Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions 03/07

20070071395 - Digital camcorder design and method for capturing historical scene data: A method for video recording includes producing a first video data by an image sensor in a video recording device, storing the first video data in a temporary memory buffer in the video recording device, selecting at least a portion of the first video data in a semi-permanent data storage,... Agent: Xin Wen

20070071396 - Content reproduction device: The content reproduction device (100) includes: a multimedia browser (102) which displays a multimedia content; a stream media reproducing unit (103) which reproduces a stream media content; a reproduction state change instructing unit (104) which receives a user's instruction such as “fast-forward” during the reproduction of the stream media content,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070071398 - Method and apparatus for progressive channel switching: A method of processing a sequence of frames of multimedia data is presented. The method provides for progressively refreshing the image data. The method includes dynamically selecting portions of frames of the sequence with progressively increasing area to refresh, and excluding non-refreshed areas as potential reference data for other frames.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070071397 - Playback apparatus: An area not displayed by a first stream recorded in a disk is complemented by a second stream which is transmitted from a server through a network to a playback apparatus. A picture represented by the second stream is superimposed on a picture represented by the first stream to display... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070071402 - Mobile telecommunication terminal for receiving broadcast program: The present invention relates to a method for receiving a broadcase program in a mobile communication terminal. The present invention includes receiving a broadcast program in the mobile communication terminal, recording the broadcast program when a first event occurs, playing back the recorded broadcast program when a second event occurs,... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070071401 - Recording apparatus: With the present invention, based on prescribed characteristic information of an event scheduled to be recorded being entered and set via a key entry unit 2 before receiving an electronic program guide listing program information of a program of the event scheduled to be recorded, an event determining unit 9... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070071399 - Systems and methods for recording programs of lesser interest when convenient: Systems and methods for recording a program are provided. Alternate transmissions of a program with a “when convenient” recording priority may be recorded in whole or in portions whenever recording does not interfere with other uses of the user's equipment. When the recording device is out of space to record... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070071400 - Video display device and video reproduction method: A video display device including a receiving unit which receives a video signal, a signal processing unit which subjects the video signal received by the receiving unit to predetermined signal processing, a display unit which displays the video signal output from the signal processing unit, a recording and reproducing unit... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070071403 - Recording and reproducing apparatus: To provide a recording and reproducing apparatus capable of recording data infallibly without being dependent on the copyright protection information. A recording format selected during timer recording operation of a broadcast program by the DVD recording/reproducing unit 5 is compared with a copyright protection information detected by a copyright protection... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070071404 - Controlled video event presentation: The present invention pertains to video playback systems, devices and methods for searching events contained within a video image sequence. A video playback system in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention includes a video playback device adapted to run a sequential searching algorithm for sequentially presenting video... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070071407 - Information playback system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070071408 - Information playback system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070071410 - Information recording medium, and apparatus and method for recording information to information recording medium: Provided is an information recording medium which achieves high speed conversion of a signal input from external from MPEG-TS to MPEG-PS complying with DVD standard. An apparatus and a method for recording information to the information recording medium are also provided. A constrained format which enables conversion from a first... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070071409 - Method of presenting auxiliary data for an interactive recording medium: A method of presenting auxiliary data for an interactive recording medium is disclosed. In an interactive recording medium reproducing apparatus that reproduces A/V data and contents data recorded on an interactive recording medium and contents data provided by a contents providing server, the contents data provided by the contents providing... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070071411 - Recording medium and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses: In one embodiment, the data structure includes at least one text subtitle stream including text data for a text subtitle and style information containing user selectable style information. The style information includes at least one set of display properties of the text subtitle and the user selectable style information specifies... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070071412 - Recording medium having a data structure for managing graphic information and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses: In one embodiment the data structure includes at least one stream file for the graphic information, and at least one playlist file including at least one subplayitem. The subplayitem includes navigation information for reproducing the stream file.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070071405 - System for playing digest of moving image and mobile communication terminal having the same: A system for playing a digest of a moving image file is provided, including: a header parsing part that parses a header of the moving image file and acquires information concerning the playback length M and random access point of the moving image file; a section dividing part that divides... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070071406 - Video recording and reproducing apparatus and video reproducing apparatus: A video recording and reproducing apparatus includes: an audio signal decoder configured to acquire an audio signal from an inputted audio-video signal; a recording section configured to record the inputted audio-video signal; a peak time point detecting section configured to detect, as a peak time point, a time point having... