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20080205861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING OPTICAL DISC - Provided are an apparatus and method of recording an optical disc. The apparatus includes a reader which reads image files defined by a user from a storage medium, in which the image files are stored, a screen information generator which generates title menu screen information using the read image files, and a record controller which records the generated title menu screen information on the optical disc. | 08-28-2008 |
20080212951 | Information Reproducing Apparatus - The present invention provides an information reproducing apparatus which can directly and intuitively designate a reproduction point, as desired by a user, on the basis of a change in level of a visually-provided information amount. An optical disk reproducing apparatus | 09-04-2008 |
20080212952 | Copy Protection for Video Content Contained in the VOB File Structure - A digital video optical recording medium comprising an optical state change material in the VOB file structure. | 09-04-2008 |
20080212953 | Optical Disc Recording/Reproducing Apparatus - An optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus, comprises: a thumbnail data production portion for extracting the head pictures of all video data recorded, as thumbnail data; a memory portion of the thumbnail data; a thumbnail list production portion for producing thumbnail list display data upon the basis of the thumbnail data from the memory portion; and a thumbnail controller portion for controlling the above, wherein finalizing process is executed from a list displayed on a screen of the thumbnail pictures, thereby enabling a user to confirm the recorded contents on the pictures thereof. | 09-04-2008 |
20080226265 | Data Processing Method, Data Processing Device, Information Recording Medium, and Computer Program - There is provided an apparatus and a method for generating record data, guaranteeing seamless playback even in a case of occurrence of a jump. In a multilayer disc having a plurality of recording layers, it is configured that an allowable range of an intra-layer jump and an inter-layer jump carried out in a playback processing of an information recording medium is determined and a required time for the intra-layer jump and the inter-layer jump is calculated on the basis of the determined allowable jump range information so as to determine a data configuration requirement such as an allowable minimum consecutive data size of data to be stored in the information recording medium on the basis of the calculated required jump time. With the present structure, seamless playback is made possible even in a case of occurrence of not only an intra-layer jump but also an inter-layer jump. | 09-18-2008 |
20080232784 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling the Insertion of Additional Fields or Frames Into a First Format Picture Sequence in Order to Construct Therefrom a Second Format Picture Sequence - The major TV systems in the world use interlaced scanning and either 50 Hz field frequency or 60 Hz field frequency. However, movies are produced in 24 Hz frame frequency and progressive scanning, which format will be used for future digital video discs to be sold in 50 Hz countries. In 50 Hz display devices the disc content is presented with the original audio pitch but with repeated video frames or fields in order to achieve on average the original video source speed. However, the frame or field insertion is not carried out in a regular pattern but adaptively in order to reduce visible motion judder. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232785 | Apparatus, Method, and Program Product For Recording and Reproducing Contents - A contents recording and reproducing apparatus performs a record and a reproduce of a recording medium, in which the recording medium records a title key file registering therein at least one title key which encrypts each of plural title contents corresponding to a program video or sound, and title contents encrypted by the title key. The contents recording and reproducing apparatus includes an TKF initializing unit | 09-25-2008 |
20080240687 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING AUDIO/VIDEO DATA OF INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus and method of reproducing audio/video (A/V) data of an information storage medium, by which various reproduction modes can be provided. The apparatus includes a controller to download, via a network, data used to reproduce the A/V data and to generate as update information file information used to reproduce the downloaded data and the A/V data; and a local storage medium to store the update information. The controller stores newly downloaded and generated update information in the local storage medium while maintaining previously downloaded and generated update information in the local storage medium. | 10-02-2008 |
20080247733 | Data Entry via On-Screen Display - A recording playback device having a database of recordings with titles, automatically enters a title input mode upon receiving character input from a user while a recording is being played if the there is not title in the database for the recording. Playback of the recording is not interrupted in the title input mode. In the case of a DVD player, the on-screen display mode is used to display the characters entered by the user on the same video display used for video content from the DVD. | 10-09-2008 |
20080253749 | Recording Apparatus and Method for Optimized Overwriting - The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and a corresponding method for recording information in an information layer of a record carrier ( | 10-16-2008 |
20080260359 | Recording Apparatus for Dual-Layer Recording Disk, and Method of Recording Video Information onto Dual-Layer Recording Disk - While video information is recorded onto a dual-layer recording disk ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080260360 | Video recording apparatus - A main microcomputer of the DVD recorder includes a first transmission portion for transmitting set information of a VCR recording part to a sub microcomputer if the VCR recording part is connected. The sub microcomputer includes a judgment portion for checking whether or not the set information of the VCR recording part has been received from the first transmission portion and a second transmission portion for transmitting the set information of the VCR recording part to a VCR microcomputer disposed in the VCR recording part when the judgment portion judges that the set information of the VCR recording part has been received. | 10-23-2008 |
20080267595 | Recording Medium and Apparatus and Method for Recording and Reproducing Data on the Same - AV stream files and management files are initially recorded in a data recordable area (open), which is included in a user data area of an optical disc. File system information is further recorded in the data recordable area after the recordation of the management files, where the file system information is associated with the AV stream files and the management files. After the recordation of the file system information, the data recordable area is closed. Attribute information including last recorded address of the closed data area is recorded in a temporary disc management area of the optical disc. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267596 | DIGITAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, DIGITAL INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, in a recording medium in which a rewritable video manager and video objects are recorded, the video objects comprise video elementary streams defined in H.264, and the video manager includes information of the video objects having described therein a video object type in which a seamless flag and a seamless extension flag are described which show that the video objects are continuously and seamlessly reproduced for each of the video objects. | 10-30-2008 |
20080273863 | 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. | 11-06-2008 |
20080279538 | Dvd Reading Apparatus - A DVD reading apparatus has a plurality of photodiodes | 11-13-2008 |
20080285961 | DVD PLAYER WITH EXTERNAL CONNECTION FOR INCREASED FUNCTIONALITY - The present invention pertains to an optical disc player with a standard digital port, such as a USB port, coupled to an external storage, such as a thumb drive, coupled to a standard digital port such as a USB port. The external storage, may also he used to provide content, commands or applications that enable the player to present certain additional content, or to perform certain additional or enhanced functions. | 11-20-2008 |
20080285962 | Vehicle Headrest Cover - A vehicle headrest cover for covering a vehicle headrest having a display mounted therein includes a material designed to correspond with the shape and dimensions of the vehicle headrest and fit over the vehicle headrest for covering the vehicle headrest. The material has a cut-out in a face thereof which corresponds to the position of the display. | 11-20-2008 |
20080292284 | Information Recording Medium, Information Recording Device and Method, Information Recording/Reproducing Device and Method, and Computer Program - An information recording apparatus ( | 11-27-2008 |
20080292285 | Data Processing Device, Data Processing Method, Program, Program Recording Medium, Data Recording Medium, and Data Structure - The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, a program, a prgram recording medium, a data recording medium, and a data structure that enable reading of coded video data in access units withour analyyzing the coded video data. In step S | 11-27-2008 |
20080292286 | Video Information Recording and Outputting Method, Recording Media and Recording and Playback System - It is a task of this invention to create a novel system (ubiquitous movie) that brings benefits to both a copyright holder of video information such as movies and general consumers who want to enjoy viewing the video information. | 11-27-2008 |
20080292287 | HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL DISK FOR RECORDING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING DEVICE - An optical disk for recording stereoscopic videos and high-quality video signals and a system for reproducing the videos and signals from the optical disk are made compatible with the conventional video reproducing system. A reproducing device which is used for reproducing stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains stereoscopic video or high-quality videos by reproducing both first and second interleaved blocks on the optical disk in which first and second video signals are alternately recorded on the left and right sides by dividing the first and second video signals into frame groups of one GOP or more and a reproducing device which is not used for reproducing the stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains ordinary videos by only reproducing either the first or second interleaved block by jumping tracks. | 11-27-2008 |
