Patents - stay tuned to the technology

Inventors list

Assignees list

Classification tree browser

Top 100 Inventors

Top 100 Assignees


With details of static storage device

Subclass of:

348 - Television

348571000 - IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUITRY SPECIFIC TO TELEVISION

Patent class list (only not empty are listed)

Deeper subclasses:

Class / Patent application numberDescriptionNumber of patent applications / Date published
348714000 With details of static storage device 41
20090115910Video signal processing method, video signal processing apparatus, and display apparatus - In one embodiment of the present invention, a video signal processing method is disclosed wherein video correction data is read from a ROM and written into an LUT, and the video correction data written in the LUT is used to perform data correction of an externally inputted video signal. The video correction data written in the LUT is updated during the horizontal blanking interval of the video signal.05-07-2009
20090167960PICTURE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Still shots are detected from a video signal by still shot detection means, and a representative image of the program is accordingly specified by representative image selection means, and as a result, an image that well reflects the contents of the program can be efficiently acquired. As a result, it differs from the case where a representative image is specified from superimposed text alone, in that a representative image that has substantive meaning can be efficiently acquired.07-02-2009
20090207317Moving Picture Storage System, Moving Picture Storage Method, and Moving Picture Storage Program - When a start recording instruction or an end recording instruction is transmitted from a terminal device, a DTMF detector (08-20-2009
20090213273APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VIDEO AUDIO SETTING INFORMATION AND PROGRAM - A setting information database associates setting information used to output a video signal or an audio signal with a corresponding viewing condition. A setting information registration unit registers setting information and a corresponding viewing condition which have been received by a setting information reception unit so as to store them in the setting information database. An adequacy determination unit determines the adequacy of recommended setting information to be stored in the setting information database. A condition extraction unit extracts pieces of setting information stored in the setting information database on the basis of a viewing condition supplied from an extraction condition reception unit. A recommendable setting derivation unit derives recommendable setting information from the extracted pieces of setting information.08-27-2009
20090219446DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A data processing system is provided for processing video data on a window basis. At least one memory unit (L09-03-2009
20090322958IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus capable of providing a plurality of image processing functions includes: a first controller to execute and control a plurality of application programs; and a second controller to execute and control a part of the plurality of application programs. When the power of the image processing apparatus is turned on, the second controller completes the execution of the part of the plurality of application programs before the execution of the plurality of application programs by the first controller completes, and causes a part of the plurality of image processing functions provided by the part of the application programs executed by the second controller to be available for use by a user before the plurality of image processing functions becomes available for use by the user.12-31-2009
20100039567PROGRAMMABLE SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF INTERLEAVING - A programmable signal processing circuit is used to (de-)interleave a data stream. Data from the signal stream is stored in a data memory (02-18-2010
20100066915VIDEO DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A video data processing apparatus includes a reading unit reading video data from a video data file recorded on a randomly accessible storage medium in response to a first control signal, and reading position data indicating a frame position of the video data in the video data file from the video data file recorded on the storage medium in response to a second control signal, a memory storing the position data read by the reading unit, and a controller controlling the reading unit by outputting the second control signal before the outputting of the first control signal, and controlling the reading unit by outputting the first control signal with a designation of particular video data to be read indicated by the position data stored in the memory, in response to a request to execute a process to the video data file.03-18-2010
20100073573VIDEO AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE AND STANDBY AND RETURN METHOD THEREOF - In a video audio processing device, a signal processing block (03-25-2010
