Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080309775 | Information Recording/Reproducing Apparatus - A video camera is provided not only with means for receiving any general captured images but also with means for receiving images from any other video input source. The video camera is also provided with an image input arbitration section that captures, after arbitration, video data coming from these two input means, and stores the resulting data into a memory. As such, when the video input source is a video output terminal of a car navigation system, the screen of the car navigation system, i.e., map information, can be stored in a memory together with a user's captured image. When the video camera is used for monitoring, data capturing into a memory is also enabled when the video input source is a medium already carrying therein map image data, e.g., USB flash memory and SD card, and means for reading the map image data from the medium. The data in the memory is subjected to a process of compression and encoding as moving images so that the image of position information and the user's captured image can be processed as a set of moving images. This accordingly enables to provide a system and method for recording and reproducing a set of moving images of the combination of an image of position information and a user-captured image with no need for a complicated process. | 12-18-2008 |
20080317434 | INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - In increasing multi-channel broadcast situations, user friendliness is insufficient in that digest information can not be generated to satisfy users' demands to record two contents which are broadcast at the same time. In a reproduction apparatus which simultaneously records a plurality of digital video signals and creates a digest of each of the signals to shorten the reproduction time, particular frames of input digital video signals are recorded on a recording medium as reproduction position information. A first decoder decodes the digital video signals as a whole, and a second decoder decodes only digital video signals associated with the reproduction position information. The output of the second decoder is used as a digest generation signal of a digest generation module. | 12-25-2008 |
20090003450 | Image Decoder - The present invention provides an image decoder which decodes a stream encoded with standard resolution and transforms it into a high-definition image with a better image quality. An intra-field pixel interpolation module generates an interpolated pixel using pixels in a field. An inter-field pixel interpolation module generates an interpolated pixel using pixels from another field. A weighted averaging module refers to the prediction mode used in predictive encoding for the coded stream. If the prediction mode is a field prediction mode, it increases the mixture ratio of interpolated pixels generated by the intra-field pixel interpolation module, and if the prediction mode is a frame prediction mode, increases the mixture ratio of interpolated pixels generated by the inter-field pixel interpolation module. | 01-01-2009 |
20090034625 | Image Decoder - The present invention relates to an image decoder which implements high speed image decoding with a low cost and simple configuration. By a stream dividing module, an input video stream is divided in units of frames as a plurality of frame rows for distribution. Each of plural decoders generates decoded images by decoding a distributed frame row. Of the decoded images generated by the decoders, reference images to be referred to when a subsequent frame is decoded is stored in a reference image frame memory. A timing control module receives information about stream distribution from the stream dividing module and controls the respective timings of decoding frames distributed to the decoders. | 02-05-2009 |
20090232471 | Information Recording Apparatus - An information recording/reproducing apparatus capable of simplifying settings of a scene breakpoint includes a voice recognition unit and a control unit. At a timing when the voice recognition unit extracts a feature during recording, the control units sets a scene breakpoint and generates a thumbnail at the same time. During reproduction, the thumbnail and voices when the feature was extracted are output at the same time. | 09-17-2009 |
20090297051 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus is configured to have units for compressing and expanding image data and an arbitrating unit for arbitrating control units for executing image processing so that the compressing and expanding units are located between the arbitrating unit and the control units respectively. The apparatus further includes the circuits for compressing and expanding the image data in a reversible manner and a nonreversible manner so that the compressing and expanding manner may be switched according to the image processing condition. When treating a large amount of image data, this configuration makes it possible to reduce the number of accesses to memory and make effective use of a bandwidth, thereby being able to reduce the power consumption. Since the bandwidth is reduced and the random access to memory is made possible, more image processing capabilities may be provided so that the operability of this apparatus is enhanced. | 12-03-2009 |
20100027957 | Motion Picture Reproduction Apparatus - In a motion picture reproduction apparatus, a picture decoding unit decodes picture coded data read out of a storage unit and a reproduction information extraction unit extracts reproduction information such as motion vector, brightness and color difference information to utilize it as a parameter for selection of additional motion picture. An additional motion picture pattern production unit reads out an additional motion picture pattern associated with the reproduction information from an additional motion picture pattern storage unit and the additional motion picture pattern is combined with reproduced motion picture in a reproduced motion picture combining unit to be outputted to a monitoring unit through a display unit, so that additional motion picture different for each reproduction can be combined and displayed in accordance with the reproduced motion picture. | 02-04-2010 |
20140178038 | INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - Module compressing/encoding plural images for recording, or an image recording apparatus or image recording system including the module. At least two first and second image input module types capture an image of frames from a video signal source, and convert into digital image data for output; an image input arbitration module arbitrates to place digital image data provided by the first type before digital image data provided by the second type. The first type image input module is provided with a real-time image. The apparatus or system further includes: a memory module temporarily storing the real-time image by a processing time for the arbitration module to process digital image data provided by the second type of image input module, an image encoding module compressing and encoding the digital image data, and changing a processing speed to perform a process of compression and encoding more in real time. | 06-26-2014 |