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7623756 Apparatus, method, and computer program for processing information  
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit operable to acquire first information to be played back, and second information relating to a breakpoint candidate of the first...
7620294 Systems and methods for playing digital video in reverse and fast forward modes  
Replaying a compressed digital video stream in fast-forward and reverse modes at varied playback rates. An index of intercoded frames, those frames not dependant on other frames for generation, is...
7620293 Method and apparatus for controlling a bit rate of digital video data  
An apparatus and method for receiving a stream of digital video data including at least one group of pictures containing at least two different types of pictures. The apparatus and method determine...
7613381 Video data processing method and video data processing apparatus  
I-frames are extracted from a normal play stream in an extract section ( 12 ), coding parameters and control parameters, such as VBV delay, related to a decoder buffer are modified for trick play...
7610605 Method and apparatus for conversion and distribution of data utilizing trick-play requests and meta-data information  
A data distribution system includes a server apparatus and a decoding terminal. In the server apparatus, the access unit information of data to be transmitted is read from a data storage unit in...
7606472 Video stream data recording apparatus  
A recording apparatus which effects recording after performing padding an area between an end position of AV data and the end position of a sector, with NULL packet data having no image...
7596301 Reverse trick mode using intra pictures  
The invention concerns a method and system for performing a trick mode in response to a trick mode command. The method 200 can include the steps of modifying a field display order indicator of at...
7596300 System and method for smooth fast playback of video  
I-frames are transcoded to lower than normal rates during fast playback modes, so that smoother fast playback is performed at the original stream rate because no I-frame need be dropped.
7596299 Hard disk recorder  
A hard disk recorder 1 is capable of performing fast-forward reproductions at 120× speed, 60× speed and 30× speed, and reproduces video images and audio sounds in a series of periodic...
7596298 Synchronizing interactive applications during trick-play  
A method and apparatus for the handling of a recorded data stream and associated linear application is disclosed. Linear real-time playback of the data stream and running of the linear application...
7596297 Information processing apparatus and method program, and recording medium  
An encoded bit stream having a frame rate of 24 Hz or 23.976 Hz and a progressive format for both NTSC and PAL is recorded on a recording medium. An encoded stream reproduced from the recording...
7587124 Apparatus, method, and computer product for recognizing video contents, and for video recording  
An apparatus for recognizing contents of a video made of picture frames includes a splitting unit that splits the picture frames into a plurality of sets of video shots based on cut points...
7577337 Audio/video data recording/reproducing device and method, and audio/video data reproducing device and method  
An audio/video data recording/reproducing device is provided that allows all video and audio signals, which can be displayed by a display of the audio/video data recording/reproducing device...
7577334 High-speed signal search method, device, and recording medium for the same  
A high-speed signal search method, device, and a recording medium for the same that can obtain detection results equivalent to precisely moving a window over the entire region of the input signal...
7570868 Convergent playback of buffered content to real-time content play  
Convergent playback of buffered content to real-time content play. A content viewing system is provided including a content player operative to receive a content stream from a content source, a...
7570867 Systems and methods for playing digital video in reverse and fast forward modes  
Replaying a compressed digital video stream in fast-forward and reverse modes at varied playback rates. An index of intercoded frames, those frames not dependant on other frames for generation, is...
7567746 Data processing device  
A data processor includes: a parser receiving a data stream and separating, from the stream, video data including data of pictures, a first time information value showing a presentation time of...
7565063 Media formatting and system for interactive game programming  
A video game system including a compact disc programmed with video and audio data and designed to continuously update a player device with informational data to facilitate dynamic sequencing of...
7565059 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...
7565056 Information data processing apparatus  
A signal processing apparatus of a configuration capable of requesting a transmission of an information file including the currently received information data in response to an instruction for...
7558466 Moving image playback apparatus and its control method, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium  
According to this invention, since a region to be decoded in a frame is set in accordance with the playback speed, the load on the decoding process remains unchanged irrespective of the playback...
7558319 Method and apparatus for reproducing images, and image recording apparatus  
Structure information on picture within a GOP of a coded data sequence is acquired beforehand. At the time of high-speed reproduction, a high-speed reproduction mode judging unit judges by...
7555045 MPEG video decoder and MPEG video decoding method  
A picture decoding section starts to decode a bit-stream for one picture when a decoding start command is supplied from a decoding start command generating section, and outputs a decoding...
7546022 Time shift reproduction method and device and bookmark being used in same  
A method for reproducing a scene by a time shift is provided in which, by transferring a bookmark created by one viewer to an other viewer, the other viewer can also see a scene that the one viewer...
7542655 Saving presented clips of a program  
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment save presented clips of a program and delete unpresented clips of the program. Meta-data associated with the program or...
7539398 Digital video and audio collectible card  
A digital video and audio collectible sports card which combines electronic media stored on the card with the outward appearance of a sports card or collectible, which allows the creation of an...
