a high definition image generating device, which generates a high definition image having a higher pixel resolution than that of the TV camera, based on the digital images captured by the image capture device and the TV camera scanning motion data measured by the camera motion measuring device; and a recording device which records and stores positional information of the inspection object. | 05-27-2010 |
20100129060 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A digital broadcast receiving apparatus and a digital broadcast receiving method are provided. An oscillator changes a reference frequency of a system clock of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus using a PCR | 05-27-2010 |
20100129061 | Method for reproducing data recorded on an interactive recording medium in conjunction with associated auxiliary data - A method for reproducing data recorded on an interactive recording medium in conjunction with associated auxiliary data is disclosed. An interactive recording medium reproducing apparatus reproduces A/V data recorded on an interactive recording medium such as an interactive DVD in conjunction with contents data provided by a contents providing server using navigation information for the contents data also provided by the contents providing server, thereby allowing synchronized reproduction of data from different sources. | 05-27-2010 |
20100135640 | System and Method for Storing and Displaying 3-D Video Content - Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with storing and displaying three-dimensional video content are disclosed. An article of manufacture may include a computer readable medium and data carried on the computer readable medium. The data may be readable by a processor and may including a first content stream including data representing a video at a first viewing perspective and at a first resolution and a second content stream including data representing the video at a second viewing perspective different from the first viewing perspective and at a second resolution lower than the first resolution. The second content stream and a portion of the first content stream may be read and processed by the processor to display the video to a display device such that the video may be viewed at the first resolution as a three-dimensional video. | 06-03-2010 |
20100142923 | Recording medium, and method and apparatus for reproducing the recording medium - In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving management information associated with audiovisual data. The management information includes location information, an indicator, and reference information. The method further includes identifying whether or not a set of additional data associated with the audiovisual data exists in a stream including at least a portion of the management information using the indicator, the additional data being describing the audiovisual data. The indicator includes one of a first indicator value indicating that the set of the additional data associated with the audiovisual data exists in the stream and a second indicator value indicating that the set of the additional data associated with the audiovisual data does not exist in the stream. The audiovisual data and the set of the additional data are retrieved using the location information specifying a location of the set of the additional data and the reference information being assigned to the audiovisual data, and the audiovisual data and the associated additional data are reproduced. | 06-10-2010 |
20100142924 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING STEREOSCOPIC PLAYBACK - In performing stereoscopic view, a shift information memory ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100142925 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data processing device including an output control unit configured to extract a character string targeted for a search from subtitle data of content data including image data, voice data, and the subtitle data, search the voice data for data of a voice uttering the character string, acquire timing information indicating time when the character string is uttered, which is included in the image data, generate subtitle timing information including identification information provided to identify the subtitle data including the character string and the timing information, where the identification information and the timing information are associated with each other, so that the subtitle timing information is acquired, and synchronize the subtitle data and image data of time indicated by timing information associated with identification information of the subtitle data, and output the subtitle data and the image data based on the subtitle timing information is provided. | 06-10-2010 |
20100150529 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, PLAYBACK PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The reading unit reads an application program, image data, a video stream, and an application management file from a recording medium. The virtual machine unit executes the application program. The memory unit includes an image data area for storing the image data. The playback unit plays back video data with use of the image data and the video stream in accordance with the application program. The management unit, in accordance with the application management file, instructs the virtual machine unit to start and terminate the application program and instructs the memory unit to change the image data area. Before instructing the memory unit to change the image data area, the management unit causes the virtual machine unit to forcibly terminate the application program even when the application management file specifies the continuous execution of the application program. | 06-17-2010 |
20100150530 | NETWORK MEDIA PLAYER AND OVERLAY FEATURE - A network media player enables the addition of one or more overlays during content playback. This allows insertion of images, sound, text, logos, ticker bars, and the like in video, audio, or other available content. Overlays may be user-generated to customize content playback, or network-generated to allow insertion of advertising, source identification, logos, messages, news, and the like. | 06-17-2010 |
20100158481 | VIDEO REPRODUCING APPARATUS - According to the invention, a video reproducing apparatus includes: a reading module configured to read out video information and caption information, the video information including control information; a video processing module configured to generate a display image to be displayed on a screen, the display image having an image corresponding to the control information; a caption processing module configured to generate a subpicture based on the caption information, the subpicture including a caption image for a caption and a mask image for masking the image corresponding to the control information when the subpicture is superimposed on the display image; a video synthesizing module configured to generate an overlapped display image by superimposing the subpicture; and a video signal outputting module configured to output the overlapped display image to a control signal extracting apparatus that extracts a control signal from the masked image corresponding to the control information. | 06-24-2010 |
20100158482 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A VIDEO DATA SET - The invention relates to a method for processing a video data set, which comprises a sequence of original images, into a modified video data set which, in addition to the sequence of original images, comprises virtual images derived therefrom in one or more data processing units, wherein an SfM analysis is carried out for each of the original images and a respectively assigned original position of a recording device which was used to record the original image, virtual positions are formed for a recording device for recording virtual images, for each virtual position of the recording device with the associated virtual initial image, a respective assignment is created to at least one of the original positions of the recording device with the associated original image, for each assignment, a homography is determined between the virtual initial image and the associated original image, and for each virtual initial image, a virtual final image is formed from the associated original image in that the original image is formed in the associated final image using the respectively determined homography. | 06-24-2010 |
20100158483 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus is configured to cause a display unit to display image data segments and subtitle data segments. The image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data segments, an extraction unit configured to extract subtitle data segments and time information that associates the subtitle data segments and the image data segments with each other from the image data segments, a control unit configured to create a list of the subtitle data segments and control a subtitle data segment corresponding to an image data segment to be displayed on the display unit so that the subtitle data segment can be distinguished from the other subtitle data segments, and an output unit configured to output the image data segment and the list of the subtitle data segments created by the control unit to the display unit. | 06-24-2010 |
20100166387 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING VIDEO DATA OF HIGH BIT RATE FORMAT BY A PLAYER CAPABLE OF PLAYING VIDEO DATA OF LOW BIT RATE FORMAT - A player which is capable of playing a video data of low bit rate format, e.g., DVD-VR format, can not play a video data of high bit rate format, e.g., BD-RE format unless the video data is transcoded. Transcoding of video data generally requires a large size storage area. Based on an original navigation information for the video data of high bit rate format, a predictive navigation information for the video data of low bit rate format is generated. Using the original and predictive navigation information, the transcoding is done by sections. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166388 | VIDEO QUALITY ESTIMATION APPARATUS, VIDEO QUALITY ESTIMATION METHOD, FRAME TYPE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A frame type determination unit ( | 07-01-2010 |
20100166389 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSERTING ADVERTISEMENTS DURING COMMERCIAL SKIP - Systems and methods for skipping advertisements while playing back a video that includes at least one advertisement are provided. When a user reaches the advertisement, the user may select to skip the advertisement. In response to the skip instruction, the interactive media guidance application may identify and display substitute media instead of the advertisement. The substitute media may be an image, a video frame, a video clip, a graphic, or any other suitable media. The interactive media guidance application may identify the substitute media to display from advertisement data associated with the skipped advertisement. The substitute media may be displayed for a designated length of time (e.g., less than the time it would take to fast forward past the advertisement). Once the time for displaying the substitute media has lapsed, the interactive media guidance application may resume playback of the video following the end of the advertisement. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166390 | Content display control apparatus, method therefor, program therefor, and recording medium therefor - A content display control apparatus includes control functions, in which, a content is obtained, data associated with a character string corresponding to the content is obtained, the character string associated with the data is segmented into a line in accordance with a criterion determined in advance, a display duration time of the character string is set on a line-by-line basis, the segmented line is sequentially superimposed and displayed in accordance with the corresponding display duration time set thereby, the number of characters included in the segmented line is counted, a period of time corresponding to the counted number of characters is calculated, the calculated period of time is set as the display duration time corresponding to the segmented line, and subsequent to completion of displaying of the segmented line of the character string corresponding to the obtained content, a different content is displayed. | 07-01-2010 |
