Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions 02/08

20080050090 - Disk reproducing apparatus: Disclosed a disk reproducing apparatus including: a reproduction control unit; a repeat section setting unit; a repeat reproduction control unit; a special reproduction control unit; and an on-screen display unit, wherein the repeat section setting unit sets time information at the repeat starting point and the repeat ending point, and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080050092 - Video overlay text/ graphic inserter for exception video trigger: A device for overlay of text or graphics onto video to trigger video recording on a motion sensitive video recorder for non-motion events.... Agent: Forrest Lee Erickson

20080050096 - Method, av cp device and home network system for executing av content with segment unit: Provided are a method, an audio/video (AV) control point (CP) device, and a home network system for executing AV content in segment units defined using a protocol enabling interoperability between various devices existing in a home network. The method includes a control point extracting segment-related information about audio/video (AV) content... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080050089 - Recording system, recording method, information processing apparatus, information processing control method, recording control device, and recording control method: A recording system includes a recording device, an information processing apparatus, a recording control unit, and an information processing control unit. The recording control unit manages data files recoded on first recording media and a second recording medium using a directory structure having directories of first recording media and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080050093 - Broadcast signal receiving apparatus: When a video signal and an audio signal obtained through decoding by a decoder 14 are outputted for the playback of a broadcast program, a scene identification code generator 20 generates and outputs a scene identification code by which to identify the scene currently being played back.... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080050094 - Method for ensuring synchronous presentation of additional data with audio data: A recording medium, method and apparatus for managing data are discussed. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reproducing main data and additional data. The method includes receiving the additional data associated with the main data, the additional data being divided into a plurality of segment... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080050091 - Recording medium, recording method, reproduction apparatus and method, and computer-readable program: An AV Clip generated by multiplexing video and graphics streams is recorded on a BD-ROM. The graphics stream includes a plurality of DSs (Display Sets) which are each a group of segments used for graphics display. ODSs (Object Definition segments) belonging to a DS include a referenced ODS and a... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20080050095 - Information recording medium, apparatus and method for recording or reproducing data thereof: An information recording medium stores information transmitted as a transport stream as objects. The management information written to the information recording medium includes object information for managing the recorded objects. The object information includes an access map. The access map manages the MPEG transport stream in block units, each block... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080050097 - Moving image reproducing apparatus: A moving image reproducing apparatus that can produce appropriate information concerning the occurrence of a communication error in the DDC includes an error detecting unit that detects a communication error in a display data channel (DDC); an error information generating unit that generates error information if a communication error in... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080050098 - Recording apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit having a first mode for generating a first video signal according to a first video signal format, and a second mode for generating a second video signal according to a second video signal format. The image apparatus includes a selection unit to select... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080044155 - Techniques for positioning audio and video clips: Techniques and systems for positioning video and audio clips in timeline sequences. In some embodiments, a computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, is operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations that include, in response to selection of a first clip in a first track, moving the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080044159 - Dvd enhanced with audio cd content: A DVD contains a first digital work comprising a DVD-video, a second digital work comprising one or more audio CD tracks and one or more software programs that enable access of the DVD-video and the second digital work to a personal computer. The CD tracks can be downloaded to a... Agent: Michal Avniel

20080044154 - Method and apparatus for reducing and restoring the effectiveness of a commercial skip system: A method and apparatus is disclosed which reduces or removes the effectiveness of commercial skip systems such as presently found in VCRs, PVRs, etc. which are designed to delete commercials from signal material upon playback of a previously recorded version of the signal material. In an embodiment, the effectiveness of... Agent: Patent Department Macrovision Corporation

20080044156 - Mpeg picture data recording apparatus, mpeg picture data recording method, mpeg picture data recording medium, mpeg picture data generating apparatus, mpeg picture data reproducing apparatus, and mpeg picture data reproducing method: Executes a re-encoding after decoding data of a connection section A of a first MPEG picture data. This re-encoding is executed based on a control such that a transition of a VBV buffer occupation value starts from a VBV buffer occupation value at a position a and ends with a... Agent: Gary M. Nath The Nath Law Group

20080044157 - Mpeg picture data recording apparatus, mpeg picture data recording method, mpeg picture data recording medium, mpeg picture data generating apparatus, mpeg picture data reproducing apparatus, and mpeg picture data reproducing method: Executes a re-encoding after decoding data of a connection section A of a first MPEG picture data. This re-encoding is executed based on a control such that a transition of a VBV buffer occupation value starts from a VBV buffer occupation value at a position a and ends with a... Agent: Gary M. Nath The Nath Law Group

