Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080240678 | DATA RECORDING METHOD - In a case of recording and managing a program which has a plurality of image streams in one program, it is necessary to address which stream a logic table which records a position of an I picture for high-speed fast forwarding and rewinding corresponds to. | 10-02-2008 |
20080285950 | STILL PICTURE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING STILL PICTURE INFORMATION THEREFROM - A technique is provided for reproducing information from a recording medium, on which there are recorded a plurality of picture information sets; presentation time values, each associated with a corresponding one of the picture information sets; picture information record marks, each of which is associated with a corresponding one of the presentation time values; clip information specifying what position on the recording medium is associated with each of the presentation time values; and reproducing order specifying information which specifies in what order the picture information sets are to be reproduced. Picture information is reproduced through the steps of detecting the presentation time value of a picture information set to be retrieved from the corresponding picture information record mark; using said clip information to detect the recording position on the recording medium which corresponds to the detected presentation time value; and reproducing picture information from the detected recording position. | 11-20-2008 |
20080292289 | STILL PICTURE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING STILL PICTURE INFORMATION THEREFROM - A technique is provided for reproducing information from a recording medium, on which there are recorded a plurality of picture information sets; presentation time values, each associated with a corresponding one of the picture information sets; picture information record marks, each of which is associated with a corresponding one of the presentation time values; clip information specifying what position on the recording medium is associated with each of the presentation time values; and reproducing order specifying information which specifies in what order the picture information sets are to be reproduced. Picture information is reproduced through the steps of detecting the presentation time value of a picture information set to be retrieved from the corresponding picture information record mark; using said clip information to detect the recording position on the recording medium which corresponds to the detected presentation time value; and reproducing picture information from the detected recording position. | 11-27-2008 |
20090022481 | STILL PICTURE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING STILL PICTURE INFORMATION THEREFROM - A technique is provided for reproducing information from a recording medium, on which there are recorded a plurality of picture information sets; presentation time values, each associated with a corresponding one of the picture information sets; picture information record marks, each of which is associated with a corresponding one of the presentation time values; clip information specifying what position on the recording medium is associated with each of the presentation time values; and reproducing order specifying information which specifies in what order the picture information sets are to be reproduced. Picture information is reproduced through the steps of detecting the presentation time value of a picture information set to be retrieved from the corresponding picture information record mark; using said clip information to detect the recording position on the recording medium which corresponds to the detected presentation time value; and reproducing picture information from the detected recording position. | 01-22-2009 |
20090052298 | Apparatus for Recording of Information - With an object of executing excellent finishing processing when information is recorded to a rewritable type record medium or a write once type record medium, the finishing processing is switched by whether a kind of a medium for recording information is the rewritable type record medium or the write once type record medium and a method of executing the finishing processing is switched based on a state of supplying power. | 02-26-2009 |
20090089297 | File Transmission System - For improving operability by reducing time for backup of video/audio files through a network, and also for achieving to shorten processing time, as well as, to lower a capacity of a recording medium, by inhibiting unnecessary backup, a file transmission system comprises a file list obtaining means for obtaining a list of files, which are stored in a server, a file transmission controller means for controlling file transmission, a file transmission requesting means for requesting a file transmission to the server, a file receiver means for receiving the file transmitted form the server, and a client file storage means for storing the files therein, wherein control is made on the file transmission requesting means, so that it request a transmission of file(s), excepting the file(s), which is/are stored in the client file storage mean, to the server, upon basis of the list. | 04-02-2009 |
20100014838 | Editing Method and Recording and Reproducing Device - In order to provide a recording and reproducing device that allows a user to select and manage arbitrary play lists, a unit of management for managing all registered play list information and an upper management hierarchical level are added. The unit of management is adapted to be handled on the same level with unified information that indicates a reproduction range of all AV data. User-defined unified information is adapted to be handled on the added management hierarchical level. The user-defined unified information is formed to allow arbitrary reproduction ranges contained on a lower hierarchical level to be registered. | 01-21-2010 |
20100134649 | SIGNAL PROCESSOR - A signal processor capable of extracting evaluated values used for automatic control more appropriately, including: a feature detection unit which detects a feature change position of any target pixel and its peripheral pixels in an input picture signal; a hold unit which holds the position information; a region creation unit which creates a region by excluding the held positions from an evaluated value extraction region; and an evaluated value extraction unit which extracts evaluated values in accordance with the region; wherein unnecessary portions different in feature from the periphery are extracted in accordance with any pixel unit by detection of the feature change position so that the feature change position is excluded from the evaluated value extraction region. | 06-03-2010 |
20100268783 | Content Delivery System, Delivery Server, Receiving Terminal, and Content Delivery Method - A transmitting terminal can transmit a content held by itself to a specific receiving terminal having no email software as if using a mailer. The transmitting terminal ( | 10-21-2010 |
