Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions 07/06

20060165376 - Method and apparatus for determining arrival time of data packets: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of determining arrival time of data packet when a digital broadcast data stream is recorded. According to the present invention, two program clock reference values are extracted from a transport packet sequence, an average packet interval time is obtained based on...

20060165374 - Method and apparatus for recording a signal: The invention relates to a system for recording a signal. A recorder (200) comprises a receiver (201) for receiving a source signal (101) having associated first play time information such as a Normal Play Time timeline. The receiver (200) is coupled to a recording controller (203) which generates a recorded...

20060165375 - Recordable pvr using metadata and recording control method thereof: Disclosed are a personal video recorder (PVR) using metadata and a recording control method thereof that facilitates the selective recording of user-preferred segments of a broadcast program in real time. The PVR includes a broadcast receiver for receiving the digital broadcast and dividing the digital broadcast program into video data,...

20060165377 - Method for reproducing video clips: This invention provides a method of reproducing at least one video clip on a computer screen and at least one music piece out of a plurality of video clips and music pieces stored on a data carrier, each of the video clips being linked with one of the music pieces,...

20060165382 - Extracting key frames from video using a triangle model of motion based on perceived motion energy: A key frame extraction system and method for extracting key frames from a video based on motion analysis of frames within the video. Key frames are highlight frames that are effective in summarizing a video sequence. This allows a user to quickly find a desired spot in a video is...

20060165378 - Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus: k

20060165383 - Method and apparatus for reproducing data from the recording medium: A method for downloading data associated with a recording medium from an external source, and reproducing data recorded in the recording medium is disclosed. A method for reproducing data from a recording medium in a player equipped with a network device (i.e., a Network Equipped Player) includes the steps of:...

20060165381 - Method of preparing dvd-video formatted data, method for reconstructing dvd-video data and dvd-video data structure: For converting a first representation of a media content into a second representation of the media content, a data entity builder is used, which generates a data entity being the second representation of the media content. The data entity builder generates a second representation indicator, at least one regenerated media...

20060165384 - Recording medium, and method and apparatus for reproducing data from the recording medium: A recording medium, and a method and apparatus for reproducing data from a recording medium are disclosed. The apparatus for reproducing data from a recording medium includes: a playback system which includes a memory unit equipped with network configuration information, and reproduces data downloaded over a network and data recorded...

20060165379 - System and method for generating a multimedia summary of multimedia streams: A system facilitates and enhances review of one or more multimedia input streams that includes some combination of video, audio and text information, generating a multimedia summary, thereby enabling a user to better browse and/or decide on viewing the multimedia input streams in their entirety. The multimedia summary is constructed...

20060165380 - Ti e:image display control device and image display control method: Disclosed herein is a picture display controlling apparatus capable of improving the user's ease of operation upon selecting picture data on a small-size screen of digital cameras or the like. Picture data items held in a data holding unit (310) are sorted into picture groups. The location of the picture...

20060165385 - Method and electronic equipment for transmitting data to other electronic equipment on a network: A data transmission method in which an equipment receiving data is prohibited from displaying a noisy picture or issuing an unusual sound which might possibly destruct a speaker. When the operating mode is switched from the stop state (Stop) to the playback state (PB) to start outputting data recorded on...

20060165386 - Object selective video recording: Object selective video analysis and recordation system in which video camera output is recorded media with reduction of the amount of the recording media, with preservation of intelligence content of images of objects appearing against a background scene. Preset knowledge of symbolic categories of scene objects and analysis of object...

20060165387 - Data processing device: A data processor includes: a signal input section to which video and audio signals are input; a compressing section for compressing/coding the video and audio signals to generate video and audio data; a stream assembling section, which divides the video and the audio data into a plurality of packets, and...

20060165388 - Apparatus and computer-readable program for program for generating volume image: Provided is a generating apparatus that generates a DVD-Video volume image, and a BD-ROM volume image, that each have: a digital stream, path information, and a jump table, where in the respective digital streams, a button command to be executed by a playback apparatus, in playing back the digital stream,...

