Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions 01/06

20060018628 - Data transmission system: Buttons on an image display terminal are related to destinations of transmission of the image displayed on the display screen. When a user transmits an image to a predetermined destination on a server, the user presses the corresponding button on the image display terminal, thereby specifying the destination....

20060018627 - Image reproducing apparatus and image reproducing method: An image reproduction apparatus for recording reproduction history information for distinguishing a reproduced image and an unreproduced image in a removable memory, and for giving, by referring to the reproduction history information, a priority to an unreproduced image in reproducing images in an unreproduced image prioritized reproduction mode....

20060018626 - Television with a disk playback feature and disk playback apparatus: Disclosed is a television with a disk playback feature, in which the convenience of the slot-in mechanism is preserved and a disk can be unloaded without being damaged by the lid body. A critical point is established on the path of turning of the second point of application of spring...

20060018625 - User defined default recording mode rules: A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing user selectable default recording modes in a recording device. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining a default recording mode comprising the step of defining at least one default recording mode rule to be applied across a plurality...

20060018629 - System of mix mode multimedia player: A mix mode multimedia player having audio scenery and video scenery thereof being controlled individually comprises a playback manager module, and a presentation engine module. The playback manager module for generating audio-format play list, video-format play list, and audio-video interlaced-format play list according to user settings. The user settings includes...

20060018630 - Retrospective television viewing: The invention provides systems, apparatus and methods for recording a television broadcast, and a retrospective section of the record. These enable a television viewer to use a television control to select and store a retrospective section of a recorded television channel, while watching the channel. The retrospective section typically comprises...

20060018631 - Data reproducing device for controlling subtitle signal display state and method thereof: A data reproducing device for reproducing data from a recording medium is provided. The data reproducing device includes a data reproducer to reproduce the data recorded in the recording medium, a signal separator to separate the data reproduced by the data reproducer into a moving picture signal and a subtitle...

20060018632 - Optically writing image data files and thumbnail images corresponding thereto to optical disc: A method of an embodiment of the invention optically writes a plurality of image data files on an optically writable data side of an optical disc. The method optically marks a plurality of thumbnail images on an optically writable label side of the optical disc. Each thumbnail image corresponds to...

20060018634 - Creating a dvd compliant stream directly from encoder hardware: A system and method are disclosed for efficiently generating a DVD compliant stream directly from an MPEG encoder. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, this is achieved by providing encoder microcode for generating a DVD standard protocol compliant stream directly from an analog signal according to DVD industry standards,...

20060018633 - Digital video storage system and related method of storing digital video data: A digital video (DV) storage system comprises an interface module receiving an incoming signal and converting the incoming signal into an incoming bit-stream; a DV demuxer directly connected to the interface module for receiving the incoming bit-stream, wherein the DV demuxer de-multiplexes received blocks in the incoming bit-stream into at...

20060018635 - Optical disk, optical disk drive, and optical disk recording method: An optical disk comprises a first information recording layer including a first inward test recording area and a first outward test recording area, and a second information recording layer including a second inward test recording area and a second outward test recording area, wherein at least one recording management area...

20060013556 - Commercial information and guide: Various aspects of television commercial handling are presented. Television commercials are identified in a transport stream that contains commercial data. The commercials are stored and retrieved from a folder in a PVR-like device. A database of commercial information is build for easy retrieval of the commercials. Commercials can be flagged...

20060013555 - Commercial progress bar: A progress bar depicts the progress of play of a recorded commercial. The progress bar may be magnified to obtain a magnified scale of the progress bar. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract....

20060013554 - Commercial storage and retrieval: Various aspects of television commercial storage and retrieval are presented. Television commercials are identified in a transport stream that contains commercial data. The commercials are stored and retrieved from a folder in a PVR-like device. A database of commercial information is build for easy retrieval of the commercials. This abstract...

20060013559 - Data transfer apparatus and method using usb module: Disclosed is a data transfer apparatus and a method using a USB module. The data transfer apparatus includes a storage for storing an image data provided from a predetermined image source; a user input unit through which a user requests to transfer the stored image data to an external host;...

