24th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 84 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200186781 | COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING DEVICE - Dense field imagers are disclosed which are configured to provide combined, aggregated, fused, and/or stitched light field data for a scene. A dense field imager can include a plurality of imaging elements configured to be joined into image blocks or facets that each provides light field data about a scene. The dense field imager can include a plurality of facets in a fixed or modular fashion such that the dense field imager is configured to combine, aggregate, fuse and/or stitch light field data from the plurality of facets. The facets can be mounted such that one or more facets are non-coplanar with other facets. The facets can be configured to provide a representation of the light field with overlapping fields of view. Accordingly, the dense field imager can provide dense field data over a field of view covered by the plurality of facets. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186782 | DEPTH SENSING CAMERA SYSTEM - A depth sensing camera system that comprises one or more fisheye lenses and infrared and/or near-infrared image sensors. In some examples, the image sensors may generate output signals based at least in part on receiving radiation via the fisheye lenses. A depth measurement may be calculated based at least in part on the output signals. For example, these output signals may be provided as input to a depth model, which may determine the depth measurement. In some examples, such a depth model may be integrated into an application-specific integrated circuit and/or may be operated by an application processor. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186783 | SYNTHESIS OF TRANSFORMED IMAGE VIEWS - Techniques are provided for synthesis of transformed image views, based on a reference image, using depth information. The transformed image views may simulate a change in position or focal length of a camera that produced the reference image. An example system includes an image transformation circuit configured to transform the reference image corresponding to a first viewpoint, to a transformed image corresponding to a second viewpoint. The system also includes an inverse warping circuit configured to calculate a mapping from the pixels of the transformed image to corresponding pixels of the reference image. The system further includes a hole detection circuit configured to detect holes in the transformed image based on depth discontinuities between the reference and transformed images; and a hole filling circuit configured to in-fill the detected holes using a sampling of selected neighboring pixels from the reference image, to synthesize a view based on the transformed image. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186784 | Modular Configurable Camera System - A system and a process configuration generates a unitary rendered image for a video from at least two cameras. The configuration detects a communication coupling of at least two cameras and determines a master camera and a slave camera. The configuration determines an orientation of camera sensor of the master camera and the slave camera and determines a first frame of a video for a synchronization point for a start of a video capture. The configuration captures and reads images from the master camera sensor and the slave camera sensor in response to the start of the video capture and orientation of the camera sensors. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186785 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRE-COMPENSATING A FAST TUNABLE LENS - A multifocal display device has a focus tunable lens (FTL) and a controller configured to shift a focus of the FTL from a first focal plane to a second focal plane by applying a compensated control signal to the FTL. The controller is configured to generate a current compensated control signal value, which is a value of the compensated control signal for a current point in time, based on one or more previous compensated control signal values, which are values of the compensated control signal at one or more previous points in time. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186786 | Calibration for Augmented Reality - Technology is described to adjust for eye location variations of a user when using an augmented reality (AR) headset. The method can include registering a position and size of an optical code using a visual camera and the AR headset. An alignment marker may be projected through the AR headset to be aligned with the optical code for a right eye and left eye of a user of the AR headset. Right eye and left eye adjustments to the alignment marker may be received independently to align the alignment marker with a portion of the optical code as viewed by either the right eye or left eye of the user. The left eye adjustments and right eye adjustments may be applied to virtual images displayed through the AR headset in order to improve the accuracy of alignment between objects in the physical view and the virtual images displayed using the AR headset. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186787 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND PARAMETER CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a parameter calibration method, applicable to a stereoscopic display device including a camera. The parameter calibration method includes the following steps: displaying a virtual object for calibration; obtaining, by using the camera, a two-eye visual angle by which the virtual object for calibration is watched; calibrating a human eye parameter according to the two-eye visual angle, where the human eye parameter includes at least one of an interpupillary distance parameter and an eye relief parameter; and setting the stereoscopic display device according to the calibrated human eye parameter, such that the stereoscopic display device displays according to the calibrated human eye parameter. In addition, a stereoscopic display device using the parameter calibration method is also provided. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186788 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory that obtains projection information used for generating a three-dimensional overhead image by projecting a plurality of image data imaged by a plurality of imaging devices to a three-dimensional projection surface when the plurality of imaging devices are installed in a first mobile object, that inputs size information of a second mobile object that is different from the first mobile object, that corrects the projection information based on a size ratio between the first mobile object and the second mobile object, calculated based on the size information of the second mobile object, and that stores corrected projection information in the second mobile object. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186789 | CAMERA MODULE TESTING METHOD - A camera module testing method is applied to a camera module including a camera lens and a photosensitive element. In a step (A), an original image is captured through the camera lens and the photosensitive element. In a step (B), the original image is converted into a gray scale image. In a step (C), the gray scale image is converted into a binary image according to a critical gray scale value. In a step (D), a boundary contour is obtained according to plural pixels of the binary image higher than or equal to the critical gray scale value. In a step (E), a contour center of the boundary contour is obtained. Then, a step (F) is performed to judge whether an optical axis of the camera lens is aligned with an imaging center of the photosensitive element according to the imaging center and the contour center. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186790 | TARGETLESS VEHICULAR CAMERA MISALIGNMENT CORRECTION METHOD - A method of correcting misalignment of a vehicular camera includes disposing a camera at a vehicle at a vehicle assembly plant and calibrating the camera at the vehicle while the vehicle is at the vehicle assembly plant. Frames of image data are captured with the camera as the vehicle is driven along an arbitrary path along a road, and the captured frames of image data are processed by a processor. As the vehicle is driven along the arbitrary path, at least one feature present in the frames of captured image data is determined and tracked to determine misalignment of the camera. The determined camera misalignment is corrected (i) without use of a target in the field of view of the camera and (ii) without processing of frames of image data captured by the camera that are representative of a target in the field of view of the camera. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186791 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: at least one processor and/or at least one circuit to perform operations of the following units: an acquisition unit configured to acquire luminance information that indicates characteristic value of luminance of inputted image data; and a conversion unit configured to convert colors of the image data into conversion colors which are respectively associated with sub-ranges determined by dividing a luminance range of the image data using thresholds, wherein a first threshold of the thresholds is the characteristic value. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186792 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FURTHER IMPROVED CONTEXT DESIGN FOR PREDICTION MODE AND CODED BLOCK FLAG (CBF) - A method of controlling intra-inter prediction for decoding or encoding of a video sequence, is performed by at least one processor. The method includes determining whether one or more neighboring blocks in a video sequence is coded by an intra prediction mode, entropy coding a prediction mode flag of a current block by a first context in response to determining that at least one of the neighboring blocks is coded by the intra prediction mode, and entropy coding the prediction mode flag of the current block by a second context in response to determining that none of the neighboring blocks are coded by at least the intra prediction mode. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186793 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CANDIDATE LIST PRUNING - Video signal coding and decoding functions can generate lists of potential candidates to use in coding and decoding, for example, predictors. Video signal coding component candidates undergo operations before potential inclusion in candidate lists. The candidates are checked after being modified by the operations to see if other equal candidates are already in the candidate are added to the candidate list. If equal candidates are already in the list, the modified candidates are not added to the list. Operations that can be performed comprise rounding and clipping. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186794 | DERIVATION OF SPATIAL-TEMPORAL MOTION VECTORS PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODING - Embodiments include systems and methods of generating merge candidates for an inter-prediction mode of a video block. In particular, embodiments include methods of generating spatial-temporal motion vector predictor candidates. Embodiments may include video encoders and video decoders. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186795 | VIDEO CODING USING MULTI-RESOLUTION REFERENCE PICTURE MANAGEMENT - Video coding methods and apparatuses are provided. A set of two or more pictures is coded. The set includes at least a first picture coded with a first spatial resolution, and a second picture coded with a second spatial resolution different from the first spatial resolution. The set of two or more pictures is stored in a decoded picture buffer based on corresponding spatial resolutions. The set of two or more pictures stored in the decoded picture buffer is used as a set of reference pictures for coding one or more successive pictures subsequent to the set of two or more pictures. The set of two or more pictures is incorporated into a reference picture list that contains pictures with at least two different spatial resolutions. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186796 | IMAGE AND VIDEO CODING USING MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTION CODING MODELS - Video coding may include generating, by a processor, a decoded frame by decoding a current frame from an encoded bitstream and outputting a reconstructed frame based on the decoded frame. Decoding includes identifying a current encoded block from the current frame, identifying a prediction coding model for the current block, wherein the prediction coding model is a machine learning prediction coding model from a plurality of machine learning prediction coding models, identifying reference values for decoding the current block based on the prediction coding model, obtaining prediction values based on the prediction coding model and the reference values, generating a decoded block corresponding to the current encoded block based on the prediction values, and including the decoded block in the decoded frame. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186797 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND METHODS THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a selection unit, and an encoding unit. The storage unit stores pre-synchronized image data. The selection unit selects as a reference image at least one of the pre-synchronized image data based on a result of comparison between the pre-synchronized image data and an original image data. The encoding unit generates a compressed image data by compressing the original image data using the reference image. The selection unit calculates similarity between the original image data and at least one of the pre-synchronized image data and selects the reference image among the synchronized image data based on the calculated similarity. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186798 | ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER (ALF) COEFFICIENTS IN VIDEO CODING - Techniques are described for temporal prediction for adaptive loop filter (ALF) in video coding. A video coder may determine that temporal prediction for ALF is enabled for one or more intra coded slices of a picture, determine ALF coefficients for one or more blocks of the one or more intra coded slices, for which the temporal prediction for ALF is enabled, based on ALF coefficients of a previously coded picture or slice, and apply the determined ALF coefficients to the one or more blocks to generate one or more filtered blocks. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186799 | TRIANGLE MOTION INFORMATION FOR VIDEO CODING - This disclosure describes determining triangular prediction blocks for a current block partitioned in a triangle mode. A video coder may determine indices in a motion vector predictor list to identify motion vector predictors used to determine the triangular prediction block. If a first index value in the motion vector predictor list for a first triangular prediction block is less than a second index value in the motion vector predictor list for a second triangular prediction block, the signaled or received value for the second triangular prediction block may be the second index value reduced by an offset. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186800 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING COLOR DIFFERENCE COMPONENT QUANTIZATION PARAMETER AND DEVICE USING THE METHOD - Disclosed are a method for determining a color difference component quantization parameter and a device using the method. Method for decoding an image can comprise the steps of: decoding a color difference component quantization parameter offset on the basis of size information of a transform unit; and calculating a color difference component quantization parameter index on the basis of the decoded color difference component quantization parameter offset. Therefore, the present invention enables effective quantization by applying different color difference component quantization parameters according to the size of the transform unit when executing the quantization. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186801 | SEMI-GLOBAL MATCHING (SGM) COST COMPRESSION - This disclosure describes techniques for performing semi-global matching (SGM) path cost compression. In some examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent sub-sampling of a set of SGM path costs where the sub-sampling ratio is determined based on a candidate disparity level. The sub-sampled SGM path costs may be stored in a memory. When retrieved from memory, the sub-sampled SGM path costs may be interpolated to reconstruct the other path costs not stored in the memory. The reconstructed path costs may be used for further SGM processing. In further examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent quantization on the SGM path costs or the sub-sampled SGM path costs, and store the quantized SGM path costs in memory. The techniques of this disclosure may reduce bandwidth as well as reduce the memory footprint needed to implement an SGM algorithm. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186802 | Method and Apparatus for Range Derivation in Context Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding - A method and apparatus of entropy coding of coding symbols using Context-Based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coder (CABAC) are disclosed. According to the present invention, a math formula is used for calculating the LPS range for deriving rangeOne value and rangeZero value. For example, the LPS range is derived using one or more mathematical operations comprising calculating a multiplication of a first value and a second value, in which the first value is related to (2*the LPS probability index+1) or the LPS probability index, while the second value is related to (2*the range index+1) or the range index. Besides, the LPS range can be derived by using a look-up-table including table contents corresponding to values of LPS range associated with a set of LPS probability indexes and a set of range indexes for encoding or decoding a binary value of the current bin. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186803 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus including: an image signal receiver configured to receive an image signal; a first preprocessor configured to sequentially processes a predetermined section of the received image signal and generate a first intermediate signal; a second preprocessor arranged in parallel with the first preprocessor and configured to sequentially process another section of the image signal and generate a second intermediate signal; a storage configured to store the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal; and a postprocessor configured to perform signal processing with regard to the first and second intermediate signals stored in the storage, the size of the section being corresponding to processing speeds of the first and second preprocessors and a processing speed of the postprocessor. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186804 | ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD FOR CODING EFFICIENCY - According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes a deriving unit and an encoding unit. The deriving unit is configured to derive a first reference value based on fixed point precision representing roughness of a weighting factor that is used for multiplying a reference image. The encoding unit is configured to encode a first difference value that is a difference value between the weighting factor and the first reference value and the fixed point precision. The weighting factor is included in a first range of predetermined bit precision having the first reference value at approximate center. The first difference value is in the predetermined range. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186805 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention is related to processing a video signal. A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise checking a merge coding unit which is generated by merging a plurality of coding units neighboring each other based on an encoded syntax element, and decoding the checked merge coding unit, wherein a same motion vector is shared in the merge coding unit. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186806 | PREDICTIVE MOTION VECTOR CODING - Overlapped block disparity estimation and compensation is described. Compensating for images with overlapped block disparity compensation (OBDC) involves determining if OBDC is enabled in a video bit stream, and determining if OBDC is enabled for one or more macroblocks that neighbor a first macroblock within the video bit stream. The neighboring macroblocks may be transform coded. If OBDC is enabled in the video bit stream and for the one or more neighboring macroblocks, predictions may be made for a region of the first macroblock that has an edge adjacent with the neighboring macroblocks. OBDC can be causally applied. Disparity compensation parameters or modes may be shared amongst views or layers. A variety of predictions may be used with causally-applied OBDC. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186807 | SHARED CANDIDATE LIST AND PARALLEL CANDIDATE LIST DERIVATION FOR VIDEO CODING - A video coder can be configured to code video data by determining a first block size threshold for a block of video data; determining a second block size threshold, wherein the second block size threshold is smaller than the first block size threshold; partitioning the block of video data into smaller sub-blocks; in response to determining that a first partition of the partitioned block is smaller or equal to the first block size threshold, determining that blocks within the partition belong to a parallel estimation area; and in response to determining that a second partition of the partitioned block is smaller or equal to the second block size threshold, determining that blocks within the second partition belong to an area for a shared candidate list. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186808 | RATE/DISTORTION/RDCOST MODELING WITH MACHINE LEARNING - A method for encoding a block of a video stream includes generating, using pixel values of the block, block features for the block; for each candidate encoding mode of candidate encoding modes, generating, using the block features and the each candidate encoding mode as inputs to a machine-learning module, a respective encoding cost; selecting, based on the respective encoding costs, a predetermined number of the candidate encoding modes; selecting, based on the respective encoding costs of the at least some encoding modes, a best mode for encoding the block; and encoding, in a compressed bitstream, the block using the best mode. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186809 | Hybrid Motion-Compensated Neural Network with Side-Information Based Video Coding - A hybrid apparatus for coding a video stream includes a first encoder. The first encoder includes a neural network having at least one hidden layer, and the neural network receives source data from the video stream at a first hidden layer of the at least one hidden layer, receives side information correlated with the source data at the first hidden layer, and generates guided information using the source data and the side information. The first encoder outputs the guided information and the side information for a decoder to reconstruct the source data. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED VIDEO ENCODING - There are provided computerized systems and methods of optimized video encoding. The method includes encoding a current video frame by performing an optimized quantization of transform coefficients using a modified rate-distortion cost function. The modified rate-distortion cost function can be obtained by configuring a reconstruction error in a rate-distortion cost function in accordance with a relation associated with the encoding block and the processed encoding block. In such ways, a reconstructed video frame corresponding to the current video frame has optimized perceived visual quality as compared to perceived visual quality of a reconstructed video frame of a corresponding frame bitstream which is generated without using the optimized quantization. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186811 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERED SCENE CHANGE DETECTION WITH REMOTELY HOSTED GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS - Apparatus and method for detecting scene changes using data sets gathered from a 3D pipeline. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a 3D graphics engine to render a plurality of frames including a current frame and a prior frame; and a scene change detector to retrieve data sets from the 3D graphics engine, the data sets associated with the current frame rendered by the 3D graphics engine, the scene change detector to analyze the data sets in view of corresponding data sets from the prior frame to determine a first type of encoding to be used for encoding the current frame prior to transmission over a network. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186812 | Video Coding Device and Video Coding Method - In a video coding device using the intra-slice to move an intra-slice region in which intra-coding is performed on a picture-by-picture basis, an intra-slice controller inserts a non-intra-slice picture including no intra-slice region between intra-slice pictures including the intra-slice regions. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186813 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSING DATA USING A FILTER WITHOUT LOSS OF CRITICAL DATA - An apparatus includes: an interface configured to receive an image data; a memory configured to store the image data; and a processor configured to run an application to determine one or more regions of interests (ROIs) within the image data. The processor generates a compressed image data by selectively applying a first data compression to the one or more ROIs and a second data compression to regions of the image data except the one or more ROIs. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186814 | COEFFICIENT PROCESSING FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - A video coder may be configured to determine a value for a zero parameter based on the Rice parameter, wherein the value for the zero parameter identifies a coded value that corresponds to a coefficient level of zero; receive a first coded value for a first coefficient of the second set of coefficients; and based on the value for the zero parameter and the first coded value for the first coefficient, determine a level for the first coefficient. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186815 | TRANSFORM SELECTION IN A VIDEO ENCODER AND/OR VIDEO DECODER - A process for selecting a transform set for a prediction block. The process can be used in both an encoder and a decoder. For example, the process can be used in both an encoder and a decoder for a prediction block that has been predicted from a reference block. In some embodiments, both the prediction block and the reference block are intra blocks. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186816 | VIDEO DATA PROCESSING - A method for processing video data, comprising: receiving a stream of input video data representative of a number of successive frames generated by an imaging device's image sensor; selecting at least some of the frames; for each selected frame: determining, using an image signature algorithm, a signature for each region of the given selected frame; and, based on such signatures, classifying each region in that frame as either a changing or a static region; and generating an output video data stream that is a compressed version of the input video data, with a greater average data reduction rate for static region data than for changing region data, of the selected frames. The signature algorithm is such that a region's signature has substantially smaller size than the input data representative of that region, and such that signatures for visually similar regions are the same or similar. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186817 | MOTION ESTIMATION THROUGH INPUT PERTURBATION - The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for motion estimation which may include a GPU. In one aspect, the GPU may generate at least one first motion vector in a first subset of a frame, the first motion vector providing a first motion estimation for image data in the first subset of the frame. The GPU may also perturb the image data. Also, the GPU may generate at least one second motion vector based on the perturbed image data, the second motion vector providing a second motion estimation for the image data. Moreover, the GPU may compare the first motion vector and the second motion vector. Further, the GPU may determine at least one third motion vector for the motion estimation of the image data based on the comparison between the first motion vector and the second motion vector. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186818 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING - Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains prediction information of a first block in a picture and generates reconstructed samples of the first block according to one of bi-directional prediction and uni-directional prediction and the prediction information. When a motion information candidate is to be stored according to the prediction information of the first block as a History-based Motion Vector Prediction (HMVP) candidate, the processing circuitry stores the motion information candidate that includes at least first motion information and a first weight parameter indicating a first weight for performing the bi-directional prediction for the first block when the first block is coded according to the bi-directional prediction, and stores the first motion information and a default weight parameter indicating a default weight when the first block is coded according to the uni-directional prediction. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186819 | SIMPLIFIED MERGE LIST CONSTRUCTION FOR SMALL CODING BLOCKS - Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information for a current block in a current picture. The processing circuitry determines whether an area of the current block is smaller than or equal to a threshold. The processing circuitry constructs a motion vector predictor list including a number of motion vector predictors. The number of motion vector predictors is based on whether the area of the current block is determined to be smaller than or equal to the threshold. The processing circuitry reconstructs the current block based on the motion vector predictor list. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186820 | INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON HISTORY-BASED MOTION VECTOR - An image decoding method according to the present disclosure includes deriving a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) buffer for a current block, deriving motion information of the current block based on an HMVP candidate included in the HMVP buffer, generating prediction samples for the current block based on the motion information, and generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples, and the HMVP buffer is initialized when processing a first-ordered CTU in a CTU row in which a current CTU is located, and the current block is included in the current CTU. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186821 | HISTORY-BASED IMAGE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - According to an embodiment disclosed in the present document, it is possible to derive a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) buffer for a current block based on a history, and to derive motion information of the current block based on an HMVP candidate included in the HMVP buffer, thereby increasing inter prediction efficiency. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186822 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING A SEQUENCE OF IMAGE FRAMES USING A FIRST AND A SECOND ENDODER - A method and device for encoding a plurality of image frames uses two separate encoders, where each image frame is divided into two portions to each be encoded by one of the two encoders, where the image frame is divided to minimize motion across the boundary between the two portions, such that the two encoders may operate independently of each other without a substantial bit rate penalty or reduced encoding quality. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186823 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR VIDEO CODING - Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. An apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry that decodes prediction information for a current block in a current coded picture. The prediction information indicates a motion vector predictor index (MVP_idx) for selecting a motion vector predictor in a motion vector predictor list. The processing circuitry determines whether the MVP_idx is smaller than a threshold. When the MVP_idx is determined to be smaller than the threshold, the processing circuitry decodes a motion vector difference (MVD) corresponding to the motion vector predictor and reconstructs the current block based on the motion vector predictor and the MVD. When the MVP_idx is determined to be equal to or larger than the threshold, the processing circuitry reconstructs the current block based on the motion vector predictor without the MVD which is not signaled in the coded video sequence. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186824 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING A PLURALITY OF IMAGE FRAMES - A method and device for encoding a plurality of image frames uses two separate encoders, where each image frame is divided into two portions to each be encoded by one of the two encoders, where a boundary between the two portions is offset between the image frames according to a size of a search window of one of the encoders. Consequently, copying of pixel data for the purpose of motion search is only required in one direction between a first and a second encoder. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186825 | SPATIO-TEMPORAL MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION PATTERNS FOR VIDEO CODING - Techniques are described for constructing motion vector predictor lists based on spatially neighboring blocks and collocated blocks. A method of coding video data includes, for a first block, in a first picture having a left-to-right coding order, constructing a first motion vector predictor list, wherein a first entry in the first motion vector predictor list is based on motion vector information of a left neighboring block to the first block, coding the first block in the first picture based on the first motion vector predictor list, for a second block, in a second picture having a right-to-left coding order, constructing a second motion vector predictor list, wherein a first entry in the second motion vector predictor list is based on motion vector information of a right neighboring block to the second block, and coding the second block in the second picture based on the second motion vector predictor list. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186826 | PICTURE CODING SUPPORTING BLOCK MERGING AND SKIP MODE - A coding efficiency increase is achieved by using a common signalization within the bitstream with regard to activation of merging and activation of the skip mode. One possible state of one or more syntax elements within the bitstream may signalize for a current sample set of a picture that the sample set is to be merged and has no prediction residual encoded and inserted into the bitstream. A common flag may signalize whether the coding parameters associated with a current sample set are to be set according to a merge candidate or to be retrieved from the bitstream, and whether the current sample set of the picture is to be reconstructed based on a prediction signal depending on the coding parameters associated with the current sample set, without any residual data, or to be reconstructed by refining the prediction signal depending on the coding parameters associated with the current sample set by means of residual data within the bitstream. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186827 | ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD - An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry, in inter prediction processing: derives a first motion vector of a current block to be processed, using a motion vector of a previous block which has been previously processed; derives a second motion vector of the current block by performing motion estimation in the vicinity of the first motion vector; and generates a prediction image of the current block by performing motion compensation using the second motion vector, | 2020-06-11 |
