21st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090129658 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - A feature value corresponding to each of a plurality of pixel values is calculated for an image. A pixel value is selected for which a minimum distance is obtained in a feature space between the calculated feature value and a feature value of a template. The selected pixel value is employed as a threshold value at which a subject area and a background area in the image are separated from each other. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129659 | Methods for improving image quality of image detectors, and systems therefor - The present invention relates to methods and systems for improving image quality of imaging devices such as image detectors, and preferably of flat panel detectors such as amorphous silicon flat panel detectors, for example used in radiotherapy. The invention also relates to the improving of life span of used or aged detectors. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129660 | Automated Detection of Cell Colonies and Coverslip Detection Using Hough Transforms - The present invention provides methods and systems for automatic detection of the location of cell colonies on a specimen slide, in particular under the coverslip of a specimen slide. Slide scanning can be performed using an automated microscope with motorized axes. The location of the colonies can be determined by image analysis, which is followed by automatically finding metaphase cells and associating them with each colony. The invention also provides an automated, Hough-transform-based method for identifying the location of the slide coverslip and, if desired, analyzing only the image area contained within the coverslip. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129661 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PLAQUE VISUALIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION USING FUZZY AND ADAPTIVE REGION CLASSES - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which carotid plaque is classified in an image and visually displayed using an iterative adaptive process, such as an expectation maximization process. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129662 | SHAPE INSPECTION APPARATUS, SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A shape inspection apparatus includes a shape display unit that displays a three-dimensional shape specified by three dimensional shape data on a screen; a direction designating unit that specifies a drawing direction in molding the three-dimensional shape on the screen; a face designating unit that specifies one face of a protruding or recessed shape portion of the three-dimensional shape on the screen; a dimension calculating unit that calculates a shape dimensional value of the shape portion based on the specified drawing direction and the specified one face; and a determination unit that determines whether or not the shape portion having the shape dimensional value satisfies a shape condition by comparing the calculated shape dimensional value with a standard value. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129663 | Method and circuit for correcting defect pixels in image signal - The invention discloses a method and circuit for correcting defect pixels in an image signal. First, the invention generates a luminance histogram for all pixels in the image signal and then selects N candidate defect pixels from all pixels according to the luminance histogram and a first threshold. Afterward, the invention sets a window for each candidate defect pixel and then calculates N averaged luminance corresponding to the N windows. Further, the invention judges whether an absolute difference between the luminance of each candidate defect pixel and the corresponding averaged luminance is larger than a second threshold. If it is YES, the candidate defect pixel is recorded as a real defect pixel. Finally, the invention utilizes at least one non-defect pixel around the real defect pixel to correct the real defect pixel. The invention not only compensates the defect pixels accurately and effectively but also reduces required time in correction. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129664 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A pattern inspection apparatus includes a stage configured to mount thereon a target workpiece to be inspected where patterns are formed, at least one sensor configured to move relatively to the stage and capture optical images of the target workpiece to be inspected, a first comparing unit configured to compare first pixel data of an optical image captured by one of the at least one sensor with first reference data at a position corresponding to a position of the first pixel data, and a second comparing unit configured to compare second pixel data of an optical image captured by one of the at least one sensor at a position shifted by a sub-pixel unit from the position where the optical image of the first pixel data is captured, with second reference data at a position corresponding to the position of the second pixel data. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129665 | Image processing system, 3-dimensional shape estimation system, object position/posture estimation system and image generation system - An object of the present invention is to process an image without a need to previously find out the initial value of a parameter representing an illumination condition and without a need for a user to manually input the illumination parameter. An image processing system includes a generalized illumination basis model generation means | 2009-05-21 |
20090129666 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A SCENE - Passive methods for three-dimensional reconstruction of a scene by means of image data are generally based on the determination of spatial correspondences between a number of images of the scene recorded from various directions and distances. A method and a device are disclosed which provide a high reliability in the solution of the correspondence problem in conjunction with a low computational outlay. Image areas for determining the correspondences are determined within a plurality of images forming at least two image sequences. In preferred embodiments, a parameterized function h(u,v,t) is matched to each of the image areas in a space R(uvgt) defined by pixel position (u, v), image value g and time t. The parameters of the parameterized functions are used to form a similarity measure between the image areas. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129667 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATIMING DEPTH MAP, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INTERMEDIATE IMAGE AND METHOD FOR ENCODING MULTI-VIEW VIDEO USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a device and a method for estimating a depth map, and a method for making an intermediate image and a method for encoding multi-view video using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device and a method for estimating a depth map that are capable of acquiring a depth map that reduces errors and complexity, and is resistant to external influence by dividing an area into segments on the basis of similarity, acquiring a segment-unit initial depth map by using a three-dimensional warping method and a self adaptation function to which an extended gradient map is reflected, and refining the initial depth map by performing a belief propagation method by the segment unit, and achieving smoother view conversion and improved encoding efficiency by generating an intermediate image with the depth map and utilizing the intermediate image for encoding a multi-view video, and a method for generating the intermediate image and a method for encoding the multi-view video using the same. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129668 | Image-recognition method and system using the same - An image-recognition method and a system using the method is disclosed, which proceeds comparison through the visual lingual characteristics according to the logic of lingual vocabulary of an image to be recognized to reduce the number of the objects to be compared, and to select at least one object. After that, similarity comparison between a graphic characteristic of the image to be recognized and at least one graphic sample corresponding to the object selected is proceeded. And then, at least one graphic sample is selected to achieve open frame image recognition. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129669 | Brightness correction for image - A CPU determines whether or not a picked up image that corresponds to image data is a backlit portrait image by analyzing the image data on a pixel-by-pixel basis, and if the picked up image that corresponds to the image data is determined to be a backlit portrait image, then executes a brightness correction for backlit portrait image. The CPU obtains a tone curve that may have an output value of a predetermined value FV as an output value in response to an input value of a flesh-colored pixel average luminance value PV ave, which is an average luminance value of flesh-colored pixels of all pixels that constitute the image data. The CPU applies the tone curve to the luminance of every pixel in the image data and thereby executes the brightness correction. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129670 | Identifying Steganographic Data in an Image - Disclosed are embodiments of systems and methods for embedding and/or extracting data from images. In embodiments, an image may be segmented into regions, and characters or other image groups within a segmented region may be determined to be embedding sites. A data vector may be embedded into a set of corresponding ordered embedding sites by representing each data element as different intensity values assigned to the pixels within one portion of an embedding site relative to the pixels in another portion of the embedding site. In embodiments, embedded data may be extracted from an image by extracting and decoding a set of bit values from a set of identified and ordered embedding sites. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATION - A 3D image may be segmented based on one or more intensity thresholds determined from a subset of the voxels in the 3D image. The subset may contain voxels in a 2D reference slice. A low threshold and a high threshold may be used for segmenting an image, and they may be determined using different thresholding methods, depending on the image type. In one method, two sets of bordering pixels are selected from an image. A statistical measure of intensity of each set of pixels is determined. An intensity threshold value is calculated from the statistical measures for segmenting the image. In another method, the pixels of an image are clustered into clusters of different intensity ranges. An intensity threshold for segmenting the image is calculated as a function of a mean intensity and a standard deviation for pixels in one of the clusters. A further method is a supervised range-constrained thresholding method. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129672 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PHOTOGRAPH WITH VARIABLE IMAGE QUALITY - Image data for a digital photograph is segmented into a first portion and a second portion. The image data of the second portion is processed to have a quality lower than the image data of the first portion. An image file for the scene is stored where the image file contains image data corresponding to the first and second portions so that the image file has a high quality portion and a low quality portion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129673 | METHOD FOR SEGMENTATION OF LESIONS - A method of image segmentation includes receiving a set of voxels, segmenting the set of voxels into a foreground group and a background group, and classifying voxels of the foreground group as either lesion voxels or normal anatomy voxels. The method also includes blocking the normal anatomy voxels and performing a second segmentation on voxels of the background group and the lesion voxels, the second segmentation forming a stage two foreground group comprising the lesion voxels and a portion of the voxels of the background group. The method further includes classifying voxels of the stage two foreground group as either stage two lesion voxels or stage two normal anatomy voxels. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129674 | Device and method for obtaining clear image - A device and a method for obtaining a clear image, the method is executed by a digital signal processor (DSP) chip or a microprocessor. Through merging clear parts of two images with different focal lengths, a single clear image is obtained. The image is divided into a plurality of blocks, and then edge detection is processed to obtain an edge image. Blocks having more complete edge information are selected as clear blocks. Then, the clear blocks are further merged into a single clear image. Once the images are processed with the method, a depth of field of the image can be adjusted, without adding hardware elements of a digital camera such as a variable diaphragm. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129675 | Method And Device For Continuous Figure-Ground Segregation In Images From Dynamic Visual Scenes - A method for segregating a figure region from a background region in image sequences from dynamic visual scenes, comprising the steps of: (a) acquiring an image; (b) determining local motion estimations and confidences for each position of the image; (c) modifying a level-set function by moving and distorting the level-set function with the local motion estimations and smearing it based on the local motion confidences, to generate a predicted level set function that is geometrically in correspondence with the image and diffused at positions where the confidence of the motion estimation is low; (d) obtaining input features of the image by using a series of cues; (e) calculating a mask segregating the figure region from the background region of the image using the modified level-set function and the obtained input features; (f) extracting the figure region from the image; and repeating steps (a)-(f) until a termination criterion is satisfied. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129676 | Segmenting a String Using Similarity Values - Disclosed are systems and methods for segmenting a string comprised of one or more string segments using similarity values. In embodiments, each string segment may contain at least a variation of a marker string that may be used to separate string segments in the string. In embodiments, a similarity value representing the result of comparing the marker string to substrings of the string may be computed, and a similarity vector representing the set of comparisons for the locations on the string may be generated. In embodiments, the similarity vector may be used to identify candidate segmentation locations in the string. In embodiments, a set of segmentation locations in the string may be derived from the candidate segmentation locations in the string, and the string may be segmented according to the set of segmentation locations. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129677 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - For each image sensing device, an index in a sensed image is recognized, and layout information of the recognized index in a coordinate system based on an image sensing device that has acquired the sensed image is calculated. Index information including identification information unique to the index and the layout information of the index is managed. If recognition of a first index in a first sensed image acquired by a first image sensing device has failed, or the first index has erroneously been recognized, the index information of the first index is varied on the basis of the layout information of the first index calculated by the above process for a second sensed image acquired by a second image sensing device other than the first image sensing device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129678 | CONTENTS STORAGE APPARATUS AND CONTENTS STORAGE METHOD - A method of providing metadata to easily and efficiently retrieve or manage contents data such as a video, an image, etc., having no metadata by means which is as user-friendly as possible, and a contents storage server (apparatus) are provided. Matching images for recognizing and specifying shot or broadcast time and time information thereof are prepared as a database for matching, time information which the whole video or image contents or a scene has is acquired by using the database for matching, and the acquired time information is provided to the contents as metadata, which facilitates retrieval or management of the contents. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129679 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A target region extracting unit configured to extract a target region used in acquiring feature information from each frame of a moving image includes a plurality of image analyzing units (first and second image analyzing units) configured to execute image analyzing processes in parallel for extraction of the target regions on each frame of the moving image in different manners, and an information transmission processing unit configured to execute a process of transmitting result information of the image analyzing processes among the plurality of image analyzing units. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129680 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - Replacement target image data and image data for replacement are stored, character images of the replacement target image data and character images of the image data for replacement are extracted, and character recognition is performed for each page on character strings contained in the extracted character images. Then, a comparison is performed for each page of the character strings of pages of the replacement target image data and the character strings of pages of the image data for replacement, which have undergone character recognition, and a degree of similarity therebetween is determined. Then, based on a determination result, at least a portion of pages of the replacement target image data is replaced with at least a portion of pages of the image data for replacement. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129681 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE JUDGMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing system and image judgment method able to suitably judge whether or not an image includes an image of a predetermined subject to be captured as the image and a program run in the image processing system are provided. Edges of a captured image are enhanced, and an evaluation value Ev concerning intensities of edges and/or amounts of edges included in the captured image is acquired based on values of pixels included in this edge enhanced image. It is judged whether or not the captured image includes an image of a predetermined subject FG based on this acquired evaluation value Ev. It becomes possible to accurately judge if the captured image includes an image of the predetermined subject FG. Further, it is also possible to judge if the image of that subject FG is suitable for a predetermined purpose (for example a template use image of biometric authentication) in accordance with the evaluation value Ev. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129682 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE OPTICAL INSPECTION OF A PERIODIC STRUCTURE - Disclosed are a method and a system for inspecting a periodic structure ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129683 | Object Recognition Apparatus,Computer Readable Medium Storing Object Recognition Program, and Image Retrieval Service Providing Method - An object recognition apparatus includes an image input unit capturing image data, an object dictionary unit storing conditions to specify a type of an object, and a processor collating the image data with the conditions and specifying the type of the object imaged in the image data, in which the object dictionary unit classifies the conditions into hierarchies and stores the classified conditions, and the processor performs collation while narrowing down object conditions positioned in lower hierarchies based on a collation result of object conditions positioned in upper hierarchies. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129684 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING TEXT AND IMAGE - Provided is a method and apparatus for compressing a text and an image. When compressing the text and image, it is possible to group valid lines with data into each line having a common element, and compress and encode the data of the valid lines. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce a data loss that may occur in a tactical communication environment with a poor channel state due to a bit sleep or a burst error. In the case of the text, it is possible to perform lossless compression on only a valid line with data and thereby improve compression efficiency. In the case of the image, it is possible to perform loss compression on valid lines, and then restore the partially damaged data using an ECC even when data is partially damaged. Accordingly, it is possible to improve compression efficiency and the entire data transmission success rate. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129685 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM OF THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In an image processing/transmitting apparatus and method, graininess is suppressed while remarkably the appearance in the image area with a smooth gradation and the flat image area, the number of bit planes is reduced and then increased. The second image processing module includes a bit adding module executing bit adding based on the two-dimensional dither matrix for compressed data read from memory and obtaining decompressed data, an LPF processing threshold value generator obtaining a threshold value from decompressed data, and an LPF processing module attaining a difference between decompressed data of a pixel and decompressed data of a peripheral pixel, which sets a result of weighted mean processing for decompressed data of the pertinent and peripheral pixels to the output image data if the difference is within the threshold, and which sets the decompressed data of an arbitrary pixel to the output image data if the difference value>threshold. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129686 | SCAN LINE TO BLOCK RE-ORDERING BUFFER FOR IMAGE COMPRESSION - A re-order buffer memory in a real-time application such as e.g., an imager. Initially, input data is written into the re-order buffer using a first addressing mode, which causes the data to be stored in a line-by-line manner. Prior to receiving the last line of input data, the stored data is read-out in blocks of data that spans multiples lines in the buffer. This frees up space in the re-order buffer. Subsequently received input data is written into the re-order buffer using a second addressing mode, which stores the newly received data in vertical segments of the re-order buffer whose stored data has already been read-out. Writing/reading of the re-order buffer alternates between the first and second addressing modes. Using this technique, a single buffer may be used to input new data while existing data is being read-out. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129687 | Procedure and device for detecting fades in a sequence of images - The invention relates to a method for detecting a fade in a sequence of images which comprises the following steps:
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20090129688 | INTERPOLATION IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An interpolation image generating method includes dividing each of the first reference image and the second reference image into reference regions each including pixels, executing a correlation operation between the first reference image and first destination images located before and after the first reference image and a correlation operation between the second reference image and a second destination image to derive motion vectors for the first and second destination images every reference region, obtaining correlation values between the regions of the first and second destination images that are indicated by the motion vectors and the reference region to determine the reference region as a high or low correlation region, generating an interpolation image candidate between the first reference and second images using the reference region determined as the high correlation region, and mixing the interpolation image candidates using the motion vectors of the reference region to produce an interpolation image. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129689 | Transcoded Images for Improved Trick Play - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for facilitating processing of images contained in an encoded video stream. In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of non-intra coded images are transcoded into intra-coded images (I-images). The transcoded I-images are then used to facilitate trick mode playback, such as reverse playback, fast reverse playback or fast forward playback. In addition, an image sequence window is defined and transcoded I-images which fall outside of the image sequence window are deleted from a memory. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129690 | LIFTING-BASED VIEW COMPENSATED COMPRESSION AND REMOTE VISUALIZATION OF VOLUME RENDERED IMAGES - A method for compressing 2D images includes determining a depth map for each of a plurality of sequential 2D images of a 3D volumetric image, determining coordinate transformations the 2D images based on the depth maps and a geometric relationship between the 3D volumetric image and each of the 2D image, performing a lifting-based view compensated wavelet transform on the 2D images using the coordinate transformations to generate a plurality of wavelet coefficients and compressing the wavelet coefficients and depth maps to generate a compressed representation of the 2D images. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129691 | Lossless Compression of Color Image Data Using Entropy Encoding - A method compresses a digital continuous tone image of pixels situated on scan lines. The method includes the steps of, for a current pixel to be encoded, said current pixel having an actual pixel value, predicting a predicted pixel value based on pixel values of at least one previously processed pixel from the same image, using a fixed rule, determining a difference parameter based on a difference value of said predicted pixel value and the actual pixel value of said current pixel to be encoded, and inspecting the difference parameter for existence of an uninterrupted series of highest order bits having a value equal to zero, removing at least part of said highest order zero bits, and, if a number of bits within predetermined limits remains, generating a compression code having a predetermined fixed length, said code indicating the number of remaining bits. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129692 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When an image processing apparatus capable of connecting to a digital camera is to perform image-correction processing on irreversible-compression encoded image data acquired from the digital camera, it is determined whether the image-correction processing can be executed by the connected digital camera. When the processing can be executed, it is confirmed whether or not RAW data that corresponds to the irreversible-compression encoded image data is present in the digital camera. If the corresponding RAW data is present in the digital camera, the digital camera is requested to execute the image-correction processing based on the RAW data. This makes it possible to suppress degradation in the image quality more than when directly correcting an irreversible-compression encoded image. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PHOTOGRAPH WITH VARIABLE IMAGE QUALITY - A method and system of quality management for a digital photograph includes using multi-zone autofocus information to generate an image file that has a high-quality portion and a low-quality portion. In one approach, captured image data is processed so that a portion of the image data corresponding to an area different than a focus zone is lower in quality than image data corresponding to an area inside the focus zone. In another approach, sensor resolution responsiveness is set higher for a sensor area corresponding to a focus zone than sensor resolution responsiveness in an area different than the sensor area corresponding to the focus zone. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129694 | METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF FOR ENHANCING DIGITAL IMAGE - A method and an apparatus thereof for enhancing a digital image. The method includes the steps of: capturing a pixel data block; determining a searching region and a reference window with the pixel data block serving as a center; dividing the searching region into compared windows each having a size equal to a size of the reference window; sequentially comparing the compared windows to the reference window to determine corresponding weighting values according to compared results; multiplying calculated blocks in the compared windows by the corresponding weighting values of the blocks to obtain weighted blocks; accumulating the weighted blocks to obtain a summed pixel data block; accumulating the weighting values to obtain a summed weighting value; and normalizing the summed pixel data block according to the summed weighting value to obtain an image-enhanced pixel data block. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129695 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOISE MANAGEMENT FOR SPATIAL PROCESSING IN DIGITAL IMAGE/VIDEO CAPTURE SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented method for noise management in a digital image system measures noise levels of pixel data. The noise levels are adjusted with at least one of an intensity gain setting, a spatial gain setting, and a global gain setting to calculate noise adaptive thresholds for use during spatial processing of the pixel data. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129696 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus is configured to reduce a color blur in a color image, and includes a color blur process determination part configured to change at least one of a color blur that serves as a reduction object and an estimation method of an amount of the color blur according to at least one of a characteristic of an image and an imaging condition. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129697 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DUAL VIEW DISPLAY AND THE SIGNAL COMPENSATING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a signal compensating apparatus, which is used for generating a plurality of image control signals to control a plurality of sub-pixels of a display correspondingly, so that a backlight can form a left image and a right image via the plurality of sub-pixels after passing through an optical grating. The signal compensating apparatus comprises an input unit for receiving a plurality of image input signals sequentially, a compensating unit that compensates the received N-th image input signal based on the received (N+1)th image input signal to produce the N-th image control signal and an output unit for outputting the N-th image control signal to the sub-pixel corresponding to the N-th image input signal. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129698 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING IMAGE BLUR BY PIXEL-BASED PROCESSING - A method for eliminating image blur includes: detecting the difference in pixel value between two corresponding pixels in two continuous images to generate a difference value; and adjusting the luminance of the two corresponding pixels according to the difference value, wherein when the difference value exceeds a predetermined value, the luminance of one pixel of the two corresponding pixels is increased and the luminance of the other pixel is decreased. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129699 | Image processing system - The invention relates to an image processing system for omnidirectional reading of optical patterns, for example of one-dimensional and two-dimensional codes. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129700 | Image Blending - Previously, Poisson blending has been used for image blending including cloning an object onto a target background and blending pairs of source images together. Such Poisson blending works well in many situations. However, whilst this method is always workable, we have found that discolorations sometimes occur. We realized that these discolorations occur when the gradient of the source image is preserved too insistently, at the expense of preserving object and background color. In some situations object outlines become smeared or blurred. We develop a color preservation term and a fragility measure to address these problems. This gives a user additional control to obtain smooth compositions and reduce discoloration artifacts. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129701 | Digital photographing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium having recorded thereon program for executing the method - A digital photographing apparatus, a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method are provided. The digital photographing apparatus includes: a data obtainer that obtains long exposure first data about a first image of a subject and short exposure second data about a second image of the subject; a third data generator that generates third data about a third image by warping the first data so that the subject of the first image and the subject of the second image match each other; and a second data amender which, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, amends the second data so that the second data value S(x, y) at the pixel (x, y) of the second image has the third data value W(x, y) at the pixel (x, y) of the third image. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129702 | COLOR SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - A color signal processing device includes a conversion unit that converts a first color signal into a second color signal. The second color signal is obtained by changing a color point, in a device independent color space, corresponding to a color of each color component of the first color signal by a distance corresponding to a reduction degree so that the color point, in the device independent color space, corresponding to the color of each color component of the first color signal approaches white along a locus, in the device independent color space, corresponding to each color component of the first color signal. The locus, in the device independent color space, corresponding to each color component is obtained by changing an amount of a coloring material that corresponds to each color component and is used in an output device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129703 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A method includes inputting to-be-processed data including a set of first-N-dimensional-coordinate values in an N-dimensional space and first-sampling values, inputting search-pattern data including a set of second-N-dimensional-coordinate values in the N-dimensional space and second-sampling values, setting a set of virtual-corresponding points designated by third-N-dimensional-coordinate values, acquiring input patterns each including third-sampling values within a first range with reference to a corresponding virtual-corresponding point, acquiring search patterns each including fourth-sampling-values within a second range with reference to a corresponding second-N-dimensional-coordinate value of the second-N-dimensional-coordinate values in correspondence with each of the second-N-dimensional-coordinate values, detecting, from the search pattern data, an estimated pattern including one search pattern and having smaller differences with respect to the input patterns than other search patterns, setting sampling values at first positions corresponding to the virtual-corresponding points in the estimated pattern as sampling values at the virtual-corresponding points, and converting a sampling rate of the to-be-processed data. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129704 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR ENHANCEMENT OF IMAGE RESOLUTION - In super-resolution processing in which a plurality of low resolution images are synthesized to generate a high resolution image, a high-quality high-resolution image is to be generated with suppression of the noise ascribable to motion estimation error. Motion estimating means | 2009-05-21 |
20090129705 | ACCESSORY FOR CLUTCH BAG - A pouch receives an item to be hung on a support member, the pouch including a substantially enclosed receptacle having an opening dimensioned to selectively receive an item within the receptacle and to allow removal of the item from the receptacle. The receptacle is formed of a flexible material that can be compressed into a reduced volume when an item is not contained within a receptacle and to an expanded volume when an item is received within the receptacle. An attachment member on a receptacle is provided that is suitable for placement on a hook or other support member. The receptacle is preferable formed of a compressible material, such as a stretchable fabric, or a netting material. The pouch can be collapsed, stored when not in use, and can be expanded to receive the item within it for hanging or supporting the item in the pouch on a hook or the like. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129706 | BAG WITH POURING SPOUT - There is provided a bag with a pouring spout that can surely improve opening properties and shape retention of a spout port part without the need to render the spout port part bulky, can prevent clogging of the spout port part caused by flexing of the spout port part, and can reliably and easily spout the contents of the bag. The bag with a pouring spout comprises a narrow-width spout port part | 2009-05-21 |
20090129707 | Reclosable package with zipper and slider in the fin seal - The reclosable package or bag, typically formed by a horizontal form-fill-and-seal method wherein a single sheet of web forms a bottom wall and two side walls, includes a notched zipper so that the interlocking elements are not sealed within the side seals. Furthermore, the method to manufacture the package or bag uses a driven band, band sealer to decrease the drag induced to the film by the zipper. An encoder is used to send a signal to the stepper motors to match the film speed. Band sealers are used to seal the zipper onto a continuously moving web. The band prevents the film from sticking to the seal bars. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129708 | PLASTIC ZIPPER HAVING PREVENTING FUNCTION AGAINST UNFAIRLY UNSEALING, AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARTUS THEREOF - In a plastic zipper | 2009-05-21 |
20090129709 | HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING DEVICE, AND SPINDLE MOTOR AND INFORMATION APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SAME - The cross sectional shape of an axial direction communicating path when viewed in the axial direction is flat in the circumferential direction, and the cross sectional area of the communicating path gradually decreases moving from the center of the cross section toward the both ends in the circumferential direction. When a sleeve and a cover member are bonded with an adhesive, the adhesive is actively made to flow into an adhesive inflow portion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129710 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING DEVICE - The present invention aims to achieve a reduction in cost for a fluid dynamic bearing device. The fluid dynamic bearing device supports a shaft member ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129711 | Bearing system having a floating bearing mechanism - A bearing mechanism for mounting a connecting rod to a crankshaft is disclosed. The bearing mechanism may include a first bearing half-shell forming a first semicylindrical member and a second bearing half-shell forming a second semicylindrical member. The second bearing half-shell may be assembled to the first bearing half-shell to form a cylindrical member. The cylindrical member may include an outer surface, an inner surface, and at least one end. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129712 | Sensor-equipped bearing for wheel - A sensor-incorporated wheel support bearing assembly, enabling a load sensor to be compactly installed on the vehicle and capable of detecting a load on a wheel with good sensitivity includes a ring member, affixed to a stationary member, which has at an intermediate portion thereof a first non-contact ring portion not in contact with the stationary member, at one end a first contact ring portion in contact with the stationary member, and at the other end the following (A) or (B): (A) a second non-contact ring portion having a wall thickness greater than that of the first non-contact ring portion; (B) a second contact ring portion in contact with the stationary member. A strain sensor is fitted to; in (A), the first non-contact ring portion, and in (B), the first non-contact ring portion or first contact ring portion, which has smaller wall thickness. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129713 | Angular Contact Ball Bearing and Joint Assembly for a Robotic Arm - It is aimed to increase the rigidity of an angular contact ball bearing of the type in which each ball contacts at least one of the raceways at two points, improve the lubricating environment of the balls, reduce the weight of the bearing while maintaining wear resistance and rigidity of the balls, reduce the weight of the bearing while maintaining wear resistance of the balls, improve the radial rigidity and axial rigidity of the bearing in a balanced manner, or to supply a sufficient amount of lubricating oil into an internal area between the two contact points between each ball and the raceway. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129714 | Roller bearing device and method of lubricating roller bearing - A bearing device includes a lubricating device that supplies a lubricant to a first lubricating path when a rotating speed of an inner ring member is detected to be no more than a predetermined speed and supplies the lubricant to the first lubricating path and a second lubricating path when the rotating speed of the inner ring member is detected to be higher than the predetermined speed, the lubricating device including a changeover valve that controls a supply of the lubricant to the first and second lubricating paths according to the rotating speed of the inner ring member. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129715 | Bearing Unit for Driving Wheels - A process for assembling to a knuckle member a bearing unit for driving wheels including a hub, a bearing, and a constant velocity universal joint is simplified. In order to achieve this, a hub ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129716 | Heat-Resistant, Oil Resistant Rolling Bearing and Rolling Bearing for Use in a Compressor of a Refrigerating Machine - An object is to provide a heat-resistant, oil-resistant rolling bearing which prevents release of low molecular weight polymers, additives and colorants that remain in trace amounts in the resin retainer from the resin body, thereby preventing deterioration of lubricating oil, and particularly a rolling bearing for use in a compressor of a refrigerating machine which prevents deterioration of refrigerating machine oil and which does not impair the function of capillary tubes of the refrigerating cycle. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129717 | Bearing Device for Wheel - To provide a third generation type wheel support bearing assembly in which a stress concentration in a recess in a hub axle can be reduced, and the repeated fatigue strength can be increased. A hardened layer is provided by means of a heat treatment at least in a portion from a raceway in a surface portion of a hub axle made of a carbon steel to a flange root portion. A recess as a circumferential groove is formed along a corner portion defined between a raceway in the hardened layer and a large collar with which an end face of a roller contacts. The recess is formed by means of a lathe turning work, after formation of the hardened layer and then undergoes machining or grinding within an inner surface thereof, thereby causing a compressive residue stress to the hardened layer. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129718 | Light Modulator and Its Fabrication Method - It is an object of the invention to provide a light modulator using a thin plate having a thickness of 20 μm or less and capable of stably holding a conductive film suppressing troubles such as resonance phenomenon of microwaves in a substrate and pyro-electric phenomenon and to provide a method of fabricating the light modulator. The light modulator includes: a thin plate ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129719 | Free-Space Integrated Photodetector With Reduced Phase Tracking Error - A Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometer modulator structure for fiberoptic telecommunications is disclosed in which drift of the operating point can be monitored with a reduced phase tracking error. One or more components of free-space light radiated into the substrate of the MZ modulator are selectively detected with one or more photodetectors. Suitable summing circuits are described for nulling out undesired photocurrent contributions in the photodetector(s) from on-state and off-state light radiated from the MZ. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129720 | Efficient transfer of light signals between optical devices - An optical device includes a waveguide immobilized on a base. The device includes a port configured to receive light signals from the waveguide such that the light signals travel through the port. The light signals enter the port traveling in a first direction. The port is configured to change the direction of the light signals from the first direction to a second direction that is toward a location above the device or below the device. The device also includes a wedge configured to receive the light signals from the port such that the light signals travel through the wedge and then exit the wedge traveling in a direction that is at an angle in a range of 88° to 92° relative to the device and that is toward a location above or below the device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129721 | FIBER OPTIC GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor includes an in-fiber resonant wavelength device provided in a fiber core at a first location. The fiber propagates a sensing light and a power light. A layer of a material is attached to the fiber at the first location. The material is able to absorb the gas at a temperature dependent gas absorption rate. The power light is used to heat the material and increases the gas absorption rate, thereby increasing sensor performance, especially at low temperatures. Further, a method is described of flash heating the gas sensor to absorb more of the gas, allowing the sensor to cool, thereby locking in the gas content of the sensor material, and taking the difference between the starting and ending resonant wavelengths as an indication of the concentration of the gas in the ambient atmosphere. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129722 | Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor - An optical fiber strain sensor, a method of fabricating the same, and a method of sensing strain ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129723 | PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL ARRAY - An apparatus having a topology that allows building complicated optical programmable arrays useful for manipulating the phase and/or amplitude of an optical signal. Sophisticated filtering and other optical signal processing functionality can be programmed into the array after a chip containing the array has been fabricated. This programming capability is analogous to that of electronic field programmable gate arrays (FPGA's). Apparatus described herein will provide a powerful tool for processing optical signals or very broadband electrical signals. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129724 | Organic Electroluminescent Optocouplers - An optocoupler including: a substrate comprising a photodetector; a transparent electrically-insulating layer disposed over the photodetector; and an organic electroluminescent device having an organic electroluminescent layer disposed between a first and a second electrode disposed over the transparent electrically-insulating layer; the photodetector arranged to detect light emitted from the organic electroluminescent device; wherein the optocoupler comprises a second current path between the first and second electrodes in addition to a first current path between the first and second electrode which in operation causes the organic electroluminescent layer to emit light. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129725 | SFP Active fiber patch cord with over-molded strain relief and conductive housing - The device includes a first optical fiber, a second optical fiber, a first transmitting optical subassembly, a second transmitting optical subassembly, a first receiving optical subassembly, a second receiving optical subassembly, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a first amount of over-molding material, and a second amount of over-molding material. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129726 | Photonic crystal energy converter - A photonic crystal is configured with wavelength converting material to act as a concentrator for electromagnetic energy. The concentrator may also be configured with energy conversion devices to convert the electromagnetic energy into another form of energy. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129727 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - A method of manufacturing an optical module according to an aspect of the present invention includes: preparing a stem including a first lead and a second lead to transmit an electrical signal from a photonic device, the second lead being shorter than the first lead; preparing a member having a first hole and a second hole which are formed therein so as to correspond to the first lead and the second lead, respectively; inserting the first lead into the first hole; and inserting the second lead into the second hole after inserting the first lead into the first hole. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129728 | Microfluidic Connections - A junction is made between a first microfluidic substrate ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129729 | REVERSIBLE FIBER OPTIC STUB CLAMPING MECHANISM - A fiber optic stub fiber connector for reversibly and nondestructively terminating an inserted field fiber having a buffer over at least a portion thereof. The connector includes a housing and a ferrule including a stub fiber disposed within and extending from a bore through the ferrule. The ferrule is generally at least partially disposed within and supported by the housing. The connector further includes a reversible actuator for reversibly and nondestructively terminating the inserted field fiber to the stub fiber. The reversible actuator includes a buffer clamp for engaging with the buffer to simultaneously provide reversible and nondestructive strain relief to the terminated field fiber. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129730 | DOUBLE CLAD FIBER AND FIBER END PROCESSING METHOD, AND FIBER-COMBINER CONNECTING STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE SAME - A double clad fiber includes a core, a first cladding provided so as to cover the core, and a second cladding provided so as to cover the first cladding. The second cladding has a plurality of pores extending in a length direction and arranged so as to surround the first cladding. In at least one fiber end, the second cladding has been removed by mechanical processing so that the at least one fiber end is formed by the core and the first cladding. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129731 | Method for Operating a Device for Splicing Optical Waveguides - A device for splicing optical waveguides comprises a heating unit for heating fiber ends of optical waveguides to be spliced. The optical waveguides are heated by means of the heating unit for a time period, with the heated fiber ends emitting thermal radiation. The thermal radiation is detected in the form of intensity distributions at two different times by a recording unit. Quotients which represent a measure of the splicing temperature which occurs during the splicing process can be determined from the intensity values of the detected intensity distributions. The welding current can be varied as a function of a set value of the quotient, by a comparison with the determined quotient, in order in this way to match the splicing temperature to a desired value. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129732 | Apparatus and Method For Preventing Unwanted Exposure of a Device to an Undesirable Substance - Apparatus for preventing unwanted exposure of one or more devices to one or more undesirable substances includes at least one barrier disposed between the device and the undesirable substance. At least one shield substance is provided between the barrier and the device. The shield substance is capable of permeating the barrier sufficient to preclude at least substantial permeation of the undesirable substance through the barrier from the exterior of the barrier, preventing unwanted exposure of the device to the undesirable substance. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129733 | Fiber optic cable design with improved compression test results - A multi-tight buffer fiber optic cable includes a first layer of tight buffer optical fibers and at least one second layer of tight buffer optical fibers surrounding the first layer of tight buffer optical fibers. A jacket surrounds the at least one second layer of tight buffer optical fibers, where the first layer of tight buffer optical fibers and the at least one second layer of tight buffer optical fibers are helically wound, and where the at least one second layer of tight buffer optical fibers are helically wound in the same direction as the first layer of tight buffer optical fibers and at substantially the same lay length. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129734 | Loose tube optical fiber cable design and method for making the same - A loose tube fiber optic cable having at least one optical fiber, a loose tube surrounding the fiber, with the tube having an irregular inner surface. A water swellable powder is provided around the fiber and inside the tube, where the particles of the water swellable powder rest in the irregular inner surface of the tube. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129735 | OPTICAL FIBER HAVING REDUCED DEFECT DENSITY - An optical fiber comprising a multimode glass core having a diameter of at least 250 microns and an index of refraction and a polymer cladding having a thickness and contactingly surrounding a glass portion of the fiber so as to define an interface between the glass portion and the polymer cladding. The polymer cladding can have a first index of refraction that is less than the index of refraction. The fiber can comprise a density of less than 0.25 non-conforming regions having a diameter of 25 microns or greater per millimeter of length along the fiber, where each of the non-conforming regions is a region visible to the human eye under an optical microscope and having at least a portion thereof within a selected distance of the interface. The selected distance can be less than or equal to the thickness of the polymer cladding. The optical microscope can have a total magnification of about 200. The polymer cladding can be applied to at least a part of the optical fiber in at least a class 1000 environment. Methods of using optical fibers, including receiving with an optical fiber optical energy from a source and guiding the optical energy with the optical fiber, wherein the optical energy comprises at least one of 1) pulses each comprising a peak power of at least 10 kW, 2) an average power of at least 50 Watts, or 3) an average power density of at least 2.9 kW/cm | 2009-05-21 |
20090129736 | Plastic optical medium and production method thereof - A first polymerizable composition is poured into a pipe ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129737 | FOLDED CAVITY OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES - An optoelectronic device has at least a first facet (S), a first waveguide ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129738 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An AV stream stored on a recording medium is edited in such a manner as to not conflict with a play-only standard format. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129739 | EDITING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, EDITING METHOD, AND EDITING PROGRAM PRODUCT - Effort during screen transition editing is reduced. An editing device for editing transitions each between a plurality of display screens, comprising: a transition display unit which displays a transition diagram window for entering the transition; a screen layout unit which places screen nodes representing specified display screens in the transition diagram window; a transition layout unit which places a specified transition from a display screen before the transition to a display screen after the transition into the transition diagram window as a link from the screen node representing the display screen before the transition to the screen node representing the display screen after the transition; a transition condition input unit which allows a user to enter a transition condition for performing the transition represented by the link; a transition condition storage unit which stores the transition condition for performing the transition represented by the link, associating the transition condition with the link; and a generation unit which generates a transition rule for performing the transition between the plurality of display screens displayed by a display device on the basis of the link and the transition condition stored in the transition condition storage unit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129740 | SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EDITING OF NETWORKED TIME-BASED MEDIA - The present invention provides an easy to use web-based editing tool for time-based video content and media. The proposed system operates with metadata drivers for controlling a playing device without changing underlying encoded video data by tracking and recording playback decision actions by an operator/editor/user. Multiple user edits and multiple edit levels are enabled by tracking each step of the playback decision action and linking each to the underlying time-based video media. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129741 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR HAVING THE FUNCTION OF EDITING THE RECORDED DATE PARTIALLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a display device ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090129742 | IMAGING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an imaging apparatus is provided with a recording module which records image data, a communication module which transits the image data to an external recording apparatus for backup, a preparing module which prepares a management list where information indicating whether the image data has been backed up and information indicating whether overwriting can be performed on a recording region on the recording module are caused to correspond to the image data, and a display module which displays the prepared management list. | 2009-05-21 |
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. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129744 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A video processing apparatus includes a packet generation unit configured to receive a frame of video data, to divide the frame into tiles, and to packetize each of the tiles, a setting unit configured to set a processing time of each packet generated by the packet generation unit, a processing unit configured to perform image processing on each packet, a measurement unit configured to measure a processing time of the image processing performed by the processing unit, a determination unit configured to determine a processing speed of the processing unit based on a result of comparison between the processing time of each packet set by the setting unit and the processing time measured by the measurement unit, and an output unit configured to combine the packets processed by the processing unit to output video data. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129745 | PORTABLE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A portable device includes a setting means that sets a recording reservation; an acquisition means that, when instructed to display a list of recording reservations, acquires information that indicates the contents of a recording reservation set in a recording device by requesting the information processing device; an integrating means that integrates a recording reservation set in the portable device with the recording reservation set in the recording device and indicated by the information acquired by the acquisition means; and a display control means that displays the contents of the recording reservation set in the portable device and the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device on the basis of the recording reservations integrated by the integrating means together with information that indicates which recording site the contents will be recorded in, the recording medium of the portable device or a recording medium of the recording device, when recorded in accordance with the respective recording reservations. The information processing device, when requested from the portable device, accesses the recording device to acquire the information that indicates the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device and then transmits the information to the portable device. The acquisition means acquires the information transmitted from the information processing device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129746 | CAMCORDER JAMMING TECHNIQUES USING HIGH FRAME RATE DISPLAYS - A method and projection system for distorting a recording of a plurality of projected frames is disclosed, comprising a high frame rate display configured to impose a modulation on the projected frames at a frequency that is above the critical fusion frequency of the human visual system, wherein the modulation is of one of shutter width relative to shutter spacing, brightness, frame period, and pseudo-rastering. The high frame rate display may be a tonal display. The projection system may further include hardware for producing low frame rate imagery; an input buffer operatively coupled to said hardware for receiving one of a serial bit stream or blocks of data so as to store at least a predetermined portion of a frame; and a sub-frame generator operatively coupled to said input buffer and to said high frame rate tonal display for applying mathematical modulation techniques to said at least a predetermined portion of a frame. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129747 | Methods and Apparatus for Displaying Information Regarding Interstitials of a Video Stream - Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for presenting information regarding interstitials of a video stream. A recording of a television show may include segments of the show interspersed with interstitials (e.g., commercials). The location of the interstitials within the recording is identified, and the locations of the interstitials are presented in progress bar during presentation of the video stream. The location of the interstitials may also be utilized to determine durations of the interstitials, and provide a user with information regarding the lengths of the interstitials of a recording, and/or the length of the other content of a recording (e.g., segments of a television show). | 2009-05-21 |
20090129748 | MATERIAL DATA RECORDING SYSTEM, REMOVABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDER AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MATERIAL DATA - A material data recording system that is possible to save time and effort of entry of guidance information to a label stuck on a removable recording medium and to reduce omission in entry and an error in writing, etc. is proved. The material data recording system has a removable recording medium and a recorder which records a material data containing at least one of a voice and an image on the removable recording medium. The recorder has a guidance information acquisition part which acquires the guidance information about the material data from outside, a memory which records the guidance information and a writing part which records the guidance information in the removable recording medium together with the material data. The removable recording medium has a storage medium which records the guidance information and the material data, and a display which displays the guidance information. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129749 | VIDEO RECORDER AND VIDEO REPRODUCTION METHOD - In a video recorder, closed caption sentence data is outputted by analyzing digital broadcasting data including closed caption information. Index data is generated on the basis of a feature extraction rule and the effectiveness of an appearing keyword by analyzing closed caption sentence data. Closed caption feature data including a type of a closed caption sentence and a display time is generated by analyzing a closed caption ES (Elementary Stream). The broadcasting data is stored as record data, the closed caption feature data is analyzed, chapter data for reproducing a program is generated by a chapter designated by the user, and the chapter data is outputted to a storage. In the case of recording and reproducing the digital broadcasting program, it is possible to perform both the reproduction by the optimal index using the closed caption and the reproduction by the keyword voluntarily inputted by the user. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129750 | Recording medium containing moving picture data and additional information thereof and reproducing method and apparatus of the recording medium - The present invention relates to a recording medium containing moving picture data and additional information thereof and to reproducing method and apparatus of the recording medium. The present recording medium has script files including additional information about moving picture data, e.g., scene descriptive text and introduction of characters, etc. In addition, information linking each script file with a section of moving picture data to be presented with contents of the script file is included in a link data file or is contained in a filename of the script file. In reproduction of the recording medium, a script file linked with presently reproduced moving picture data section is determined and searched for based on the link data file or every filename of the script files, and contents of the found script file are presented together with the presently reproduced moving picture data. Furthermore, previously presented additional information is removed depending on data or filename of the found script file. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129751 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM WITH STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-ANGLE DATA, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS THEREFOR - An information storage medium on which multi-angle data is recorded includes at least two clips in each of which video object data for an angle of the multi-angle data is recorded. The at least two clips are recorded in contiguous areas of the information storage medium. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129752 | Playback Device, Repeated Playback Method For The Playback Device, And Program - A playback device and the like that can perform repeated playback without lowering video quality to perform the repeated playback while synchronizing audio data with video data, includes a unit | 2009-05-21 |
20090129753 | DIGITAL PRESENTATION APPARATUS AND METHODS - An apparatus and method is provided for displaying components of a performance. The apparatus includes a computer and a time code generator in communication with the computer and selectively controlled by the computer to generate a time code signal. The system further comprises a digital video recorder with at least one output channel that each have respective video and audio outputs. The digital video recorder is in operable communication with the time code generator and responsive to the time code signal to output at least a portion of a first video component and a corresponding first audio component of the performance synchronized to the time code signal to a respective first video display and first audio amplifier. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129754 | Recording/reproducing device recommending preferable operation - A recording/reproducing device includes: attribute information storage for storing attribute information on content information to be recorded; operation history storage for storing operation history information indicating a history of a decision operation of the recording mode by a user; a recommendation element for specifying a preferable recording mode according to the attribute information and the operation history information on the preceding content information before recording the content information and recommending the recording mode to a user; first recording element for recording the content information on a first recording medium at the decided recording mode; second recording element for recording from the first recording medium to a second recording medium at the recording mode at which the content information has been decided; and reproducing element for reproducing the content information. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129755 | Method and Apparatus for Generation, Distribution and Display of Interactive Video Content - Proposed is a model for generation and use of metadata for interactive video navigation and video content identification. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129756 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO SEAMLESSLY REPRODUCE CONTENTS USING STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and device to seamlessly reproduce contents includes receiving contents being reproduced in a first reproduction device from the first reproduction device, when the reproduction of the contents is stopped in the first reproduction device, receiving contents reproduction stopping point information from the first reproduction device, and outputting the contents and the contents reproduction stopping point information to a second reproduction device by using the contents reproduction stopping point information. | 2009-05-21 |
20090129757 | VIDEO RECORDER, VIDEO PLAYER AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VIDEO MATERIAL - A video recorder which can maintain compatibility with a video recorder which uses magnetic tape as a recording medium and manage recorded videos easily is provided. The video recorder has a random access recording medium, a video management part, a control part and a video playback part. The video management part records information showing a group, and information showing record order of the video material in the specified group in the recording medium as the management information. A control part records the video data in the recording medium, reads out the management information from the recording medium, and read out the video data in the record order according to the information showing the record order. And the video playback part plays back the video data read out from the recording medium. | 2009-05-21 |