46th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160337606 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - Ones of row addresses and column addresses of pixels in a first group are the same as those of a second group. A range of the others of the row addresses and the column addresses of the first group excludes that of the second group. A range of the others of row addresses and column addresses is included in a range of the others of the row addresses and the column addresses of the first and second groups. A portion of the range of the others of the row addresses and the column addresses of the first group overlaps with that of the third group, and the other portion of the range of the first group does not overlap with that of the third group. Intra-group addition signals of the first, second, and third groups are obtained. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337607 | IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An imaging device in which signals can be read out accurately at high speed is provided. The imaging device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, an A/D converter circuit, and a selector circuit. The pixels are electrically connected to an input terminal of the A/D converter circuit. An output terminal of the A/D converter circuit is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the transistor is electrically connected to an input terminal of the selector circuit. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in an active layer. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337608 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, AND RANGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING SAME - A solid-state image sensor includes first and second ranging pixels that detect an incident light beam in the solid-state image sensor by separating the incident light beam in a first and second direction, respectively. The angle between the second direction and a column direction is smaller than the angle between the first direction and the column direction. A difference in exposure timings of second ranging pixels disposed in different rows is made smaller than that of first ranging pixels disposed in different rows, by causing to vary, for each row, a time over which charge is held in the in-pixel memories, in the plurality of second ranging pixels disposed in different rows. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337609 | VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and storage medium for playing video. The method comprises: providing a video playing interface; determining a first display area and a second display area in the video playing interface; generating a surface around the first display area or around the second display area; acquiring a video file, additional media information related to the video file, and a surface component related to a relationship chain; playing the video file in the first display area, displaying the additional media information related to the video file in the second display area, and displaying the surface component in the surface. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337610 | COMPUTERIZED FURNITURE PIECE AND RELATIVE MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - Furniture piece constituted by a container defining a cavity delimited by walls isolating the cavity from the outside environment, includes a multimedia system embedded in at least one of the walls of the container. At least one wall of the furniture piece is movable with respect to the remaining walls of the furniture piece for opening and closing the furniture piece towards the outside environment. These movable walls can be the doors of the furniture piece or those of a household appliance. The inserted multimedia system includes a flat screen monitor connected to a microcomputer, the monitor includes a screen pack including a screen, protective glass sheet and a touchfoil therebetween. The touchfoil is connected to the microcomputer. The screen pack has a thickness ≦5 cm and the size of a normal monitor with size ≧14″. The glass sheet that protects the monitor has a thickness ≧2 cm. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337611 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO SIGNAL - Provided is a method and apparatus for transmitting a video signal. The video signal transmission method and apparatus receives a digital video signal from a video sensor, reconfigures the digital video signal by adaptively adjusting at least one of the number of horizontal blank samples and the number of vertical blank lines of the digital video signal so that the digital video signal corresponds to a video standard, converts the reconfigured digital video signal to an analog video signal, and transmits the analog video signal. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337612 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a camera; a display; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit a first signal requesting a video call to provide a virtual reality (VR) image to an external device, the VR image having an angle of view equal to or greater than a preset degree, generate the VR image based on a plurality of images obtained using the camera, control the wireless communication unit to receive a preset second signal from the external device, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit a third signal including the generated VR image to the external device in response to the second signal. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337613 | INITIATING A VIDEO CONFERENCING SESSION - A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, at a computing device, a call from a first telephony device using a telephone number associated with a second telephony device and a web-based user account. An indication of the call is received at the computing device where the web-based user account is signed into. An input is received at the computing device to accept the call. A conferencing application session associated with the web-based user account is initiated at the computing device between the first telephony device and the computing device based upon, at least in part, receiving the input to accept the call. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337614 | WIRELESS SPEAKER DEVICES FOR WIRELESS AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A wireless speaker device configured for use with a wireless A/V recording and communication device, such as a doorbell. The wireless speaker device, which includes a speaker, may connect to the user's local area network (LAN), such as a Wi-Fi network. The LAN is connected to a wide area network (WAN), such as the Internet and/or a public switched telephone network (PSTN). When the wireless A/V recording and communication device detects a visitor, it sends a signal, via the LAN, to at least one device in the WAN, such as a server and/or a service. In response, the at least one device in the WAN sends a signal, via the LAN, to the wireless speaker device. The signal to the wireless speaker device includes a command for the wireless speaker device to emit a tone through its speaker. The wireless speaker device then emits a tone through its speaker to alert the user that a visitor is at the wireless A/V recording and communication device. The wireless speaker device may further include a wireless repeater configured to receive a wireless signal from the one or more LAN devices and rebroadcast the wireless signal. The wireless speaker device may further include a wireless communication module configured to transmit data wirelessly to and/or receive data wirelessly from another wireless device, independently of the LAN, via a direct connection to the another wireless device. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337615 | NAVIGABLE TELEPRESENCE METHOD AND SYSTEM UTILIZING AN ARRAY OF CAMERAS - Methods and systems permit one or more users to navigate through imagery of an environment. The system may include a first user interface device having first user inputs associated with first movement through the environment and a second user interface device having second user inputs associated with a second movement through the environment. Thus, a first user and a second user are able to navigate simultaneously and independently. In certain embodiments the system processes imagery of the environment to smooth user navigation through the environment. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337616 | USING AN AVATAR IN A VIDEOCONFERENCING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for videoconferencing using an avatar are described. The presence of a user may be detected by analyzing video captured by a digital camera. The avatar may be provided to a remote device to represent the detected user. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337617 | TACTICAL MODULAR PERIMETER SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING DEVICE - A modular tactical surveillance and monitoring assembly comprises a plurality of independent and interchangeable electronic surveillance modules. Each module comprising an elongated exterior housing with opposite ends operatively interconnected to respective adjacent modules to form a substantially linear pole-shaped surveillance structure. The surveillance structure has a head end and foot end. A power control and communication module is incorporated in the pole-shaped surveillance structure between its head and foot ends, and is adapted for receiving a power supply and directing the power supply to each of the operatively connected surveillance modules. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337618 | INTELLIGENT VIDEO, AUDIO, DATA AND COMMUNICATION EMBODIMENT FOR CANINES OR OTHER ANIMALS - A saddle apparatus including a processor, a plurality of sensors controlled by the processor, a plurality of output peripherals controlled by the processor, a deployment unit controlled by the processor, a transceiver controlled by the processor and communicating with a remote control device, a computer readable storage medium storing program instructions, and the processor executing the program instructions, the processor configured to receiving control signals from the remote control device, instructing the plurality of sensors, the plurality of output peripherals and deployment unit according to the received control signals, and sending a return signal with data processed by the processor from the plurality of sensors, the plurality of output peripherals and the deployment unit to the remote control device external from the saddle apparatus. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337619 | Systems and Methods for Automated Cloud-Based Analytics and 3-Dimensional (3D) Playback for Surveillance Systems - Systems and methods for cloud-computing network with distributed input devices and a cloud-based analytics platform for automatically analyzing received 2-Dimensional (2D) video and/or image inputs for generating 3-Dimensional (3D) surveillance data and providing 3D display for a target surveillance area. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337620 | Systems and Methods for Video Monitoring Using Linked Devices - A subject can be tracking using a plurality of physical video monitoring or image acquisition devices deployed in a delimited area. A map represents the delimited area. Icons representing the physical monitoring devices can be placed and configured on the map representing the delimited area. Some or all of the placed and configured video monitoring devices can be logically linked together to form scenes. The video feed from the physical video monitoring devices may be recorded in stable storage. A layout for display of the video feeds may be selected. Upon playing the video feed, whether live or recorded, a subject can be tracked through the delimited area by selecting one of the video monitoring devices in one of the available scenes. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337621 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING EDGE BEVEL REMOVAL AREA IN SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND ELECTROPLATING SYSTEM - A semiconductor apparatus includes a transfer chamber, an annealing station, a robot arm, and an edge detector. The transfer chamber is configured to interface with an electroplating apparatus. The annealing station is arranged to anneal a wafer. The robot arm is arranged to transfer the wafer from the transfer chamber to the annealing station. The edge detector is disposed over the robot arm for the purpose of monitoring at least one portion of an edge bevel removal area of the wafer carried by the robot arm. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337622 | MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM - There is provided a medical support system in which a plurality of photography apparatuses and a portable-type viewer apparatus including a display unit are communicably connected to a server. The portable-type viewer apparatus includes: a selection unit that selects one of the plurality of photography apparatuses; and a photographer ID input unit that inputs a photographer ID that is an ID of a photographer photographing a subject using the selected photography apparatus. The selected photography apparatus further includes a transmission unit that transmits image data of the subject photographed by the selected photography apparatus to the server, and the server includes a recording unit that records the photographer ID and the transmitted image data in association with each other in a case where the photographer ID is input. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337623 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A plurality of adjacent pixels is provided adjacently in a plurality of directions to a first pixel. A direction with a highest correlation is derived from signals of the plurality of pixels, and the direction with the highest correlation is reflected to interpolation processing to be performed on the signal of first pixel. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337624 | LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT UNIT AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light modulation element unit includes a light modulation element having a light modulator configured to modulate incident light and a cover glass that covers a light incident surface of the light modulator, a light shielding member, disposed along a surface of the cover glass, which has an opening in which light going to the light modulator passes and a light shield configured to shield light that does not pass the opening, and a heat radiation member provided in a direction different from a direction of the cover glass with respect to the light modulation element. The light shielding member has an extension that extends to outside of the cover glass and faces the heat radiation member. A first gap between the extension and the heat radiation member is smaller than a second gap between the light shield and the surface of the cover glass. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337625 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - As an electro-optical device, a liquid crystal device includes micro lenses ML each of which is provided as a light-gathering element for the corresponding one of pixels, and further includes a light-shielding portion. Red (R), green (G), and blue (B) beams enter the micro lens ML at angles different from one another. The light-shielding portion partitions off a first opening portion corresponding to a sub pixel, a second opening portion corresponding to a sub pixel, and a third opening portion corresponding to a sub pixel from one another. When the width of the first opening portion in the predetermined direction (X direction) is defined as L | 2016-11-17 |
20160337626 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - The projection apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a projection unit, a detector, and a controller. The projection unit projects a projection image. The detector detects a state of an obstruction in projecting a projection image within a predetermined first projection region. The controller sets a region where a projection image is projected first to the first projection region. The controller changes the region where the projection image is projected from the first projection region to a predetermined second projection region different from the first projection region, when the state of the obstruction detected by the detector corresponds to a predetermined condition. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING VIDEO - Provided is a method and apparatus for converting, to a digital video signal, an analog video signal capable of having a variety of resolutions. A video reception apparatus determines a format of an analog video signal by sampling the analog video signal. The video reception apparatus converts the analog video signal to a digital video signal based on the determined format. A comb filter is used to separate a color difference signal and a luminance signal from the digital video signal, and the digital video signal is reconfigured using the luminance signal and the color difference signal. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337628 | METHODS FOR GENERATING AND EMPLOYING A CAMERA NOISE MODEL AND APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - A method for generating and employing a camera noise model, performed by a processing unit, is introduced to at least contain the following steps. A first frame is obtained by controlling a camera module via a camera module controller. A camera noise model is generated on-line according to the content of the first frame, which describes relationships between pixel values and standard deviations. A second frame is obtained by controlling the camera module via the camera module controller. The content of the second frame is adjusted using the camera noise model, and the second frame, which has been adjusted, is stored in a frame buffer. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337629 | MONITOR AND VIDEO SIGNAL DISPLAY METHOD - An RGB video signal is generated by illuminating an object with light from a first monitor and capturing an image of the object with a camera. The second monitor holds a profile representing the correspondence relationship between R, G, and | 2016-11-17 |
20160337630 | IMAGE ENCODING AND DISPLAY - Aspects of the technology encompass image encoding, which includes generating image content according to a viewpoint defined by image viewpoint data. Successive output images are generated such that each output image includes image content generated according to one or more viewpoints, and encoding metadata associated with each output image which indicates each viewpoint relating to image content contained in that output image, and which defines which portions of that output image were generated according to each of those viewpoints. An image display method for generating successive display images from successive input images is also provided, which includes re-projecting portions of each input image to form a respective display image, according to any differences between a desired display viewpoint and a particular viewpoint defined for that portion by metadata associated with a respective input image. The metadata indicating viewpoints relating to image content contained in the respective input images. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337631 | GLASSES TYPE TERMINAL AND SYSTEM INCLUDING GLASSES TYPE TERMINAL AND SIGNAGE - The present invention provides a glasses type terminal, which can perform a wireless communication with a digital signage providing preconfigured information, the glasses type terminal comprising a wireless communication unit performing wireless communication and a control unit, wherein the control unit executes a control method comprising the steps of: transmitting unique information of the glasses type terminal to the digital signage in a proximity area of a preconfigured digital signage; receiving data on the basis of the unique information; and controlling an output unit of the glasses type terminal to output the data. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337632 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A REFOCUSED IMAGE FROM A 4D RAW LIGHT FIELD DATA USING A SHIFT CORRECTION PARAMETER - A method for obtaining a refocused image from a 4D raw light field data for a given focus (z | 2016-11-17 |
