40th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 86 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160295229 | HIGH EFFICIENCY VIDEO CODING DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON REFERENCE PICTURE TYPE - The present technique relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing a decrease in encoding efficiency. The image processing device includes: a predictive vector generating unit that generates a predictive vector of a current parallax vector of a current block used in prediction using correlation in a parallax direction using a reference parallax vector referred when generating a predictive motion vector, when encoding the current parallax vector; and a difference vector generating unit that generates a difference vector between the current parallax vector and the predictive vector generated by the predictive vector generating unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295230 | HIGH EFFICIENCY VIDEO CODING DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON REFERENCE PICTURE TYPE - The present technique relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing a decrease in encoding efficiency. The image processing device includes: a predictive vector generating unit that generates a predictive vector of a current parallax vector of a current block used in prediction using correlation in a parallax direction using a reference parallax vector referred when generating a predictive motion vector, when encoding the current parallax vector; and a difference vector generating unit that generates a difference vector between the current parallax vector and the predictive vector generated by the predictive vector generating unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295231 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING MOTION ESTIMATOR FOR VIDEO ENCODING - An apparatus for providing motion estimation for video encoding includes a selection element and a processing element. The selection element is configured to select a subset including less than all of candidate pixel locations from among a plurality of candidate pixel locations used for motion vector determination based on a relationship between a best candidate pixel location of a first level of accuracy and a best candidate pixel location of a second level of accuracy. The processing element is configured to process an input video sequence to determine a motion vector at the first level of accuracy, to refine the motion vector at the second level of accuracy, and to determine the motion vector at a third level of accuracy using only the subset of candidate pixel locations. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295232 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - One embodiment discloses an image processing apparatus which generates an interpolation frame from consecutive first and second frames, including: a motion estimation section which assigns, to the interpolation frame, motion vectors from the first frame to the second frame; a first degree-of-difference calculation section which extracts calculates a first degree of difference in terms of pixel values; a second degree-of-difference calculation section which calculates a second degree of difference in terms of vectors; and an interpolation frame generation section which generates the interpolation frame by determining a motion vector that should be assigned to a pixel of attention on the basis of combined weights obtained by combining the first degrees of difference and the second degrees of difference, respectively. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295233 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RAPID MOTION SEARCH APPLIED IN TEMPLATE MATCHING - A method, an apparatus and a system for a rapid motion search applied in template matching are disclosed. The method includes: selecting motion vectors of blocks related to a current block as candidate motion vectors of the current block; after the uniqueness of a series of the candidate motion vectors of the current block is maintained, calculating the cost function of the candidate motion vectors in a corresponding template area of a reference frame, and obtaining the motion vector of the best matching template from the candidate motion vectors of the current block. In the embodiments of the present invention, there is no need to determine a large search range and no need to determine the corresponding search path template, and it is only necessary to perform a search in a smaller range. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295234 | EFFICIENT LOW-COMPLEXITY VIDEO COMPRESSION - Disclosed is a low-complexity and yet efficient lossy method to compress distortion information for motion estimation, resulting in significant reduction in needed storage capacity. A system for implementing the method and a computer-readable medium for storing the method are also disclosed. The method includes determining and storing a distortion value for each trial motion vector in a plurality of trial motion vectors. Each trial motion vector specifies a position of a search region relative to a reference frame. The method further includes compressing each of the distortion values as a fixed number of bits based upon a minimum distortion value amongst the stored distortion values, and re-storing each compressed distortion value in place of its uncompressed value. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295235 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprising a supply unit configured to supply image data one piece of pixel data at a time, and an encoding unit configured to encode the image data supplied by the supply unit, the encoding unit selecting, as prediction pixel data, locally decoded data of one pixel out of n pixels (n is an integer greater than or equal to 2) that were encoded immediately before a pixel to be encoded and have been locally decoded, and encoding a difference between the prediction pixel data and data of the pixel to be encoded, wherein the supply unit supplies pixel data to the encoding unit in a predetermined order according to which all of the n pixels are pixels that are adjacent to the pixel to be encoded. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295236 | METHOD FOR INDUCING A MERGE CANDIDATE BLOCK AND DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for inducing a merge candidate block and a device using same. An image decoding method involves decoding motion estimation region (MER) related information; determining whether or not a predicted target block and a spatial merge candidate block are included in the same MER; and determining the spatial merge candidate block to be an unavailable merge candidate block when the predicted target block and the spatial merge candidate block are included in the same MER. Accordingly, by parallely performing the method for inducing a merge candidate, parallel processing is enabled and the computation amount and implementation complexity are reduced. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295237 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND DEVICE INVOLVING INTRA PREDICTION, AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE - Provided is a video decoding method including determining a reference intra prediction mode, based on availability and a prediction mode of an adjacent block of a current block; determining a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes for the current block, based on the reference intra prediction mode; obtaining, from a bitstream, intra prediction data comprising information regarding an intra prediction mode of the current block; when the intra prediction data indicates that the current block is predicted according to one of the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes, selecting an intra prediction mode to be used in intra predicting the current block, wherein the intra prediction mode is from among the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; and performing intra prediction on the current block, according to the selected intra prediction mode. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295238 | Method for encoding and decoding images, encoding and decoding device, and corresponding computer programs - A method for encoding an image having been cut up into partitions. The method includes: predicting data of a current partition based on an already encoded and then decoded reference partition, generating a predicted partition; determining residual data by comparing data relating to the current partition with the predicted partition, the residual data associated with various digital data items. Prior producing a signal containing the encoded information, performing the following steps; determining, from the predetermined residual data, a subset containing residual data capable of being modified; calculating the value of a function representative of the residual data; comparing the calculated value with a value of at least one of the digital data items; based on the comparison, modification or non-modification of at least one of the residual data items of the subset; and, in the event of a modification, entropy encoding the at least one modified residual data item. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295239 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED ENCODING/DECODING OF DIFFERENT MULTILAYER VIDEO CODEC - The present invention relates to an integrated video encoder/decoder supporting multilayer pictures with different types. The integrated video encoder according to the present invention includes a base encoder including an encoding algorithm module to encode a base-layer picture among multilayer pictures; and a partial encoder including an additional encoding algorithm module to encode an enhancement-layer picture based on a video coding type of the multilayer pictures. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295240 | METHOD PREDICTING VIEW SYNTHESIS IN MULTI-VIEW VIDEO CODING AND METHOD FOR CONSTITUTING MERGE CANDIDATE LIST BY USING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for constituting a merge candidate list by using a view synthesis prediction (VSP) and the like in multi-view video coding. The method for constituting the merge candidate list according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a prediction mode for a current block; inducing, as a merge candidate, motion information from neighboring blocks of the current block when the prediction mode for the current block is a merge mode or a skip mode; and constituting the merge candidate list by using the motion information of the neighboring blocks and the deep parity information induced from the neighboring blocks of the current block. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295241 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - Based on a representative depth determined from a depth map corresponding to an object in a multi-viewpoint video, a transformation matrix is determined which transforms a position on an encoding target image, which is one frame of the multi-viewpoint video, into a position on a reference viewpoint image from a reference viewpoint which differs from the viewpoint of the encoding target image. A representative position is determined which belongs to an encoding target region obtained by dividing the encoding target image. A corresponding position which corresponds to the representative position and belongs to the reference viewpoint image is determined by using the representative position and the transformation matrix. Based on the corresponding position, synthesized motion information assigned to the encoding target region is generated from motion information for the reference viewpoint image, and a predicted image for the encoding target region is generated by using the synthesized motion information. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295242 | CONTEXT ADAPTIVE ENTROPY CODING FOR NON-SQUARE BLOCKS IN VIDEO CODING - Disclosed are techniques for coding coefficients of a video block having a non-square shape defined by a width and a height, comprising coding one or more of x- and y-coordinates that indicate a position of a last non-zero coefficient within the block according to an associated scanning order, including coding each coordinate by determining one or more contexts used to code the coordinate based on one of the width and the height that corresponds to the coordinate, and coding the coordinate by performing a context adaptive entropy coding process based on the contexts. Also disclosed are techniques for coding information that identifies positions of non-zero coefficients within the block, including determining one or more contexts used to code the information based on one or more of the width and the height, and coding the information by performing a context adaptive entropy coding process based on the contexts. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295243 | COMPRESSION OF SIGNALS, IMAGES AND VIDEO FOR MULTIMEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - A system and method for transmitting compressed image data includes an encoder, responsive to received image data representing an image, for minimizing a space-spatial frequency of the image data by applying a predetermined orthogonal function thereto to generate a mathematical representation of the image data and extracting coefficients of the mathematical representation of the image data. A transmitter transmits the coefficients of the image data from a first location to a second location. A receiver receives the transmitted coefficients of the image data at the second location from the first location. A decoder recreates the mathematical representation of the image data at the second location responsive to the received coefficients and the predetermined orthogonal function and generates the image data from the recreated mathematical representation of the image data. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295244 | AGGREGATING MEDIA CONTENT - A method for generating a set of aggregated media content includes storing a plurality of segments of media data. The method further includes organizing the segments into a set of aggregated content including content for generating a plurality of sets of assembled content. The plurality of segments includes a first segment and a second segment. The method further includes generating a first set of metadata for the first segment specifying a first source index location of the first segment in the set of aggregated media content and a first target index location of the first segment in a first set of assembled media content, and a second set of metadata for the second segment specifying a second source index location of the second segment in the set of aggregated media content and a second target index location of the second segment in a second set of assembled media content. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295245 | A METHOD, NODE AND COMPUTER PROGRAME FOR PROVIDING LIVE CONTENT STREAMING - Method are disclosed for providing live content comprising a plurality of sequential segment files to at least one client device. A method performed in a multimedia streaming service node includes receiving metadata for the live content, where the metadata includes references to at least one representation of the live content. Each representation corresponds to a bitrate and defines timing of at least one of the segment files. A schedule is created that defines when to obtain at least one of the segment files. Segment files are pulled from a content source in accordance with the schedule, and are gradually pushed over a bearer to the at least one client device, as the segment files are pulled to the multimedia streaming service node. Corresponding multimedia streaming service nodes and computer program products are also disclosed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295246 | VIDEO CAMERA SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED CONTROL AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a video camera system that includes a first subset of video cameras that are configured to generate at least one broadcast video signal of an event, and a second subset of video cameras that are each individually controllable in response to subscriber control data from a corresponding one of a plurality of video player systems to generate a plurality of processed video signals of the event. A video access server receives the subscriber control data from the video player systems corresponding to a plurality of subscribers for control of the second subset of video cameras, and for routing the processed video signals of the event such that each of the plurality of processed video signals of the event is routed to the corresponding one of the plurality of video player systems. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295247 | ASSEMBLY OF MEDIA CONTENT - A computing device is programmed to receive one or more parameters providing characteristics of media data. The computing device compares the parameters with characteristics of segments of a first item of media content. Based on the comparison, the computing device selects segments to be included in a second item of media content. The selected segments are assembled in a sequence based on indexes associated with the respective segments. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295248 | AGGREGATING MEDIA CONTENT - A method includes receiving aggregated content that includes a plurality of segments by a media device. Each of the segments includes an index indicating a location in a set of assembled media content. The plurality of segments includes at least a first segment, a second segment and a third segment. A first target index location in the first segment and a second target index location in the second segment each indicate a first location in the set of assembled media content. One of the first segment and the second segment is selected for display at the first location according to a stored parameter. The method further includes generating the set of assembled media content including the selected one of the first and second segments in the first location and the third segment in the second location. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295249 | Session Setup Method and Apparatus, and Session Content Delivery Method and Apparatus - Provided are a method and device for establishing content viewing sessions and a method and device for distributing content views. The method for distributing content views includes that: a content viewing session invitation request is received, wherein the content viewing session invitation request carries a spatial configuration of a content viewing session; a spatial distribution for requested content views among different content viewing session terminals is generated according to the spatial configuration of the content viewing session; and content viewing sessions are established with the content viewing session terminals, and content views are distributed to the corresponding content viewing session terminals according to the spatial distribution. By the technical solution, content-views-configuration-information-based content viewing session establishment and content view distribution is implemented. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295250 | EFFICIENT APPROACH TO DYNAMIC FRAME SIZE AND FRAME RATE ADAPTATION - Improved systems and methods of performing multimedia communications over multimedia communications networks, in which video data senders can maintain high video quality of experience (QoE) levels with increased reliability despite changes in available bandwidths of video data receivers. In the disclosed systems and methods, video encoding parameters employed by the video data senders, including at least the video frame size and/or the video frame rate, can be dynamically adapted to the available bandwidths of the video data receivers, taking into account possible effects of spatial scaling and/or temporal scaling of video frames on the resulting video QoE. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295251 | Gateway for Translating Signals Between a Legacy Frequency Split in a Home Network and a High Frequency Split in A Communications Network - Particular embodiments use a network device, such as a gateway, as an interface between a first network, such as a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network, and a second network, such as a home network. The first network includes a frequency spectrum that may be considered “high split”, and the second network has a frequency split that is used by legacy set-top box boxes. A head-end sends a network downstream signal that includes the out of band downstream signal in the downstream frequency band using the HFC network's frequency split. The out of band downstream signal may be represented by digital data. The gateway can then determine samples from the digital data, which are then used to reproduce the out of band downstream signal at the desired frequency for the home network. That is, the out of band downstream signal may be recreated in the frequency range of 70-130 MHz. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295252 | DYNAMIC SERVICE FLOW CREATION FOR PACKET CABLE MULTIMEDIA QUALITY OF SERVICE GUARANTEE IN A DISTRIBUTED CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Some embodiments provide a method for dynamically creating a service flow for an Ethernet node (EN) in a distributed cable management system that includes a cable headend and several in-the-field ENs for connecting several service nodes to the headend. For a particular device of a particular service node, the method receives a request for a Packet Cable Multi-Media (PCMM) connection session that is to have a quality of service (QoS) guarantee. For the request, the method identifies the EN that connects to the particular service node from a group of several EN that the method manages. The method then forwards a set of authorized dynamic QoS (DQoS) parameters to the identified EN, so that the identified EN can use the forwarded DQoS parameter set to create a service flow for the particular device. In some embodiments, the identified EN creates two service flows for the two different directions of traffic associated with the particular device at the particular service node. Specifically, the EN creates an upstream service flow for the upstream data traffic (i.e., data packets from the particular device requesting the PCMM connection session) and a downstream service flow for the downstream data traffic (i.e., data packets from the particular device requesting the PCMM connection session). | 2016-10-06 |
20160295253 | DYNAMIC SERVICE FLOW CREATION FOR PACKET CABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE GUARANTEE IN A DISTRIBUTED CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Some embodiments provide a method for dynamically creating a service flow for an Ethernet node (EN) in a distributed cable management system that includes a cable headend and several in-the-field ENs for connecting several service nodes to the headend. For a particular device of a particular service node, the method receives a request to create a set of parameters for a service flow that is to be dynamically created. In some embodiments, the received request is in response to a request for a phone call that is to have a quality of service (QoS) guarantee and the service flow is for a PacketCable (PC) connection session. For the service-flow parameter request, the method identifies the EN that connects to the particular service node from a group of several EN that the method manages. The method then forwards a set of authorized dynamic QoS (DQoS) parameters to the identified EN, so that the identified EN can use the forwarded DQoS parameter set to validate a service flow request from the particular device to the EN to create the service flow. The forwarded DQoS parameter set is part of a pre service-flow request that the method sends to the identified EN in some embodiments to direct the identified EN to prepare for a possible service flow request from the particular device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295254 | COMPRESSED VIDEO BUFFERING - A system controls a transmission of a sequence of compressed video data from an encoder buffer to a network for delivery to a decoder buffer. Control of the transmission includes to: determine characteristics of a video transmission path between the encoder buffer and the decoder buffer, the characteristics comprising at least one of a buffer size of the decoder buffer, an input rate of the decoder buffer, and a buffer size of an equivalent intermediary buffer of the video transmission path; determine a transmission rate from the characteristics of the video transmission path and from the sequence of compressed video data, the transmission rate being determined such that a target quality of service value can be guaranteed for the entire sequence of compressed video data transmitted at the determined transmission rate to the decoder buffer; and control transmission of the sequence of compressed video data at the determined transmission rate. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ADVERTISING INVENTORY USING METADATA - The invention is directed to a system and method for the creation and management of advertising inventory utilizing associated metadata. The system generally includes a media streaming system that is used with a video player in connection with the playback of at least one audio/video work. The media streaming system includes a media distribution system that supplies metadata associated with the audio/video work to the video player. The metadata has a hierarchical taxonomy that defines a plurality of attributes associated with one or more objects present in the audio/video work. The system also includes an ad inventory engine that determines available ad inventory based on the metadata and matches the available inventory with advertisement data based on the hierarchical taxonomy. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295256 | DIGITAL CONTENT STREAMING FROM DIGITAL TV BROADCAST - Techniques are described for remuxing multimedia content received in a digital video broadcasting format without performing transcoding of the video and/or audio content. For example, a computing device with a digital television tuner can receive multimedia content in a digital video broadcast format. The computing device can remux the received multimedia content from the digital video broadcasting format in which the multimedia content is received into a target streaming protocol for streaming to other devices. Remuxing operations can comprise demultiplexing the received multimedia content to separate the audio and video content, performing meta-data reconstruction, and multiplexing the audio and video content into a target stream using a target streaming protocol format. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295257 | TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING METHOD, TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICE - A transmitting method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: encoding a video signal and generating encoded data including a plurality of access units; storing the plurality of access units in a packet in a unit that defines one access unit as one unit or in a unit defined by dividing one access unit, and generating a packet group; transmitting the generated packet group as data; generating first information and second information, the first information indicating a presentation time of a first access unit that is presented first among the plurality of access units, and the second information being used to calculate a decoding time of the plurality of access units; and transmitting the first information and the second information as control information. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295258 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - When the communication method is switched, a reception device synchronizes an I picture of video data transmitted by a communication method before the switching and video data transmitted by a communication method after the switching with each other, and then performs the switching immediately before an I picture. A transmission device generates synchronization data, and a reception device performs synchronization with reference to the synchronization data. Video can be prevented from becoming discontinuous, when the communication method is switched. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295259 | Using Bitrate Data To Output An Alert Indicating A Functional State Of A Back-Up Media-Broadcast System - In one aspect, an example method for outputting an alert indicating a functional state of a back-up media-broadcast system involves: a computing device determining first bitrate-data associated with a first compressed media-stream; the computing device determining second bitrate-data associated with a second compressed media-stream; the computing device making a determination that the determined first bitrate-data and the determined second bitrate-data lack a threshold extent of similarity; and responsive to the determination that the determined first bitrate-data and the determined second bitrate-data lack the threshold extent of similarity, the computing device outputting an alert. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295260 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING USER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO A VIDEO - The present teaching relates to analyzing user activities related to a video. The video is provided to a plurality of users. The plurality of users is monitored to detect one or more types of user activities performed in time with respect to different portions of the video. One or more visual representations of the monitored one or more types of user activities are generated. The one or more visual representations capture a level of attention paid by the plurality of users to the different portions of the video at any time instance. Interests of at least some of the plurality of users are determined with respect to the different portions of the video based on the one or more visual representations. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295261 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BLACKOUT SUPPORT IN VIDEO MOSAIC ENVIRONMENTS - Systems and methods for providing blackout support in video mosaic environments are disclosed. In response to receiving a request for a video mosaic page, screen data, which may include blackout information, is received. The screen data identifies the video assets in the video mosaic page. A determination is made, based at least in part on the screen data, whether any video assets in the video mosaic page should be blacked out. Blacked out assets may be masked and their associated audio blocked. In addition, an overlay of options associated with the blacked out asset may be presented. The overlay may include options to substitute the blacked out asset with replacement content, search for similar content, or retrieve more information about the blackout. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295262 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MESSAGE NOTIFICATION - Methods and systems for message notification are described. A video message is received from a source access device. A selection of a target user may be received for the video message. A message notification of availability of the video message for a target access device associated with the target user may be provided. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295263 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECTED ADVERTISEMENT - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving registration information indicating a plurality of registered communication devices in proximity to a set-top box, the plurality of registered communication devices being registered according to a communication exchange between the set-top box and each of the plurality of registered communication devices, identifying a group of users associated with the plurality of registered communication devices, and determining characteristics for the group of users according to the identifying of the group of users, correlating the characteristics for the group of users, selecting a directed advertisement according to the correlating of the characteristics, and providing the directed advertisement to the set-top box for presentation. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295264 | System and Method for Generating and Sharing Compilations of Video Streams - A method for displaying a compilation of video clips, comprising by a user, accessing an application for uploading video clips and displaying a video stream the application capable of being associated with the user and with a social media application including other users identified with the user the application further having one or more channels each representing an affinity, by the user, selecting a channel in the application, by the application, compiling a stream of video clips uploaded by the other users identified with the user to a selected channel, and by the application, displaying the stream of video clips. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295265 | DIFFERENTIAL AND DISTRIBUTIVE QUEUING OF VIDEO FRAMES - Systems and methods to deliver streaming video over a hybrid network are provided herein. The system includes a plurality of queues, each associated with a type of video frames and a classifier to store a packet of a plurality of packets in a respective queue of the plurality of queues based on a field in the packet that indicates the type of video frame in the packet. The system also includes a scheduler configured to selectively transmit or drop the packet based on an available bitrate for transmission and the type of video frame associated with the queue. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295266 | CLIENT-SERVER BASED INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEM WITH REMOTE SERVER RECORDING - An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides users with VCR-like control over programs that are played back from the media servers and over real-time cached copies of the programs. The program guide also provides users with an opportunity to designate gift recipients for whom programs may be recorded. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295267 | DATA RESOURCE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE - A data resource transmission method and a device are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining IP address of smart TV, and generating and sending first control instruction carrying the IP address to the smart TV; or generating second control instruction to control the mobile terminal to log in to preset server; when detecting a first preset touch operation, displaying a data resource stored locally, and when detecting a data resource triggering operation, generating and sending a third control instruction to the smart TV, or sending the third control instruction to the server and the server sending the third control instruction to the smart TV; or when detecting a second preset touch operation, displaying a first network browser, and when detecting a network data resource triggering operation, obtaining storage address of triggered network data resource; generating and sending fourth control instruction, or sending the fourth control instruction to the server. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295268 | PLAYING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ON MULTIPLE DEVICES - A method for displaying multimedia content is described. The method includes causing playing of multimedia content on a first device; responsive to a first user input, on a second device, comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing the playing of the multimedia content: causing an action comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing of the multimedia content on the second device at a start position that is based on the user input and a current position of the playing of the multimedia content on the first device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295269 | INFORMATION PUSHING METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides an information pushing method, device and system, which relates to the field of communications, and may improve accuracy of acquiring a played video content, thereby improving accuracy of pushing information, and includes: establishing a communication connection between a primary display device and an auxiliary display device; acquiring play information from a video service system when a first play event occurs on the primary display device; acquiring a device identifier of the primary display device; acquiring play event information according to the first play event, the device identifier of the primary display device and the play information; determining information to be pushed according to a preset rule and the play event information; pushing the information to be pushed to the auxiliary display device. The information pushing method, the device and the system provided in embodiments of the present invention are used for pushing information. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295270 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR DEMULTIPLEXING RECEIVED COMPRESSED AND NON-COMPRESSED VIDEO SIGNALS AND TRANSMITTING DEMULTIPLEXED SIGNALS - The present invention is intended to permit both real-time display of a picture represented by a non-compressed video signal on a television and display of a picture represented by a compressed video signal at any desired time by simultaneously transmitting the compressed video signal and non-compressed video signal via one interface. An STB packetizes a compressed video signal, and multiplexes the compressed video signal and a blanking signal combined with a non-compressed video signal. Thus, both the video signals are transmitted simultaneously. A picture represented by the non-compressed video signal is displayed on a television in real time. The compressed video signal is stored in a storage medium incorporated in the television, read at any user's desired time, and decoded so that a picture represented by the compressed video signal can be viewed at the user's desired time. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295271 | Time Adjustment System and Time Adjustment Method for Electronic Program Guide - A clock information correction unit | 2016-10-06 |
20160295272 | Method and Device for Playing Video File - The disclosure discloses a method and device for playing a video file, and belongs to the field of Internet communication. The method includes that: a video file and interaction description file of a video to be played are acquired, the interaction description file including a corresponding relationship between an interactive operation command and play time; when the video file is played, the interaction description file is searched for whether there is an interactive operation command corresponding to current play time or not according to the current play time on a timeline of the video file; and if the corresponding interactive operation command is found, an interactive operation corresponding to the found interactive operation command is executed. The device includes: an acquisition module, a play searching module and an execution module. By the disclosure, a user may feel a real scenario in the video file. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295273 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING SOUND LOGOS FOR MEDIA CONTENT - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that presents an appropriate audio cue based on a search request received from a user. For example, the media guidance application may determine that a media asset corresponding to the search request is of particular relevance to the user (e.g., it belongs to the user's favorite genre). The media guidance application may then determine an audio cue (e.g., a well-known sound effect) associated with the media asset and generate the audio cue for presentation. The media guidance application may also determine an animated image cue associated with the media asset and generate that for display as well. This may allow users, especially those with vision-related disabilities, to more easily identify media assets that may be particularly relevant to them. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295274 | TELEVISION CONTROL INTERFACE WITH ELECTRONIC GUIDE - An on-screen menu method and system for controlling the functions of integrated electronic devices and a television schedule system and method for displaying television schedule information on a television screen includes a program guide having a schedule information area that depicts the programs that are being presented on each channel at each time during the day and an interconnected series of menus to control the features of the integrated electronic devices. An input device allows the viewer to move a pointer over different interactive areas of the guide and the function performed when the area is activated is displayed in a contextual help window. Various control glyphs provide for recursive interaction with the guide. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295275 | MEDIA BRIDGE APPARATUS AND METHODS - Methods and apparatus for content, media and data delivery and access between devices of a premises and one or more portable media devices. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a media bridge between a portable media device (PMD) and a user's home network and/or home devices (e.g., set-top boxes, DVRs, etc.)). The apparatus is adapted to convert content stored on a PMD to a format capable of being rendered on a home device which may then store or playback the content. Control of the presentation is also provided by the bridging apparatus. The apparatus may also be adapted to transfer content from the home device to the PMD for storage or playback. In another embodiment, the apparatus may function within a home network having a trusted domain to provide content between a plurality devices on the network (and in the domain) and the PMD. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295276 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZED DAY PARTING WHEN PRESENTING A SECOND VIDEO WITH ONE OR MORE FIRST VIDEOS - A system and method is for local day parting on a local device for display of digital content. The system comprises a processor and a local storage device, and a first set of executable instructions that are executable on the processor configured to download digital content to the storage device upon detection of connection to a network, the first set of executable instructions further configured to download and store one or more parameters for presenting the digital content, the one or more parameters including time and date parameters. A second set of executable instructions are configured to read the local time and date of the local device and to queue the digital content to present on the local device regardless of whether the local device is connected to the network. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295277 | RUN-TIME SDK INTEGRATION FOR CONNECTED VIDEO PLAYERS - A video player device obtains a run-time SDK from a CDN server when it is time to display a video Ad and makes an Ad request to an Ad server via the network interface using the run-time SDK. A video player displays an Ad on the screen that is received as an Ad response. In a first example embodiment, the device includes an SDK Native Library which, when initialized, downloads an HTML SDK from the CDN server. In a second example embodiment, the device makes a VAST request to the CDN server, where a VAST response includes a VPAID wrapper containing a run-time SDK as a VPAID creative. The VAST response is parsed and the VPAID creative is then loaded and invoked by VPAID APIs of the run-time SDK. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EPISODE TRACKING IN AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295279 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A STATE OF A MEDIA PRESENTATION DEVICE - Methods and apparatus to determine a state of a media presentation device are disclosed. Example disclosed methods include generating a first set of weighted coefficients based on first audio received by first and second microphones at a first time. Example disclosed methods include generating a second set of weighted coefficients based on second audio received by the first and second microphones at a second time after the first time. Example disclosed methods include comparing the first set of coefficients and the second set of coefficients to generate a similarity value. Example disclosed methods include, when the similarity value satisfies a threshold, determining that the media presentation device is in a first state. Example disclosed methods include, when the similarity value does not satisfy the threshold, determining that the media presentation device is in a second state. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295280 | ADVERTISEMENT GENERATION BASED ON A USER IMAGE - A method includes receiving an image of a user, the image indicating a user response to an advertisement. The advertisement includes a background component and a first foreground component. The method also includes selecting a second foreground component based on the user response. The method further includes generating an updated advertisement by combining the background component and the second foreground component. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295281 | VIDEO DATA FILTERING - A filtering method and system. The method includes receiving by a computer processor an audio/video data file and filtering data. The computer processor analyzes the filtering data with respect to the audio/video data file and retrieves specified audio/video data portions comprising data objects within frames of the audio/video data file. The computer processor removes gaps existing in the audio/video data file and receives tags comprising instructions for presenting video data of the audio/video data file, audio data of the audio/video data file, and the specified audio/video data portions. The computer processor stores the video data in a first layer of a multimedia file, the audio data in a second layer of the multimedia file, and the specified audio/video data portions in additional layers of the multimedia file. Each of the first layer, the second layer, and the additional layers comprises a tag layer comprising the tags. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295282 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEDIA CONTENT PRESENTATION - A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing, by a system comprising a processor, a content display configuration corresponding to a plurality of feed selections from a plurality of media content feeds, a plurality of display selections from a plurality of available displays, and a plurality of pairing selections assigning each feed selection of the plurality of feed selections to at least one display selection of the plurality of display selections, and transmitting a plurality of displayable content streams according to the content display configuration. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295283 | COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST AUDIO/VIDEO CONTENT SECURITY DOMAIN CROSSING - Techniques for preventing circumvention of digital rights management protections on electronic content are provided. A method according to these techniques includes receiving a content stream, obtaining samples from the content stream, generating a histogram based on the samples from the content stream, classifying the content stream as including audio content or non-audio content based on the histogram, and modifying portions of the content stream responsive to classifying the content stream as including non-audio content. The content stream can be modified such that any video content included in the content stream would be rendered unplayable, while audio content included in the content stream remains playable. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295284 | VIDEO DATA DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND VIDEO DATA DISPLAYING METHOD - A video data displaying system comprising a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device comprises: a data receiver, for receiving video data; a first displaying device, for displaying the video data; and a connecting interface. The second electronic device receives relative information related with the video data and transmitting the relative information to the first electronic device if the second electronic device is connected to the first electronic device via the connecting interface. The first displaying device displays the relative information while displaying the video data. In one embodiment, the second electronic comprises a second displaying device smaller than the first displaying device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295285 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING DYNAMIC WEBPAGES IN A MEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Television system having a controller to create a template defining a format of presentation of an webpage or HTML page using an iTV or IPTV application system, receive a request for the page from a subscriber of the iTV or IPTV system. The system can access application system subscriber data for the subscriber and a presentation of the page is dynamically adapted according to the application system subscriber data. In one alternative at, the page can be dynamically adapted by changing in content or by changing a look and feel of an HTML page or webpage. In another alternative, the webpage or HTML page can be dynamically adapted by modifying graphic user interface elements based on the application system subscriber data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295286 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A broadcast receiving apparatus is provided. The broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal carrying a plurality of channels; a communicator configured to communicate with a server that provides channel information of the broadcast signal according to a plurality of locations; a storage configured to store the channel information; and at least one processor configured to determine a location corresponding to the broadcast receiving apparatus, receive the channel information of the broadcast signal corresponding to the determined location and store the received channel information in the storage. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295287 | 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, so as 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. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295288 | INTERACTIVE TELEVISION APPLICATION WITH NAVIGABLE CELLS AND REGIONS - An interactive television application with mosaic browsing is provided. Selectable cells that may be associated with entities are used to display information corresponding to the entities. Information may include brand marks such as logos or any other suitable entity identifier. A cell maybe in focus or it may not be in focus. When a cell is in focus the information displayed in the cell may be different than the information displayed when the cell is not in focus. Users may navigate among cells. The cells maybe grouped into regions based on, for example, their association with similar entities. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295289 | TELEVISION CONTROL INTERFACE WITH ELECTRONIC GUIDE - An on-screen menu method and system for controlling the functions of integrated electronic devices and a television schedule system and method for displaying television schedule information on a television screen includes a program guide having a schedule information area that depicts the programs that are being presented on each channel, at each time during the day and an interconnected series of menus to control the features of the integrated electronic devices. An input device allows the viewer to move a pointer over different interactive areas of the guide and the function performed when the area is activated is displayed in a contextual help window. Various control glyphs provide for recursive interaction with the guide. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295290 | RECOMMENDING VIDEO PROGRAMS - A system and method for recommending video programs to a user comprising determining a first video program that is of interest to a user and then determining a second video program to recommend to the user, the second video program being determined from a recommendation database assembled by analyzing access logs from one or more search engines or online video content providers. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295291 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus for searching and a control method thereof are provided. The method includes displaying an image content, determining whether a search function is performed while the image content is displayed, and in response to the determining that the search function is performed while the image content is displayed, transmitting information of the image content to an external server. The method further includes receiving, from the external server, information of a search record of one or more viewers of the image content, and providing information of one or more search terms that are related to the image content, based on the information of the search record. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295292 | On-Demand Language Translation for Television Programs - A method, a system and a machine-readable medium are provided for an on demand translation service. A translation module including at least one language pair module for translating a source language to a target language may be made available for use by a subscriber. The subscriber may be charged a fee for use of the requested on demand translation service or may be provided use of the on demand translation service for free in exchange for displaying commercial messages to the subscriber. A video signal may be received including information in the source language, which may be obtained as text from the video signal and may be translated from the source language to the target language by use of the translation module. Translated information, based on the translated text, may be added into the received video signal. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295293 | System and Method for Synchronization of Audio and Closed Captioning - A system and method for synchronizing audio from a program source with closed captioning data includes a caption encoder having a video-audio delay line. The caption encoder with the delay line is adapted to delay the programming source by a settable amount of time so that the program audio can be synchronized with closed caption data received from a remote live captioner. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295294 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MULTIMEDIA PLAYING, APPARATUS THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling multimedia playing, an apparatus thereof and a storage medium are provided according to the present disclosure, which relates to the field of terminal technology. The method includes: dividing subtitle information of a multimedia file into multiple subtitle segments, where each of the multiple subtitle segments corresponds to a time tag; triggering to play a selected subtitle segment of the subtitle information; obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment; and playing the multimedia file from the playing start time. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295295 | WIRELESS TCP LINK STATE MONITORING BASED VIDEO CONTENT ADAPTATION AND DATA DELIVERY - Systems and methods are used for receiving a video request from a user equipment for video to be downloaded; determining a link bandwidth status associated with the user equipment; in response to the link bandwidth status associated with the user equipment, determining whether to implement one or more additional processing functions associated with the video delivery; during the video delivery, repeating the determining such that the one or more additional processing functions associated with the video delivery can be implemented or not implemented at different times during the video delivery. These processing functions can include transrating, HTTP optimization, TCP optimization, and video pacing. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295296 | Media Processing Method, Device, and System - A media processing method, device, and system where one or more media receiving clients that have a media processing capability of one or more media playback devices are separately constructed for multiple communications protocols, to-be-played media data that is sent by a media source device and that is to be played by a media receiving client specified by the media source device is received, and the to-be-played media data is sent to a media playback device that is corresponding to the specified media receiving client, for the media playback device to play. Therefore multiple media playback devices may be connected flexibly and simultaneously and a media playback device may be switched as desired during media playback. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295297 | CONTENT SUPPLY APPARATUS, CONTENT SUPPLY METHOD, PROGRAM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND CONTENT SUPPLY SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a content supply apparatus, a content supply method, a program, a terminal apparatus, and a content supply system that are capable of describing attribute information of each file stored in a packet transmitted by FLUTE session in other than an FDT. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295298 | CONGESTION MITIGATION METHOD AND APPARATUS CONSIDERING OPTIMIZATION OF USER SATISFACTION OF VIDEO TRAFFIC IN MOBILE NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for providing a congestion mitigation method in a mobile communication network. A communication method of Packet data network-Gateway (P-GW) in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: identifying video information by using a video request message of a terminal and a video response message of a content server; receiving a video packet from the content server; identifying the buffer status of the terminal by using the video packet; recording, in the header of the video packet, video traffic information comprising the video information and the buffer status information of the terminal; and transmitting the video packet having the video traffic information recorded therein to a base station. According to an embodiment of the present invention, when congested, Quality of Experience (QoE) can be maximized under a restricted environment (resources). | 2016-10-06 |