20100085488METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WRITING A REFERENCE FRAME INTO A REFERENCE FRAME MEMORY - In a method and system for writing a reference frame having multiple pixels into a reference frame memory, the pixels of the reference frame are sampled to obtain a plurality of representative pixels. A multi-bit pixel value of each of the representative pixels is divided into a number (N) of bit sections, each corresponding to one of a number (N) of different bit significance levels, based on a bit depth, where N is associated with the bit depth. The bit sections of the pixel values of the representative pixels having the same bit significance level are arranged together to form a number (N) of bit depth planes each including the bit sections that have a corresponding one of the bit significance levels. The bit depth planes are stored in the reference frame memory.04-08-2010
20100103327VIDEO CONTROL UNIT - Video control unit (set-top box), which is arranged firstly to assist calibration of whatever type of TV brand with test patterns included in the set-top box memory; secondly to acquire the specific display technology of the video display and the type of content of the received video signal and finally, according to the type of content and the display technology, to apply specific picture improvement algorithm, or fine-tune the existing picture.04-29-2010
20100149425IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSOR - An exemplary embodiment of an image processing system is provided, comprising an off-chip memory and an image processor. In the off-chip memory, a plurality of field buffers and frame buffers buffer intermediate data associated with an input image, and the image processor processes the input image and the intermediate data to generate an output image. The image processor processes three stages. In a pre-processing stage, the field buffers are read to perform a pre-process, and the pre-processing results are stored in the field buffers. In a de-interlacing stage, a plurality of first line buffers buffer the pre-processed results read from the field buffers, and a de-interlacing process is performed on the pre-processed results to generate a de-interlaced results. In a post-processing stage, a post-process is performed on the pre-processed results and the de-interlaced results to generate the output image.06-17-2010
20100149426SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZED MOTION COMPENSATION MEMORY ACCESS - In one exemplary embodiment, methods and systems are disclosed for providing access to video data. The disclosed methods and systems comprise providing a memory device having a plurality of memory areas, and receiving a data sequence containing the video data of a plurality of blocks of a video image frame. The methods and systems also comprise storing the video data in the memory device by allocating a plurality of pixel data groups along a frame-width direction in consecutive memory-addressing areas, and allowing access to the video data in response to a data access request.06-17-2010
20100177250RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording and reproducing apparatus (07-15-2010
20110242427Method and System for Providing 1080P Video With 32-Bit Mobile DDR Memory - A method and system are provided in which a multimedia processor and a single low power double data rate memory 2 (LPDDR2) synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) coupled to the multimedia processor are disposed in a single package on a single substrate or chip. The single LPDDR2 SDRAM may be accessed by the multimedia processor via a 32-bit wide access bus. The multimedia processor and single LPDDR2 SDRAM may be operable to process video data. The video data may comprise 1080 progressive (1080p) high-definition television (HDTV) formatted data. The multimedia processor and single LPDDR2 SDRAM may be operable to pipeline process video data from an image sensor. The multimedia processor and single LPDDR2 SDRAM may be disposed in a stacked configuration in the single package.10-06-2011
20110292293SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY WITH AN ORGANIZATIONAL COLOR SCHEME AND LOGO - An example embodiment includes a method of manufacturing an electronic display, where the electronic display is configured to display an image to a user. The method includes providing input circuitry, where the input circuitry receives an input signal and where the input signal is configured to be converted to an image by the electronic display. The method also includes providing display circuitry, where the display circuitry converts the input signal to the image, and receiving an emblem and color scheme from an organization. The method further includes providing a housing. The housing substantially encloses the input circuitry and display circuitry, includes the emblem received from the organization and includes the color scheme received from the organization.12-01-2011
20120236206EMBEDDED MEMORY DESIGN FOR LOW POWER VIDEO PROCESSOR - There is provided an image/video processor comprises an embedded memory for image/video data that including a plurality of unit memory blocks including a plurality of memory cells; and a controller configured to store each bit of image/video data received through an input/output unit in each memory cell, read the image/video data stored in each memory cell of the embedded memory, and output the image/video data through the input/output unit, wherein at least two or more memory cells included in the plurality of memory cells have different sizes, the controller assign each bit of the image/video data depending on the importance of the image/video data and a size of the memory cell, and as the size of the memory cell is larger, a bit of image/video data of high importance is assigned.09-20-2012
