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20080199151 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AVOIDING CONNECTION CHANGE WHILE RECORDING - A personal video recorder (PVR) may be designed to capture a recording source which matches the view source displayed on a television, thereby allowing a user to pause and rewind “live TV.” However, during recording, the user may inadvertently change the view source by, for example, accessing an autotune feature within a menu system of the audio/visual system. When this happens, the recording source may be prevented from tracking the view source, thereby allowing the continued recording of the program without loss or interruption while the menu system is active. | 08-21-2008 |
20080199152 | Sound processing apparatus, sound processing method and program - A sound processing apparatus includes a sound determination portion operable to determine whether an input sound includes a first sound emitted from a particular source based on location information of the source, a sound separation portion operable to separate the input sound into the first sound and a second sound emitted from a source different from the particular source if the sound determination portion determines that the input sound includes the first sound, and a sound mixing portion operable to mix the first sound and the second sound separated by the sound separation portion at a prescribed volume ratio. | 08-21-2008 |
20080232775 | Systems and methods of providing modified media content - In an embodiment, a method of providing modified media content is disclosed and includes receiving media content that includes audio data and video data having a first number of video frames. The method also includes generating abstracted media content that includes portions of the video data and audio elements of the audio data, where the abstracted media content includes less than all of the video data and includes fewer video frames than the first number of video frames. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232776 | SIGNAL COMPRESSING APPARATUS - An input signal is quantized into a quantization-resultant signal. The quantization-resultant signal is compressed into a compression-resultant signal. The compression-resultant signal is formatted into a formatting-resultant signal corresponding to a predetermined format for a digital recording disc. The formatting-resultant signal includes segments corresponding to user data areas prescribed in the predetermined format. The compression-resultant signal is placed in the segments of the formatting-resultant signal. The formatting-resultant signal is encoded into an encoding-resultant signal of a CD format. The encoding-resultant signal is recorded on a recording medium. | 09-25-2008 |
20080240681 | Digital Broadcast Receiving Apparatus - A portable telephone 100 with broadcast receiving function has a portable telephone device and a digital broadcast receiving apparatus . A recording format selection section 116 in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus records, in a recording section 117 such as nonvolatile semiconductor memory, any of a video signal, an audio signal and a data signal which are separated by a transport stream (TS) separating section 105, in accordance with a designated recording format or contents of a broadcast program, from a recording start time to a recording end time. An attempt is made to make the quantity of data signal to be recorded in the recording section 117 appropriate, and diminish power consumed by a battery of the portable telephone 100 with broadcast receiving function. | 10-02-2008 |
20080240682 | SOUND PLAYBACK APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a sound playback apparatus includes receiving mechanism for obtaining a sound packet including sound data about outputs of a predetermined number of channels, downmix information receiving mechanism for obtaining downmix coefficient information, control mechanism for determining whether downmix processing is to be performed for the sound packet by using the downmix coefficient information or not, sound processing mechanism for performing downmix processing of the sound packet based on the downmix coefficient information when the control mechanism determines to perform downmix processing for the sound packet, and sound output mechanism for outputting the sound data downmixed by the sound processing mechanism to a speaker connection terminal. | 10-02-2008 |
20080240683 | Method and system to reproduce contents, and recording medium including program to reproduce contents - A contents reproduction system includes a display unit, a processor configured to simultaneously reproduce video contents and non-video visual contents on the display unit, an input unit through which an instruction is sent to the processor, and a storage unit storing the video contents, the non-video visual contents, reproduction synchronization information, and display layouts. The reproduction synchronization information associates the video contents, the non-video visual contents, and the display layouts with each other for each video scene. The processor refers to the reproduction synchronization information and changes the non-video visual content and the display layout for each video scene. When the user requests to change display layout via the input unit, the processor allows a user to select one of the display layouts and changes at least a current display layout to the display layout selected by the user. | 10-02-2008 |
20080285951 | VIDEO/AUDIO REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING SIGNAL IN VIDEO/AUDIO REPRODUCING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a video/audio reproducing apparatus includes a detection/determination part, a setting processing part, and an output signal processing part. The detection/determination part obtains a format of reproducible audio data and video data. The setting processing part receives bit stream data in a reproducing apparatus from among the format of the audio data and the video data, which has been obtained by the detection/determination part and can be reproduced by the reproducing apparatus, and detects that the reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing the bit stream data is connected. The output signal processing part directly receives the bit stream data to output the bit stream data to the reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing the bit stream data when the setting processing part receives the bit stream data and detects that the reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing the bit stream data is connected. | 11-20-2008 |