20160295299 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISING SERVICES TO DEVICES WITH DYNAMIC AD CREATIVE LOCALIZATION - Methods and systems are described for providing advertising services to devices with dynamic ad creative localization for a user. In one embodiment, a system includes a storage medium to store one or more software programs and a dynamic ad creative localization unit that is configured to receive an ad campaign including at least one video ad from an ad server of the system, to apply filters to the ad campaign based on device characteristics, geographical data for the device, and a language of the device of the user in order to select an ad payload including a video ad of the ad campaign, to determine a language for the device of the user, and to localize any text in the ad campaign including the at least video ad based on the language of the device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-DEPENDENT EMERGENCY ALERT SERVICES - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that performs operations including receiving user input associated with a group of emergency alert service messages, assigning a plurality of severity codes to the group of emergency alert service messages according to the user input, each of the plurality of severity codes indicating a presentation format, determining a first location of a mobile communication device, determining a second location of a premises of a user of the mobile communication device. The operations can also include, responsive to detecting a first emergency alert service message associated with the first location, determining a first severity code of the plurality of severity codes assigned to the first emergency alert service message and providing the first emergency alert service message to the mobile communication device for presentation in a first format according to the first severity code. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295301 | COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE IN SMART TV APPARATUS - Communication protocols corresponding to connection modes are preset in a smart TV apparatus. A communication protocol control method includes: when a mode switching request from a user is received through a preset user operation entry, determining a target communication protocol corresponding to the target connection mode needing to be switched to; interrupting a current network connection between the smart TV apparatus and a router; clearing a first application corresponding to the current communication protocol from a network card chip of the smart TV apparatus, and writing a second application corresponding to the target communication protocol in the network card chip; configuring network connection parameters of the smart TV apparatus by using the target communication protocol; and re-establishing the network connection between the smart TV apparatus and the router. The method is used for solving the problem of compatibility of software and hardware and also increasing a network rate. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295302 | METHOD FOR GENERATING HAPTIC COEFFICIENTS USING AN AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL, SIGNAL AND DEVICE FOR REPRODUCING SUCH COEFFICIENTS - The invention relates to a method for generating haptic coefficients associated with an audiovisual document. Initially, data is extracted from an audio and/or video track and is used to calculate at least one first group of haptic coefficients from an autoregressive model applied to the read data. These haptic coefficients are designed to programme a filter supplying at the output the control parameters for controlling at least one haptic actuator. Then, a “haptic” sequence of the audiovisual document is determined and calculated haptic parameters are associated with the determined sequence. In this manner, the haptic parameters enabling the control of one or more actuators are easily calculated and easily reproducible. Advantageously, the data used for the calculation is extracted from the selected sequence. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295303 | PRODUCING VIDEO DATA - A method of incorporating additional video objects into source video data to produce output video data. The method includes retrieving source video data and data defining a segment size used by a distributor, into which video data is divided when transmitted. The method includes analyzing the source video data to identify selected frames of video material which include insertion zones which correspond to regions which are suitable for receiving an additional video object. The method includes identifying a boundary point of the source video data. The method includes embedding additional video objects into the selected frames, creating output video data which has a boundary which corresponds with the identified boundary point. The method includes generating metadata including information on said boundary point of the source video data to be replaced by the created output video data; and transmitting the output video data and the metadata to the distributor. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295304 | Utility Data Measurement System using a SmartPhone - This invention teaches a system for measuring utility data consumption using a smartphone or similar digital device in a crowd-sourced process. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295305 | BUILDING SENSING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Provided herein is a sensing management system capable of minimizing the amount of data transmission from sensors, the system including a plurality of sensors configured to sense information of surrounding environment, and, in response to a sensing value transmitted to a controller having a slope of a same directivity for twice or more times, to obtain a predicted slope using a current slope of the transmitted sensing values; and the controller configured to obtain the predicted slope using a same algorithm as the sensors, wherein, in response to a next sensing value being within an error range of the predicted slope, the sensors do not transmit the next sensing value to the controller. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295306 | COMMUNICATION CONVERTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PULSE METER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AIR CONDITIONER - A communication converting apparatus for a pulse meter is provided, comprising: a pulse collection unit, configured to collect a pulse signal generated from the pulse meter; a storage unit, configured to store a reading of the pulse meter; a micro control unit, configured to control the pulse collection unit to collect the pulse signal, to read the reading stored in the storage unit, and to obtain an updated reading of the pulse meter according to the pulse signal and the reading stored in the storage unit; and a RS485 communication unit, configured to covert the updated reading of the pulse meter into a RS485 communication signal for outputting. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295307 | MASTER-STATION APPARATUS, SLAVE-STATION APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CONNECTION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An OLT including ports connectable to an optical communication path connected to an ONU includes port control units, a setting information management unit that manages setting information for use in communication with the ONU for each of the ports, and a connection management unit that sets setting information managed by the setting information management unit in the port control units. The port control units determine whether to change setting information on the basis of a signal received from the ONU and the setting information that has been set and, when determining that setting information be changed, notify the connection management unit of a request to change setting information, and the connection management unit selects setting information set in the port control units on the basis of the notification from the port control units. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295308 | SPEAKER ASSEMBLY AND INTEGRATED LIGHT - A speaker assembly and integrated light, comprising: a speaker having at least one sound emitting element; and, at least one array of LEDs mounted on the speaker. In some arrangements, the speaker may be wirelessly connected to an audio source. The invention has many potential applications and is particularly suitable for recreational vehicles (sometimes referred to as RVs) and/or outdoor use. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295309 | Displaceable Speaker Array and Related Assemblies - A displaceable speaker assembly for a vehicle includes a housing, a speaker array rotatably coupled to the housing and including a plurality of electro-acoustic transducers (e.g., twiddlers), a drive unit coupled to the housing, and a lever assembly coupling the drive unit to the speaker array. The drive unit is operable to drive motion of the lever assembly, which, in turn, drives rotation of the speaker array relative to the housing. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295310 | CIRCUIT BOARD FOR A MICROPHONE COMPONENT PART, AND MICROPHONE MODULE HAVING SUCH A CIRCUIT BOARD - Measures are described by which the back volume of a microphone component can be realized regardless of its packaging. Within the framework of a microphone module, a circuit board is used for the 2nd-level mounting of at least one microphone component part, in whose surface at least one connection opening is formed, which terminates in a cavity in the layer structure of the circuit board. In addition, the circuit board surface having the connection opening is configured for a sealing mounting of the microphone component part above the connection opening, so that the microphone component is acoustically connected to the cavity in the circuit board via the connection opening in the circuit board surface, and this cavity functions as backside volume for the microphone component part. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295311 | EARPLUGS, EARPHONES, PANELS, INSERTS AND SAFETY METHODS - At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an earphone having a first and second tab that are configured to be engaged by fingers, where when fingers squeeze the tabs together pressure on a reservoir is reduced so that a medium flows from an expandable tip reducing the size of the expandable tip. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295312 | CABLE RETRACTION SYSTEM - A retractable storage system for a handheld electronic device includes at least one cable with a plug head and an end piece, and at least one retractable mechanism to retract and store the cable. The retractable mechanism has a groove track system to control a rotational movement of the retractable mechanism. The retractable mechanism has a first area to store a retractable length of the cable and a second area to store a component of the retractable mechanism. Preferably, the groove track system has a groove track component to enable and disable the rotational movement of the retractable mechanism. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295313 | Wireless Headphone Device - A wireless headphone device for use in playing audio from external memory storage devices and wireless remote electronic devices via speakers. The wireless headphone device includes one or more headphone housings having a wireless transceiver that can receive audio data wirelessly from a remote electronic device. Additionally, at least one of the headphone housings includes a user input port for receiving an external memory storage devices. A controller having one or more buttons is positioned on one or more of the headphone housings and controls playback of the audio data from the coupled external memory storage device and remote electronic device. A rechargeable power source provides electrical power to the wireless headphone device enabling wireless usage. In an embodiment, the wireless headphone device includes a first and second headphone housing connected by an extendable headband that may be positioned over a head of a user. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295314 | HEADSET SYSTEM WITH USER-CONFIGURABLE FUNCTION BUTTON - A headset providing audio input and output for a mobile device includes a microphone and speaker. An RF transceiver performs wireless communication with the mobile device. One or more buttons are configured for push operations to control operation of the headset, the mobile device, or both. A processor is configured to process a signal input from the microphone and output the processed signal to the RF transceiver, process a signal received from the RF transceiver and output the processed signal to the speaker, and process a signal input according to the push operations of the one or more buttons. At least one of the buttons is configurable to actuate a selected function. A memory associated with the processor stores program instructions for executing a plurality of functions, wherein the selected plurality of function is selected in response to user input via a user interface on the mobile device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295315 | HEADPHONE AND ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTIC ADJUSTMENT METHOD - [Object] To make it possible to further improve acoustic characteristics. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295316 | LOUDSPEAKER MODULE - Disclosed is a loudspeaker module, which comprises a loudspeaker unit and a peripheral frame comprising an upper housing and a lower housing; a front acoustic cavity and a rear acoustic cavity are respectively defined as a space between the loudspeaker unit and the upper housing, and a space between the loudspeaker unit and the lower housing; a sound hole in communication with the front acoustic cavity is provided on peripheral frame, and an inverted tube is provided in peripheral frame. The loudspeaker module of the present invention is provided with inverted tube in communication with rear acoustic cavity, so that low-frequency acoustic effect of products can be enhanced, and heat dissipation of rear acoustic cavity and balance of atmospheric pressures can be achieved; inverted tube and loudspeaker unit share front acoustic cavity and sound hole, which is beneficial to increasing size of loudspeaker unit and improving acoustic performance of products. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295317 | Device For Creating A Sound Source - Described is a device for creating a sound source comprising integrated measuring means ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160295318 | Directional Acoustic Device - A directional acoustic device that has an acoustic source or an acoustic receiver, and a conduit to which the acoustic source or acoustic receiver is acoustically coupled and within which acoustic energy travels in a propagation direction from the acoustic source or to the acoustic receiver, the conduit having finite extent at which the conduit structure ends. The conduit has a radiating portion that has a radiating surface with leak openings that define controlled leaks through which acoustic energy radiated from the source into the conduit can leak to the outside environment or through which acoustic energy in the outside environment can leak into the conduit. The only path for acoustic energy in the conduit to reach the external environment or acoustic energy in the external environment to enter the conduit is through the controlled leaks. The leak openings define leaks having a first extent in the propagation direction, and also define leaks having a second extent at locations along the conduit with a constant time delay relative to the location of the source or receiver. The extents of the leaks are determinative of the lowest frequency where useful directivity control is obtained. The lowest frequency of directivity control for the leak in the propagation direction is within three octaves of the lowest frequency of directivity control for the leak with constant time delay. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295319 | 2D MATRIX ARRAY BACKING INTERCONNECT ASSEMBLY, 2D ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ARRAY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Disclosed is a 2D Matrix Array Backing Interconnect Assembly that provides a structure that enables simple construction of complex wring for an ultrasonic transducer array of desired dimension. A backing interconnect assembly can be produced by forming a plurality of high density interconnect printed circuit boards, with layers each having a respective array of metal traces, wherein the metal traces are internally connected one-to-one to electrically conductive pads. An end of the metal traces are exposed at a surface to form respective conductive elements. High density interconnect printed circuit boards can be attached to a flexible printed circuit having contact pads that correspond to conductive pads of the printed circuit boards to form interconnect modules. The interconnect modules can be attached to form a backing interconnect assembly. The backing interconnect assembly with exposed conductive elements provides complex wiring interconnect for manufacture of small sized 2D ultrasonic transducer arrays. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295320 | AUDIO CAPTURING ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND AUDIO CAPTURING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Accordingly, the present disclosure is directed to an audio capturing enhancement method and an audio capturing system using the same method. The audio capturing system includes at least but not limited to two microphones for recording an audio data, an amplifier coupled to the at least two microphones for adjusting the audio data by applying automatic gain control (AGC) in order to generate a gain adjusted data that is within a predefined level, and a processing circuit coupled to the amplifier for calculating a linear predictive coding (LPC) residue of the gain adjusted data, determining from the LPC residue a first source at a first direction relative to the at least two microphones based on time different of arrival (TDOA), and attenuating any source at a second direction that is outside of a predefined direction. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295321 | DISTRIBUTED AUDIO SYSTEM - Various embodiments manage a distributed audio system is disclosed. In one embodiment, an audio stream is received from each electronic device in a plurality of electronic devices. The audio stream is captured by at least one audio input module of the electronic device. Two or more of the audio streams are aggregated into a single audio stream. The single audio stream is outputted via at least one audio output module. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295322 | Adaptive Mixing of Sub-Band Signals - A method includes receiving a first microphone array processing signal (associated with a frequency band that includes a plurality of sub-bands) and receiving a second microphone array processing signal associated with the frequency band. The method includes generating a first output corresponding to a first sub-band based on the first microphone array processing signal and generating a second output corresponding to the first sub-band based on the second microphone array processing signal. The method includes generating a third output corresponding to a second sub-band based on the first microphone array processing signal and generating a fourth output corresponding to the second sub-band based on the second microphone array processing signal. The method includes performing a first set of microphone mixing operations to generate an adaptive mixer output for the first sub-band and performing a different set of microphone mixing operations to generate another adaptive mixer output for the second sub-band. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295323 | ADJUSTABLE AUDIO BEAMFORMING - Adjustable audio beamforming of a device having a plurality of microphones is disclosed. A method for forming an audio beam of a device having a plurality of microphones, wherein the device is a deformable device, comprises: recognizing a deforming state of the device; and forming the audio beam according to the recognized deforming state of the device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295324 | Processing Analog Audio Signals - An analog audio signal derived from a vinyl recording is processed via an input transducer, such as a moving magnet or moving coil device. A phono input stage ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160295325 | METHOD AND DEVICE - A method comprising determining an audio noise spectrum that represents external audio noise, determining an audio reference spectrum that represents audio content to be perceived by a listener, and determining a compensation spectrum based on the audio noise spectrum and based on the audio reference spectrum. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295326 | MICROCHIP FOR AUDIO ENHANCEMENT PROCESSING - A microchip has imbedded therein, circuitry for enhancing the sound outputted therefrom and which is associated with an electronic device, such as a radio, television, headphones, earbuds and the like. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295327 | OPERATION DEVICE OPERATING A REPRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM - The DJ controller | 2016-10-06 |
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