7539393 Method and system for reverse playback of compressed data  
A request is received to play compressed video data in a reverse direction. A process identifies a most recent key frame received and decodes the most recent key frame. The process then identifies...
7539392 Reproduction apparatus and recording apparatus, and controlling method thereof  
A reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction unit and a communication unit. The reproduction unit reproduces digital video data from a storage medium. The communication unit generates a packet...
7539095 Selection device for reading and/or recording devices for inscribable digital versatile disks (DVD)  
A selection device for a reading and/or writing device for a rewritable Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) includes a selector for selecting a specified complete and limited data area of a plurality of...
7536707 Visual communications system and method of controlling the same  
A visual communications system and a method of controlling the same for pausing the screens of two terminals at quite the same image. Video communications terminals receive the same channel in...
7536704 Method and apparatus automatic pause and resume of playback for a popup on interactive TV  
A method and apparatus providing display of content and automatic pause of the display. The method and apparatus exists in a client device and/or ahead-end or network operator. Event are assigned a...
7536079 Method for a time shift display of a video signal and apparatus therefore  
The invention refers to a method for a time shift display of a video signal wherein upon a pause command a received video signal is recorded on a recording medium, and upon a resume command the...
7535516 Data reproduction apparatus reducing power consumption of equipment reproducing video image and method of controlling the same  
There is provided a data reproduction apparatus reproducing an image and sound as based on data recorded in a storage medium. In the apparatus if an input device has received predetermined...
7532803 Reproducing apparatus  
A reproducing apparatus includes a reproduction unit transporting a tape-shaped recording medium and reproducing an image data string including coded image data from the recording medium, where the...
7529465 System for time shifting multimedia content streams  
A multimedia time warping system. The TV streams are converted to an Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) formatted stream for internal transfer and manipulation and are parsed and separated it...
7526183 Receiving terminal device and control method therefor  
A receiving terminal device which provides viewers with broadcasting radio waves from broadcasting stations as programs and in which, when a program switching is executed while a first program is...
7522821 Optical disc apparatus  
In an optical disc apparatus using a decoder chip with no synchronization function of audio data and visual data, when reproduction of the audio data goes ahead of reproduction of the visual data...
7519272 Video and audio data recording and/or reproducing apparatus having lock setting function and control method thereof  
A video and audio recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a lock setting function and a control method thereof. The video and audio recording and/or reproducing apparatus records a video and...
7519268 Image recording apparatus, dynamic image processing apparatus, dynamic image reproduction apparatus, dynamic image recording apparatus, information recording / reproduction apparatus and methods employed therein, recording medium with computer program stored therein  
The image recording apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a conversion device that converts an optical image of a subject to an electrical signal, a recording circuit that...
7519266 Eliminating picture format artifacts in MPEG trick modes  
A method and apparatus for eliminating picture artifacts in a video media system is provided wherein a video recorder, responsive to a trick mode command, iteratively transmits one or more frames...
7515810 Video access method and video access apparatus  
A video picture access system and computer implemented program in which a command is inputted, a list of time-serial representative images of scenes included in a video picture is displayed, and...
7512316 Signal processor, program signal recorder, display unit, television set, signal processing method and signal processing program  
This application is a signal processor having a signal processing circuit for generating the data for displaying a program table in which a program being broadcasted or to be broadcasted and a...
7512315 Managing time shift buffers  
Systems and methods are provided for managing a time-shift buffer (TSB) that is used for buffering video presentations. One such method includes receiving user input identifying a storage capacity...
7509021 Method and system for providing instant replay  
A method for providing instant replay is disclosed, including receiving a video and an audio stream from a source. Each media unit includes at least one video frame and at least one or more...
7509020 Method and apparatus for fast forwarding and rewinding in a video recording device  
A method and apparatus providing for “instant replays” and “quick skip” functionality in a media playback device. In the case of an instant replay, under user control, the media playback...
7505671 Recording/reproduction apparatus, system and program which reproduces a section of a recorded program based on a keyword relating to the section and a reproduction speed corresponding to the keyword  
Program data included in a digital television broadcast received from a broadcast station is recorded. A program keyword list that has stored keywords on program sections of the program data...
7505517 Generating a dummy bidirectional predictive field picture  
The invention concerns a method and system for generating a dummy bidirectional predictive (dummy B) field picture. The method includes the steps of setting at least a portion of a first indicator...
7499627 Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing information  
An apparatus for recording and reproducing information includes a playing section and a recording section. The playing section has a play speed control unit for determining a play speed, and an...
7496274 Communication apparatus and communication method  
According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus comprises a measuring section adapted to transfer and record one or more files stored in a storage region in the recording device registered...
7496004 Data reproducing apparatus, data reproducing method, data recording and reproducing apparatus, and data recording and reproducing method  
A data reproducing apparatus is disclosed. The data reproducing apparatus comprising reproducing means for reading data from a recording medium, and data varying means for varying the data that is...