Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions 12/07

20070297752 - Cctv pipeline inspection system data management system and computer-based monitoring/action application: The Invention provides specific and proprietary means to digitally record CCTV inspection Header Information, Defect Observation Data, GPS information, and Distance Information; combine this data into a single digital file; and store it within single video files preferable over digital video format like MPEG, DiviX, Microsoft Windows Media, DVD, or... Agent: Eric Hanscom

20070297753 - Image correcting apparatus: An image correcting apparatus of the present invention comprises: image input/output interfaces; zoom processing means for zooming an area of an input image; luminance histogram processing means for creating a luminance histogram of the zoomed area or an unmasked area of the image; and exposure correction processing means for adjusting... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070297754 - Receiving apparatus and method of controlling a receiving apparatus: According to one embodiment, a receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive digital television broadcast data, a first reproducing unit configured to select data for first content from the digital television broadcast data received by the receiving unit and to reproduce the selected data, a second reproducing unit... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070297756 - Content representing method and system: A content representing method and system allow a quick reference to contents recorded in a recording medium without loading it in a reproducing apparatus for playback. The contents are recorded on a first recording surface of a double-sided recording medium whereas identification information for identifying the recording medium is recorded... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070297758 - Method of controlling a television receiver and television receiver using the same: A method of controlling a television receiver for receiving at least one broadcast signal or moving picture displays a recording list according to content of the recorded matter, thereby enabling a user to block selectively files of a recording list based on a comparison of a display rating and attribute... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070297759 - Copy protection for audio, video, and/or a/v navigation data: A method for protecting against copying of audio, video, and/or A/V navigation data that can be captured by means of a data carrier of a predetermined specification that can be used by a device for reproducing audio and/or video data, such that audio, video, and/or A/V navigation data are arranged... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070297761 - Information recording apparatus and information playback apparatus: According to one embodiment, an information recording apparatus which converts an HD DVD Video Recording (HD DVD-VR) content recorded based on the HD DVD-VR format into an interoperable content compatible with the HD DVD-Video format, and records the interoperable content, includes an analysis unit configured to analyze navigation data included... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070297762 - Information recording apparatus and information playback apparatus: According to one embodiment, an information recording apparatus which converts an HD DVD-VR content recorded based on the HD DVD-VR format into an interoperable content compatible with the HD DVD-Video format, and records the interoperable content, switches the generation processing of a title for the interoperable content in accordance with... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070297764 - Information recording apparatus and information playback apparatus: According to one embodiment, an information recording apparatus which converts an HD DVD Video Recording (HD DVD-VR) content recorded based on the HD DVD-VR format into an interoperable content compatible with the HD DVD-Video format, and records the interoperable content, generates a playlist file and video title set information file... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070297765 - Reproducing apparatus for multiple av streams and reproducing method for the same: According to one embodiment, a reproducing apparatus includes: a data acquisition device acquiring a plurality of object data constituted with a group of data units having reproduce time instant information, the reproduce time instant information of each of the object data being independent of each other; a rewriting device calculating... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070297767 - Image reproducing apparatus and reproducing program creation apparatus: An image reproducing apparatus includes a selection unit configured to select one of a plurality of pieces of image data recorded on a recording medium, a recording unit configured to perform post-recording of audio data upon the piece of image data selected by the selection unit, a measurement unit configured... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070297751 - Assistant editing display method for media clips: A clip editing method using double time axis and an assistant display mode includes: generating a first trim-bar interface with a first time axis, specifying a first media clip through the first trim-bar interface by using a three-point control method, generating a second trim-bar interface with a second time axis... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070297755 - Personalized cutlist creation and sharing system: Plays videos in conjunction with a “cutlist” utilized to modify the video. Videos include any visual media such as online or streaming video, broadcast television or movies, digital media files having a video component or DVDs. The videos may originate from any location such as online, on YOUTUBE.COM®, cable television,... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20070297757 - Method and system for specifying a selection of content segments stored in different formats: A method, system and program product are described for specifying a selection of content segments stored in different formats. The invention involves receiving specification of a plurality of portions of first content stored in a first format, the specification identifying beginning and ending frames for each portion, and building a... Agent: Sughrue Mion PLLC Uspto Customer No With Ibm/svl

20070297760 - Apparatus for adding subtitles to a movie: An apparatus for adding subtitles to a movie projected on a movie screen includes an image generator for generating subtitle images, a projector receiving the generated subtitle images and projecting a light beam containing the generated subtitle images, and one or more reflectors positioned relative to the light beam so... Agent: Enrique G. Estevez

