Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080259173 | Data Processor - To provide a data structure contributing to managing a moving picture and a still picture efficiently and also provide an apparatus for performing recording and/or playback using such a data structure. | 10-23-2008 |
20090003172 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE, DISC MEDIUM, AND METHOD - The present invention aims to simply showing to the user what operations are available with the combination of the disc medium type, the application format of the data recorded/to be recorded on the disc medium, and the information processing apparatus being used by the user. | 01-01-2009 |
20090010614 | Information Storage Medium, Ts Packet Judgement Apparatus, and Data Reproduction Apparatus - The present invention provides an information storage medium in which a stream including basic data and extension data for next generation is stored, so as to allow a decoder capable of decoding only basic data to process such a stream including basic data and extension data. | 01-08-2009 |
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 |
20090016203 | Information recording medium, 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. | 01-15-2009 |
20090016700 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD | 01-15-2009 |
20090055744 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE, SYSTEM LSI, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 02-26-2009 |
20090073598 | DISC DRIVE - A storage medium with electronic paper is provided with a disk drive that can refresh the display on the electronic paper using a simple arrangement. | 03-19-2009 |
20090080509 | DATA PROCESSOR - To allow the user to specify easily a frame when video, of which the frame rate (or vertical scanning frequency) has been converted, is being edited. | 03-26-2009 |
20090097821 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND REPRODUCING METHOD - On a BD-ROM, PlayList information is recorded. The PlayList information includes MainPath information and SubPath information. The MainPath information specifies one of a plurality of AVClips as a MainClip, and defines a primary playback section on the MainClip. The SubPath information specifies, among the rest of the AVClips, one AVClip as a SubClip, and defines, on the SubClip, a secondary playback section to be synchronized with the primary playback section. The PlayList information includes an STN_table, which indicates SubClip and, from among a plurality of elementary streams multiplexed into the SubClip, elementary streams allowed to be played back. A total data size of AVClip per unit time is, for example, less than or equal to 48 Mbits when the AVClip includes a plurality of elementary streams allowed in the STN_table to be played back and does not include elementary streams which are not allowed in the STN_table to be played back. | 04-16-2009 |
20090103895 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD - A playback apparatus that, when it is incorporated in a home theater system, judges via the HDMI whether an apparatus such as a speaker | 04-23-2009 |
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 |
20090185791 | 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 and SubPath information include connection_condition information and sp_connection_condition information, respectively. The connection_condition information and sp_connection_condition information indicate that, when the connection state between two MainClips referred to with the MainPath information is seamless connection (CC=5), the connection state between two SubClips referred to with the SubPath information is also seamless connection (SP_CC=5). In the case of CC=5 and sp_CC=5, IN_time of PlayItem is equal to IN_time(SubPlayItem_IN_time) of SubPlayItem. | 07-23-2009 |
20090208188 | Recording medium, reproduction apparatus, program, and reproduction method - Play list information is recorded on the local storage | 08-20-2009 |
20090208189 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD - A playback device for playing back a playlist. The playback device determines, as a current sub-playitem, a sub-playitem that is optimum for the current sub-playitem each time the current playitem changes. The playback device continues a playback of a playitem when a clip file being referred to by the current sub-playitem has been downloaded and is in the Enable state in the local storage; and stops, by issuing a DataStarved event, the playback of the playitem when the clip file being referred to by the current sub-playitem is in a missing state or an invalid state in the recording medium. | 08-20-2009 |
20090220213 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PLAYING BACK 3D IMAGES - Provided is a recording medium allowing random access to be performed in playing back 3D graphics. The recording medium comprises a digital stream area where a digital stream including temporally-arranged GOP pairs is recorded; and a map information area where map information is recorded, the map information indicating entry addresses in one to one correspondence with entry times on a time axis of the digital stream, each entry address showing a beginning of a corresponding GOP pair region in the digital stream area, wherein each GOP pair including first-type and second-type GOPs, each first-type GOP is data indicating a plain view picture set to be played back from a corresponding entry time, and each second-type GOP is data to be played back with a corresponding first-type GOP to provide a stereoscopic view, the data indicating a difference between a stereoscopic picture set and the plain view picture set. | 09-03-2009 |
20090245749 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE - A video processing device includes: encoder for generating a compressed video data by compressing and encoding a video data from camera unit; and system control unit for recording the compressed video data during a recording period from a recording start time to a recording end time as a video file and for recording, into recording memory, additional data as an index file that is information related to a compressed video data to be recorded in recording memory and, for reading the additional data together with the compressed video data from recording memory. System control unit records, into recording memory, the additional data recorded in the index file. The additional data is composed of additional data regarding the compressed video data recorded during the recording period and another additional data including a time code value showing a time at which a compressed video data to be recorded next is started. | 10-01-2009 |
20090279869 | RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND PLAYBACK DEVICE - A recording medium having recorded thereon one or more pieces of playlist information each of which includes a stream table including multiple stream entries. Each audio stream has been encoded in one of a mandatory format that is an encoding format decodable by a playback apparatus with any version number, and an optional format that is an encoding format decodable by a playback apparatus with a predetermined or higher version number. In a first-type stream table, a stream entry corresponding to an audio stream encoded in the optional format is immediately subsequent, in the order of the stream entries, to a stream entry corresponding to an audio stream encoded in the mandatory format, the audio stream encoded in the optional format and the audio stream encoded in the mandatory format having been encoded from a same audio source and having a same language code and a same number of channels. | 11-12-2009 |
20100027964 | STREAM GENERATION APPARATUS, STREAM GENERATION METHOD, CODING APPARATUS, CODING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A stream generation apparatus of the present invention is a stream generation apparatus which generates a stream including coded pictures and a command for managing a buffer which holds a decoded picture, the command being added to one of the coded pictures as a reference picture. It includes a judging unit which judges whether or not the coded picture to which the command is added is skipped at the time of trick-play, an adding unit which adds, in the case where the coded picture is judged to be skipped, repetition information indicating the same contents as the command to another coded picture that follows, in decoding order, the coded picture judged to be skipped and that is not skipped at the time of the trick-play, and a generating unit which generates the stream including the coded pictures, the command and the repetition information. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027971 | MOVING IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A moving image encoding method of encoding a moving image while switching between variable-length encoding schemes. In this method, a continuous unit to be continuously reproduced is determined (S | 02-04-2010 |
20100040348 | MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, MOVING IMAGE CODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK METHOD, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A moving image coding method that can prevent playback discontinuity without an increase in processing load during playback is provided. | 02-18-2010 |
20100040351 | MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, MOVING IMAGE CODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK METHOD, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A moving image coding method that can prevent playback discontinuity without an increase in processing load during playback is provided. | 02-18-2010 |
