43rd week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 76 |
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20170310981 | Video and image encoding process - A method for processing image and video data, comprising providing high dynamic range image data (HDR) and a corresponding low dynamic range image data (LDR). The LDR image is encoded in a legacy code stream, while a residual code stream is generated and encoded containing data necessary for the reconstruction of the HDR image in a decoding phase. To generate the residual code stream, LDR image data are processed so as to obtain a processed LDR* image, then a component data of the HDR image and a corresponding component of the processed LDR* image are selected and residual data of the selected component data are calculated by dividing the component of the processed LDR* image data by the component of the HDR image data. The residual data of the selected component are scaled into the range of values comprised between 0 and 1 and are then encoded in a residual code stream. A decoding method is also disclosed which allows reconstruction of an HDR image from a legacy code stream and a residual data code stream. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310982 | Method of Adaptive Structure-Driven Compression for Image Transmission over Ultra-Low Bandwidth Data Links - An encoding-decoding method and system is provided where the encoding process or system are not a mirror image of the decoding process or system. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310983 | OPTIMIZATION USING MULTI-THREADED PARALLEL PROCESSING FRAMEWORK - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for encoder and/or decoder optimization using a multi-threaded parallel processing framework. An encoding and/or decoding device may receive a video sequence that includes a plurality of first-temporal level pictures associated with a first temporal level and a plurality of second-temporal level pictures associated with a second temporal level. The encoding and/or decoding device may allocate a first number of parallel processing threads for encoding and/or decoding the first-temporal level pictures and a second number of parallel processing threads for encoding and/or decoding the second-temporal level pictures. The device may perform this allocation based on temporal level priority, for example. The encoding and/or decoding device may encode and/or decode the first-temporal level pictures and the second-temporal level pictures. This encoding and/or decoding may be based on the allocation of the first number of parallel processing threads and the second number of parallel processing threads. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310984 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING OR DECODING IMAGE BY MEANS OF VIEW MERGING PREDICTION - According to an embodiment, an image decoding method includes: determining at least one prediction unit included in a current coding unit that is one of at least one coding unit splitting the image; generating a merge candidate list related to a current prediction unit included in the at least one prediction unit; determining a prediction mode to be performed in the prediction unit based on the merge candidate list; and performing prediction according to the determined prediction mode, wherein the generating of the merge candidate list further comprises determining whether to add a view synthesis prediction merging candidate to the merge candidate list based on whether a neighboring prediction unit adjacent to the current prediction unit has been encoded using the view synthesis prediction merging candidate. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310985 | PICTURE CODING DEVICE, PICTURE CODING METHOD, AND PICTURE CODING PROGRAM, AND PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND PICTURE DECODING PROGRAM - In a picture coding device, a significant coefficient information coding controller | 2017-10-26 |
20170310986 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF INTRA PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODING - A method and apparatus for applying filter to Intra prediction samples are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a filter is applied to one or more prediction samples of the Initial Intra prediction block to form one or more filtered prediction samples. For example, the filter is applied to the prediction sample in the non-boundary locations of the Initial Intra prediction block. Alternatively, the filter is applied to all prediction samples in the Initial Intra prediction block. The filtered Intra prediction block comprising one or more filtered prediction samples is used as a predictor for Intra prediction encoding or decoding of the current block. The filter corresponds to a FIR (finite impulse response) filter or an IIR (infinite impulse response) filter. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310987 | Method and Apparatus for Image Compression Using Block Prediction Mode - A method and apparatus of image coding performed at an encoder or decoder using block prediction are disclosed. The block vector bit-count information associated with one or more block vectors (BVs) for the current block is determined, where the BVs are used to locate one or more block predictors for the current block. Prediction residuals corresponding to differences between the current block and the block predictors are determined. A first cost comprising the BV and residual bit-count information associated with encoding the prediction residuals using the first coding tool is determined. The second cost comprising the BV bit-count information and without the residual bit-count information is also determined. The derivation of the BV bit-count information and the prediction residuals for the current block are performed only once, and the BV bit-count information and the prediction residuals are used by the first coding tool and the second coding tool. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310988 | Method of Motion Vector Predictor or Merge Candidate Derivation in Video Coding - A method and apparatus for deriving directional-priority based candidates for a block coded in Inter, or Merge or Skip mode are disclosed. One or more motion vectors associated with one or more previously coded blocks for a current block are determined first. One or more directional-priority based candidates for the current block are derived by searching through the previously coded blocks according to a priority order associated with prediction direction of the motion vectors. The motion vectors having a first prediction direction are selected with a higher priority than the motion vectors having a second prediction direction. The derived directional-priority based candidates are inserted into a candidate list. The motion vector predictor (MVP) or Merge/Skip candidate is selected from the candidate list for coding the current block in Inter, or Merge or Skip mode. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310989 | Apparatus, A Method and a Computer Program for Video Coding and Decoding - There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video encoding and decoding. In other embodiments, there is provided a method, an apparatus, a computer readable storage medium stored with code thereon for use by an apparatus, and a video encoder, for encoding a scalable bitstream, to provide indicating an encoding configuration, where only samples and syntax from intra coded pictures of base layer is used for coding the enhancement layer pictures. In other embodiments, there is provided an apparatus, a computer readable storage medium stored with code thereon for use by an apparatus, and a video decoder, for decoding a scalable bitstream, to receive indications of an encoding configuration, where only samples and syntax from intra coded pictures of base layer is used for coding the enhancement | 2017-10-26 |
20170310990 | Method of Bi-prediction Video Coding Based on Motion Vectors from Uni-Prediction and Merge Candidate - A method of bi-predictive Inter prediction mode using a uni-predictive motion vector and a second motion vector associated with a Merge candidate is disclosed. In the encoder side, the coded motion information for a uni-prediction motion vector for the current block is generated using a motion vector predictor selected from a motion vector prediction (MVP) candidate list. Furthermore, a Merge candidate with a second motion vector pointing to the other prediction direction is identified according to a Merge index. The uni-prediction motion vector and the second motion vector from the Merge candidate are used for bi-prediction encoding of the current block. In the decoder side, the corresponding decoding process is disclosed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310991 | METHOD FOR DECODING AN IMAGE, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR ENCODING AN IMAGE, AND IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS - To achieve a reduction in the amount of coding taken in the use of an asymmetric partition and to implement efficient encoding/decoding processes exploiting the characteristics of the asymmetric partition. An image decoding device includes a motion compensation parameter derivation unit configured to derive a motion compensation parameter indicating either a uni-prediction scheme or a bi-prediction scheme. In a case that a prediction unit has a size less than or equal to a predetermined value, the motion compensation parameter derivation unit is configured to derive the motion compensation parameter by switching between the prediction schemes. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310992 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL - A method for processing a vide signal, according to the present invention, configures a palette map for a current block encoded in a palette mode, induces a palette index according to a predetermined scanning order by a unit of a sample of the current block, and restores each sample of the current block by using a palette entry having a map index having the same value as that of the palette index induced from the palette map. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310993 | MOVEMENT INFORMATION COMPRESSION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR 3D VIDEO CODING - The present invention relates to 3D video coding device and method. A decoding method according to the present invention provides a 3D video decoding method. A decoding method comprises the steps of: deriving a disparity vector with respect to a current block; deriving the location of a corresponding sample on a reference view on the basis of the disparity vector; deriving the location of a reference sample on the basis of the location of the corresponding sample; and deriving movement information of a prediction block that covers the location of the reference sample. According to the present invention, when a corresponding block in a reference view is derived by means of a disparity vector, movement information of the corresponding block can be derived in accordance with movement information compression, a buffer load of an encoder and a decoder can be reduced, and coding efficiency can be enhanced by having the amount of information being processed reduced. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310994 | 3D VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to a device and method for coding a 3D video, and a decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: decoding information on an intra-skip mode for a current block; deriving, as the intra-skip mode, a prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the information on the intra-skip mode; generating a candidate list for the intra-skip mode; and generating a reconstruction sample of the current block on the basis of the candidate list. The present invention can reduce the amount of data to be transmitted and improve coding efficiency by coding a current block on the basis of an intra-skip mode in 3D video coding. In addition, the present invention can perform an intra-skip mode procedure on the basis of an intra-directional mode using a neighboring block in 3D video coding, and reconstruct the current block without a residual signal. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310995 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND TRANSMITTING HIGH DEFINITION 3-D MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - One particular implementation of the present invention may take the form of a method and system for encoding decoding 3-D multimedia content. In one example, visual content having a plurality of source frames may be processed to create a plurality of first and second type frames from each of the plurality of source frames. The plurality of first and second type frames may be arranged to create modified content, and generating a distinguishing signal for the visual content, which may distinguish the first type frame from the second type frame. In another examples, the present invention may take the form of a method decoding 3-D multimedia content encoded with at least content frames and null frames. The method may operate to receive the 3-D multimedia content, extract at least one content frame, at least one null frame, and display information. The method may further operate to reconstruct the content and null frames in a display-sequential manner using the display information to indicate the display order of the at least one content frame. In some examples, the method and system for encoding and decoding multimedia content may encode the multimedia content such that the at least one null frame may not be displayed by a display device. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310996 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM - An image encoding/decoding apparatus for performing encoding/decoding while predicting an image between different views using a reference image for a view different from a processing target image and a reference depth map which is a depth map for an object of the reference image when a multi-view image including images of a plurality of different views is encoded/decoded includes a reference depth region setting unit configured to set a reference depth region which is a corresponding region on the reference depth map for decoding target regions into which the processing target image is divided, and an inter-view prediction unit configured to generate an inter-view predicted image for the processing target region from the reference image using depth information in the reference depth region as depth information for the processing target region. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310997 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM - An image encoding/decoding apparatus for performing encoding/decoding while predicting an image between different views using a reference image for a view different from a processing target image and a reference depth map which is a depth map for an object of the reference image when a multi-view image including images of a plurality of different views is encoded/decoded includes a reference depth region setting unit configured to set a reference depth region which is a corresponding region on the reference depth map for decoding target regions into which the processing target image is divided, and an inter-view prediction unit configured to generate an inter-view predicted image for the processing target region from the reference image using depth information in the reference depth region as depth information for the processing target region. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310998 | Image Processing Method and Apparatus - An image processing method and apparatus includes transforming a first image to obtain a first transform coefficient set; transforming a second image, or transforming a difference image between the first image and a second image, to obtain a second transform coefficient set; selecting a first group of transform coefficients from the first transform coefficient set according to magnitudes of transform coefficients in the first transform coefficient set, where magnitudes of transform coefficients in the first group of transform coefficients meet a preset threshold condition; determining an image difference between the first image and the second image according to the first group of transform coefficients and the second transform coefficient set; and processing the first image and the second image according to the image difference. | 2017-10-26 |
20170310999 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RATE-DISTORTION OPTIMIZED COEFFICIENT QUANTIZATION INCLUDING SIGN DATA HIDING - Apparatuses and methods are described included rate-distortion optimized quantization encoders utilizing HEVC sign data hiding techniques. An example of an apparatus may include an encoder. The encoder utilizes an optimization process which can be implemented in real-time hardware. The encoder may be configured to reduce the total bit cost of quantized coefficients while keeping distortion at an acceptable level, such as low as possible. The encoder may further employ sign data hiding which may be utilized at selected times in accordance with rate-distortion optimization. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311000 | REDUCING LATENCY IN VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - Techniques and tools for reducing latency in video encoding and decoding by constraining latency due to reordering of video frames, and by indicating the constraint on frame reordering latency with one or more syntax elements that accompany encoded data for the video frames. For example, a real-time communication tool with a video encoder sets a syntax element that indicates a constraint on frame reordering latency, which is consistent with inter-frame dependencies between multiple frames of a video sequence, then outputs the syntax element. A corresponding real-time communication tool with a video decoder receives the syntax element that indicates the constraint on frame reordering latency, determines the constraint on frame reordering latency based on the syntax element, and uses the constraint on frame reordering latency to determine when a reconstructed frame is ready for output (in terms of output order). | 2017-10-26 |
20170311001 | MOVING IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD, MOVING IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING DEVICE - An image encoding device includes an encoding circuit configured to encode an image, the image being constituted of a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows of which width are longer than the columns, generate a reference image and stores the reference image into a memory, and output a bit stream including the encoded image. The image encoding device also includes an image rotation circuit configured to rotate the image read from the memory by 90° and output the rotated image to a encoding processing circuit, and a read address generating circuit configured to read the column of the image from the memory, and provide the column with the image rotation circuit. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311002 | High Definition VP8 Decoder - A VP8 video decoder is implemented by partitioning the required functions across multiple sub systems, with an optimal mapping to existing functional blocks. Key optimizations include the reuse of hardware designed for prior generation V̂6 and VP7 decoders. In order to reduce implementation complexity, cost and power consumption, a non exact, approximate deblocking loop filter is implemented. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311003 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ENTROPY ENCODING WITH SIGN DATA REMOVAL AND ASSOCIATED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ENTROPY DECODING WITH SIGN DATA RECOVERY - An entropy encoding method includes following steps: receiving symbols of a pixel group; entropy encoding data derived from the symbols of the pixel group to generate a first bitstream portion and a second bitstream portion, wherein the first bitstream portion includes encoded magnitude data of the symbols of the pixel group, and the second bitstream portion includes encoded sign data of at least a portion of the symbols of the pixel group; and generating a bitstream segment of the pixel group by combining at least the first bitstream portion and the second bitstream portion. The pixel group includes a plurality of pixels, and the symbols of the pixel group have a plurality of symbol values of the pixels, respectively. When a first symbol value has a zero magnitude value, a sign value of the first symbol value is not entropy encoded into the second bitstream portion. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311004 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - A video processing method includes: receiving multiple channels of video images individually sent from multiple mobile terminals; displaying the multiple channels of video images; acquiring a selection instruction according to a user input, the selection instruction carrying an identifier of a target video image, the target video image including at least one of the multiple channels of video images; and transmitting the target video image to a target terminal. According to embodiments of the disclosure, any desirable video image can be selected from the multiple channels of video images being displayed as the target video image for live broadcasting. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311005 | METHOD OF WIRELESS AUDIO TRANSMISSION AND PLAYBACK - A method of wireless audio transmission and playback includes steps of: a) dividing, by a host, the audio data into audio segments; b) transmitting, by the host, the audio segments to each of audio playback devices; c) transmitting to the host, by each of the audio playback devices, with respect to each of the audio segments received thereby, an acknowledgment indicating that the audio playback device has received the audio segment; and d) when determining, by the host based on the acknowledgment(s) thus received, that at least one of the audio playback devices has received a first specific audio segment, controlling all of the audio playback devices having received the first audio segment to play the first audio segment synchronously with each other. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311006 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND SERVER FOR LIVE STREAMING AUDIO-VIDEO FILE - A method for live streaming an audio-video file is disclosed, in which an original audio-video file is obtained; an audio frame and a video frame are read from the original audio-video file; the video frame is transcoded into video frames with different code rates; the video frames with different code rates are synthesized respectively with the audio frame into audio-video files with different code rates; the audio frames and the video frames are extracted from the audio-video files with different code rates respectively to form respective video streams; and different video streams are pushed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311007 | METHOD AND DEVICE ALLOWING AN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM TO BE APPLIED TO THE PROTECTION OF STREAMED VIDEO - Some embodiments are directed to a method and to a device allowing an access control system to be applied to the protection of streamed video. The inventive system and associated method allow an existing access control system of Marlin type to be used innovatively based on the execution of two successive operation phases allowing DRM rights to be acquired followed by the delivery of content and the decryption thereof. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311008 | PORTABLE MEDIA SERVER FOR PROVIDING OFFLINE PLAYBACK OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTED MEDIA - A portable media server for providing offline playback of copyright protected media includes a storage, a radio, an interface component, and a playback component. The storage is for storing one or more media content files for video playback. The radio is for providing a wireless network for communicating with one or more proximal client devices. The interface component is configured to receive a request for content (requested content) from a client device connected to the wireless network. The playback component is configured to stream the requested content to the client device via the wireless network for playback on the client device. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311009 | PROMOTION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS, AND NON-VOLATILE COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for processing promotional information, an apparatus and a non-volatile computer storage medium. In one aspect, in embodiments of the present disclosure, it is feasible to obtain video information to be played; thereby obtain position information of promotional information included by the video information in the video information; and thereby, according to the position information of promotional information in the video information, not display the promotional information upon playing the video information. Hence, technical solutions provided embodiments of the present disclosure may not display the promotional information in the played video information, and thereby may eliminate adverse influence exerted by inserting promotional information upon playing the video information in the prior art. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311010 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METAMORPHIC CONTENT GENERATION - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device having a controller programmed to detect an object within a first portion of a first occurrence of a repetitive portion of a media program. The object is modified, resulting in an updated object, and another portion of the first occurrence of the repetitive portion is left unmodified. The object is detected within a first portion of a subsequent instance of the repetitive portion of the media program and modified differently from the first, while maintaining other portions of the subsequent instance of the repetitive portion unmodified. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311011 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Communication Sessions - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server operably coupled to an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network and an interactive television system, where the server receives a session transfer request from a first communication device, where the session transfer request includes identification information associated with a second communication device, and where the server transmits a message to the second communication device and transmits a media adjustment message to a media resource server of the internet protocol multimedia subsystem network. The media content is adjusted and transmitted to the second communication device responsive to the media adjustment message, where the adjusted media content is generated by the media resource server based on the identification information associated with the second communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311012 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING VIDEO TO MINIMISE OR REMOVE PSE TRIGGERS - A method of adjusting video image data to reduce photosensitive epilepsy (“PSE”) triggers, the method including evaluating a sequence of video images to determine if the number of changes in brightness exceeding a predetermined threshold between contiguous images is greater than a predetermined value over a predetermined time or predetermined number of video images; and if the determined number exceeds the predetermined value then applying a correction procedure to the sequence of images. The correction procedure includes: for each image, applying a plurality of candidate brightness changes to the image and subsequently determining which of the applied changes result in the number of changes in brightness between contiguous images exceeding the predetermined threshold being reduced to below the predetermined value; and selecting the determined applied change having the smallest brightness change. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311013 | INTEGRATED INTELLIGENT SERVER BASED SYSTEM FOR UNIFIED MULTIPLE SENSORY DATA MAPPED IMAGERY ANALYSIS - An integrated intelligent server based system includes at least one autonomous system containing one or more analytical server for unified multiple sensory data mapped multi-modal or multi-sensory imagery analysis, generating analysis result and streaming of the sensory data with the generated analysis result to the receiver module. A fail safe and fault tolerant technique to generate, store and stream the multi-sensory images to the receiver module is also proposed. Once received, the receiver module extracts the sensory data and the results of the sensory data analysis from the image and video using a suitable decoder. The integrated intelligent server based system would enable embedding the results of the sensory data analysis within the image itself and streaming the multi-sensory image embedded with the results of said sensory data analysis to a receiver module. This results in adopting this new concept in Internet of Things scheme of activities as well. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311014 | Social Networking System Targeted Message Synchronization - Targeted messages are sent to users of social networking system (SNS) based on the detection of airings of advertisements in time-based media. This approach allows advertisers to leverage their investment in, for example, television advertising by sending advertisements to SNS users who have likely seen the advertisements within shows that they have expressed interest in the context of a SNS. Time-based media streams are analyzed to detect the airings of advertisements within those streams. In one embodiment, SNS content items are received regarding individual users. Based on references in those content items between users and their interests, targeted messages may be sent to users. In another embodiment, targeted messages are sent to SNS users based on the airing of advertisements and targeting criteria provided by advertisers. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311015 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION ENGINE - A method of setting controls on a digital communication device operated by an end user participant in a digital content event provided from a digital communication network includes operating a tracking control in the digital communication network to track activity of the digital communication device in a context of the digital content event; operating a timer in conjunction with the activity to form a time-stamped set of ranking controls; attenuating the time-stamped set of ranking controls according to an elapsed time; applying the time-stamped set of ranking controls and content inputs from a digital content manager to operate a ranking control and digital filter to generate a control interface for the digital communication device, the control interface comprising a plurality of individually operable controls; and configuring the digital communication device with the control interface. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311016 | METHOD AND DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL FOR CREATING ANCILLARY REVENUE STREAMS FROM RELATED MEDIA CONTENT - A method for creating revenue for content related to a broadcast program and a related subscription distribution channel and web page. The method includes providing a subscription distribution channel that is accessible by a user, obtaining the content related to the broadcast program, and making the content available to the user via the subscription distribution channel. The content may include an ancillary product or ancillary content that is related to and distinct from an episode of the broadcast program that has not yet been published. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311017 | Apparatus and Method for Displaying Content - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top-box (STB) having a controller to join a multicast group having an associated multicast address, wherein the multicast address is associated with a first content type of a plurality of content types, access encoded content associated with the first content type from the multicast address, wherein the encoded content is transmitted by at least one source associated with the multicast group to the multicast address, decode the accessed encoded content, and display the decoded content on a channel mapped to the multicast address. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311018 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING DELIVERY OF MEDIA SERVICES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, providing a first media program of a group of media programs for presentation at a media device. A first request for content information related to a second media program is received from a mobile device during the presentation of the first media program. A second request for the content information, responsive to the first request, is transmitted to a media system via a communication network. The content information is provided to the mobile device concurrently with the presentation of the first media program. The first media program is buffered at a digital video recorder while providing the content information, and the digital video recorder is directed to record the second media program in response to receiving a selection from the mobile device. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311019 | Method and System for Targeted Commerce in Network Broadcasting - A system and a method for using the system for targeted commerce in network broadcasting are provided. The system includes an interface device configured to receive a multimedia stream from a network, wherein the multimedia stream includes a close captioning string and wherein the interface device is further configured to process the multimedia stream by providing advertisements in the multimedia stream according to a correlation between the close captioning string and a plurality of vendor keywords; and a viewing device configured to receive the processed multimedia stream and display to a viewer. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311020 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ADVERTISING - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining identified impressions that are detected from consumption data collected from a group of media processors where the identified impressions represent viewing of selected content and where the consumption data indicates channel tuning events at the group of media processors including changing of channels, applying a ridge regression analysis to the identified impressions to determine a predicted number of target impressions per advertisement slot, and generating a media plan based on a ratio of an advertisement slot cost to the predicted number of target impressions per advertisement slot. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311021 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT ITEM - The present disclosure provides a system, a method, and a device for displaying a content item. The system includes: a video playing terminal, configured to obtain a video and play the video; a content item displaying client, configured to send a content item obtaining request for requesting to obtain a content item related to the video being played by the video playing terminal; and a content item preparation platform, configured to determine a current playing moment of the video played by the video playing terminal, select, from one or more content items corresponding to the video, a content item with a marking moment nearest to the current playing moment, and push the selected content item to the content item displaying client, where the content item displaying client is further configured to display the received content item. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311022 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON TRACKED ACTIVITIES - A wearable apparatus is provided for capturing and processing images from an environment of a user. In one implementation, a wearable apparatus for monitoring activities includes a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of a user of the wearable apparatus. The wearable apparatus also includes at least one processing device programmed to analyze the plurality of images to identify in one or more of the plurality of images at least one indicator of an activity, and to transmit, to an external device, the at least one indicator of the activity. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311023 | TV PLAYLIST - A playlist server application is provided on a server at a first network node. A playlist local application is provided for a remote device. An indication of a change to a playlist on one of the server and the remote device is obtained from a corresponding one of the playlist server application and the playlist local application. The change is synchronized to another one of the server and the remote device. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311024 | PRE-ROLL ADVERTISEMENT PLAYING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND VIDEO SERVER - The present disclosure discloses a pre-roll advertisement playing method, a terminal, and a video server, and relates to the field of multimedia technologies. The method includes: after detecting a play operation of an offline video, determining a current network connection status of a terminal; when the terminal is in a first connection state, determining, among multiple pre-roll advertisements obtained by the terminal, a specified pre-roll advertisement corresponding to the offline video; and playing the specified pre-roll advertisement in a process of playing the offline video. When playing an offline video in a non-WiFi connection state, the terminal may additionally play a pre-roll advertisement. Therefore, an audience range of the pre-roll advertisement is expanded, and an application range is relatively wide. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311025 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A display device having a display, a device interface to permit communication with an external device using at least one wireless communication protocol, a network interface for coupling to a network and a controller. The controller is configured to: cause the display to display data mirroring data displayed on an external device; receive a request for playback of content, wherein the request for playback of the content is received from the external device via the device interface; obtain the content from a storage unit when the content is non-streaming content; obtain the content from a source, via the network interface, when the content is streaming content; cause the display to display the content obtained from either the storage unit or the source; and transmit, via the device interface, a first message to the external device to cause the external device to enter a standby mode. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311026 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF MEDIA CONTENT EVENT RECORDING - Systems and methods are operable to record a user-specified media content event at a media device. An exemplary embodiment grabs a series of subsequently received image frames from a preceding broadcasting media content event after a monitored real time reaches a closing credits monitor time, wherein the closing credits monitor time is a recording start time less a predefined duration. The embodiment then analyzes each of the image frames to identify an occurrence of text presented in the analyzed image frame, determines that the identified text corresponds to closing credits of the preceding broadcasting media content event if the at least one attribute of the identified text matches a corresponding predefined closing credits attribute, and initiates a start of the recording of the user-specified media content event in response to determining that the identified text corresponds to the closing credits of the preceding broadcasting media content event. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311027 | PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER FUNCTIONALITY FOR PLACESHIFTING SYSTEMS - PVR functionality is enabled on a media player of a placeshifting system, which allows a user to record media programs from locations that are physically remote from a source of the media programs. The media player may receive program schedule information and present the program schedule information to the user. Based on user input, the media player identifies a media program and associated schedule information. When the media program is scheduled to play, the placeshifting device directs a media recording device to receive the media program and to store the program. The placeshifting device may digitize, transcode, and/or transrate the media program, if necessary, and transmit the media program to the remote device for playback. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311028 | Multiple Contact And/or Sense Promotional Systems and Methods - Various embodiments that may generally relate to presentation of content in a coordinated manner through a plurality of output devices is described. A smartphone, for example, may enhance a visual presentation made by a digital billboard by adding audio to the presentation. Various methods are described. Various apparatus are described. Further embodiments are described. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311029 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a user interface apparatus for vehicles including light sources, a touch sensor to sense touch, light guides to transfer light generated by the light sources, and a top cover to cover the light sources, the touch sensor and the light guides and to transmit light emitted from the light guides to the interior of a vehicle. The light sources includes a first light source and at least one second light sources, the light guides includes first and second light guides to receive light generated by the first light source and to transfer the light to first and second regions and at least one third light guide configured to receive light generated by the at least one second light source and to transfer the light to a third region, and light generated by the first light source is dispersed and provided to the first and second light guides. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311030 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION METHOD - Connection with an apparatus with a lower standard is easily performed. A digital signal to which coding has been performed is transmitted to an external device by a differential signal through a plurality of channels via a transmission path. In this case, a digital signal to which first coding has been performed and from which clock extraction is not available is transmitted through a part of the plurality of channels, and a digital signal to which second coding has been performed and from which clock extraction is available is transmitted through the other channels of the plurality of channels. A reception side processes the digital signal received through the plurality of channels on the basis of the clock extracted from the digital signal received through any one of other channels. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311031 | SENDING DEVICE, METHOD OF SENDING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE DATA, RECEIVING DEVICE, METHOD OF RECEIVING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE DATA, AND PROGRAM - HDR image data are successfully transmitted between devices. High dynamic range image data are sent to an external device. Transmission scheme information and/or gamma correction information for the high dynamic range image data are sent to the external device. The external device can easily understand, for example, what kind of transmission scheme and what kind of gamma correction scheme are used for the sent high dynamic range image data. Therefore, the high dynamic range image data can be successfully transmitted. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311032 | Content Identifier Remapping for Fast Channel Change - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving fast channel change (FCC) data for a program, the FCC data having a first set of content identifiers, receiving a video stream for the program, the video stream having a second set of content identifiers, changing at least one of the first set of content identifiers of the FCC data or the second set of content identifiers of the video stream to a common set of content identifiers, and providing the changed FCC data and video stream to a decoder. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311033 | VIDEO MEDIA STREAMING DEVICE - According to an aspect, an apparatus may include a media streaming device including electronic circuitry configured to receive media content wirelessly from a media content source, and an output cord segment having a first end portion integrally coupled to a structure of the media streaming device, and a second end portion configured to be coupled to a receiving device, where the electronic circuitry is further configured to transmit the received media content through the output cord segment to the receiving device. The apparatus may include a power cord segment having a first end portion configured to be coupled to the media streaming device, and a second end portion configured to be coupled to a power source. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311034 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND RECEIVING DEVICE - A transmission method in the present disclosure includes; obtaining an image and image signal characteristics information indicating one of an opto-electrical transfer function (OETF) or an electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) as image signal characteristics of the image; and transmitting a signal including the image and the image signal characteristics information. According to the transmission method in the present disclosure, a receiving device that received a high dynamic range (HDR) image and a standard dynamic range (SDR) image transmitted through broadcasting or the like can display these images appropriately. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311035 | Watch-Time Clustering for Video Searches - This document describes, among other things, systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for using information about how long various videos were presented at client devices to determine subsequent video recommendations and search results. In some implementations, a computing can include a modeling apparatus, a front-end server, a request manager, one or more video file storage devices, a video selector, or a combination of some or all of these. The video selector can select video content for a particular digitized video among a plurality of digitized videos to serve to a computing device responsive to a request. The selection can be based at least in part on how long the particular digitized video has been presented at client devices associated with users having characteristics that match one or more characteristics of the user that submitted the request for video content, as indicated by the modeling apparatus. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311036 | METHOD FOR SOUND RECOGNITION TASK TRIGGER - A system and method is described for monitoring a program signal for certain content, and performing a set of tasks when target content is recognized. Target content may be identified by using acoustic or video fingerprinting hardware or software to identify characteristic components of the program signal, and performing a lookup in a database of known content. When a match is made to known content, a task maybe performed such as muting the audio, blocking the video, or fast-forwarding past the content. A secondary action unit may be employed to receive control signals and rebroadcast the same to a media device. When the broadcast of the target media is determined to have completed, a corollary set of tasks are performed. In embodiments, the system may be implemented as one or more standalone hardware components, or in software. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311037 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a display unit displaying a first display region displaying a static image being a reference for matching an imaging unit to a predetermined imaging position and a second display region displaying video data imaged by the imaging unit; a determining unit executing a first matching operation of searching for an image coincident with an image of a first reference region set in the first display region, in a frame of the video data, and determining a region of the coincident image as a second reference region; and a correcting unit correcting a position of a determination region being a target of image determination performed with respect to the video data, based on a shift amount between the first reference region and the second reference region, and information representing a positional relationship between the determination region and the first reference region. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311038 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECEPTION APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OF SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT - Reception apparatus, method, computer-readable storage medium, and information providing apparatus for a trigger. The reception apparatus includes a tuner/demodulator and a processor. The tuner/demodulator is configured to receive content included in a transport stream from a content source. The transport stream includes a trigger associated with the content and references information included in the transport stream. The processor is configured to retrieve the trigger from the transport stream, and to retrieve the information from the transport stream based on the reference in the trigger. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311039 | INTERACTION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, CLIENT, SERVICE PLATFORM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an interaction information processing method, a client, and a service platform. An interaction information processing method applied to a first account includes: receiving a first information collection operation when playing first multimedia information; responding to the first information collection operation, pausing playing the first multimedia information, and collecting second multimedia information, the second multimedia information being included in a first interaction information; and sending the first interaction information to the service platform, wherein the first interaction information is available being played when the second account plays the first multimedia information. The embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose a computer storage medium. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311040 | SOCIAL NETWORK SCREENING FOR TIME-SHIFTED CONTENT VIEWING - An application is provided to a portable computing device to control access to social media. A user can play back recorded content that friends have commented on previously on social media. The user accesses the social media through the application, which limits presentation of comments to those made up to the current place in the content being played back but not after. This avoids spoiling the experience by avoiding the presentation of comments pertaining to parts of the content that have not yet been played back. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311041 | PEER-TO-PEER VIDEO ON DEMAND TECHNIQUES - Techniques for delivering video content are provided. A video distribution service maintains associations of viewer devices that have portions of specific items of video content. As new viewer devices, which lack the specific video content, make requests for the specific items of video content from the video distribution system, the video distribution system identifies a viewer device from which a portion of the item of video content may be acquired. Viewer devices having the requested content are identified by comparing distances between the locations of the requestor device and the other viewer devices of the plurality of viewers to a distance threshold. The first portion of a first item of video content is obtained from a source viewer device and a second portion of the first item of video content is obtained from the video distribution system. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311042 | Delivery of Content - Examples of systems are described herein in which an item of content may be delivered to multiple devices within a group of devices at the same time while reducing bandwidth consumption. Such systems may also allow for attractive pricing and features that may encourage more users to consume the item of content. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311043 | System and Method for Providing Interactive On-Demand Content - A set-top box device includes a network interface module and a client interface module. The network interface module is configured to receive interactive content instructions and an interactive content notification over an Internet protocol data connection, and to receive an associated on-demand content video stream from a television service provider. The network interface module is also configured to connect to a website containing product information for a product associated with the on-demand content video stream. The client interface module is configured to output the on-demand content video stream, to output the interactive content notification concurrently with the on-demand content video stream in response to outputting a portion of the on-demand content video stream and based on the interactive content instructions, and to output the website currently with the on-demand content video stream in response to a selection of the interactive content notification. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311044 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to present a graphic user interface (GUI) for customizing an electronic programming guide (EPG), the GUI including a plurality of scrollable media channels, each media channel accompanied by an image, a description of the media channel, an option to select the media channel for inclusion in the EPG, a first button to customize the EPG according to one or more media channels selected, and a second button to request additional information about a media channel highlighted in the GUI. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311045 | CONTROLLING SPEED OF THE DISPLAY OF SUB-TITLES - Applying a presentation timestamp to an element of a sequence of sub-titles. A minimum presentation timestamp T | 2017-10-26 |
20170311046 | Method of Broadcasting Contents by Streaming in a Peer-to-Peer Network - The present invention relates to a method of broadcasting a content by streaming in a peer-to-peer network ( | 2017-10-26 |
20170311047 | CONTEXT-BASED ADAPTIVE STREAMING ALGORITHM FOR A USER DEVICE - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to receive a request to begin an adaptive streaming session; receive, in response to receiving the request, context information, wherein the context information pertains to a link state between the device and another device that provides a streaming media; calculate, based on the context information, values for dynamic parameters pertaining to the adaptive streaming session, wherein the dynamic parameters pertain to buffer management and codec selection; and provide, based on the values for the dynamic parameters, the streaming media to a user. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311048 | ADAPTIVE MULTICAST DELIVERY OF MEDIA STREAMS - Various systems, methods and devices adaptively manage the multicast delivery of multiple media programs. Each of the media programs is encoded into multiple media streams, each stream having a different bitrate, frame rate, resolution or other encoding parameter. A computer receives feedback about the delivery of the multiple streams and automatically adapts the number of streams available for at least one of the multiple media programs in response to the received feedback. This allows resources to be applied to those multicast streams having the greatest user demand. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311049 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING URGENT ALARM SERVICE THROUGH BROADCAST SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for receiving urgent alarm contents through a broadcast system. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving urgent alarm contents through a broadcast system includes the steps of: receiving a broadcast signal; parsing an urgent alarm table contained in the broadcast signal, the urgent alarm table containing an urgent alarm message and an urgent alarm contents transmission structure descriptor for signaling the information of the urgent alarm contents concerning the urgent alarm message, and the urgent alarm contents transmission structure descriptor containing the IP address of an IP datagram for transmitting the urgent alarm contents; receiving the IP datagram of the IP address; and decoding the IP datagram so as to reproduce the urgent alarm contents. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311050 | Queue to Display Information For Entities During Video Playback - In one embodiment, a method receives a video and information for entities that appear in the video. The video is played in a media player without displaying a queue configured to display one or more entities. When an input is received to display the queue while playing the video, the method performs: determining a set of entities in relation to a time associated with playing the video using the information for the entities that appear in the video and displaying the set of entities in the queue, wherein the video continues to play in the media player while the queue is displayed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311051 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING DYNAMIC MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box (STB) comprising a controller to analyze scheduled media content with limited temporal accessibility provided by a content provider, select a portion of the media content based on the analysis of the media content and a recipient media device to receive the portion of the media content, transmit the portion of the media content to a DVR to store the portion of the media content, and transmit a metadata pointer associated with the portion of the media content to a server. A request to accept the portion of the media content is received by the recipient media device via the server, and the portion of the media content is retrieved from the DVR by the server based on the metadata pointer when the recipient media device accepts the request. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311052 | INDIVIDUALIZATION OF MIGRATION BETWEEN TELEPHONY SYSTEMS - Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling migration of a source endpoint in a source telephony system to a destination endpoint in a destination telephony system. The source endpoint is deactivated and the destination endpoint is activated as part of the migration. The migration of endpoints between the source telephony system and the destination telephony system can be performed in an individualized manner. Source information that specifies a state of the source endpoint is retrieved from the source telephony system and destination information that specifies a state of the destination endpoint is retrieved from the destination telephony system. Moreover, a validation is performed concerning whether the source endpoint is migratable to the destination endpoint based on the source information and the destination information. Subsequent to validating that the source endpoint is migratable to the destination endpoint, the migration is performed to deactivate the source endpoint and activate the destination endpoint. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311053 | IDENTIFYING ENTITIES BASED ON SENSOR DATA - Sensor data from multiple sensors associated with a user is received. The sensors may include sensors of a smart phone, and sensors associated with other devices such as fitness trackers, video game consoles, and cameras. The sensor data is processed to identify entities such as persons, locations, and objects that may be of interest to the user. A personal digital assistant application can present information related to the identified entities to the user, and can allow the user to perform various queries with respect to the identified entities, and previously identified entities. In addition, the identified entities can be used to trigger one or more rules including recording when and where a particular entity is identified, and generating an alert when a particular entity is identified. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311054 | Meter Device - A utility meter device ( | 2017-10-26 |
20170311055 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DEPLOYABLE RADIO- FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION PORTAL SYSTEM - An apparatus for interrogating radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags within an enclosure. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises an RFID module, a first assembly comprising a processor, a second assembly comprising an RFID radiator operatively coupled to the RFID module, and a connection element coupled to the first assembly and second assembly such that the second assembly is movable relative to the first assembly between a first configuration and second configuration. The processor may be configured to interrogate RFID tags via the RFID module and RFID radiator when the second assembly is in the second configuration, and not interrogate RFID tags when the second assembly is in the first configuration. In addition, both the first assembly and the second assembly may comprise attachment components configured to removably couple its respective assembly to one or more surfaces of an enclosure. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311056 | SEGMENT ROUTING FOR OPTICAL NETWORKS - Aspects of the disclosure involve a source node, having some predetermined knowledge of the optical network generating a list of nodes and/or optical links between nodes that form a route in the optical network from the source node to the destination node. The nodes in the optical network do not necessarily need to know the entire route from source node to destination node. Each node simply decodes the control information identifying the next hop in the route towards the destination node. By utilizing the decoded control information identifying the next hop, a switch in the node can be controlled to route the optical signal including the payload and some or all of the control information onto the next optical link toward the destination node. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311057 | Modular Switchboard Terminal Block with Means for Transmission of Optical Data Signals - Modular switchboard terminal block ( | 2017-10-26 |
20170311058 | Multipoint, Contentionless Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) - An optical device includes a plurality of optical input ports, a plurality of optical output ports, a wavelength dispersion arrangement and at least one optical beam steering arrangement. The plurality of optical input ports is configured to receive optical beams each having a plurality of wavelength components. The wavelength dispersion arrangement receives the optical beams and spatially separates each of the optical beams into a plurality of wavelengths components. The optical beam steering arrangement has a first region onto which the spatially separated wavelength components are directed and a second region onto which any subset of the plurality of wavelength components of each of the optical beams is selectively directed after the wavelength components in each of the subsets are spatially recombined with one another. The optical beam steering arrangement selectively directs each of subset of the plurality of wavelength components to a different one of the optical output ports. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311059 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROL OF A MODULAR SWITCHING SYSTEM - A large-scale switching system deployed as a global network or a large-scale data center includes a large number of access nodes (edge nodes) interconnected through optical or electronic rotators. The rotators are logically arranged in a matrix and each access node has a channel to each rotator in a respective row and a channel from each rotator of a respective column of the matrix. A dual timing circuit coupled to a diagonal rotator pair exchanges timing data with edge nodes connecting to the diagonal rotator pair to facilitate temporal alignment of data received at input ports of each rotator. Each access node has a path to each other access node traversing only one of the rotators. The rotators may be arranged into constellations of collocated rotators to facilitate connectivity of access nodes to rotators using wavelength-division-multiplexed links. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311060 | DISAGGREGATED OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK SWITCHING SYSTEM - Methods and systems of a disaggregated optical transport network (OTN) switching system that include using plug-in universal (PIU) modules each having multiple ports for OTN to Ethernet transceiving and an Ethernet fabric as a switching core are disclosed. An OTN over Ethernet module in each of the PIU modules may enable various OTN functionality to be realized using the Ethernet fabric which may include multiple Ethernet switches. An ith port of the multiple ports of each PIU module may be connected to the ith Ethernet switch of each of the Ethernet switches. A PIU module may be associated with a respective sequential order of the Ethernet switches. The PIU module may transmit an Ethernet packet from an ith port of the PIU module corresponding to the ith Ethernet switch, where the ith port is selected based on the respective sequential order of the Ethernet switches. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311061 | LOUDSPEAKER MODULE - Disclosed is a loudspeaker module which comprises a housing and a loudspeaker unit accommodated in the housing. The housing comprises a front cover, a first housing and a second housing, and a cavity is defined by the front cover, the first housing and the second housing. The loudspeaker unit is fixed in the cavity, and the cavity is divided into a front cavity and a rear cavity by the loudspeaker unit. The front cavity is a cavity defined by the loudspeaker unit, the front cover and the first housing. The loudspeaker unit comprises a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system. The front cover is provided with a cavity opposite to a mounting position of the loudspeaker unit, and the cavity is isolated from the front cavity and the rear cavity and is provided with a ventilation structure in communication with external environment. The loudspeaker module of the present invention has the advantage of good acoustic performance. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311062 | OUTDOOR LOUDSPEAKER WITH INTEGRAL LIGHTING - An outdoor loudspeaker that is weather resistant and includes environmental lighting is described. The lamp is mounted to a cap at the top of the loudspeaker. An audio driver is mounted below the lamp. A system outdoor loudspeakers is also described. The lighting circuitry and the audio circuitry is separate, e.g., separate conduits and wiring in the loudspeaker. The cap can include a light guide, e.g., a lens centrally mounted in the cap or an opaque cover to direct the light downwardly and outwardly. At least part of the loudspeaker can be mounted underground and, in the case of a sub-woofer, the entire chamber can be mounted below ground. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311063 | DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING AUDIO SIGNAL AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING AUDIO SIGNAL - Provided is a device for outputting an audio signal. The device includes: a vibrator configured to output the audio signal; a vibrator cover provided on the vibrator to transmit the output audio signal to a surface of an object mounted with the device; a sensor configured to measure a pressure between the surface of the object and the vibrator cover; a distance adjusting unit configured to adjust a distance between the surface of the object and the vibrator cover based on the pressure measured by the sensor to optimally output the audio signal; and a control unit configured to control the vibrator, the sensor, and the distance adjusting unit. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311064 | Detachable Audio System for Head-Mounted Displays - A detachable coupling structure for an audio system is disclosed. The detachable coupling structure includes a base and a plurality of posts, extending from the base, to couple to a strap. The detachable coupling structure also includes a spring, contacting the base, to detach the plurality of posts from the strap when the plurality of posts decouple from the strap. The detachable coupling structure further includes a spacer through which the plurality of posts extends. The spring contacts the spacer. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311065 | SOUND PICKUP DEVICE AND SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE - A sound pickup device includes: a housing; a mount portion via which the housing on an object constituting a portion of a musical instrument; a sound pickup including a plurality of the microphones respectively oriented in different directions; a first output configured to output a sound signal indicating a sound input to the sound pickup; and an installer configured to install the sound pickup on the housing such that each of the plurality of microphones is oriented away from the object when the housing is mounted on the object via the mount portion. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311066 | SOUND PICKUP DEVICE AND SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE - A sound pickup device includes: a housing; a mount portion via which the housing is mounted on an object; a sound pickup including a microphone; a first output configured to output a sound signal indicating a sound input to the sound pickup; an installer configured to install the sound pickup on the housing; a sensor configured to detect a vibration transmitted to the housing; and a second output configured to output a vibration signal indicating the vibration detected by the sensor. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311067 | ATTACHMENT APPARATUS - Various embodiments provide for an improved attachment apparatus for attaching the attachment apparatus to an ear of a user using a hook body. The hooking body may be secured to the user's ear, such as in response to receiving a deforming force from the user that causes the hooking body to deform in conformity with at least a portion of the root of the user's ear. In some embodiments, the hooking body may be coupled to the attachment body via the bridging member of the attachment body. Accordingly, the hooking body may be configured to secured the attachment apparatus to the user's ear. In some embodiments, a sealing body may be coupled to the plate member of the attachment body, and the cover body may form at least a partial acoustic seal around the user's ear while the hooking body is secured to the attachment apparatus to the ear. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311068 | EARSET AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an earset capable of correcting voice coming out at a user's ear using voice coming out of the user's mouth and a method of controlling the same. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311069 | CUSTOM-MOLDING IN-EAR HEADPHONE EAR TIPS - An ear tip for use with an earphone is filled with a UV-curable polymer or other material that hardens when energy is applied, fitted to a user's ear, and exposed to UV light or other appropriate energy, curing or otherwise hardening the material and forming a custom-fit ear tip. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311070 | SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE AND SOUND GUIDING DEVICE - Provided is a sound output device worn on an ear of a listener and used, and having listening characteristics of an ambient sound in a wearing state. A sound output device | 2017-10-26 |
20170311071 | CANALPHONE PHASE RESPONSE SYSTEM - A canalphone system may include a canalphone housing, and a low frequency sound bore to carry a low frequency signal to the canalphone housing's outside. The system may also include a high frequency sound bore to carry a high frequency signal to the canalphone housing's outside, and at least one of the low frequency sound bore's length and the high frequency sound bore's length determined based upon a phase corrected response that is substantially flat. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311072 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A portable electronic device including a housing; a button hole formed in the housing; and a button unit arranged in the button hole of the housing is provided. The button unit includes a top button coupled to the housing and covering the button hole, with a first direction length larger than a second direction length; a button frame provided in the housing, with one portion in the second direction coupled to a bottom of the top button and the other portion in the second direction coupled to an internal space of the housing; an actuator projected from a bottom surface of the button frame; and a dome switch pressed by the actuator and generating a signal, when the top button is pressed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311073 | PORTABLE SOUND EQUIPMENT - Disclosed is a portable sound equipment. The present invention includes a body, first and second holders formed at the body, and a pair of earbuds, each earbud of the pair of earbuds detachably coupled with the first and second holders. And each earbud of the pair of the earbuds comprises a sound output unit , a wireless communication unit, a detecting unit configured to detect whether the earbud is coupled with the first holder or the second holder, and a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit and the sound output unit in first mode in response to detection of coupling of the earbud with the first holder, and control the wireless communication unit and the sound output unit in a second mode in response to detection of coupling of the earbud with the second holder. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311074 | Acoustic Device - An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311075 | Loudspeaker with a waveguide - The present invention relates to a loudspeaker including an enclosure having front portion, side portions and back portion defining an inner volume, the front portion is formed as a waveguide surface and includes at least one driver in the center of the waveguide surface and is capable to radiate the main acoustic power of the loudspeaker to ambient volume in direction of first acoustic axis, and an additional driver attached to the enclosure. In accordance with the invention the additional driver is attached inside the enclosure such that a sub volume is formed inside the inner volume, the sub volume limited by the driver, spacers between the driver and the front portion, and the front portion of the enclosure, and at least one port is adapted to open from the sub volume to ambient volume either to side portion or back portion of the enclosure. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311076 | Apparatus and method for saving energy in an active loudspeaker - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for recognizing a digital audio signal in a system, in which at least some of the electronic components are at times in sleep or unenergized mode, in which method the digital audio signal is amplified and recognized, the amplified signal is decoded in a decoding circuit, the decoded signal is led to a signal processor for further processing and digital/analog conversion, and an audio signal is created from the analog signal. According to the invention, the amplified, undecoded signal is led directly to the signal- or microprocessor to be used and recognized, and the circuit implementing the decoder is kept in sleep mode unless a digital audio signal has been recognized. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311077 | AUDIO SIGNAL CORRECTION AND CALIBRATION FOR A ROOM ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed are an apparatus and method of processing an audio signal to optimize audio for a room environment. One example method of operation may include recording the audio signal generated within a particular room environment and processing the audio signal to create an original frequency response based on the audio signal. The method may also include identifying a target sub-region of the frequency response which has a predetermined area percentage of a total area under a curve generated by the frequency response, determining whether the target sub-region is a narrow energy region, creating a filter to adjust the frequency response, and applying the filter to the audio signal. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311078 | DYNAMIC LOW-FREQUENCY ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON EQUAL LOUDNESS CONTOUR - A method comprises: collecting an input audio signal; performing frequency-division processing on the input audio signal, extracting a high-frequency signal and a low-frequency signal to transmit respectively, and reserving one path of original audio signal; performing dynamic gain processing on the low-frequency signal adopting an Automatic Gain Control (AGC) algorithm, and performing low-pass filtering enhancement processing on the original audio signal adopting a static low-frequency enhancement algorithm; and subjecting the high-frequency signal, the processed low-frequency signal and the processed original audio signal to weighted summation to obtain a final output audio signal, the weight coefficients of the high frequency signal, the processed low-frequency signal and the processed original audio signal being a, b and c respectively, where the values of a, b and c range from 0 to 1, and a+b+c=1. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311079 | VOLUME CONTROL APPARATUS, VOLUME CONTROL METHOD AND VOLUME CONTROL PROGRAM - A volume control device controls reproduced sound levels at the listening position set to the seat in the vehicle compartment, and gives the phase difference to an externally inputted sound signal, and supplies the sound signals to two speakers. Here, the phase difference is calculated, at a frequency lower than a predetermined frequency, for sound signals reproduced by the speakers in front of and behind the listening position. Also, the phase difference is calculated to make a reproduced sound level at the listening position smaller than the reproduced sound level when the sound signal is reproduced by either one of the pair of speakers. Preferably, the listening position includes two evaluation points, and the reproduced sound level at the listening position is a sum of the reproduced sound levels at the two evaluation points. Thus, the reproduced sound may become small at an arbitrary listening position in the acoustic space. | 2017-10-26 |
20170311080 | MICROPHONE ARRAY FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL SOUND FIELD - Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein include generating a virtual sound field based on data from an ambisonic recording device. The ambisonic device records sound of a surrounding environment using at least four microphones having a tetrahedral orientation. An omnidirectional microphone having an audio-isolated portion can be used to isolate sound from a particular direction. Sound received from the plurality of microphones can be used to generate a virtual sound field. The virtual sound field include a dataset indicating a pressure signal and a plurality of velocity vectors. The ambisonic recording device can include a wide angle camera and generate wide angle video corresponding to the virtual sound field. | 2017-10-26 |