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070071413 - Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, and storage medium: Disclosed is a reproducing apparatus which reproduces a sound based on audio data, including: an audio data storage unit; an analyzing unit to analyze the audio data; an imaging unit to convert the analysis result into corresponding image data; a generating unit to generate an audio image arrangement diagram in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070071415 - Information recording medium, and apparatus and method for recording information to information recording medium: Provided is an information recording medium which achieves high speed conversion of a signal input from external from MPEG-TS to MPEG-PS complying with DVD standard. An apparatus and a method for recording information to the information recording medium are also provided. A constrained format which enables conversion from a first... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070071414 - Merchandising method and display for hair coloring kits: A method for merchandising hair color, highlight, or lowlight kits based upon the consumer's self-classification of hair color, hair tone, skin tone, and/or eye color into a pre-determined category.... Agent: Julie Blackburn Revlon Consumer Products Corporation

20070071416 - Image management apparatus and method: An image management apparatus, comprising: an image capture device which captures images; an image saving device which saves the images; a user identification information reading device which contactlessly reads user identification information from a contactless IC card containing the user identification information unique to a given user; a folder creating... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070071417 - Method for the transfer of data flow of digital images and digital detection unit: A data stream of full digital images having a first predetermined number of picture elements is transferred via an interface to an image recording unit. The image recording unit stores digital images with a second number of picture elements, which is lower than a first. The full digital images generated... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070071418 - Recording device, recording method, and program: A large number of pieces of recorded information are made to be discriminated and identified easily any time after they are recorded. When broadcast information is received from a broadcasting station 32a, contents-related information relating and corresponding to the contents of the broadcast information is received by a reception means... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070071420 - Recording medium and apparatus for protecting copyrighted digital data: Copying, dubbing or reproducing copyrighted digital data can be inhibited or restricted to properly protect a copyright. AV data recorded on a pre-recorded tape is output from a reproducing unit of a first digital VCR with protective information indicating whether the copy of the AV data is inhibited or not.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070071419 - Reproducing device provided with resume function: A reproducing device provided with a resume function capable of storing a plurality of stop positions through a simple operation is provided. In a reproducing device 1 for reproducing a recording medium 2, if an operation of stop position storage means 12c of a microcontroller 12 is instructed by operation... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070065092 - Recordable dvd structure: A structure of a recordable DVD disc is disclosed that permits a second recording event to be recorded and accessed by DVD players that do not recognize multisession media by modifying the value of the Extent Location within the Information Control Block in the VIDEO_TS directory File Identifier Descriptor located... Agent: Patent Legal Staff

20070065096 - Information storage medium, information recording apparatus, and information reproduction apparatus: An information storage medium according to an embodiment of this invention has an area for storing predetermined data modulated according to the (d, k; m, n) modulation rule. The predetermined data includes at least one SYNC code in a predetermined recording unit, and the number of “1”s included in a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070065097 - Information storage medium, information recording apparatus, and information reproduction apparatus: An information storage medium according to an embodiment of this invention has an area for storing predetermined data modulated according to the (d, k; m, n) modulation rule. The predetermined data includes at least one SYNC code in a predetermined recording unit, and the number of “1”s included in a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070065094 - Multimedia projection apparatus and playing method thereof: A multimedia projection apparatus with audio/video playing function includes a host module, a projection system, an audio/video switch and a playing module. The projection system is suitable for outputting a lighting-up signal to the host module, the audio/video switch is suitable for outputting a control signal to the host module... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070065093 - Program data communication system: In a program data communication system, in response to a notification request command signal from a program data receiver apparatus for requesting a notification as to whether or not at least one designated program data among a plurality of pieces of program data can be descrambled, a program data transmitter... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070065095 - Video display device, and method for controlling reproduction of recording on recording medium of the device: A video display device comprises a signal processing unit which outputs a processed signal, a static first recording medium, a dynamic second recording medium which is driven by a drive unit, a first control unit which starts recording the processed signal onto the first recording medium when a prescribed instruction... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070065098 - Capturing apparatus: According to one embodiment, a capturing apparatus includes a capturing unit configured to capture a moving image video, a storage unit configured to store the moving image video captured by the capturing unit, an operation unit configured to include a plurality of keys used to instruct playback of the moving... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070065099 - Information recording and reproducing apparatus performing special reproduction: A control unit determines whether a command for programmed reproduction or random reproduction is selected and indicated. If the command is selected, the control unit references table-of-contents (TOC) information of a lead-in area stored as management information of a CD, which is an optical disk, and stored at a radially... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070065100 - Television receiver: At a reserved recording time, if a television receiver is turned off, then the television receiver is turned on, and a video of a reservation setting target channel is forcibly displayed. A content of a reserved program can be thereby checked. At this time, a mute control signal is output... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070065101 - Information processing device, information recording medium manufacturing device, information recording medium, methods thereof, and computer program: An information processing device for executing reproduction processing of content recorded in an information recording medium, includes: a data processing unit for acquiring content codes including a program or application information to be applied to the recording content of the information recording medium, and executing data processing in accordance with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070065105 - Data recovery method and system for a data recording: Data recovery methods for data recording applied to a storage medium. It is determined whether multimedia data is detected on the storage medium. If the multimedia data is detected, determining whether reconstruction of management information associated with the multimedia data is required for the storage medium according to the checking... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070065110 - Image reproduction apparatus for reproducing multiple image files: An image reproduction device reproduces image files, which may include sound information, for example, from recording media. The image reproduction device can reproduce a group of image files following various types of editing formats within the scope of the recording capacity limited by the recording media. The recording media is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070065109 - Method of reproducing a still picture from a recording medium, method of decoding the still picture and the recording medium: In one embodiment, the method includes writing, in a data area of the recording medium, a stream including at least one still picture and at least one presentation information. The presentation information includes presentation timing information for the still picture. The embodiment further includes writing, in a navigation area of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070065107 - Method of synchronizing broadcast content between broadcast recorder and portable content player and apparatus for the same: A method of synchronizing broadcast contents between a broadcast recorder and a portable content player and an apparatus for the same are disclosed. The broadcast content synchronizing method includes obtaining metadata about broadcast contents stored in a portable content player from the portable content player; confirming a broadcast content that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070065103 - Recordable dvd structure: A structure of a recordable DVD disc is disclosed that permits a second session to be recorded and accessed by DVD players that do not recognize multisession media by modifying the value of the Extent Location within the Information Control Block in the VIDEO_TS directory File Identifier Descriptor located in... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070065104 - Recordable dvd structure: A structure of a recordable DVD disc is disclosed that permits a second recording event to be recorded and accessed by DVD players that do not recognize multisession media and utilize the ISO 9660 file structure by modifying the value of the Location of Extent within the Directory Record of... Agent: Patent Legal Staff

20070065108 - Recording apparatus optical disk and computer-readable recording medium: Data management information includes: recording time zone information (REC_TM_ZONE) at a time of recording data, first data recording time information indicating a recording time of data first recorded on the data group; second data recording time information indicating a recording time of data last recorded on the data group; and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070065106 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070065102 - System and method for detecting real-time change in an image: A video processing and display system and a method of capturing and displaying video. In one embodiment, the video processing and display system comprising a processor configured to: (1) compare a frame of a digital video stream at one point in time with a frame of the digital video stream... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20070065112 - Image and sound output system, image and sound data output device, and recording medium: An image and sound output system includes an image and sound data output device capable of outputting image and sound data, and an image display device that is connected to the image and sound data output device through a transmission path and displays an image on the basis of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070065113 - Method and apparatus for reproducing digital content: A method and apparatus for reproducing digital contents are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes a method of reproducing digital content, including determining whether a sample data is present based on an indication information, the indication information indicating a presence of the sample data; reading a position information... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070065111 - Portable recording medium, video recording/reproducing apparatus, video recording/reproducing method, video reproducing apparatus, video recording apparatus, video reproducing method, and video recording method: A recording medium (100) for a reservation of video recording of a program holds encoded compressed video information (1531) related to the program, a reservation set command (331) for setting a reservation of the program, and program attribute information (323) including at least a video recording reservation start date and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070065114 - Video camera capable of uninterrupted recording: A method for video recording includes converting the first portion of a series of optical signals to a first video data by an image sensor in a video recording device and subsequently converting the second portion of the series of optical signals to a second video data without interruption by... Agent: Wen, Xin

