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| 20080199147 | Apparatus for reproducing moving image stream with speed change and method thereof - An apparatus and method for reproducing moving image stream with speed change, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a compressed moving image stream, a reconstruction unit configured to reconstruct an image from the compressed moving image stream, a generation unit configured to generate a still image from the reconstructed image, a recording unit configured to record the generated still image and a reproduction unit configured to perform a trick mode using the still image. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080199148 | INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A skipping unit performs a skipping process of skip reading information when reading out and reproducing the information from a recording medium. A reproducing section list generator generates and records a reproducing section list, which is a section list of a reproduction process of reading out and reproducing the information. A skipping section list generator generates and records a skipping section list, which is a section list of the skipping process in which the skipping unit skip reads the information over a period greater than or equal to a predetermined period when reading out the information. The reproducing section list generator deletes a skipping section from the reproducing section every time the skipping unit performs the skipping process over a period greater than or equal to the predetermined time, and the skipping section list generator creates a skipping section list including the skipping section deleted from the reproducing section list. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080219638 | Method and system for dynamic control of digital media content playback and advertisement delivery - An approach provides control of digital media. A stream of digital media that includes an advertisement is received. The stream is selectively skipped to avoid the advertisement. In addition, the amount of advertisement played back is tracked. Further, tracking information is generated based on the tracking. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080219639 | VIDEO PLAYER, VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD, AND CONTROL TARGET APPARATUS - A video player reads, from a recording medium storing video data and control data, the control data which includes a plurality of operation control methods for a control target apparatus, each operation control method being set for one of a plurality of playback controls including a normal playback control and a special playback control, detects one of the playback controls which is requires, to obtain a detected playback control, plays back the video data in the recording medium in accordance with a playback control method corresponding to the detected playback control, and controls operation of the control target apparatus in accordance with one of the operation control methods in the control data which corresponds to the detected playback control. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080219640 | VIDEO SERVER, VIDEO EDITING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING VIDEO DATA OF THE VIDEO SERVER - In a video server, rate information showing a bit rate in encoding input video data from a recording line is stores on a recording medium together with encoded data, and a reproduction speed is controlled in accordance with the rate information so that the higher the bit rate is in preview-reproducing, the lower the reproduction speed becomes. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080226256 | Systems and methods of providing modified media content - A method of providing modified media content is disclosed that includes providing media content to a destination device via a network, where the media content comprises video data and audio data have a first viewing rate. The method further includes receiving data indicating a selection of a second viewing rate via the network and modifying the media content to produce modified media content having approximately the second viewing rate. The modified media content includes modified video data and modified audio data synchronized at approximately the second viewing rate. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080232766 | Method and Device for Reproducing at a Different Rate that From the Recording - The invention relates to a device for inspecting fast repetitive events of defined duration, comprising image recording means for recording successive images of the repetitive event, and image reproduction means for providing a synchronised slow motion representation of said successive images of the repetitive event during the total duration of the repetitive event or a multiple thereof, whereas said image recording means comprise high frame rate image recording means for digitally recording a limited burst of successive images of a fraction of one event, and the device comprises software means to provide synchronised image recording of said fraction of one event and slow motion representation of said limited burst of successive images during the total duration of said one event or multiple thereof, and | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080240677 | Playback apparatus, broadcast receiving device, and computer-readable recording medium - A television broadcast received by a television broadcast receiving device is recorded as a recording file, and a central control device identifies specific recording portions (for example, commercial portions) within the recording file, and then calculates the remaining playback time (the total remaining time without the specific recording portions) that is the playback time of the recording file after the playback position minus the total time for the specific recording portions after the playback position, and displays information according to the total remaining time without the specific recording portions. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080247728 | Video Player for Digital Video Server - A system for playing digital video at varying playback speeds can include a fetcher module configured to retrieve encoded pictures from a data store and an allocator module configured to selectively delete encoded pictures from an input cache. The system further can include a decoder module and an output cache module. The decoder module can decode pictures received from the input cache. The output cache module can store a plurality of decoded pictures and provide selected ones of the pictures as output. Pictures are processed within each of the modules according to a priority corresponding to each picture. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080247729 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NORMAL REVERSE PLAYBACK - Provided are a method and apparatus for normal reverse playback of GOPs of a bitstream stored in a storage medium from an X | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080253737 | Video Player And Video Playback Control Method - A video player and a video-playback control method which are capable of easily performing a selection operation on a display object in a moving image are disclosed. The video player predicts the occurrence of the selection operation of the display object, which is an area for which an action is defined in the moving image, by the start of a move operation of the cursor | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080273858 | Video Trick Mode System - A method for producing an auxiliary video stream arranged for reverse trick mode playback from a video stream including a plurality of uni-directional predicted frames, the method including producing the auxiliary video stream by performing the following steps copying each uni-directional predicted frame included in the video stream into a memory, thereby producing a plurality of copied frames in the memory, replacing each one of the plurality of copied frames with one corresponding supplemental frame, thereby producing a plurality of corresponding supplemental frames, and producing a copy of the video stream arranged in reverse processing order, the producing a copy including replacing each frame which corresponds to one of the plurality of copied frames with the one corresponding supplemental frame from among the plurality of corresponding supplemental frames. Related methods and systems are also described. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080279527 | METHOD OF HIGH SPEED VIDEO PLAYBACK AND VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of high speed video playback and a video apparatus using the same sets skip durations of a number of video frames to skip and frame playback durations of a number of video frames to play back, such that different frames of the same video are displayed in each invocation of high speed playback. Accordingly, a user can see the entire duration work of the video within a short time in the high speed playback mode. As a result, user convenience is improved. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080279528 | Reproducing Apparatus - Disclosed is a reproducing apparatus to reproduce reproduction data at a speed different from a speed at a time of recording of the reproduction data, the recording apparatus including: a storage section to store the reproduction data; a primary reproducing plan producing section to produce a primary reproducing plan ranging from present time to future, according to the reproduction speed different from the speed at the time of recoding the reproduction data; and a secondary reproducing plan producing section to modify to the primary reproducing plan by solving an optimization problem based on the primary reproducing plan produced by the primary reproducing plan producing section, so as to produce a secondary reproducing plan ranging from the present time to the future. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080292267 | Recording Apparatus and Method, Playback Apparatus and Method, Recording Medium, and Program - The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and a method, a playback apparatus and a method, a recording medium, and a program capable of quickly playing back a picture associated with a unit in which a moving image is encoded. An extraction section | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080298769 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING COMPRESSED VIDEO TO IMPROVE REVERSE PLAYBACK - The disclosed systems and methods achieve improved quality reverse playback of video though techniques for modifying the way in which video is encoded and stored. The methods and systems may be used, for example, in conjunction with a wide variety of media playing and recording devices, such as DVD recorders, set top boxes, personal video devices (PVR), and mobile phones. Any device that allows users to record video, either from a fixed source (e.g., set top box) or from life (e.g., mobile phone with built-in video camera, or a standard digital video camera), may use the disclosed methods and systems to give users a higher quality playback. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080304809 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING COMMERCIALS - Methods and products to deliver at least a portion of an advertisement to a viewer at normal playback speeds after receiving a command from the viewer to fast-forward through an advertisement faster than normal playback speeds is described. In certain embodiments, the invention delivers a portion of the advertisement to be played at normal playback speeds to the viewer; and delivers the remaining portion of the advertisement to be played at a playback speed that is faster than the specified playback speed so that the combination of the portions delivered at normal and faster playback speeds is delivered to the user at the specified playback speed. In some other embodiments, the invention delivers at least a portion of the first advertisement to the viewer at normal playback speeds; and delivers one or more other advertisements to the viewer simultaneously with the first advertisement with the audio information muted based on the specified playback speed. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080304810 | Device for and a Method of Processing an Input Data Stream Comprising a Sequence of Input Frames | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080317433 | Playback Apparatus, Playback Method, Storage Apparatus, Storage Method, Program, Storage Medium, Data Structure, and Method of Producing a Storage Medium - The present invention relates to a playback apparatus, playback method, a storage apparatus, a storage method, a program, a storage medium, a data structure, and a method of producing a storage medium, capable of controlling non-normal playback operations. In a state in which PlayItem_random_access_flag is set to 0 for PlayItem( | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090003796 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RECEIVING A COMMAND DURING A COMMERCIAL - Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for receiving recording or other commands are provided. In operation, a command is received during the display of a commercial for a media program, the media program and a date and time for the media program are identified, and the command is executed based on the date and time. The command may be to record the program or send a reminder to the display regarding the media program. A viewer is allowed to send the command during the commercial without requiring the user to go to a second screen, such as a recording screen, or to enter additional commands. The date and time of the media program may be identified through metadata associated with the commercial or through the review of an interactive programming guide. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090010610 | System and method of recording media content - Systems and methods for recording media content are provided. A method of recording media content may include receiving a request to schedule recording of media content at a first digital video recording (DVR) device at a customer premises. The method may also include determining availability of the first DVR device to record the media content. The method may further include sending a recording request to a second DVR device at the customer premises to schedule recording of the media content based on the determined availability. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090016693 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION METHOD, REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORD MEDIUM WITH REPRODUCTION PROGRAM - A reproduction apparatus, a reproduction method, a reproduction program, and a computer-readable record medium where a reproduction program is stored are provided which are capable of shortening a user's waiting time until the beginning of the part which the user wants to view is reproduced and improving the user's operability. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090041423 | Slideshows comprising various forms of media - Methods and apparatus are provided providing users with the ability to create and produce multimedia devices. In one aspect of the present invention, users are provided with the capability to easily and seamlessly create slideshows using multiple forms of graphic elements instead of just still pictures. In another aspect of the present invention, users are provided with the capability to create and modify the DVD menu that is required for DVDs to function properly on conventional DVD players. In still another aspect of the present invention, users are provided with an intuitive graphic interface that simply and clearly explains the trade offs the user must make in deciding which mode to record the DVD. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090052861 | Systems and Methods for Interactive Video Frame Selection - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for interactive video frame selection are described. One embodiment includes a method having the steps of causing a frame of a video to be displayed, receiving a selection of a point at a first location within the frame, and determining a particle in the frame associated with the point. The method further includes the steps of receiving a movement of the point to a second location, determining a second frame of the video comprising the particle based at least in part on a distance between the particle and the second location of the point in the second frame. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090060450 | PAUSING TELEVISION PROGRAMMING IN RESPONSE TO SELECTION OF NETWORK ADDRESS - A time sequential signal comprising audiovisual content and network addresses is received and displayed on a display device by the systems of the invention in a time sequential manner. The display of the time sequential signal is paused whenever a displayed network address is selected. While pausing the display, data corresponding to any selected network address is accessed and displayed on the display device. The corresponding data may comprise a web page accessed through the Internet or an interval page that is transmitted within the vertical blanking intervals of the time sequential signal. While pausing the display of the time sequential signal, the time sequential signal is recorded so that it can be viewed in the order it was recorded as soon as a resume display command is received by the system. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090087162 | Method and apparatus for media playback - In one embodiment of the invention, a memory may receive digital video data containing a first I frame and a second I frame with a plurality of P frames located between the I frames. The I frames each include a first timestamp. A processor may determine a subset of the P frames to be played in a trick mode along with the first I frame and the second I frame based on the number of P frames included in the plurality of P frames and the desired playback speed. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090087163 | DISPLAY FOR DISPLAYING PROGRESS - The invention relates to a display ( | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090097818 | Contents Playing Method and Apparatus With Play Starting Position Control - Play start position information updater stores play position information in play start position information storage unit based on the stoppage of play of a content. Play start position information exchanger transmits and receives play position information to and from other content playing apparatuses, and stores the received play position information in play start position information storage means. Play start position checker refers to the play position information and determines a play start position. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097819 | METHOD FOR FAST FORWARD/BACKWARD PLAY OF VIDEO DATA AND A STREAMING SERVER - An embodiment of the present invention disclose a method for fast forward/backward play of video data includes: obtaining fast forward/backward index information that meets a fast forward/backward play request from a pre-generated fast forward/backward sequence index file according to the fast forward/backward play request from a client; and obtaining video data that meets the fast forward/backward play request from a pre-generated fast forward/backward sequence file according to the index information and transmitting the video data to the client via a network. An embodiment of the present invention also discloses a streaming server. With the method and streaming server provided by the present invention, the fast forward/backward video data reading efficiency of the streaming server may be improved. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090116815 | Method and system for replaying a movie from a wanted point by searching specific person included in the movie - The present invention relates to a method for making a user easily replay a scene on which a specific person appears included in a movie. The method includes the steps of: (a) distinguishing persons appearing in the movie by recognizing their faces; (b) obtaining identifier of each distinguished person, feature data of the persons, information on time zone in which each person appears, wherein the information on the time zone includes a starting time and an ending time and wherein the ending time for a person is determined as the last time that the person appeared if the person has not appeared for more than a certain critical time; (c) displaying the identifier at a request of replay of the movie; and (d) replaying the movie from the starting time for a specific person who corresponds to a specific identifier if the specific identifier is selected. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090129743 | Digital image processing apparatus - Provided is a digital image processing apparatus that can provide a user with increased convenience in searching for a frame in a moving picture. The digital image processing apparatus includes: a storage medium storing moving picture files; and a display unit displaying a moving picture from the moving picture file stored in the storage medium. When a user inputs a search signal as the moving picture is being displayed on the display unit, a moving picture for searching is simultaneously displayed on the display unit while continuously displaying the moving picture on the display unit. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090136202 | RECORDING/PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording/playback device includes an extracting unit to extract a feature amount for detecting a content break; a break determining unit to determine the content break using the feature amount extracted with the extracting unit; an attribute determining unit to determine the attributes of a segment, such segment being made from a predetermined break to the next break based on determination by the break determining unit; and a playback unit to continuously play back the segment determined by the attribute determining unit to have the same attributes; wherein the break determining unit determines each of a first segment and a second segment included in the first segment; and wherein the playback unit has a first mode to continuously play back the first segment and a second mode to continuously play back the second segment, and switches between the first mode and the second mode when instructed externally. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090136203 | AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK OVERSHOOT CORRECTION SYSTEM - An automatic playback overshoot correction system predicts the position in the program material where the user expects to be when the user stops the fast forward progression of the program material. The system determines the position where the program material was stopped and transitions to the new mode that the user selected, starting at the stopped position with an overshoot correction factor subtracted from it. The system uses a prediction method to correctly place the user within the program upon transition out of fast forward mode and determines if the speed of the fast forward mode and then automatically subtracts a time multiple to the frame where the transition was detected and positions the user at the correct frame. The time multiple is fine tuned if the user is consistently correcting after the fast forward mode stops. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090136204 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE LIVE PAUSE - A remote live pause method establishes a connection between a client and a server, and transmits a time-shift start command to the server through the connection, a bit-stream of a live media data to the client through the connection according to the time-shift start command, and a time-shift command to the server through the connection to start a trick play function at the client. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090142033 | Device and Method for Time-Shifted Playback of Multimedia Data - The invention relates to a method and a device for time-shifted playback of audio/video data. The device comprises:
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| 20090169171 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR COORDINATING FUNCTIONS OF MULTIMEDIA DEVICES - Disclosed are methods and devices that facilitate new interactive experiences for users of WiMAX, 4 G, or other media-sharing enabled devices. The methods and devices for delivering primary media content to a set of media systems are configured to coordinate at least one visual media system with other visual media systems to foster sharing of content. The method includes broadcasting a stream of primary media content to the set of visual media systems that are configured to control the stream of primary media content. At least one of the visual media systems can be configured to issue a command to pause the stream of media content. The method also includes generating a notification to be transmitted to the other visual media systems that a command to pause has been received. In this manner, synchronizing the pausing and resuming of playback of media content among the visual media systems can be achieved. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090169172 | CONTENT PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A content playback apparatus includes a resume function for performing playback operation at a stop position if playback operation is stopped while content is being played back. The content playback apparatus includes an input section which accepts operation input, a playback section which plays back content having a predetermined playback time, a playback time measurement section which measures an actual playback time of the content actually played back by an input of playback operation through the input section, a resume determination section which compares a ratio of the actual playback time of the content to the predetermined playback time of the content with a predetermined first threshold value or a predetermined second threshold value greater than the predetermined first threshold value, and a playback control section which determines that a start position of the playback operation is a beginning of the content if the ratio is equal to or smaller than the predetermined first threshold value or if the ratio is equal to or greater than the predetermined second threshold value. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090175590 | IPTV REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND DATA REPRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - An IPTV reproducing apparatus and a method for reproducing data are disclosed. A method for reproducing data in an IPTV reproducing apparatus according to the present invention comprises reproducing data associated with a selected program while buffering the data being received through an IP network; and in case of the user's request for multiple speed playback, checking whether a requested multiple speed playback is possible based on a transfer speed of data, | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090196572 | Rewind Playback of Media - Systems and methods of media optimization are disclosed herein. An operation command can be sent to a media device from a host device. The operation command can be indicative of an intent to perform an operation on the recording medium. A list of media device characteristics corresponding to media device resources can be received from the media device. One or more selections of values of the media device characteristics can be sent from the host device to the media device in order to optimize the operation command. A response can be received from the media device of performance of the operation command. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090196573 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A video display apparatus adapted to be connected to a video playback apparatus having a first frame rate conversion unit configured to convert a frame rate of video data, includes a second frame rate conversion unit configured to convert a frame rate of the video data which is input from the video playback apparatus, and a control unit configured to control and associate operations in the first frame rate conversion unit and the second frame rate conversion unit in response to a request for performing a trick playback of the video data. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090196574 | Still Image Promotion - A computer-implemented method of providing a slideshow representation of video content. The method includes storing video content in memory, playing the video content in real time, capturing a plurality of still images from the content as the video content is played to provide a set of captured images, selecting a plurality of the captured images to generate a series of selected images, and generating the slideshow based on the selected images. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090202221 | Support for Interactive Playback Devices for Performance Aware Peer-to-Peer Content-on Demand Service - A method and apparatus are described comprising detecting a playback operation, determining a target playback point for the playback operation and detecting a sub-clip type into which the target playback point falls. The method and apparatus also receive a streamed leading sub-clip, determine a set of needed sub-clips, locate one of the set of needed sub-clips and download the located sub-clip. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090202222 | SLIDE SHOW DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH BGM, SLIDE SHOW DISPLAY METHOD WITH BGM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND PROGRAMS - A slide show display system with BGM includes at least one content provision device that stores at least one of image content and music content, a playback device that plays back the image content and the music content, and an information processing device that controls the playback device to display a slide show with BGM. The information processing device includes a content information notification portion that transmits information on the image content and the music content that will be played back to the playback device, as well as a playback request portion that makes a playback request to the playback device to play back the content. The playback device includes a content acquisition portion that acquires the content from the at least one content provision device and a content playback portion that plays back the content in response to the playback request from the information processing device. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090208184 | VIDEO CONTENT PLAYBACK ASSISTANCE METHOD, VIDEO CONTENT PLAYBACK ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - Having the object of facilitating the cued playback of important scenes even for video content on which cue point information has not been conferred, a video content playback assistance method includes steps of: acquiring identical video correspondence information that indicates the correspondence relation of identical video, which are identical partial video contained in common in a plurality of items of video content; when cued playback is instructed, specifying the points of identical video in video content based on the acquired identical video correspondence information and specifying cue points based on the points of identical video that have been specified, and reproducing video from the specified cue points based on the video content. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090208185 | MULTIPLE OUTPUT DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM - A multimedia time warping system allows a user to store selected multimedia data streams while the user is simultaneously watching or reviewing other multimedia data. Data streams are converted to digital streams for internal transfer and manipulation. A parser and event buffer decouple the CPU from having to parse the digital stream. Video segments are stored on a storage device and when data is requested for display, its video segments are extracted from the storage device and sent to a decoder that converts them into display output signals and delivers the display output signals to a display. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090220207 | Systems and Methods for Playing Video - The invention generally relates to the field of digital playback and especially to operation of “trickplay” features such as fast-forward and rewind, more particularly to the invention relates to playback of an auxiliary video stream during trickplay of a standard digital video stream. Embodiments of the invention are useful in digital video players and recorders. A system for playing stored video data, the system having a rapid play or rewind mode, the system comprising: means for detecting operation of said rapid play or rewind mode; and means for outputting supplementary program material during said operation of said rapid play or rewind mode. Preferably the system selects a video stream which is configured so that it plays at a substantially normal rate in a forward direction when output by a video player operating in a rapid play or rewind mode. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090245750 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus that has a control unit, a storage unit and a recording unit. The recording unit is configured to record television signals representing programs onto storage device. If a partially recorded program is stored on storage unit, the apparatus is configured to subsequently record and store a full recording of that program. The control unit is configured to insert markers into the full version of the program to indicate the position or positions of the delayed start and/or premature end of the partial recording. The partial recording can thus be deleted from storage unit, but the user of the recording apparatus can still identify the delayed start point and/or premature end point of the partial recording from the full recording. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090269025 | Indication of Trickplay Availability for Selected Multimedia Stream - A user is able to select a multimedia stream from a plurality of multimedia streams available at a multimedia receiver. The availability of one or more trickplay features for the selected multimedia stream is determined in response to the selection of the multimedia stream. A visual indicator, an audible indicator, or both are selectively provided for display/output based on the determined availability status of the corresponding trickplay feature. The selective provision of a trickplay indicator can include providing a first trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is available and providing a second, different trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is unavailable. Alternately, the selective provision of a trickplay indicator includes providing the trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is unavailable and omitting provision of the trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is available, or vice versa. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090285545 | INTELLIGENT PAUSE BUTTON | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090290849 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image playback apparatus, image playback method, and program - An image processing apparatus controls display of a plurality of pieces of image data containing both moving image data and still image data, and includes: a moving image/still image determining unit that determines whether or not image data to be displayed is the moving image data or the still image data, when in a continuous display mode that displays the plurality of pieces of image data continuously in a predetermined sequence; and a display control unit that starts display control of the next image in response to finishing of display of all of the moving image data when the image data to be displayed is the moving image data, and starts display control of the next image data in response to finishing of display of the still image data for a predetermined time when the image data to be displayed is the still image data. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090297122 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER TELEVISION ADVERTISING VIEWERSHIP - A method for enhancing digital video recorder television advertising viewership provides a method wherein the first or last number of seconds of a commercial break are carefully authored to provide a “teaser” to entice the viewer to watch multiple commercials during the commercial break instead of skipping the commercial break using the fast forward or jump functions of the DVR. A bookending function displays an advertisement before and/or after a program that has been recorded on the DVR's storage device is played to the viewer. The viewer selects a recorded program from the DVR's storage device to playback. Before the program is played back, an advertisement is retrieved from the storage device and is displayed before the program is run. Another advertisement is retrieved and then played after the program is over. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090304349 | Operation device, video playback device, and operation information output method - An operation device includes a rotational operation element, an angular velocity detection portion detecting an angular velocity of a rotational operation on the rotational operation element, and a playback speed information computation portion calculating, when the angular velocity detected by the angular velocity detection portion is in a first velocity range including an angular velocity of 0, playback speed information according to the detected angular velocity through a first functional computation and when the angular velocity detected by the angular velocity detection portion is in a second velocity range, which is a range higher than the first velocity range, playback speed information according to the detected angular velocity through a second functional computation, and outputting the calculated playback speed information. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090310933 | Concurrently Displaying Multiple Trick Streams for Video - In accordance with one or more aspects, multiple trick streams corresponding to video content are concurrently displayed in multiple windows. A user selection of one window of the multiple windows is received, and the video content is played back at a location corresponding to a location in a trick stream being played back in the one window when the user selection is received. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310934 | PICTURE INTERDEPENDENCIES SIGNALS IN CONTEXT OF MMCO TO ASSIST STREAM MANIPULATION - In one embodiment, a method that provides tier information corresponding to a picture, the tier information provided in an adaptation field of a transport packet, the transport packet comprising a first byte of a header of a packetized elementary stream (PES) containing the picture; and provides the first transport packet. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090317053 | PROVIDING INTERACTIVE CONTENT DURING TRICK MODE - A system may receive an enhanced media stream that includes media content and interactive content relating to the media content, present the media content for display on a video display device, detect initiation of a trick mode during presentation of the media content, and present information, relating to the interactive content, superimposed on the media content presented for display on the video display device during the trick mode. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100003007 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a recording and reproducing apparatus comprising, an extracting unit that extracts program data containing commercial message sections and main sections from a video signal, a recording unit that records the program data extracted by the extracting unit, an analyzing unit that analyzes the program data to identify the commercial message sections and the main sections and generates clip attribute information for the identified commercial message sections, a data processing unit that adds skip information indicating that skipping is requested to the clip attribute information based on a skip request signal input by a viewer; and a reproduction control unit that controls the reproduction of the commercial message sections depending on the skip information when reproducing the program data recorded in the recording unit. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100008642 | VIDEO APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A video apparatus and a method of reverse playing video data. The video apparatus includes a controller, a first memory, a second memory, a video decoder, and a display device. The controller obtains a first and second group of pictures (GOP) from a data storage medium. The first memory, coupled to the controller, receives the first GOP. The second memory, coupled to the controller, receives the second GOP. The video decoder, coupled to the first and second memories, decodes video frames in the first and second GOPs. The display device, coupled to the video decoder, displays the decoded video frames. Concurrently, the second memory receives the second GOP, and the video decoder decodes the video frames in the first GOP and then the display device displays the decoded video frames in the first GOP in a reverse playback order. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100008643 | Methods and Systems for Interacting with Viewers of Video Content - A viewer interaction system and method receives video data from a video source and identifies object content in the received video data. A video signal is generated that represents the video data. That video signal is communicated to a display device which displays a video image representative of the video signal. The system and method monitor user interaction with the displayed video image and selects an interactive activity based on the user's interaction with the displayed video image and the identified object content in the received video data. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100021128 | FAST FORWARD MECHANISM FOR DIGITAL VIDEO - Methods and systems for fast forward mechanism for digital video processed by a digital video player are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for fast forwarding digital video includes receiving an encoded digital video stream having at least one I frame, at least one P frame, and at least one B frame, determining a set of frames for displaying on a display unit of the digital video player based on a data size of each frame present in the encoded digital video stream, decoding each one of the at least one I frame and the at least one P frame, decoding each one of the at least one B frame only if the each one of the at least one B frame belongs to the set of frames, and forwarding the decoded frames of the set of frames for the displaying on the display unit. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100027963 | VIDEO REPRODUCING DEVICE AND VIDEO REPRODUCING METHOD - A television personal computer | 02-04-2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100034510 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND SYSTEM LSI - A playback apparatus comprises a platform for executing an application, a playback engine for performing AV playback, and a playback control engine. Upon receipt of an instruction from a user, the playback control engine judges the state of the playback apparatus at the moment. If the playback apparatus is in the state of currently performing the AV playback, the playback control engine instructs the playback engine to perform the AV playback at a predetermined speed level. A key event corresponding to the instruction from the user is output to the application on the platform afterwards. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100040343 | Method for Enhanced Seek Functionality - Enhanced seek functionality is provided during media content playback when a user desires to move forward or backward to a different playback position within a digital media presentation. In response to a user seek command, the current seek position may be moved forward or backward at a seek speed that is a predefined multiple of the standard playback speed. After a predetermined number of subsequent seek commands has been provided, any seek command provided thereafter may cause the current seek position to move by a predetermined percentage of the total duration of the digital media presentation. In one embodiment, additional seek commands thereafter may similarly result in the current seek position again being moved forward or backward by the predetermined percentage of the total duration of the digital media presentation. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100040344 | MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND MOVING IMAGE SHOOTING APPARATUS - An image pick-up apparatus is provided, which is provided with a recording medium, a image processing unit, a display, and a controlling unit. The recording medium stores plural continuous image frames of one scene. The image processing unit adds and combines a predetermined number of image frames among the plural image frames stored in the recording medium to successively produce image frames H for reproduction. The display switches the image frames for reproduction at a reproducing frame rate to reproduce a moving image. The controlling unit sets the number of image frames to be added and combined by the image processing unit in accordance with a reproducing speed of the moving image, whereby the moving image is reproduced with noises reduced at various reproducing speeds. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100046911 | VIDEO PLAYING SYSTEM AND A CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A purpose of the present invention is to provide a video replay system and a control method thereof in which the video replay speed is automatically controlled based on the note-taking speed of each viewer. The video replay system of the present invention comprises storage means for storing the video data; video replay means for replaying a video by reading the stored video data out of the storage means and displaying the video data on the display; detection means for monitoring a predetermined viewing behavior of a viewer of the replayed video, and for detecting a parameter associated with the viewing behavior; and automatic controlling means for, in response to the parameter detected by the detection means, automatically controlling the speed at which the video is replayed by the video replay means. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100061697 | MOTION PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOTION PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A motion picture decoding device for decoding encoded motion pictures on a plurality of channels and synthesizing and reproducing the resultant images on the same screen, includes a decoder ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100074591 | Determining Parameters for Trick Modes of Video Programs - Systems and methods for trick mode operation in a digital home communication terminal (DHCT), are disclosed. One such method comprises receiving user input indicating one of a plurality of trick mode operations to be performed on a stored program. The method further comprises retrieving annotation data associated with the stored program. The method further comprises determining parameters for the trick mode operation, based on data associated with the indicated trick mode operation and on the retrieved annotation data. The method further comprises selecting multiple picture sets from the stored program based on the parameters. The method further comprises decoding the selected multiple picture sets. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100080529 | Closed Caption Tagging System - A method for displaying a webpage is described. The method involves receiving a broadcast stream including a program, playing the program in the broadcast stream to a viewer, displaying an icon to the viewer and receiving viewer input in response to display of the icon, pausing the playing of the program in response to receiving the viewer input, displaying a web page to the viewer in response to receiving the viewer input, and resuming the playing of the program. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100086280 | METHOD FOR SMOOTHLY PLAYING A VIDEO STREAM IN REVERSE - The present invention relates to a method for displaying a video stream in reverse smoothly comprising the steps of: (a) determining at least one GOP for reverse display; (b) selecting all the frames of said GOP, a subsequent I frame and if present, the B frames positioned between said subsequent I frame and the next I or P frame, in the encoded order, into a selected group; (c) if present, discarding from said selected group the B frames that are positioned between the primary I frame of said GOP and the next I or P frame, in the encoded order; (d) decoding and storing the remaining frames of said selected group; and (e) loading for display at least one of said decoded frames in a reverse display order. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100092151 | IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to an image reproducing apparatus, an image reproducing method, an image capturing apparatus, and a control method therefor. In the present invention, in order to reproduce an image signal of a captured image that is generated by performing image capture at an image rate higher than a preset image rate, an image signal to be reproduced is supplied to a signal processing unit that converts an image signal into the preset image rate, and the image rate of this image signal to be reproduced is controlled on the basis of reproduction control information generated using a motion detection result of the captured image to reduce the reproduction speed of the captured image in accordance with an increase in motion detected. An image signal of a slow motion reproduction image is output. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100111492 | CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE AND CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD - According to one embodiment, a content playback device includes a receiving module which receives a plurality of channels including content, a selection module which selects a desired channel from a plurality of channels, a playback module which plays back a content item included in the selected channel, and a creation module which creates a special clock based on a playback time of a content item for the selected channel. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100111493 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PROMOTIONS WITH RECORDED PROGRAMS - The invention provides systems and methods for providing promotions with recorded programs. These systems and methods provide for selecting a program to record, selecting a promotion, recording the selected program; and recording the promotion with the program or inserting the promotion during playback of the recorded program. The invention also provides a receiver for receiving signals and/or data (e.g., programs, promotions, program guides, etc.) on a single broadcast channel or on a plurality of broadcast channels, one or more memory storage units for storing signals and/or data, and a processor for selecting a program, selecting a promotion, causing selected programs to be recorded, and controlling the insertion of promotions into a program during recording of the program or during playback of the program. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100111494 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC TIME-WARPED PLAYBACK IN RENDERING A RECORDED COMPUTER SESSION - Methods and systems for generating playback instructions for time-warped playback of presentation layer protocol data. The method includes a protocol engine executing on a computing device recording a protocol data stream comprising a plurality of packets representing a user session. The protocol engine determines a complexity factor for a first portion of the protocol data stream and for a second portion of the protocol data stream based on content of the packets of the protocol data stream. The protocol engine determines a first playback rate for the first portion of the protocol data stream and a second playback rate for the second portion of the protocol data stream using the complexity factor of each portion of the protocol data stream, wherein the first playback rate differs from the second playback rate. The protocol engine renders the protocol data stream according to the determined playback rates. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100119206 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIEWING SUBSTITUTE MEDIA WHILE FAST FORWARDING PAST AN ADVERTISEMENT - Systems and methods for displaying substitute media while fast forwarding past advertisements are provided. When a user reaches the advertisement, the interactive media guidance application may receive an instruction to fast forward the advertisement. In response to the fast forward instruction, the interactive media guidance application may identify and display substitute media instead of the advertisement. The substitute media may be an image, a video frame/clip, a graphic, an animated graphic, or any other suitable media. The substitute media may be distributed in the advertisement using any suitable method. For example, the substitute media may be incorporated in the video frames of the advertisement (e.g., overlaid in the video frames of the advertisement), added as hidden video frames distributed in the advertisement, or any other suitable approach. An advertisement tool for creating advertisements that include substitute media, and for previewing advertisements as they are fast forwarded is also provided. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100129050 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A CURRENT CHANNEL BUFFER FOR NETWORK BASED PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING - A “pause live television” service is implemented, where in one embodiment, a continuously streaming video from a broadcast programming source is copied into a circular buffer. A set top box (“STB”) requests a trick function, such as “pause,” by sending a message to the system, which in this case suspends the present broadcast video in the STB. The system determines an offset and when the user requests resumption of the broadcast video (e.g., “play”), the system uses the offset for that particular STB to determine the appropriate resumption point in the particular buffer to resume streaming of the video for that STB. In various embodiments, the network may begin streaming of the video at the resumption point on another channel and direct the STB to then tune to that channel. Thus, the program appears to have been seamless suspended and resumed using a network based capability. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100129051 | MULTIMEDIA RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A multimedia recording apparatus includes a receiving unit, a normal recording unit, a pre-recording unit and a combining unit. The receiving unit receives ongoing multimedia information. The normal recording unit generates first multimedia data under a normal recording mode. The pre-recording unit automatically records the ongoing multimedia information to generate a second multimedia data when the normal recording mode is not active. The combining unit adds content of the second multimedia data to the first multimedia data. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100135636 | MEDIA STREAMING WITH SMOOTH FAST-FORWARD AND REWIND - Media streaming with smooth fast-forward and rewind is disclosed. One embodiment receives a media stream encoded at a first bit rate over a network connection, and in response to an input to fast-forward or rewind the media stream, the media stream may be retrieved at a second bit rate, and rendered at the second bit rate for fast-forward or rewind playback. By receiving the media stream at multiple bit rates, a media stream may be rendered at increased forward or reverse speeds without dropping frames in the media stream. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100142915 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN PROVIDING PLAYBACK OF VARIABLE LENGTH CONTENT IN A FIXED LENGTH FRAMEWORK - The present embodiments methods and systems for use in providing supplemental content to be played back with a portable storage medium through a playback device that conforms to a fixed length content framework, by receive request for supplemental content from a playback device; identifying the supplemental content; retrieve supplemental content; accessing a predefined clip template defined prior to receiving the request; processing the supplemental content and generating a plurality of clips of supplemental content that have a playback length that is a fraction of a playback length of the supplemental content; and forward supplemental content clips to the requesting playback device. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100142916 | Content reproducing device - A content reproducing device | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100142917 | VIDEO DATA REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - A transmission server reads out encoded data files from storage medium such as memory in itself and removable medium, and transmits the read-out file to the reproduction apparatus upon the request from the reproduction apparatus. A plurality of encoded video files are corresponding to an AV content. These encoded data files correspond to different reproduction modes respectively. The transmission server transmits an encoded file to the reproduction apparatus which corresponds to the requested AV content and the requested reproduction mode. Further, the transmission server switches files to be transmitted based upon a mode switching request from the reproduction apparatus. In other words, the file to be transmitted is switched from an encoded file corresponding to a pre-request reproduction mode to another corresponding to a post-request reproduction mode. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100150521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT PLAYBACK CONTROL ACROSS MULTIPLE ACCESS MEDIUMS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller to enable trick mode bookmarking of media content presented at one of multiple access mediums including at least an interactive television system, a mobile communication device, and a computer, and receive a transfer of a state of presentation of the media content from one of the multiple access mediums according to a trick mode bookmark. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100150522 | System and Method to Display a Progress Bar - A method includes receiving input at a media display control device generating a display of media content. The method includes executing a media control function in response to the input. Executing the media control function causes the media display control device to advance or rewind the media content displayed by a change amount. The method also includes displaying a progress bar based on progress bar settings. The progress bar settings include progress bar display options that depend on the change amount. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100150523 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND PLAYBACK METHOD CONSIDERING TRICKPLAY - A read unit | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100150524 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK CONTENT DATA, METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR PLAYING BACK CONTENT DATA, AND METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR RECORDING CONTENT DATA - A method, apparatus and program for recording and playing back content data, method, apparatus and program for playing back content data, and method, apparatus and program for recording content data. The recording and playback apparatus is configured to record content data including a content and play back the content of the content data at a position specified by first relative time information indicating a relative time with respect to a start position of the content. A record start time information generator generates record start time information. A stream playback control table generator generates a stream playback control table associated with a stream resource record in a content data recording unit. Based on the content start time information and the record start time information, a relative time information correction unit corrects relative time information, of a segment to be played back, identified by a metadata manager based on segment metadata. A read controller controls a reading process according to the relative position information corresponding to the corrected relative time information identified by the metadata manager. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100158474 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to continuously generate still images from a moving image which is being read out from a recording medium and played back, a detection unit configured to detect a change of a playback state of the moving image which is being read out from the recording medium and played back, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the generation unit. The control unit performs control to stop generating of the still image when the detection unit detects that the playback state of the moving image during playback is changed. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100166383 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRICK MODES - A system and method for providing trick modes uses a trick mode video bitstream generated from an original video bitstream to produce video frames during a trick mode. The trick mode video bitstream is generated to be less complex with respect to decoding than the original video bitstream. Thus, the computational cost to provide trick modes is significantly lowered. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100172625 | Client-side Ad Insertion During Trick Mode Playback - A device plays back programming content in a trick mode while an advertising segment record is monitored. When an advertising segment beginning identified by the advertising segment record is encountered, playback of the programming content temporarily ceases. One or more advertisements are played back during the advertising segment, and then playback of the programming content in the trick mode resumes after an ending of the advertising segment is encountered. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100172626 | Trick Mode Based Advertisement Portion Selection - Programming content is played back in a trick mode. One or more portions of an advertisement to be played back are identified based at least in part on the trick mode. These one or more portions are less than the entire advertisement, and are played back during an advertising segment. Playback of the programming content in the trick mode resumes after the advertising segment ends. A table or other record associated with the advertisement can be stored to maintain identifications of the one or more portions for each of multiple trick modes. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100172627 | CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD AND CONTENT PLAYBACK APPARATUS - In the content playback method of the present invention, when a skip operation is carried out and then another skip operation is carried out next, it is determined whether or not a direction of a first skip operation and a direction of a skip operation carried out next are opposite directions. If the direction of the skip operation carried out next is the opposite to the direction up to that point in time and there is a change point between scenes in a skip segment of the skip operation carried out next, skip processing is carried out such that the playback position is placed to the change point of this scene. Thereby, for example, when the content is played back after jumping past a CM, the boundary between the CM and program can be easily found, and the replay can be started. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100178027 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING CONTENT - Provided are method and apparatus for displaying a message relating to a service received from a server while a multi-function device reproduces content, the multi-function device including a function of reproducing content stored in an information storage medium and a function of receiving a service provided from a remote server. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100189412 | Play Back Device with Adaptive Trick Play Function - The present invention relates to a method for play back a digitized video streams at different fast forward speed levels, wherein at least one speed level is adapted so that a remaining portion of the stream is played back within a predefined time interval, and to a playback device for playing back a digitized video streams at different speed levels. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100195974 | SERVER-SIDE SUPPORT FOR SEAMLESS REWIND AND PLAYBACK OF VIDEO STREAMING - A system and method provide server side support for seamless, scalable rewind and playback of a video stream. A video stream is stored and indexed in a network storage place. A video stream can be indexed at frame level where each intra frame of the video stream has an index indicating the file offset and the time stamp of the intra frame in the video stream. A user request for rewinding of a video stream while the video stream is being broadcast is processed by extracting the rewinding time requirement from the user request. The extracted rewinding time value is used to calculate the requested file offset. The video stream starting at the requested time is retrieved and played back according to the user request. The system also provides server side support for seamless rewinding of a video stream and scalable system performance across multiple streaming data centers. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195975 | System and method for semantic trick play - A semantic based trick play method and system in a media player is provided in which a semantic trick play command is received from a user while the user is experiencing a current content of a media item. Metadata is detected with respect to a current playback position of the media item, and at least one further playback position is determined in the current content of the media item or a related content in another media item. The further playback position is semantically related to the metadata of the current playback position. Playback is then moved to the at least one further playback position, so that the user experiences a media content of the at least one further playback position. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195976 | VIDEO PLAYBACK - The present invention provides a video playback apparatus, and more particularly, an apparatus, a method and a playback program for promptly and accurately playing back a video image. The apparatus comprises a means for receiving a video playback request from a predetermined video playback position; and a means for playing back the video forwardly or backwardly from a position separated from the predetermined video playback position by a predetermined time up to the predetermined video playback position at a predetermined speed upon receiving the request for playing back the video. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100202752 | Manual Playback Overshoot Correction - A video display function that addresses fast-forward overshoot. Holding down a play key during a fast forward function, for longer than a predetermined amount of time, causes a video presentation to be placed in reverse mode until the play key is released. This allows a user to manually, and easily, control how far to back up a given video presentation after a fast forward operation, without having to separately engage a rewind key. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100209071 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STILL CUT FRAMES - An apparatus and method for generating still cut frames from video frames that are executed consecutively includes a storage unit for temporarily storing specific ones of the executed video frames in real-time, a display unit for displaying the video frames, and a controller for controlling the storage unit and the display unit in response to an external input signal. When a still cut command signal is input as the external input signal, the controller controls the video frames, are temporarily stored in the storage unit, to be decided and the decided video frames to be displayed through the display unit. When a signal selecting a specific one of the displayed frames is input, the controller generates the selected frame as a still cut frame. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100209072 | METHOD FOR CREATING A NEW SUMMARY OF AN AUDIOVISUAL DOCUMENT THAT ALREADY INCLUDES A SUMMARY AND REPORTS AND A RECEIVER THAT CAN IMPLEMENT SAID METHOD - The invention relates to a method for creating a new roundup of an audiovisual document previously recorded in a device. The document contains two parts, one being the roundup and the other composed of a plurality of reports. The roundup is itself divided into a plurality of parts. The device first searches for the associations between the roundup parts and the reports, and detects the reports that are not associated with roundup parts. Then, summaries are created for the reports not associated with the roundup, and incorporated into the initial roundup to create a new roundup. In this manner, the user can easily select any report from the roundup part associated with this report. The invention also relates to the receiver suitable for implementing the method. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100209074 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD - The amount of information provided to a user is adjusted adaptively by means of a simple method. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100209075 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING - An apparatus for displaying includes a memory configured to store an image of a recorded material and an information of the recorded material, a displaying unit configured to display the recorded material stored in the memory, a recording managing unit configured to divide the recorded material into one or more recorded materials, and extract one or more start images of the respective divided recorded materials, and a controlling unit configured to control for a user to select a replay time point of the recorded material using the start image extracted by the recording managing unit. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100215335 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE - Provided is a reproducing apparatus for reproducing moving image information stored in a storage medium. In response to an externally supplied skip command, the reproduction device extracts a feature parameter of image or sound from the moving image information being reproduced, and stores the extracted feature parameter in a storage device. The reproducing apparatus detects a feature parameter coinciding with the feature parameter stored in the storage device, from the moving image information stored in the storage medium, and inhibits reproduction of the moving image information for a set time which contains the detected feature parameter. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100215336 | Administering a time-shifting cache in a media playback device - Methods, apparatus and products for administering a time-shifting cache in a media playback device are disclosed, where the media playback device receives from a digital media provider a digital media stream of digital media content and administering the time-shifting cache includes caching the digital media content of the digital media stream in the time-shifting cache; dynamically identifying one or more non-preferred segments of the cached digital media content; and managing the time-shifting cache in dependence upon the identified non-preferred segments. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100215337 | VIDEO REPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO REPLAY PROGRAM - A video replay device replays a video in which are recorded a plurality of images photographed at a predetermined number of frames per unit time and audio that has been captured at a predetermined sampling interval. This video relay device comprises an extraction unit that extracts beat periods from the recorded audio data, a separation unit that separates the plurality of images for each beat period of the audio, and a display unit that replays the plurality of images according to the beat period. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100215338 | SIGNALLING OF DECODABLE SUB-SEQUENCES - In one embodiment, providing a transport stream including a video stream that comprises a sequence of pictures corresponding to a video program, each of the pictures of the sequence uniquely associated with one of k successive tiers, where k is a non-negative integer number starting with a lowest tier number; and providing personal video recording assist (PVRA) information in the transport stream at a location corresponding to each of the pictures of the sequence associated with a first tier and each of the pictures of the sequence associated with a second tier different than the first tier, the PVRA information comprising an indication of a first tier number corresponding uniquely to the pictures associated with the first tier and a second tier number corresponding uniquely to the pictures associated with the second tier, the pictures corresponding to the first tier number decodable independently of the pictures corresponding to the second tier number. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100215339 | Refined quality feedback in streaming services - A method for quality feedback in a streaming service is shown, wherein at least one media stream is streamed to a client for playback, the method comprising determining a quality feedback value according to at least one quality metric from a pre-defined set of quality metrics, wherein the pre-defined set of quality metrics contains a quality metric related to at least one of the playback of the at least one media stream and a corruption of one out of at least two types of frames contained in the at least one media stream, and reporting the quality feedback value to a server. A system, a client, a server, a computer program, a computer program product and a protocol for quality feedback are also shown. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100220973 | Video data reproducing apparatus, video data generating apparatus and recording medium - To provide a video data reproducing apparatus or the like, which includes: a flag reader | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100226621 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect a change in a viewing environment; a storing unit configured to store position information of data displayed on a display unit when the change in the viewing environment is detected by the detecting unit; and a reproducing unit configured to reproduce data corresponding to the position information stored in the storing unit by receiving a re-viewing instruction. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100226622 | VIDEO PLAYER AND VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD - When multi-frame rate contents including many high frame-rate portions are played back in a video player, a playback can be easily selected by showing to a user a playback time in respective playback modes of a normal playback and a slow playback. The video player includes a rate analysis unit for calculating playback time in the respective playback modes by analyzing a frame rate of multi-frame rate contents, and thumbnail images of multi-frame rate contents and playback time in the respective playback modes are listed and displayed as display units in a pair with respect to a plurality of contents. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100247064 | Systems and Methods of Variable Frame Rate Playback - Systems and methods for variable rate playback are provided. Disclosed systems and methods of variable frame rate playback may reduce processor loading for presentation of multiple videos in a wall of video thumbnails, for example. The frame rate of the thumbnails may be dynamically changed based on different parameters. In an example embodiment, the parameter may include a video thumbnail position on a browsing page or the position of the video thumbnail as displayed on a video display. As an example embodiment of a default parameter, a seminal thumbnail may be set to the center thumbnail of a browsing page. Then, the frame rate of non-seminal thumbnails may decrease gradually relative to the distance from the seminal thumbnail. The frame rate may be dynamically changed based on a user behavior. The processor may enable real time decoding of the video thumbnail that a user focuses on, which may be determined, for example, by the position of a pointer, a selection of a thumbnail, and/or an entry of a particular video parameter as entered through a user interface. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100247065 | PROGRAM VIEWING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Improvements in program viewing apparatus and methods, some of which are now commonly referred to as personal video recorder (PVR) and program guide features in television sets, set top boxes and other video devices. The invention provides for a user display such as a flat panel program display device, a user remote for the user to control operations and features, program data storage for storing programs and related information, removable data storage for storing programs and related information on removable storage media. Also included is a data manager which functions include response to the user's desires via the user remote to control receiving and storing programs and select received or stored programs to be displayed on the user display device. The data manager may also be responsive to receive, store and display other services such as programming guide services to provide enhanced program viewing and storage management as directed by the user. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100247066 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REVERSE PLAYBACK OF ENCODED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Provided is a method for reverse playback of encoded multimedia content, including receiving a request for the reverse playback of the encoded multimedia content from a user or an electronic device, identifying a first Intra frame (I-frame) from a first Group Of Pictures (GOP) constituting a portion of the encoded multimedia content and preceding a last played frame at an instant of receiving the request, decoding first successive frames in the first GOP starting from the first I-frame, storing the first decoded frames in a memory, and playing the first decoded frames in a frame sequence effecting the reverse playback. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100260471 | TIME SHIFT VIEW/LISTENING SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TIME SHIFT VIEW/LISTENING METHOD - A display device switches a broadcast channel which is being received by a tuner unit based on a broadcast channel switching instruction input from a user operating unit and transmits broadcast channel switching information to a recording and reproduction device. The recording and reproduction device sets a channel of a tuner unit to the same channel as the display device based on the broadcast channel switching information. A content is recorded and reproduced by a recording and reproduction unit based on a time shift viewing/listening instruction, a switch unit of the display device is switched from the tuner unit to the recording and reproduction device, and the reproduction output from the recording and reproduction device is displayed on a display unit. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100260472 | VIDEO RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record in a recording mode in which recording is started by a recording start instruction and is stopped after a predetermined recording time elapses, a changing unit configured to change a number of frames to be recorded per unit time, and a setting unit configured to set, when an image recorded in the recording mode is reproduced, the predetermined recording time according to reproduction speed so that reproduction time of the image becomes constant. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100266259 | Range-Based Media Control Method and Device - A range-based media control method includes the following steps: a media gateway (MG) receives from a media gateway controller (MGC) a signal indicating an operation on a media resource, where the signal carries range information requested to be associated with the media resource, and the MG executes the operation on the media resource within a range indicated by the associated range information. An MG and an MGC are also disclosed. With the present invention, the MGC can indicate the requested range of media control to the MG and the MG can return the actual range of media control to the MGC. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100266260 | Video Data Recorder With Personal Channels - A video data recordable having integrated channel guides allowing a user to control recording and storage of television signals into personal channels for later playback and viewing. In the described embodiment, the user may specify criteria for recording of shows from an input source such as a broadcast signal and shows are then selected based on the user specified criteria and recorded for later playback. Storage of the shows may be organized into personal channels in order to facilitate later playback, e.g., the user may specify a channel of action movies, a channel of nature programming, a channel for sports, etc. The shows to be recorded may also have a predefined format which may be used to ease playback of recorded programming by allowing the user to easily locate and playback sections of programming of interest. | 10-21-2010 |