20100329553 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention aims at suppressing a noise in a low luminance part and a high luminance part and, at the same time, realizing a high contrast of the parts, and realizing high contrast of a characterizing part of the image as well. The image signal processing is provided with: a first area input-output characteristics control unit which controls change of input-output characteristics for every arbitrary areas, associated with a value of an input luminance signal; a second area input-output characteristics control unit which controls change of input-output characteristics for every arbitrary areas, associated with an output of the first area input-output characteristics control unit; and a chrominance input-output characteristics control unit which controls change of the input-output characteristics of an input chrominance signal, utilizing the output of the first area input-output characteristics control unit and the output of the second area input-output characteristics control unit. | 12-30-2010 |
20110063471 | Apparatus for Recording of Information - With an object of executing excellent finishing processing when information is recorded to a rewritable type record medium or a write once type record medium, the finishing processing is switched by whether a kind of a medium for recording information is the rewritable type record medium or the write once type record medium and a method of executing the finishing processing is switched based on a state of supplying power. | 03-17-2011 |
20110285872 | RECORDING METHOD - To provide a recording method for recording still images that is particularly suitable for sorting still images and recording and managing the sorted still images, there is disclosed a recording method for recording still image data and management information for managing the still image data, with the management information including information based on which a plurality of pieces of the still image data are sorted into sorting units, and an earliest one and a latest one of photographing dates at which the pieces of still image data sorted into each of the sorting units are respectively taken. | 11-24-2011 |
20110289085 | RECORDING METHOD - In a recording method, in particular, for recording still pictures, while classifying the still pictures and managing the still pictures classified, wherein still picture data and management information for managing that still picture data are recorded therein. The management information includes information for classifying the still picture data into a classifying unit, each, and also includes a file format of the still picture data classified into the classifying unit mentioned above. | 11-24-2011 |
20130107107 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130194127 | VEHICLE COLLISION RISK PREDICTION APPARATUS - A vehicle risk prediction apparatus includes: a first imaging unit that detects an electromagnetic wave of a wavelength ranging from a millimeter wave to a submillimeter wave to output a first image; a first detection unit that processes the first image output from the first imaging unit to detect a given object; and a risk prediction unit that outputs a detection result of the given object detected by the first detection unit. The first imaging unit includes: a transmit antenna unit that radiates the electromagnetic wave of the wavelength ranging from the millimeter wave to the submillimeter wave; a receive antenna array unit that has a plurality of receive antenna units arranged two-dimensionally, and receives a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave radiated by the transmit antenna unit from the given object; and a signal processing unit that measures a time from radiation of the electromagnetic wave by the transmit antenna unit to reception of the reflected wave by the receive antenna array unit according to the number of read frames by the receive antenna array, and calculates both or any one of a distance from the subject vehicle to the given object, and a relative speed between the subject vehicle and the given object. | 08-01-2013 |
20130201386 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An image signal processing apparatus is disclosed. This device includes a divided area setup unit which sets rows and columns of divided areas in an area defined by a focal evaluation value calculation area setup unit, a high-brightness pixel presence/absence check unit which determines whether a high-brightness pixel exists in each divided area defined by the divided area setup unit, a high-brightness pixel judgment threshold setup unit which sets a threshold for use in the high-brightness pixel presence/absence checker, and an area-selective focal point evaluation value calculation unit which selects a divided area that was determined by the high-brightness pixel checker to contain no high-brightness pixels as a focal evaluation value calculation target and then calculates a focal evaluation value. Variable control of the high-brightness pixel judgment threshold that is set by the high-brightness pixel judgment threshold setup unit is started and stopped at specified timings. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201401 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image signal processing apparatus includes an image signal input unit for inputting an image signal, a noise correcting unit for executing noise correction processing for the input image signal to output a noise-corrected image signal; an image signal correcting unit for executing signal level correction processing for the noise-corrected image signal to output a signal level-corrected image signal; an image signal correction intensity control unit for determining correction intensity of the signal level correction processing in the image signal correcting unit; a signal extension estimating unit for estimating a signal extension degree of signal extension based on the determined correction intensity; and a noise correction intensity control unit for calculating and controlling correction intensity of the noise correction processing in the noise correcting unit. | 08-08-2013 |
20130311619 | Content Delivery System, Delivery Server, Receiving Terminal, and Content Delivery Method - A transmitting terminal can transmit a content held by itself to a specific receiving terminal having no email software as if using a mailer. The transmitting terminal ( | 11-21-2013 |
20140178042 | Editing Method and Recording and Reproducing Device - In order to provide a recording and reproducing device that allows a user to select and manage arbitrary play lists, a unit of management for managing all registered play list information and an upper management hierarchical level are added. The unit of management is adapted to be handled on the same level with unified information that indicates a reproduction range of all AV data. User-defined unified information is adapted to be handled on the added management hierarchical level. The user-defined unified information is formed to allow arbitrary reproduction ranges contained on a lower hierarchical level to be registered. | 06-26-2014 |