20080292288 | Cyclic video recording method for an optical storage medium - In a cyclic video recording method for an optical storage medium, the optical storage medium is divided into a set of forward seeking sub-zones and a set of backward seeking sub-zones. Initial values of a current sub-zone and a flag are set. The flag indicates a direction to seek the sub-zones and the initial value of the flag is determined by the initial value of the current sub-zone. When the flag indicates a forward direction, it determines whether the current sub-zone is the last sub-zone. When the current sub-zone is not the last sub-zone, a next sub-zone in the forward direction is set to become the current sub-zone and the write operation is performed. When the current sub-zone is the last sub-zone, the flag is set to a backward direction, the last sub-zone is set to become the current sub-zone and the write operation is performed. | 11-27-2008 |
20080292289 | 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. | 11-27-2008 |
20080298782 | Tablet-Style Dvd Viewer - A device, comprising: a DVD reader; and a pivotably and rotatably display attached to said reader, wherein the display may be pivoted between a protected mode and a viewing mode wherein the reader and display occupy essentially the same amount of space in both modes. the DVD reader comprising a DVD holding station, the cover of the DVD holding station being at the site of the DVD reader to which the display can be fixed. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298783 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION OF APPLICATION EXECUTABLE FROM A PLURALITY OF STORAGE MEDIA, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING THE APPLICATION - An information storage medium storing management information of an application executable from a plurality of information storage media, and a method and apparatus for executing the application based on the management information are provided. The method includes: if a new information storage medium is inserted into a reproducing apparatus during the execution of the application, reading information on an identifier of the new information storage medium; and determining whether to continuously execute the application based on the information and continuously executing the application according to a result obtained by the determination. The information on the identifier of the new information storage medium may be included in the application or in an application management table (AMT) of the information storage medium. A life cycle of a disc unbound application is managed so as to use an application that can be shared by different information storage media. | 12-04-2008 |
20080304814 | Reproducing Apparatus, Reproducing Method and Reproducing Computer Program Product - An apparatus, computer program product and method provide a mechanism for independently allow a user to pause the display of a video stream from a given source, while also enabling the user to operate a menu function from a data stream from the same source. | 12-11-2008 |
20080317443 | INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK A PLURALITY OF STILL PICTURES - An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit. | 12-25-2008 |
20090003805 | Optical Device, Reproduction Device, Program, and Reproduction Method - A Browsable SlideShow is recorded on a BD-ROM. The Browsable SlideShow includes a video stream, an audio stream and PlayList information. The video stream and the audio stream are recorded on separate areas on an optical disc. The PlayList information includes a plurality of pieces of PlayItem information, each of which has an In_time and an Out_time which specify a single piece of picture data in the video stream and a Still_time indicating a period during which the piece of picture data is still-displayed. A still period indicated by the Still_time is a length of time that is longer than or equal to a VBV-delay when reading a subsequent piece of picture data to an Elementary Buffer | 01-01-2009 |
20090010621 | Information Recording Medium, Data Discrimination Device, and Data Reproduction Device - The present invention provides an information recording medium in which an access unit including basic data and extension data is recorded, so as to allow a decoder that decodes only basic data to process the access unit which includes the basic data and the extension data for the next generation. | 01-08-2009 |
20090010622 | Information Recording Medium, Data Sorting Device, and Data Reproduction Device - The present invention provides an information recording medium in which an access unit including basic data and extension data is recorded, so as to allow a decoder that decodes only basic data to process the access unit which includes the basic data and the extension data for the next generation. | 01-08-2009 |
20090010623 | INFORMATION ENCODING METHOD, INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information encoding method generates main image information from input image information by applying noise reduction processing to the input image information, estimates noise image information included in the input image information from the input image information and the main image information to generate first model information corresponding to the noise image information, corrects a parameter which does not satisfy a predetermined condition of a plurality of parameters included in the first model information to generate second model information including the plurality of parameters which reflect the correction, encodes the main image information to generate encoded image information, and generates encoded information including the encoded image information, the first model information, and the second model information. | 01-08-2009 |
20090010624 | OPTICAL DISK DEVICE - This optical disk device includes a video recording means, a replay means, and an actuation means. The video recording means performs video recording of contents data upon an optical disk cell by cell. The replay means performs replay of the contents data, and performs special replay which differs from the replay by one or more of replay speed and replay direction. And the actuation means designates a desired predetermined time instant. During the video recording, the video recording means records upon the optical disk recording position information which specifies the recording position upon the optical disk of the cell which is video recorded at the predetermined time instant. Moreover, during performance of the special replay, when the special replay arrives at the cell which is corresponding to the recording position information, the replay means stops the special replay and starts the replay from that cell. | 01-08-2009 |
20090016700 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD | 01-15-2009 |
20090016701 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A recording medium capable of executing menu calls based on the particular characteristics of different versions of the same movie work when these different versions are recorded on a single recording medium. An AV clip and a dynamic scenario are recorded on a BD-ROM | 01-15-2009 |
20090016702 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A recording medium capable of executing menu calls based on the particular characteristics of different versions of the same movie work when these different versions are recorded on a single recording medium. An AV clip and a dynamic scenario are recorded on a BD-ROM | 01-15-2009 |
20090016703 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A configuration is provided which enables reading and display processing of a representative image such as thumbnail list display to be performed effectively. For example, an arrangement is made wherein, as the access information of a referenced image (IDR) serving as a representative image that has been set corresponding to a chapter, representative image access information including address information and reading data size information that are applied to reading of the representative image is recorded in a playlist file or index file. According to this configuration, in the case of performing reading playback of a representative image, such as thumbnail list display, processing with reference to the representative image access information can be performed, and reading playback of an IDR can be performed effectively and rapidly. | 01-15-2009 |
20090016704 | INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCTION PROGRAM - Even when the frame identifying pattern at the head is misjudged or cannot be obtained, the frame identifying pattern that follows on and the frame corresponding to that frame identifying pattern are acquired and are held, and the position of the frame is judged on the basis of the information of the frame identifying pattern at a timing when the acquired frame identifying pattern is switched, and the positions of all the frames which have been acquired until then are calculated uniquely. Therefore, even when the preamble identifying pattern cannot be correctly detected due to such as flaws, the positions of the frames in the blocks are correctly detected, and the data can be certainly demodulated. | 01-15-2009 |
20090016705 | RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM - An AV Clip generated by multiplexing a video stream and a graphics stream is recorded on a BD-ROM. The graphics stream includes a plurality of DSs (Display Sets) each of which is used for graphics display and includes a control segment and graphics data. When an active period of the control segment in the DS overlaps with an active period of a control segment in an immediately preceding DS on a reproduction time axis of the video stream the graphics data in the DS is assigned a different object_id from graphics data which is referenced by the control segment in the immediately preceding DS, so as to prevent graphics generated by decoding the graphics data in the DS from overwriting graphics generated by decoding the graphics data referenced by the control segment in the immediately preceding DS. | 01-15-2009 |
20090022482 | Optical disc reproducing apparatus - The image signal superimposing portion generates an image signal for displaying images in a superimposed manner by using at least three layers, i.e., first to third layers. A main moving image is displayed in the first layer. A still image generated by an OSD generating portion is displayed in the second layer. A sub moving image having a display size smaller than that of the main moving image is displayed accessorily in the third layer. The first layer is displayed below the second layer, and the second layer is displayed below the third layer. The image signal superimposing portion superimposes these three layers of images so as to generate a single hierarchical image signal. When a hiding instruction receiving portion receives a hiding instruction, the hiding portion generates an opaque color image in the second layer by using the OSD generating portion so that the main moving image displayed on a layer below an OSD layer becomes invisible. | 01-22-2009 |
20090028531 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An information recording apparatus ( | 01-29-2009 |
20090034939 | Recording medium, reproduction device, program, reproduction method - The present invention is a BD-ROM having AVClips and PlayList information pieces, which are playback paths for the AVClips, recorded thereon. In addition, the BD-ROM also has multiple playback paths and dynamic scenarios recorded thereon. The dynamic scenarios instruct a playback device to play a digital stream using the playback paths. The dynamic scenarios include selection procedures (IF-statement blocks) which cause the playback device to compare a constant and a register-stored value indicating a user's age set on the playback device, (PSR( | 02-05-2009 |
20090034940 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDING PROGRAM - When the BD-ROM standard is extended to recordable record mediums, a system which stores title numbers when a title is deleted and a system which stores the order of which titles were recorded when a title is deleted and which changes the title numbers are allowed to co-exist. Information title_id_ref that represents a title is added to a play list to which the title belonged when the play list was created. When a disc from which a title was deleted by a recorder A that stores the order of which titles were recorded, but not file numbers is loaded into a recorder B that stores title numbers, the recorder B rewrites the title number of the index based on information title_id_ref. A play list corresponding to a title that was deleted and its number was unused and an object that references the play list are created and a title that calls the object is registered to the index. Thus, the recorder A and the recorder B can have compatibility with respect to editing a title. | 02-05-2009 |
20090034941 | VIDEO SIGNAL RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A recording/reproducing apparatus for outputting a video achieving high resolution thereupon, while suppressing an amount of data to be recorded onto a recording medium, comprises an input unit for inputting a video signal therein, a recording medium for recording the video signal inputted, a recording/reproducing processor unit for conducting signal processing for reproducing the video signal from the recording medium and an operation control of that recording medium, an exchanger for providing an output with switching between the video signal from the input unit and the signal from the recording/reproducing processor unit, and a resolution conversion unit for producing the video signal with increasing the pixel number of the video from the exchanger. | 02-05-2009 |
20090034942 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD - Provided is an information recording medium ( | 02-05-2009 |
20090041437 | PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER - A portable media player includes a media playing device, such as a tablet personal computer, a digital picture frame, a portable DVD player or a portable television, and a bag containing a plurality of granular objects therein and supporting the media playing device. Adjusting the distribution of the granular objects in the bag makes the bag deformable. By means of the profile deformable bag, the media playing device can be conveniently placed in an inclined posture suitable for viewing by its user. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041438 | Video/Audio Processing Device and Apparatus Connected to the Same - A video/audio processing device ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090041439 | Information processing system, recording apparatus, portable device, information processing method, and program - An information processing system includes a recording apparatus and a portable device, wherein the recording apparatus includes a recording control section, a selection section, a creation section, a digest information transfer control section, an operation information reception control section, and an operation information reflection section, and wherein the portable device includes a digest information reception control section, and an operation information transfer control section. | 02-12-2009 |
20090047003 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD - A playback apparatus used for an audio database includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first position information and second position information, an estimation unit configured to estimate a required period from a first position to a second position based on the first position information and the second position information, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a data length of an audio signal to be played back from the audio database, a determination unit configured to determine a playback speed required to play back the audio signal based on the required period and the data length to complete playback of the audio signal within the required period, and a playback unit configured to play back the audio signal according to the playback speed. | 02-19-2009 |
20090047004 | Participant digital disc video interface - A digital disc interface for a plurality of audio-video streams produced from multiple recordings of an event is described. The video recordings include a primary audio-video recording, as well as one or more participant audio-video recordings. The interface provides time-synchronized rendering of a composite video image of the various video streams, including a main full-size rendering of one video stream, the accompanying audio stream, and miniaturized versions of participant streams. Using a video menu-driven interface, the consumer is able to simultaneously monitor the streams, and when desired, to navigate among the various video streams and select an alternative audio-video stream for full-size rendering and an accompanying audio stream. | 02-19-2009 |
20090052872 | MACHINE-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A PLAYBACK INTERFACE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A machine-implemented method for establishing a playback interface for a target disc when storing contents of a plurality of original discs into the target disc includes: (A) analyzing each of the original discs for relevant disc information, and recording the disc information of the original discs in a disc information list; (B) analyzing each sequence of each of the original discs for relevant sequence information, and recording the sequence information of the original discs in a playback sequence list; and (C) establishing a playback interface for the target disc according to the disc information list and the playback sequence list. | 02-26-2009 |
20090052873 | RECORDING/PLAYBACK TERMINAL - In a recording/playback terminal used for recording, on a recording medium, a plurality of target contents sent from a content server in which a plurality of contents are accumulatively stored such that each of the target contents is stored in a compressed state, a capacity determining section for determining a compression mode of each of the target contents to be recorded so that all the target contents can fit on the recording medium is provided. A content obtaining section for obtaining, from the content server, the target contents each of which is compressed in the compression mode determined by the capacity determining section is further provided. The target contents obtained by the content obtaining section are recorded on a recording medium. | 02-26-2009 |
20090052874 | PORTABLE VIDEO SYSTEM - A portable video system comprises a video unit for facilitating play of a video medium, the player having a hinge, a display pivotally attached to the video player on the hinge, and a base unit secured to a substrate for selectively coupling a control panel of the video unit to the substrate, wherein the control panel can be selectively un-coupled from the base unit. | 02-26-2009 |
20090060475 | Portable Media Player - The present invention provides a portable media player, such as a portable DVD player. The portable media player has a clamshell type design, including a base portion and an openable cover portion. The openable cover portion includes a display screen, such as an LCD display screen. The player may include a single-hinge stand attached to an outer surface of the base portion so that DVDs may be viewed with the player positioned to stand upright or partially upright. The player may alternatively or additionally include an optionally attachable dual hinge stand having a base including a battery. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060476 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR USE IN A PLAYBACK APPARATUS - The BD-ROM includes, recorded therein, a PlayList that is composed of an AVClip and PlayList information, an application, and a BD-J Object. The application is a program that is written in a programming language for a virtual machine, and a life cycle during which the application can be executed by the virtual machine is specified. The BD-J Object contains a PlayList management table. The PlayList management table indicates a playback control of the PlayList that is performed during the life cycle simultaneously with the execution of the application. | 03-05-2009 |
20090067821 | METHOD FOR RECORDING NAVIGATION INFORMATION ON A RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention records A/V data and navigation information in a first format such as DVD-Video format when a disk apparatus, e.g., a DVD recorder conducts data recording operation. During the recording operation, video object unit search information ‘VOBU_SRI’ among data search information ‘DSI’ contained in the navigation information is recorded in a second format such as DVD+R or DVD+RW format, thereby reducing size of the navigation information to be recorded on an optical disk. | 03-12-2009 |
20090067822 | Method and apparatus for searching recordable discs in a disc library for available recording space - An audio/video recording apparatus stores and provides information regarding audio/video recording medium, such as recordable discs, recorded by the audio/video recording apparatus including disc number, disc name, title of audio/video content stored on the disc, and empty contiguous spaces available on the disc for additional recording. The present apparatus allows a user to look up and view such information about a disc even when the disc is not currently inserted or available by the apparatus. On-screen searching of all disc information stored to the disc library for a specified amount of space available for recording given a desired recording quality, is also provided. The present invention eliminates the need for a user to review blocks of contiguous, available space on a disc-by-disc basis to determine whether there is enough space to fit a desired recording. | 03-12-2009 |