20060165391 - Copy protection for video content contained in the vob file structure: A digital video optical recording medium comprising an optical state change material in the VOB file structure....

20060165389 - Dvd player: A DVD player with a monitor is disclosed, for being automatically or manually opened and closed, which includes a base; a monitor being rotatably connected with the base; and a rotating device being connected with a motor of the base for turning the monitor, and having slip members of forming...

20060165390 - Optical disc player system and method of controlling a decoding unit in the optical disc player system to read encoded bitstream data from a buffer memory: In a method of controlling multiple decoders in an optical disc player system to read encoded bitstream data divided into multiple sectors from a buffer memory, one of the sectors stored in the buffer memory is read according to a reading pointer associated with one of the decoders that sent...

20060159416 - Method for managing chapters: A method for managing chapters is disclosed. When data such as broadcasting program are recorded and chapters are set (e.g., automatically) based on a predetermined time interval in a disc recorder, such as a DVD recorder, embodiments of a method and apparatus of the invention can selectively integrate the last...

20060159415 - System and method for recording and dispensing customized multimedia: There is disclosed a system and method for dispensing customized multimedia. In an embodiment, the system comprises: a media storage module for storing a plurality of recording media, the plurality of recording media each including pre-recorded multimedia content and available recording space for recording customized content; a content capturing module...

20060159414 - Systems and methods for associating graphics information with audio and video material: Methods and systems are provided for associating and editing audiovisual material and graphics information. Audiovisual material is captured from at least one source, and graphics information is generated by a graphics generator. A graphics integration module allows insertion and editing of the graphics information when the audiovisual material is edited....

20060159417 - Information playback apparatus and information playback method: An information playback apparatus comprises a unit which obtains a number of data units to be played back by jumping in accordance with the playback speed, a determination unit which determines whether or not an address in the table corresponding to the obtained number is valid, and a playback unit...

20060159422 - Digital video recording apparatus and editing method for recorded broadcast programs: A digital video recording apparatus and an editing method for recorded broadcast programs are disclosed. In accordance with the disclosed apparatus and method, information of recorded broadcast programs is extracted from a broadcast stream which includes the broadcast programs. The extracted information is displayed on a display in the form...

20060159418 - Information recording device, information recording method, information transmission device, and information transmission metod: There is provided an information recording device used for receiving digital broadcast and recording it. The information recording device may assuredly detect lack of information indicating a discontinuous point of a program in information to be recorded and record the information in a correct program configuration. When recording a partial...

20060159420 - Method and apparatus for determining title of recorded content: An apparatus and method thereof determines a title of a recorded program. After a desired video content that is transmitted through a channel has been recorded upon user's request of timer recording, it is checked if more than one program is scheduled for broadcast on that channel during the preset...

20060159419 - Recording control device and method, recording medium, and program: A recording control device records a program to be reserved for recording on the basis of reservation information including recording start time information indicating a time, at which recording starts, and recording end time information indicating a time, at which recording ends. The recording control device includes a setting unit...

20060159421 - Reservation video recording method using position on the paper and recording apparatus: A method and system are provided which, in a program recording apparatus which performs recording of television programs, enable even those users who are inexperienced in operating machines to simply, directly and flexibly perform a program recording reservation operation and a recorded program viewing operation. An association is first made...

20060159426 - Data transmitting method, recording medium, apparatus for reproducing data from recording medium using local storage and method thereof: A method of transmitting encrypted data, recording medium including the encrypted data, apparatus for reproducing the same using a local storage and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes downloading a data associated with the recording medium to the local storage, constructing a virtual package by binding the downloaded...

20060159425 - Hybrid video device capable of copying part of original title and method for copying part of original title in the same: A hybrid video device that is capable of selectively copying portions of an original title desired by the user, and a method for copying specific portions of an original title in the same are provided. The hybrid video device includes a first video recording unit, a second video recording unit...

20060159423 - Tamper-proof content-playback system offering excellent copyright protection: To protect copyright, the present invention provides a tamper-proof content-playback system. Its content-playback unit has the following I/O characteristics: A) at least a portion of its content input(s) is encrypted digital signals; B) at least a portion of its content output(s) is non-digital (e.g. analog) or non-electrical (e.g. image) signals....