20100046922 | STREAM GENERATION APPARATUS, STREAM GENERATION METHOD, CODING APPARATUS, CODING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A stream generation apparatus of the present invention is a stream generation apparatus which generates a stream including coded pictures and a command for managing a buffer which holds a decoded picture, the command being added to one of the coded pictures as a reference picture. It includes a judging unit which judges whether or not the coded picture to which the command is added is skipped at the time of trick-play, an adding unit which adds, in the case where the coded picture is judged to be skipped, repetition information indicating the same contents as the command to another coded picture that follows, in decoding order, the coded picture judged to be skipped and that is not skipped at the time of the trick-play, and a generating unit which generates the stream including the coded pictures, the command and the repetition information. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046926 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A BD-ROM on which an AVClip and a Java™ application are recorded. The AVClip includes a video stream and an audio stream multiplexed therein. On the BD-ROM recorded further are management information and the Mixing_On flag corresponding to the management information. The management information indicates a playback control of the AVClip that is to be played back when the Java™ application is executed. The Mixing_On flag indicates whether or not when a user performs an operation on the Java™ application being executed while the AVClip is under the playback control, mixing of the click sound with an audio output of the AVClip is available. | 02-25-2010 |
20100054710 | MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, MOVING IMAGE CODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK METHOD, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A moving image coding method that can prevent playback discontinuity without an increase in processing load during playback is provided. | 03-04-2010 |
20100067873 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - On a recording medium, stereoscopic and monoscopic specific areas are located one after another next to a stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area is a contiguous area to be accessed both in stereoscopic video playback and monoscopic video playback. The stereoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in stereoscopic video playback. In both the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area and the stereoscopic specific area, extents of base-view and dependent-view stream files are arranged in an interleaved manner. The extents on the stereoscopic specific area are next in order after the extents on the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The monoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in monoscopic video playback. The monoscopic specific area has a copy of the entirety of the extents of the base-view stream file recorded on the stereoscopic specific area. | 03-18-2010 |
20100086285 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Disclosed is a playback device capable of seamlessly playing back 3D and 2D videos. The playback device plays back 3D video streams including a base-view video stream and a dependent-view video stream. When performing stereoscopic playback using the 3D video streams, the playback device outputs picture data pieces obtained by decoding the base-view video stream and the dependent-view video stream to a display device. When performing 2D playback using the 3D video streams, the playback device outputs each of picture data pieces obtained by decoding the base-view video stream to the display device twice in succession. This way, an output frame rate at which the 2D playback is performed matches an output frame rate at which the stereoscopic playback is performed. | 04-08-2010 |
20100142929 | RECORDING DEVICE AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE - There is provided an operation mechanism for rapidly performing content list display and title menu display in a recording device itself or in other devices such as a player and a recorder while eliminating the necessity of creation or recording of the title menu data by a recording device. A data processing device includes a memory and a recording unit. The memory contains a computer-readable program which can be read out by a computer. The computer program causes the computer to search for a data stream of the content recorded in the recording medium, display the content information concerning the data stream found by the search in a menu, and execute processing enabling selection of a data stream by using the content information. The recording unit records at least one data stream in a given recording medium and records the program stored in the memory on its recording medium. | 06-10-2010 |
20100165083 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - On a recording medium according to the present invention, extents for a base-view and a dependent-view are arranged alternately. The lower limit of the size of the base-view extents is the larger of a first lower limit value and a second lower limit value. The lower limit of the size of the dependent-view extent is a third lower limit value. The first lower limit value is determined so that, in monoscopic video playback, buffer underflow does not occur during jump periods between base-view extents. The second lower limit value is determined so that, in stereoscopic video playback, buffer underflow does not occur during read periods from each base-view extent to a next dependent-view extent. The third lower limit value is determined so that, in stereoscopic video playback, buffer underflow does not occur during read periods from each dependent-view extent to a next base-view extent. | 07-01-2010 |
20100183281 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE - A BD-ROM has a video stream, playlist information, and an entry map recorded thereon. The playlist information defines a playback path by indicating a sequence of one or more pairs of a playback start time (In_time) and a playback end time (Out_time) within the video stream. The entry map (EP_map) indicates positions (SPN_EP_start) and playback times (PTS_EP_start) of a plurality of intra pictures in the video stream, in one-to-on correspondence with flags (is_angle_change_point). Each flag indicates whether a corresponding intra picture is an intra picture (IDR picture) for causing decoder refresh or an intra picture (Non-IDR picture) having reference to a preceding picture. | 07-22-2010 |
20100202759 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base-view stream and a dependent-view stream. The base-view stream is used for monoscopic video playback. The dependent-view stream is used for stereoscopic video playback in combination with the base-view stream. The recording medium further includes a first file and a second file. The first file refers to the base-view stream in monoscopic video playback, and the second file refers to the base-view stream in stereoscopic video playback. | 08-12-2010 |
20100215343 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The recording medium | 08-26-2010 |
20100215347 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A base-view video stream and a dependent-view video stream are recorded on a BD-ROM. The base-view video stream includes picture data constituting a base view of a stereoscopic image. The dependent-view video stream includes offset metadata and picture data constituting a dependent view of the stereoscopic image. The offset metadata includes an offset sequence that defines an offset control of a plane memory when a graphics to be overlaid with the picture data is played back in a one-plane offset mode. | 08-26-2010 |
20100232767 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A main-view stream and a sub-view stream are recorded on a recording medium. The main-view stream is used for monoscopic video playback. The sub-view stream is used for stereoscopic video playback in combination with the main-view stream are recorded. The main-view stream includes a plurality of main-view pictures, and the sub-view stream includes a plurality of sub-view pictures. The main-view pictures and the sub-view pictures are in one-to-one correspondence. A B picture is not used as a reference picture for compression of any of the sub-view pictures whose corresponding main-view picture is one of an I picture and a P picture. | 09-16-2010 |
20100245548 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is a recording medium that enables seamless connection between preceding playitems which are stream data arranged prior to a position where a long jump occurs, such as a layer boundary, and succeeding playitems which are stream data arranged subsequent to the position where the long jump occurs. A block exclusively for 2D playback Ln | 09-30-2010 |
20100254679 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to a playback device, a reading unit reads extent blocks from a recording medium. A switching unit extracts a main-view stream and a sub-view stream from the extent blocks. Each stream is stored in a different read buffer. A decoding unit reads and decodes each stream from a corresponding read buffer. A time (t) required for the decoding unit to decode all data blocks in one extent block is greater than or equal to the sum (t | 10-07-2010 |
20100272174 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image decoding device is provided which is capable of decoding views coded using inter-view prediction even when decoding is not instantly completed. The image decoding device includes: a decoding processing unit ( | 10-28-2010 |
20100272412 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM - A BD-ROM has a video stream and an entry map recorded thereon. The entry map indicates a plurality of entry points (SPN_EP_start) in the video stream, in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of entry times (PTS_EP_start) and flags (is_angle_change_point). Each flag (is_angle_change_point) indicates whether a picture located at a corresponding entry point is an IDR picture for causing decoder refresh or Non-IDR I picture having a reference to a preceding picture. | 10-28-2010 |
