Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions

20090263100 - Dynamic variation of output media signal in response to input media signal: A first input signal, which has a first playback sequence, is resequenced based upon a characteristic of a second input signal. The resequencing occurs analyzing the characteristic in the second input signal, and modifying the first playback sequence of the first input signal based upon the analysis of the characteristic... Agent: Apple Inc. C/o Novak Druce + Quigg LLP

20090263099 - Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: An image processing apparatus includes an input unit which receives, from an image capturing apparatus, moving image data in which the shadow of a foreign substance adhered to the surface of an optical member is captured, an obtaining unit which obtains, from the moving image data, foreign substance information including... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090263098 - Method and apparatus for segmenting recorded news program according to topics: Provided are a method and apparatus for segmenting a recorded news program according to topics. The method and apparatus compare web bulletins, segmented according to topics and posted, with moving pictures and/or captions of the recorded news program, and correct or generate captions of the recorded news program by referring... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090263101 - Apparatus for resolving recording timer conflicts: Described herein are techniques for displaying conflicts between two or more recording timers. Recording conflicts are displayed graphically for the user to resolve.... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.L.C. Legal Department

20090263102 - Video content reproducing apparatus and video content reproducing method: An apparatus that, when reproducing video content that cannot be displayed normally, executes downconverted reproduction or notifies the user to avoid displeasing or upsetting the user, having a decoder block (13) that outputs a video signal reproduced from an optical disc to a video display apparatus (4), a display device... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090263103 - Recording apparatus, recording method, and recording program, and image capturing apparatus, image capturing method and image capturing program: To improve user-friendliness in recording AV data created after recording is started until it is stopped as a file. AV data that are created after recording is started until it is stopped are recorded as a file. Information that represents a reproduction region and mark information that represents a jump... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090263104 - Stream playback control device: Time information for restoring the playback rate is affixed to a plurality of packets included in a stream. A predetermined number of such packets are stored in advance in a buffer memory 9. A packet arrival time detection section 5 detects the input time of a reference-time packet (packet having... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090263106 - Text subtitle decoder and method for decoding text subtitle streams: A method and a text subtitle decoder for decoding a text subtitle stream recorded on a recording medium are disclosed. A subtitle loading buffer initially loads a text subtitle stream including a dialog style segment defining a group of region styles and a dialog presentation segment having dialog presentation information... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090263105 - Transport stream generating apparatus, recording apparatus having the same, and transport stream generating method: m

20090263107 - Image reproduction system and image reproduction processing program: An image reproduction system comprising: an image data storage unit that stores a plurality of image data, an image display unit that successively displays a plurality of images based on the plurality of image data, an audio input unit that receives as input sound of a surrounding environment, an audio... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090263108 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: In an information processing apparatus, an encoded data joiner joins divided and encoded data generated as a result of division-encoding target data that has been divided into a plurality of intervals at a predetermined number of division points. A decoder then decompresses the data generated by the encoded data joiner,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090263109 - Recording apparatus, method for controlling recording apparatus, control program of recording apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium: A recording/reproducing apparatus (115) includes a storage section (117) having a content attribute database (DB1) and a point database (DB2). Further, a point calculating section (120) of the recording/reproducing apparatus (115) extracts attribute information sets for each content item from the content attribute database (DB1). Further, deletion factor points associated... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090257729 - Device for recording and playing contents, server for managing content location information, information recording medium, method for managing content information: A device for recording and playing contents, a sever for managing content location information, an information recording medium, a method for managing content information, and a recording medium for the method are disclosed. The recording/playing device includes a communication interface unit configured to interface data transmission and reception with at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090257730 - Video server, video client device and video processing method thereof: A video server includes a communication unit for receiving a first video signal from a first video client device and a second video signal from a second video client device, an image combination unit for combining the first video signal and the second video signal to generate a combined video... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090257731 - Inter-gop management apparatus: A video record/reproduction device provided with an inter-GOP management apparatus includes GOP detection means (15) for monitoring a multiplexed packet output by encoding and multiplexing to detect a packet including a GOP, count means (16) for counting the number of the multiplexed packets, and ATS addition means (17) for adding... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090257732 - Method and system of extending recording time for a run-over program: A system and method of extending a recording time of a recording event within a receiving device is set forth. The receiving device includes a memory and a controller. The controller generates a recording event request for content having a start time and a first end time and begins to... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090257733 - 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: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090257735 - Coded signal reproduction apparatus: A formatter 2s13 is provided and, when a code sequence which matches a part (‘00’) of the head of a predetermined code sequence detected by a start code prefix detection unit 2s3, is detected, the start code prefix detection unit 2s3 detects the residual part (‘00’, ‘00’, ‘01’, ‘E0’) of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090257734 - On-vehicle video playback apparatus: In a case where a vehicle is traveling in an area where the connection between on-vehicle DVD player and a WAN via a wireless base station can be established, each network file which involves possibility to be used for playback of a DVD is precedently and sequentially downloaded from a... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090257736 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: An information processing apparatus includes: a data capturing unit controlling a recording medium containing video data and capturing encoding target data; a characteristic extraction unit receiving the encoding target data and extracting a characteristic point, at least including a dividable point, of the encoding target data as a preprocess for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090257737 - 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.