20160337633 | 3D CAMERA MODULE - Provided in the present invention is a 3D depth camera module comprising: a light transmitting portion including a laser which emits light, and a diffractive optical element through which the light penetrates and arrives at an object as emitted light having a predetermined pattern; a light receiving portion for receiving light reflected from the object; and analyzing portion for analyzing a 3D shape of the object based on the amount of shifting of the reflected light; and an operating portion for operating a portion of the light transmitting portion to change the position of one portion of the object where the light arrives. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337634 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGE INFORMATION FROM AN OBJECT TO BE CAPTURED - The invention relates to a device for generating image information from an object to be captured, particularly for reproducing said object two-dimensionally with a 3D appearance or sculptural effect, comprising an image capturing device for generating two-dimensional image information by scanning said object using a viewing beam path, and an illumination device for illuminating the object using an illuminating beam path, said image capturing device and illumination device being coupled such that the viewing and illuminating beam paths are moved synchronously over the object, the image capturing device being designed such that it scans, preferably with a predefinable overlap, one sub-region of the object after another, the illumination device having a reflector that comprises a, preferably diffusely, reflective reflection surface, and this reflection surface being arranged such that during scanning, said sub-region is indirectly illuminated by the lit reflection surface. The invention also relates to a corresponding method. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337635 | GENERARTING 3D IMAGES USING MULTI-RESOLUTION CAMERA SET - Techniques for generating 3D images using multi-resolution camera set are described. In one example embodiment, the method includes, disposing a set of multi-resolution cameras including a central camera, having a first resolution, and one or more multiple camera groups, having one or more resolutions that are different from the first resolution, that are positioned substantially surrounding the central camera, Images are then captured using the multi-resolution camera set. A low-resolution depth map is then generated by down scaling the captured higher resolution image to lower resolution image. Captured lower resolution images are then up-scaled. A high-resolution depth map is then generated using the captured image of the central camera, the up-scaled captured images of the one or more multiple camera groups, and the generated low-resolution depth map. The 3D image of the captured image is then generated using the generated high-resolution depth map and the captured images. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337636 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVENT RECONSTRUCTION - A system for event reconstruction including: a plurality of cameras installed at a location in expectation of an event, each of the cameras being arranged to simultaneously capture video of an area of interest from a unique viewpoint to capture footage of the event occurring at said area of interest; and a processing device; wherein the processing device processes the video captured by the cameras to produce a three-dimensional reconstruction of the event. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337637 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display a 3D image; a light guide panel disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to emit light to the display panel; a first light source configured to irradiate light toward the light guide panel; a second light source configured to irradiate light toward the light guide panel; and a controller configured to control the first light source and the second light source to emit light alternately, wherein the light guide panel includes a first pattern which responds to the first light source and does not respond to the second light source, and a second pattern which responds to the second light source and does not respond to the first light source. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337638 | Faster State Transitioning For Continuous Adjustable 3Deeps Filter Spectacles Using Multi-Layered Variable Tint Materials - An electrically controlled spectacle includes a spectacle frame and optoelectronic lenses housed in the frame. The lenses include a left lens and a right lens, each of the optoelectrical lenses having a plurality of states, wherein the state of the left lens is independent of the state of the right lens. The electrically controlled spectacle also includes a control unit housed in the frame, the control unit being adapted to control the state of each of the lenses independently. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337639 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes an image control device, a display device, and an image shift device. The image control device is configured to generate a plurality of left-eye sub-image data according to a left-eye image data and generate a plurality of right-eye sub-image data according to a right-eye image data. The display device is configured to sequentially display a plurality of left-eye images and right-eye images according to the left-eye sub-image data and the right-eye sub-image data. The image shift device is configured to shift the left-eye sub-images from each other and shift the right-eye sub-images from each other. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337640 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PARAMETERS OF AN OFF-AXIS VIRTUAL CAMERA - A method and a system for determining parameters of an off-axis virtual camera provided by embodiments of present invention can extract a scene depth map for each video frame from a depth buffer, determine the minimum value of edge depth values of the scene depth map as the closest scene edge depth of each video frame, determine the depth of a first object as the depth of an object of interest of each video frame, use the smaller value between the closest scene edge depth and the depth of an object of interest as the zero-parallax value and obtain a zero-parallax value sequence constituted by the zero-parallax value of each video frame. The present invention realizes automatic determination of the zero parallax of each video frame rather than manual setting thereof, and thus the determination will not be affected by factors such as lack of experience, and the amount of work for an technician is also reduced. Meanwhile, the present invention makes the zero parallax as close as possible to an object of interest without incurring the window occlusion problem, which can improve the stereo perception as much as possible while ensuring the comfortability, and can ensure the using effect of the determined zero parallax. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337641 | Method and Apparatus for Sample Adaptive Offset Parameter Estimation in Video Coding - A method for sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering in a video encoder is provided that includes estimating SAO parameters for color components of a largest coding unit (LCU) of a picture, wherein estimating SAO parameters includes using at least some non-deblock-filtered reconstructed pixels of the LCU to estimate the SAO parameters, performing SAO filtering on the reconstructed LCU according to the estimated SAO parameters, and entropy encoding SAO information for the LCU in a compressed video bit stream, wherein the SAO information signals the estimated SAO parameters for the LCU. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337642 | METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding image information and to an apparatus using same, and the method for encoding the image information, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: generating a recovery block; applying a deblocking filter to the recovery block; applying a sample adaptive offset (SAO) to the recovery block to which the deblocking filter is applied; and transmitting the image information including information on the SAO which is applied, wherein in the step of transmitting, information for specifying bands that cover a scope of a pixel value, to which a band off set is applied, is transmitted when the band offset is applied during the step of applying the SAO. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337643 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a video encoding apparatus, including a signal separator to separate a differential image block into a first domain and a second domain, based on a boundary line included in the differential image block, the differential image block indicating a difference between an original image and a prediction image with respect to the original image, a transform encoder to perform a transform encoding with respect to the first domain using a discrete cosine transform (DCT), a quantization unit to quantize an output of the transform encoding unit in a frequency domain, a space domain quantization unit to quantize the second domain in a space domain, and an entropy encoder to perform an entropy encoding using outputs of the quantization unit and the space domain quantization unit. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337644 | Method and System for Generating a Transform Size Syntax Element for Video Decoding - In a video processing system, a method and system for generating a transform size syntax element for video decoding are provided. For high profile mode video decoding operations, the transform sizes may be selected based on the prediction macroblock type and the contents of the macroblock. A set of rules may be utilized to select from a 4.×.4 or an 8.×.8 transform size during the encoding operation. Dynamic selection of transform size may be performed on intra-predicted macroblocks, inter-predicted macroblocks, and/or direct mode inter-predicted macroblocks. The encoding operation may generate a transform size syntax element to indicate the transform size that may be used in reconstructing the encoded macroblock. The transform size syntax element may be transmitted to a decoder as part of the encoded video information bit stream. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337645 | Method and System for Generating a Transform Size Syntax Element for Video Decoding - In a video processing system, a method and system for generating a transform size syntax element for video decoding are provided. For high profile mode video decoding operations, the transform sizes may be selected based on the prediction macroblock type and the contents of the macroblock. A set of rules may be utilized to select from a 4.×.4 or an 8.×.8 transform size during the encoding operation. Dynamic selection of transform size may be performed on intra-predicted macroblocks, inter-predicted macroblocks, and/or direct mode inter-predicted macroblocks. The encoding operation may generate a transform size syntax element to indicate the transform size that may be used in reconstructing the encoded macroblock. The transform size syntax element may be transmitted to a decoder as part of the encoded video information bit stream. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337646 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING VIDEO SIGNAL USING PREDICTED SIGNAL AND TRANSFORM-CODED SIGNAL - Disclosed herein is a method of encoding a video signal, comprising receiving an original video signal; comparing the original video signal with available reconstructed signals; generating a transform-coded correction signal based on a result of the comparison; generating a prediction signal based on the transform-coded correction signal and the available reconstructed signals; and reconstructing a signal by adding the transform-coded correction signal to the prediction signal. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337647 | ANALYTICS-MODULATED CODING OF SURVEILLANCE VIDEO - A method and apparatus for encoding surveillance video where one or more regions of interest are identified and the encoding parameter values associated with those regions are specified in accordance with intermediate outputs of a video analytics process. Such an analytics-modulated video compression approach allows the coding process to adapt dynamically based on the content of the surveillance images. In this manner, the fidelity of the region of interest is increased relative to that of a background region such that the coding efficiency is improved, including instances when no target objects appear in the scene. Better compression results can be achieved by assigning different coding priority levels to different types of detected objects. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337648 | Methods and apparatus for encoding video content - In a general aspect, a method of encoding video content can include manipulating bits of a first view and a second view of a three-dimensional, (3D) video frame to occupy a first slice of the video frame and a second slice of the video frame, respectively. A boundary can be formed between the first and second slices. The method can also include encoding the bits of each of the first slice and the second slice separately from each other to form a first independently compressed video slice and a second independently compressed video slice. The method can further include multiplexing the first and second independently compressed video slices to form a transport stream. The transport stream can be operable to be processed to render at least one of two-dimensional (2D) video and 3D video. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337649 | Method and Apparatus for Adaptive Motion Vector Precision - A method for adaptive MV precision is disclosed. According to one embodiment, whether to use or not to use the adaptive MV precision for a current block is determined according to a prediction mode/partition type of the current block. If the adaptive MV precision is used, a current MV precision is determined for a current MV of the current block, and the current MV is encoded or decoded at the current MV precision. If the adaptive MV precision is not used, the current MV is encoded or decoded at a finer MV precision. In another embodiment, a value of a current adaptive MV precision flag is selected for a current block to indicate whether to use or not to use the adaptive MV precision for a current block according to a prediction mode/partition type of the current block. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337650 | COLOR SPACE COMPRESSION - An improved color space (YHB model) for compressing image files is provided. An example method includes storing a sum of an unweighted first color value and an unweighted second color value for each pixel in a plurality of pixels of an image as a first channel, subsampling, among the plurality of pixels, a difference between the first color value and the second color value as a second channel, subsampling, among the plurality of pixels, a third color value as a third channel, and storing the first channel, the second channel, and the third channel as the compressed image. In some implementations, the original image may be split into a low frequency version and a high frequency version. The system may apply the YHB model to the high frequency version and apply a conventional model or a second variation of the YHB model to the low frequency version. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337651 | SCALABLE VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided is a video decoding apparatus including an encoding information obtainer configured to obtain, from a bitstream, reference layer size information, reference layer offset information, current layer size information, and current layer offset information, a scale ratio determiner configured to determine a scale ratio indicating a difference between a size of a reference area and a size of an expanded reference area, according to the size of the reference area which is determined from the reference layer size information and the reference layer offset information and the size of the expanded reference area which is determined from the current layer size information and the current layer offset information, and an up-sampling unit configured to determine the expanded reference area by up-sampling the reference area according to the reference layer offset information, the current layer offset information, and the scale ratio. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337652 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video encoding device includes a coded data transcoding section | 2016-11-17 |
20160337653 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING IMAGE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for encoding and decoding video. A video decoding method comprises reconstructing a residual value by entropy-decoding received bitstream and dequantizing and inverse-transforming residual value information, generating a final prediction unit by performing inter prediction on a prediction unit which is partitioned from a coding unit into at least two prediction units by asymmetric motion partitioning (AMP), the two partitioned prediction units comprising a first partitioned prediction unit and a second partitioned prediction unit, and reconstructing a picture by adding the final prediction unit to the residual values. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337654 | IMAGE CODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BUFFER MANAGEMENT OF DECODER, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE - Provided are methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding an image. The method of encoding includes: determining a maximum size of a buffer to decode each image frame by a decoder, a number of image frames to be reordered, and latency information of an image frame having a largest difference between an encoding order and a display order from among image frames that form an image sequence, based on an encoding order the image frames that form the image sequence, an encoding order of reference frames referred to by the image frames, a display order of the image frames, and a display order of the reference frames; and adding, to a mandatory sequence parameter set, a first syntax indicating the maximum size of the buffer, a second syntax indicating the number of image frames to be reordered, and a third syntax indicating the latency information. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337655 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF USING INTER-CODED PREDICTIVE ENCODING CODE - An image encoding device and corresponding decoding device are disclosed for achieving a high rate of compression. The encoding device includes an image conversion module that converts the direction of the images using right-left symmetry mode convention or up-down symmetry mode conversion. Encoding modules are used to encode both the unconverted and converted images. A mode selector module compares the quantity of codes in the encoded unconverted images and the quantity of codes in the encoded converted images, and selects codes that are smaller in the quantity of codes for output. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337656 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD USING OFFSET ADJUSTMENTS ACCORDING TO PIXEL CLASSIFICATION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A video encoding method and apparatus and video decoding method and apparatus generate a restored image having a minimum error with respect to an original image based on offset merge information indicating whether offset parameters of a current block and at least one neighboring block from among blocks of video are identical. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337657 | MULTI-LAYER VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MULTI-LAYER VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are multilayer video encoding/decoding methods. The multilayer video decoding method includes obtaining, from a bitstream, instantaneous decoder refresh (IDR) alignment information specifying whether at least one intra random access point (IRAP) picture for a random access and comprised in a same access unit is limited to being an IDR picture; and reconstructing a multilayer video by decoding encoded data by using the IDR alignment information. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337658 | VIDEO-ENCODING METHOD AND VIDEO-ENCODING APPARATUS BASED ON ENCODING UNITS DETERMINED INACCORDANCE WITH A TREE STRUCTURE, AND VIDEO-DECODING METHOD AND VIDEO-DECODING APPARATUS BASED ON ENCODING UNITS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A TREE STRUCTURE - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding a video and a method and apparatus for decoding a video. The encoding method includes: splitting a picture of the video into one or more maximum coding units that are coding units having a maximum size; encoding the picture based on coding units according to depths which are obtained by hierarchically splitting each of the one or more maximum coding units according to depths in each of the one or more maximum coding units, determining coding units according to coded depths with respect to each of the coding units according to depths, and thus determining coding units having a tree structure; and outputting data that is encoded based on the coding units having the tree structure, information about the coded depths and an encoding mode, and coding unit structure information indicating a size and a variable depth of a coding unit. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337659 | MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING METHOD WITH REPLACEMENT AND TEMPORAL MOTION VECTORS - A moving picture coding method includes: coding a coding target block using a motion vector; generating motion vector predictors; and coding the motion vector using one of the motion vector predictors generated in the generating of the motion vector predictors. In the generating of the motion vector predictors, a replacement vector which replaces a temporal motion vector predictor is added to the motion vector predictors when it is impossible to obtain the temporal motion vector predictor from a block which is included in a coded picture different from the coding target picture and corresponds to the coding target block. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337660 | MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - By the moving picture coding method and the moving picture decoding method, it is possible to improve coding efficiency. The moving picture coding apparatus includes a merge block candidate calculation unit that (i) specifies merge block candidates at merge mode, by using colpic information such as motion vectors and reference picture index values of neighbor blocks of a current block to be coded and a motion vector and the like of a collocated block of the current block which are stored in a colPic memory, and (ii) generates a combined merge block by using the merge block candidates. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337661 | SEARCH REGION DETERMINATION FOR INTER CODING WITHIN A PARTICULAR PICTURE OF VIDEO DATA - An example method of encoding video data includes determining a resolution that will be used for a motion vector that identifies a predictor block in a current picture of video data for a current block in the current picture of video data; determining, based on the determined resolution, a search region for the current block such that a size of the search region is smaller where the resolution is fractional-pixel than where the resolution is integer-pixel; selecting, from within the search region, a predictor block for the current block; determining the motion vector that identifies the selected predictor block for the current block; and encoding, in a coded video bitstream, a representation of the motion vector. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337662 | STORAGE AND SIGNALING RESOLUTIONS OF MOTION VECTORS - An example method of decoding video data includes obtaining, from a video bitstream, a representation of a difference between a motion vector (MV) predictor and a MV that identifies a predictor block for a current block of video data in a current picture; obtaining, from the video bitstream, a syntax element indicating whether adaptive motion vector resolution (AMVR) is used for the current block; determining, based on the representation of the difference between the MV predictor and the MV that identifies the predictor block, a value of the MV; storing the value of the MV at fractional-pixel resolution regardless of whether AMVR is used for the current block and regardless of whether the predictor block is included in the current picture; determining, based on the value of the stored MV, pixel values of the predictor block; and reconstructing the current block based on the pixel values of the predictor block. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337663 | ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO SEQUENCES COMPRISING REFERENCE PICTURE SETS - A method of encoding a video sequence comprising Reference Picture Sets (RPSs) is provided. The method comprises arranging the RPSs in transmission order in a data structure, such as a Sequence Parameter Set (SPS), determining whether explicit RPS transmission is used for an RPS of a current picture of the video sequence, and encoding information indicating an RPS comprised in the data structure to be used for predicting the RPS of the current picture, such as delta_idx_minus1, only if explicit RPS transmission is used. By transmitting delta_idx_minus1 only if explicit RPS transmission is used, and interpreting delta_idx_minus1 to be equal to zero otherwise, a reduced bitrate is achieved. Further, a method of decoding a video sequence comprising RPSs, corresponding computer programs and computer program products, as well as corresponding encoders and decoders are provided. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337664 | MANIPULATING SUB-PICTURES OF A COMPRESSED VIDEO SIGNAL - The invention relates to manipulation of sub-pictures ( | 2016-11-17 |
20160337665 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING CAMERA PARAMETER IN 3D VIDEO CODING - The present invention relates to a device and a method for coding a 3D video, a decoding method, according to the present invention, comprising the steps of: receiving, through a first syntax, a camera parameter for switching a depth value into a disparity value; determining whether the camera parameter which applies to a previous slice or picture applies to a current slice or picture; and if the camera parameter applies to a current slice or picture, deriving a disparity value of a current block on the basis of the camera parameter. According to the present invention, slices or pictures of a certain interval may share the same camera parameter, the transmission of overlapping information may be prevented, and coding efficiency may be improved. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337666 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM FRACTIONAL-PIXEL INTERPOLATION FILTERING FOR MEDIA CODING - Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to perform fractional-pixel interpolation filtering for media coding are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves applying a finite impulse response (FIR) filter to samples of a source signal to generate an array of values. After applying the FIR filter, an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter is applied to the array of the values to generate fractional-pixel interpolated values. The fractional-pixel interpolated values may be stored in an encoded video data structure or may be output to a display interface. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337667 | IMAGE CODING DEVICE AND IMAGE CODING METHOD - An image coding device includes: a storage unit; and an operation unit configured to execute a procedure, the procedure including: calculating a plurality of syntax elements corresponding to a plurality of divided regions obtained by dividing an image along horizontal dividing lines; storing the plurality of syntax elements in the storage unit; and executing first entropy coding processing for a first divided region among the plurality of divided regions, in parallel with second entropy coding processing for a second divided region adjacent below the first divided region among the plurality of divided regions, wherein the second entropy coding processing includes processing of reading a syntax element corresponding to the first divided region among the plurality of syntax elements from the storage unit. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING IMAGE DATA AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE DATA - A method and device for encoding at least part of an image of high dynamic range defined in a perceptual space having a luminance component and a color difference metric, the method comprising: encoding a segment of the at least part of the image using a encoding process applicable to a low dynamic range (LDR) image by applying a coding parameter set including at least one coding parameter; reconstructing the encoded segment in the perceptual space of high dynamic range; evaluating a rate distortion cost for the encoded segment in the perceptual space of high dynamic range; and adjusting said coding parameter set for the encoding process of the segment based on the evaluated rate distortion cost. A corresponding decoding device and method is also provided. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337669 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR THE PROTECTION AND DISPLAY OF VIDEO STREAMS - A process distributing video streams to a plurality of addressees, comprising a marking step comprising adding at least one visual element to a video stream, which marking step is applied to an original video stream common to all the addressees and which is personalized for each addressee by addition of a visual element specific to the addressee that allows rapid visual identification of the addressee, wherein the added visual element replaces part of the original video stream that is stored in complementary information on a multimedia server. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337670 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNAL FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL (3D) BROADCAST SERVICE - The present invention relates to providing a method and/or an apparatus for transmitting/receiving a broadcast signal for a 3-dimensional (3D) broadcast service. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: downsampling each of a left picture frame, a right picture frame, a depth picture frame for the left picture frame and a depth picture frame for the right picture frame, and encoding a packed frame which packs at least one frame of the downsampled frames into one frame, generating a broadcast signal comprising signaling information for the encoded packed frame and a picture related to the packed frame; and sending the generated broadcast signal. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXING LAYERED CODED CONTENTS - When layered coded content is transmitted over a fixed capacity network link, bitrate peaks may occur at similar time instances at the base layer and enhancement layer. To more efficiently use the bandwidth, the present principles propose different methods, such as adding a delay to a base layer bit stream or an enhancement layer bit stream, and shifting an “over-the-limit” portion of bits by a time window. At the receiver side, the present principles provide different channel change mechanisms to allow a user to change channel quickly even given the delay added in the bit streams. In particular, a decoder can start rendering the base layer content, without having to wait for the enhancement layer to be available. In one embodiment, the decoding of the base layer content is slowed down in order to align in time with the enhancement layer content. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337672 | BROADCAST SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, BROADCAST SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD AND BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD - Provided is a method for transmitting a broadcast signal. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal, according to the present invention, can be a broadcast content transmitting method, comprising the steps of: generating, by a first module, a first media stream for broadcast content wherein the first media stream includes a plurality of packets, and at least one of the packets includes time information; generating, by a second module, a second media stream for the broadcast content; transmitting, by a third module, the first media stream through a broadcast network; receiving, by a fourth module, a request for the second media stream from a receiver; and transmitting, by the fourth module, the second media stream to the receiver through the Internet network. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337673 | PROTECTION OF PRIVACY IN A VIDEO STREAM BY MEANS OF A REDUNDANT SLICE - In order to protect data privacy in a video stream, a video stream is provided which includes a slice structure. A video stream slice includes content that is to be protected is identified. A slice which is at least partially redundant in relation to the identified slice is created. The content to be protected in one of the two slices is encrypted. At least one measure for assuring data privacy is used on the content to be protected in the other of the two slices. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337674 | INTERFACE FOR SENDING SYNCHRONIZED AUDIO AND VIDEO DATA - A data stream format for transmission of data frames between a computer and a video client via an interface, the data stream being a plurality of data frames transmitted sequentially, each data frame comprising: a frame header; video data, the video data following the frame header; and audio data, the audio data following the video data. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337675 | SEGMENTED PARALLEL ENCODING WITH FRAME-AWARE, VARIABLE-SIZE CHUNKING - The subject matter herein generally relates to transcoding content, typically audio/video files though not limited to such, from one version to another in preparation for online streaming or other delivery to end users. Such transcoding may involve converting from one format to another (e.g., changing codecs or container formats), or creating multiple versions of an original source file in different bitrates, frame-sizes, or otherwise, to support distribution to a wide array of devices and to utilize performance-enhancing technologies like adaptive bitrate streaming. A transcoding platform is described herein that, in certain embodiments, leverages distributed computing techniques to transcode content in parallel across a platform of machines that are preferably idle or low-utilization resources of a content delivery network. The transcoding system also utilizes, in certain embodiments, improved techniques for segmenting the original source file so as to enable different segments to be sent to different machines for parallel transcodes. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337676 | QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE REPORTING FOR COMBINED UNICAST-MULTICAST/BROADCAST STREAMING OF MEDIA CONTENT - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for monitoring and reporting quality of experience (QoE) metrics that are associated with an access method. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337677 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a plurality of unit antennas arranged at preset intervals, each unit antenna of the plurality of antennas being configured to receive a broadcast signal; a plurality of receiving modules, each receiving module of the plurality of receiving modules being configured to convert the broadcast signal received by a corresponding unit antenna of the plurality of unit antennas into a first signal and output the first signal; a filter configured to filter a noise component out of the first signals output by the plurality of receiving modules, synthesize the first signals into a second signal and output the second signal; and a signal processor configured to perform a signal process for displaying an image based on the second signal output from the filter. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337678 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO METER MEDIA CONTENT PRESENTED ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An example apparatus to generate media monitoring information includes a processor to collect a first data record corresponding to a first media presentation session, and collect a second data record corresponding to a second media presentation. The example apparatus also includes a memory in circuit with the processor, the memory to: store a first end timestamp in the first data record indicative of a first time at which the first media presentation session ended; store a second end timestamp in the second data record indicative of a second time at which the second media presentation session ended; and store the first end timestamp in the second data record. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337679 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING BIT DEPTH FOR PLAYING VIDEO USING DASH - A method and an apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata on media content are disclosed. The media content includes a series of one or more periods. Each period may include one or more representations. The metadata may include information describing a relationship between the representations and information for terminals having different display bit depths. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337680 | Systems and Methods for Performing Quality Based Streaming - Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the invention enable quality based streaming. A content player in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes: a processor; a network interface; and memory containing a content player application. The content player application can direct the processor to: receive quality metadata describing a plurality of streams, where: the plurality of streams are encoded at different maximum bitrates; each stream is divided into content segments; and the quality varies between content segments in each stream. Furthermore, the content player application directs the processor to measure available bandwidth; request content segments from the plurality of streams based upon the available network bandwidth and the quality metadata, where the requested content segments include content segments encoded at a maximum bitrate and having quality that is the lowest maximum bitrate that achieves a target quality level. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337681 | INITIATING A UNICAST STREAM BASED ON A TRIGGERING EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH A NODE RECEIVING A MULTICAST STREAM - Mechanisms for initiating a unicast video stream in response to a triggering event from a client node receiving a multicast video stream are disclosed. A distribution node communicatively coupled to a plurality of client nodes multicasts a first video stream of a program encoded in a first format to the plurality of client nodes. The distribution node detects a triggering event associated with a first client node of the plurality of client nodes that is receiving the first video stream. In response to the triggering event, a second video stream of the program encoded in a second format is unicasted. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337682 | PROVIDING CONTENT RESPONSIVE TO MULTIMEDIA SIGNALS - A method of providing information including providing a communication session of at least one of audio and video media and applying automatic recognition to media transferred on the communication session. An advertisement is selected by a processor, based on theautomatic recognition and non-advertisement information is selected by the processor, responsive to the automatic recognition. The selected advertisements and the selected nonadvertisement information, are presented during the communication session. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING MEDIA CONTENT AND MEDIA GUIDANCE INFORMATION - A system comprises television equipment and a number of portable electronic devices. The television equipment includes a large display and control circuitry. The control circuitry receives media content and media guidance data for display on the display. The control circuitry also includes communication components for communicating with the portable electronic devices. The portable electronic devices are operable for displaying video and communicating with the television equipment. A method comprises the steps of receiving media guidance information with a first portable electronic device; transmitting at least some of the media guidance information from the first portable electronic device to the control circuitry of the television equipment; and displaying the media guidance information from the first portable electronic device on the display of the television equipment while simultaneously displaying media content or media guidance information received from a source other than the first portable electronic device. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337684 | NETWORKED PERSONAL VIDEO STORAGE AND DELIVERY - A portable video delivery device includes data storage, a secure processor, and a wireless network interface that acts as an access point for a secure personal wireless network. Transcoded media files are stored in the data storage so that the portable device maintains a library of stored media programs that can be carried along with the user during commuting, travel and/or other activities. To playback the stored programming, other media player devices use the personal wireless network to securely connect to the portable device and to obtain previously-transcoded content from the data storage of the device. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337685 | Receiver of Television and/or Radio Signals, Configured To Prepare Access To Content Included In Said Television and/or Radio Signals Based on the Geographical Location of Said Receiver - A receiver of radio and/or television signals, where the signals are transmitted via radio by transmitters and are received by said receiver, including:
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20160337686 | Profile Driven Communication Polling for Remote Control - System, method and computer program product for determining a polling schedule for a remote control, are described. A multimedia device collects usage data that identifies when the multimedia device is in use. The probability that the multimedia device is in use for a particular time is determined based on the usage data. A polling schedule is generated based on the usage probability such that the periods in the polling schedule vary according to the usage probability to minimize energy consumption. The polling schedule is then transmitted to the remote control where the remote control polls the multimedia device according to the polling schedule. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337687 | TYING AUDIO AND VIDEO WATERMARKS OF LIVE AND RECORDED EVENTS FOR SIMULCASTING ALTERNATIVE CONTENT TO AN AUDIO CHANNEL OR SECOND SCREEN - An alternative content system receives a primary content data stream and a secondary content data stream associated with an event. The alternative content system provides an alternative content data stream associated with the event. The alternative content system extracts a primary content identifier from the primary content data stream. The alternative content system identifies an alternative content identifier based on the alternative content data stream. The alternative content system synchronizes the alternative content data stream to the primary content data stream based on the alternative content identifier and the primary content identifier. The alternative content system transmits the synchronized alternative content data stream based on the primary content identifier. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337688 | Systems and Methods of Time Shifted Rewind - Systems and methods are disclosed for utilizing idle DVR content tuners including determining at least one content tuner is available, selecting the content tuner and tuning the at least one available tuner to a specified channel where the specified channel is determined at least in part by one or more stored user preferences and recording one or more content items on the selected channel. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337689 | DECODING APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD, ENCODING APPARATUS, AND ENCODING METHOD - To be able to appropriately reproduce content received from a plurality of source devices in a sink device, without exceeding a decoding capability of the sink device. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337690 | FAST-START STREAMING AND BUFFERING OF STREAMING CONTENT FOR PERSONAL MEDIA PLAYER - Systems and methods allow playback of a media stream received via a network. The media stream is received and stored in a buffer prior to playback. Responsive to receiving the user command to change the content of the media stream, the buffer is flushed prior to receiving the changed content in the media stream. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337691 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING STREAMING OF ADVERTISEMENTS THAT OCCUR WHILE STREAMING A MEDIA PROGRAM - A system for detecting streaming of advertisements that occur while streaming a media program is provided. The system includes a broadcast content receiving module, a feature extracting module, an advertisement detecting module, a weight computing module, and a neighborhood context identifying module. The broadcast content receiving module receives a broadcast content from a content source. The feature extracting module extracts video features, audio features, and metadata features associated with broadcast chunks of the broadcast content for time segments. The advertisement detecting module analyzes the video features, the audio features, and the metadata features for the time segments. The weight computing module computes final weight for validating start and end of first advertisement slot based on the weight. The neighborhood context identifying module validates a start time of a first advertisement slot based on a content type of a first broadcast chunk and a second broadcast chunk. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337692 | SECURE VIDEO DISTRIBUTION - An apparatus including a first input circuit configured to receive packets of encrypted encoded video data from a first network and a storage device preauthorized by the first network to configured store the encrypted encoded video data. A retrieve circuit retrieves the encrypted encoded video data from the storage device. A first output circuit transmits a signal representing the encrypted encoded video data. A set-top box includes a second input circuit configured to receive the signal representing the encrypted encoded video data from the output circuit. A decrypt circuit decrypts the encrypted encoded video data and generates encoded video data. A decode circuit decodes the encoded video data into video data. A second output circuit outputs a multimedia signal representing the video data. The set-top box does not store a portion of the video data or the encoded video data. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337693 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING A USER OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE - A method for identifying a user of an electronic device is presented. In the method, for each of a plurality of users, a bioelectrical impedance of the user is measured, a value based on the measurement is generated, and the value is associated with information corresponding to the user. A bioelectrical impedance of a current user of the electronic device is also measured, and a value based on this measurement is generated. The value associated with the current user is compared with at least one of the values associated with the plurality of users. In response to the comparison, the electronic device is operated based on the information corresponding to one of the plurality of users in response to the current user interacting with the electronic device if the value associated with the current user indicates the current user is the one of the plurality of users. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337694 | CONTENT UTILIZATION PARAMERIZATION - A method comprising receiving a presentation providing the presentation to a plurality of viewers, receiving feedback information regarding the presentation from each of the plurality of viewers; and generating a report for a user based on the received feedback information is herein described | 2016-11-17 |
20160337695 | TELEVISION AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - Television transmissions are received at multiple locations across a large area. Advertisements are identified, harvested and tagged from within in the television transmissions. The advertisements are made into smaller representations (“fingerprinted”) and are assigned identifiers and media plans are determined for the advertisements. Smart TVs use the advertisement representations to identify advertisements in television content received by the smart TVs. The smart TVs report the advertisement identifiers and identifiers of shows in the television content received by the smart TVs. The television content and advertisements as rendered by the smart TVs are categorized as live, timeshifted, on-demand, over-the-top, and the like. The advertisements are categorized as occurring in national or regional ad slots. The data from the smart TVs is used to determine ad impressions, gross rating points, and target rating points. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337696 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A content recommendation method and device for recommending content to a user are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the content recommendation device extracts the features of a user from image data, audio data and the like, and can determine a recognition rate indicating the degree that is recognized as a user model predetermined according to the features of the user. The content recommendation device can determine the recommended content to be provided to the user on the basis of the determined recognition rate. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337697 | AUDIO CORRELATION FOR VIEWERSHIP DETERMINATION - A computer system may include at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform a process. The process may include receiving audio data from a user device, and accessing content data including at least one audio signature associated with video content. The process may also include correlating the audio data with the at least one audio signature and identifying recognized video content based on the correlation of the audio data with the at least one audio. The process may also include receiving tuning data including content being presented on a display component. The process may further include correlating the recognized video content with the tuning data, determining viewed video content based on the correlation of the recognized video content with the tuning data, and storing the viewed video content in a user array. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337698 | Systems And Methods For Remote Web Query And Image Selection Exchange To Video Screen - Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving a request to display, on an first communications device, media content, where the request comprises a first logical address for accessing the media content at a first storage location, transmitting to a second communications device, a second logical address for accessing a copy of the media content at a second storage location, where the second logical address differs from the first logical address, and where the second storage location differs from the first storage location. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337699 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING USER POSITION VIA WIRELESS SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods are described for presenting a television program to a viewer using a mobile television receiver. The television program is received at the mobile television receiver via a first signal transmitted by a signal source having a limited range. It is determined whether the mobile receiver will exit the limited range of the signal source and, before the mobile receiver exits the limited range of the signal source, an action is facilitated to allow the viewer to continue to view the television program. Actions that may be facilitated include tuning to an alternate source of the television program, obtaining a placeshifted media stream of the television program, recording the television program on a remote video recorder, or simply notifying the viewer that he or she is about to exit the limited range of the signal source. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337700 | MEDIA INTERFACE DEVICE - A method includes receiving, at a media interface device, a media selection command included in a first communication from an application executing on a processor in a display device. The method further includes transmitting a signal to a particular module of a plurality of modules of the media interface device, where the particular module is selected based on the media selection command, and where each of the plurality of modules is configured to receive media content from a corresponding media source. The method further includes sending a second communication to the application. The second communication includes a particular media content item received via the particular module. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337701 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CONTENT RECOGNITION AND AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT FOR TELEVISION CHANNELS AND ADVERTISEMENTS - The embodiments herein provide a system and method for measuring active participation of audience watching a TV programs and advertisements, in terms of age and gender. The system comprises a monitoring device which is configured to record TV audio, room audio and TV visual outputs, using an image sensor. The monitoring device is further configured to detect the audience engagement level, in watching the TV show, by monitoring the audience expressions and behavior. The audience engagement level is also detected by tracking the eye ball movement of the. The monitoring device is configured to continuously check and detect visitors who have joined along with already registered viewers to watch the TV programs. The monitored information is analyzed and visitor/viewer profile is created accordingly. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337702 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOMMENDING SUPPLEMENTAL MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON RECENTLY MENTIONED MEDIA REFERENCES - Methods and systems are provided for a media guidance application that quickly allows a user to locate content of interest appearing in a media asset. Moreover, the media guidance application may compensate for any delay of the user in indicating an interest in content as the content in presented in a media asset. For example, in response to detecting a user may be interested in content (e.g., an advertisement, a product, a topic, etc.) recently appearing in a media asset, the media guidance application may generate for display recommendations for content recently appearing in the media asset. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337703 | Apparatus and Method for Transmitting Media Content - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may perform operations including, for example, receiving a plurality of user-generated comments associated with media content where the plurality of user-generated comments are temporally associated with a portion of the media content during a presentation of the media content at a group of communication devices, and identifying from the plurality of user-generated comments a cluster of comments associated with a segment of the media content based on a frequency of the user-generated comments. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337704 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT DELIVERY BY SUBSCRIBER PERSONAL CHANNEL - The present invention relates to an improved system and method for providing a personal channel of linear programming to a subscriber in a content delivery network (CDN). The system and method of creates a linear channel for a subscriber in a predetermined arrangement of program scheduling from file information corresponding to media content data in predetermined arrangement of program scheduling to optimize the playback and the user experience. The predetermined arrangement of program scheduling is determined from one or more user characteristics based on service requests from the user or subscriber's interaction with a resource manager, a scheduler service and/or catalog service. According to methods of the present invention the personal channel for channel creation may be based on content provider, who will structure channels for a particular area, subscriber or other grouping of any available program scheduling. The personal channel of linear programming may be configured to use media content that has been predetermined for a particular personalized channel, whereby such a personalized channel may also change content from program to program, so that a version of the channel would be similar but unique to the viewer, such that a linear channel may be the basis service but individual programs will be swapped out from file information for the desired media content e.g. VOD, DVR, NDVR or other file based sources from said CDN. | 2016-11-17 |
20160337705 | PROCESSING MEDIA CONTENT WITH SCENE CHANGES - Media content comprises video. The video comprises a sequence of scenes comprising pictures. The media content comprises segments. A method determines when a scene change between a first scene and a second, subsequent, scene occurs within a predetermined proximity to a boundary between segments. When a scene change occurs within a predetermined proximity of an end of a segment, at least a first picture in the second scene is discarded and an additional picture is inserted in the first scene. When a scene change occurs within a predetermined proximity of a start of a segment, at least one picture in the first scene is discarded and an additional picture is inserted in the second scene. The additional picture can be a repeat or a copy of an existing picture, or it can be based on at least one existing picture in the first scene, such as by interpolation. | 2016-11-17 |