20100284667 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING DEVICE, AND RECORDING METHOD - There is provided a information recording medium containing a title of an AV content formed by a partial section as a part or whole of a digital stream. The information recording medium contains a play list having information for specifying a title by identifying the position of the partial section in the digital stream and the reproduction order, a program for controlling reproduction of the title by calling the play list, an “Index” containing a “Top Menu” for identifying a menu and a “Program IDRef” for identifying a program while correlating them, and an “Extension” containing a “Top Menu” and a “Play List ID” while correlating them. | 11-11-2010 |
20100290523 | MOVING IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A moving image encoding method of encoding a moving image while switching between variable-length encoding schemes. In this method, a continuous unit to be continuously reproduced is determined (S | 11-18-2010 |
20100290758 | MOVING IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A moving image encoding method of encoding a moving image while switching between variable-length encoding schemes. In this method, a continuous unit to be continuously reproduced is determined (S | 11-18-2010 |
20100292820 | STREAM REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND STREAM SUPPLY DEVICE - A stream playback device for playing back an audio stream including audio frames which are each made up of base data and extension data is provided. The stream playback device includes a decoder and an interface unit operable to receive the audio stream supplied from a stream supply device. The stream playback device notifies the stream supply device whether only the base data or both the base data and the extension data are usable in decoding of the audio stream by the decoder, through the interface unit. | 11-18-2010 |
20100303444 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, ENCODING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND PLAYBACK OUTPUT DEVICE - A main-view and sub-view video stream pair, a graphics stream, and playlist information are recorded on a BD-ROM disc. In the sub-view video stream, metadata is provided in each GOP. The metadata includes a correspondence table associating offset identifiers and offset information. The offset information defines offset control for each picture in a GOP. Offset control is processing to provide a left offset and right offset for the horizontal coordinates in a graphics plane to generate a pair of graphics planes that are respectively combined with main-view and sub-view video planes. The playlist information includes a stream selection table for each playback section. When the stream selection table associates a stream number with a packet identifier of a graphics stream, one of the offset identifiers is allocated to the stream number. | 12-02-2010 |
20110008014 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A BD-ROM on which an AVClip and a Java™ application are recorded. The AVClip includes a video stream and an audio stream multiplexed therein. On the BD-ROM recorded further are management information and the Mixing_On flag corresponding to the management information. The management information indicates a playback control of the AVClip that is to be played back when the Java™ application is executed. The Mixing_On flag indicates whether or not when a user performs an operation on the Java™ application being executed while the AVClip is under the playback control, mixing of the click sound with an audio output of the AVClip is available. | 01-13-2011 |
20110008024 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to a playback device, a reading unit reads extent blocks from a recording medium. A switching unit extracts a main-view stream and a sub-view stream from the extent blocks. Each stream is stored in a different read buffer. A decoding unit reads and decodes each stream from a corresponding read buffer. A time (t) required for the decoding unit to decode all data blocks in one extent block is greater than or equal to the sum (t | 01-13-2011 |
20110013884 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is a recording medium that enables seamless connection between preceding playitems which are stream data arranged prior to a position where a long jump occurs, such as a layer boundary, and succeeding playitems which are stream data arranged subsequent to the position where the long jump occurs. A block exclusively for 2D playback Ln | 01-20-2011 |
20110013888 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR PLAYING BACK 3D IMAGES - To aim to increase the use efficiency of a screen on which a subtitle is displayed together with a stereoscopic image. A video shift mode is set for each subtitle. When a stereoscopic image is played back, in accordance with the video shift mode of the subtitle, a video plane is shifted upward or downward to perform cropping processing of collecting black frames provided in the upper end and the lower end of the screen in either one of the upper end and the lower end so as to save a display region of the subtitle. | 01-20-2011 |
20110013890 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A pair of main-view and sub-view video streams and a graphics stream are recorded on a BD-ROM disc. Metadata is provided in each GOP in the sub-view video stream. The metadata includes offset information. The offset information specifies offset control for a plurality of pictures constituting a GOP. Offset control is to provide a left offset and right offset for the horizontal coordinates in a graphics plane to generate a pair of graphics planes, and to combine them separately with main-view and sub-view video planes. The sub-view video stream is packetized and multiplexed in a transport stream. A header of each TS packet includes a TS priority flag. TS packets containing the metadata have a different value of TS priority flag from TS packets containing sub-view pictures. | 01-20-2011 |
20110032327 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, RECORDING MEDIUM - Playback device for playing back graphics stream according to stream selection table recorded on recording medium. Stream number register stores, as current stream number, one of a plurality of stream numbers written in the stream selection table. Capability register indicates capability to play back graphics. Procedure means determines playback type of graphics corresponding to the current stream number, based on the playback capability indicated by the capability register. Playback of graphics streams falls into two types: first playback type in which a monoscopic graphics stream is used; and second playback type in which a pair of left-eye graphics stream and right-eye graphics stream is used to perform a stereoscopic playback. The capability register indicates whether capability to perform the stereoscopic playback using the pair of left-eye and right-eye graphics streams is present in graphics decoder. | 02-10-2011 |
20110033170 | Recording medium, playback device, integrated circuit - A base-view video stream and a dependent-view video stream are recorded on a BD-ROM. The base-view video stream includes picture data constituting a base view of a stereoscopic image. The dependent-view video stream includes offset metadata and picture data constituting a dependent view of the stereoscopic image. The offset metadata includes an offset sequence that defines an offset control of a plane memory when a graphics to be overlaid with the picture data is played back in a one-plane offset mode. | 02-10-2011 |
20110050847 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base-view stream and a dependent-view stream. The base-view stream is used for monoscopic video playback. The dependent-view stream is used for stereoscopic video playback in combination with the base-view stream. The recording medium further includes a first file and a second file. The first file refers to the base-view stream in monoscopic video playback, and the second file refers to the base-view stream in stereoscopic video playback. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050869 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A parallax information detection unit detects parallax information based on a motion vector obtained resulting from motion compensation on a 3D video performed by a decoder, and converts the detected parallax information into a stereoscopic effect level. Then, a control unit compares the stereoscopic effect level with a lock level recorded in a lock level register, and performs stereoscopic display effect control based on a result of the comparison. | 03-03-2011 |
20110090305 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The recording medium | 04-21-2011 |
20110129198 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCING DEVICE, ENCODING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND REPRODUCTION OUTPUT DEVICE - A pair of main-view and sub-view video streams, a graphics stream, and playlist information are recorded on a BD-ROM disc. The sub-view video stream includes metadata arranged in each GOP. The metadata includes a correspondence table associating offset identifiers and offset information. The offset information defines offset control for each picture in a GOP. Offset control is processing to provide a left offset and right offset for the horizontal coordinates in a graphics plane to generate a pair of graphics planes that are respectively combined with main-view and sub-view video planes. The playlist information includes a stream selection table for each playback section. When the stream selection table associates a stream number with a packet identifier of a graphics stream, one of the offset identifiers is further allocated to the stream number. | 06-02-2011 |