20070297766 - Information playback system using storage information medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information playback method, comprising reading out management information used to manage one or more video titles from an information storage medium, the medium storing an advanced content including the management information in which a title timeline indicating playback timings of objects of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070297763 - Preview method: A preview method is discussed. According to an embodiment, the preview method includes calculating preview reproduction periods for respective chapters that are selected for reproduction, based on a set preview period; and reproducing each chapter for the preview reproduction period calculated for the corresponding chapter.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070297768 - Interface for recording and editing high definition audio/visual material: The invention relates to a compact and mobile recording and editing interface for image and sound material in preferably uncompressed form with a suitable camera with a resolution standard 3K/800 Mb/s; 50 p/fps or 4:4:4, in which the necessary components of the interface are accommodated in a suitable box with... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20070297769 - Apparatus, method, and computer program for processing information: An information processing apparatus includes an encoding and decoding unit for performing a data conversion process by decoding encoded still image data acquired from an information recording medium and generating moving image encoded data based on the decoded still image data, a medium control unit for performing a data re-recording... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070297770 - Method for managing animation chunk data and its attribute information for use in an interactive disc: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method of managing animation data and related control data for recording on an enhanced navigation medium is provided. The method comprises constructing animation data comprising first image data into a first graphic MNG file in chunk data format, wherein the first graphic... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070297771 - Method for managing animation chunk data and its attribute information for use in an interactive disc: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method and system of managing animation data and related control data for recording on an enhanced navigation medium is provided. The method comprises constructing animation data comprising first image data into a first graphic MNG file in chunk data format, wherein the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070292102 - Image processing method, image processing device, image processing program and image browsing system: A demultiplexing processing section demultiplexes image data from an input movie file. A trimming section trims a predetermined number of forefront frames on the movie file, as a head area, and creates head area image data. A decoding section decodes the head area image data into still image frames arranged... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070292105 - Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing audio signals and video signals: According to one embodiment of a recording apparatus of the invention includes a detection unit which detects that video and audio signals recorded to be capable of being transferred or moved to a first recording medium configured to record a first standard exist on a second recording medium configured to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070292103 - Method and system for altering the presentation of recorded content: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for altering a presentation of recorded content. More specifically, embodiments provide an accurate and efficient mechanism for suppressing advertisements by using downloaded templates to identify advertisements before suppression for a duration indicated by information downloaded about the advertisement,... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070292106 - Audio/visual editing tool: A method for analyzing data sequences, such as video and audio segments, and extracting metadata from the data sequences for providing information related to events of the data sequences. The metadata extracted is used for making editing decisions, such as for an audio-visual production comprised of a collection of video... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070292108 - Method and system for processing digital video: A method and system for processing digital video is described. The invention permits fast forwarding, rewinding, pausing and resuming a digital video that is delivered over a computer network. In various embodiments of the invention, reduced-information frames (e.g., P-frames and B-frames) are skipped, samplings of complete frames (e.g., I-frames) are... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070292109 - Method of and apparatus for reproducing compression encoded video data stream: A method of reproducing a compression-encoded video data stream includes receiving an input point of time at which a user desires a reproduction operation, determining the type of a picture frame corresponding to the input point of time, extracting a reference frame required for decoding the picture frame corresponding to... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070292112 - Searching method of searching highlight in film of tennis game: A searching method of searching a highlight in a film of a tennis game is disclosed. The searching method includes: detecting a plurality of long-field-view shots in the film; and utilizing audio energy of the long-field-view shots to determine the highlight.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070292113 - Video decoding apparatus, video decoding method, and digital audio/video playback system capable of controlling presentation of sub-pictures: A video decoding apparatus capable of controlling presentation of sub-pictures includes a first decoder, a second decoder, a first scaler, a second scaler and a combiner. The first decoder and the second decoder respectively decode a digital audio/video signal to generate a decoded video and a decoded sub-picture. In accordance... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070292104 - Video recording and reproducing apparatus: A user can easily confirm how many scenes are to be recorded on a single DVD before dubbing starts when data of all scenes in a hard disk device is dubbed onto a DVD. A recording and reproducing apparatus including: a reproducing module which reproduces information from a first recording... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070292107 - Recording medium, reproduction device, program: A BD-ROM has a video stream, playlist information, and an entry map recorded thereon. The playlist information defines a playback path by indicating a sequence of one or more pairs of a playback start time (In_time) and a playback end time (Out_time) within the video stream. The entry map (EP_map)... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20070292110 - Image reproduction method and image reproduction apparatus: There is provided an image reproduction apparatus for seamlessly reproducing a connected stream which is obtained by connecting plural streams that are respectively coded by different codec methods. An image reproduction apparatus (100) for reproducing a connected stream which is obtained by connecting plural streams of different codec methods such... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070292111 - Motor vehicle camera display apparatus and method: Arrangement for a motor vehicle with a camera and a display device for capturing and displaying an image of the surroundings of the motor vehicle and for displaying graphically representable information, such as for example guide lines, reference texts or the like, with a means for superimposing the image with... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070292114 - Disc drive circuitry swap: A method comprises creating calibration data using a first control circuitry of an apparatus, replacing the first control circuitry with a second control circuitry in the apparatus, and operating the apparatus with the second control circuitry using the calibration data. As an example, the apparatus may be a disc drive.... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20070292115 - Dvd palyer with function of displaying multinationaltext type of subtitles simultaneously: The present invention is to provide a DVD player with function of displaying multinational text type of subtitle simultaneously. In the DVD player, the hidden DVD multi-national subtitle is transformed into the text type of subtitle essentially by a text type of subtitle generation module. The video and the multi-national... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070286565 - Data indicating method, reproducing device, recording device: A BD media with different formats such as BDMV and BDAV having been recorded. In a data indicating method of list-indicating data recorded on a recording medium, the data includes a first data group and a second data group, the first data group is recorded onto the recording medium according... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070286568 - Scene selection screen generation device, scene selection screen adding system, method for generating scene selection screen, method for adding a scene selection screen, imaging device, and computer readable storage medium having recorded thereon a progra: On adding a newly selectable scene selection screen to an imaging device having a shooting condition setting section which sets the imaging device for a shooting condition, upon receiving a selection of any one of scene selection screens corresponding individually to shooting scenes, by reading out the selected shooting condition... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070286569 - Apparatus and method for controlling dispersion record and play of moving picture: An apparatus and method for controlling a dispersion recording and playback of a moving picture are provided. The apparatus which controls a dispersion record of a moving picture includes, a recording unit that generates a record schedule when a predetermined moving picture is reserved-recorded, generates a reserved-recording-object when it is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070286570 - Playback apparatus and playback method: A playback apparatus includes a VOBU number retriever for obtaining the number of VOBU included in a title, a playback time retriever for obtaining playback time for the title and a playback controller for carrying out a special playback according to the number of VOBU and the playback time. The... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070286574 - Video recording/reproducing apparatus and video recording/reproducing method: A video recording/reproducing apparatus includes a first recording unit that records video information on a first recording medium, a second recording unit that records video information on a second recording medium, a remaining capacity detecting unit that detects a remaining capacity of the first recording medium, a recording controlling unit... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070286578 - Recording/reproducing apparatus and content moving method: A recording/reproducing apparatus according to the invention includes a first recording unit which records video content data in a recording medium, a second recording unit which records accompanying information, including information on reproduction of the video content data, in the recording medium in the form of a file different from... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070286580 - Method of and apparatus for recording mpeg program streams, apparatus for reproducing mpeg program streams, and information storage medium: Of the content recorded in the HD DVD-VR standard, when program_mux_rate indicates that there is MPEG2-PS whose transfer rate used in the encoding in the content recorded in the HD DVD-VR standard is 10.08 Mbps or less, the MPEG2-PS is copied at high speed to an optical disk complying with... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070286566 - Personal video recording with messaging: Personal video recording including identifying a message point in operation of a PVR and transmitting a message. Embodiments include associating a message type with the message point and selecting, in dependence upon the message type, a message to be transmitted. Embodiments include receiving a response to the message; selecting, in... Agent: Biggers & Ohanian, LLP

20070286567 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium: The present invention comprises an input part for inputting image data, a receiving part for receiving production information relating to production transmitted from another apparatus, a recording part for recording the production information received by the receiving part and image data input by the input part, a detection part for... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070286571 - Information recorder and information recording program: The recorder or the like includes a broadcast receiver 6 to receive information on the broadcast program, a program managing unit 8 to determine a user's preference degree for the broadcast program, a reencoding unit 9 to reencode the information on the broadcast program according to the user's preference degree,... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070286572 - Information processing apparatus: Audio data is prevented from not synchronizing with video data when splicing. A first GOP of a video stream of a second program is spliced to a last GOP of a video stream of a first program. A first GOP of an audio stream of the second program is spliced... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070286573 - Audio and video transcription system for manipulating real-time testimony: A transcription network having linked computer terminals for a court reporter and for examining, defending, and associate attorneys is disclosed. Based on the hardware present, the court reporter terminal automatically selects the most appropriate synchronization and audio and video transcript delivery schemes for the other terminals. A multi-mode synchronization scheme... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070286577 - Information processing method, apparatus, program recording and medium specifying particular picture characteristics: An information processing apparatus includes a generating unit for generating ClipMark formed by a mark specifying a characteristic picture extracted from an input AV stream, as management information for supervising the AV stream, and for generating PlayListMark, formed by marks pointing to a picture optionally specified by a user, from... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070286575 - Playback apparatus and playback method: In the Local Storage (18), a plurality of files, merge management information which specifies a file out of the plurality of files to be used in combination with what is recorded on a Read-Only recording medium, and signature information used for judging the authenticity of the merge management information. The... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070286576 - Reproduction device, program, and reproduction method: A BD-ROM playback apparatus for selecting and playing back one among text subtitle streams together with a moving picture. PSR 48-61 store Decode Capability flags whose set values indicate, for each language, whether or not a decode capability is present. Procedure executing unit 20 judges whether each text subtitle stream... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20070286579 - Information signal processing method and apparatus, and computer program product: An information signal processing method is provided which is to be used for special playback operations to make summary (digest) playback of image/voice data signals of a broadcast program. The method includes the steps of detecting a voice level or predetermined voice characteristic of each predetermined section from a predetermined... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070286581 - Personal video recording with further compression of recorded shows: Automated personal video recording on a personal video recorder, including recording shows, each show having an original compression level; further compressing a recorded show to a new compression level, the new compression level being higher than the recorded show's original compression level, thereby making available free space; and recording at... Agent: The Biggest Law Firm

20070286582 - Digital video recording system with extended program content recording: Systems, methods and media for managing extended program content for a digital video recorder (DVR) are disclosed. Embodiments of a method may include determining an amount of extended program content to record in addition to the program to be recorded, where the extended program content is associated with the program... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070286583 - Method and system for altering the presentation of broadcast content: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for altering a presentation of broadcast content. More specifically, embodiments provide an accurate and efficient mechanism for suppressing advertisements by using downloaded templates to identify advertisements before suppression for a duration indicated by information downloaded about the advertisement,... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070286584 - Information processing system, recording/playback apparatus, playback terminal, information processing method, and program: An information processing system is disclosed. The information processing system includes: a recording/playback apparatus; and a playback terminal. The recording/playback apparatus includes an output unit, a management unit, and a playback unit. The playback terminal includes a playback unit, a generating unit, and an output unit.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070286585 - Apparatus for recording or reproducing multimedia data using hierarchical information structure and information storage medium thereof: A multimedia data recording apparatus, a multimedia data reproducing apparatus, and multimedia data storage include a first layer storing multimedia data; and a second layer in which, when the multimedia data is divided into a record unit and a reproduction unit, information of attributes of the record unit and a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070280628 - Device and method for generating feedback signal: A method for generating feedback signal in a device includes steps of receiving user input; tuning a channel according to the user input; decoding channel signals; counting a period; detecting whether the device receives television signals; detecting whether an interrupt instruction is received if the device does not receive the... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070280630 - Information recording apparatus and information processing apparatus: There is provided an information recording apparatus that can record information, such as video or the like, without interruption even while replacing an exchangeable power supply. A power supply in addition to the exchangeable power supply is provided in this information recording apparatus, and thereby the information recording apparatus provided... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070280627 - Recording and playback of voice messages associated with note paper: A method for recording and playback of voice messages associated with a surface. The method includes recognizing an actuation of a pen device on a detachable surface. The detachable surface is configured for removable attachment to a plurality of different surfaces, and comprises encoded information readable by the pen device.... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070280635 - Method and apparatus capable of adjusting recording time dynamically: A method dynamically adjusts recording time based on the difference of the video/audio characteristics between two consecutive image clips in a designated program. First, the method receives data signals corresponding to a designated program including a plurality of consecutive image clips and commercial clips, each of which is broadcast between... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070280636 - Record/replay apparatus, record/replay method, and program: The record/replay apparatus includes a broadcast program receiver which receives a broadcast program, a broadcast program storage unit adapted to store the broadcast program received by the broadcast program receiver, an evaluation value transceiver adapted to obtain the evaluation values of broadcast programs via a network from an evaluation value... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070280637 - Phase detection apparatus and related phase detecting method: A phase detection apparatus includes: a motion detector, for determining whether an image data corresponds to a still image data; an image characteristic detector, coupled to the motion detector, for detecting a characteristic image data having cross color phenomenon when the image data corresponds to a still image data; a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070280642 - Content reception apparatus and content reception method: There is provided a content reception apparatus that, when receiving content and recording the content onto a write-once medium, is capable of preventing the single piece of content from being divided into two parts, each recorded in a separate apparatus, and also preventing any part of the content from being... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070280638 - Methods, apparatus, and program products to close interaction loops for social tv: One aspect of the disclosed technology determines at least one content extent within an experiential data stream respective to at least one commentary clip, extracts at least one portion of said experiential data stream responsive to the at least one content extent, and stores the at least one portion of... Agent: Pvf -- Parc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070280640 - Video reproducing apparatus, method, and computer readable medium: There is provided with a video reproducing apparatus, including: an access unit configured to access a storage medium holding a plurality of video scenes; an external device search unit configured to search for an external device which can communicate; a scene selecting unit configured to select a video scene from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070280646 - Method and apparatus transmitting audio signals and video signals: According to one embodiment, an audio/video signal transmitting device includes a hot plug detection unit that acquires from a first audio and video reproduction device and a second audio and video reproduction device, formats of audio/video data that can be reproduced by each of the reproduction devices, a setting processing... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070280629 - Electronic apparatus, content reproducing system, content reproducing method, and program: An electronic apparatus may include means for storing priority information on priorities of contents, means for receiving a list of the contents stored in another electronic apparatus with attribute information on contents in the list from anther electronic apparatus, means for determining whether a content in the list is a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070280631 - Personal video recording with storage space requirement checking: Administration of storage space requirements on personal video recorders (“PVRs”), including recording a show having a storage space requirement, and incrementing the show's storage space requirement. Embodiments include tracking a recording period for the show and actual storage space used during the recording period; comparing the storage space used with... Agent: The Biggers Law Firm

20070280632 - Edit decision recording device in a multi-camera video recording system and integrated video recording and editing system containing the same: The invention relates to an integrated multi-camera recording and editing system for a TV production. The system records on magnetic storage media the takes from all cameras, as well as the master tape created after selection of the takes by the director. In addition, using the camera selection signals (“camera... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20070280634 - Recording/reproduction apparatus and method: According to one embodiment, an IFO generator records a storage position of I and P pictures recorded on a recording medium as an IFO file. An IFO analyzer selects a picture to be displayed corresponding to a reproduction speed in fast-forward reproduction from I, P and B pictures. The IFO... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070280633 - Video display apparatus, video display method, and video display program: An image display apparatus includes a reproduction unit, a display screen, and a display control unit. The reproduction unit reproduces at least a part of image data of an image content in a shorter time than a playback time of the image content. The display control unit controls the display... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070280641 - Data structure, recording medium, authoring apparatus, method, and program, recording apparatus, method, and program, verification apparatus, method, and program, and manufacturing apparatus and method for recording medium: A data structure includes content data and accompanying data which is formed on the basis of a plurality of first units, the accompanying data being used for displaying information accompanying the content data. Among the first units in which time information is defined, the time of a target first unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070280639 - Information recording medium wherein stream convertible at high-speed is recorded, and recording apparatus and recording method therefor: An information recording medium wherein a stream which is recorded in a constrained format allowing format conversion from a first format (MPEG-TS) to a second format (MPEG-PS) and is seamlessly connected, can be converted into a second stream, and an apparatus and method for recording information in the information recording... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070280643 - Recording medium, method, and apparatus for reproducing text subtitle streams: A recording medium includes a data area storing at least one text subtitle stream, each text subtitle stream including a style segment defining a group of region styles and a plurality of presentation segments, at least one of the plurality of presentation segments containing first and second regions of text... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070280644 - Recording medium, method, and apparatus for reproducing text subtitle streams: A method of reproducing text subtitle streams, the method includes receiving at least one text subtitle stream from an external source, each text subtitle stream including a style segment defining a group of region styles and presentation segment, each presentation segment containing at least one region of text linked to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070280645 - Operation mode control method: A method is for controlling operation mode. The method includes: activating an application for controlling a media reproduction system that reproduces at least one of audio and video files; disabling an operation mode switching function for switching a processing speed of a processor in accordance with a load of the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070280647 - Moving image processing device, moving image processing method and program: A moving image processing apparatus for generating a representative static image from movie data recorded on a recording medium is provided: in which image acquisition position information that identifies an image acquisition position in the movie data is acquired; a reproduction image at an image acquisition position identified by the... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070280648 - Information recording apparatus and information converting method: An information recording medium capable of converting a stream including seamless connection, which is recorded in a constrained format allowing format conversion from a first format (MPEG-TS) to a second format (MPEG-PS), into a second stream, and an apparatus and method for recording information in the information recording medium. When... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.