20060159424 - Tamper-proof content-playback system offering excellent copyright protection: To protect copyright, the present invention provides a tamper-proof content-playback system. Its content-playback unit has the following I/O characteristics: A) at least a portion of its content input(s) is encrypted digital signals; B) at least a portion of its content output(s) is non-digital (e.g. analog) or non-electrical (e.g. image) signals....

20060159429 - Information recording apparatus, information reproducing apparatus, and related computer programs: Pictures are successively captured, and thereby moving-picture data representing a stream of moving pictures is generated. At least one picture is captured, and thereby still-picture data representing at least one still picture is generated. The still picture corresponds in picture capture timing to first one of the moving pictures. Link...

20060159430 - Information recording apparatus, information reproducing apparatus, and related computer programs: Pictures are captured, and thereby moving-picture data is generated which represents a sequence of moving-picture fields. At least one picture is captured, and thereby still-picture data is generated which represents at least one still-picture frame corresponding in picture capture timing to one of the moving-picture fields represented by the moving-picture...

20060159427 - Information recording medium, information recording device and method, information reproduction device and method, information recording/reproduction device and method, recording or reproduction control computer program, and data structure containing cont: An information record medium comprises video information for indicating a main-video, sub-video information for indicating a sub-video which can be displayed at least partially over the main-video, and sub-video control information including (i) a plurality of types of control information elements for display control of the sub-video information in various...

20060159428 - Method and apparatus for managing time information for recorded programs: A method and apparatus can manage time information for programs recorded on a recording medium such as by a DVD player or recorder. When an input content is recorded on the recording medium, the time at which the content was captured as well as the recording time can be recorded...

20060159431 - Optical disc for storing moving pictures with text information and apparatus using the disc: When moving pictures are recorded onto an optical disc, not only is text data recorded, but also video-recording start date and time, video-recording end date and time, and source name or channel number serving as primary text data are recorded in alphanumeric characters program by program or cell by cell,...

20060159432 - System and methods for automatic time-warped playback in rendering a recorded computer session: A background protocol engine receives a recorded session, said recorded session comprising a plurality of packets and representing display data. The background protocol engine determines a measure of complexity represented by at least some of the plurality of packets in the recorded session. The background protocol engine identifies an interval...

20060159433 - Composite video apparatus for storing system program in hard disc drive (hdd): A composite video apparatus that is configured to store a system program in a Hard Disc Drive (HDD) instead of a ROM. The composite video apparatus includes a Digital Video Disc (DVD) drive for recording audio and video (AV) data to a DVD or reading the AV data recorded in...

20060159434 - Optical disc reproduction apparatus: An optical disc reproduction apparatus starts reproduction of audio other than DTS audio when the audio number of the DTS audio on an optical disc is found to be greater than the audio number of other audio, starts reproduction of DTS audio assigned an audio number “1” when the audio...

20060153528 - Broadcast program recording apparatus using electronic program guide: A broadcast program recording apparatus is provided in which ease of operation is improved for selecting a broadcast program to be entered by making it possible to enter a broadcast program to be recorded, by using EPG data, even when a broadcast program which is being currently broadcast is being...

20060153529 - Broadcast receiver and system for performing copy prohibition and timed recording: A receiving system and a receiving device are provided for receiving and processing broadcast digital and analog signals such as video and audio programs. The system and device are capable of determining whether a received program is subject to copy prohibition. If the program is subject to copy prohibition, the...

20060153522 - Method and apparatus for insuring complete recording of a television program: The duration of a recording is automatically extended in the event that a televised program extends beyond the scheduled end of the television broadcast. Groups or “clusters” of commercial messages are detected. If no such group is found at the end of a scheduled broadcast, it is presumed that the...

20060153527 - Method for pre-programmed recording: The present invention relates to method for performing pre-programmed recording in an apparatus for reading from and writing to recording media, each recording requiring the generation of recording specific data at the end of the recording session. According to the invention, in case of successive pre-programmed recordings separated by a...