20110142426 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A pair of main-view and sub-view video streams and a graphics stream are recorded on a BD-ROM disc. Metadata is provided in each GOP in the sub-view video stream. The metadata includes offset information. The offset information specifies offset control for a plurality of pictures constituting a GOP. Offset control is to provide a left offset and right offset for the horizontal coordinates in a graphics plane to generate a pair of graphics planes, and to combine them separately with main-view and sub-view video planes. The sub-view video stream is packetized and multiplexed in a transport stream. A header of each TS packet includes a TS priority flag. TS packets containing the metadata have a different value of TS priority flag from TS packets containing sub-view pictures. | 06-16-2011 |
20110149049 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A main-view stream and a sub-view stream are recorded on a recording medium. The main-view stream is used for monoscopic video playback. The sub-view stream is used for stereoscopic video playback in combination with the main-view stream are recorded. The main-view stream includes a plurality of main-view pictures, and the sub-view stream includes a plurality of sub-view pictures. The main-view pictures and the sub-view pictures are in one-to-one correspondence. A B picture is not used as a reference picture for compression of any of the sub-view pictures whose corresponding main-view picture is one of an I picture and a P picture. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150421 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR PLAYING BACK 3D IMAGES - To aim to increase the use efficiency of a screen on which a subtitle is displayed together with a stereoscopic image. A video shift mode is set for each subtitle. When a stereoscopic image is played back, in accordance with the video shift mode of the subtitle, a video plane is shifted upward or downward to perform cropping processing of collecting black frames provided in the upper end and the lower end of the screen in either one of the upper end and the lower end so as to save a display region of the subtitle. | 06-23-2011 |
20110158604 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is a recording medium in which extents for a base-view and a dependent-view are arranged alternately. The lower limit of the size of the base-view extents is the larger of a first lower limit value and a second lower limit value. The lower limit of the size of the dependent-view extent is a third lower limit value. The first lower limit value is determined so that, in monoscopic video playback, buffer underflow does not occur during jump periods between base-view extents. The second lower limit value is determined so that, in stereoscopic video playback, buffer underflow does not occur during read periods from each base-view extent to a next dependent-view extent. The third lower limit value is determined so that, in stereoscopic video playback, buffer underflow does not occur during read periods from each dependent-view extent to the next base-view extent. | 06-30-2011 |
20110164121 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, RECORDING MEDIUM - A playback device for playing back a graphics stream in accordance with a stream selection table recorded on the recording medium. A procedure means determines a playback type of a graphics corresponding to the current stream number, based on the playback capability indicated by the capability register. | 07-07-2011 |
20110187817 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is a recording medium on which are recorded a main-view stream, sub-view stream, and management information. The management information includes a system rate for each stream. Each stream is divided into a plurality of data blocks that form a plurality of extent blocks. In each extent block, main-view data blocks and sub-view data blocks are in a continuous interleaved arrangement. A main-view data block and sub-view data block forming a single pair each have a maximum size that is determined by the following conditions: (i) the system rate of the sub-view stream, (ii) whether the pair is the top pair within the extent block, and (iii) whether a long jump region exists between the recording areas of two extent blocks that are to be read continuously. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187836 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A parallax information detection unit detects parallax information based on a motion vector obtained resulting from motion compensation on a 3D video performed by a decoder, and converts the detected parallax information into a stereoscopic effect level. Then, a control unit compares the stereoscopic effect level with a lock level recorded in a lock level register, and performs stereoscopic display effect control based on a result of the comparison. | 08-04-2011 |
20110200301 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD | 08-18-2011 |
20110200306 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, PROGRAM AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - A BD-ROM has recorded therein an AV Clip generated by multiplexing a video stream and a graphics stream. The graphics stream represents an interactive display to be overlayed with the video stream, and includes a sequence of three Button State groups. The interactive display includes a plurality of buttons, each of which changes from a normal state to a selected state, and from the selected state to an active state, according to a user operation. In the three Button State groups in the graphics stream, the first-order group (N-ODSs) is made of a plurality of pieces of graphics data, which represent normal states of the buttons, the second-order group (S-ODSs) is made of a plurality of pieces of graphics data, which represent selected states of the buttons, and the third-order group (A-ODSs) is made of a plurality of pieces of graphics data, which represent active states of the buttons. | 08-18-2011 |
20110262104 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, APPLICATION, AND AUTHORING DEVICE - A playback device plays back a plurality of digital streams constituting a stream sequence while sequentially downloading the streams from an external resource contains time information indicating the current stream sequence playback time and state information indicating whether each stream is in a playable or non-playable state, and comprises an executor operable to execute an application corresponding to the stream sequence and a playback controller operable to control stream sequence playback. The application includes playback interval information for each stream, and specifies the subsequent stream to be played back after the current stream according to the playback interval information. When the state information of the subsequent stream is not the playable state, the playback controller performs one of a trickplay operation for extending the display duration of the current stream or a substitute video playback operation after the current stream in accordance with a request from the application. | 10-27-2011 |
20110262106 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM WHEREIN STREAM CONVERTIBLE AT HIGH-SPEED IS RECORDED, AND RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD THEREFOR - An information recording medium capable of converting a stream including seamless connection, which is recorded in a constrained format allowing format conversion, from a first format (MPEG-TS) to a second format (MPEG-PS), into a second stream, and an apparatus and method for recording information in the information recording medium. The constrained format is provided for enabling conversion from a first format (for example, MPEG transport stream) to a second format (for example, MPEG program stream). According to the constrained format, when the connection information of the playback portion indicates a seamless playback, the system stream immediately before a seamless connection point ends with a complete data management unit (Capsule). | 10-27-2011 |
20110299831 | MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, MOVING IMAGE CODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK METHOD, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A moving image coding method that can prevent playback discontinuity without an increase in processing load during playback is provided. | 12-08-2011 |
20110305125 | DATA PROCESSOR - To provide means for editing a content data stream quickly. | 12-15-2011 |
20110305431 | DATA PROCESSOR - To provide means for editing a content data stream quickly. | 12-15-2011 |
20110305443 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND RECEPTION DEVICE AND METHOD - A device for displaying stereoscopic video images on a screen includes a receiving unit, signal processing unit, and display unit. The receiving unit receives stream data including left-view frames and right-view frames of stereoscopic images. The signal processing unit alternately extracts left-view frames and right-view frames from the stream data. Over one frame period of the stereoscopic video images, the signal processing transmits a pair of a left-view frame and a right-view frame when the control information indicates a 3D playback mode, and transmits only a left-view frame when the control information indicates a 2D playback mode. The display unit displays each frame transmitted from the signal processing unit for a predetermined time on the screen. | 12-15-2011 |
20110310235 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD - A device for displaying stereoscopic images on a screen includes a receiving unit, signal processing unit, and display unit. The receiving unit receives stream data including left and right views of stereoscopic images. The signal processing unit alternately extracts left- and right-view frames from the stream data. The display unit displays each frame sent from the signal processing unit for a predetermined time on the screen. The signal processing unit sends the display unit one left-view frame a first number of times and one right-view frame a second number of times during one frame period of the stereoscopic images. The signal processing unit calculates the frame rate at which the display unit displays the left- and right-view frames divided by the frame rate of the stereoscopic images. The signal processing unit sets the first and second numbers of times to different values for one frame period of the stereoscopic images. | 12-22-2011 |