20100172631 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Image data group dividing means is provided for comparing a writing capacity of a writing medium to a data volume of a read image data group that is an aggregation of image data that is read by a user image reading device (image data reading means), and for dividing the read image data group into a plurality of written image data groups that will fit within the writing capacity in case that the data volume is greater, a printer device (image forming means) forms an index of images for each of the written image data groups that are divided by the image data group dividing means, and an image data writing device (image data writing means) writes to the writing medium each of the written image data groups that are divided by the image data group dividing means. | 07-08-2010 |
20100172632 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Audio data are played back by a personal computer a relationship with a playback process recognized easily. Displays showing the contents of play lists are arranged and displayed so that the contents become continuous in sequence in a playback sequence from content that is currently being played back from a display of an operation element that causes an image of a playback process to appear or from a display showing the content which is currently being played back. When the playback of one piece of content of one play list from among a plurality of play lists is terminated and one piece of content of an other play list is played back, at least the content that is currently being played back and content to be subsequently played back are displayed so that the contents can be distinguished. | 07-08-2010 |
20100178034 | VIDEO VIEWING APPARATUS, VIDEO PLAY BACK CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING/PLAY BACK PROGRAM - According to one embodiment of the present invention, an instructor's exercise image data is compared with a user's exercise image data. A personal video of a viewer who is viewing a master video is acquired by an imaging module. An image motion period determination module determines a series of image motion periods of the master video and the personal video. A motion characteristic amount acquisition module acquires motion characteristic amounts from image motion parts. A motion characteristic amount comparison module compares a motion characteristic amount of the maser video with that of the personal video. A storage module stores information corresponding to a frame having a large difference in motion characteristic amount. A disclosure module reproduces the frames of the master video and the personal video based on the stored information at the time of play back and outputs the reproduced frames. | 07-15-2010 |
20100178035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FOR PROCESSING VIDEO - System and method for efficient allocation of resources for processing video. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for processing video. The method includes providing a system for processing video. The system is characterized by a known quantity of processing power. The method also includes providing a video file, which is characterized by a plurality of properties. The plurality of properties includes a file type, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, video quality, etc. The video type is associated with a first compression method. The method further includes determining the video type and the first compression method. Additionally, the method includes determining a first usage for the video file. For example, the first usage being associated with the video type. The method further includes decoding the video. Additionally, the method includes determining a residual processing power, which associated with the first usage. The method also includes providing a first plurality of processing modules. | 07-15-2010 |
20100183282 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO CONTENT - The present invention relates to a method of controlling access to content comprising the steps of receiving content having a first content rating associated therewith for controlling access to the content, receiving a request to associate a second content rating with an attribute of the content for controlling access to the content, saving the second content rating in such a way that the second content rating is associated with the attribute of the content for controlling access to the content. This is useful in all disc players such as HD-DVD, Blu-ray disc players that enable playback of content. | 07-22-2010 |
20100183283 | OPTICAL DISK DEVICE AND ADVERTISING SYSTEM - An optical disk device includes a reproduction component, a determination component, a memory component, a communication component, and an output component. The reproduction component reproduces contents stored in optical disks. The determination component determines genres of the contents while the reproduction component reproduces the contents. The memory component stores a first table that associates each of the genres that have been determined by the determination component with a reproduction counter that indicates a number of times the reproduction component has reproduced the contents that belong to each of the genres. The communication component downloads from a server advertising data corresponding to one of the genres stored in the first table. The one of the genres is selected based on the reproduction counter of the first table. The output component outputs an advertisement based on the advertising data that is downloaded by the communication component. | 07-22-2010 |
20100189415 | RECORDING MEDIUM REPRODUCING DEVICE AND REPRODUCING METHOD - [Problems] An object of the present invention is to perform switching of audio and subtitle and so on automatically or by simple operation when a recording medium such as a DVD, on which a plurality of streams of audio and subtitle are recorded, is reproduced. | 07-29-2010 |
20100189416 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When AV playback and an operation of BD-J application are executed in conjunction with each other, the playback apparatus saves values stored by the currently executed BD-J application into a nonvolatile memory upon termination of the BD-J application or the like. Next time the playback starts, the playback apparatus restores the values to an area accessible by the BD-J application, and subsequently, activates the BD-J application. | 07-29-2010 |
20100189417 | RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A recording device ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100189418 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PLAYBACK APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a playback apparatus includes a multimedia processor configured to allocate a first stream buffer area in a first memory for storing a encoded video data, and includes a decoder configured to decode the encoded video data, a main processor configured to execute a decoding program application for decoding the encoded video data, and to execute a switching program application configured to switch a destination where the decoding is executed between the multimedia processor and the decoding program application such that a picture group which is a unit for managing the encoded video data is not separately supplied to two destinations, in response to a switching request, wherein the decoding program application is configured to allocate a second stream buffer area in a second memory for storing the encoded video data and a decoding buffer area in the second memory for storing data related to decoding. | 07-29-2010 |
20100189419 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, FILE ACCESSING METHOD, AV DATA MANAGING METHOD, AND SERVER - A recording and reproducing apparatus ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100189420 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, FILE ACCESSING METHOD, AV DATA MANAGING METHOD, AND SERVER - A recording and reproducing apparatus ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100189421 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, FILE ACCESSING METHOD, AV DATA MANAGING METHOD, AND SERVER - A recording and reproducing apparatus ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100189422 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, FILE ACCESSING METHOD, AV DATA MANAGING METHOD, AND SERVER - A recording and reproducing apparatus ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100189423 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, FILE ACCESSING METHOD, AV DATA MANAGING METHOD, AND SERVER - A recording and reproducing apparatus ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100195979 | CONTROLLER, RECORDING DEVICE AND MENU DISPLAY METHOD - A recording device includes a recording medium operable to store a plurality of program streams and information about recording of each program stream, and a controller operable to control display of the program stream recorded on the recording medium on a display device. When receiving an instruction for selecting a predetermined item from among the plurality of selection items, the controller causes the menu image to be displayed, making the menu image include information representing programs corresponding to at least a part of the plurality of the program streams recorded on the recording medium, in addition to the plurality of selection items. | 08-05-2010 |
20100202756 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCTION TIME OFFSET METHOD - A moving image processing apparatus comprises a moving image encoder which outputs the motion vectors of an encode frame, a reproduction time changing unit which, on the basis of the motion vectors, determines a motion quantity between a moving image frame with the motion vectors and the preceding moving image frame and calculates an offset for a reproduction time, a reproduction time generating device which generates a reproduction time of a target frame from a reference time and the offset for the reproduction time, and a reproduction time adding device which adds the reproduction time generated at the reproduction time generating device to moving image data output and encoded by the moving image encoder. | 08-12-2010 |
20100202757 | APPARATUS FOR RECORD/PLAYBACK OF VIDEO DATA AND METHOD USED IN SAID APPARATUS - An apparatus for writing video data to a recording medium includes an input unit receiving video data including a first video part and a second video part, a writing unit writing the video data in the recording medium, an operator input unit provided with buttons and generating a first button signal in accordance with operator's operation of pressing ones of the buttons and a second button signal in accordance with operator's operation of pressing at least the other one of the buttons, and a controller generating first and second commands in response to the first and second button signals, respectively, and controls the writing unit in accordance with the first or second command. | 08-12-2010 |
20100202758 | IMAGE REPRODUCTION CONTROLLING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION CONTROLLING METHOD, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION CONTROLLING PROGRAM - An image reproduction controlling device generates an image signal corresponding to an image file and supplies the image signal to a liquid crystal display device displaying a video and an image other than the video to reproduce the image file. The image reproduction controlling device includes: an image switch determining unit which determines whether the image file is switched from a first image file for the video to a second image file for the image other than the video or the image file is switched from the second image file to the first image file, when the image file being displayed is switched. | 08-12-2010 |
20100209076 | Recording medium containing moving picture data and additional information thereof and reproducing method and apparatus of the recording medium - The present invention relates to a recording medium containing moving picture data and additional information thereof and to reproducing method and apparatus of the recording medium. The present recording medium has script files including additional information about moving picture data, e.g., scene descriptive text and introduction of characters, etc. In addition, information linking each script file with a section of moving picture data to be presented with contents of the script file is included in a link data file or is contained in a filename of the script file. In reproduction of the recording medium, a script file linked with presently reproduced moving picture data section is determined and searched for based on the link data file or every filename of the script files, and contents of the found script file are presented together with the presently reproduced moving picture data. Furthermore, previously presented additional information is removed depending on data or filename of the found script file. | 08-19-2010 |
20100209077 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING FILE SIZE OF VIDEO DATA - A method for calculating file size of video data stored in a digital video recorder (DVR) device includes storing video data having segments and index data including file size information associated with segments of the video data. The method also includes enabling an interval to export a selected portion of video data among the video data stored in the DVR device to a storage unit. The A method further includes reading the index data including the file size information associated with the video data stored in the DVR device and obtaining file size information from the read the index data in response to the enabled interval In addition, calculating a size of video data to be exported based on the obtained file size information. | 08-19-2010 |
20100215342 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING VIDEO USING WATERMARK INSERTING FUNCTION - A method and apparatus for reproducing a video using a watermark inserting function. The method of inserting a watermark into a video being reproduced, using an on-screen-display (OSD) data mixer included in a video reproduction apparatus, includes determining a watermark pattern indicating information on reproduction of the original video. The watermark pattern is converted into watermark data capable of being recognized by an OSD data mixer and synthesized with the video being reproduced, using the OSD data mixer. | 08-26-2010 |
20100215343 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The recording medium | 08-26-2010 |
20100215344 | TRANSPORT STREAM PROCESSING DEVICE, AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY OF GENERATING AND ALIGNING SOURCE DATA PACKETS IN A PHYSICAL DATA STRUCTURE - A transport stream recording device, method thereof, transport stream reproduction device, method thereof, and recording medium for efficiently recording and reproducing transport streams. A source packet having a four byte TP_extra_Header attached to a 188 byte transport packet is generated, 32 source packets of 192 bytes each are collected, and aligned units generated equivalent to a three sector portion of data (6144 bytes) are recorded or reproduced on the recording medium. | 08-26-2010 |
20100215345 | Information recording apparatus and information recording method - An information recording apparatus is disclosed which comprises: a first recording element for recording input picture information in units of recording into a first area of a recording medium; a representative data generating element for generating representative data representing the picture information recorded in the units of recording; a first memory for recording a plurality of symbolic pictures; a second memory for recording a program for generating link information linking the plurality of symbolic pictures recorded in the first memory with the representative data; a link information generating element for generating the link information using program; a picture generating element which, based on the link information, generates picture information including at least the symbolic pictures and the representative data being linked with one another; and a second recording element for recording the picture information generated by the picture generating element to a second area of the recording medium. | 08-26-2010 |
20100220978 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention has been made to facilitate search or management of video data. The present invention generates a display space defined by display axes determined by feature parameters representing the feature of video data or audio data or associated parameters linked to the video data or audio data, converts feature values designated by the feature parameters or associated values designated by the associated parameters into coordinate parameters corresponding to a position on the display axes on the display space, and displays the video data through a display window on the display space in accordance with the change of the position corresponding to the converted coordinate parameters. | 09-02-2010 |
20100226625 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiving apparatus includes a receiving module configured to receive a broadcast signal; a storage configured to store audio files and video files; a reading module configured to determine whether the broadcast signal received is an audio signal or a video signal, and to read a video file or an audio file from the storage according to a result of determination; and a playing back module configured to play back audio and video on the basis of the broadcast signal and one of the video file and the audio file read by the reading module. | 09-09-2010 |
20100226626 | Video Bit Stream Extension By Video Information Annotation - A method and apparatus are provided for video bit stream extension by video information annotation. In one embodiment, the invention may include gathering video data from a video source, gathering non-visual video information associated with the video data, maintaining a current state of the video information in storage, and annotating the video data with the current state of the video information. | 09-09-2010 |