20080292273 | Uniform Program Indexing Method with Simple and Robust Audio Feature and Related Enhancing Methods - Simple, computational efficient, and robust audio features are applied in a uniform program indexing method for picking up video segments relating to highlight plays in a recorded program worthy of being reviewed. By focusing on certain frequencies in an audio sequence of the program, a computational complexity of the uniform program indexing method is significantly decreased. With the aid of MFCC coefficients and a DFBE coefficient generated from the MFCC coefficients, audio patterns may be utilized for differentiating exciting events in the program from other unnecessary information. Scores corresponding to various audio segments are regarded as standards for picking up video segments in the program worthy of being chosen in a recorded highlight collection. Some low-level-feature parameters, some video segments having highlight-related visual characteristics, and a re-ranking procedure are utilized for enhancing precision of the scores for providing video segments worthy of being reviewed. | 11-27-2008 |
20080292274 | Transmission system, recording apparatus, transmission method, recording method and program - A transmission system including a first recording apparatus and a second recording apparatus connected to each other through a network is disclosed. The first recording apparatus includes a recording means for recording an AV stream, a generating means for analyzing picture types of respective pictures and generating trick play information, and a transmission means for transmitting the AV stream to the second recording apparatus with the time information. The second recording apparatus includes a receiving means for receiving the AV stream and the time information, and a recording control means for recording the AV stream on a predetermined recording medium as well as recording trick play information including recording positions of I-pictures included in the AV stream on the predetermined recording medium and time information indicating the time of respective I-pictures on the AV stream, which is generated based on the time information, on the predetermined recording medium. | 11-27-2008 |
20080298778 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IMPLEMENTING MULTIMEDIA RECORDING AND MEDIA RESOURCE HANDLING DEVICE - A method of implementing multimedia recording, comprises the following steps of: (1) establishing a multimedia channel between a media resource handling device and a recording data source; (2) a media resource controller including media controlling parameters, and indicating the media resource handling device to start a multimedia recording operation via said multimedia channel; (3) depending on the parameters indicated by the media resource controlling device, the media resource handling device saving the received media data as a multimedia data file according to a format indicated by the parameters. A system of implementing multimedia recording and media resource handling device. Using this method, system and the media resource handling device of present invention can make the media resource controller indicate the media resource handling device to implement the multimedia recording operation. | 12-04-2008 |
20080310821 | AUDIOVISUAL RECORDING APPARATUS - In response to an instruction to duplicate audio-video data recorded on a recording medium, duplication history information and unduplicated audio-video data that is indicated by the duplication history information are transmitted. Upon receipt of an instruction to generate duplication history information, an apparatus configured to record onto the recording medium, duplication history information indicating that the transmitted audio-video data has been duplicated, generates history information indicating that the audio-video data recorded on the recording medium has been duplicated. | 12-18-2008 |
20080310822 | RECORDING APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus and a file management method are disclosed wherein, even if one of files recorded on a recording medium cannot be reproduced regularly, another file selected by the user can be reproduced normally. A file having a hierarchical structure formed from video data and audio data both in the form of compressed data together with information necessary for processing of the video data and audio data is produced and recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Upon production of the file, information regarding decoding of the video data and audio data is disposed collectively on the top side of the file. | 12-18-2008 |
20080317437 | INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - When recording data are saved and then deleted from a local storage medium to secure recordable time in a video camera, scenes of the data cannot be reproduced if network environment or a recording medium does not exist, in addition, if saved recording data are not deleted from the local storage medium, a free space is not increased, consequently a recording opportunity is missed. During backup, a saving list is created in an incorporated magnetic disk drive, and a recordable time calculation section calculates, from the saving list, data capacity of data that have been backed up in data recorded in the magnetic disk drive, and reflects the data capacity to recordable time. During recording, when a non-recorded area is exhausted, a scene in the saving list is overwritten. During reproducing, data in the saving list are reproduced from the magnetic disk drive without being connected to a network. | 12-25-2008 |
20090010614 | Information Storage Medium, Ts Packet Judgement Apparatus, and Data Reproduction Apparatus - The present invention provides an information storage medium in which a stream including basic data and extension data for next generation is stored, so as to allow a decoder capable of decoding only basic data to process such a stream including basic data and extension data. | 01-08-2009 |
20090010615 | Recording/reproducing apparatus, recording apparatus, reproducing apparatus, recording method, reproducing method and computer program - There is provided a recording/reproducing apparatus that includes an image recording unit for recording moving picture, an audio recording unit for recording audio, a reproduction information recording unit for recording in parallel, at the time of recording moving picture and audio, reproduction information of moving picture and audio, and a reproducing unit reproducing moving picture and audio based on reproduction information, wherein the reproduction information recording unit records, for each chunk of audio data, audio synchronization information for synchronizing video and audio at the time of recording the reproduction information. | 01-08-2009 |