20120002943 | 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 and SubPath information include connection_condition information and sp_connection_condition information, respectively. The connection_condition information and sp_connection_condition information indicate that, when the connection state between two MainClips referred to with the MainPath information is seamless connection (CC=5), the connection state between two SubClips referred to with the SubPath information is also seamless connection (SP_CC=5). In the case of CC=5 and sp_CC=5, IN_time of PlayItem is equal to IN_time(SubPlayItem_IN_time) of SubPlayItem. | 01-05-2012 |
20120008914 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - On a recording medium, stereoscopic and monoscopic specific areas are located one after another next to a stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area is a contiguous area to be accessed both in stereoscopic video playback and monoscopic video playback. The stereoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in stereoscopic video playback. In both the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area and the stereoscopic specific area, extents of base-view and dependent-view stream files are arranged in an interleaved manner. The extents on the stereoscopic specific area are next in order after the extents on the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The monoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in monoscopic video playback. The monoscopic specific area has a copy of the entirety of the extents of the base-view stream file recorded on the stereoscopic specific area. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008924 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - On a recording medium, stereoscopic and monoscopic specific areas are located one after another next to a stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area is a contiguous area to be accessed both in stereoscopic video playback and monoscopic video playback. The stereoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in stereoscopic video playback. In both the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area and the stereoscopic specific area, extents of base-view and dependent-view stream files are arranged in an interleaved manner. The extents on the stereoscopic specific area are next in order after the extents on the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The monoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in monoscopic video playback. The monoscopic specific area has a copy of the entirety of the extents of the base-view stream file recorded on the stereoscopic specific area. | 01-12-2012 |
20120033941 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD - A playback apparatus that, when it is incorporated in a home theater system, judges via the HDMI whether an apparatus such as a speaker | 02-09-2012 |
20120106926 | 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. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106929 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, RECORDING MEDIUM - Playback device for playing back graphics stream according to stream selection table recorded on recording medium. Stream number register stores, as current stream number, one of a plurality of stream numbers written in the stream selection table. Capability register indicates capability to play back graphics. Procedure means determines playback type of graphics corresponding to the current stream number, based on the playback capability indicated by the capability register. Playback of graphics streams falls into two types: first playback type in which a monoscopic graphics stream is used; and second playback type in which a pair of left-eye graphics stream and right-eye graphics stream is used to perform a stereoscopic playback. The capability register indicates whether capability to perform the stereoscopic playback using the pair of left-eye and right-eye graphics streams is present in graphics decoder. | 05-03-2012 |
20120141097 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PLAYING BACK 3D IMAGES - A recording medium allows random access to be performed in playing back 3D graphics. The recording medium includes a digital stream area where a digital stream including temporally-arranged GOP pairs is recorded, and a map information area where map information is recorded. The map information indicates entry addresses in one to one correspondence with entry times on a time axis of the digital stream, and each entry address shows a beginning of a corresponding GOP pair region in the digital stream area. Each GOP pair includes first-type and second-type GOPs, wherein each first-type GOP is data indicating a plain view picture set to be played back from a corresponding entry time, and each second-type GOP is data to be played back with a corresponding first-type GOP to provide a stereoscopic view. The data indicates a difference between a stereoscopic picture set and the plain view picture set. | 06-07-2012 |
20120147141 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A pair of main-view and sub-view video streams and a graphics stream are recorded on a BD-ROM disc. Metadata is provided in each GOP in the sub-view video stream. The metadata includes offset information. The offset information specifies offset control for a plurality of pictures constituting a GOP. Offset control is to provide a left offset and right offset for the horizontal coordinates in a graphics plane to generate a pair of graphics planes, and to combine them separately with main-view and sub-view video planes. The sub-view video stream is packetized and multiplexed in a transport stream. A header of each TS packet includes a TS priority flag. TS packets containing the metadata have a different value of TS priority flag from TS packets containing sub-view pictures. | 06-14-2012 |
20120148218 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base-view stream and a dependent-view stream. The base-view stream is used for monoscopic video playback. The dependent-view stream is used for stereoscopic video playback in combination with the base-view stream. The recording medium further includes a first file and a second file. The first file refers to the base-view stream in monoscopic video playback, and the second file refers to the base-view stream in stereoscopic video playback. | 06-14-2012 |
20120155830 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is a recording medium that enables seamless connection between preceding playitems which are stream data arranged prior to a position where a long jump occurs, such as a layer boundary, and succeeding playitems which are stream data arranged subsequent to the position where the long jump occurs. A block exclusively for 2D playback Ln | 06-21-2012 |
20120177342 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A playback apparatus and method that executes an application while playing back a digital stream. A mixer is configured to, when a flag included in a playlist is set to ON, mix an output of a click sound using sound data with an audio output of the digital stream when a user performs an operation on an application while the application is executed. When the flag is set to OFF, the mixer refrains from mixing the output of the click sound with the audio output. | 07-12-2012 |
20120177343 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A recording medium records a main-view stream, a sub-view stream, and management information. The management information includes a system rate for each stream, and each stream is divided into a plurality of data blocks that form a plurality of extent blocks. In each extent block, main-view data blocks and sub-view data blocks are in a continuous interleaved arrangement. A main-view data block and sub-view data block forming a single pair each have a maximum size that is determined by the following conditions: (i) the system rate of the sub-view stream, (ii) whether the pair is the top pair within the extent block, and (iii) whether a long jump region exists between the recording areas of two extent blocks that are to be read continuously. | 07-12-2012 |
20120189274 | RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING DEVICE, ENCODING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND REPRODUCTION OUTPUT DEVICE - A pair of main-view and sub-view video streams, a graphics stream, and playlist information are recorded on a BD-ROM disc. The sub-view video stream includes metadata arranged in each GOP. The metadata includes a correspondence table associating offset identifiers and offset information. The offset information defines offset control for each picture in a GOP. Offset control is processing to provide a left offset and right offset for the horizontal coordinates in a graphics plane to generate a pair of graphics planes that are respectively combined with main-view and sub-view video planes. The playlist information includes a stream selection table for each playback section. When the stream selection table associates a stream number with a packet identifier of a graphics stream, one of the offset identifiers is further allocated to the stream number. | 07-26-2012 |
20120213491 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The recording medium | 08-23-2012 |
20120287127 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A base-view video stream and a dependent-view video stream are recorded on a BD-ROM. The base-view video stream includes picture data constituting a base view of a stereoscopic image. The dependent-view video stream includes offset metadata and picture data constituting a dependent view of the stereoscopic image. The offset metadata includes an offset sequence that defines an offset control of a plane memory when a graphics to be overlaid with the picture data is played back in a one-plane offset mode. | 11-15-2012 |