20090257739 - Information processing apparatus and method, program, and information processing system and method: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a setting section configured to set as a first parameter at least a tolerable maximum latency time representative of a network profile for use within an end point in a network environment; a control section configured to control the transmission of target... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090257738 - Method and a digital broadcast receiver for providing a list of records: A method for providing a list of records in a digital broadcast receiver and a digital broadcast receiver for providing a list of records are disclosed. A reception unit receives a broadcast signal including a data broadcast-associated application. A storage medium store records. And A controller manages the application, receives... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090252473 - Reproducing apparatus and reproducing method: A reproducing apparatus to reproduce a captured moving image includes a filter circuit that obtains a capturing condition (shutter speed information “s”) of frames constituting the moving image. The filter circuit smoothes pixel information of the frames by using a parameter (directional smoothing filter kernel) according to the obtained shutter... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090252474 - Content editing apparatus, content editing method and program: The content editing apparatus includes an operation input processing unit 104 into which a reproduction operating command of content data is input by a user and a record controlling unit 108 for recording operation data corresponding to the reproduction operating command input into the operation input processing unit along with... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090252475 - Electronic apparatus, image processing method, program, and content recording medium: An electronic apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read, from a removable content recording medium on which at least one content item among a plurality of content items purchased by a user is recorded, playback rights information indicating that the plurality of content items can be played back, and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090252476 - Television recorder, television receiver, and medium of storing control program: There are provided a TV recorder, a TV receiver, and a medium of storing a control program, which enable reliable recording of a TV program being broadcast in a channel used before switching while avoiding cumbersome operations. If information detected by an infrared camera indicates fluctuations in the number of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090252477 - Reproducing apparatus and reproducing method: A reproducing apparatus has three reproducing modes that are a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode. In the first mode, when a program that has been reproduction restricted is tried to be reproduced, the reproducing operation is paused and the user is asked whether he or she... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090252478 - Method and apparatus for receiving a digital signal and apparatus for recording and reproducing the digital signal: A method and apparatus is provided for receiving and/or reproducing a digital signal, capable of efficiently recording a compressed, packeted digital signal and inhibiting a copy thereof. An input packet signal is added with a time stamp indicating a relative time of an arrival of the packet, and the packet... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090252479 - System and method for producing medical image data onto portable digital recording media: This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. This system includes a receiving module, a processing module and an output module, with viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090252480 - System and method for producing medical image data onto portable digital recording media: This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. This system includes a receiving module, a processing module and an output module, with viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090252481 - Methods, apparatus, system and computer program product for audio input at video recording: Methods for audio input at video recording comprising capturing a video sequence by a first apparatus; receiving by the first apparatus a audio sequence from a second apparatus captured simultaneously by the second apparatus; and compiling the video sequence and the received audio sequence, and comprising capturing an audio sequence... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090252482 - Method for encoding the flag of the image: The present invention discloses a method for encoding a flag of an image while encoding an I Frame, firstly setting a start code of an I Frame picture to be coded, for marking a start of the I Frame; setting a flag for indicating whether to code an identification field;... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090252483 - Optical disk for high resolution and general video recording, optical disk reproduction apparatus, optical disk recording apparatus, and reproduction control information generation apparatus: The present invention has an objective of realizing compatibility of an optical disk having a high resolution video signal recorded thereon and a system for reproducing the optical disk, with a conventional system for producing a standard resolution video signal. A high resolution video signal is divided by video division... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (pan) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP