44th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 74 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150312532 | DIGITAL JUKEBOX DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems that interact with users to provide access to media appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, an entertainment system in a location is configured to provide jukebox-related and entertainment system mediated services that are accessible from within and from the outside of the location, and provide (1) attract or flight media operations, (2) browsing services, and/or (3) search screens appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. Such screens may be provided with a three-dimensional look-and-feel in certain exemplary embodiments. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312533 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCRIBING INFORMATION USING WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY - A wearable scribing system includes glasses with a camera, speakers, a microphone and a display which communicate information to a remote system via a receiver/transmitter device. A scribe at the remote system inputs the information into an electronic health record. The wearable scribing system enables direct physician to physician communication. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312534 | Communication and Monitoring System - An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312535 | SELF-ROUSING SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A self-rousing surveillance system, method and computer program product for monitoring activity across a geographical location. Surveillance sensors are distributed about a geographical location and normally in a low surveillance state. A sensor controller controls data collection by each surveillance sensors. An event monitor receives reports indicating events at local areas within the geographical location. The event monitor identifies local areas with each report. The sensor controller places surveillance sensors identified with the respective local area in a heightened surveillance state in response to received reports | 2015-10-29 |
20150312536 | POWER CALIBRATION OF MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES IN A DISPLAY SCREEN - A display device with multiple light sources includes a first detector for detecting a brightness of one or more different portions of the image formed on the display device, a second detector that measures output intensities of the light sources, and a controller that records correlation values that correlate input power settings of the light sources with the detected brightness and the measured output intensities. During operation of the display device, the controller applies the correlation values to determine the proper input power settings of the light sources so that brightness uniformity among the multiple light sources can be achieved. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312537 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH SCALED FILTER ARRAY AND IN-PIXEL BINNING - Embodiments of an apparatus including a pixel array including a plurality of individual pixels grouped into pixel kernels having two or more individual pixels, wherein each pixel kernel includes a floating diffusion electrically coupled to all individual pixels in the kernel. A color filter array (CFA) is positioned over and optically coupled to the pixel array, the CFA comprising a plurality of tiled minimal repeating units, each including a plurality of scaled filters having a photoresponse selected from among two or more different photoresponses. Individual pixels within each pixel kernel are optically coupled to a scaled filter. Circuitry and logic coupled to the pixel array cause the apparatus to operate in a first mode wherein signals from a subset of individual pixels are individually transferred to their floating diffusion and read, resulting in a high-resolution, low-sensitivity sub-image and a second mode wherein signals from individual pixels in every pixel kernel are binned into the kernel's floating diffusion and read, resulting in a low-resolution, high-sensitivity image. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312538 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS TONE CORRECTION AND EDGE ENHANCEMENT, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which enables natural edge enchantment suited to a frequency band of a subject even when performing local contrast correction in combination with edge enhancement. A local contrast correction unit multiplies a signal of a target pixel in image data by a gain based on values obtained by reflecting signals of pixels around the target pixels. For signals of the target pixel output from the local contrast correction unit, a gamma conversion unit performs gamma conversion based on the signal of the target pixel. An edge signal is extracted from the image data and multiplied by a gain based on a signal output from the local contrast correction unit. The edge signal is added to a signal output from the gamma conversion unit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312539 | WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE - A white balance adjustment method for a display, the method including acquiring spectrum stimulus values of q gray scales of red, green, blue and white of a display panel of a tested display; determining spectrum stimulus value brightness of white and green, and performing interpolation segmenting on brightness of white and green; normalizing brightness of white and green; acquiring an ideal brightness normalized value of white and an ideal brightness normalized value of green; comparing the normalized value for brightness white and the ideal brightness normalized value corresponding to the white and the normalized value for brightness of green and the ideal brightness normalized value corresponding to the green respectively, based on the closest principle, and determining optimal gray scales of white and green; determining a target chromaticity, and changing the gray scales of red and blue, acquiring a RGBW combination which is closest to the target chromaticity. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312540 | AUTOMATIC WHITE BALANCING WITH CHROMATICITY MEASURE OF RAW IMAGE DATA - An apparatus and methods for estimating a chromaticity of illumination from raw image data. In an embodiment, one or more image chromaticity weight is determined based on a distance between the raw image data in a sensor chromaticity space and a nearest point within a locus of sensor illumination chromaticities. In a further embodiment, one or more image chromaticity weight is determined based on a disparity among normalized color channel values. In certain embodiments, image chromaticity estimates are utilized to determine a white point estimate for the raw image data. In embodiments, an electronic device including a camera estimates the chromaticity value of raw image data captured by the camera as part of an AWB pipeline. The electronic device may further determine, for example as part of the AWB pipeline, a white point estimate based, at least in part, on the raw image data chromaticity value estimate(s). | 2015-10-29 |
20150312541 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup device includes an image pickup section that picks up an image and is sensitive to at least the red, green, and blue ranges of visible light, and the infrared range; an extraction region processing section that sets regions in an image picked up by the image pickup section; an infrared extraction processing section that extracts infrared range signal information from the regions that were set by the extraction region processing section; a visible light extraction processing section that extracts visible light range signal information from the regions that were set by the extraction range processing section; a white balance processing section that conducts white balance processing on the image using a prescribed color gain; and a system control section that controls the white balance processing section. The system control section performs control so that the color gain of the white balance processing section is a prescribed value. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312542 | SIGNAL CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A maximum value Yimax and a minimum value Yimin of input pixel data Ri, Gi, Bi for each pixel are determined. A saturation adjustment value X is determined using a function g (Yimax, Yimin), white pixel data Wo is determined using a function f (Yimin), and these are used to determine output pixel data Ro, Go, Bo. Even the saturation represented by RGB three-color data is high, conversion to RGBW four-color data with improved brightness can be made, without changing the hue. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312543 | AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO SIGNALS - An audio and/or video generation apparatus which is arranged in operation to generate audio and/or video signals representative of an audio and/or video source, the audio and/or video generation apparatus comprising a recording unit which records the audio and/or video signals on a recording medium, wherein the audio and/or video generation apparatus is arranged to receive metadata associated with the audio and/or video signals generated by a data processor, the recording unit records the metadata on the recording medium with the audio and/or video signals. The data processor receives signals representative of the time codes of the recorded audio/video signals, and the metadata includes time code data representative of the in and out points of a take of the audio/video signals generated by the data processor. The metadata also includes unique identification code for identifying the audio/video signals. The unique identification code is a UMID or the like. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312544 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR - Provided is a method for controlling a video lens in an image capture device which uses a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor. A vertical sync (Vsync) signal and a horizontal sync (Hsync) signal are separately generated and then synthesized. Thereafter, the resulting signal is synthesized with a DC level mode luminance signal to generate a lens control signal for controlling the video lens. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312545 | INTER-VIEW FILTER PARAMETERS RE-USE FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CODING - Described herein are techniques related to re-use of filter parameters, and particularly Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) parameters, of an independent view or coded dependent views for coding dependent views for three dimension (3D) video encoding. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312546 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - The stereoscopic image display device displaying a stereoscopic image by being placed on a movable object includes: a stereoscopic display panel module which projects images of different parallaxes for each of neighboring spatial regions; a movable object state detecting module which detects state information regarding a position state of the movable object; an observing distance calculation module which calculates a relative distance between the stereoscopic display panel module and a specific observer located on a display surface side thereof based on the state information; a device characteristic data saving module which saves device characteristic data regarding the stereoscopic display panel module; and a display setting adjusting module which adjusts display setting of the stereoscopic image by referring to the relative distance and the device characteristic data. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312547 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND REBUILDING A VIDEO STREAM - Apparatus ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150312548 | METHOD, MEDIUM, AND SYSTEM GENERATING A STEREO SIGNAL - Surround audio decoding for selectively generating an audio signal from a multi-channel signal. In the surround audio decoding, a down-mixed signal, e.g., as down-mixed by an encoding terminal, is selectively up-mixed to a stereo signal or a multi-channel signal, by generating spatial information for generating the stereo signal, using spatial information for up-mixing the down-mixed signal to the multi-channel signal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312549 | GENERATION AND USE OF A 3D RADON IMAGE - Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for efficiently recording captured plenoptic image data and for rendering images from the captured plenoptic data. The plenoptic image data can be captured by a plenoptic or other light field camera. In some implementations, four dimensional radiance data can be transformed into three dimensional data by performing a Radon transform to define the image by planes instead of rays. A resulting Radon image can represent the summed values of energy over each plane. The original three-dimensional luminous density of the scene can be recovered, for example, by performing an inverse Radon transform. Images from different views and/or having different focus can be rendered from the luminous density. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312550 | COMBINING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES WITH DEPTH DATA TO DETECT JUNCTIONS OR EDGES - A method, system, apparatus, article of manufacture, and computer program product provide the ability to detect junctions. 3D pixel image data is obtained/acquired based on 2D image data and depth data. Within a given window over the 3D pixel image data, for each of the pixels within the window, an equation for a plane passing through the pixel is determined/computed. For all of the determined planes within the given window, an intersection of all of the planes is computed. A spectrum of the intersection/matrix is analyzed. Based on the spectrum, a determination is made if the pixel at the intersection is of 3 or more surfaces, 2 surfaces, or is 1 surface. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312551 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a first polarizing unit that has a first polarization region and a second polarization region to transmit different polarized light corresponding to different viewing point images, a second polarizing unit that includes a third polarization region to transmit only transmission light of the first polarization region, a fourth polarization region to transmit only transmission light of the second polarization region, and a total transmission region to transmit the total transmission light of the first polarization region and the second polarization region, an imaging element, and an image processing unit that executes signal processing with respect to an output signal of the imaging element. The image processing unit executes correction processing to generate a two-dimensional image and executes image conversion of the two-dimensional image to generate a left eye image and a right eye image for three-dimensional image display. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312552 | PORTABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNER AND METHOD OF GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAN RESULT CORRESPONDING TO AN OBJECT - A portable three-dimensional scanner includes at least two image sensing units and a depth map generation unit. When the portable three-dimensional scanner is moved around an object, a first image sensing unit and a second image sensing unit of the at least two image sensing units capture a plurality of first images comprising the object and a plurality of second images comprising the object, respectively. When the first image sensing unit captures each first image of the plurality of first images, a corresponding distance exists between the portable three-dimensional scanner and the object. The depth map generation unit generates a corresponding depth map according to the each first image and a corresponding second image. A plurality of depth maps generated by the depth map generation unit, the plurality of first images, and the plurality of second images are used for generating a color three-dimensional scan result corresponding to the object. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312553 | CAPTURING AND RELIGHTING IMAGES USING MULTIPLE DEVICES - A system and method are provided for coordinating image capture using multiple devices, including for example multiple image capture devices (cameras), multiple lighting devices (flash), and/or the like. In at least one embodiment, the system of the present invention is configured to collect image information from multiple image capture devices, such as cameras, and/or to collect multiple images having different lighting configurations. The collected image data can be processed to generate various effects, such as relighting, parallax, refocusing, and/or three-dimensional effects, and/or to introduce interactivity into the image presentation. In at least one embodiment, the system of the present invention is implemented using any combination of any number of image capture device(s) and/or flash (lighting) device(s), which may be equipped to communicate with one another via any suitable means, such as wirelessly. A communication protocol is established for enabling such communication, such as WiFi, Bluetooth, or the like. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312554 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROBUST AND EXTENDED ILLUMINATION WAVEFORMS FOR DEPTH SENSING IN 3D IMAGING - The methods and systems disclosed herein improve upon previous 3D imaging techniques by making use of a longer illumination pulse to obtain the same or nearly the same range resolution as can be achieved by using a much shorter, conventional laser pulse. For example, a longer illumination pulse can be produced by one or more Q-switched lasers that produce, for example, 5, 10, 20 ns or longer pulses. In some instances, the laser pulse can be longer than the modulation waveform of a MIS-type imaging system and still produce a repeatable response function. The light pulse generation technologies required to achieve longer pulse lengths can be significantly less expensive and less complex than known technologies presently used to generate shorter illumination pulse lengths. Lower-cost, lower-complexity light pulse sources may facilitate lower-cost, commercial 3D camera products. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312555 | SINGLE-LENS, SINGLE-SENSOR 3-D IMAGING DEVICE WITH A CENTRAL APERTURE FOR OBTAINING CAMERA POSITION - A device and method for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging using a defocusing technique is disclosed. The device comprises a lens, a central aperture located along an optical axis for projecting an entire image of a target object, at least one defocusing aperture located off of the optical axis, a sensor operable for capturing electromagnetic radiation transmitted from an object through the lens and the central aperture and the at least one defocusing aperture, and a processor communicatively connected with the sensor for processing the sensor information and producing a 3-D image of the object. Different optical filters can be used for the central aperture and the defocusing apertures respectively, whereby a background image produced by the central aperture can be easily distinguished from defocused images produced by the defocusing apertures. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312556 | RGB-IR SENSOR, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING 3D IMAGE BY USING SAME - The present invention relates to an RGB-IR sensor, and a method and an apparatus for obtaining a 3D image by using the same. The RGB-IR sensor according to the present invention comprises: a first pixel basic unit including one of each of R, G, B and IR pixels; and a second pixel basic unit in which the R, G, B and IR pixels are arranged in a different order from those in the first pixel basic unit, wherein the RGB-IR sensor is comprised by alternately arranging the first pixel basic unit and the second pixel basic unit in a horizontal direction, and wherein R, G, B and IR pixel arrangements in the first pixel basic unit and the second pixel basic unit are determined so that the position of IR-pixels in the RGB-IR sensor are not equidistance apart from each other. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312557 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - In an example embodiment, an image processing device includes a pixel array including pixels two-dimensionally arranged and configured to capture an image, each of the pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and an image data processing circuit configured to generate image data from pixel signals output from the pixels. The image processing device further includes a color data processing circuit configured to extract color data from the image data and output extracted color data. The image processing device further includes a depth data extraction circuit configured to extract depth data from the image data and output extracted depth data. The image processing device further includes an output control circuit configured to control the output of the color data and the depth data. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312558 | STEREOSCOPIC RENDERING TO EYE POSITIONS - Enacted in a stereoscopic display system, a method to display a virtual object at a specified distance in front of an observer. The method includes sensing positions of the right and left eyes of the observer, and based on these positions, shifting a right or left display image of the virtual object. The shift is of such magnitude and direction as to confine the positional disparity between the right and left display images to a direction parallel to an interocular axis of the observer, in an amount to place the virtual object at the specified distance. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312559 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - According to one of aspects, a display device includes: a display unit configured to three-dimensionally display a predetermined object, by displaying images respectively corresponding to both eyes of a user by being worn; a detection unit configured to detect displacement of a predetermined body in a display space of the object; and a control unit configured to perform an operation associated with the object, according to the displacement of the predetermined body detected by the detection unit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312560 | Variable Resolution Eye Mounted Displays - A display device (e.g., in a contact lens) is mounted on the eye. The eye mounted display contains multiple sub-displays, each of which projects light to different retinal positions within a portion of the retina corresponding to the sub-display. Additionally, a “locally uniform resolution” mapping may be used to model the variable resolution of the eye. Accordingly, various aspects of the display device may be based on the locally uniform resolution mapping. For example, the light emitted from the sub-displays may be based on the locally uniform resolution mapping. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312561 | VIRTUAL 3D MONITOR - A right near-eye display displays a right-eye virtual object, and a left near-eye display displays a left-eye virtual object. A first texture derived from a first image of a scene as viewed from a first perspective is overlaid on the right-eye virtual object and a second texture derived from a second image of the scene as viewed from a second perspective is overlaid on the left-eye virtual object. The right-eye virtual object and the left-eye virtual object cooperatively create an appearance of a pseudo 3D video perceivable by a user viewing the right and left near-eye displays. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312562 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes a display panel that displays an image and a switching panel operated in a two-dimensional mode or three-dimensional mode such that the image is perceived as a two-dimensional mode or three-dimensional image on the display panel. The switching panel includes a plurality of unit devices. Each of the unit devices includes a first zone disposed at one side of a center axis of the unit device and a second zone disposed at the other side of the center axis. Each of the first zone and the second zone includes a plurality of electrodes, respectively. The plurality of electrodes do not overlap the center axis. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312563 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A projection apparatus for projecting a plurality of stereoscopic images such that portions thereof overlap each other and displaying one stereoscopic image, the apparatus includes a projection unit adapted to project an indicator that is an image for adjusting a stereoscopic degree corresponding to a parallax between a projected left image and a projected right image, in an overlapping region where the plurality of stereoscopic images overlap each other; a detection unit adapted to detect a parallax between an indicator in the left image and an indicator in the right image based on a captured image of a projected indicator; and an adjustment unit adapted to adjust stereoscopic degrees of the plurality of stereoscopic images by an adjustment amount that is determined based on the detected parallax. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312564 | METHOD OF MISALIGNMENT CORRECTION AND DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION FOR LANE SENSING SENSOR - A method of diagnosing a state of health of a vision-based lane sensing system. A first misalignment factor is calculated as a function of a vehicle lateral offset and a vehicle heading. A second misalignment factor is calculated as a function of a vehicle speed, an estimated curvature of an expected path of travel, a lane curvature, and the vehicle heading. Histograms are generated for the first and second misalignment factors. A probability of a state of health is determined. A determination is made whether the probability of the state of health is within a predetermined threshold. An angle misalignment of the vision system is estimated. The angle misalignment of the vision system is corrected in response to the determination that the probability of the state of health is within the predetermined threshold; otherwise a warning of a faulty lane sensing system is actuated. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312565 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM - A method for calibrating a vehicular vision system includes providing a camera at a vehicle, with the camera having a field of view. Images are captured with the camera and a set of resultant images are acquired for a classification. Information is extracted related to image features in the set of resultant images, and an appropriate subset of coefficients is determined. For each classification, a classification vector of at least one appropriate weight is stored that corresponds to the determined subset of coefficients. The determined subset of coefficients is determined by processing sets of coefficients produced from a selection of calibration images and determining a subset of coefficients which acceptably discriminate between defined classifications. A set of resultant images is acquired by limiting the dynamic range of acquired images to obtain resultant images that include at least one region of interest. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312566 | MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND A MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD - A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion estimation unit ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150312567 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF USING INTER-CODED PREDICTIVE ENCODING CODE - An image encoding device and corresponding decoding device are disclosed for achieving a high rate of compression. The encoding device includes an image conversion module that converts the direction of the images using right-left symmetry mode convention or up-down symmetry mode conversion. Encoding modules are used to encode both the unconverted and converted images. A mode selector module compares the quantity of codes in the encoded unconverted images and the quantity of codes in the encoded converted images, and selects codes that are smaller in the quantity of codes for output. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312568 | METHOD AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video encoding/decoding. In some embodiments the method comprises decoding a coding unit being coded with palette coding, wherein an indication of a scan order of the palette mode is decoded for said coding unit. Mode information for at least one pixel within the coding unit is decoded. Depending on the mode information, a decoded pixel value is set based on indicated scan order; or an indication to determine the number of the pixels sharing the value and indication for a reconstruction value of number of pixels are decoded; or an indication for a reconstruction value of a pixel is decoded. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312569 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program, in which a filter process on a decoded image is performed in parallel in a processing unit regardless of a parallel encoding processing unit. An addition unit decodes encoding data and generates an image. A deblocking filter, an adaptive offset filter, and an adaptive loop filter perform the filter process in a parallel processing unit regardless of a slice in parallel on the image generated by the addition unit. The present technology, for example, can be applied to an encoding apparatus and a decoding apparatus. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312570 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD - A video decoding method includes: decoding a skip information indicating whether or not a current block to be decoded is a skip block; when the skip information indicates that the current block is the skip block, decoding motion information of the current block, determining a motion vector of the current block, and reconstructing the current block directly from a predicted block, without decoding information on residual signals of the current block; and when the skip information indicates that the current block is not the skip block, decoding prediction information of the current block from the bitstream, decoding information on a quantization parameter and transform coefficients which correspond to the current block, when at least one of the transform coefficients is not zero, reconstructing residual signals from the transform coefficients and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction information and the reconstructed residual signals. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312571 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/ DECODING IMAGE SUPPORTING PLURALITY OF LAYERS - A method and device for encoding/decoding an image supporting a plurality of layers are disclosed. The method for decoding the image includes the step of receiving a bitstream including information on a decoding target block of the current layer, the step of entropy decoding the bitstream and obtaining a 1D array of transformation coefficients of the decoding target block; the step of scanning the 1D array of the transformation coefficients according to a scan order and re-arranging it as a 2D array of the transformation coefficients, the step of inversely quantizing the 2D array of the transformation coefficients and obtaining a 2D array of transformation coefficients inversely quantized for the decoding target block, and the step of predicting the decoding target block based on a prediction mode for the decoding target block. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312572 | ADJUSTING ENCODING PARAMETERS AT A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON A CHANGE IN AVAILABLE NETWORK BANDWIDTH - A method includes encoding, at a mobile device having a camera, a first portion of a media stream captured by the camera based on an encoding parameter. The method also includes sending the encoded first portion of the media stream from the mobile device to a computing device via a network connection. The method further includes detecting a change in available network bandwidth of the network connection. The method includes automatically adjusting the encoding parameter in response to the change in the available network bandwidth. The method also includes encoding a second portion of the media stream based on the adjusted encoding parameter and sending the encoded second portion of the media stream from the mobile device to the computing device. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312573 | METHOD AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video encoding/decoding. In some embodiments the method comprises signalling a long-term palette information, where the long-term palette information comprises at least information on the color values for each entry in the long-term palette; generating a palette that is used for coding a coding unit by either selecting at least one color value from a long-term palette or by separately signaling at least one color value, or performing both. Alternatively the method comprises constructing a long-term palette during an encoding process or a decoding process; and updating the long-term palette dynamically after coding a coding unit, and constructing a palette used for encoding or decoding a coding unit using information from the long-term palette. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312574 | TECHNIQUES FOR LOW POWER IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DISPLAY - Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for reducing the consumption of electric power in rendering an image onto a display associated with a computing device by generating and compressing difference frames for use in rendering the image. A device to compress video frames includes a processor component; and a frame buffer compressor for execution by the processor component to compress a current frame of a series of frames as a compressed difference frame, the compressed difference frame comprising a difference frame that indicates a difference in pixel color of at least one pixel between the current frame and a preceding adjacent frame of the series of frames. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312575 | ADVANCED VIDEO CODING METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments provide methods and systems for encoding video including identifying a region of interest and compressing data of the region of interest at a first bitrate. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312576 | METHOD FOR LIMITING THE MEMORY REQUIRED FOR RECORDING AN AUDIO, IMAGE OR VIDEO FILE CREATED BY VIRTUE OF AN APPARATUS IN SAID APPARATUS - Method and apparatus for the digital encoding of a first raw file, the method includes: | 2015-10-29 |
20150312577 | COLOR IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION - Color image data is compressed by determining the number of colors within a cell of an input image, each cell comprising an N×M array of pixels; in response to determining that the number of colors is greater than a first predetermined threshold, compress the cell using lossy compression; and in response to determining that the number of colors is less than the first predetermined threshold, reduce the number of colors. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312578 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing device including a receiving section configured to receive a bitstream obtained by encoding an image having at least one layer and buffer management parameter information of each layer indicating at least one of that a parameter for managing a decoder buffer is a parameter for performing a decoding process of only a corresponding layer and that the parameter for managing the decoder buffer is a parameter for performing a decoding process of a corresponding layer and a lower layer, and a decoding section configured to decode the bitstream received by the receiving section and generate an image. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312579 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING SAID METHOD - The present invention minimizes the clipping of a pixel value in upsampling and interpolation filter processes in reference to a restoration image of a reference layer by an enhancement layer in an SVC decoder and thus minimizes a decrease in picture quality. Also, by adjusting and limiting the motion vector of the enhancement layer to the position of an integer pixel when deriving a differential coefficient of the reference layer by using a motion vector of the enhancement layer in the GRP process, it is possible to create a differential coefficient without performing additional interpolation on the image of the reference layer. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312580 | APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING - A method comprising: encoding a first picture on a first scalability layer and on a lowest temporal sub-layer; encoding a second picture on a second scalability layer and on the lowest temporal sub-layer, wherein the first picture and the second picture represent the same time instant, encoding one or more first syntax elements, associated with the first picture, with a value indicating that a picture type of the first picture is other than a step-wise temporal sub-layer access (STSA) picture; encoding one or more second syntax elements, associated with the second picture, with a value indicating that a picture type of the second picture is a step-wise temporal sub-layer access picture; and encoding at least a third picture on a second scalability layer and on a temporal sub-layer higher than the lowest temporal sub-layer. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312581 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing device including a receiving section configured to receive hierarchical image encoded data in which image data that is hierarchized into layers is encoded, a pixel filling section configured to fill, with a pixel of a base layer, an unavailable peripheral pixel positioned in a periphery of a current block that is used in intra prediction to he performed when an enhancement layer of the hierarchical image encoded data is decoded, an intra prediction section configured to perform intra prediction on the current block to generate a predictive image of the current block using the peripheral pixel that is filled with the pixel of the base layer by the pixel filling section when necessary, and a decoding section configured to decode the enhancement layer of the hierarchical image encoded data received by the receiving section using the predictive image generated by the intra prediction section. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312582 | SCALABLE VIDEO CODING USING REFERENCE AND SCALED REFERENCE LAYER OFFSETS - A process for determining the selection of filters and input samples is provided for scalable video coding. The process provides for re-sampling using video data obtained from an encoder or decoder process of a base layer (BL) in a multi-layer system to improve quality in Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC). In order to accommodate other applications such as interlace/progressive scalability and to increase the resolution of the alignment between layers, it is proposed that the phase offset adjustment parameters be signaled. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312583 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING REDUNDANCY IN RESIDUE SIGNEL IN VIDEO DATA COMPRESSION - A method of processing video data includes generating a prediction signal (PS) corresponding to a Macro Block (MB), calculating a prediction residue signal (PRS) of the MB from the prediction signal (PS), predicting a reconstructed prediction residual signal (RPRS) from a reconstructed residue reference frame (RRRF), and identifying an error of residue signal (EORS) by subtracting the RPRS from the PRS. The method further includes comparing the PRS of the MB and the EORS, identifying a residue signal having a least error value based on a result of the comparison, and generating an encoded bit stream for transmission based on the residue signal having the least error value. The residue signal is identified by correlating the prediction residue signal of the MB and the RPRS of a reference frame. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312584 | SIGNALING CONFORMANCE POINTS USING PROFILE SPACE - An unused value of the general_profile_space syntax element can be used to indicate that a layer with a non-zero value of nuh_layer_id in a multi-layer bitstream is otherwise conforming to a profile. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312585 | MOTION COMPENSATION METHOD, PICTURE CODING METHOD AND PICTURE DECODING METHOD - A picture coding apparatus includes a motion vector estimation unit and a motion compensation unit. The motion vector estimation unit selects one method for deriving a motion vector of a block to be motion-compensated, depending on a motion vector of a block located in a corner of a decoded macroblock from among a group of blocks that compose the decoded macroblock corresponding to the current macroblock to be coded and determines the motion vector derived by the selected method for derivation to be a candidate of the motion vector of the current macroblock to be coded. The motion compensation unit generates a predictive image of the block to be motion-compensated based on the estimated motion vector. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312586 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF USING INTER-CODED PREDICTIVE ENCODING CODE - An image encoding device and corresponding decoding device are disclosed for achieving a high rate of compression. The encoding device includes an image conversion module that converts the direction of the images using right-left symmetry mode convention or up-down symmetry mode conversion. Encoding modules are used to encode both the unconverted and converted images. A mode selector module compares the quantity of codes in the encoded unconverted images and the quantity of codes in the encoded converted images, and selects codes that are smaller in the quantity of codes for output. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312587 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF USING INTER-CODED PREDICTIVE ENCODING CODE - An image encoding device and corresponding decoding device are disclosed for achieving a high rate of compression. The encoding device includes an image conversion module that converts the direction of the images using right-left symmetry mode convention or up-down symmetry mode conversion. Encoding modules are used to encode both the unconverted and converted images. A mode selector module compares the quantity of codes in the encoded unconverted images and the quantity of codes in the encoded converted images, and selects codes that are smaller in the quantity of codes for output. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312588 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE - To achieve a reduction in the amount of coding taken in the use of an asymmetric partition and to implement efficient encoding/decoding processes exploiting the characteristics of the asymmetric partition. An image decoding device includes a motion compensation parameter derivation unit configured to derive a motion compensation parameter indicating either a uni-prediction scheme or a bi-prediction scheme. In a case that a prediction unit has a size less than or equal to a predetermined value, the motion compensation parameter derivation unit is configured to derive the motion compensation parameter by switching between the prediction schemes. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312589 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of suppressing a deterioration in image quality. The image processing apparatus includes a threshold value setting unit which sets a threshold value for identifying a feature of neighboring pixels of a current block in an intra prediction process in encoding of image data according to a bit depth of the image data and a filtering processing unit which performs a filtering process on the neighboring pixels by using a filter according to the feature of the neighboring pixels identified by using the threshold value set by the threshold value setting unit. The present disclosure may be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312590 | METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A PICTURE AND CORRESPONDING DEVICES - A method for decoding a picture divided into blocks is disclosed. The method comprises at least one iteration of: | 2015-10-29 |
20150312591 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method that enable efficient change of reference relationship of views in multi-view coding. In the present technology, as for inter-view reference images, a used_by_curr flag is also set to an image having a possibility of being referred, in a slice header or syntax of an SPS. Only an image with the used_by_curr flag of 1 is added to a temporal list used in generating a reference list. Therefore, the temporal list (RefPicListTemp0[rldx]) of L0 is generated in an order of a short-term (before) reference image of an index 0, a short-term (after) reference image of an index 1, and inter-view reference images of indexes 2 and 3. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus, for example. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312592 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CODING AND DECODING DEPTH MAP - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses for coding and decoding a depth map. The coding method includes: obtaining prediction data corresponding to a current image block of the depth map, obtaining a predicted pixel value from the prediction data according to a preset step, and calculating a first average value of the prediction data according to the predicted pixel value, where the preset step is a positive integer except 1; obtaining a residual of the current image block according to the first average value of the prediction data and a pixel value of a pixel of the current image block; and coding the residual of the current image block. In this way, coding and decoding efficiency can be improved. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312593 | COMPRESSION OF LIGHT FIELD IMAGES - RAW images and/or light field images may be compressed through the use of specialized techniques. The color depth of a light field image may be reduced through the use of a bit reduction algorithm such as a K-means algorithm. The image may then be retiled to group pixels of similar intensities and/or colors. The retiled image may be padded with extra pixel rows and/or pixel columns as needed, and compressed through the use of an image compression algorithm. The compressed image may be assembled with metadata pertinent to the manner in which compression was done to form a compressed image file. The compressed image file may be decompressed by following the compression method in reverse. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312594 | ERROR RECOVERY FOR VIDEO DELIVERY VIA A SEGMENTATION PROCESS - A client device may receive encoded video via a transport stream based on a video coding protocol. When errors result in receiving the encoded video, the client device may use an Internet Protocol (IP) connection to recover from the error. For example, an encoder may insert markers inband in the transport stream, and a segmenter then segments the video using the markers. The content remains in the form of a continuous transport stream that is compatible with existing transport stream delivery mechanisms. When an error occurs, the client device can then determine a locator for a segment that can be used to recover from the error and requests the segment from a server through the IP connection. The server sends the segment to the client device at the level of the transport stream layer without adding another protocol layer to encapsulate the segment. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312595 | PERCEPTUAL PREPROCESSING FILTER FOR VIEWING-CONDITIONS-AWARE VIDEO CODING - A perceptual filter may be implemented to filter one or more spatial frequencies from a video signal that are below a contrast sensitivity limit of a viewer of the video signal. The perceptual filter may be configured to adapt one or more perceptual filter parameters on a pixel-basis based on, for example, content, viewing distance, display density, contrast ratio, display luminance, background luminance, and/or age of the viewer. A spatial cutoff frequency of the perceptual filter may be mapped to a contrast sensitivity. The perceptual filter may be used as a preprocessing step for a video encoder so as to lower an encoded bitrate. Temporal filtering of the video frames may be used to maintain continuity of a spatial cutoff frequency to ensure the perceptual filtering effects are not identified as motion by a video encoder, and the temporal filtering may be restricted to static areas of a frame. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312596 | Image Processing Method and Apparatus - An image processing method and apparatus, the image processing method including receiving a first largest coding unit of an image, where the first largest coding unit is a currently received largest coding unit; determining a compensation parameter of the first largest coding unit; performing pixel compensation on at least one area of the first largest coding unit according to the compensation parameter of the first largest coding unit; and performing pixel compensation on at least one area, on which pixel compensation is not performed, of a second largest coding unit according to a compensation parameter of the second largest coding unit, where the second largest coding unit is a previously received largest coding unit adjacent to the first largest coding unit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312597 | FILE STRUCTURE TECHNIQUES FOR STORING MULTIPLE BITRATE CONTENT - A remote storage digital video recorder (RS-DVR) system is disclosed. The RS-DVR system includes a network interface to communicate data between the RS-DVR system and a subscriber system via a network, a file system module coupled to the network interface, an ingest agent coupled to the file system module to receive encoded media segments that represent media content files encoded at a plurality of different bitrates; and a storage architecture coupled to the file system to store the encoded media segments, resulting in stored media segments. The RS-DVR carries out a number of functions and operations to service multiple subscribers and associated subscriber systems, such as various storage device management operations, file structure techniques, assignment of recorded media to subscribers, file system indexing, and supporting shared and per-subscriber content rights. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312598 | CAMERA SYSTEM, VIDEO SELECTION APPARATUS AND VIDEO SELECTION METHOD - A camera system includes a plurality of camera apparatuses that output respective video data in a packetized format. A relaying apparatus receives the packetized video data from the plurality of camera apparatuses and relays selected selected packetized video data from a particular one of the plurality of camera apparatuses on a frame basis. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312599 | Intelligent Multiplexing Using Class-Based, Multi-Dimensioned Decision Logic for Managed Networks - Switched digital television programming for video-on-demand and other interactive television services are combined utilizing a class-based, multi-dimensional decision logic to simultaneously optimize video quality and audio uniformity while minimizing latency during user interactions with the system over managed networks such as cable and satellite television networks. A group of user sessions are assigned to a single modulator. The user sessions include data in a plurality of classes, each class having a respective priority. In response to a determination that an aggregate bandwidth of the group of user sessions for a first frame time exceeds a specified budget, bandwidth is allocated for the group of user sessions during the first frame time in accordance with the class priorities. The group of user sessions is multiplexed onto a channel corresponding to the modulator in accordance with the allocated bandwidth and transmitted over a managed network. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312600 | Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for Addressable Content - Systems and methods for push-based dynamic bandwidth allocation deliver addressable, advertising content in a digital network. Bandwidth is allocated on a push basis in response to receiving a trigger from a content distribution stream. The trigger contains data indicating an addressable break. A portion of bandwidth is then allocated to an addressable content stream based on the data of the trigger. The addressable content stream is then streamed to a receiver during the addressable break and the receiver is tuned from the broadcast stream to the addressable content stream for the duration of the addressable break. The additional bandwidth is de-allocated at the end of the addressable break. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312601 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES INCLUDING A STATISTICAL MULTIPLEXER WITH MULTIPLE CHANNEL RATE CONTROL - Examples methods and apparatuses including a statistical multiplexer (statmux) system with multiple channel rate control are described herein. The statmux system includes a rate controller, multiplex control unit and a plurality of encoders. An encoder of the plurality of encoders may be configured to provide a respective encoded bitstream of encoded coding units. The rate controller may buffer respective coding units of at least two of the plurality of channels based on statistical information from the plurality of encoders. The multiplex control unit may adjust multiplexing instructions for multiplexing the plurality of channels based on statistical information from the plurality of encoders, and may provide feedback to the rate controller based on the adjusted multiplexing instructions. The rate controller may provide a quality parameter to the plurality of encoders having a value based on the amount of buffered coding units and the feedback from the multiplex control unit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312602 | INTELLIGENT VIDEO NETWORK PROTOCOL - Software capabilities of a video analytics device are obtained. The software of the video analytics device is configured. An output from the video analytics device is received. The output is sent to a user device. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312603 | RECOMMENDING MEDIA ITEMS BASED ON TAKE RATE SIGNALS - In an approach, a method comprises using a server computer in a media content delivery system that is configured to selectively deliver a particular media title from among a library of titles, for a source title, generating title data that specifies an order of a plurality of titles that are related to the source title based on a plurality of stored probability values; wherein each probability value in the plurality of probability values represents, for each particular title of the plurality of titles, a likelihood of selecting the particular title after playing the source title; using the server computer, receiving title impression data, wherein the title impression data specifies a plurality of browsed titles that were browsed from among the plurality of titles but may have not been selected for interaction; using the server computer, receiving title interaction data, wherein the title interaction data specifies a plurality of selected titles that were selected for interaction from the plurality of browsed titles; based on the title interaction data, the title impression data and a statistical model, re-calculating the plurality of probabilities. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312604 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTING A USER FROM TERMINATING SERVICES BASED ON A CONSUMPTION RATE OF THE USER - Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that prevents a user from terminating a service by broadening criteria used for user recommendations in response to determining that a user is getting bored of the media content already consumed through the service. For example, the media guidance application may determine that the rate at which a user consumes media assets (e.g., through a service) is declining (e.g., indicating the user is losing interest). In response, the media guidance application recommends new media assets with characteristics (e.g., genre, subject matter, media asset series affiliation) that differs from the media assets previously consumed by the user. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312605 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LIKELIHOOD OF USER TERMINATION OF SERVICES - Systems and methods are described herein for determining a likelihood that a user will change a service. A media guidance application may identify a first service to which a user is subscribed. The media guidance application may receive information from a third-party data source corresponding to the user and identify, based on the information from the third-party data source, data indicating a negative interest in the first service. Based on the identified data, the media guidance application may calculate a likelihood that the user will change the first service. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312606 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ADAPTIVELY SELECT SENSOR(S) TO GATHER AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT DATA BASED ON A VARIABLE SYSTEM FACTOR - Methods and apparatus to adaptively gather audience information data are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus monitor system factor(s) and select one or more sensors from a plurality of sensors positioned to gather audience measurement data based on the monitored factor(s). Thus, the disclosed methods and apparatus adapt to the conditions they face by selecting an amount and/or type of audience measurement data they gather. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312607 | ADVERTISING SPONSORSHIPS IN A TELEPRESENCE ENVIRONMENT - A method for managing advertising sponsorships for participants who engage in a social media interaction on a social network commences by first receiving from at least one participant a selection of at least one of advertising sponsorship offer provided to that participant. Thereafter, the selection of the at least one advertising offer made by the at least one participant is accepted in accordance with previously accepted sponsorship offers selected by the at least one participant. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312608 | Media Service Personalization Systems and Methods - In an exemplary method, a media service personalization system directs a media service access device to operate in accordance with a shared mode of operation when user interaction with the media service access device is by way of a shared user input device and directs the media service access device to operate in accordance with a personal mode of operation when user interaction with the media service access device is by way of a personal device specific to a user. In certain examples, the media service personalization system may switch between directing the media service access device to operate in accordance with the shared mode of operation and directing the media service access device to operate in accordance with the personal mode of operation based on a status of a remote control session between the personal device and the shared media service access device. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312609 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTING A USER FROM TERMINATING A SERVICE BASED ON THE ACCESSIBILITY OF A PREFERRED MEDIA ASSET - Methods and systems are described herein for preventing a user from terminating a service. Specifically, the media guidance application may generate for display content aimed at preventing the user from terminating a service in response to determining that a user is likely to terminate the service. For example, in response to determining that a particular media asset preferred by a user is accessible through another service, the media guidance application generates the content associated with preventing the user from terminating his or her current service (e.g., discounts to the cost of the current service, promotion or lists of media content available through the current service, etc.). | 2015-10-29 |
20150312610 | DIGITAL SIGNAGE SYSTEM - Digital signage system control is provided by delivering media content from a digital signage system to display devices. A terminal's display of a custom channel producer may be controlled to display media asset options. The selection by the custom channel producer of media assets is detectable based on selection of displayed media asset options of media assets. The selected media assets are stored in a media store external to the system. The media store stores media assets that are deliverable to a viewing device responsive to a viewer's selection of the viewing device. The display parameters of further media asset stored in a media store external to the system may be validated and selected by the custom channel producer to produce a custom channel that includes the selected media assets with further media assets that are dependent on the display parameters. The custom channel is deliverable to the display devices. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312611 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING MEDIA OPTIONS IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK - Apparatus and methods for providing media options over a network. In one embodiment, the media options are presented in conjunction with a promotion or advertisement for particular content. The precise ones of a plurality of disclosed options that will be presented may be determined based at least in part on a campaign established by a content management entity and a current availability of the content. For example, certain media options may only be made available for content that is currently available, while other options may be only available for content available at a future date/time, or during a particular time window. Rules for determining which options are to be provided in conjunction with which content and/or advertisements are established and by a content management entity, such as an entity of a multiple systems operator (MSO). | 2015-10-29 |
20150312612 | Targeted television advertising based on profiles linked to multiple online devices - A profile provider: (i) associates a primary online device (OD1) with a set-top box (STB); (ii) a location of OD1 at some point in time is estimated to be “near” the STB, thereby establishing a STB proxy location; (iii) one or more secondary online devices (OD2s) are observed to be located “near” the STB proxy location and are associated with the STB; and (iv) a television advertisement is selected to be directed to the STB, which selection is based at least in part on profile information linked to one of the associated OD2s. The method can be particularly advantageous in situations wherein: the STB is not connected to any computer network; the STB is not ever connected to the same local area network as OD1 or OD2; or television service (used by the STB) and online access (used by OD1 and OD2s) are provided by different service providers. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312613 | PERSONALIZED SMART-LIST VIDEO CHANNELS - Disclosed are various embodiments for providing one or more streams of digital content to a user. A request for content may be received by a video content provider from a client device. Digital content may be determined by the video content provider, encoded in a stream, and transmitted to the client device. The digital content may be determined based at least in part on a user and/or the client device requesting the digital content. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312614 | Targeted television advertisements associated with online users' preferred television programs or channels - In an automatic, computer-implemented method, a selected television advertisement is presented automatically in association with a television program or channel, which in turn is selected based at least in part on information from an online user profile that contains information indicating a user's preference for that television program or channel. The television advertisement is selected based at least in part on additional information from the online user profile that is unrelated to the selected television program or channel. The selected television advertisement is presented on or during the selected television program or channel via a set-top box, which has a set-top box identifier associated with the online user profile. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312615 | DIFFERENTIATED PSIP TABLE INTERVAL TECHNOLOGY - An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide information for an n-hour span and has a transmission interval. The ETT has a transmission interval and program description information according to the EIT. The transmission interval of the EIT is shorter than the transmission interval of the ETT. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312616 | DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER STATE CACHE - A digital video recorder control database is maintained for a digital video recorder in communication with a plurality of set-top boxes. The database includes program content, associated programming metadata, and a recording schedule. A subset of the digital video recorder control database is pushed from the digital video recorder control database to the plurality of set-top boxes for local caching on the plurality of set-top boxes. The subset includes at least a portion of the recording schedule. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312617 | Method, apparatus and system for controlling focus on TV interface - Provided are a method, apparatus and system for controlling a focus on a television interface. The method includes that a remote control device generates a movement event and a corresponding movement path and notifies a TV controller, and the TV controller determines the location of a moved focus according to the movement event and the movement path. Through the technology for controlling a focus on a television interface, a button can be pressed for reduced times, the focus can be controlled in any direction conveniently, quickly and flexibly, and the user experience can be improved effectively. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312618 | Systems and Methods for Generating a Full-Motion Video Mosaic Interface for Content Discovery with User-Configurable Filters - A method for generating an interactive graphical user interface is performed at a server system remote from a client device. The server system receives, from the client device, user input selecting a first filter, and filters available video programming using one or more search conditions corresponding to the first filter, to identify a first plurality of videos that satisfy the one or more search conditions. The one or more search conditions include a criterion relating to a popularity metric for a social network. The server system generates a user interface that includes a first mosaic of selectable video tiles corresponding to the first plurality of videos. Respective videos of the first plurality of videos are played in respective video tiles of the first mosaic. The server system encodes the user interface as a video stream and transmits the video stream containing the user interface toward the client device for display. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELEVISION SIGNAL RECORDING - A method for television signal recording the method comprising the steps of: providing access to at least one catch up TV service; generating a signal comprising a graphical user interface of an electronic program guide; awaiting selection of a program for recording: the method further comprising the step of: checking whether the program, selected for recording, is available for retrieval via one of the at least one catch up TV service; storing a reference information to the program, the reference allowing for retrieval of the selected program from a selected program catch up TV service; making the selected program available as a recording entry on a list of recordings; monitoring expiry of the program in the selected catch up TV service; retrieving and recording the program, on a storage device, sufficiently prior to the expiry of the program in the catch up TV service. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING A VIDEO PROGRAM FOR USER INSTRUCTION - The present invention is a method and apparatus for providing the user instructional information describing the operation of their television receiving device system. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312621 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORING A PLURALITY OF OVERLAPPING RECORDINGS OF A SAME DIGITAL VIDEO AND/OR AUDIO STREAM - In storing of a plurality of overlapping recordings of a same digital video and/or audio stream, resource optimization is obtained through reuse of allocated resources when multiple record actions are operated on a same digital video and/or audio stream. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312622 | PROXIMITY DETECTION OF CANDIDATE COMPANION DISPLAY DEVICE IN SAME ROOM AS PRIMARY DISPLAY USING UPNP - In one aspect, a first device includes a storage medium bearing instructions and a processor configured for accessing the storage medium to execute the instructions to configure the processor for determining the location of the first device, determining the location of a second device at least partially based on communication of the first device with the second device using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) communication, comparing the physical location of the first device to the physical location of the second device to determine whether the first and second devices are both within a predefined area, and presenting a user interface (UI) on a display of the first device responsive to determining that the first and second devices are both within the predefined area. The UI enables a user to provide a command to the second device to present ancillary content related to primary content which the first device is to present. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312623 | VIDEO CONTROL-PLANE GATEWAY DEVICE - A video control-plane gateway device includes at least one processor circuit. The at least one processor circuit is configured to establish a local connection with a video client device. The at least one processor circuit is configured to receive, over the local connection, a request for a video stream from the video client device. The at least one processor circuit is configured to transmit the request to a network video server via a wireless access point. The at least one processor circuit is configured to receive, from the wireless access point, control information for reception of the video stream on a downlink channel. The at least one processor circuit is configured to transmit, over the local connection, the control information to the video client device. In one or more implementations, the downlink channel is a supplementary downlink channel that is associated with a primary downlink channel through carrier aggregation. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312624 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING DIRECT RESPONSE ADVERTISEMENTS - System and method for detecting and classifying direct response advertisements. The system includes a unit for generating an advertisement candidate segment for an advertisement section detected from a broadcast stream; a matching unit for determining whether the candidate segment matches each advertisement segment stored in a database (DB); a unit for, if the matching unit determines that a segment matching the candidate segment is not present, determining whether the candidate segment is a direct response advertisement; a registration unit for storing the candidate segment, determined to be a direct response advertisement, as an advertisement segment that is the direct response advertisement in the DB; and a direct response advertisement grouping unit for, if the matching unit determines that an advertisement segment matching the candidate segment is present, and the matching segment is a direct response advertisement, grouping the candidate segment with DB-stored advertisement segments that are direct response advertisements. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312625 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To realize processing for switching a reproduction state from broadcast data to network data and resuming the reproduction of the original broadcast data. A browser ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150312626 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTING USERS FROM TERMINATING SERVICES - Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that generates for display content associated with preventing a user from terminating a service in response to determining, based on a biometric state of the user, that a user is likely to terminate the service. For example, in response to determining that a user is unhappy, not attentive, or bored when accessing content provided by the service, the media guidance application may generate for display discounts or other promotions for the service. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING CHANNELS - A method for managing content commences by first creating a content channel for content of a particular genre responsive to a request from a first user. Thereafter, at least one other user is invited to access the created channel. The created channel is then automatically populated with content of the particular genre from at least one of a content source or the at least one other user. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312628 | CUSTOMIZED ACQUISITION OF CONTENT BY A BROADBAND GATEWAY - Aspects of a method and system for customized acquisition of content by a broadband gateway are provided. A broadband gateway may be operable to determine options for acquiring particular content. The broadband gateway may be operable to rank the determined options. The ranking may be based on one or more characteristics of the options and based on user-specified criteria. The broadband gateway may be operable to select one of the options for acquiring the content based on results of the ranking One or more of the options may be available via a first physical layer connection and one or more of the options may be available via a second physical layer connection. The gateway may rank the determined options based on attributes of one or more devices via which the particular content will be consumed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312629 | User Interface with Video Frame Tiles - Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the provisioning of a user interface with video frame tiles. Specific content sources or pieces of content may be identified according to various parameters, and media renderings of the associated content may be generated. The media renderings may be processed at a device receiving the content, and a user interface including one or more of the media renderings may be generated. The media renderings may be organized within the user interface as individual video frame tiles. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312630 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTING USERS FROM TERMINATING SERVICES BASED ON USE - Methods and systems are also described herein for a media guidance application that generates for display content associated with preventing a user from terminating a service based on whether or not the user has purchased a particular number of media assets that are available only through the service. For example, in response to determining that a user, currently subscribed to a first service, has purchased a threshold number of media assets from the first service, the media guidance application may determine that it is unlikely that the user will terminate the use of the first service. | 2015-10-29 |
20150312631 | MEDIA BOXES AND RELATED METHODS - Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of digital media boxes and related methods. In an exemplary embodiment, a digital media box includes a receiver that receives, via an antenna, signals including metadata and program content from over-the-air broadcast channels. A top portion of the box includes an antenna mount integral thereto for receiving the antenna. The box also includes a controller that combines metadata received by the media box from metadata sources, the combined metadata including but not limited to at least some of the metadata from the over-the-air broadcast channels. The controller provides a dynamic display, on a display device connectible with the digital media box, of at least some of the combined metadata to describe shows scheduled to be presented on the broadcast. | 2015-10-29 |