20090034937 | VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS, SCENE CHANGE EXTRACTION METHOD, AND VIDEO AUDIO RECORDING APPARATUS - There are provided with a video recording apparatus and a scene change extraction method, by which a scene change can be extracted from a video while recording the video. The video recording apparatus | 02-05-2009 |
20090041427 | REPRODUCING DEVICE - A reproducing device for playing back data from a recording medium, including: play back circuits for reading first stream data, which includes first video data, first audio data, and first subpicture data, from a recording medium; download data storage circuits for storing second stream data, which includes at least one of second video data, second audio data and second subpicture data downloaded via a network; and selection circuits for conducting at least one of: switching from said first video data to said second video data; switching from said first audio data to said second audio data, and switching from said first subpicture data to said second subpicture data; wherein data which is newly switched by said selection circuits and data which is not switched by said selection circuits are synchronously superimposed and outputted. | 02-12-2009 |
20090046993 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DEVICE - A transmitting device, a receiving device and a transmitting and receiving device includes multiple devices connected. When these devices have duplicate functions for processing video signals or audio signals, these signals are processed using optimal circuits by comparing functions for processing video signals or audio signals in the devices. | 02-19-2009 |
20090052868 | Image processing device - An image processing device is provided with a picture quality mode which is used to collectively set a plurality of the picture qualities by one operation, a user can select the picture quality mode depending on his preference or content of programs to be viewed. A recording portion stores an association table. The association table is a table in which the picture quality mode and sound quality setting values to direct sound quality setting for a sound quality setting portion, are correlated with each other and stored. When a control portion receives a picture quality setting command by a designation of the picture quality mode, the picture quality setting portion performs setting of the respective picture qualities depending on the picture quality mode. Further, the setting direction portion reads out the association table and obtains the sound quality setting values which are correlated with the designated picture quality mode. Then, sound quality setting is performed by giving the obtained sound quality setting values for the sound quality setting portion. | 02-26-2009 |
20090060455 | Apparatus and Method of Processing Information and Program - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of rapidly and appropriately setting a format of an audio signal to be output to a display apparatus. When a monitor apparatus | 03-05-2009 |
20090060456 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL APPARATUS AND MULTIMEDIA REPLAYING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for connecting an external apparatus and a multimedia replaying apparatus using the same. The method includes determining whether a command for displaying menus is input while multimedia content is replayed, determining a multimedia content replay state indicating whether a part or the whole of the multimedia contents is being replayed at an external apparatus if it is determined that the command for displaying menus is input, and displaying the menus comprising the multimedia content replay state on an area displaying a video of the multimedia contents. Therefore, a part or entire of replayed multimedia contents is readily transmitted to an external apparatus for wireless communication. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060457 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus records data to a plurality of recording media including a first recording medium and a second recording medium. The recording apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive data, a recording/reproducing unit configured to record/reproduce data to/from the plurality of recording media, and a control unit configured to select, during a dubbing process of reading first data recorded on the first recording medium and recording the first data onto the second recording medium, in response to an instruction to record second data received by the input unit, a recording medium other than the second recording medium from among the plurality of recording media and to control the recording/reproducing unit to record the second data onto the selected recording medium. | 03-05-2009 |
20090097823 | VARIABLE RATE VIDEO PLAYBACK WITH SYNCHRONIZED AUDIO - The invention enables the apparent display rate of an audiovisual display to be varied. The invention can modify an original set of audio data in accordance with a target display rate, then modify a related original set of video data to conform to the modifications made to the audio data set, such that the modified audio and video data sets are synchronized. When the modified audio and video data sets so produced are used to generate an audiovisual display, the audiovisual display has an apparent display rate that approximates the target display rate. The target display rate can be faster or slower than a normal display rate at which an audiovisual display system generates an audiovisual display from the original sets of audio and video data. The target display rate can be established solely by a user instruction, by analysis of the audiovisual data, or by modification of a user-specified nominal target display rate based upon analysis of the audiovisual data. Preferably, the method for modifying the original audio data set is one that produces a modified audio data set that can be used to generate an audio display having little or no distortion. | 04-16-2009 |
20090103895 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD - A playback apparatus that, when it is incorporated in a home theater system, judges via the HDMI whether an apparatus such as a speaker | 04-23-2009 |
20090110369 | MOVING IMAGE AND AUDIO REPRODUCTION DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a moving image and audio reproduction device includes an extraction block which extracts a composition of an Elementary Stream in an Audio Stream included in content and a setting shown in the Elementary Stream, and a signal processing part which reproduces the Audio Stream in accordance with the composition of the Elementary Stream in the Audio Stream and the setting shown in the Elementary Stream, extracted by the extraction block. | 04-30-2009 |
20090154895 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING A MOVING IMAGE, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHODS IS RECORDED - Apparatus and methods for recording and reproducing a moving image in which image data having a frame rate is easily reproduced together with audio data when images are simultaneously recorded with different frame rates when a moving image is imaged, and a recording medium in which a program for executing the methods is recorded. The apparatus and methods employ, for example, a timing detector an image processor, a frame number obtaining unit, and a medium recording unit recording which operate to reproduce image data with synchronized audio and video and record image data on a recording medium. | 06-18-2009 |
20090154896 | Video-Audio Recording Apparatus and Video-Audio Reproducing Apparatus - An apparatus capable of reproducing or recording sounds with high reality sensation, including, for example, an image pickup unit for picking up an image and outputting a video signal representing a video image picked up, a sound acquisition unit supplied with sounds as an input to output an audio signal representing the input sound, a recording unit for recording the video signal output from the image pickup unit and the audio signal output from the sound acquisition unit, an object detector for detecting a location of a specific subject from the video signal, a sound extractor for extracting a sound corresponding to the detected specific subject from the audio signal, and a sound signal processor for adjusting a signal of the sound extracted by the sound extractor, on the basis of the location of the specific subject detected by the object detector. | 06-18-2009 |
20090175595 | Method and device for calculating the salience of an audio video document - The invention relates to a method for determining the salience map of an audio video document. The method comprises the steps for:
| 07-09-2009 |
20090180759 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus which can provide a video signal and an audio signal in synchronization even when the input signal is discontinuous. The recording apparatus includes: an input unit which receives 60P or 60I video and audio signals; a control unit which detects a discontinuity of a pulldown sequence; a recording command information generation unit which generates video recording command information and audio recording command information so that the video signal is recorded as a 24P signal; and a recording unit which provides to-be-recorded video data and to-be-recorded audio data in accordance with the video recording command information and the audio recording command information. The control unit determines the state of recording as the non-record state for a predetermined period of time during which recording of the video signal is suspended following the discontinuity detection of the pulldown sequence and after a lapse of which the recording of the video signal is resumed so that the pulldown sequence of the recorded video signal becomes continuous. The recording command information generation unit generates the video recording command information and the audio recording command information according to the determined state of recording. | 07-16-2009 |
20090180760 | PROVIDING MULTIPLE AUDIO STREAMS TO AN AUDIO DEVICE AS A SINGLE INPUT - According to some embodiments, a first audio stream associated with a first image stream and a second audio stream associated with a second image are determined. The first and second audio streams may each have, for example, at least two channels. The first and second audio streams may then be provided to an audio device as a single input stream, the audio device being adapted to receive a single audio input stream having at least four channels. | 07-16-2009 |
20090208187 | STORAGE MEDIUM IN WHICH AUDIO-VISUAL DATA WITH EVENT INFORMATION IS RECORDED, AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - A storage medium in which audio-visual data with event information is recorded, and a reproducing apparatus and reproducing method thereof, includes: audio-visual (AV) data; and event information to activate an event when a predetermined specific scene is reproduced while reproducing the AV data and to execute a predetermined program application corresponding to the activated event by synchronizing the program application with the specific scene. Accordingly, the storage medium may be controlled so that an application having a program function is synchronized with a specific scene of the AV data using the event information while reproducing the entirety of the AV data or a portion of the AV data. | 08-20-2009 |
20090232478 | AUDIO SERVICE PLAYBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - An audio service playback method includes receiving a transport stream including bitstreams corresponding to at least a main audio service and at least an auxiliary audio service; extracting audio service information of the bitstreams; displaying an audio service selection menu according to the extracted audio service information, wherein the audio service selection menu includes an audio effect option corresponding to the auxiliary audio service; and when a user selection is received via the audio service selection menu, playing at least one of the bitstreams according to the user selection. In addition, an audio service playback apparatus includes a receiving module, a controlling module coupled to the receiving module, and an output module coupled to the controlling module. In this way, the audio service playback method and apparatus thereof allow users to select the auxiliary audio service they want to experience. | 09-17-2009 |
20090252481 | METHODS, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUDIO INPUT AT VIDEO RECORDING - Methods for audio input at video recording comprising capturing a video sequence by a first apparatus; receiving by the first apparatus a audio sequence from a second apparatus captured simultaneously by the second apparatus; and compiling the video sequence and the received audio sequence, and comprising capturing an audio sequence by a second apparatus; transmitting the audio sequence from the second apparatus to a first apparatus having simultaneously captured a video sequence such that the video sequence and the audio sequence are compilable in the first apparatus, respectively, are disclosed. Apparatuses, system and computer programs for performing the methods are also disclosed. | 10-08-2009 |
20090263107 | Image reproduction system and image reproduction processing program - An image reproduction system comprising: an image data storage unit that stores a plurality of image data, an image display unit that successively displays a plurality of images based on the plurality of image data, an audio input unit that receives as input sound of a surrounding environment, an audio determination unit that determines whether the sound received as input by the audio input unit is in a predetermined state, and a control unit that controls a display time of the image displayed on the image display unit at the time of determination by the audio determination unit based on the results of determination by the audio determination unit when continuously displaying the plurality of images on the image display unit while successively switching them. | 10-22-2009 |
20090269036 | AUDIO OUTPUT SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND AUDIO OUTPUT SYSTEM - In an audio output system including a TV, an AV amplifier, a DVD player, and the like, a simple control program decides an audio output mode setting, i.e., whether to output audio from a built-in speaker of the TV or output audio from an external speaker connected to the AV amplifier by linking operations of the respective devices. | 10-29-2009 |
20090279867 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, REPRODUCING PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA STRUCTURE - A state transition of a player operation is explicitly defined to facilitate the production of interactive contents. As a player model for reproducing a disk, a model including a player | 11-12-2009 |
20090279868 | Contents Data Recording/Reproducing System, Recording/Reproducing Device, Mobile Recording/Reproducing Device, and Method - A contents data recording/reproducing method for use in a contents data recording/reproducing system comprising mutually connectable first and second recording/reproducing devices, the method comprising recording contents data input to either of the first and second recording/reproducing devices in the first and second recording/reproducing devices, respectively, wherein reproduction of only the contents data stored in either one of the first and recording/reproducing device is enabled when the first and second recording/reproducing devices are mutually connected, and reproduction of only the contents data stored in other of the first and recording/reproducing devices is enabled when the first and second recording/reproducing devices are not mutually connected. | 11-12-2009 |
20090285563 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A reproduction device includes:
| 11-19-2009 |
20090290854 | Method of Asynchronous Image and Audio Recording - A method configured according to the invention receives a user input. Then a recording of an audio file and a corresponding audio timer are initiated. When the audio timer times out, the recording of the audio file is ended, and an image file is captured. In an embodiment of the invention, the audio recording is ended and the image file is captured if the audio timer times out prior to receiving a second user input. In an embodiment of the invention, if the audio timer does not time out prior to receiving a second user input, an image file is captured. In an embodiment of the invention, if the audio timer does not time out prior to receiving a third user input, then the recording of the audio file is ended. | 11-26-2009 |
20090304359 | Hybrid Playlist - Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for playing media files of a playlist on a mobile device. The media files of the playlist include one or more audio files and one or more video files. Playing a first video file of the playlist on the mobile device includes playing an audio component and a video component of the first video file. | 12-10-2009 |
20090310939 | SIMULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A simulation method and system. A computing system receives a first audio and/or video data stream. The first audio and/or video data stream includes data associated with a first person. The computing system monitors the first audio and/or video data stream. The computing system identifies emotional attributes comprised by the first audio and/or video data stream. The computing system generates a second audio and/or video data stream associated with the first audio and/or video data stream. The second audio and/or video data stream includes the data without the emotional attributes. The computing system stores the second audio and/or video data stream. | 12-17-2009 |
20090310940 | Reproduction control device, method, and program - A reproduction control device ( | 12-17-2009 |
20090310941 | AUDIO CLOCKING IN VIDEO APPLICATIONS - A method of operating an electronic video device such as a DVD player, wherein video clock signals and audio clock signals are derived from a system clock signal using two phase-lock loops, and these video and audio clock signals are used to process encoded video data and encoded audio data, but digital-to-analog conversion of the audio data stream is controlled by the system clock signal rather than the audio clock signals. By using the system clock signal to control the audio digital-to-analog converter (DAC), the DAC avoids the poor performance issues that can arise from jitter introduced into the audio clock signals by the PLL. The system clock signal may be divided by an integer to generate the sampling clock for the audio DAC. In the illustrative embodiment, the system clock signal has a rate which is not an integer multiple of the sample rate of the audio data stream. | 12-17-2009 |
20090317063 | Screen Recording Device, Screen Recording Method, And Information Storage Medium - Provided is a method capable of suppressing generation of data that needs to undergo a complicated copyright process for redistribution thereof. The method includes: executing a program and outputting and displaying a screen generated by the program; reproducing and outputting user-acquired audio acquired arbitrarily by a user; recording the screen output during a specified period along with the user-acquired audio, as video data; and restricting recording of the video data while the user-acquired audio is being output. | 12-24-2009 |
20090324203 | RECORDER WITH RETROSPECTIVE CAPTURE - A system and method allows a user to enter a command capture audio, video, and/or still pictures that commence at a moment in time earlier than entering the command. | 12-31-2009 |
20100003011 | METHOD FOR ENSURING SYNCHRONOUS PRESENTATION OF ADDITIONAL DATA WITH AUDIO DATA - A recording medium, method and apparatus for managing data are discussed. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reproducing main data and additional data. The method includes receiving the additional data associated with the main data, the additional data being divided into a plurality of segment units; and reproducing the additional data in a synchronous manner with the main data using time information if indication information indicates a presence of the time information. The time information indicates a presentation time of the additional data with respect to the main data. The main data and the additional data are reproduced according to management data, the management data including link information for linking the main data and the additional data. | 01-07-2010 |
20100003012 | METHOD FOR ENSURING SYNCHRONOUS PRESENTATION OF ADDITIONAL DATA WITH AUDIO DATA - A recording medium, method and apparatus for managing data are discussed. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reproducing main data and additional data. The method includes receiving the additional data associated with the main data, the additional data being divided into a plurality of segment units; and reproducing the additional data in a synchronous manner with the main data using time information if indication information indicates a presence of the time information. The time information indicates a presentation time of the additional data with respect to the main data. The main data and the additional data are reproduced according to management data, the management data including link information for linking the main data and the additional data. | 01-07-2010 |
20100003013 | METHOD FOR ENSURING SYNCHRONOUS PRESENTATION OF ADDITIONAL DATA WITH AUDIO DATA - A recording medium, method and apparatus for managing data are discussed. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reproducing main data and additional data. The method includes receiving the additional data associated with the main data, the additional data being divided into a plurality of segment units; and reproducing the additional data in a synchronous manner with the main data using time information if indication information indicates a presence of the time information. The time information indicates a presentation time of the additional data with respect to the main data. The main data and the additional data are reproduced according to management data, the management data including link information for linking the main data and the additional data. | 01-07-2010 |
20100008647 | Recording Apparatus, Recording Method, and Recording Program, and Image Capturing Apparatus, Image Capturing Method, and Image Capturing Program - Management information for video data and audio data that are created after their recording is started until it is stopped and that are recorded as a stream file on a record medium is more securely stored. When their recording is started, EP entry information contained in management information of the stream file is created. Whenever EP entry information is created, it is written to a nonvolatile memory. After their recording is stopped, fixed value information and so forth that are contained in the management information are created and written to the nonvolatile memory. According to a disc eject operation, the management information written to the nonvolatile memory is written to the disc and the contents stored in the nonvolatile memory are cleared. Likewise, when power is turned off without the eject operation, information stored in the nonvolatile memory is written to the disc. Since the management information is stored in the nonvolatile memory, even if power is unexpectedly turned off, the management information will not be lost. | 01-14-2010 |
20100027972 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME CAPABLE OF ATTRACTING ATTENTION - A digital photo frame (DPF) capable of attracting attention is provided. The DPF includes a storage unit, a playback unit, a motion detector and a processing unit. The memory stores a plurality of audio files. The playback unit is configured to play the audio files. The motion detector is configured to detect whether there is someone around the DPF and produce a trigger signal when there is. The processing unit is connected to the motion detector and the playback unit, and is configured to control the playback unit to play an audio file thereby attracting people's attention. | 02-04-2010 |
20100040349 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF A VIDEO RESOURCE AND DIFFERENT AUDIO RESOURCES - An audio-video system and method employs a dual-control interface for directly controlling the play speed of a video track while switching among a plurality of audio tracks independently of the video. The dual-control interface enables the user to adjust the play speed of the video track to match or synchronize with the tempo of a selected audio track at any point in time. The video speed and audio selection commands can be recorded as a file or on disk along with the underlying video and audio resources for playback or editing on PCs or game consoles. An Internet-enabled version can connect to streaming audio and/or video resources from Internet websites, for play on wireless mobile devices or Internet browsers. An Auto Beat feature may be used to automatically detect the beat of a currently selected audio track and convert it to the video track play speed. The audio-video system is particularly suitable for making personally editable music video and/or playing video games, audience participation (karaoke) games, and the like. | 02-18-2010 |
20100046925 | VIDEO/AUDIO PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A video/audio playback apparatus that can continue playback even if the external storage means are disconnected during playback, includes a virtual file system section | 02-25-2010 |
20100046926 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A BD-ROM on which an AVClip and a Java™ application are recorded. The AVClip includes a video stream and an audio stream multiplexed therein. On the BD-ROM recorded further are management information and the Mixing_On flag corresponding to the management information. The management information indicates a playback control of the AVClip that is to be played back when the Java™ application is executed. The Mixing_On flag indicates whether or not when a user performs an operation on the Java™ application being executed while the AVClip is under the playback control, mixing of the click sound with an audio output of the AVClip is available. | 02-25-2010 |