20060013560 - Picture search method and apparatus for digital reproduction: A picture search method and apparatus for digital reproduction are provided. The picture search method includes, generating a multiple image screen by configuring one or more pictures provided before a reproduction start time selected by a user during a high-speed search to a screen or a plurality of screens, outputting...

20060013558 - Running time counter for a digital recording device: A digital recording device comprising a running time clock or counter. The running time clock or counter is displayed on a viewfinder and/or recorded on video tape when the digital recording device is in record mode. The running time clock or counter indicates the time during which video is recorded,...

20060013557 - Suppression of trick modes in commercial playback: A method of commercial play consistent with certain embodiments involve reading trick mode control data from a computer file associated with a commercial; determining if trick mode play is prohibited for the commercial; retrieving the commercial stored in a commercial storage location of a disc drive; if trick play is...

20060013561 - Content editing device: A content editing apparatus (10) includes a CPU (12). When combining JPEG data and audio data forming a moving file 1 with JPEG data and audio data forming a moving file 2, the CPU (12) calculates a reproduction frequency of combined audio data based on a sampling frequency of the...

20060013563 - Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles: The gist of the invention is a subtitling format encompassing elements of enhanced syntax and semantic to provide improved animation capabilities. The disclosed elements improve subtitle performance without stressing the available subtitle bitrate. This will become essential for authoring content of high-end HDTV subtitles in pre-recorded format, which can be...

20060013562 - Recording method, recording device, and recording medium: In the case where recording start of moving picture is instructed, whether or not operation mode at the last recording time is moving picture mode is judged with reference to information within memory. In the case where the operation mode at the time of last recording time is still picture...

20060013564 - Recording/reproduction apparatus and method as well as recording medium: The invention provides a recording/reproduction apparatus and method as well as a recording medium wherein, when nondestructive editing is executed for an AV signal, the AV signal can be reproduced seamlessly without suffering from any interruption. Information representative of states (an A type, a C type, a D type, or...

20060013565 - Method and apparatus for measuring and/or correcting audio/visual synchronization: A method and apparatus for measuring and/or correcting audio/visual synchronization is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for providing synchronization of a video signal and a corresponding audio signal associated with the audio/visual transmission includes detecting a triggering video event in the video signal and inserting a synchronization signal into...

20060013566 - Content recording apparatus, content playback apparatus, content recording method, content playback method, and computer program: A content recording apparatus for communicating with a content playback apparatus via a network, includes a first receiver for receiving, from the content playback apparatus, information related to a content segment to be received by the content playback apparatus, the content segment being a portion of a single content, an...

20060013567 - Electronic device, video camera apparatus, and control method therefor: According to this invention, if noise generated by operation of a component such as a rotary drum of a recording/playback apparatus which operates periodically enters a microphone, noise waveforms can be extracted and reduced. Data obtained from microphones (6, 7) are converted into digital data by A/D converters (11, 12)...

20060013568 - System and method for playback of digital video pictures in compressed streams: A video decompression system and method are disclosed. In one preferred embodiment, the video decompression system comprises a memory with logic, and a processor configured with the logic to receive a compressed video stream that includes frame pictures and detect a scan mode indicator in the compressed video stream, wherein...

20060013569 - Preventing picture jitter in a digitized video signal: The present invention proposes a method for generating a digital video signal from an analog input video signal, which prevents picture jitter in the digitized video signal when the analog input video signal is not in complete conformity with a standard. According to the invention, the method includes the steps...

20060013570 - Battery driven video reproduction apparatus: A video reproduction apparatus detects the remaining time of a movie being reproduced and a battery's availability and calculates therefrom power available before reproducing the movie ends, and uses the power as calculated and a table representing a relationship between the liquid crystal display device's screen brightness and power consumption...

20060008239 - Method and system of visual content authoring: A method and system for visual content authoring and user interface thereof. An authoring interface, comprising a plurality button controls, is first provided. Required play items are added using the button controls to generate a playlist, and a navigation path is then defined according to the play items and the...

20060008241 - Apparatus for retrieving media information from stackable optical driver: A stackable optical driver includes an optical reading device, a playing platform, a stackable box and an encoding/decoding module. The stackable optical driver is a modulized design by enhancing a media playing 10 platform with stackable various functions, such as CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, DVD-Dual and digital camcorder, home gateway,...