20070065115 - Data recording and recomposing method and data recording and recomposing device: A data recording and recomposing method according to one embodiment of the invention includes the following processes. When desired reception data is extracted from one or a plurality of reception data and the extracted reception data is recorded, additional information which represents the data size of the reception data received... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070065117 - Digital video camera capable of recognizing incorporated recording medium by external unit: An embodiment of the invention is to record a predetermined information on a recording medium by connecting to a predetermined interface, so that an image signal held on a recording medium is readable from an external storage unit provided separately from the recording medium, and the recording medium is recognizable,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070065118 - Data recording methods and systems for rewritable disks: A data recording method for rewritable disks. A title start address of a rewritable disk is determined. The rewritable disk includes a file system area, an management information area, a data recovery area, and VOBs. An indication is written to the data recovery area based on the title start address.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070065119 - Portable selective memory data exchange device: A portable data exchange device including a storage memory for storing data, a USB interface, and a device controller having a file-selection-and-transfer mechanism is disclosed. Upon coupling of the presently disclosed data exchange device with a USB flash drive (UFD), the file-selection-and-transfer mechanism is operative to automatically select for transfer... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070065121 - Optical disk device: When a break in data is detected by a detection unit, an audio output stoppage command unit commands a digital audio processing device connected to an audio output unit to stop output of audio. A sampling frequency checking unit checks whether or not the sampling frequency of the audio data... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070065120 - Recording device: A recording device which includes a recorder for recording image data on a recording medium, and a controller for controlling the recorder to perform finalizing processing for recording predetermined data on the recording medium on which the image data is recorded and also for displaying one or more images corresponding... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070065122 - System and method for digital multimedia stream conversion: A method includes reading selected portions of video content from a digital versatile disk (“DVD”), said selected portions of video content separated by periods of time to provide a fast forward or rewind mode; generating a transport stream of transport stream packets containing said selected portions of video content; and... Agent: Digeo, Inc C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20070058924 - Systems and methods for networking digital video recorders: A digital video recording system is provided that comprises a plurality of digital video recorders in communication with a digital video recorder proxy system. Each of the plurality of digital video recorders is connected to a network and the digital video recorders are configured to send its status to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070058923 - Use of flash based memory to store and play feature length licensed movie or tv productions: The use of static or flash memory to store and play a full-length movie is disclosed. The flash or similar based static or recordable solid state memory is used in place of videotape or DVD disks. The full-length movies include licensed, commercial, copy written or proprietary creative moving pictures with... Agent: Buhler Associates Buhler, Kirk A.

20070058925 - Interactive multimedia production: Interactive multimedia production with polling, quizzing, and chatroom features for an interactively-connected audience. The production allows a producer to select and queue individual feeds from audience members for inclusion in the media output. Live text-based support allows audience members to contact a user support staff member for assistance. The production... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070058927 - Method and apparatus for traversing a multiplexed data packet stream: A method for traversing a multiplexed data packet stream including choosing a starting location in a multiplexed data packet stream; making a bi-directional search from the starting location to locate a nearest system stream object; and traversing the system stream as a doubly-linked list of objects. Traversing the system stream... Agent: Technology & Intellectual Property Strategies Group PC Dba Tips Groups

20070058926 - Optimizing trick modes for streaming media content: While streaming media content, trick mode operation is optimized to a level that can be readily accommodated by available resources of a media delivery system. In one possible strategy, a trick mode optimization module may decrease the bit rate of the media content stream by progressively dropping delta frames and... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070058928 - Playback apparatus, playback method, and playback program: A playback apparatus is capable of playing back video data at a variable speed ranging from a forward normal speed to a reverse normal speed, the video data having been encoded for compression through inter-frame compression based on predictive coding and recorded on a recording medium that allows random access.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070058929 - Motion control timing models: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate utilizing a motion control timing model to coordinate operations associated with controlling motion within an industrial automation environment. For example, a cycle timing component can implement timing set forth by a timing model (e.g., that can be selected, preset, .... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070058930 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus for controlling an operation that is performed to record a broadcast received by a tuner onto a recording medium, the information processing apparatus including: storage means configured to store a list of recording candidate broadcasts, which are to be recorded onto the recording... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058931 - Recording apparatus, recording method, and program: A recording apparatus is disclosed which records at least either a video or an audio signal of a broadcast program in accordance with reservation information. The recording apparatus includes: an acquisition block configured to acquire program information about the broadcast program; a calculation block configured to calculate a degree of... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070058934 - Decoding/reproducing apparatus: A decoding/reproducing apparatus is equipped with: a time period setting apparatus 13 for previously setting a time period related to a synchronous control operation; a reproducing time instant detecting means 6 for detecting synchronous reproduction-purpose reproducing time instant information from stored stream data in the time period; a synchronous control... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070058936 - Information processing apparatus and method: An information processing method and apparatus reproduces predetermined information from a variety of information recorded by, for example, an electronic camera. The information may be reproduced in a predetermined order and with predetermined reproduction time. Reproduction information is generated based on recording information. Reproduction time may be changed by changing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070058937 - Information storage medium, information reproducing apparatus, and information reproducing method: An information storage medium of this invention comprises a first representation object, and a first time map wherein playback management information which controls simultaneous reproduction of the first representation object and a second representation object in at least a specific period includes first reference information to refer to the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058932 - Method for selection and display of images: A method for efficiently allowing users to select or view images from a large quantity of images that are stored on various medias. The method groups images according to specific parameters and displays a sub set of these parameters allowing users to quickly select or determine if the image that... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20070058935 - Optical disc apparatus: To improve operability of figure key input in a title search, a chapter search, a track search, and a time search mode in an optical disc apparatus, for example, the quantity number of titles and the quantity number of digits thereof are detected from an optical disc. When a figure... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070058938 - Recording apparatus optical disk and computer-readable recording medium: Data management information includes: recording time zone information (REC_TM_ZONE) at a time of recording data, indicating a time difference between the world standard time (Greenwich Mean Time) and a standard time in a location where the data of the group data for managing the data management information; first data recording... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070058939 - Recording apparatus optical disk and computer-readable recording medium: A reproduction apparatus includes a specifying unit for specifying a local recording time in a location where the data first or last recorded on the data group has been recorded while the data is reproduced, and wherein the specifying means calculates, by (REC_TM)−(TM_ZONE)+(REC_TM_ZONE), a recording time at the local time... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070058940 - Recording apparatus optical disk and computer-readable recording medium: Arrangements including a specifying unit for specifying a local recording time in a location where the data has been recorded, in accordance with in accordance with the data recording time information (REC_TM), the time zone information (TM_ZONE), and the recording time zone information (REC_TM_ZONE) at the data recording time, and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070058941 - Recording apparatus optical disk and computer-readable recording medium: Data management information includes recording time zone information (REC_TM_ZONE) at a time of recoding the data, indicating a time difference between the world standard time (Greenwich Mean Time) and a standard time in a location where the data has been recorded; and data recording time information (REC_TM) indicating a recording... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070058942 - Recording apparatus optical disk and computer-readable recording medium: Total management information includes time zone information (TM_ZONE) indicating a time difference between a world standard time (Greenwich Mean Time) and a standard time in a predetermined location, wherein the data management information includes recording time zone information (REC_TM_ZONE) at a time of recoding the data, indicating a time difference... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070058933 - Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, program, and program storage medium: A reproducing apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring playback management information containing first information containing a main playback path indicating a location of a main stream, a read out unit for reading the main stream to be reproduced and video data that is to be reproduced in synchronization with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058944 - Bookmark audiovisual: A bookmark 1 includes a light sensor 2 that is positioned on the bookmark 1 to be out of the light when placed inside of a book. Allowing light onto the light sensor 2 through the opening of the book activates a computer graphical display screen 3 on the bookmark... Agent: Mr Laurence Millar

20070058945 - Method for archiving information: A method for archiving information is provided. The method includes the steps of performing an evaluation. The evaluation can comprise any medical, physical, psychological or similar test. The evaluation is recorded by a suitable recording device. The recorded information is then fixed on a suitable storage media for later use.... Agent: Richard E. Hoffmann

20070058943 - System, method and apparatus for rapid mass production of content-inclusive physical media: A method for recording audio and/or video of an event on a plurality of recordable media comprises the steps of capturing audio and/or video at the event from at least one pickup to a recording station, transferring the captured audio and/or video from the recording station to a file server... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20070058946 - Recording medium, recording apparatus and recording method for recording data into recording medium, and reproducing apparatus and reproducing method for reproducing data from recording medium: Data is recorded in a data area of a disk in a hierarchical structure of program chains, programs, cells and packs, each pack is constructed by a pack header for identifying the pack and a packet having a data stream recorded therein, the packet has a packet header having a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070058947 - Recording apparatus and recording medium managing method: This invention relates illustratively to a digital still camera. The inventive device is arranged to accept a first managing criterion regarding the number of pictures to be taken or the recording time for recording them on a piece of media, and a second managing criterion corresponding to an integral multiple... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070058948 - Recording apparatus and method, and program: A recording apparatus for recording, when an encoded stream is provided, the encoded stream on a predetermined recording medium, the encoding stream including a plurality of groups each including a plurality of encoded unit data obtained by an encoding process performed for a plurality of unit data which form a... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070058949 - Synching a recording time of a program to the actual program broadcast time for the program: A recording system receives a broadcast signal from at least one service provider. An offset controller of the recording system samples a portion of the current broadcast signal on a particular channel over a particular interval of time. The offset controller then compares the sampled portion with a selection of... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20070058950 - Information processing apparatus and method, transmission apparatus and method, recording apparatus and method and program: An information processing apparatus includes a conversion section configured to convert one of an SD signal according to a predetermined standard of Standard Definition Television and an HD signal according to a predetermined standard of High-Definition Television into the other one of the signals and output the resulting signal in... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070058951 - Recording apparatus, recording method, program of recording method, and recording medium having program of recording method recorded thereon: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus, a recording method, a program of the recording method, and a recording medium having the program of the recording method recorded thereon. The invention can be applied to a portable record/playback apparatus for recording video and audio data on a random access... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070058952 - Method of automatic chapter insertion and digital versatile disc recorder thereof: A digital versatile/video (DVD) recorder includes a packet extractor being coupled to an incoming video signal for detecting control packets in the incoming video signal, a record start monitor being coupled to the packet extractor for monitoring a field of the control packets detected by the packet extractor, and outputting... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070058953 - Optical disk replay device: When a break in data is detected by a detection unit, an audio output stoppage command unit commands a digital audio processing device connected to an audio output unit to stop output of audio. A sampling frequency checking unit checks whether or not the sampling frequency of the audio data... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070058954 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes: an input unit for inputting moving image data; a generating unit for encoding moving image data of 24 fps by selectively using intra-frame coding, forward predictive coding, and bidirectional predictive coding to generate a moving image stream which can be displayed as 2-3 pulldown processed moving... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070053654 - Information storage medium, information recording method, information playback method, information recording apparatus, and information playback apparatus: An embodiment may allow not only information management of contents which are to be recorded and played back by the user but also information management which has affinity for contents distributed by contents providers. An information storage medium may have a file structure that manages first high-definition video information which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070053653 - Method and system to control operation of a media playback device: A method and system is described to control operation of a playback device. The method may include receiving a trigger signal generated automatically without human intervention by an external device, and performing a selected operation on digital content being played back when the trigger signal is received. The playback device... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth/open Tv

20070053655 - System, method, computer program for data reproduction: Disclosed are a system, a method, and a computer program for reproducing high-quality image free from jerkiness even when the content reproducing speed is varied. The clock frequency set at a high level according as the content reproducing speed ascends is outputted from the system clock, and such variable clock... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070053656 - Method of setting recording end reservation time for instant recording in digital video recorder: Disclosed is a method of setting a recording end reservation time for instant recording in a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) of a received digital broadcast. The method includes steps of selecting an instant recording function, creating an OSD window for displaying at least one preset invariable recording end reservation time... Agent: Cha & Reiter, Llc

20070053658 - File reproduction apparatus, file reproduction method, file reproduction method program and recording medium for recording file reproduction method program: The present invention is applied to reproduction of typically a fragment movie file having a QT format. In accordance with the present invention, management information associated with each block following a first block of the fragment movie file is modified to information compatible with management information associated with the first... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20070053663 - Information recording medium, and apparatus and method for recording information to information recording medium: Provided is an information recording medium which achieves high speed conversion of a signal input externally from MPEG-TS to MPEG-PS complying with DVD standard. An apparatus and a method for recording information to the information recording medium are also provided. A constrained format which enables conversion from a first stream... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20070053662 - Playback apparatus and playback method: According to one embodiment, a playback apparatus includes a unit which determines whether a value of a pointer included in each of video object units read out of a storage media is larger than the total number of hash values in a content hash table stored in the storage media,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070053659 - Reproducing apparatus, method for controlling reproducing apparatus, content recording medium, data structure, control program, computer-readable recording medium storing control program: A video disk player includes (i) a disk reading section for reading out video data, a program, synchronization timing information from an optical disk; (ii) a clock for generating a clock signal; (iii) a decoder for converting, in accordance with the clock signal, the video data into decompressed video data... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070053657 - Video playback device, playback method and video playback program: When an album mode is selected by a predetermined operation, thumbnail image data is acquired corresponding to saved video files which are retrieved from a thumbnail image data storage area (1495) and a list display of the thumbnail images is shown in the main display section (102) based on the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20070053660 - Video processing apparatus: A video processing apparatus includes: face-area detection means for detecting a face area included in a frame forming video data; trace-generation means for generating a frame identification corresponding to a start and an end of a trace including, as a unit, a set of frames from an appearance of the... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070053661 - Video signal recording apparatus: To perform a seamless recording on a tape recording medium, additional information included in a predetermined unit of data in recording data is detected. An editing point for the seamless recording is determined based on information indicating at least presence of an editing point where the seamless recording can be... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070053664 - Video signal capturing apparatus, signal processing and control apparatus, and video signal capturing, video signal processing, and transferring system and method: A video signal transfer system including an imaging apparatus for capturing an object to be imaged and generating a consecutive plurality of picture data forming a moving image, selecting from the plurality of picture data picture data positioned in advance at predetermined intervals to generate a plurality of lines (series)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070053665 - Apparatus and method for image coding and decoding: An image coding apparatus is provided. A selector receives a multiplexed transport stream that includes multimedia coding data. A demultiplexer separates a video stream from the multiplexed transport stream. A decoder reproduces the video stream as decoded video data. A coding generator receives multimedia information associated with the multimedia coding... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070053666 - Information recording medium, and apparatus and method for recording information to information recording medium: Provided is an information recording medium which achieves high speed conversion of a signal input externally from MPEG-TS to MPEG-PS complying with DVD standard. An apparatus and a method for recording information to the information recording medium are also provided. A constrained format which enables conversion from a first stream... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20070053667 - Remote display system and method: A remote display system having a server to transmit moving image content data to a network, and a display terminal to receive and reproduce/display the image data, transmits the image data to which an error resilience code is attached, displays the image content together with other display elements on the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070053668 - Image reproducing apparatus and digital camera: An image reproducing device that displays frames or index images of still images and moving images so that a user can distinguish the still images from the moving images when looking at them in one-frame reproducing or index reproducing. The display style of the still images is different from that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070053669 - Optical recording apparatus and information recording method using the same: A recording apparatus for and a method of handling an error occurring when recording information on an optical disc. An existing ECC block on the optical disc is read in response to a first record command provided by a superior apparatus. If an error occurs in the reading of the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070047901 - Information playback system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070047902 - Content playback method and apparatus: A first playback apparatus instructs a server apparatus to suspend playback of content, and the first playback apparatus stores identification information of the content for which suspension of playback was instructed and suspension information indicating the location at which playback of content was suspended. In response to a request from... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070047903 - Method for controlling personal video recorder and personal video recorder using the same: A method of controlling a personal video recorder and a personal video recorder using the same enable simultaneous operations of recording and time-shifting. The personal video recorder has a storage medium for storing a video stream received in real time and includes a key input unit for inputting at least... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070047907 - Broadcast receiver and method for managing reserved recording information: A broadcast receiver and a method for managing reserved recording information are disclosed. If a cell for a reserved recording list is added to an EPG (Electronic Program Guide), a user can easily check, modify, or delete all information associated with the reserved recording on the EPG, such that the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070047904 - Information processing apparatus and control method therefor: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus, comprising: a video recording unit for video recording a received broadcast program; a video recording indicator light for indicating visually whether the video recording is in progress or not; and a video recording indicator light control unit, being furnished as a part... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070047905 - Method of performing time-shift function and television receiver using the same: A method of performing time-shift function and television receiver having a tuner and a personal video recorder for storing broadcast programs of at least one channel enables a broadcast program of a currently tuned channel to be continuously and efficiently stored to enable time-shifting, regardless of an interruption by switching... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070047906 - Recording apparatus, mobile receiver apparatus and data management method: A recording apparatus receives, with respect to an identical program, high image quality digital broadcasting data and low image quality digital broadcasting data, records the high image quality program data and the low image quality program data in a recording medium. When a cellular phone device is connected to the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070047914 - Apparatus and method of managing data: An apparatus and method of managing data stored in a data storage unit is provided. Data stored in the storage unit is classified into data to be preserved and deletable data. The data is preserved or deleted on the basis of preservation setting and a preservation period of the data... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070047910 - Image replay apparatus and method for moving-picture streams: According to one embodiment, a moving-picture-stream replay apparatus includes a first-replay-start time acquisition section which acquires, in accordance with a replay speed N, a replay start time that indicates a time elapsing from a leading portion of the moving-picture stream data, a transmission section which transmits, to a server, a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070047911 - Information editing apparatus, information editing method, and information editing program: An information editing apparatus comprises a reproducing unit configured to reproduce audio-video information, a boundary detecting unit configured to analyze the audio-video information reproduced by the reproducing unit and detect a boundary point in the audio-video information, a chapter division specifying unit configured to specify chapter division according to the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070047909 - Information processing apparatus and method of reproducing content provided by said apparatus: Content managed as a content directory is allowed to be selected from a playback apparatus on a network and the playback apparatus is allowed to play back the content. If playback of the content is suspended, the position at which playback was suspended is stored. This content is set in... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070047912 - Playback apparatus and method, program, recording medium, data structure, and manufacturing method for recording medium: A playback apparatus includes an obtaining unit obtaining playback management information including a main playback path of a main stream set, a first sub playback path of a first sub-stream set, and a second sub playback path of a second sub-stream set. The first and second sub playback paths are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070047913 - Playback system, apparatus, and method, information processing apparatus and method, and program therefor: A playback instruction data generator determines, for each type of exceptional and special playback, a portion of target content with specific details to be played back in exceptional and special playback of the target content, on the basis of a playback rule for the category of the target content, among... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070047908 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit which records image data to a recording medium or reproduces image data from the recording medium, and a control unit which enables a first control mode for controlling the recording unit in response to a request from an external device if the apparatus... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070047917 - Apparatus and method for playing summarized video: An apparatus is provided that easily realizes a video recording and playback according to a taste of the user based on summary information prepared from voice/video information of TV broadcast programs. For this purpose, a seek bar is provided which, based on the summary playback information generated by the summary... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070047915 - Image reproduction system and device, image capture device, and information processing device: An image reproduction system configured by an image reproduction device that can accumulate a still image or a moving image for reproduction, and an information processing device that makes a setting to the image reproduction device. The image reproduction device includes: image data recording means recorded with image data; audio... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070047916 - Portable audio/video player having separated video unit and reproduction method thereof: A portable AV player having a video unit detachably connected to a main body and has a display screen to display video, and a reproduction method thereof. The portable AV player includes a main body to reproduce audio data generated by decoding a stored compressed file, and a video unit... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070047918 - Apparatus and method for recording moving picture: An apparatus and method for recording a moving picture is disclosed, whereby the moving picture captured by the apparatus is converted into a file and stored in a memory. The method for recording a moving picture includes capturing moving pictures to generate at least one moving-picture file, selecting the moving-picture... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070047920 - Multimedia player with plurality of operation panels: A digital content reproducing apparatus is provided with a plurality of user operation interfaces, e.g., a linear content operation panel and an interactive content operation panel, a data monitor unit monitors information on digital contents, and upon occurrence of a change, the plurality of user operation panels are automatically and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070047919 - Video encoding device: A video encoding device capable of recording a plurality of videos at the same time is provided. It is a device capable of performing simultaneous compression encoding and recording of programs of at least one or more channels selected by using, for example, a video encoding method such as an... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070047922 - Discontinuous timeline in disc authoring: Synchronizing media data used in authoring a Blu-ray disc (BD) comprising: receiving a discontinuous input timecode associated with at least one stream of the media data, said discontinuous input timecode having at least one discontinuity, said at least one discontinuity having a start point and an end point; generating an... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070047921 - Optical disc player and its playing method: A playing of method an optical disc player (10) comprises the steps of: detecting the playing status (s210) searching URLs corresponding to information which is not downloaded yet if the detected playing status is abnormal, yet (s230); downloading the information required in the normal status according to the searched-out URLs... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070047923 - Playable content: Authoring a Blu-ray disc (BD), the method comprising: creating playable content structures; linking elementary stream data to the playable content structures; merging the elementary stream data into packetized elementary streams; and generating BD-ROM structures representing playable entities, wherein the playable entities provide information describing the packetized elementary streams and navigation... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070047925 - Playback apparatus and playback method: According to one embodiment, there is provided a playback apparatus capable of playing back moving picture data from a recording disc of a two-layer structure including a first recording layer storing a moving picture data item having a first resolution and a second recording layer storing a moving picture data... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070047924 - Templatized commands in disc authoring: Authoring a Blu-ray disc (BD), comprising: generating a template code representing templatized navigation commands, the template code specifying a first object to be processed, wherein the templatized navigation commands are used to provide navigational control of the BD using playable content; converting the template code to generate multiple lines of... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070047926 - Signal processing device for optical discs: A short recording mark detecting unit 115 detects short recording marks in an RF signal read from an optical disc 101, the short recording mark counting unit 116 counts a first short recording mark number as the number of the detected short recording marks, an error number counting unit 110... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP