34th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 69 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180241954 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING MODULE - An imaging device includes a pixel cell including a photoelectric conversion layer having first and second surfaces, a pixel electrode on the first surface, an auxiliary electrode on the first surface, the auxiliary electrode surrounding the pixel electrode and being electrically insulated from the pixel electrode, a counter electrode on the second surface, and a charge detection circuit connected to the pixel electrode; a voltage supply circuit; a first switch switching between electrical connection and disconnection; a first capacitor having one end connected to the auxiliary electrode and the other end held to a predetermined voltage; and a first control circuit connected to the first switch, the first control circuit causing the first switch to switch between electrical connection and disconnection. The voltage supply circuit is connected, through the first switch, to the auxiliary electrode of the first pixel cell and to the one end of the first capacitor. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241955 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, a method for driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus, the solid-state imaging device being capable of expanding the dynamic range without deteriorating the image quality. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section having a plurality of unit pixels and a drive section. Each of the unit pixels includes a first photoelectric conversion section, a second photoelectric conversion section which is less sensitive than the first photoelectric conversion section, a charge storage section configured to store charges generated by the second photoelectric conversion section, a charge-voltage conversion section, a first transfer gate section configured to transfer charges from the first photoelectric conversion section, and a second transfer gate section configured to combine the potential of the charge-voltage conversion section with the potential of the charge storage section. The present technology is applicable to solid-state imaging devices, for example. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241956 | IMAGE SENSORS WITH POWER SUPPLY NOISE REJECTION CAPABILITIES - An image sensor may include an array of pixels having an active pixel. The active pixel may generate image signals in response to incident light. The image sensor may also include a power supply and booster circuitry. The power supply may provide a powers supply voltage signal, which has a first noise component, to the active pixel. The booster circuitry may provide a control signal, which has a second noise component that is the inverted version of the first noise component, to the active pixel. The control signal with the second noise component may be used to reject the first noise component, which is an unwanted noise component (e.g., power supply noise). The booster circuitry may include an operational amplifier, capacitors, and switches coupled to two input terminals and one output terminal of the operational amplifier in various configurations. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241957 | IMAGE PICKUP CIRCUIT - An image pickup circuit including a plurality of circuit blocks. Each of the plurality of circuit blocks includes a plurality of comparing elements, a single counter, and a plurality of storage units. Each of the comparing elements compares a pixel signal supplied through a vertical signal line connected to vertically aligned pixels in a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and a slope signal whose voltage is changed from an initial voltage at a constant slope. The counter counts an elapsed time since a voltage of the slope signal starts to change from the initial voltage. Each of the storage units stores a count value obtained by the counter in accordance with a comparison result of the comparator, the count value corresponding to an elapsed time until the voltage of the slope signal is changed from the initial voltage to a voltage coinciding with the pixel signal. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241958 | ELECTRIC CAMERA - An electric camera includes an image sensing device with a light receiving surface having N vertically arranged pixels and an arbitrary number of pixels arranged horizontally, N being equal to or more than three times the number of effective scanning lines M of a display screen of a television system, a driver to drive the image sensing device to vertically mix or cull signal charges accumulated in individual pixels of K pixels to produce, during a vertical effective scanning period of the television system, a number of lines of output signals which corresponds to 1/K the number of vertically arranged pixels N of the image sensing device, K being an integer equal to or less than an integral part of a quotient of N divided by M, and a signal processing unit having a function of generating image signals by using the output signals of the image sensing device. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241959 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND MOBILE APPARATUS - Provided is a solid state imaging device including: a pixel unit; row drive circuits respectively corresponding to rows of the pixel unit, each including a first and a second signal generation units; drive signal generation unit configured to generate a readout scan signal and a shutter scan signal, as drive signals for driving pixels, based on signals output from the first and the second signal generation units; and a switching unit configured to switch the row drive circuit between: a first state in which the first signal generation unit generates the readout scan signal and the second signal generation unit generates the shutter scan signal and a second state in which the first signal generation unit generates the shutter scan signal and the second signal generation unit generates the readout scan signal. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241960 | COMPARATOR, AD CONVERTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPARATOR - The present disclosure relates to a comparator, an AD converter, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and a comparator control method that can reduce power consumption while increasing the determination speed of the comparator. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241961 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and controlling method thereof, suitable for outputting a portion of a video or text information by maintaining a play ratio in response to a size change of a video play region in case of playing the video in the course of multitasking execution. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241962 | TELEVISION MAIN BOARD APPARATUS, TELEVISION AND TELEVISION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a TV main board apparatus, a TV, and a TV system. The TV main board apparatus includes: a casing having at least one opening; and a TV main board accommodated in the casing, and including a first interface and a second interface that are exposed outside the casing via their respective openings, and a power converting device, wherein the first interface can connect to a power supply so as to receive first electric power, the second interface can connect to a TV so as to transmit a multimedia signal and the first electric power to the TV, and the power converting device converts the first electric power into second electric power for powering the TV main board apparatus. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241963 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUT - A display device is a display device | 2018-08-23 |
20180241964 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit that calculates two types of image data from one image data and outputs the calculated image data, a data combination unit that combines the two type of data supplied from the image processing unit and outputs the combined data to one terminal, an output buffer that adjusts an output timing of the combined data according to an instruction supplied from bus arbitration means for arbitrating a bus, and a data distribution unit that outputs the combined data output from the output buffer to the bus in a form of the combined data, or distributes the combined data and outputs the distributed data to the bus according to an external combination distribution instruction. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241965 | Differential Transformation of Video - According to one implementation, a system for differentially transforming video content includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a video reformatting software code. The hardware processor executes the video reformatting software code to receive an input video file including video content formatted for a first set of coordinates, and to detect one or more principle features depicted in the video content based on a predetermined principle feature identification data corresponding to the video content. The hardware processor further executes the video reformatting software code to differentially map the video content to a second set of coordinates to produce a reformatted video content. The resolution of the one or more principle features is enhanced relative to other features depicted in the reformatted video content. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241966 | USER-ADAPTIVE VIDEO TELEPHONY - A device may control a video communication via transcoding and/or traffic shaping. The device may include a multipoint control unit (MCU) and/or a server. The device may receive one or more video streams from one or more devices. The device may analyze a received video stream to determine a viewing parameter. The viewing parameter may include a user viewing parameter, a device viewing parameter, and/or a content viewing parameter. The device may modify a video stream based on the viewing parameter. Modifying the video stream may include re-encoding the video stream, adjusting an orientation, removing a video detail, and/or adjusting a bit rate. The device may send the modified video stream to another device. The device may determine a hit rate for the video stream based on the viewing parameter. The device may indicate the bit rate by sending a feedback message and/or by signaling a bandwidth limit. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241967 | REMOTE WORK ASSISTANCE DEVICE, INSTRUCTION TERMINAL AND ONSITE TERMINAL - An instruction terminal includes a position direction estimating unit to estimate a position and direction of a worker from an image captured by an imaging unit, an onsite situation image generator to generate an image indicating an onsite situation including the position of the worker from the estimation result, a display to display a screen including the generated image; a work instruction accepting unit to accept information indicating a next work position input by a work instructor on the screen; and a direction calculator to calculate a direction to the next work position from the estimation result and the acceptance result. An onsite terminal includes a guide image generator to generate an image indicating the direction to the next work position from the calculation result, and a display to display a screen including the generated image. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241968 | Method and System for Processing Images in a Video - The present invention provides a method for processing images in a video. The method includes after providing a plurality of first video images to a server, a plurality of video devices proposing a request message related to a second video image to the server; and the plurality of video devices receiving and displaying the second video image from the server; wherein the server performs a transcoding process on the received plurality of first video images for at least one time to obtain the second video image; wherein a hierarchical structure exists between the server and the plurality of video devices; wherein the second video image comprises the plurality of first video images and a screen layout of the plurality of first video images in the second video image is controlled by a control terminal. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241969 | DYNAMIC ADVERTISEMENT STREAM REPLACEMENT - Mechanisms are provided for replacing default advertisement streams in a media stream with replacement advertisement streams. User profile information is obtained for a particular user and/or device. A default advertisement stream is identified and replaced with advertisement streams selected using the user profile information. Timestamp information and sequence number information is maintained to allow uninterrupted delivery of the modified media stream while customizing media streams for particular users. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241970 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND PROGRAM USING SAME - A monitoring target management unit specifies a monitoring target based on vehicle peripheral information acquired from a vehicle exterior image sensor mounted on a vehicle. A display controller highlights the monitoring target specified by the monitoring target management unit. An operation signal input unit receives a user input for updating the monitoring target specified by the monitoring target management unit. The monitoring target management unit updates a monitoring target when the operation signal input unit receives a user input. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241971 | CONTACT AREA DIFFUSION FACTOR FOR QUANTIFYING FAT CONTENTS OF LIQUID - A method for quantifying a content of hydrophobic components contained in a liquid using a contact area diffusion factor (CADF) of a droplet of the liquid to a solid surface is provided. In addition, the obtained content of the hydrophobic components provides information about prediction for possibility of developing a metabolic disease or dementia, or information about the incidence or progression of a metabolic disease or dementia. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241972 | METHOD OF DETECTING CRITICAL OBJECTS FROM CCTV VIDEO USING METADATA FILTERING - The invention provides a method of detecting critical objects out of video produced in CCTV cameras. More specifically, the invention provides a method of detecting critical objects out of CCTV video, in which lightweight algorithms of foreground segmentation and blob analysis are applied to the CCTV video in order to detect moving objects and then object filtering is performed based on distribution characteristics of metadata in order to propose critical objects contained in the CCTV video, whereby a few staff members in the integrated control center may efficiently monitor display screen of a large number of CCTV cameras. The invention makes it possible to detect critical objects out of CCTV video with utilizing lightweight algorithms, which enables real-time processing by video analysis servers of normal computing power. Therefore, the efficiency of integrated control centers may be improved where massive CCTV videos are gathered from a large number of CCTV cameras. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241973 | VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video and audio recording system including a camera assembly, mobile application operable upon an electronic device and rechargeable and replaceable power source. Camera assembly includes video module, audio module, housing, memory storage, and a wireless communication module. The camera assembly includes global positioning system tracking and initiates recording based upon a specified event. The system further includes a speaker such that a user may communicate verbally with the third party. Included in the system is a panic-button which induces the system to provide an alert to a law enforcement agency. Also, the system is configured to commence recording based upon a visual identification of a weapon, visual identification of an emergency, and/or a visual identification of a criminal activity. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241974 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING FULL-COLOR IMAGE IN LOW LIGHT - Full-color images of low-light scenes are generated by the systems and methods described herein using only two light channels. An array of photosensitive pixels includes two sets of pixels, the first sensitive only to light associated with a first light channel, the second only to light associated with a second light channel. Thus the first set of pixels generate a first set of electrical signals in response to incident light within the first light channel, and the second set of pixels generate a second set of electrical signals in response to incident light within the second light channel. An image processor receives the first and second sets of electrical signals and generates a full-color image of the scene by processing only signals generated by the first and second sets of pixels. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241975 | IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE WITH MACROPIXEL PROCESSING AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS - An image sensor device may include an array of image sensing pixels with adjacent image sensing pixels being arranged in macropixel, and a processor coupled to the array of image sensing pixels. The processor may be configured to receive pixel signals from the array of image sensing pixels, and arrange the received pixel signals into macropixel signal sets for respective macropixels. The processor may be configured to perform, in parallel, an image enhancement operation on the received pixel signals for each macropixel signal set to generate enhanced macropixel signals, and transmit the enhanced macropixel signals. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241976 | MRI COMPATIBLE PROJECTOR WITH BUILT-IN SAFETY FEATURES - An MRI-compatible video projector system with improved safety features, comprising a projector module, a liquid cooling system, comprising a coolant block of non-magnetic material disposed in or adjacent the housing of the projector and heat generating components, a coolant pump situated remotely from the projector, and coupled to the coolant block by coolant lines carrying liquid to and from the coolant block, and a projector power system situated remotely from the projector. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241977 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An image processing device includes: an acquisition unit which successively acquires a gradation value of a target pixel specified in a predetermined order, from image data of an input image; a first computing unit which computes coordinates of the target pixel in an output image; a second computing unit which computes a gradation value at the coordinates, based on the gradation value of the target pixel; an internal storage unit which stores, block by block, each block being formed by dividing a plurality of pixels included in the output image, gradation values of the plurality of pixels; a first writing unit which writes the gradation value computed by the second computing unit into a storage area corresponding to the coordinates; and a second writing unit which writes data of a block where the writing of the gradation value is complete, into an external memory. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241978 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method, capable of inhibiting corresponding-point detection accuracy from degrading. The information processing device according to the present technology, allows a projecting unit to project a second pattern including a first pattern including repetition in first cycles in a first direction, inverted in phase in second cycles in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, in order to acquire corresponding relationship in pixel between the projecting unit and a capturing unit. The present technology can be applied to an electronic instrument including the function of a projector or the functions of both a projector and a camera, and a computer that controls the functions. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241979 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A luminance indicated by an HDR signal is appropriately displayed. A first image processing unit ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180241980 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A mobile terminal according to the present disclosure comprises: a terminal body; a display unit mounted on the terminal body; a first camera which is disposed on one surface of the terminal body and takes a photograph at a first angle of view; a second camera which is disposed adjacent to the first camera and takes a photograph at a second angle of view larger than the first angle of view; and a controller which sets a white balance reference value using image data acquired by the second camera and outputs, to the display unit, a corrected image acquired by correcting an image, captured by the first camera, on the basis of the white balance reference value. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241981 | COMMERCIALS ON MOBILE DEVICES - Among other things, videos and commercials are downloaded to a mobile device for storage on the mobile device and later playout on the mobile device. The downloading includes downloading of metadata associated with the commercials and based on which the mobile device can select commercials for insertion into videos being played back to the user of the mobile device. The commercials to be downloaded are selected based on one or a combination of any two or more of the location of the user, the type of mobile device, and personally-identifiable information about a user of the mobile device. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241982 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING COMPOSITE IMAGES WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECTS AND REDUCING POLE CONTRACTION LINES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for improved generation of composite images for display in three-dimensional environments. Images may be adjoined to form three-dimensional composite images, but the composite images may be subject to contraction lines. The adjoining images or composite image may be processed with circular matching and mixed blending to reduce the contraction lines near the seams of the images and to improve image quality. The circular matching includes adjusting pixel colors and/or intensity values so that pixels corresponding by circular symmetry match in color and/or intensity. The composite image may be smoothed by mixed blending to eliminate or reduce abrupt edges in the area of the circular matching. The resulting composite image provides improved image quality and realistic three-dimensional effects. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241983 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A display device includes an image display section for left eye, an image display section for right eye, and a control section configured to expand the image data for the eyes, and cause the image display section for the eyes to display the expanded image data for the eyes. The control section acquires compressed UI image data, draws the compressed UI image data in a predetermined position of one of the image data for left eye before the expansion and the image data for right eye before the expansion, draws the compressed UI image data in a position corresponding to the predetermined position of the other of the image data for left eye before the expansion and the image data for right eye before the expansion, and performs the expansion using the image data for left eye and for right eye after the drawing. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241984 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR 360-DEGREE VIDEO PLAYBACK - The disclosure proposes a method and a system for 360-degree video playback. The method is applicable to a video playback system and includes at least the following steps. A current frame of a 360-degree video having a sequence of frames is received. Candidate objects in the current frame are detected, and a main object is selected from the candidate objects by using a selector recurrent neural network (RNN) model based on information of the candidate objects in the current frame. A viewing angle corresponding to the current frame is computed by using a regressor RNN model based on the main object in the current frame. The current frame is displayed on the screen according to the viewing angle. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241985 | METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF 3D IMAGE DATA - A method for automatic registration of 3D image data, captured by a 3D image capture system having an RGB camera and a depth camera, includes capturing 2D image data with the RGB camera at a first pose; capturing depth data with the depth camera at the first pose; performing an initial registration of the RGB camera to the depth camera; capturing 2D image data with the RGB camera at a second pose; capturing depth data at the second pose; and calculating an updated registration of the RGB camera to the depth camera. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241986 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - An image processing method and an electronic device including a touchscreen are disclosed. The method includes presetting an image processing model and performing the following processing based on the model when a first three-dimensional effect plane image is displayed in response to an operation of a user. The method further includes mapping the first three-dimensional effect plane image to the projection plane, determining, according to the three-dimensional position relationship among the viewpoint, the projection plane, and the view window and the size of the view window, a first visual area obtained by projection onto the projection plane through the viewpoint and the view window, and clipping a first image in the first visual area, and displaying the first image. The technical solutions provide a more efficient three-dimensional display for a virtual scene on a display of the electronic device is provided. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241987 | Apparatus for Capturing a Stereo Image - An apparatus for capturing a stereo image includes a first objective for producing a first image, a second eye objective for producing a second eye image, a first viewing direction device rotatable about a first axis assigned the first objective, and a second viewing direction device rotatable about a second axis assigned the second objective. The viewing direction of the apparatus is rotatable by simultaneous rotation of the first and second viewing direction devices. The first objective or part is movable in a translational fashion. A cam mechanism is provided and embodied to couple a rotation of the first viewing direction device to a translational movement of the first objective or part. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241988 | Multi-View Video Transmission Method and Apparatus - A method includes obtaining a location of a viewpoint video to which a user currently pays attention in a multi-view video, obtaining a speed at which the user viewpoint switches to the location of the viewpoint video to which attention is currently paid, determining a quantity of predictive viewpoint videos (NNV) that need to be downloaded before the user switches to another viewpoint, determining locations of the predictive viewpoint videos in the multi-view video according to a preset rule and according to the location of the viewpoint video to which the user currently pays attention, the first speed, and the NNV, downloading the predictive viewpoint videos corresponding to the locations of the predictive viewpoint videos from a server end, and transmitting the predictive viewpoint videos. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241989 | DISPLAY DEVICE ON/OFF DETECTION METHODS AND APPARATUS - Display device ON/OFF detection methods and apparatus are disclosed. Example metering apparatus disclosed herein include first means for sensing an audio signal output from a media device. Disclosed example metering apparatus also include second means for performing audio code detection to detect audio codes in the audio signal, and third means for determining an audio gain level applied to the audio signal. Disclosed example metering apparatus further include fourth means for determining whether the media device is ON or OFF based on the audio gain level applied to the audio signal and whether a valid audio code is detected in the audio signal. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241990 | PICTURE CODING DEVICE, PICTURE CODING METHOD AND PICTURE CODING PROGRAM AS WELL AS PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND PICTURE DECODING PROGRAM - A prediction direction difference calculating unit derives a prediction direction difference in intra prediction modes of a plurality of reference blocks used for an intra prediction processing of a block to be coded. A most probable mode determining unit and a coding tree selecting unit determine a most probable mode as an intra prediction mode candidate of the block to be coded based on the intra prediction modes of the reference blocks used for deriving the prediction direction difference and the prediction direction difference, and creates a coding tree assigned with a bit stream having a shorter code length than other prediction modes for the determined most probable mode. A variable length coding unit codes information for specifying an intra prediction mode of the block to be coded according to the coding tree. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241991 | PICTURE CODING DEVICE, PICTURE CODING METHOD AND PICTURE CODING PROGRAM AS WELL AS PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND PICTURE DECODING PROGRAM - A prediction direction difference calculating unit derives a prediction direction difference in intra prediction modes of a plurality of reference blocks used for an intra prediction processing of a block to be coded. A most probable mode determining unit and a coding tree selecting unit determine a most probable mode as an intra prediction mode candidate of the block to be coded based on the intra prediction modes of the reference blocks used for deriving the prediction direction difference and the prediction direction difference, and creates a coding tree assigned with a bitstream having a shorter code length than other prediction modes for the determined most probable mode. A variable length coding unit codes information for specifying an intra prediction mode of the block to be coded according to the coding tree. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241992 | SIGNALING OF SIMPLIFIED DEPTH CODING (SDC) FOR DEPTH INTRA- AND INTER-PREDICTION MODES IN 3D VIDEO CODING - This disclosure describes techniques for signaling and processing information indicating simplified depth coding (SDC) for depth intra-prediction and depth inter-prediction modes in a 3D video coding process, such as a process defined by the 3D-HEVC extension to HEVC. In some examples, the disclosure describes techniques for unifying the signaling of SDC for depth intra-prediction and depth inter-prediction modes in 3D video coding. The signaling of SDC can be unified so that a video encoder or video decoder uses the same syntax element for signaling SDC for both the depth intra-prediction mode and the depth inter-prediction mode. Also, in some examples, a video coder may signal and/or process a residual value generated in the SDC mode using the same syntax structure, or same type of syntax structure, for both the depth intra-prediction mode and depth inter-prediction mode. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241993 | TEMPLATE MATCHING FOR JVET INTRA PREDICTION - A method of decoding JVET video, comprising defining a coding unit (CU) template within a decoded area of a video frame, the CU template being positioned above and/or to the left of a current decoding position for which data was intra predicted, defining a search window within the decoded area, the search window being adjacent to the CU template, generating a plurality of candidate prediction templates based on pixel values in the search window, each of the plurality of candidate prediction templates being generated using different intra prediction modes, calculating a matching cost between the CU template and each of the plurality of candidate prediction templates, selecting an intra prediction mode that generated the candidate prediction template that had the lowest matching cost relative to the CU template, and generating a prediction CU for the current decoding position based on the intra prediction mode. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241994 | Image Coding and Decoding Method, Image Data Processing Method, and Devices Thereof - A method for coding an image, a method for decoding an image, a method for processing image data, and devices thereof. The method for coding the image includes determining a current intra coding block that uses a constrained intra prediction method among current inter coded frames; determining that neighboring coding blocks that are adjacent to the current intra coding block include a neighboring inter coding block; updating image data in the neighboring inter coding block based on an invariable value or image data in a neighboring intra coding block included in the neighboring coding blocks; and coding the current intra coding block based on the updated image data in the neighboring inter coding block. Using the methods and devices, the error recovery capability of an intra coding block may be improved, and the image data decoding quality may be improved. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241995 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHROMA SAMPLE INTRA PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODING SYSTEM - An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: acquiring information on a luma prediction mode of a current block and information on a chroma prediction mode of the current block from a bit stream; deriving a luma intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the information on the luma prediction mode; determining a chroma intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of information on the luma intra prediction mode and the information on the chroma prediction mode; and generating a chroma prediction sample of the current block on the basis of the chroma intra prediction mode. According to the present invention, it is possible to reflect the difference between the ratio of the width to the height of a luma component and the ratio of the width to the height of a chroma component, and thus to more accurately perform intra prediction in units of samples and improve intra prediction performance. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241996 | ENCODING APPARATUS, ENCODING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An encoding apparatus, comprising a detecting unit configured to detect a feature of an image of each block configuring a still image of an image to be encoded, a setting unit configured to set an image quality mode for encoding the image to be encoded, a deciding unit configured to, for each block, decide a quantization parameter based on the detected feature and the image quality mode, a generating unit configured to, for each block, generate a difference image by performing an intra-prediction, a transformation unit configured to generate transform coefficients by performing an orthogonal transformation on the difference image, and an encoding unit configured to encode the image to be encoded and including a quantizing unit configured to quantize the transform coefficients by using the decided quantization parameter. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241997 | EXTENSION DATA HANDLING - A length indicator associated with an encoded representation of a slice is parsed. The length indicator is indicative of a length of an extension field present in a slice header of the encoded representation. A decoder can then determine to ignore, during decoding of the encoded representation, any value of the extension field in the slice header where these values are identified based on the length indicator. As a consequence, an extension field can be added to slice headers and still enable legacy decoders to correctly decode the encoded representations. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241998 | DERIVING MOTION VECTOR INFORMATION AT A VIDEO DECODER - An example device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data, and a video decoder implemented in circuitry and configured to determine that motion information of a current block of the video data is to be derived using decoder-side motion vector derivation (DMVD), determine a pixels clue for the current block, the pixels clue comprising pixel data obtained from one or more groups of previously decoded pixels, derive the motion information for the current block according to DMVD from the pixels clue, and decode the current block using the motion information. The video decoder may generate the pixels clue using multiple hypothesis predictions from multiple motion compensated blocks. The video decoder may determine an inter-prediction direction for the motion information according to matching costs between different prediction directions. The video decoder may refine the motion information using a calculated matching cost for the pixels clue. | 2018-08-23 |
20180241999 | Video Encoding and Decoding with Improved Error Resilience - An encoding method comprises obtaining a target number of motion information predictors to be used for an image portion to encode and generating a set of motion information predictors using the obtained target number. The set is generated by: obtaining a first set of motion information predictors each associated with an image portion having a predetermined spatial and/or temporal relationship with the image portion being encoded; modifying the first set of motion information predictors by removing duplicate motion information predictors to obtain a reduced set of motion information predictors containing a first number of motion information predictors, each motion information predictor of the reduced set being different from any other motion information predictor of the reduced set; comparing the first number of motion information predictors to the target number obtained, and if the first number is lower than the target number, obtaining an additional motion information predictor and adding it to the reduced set of motion information predictors. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242000 | Video Encoding and Decoding with Improved Error Resilience - An encoding method comprises obtaining a target number of motion information predictors to be used for an image portion to encode and generating a set of motion information predictors using the obtained target number. The set is generated by: obtaining a first set of motion information predictors each associated with an image portion having a predetermined spatial and/or temporal relationship with the image portion being encoded; modifying the first set of motion information predictors by removing duplicate motion information predictors to obtain a reduced set of motion information predictors containing a first number of motion information predictors, each motion information predictor of the reduced set being different from any other motion information predictor of the reduced set; comparing the first number of motion information predictors to the target number obtained, and if the first number is lower than the target number, obtaining an additional motion information predictor and adding it to the reduced set of motion information predictors. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242001 | Video Encoding and Decoding with Improved Error Resilience - An encoding method comprises obtaining a target number of motion information predictors to be used for an image portion to encode and generating a set of motion information predictors using the obtained target number. The set is generated by: obtaining a first set of motion information predictors each associated with an image portion having a predetermined spatial and/or temporal relationship with the image portion being encoded; modifying the first set of motion information predictors by removing duplicate motion information predictors to obtain a reduced set of motion information predictors containing a first number of motion information predictors, each motion information predictor of the reduced set being different from any other motion information predictor of the reduced set; comparing the first number of motion information predictors to the target number obtained, and if the first number is lower than the target number, obtaining an additional motion information predictor and adding it to the reduced set of motion information predictors. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242002 | ITERATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR ENCODING VIDEO CONTENT - In various embodiments, an iterative encoding application encodes a source video sequence. The encoding optimization application generates a set of shot encode points based on a set of encoding points and a first shot sequence included in the source video sequence. Each shot encode point is associated with a different encoded shot sequence. The encoding optimization application performs convex hull operation(s) across the set of shot encode points to generate a first convex hull associated with the first shot sequence. Subsequently, the encoding optimization application generates encoded video sequences based on the first convex hull and a second convex hull associated with a second shot sequence included in the source video sequence. The encoding optimization application computes a new encoding point based on the encoded video sequences and a target value for a first video metric and then generates an optimized encoded video sequence based on the new encoding point. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242003 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMPRESSING AN INPUT DATA SET - The invention relates to a method for compressing an input data set, which comprises one or more input values, comprising the following steps: determining, for each input value, a tolerance range; generating encoded lossy values by a lossy encoding of the input values; generating output values associated with the input values, in particular by decoding the encoded lossy values; generating difference values by subtracting each decoded lossy value from the respectively associated input value; comparing each difference value with the respectively associated determined tolerance range; generating encoded correction values associated with the encoded lossy values on the basis of the difference values, wherein the encoded correction values are offset values, which can be added to the associated encoded lossy values; and providing an output data record as a function of a comparison of the difference values with the tolerance ranges and on the basis of the encoded lossy values and/or the encoded correction values. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242004 | INTER PREDICTION MODE-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed are an inter prediction mode-based image processing method and apparatus therefor. Particularly, a method for processing an image on the basis of inter prediction may comprise the steps of: adjusting a motion vector of a current block on the basis of a ratio of a difference between a current picture's picture order count (POC) and a first reference picture's POC to a difference between the current picture's POC and a second reference picture's POC; and deriving a predictor for each pixel in the current block by applying pixel unit-based inter prediction to each pixel of the current block on the basis of the adjusted motion vector of the current block. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242005 | STILL IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM USED IN STILL IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to a still image generating apparatus that generates still image data from moving image data that generates a moving image, and includes a recorder and a control unit. The recorder is configured to record the still image data. When a specific frame image is selected from a plurality of frame images included in the moving image, the control unit sets a specific frame image group including the specific frame image and other frame images having a reference relationship with the specific frame image. The control unit generates the still image data corresponding to each of the plurality of frame images included in the specific frame image group by decoding the moving image data. The control unit causes the recorder to record the generated still image data. The control unit generates frame image data that generates at least one of the plurality of frame images included in the specific frame image group based on the still image data recorded by the recorder. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242006 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE VIDEO CODING ARCHITECTURES WITH MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES - A high dynamic range (HDR) signal processing device may receive a video signal and an operating mode indication. The operating mode indication may indicate a format of the video signal, for example, an HDR format or a non-HDR format. Whether to perform adaptive reshaping on the video signal may be determined based on the operating mode indication. For example, it may be determined to perform the adaptive reshaping if the operating mode indicates that the video signal is in an HDR format. It may be determined to bypass the adaptive reshaping if the operating mode indicates that the video signal is in the non-HDR format. Multiple types of HDR reconstruction metadata may be received via a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242007 | MULTILAYER VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE - A scalable video signal decoding method according to the present invention is characterised in that whether or not a corresponding picture in a lower layer is being used as an inter layer reference picture for a current picture in an upper layer is determined on the basis of a time level identifier for the lower layer, and if the corresponding picture in the lower layer is being used as an inter layer reference picture for the current picture in the upper layer, inter layer prediction of the current picture is carried out using the corresponding picture, and the current picture is restored using a prediction sample obtained by means of inter layer prediction and a residual sample of the current picture. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242008 | Reference Layer and Scaled Reference Layer Offsets for Scalable Video Coding - A process for determining the selection of filters and input samples is provided for scalable video coding. The process provides for re-sampling using video data obtained from an encoder or decoder process of a base layer (BL) in a multi-layer system to improve quality in Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC). It is proposed that a single scaled reference layer offset be derived from two scaled reference layer offset parameters, and vice-versa. It is also proposed that a single scaled reference layer offset or a single reference layer offset be derived from a combination of a scaled reference layer offset parameter and a reference layer offset parameter. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242009 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, METHOD OF IMAGE ENCODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHOD OF IMAGE DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Encoded data is decoded based on tile data division information, tile data position information, block line data division information, and block line data position information. The tile data division information indicates whether the encoded data is composed of tile data items that serve as encoded data items of tiles. The tile data position information indicates positions of the tile data items. The block line data division information indicates whether each tile data item is composed of first block line data and second block line data. The first block line data serves as encoded data of a first block line that is a set of blocks arranged linearly. The second block line data serves as encoded data of a second block line next to the first block line. The block line data position information indicates a position of the second block line data. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242010 | DECODING DEVICE AND ENCODING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a decoding device includes, an acquiring unit configured to acquire first format information, encoded data, and first filter information, the first format information indicating a resolution of a color-difference component of the encoded data; a decoding unit configured to decode the encoded data to obtain a decoded image; and a converting unit configured to convert a color-difference format of the decoded image represented by a first color-difference format by using a filter identified by the filter information. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES USING ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR RESOLUTION - The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for improving the encoding efficiency by adaptively changing the resolution of the motion vector in the inter prediction encoding and inter prediction decoding of a video. The apparatus includes: a predicted motion vector calculator for calculating a predicted motion vector of a current block to be encoded using motion vectors of one or more surrounding blocks; and a skip mode encoder for encoding a result of performing a prediction of the current block and information indicating that the current block is a skip block when the predicted motion vector satisfies a skip condition, wherein at least one motion vector among the motion vectors of the surrounding blocks and the motion vector of the current block has a resolution different from resolutions of the other motion vectors. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242012 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MOTION VECTOR DERIVATION AT A VIDEO DECODER - Method and apparatus for deriving a motion vector at a video decoder. A block-based motion vector may be produced at the video decoder by utilizing motion estimation among available pixels relative to blocks in one or more reference frames. The available pixels could be, for example, spatially neighboring blocks in the sequential scan coding order of a current frame, blocks in a previously decoded frame, or blocks in a downsampled frame in a lower pyramid when layered coding has been used. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242013 | MOTION DETERMINING APPARATUS, BODY-INSERTABLE APPARATUS, METHOD OF DETERMINING MOTION, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A motion determining apparatus includes a processor comprising hardware. The processor is configured to: acquire first and second compressed data formed by compressing each of first and second images sequentially captured inside a subject by a body-insertable apparatus provided with an image sensor and an illumination device that performs irradiation with illumination light, and a parameter with regard to the illumination device at a time of capturing the first and second images with the image sensor; calculate a difference between a data amount of the first compressed data and a data amount of the second compressed data; compare the difference with a first threshold value; compare the parameter with at least one reference value; and determine whether a motion of the body-insertable apparatus is larger than a predetermined value based on comparison results of comparing the difference and comparing the parameter with at least one reference value. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242014 | OPEN TO CLOSED GROUP OF PICTURES CONVERSION IN INTERFRAME VIDEO COMPRESSION - Methods of converting an open group of pictures (GOP) to a Closed GOP are described that remove backward references to the GOP prior to the GOP undergoing conversion in an Open GOP interframe-encoded video stream. Within the GOP undergoing conversion, bipredictive frames with backward references to the prior GOP are replaced with frames referring only to the I frame of the GOP undergoing conversion, which is flagged as an IDR frame. Consolidation and assembly of video clips that are encoded using Open GOP compression schemes generally result in broken interframe references between GOPs. To address this, existing methods involve significant decoding and re-encoding of edited video sequences. The described methods serve to break the backward chain of references in the encoded stream, resulting in reduced re-encoding requirements, with attendant reduced quality degradation of the edited sequence. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242015 | TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING RESOLUTIONS FOR ENCODING DIFFERENT SHOT SEQUENCES - In various embodiments, an encoding optimization application encodes a source video sequence. The encoding optimization application partitions a source video sequence associated with a media title into multiple subsequences that include a first subsequence and a second subsequence. The encoding optimization application then generates a first encoded subsequence based on the first subsequence and a first resolution. The encoding optimization application generates a second encoded subsequence based on the second subsequence and a second resolution. Notably, the second resolution is higher than the first resolution. The encoding optimization application then aggregates the first encoded subsequence and the second encoded subsequence to generate an encoded video sequence. At least a portion of the encoded video sequence is subsequently streamed to an endpoint device during a playback of the media title. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242016 | DEBLOCK FILTERING FOR 360 VIDEO - Techniques related to deblock filtering for 360 video are discussed. Such video coding techniques include determining, from a 2D video frame that includes a projection from a 360 video space, a group of pixels for deblock filtering including a first set of pixels and a second set of pixels that are non-neighboring sets of pixels in the individual 2D video frame and include a first pixel of the first set of pixels and a second pixel of the second set of pixels that are neighboring pixels in the 360 video space and deblock filtering the group of pixels. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242017 | TRANSCODING VIDEO - A method includes receiving one of a first encoded video data representing an 2D representation of a frame of omnidirectional video, and a second encoded video data representing a plurality of images each representing a section of the frame of omnidirectional video, receiving an indication of a view point on the omnidirectional video, selecting a portion of the omnidirectional video based on the view point, encoding the selected portion of the omnidirectional video, and communicating the encoded omnidirectional video in response to receiving the indication of the view point on the omnidirectional video. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242018 | METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method for image decoding, according to the present invention, includes the following steps: receiving image information including a plurality of filter coefficients; generating a restored block for a current block on the basis of the image information; and applying an adaptive loop filter to the restored block on the basis of the plurality of filter coefficients. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency may be improved, arid complexity may be reduced. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242019 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE DECODING AND ENCODING - An encoded bit stream is processed by a lossless decoding unit, an inverse quantization unit, and an inverse orthogonal transform unit in this order, to obtain orthogonally transformed coefficient data and encoding parameter information. The inverse orthogonal transform unit performs an inverse orthogonal transform on the coefficient data by using bases that are set beforehand in accordance with the locations of transform blocks in a macroblock indicated by the encoding parameter information. In this manner, prediction error data is obtained. An intra prediction unit generates predicted image data. An addition unit adds the predicted image data to the prediction error data, to decode image data. By using bases that are set in accordance with the locations of transform blocks, an optimum inverse orthogonal transform can be performed, and encoding efficiency can be increased. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242020 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION USING MINIMIZE SIZE MATRIX ALGORITHM - Computer implemented methods of compressing and decompressing image data are described. A discrete cosine (DCT) transformation is applied to each of a plurality of pixel blocks to generate a set of DCT coefficients for each pixel block comprising a DC DCT coefficient and a plurality of AC DCT coefficient. Each set of DCT coefficients is quantised. A DC array is formed from the set of quantised DC OCT coefficients and an AC matrix is formed from the set of quantised AC DCT coefficients. The AC matrix is compressed by eliminating blocks of data having only zero values and forming a reduced AC array from blocks including non-zero values. The reduced AC array is compressed using a key to form a coded AC array. The DC array and coded AC array are arithmetically coded to form arithmetically coded data which is included in a compressed image file. The decompression method is essentially the reverse process. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242021 | SIGNAL TRANSFORMING METHOD AND DEVICE - Provided are a signal transforming method and a signal transforming device. For example, the signal transforming method includes determining a minimum-value matrix and a maximum-value matrix with respect to elements of a matrix used in frequency transformation, wherein the minimum-value matrix is configured of elements of minimum value and the maximum-value matrix is configured of elements of maximum value; determining a maximum threshold value of a result value of a function indicating at least one selected from transform distortion, normalization, and orthogonality of the matrix; determining a transform matrix configured of elements that are greater than the elements of the minimum-value matrix and less than the elements of the maximum-value matrix at respective positions of the matrix, and in which the result value of the function is less than the maximum threshold value; and transforming an input signal by using the determined transform matrix. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242022 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a deblocking filtering method, a method for inducing bs (boundary strength) therefor, and a method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding using the same. The method for inducing the bS of the present invention comprises the steps of: inducing a boundary of a deblocking filtering unit block as a unit block for applying the deblocking filtering; and setting the bS according to each bS setting unit block within the deblocking filtering unit block, wherein the bS setting step can set a bS value for a target boundary corresponding to a boundary of the deblocking filtering unit block as the bs setting unit block | 2018-08-23 |
20180242023 | Image Coding and Decoding Method and Device - An image coding method and apparatus and an image decoding method and apparatus are provided by the present document. The image coding method includes: implementing matching coding for pixels of an input video image to obtain one or more matching relationship parameters, herein the matching relationship parameters are parameters used in a process of constructing predicted values and/or reconstructed values of the pixels in the image; mapping the matching relationship parameters to obtain mapped values of the matching relationship parameters; and performing entropy coding on the mapped values of the matching relationship parameters. The present document addresses the problem existing in the conventional art which is caused by the direct implementation of entropy coding for matching relationship parameters and achieves a good data compression effect through entropy coding. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242024 | Methods and Apparatuses of Candidate Set Determination for Quad-tree Plus Binary-tree Splitting Blocks - Video processing methods and apparatuses for candidate set determination for a current block partitioned from a parent block by quad-tree splitting comprise receiving input data of a current block, determining a candidate set for the current block by prohibiting a spatial candidate derived from any of neighboring blocks partitioned from the same parent block or determining the candidate set for the current block by conducting a pruning process if all the neighboring blocks are coded in Inter prediction and motion information of the neighboring blocks are the same, and encoding or decoding the current block based on the candidate set by selecting one final candidate from the candidate set. The pruning process comprises scanning the candidate set to determine if any candidate equals to the spatial candidate derived from the neighboring blocks, and removing the candidate equals to the spatial candidate from the candidate set. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242025 | VIDEO STREAM PROCESSING METHOD AND VIDEO STREAM DEVICE THEREOF - A video stream processing method is suitable for a video stream device having an encoder for generating a plurality of video streams. The video stream processing method includes receiving image data, setting a priority of each video stream, setting an effective stream parameter of each video stream according to the priority of each video stream, a predetermined stream parameter of each video stream and an encoding power of the encoder, and encoding the image data according to the effective stream parameter of each video stream for generating the plurality of video streams. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242026 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATACASTING AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT - A method and system of content management for datacasting. A dashboard system for managing data feeds. A dashboard system may receive data feeds from one or more associated devices, such as the hardware devices of first responders or other public safety officers, and may aggregate and prioritize them. The dashboard system may then manage, prioritize and encrypt the video, files and other data in preparation for broadcast over the television or satellite transmitter, via, for example, a television broadcasting station, and may then broadcast the video, files, or other data to a plurality of users. Alerts and notifications may be created, files attached and links to video streams distributed over this same broadcast network. The broadcasting system may be able to send multiple streams of content simultaneously, may be able to target specific users to be broadcast to, and be able to incorporate data from public data sources. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242027 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSPECTIVE SWITCHING DURING VIDEO ACCESS - A system comprises a video hosting subsystem configured to access a database of video streams. The video hosting subsystem comprises a processor for processing data associated with the video streams, and memory for storing data. The processor is configured to receive a user request to access a selected primary video stream. The processor is further configured to identify other video streams captured at substantially the same time and location as the selected primary video stream and in which a person specified in the user request appears. The processor is configured to select, from the identified other video streams, an alternative video stream. The processor is further configured to provide the user with access to the selected primary video stream, together with an option to access the alternative video stream. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242028 | Forming A Tiled Video On The Basis Of Media Streams - A method is described of forming a video mosaic by a client computer on the basis of tile streams. The method may comprise comprising: determining a first tile stream identifier associated with a first tile position from a first set of tile stream identifiers and a second tile stream identifier associated with a second tile position from a second set of tile stream identifiers; said first and second sets being associated with first and second video content respectively; a tile stream identifier being associated with a tile stream comprising media data and tile position information for signaling a decoder module associated with said client computer to generate video frames comprising a tile at a tile position, said tile defining a subregion of visual content in the image region of said video frames; requesting one or more network nodes transmission of a first tile stream on the basis of the determined first tile stream identifier and transmission of a second tile stream on the basis of the determined second tile stream identifier selected; and, combining first and second media data and first and second tile position information into a bitstream decodable by said decoder module, said first and second tile position information signaling said decoder module to decode said bitstream into video frames of a video mosaic comprising a first tile at a first tile position and a second tile at a second tile position. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242029 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS, APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS - The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, generating input packets including broadcast content data; generating a link layer packet by using the generated input packets, wherein the link layer packet includes a link layer header and a link layer payload including the generated input packets, wherein the link layer header includes a count field indicating number of the input packets included in the link layer payload, wherein the link layer header further includes a length part, wherein the length part includes a plurality of length fields as many as that the count field indicates, wherein each of the length fields indicates length of the each input packets included in the link layer payload; generating a broadcast signal including the generated link layer packet; and transmitting the broadcast signal. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242030 | ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD, REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an encoding device, an encoding method, a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a program enabling each reproduction equipment to reproduce an appropriate content in a simplified manner. A content data decoding unit decodes encoded metadata and outputs zoom area information, which is included in metadata acquired as a result thereof, designating an area to be zoomed. A zoom area selecting unit selects one or a plurality of pieces of zoom area information from among the zoom area information. A video segmenting unit segments a zoom area represented by the selected zoom area information in a video based on video data and outputs zoom video data acquired as a result thereof. An audio converting unit performs an audio converting process according to the selected zoom area information for audio data and outputs zoom audio data acquired as a result thereof. The present technology can be applied to a reproduction device. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242031 | DIGITAL DOMAIN CONTENT PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND METHODS - Methods and apparatus for distributing content using a spectrum generation device. In one embodiment, digital content is received via a time-multiplexed network transport (such as Gigabit Ethernet), and converted to frequency channels suitable for transmission over a content distribution (e.g., Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC)) network. In one variant, the conversion is performed using digital domain processing performed by a full spectrum generation device. Additionally, methods and apparatus for selectively adding, removing, and/or changing digital content from the full spectrum device are also disclosed. Various aspects of the present invention enable physical (infrastructure) consolidation, and software-implemented remote management of content distribution. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242032 | ADAPTER DEVICE FOR TELEVISION SCREEN OR CHANNEL EXTENSION AND A METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a television extender adapter device ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180242033 | AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF SYNCHRONIZED VIDEO CONTENT - Systems, devices and methods automatically select content that is transferred from an encoder to a portable media streaming device for later playback. Security is maintained during the synchronization or transfer process to prevent unauthorized use or copying of the protected content. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242034 | Commercial Television-Interfacing Dongle and System and Method for Use of Same - A commercial television-interfacing dongle and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a television input, television output, a processor, memory, a control interface, and a universal serial bus (USB) interface. The control interface and the USB interface connect to the commercial television. The commercial television interfacing dongle may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device having a display and receive and process virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device. Following receipt and processing of the virtual remote control functionality input instructions, the commercial television-interfacing dongle sends a command to the commercial television via a commercial television control protocol. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242035 | RECEPTION DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to a reception device, data processing method, and a program which make it possible to smoothly switch the output of data in a case where data transmitted via different transmission paths is received to be output. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242036 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Easy switching to a display mode that corresponds to a viewing-and-listening style that is desired by a user is enabled. A display device ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180242037 | Sharing Video Footage from Audio/Video Recording and Communication Devices to Smart TV Devices - Systems and methods for sharing of video footage from audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices to smart television (TV) devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for playing back video footage captured by A/V recording and communication devices located in a plurality of neighborhoods, using a smart TV, is provided, the method comprising: connecting the smart TV to a neighborhood subscriber channel; subscribing to a first channel of the neighborhood subscriber channel, wherein the first channel is associated with a first neighborhood of the plurality of neighborhoods; receiving a list of available content shared with the first neighborhood, wherein the available content shared with the first neighborhood includes first image data captured using a camera of a first A/V recording and communication device; and selecting and playing back, on the smart TV, the first image data. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242038 | SET FUTURE VIDEO RECORDINGS FROM AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT - Embodiments are directed towards analyzing content, such as Timed Text data that separately accompanies program content, to detect a future program. When a future program is detected in the content, a tag or other data structure is generated with identifying information for the future program. The tag is stored and later used to schedule a recording for the future program. An electronic program guide may be analyzed based on the identifying information in the tag to determine if the future program has been added to the electronic program guide. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242039 | AGGREGATED CONTROL AND PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Systems and methods are described for aggregating media content from multiple sources for viewing on a local display or for placeshifting to a remote display. The aggregation system responds to instructions received from a remote device via the digital network to provide the video output incorporating the media content received from any of the media sources to the locally-connected display. The media aggregation system also simultaneously provides a placeshifted video stream to the remote device via the digital network that incorporates media content received from any of the plurality of media sources selected in response to the instructions received from the remote device. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242040 | WIRELESS HD VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - The wireless video transmission system comprises a video stream source and a transmitting part. The transmitting part is coupled with the video stream source and configured to receive a video stream and wirelessly transmit a data stream based on the video stream using two or more radio channels. The transmitting part comprises a dividing evaluator and a wireless data transmission system. The wireless data transmission system is coupled with the coupling evaluator and configured to receive a data stream based on the video stream and wirelessly transmit the data stream using the two or more radio channels. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242041 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING SEARCH QUERIES WITH REMOTE CONTENT DISPLAY - An audience measurement service may monitor broadcasts in a region, ingesting closed captioning data, metadata, displayed text or logos, performing facial recognition on people, and/or generating audio/video fingerprints of broadcast content to create a database of content and associated keywords, along with times at which the content was broadcast. The audience measurement service may receive user search queries from a search provider and detect “spiking” queries. The audience measurement service may determine whether the spiking queries are related, contextually and temporally, to an item of content identified in the database, and infer that users generating the queries likely viewed the item of content. In some implementations, the audience measurement service may also infer that the users likely viewed other items of content (e.g. advertisements) displayed during the prior or subsequent few minutes on the same broadcast channel as the query-triggering item. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242042 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOLUME CONTROL OF CONTENT - A method and an apparatus for volume control of a digital television program are disclosed. The method comprises determining whether the content comprises both video data and audio data. If this determination is positive, it determines whether a language defined in the parental rating information of the content is consistent with a language of the audio data of the content. When a consistency is determined, it adapts the volume of the content as a function of the information on the rating of the content. And when an inconsistency is determined, it adapts the volume of the content as a function of the information on the type of the content. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242043 | Preventing Inadvertent Viewing of Media Content - Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for preventing inadvertent viewing of media content for a media program. A processor can detect an inadvertent viewing condition including exposing content for a media program including audio content and video content. The processor can create an alert that indicates the inadvertent viewing condition exists and that includes selectable options for actions to take for the inadvertent viewing condition. The processor can provide the alert to a video display and can further block output of the audio content and the video content to the video display. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242044 | Method and Apparatus for Obtaining Recorded Media Content - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising: sending by an end user device, to a digital video recorder, a first request to receive a requested media content item; receiving by the end user device, responsive to the sending of the first request, a metadata file, wherein the metadata file comprises authentication information and a network address of a media content server where the requested media content item is located; sending to the media content server by the end user device, responsive to the receiving of the metadata file, a second request to receive the requested media content item, wherein the second request is sent to the network address, wherein the second request comprises the authentication information contained in the metadata file, and wherein the second request comprises an identification of the requested media content item; and receiving by the end user device, responsive to the authentication information and the identification of the requested media content item that are sent in the second request, the requested media content item from the media content server. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242045 | CUSTOMIZED RECOMMENDATIONS OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT STREAMS - Customized recommendations of multimedia content streams are provided herein. A method can include facilitating, by a network device of a wireless network and comprising a processor, an output of a recommendation of a first multimedia content stream at a communications device based on a monitored interaction determined to have been performed by an identified entity at the communications device. The method can also include facilitating, by the network device, a first transmission of the first multimedia content stream to the communications device in response to an acceptance of the recommendation of the first multimedia content stream received from the communications device. The first multimedia content stream can be renderable for consumption at the communications device. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242046 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD - A content reproduction system includes: a video recording apparatus for recording a content item; and a terminal apparatus for reproducing the content item. The terminal apparatus includes: a display; an acceptor that accepts an operation of a user; a list storage that stores a bookmark list; a managing controller; a display controller; and a reproduction controller. In a case of having been notified of reproduction position update information from the reproduction controller, the managing controller updates the reproduction position information, which indicates a reproduction position of the content item and is included in the bookmark list, based on the reproduction position update information. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242047 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING TELEVISION CHANNEL INFORMATION - A digital video conversion device is communicatively coupled to a TV set and a TV signal source, respectively, to pass TV signals from the TV signal source to the TV set. Upon receipt of a TV channel identification request from a mobile terminal via a wireless communication channel, the digital video conversion device acquires an image from the TV signals currently broadcasted on the TV set and extracts a plurality of station logo characteristic sets from the image, each station logo characteristic set corresponding to one of a plurality of station logo templates. After calculating a similarity score between each station logo characteristic set and a corresponding station logo template, the digital video conversion device identifies one of the plurality of station logo templates as matching the image based on their similarity scores and returns TV channel information associated with the identified station logo template to the mobile terminal. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242048 | FACILITATING MIXED SERVICE USE OF BONDED SATELLITE TRANSPONDERS - Embodiments facilitating mixed service use of bonded satellite transponders in communication systems are provided. An apparatus comprises a first multiplexer configured to receive first content from first channels of a first type of channel, a second multiplexer configured to receive second content from second channels of a second type of channel, and a transport stream processor (TSP). The TSP can be configured to output the received first content and the second content to modulators respectively associated with different channels for transmission of the first type of channel and the second type of channel, wherein the different channels are transmitted to a bonded satellite transponders, which transmits to a receiver. In some embodiments, the apparatus can comprise a multiplexer aggregator coupled between the TSP and the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer. The first content can be high bit-rate information and the second content can be lower bit-rate information. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242049 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION APPARATUS - A transmission method includes: generating one or more transfer frames that each store one or more streams used for content transfer; and transmitting the one or more generated frames through broadcast, each of the one or more streams storing one or more second transfer units, each of the one or more second transfer units storing one or more first transfer units, and each of the one or more first transfer units storing one or more Internet Protocol (IP) packets. In at least one stream among the one or more streams, each of the first transfer units positioned at a head contains reference clock information indicating time used for reproduction of the content. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242050 | TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING PERSON-LEVEL VIEWING BEHAVIOR - In one embodiment, a viewing behavior subsystem computes estimated viewership among target audiences at a person-level based on a household viewing logs and person-level data. A viewing behavior subsystem distributes the household viewing logs across buckets based on the sizes of the households and sets of person-level characteristics that are associated with the persons within the households. The viewing behavior subsystem generates a model for viewing behaviors associated with different sets of person-level characteristics based on the buckets. Subsequently, the viewing behavior subsystem estimates viewership among a target audience that is associated with one or more of the sets of person-level characteristics based on the model and census data. Advantageously, by combining household viewing logs for a relatively large number of households with person-level data, the viewing behavior subsystem enables accurate estimations of viewership among target audiences that are distinguished by person-level characteristics. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242051 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ADDRESSABLE CONTENT - Systems and methods are operable to distribute targeted assets to a plurality of media devices. An exemplary embodiment generates an asset file defined by an asset file time period, wherein target assets are selected for saving into the asset file when the intended initial presentation time of a target asset falls within the asset file time period of the asset file that is being generated. Then, the asset file is communicated to a plurality of media devices at a time in advance of the intended initial presentation times of a target asset of the asset file. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242052 | BROADCAST SYSTEM WITH A WATERMARK PAYLOAD - A system for broadcasting that includes a watermark payload. | 2018-08-23 |
20180242053 | Auto-Summarizing Video Content System and Method - Novel tools and techniques are described for auto-summarizing video and/or audio content. In some embodiments, a summary server might retrieve one or more time codes from a time code database, and might analyze the one or more time codes to determine at least one selected time code among the one or more time codes that exceeds a predetermined number of selections. The one or more time codes might correspond to one or more triggers, which might include user-inputted triggers, triggers associated with actions by a live audience, or broadcaster/distributor/producer-provided triggers (i.e., cue tones). The summary server might determine one or more selected segments of video or audio content corresponding to the at least one selected time code, and might create one or more summary tracks, where each of the one or more summary tracks might comprise each of the one or more selected segments of the video or audio content. | 2018-08-23 |