20060008243 - Device for receiving signal and method of signal loss management during recording of analogue or digital signal: A device for receiving an analogue or digital signal is provided with a processor (120) managing operation of the device, a memory, a signal loss management block (121), a block (123) storing information on a recording process in the memory and a television signal recording management block (122) generating data...

20060008244 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus capable of performing processing of writing input content data to a memory means, then, reading and decoding the same with a smaller power consumption comparing with that in the related art is provided; wherein a USB control portion writes song data input from a PC interface to...

20060008245 - Image processing device and method: An image processing device and method which can restore a loss during compression and storage of a video frame. The image processing device includes a pattern detecting unit which detects a pattern of additional data included in a vertical blank interval (VBI) of a video frame, a video storing unit...

20060008240 - Media projector system: A system comprising a media player configured to play media content, a projector operatively coupled to the media player, and a control unit operatively coupled to the media player and the projector is provided. The control unit is configured to determine whether the projector is ready for operation, and the...

20060008246 - Reproducing apparatus and superimposing method: In an AV server system, it is facilitated to grasp the entire structure of an AV server and determine which position a failed resource assumes in the entire AV server. On the basis of a file which describes resources of the AV server, resources forming the AV server are displayed...

20060008242 - Segmented processing of data recordings: A method and implementing system are provided in which data, such as video and/or audio data, are presented and recorded on media for subsequent reference, management and/or processing. Original files are divided into segment files which are smaller than the original file. Each segment file may then be processed and/or...

20060008247 - Editing apparatus and control method thereof, and program and recording medium: A plurality of video materials specified out of video materials is managed as one group, information on each video material belonging to the group is displayed on a graphical user interface according to first operation, and according to second operation, a process to add a video material to the group...

20060008248 - Optimal buffering and scheduling strategy for smooth reverse in a dvd player or the like: The optimal buffering strategy of the present invention allows for full smooth reverse functionality in an MPEG-type stream player, while reducing the buffering requirements. Furthermore, the buffering strategy drastically reduces the required number of passes tlrough the video data unit by optimal scheduling of picture decodes. A video data unit...

20060008249 - Video access method and video access apparatus: A video picture access system and computer implemented program in which a command is inputted, a list of time-serial representative images of scenes included in a video picture is displayed, and the list is scrolled by displaying a new representative image instead of the representative image of the representative image...

20060008250 - Recovery of real-time video data after power loss: A number of different subroutines or algorithms are provided for locating lost video data, reconstructing navigation data, and creating new navigation files or the like so that the DVD may be made readable by an ordinary DVD player. The present invention provides algorithms to recover video data for each of...

20060008251 - Synchronized streaming layer with presentation layer: A “tag” is attached to streaming video data as it is streamed from the streaming layer to the presentation engine. Each frame containing a button or other user feature also has a “tag” associated with it. When the presentation engine processes a packet of data, it updates a state variable...

20060008252 - Apparatus and method for changing reproducing mode of audio file: An apparatus and a method for reproducing an audio file are provided. When an initial reproducing mode does not satisfying a user's listening taste, a modified reproducing mode can be established to satisfy the user's listening taste. To modify the reproducing mode, a user modifies a reproducing mode for distinguished...

20060008253 - Data structure, recording medium, information reproducing apparatus, and information reproducing method: A data structure configures picture information in accordance with a predetermined format and is decoded and reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus. The data structure comprises a plurality of picture information on a predetermined unit by unit basis, the information being read and decoded by the information reproducing apparatus, and...

20060008254 - Method of synchronizing still picture with moving picture stream: A method of synchronizing a still picture with a moving picture stream is disclosed, which is suitable for supporting a multimedia service further using a still picture to provide separate video data as well as moving pictures and voice. The present invention includes the steps of generating a control data...

20060008256 - Audio visual player apparatus and system and method of content distribution using the same: A portable wireless communications subscriber audio and/or video player apparatus and system and method for selecting, requesting, downloading, and playing audio and/or video data content files from an Internet-based database server. The wireless link is preferably implemented in accordance with the WiFi protocol, which allows connectivity to the Internet by...

20060008258 - Device and method for reproducing compressed information: An information reproducing device includes a setting unit that sets priority for displaying appended data appended to compressed data in a compressed data file, such as an MP3 file. The appended data is appended at various positions to the compressed data. A reading unit reads a compressed data file, an...

20060008255 - Device for decoding disc read signal and method thereof: A device for decoding a disc read signal generated by accessing data stored in a disc storage medium. The device includes: a multi-level analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for digitizing the disc read signal to generate a digitized disc read signal; a confidence index generating circuit for generating a plurality of confidence...

20060008257 - Intelligent caching scheme for streaming file systems: A Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is provided two FATs and two cluster sizes, a regular cluster and a “Supercluster”. In one example, each Supercluster is the size of four regular clusters. A second Supercluster FAT is added (FAT2) which works in a similar manner to the original FAT (hereinafter FAT1),...

20060008260 - Disk player, display control method thereof, data analyzing method thereof: A disk player including a control module, a navigator, a de-multiplexer, a decoder, a text recognition module and a data comparing module is provided. The navigator reads an audio and video (AV) data according to a display control signal outputted by the control module. An audio decoding signal, a video...

20060008259 - Dvd recorder to be connected to ieee 1394 serial bus: A DVD recorder to be connected to an IEEE1394 serial bus, which includes position specifying means for specifying the position of data of unnecessary part in the stream data received from the DV camcorder, storage means for storing information of the position of data of the unnecessary part specified by...

20060002681 - Method and system for synchronization of digital media playback: A system and method for synchronizing digital media playback at multiple digital media playback devices interconnected on a network is provided. A digital media playback device comprising a processor, a synchronization component, a timekeeper component and a digital media source performs synchronization processes to arrange for other players to begin...

20060002680 - Recording apparatus and a recording method: There is provided a recording apparatus for recording moving-image data by forming a number of tracks on a tape-shaped recording medium, the recording apparatus including a input unit for inputting moving-image data, a coding unit for variable-length encoding the moving-image data, a memory unit for storing the moving-image data encoded...

20060002682 - Recording apparatus and recording control method: In a recording apparatus, when a time interval between a time to terminate recording of broadcast program data on channel A and a time to start recording of broadcast program data on channel B is shorter than a predetermined value, a system control section executes recording control processing to process...

20060002683 - Video reproducing apparatus: To obtain a high-quality still picture, the video reproducing apparatus comprises (i) a determining processor which determines whether or not a picture being reproduced as a still picture by a still picture reproducing processor is an intra-coded picture and (ii) a storing processor which stores coded data of a picture...

20060002684 - Method and apparatus for navigating through subtitles of an audio video data stream: In a method and an apparatus for navigating through subtitles of an Audio Video data stream an address information of one or more played back data units is stored together with the subtitle information of said played back data units during play back of said data units. One or more...

20060002685 - Audio video system capable of transferring image files to external device and image file transfer method therefor: Disclosed is an AV system capable of sending image files to an external device and an image file transfer method therefor. The AV system capable of performing at least one of an image-capturing function, image-receiving function, image-recording function, and image-reproducing function, comprises a communication interface unit for performing data communications...

20060002686 - Reproducing method, apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium: An apparatus capable of reproducing voice information that is received from a communication terminal through a network and transmitting image information to the network, includes a voice reception buffer that stores the voice information, a level determining unit that determines the voice information stored in the voice reception buffer as...

20060002687 - Shifting letterbox video to prolong display life: A system, a method and an article of manufacture for uncentering an image of a video stream on a video display is provided. The image of the video stream is displayed uncentered on a video display at a position that depends on the aspect ratio of the video stream and...

20060002688 - Bit detection method and device: The present invention relates to a bit detection method for detecting the bit values of bits of a channel data stream stored on a record carrier, wherein the channel data stream resides on an N-dimensional lattice of bits and comprises a plurality of contiguous bit units, each bit unit comprising...

20060002689 - Retrial and reread methods and apparatus for recording channels: A method of reading a data block from a sector of a recording media is described. The data block from the sector of the recording channel is decoded with an ECC decoder (first trial). The data block is re-decoded (second trial) using an adjusted timing recovery block that is adjusted...

20060002690 - Intelligent media splice: A film splice (50) includes a memory (62) containing information about an attached film segment (70)....