20120327305VIDEO AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE AND STANDBY AND RETURN METHOD THEREOF - In a video audio processing device, a signal processing block (12-27-2012
20130044263DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus is coupled to a video signal supply source through at least one connector. The display apparatus includes: a main storage unit which stores extended display identification data (EDID) therein corresponding to the at least one connector; a temporary storage unit which loads the EDID thereto from the main storage unit; and a controller which loads the EDID stored in the main storage unit to the temporary storage unit if power is supplied, and controls to transmit the EDID corresponding to an EDID requesting signal, among the EDID loaded to the temporary storage unit, through the at least one connector if the EDID requesting signal is received through the at least one connector.02-21-2013
20130329137Video Encoding in Video Analytics - Video analytics may be used to assist video encoding by selectively encoding only portions of a frame and using, instead, previously encoded portions. Previously encoded portions may be used when succeeding frames have a level of motion less than a threshold. In such case, all or part of succeeding frames may not be encoded, increasing bandwidth and speed in some embodiments.12-12-2013
20140092313VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, DATABASE FOR VIDEO PROCESSING AND GENERATING METHOD THEREOF, VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - A video processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an input unit, and a determining unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of scenes included in a scene group and characteristic amounts which are extracted from a series of plural frames included in the respective scenes in the scene group, in association with each other, defining one scene out of the plurality of scenes included in the scene group as a typical scene and the other scenes as a derived scene, the scene group being a group of a plurality of scenes derived from a common scene. The input unit inputs a characteristic amount which is extracted from each of the frames of a new scene. The determining unit determines whether the new scene represented by the inputted characteristic amount is the derived scene of the scene group or not by verifying the inputted characteristic amount with the characteristic amount of the typical scene of the scene group stored in the storage unit.04-03-2014
20140111695MEMORY SPACE CONFIGURATION METHOD APPLIED IN VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A memory space configuration method applied in a video signal processing apparatus is provided. The method includes: arranging a first memory space and a second memory space in a memory, the first and second memory spaces being partially overlapped; determining a type of a signal source; when the signal source is a first video signal source, enabling a first processing circuit and buffering data associated with the first video signal source by using the first memory space; and, when the signal source is a second video signal source, enabling a second processing circuit and buffering data associated with the second video signal source by using the second memory space. The second processing circuit is disabled when the first processing circuit is enabled; the first processing circuit is disabled when the second processing circuit is enabled.04-24-2014
20140240603OBJECT DETECTION METADATA - A perimeter around a detected object in a frame of image data can be generated in a first coordinate system. The perimeter can be converted from the first coordinate system into a second coordinate system having the same aspect ratio as the first coordinate system. A first metadata entry can include dimensions of image data in the second coordinate system. A second metadata entry can provide a location and dimensions of the converted perimeter in the second coordinate space. Additional metadata can indicate matching objects between frames, position of an object relative to other objects in a frame, a probability that an object is correctly detected, and a total number of objects detected across multiple frames of image data.08-28-2014
20150036054DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus is coupled to a video signal supply source through at least one connector. The display apparatus includes: a main storage unit which stores extended display identification data (EDID) therein corresponding to the at least one connector; a temporary storage unit which loads the EDID thereto from the main storage unit; and a controller which loads the EDID stored in the main storage unit to the temporary storage unit if power is supplied, and controls to transmit the EDID corresponding to an EDID requesting signal, among the EDID loaded to the temporary storage unit, through the at least one connector if the EDID requesting signal is received through the at least one connector.02-05-2015