20120293614 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A base-view video stream and a dependent-view video stream are recorded on a BD-ROM. The base-view video stream includes picture data constituting a base view of a stereoscopic image. The dependent-view video stream includes offset metadata and picture data constituting a dependent view of the stereoscopic image. The offset metadata includes an offset sequence that defines an offset control of a plane memory when a graphics to be overlaid with the picture data is played back in a one-plane offset mode. | 11-22-2012 |
20120299908 | DATA BROADCAST DISPLAY DEVICE, DATA BROADCAST DISPLAY METHOD, AND DATA BROADCAST DISPLAY PROGRAM - A data broadcast display device guarantees stereoscopic perception by the user of a displayed 3D data broadcast image, while alleviating the discomfort a user experiences due to a delay in display. The data broadcast display device includes a reception unit that receives object data for generating the left-view and right-view objects, a display data generation unit that generates the left-view and right-view objects using the received object data while providing notification upon completion of the generation of each object, and a display control unit that determines, at predetermined time intervals, whether the notification has been received for both the left-view and right-view objects, includes both the left-view and right-view objects in a data broadcast image for display when determining affirmatively, and includes neither the left-view nor the right-view object in the data broadcast image for display when determining negatively. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300029 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A video processing device | 11-29-2012 |
20120311645 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A video processing device receives at least a supplementary display object playback stream and a data block, the supplementary display object playback stream containing an encoded supplementary display object to be displayed along with a 3D video image, and the data block including identifying information for 3D display of the supplementary display object by a processing unit. Before the content of the supplementary display object playback stream is referred to, the identifying information is extracted from the data block and the processing unit for 3D display of the supplementary display object is determined. The determined processing unit processes the supplementary display object playback stream to create and output a right-view supplementary display object and a left-view supplementary display object. | 12-06-2012 |
20130024898 | CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE, CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD, CONTENT PLAYBACK PROGRAM, AND CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM - To provide a content playback device capable of, when playing back a content distributed in a streaming format via a network whose view mode is selectable among a plurality of view modes, presenting to a user the switchability between the view modes, thereby to improve the user's convenience. The content playback device includes a reception unit that receives, from the content distribution system, control information indicating a plurality of view modes selectable for viewing the video content, a presentation unit that presents, to a user, the view modes as options of a view mode for viewing the video content, an input reception unit that receives an input selecting one view mode among the view modes from the user; and a request unit that requests the content distribution system to distribute the video content in the streaming format, by transmitting information indicating the selected view mode to the content distribution system. | 01-24-2013 |
20130057526 | GENERATING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, PLAYBACK DEVICE, GLASSES - A display device is provided. Negative image generating units | 03-07-2013 |
20130113701 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE - An image generation device | 05-09-2013 |
20130188928 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD AND RECORDING METHOD FOR RECORDING PROGRESSIVE PICTURES AT HIGH FRAME RATE - A recording medium on which video streams, control programs and index table are recorded. The video streams include video stream composed of progressive pictures and video stream composed of interlace pictures. The video stream composed of the progressive pictures has a mandatory rate or an optional rate. The index table indicates correspondence between titles and control programs. A control program corresponding to first play title and top menu title excludes a playback path, which specifies a playback of the progressive pictures in the video stream at the optional rate, from a playback target and instructs to perform a playback in accordance with another playback path. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191861 | BROADCASTING-COMMUNICATIONS COLLABORATION SYSTEM, DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING APPARATUS - A data generating apparatus | 07-25-2013 |
20130229489 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is a video processing device that quickly identifies a distribution mode of a stream of display data, e.g., subtitles, and reproduces the data according to the distribution mode. The video processing device receives a transport stream including additional information and a data stream of display data to be displayed along with a 3D video, the additional information indicating whether the transport stream further includes left-view and right-view data streams generated from left-view and right-view data used for displaying the display data; determines whether the transport stream includes the left-view and the right-view data streams based on the additional information; and reproduces the left-view and the right-view data from the left-view and the right-view data streams when the transport stream includes the left-view and the right-view data streams, and reproduces alternative left-view and right-view data when the transport stream does not include the left-view and the right-view data streams. | 09-05-2013 |
20130235270 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, BROADCAST SYSTEM, AND BROADCAST METHOD - The present invention provides a playback apparatus for playing back one combination video by combining a broadcast video with any additional video not determined by a fixed position relative to the broadcast video. The playback apparatus comprises: a first receiving unit that receives, via a broadcast wave, a broadcast video composed of broadcast images, each broadcast image being a portion of a frame image among a plurality of frame images constituting the original video; a second receiving unit that receives an additional video composed of remaining images, each remaining image being the remaining portion of the frame image; an arrangement information acquiring unit that acquires arrangement information indicating an arrangement of the broadcast image and the remaining image in the frame image; and a playback unit that reproduces and plays back the frame images by arranging the broadcast images and the remaining images based on the arrangement information. | 09-12-2013 |
20130243103 | ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, PLAYBACK DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD - An encoding device that, when encoding frame image groups which represent scenes respectively viewed from plurality of viewpoints over predetermined time period, generates base-view video stream by encoding frame image group of standard viewpoint without using, as reference image, any frame image of other viewpoints, generates first-type dependent-view video stream by encoding frame image group of first-type viewpoint by using, as reference image, frame image of same time of base-view video stream or of another first-type dependent-view video stream, first-type viewpoint being positioned such that at least one viewpoint is present between first-type viewpoint and standard viewpoint, and generates second-type dependent-view video stream by encoding frame image group of second-type viewpoint by using, as reference images, frame images of same time of two viewpoints sandwiching second-type viewpoint, second-type viewpoint being neither standard viewpoint nor first-type viewpoint. | 09-19-2013 |
20130279883 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE, AND RECORDING METHOD - On a recording medium, a monoscopic video specific section and a stereoscopic video specific section are continuous immediately after an extended data specific section. A shared section includes a continuous, interleaved arrangement having one each of main-view extents, sub-view extents, and extended extents. The stereoscopic video specific section includes a continuous, interleaved arrangement of extents having one each of the main-view extents and the sub-view extents. The monoscopic video specific section includes a continuous arrangement of a copy of the main-view extent arranged in the stereoscopic video specific section. The extended data specific section includes one of the extended extents that is to be used in combination with the copy of the main-view extent arranged in the monoscopic video specific section. The shared section is accessed when stereoscopic video images are played back, when monoscopic video images are played back, and when an extended stream is used. The stereoscopic video specific section is accessed during playback of the stereoscopic video images. The monoscopic video specific section is accessed during playback of the monoscopic video images. The extended data specific section and the monoscopic video specific section are accessed when the extended stream is read, immediately before or after a long jump. | 10-24-2013 |