20080044158 - Program recording device and program recording method: To record the beginning and end of each of multiple programs for scheduled recording without missing any part of them and without increasing the size of a processor. A program recorder includes a control section for outputting an instruction to start or finish recording based on scheduling information and a... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080044160 - Amplifier, correcting method of correcting difference in processing time between video signal and audio signal, and correcting system: There is provided an amplifier that measures a display delay time caused until a video is displayed actually after a video signal is generated, and sets automatically a delay time of an audio signal such that an audio synchronizes with this display. Test video data is stored in a memory... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080044161 - Splicing system: A method for switching from playing a first compressed data segment to playing a second compressed recorded data segment, the method including playing an uncompressed copy of a start of the second compressed recorded data segment upon switching from playing the first compressed data segment, decoding the second compressed recorded... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080044162 - Information recording medium, apparatus and method for recording or reproducing data thereof: An information recording medium stores information transmitted as a transport stream as objects. The management information written to the information recording medium includes object information for managing the recorded objects. The object information includes an access map. The access map manages the MPEG transport stream in block units, each block... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080044163 - Display apparatus: A medium reproduction/display apparatus enables stable insertion of a medium to be reproduced in a medium insertion/removal manipulation and whose thickness dimension can be reduced while its depth and width dimensions are kept small. In a medium reproduction unit, a control board is disposed on the ceiling side and has... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080044164 - Data processing device, data processing method, program, program recording medium, data recording medium, and data structure: A display mode for subtitle data is controlled and changed. At step S347, it is determined whether a display mode for subtitle data that are being reproduced has been permitted to be changed from a default display mode corresponding to configurable_flag representing whether the display mode for the subtitle data... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080037949 - Cut point detection system and short recognition system using the same, cut point detection method and cut point detection program: The MBT information for each frame is extracted from the moving picture compressed data containing the MBT information, an MBT symbol string is created by obtaining the frequency at which a specific MBT is contained from the extracted MET information for each frame, appending a predetermined MET symbol to each... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080037951 - Multimedia playback control apparatus and method: A multimedia playback control apparatus and method for a mobile terminal are provided and include an apparatus and method for determining whether a fast forward (FF) command or a rewind (REW) command is input while replaying multimedia content, displaying, if a fast forward command or a rewind command is input,... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080037950 - Video recording/reproducing apparatus: When a fast forward button is depressed in a highlight reproduction mode, the highlight reproduction mode is released in a conventional way. Therefore, if the next key (highlight) scene is desired to be reproduced and viewed, it has been necessary to set again the highlight reproduction mode by operating buttons... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080037954 - Automatic video glitch detection and audio-video synchronization assessment: A process to detect video glitches and audio-video synchronization errors arising during playback or capture. The process encodes an external time stamp into video and audio streams directly at the output of a digital media playback device. The process captures the stamped video and audio streams and analyzes the external... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080037955 - Recording apparatus, recording method, and recording program: A recording apparatus capable of multiplexing video data and audio data and recording the video data and audio data in multiple record units as one file on a recording medium includes a data receiving unit, a recording instruction receiving unit, a packet generating unit, a recording unit, and a control... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080037948 - Recording medium, reproduction device, program, and reproduction method: A BD-ROM stores a video stream and a plurality of pieces of Copy Control Information (CCIforSD and CCIforHD). The video stream carries video composed of a plurality of frame images. Each piece of Copy Control Information indicates, for one of a plurality of quality levels, restrictions imposed on recording of... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20080037952 - Annotations for trick modes of video streams with simultaneous processing and display: A method for implementing trick mode functionality includes storing a video stream and information related to the video stream in memory, receiving a request for a trick mode operation, decoding a plurality of undecoded dependent frames to create a decoded frame, and outputting the decoded frame.... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080037953 - Recording/reproduction apparatus and recording/reproduction method, and recording medium storing recording/reproduction program, and integrated circuit for use in recording/reproduction apparatus: A broadcast program is recorded into an accumulation unit 11 in accordance with a timer recording set by a user. Next, the user provides an instruction to perform fast playback of the program. An AV analyzing unit 12 analyzes video and audio signals of the recorded program. Next, a speed... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080037956 - Systems and methods of generating encapsulated mpeg program streams: Systems and method for encapsulating an MPEG program stream in an MPEG transport stream are disclosed. In one embodimen comprises the steps of: receiving a plurality of elementary streams, each of the elementary streams divided into access units; and generating an MPEG transport stream which encapsulates an MPEG program stream... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley

20080037957 - Decoding and output of frames for video trick modes: A method for implementing trick mode functionality includes storing a video stream and information related to the video stream in memory, receiving a request for a trick mode operation, decoding a plurality of undecoded dependent frames to create a decoded frame, and outputting the decoded frame.... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080037958 - Realtime recording of audio video interleaved streams: A method of recording Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI) files on a disc, comprising the steps of (a) allocating a predetermined amount of space on the disc as a reserved track, (b) encapsulating audio data and video data into corresponding audio chunks and video chunks to be recorded on the disc, (c)... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080037959 - Information processing apparatus and playing method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an optical disc apparatus which reproduces data from an optical disc with one of first type content and second type content recorded thereon, a first content playback unit which plays the first type content, a second content playback unit which reads... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080031587 - Methods for searching data recorded in a storage and recording systems that allow playback utilizing trick-mode operations: Methods and systems for recording and searching data in a storage are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a digital data stream comprising a plurality of frames; encoding the frames of the digital data stream; grouping the encoded frames into a plurality of video frame units (VFUs), wherein each VFU has... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080031588 - Dvd recorder and pvr instant on architecture: A method for transitioning a video system is disclosed. The method generally includes a first step for (A) executing in a processing circuit a standby code stored in a nonvolatile memory while the video system is in an off state, the off state defining a low power configuration for the... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080031590 - Digital video recording of multiple associated channels: Multiple associated video channels are recorded by a digital video recorder so that during playback a user can select among the channels while channel playback synchronization is maintained. A cable television set-top box application allows a primary channel to have secondary channels associated with the primary channel. The secondary channels... Agent: Charles J. Kulas

20080031592 - Computer program, system, and media for enhancing video content: The present invention provides methods, computer programs, devices, systems, and storage media for providing new content to existing entertainment media, such as DVDs. The invention supplements or replaces content provided on original entertainment media with new content that is not simply an update of information on the original media, but... Agent: Latimer, Mayberry & MatthewsIPLaw, LLP

20080031593 - Multi-layer structure unit for recording audio/video frame data and its operation method: A multi-layer structure unit of recording AV frame data includes a general control layer, a task control layer and a movie-format control layer. The general control layer is used to control a compression process of AV frame data, and manage a circular queue. The task control layer includes a plurality... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080031586 - Video apparatus and method: A video apparatus includes a memory in which image information denoting a moving image is recorded and a thumbnail creator that creates thumbnail information denoting thumbnails upon completion of recording of the image information in the memory. The apparatus also includes various types of user interfaces by which a user... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080031589 - Digital recording/reproducing device, computer program, and server: The invention provides a digital recording/reproducing device wherein a reservation recording itself is not required and a viewer can search a desired target program quickly. The digital recording/reproducing device 10 comprises a plurality of tuners 12 which can receive a plurality of television signals at the same time, convert a... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080031591 - Digital information recording apparatus, reproducing apparatus and transmitting apparatus: A digital information recording apparatus includes a recording circuit for recording information of a retention period included in the digital information and indicating a period for permitting the digital information to be held in the recording medium, starting with a time at which the digital information is recorded on the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080031594 - Content storage system, storage apparatus for use in the system, and method of controlling storage of conetents: The first video server encodes the content played back from a VTR/DVD, thus generating encoded data. The encoded data is read from the first video server and copied in the second video server. The data thus copied is further copied in the third video server. Then, the encoded data is... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080031595 - Method of controlling receiver and receiver using the same: A receiver and receiver control method facilitate user access to recorded content, including access for viewing, editing, and deletion, by providing means for improved file recognition so that recording items can be accurately and efficiently confirmed via a main screen without playing back any of the recording items in full.... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080031596 - Interfering with illicit recording activity: Often, during an event, such as a movie, play, concert, opera, etc., viewers of the event attempt to illicitly record the event. Such illicit recording attempts may be interfered with by using emitters that emit radiation that interferes with recording and/or operation of the recording devices. For example, infrared emitters... Agent: Steven D. Yates Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman, LLP

20080031598 - Graphic recording apparatus: A graphic recording apparatus would become a costly device if requirement needs to be satisfied in both the points of high image quality and long-hour recording. A solution proposed here is to perform a simple data conversion to suppress high-frequency component by masking lower bits of every pixel in the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080031597 - Stream recording/reproducing apparatus: The present invention provides a stream recording/reproducing apparatus that records a stream onto a first recording medium without using extra recording capacity of such first recording medium, and then dubs such stream onto a second recording medium at high speed while minimizing the degradation in image quality and sound quality.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080031599 - Apparatus, program, and method for playback: A playback apparatus performs multiangle playback by selectively playing back a plurality of video streams stored on a BD-ROM and a hard disk. In response to a user operation requesting an angle change, the playback apparatus reads a video stream corresponding to the requested angle either from the BD-ROM or... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20080031600 - Method and system for implementing a virtual billboard when playing video from optical media: Herein described is a method and system of providing advertising content from a third party provider while playing a movie stored in an optical media. The movie is played back as a primary video stream while the advertising content is incorporated as a secondary video stream. One or more visual... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080031601 - Reproduction device, reproduction method, program, and computer-readable recording medium: The present invention is the playback apparatus 400 for (i) mounting thereon the BD-ROM 200 in which a plurality of data groups and an application program that refers to each of the data groups are stored and (ii) playing back each of the data groups by executing the application program.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C