20150296166SETTING METHOD OF DISPLAY MODE AND DISPLAY MODE CONFIGURING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a setting method of a display mode and a display mode configuring system, the setting method comprises the following steps: setting display mode parameters of a first display device; extracting and storing the display mode parameters of the first display device; setting a second display device based on the extracted display mode parameters of the first display device; and making the second display device display based on the display mode parameters of the first display device. In the present invention, through extracting the display mode parameters of the first display device, the display mode of the second display device is set, and compared to the manual setting, the operation is convenient and mistake is not easy to occur, thus on the premise of ensuring setting accuracy, the setting efficiency is increased.10-15-2015
348715000 For storing a sequence of frames or fields 8
20090122198AUTOMATIC IDENTIFYING - A method includes storing a picture or video that includes a first person. The method also includes automatically identifying the first person using speaker recognition or image recognition and tagging the picture or video with information indicating that the first person is in the picture or video.05-14-2009
20090244394IMAGE PROCESSOR - An image processor is connectable with a storing medium storing still image data corresponding to a still image and moving image data corresponding to a moving image, the moving image data including a plurality of sets of frame image data corresponding to a plurality of frame images respectively. The image processor includes an outputting unit, an extracting unit, and index image producing unit, and a layout unit. The outputting unit outputs an image list having a first layout area having a first layout size and a second layout area having a second layout size. The extracting unit extracts at least two sets of frame image data from the plurality of sets of frame image data. The index image producing unit produces a first index image from the still image data and a plurality of second index images from the extracted frame image data. The layout unit lays out the first index image in the first layout area and the plurality of second index images in the second layout area.10-01-2009
20100020247METHOD FOR ASSISTING VIDEO COMPRESSION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a method that facilitates compression of video data in a computer system by performing the time-consuming task of computing the difference between successive frames of video data independently from the central processing unit. This frees the often-overburdened central processing unit from performing this time-consuming compression operation and can thereby improve the handling of video data. Thus, one embodiment of the present invention can be characterized as a method thr compressing video data in a computer system. This method includes receiving a stream of data from a current video frame in the computer system. It also includes computing a difference frame from the current video frame and a previous video frame “on-the-fly” as the current video frame streams into the computer system. The method additionally includes storing the difference frame in a memory in the computer system.01-28-2010
20100123831THIRD PARTY ACQUISITION OF IMAGES AT THE DIRECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT IMAGING APPLICATION - A system and method for capturing and displaying images in an ordered manner. An image progression description (IPD) is generated using an imaging software application (ISA). The IPD defines an ordered sequence of image acquisition instruction sets (IAIS) and an image display layout (IDL). The ordered sequence of IAIS is transferred to a portable image acquisition device (PIAD) which reads and sequentially displays the ordered sequence of IAIS. A plurality of images is acquired using the PIAD in accordance with the ordered sequence of IAIS. The plurality of images are transferred back to the ISA and are displayed according to the IDL.05-20-2010
20110096239Temporary Memory Circuits for Matrix Display Device - A circuit for supplying video data supplied in frames divided into timeslots to an array of pixels comprises a plurality of one-bit temporary storage elements (M), at least some of which are arranged to store data for different pixels of the array during different timeslots within a frame. The circuit can be used in an electroluminescent display in which each pixel (P) comprises an organic light-emitting diode.04-28-2011
20120188460SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC VIDEO MODE SWITCHING - The video output system in a computer system reads pixel information from a frame buffer to generate a video output signal. However, the video output system must often compete with other memory users in order to access a frame buffer in a shared memory system. When memory bandwidth resources are limited, the performance of a computer system will suffer. To reduce the performance drop, a dynamic color mode switching system has been introduced. The dynamic color mode switching system detects when memory bandwidth resources are limited and then instructs the video output system to switch to a color mode that reduces the amount of reads from the memory system without any user intervention.07-26-2012
20140267924IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a control section configured to allow, upon receipt of a moving image that includes, in time-series order, an original image and a duplicate image, a frame memory to hold a partial region in the original image and a remaining region in the duplicate image, in which the duplicate image is a duplicate of the original image, and the remaining region is a region excluding a region that agrees with the partial region; and an image processing section configured to read a piece of data that includes the partial region and the remaining region from the frame memory a plurality of times, and perform image processing by processing any of the read pieces of data as the original image and the remaining piece of data as the duplicate image.09-18-2014
20150062436METHOD FOR VIDEO RECORDING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of operating an electronic device capable of video recording is provided. The method includes combining a plurality of frames of video being recorded, displaying the combined frame via a preview screen, and encoding the combined frame.03-05-2015
348716000 Specified data formatting (e.g., memory mapping) 3
20100259690System and Method for Processing Video Files - In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a video server includes receiving a first video bitstream, storing the first bitstream in a memory, generating a second video bitstream from the first video bitstream, and storing the second video bitstream in the memory. The first video bitstream has a plurality of independently coded views and the second video bitstream has one of the plurality of independently coded views.10-14-2010
20130057770DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA SHARING SYSTEM - In order to realize efficient memory access by reducing frequency at which areas specified by different row addresses in the same bank in a memory are consecutively accessed, the data processing apparatus (03-07-2013
348717000 Of color signal 1
20100289964Memory Access System and Method for Efficiently Utilizing Memory Bandwidth - A memory access system and method for efficiently utilizing memory bandwidth is disclosed. A data arrangement unit arranges video data into at least a primary block and a supplemental block, which are then stored in a memory device. The video data are arranged such that the video data of the primary block stored in the memory device can be sequentially read by a device, thereby increasing efficiency in memory bandwidth usage and memory data access.11-18-2010
348718000 Accessing circuitry 5
20090167961IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - In an information terminal 07-02-2009
20090310028System for Controlling a Group of Picture Frames - A system for controlling multiple electronic displays is presented. The system comprises a display manager capable of aggregating environmental data and deriving a context based on the data. In response to the context, the display manager can coordinate the display of content on the multiple displays. In some embodiments, the displays can be registered members of a group; a family for example.12-17-2009
20100328539METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEMORY REUSE IN IMAGE PROCESSING - This invention relates to a method of reusing data in memory for motion estimation. Only additional data is required to prepare reference block so as to reduce the data transfer to the memory. The additional data will be arranged with the existing data in the memory to provide the reference block. Then the data in the memory is read in a specific way to retrieve the reference block. Using this invention, the bandwidth requirement and internal memory can be greatly reduced without any additional logic operation.12-30-2010
348719000 Including processor interface (e.g., CPU) 2
20130222699CUSTOMIZED BUFFERING AT SINK DEVICE IN WIRELESS DISPLAY SYSTEM BASED ON APPLICATION AWARENESS - This disclosure describes techniques to improve a user experience in a Wireless Display (WD) system. The WD system includes a source device that provides media data to one or more sink devices. The techniques are directed toward reducing end-to-end latency in the WD system while improving video playback quality at the sink devices. More specifically, the techniques include customized buffering at the sink devices based on application awareness for the media data. The techniques include learning the type of application for the media data, and adjusting the size of buffers in the processing pipeline to achieve an appropriate balance between smoothness and latency for the application type. For example, when the media data is for a video playback application, the techniques include increasing the buffer size to increase smoothness in the video playback application.08-29-2013
20130258204DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND UPGRADING THE SAME - A display device and method for controlling and updating the same are disclosed herein. The display device may include a broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcast signal, a demultiplexer for demultiplexing the received broadcast signal, a decoder for decoding the demultiplexed broadcast signal, and a display for displaying the decoded broadcast signal. An external device interface may be provided for receiving upgrade data from an upgrade device. The display device may include a memory for storing the upgrade data and version information of the upgrade device. A controller may be provided to process and display the received broadcast signal on the display, determine whether the upgrade device is connected to the display device, determine whether a version of the upgrade device is an updated version, and assign authority to control the display device to the upgrade device.10-03-2013

Patent applications in class With details of static storage device

Patent applications in all subclasses With details of static storage device

Website © 2025 Advameg, Inc.