20060153524 - Method for recording data, method for retrieving sets of data, data file, data structure and medium carrying such data: After recording a data container, a back-pointer item is recorded, comprising a specific key and an indicator of the length of the data container. This back-pointer item can be used to jump to the beginning of the data container when reading the file backwards. Other types of coding than KLV...

20060153526 - Portable electronic apparatus and recording control method therefor: In a portable electronic apparatus of the present invention, when a timer unit measures a video recording permission/inhibition determination time, in order to determine the reception condition of the reservation program stored in a memory unit, a CPU/control unit obtains the determination signal from a tuner unit and a demodulation...

20060153523 - Recording apparatus and recording reservation processing method: A recording apparatus is disclosed which includes first through n-th recording means for recording input broadcast contents to a recording medium. When a user designates a reservation of a broadcast content recording, the apparatus automatically selects one of the recording means so as to make the recording reservation to the...

20060153525 - Robotic system for optically inspecting workpieces: A manufacturing cell for inspecting workpieces such as magnetic disk substrates comprises an input conveyor for providing workpieces to be tested, one or more testers for inspecting the workpieces, and three or more output receptacles for receiving tested workpieces. One or more robotic arms move the workpieces from the input...

20060153530 - Time base correction for digitized video signal: The present invention relates to a method for time base correction during generation of a digital video signal from an analog input video signal, and to an apparatus having means for digitizing an analog input video signal using such method. According to the invention, the method includes the steps of:...

20060153535 - Apparatus and method for reproducing storage medium that stores metadata for providing enhanced search function: An apparatus and method for reproducing a storage medium that stores metadata are provided for an enhanced search function using various search keywords of audio-visual (AV) data. The apparatus includes: a search unit for searching for scenes matching a search keyword by conducting an enhanced search function on the AV...

20060153537 - Data structure of meta data stream on object in moving picture, and search method and playback method therefore: When the same object appearing in a moving picture is divided into a plurality of items of data (access units), search results using meta data is easily displayed. A meta data stream includes two or more access units AUs having an object_id for specifying whether or not objects designated by...

20060153533 - Disc content enhancement systems and methods: Various disc enhancement systems and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, methods comprise retrieving information from a master optical disc; retrieving a data structure from a slave optical disc; using the information from the master optical disc to modify the data structure; and playing content from the slave optical disc...

20060153531 - Information recording medium, information recording device and method, information reproduction device and method, information recording/reproduction device and method, information recording program, and information reproduction program: On an information record medium, there are recorded a plurality of still picture information and information on a transition effect during successive reproduction of the plurality of still picture information. As the transition between still pictures reproduced successively, it is possible not only to perform a normal transition in which...

20060153534 - Magnetic tape recording apparatus and method, magnetic tape format, and recording medium therefor: 139 sync blocks, each having 111 bytes, are disposed on each track of a magnetic tape. Among the 139 sync blocks, 121 sync blocks each consist of a two-byte detection pattern for detecting the sync block, three-byte identification information for identifying the sync block, 96-byte main data, and 10-byte inner...

20060153536 - Optical disc apparatus capable of time search function and time search playback method thereof: An optical disc apparatus capable of time search function and a time search playback method thereof are disclosed, wherein the method comprises: searching for a playback area corresponding to a particular time using C_PBIT (Cell Playback Information Table) and VTS_VOBU_ADMAP (Video Title Set Video Object Unit Address Map) included in...

20060153532 - Recording medium, reporduction apparatus, recording method, integrated circuit, program and reporduction method: AVClip recorded in BD-ROM is obtained by multiplexing a graphics stream and a video stream. The graphics stream is a PES packet sequence that includes 1) PES packets storing graphics data (ODS) and 2) PES packets storing control information (PCS). In each ODS, values of DTS and PTS indicate a...

20060153538 - Image data processing device and method: In an image data processing method of recording auxiliary data intended for splicing with the MPEG-2 technique to a recording medium, a VBV delay of an I or P picture is acquired from an data group led by the I or P picture and including a B picture, a VBV...

20060153540 - Data stream reocrding method and device: Each of a first data stream in a first format and a second data stream in a second format is an arrangement of a plurality of data units, each including compressed and encoded video data. In the first and second formats, first and second time ranges are respectively set to...