20130286160 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM, VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE, VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD, AND VIDEO PLAYBACK PROGRAM - Provided is a video encoding device and a video playback device, the video encoding device encoding 3D video images in a manner that suppresses an increase in the necessary band, while maintaining playback compatibility with playback devices configured for the MPEG-2 standard. A data creation device | 10-31-2013 |
20130287090 | VIDEO ENCODER, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM, VIDEO REPRODUCTION DEVICE, VIDEO REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND VIDEO REPRODUCTION PROGRAM - Provided are video encoding device that encodes high-quality video, restricting increase of the required bandwidth, while maintaining playback compatibility with playback devices conforming to MPEG-2 standard, and video playback device. Data creation device | 10-31-2013 |
20130291025 | CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE, METHOD FOR PLAYING BACK CONTENT AND CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A content playback device reduces user discomfort, relative to conventional devices, when playback is interrupted and resumed after switching viewing modes, pieces of content representing different viewing modes for a common product, and differing in video length or having other differences. The content playback device receives and plays back streaming content from a content server delivering two pieces of content having different viewing modes for the common product, and comprises: a selection unit selecting a viewing mode; a determination unit determining whether playback of a first piece of content not having the selected viewing mode was interrupted; a conversion unit converting, when the determination unit has determined affirmatively, a playback interrupt position into a corresponding position in a second piece of content having the selected viewing mode; and a request unit making a request to the content server for transmission of the second piece of content from the corresponding position. | 10-31-2013 |
20130314514 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, 3D GLASSES, AND 3D-VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM - A state setting unit stores a parameter indicating the state of a display device. A packet analyzing unit refers to the parameter to receive a broadcast stream, and analyzes management packets contained in the broadcast stream. A decoding unit uses a result of the analyzing to extract packets constituting broadcast content from the broadcast stream and decode the packets into video frames. A display unit displays video images represented by the video frames. A 3D video image detecting unit uses a result of the analyzing to determine whether broadcast content to be displayed contains 3D video images or not. A transmitter unit transmits a notification signal to a pair of 3D glasses when the 3D video image detecting unit detects that the broadcast content contains 3D video images. A notifying unit operates to urge the viewer to use the pair of 3D glasses in response to the notification signal. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315573 | DATA CREATION DEVICE AND PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR VIDEO PICTURE IN VIDEO STREAM - A data creation device performing compression encoding on first frame images showing a view from a first viewpoint and second frame images showing a view from a second viewpoint generates a stream in an MPEG-2 format, and base-view/dependent-view video streams in a format conforming to an MPEG-4 MVC format. The stream in the MPEG-2 format is generated by performing compression encoding on the first frame images. The base-view video stream is a stream of dummy data having the same number of frames as and a smaller data amount than the stream in the MPEG-2 format. The dependent-view video stream is obtained by performing compression encoding on each frame of the second frame images, with reference to a frame of the stream in the MPEG-2 format to be presented at the same time as a frame of the base-view video stream corresponding to the frame of the second frame images. | 11-28-2013 |
20140002621 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140050458 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND RECORDING DEVICE - A recording medium has a main-view stream, a sub-view stream, and an extended stream recorded thereon. The main-view stream contains a main-view video stream constituting main views of stereoscopic video images, and is divided into a plurality of main-view extents arranged on the recording medium. The sub-view stream contains a sub-view video stream constituting sub-views of the stereoscopic video images, and is divided into a plurality of sub-view extents arranged on the recording medium. The extended stream contains extended data to be used in combination with the main-view stream, and is divided into a plurality of extended extents arranged on the recording medium. Between an adjacent pair of the plurality of extended extents, at least two each of the plurality of the main-view extents and the plurality of the sub-view extents are placed in a continuous, interleaved arrangement. | 02-20-2014 |
20140056577 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD RELATED TO HIGHER IMAGE QUALITY - A recording method for recording a base video stream and an enhancement video stream. The recording method includes: a first step of generating the base video stream by performing an irreversible conversion on an original image; and a second step of generating the enhancement video stream that includes a shift parameter and picture data. A gradation bit sequence of each pixel constituting the picture data of the enhancement video stream represents a difference between a gradation bit sequence of each pixel constituting picture data of the original image and a gradation bit sequence of each pixel constituting picture data of the base video stream. The shift parameter defines a shift operation that is performed by a playback device when the gradation bit sequence of the base video stream is added to the gradation bit sequence of the enhancement video stream. | 02-27-2014 |
20140078256 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - The playback device receives a first transport stream including first-type and second-type video images that have been encoded; decodes the video images; stores the decoded video images into a first buffer; determines whether each of the video images is the first-type video image or the second-type video image; receives a second transport stream including a third-type video image that has been encoded and that differs from the first-type video image in terms of viewpoint; decodes the third-type video image; stores the decoded third-type video image into a second buffer; when the video image is determined to be the first-type video image, performs 3D playback using the first-type video image stored in the first buffer and the third-type video image stored in the second buffer; and when the video image is determined to be the second-type video image, performs 2D playback using the second-type video image stored in the first buffer. | 03-20-2014 |
20140089962 | IMAGE PLAYBACK DEVICE, IMAGE PLAYBACK METHOD, IMAGE PLAYBACK PROGRAM, IMAGE TRANSMISSION DEVICE, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM - Video playback device for performing realtime playback of 3D video by playing back first view-point video and second view-point video in combination, first view-point video being received via broadcasting in real time over broadcast waves, second view-point video being stored in advance before broadcasting of first view-point video, video playback device comprising: storage storing second view-point video; video receiving unit receiving first view-point video; information obtaining unit obtaining inhibition/permission information that indicates, for each video frame, whether displaying video frame before current time reaches scheduled presentation time is inhibited or permitted, scheduled presentation time being time at which video frame is scheduled to be broadcast for realtime playback; playback unit playing back second view-point video; and control unit inhibiting second view-point video from being played back when scheduled presentation time of next video frame is later than current time and inhibition/permission information indicates that displaying next video frame is inhibited. | 03-27-2014 |
20140092214 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A transmission device transmits data for causing a video display device to display, in a display area, a video made up of a 3D video and a superposed display object, the transmission device comprising: a division information generator generating division information indicating a range for each of two or more regions into which the display area is divided by at least one boundary line that is horizontal; an offset information configurator generating offset information in accordance with a 3D video depth in one of the regions, the offset information indicating a region depth for 3D display of the display object in the region, and a different piece of the offset information being generated for each region; a stream generator generating a transport stream that includes the division information, the offset information, and 3D video data for displaying the 3D video; and a stream transmitter transmitting the transport stream. | 04-03-2014 |