20090074388 | Recording apparatus and recording method for dual-layer recording disk - At the time of recording contents data in real time over a first layer and a second layer of a double layer recordable DVD, a first VTS is formed by contents data recorded in a first layer recording area ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090080869 | BROADCAST PROGRAM DISPLAYING APPARATUS, BROADCAST PROGRAM DISPLAYING METHOD, AND BROADCAST PROGRAM DISPLAYING SYSTEM - A TV is provided for enabling a viewer to continuously watch a program which has been received even though a TV broadcast receiver is switched from a TV tuner to an apparatus for external input. A TV ( | 03-26-2009 |
20090087170 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH ONE LAND PRE-PIT IS FORMED IN EACH GROUP UNIT OF WOBBLES FORMED BY EACH "N" CYCLES OF WOBBLES - An optical disc ( | 04-02-2009 |
20090087171 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH GROOVE TRACKS ARE WOBBLED BY FREQUENCY 2n TIMES WOBBLE FREQUENCY OF STANDARD - An optical disc ( | 04-02-2009 |
20090092380 | MIRROR SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD, MIRROR SIGNAL GENERATION CIRCUIT, AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A low pass filter unit generates a slice level for digitizing the signal based on the track state from the signal. When a tracking servo is in invalid state, a sample hold unit holds a slice level sampled at a predetermined timing. A comparison unit compares the signal based on the track state to the slice level and generates a mirror signal. When the tracking servo becomes in an invalid from valid state, the low pass filter unit uses the slice level held in the sample hold unit. | 04-09-2009 |
20090092381 | RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus according to the present invention includes: a recording section for generating a first recording signal for recording visual information, showing the contents of data to be written on an information storage medium in a visible form, on the information storage medium; and a head section for recording the visual information on the information storage medium based on the first recording signal by using predetermined address information, which is stored on the information storage medium, as a reference for aligning the visual information being recorded such that the visual information is directly visible to a user. The recording section further generates a second recording signal for writing location information, showing where the visual information has been recorded on the information storage medium, on the information storage medium. And the head section writes the location information on the information storage medium based on the second recording signal. | 04-09-2009 |
20090092382 | Method and apparatus for storage and playback of programs - The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for playback of programs and other works recorded on random access storage media. One embodiment of the invention relates to random access storage media such as a DVD (“digital versatile disk” or “digital video disk”) used to distribute motion pictures and other audio/video programs or works. The invention involves a manner of utilizing secondary storage space of the storage media not used by the primary program being distributed to store secondary programs such as movie trailers and product advertisements, and to present the secondary programs to the user in a topical and interesting manner. In one embodiment, storage space, of a random access storage medium such as a DVD is allocated to a number of variously sized programs or program portions called “chapters.” In one embodiment, each primary and secondary program constitutes a separate chapter. In this embodiment, each time the primary chapter is played, the DVD playback device plays a limited selection of secondary chapters before and/or after the primary chapter. In one embodiment, the sequence of secondary chapters played back varies each time the DVD is played. In this manner, as a viewer repeatedly views the DVD over time, a large variety of promotional material can be presented to the viewer without overburdening the viewer with overly-long sequences of promotions and trailers. In addition, because the sequence of trailers changes each time the DVD is viewed viewer interest is maintained. | 04-09-2009 |
20090097828 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus which generates, for an image reproducing apparatus, an application program that is executable by the image reproducing apparatus, the image reproducing apparatus operating under a basic program that is capable of executing an application program recorded in a first area of a recording medium but that is incapable of reproducing image data that is recorded in a second area of the recording medium, and the information processing apparatus comprising: a program generation unit which generates a reproducing program for the image reproducing apparatus to reproduce the image data recorded in the second area of the recording medium, as an application program executable by the image reproducing apparatus; and a recording unit which records the reproducing program generated by the program generation unit into the first area of the recording medium. | 04-16-2009 |
20090097829 | Video Playback Apparatus - Events indicating key operations and commonality of operations to be performed in response to the key operations are registered as common UI events in a common UI event table. In the entry of each of the common UI events, a condition concerning the content of a process that needs to be performed is described as a condition concerning process content. When an HD DVD disk is played back, a navigation manager registers, in each of the entries in the common UI event table, for example, an application or a script that is registered in the HD DVD disk and performs a process that satisfies a corresponding condition concerning process content. When a common UI event has occurred, an application, a script, or the like registered in the entry of the common UI event in the common UI event table is performed. | 04-16-2009 |
20090103903 | MULTIMEDIA OPTICAL DISC FOR STORING AUDIO DATA AND SUB-PICTURE DATA IN A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS AS WELL AS MOVING PICTURE DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING THE MULTIMEDIA OPTICAL DISC - A multimedia optical disc is provided. The multimedia optical disc includes a data area and a management information area. The data area stores a plurality pieces of video data. The management information area stores a channel table in which a plurality of logical channel numbers are respectively related to a plurality of physical channel numbers for each piece of video data. A piece of moving picture data and a plurality pieces of sub-data are interleaved in each piece of video data. The sub-data is either of audio data and sub-picture data as still pictures. The logical channel numbers are shared by pieces of video data. The physical channel numbers are used to physically identify the plurality pieces of sub-data. With this construction, it is possible to manage sub-data even when the sub-data is dealt with by a plurality pieces of video data. | 04-23-2009 |
20090110374 | Optical disc recording and playback apparatus - A DSP of a DVD recorder includes: a gain setting portion determining appropriate values of a first gain α and a second gain β when playback of an optical disc is performed, recording the first gain α and the second gain β thus determined in a gain storing portion, and setting them in a main differential amplifier and a sub differential amplifier, respectively; and a correction performing portion reading, when recording on the optical disc is performed, the first gain α and the second gain β stored in the gain storing portion, correcting at least one of them, and setting them in the main differential amplifier and the sub differential amplifier, respectively. | 04-30-2009 |
20090110375 | INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information recording device is provided with a recording means ( | 04-30-2009 |
20090123136 | Method for creating and exhibiting multidimensional interactive stories in digital electronic media - The present invention is directed to a method of exhibiting a multi-dimensional production consisting of two or more interrelated stories, storylines and/or story parts. The interrelated stories, storylines and story parts are multiplexed onto a single track of a plurality of tracks. The viewer can choose to switch between various stories, storylines or story parts at any time during the viewing of the production. A de-multiplexer would be provided for de-multiplexing the production based upon the selection by the viewer. The de-multiplexer can be provided proximate to the viewer or at a remote location from the viewer. | 05-14-2009 |
20090123137 | 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. | 05-14-2009 |
20090136217 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video reproduction section reproduces content using a reproduction module. A version upgrade management section reads a content ID of content recorded on an optical disc and determines whether or not update of the reproduction module is required based upon comparison between the content ID and a version upgrade list stored in a storage section. When update of the reproduction module is required, the version upgrade management section acquires another reproduction module from a server apparatus via a network and updates the reproduction module in the reproduction section using another reproduction module. The video reproduction section reproduces the content recorded on the optical disc using the updated reproduction module. | 05-28-2009 |
20090136218 | Multimedia presentation format - A format for accessing content such as a full-length movie from an optical disc uses an XML Description File stored on the disc to generate one or more screens that a user employs to access the content. To increase the efficiency of accessing data, data files that describe the content of the disc are located near the beginning of the video zone whereas larger data files, such as presentation files, are located at the end of the video zone. To reduce the possibility of incompatibilities between commands, a limited set of application program interface (API) commands is defined for use in an XML Description File. To maximize the vertical data recorded on the disc when the source aspect ratio is high, two, independent horizontal and vertical distortion factors are used. The audio and video tracks are interleaved into 1000 millisecond blocks and are demultiplexed by the application player during playback. | 05-28-2009 |
20090136219 | Information Read Device And Read Signal Processing Circuit - An information read device enabling obtaining of a data pattern recorded on an information recording medium as a readout signal, includes an analog to digital converter for converting the readout signal to a digital signal for a predetermined clock, a phase locked loop circuit that supplies the clock used in the analog to digital converter, a first FIR filter for equalizing the digital-converted digital signal under a first equalization condition, a Viterbi decoder to decode outputs of the FIR filter into binary data, wherein the phase locked loop circuit enables detection of a cycle slip of the phase locked loop circuit, and a detector which detects the cycle slip of the phase locked loop circuit. The FIR filter returns tap coefficients of the FIR filter, and the Vitabi decoder returns a target level of a decode operation to an initial value when an out-breaking of the cycle slip occurs. | 05-28-2009 |