20060153541 - Method for recording an a/v signal: The present invention relates to a method for recording an a/v signal on a recording medium, and to an apparatus for reading from and writing to recording media performing such method. It is an object of the invention to propose a method for recording an a/v signal on a recording...

20060153539 - Motion image recording device: A digital video camera (10) includes a CPU (52) mounting a multitasking OS. A plurality of frames of YUV data forming a motion image are recorded in a recording medium (50) in a compressed manner under the control of the CPU 52. Here, a plurality of tasks to be executed...

20060153544 - Information storage medium, information recording method, and information reproducing method: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information storage medium in which an error checking and correction block is formed of recording frames including data identifier information, the error checking and correction block is divided into sub-blocks, the same recording frame is distributed over sub-blocks, and each of data...

20060153543 - Method for recording two concurrent a/v input signals: The present invention relates to a method for simultaneously recording two a/v input signals using only a single digital a/v compressor, and an apparatus for reading from and writing to recording media capable of performing such method. This object is achieved by a method for recording a first a/v input...

20060153542 - Storage medium storing metadata for providing enhanced search function: A storage medium is provided for storing metadata for providing an enhanced search function using various search keywords of audio-visual (AV) data. The storage medium stores: AV data; and metadata for conducting an enhanced search of the AV data by scene using information regarding at least one search keyword. The...

20060153545 - Information processing device and program: An information processing apparatus and a program are provided to execute a sequence of processing operations including the recording of video data recorded to a first recording medium in a first format to a second recording medium in a second format without user's manual intervention. When a startup block 101...

20060147179 - System and method for obtaining image-based products from a digital motion picture source: Image-based products are obtained from a digital motion picture source by utilizing a content playing and display system for (a) displaying a sequence of motion picture image frames from a digital motion picture image source containing motion picture contents, and (b) selecting one or more of the image frames for...

20060147180 - Data processor apparatus: A data processor that can record a program on a storage medium is connected to a network, to which a database and at least one server are also connected. The database collects program specific information, which is made up of a number of parameters to designate a particular program. The...

20060147182 - Digital video recording apparatus and method: A digital video recording apparatus and method is disclosed. Under the condition in which the user sets information of a preferred program in the digital video recording apparatus, a broadcast stream received by the digital video recording apparatus is analyzed. Based on the results of the analysis, the preferred program...

20060147181 - Method of providing rebroadcast information, and method and apparatus for recording broadcast program: A method and apparatus for recording a broadcast program, by which a user can know whether a program the user wants to record will be rebroadcasted using electronic program guide (EPG) information, thereby allowing the user to choose whether to continue or cancel recording of the broadcast program. The method...

20060147184 - Motion picture recording/reproducing apparatus: A motion picture recording/reproducing apparatus for embodying the technique includes, at least, a motion picture data input unit which inputs the motion picture data, a storage unit which stores the motion picture data, a recording unit which stores the motion picture data in the storage unit, a feature generating unit...

20060147183 - Recording apparatus and method, program, and recording medium: A recording apparatus includes the following elements. A reader reads out, to a memory, image data of each representative image of a single or a plurality of playback units recorded on the disc and encoded by a predetermined encoding method. A generator decodes the image data read by the reader...

20060147185 - Combined audio/video/usb device: A combined audio video device includes inputs for receiving an audio video signal from a source. The device includes in one enclosure audio and video processor portions configured such that the audio and video processors use a common communications line for coupling electrical signals form the device to a host...

20060147186 - Image searching device: The picture retrieving apparatus includes: an orthogonal conversion coefficient memory 13 of a retrieval target picture storing an orthogonal conversion coefficient of a picture targeted for a retrieval; a picture feature amount converter 2 converting an orthogonal conversion coefficient 21 read from the orthogonal conversion coefficient memory 13 of the...

20060147187 - Television camera: A first video signal having a first frame rate optionally settable is generated by an image pickup device, and the first video signal is memorized in a memory and outputted from the memory. A write control device controls the write of the first video signal with respect to the memory,...