20140115472 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD AND RECORDING METHOD FOR EDITING RECORDED CONTENT WHILE MAINTAINING COMPATIBILITY WITH OLD FORMAT - A rewritable recording medium on which Index.bdmv is recorded in the BDMV directory. The Index.bdmv includes editability_flag and extended_editability_flag. When the editability_flag is set ON, it indicates that the recording medium is treated as an editable medium by a legacy device which does not support recording and editing of stereoscopic video. When the editability_flag is set OFF, it indicates that the recording medium is treated as a non-editable medium by the legacy device. When the extended_editability_flag is set ON, it indicates that the recording medium is treated as an editable medium by a non-legacy device even when the editability flag is set OFF, where the non-legacy device supports recording and editing of stereoscopic video. | 04-24-2014 |
20140125765 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION AND PLAYBACK DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION AND PLAYBACK METHOD - To provide a transmission device that enables playback with respect to the same program in accordance with a viewer's viewing environment. The transmission device stores therein 3D access information and 2D access information respectively relating to access to a 3D stream and a 2D stream that are simulcast, and generates and transmits a data stream including the 3D access information and the 2D access information. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126881 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND CONTENT IMAGING DEVICE - Each of video content items captured by cameras is associated with metadata describing a time stamp indicating a capturing time and spatial information indicating features of space relating to a camera at the capturing time. In the disclosed content reproduction method, at least one target video content item to be reproduced is selected from the video content items based on the time stamps and pieces of the spatial information described in the respective pieces of metadata, then a reproduction start position of the selected video content item is determined based on a time stamp described in metadata associated with the selected video content item, and the selected video content item is reproduced from the determined reproduction start position. | 05-08-2014 |
20140147088 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEIVING/PLAYING DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEIVING/PLAYING METHOD - A transmission device including: a holder holding stream identification information associated with a first transmission stream among a plurality of transmission streams containing a plurality of types of information that are to be played back simultaneously by a receiving playback device, the stream identification information identifying, among the plurality of transmission streams, at least one transmission stream that is different from the first transmission stream; and a transmitter configured to transmit the stream identification information. The receiving side uses the stream identification information to identify at least one transmission stream that is to be played back simultaneously with the first transmission stream. | 05-29-2014 |
20140150045 | RECEPTION/REPRODUCTION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION/REPRODUCTION METHOD AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - To provide a reception and playback device capable of playing back a program in viewer's desired display mode. The reception and playback device receives, with respect to a program that is currently played back in a first display mode, a switching instruction to switch from the first display mode to a second display mode, receives switching permission information indicating whether switching of a playback target stream of the program is permissible from a first stream to a second stream respectively corresponding to the first display mode and the second display mode, when receiving the switching instruction, judges whether switching of the display mode is permissible from the first display mode to the second display mode based on the switching permission information, when judging affirmatively, switches from the first stream to the second stream to perform playback using the second stream, and when judging negatively, performs playback using the first stream. | 05-29-2014 |
20140152766 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE - Provided is a video transmission device for transmitting a video image so that a video playback device can recognize a transmission path for an additional-view video image transmittable through various transmission paths, and play back a 3D video image. The video transmission device includes: a storage unit for storing therein video images transmitted through respective virtual channels, and virtual channel information pieces including definition information pieces defining the respective virtual channels; and a transmission unit for transmitting the video images and the virtual channel information pieces through the respective virtual channels, wherein the stored video images include one of two viewpoint images constituting the 3D video image, and, in one of the definition information pieces defining one of the virtual channels through which the one of the two viewpoint images is transmitted, transmission form information indicating a form of transmitting the other one of the two viewpoint images is described. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157342 | RECEPTION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A reception device receives program data transmitted by an outside transmission device, and comprises: an information storage unit storing first information that includes processing capability information for playing back the program data and user preference information relating to a viewing mode for programming; an information reception unit receiving second information that is associated with a program and indicates a condition for determining the viewing mode for programming; a determination unit using the first information stored in the information storage unit and the second information received by the information reception unit to make a determination of the viewing mode for programming associated with the second information; and a decoded output unit decoding and outputting the program data of the program associated with the second information, in the viewing mode determined by the determination unit. | 06-05-2014 |
20140244435 | ELECTRONIC COMMERCE METHOD AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SYSTEM - An electronic commerce method executed by a computer includes: receiving, from a user, an amount of disposable money usage of which is not determined; selecting, from among one or more products or services, a product or a service having a purchase price lower than or equal to the amount of disposable money, without receiving an instruction from the user; and performing processing of purchasing the product or the service which has been selected, without obtaining permission from the user. For example, an object recognizable by the user is presented to the user, and if purchase processing is performed, the user is notified that the object has performed purchase processing. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245367 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIDEO, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND RECEIVING DEVICE - A method for providing a video includes: (a) acquiring a first main video captured of a first capture space, and a second main video captured of a second capture space including a space other than the first capture space; (b) generating a wide-angle video by combining the plurality of main videos acquired in step (a); (c) acquiring user preference information via a network; (d) calculating a region to be cropped which is a region of the wide-angle video and smaller than the area captured in the wide-angle video, based on the user preference information acquired in step (c); (e) cropping the wide-angle video into the cropping region; and (f) providing, to a user, a cropped video generated by cropping the wide-angle video. | 08-28-2014 |
20140289818 | VIDEO MANAGEMENT METHOD AND VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A video management method includes: associating video information to be uploaded to a moving image distribution server by a user with user information indicating the user; storing the video information uploaded via the Internet into a storage unit; authorizing a different user to view the video information stored in the storage unit; and causing the user to select one process to be executed, at withdrawal of the user from a group, on the video information that the different user belonging to the group is authorized to view, the process being selected from among (i) deleting the video information; (ii) associating the video information with user information indicating the different user belonging to the group; and (iii) associating the video information with administrator information indicating a virtual administrator of the group. | 09-25-2014 |
20150062295 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing system comprising a transmission device and a reception device, wherein the transmission device includes: a 3D encoder encoding 3D images input thereto to generate a 3D program; a stream generator generating a video stream including a plurality of programs, including the 3D program generated by the 3D encoder; a stream transmitter transmitting the video stream; and an information transmitter transmitting information for specifying a priority program within the video stream; and the reception device includes: an information receiver receiving the information; a stream receiver receiving the video stream; and a decoding processor decoding the video stream, specifying the priority program using the information, and performing control such that the priority program is output to a channel used for connecting to a display device at a priority program transfer rate equal to a preceding program transfer rate used for a preceding program output immediately before the priority program. | 03-05-2015 |