20090142043 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, DATA RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA STRUCTURE - A data reproducing apparatus, which is capable of reproducing stream data according to time stamps without need to have an independent time counting clock. At step S | 06-04-2009 |
20090142044 | Systems and Methods for Enhancing a User's DVD Experience - Methods, systems and architectures for enhancing a user's DVD experience are described. In one embodiment, the physical structure (e.g. titles and chapters) of a DVD is ascertained and a playlist structure shell that represents the DVD's physical structure is built. Metadata associated with the DVD is acquired and used to populate the playlist structure shell. In some embodiments, the metadata can be acquired from a metadata source external to the DVD and/or remote from a computing device on which the DVD is being played. Remote locations can include, without limitation, those that are network- or Internet-accessible. Once the playlist structure shell is populated, it can be used to render a playlist associated with the DVD's video in an area of a user interface display. In some embodiments, a DVD's video can be rendered in a first area of the user interface display and the playlist can be rendered in a second area of the user interface display during at least some of the time that the DVD's video is rendered in the first area. | 06-04-2009 |
20090148136 | INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information reproducing apparatus ( | 06-11-2009 |
20090148137 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - When scenes of a story are divided and dubbed to a plurality of recording media, the recording media are added with information about a total number of recording media used and sequential numbers of the recording media. | 06-11-2009 |
20090154903 | Memory medium, in particular a dvd disc, storing interactive movies - The present invention concerns a memory medium storing a set of sub-movies and one or more graphic interfaces, readable by a video player having a display on which it is apt to play at least one sequence of two or more sub-movies conditional on one or more selections made by at least one user through at least one control device apt to interact with the video player, characterised in that at least one of said one or more selections is made at the end of playing a first sub-movie for selecting a second sub-movie from a sub-set of sub-movies corresponding to the first sub-movie, at the end of playing the first sub-movie being displayed on the display at least one interface, corresponding to the first sub-movie, of said one or more graphic interfaces. | 06-18-2009 |
20090154904 | 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 (PlayItem) 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 (SubPlayItem) to be synchronized with the primary playback section. The SubPath information includes In_Time information and Out_Time information which indicate In_Time and Out_Time, respectively, of the SubPlayItem. In_Time and Out_Time of the SubPlayItem match In_Time and Out_Time of the PlayItem. | 06-18-2009 |
20090162036 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND PLAYBACK METHOD - According to one embodiment, a playback apparatus plays back digital content data stored in storage media. The digital content data includes main video data and sub-picture data including a plurality of kinds of subtitles. A detection module detects display positions and display sizes of two or more kinds of subtitles which are selected from the plurality of kinds of subtitles. A video process module calculate a reduction ratio, which is to be applied to the main video data, on the basis of the determined display positions and display sizes of the two or more kinds of subtitles, and reduces the main video data with the calculated reduction ratio, thereby to prevent the subtitles from overlapping a display area of the main video data. An output module composites the reduced main video data and the determined subtitles, and outputs video data which is obtained by the compositing. | 06-25-2009 |
20090169183 | DATA RECORDING DEVICE, DATA RECORDING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, DATA RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA STRUCTURE - To effectively reproduce video depending on the performance of a reproducing apparatus. A controller | 07-02-2009 |
20090169184 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a main body, a cover, and an infrared receiver. The main body is configured for reading information from an optical disc and generating display signals. The cover is connected to the main body. The screen is configured for receiving the display signals and displaying videos correspondingly. The infrared receiver is arranged at the cover for receiving control signals. | 07-02-2009 |
20090169185 | OPTICAL DISK PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA IN OPTICAL DISK PLAYBACK APPARATUS - An optical disc playback apparatus including: a reading section that reads data from an optical disc; a storage section that stores additional information in a first address of the storage section, the additional information corresponding to identification information included in data read from the optical disc by the reading section; an interface section that transfer the data stored in the storage section to a removable external storage device disposed outside the optical disc playback apparatus to be stored in a second address of the removal external storage device; and a table generator that generates a movement history table including the first address as a source address and the second address as a destination address when the additional information is transferred to the external storage device by the interface section. | 07-02-2009 |
20090169186 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - Provided is a recording and reproducing apparatus that prevents, when a format instruction is given via an on-screen menu in image format of one of HDTV and SDTV standards and the content item to be erased is in the other standard, erroneous erasure of a content item on a recording medium having mixed content items recorded using these standards. The recording and reproducing apparatus ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090169187 | Information Recording/Reproducing Apparatus and Information Recording Method - A seek time is shortened even when AV streams and non-AV streams are read continuously and alternately. When no space is available when a non-AV stream is recorded to a non-AV stream area, the non-AV stream area is closed, a non-use area is then split from the AV stream area to generate a recorded AV stream area and an intermediate state area and the AV stream area is closed. The intermediate state area is split and a new MD area and a new AV stream area are generated. | 07-02-2009 |
20090175600 | Method of scaling subpicture data and related apparatus - A method for scaling subpicture data comprises receiving a video data stream and a subpicture data stream; pre-parsing the subpicture data stream to obtain line information of subpicture data, the subpicture data containing both top field pixel data and bottom field pixel data; calculating the number of lines contained in the top field pixel data and the bottom field pixel data from the pre-parsed line information; interlacing the top field pixel data and the bottom field pixel data; and scaling the top and bottom field pixel data together in interlaced form for adjusting the number of lines contained in the top field pixel data and the bottom field pixel data. | 07-09-2009 |
20090190899 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL VIDEO RETRIEVAL INVOLVING SPEECH RECOGNITIION - Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for retrieving digital images. The method embodiment includes converting a descriptive audio stream of a digital video that is provided for the visually impaired to text and then aligning that text to the appropriate segment of the digital video. The system then indexes the converted text from the descriptive audio stream with the text's relationship to the digital video. The system enables queries using action words describing a desired scene from a digital video. | 07-30-2009 |
20090190900 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A image recording apparatus includes: an image input receiver receiving images; an encoder compressing the received images and generating stream data; one or more cell buffers buffering the stream data in units of cells; a data recorder recording cell data, which is buffered units of cells, on a disc; a decoder decoding the buffered cell data when a user selects a real-time image synthesis option; and an image synthesizer synthesizing a connecting part between a previous scene of images, which are received from the decoder, and a current scene of images, which are received from the image input receiver, with a target image and transmitting the result of synthesis to the encoder in order to create a fading effect between the previous and current scenes. | 07-30-2009 |
20090190901 | VIDEO CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND VIDEO CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, to discriminate an optical disk having a DISCID.DAT file existing under an ADV_OBJ folder as compatible with an advanced standard, and discriminate a system of a video content by reading out system identification information (TV system) existing in a VTSI file under a TS folder of a high-density optical disk standard with respect to the optical disk. In case a video content reproduction device can reproduce a video content of the system, a reproduction processing sequence with respect to the optical disk compatible with the advanced standard is started. | 07-30-2009 |
20090190902 | UNIVERSAL MULTIMEDIA OPTIC DISC PLAYER AND ITS APPLICATION FOR REVOCABLE COPY PROTECTION - The media player employs an operating system that supports a virtual machine into which auto-run playback programs may be loaded and run. The auto run playback program is stored on the media containing the program content, such as on an optical disc medium. When the medium is inserted in the player, the auto run playback program automatically launches and is thereafter used to access playback the media content. Support for legacy media is provided to allow the player to playback compact discs and DVD discs that were manufactured without the auto run playback program | 07-30-2009 |