20100054708 | Video-Audio Reproducing Apparatus, and Video-Audio Reproducing Method - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a video-audio reproducing apparatus including: an audio processing unit configured to apply a sound field effect to an audio of a content, the audio having an audio mode; an audio mode detecting unit configured to detect the audio mode of the audio; and a switching unit in configured to invalidate the sound field effect applied by the audio processing unit when the audio mode is a dual-mono broadcasting mode in which the audio includes a main audio and a sub audio. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054709 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a control unit to execute an operating system and selectively output a first video signal or both the first video signal and a first audio signal, an external input unit to which an external content signal containing a second video signal and a second audio signal transmitted from an external apparatus is input, and a reproduction state switch control unit to selectively switch a first reproduction state for reproducing the first video signal or both the first video signal and the first audio signal, and a second reproduction state for reproducing the second video signal and the second audio signal, wherein, if input of the external content signal to the external input unit is detected during a reproduction standby state, the reproduction state switch control unit switches the reproduction standby state with the second reproduction state. | 03-04-2010 |
20100067877 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND DISPLAY METHOD - A transport signal transmitted from a television receiver apparatus | 03-18-2010 |
20100067878 | CUSTOMIZING SOUNDTRACKS - A system and method for replacing all or part of the original audio of a digital program with other audio enables a user to customize a digital program soundtrack. The method includes receiving the audio portion of the digital program as an audio data stream including multiplexed associated audio and data packets, selecting at least one of the audio packets to be replaced by a replacement audio packet, and replacing the at least one of the audio packets with a replacement audio packet thereby customizing the audio portion of the digital program during program playback. The method also enables customizing an audio portion of a transmitted analog program. The method includes receiving first and second audio signals, receiving information transmitted in a vertical blanking interval of the transmitted analog program, interpreting the information and removing a replaceable audio signal, and replacing the replaceable audio signal with a user-selected audio signal. | 03-18-2010 |
20100092155 | Display control apparatus, display control method, and program - A display control apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a television broadcast signal containing at least remote broadcast image information, a display unit that displays image information, a recording and reproducing unit that records and reproduces the image information, a player information acquiring unit that acquires, from the remote broadcast image information, player information regarding players in a sports game included in a broadcast image signal, and a recording and reproducing control function unit that receives an audio signal contained in the broadcast signal, generates an excitation graph representing the level of excitation of the sports game along a time line, and records the excitation graph, the image of the game, time information, and the player information in the recording and reproducing unit. Upon receiving information indicating a break in the sports game, the recording and reproducing control function unit displays the excitation graph together with the recorded image. | 04-15-2010 |
20100135641 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING VIBRO-KINETIC DATA ONTO AN LPCM AUDIO STREAM OVER AN HDMI LINK - There is described a method and device for encoding a vibro-kinetic signal (e.g., motion codes) directly onto a video player media (e.g., a DVD player) and for streaming the vibro-kinetic signal to a dedicated motion decoder in synchrony to the audio and video, while the movie support media (e.g., a DVD, a computer file, streaming data from a network) is being played. According to an embodiment, the multi-channel vibro-kinetic signal is encoded within one of the audio channels transported by the HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) link. Two methods are proposed to perform the encoding: Direct LSB (Least Significant Bit) Injection; and Perceptually Modulated Injection. There are also described corresponding decoding methods and motion decoders. | 06-03-2010 |
20100142926 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE VOICE-OVER OR MUSIC PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT - A desktop application and supporting web site for recording voice-over or music sessions is introduced, wherein the production staff and talent may be in separate remote locations. The application includes providing a high quality data format for transferring audiovisual data, recordings and the like, and a lower-quality data format for intercommunicating verbal instructions that relate to, but are not part of, the recording session. The desktop application also provides mechanisms for playing back sound and video for talent's reference during a recording, timing the recording session or individual takes thereof, and calculating payments due based on such timing. | 06-10-2010 |
20100142927 | AUDIO AND VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An audio and video synchronization apparatus and method in a wireless communication network are provided. The audio and video synchronization apparatus includes a receiver that receives audio frames and video frames, a playback buffer that sequentially buffers the audio frames, a detector that determines whether the audio frames are synchronized with the video frames and adjusts a playback time of the video frames based on a playback time of the audio frames if it is determined the audio frames are not synchronized with the video frames. | 06-10-2010 |
20100158484 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING AND INSERTING CONTENT INTO A PRESENTATION STREAM USING SIGNATURE DATA - Described herein are methods and apparatus for the identification of locations in a presentation stream based on metadata associated with the presentation stream. Locations within a presentation stream are identified using signature data associated with the presentation stream. The identified locations within a presentation stream may be utilized to identify boundaries of segments within the presentation stream, such as segments of a show and interstitials (e.g., commercials) of the show. The identified portions of a presentation stream may then be utilized for filtering segments of content during presentation. Additionally, supplemental content is identified and inserted into the presentation stream during presentation. | 06-24-2010 |
20100172633 | SOUND SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD - A sound signal control device includes a change determining unit to determine a change of a reproduction speed of input data containing a moving picture signal and a sound signal; a changeover detecting unit to detect, as a changeover timing, a period in which a degree of coincidence of a moving picture is equal to or larger than a predetermined value when the change determining unit determines the change to a different reproduction speed during the reproduction; a reproducing unit to reproduce a sound and the moving picture based on the input data and, when the change determining unit determines the change of the reproduction speed, changing over the reproduction speed at the changeover timing; and a sound control unit to mute a sound output based on the sound signal at the changeover timing. | 07-08-2010 |
20100178036 | Method and Device for Transmitting Audio and Video for Playback - A video stream from a first source and an audio stream from a second source are received at a multimedia processing device such as a set-top box for play back. A first offset time is determined based upon user input, whereby playback of the video stream relative to playback of the audio stream is adjusted to facilitate synchronization of the audio and video stream. | 07-15-2010 |
20100195980 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCING METHOD - A reproducing medium and apparatus to help guarantee reproduction compatibility are provided. An information storage medium to be reproduced by the reproducing apparatus includes audio/video (AV) data, an interactive content used to perform interactions with users, and interactive content management information used to manage the interactive content, wherein the interactive content management information includes information regarding an application to be executed by the reproducing apparatus and information regarding a substitution application substituted for the application. | 08-05-2010 |
20100195981 | Recording Apparatus - The invention provides an effective means that realizes a long-hour recording and multi-channel simultaneous recording of TV broadcast programs without sacrificing the picture quality in reproduction. The invention also enhances user-friendliness in recording multiple channels. The invention provides a transcoder for the digital broadcast, utilizes program information during recording, and adaptively controls the recording bit rate in correspondence with the maximum transfer rate of a record medium. | 08-05-2010 |
20100215346 | AUDIO-VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE - Problem: It is to automatically recognize CM-broadcast periods, while video-recording television broadcast, without interfering with simultaneous access action to the medium for video-recording the television broadcast. | 08-26-2010 |
20100232765 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING MUSIC SEGMENT, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING DATA - [Problem] The present invention provides a method of detecting a music scene with a high accuracy from a television broadcast. | 09-16-2010 |
20100232766 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A reproduction device includes: a reproduction unit which reproduces audio and/or video data; a reproduction position display unit which displays a time axis and scales on the time axis and displays a reproduction position indicator indicating the current reproduction position of the audio and/or video data on the time axis; an operation unit which receives operation for shifting the reproduction position indicator on the time axis; and a shift information detection unit which detects information concerning to shift received by the operation unit, wherein the reproduction unit reproduces audio and/or video data at the reproduction position indicated by the reproduction position indicator after shift when operation for shifting the reproduction position indicator is received by the operation unit, and the reproduction position display unit changes time interval shown by a unit length between the scales on the time axis based on the shift information. | 09-16-2010 |
20100239232 | INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information reproducing apparatus ( | 09-23-2010 |
20100254676 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a storage unit that stores object metadata created by associating object present time information indicating a time when an object is present in video of audio/video data with object identification information to identify the object, music metadata containing music present time information indicating the time when music is present in audio of the audio/video data, and object BGM correspondence information created by associating the object identification information with BGM identification information and a control unit that determines whether any time in the audio/video data satisfying conditions that the time matches a time indicated by the object present time information and does not match a time indicated by the music present time information is present and outputs BGM identified by the BGM identification information associated with the object identification information associated with the object present time information when reproduction advances to the time concerned. | 10-07-2010 |
20100260482 | Generating a Synchronized Audio-Textual Description of a Video Recording Event - A data processing system and a computer implemented method for generating a synchronized audio-textual description of a video recording of an event. The data processing system comprises an audio-textual description device arranged to record an audio-textual description of the event simultaneously with and contextually relating to a playback of the video recording; and a synchronization module arranged to generate a common temporal scale for the video recording and the audio-textual description. | 10-14-2010 |
20100272416 | PLURAL DRIVE DEVICE DELAY COUNTERMEASURE AND RECORDING/REPRODUCTION DEVICE PERFORMING POWER SAVING CONTROL - The present invention is equipped with a plurality of low-cost middle-capacity hard disks that are combined together to realize a large capacity at the same level as a large-capacity hard disk, and performs power-saving management to minimize the power consumption by the hard disks. At the same time, the present invention eliminates delays for accessing the separate hard disks. For this purpose, the present invention puts any of a plurality of drive devices other than a current access-target drive into a power-saving state, and puts the next access-target drive into a stand-by state from the power-saving state during the access to the current access-target drive, by calculating a remaining time until completion of the access to the current access-target drive. | 10-28-2010 |