20100226627 | Multimedia Stream Processing System - A multimedia signal processing system allows a user to store selected programs while simultaneously watching or reviewing another. The system includes an input section and an output section. Across all configurations, the output section remains substantially the same, while the input section varies according to the signal type and the source. The system receives a digital stream and simultaneously processes the digital stream for display and stores the digital stream on at least one storage device. The system further simultaneously processes a previously recorded digital stream for display while processing the digital stream for display. | 09-09-2010 |
20100232762 | System and Method for Closed Captioning - An apparatus and method is presented for displaying auxiliary information associated with a multimedia program. Specifically, the present invention is directed to receiving program signals, acquiring auxiliary information (e.g. closed captioning information) from the program signals, associating time information with the auxiliary information, storing the auxiliary information in a file associated with program content, using the auxiliary information file and program content to determine candidate program portions for customization of the auxiliary information, and displaying customized auxiliary information with the program content in accordance with user selections (see FIG. | 09-16-2010 |
20100232763 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - This invention includes: a menu data recording unit ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100232764 | PROGRAM REPRODUCING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A program reproducing device has: a receiving unit ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100239229 | TRANSMISSION SERVER SYSTEM AND MATERIAL TRANSFER METHOD - A transmission server system includes: a material output portion that temporarily stores materials making up a program and transferred from a material server and outputs the materials by successively reading out the materials, wherein the material output portion has a plurality of recording and reproducing portions, the materials making up the program are transferred from the material server commonly to the plurality of recording and reproducing portions and recorded in each, and the respective materials are reproduced by and outputted from a recoding and reproducing portion as a transmission subject among the plurality of recording and reproducing portions. | 09-23-2010 |
20100239230 | METHOD FOR RECORDING AV DATA AND ASSOCIATED DATA, AV DATA RECORDING APPARATUS, AV DATA REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An original stream file and an after-recording data file are managed as different files. In the original stream file, data is made up of sets of partial data (CU) divided in accordance with a predetermined interval. Likewise, in the after-recording data file, data is made up of sets of partial data (CA) divided in accordance with a predetermined interval. These sets of data are recorded onto a disc such that the after-recorded data (CA) is recorded in a region adjacent to a relevant original stream (CU). This allows reproduction and real-time after-recording with the use of a general MPEG-2 PS/TS decoder. Moreover, this allows realization of data recording that causes less interruption of reproduction when non-destructive editing is carried out with respect to an after-recorded result. | 09-23-2010 |
20100239231 | RECORD CARRIER CARRYING A VIDEO SIGNAL AND AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SIGNAL - A record carrier is described carrying a video signal and at least one additional information signal, such as graphics or audio. The at least one additional information signal is meant to be reproduced simultaneously with said video signal. The record carrier further carries scheduling information indicating in which order parts of the at least one additional information signal or video signal have to be read from said record carrier. The scheduling information enables a reproducing device according to the invention to read parts of the video signal and the additional information signals such that no buffer overflow or underflow occurs. The size of the buffers in the apparatus can be reduced by means of the scheduling information. | 09-23-2010 |
20100247075 | VIDEO/AUDIO RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A stream input unit ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100247076 | IMAGE SUPPLY APPARATUS, IMAGE SUPPLY SYSTEM, IMAGE SUPPLY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image supply apparatus that transmits data to an image display apparatus includes: a control section; and a storage section that stores video files, wherein the control section includes the functions of receiving specification information indicating video reproduction performance of the image display apparatus, accepting selection of a video file to be transmitted to the image display apparatus from the storage section, acquiring attribute information indicating an environment necessary for reproducing a video from the selected video file, comparing the specification information and the attribute information to determine whether or not the image display apparatus can reproduce the video file, outputting a warning when it is determined that the image display apparatus cannot reproduce the video file, transmitting data of the video file to the image display apparatus when it is determined that the image display apparatus can reproduce the video file. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247077 | CONTENT USE DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - To provide a content playback device that can use content appropriately by avoiding output of content not permitted to be used according to contract information. A playback control unit | 09-30-2010 |
20100247078 | Recording medium having a data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses - In the data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data, a text subtitle information area stores at least one text subtitle information segment. The text subtitle information segment is represented by a single PES packet of transport packets. In one embodiment, the text subtitle information segment includes an identifier identifying the text subtitle information segment as a text subtitle information segment and includes style information for text subtitle data. | 09-30-2010 |
20100254674 | PACKAGED MEDIA PLAYBACK WITH REMOTELY OBTAINED SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT - Fans or other persons can upload content that others can choose to view when they play back a film, television show or other packaged media content item. A server system receives a playback indication from a remote media player via a data network, and in response retrieves an uploaded supplemental content item. The playback indication can not only identify the film, television show or other packaged media content item, but can further identify a playback location in the identified content item, such as a specific scene. The server system can use such information to select and retrieve one of a number of uploaded supplemental content items. The server system transmits the supplemental content item to the media player, which then plays back the supplemental content item in association with the packaged media content item. | 10-07-2010 |
20100254675 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANT PLAYBACK OF A MOVIE TITLE - Techniques for fragmenting a file or a collection of media data are disclosed. According one aspect of the techniques, a file pertaining to a title is fragmented into a header and several tails or segments. The header is a continuous portion of the file while the segments are respective parts of the remaining portion of the file. The header is seeded substantially in all boxes, and none, one or more of the segments are distributed in each of the boxes in service. When a title is ordered, the header is instantly played back while the segments, if not locally available, are continuously fetched respectively from other boxes that have the segments. | 10-07-2010 |
20100260477 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SUBTITLE DATA STREAM OF A VIDEO PROGRAM, AND ASSOCIATED VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method for processing a subtitle data stream of a video program includes: receiving the subtitle data stream, wherein subtitle data carried by the subtitle data stream is originally stored with an image format; performing optical character recognition (OCR) on the subtitle data carried by the subtitle data stream in order to derive a subtitle text stream; and processing the subtitle text stream to generate a processed subtitle image, and tagging the processed subtitle image onto an image of the video program. An associated video display system including a demultiplexer and a processing module is also provided. | 10-14-2010 |
20100260478 | Video synthesizing apparatus and program - The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content in the parent frame, as well as providing a video display apparatus etc. for displaying the child frame at an appropriate displayed position using the data for display. A video display apparatus | 10-14-2010 |
20100260479 | Video synthesizing apparatus and program - The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content in the parent frame, as well as providing a video display apparatus etc. for displaying the child frame at an appropriate displayed position using the data for display. A video display apparatus | 10-14-2010 |
20100260480 | TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A terminal device, upon each receiving of an operation regarding a viewing of a content from a user, stores history information indicating the history thereof. Then upon receiving an instruction for writing a content onto an external recording medium, the terminal device creates preference information based on the history information having been collected therein. The terminal device then writes the content specified by the writing instruction and the created preference information onto the external recording medium. | 10-14-2010 |
20100260481 | RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH 3D VIDEO IS RECORDED, PLAYBACK APPARATUS FOR PLAYING BACK 3D VIDEO, AND SYSTEM LSI - A left view graphics stream and a right view graphics stream recorded on a recording medium each include one or more display sets, and the display sets are data groups used for displaying one screen worth of one or more graphics objects. The one or more display sets included in the left view graphics stream are in one-to-one correspondence with the one or more display sets included in the right view graphics stream, and an identical playback time for the video stream on the playback time axis is set in each of the corresponding display sets. Each display set includes state information indicating whether the data is all data necessary for displaying one screen worth of one or more graphics objects, or is a difference from the immediately previous display set, and the state information included in corresponding display sets indicate identical content. | 10-14-2010 |
20100266262 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING SUBTITLE DATA FOR MULTIPLE LANGUAGES USING TEXT DATA AND DOWNLOADABLE FONTS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An information storage medium on which video data are recorded, includes: a plurality of clips that are recording units in which the video data are stored; and text data for subtitles which are recorded separately from the plurality of clips and overlappable with an image according to the video data and then outputtable, the text data including data for providing subtitles in at least one language. | 10-21-2010 |
20100278507 | Subtitle Generation System and Method Thereof - The present invention discloses a subtitle generation system and method thereof. The subtitle generation method according to the present invention comprising the following steps: initially, creating a transparent base map; next, determining a original data format of subtitles; if the original data format of the subtitles is a bitmap, then by way of direct memory access, drawing the bitmap onto the transparent base map in order to render the subtitles. | 11-04-2010 |