20090196582 | Optical Disc Writer and Method of Writing Label onto Optical Disc - An optical disc writer includes an optical pickup head and a supporting portion for supporting an optical disc having a central hole, an annular label zone and an annular control feature zone located therebetween. The optical pickup head includes a red light source, a blue light source, a red lens and a blue lens. The red light source emits a red laser beam penetrating through the red lens to write a label onto the annular label zone. The blue light source emits a blue laser beam penetrating through the blue lens, which is disposed between the central hole and the red lens, and travelling to the annular control feature zone. Thus, the optical pickup head reads information of the annular control feature zone and the red lens is moved to the annular label zone according to the information in order to write the label onto the corresponding annular label zone. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196583 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A reproducing apparatus includes a reproducing unit configured to reproduce, from a storage medium, a plurality of movie data elements, a plurality of movie information files associated with and recorded for the plurality of movie data elements, and a playlist file that indicates order in which the movie data elements are reproduced, each of the movie information files containing connection information that indicates a movie data element to be reproduced immediately after the movie data element associated with the movie information file, a control unit configured to control the reproducing unit such that the movie data elements are reproduced on the basis of the movie information files and the playlist file, and a restoring unit configured to create the playlist file on the basis of the connection information of each of the movie information files if the reproducing unit is unable to reproduce the playlist file. | 08-06-2009 |
20090208190 | INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, MANAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION REPRODUCING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A reproducing apparatus ( | 08-20-2009 |
20090208191 | PROGRAM INFORMATION DISPLAYING PROGRAM AND PROGRAM INFORMATION DISPLAYING APPARATUS - A program information displaying apparatus includes a CPU, and displays a plurality of program information in tabular form. For example, users register accounts as user information in the program information that the user is interested in. A priority and a display manner are set for each of the plurality of accounts, and the program information in which the account is registered is depicted in the display manner on the basis of the priority. When a first depicting method is selected, the program information is depicted in a display manner of the account with the highest priority. When a second depicting method is selected, the program information is depicted such that the display manners are layered in order of the priority. | 08-20-2009 |
20090220218 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE VIDEO DISPLAY - A portable video display system (PVDS) provides convenience of presenting video data to users in a variety of situations, such as while the users may be traveling. A PVDS can store video data through removable and/or installed memory, including a disc, and present the video through a video display, providing an autonomous video storage and display system that is portable such that users may experience video presentations conveniently under many circumstances. Common applications include use while a user is traveling, commuting, on vacation, and present in other places and situations where portable entertainment is desired. A PVDS may be used with headphones to increase privacy and minimize disturbance to others nearby while PVDS is in use. A PVDS may also have the ability to present other media data such as image data and/or audio data. | 09-03-2009 |
20090232482 | OPTICAL DISC PLAYER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DECODING UNIT IN THE OPTICAL DISC PLAYER SYSTEM TO READ ENCODED BITSTREAM DATA FROM A BUFFER MEMORY - In a method of controlling multiple decoders in an optical disc player system to read encoded bitstream data divided into multiple sectors from a buffer memory, one of the sectors stored in the buffer memory is read according to a reading pointer associated with one of the decoders that sent out a bitstream request. When a header portion of the sector that is being read from the buffer memory indicates a bitstream type corresponding to that of the bitstream request, a data portion of the sector is transferred to the decoder that sent out the bitstream request, and the reading pointer is adjusted to point to a next one of the sectors stored in the buffer memory. An optical disc player system for implementing the method and an optical disc player system capable of saving the memory bandwidth between a bitstream demultiplexer and a memory are also disclosed. | 09-17-2009 |
20090238546 | Stereoscopic viewing device and method of displaying stereoscopic images - A stereoscopic viewer includes a transverse rack; left and right sections comprising a fixed eyepiece, a turn plate, a pinion engaging teeth of the track and rotatably disposed on the turn plate, and an objective rotatably disposed on the pinion; and an adjustment screw engaging the teeth of the rack. A first beam of light coming from one of human eyes reaching and being reflected by the eyepiece of the left section, reaching and being reflected by the objective of the left section, and projects onto a left portion of a display. A second beam of light coming from the other one of the human eyes reaching and being reflected by the eyepiece of the right section, reaching and being reflected by the objective of the right section, and projects onto a right portion of the display. A 3-D image is given to the human eyes on the display. | 09-24-2009 |
20090252483 | OPTICAL DISK FOR HIGH RESOLUTION AND GENERAL VIDEO RECORDING, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, OPTICAL DISK RECORDING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCTION CONTROL INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS - The present invention has an objective of realizing compatibility of an optical disk having a high resolution video signal recorded thereon and a system for reproducing the optical disk, with a conventional system for producing a standard resolution video signal. A high resolution video signal is divided by video division means into a main signal and a sub signal, and the main signal and the sub signal are MPEG-encoded. The stream of the main signal and the stream of the sub signal are divided into 1 GOP or more of frames. First interleave blocks | 10-08-2009 |
20090263109 | RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM OF RECORDING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording/reproducing apparatus ( | 10-22-2009 |
20090269041 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING A DIGITAL INFORMATION SIGNAL - Method and apparatus of contiguously recording a sequence of ordered AfV information signals, and corresponding management information signals, on a disc-like recording medium of the write-once type. The method comprises allocating a reserved area within a linear addressing space of the disc, contiguously recording the A/V information signals in a video recording area located succeeding the reserved area, recording corresponding management data in a temporary overview space succeeding the video recording area, generating a mapping table ( | 10-29-2009 |
20090269042 | CPS UNIT MANAGEMENT IN THE DISC FOR DOWNLOADED DATA - An information processing device comprising: a data processing unit configured to load a disk, which stores content that is divided into content usage control units, and to execute processes for reading the content; and a local storage unit configured to store subsequential data obtained and/or generated subsequentially, wherein the data processing unit is configured to perform processes to: select a title that is an index for reading the subsequential data from dummy titles stored in advance on the disk; set the title as a title for the subsequential data; and store the subsequential data in the local storage unit. | 10-29-2009 |
20090274450 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD - When a size (AO) of contents data ( | 11-05-2009 |
20090274451 | FIRMWARE UPDATES ON MEDIA - Apparatus and methods are provided to allow convenient updating of the controller of a media device using content-containing media accessible by the device. Features provided in implementations can include, but am not limited to, prompt and efficient distribution of updates to device users, and promotion of use of the device. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274452 | Virtual DVD on Demand and Electronic DVD Rental/Buy/Burn - An apparatus includes a storage medium for storing downloaded encoded media content, and a decoder for decoding the stored encoded media content for a choice of one of a viewing rental of the decoded media content and recording the decoded media content to a recordable media. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274453 | Method for Resuming Content Reproduction Across Devices - A method for operating a data reproduction device enables users to resume reproduction of audio and/or video content across different devices of the same or different type. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method includes steps of receiving first index data from a different data reproduction device wherein the first index data indicates a first position in content in a first format and the content includes at least one of audio and video data, determining a second position in the content in a second format using the first index data, and enabling reproduction of the content in the second format beginning from the second position. | 11-05-2009 |
20090279874 | Recording device and driving state controlling method - A recording device including: a medium drive section configured to rotation-drive a disk recording medium, and write data to the disk recording medium through a head section; a determining section configured to determine whether the recording device is in a falling state when the medium drive section is in an idle state in which state the disk recording medium is rotation-driven and the head section is off a track; and a controlling section configured to make determination as to the falling state by the determining section when the determining section determines that the recording device is in the falling state, and when the determining section determines that the recording device is not in the falling state, controlling the medium drive section so as to set the medium drive section in an active state in which state the disk recording medium is rotation-driven to be in an accessible state and the head section is on track. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279875 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a playback controller and a storage unit. The playback controller reads per-disc or per-title identification information in the form of a media ID recorded onto a disc, and then executes content playback selection processing or determines a playback processing mode according to bit information included in the media ID. The storage unit stores a program that causes the processing of the playback controller to be executed. By thus using the media ID, provided services, such as the content authorized for playback, can be modified. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279876 | 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 |
20090279877 | 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 |
20090279878 | 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 |
20090304365 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE WITH A DATA ACCESS DEVICE AND AN OPTICAL DISC IN AN ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses are provided, which may be implemented using an optical disc and a data access device such as, e.g., an optical disc player device. The optical disc may include content information, such as, video data, audio data, and advertisement data. The advertisement data may be associated with at least one product and/or service that is not adapted for use by the optical disc player device. The optical disc may include instructional information to adapt the optical disc player device to access user input data identifying user contact information and at least one advertisement selection, and to initiate transmission of an information request associated with at least one product and/or service associated with advertisement selection and/or advertisement data. The information request may include user contact information and may be adapted for use by at least one information delivery system which may initiate subsequent user contact without using the optical disc player device. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304366 | RELIABLE VIDEO RECORDING ON OPTICAL DISCS - This invention relates generally to a method of recording video information onto an optical disc of the rewritable type. The invention relates to determining in real time whether errors were encountered during recording a physical sector and generating error sector information comprising a list of sectors wherein errors were encountered during recording. The error sector information is recorded on disc, preferably in VRMI user data to playback compatibility with standard players. During playback, error sector are skipped from reading. Advantageously, a buffer cell is created for information recorded in error sectors so that seamless playback is possible. Advantageously, when formatting the disc, the error sector information is not deleted. Advantageously, the error sector information is used to inform the user about the disc quality. | 12-10-2009 |
20090317067 | Recording apparatus, recording method, recording program, image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and image pickup program - Recording of video data is enabled by a management structure of a clip which is compatible with a BD-ROM standard. In accordance with the recording starting operation, the recording of a stream in which the video data and audio data have time-divisionally been multiplexed on a packet unit basis onto a recording medium is started. In accordance with the recording stopping operation, the stream stored in a buffer is written as a stream file onto the recording medium and a clip information file corresponding to the stream file is formed. A play item showing the whole clip information file is formed and added to the existing play list on the recording medium. A mark is stamped to the play list at time corresponding to an IN point of the play item. Subsequently, the play item which is formed in association with the recording start and stop is similarly further added to the existing play list and the mark is further stamped at the time corresponding to the IN point. | 12-24-2009 |
20090324204 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - This invention provides an information processing method and apparatus, which can set all extent sizes of data divisionally recorded on a disk to be equal to or larger than the minimum recording unit, and can guarantee continuous reproduction of the divisionally recorded data. Of data divisionally recorded on a recording medium ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100021144 | My baby's own theater - A portable DVD player wich is adapted for securely supporting within an interior of a baby's crib or on a flat surfaces, wich is arranged for a regeargeble battery from the output adapter, wich is arranged for electrically extending from a power source. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021145 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A plurality of contents and a BD-J object are recorded on a multi-layered BD-ROM. The plurality of contents include those that comprise a monoscopic view video, and those that comprise a stereoscopic view video. A BD-J object includes an application management table and a GUI management table. The application management table is information specifying the application to be started up to the playback apparatus, when a specific content becomes targeted for playback among the plurality of contents. A flag in the configuration information of the GUI management table indicates whether reserving a plurality of plane memories is necessary for realizing a stereoscopic view of the graphics. | 01-28-2010 |
20100027977 | REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - To limit the time capable of reproducing a plurality of contents as a whole recorded on a recording medium. Provided herein are a recording medium on which a plurality of contents and reproduction-enabled time which is a period of time for allowing a user to freely reproduce the plurality of contents as a whole are recorded, a reproduction device having an acquisition unit which acquires the reproduction-enabled time and a reproduction inhibit unit which inhibits the reproduction of each of the contents when the accumulated reproduction time of the plurality of contents as a whole exceeds the acquired reproduction-enabled time during the reproduction of each of the contents. | 02-04-2010 |
20100034525 | DATA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND DATA REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a data reproduction apparatus comprises a reproduction module configured to reproduce image data, a resolution selection module configured to select one of resolutions, an image quality mode selection module configured to select on or off state of an image quality mode, a selection disable module configured to disable the resolution selection module to select a prescribed resolution when the image quality mode selection module selects the on state of the image quality mode, and an image processor configured to improve a quality of the image data reproduced by the reproduction module in accordance with the resolution selected by the resolution selection module when the image quality mode selection module selects the on state of the image quality mode. | 02-11-2010 |
20100054716 | INFORMATION READOUT APPARATUS AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD - An information readout apparatus includes analog to digital converting means, equalizing means, interpolating means, maximum likelihood detecting means and PLL means. The analog to digital converting means converts a read signal read out from an optical disc medium, on which data is recorded with run length limited code that the shortest run length is 1, into a digital signal, and outputs the digital signal in synchronous with a first clock signal with a frequency which is N/M times of a channel frequency. At this time, N is an integer equal to or more than 2 and M is an integer meeting N/M>0.5. The equalizing means equalizes said digital signal to a previously specified partial response (PR) characteristic in synchronous with said first clock signal signal. The interpolating means converts N input data outputted from said equalizing means into M output data, and outputs output data in synchronous with a second clock signal with a frequency of 1/M times of the channel frequency. The maximum likelihood detecting means converts the output data outputted from said interpolation means into an M-bit detection data, and outputs said detection data in synchronous with said second clock signal signal. The PLL means generates said first clock signal and said second clock signal based on said read signal. | 03-04-2010 |
20100067885 | RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording device includes: a first irradiation unit that irradiates first light to an optical-recording-type display medium during a recording period on the basis of image data, the display medium being configured to display an image recorded in the display medium using light; and a second irradiation unit that irradiates second light having given energy to the display medium during the recording period. | 03-18-2010 |
20100104268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING AN OPTICAL DISC - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for playing an optical disc, and an optical disc recording apparatus. According to the method provided by the present invention, the description information of the program content and the description information of the enhancement content are first acquired, and then compared with each other; then it is judged whether the program corresponds to the enhancement content according to the result of the comparison; and finally, the program content is played independently of the enhancement content if the program content does not correspond to the enhancement content. With the present invention, the playback problem causing from the non-match of the program content and the enhancement content in an optical disc with the enhancement format resulting from the revision of the optical disc by a conventional optical disc recording apparatus that does not support the enhancement format can be avoided. | 04-29-2010 |
20100104269 | PLAYBACK OF EPISODIC CONTENT - A content item having sequential portions, such as episodes, is played back on a packaged media player in a manner that facilitates viewing the sequential portions in sequence. The point at which the user terminated a playback session is marked by storing an indication in memory, so that the user need not remember at what episode or other content portion the user left off. Upon beginning a new playback session, the media player retrieves the marker and navigates to the next content portion in the sequence. | 04-29-2010 |
20100111505 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND FIELD-EFFECT TYPE TRANSISTOR - A field-effect type transistor has: a source electrode; a drain electrode being a metal electrode; a semiconductor layer provided to be in contact with both of the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a gate electrode provided to face at least a part of the semiconductor layer. The gate electrode has: a first gate electrode; and a second gate electrode provided closer to the drain electrode than the first gate electrode is. The second gate electrode is so connected as to have a same potential as the drain electrode and is electrically isolated from the first gate electrode. Consequently, in a display device, the off-leakage current is suppressed, and reduction in a pixel area and a bus interconnection width is suppressed. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111506 | METHOD FOR CREATING, UPDATING, AND RECORDING SEAMLESS PRESENTATION INFORMATION OF MOVING PICTURE DATA IN A REWRITABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - This invention provides a method for creating, updating, and recording information for seamless presentation of moving picture data in a rewritable recording medium. When recording moving picture data on a rewritable recording medium, seamless presentation information, a part of navigation data, is recorded along with the picture data for seamless presentation of the recorded picture data. The method for creating and recording seamless presentation information of the present invention can effectively reduce the amount of created seamless presentation information by omitting some fields of the seamless presentation information when they are unnecessary. If some video objects of recorded picture data are erased, navigation data related to the removed video objects should be erased and seamless presentation information should also needs proper modification. The method for updating and recording seamless presentation information of the present invention enables effective management of seamless presentation information by updating seamless presentation information related to the video object following erased video objects. | 05-06-2010 |
20100129066 | DATA RECORDING DEVICE, DATA RECORDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is a recording medium initialization method for recording data according to the AVCHD standard. Under control of a route directory of a partition, ICB and FIDs concerning each directory contained in the directory structure defined by the AVCHD standard are recorded, considering information on a child directory. After this, SBD and a metadata bitmap file are recorded in the partition and LVIS is recorded according to information on the number of sectors consumed by recording ICB and FIDs of all the directories and the total number of recorded directories. | 05-27-2010 |
20100129067 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD AND PROGRAM - [Object] To download, even when a recording medium having content recorded thereon is not inserted in an electronic apparatus, subcontent related to the content. | 05-27-2010 |
20100142930 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING APPLICATION-SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK - A playback apparatus for playing a digital stream in conjunction with an application includes a package management unit operable to generate package information by merging files recorded on a first recording medium and a second recording medium, in accordance with merge management information, and a selection unit operable to detect a plurality of playable titles from the package information, and select one of the detected titles as a current title. After the application requests the package management unit to update the merge management information, by specifying new merge management information, the package management unit changes a file referenced from the newly specified merge management information to read-only before updating the package information, and at a point at which digital stream playback stops due to a current title change by the selection unit, the package management unit generates new package information by combining files recorded on the first and second recording media, in accordance with the newly specified merge management information. | 06-10-2010 |
20100150533 | RECORDING/PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE, AND RECORDING/PLAYBACK METHOD - A recording/playback device includes an information conversion unit converting video or audio information, received from an external source, to video or audio data for recording on a rewritable optical disk, a recording unit recording the video or audio data on said optical disk, and a playback unit playing back the video or audio data recorded on said optical disk, in which the optical disk has at least two recording layers and, when the video or audio data is recorded in two or more layers of the optical disk and then a part of the video data or audio data recorded in each layer is erased, a part of the video or audio data left unerased is moved so that a number of layers, in which the video or audio data left unerased is recorded, is reduced. | 06-17-2010 |
20100158487 | AUTHORING DEVICE AND AUTHORING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an authoring apparatus configured to generate writing data to be stored in an optical disc from a video content data, includes an indexing processor configured to generate face image indexing information includes face images extracted from the video content data and time stamp information representing a time point at which each extracted face image appears in the video content data, a setting module configured to set segments along with a time axis in the video content data, wherein a number of the segments is not larger than a number of chapters being able to be set in the writing data, and a generation module configured to generate menu screen data for displaying a menu screen displaying buttons on a display screen, the buttons on which face images are displayed respectively and for jumping to the segments in which the face images appearing. | 06-24-2010 |
20100158488 | MULTIPLE STEP IDENTIFICATION OF RECORDINGS - Multiple information is extracted from an unknown recording and information associated therewith. Associated information includes the filename, if the recording is a computer file in, e.g., MP3 format, or table of contents (TOC) data, if the recording is on a removable medium, such as a compact disc. At least one and preferably several algorithmically determined fingerprints are extracted from the recording using one or more fingerprint extraction methods. The information extracted is compared with corresponding information in a database maintained for reference recordings. Identification starts with the most accurate and efficient method available, e.g., using a hash ID, a unique ID or text. Fingerprint matching is used to confirm other matches and validation is performed by comparing the duration of the unknown and a possibly matching reference recording. | 06-24-2010 |
20100178040 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a digital broadcast receiving apparatus which enables simple programming for receiving a digital television broadcast and/or a radio broadcast. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention is a digital broadcast receiving apparatus which receives a digital broadcast, and includes: a broadcast receiving unit that receives a digital broadcast; an extraction unit that extracts a service description table from the received digital broadcast; an identification unit that identifies, from the extracted service description table, transport stream identification information, network identification information, and service identification information, as stream identification information; and a transmission unit that transmits, to a recording apparatus, the identified stream identification information and a recording command. | 07-15-2010 |
20100202764 | PLAYBACK OF DAMAGED VIDEO MEDIA USING DOWNLOADED CONTENT - A method, system and computer program provide a mechanism for playing damaged digital video media and optionally notifying a service agency of the damage. When a defect is located on media, the DVD player reads the media to determine damaged portions of the video program. Once the damaged portion is identified, the DVD player downloads content from a remote content provider, such as the content producer, a rental agency, or a third party provider. The content may be downloaded during or prior to video playback. Rental agencies or other providers may be notified of damaged media by network message. When a defect is located during playback and content is downloaded, the DVD player transmits user and disc identification data encoded in the DVD player and on the media across the network to the agency. The agency may use the information to flag the media for removal from circulation upon return. | 08-12-2010 |
20100209079 | RECORD REPRODUCING APPARATUS - In a DVD+VR recording method, when a VCPS (Video Content Protection System) title ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100220981 | 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 | 09-02-2010 |
20100232770 | System and method for interactive environments presented by video playback devices - There is provided a video playback device for providing an interactive environment on a display in response to a user input. The video playback device comprises (1) a memory to store a plurality of images forming a plurality of viewpoints of the interactive environment; a plurality of transition sequences, wherein each of the plurality of transition sequences provides a video transition from one image to another image; and a linking structure linking the plurality of images with the plurality of transition sequences; (2) a processor to determine a direction of movement based on the user input; select a next one of the plurality of transition sequences and a next one of the plurality of images based on the direction of movement and the linking structure; and display the next one of the plurality of transition sequences and the next one of the plurality of images on the display. | 09-16-2010 |
20100232771 | TIME-SENSITIVE REMOTE CONTROL OF A VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE - One or more media players are remotely controlled via a data network in a manner that synchronizes the playback state of each media player with the playback state of a master device. | 09-16-2010 |
20100254684 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OF CONTENTS - Disclosed is a distribution system of contents, comprising a distribution server | 10-07-2010 |
20100260488 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE, VIDEO REPRODUCING APPARATUS, SERVER, CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM USING THE OPTICAL DISC DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD - An optical disc device is provided with an optical head ( | 10-14-2010 |
20100260489 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, PROGRAM, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD - Recorded on the recording medium (BD-ROM) is an AV stream that is obtained by multiplexing a video stream and one or more audio streams. MOVIE objects are scenarios showing playback procedures of video data described using playback device-oriented commands. In addition to the MOVIE objects, enhanced-mode scenarios (Java and WebPage objects) are also recorded on the recording medium. These enhanced-mode scenarios, each of which is described in the Java language or a markup language, show control procedures with respect to playback devices. The Java and WebPage objects are capable of taking over register setting values set by MOVIE objects, and extracting parts of video data played by MOVIE objects. | 10-14-2010 |
20100266265 | 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 |