20200186828 | METHOD FOR STORING MOTION INFORMATION AND METHOD FOR INDUCING TEMPORAL MOTION VECTOR PREDICTOR USING SAME - A motion information storing method and a TMVP deriving method using the motion information storing method are provided. The motion information storing method includes a step of determining a representative block out of blocks of a motion data storage unit in a co-located picture with a current picture and a step of storing motion information of the representative block as motion information of the motion data storage unit, wherein the motion information of the representative block is used as motion information of the blocks included in the motion data storage unit. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186829 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLAYER INPUT MOTION COMPENSATION BY ANTICIPATING MOTION VECTORS AND/OR CACHING REPETITIVE MOTION VECTORS - Systems and methods for reducing latency through motion estimation and compensation techniques are disclosed. The systems and methods include a client device that uses transmitted lookup tables from a remote server to match user input to motion vectors, and tag and sum those motion vectors. When a remote server transmits encoded video frames to the client, the client decodes those video frames and applies the summed motion vectors to the decoded frames to estimate motion in those frames. In certain embodiments, the systems and methods generate motion vectors at a server based on predetermined criteria and transmit the generated motion vectors and one or more invalidators to a client, which caches those motion vectors and invalidators. The server instructs the client to receive input from a user, and use that input to match to cached motion vectors or invalidators. Based on that comparison, the client then applies the matched motion vectors or invalidators to effect motion compensation in a graphic interface. In other embodiments, the systems and methods cache repetitive motion vectors at a server, which transmits a previously generated motion vector library to a client. The client stores the motion vector library, and monitors for user input data. The server instructs the client to calculate a motion estimate from the input data and instructs the client to update the stored motion vector library based on the input data, so that the client applies the stored motion vector library to initiate motion in a graphic interface prior to receiving actual motion vector data from the server. In this manner, latency in video data streams is reduced. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186830 | INTERACTION OF ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION WITH INTER-PREDICTION - Systems and techniques for performing illumination compensation in processing video data include deriving one or more illumination compensation parameters for a block of a picture based on one or more tools which may be used for inter-prediction of the block. Illumination compensation can be selectively applied for the block based on whether bi-directional prediction is to be applied for the inter-prediction of the block. In some cases if it is determined that bi-directional prediction is to be applied for inter-prediction of the block, illumination compensation may be avoided for the block. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186831 | MV/MODE PREDICTION, ROI-BASED TRANSMIT, METADATA CAPTURE, AND FORMAT DETECTION FOR 360 VIDEO - An embodiment of an electronic processing system may include a 2D frame which corresponds to a projection of a 360 video space, and a component predictor to predict an encode component for a first block of a 2D frame based on encode information from a neighboring block which is neighboring to the first block of the 2D frame only in the 360 video space, a prioritizer to prioritize transmission for a second block of the 2D frame based on an identified region of interest, and/or a format detector to detect a 360 video format of the 2D frame based on image content. A 360 video capture device may include a contextual tagger to tag 360 video content with contextual information which is contemporaneous with the captured 360 video content. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186832 | STEREOSCOPIC INTERLEAVED COMPRESSION - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing stereoscopic interleaved compression techniques are disclosed. A system includes a transmitter sending a video stream over a wireless link to a receiver. For each pair of frames, the transmitter encodes a left-half of a first frame of the pair with an amount of compression less than a first threshold and encodes a right-half of the first frame with an amount of compression greater than a second threshold. For a second frame of the pair, the transmitter encodes a right-half of the second frame with an amount of compression less than the first threshold and encodes a left-half of the second frame with an amount of compression greater than the second threshold. The transmitter conveys encoded half-frames and indications of an amount of compression used for each half-frame to a receiver. The receiver receives, decodes, and drives the encoded half-frames to a display. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186833 | AREA-BASED PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 360-DEGREE VIDEO - A 360-degree image encoding method that is performed by an encoding apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining a two-dimensional (2D) space picture with respect to 360-degree video data; deriving motion constrained tile sets (MCTSs) for configuring a sub-picture from the 2D picture; configuring the sub-picture including the MCTSs based on the MCTSs; and encoding the sub-picture so as to output encoded image information, wherein the MCTSs are arranged in the raster scan order on the sub-picture. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186834 | DERIVATION OF DISPARITY MOTION VECTOR, 3D VIDEO CODING AND DECODING USING SUCH DERIVATION - A decoding method including: decoding at a current time instant a current image having at least two views respectively representative of a same scene. The decoding includes: deriving a disparity motion vector for a current block; predictively decoding the current block according to the derived disparity motion vector; and during the deriving: constructing a plurality of lists of disparity motion vectors, including at least one list in which at least two disparity motion vectors have been derived respectively according to at least two different estimation methods; applying a first function to the at least two disparity motion vectors of the at least one list, to obtain one disparity motion vector for each of the at least one list, and applying a second function to the disparity motion vectors of the plurality of lists to deliver the derived disparity motion vector. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186835 | COMPUTATION OF ASYMMETRIC TRANSFORM PAIRS FOR VIDEO CODING USING ADJUSTMENT STAGES AND DCT-2 - A method of encoding video data includes transforming residual values using a pair of transforms, wherein the pair of transforms are a mirror pair of asymmetric transforms. The transform comprises determining matrices for a low-complexity transform adjustment stage for each of the pair of transforms, calculating matrices for each of the pair of transforms from a low-complexity transform and the matrices for the low-complexity transform adjustment stage, and transforming the residual values using the calculated matrices for each of the pair of transforms to produce transform coefficients. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186836 | Adaptive DCT Sharpener - Methods are provided for sharpening or otherwise modifying compressed images without decompressing and re-encoding the images. An overall image quality is determined based on the source of the compressed image, the quantization table of the compressed image, or some other factor(s), and a set of scaling factors corresponding to the image quality is selected. The selected scaling factors are then applied to corresponding quantization factors of the image's quantization table or other parameters of the compressed image that describe the image contents of the compressed image. The scaling factors of a given set of scaling factors can be determined by a machine learning process that involves training the scaling factors based on training images determined by decompressing and then sharpening or otherwise modifying a source set of compressed images. These methods can provide improvements with respect to encoded image size and computational cost of the image modification method. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186837 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A PRIMARY TRANSFORM USING AN 8-BIT TRANSFORM CORE - A method of decoding or encoding including receiving information regarding a video sequence for encoding or decoding, determining, for the encoding or decoding of the video sequence, whether to use a first transform core matrix that is of a first size type or a second transform core matrix that is of a second size type, and based on the determining, transmitting information that causes the video sequence to be encoded or decoded using the determined first transform core matrix or second transform core matrix. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186838 | ONE-LEVEL TRANSFORM SPLIT AND ADAPTIVE SUB-BLOCK TRANSFORM - A method of partitioning a coding unit (CU) into one or more transform units (TUs) for encoding a video sequence using at least one processor includes determining a height of the CU; determining a width of the CU; determining a TU size of each of the one or more TUs based on the height of the CU and the width of the CU; determining one or more TU positions of the one or more TUs based on the height of the CU and the width of the CU; and partitioning the CU into the one or more TUs based on the determined size of the one or more TUs and the one or more positions of the one or more TUs. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186839 | METHOD FOR ENCODING AN INPUT VIDEO COMPRISING A LUMA COMPONENT AND TWO CHROMA COMPONENTS, THE METHOD COMPRISING RESHAPING OF SAID INPUT VIDEO BASED ON RESHAPING FUNCTIONS - The present principles relates to a method and device for encoding an input video comprising a luma component and two chroma components. The method comprises: —reshaping of said input video by applying ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200186840 | LIVE TIME-SHIFTED VIDEO PLAY-CONTINUING METHOD AND IPTV PLAYER - The invention provides a live time-shifted video play-continuing method during disconnection and an IPTV player. The method comprises: connecting to a network to obtain a data stream of a video; playing the data stream through a player to obtain a play starting time of the video; acquiring a played duration of the video when the network is disconnected; acquiring a time point of playing interruption of the video according to the play starting time and the played duration when the network is connected again; and returning to the time point through the player, and continuing to play the video at the time point. The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows: directly performing the breakpoint continuous playing of the live time-shifted video from the network disconnection time point after the network is reconnected. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186841 | PICTURE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND PICTURE RECEPTION DEVICE - A picture transmission device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a transmission section that sends image data of ROIs in an image in Payload Data of a Long Packet and sends information about the ROIs in Embedded Data. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186842 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSOCIATING PROGRAM ACTORS WITH PROGRAM GENRES - Methods and systems for calculating, storing, and allowing electronic searches for metadata associated with media titles. The metadata includes scores specific to each actor and each genre of a media title, where the scores indicate the degree to which an actor's performance in that title corresponds to a particular genre. Electronic searches for particular actors' performance in a specific genre thus return more accurate results that more correctly reflect how well the actors' performances reflect that genre. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186843 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE DATA - Apparatus and method for improving the bandwidth efficiency of delivering electronic program guide (EPG) data to consumer premises equipment (CPE). In one exemplary embodiment, electronic guide data is rendered by devices away from the CPE, shifting the executing data- and bandwidth-heavy operations away from the CPE. In particular, one or more gateways at the user's home bears the processing, memory, bandwidth load to reduce the inefficiency of delivering redundant information to CPE(s) interfacing with the gateway(s). Using guide data it receives from the cloud, the gateway produces and delivers to the CPE one or more “simple views” of the guide data, including a video stream, still image, or simple HTML or other renderable formats. As the end user interacts with the CPE, the user receives a series of the simple views, allowing the rich experience that is typically given by EPG rendered directly by the CPE. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186844 | ADVANCED DATA CELL RESOURCE MAPPING - An example method of mapping a plurality of modulation symbols of a plurality of physical layer pipes present in a frame to a resource grid of data cells for the frame is described. The modulation symbols of the plurality of physical layer pipes are represented by a two-dimensional array comprising the modulation symbol values for the plurality of physical layer pipes and the resource grid of data cells is represented by a one-dimensional sequentially indexed array. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186845 | Time Division Multiplexing Method for Decoding Hardware - The invention relates to the technical field of software systems, and more particularly, to a time division multiplexing method for decoding hardware. The method comprises: Step S | 2020-06-11 |
20200186846 | STAGE-BASED CONTENT ITEM SELECTION AND TRANSMISSION - One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for selecting content for transmission to devices are provided. First activity performed using a content interface on a device may be detected. First activity information associated with the first activity may be stored in an activity profile associated with the device. An activity database may be analyzed based upon the activity profile to identify one or more activity identifiers of the activity database. The activity database may comprise a plurality of activity identifiers and/or funnel stage tags associated with the plurality of activity identifiers. A request for content, associated with an entity, may be received from the device. A funnel stage score may be determined based upon one or more funnel stage tags associated with the entity and/or the one or more activity identifiers. A content item, associated with the entity, may be selected based upon the funnel stage score. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186847 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING HIGH AVAILABILITY FOR LIVE CONTENT - A system and method for acquiring live content for a content delivery network (CDN). The method includes: intercepting a content manifest based on a content session initiated by a first user node and a broadcast server, where the content manifest includes at least one content identifier (ID) and its corresponding content chunk; fetching the content chunk to store in a memory of the CDN; receiving a request from a second user node for content of the content session; continuously determining a leader user node between at least the first user node and the second user node; and fetching at least a content chunk based on a content manifest of the leader user node. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186848 | JUST AFTER BROADCAST MEDIA CONTENT - Methods and apparatus are described for making broadcast content available as an on-demand asset soon after all of the video fragments of the broadcast content have been made available. As the video fragments of the broadcast content are made available, they are requested and archived. When all of the fragments for the duration of the broadcast content are available (e.g., a live event ends), a VOD-style manifest is generated and the archived fragments are made available for downloading or streaming using the VOD-style manifest. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186849 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING DROP-OUTS DURING VIDEO STREAM PLAYBACK - An improved video streaming method and system that reduces video stream playback dropouts when video data flow from a server is degraded or interrupted. Two adaptive bitrate video streams of the content are operated in parallel with video quality that can be adjusted independently. The first stream receives data blocks at a rate generally concurrent with the video playback. The second stream receives data blocks in advance of the playback point and these blocks are buffered. The best available block is used during playback. Buffered second stream blocks can be used to continue playback when the network connection is compromised or interrupted. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186850 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE INSERTION OF LOCAL MEDIA INTO A PROGRAM STREAM - Methods and apparatus for monitoring locally inserted media are disclosed. A disclosed method includes detecting, at a media device at a media presentation location, a cue in media received at the media device; in response to the detection of the cue, receiving separately form the media an advertisement associated with a user of the media device; presenting, by the media device, the media at a first time and the advertisement at a second time indicated by the detected cue; responsive to presenting the advertisement at the second time, recording a log including first identifying information for the media and second identifying information for the advertisement; and transmitting the log to a data collection facility. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186851 | MULTIPLE PARENTAL RATING CONTENT AND METHOD OF PRESENTATION - A method is provided for presenting a program having a selected program rating when a user request is received through a client device to present a program at a selected program rating level. A version of the program is selected from among a plurality of different versions which corresponds to the selected program rating level. The selected version of the program is caused to be presented on a display device associated with the client device. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186852 | Methods and Systems for Switching Between Summary, Time-shifted, or Live Content - A system and method are provided which allow multiple viewing states for a user in a network. The method includes the steps of creating a video summary and providing the video summary to the user; providing a video stream, wherein the video stream comprises live or stored video broadcast or streamed in real-time to the user; and providing a switching mode to the user, whereby the user can select to view one or both of the video summary and video stream. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186853 | CONSOLIDATING CONTENT STREAMS TO CONSERVE BANDWIDTH - In one example, a method includes monitoring a delivery of an item of multimedia content to a first user endpoint device in a first stream of data, monitoring a delivery of the item of multimedia content to a second user endpoint device in a second stream of data, consolidating the stream of data and the second stream of data into a third stream of data, sending an first instruction to a source of the first stream of data and a source of the second stream of data to cease delivering the first stream of data and the second stream of data, and sending a second instruction to the source of the first stream of data and the source of the second stream to begin delivering the third stream of data to the first user endpoint device and the second user endpoint device. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186854 | Systems and Methods for Encoding and Streaming Video Encoded Using a Plurality of Maximum Bitrate Levels - Systems and methods for streaming and playing back video having a variety of resolutions, frame rates, and/or sample aspect ratios, where the video streams are encoded at one of a number of maximum bit rate levels, in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes a processor, and storage containing data relating combinations of resolution and frame rates to maximum bitrates, where a plurality of resolution and frame rates that are related to the same maximum bitrate form a maximum bitrate level. In addition, an encoding application configures the processor to encode a video stream as a plurality of video streams having different resolutions and frame rates, where the target maximum bitrate used during the encoding is selected based upon the maximum bitrate levels of the resolution and frame rate combinations indicated within the data relating combinations of resolution and frame rates to maximum bitrates. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186855 | Smart remote monitoring system and method - A smart remote monitoring system and method is provided. The system has a monitoring terminal electrically connected with a controlled device and a remote monitoring management platform electrically connected with the monitoring terminal. The method is discovering effective video streams of the controlled device by using a trigger mechanism of the monitoring terminal, and using the remote monitoring management platform to receive the effective video streams, and managing and controlling the monitoring terminal. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186856 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, SERVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed are an electronic apparatus, a server, and a method of controlling the same, the server including: a communicator configured to connect with an electronic apparatus and an external server; and a processor configured to: generate first encrypted information by encrypting first decryption information received from the electronic apparatus, the first decryption information for reproducing content, control the communicator to transmit, to the external server, the generated first encrypted information, generate second decryption information by decrypting second encrypted information received from the external server, the second encrypted information generated based on the first decryption information, and control the communicator transmit the generated second decryption information to the electronic apparatus to scramble the content by a scrambler of the electronic apparatus. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186857 | VIDEO STREAMING CONTROL - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a media server having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate sending a datastream to a display device. The datastream may include an identification thereof. Upon receiving the identification from a user, the media server associates the datastream with the user. The media server may send to the user, a listing of the media services to which the user has subscribed. Upon receiving, from the user, a selection of a selected media service, the media server streams the selected media service to the display device over the datastream. The datastream may be controlled with the user for as long as the media server detects the user in a vicinity of the display device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186858 | IMMERSIVE COGNITIVE REALITY SYSTEM WITH REAL TIME SURROUNDING MEDIA - An apparatus, method and system including a processor, a memory device accessible by the processor, and circuitry to selectively communicate with an on-the-go user device located at a location different from a location of the apparatus. The memory device stores instructions to permit the apparatus to selectively serve as an at-home user device that receives data from a wireless ad hoc network formed by sensors located within a link range of the circuitry of the on-the-go user device, data from the sensors of the wireless ad hoc network providing data for consumption by the at-home user device to permit an at-home user to be immersed in an experience of the location of the on-the-go user device. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186859 | System and Process for Synchronized Media Play - Embodiments include processes for media object rendering, including the steps of providing a plurality of clients, the clients including a media client and the clients in communication with a synchronization client, the clients defining a synchronization group. The media clients include instructions for receiving media object content over a network from a content server, rendering the media object content, and random access to the media object content in response to synchronization client seek time instructions. The synchronization client includes instructions to calculate a relative lag and provide seek time instructions to the media clients for a media object being rendered, the relative lag being a running measurement of its offset relative to the synchronization server's clock. The synchronization client periodically queries the clock of a synchronization server. The synchronization server responds to the synchronization client queries with internal clock value as a timestamp and a timestamp for a target time reference within said media object content for the synchronization group, whereby the synchronization client provides seek time to its paired media clients for the media client to move to that offset, establishing and maintaining playback synchronization among the synchronization group. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186860 | Dynamic Control of Fingerprinting Rate to Facilitate Time-Accurate Revision of Media Content - A computing system identifies a media stream being received by a client, based on fingerprint matching conducted with query fingerprints generated by the client at a frame rate. The computing system then causes the client to increase the frame rate, in order to facilitate establishment by the computing system of synchronous lock between true time within the media stream and client time according to a clock of the client. The computing system then uses the established synchronous lock as a basis to map a true-time point at which a content revision should be performed in the media stream to a client-time point at which the client should perform the content revision. And the computing system causes the client to perform the content revision at the determined client-time point. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186861 | PROVIDING OVER-THE-AIR CONTENT TO ANY DEVICE - Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for providing over-the-air (OTA) content to electronic devices. Some embodiments operate by automatically providing program listings of OTA content to the electronic devices, wherein the program listings are displayed in user interfaces of the electronic devices; receiving a user selection of particular OTA content from one of the electronic devices; receiving electronic signals containing OTA content from an antenna; processing, using a tuner, the received electronic signals to extract the particular OTA content therefrom; and transmitting the extracted OTA content to the electronic device for playback. In some embodiments, the extracted OTA content is stored in storage of said the electronic device for future on-demand playback to the user. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186862 | DOWNLOADABLE AVOD CONTENT - Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for providing advertising-based video on demand (AVOD) content to electronic devices. Some embodiments operate by receiving non-AVOD content requested by a user; selecting advertisement types and categories based on at least the user and a type of the non-AVOD content; receiving advertisements corresponding to the selected advertisement types and categories; generating AVOD content comprising the non-AVOD content and the advertisements; and transmitting the AVOD content to the electronic device, wherein the electronic device monitors the user as the advertisements are played to generate monitoring information. The monitoring information indicates whether the user watched the advertisements. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186863 | System and Method for Synchronizing of Data from Different Devices by Playback Time - The system for synchronizing by time the playback of data from different devices contains a data processing device, multiple different data-capture devices that capture and transmit data about their status and/or serve as data or event sources, memory, and graphical user interface. In the case when the computer system user selects and plays back the archive data received from one of the multiple data-capture devices and corresponding to a particular point of time in the past, all other system devices are synchronized by time with the data being played back and simultaneously playback/display their data corresponding to that particular point of time in the past through the display unit. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186864 | LOW LATENCY DISTRIBUTION OF AUDIO USING A SINGLE RADIO - Provided herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for distributing audio by a media device to wireless speakers while content comprising the audio is being played on a display device, wherein the media device includes a single wireless radio. Some embodiments operate by: determining that the media device is not a source of the content, such that the media device does not need to stream the content over a first wireless network; informing the audio speakers to switch from the first wireless network to a second wireless network; disconnecting the media device from the first wireless network; establishing the second wireless network; and providing the audio to the wireless speakers for playback over the second wireless network. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186865 | MASTER COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING DISPLAY OF A DIGITAL CONTENT - Master computing device and method for synchronizing display of a digital content (for example a digital signage content) on the master computing device and on one or more slave computing device. The master device transmits a synchronization request, comprising a digital content identifier for identifying the digital content, to the slave device(s). The master device determines a number of negative responses received from the slave device(s) in response to the synchronization request. Each negative response is indicative of one among the slave device(s) not being capable of displaying the digital content. The master device transmits a new synchronization request to the slave computing device(s) if the number of received negative responses reaches a threshold. The master computing device transmits a display command to the slave device(s) for displaying the digital content on their respective display(s) if the number of received negative responses does not reach the threshold. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186866 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE - Metadata for a plurality of media content items is received. The metadata identifies a thumbnail representation of each of the plurality of media content items. The plurality of media content items are displayed in an overview area in an electronic program guide (EPG) in a user interface. The overview area comprises a plurality of cells aligned in one or more rows. The plurality of cells comprise a subset of the metadata for a respective media content item. An input of a selection of one of the plurality of media content items displayed at the EPG in the user interface is received. The selected media content item is displayed in a focus area in the EPG. The focus area comprises a rectangular area that is located near the overview area. The focus area comprises expanded metadata of the selected media content item for presentation in the focus area. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186867 | GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION OF HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO - Systems, devices, computer readable storage mediums, and methods are disclosed for generating and distributing high definition videos and photos. In one aspect, a method includes presenting, by a client device, a scrollable first plurality of thumbnails, each of the first plurality of thumbnails representing different content from a first source of information; and presenting, by the client device, a scrollable second plurality of thumbnails, positioned laterally adjacent to the first plurality of thumbnails, each of the second plurality of thumbnails representing different content from a second source of information. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186868 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control device includes a storage configured to store invariant image data serving as a source of displaying an invariant portion of a display image to be displayed on a display; a data receiver configured to receive format designation data for designating a format of the display image and original data for generating variable image data serving as a source of displaying a variable portion of the display image; a variable image data generator configured to generate the variable image data from the original data; a buffer configured to store the invariant image data and the variable image data; an image data storage configured to select the invariant image data from the storage based on the format designation data to store the invariant image data in the buffer, and store, in the buffer, the variable image data generated by the variable image data generator; and a display controller configured to execute display processing for causing the display to display the display image based on the invariant image data stored in the buffer and the variable image data stored in the buffer. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186869 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFERENCING, FILTERING, AND COMBINING CONTENT - A method and system for annotating playable media files in a social network having a plurality of members, for displaying information associated with the playable media files, and for marking a portion of interest in the playable media files is disclosed herein. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186870 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A configuration is realized in which a packet delimiter can be discriminated from an MMTP packet string including MMT format data, and a packet can be selectively acquired and reproduced. The MMT format data is input through a broadcast wave or the like, a packet length of an MMT protocol (MMTP) packet including the MMT format data is acquired, and recording data in which an additional header storing the acquired packet length is set before the MMTP packet, is generated, and is recorded in an information recording medium. A reproducing device is capable of discriminating a delimiter of each MMTP packet, according to the packet length of the MMTP packet, read from the additional header, is capable of acquiring reproducing data, for example, image data, from the selected packet, and is capable of decoding and reproducing the acquired data. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186871 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus includes a communicator connected to a Local Area Network (LAN), an inputter, a memory storing at least one computer executable instruction, and a processor. The processor outputs a content of a first channel received through the communicator, receives information associated with contents of a plurality of channels through the communicator and stores the information in the memory while the content of the first channel is being output, and based on an instruction change the first channel to a second channel while the content of the first channel is output, acquires information associated with the content of the second channel among the stored information associated with the contents of the plurality of channels from the memory, and decodes the content of the second channel received through the communicator by using the acquired information on the content of the second channel and outputs the decoded content. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186872 | METHOD OF SWITCHING CHANNELS AND INTELLIGENT TELEVISION - A method of switching channels includes: while displaying a current channel, in response to receiving a first instruction for channel adjustment, displaying a first channel number on a user interface based on the first instruction; in response to receiving a plurality of consecutive second instructions for channel adjustment and wherein a time difference between two consecutive received instructions among the first instruction and the plurality of consecutive second instructions is less than or equal to a predetermined time period, determining an updated channel number by increasing or decreasing a value of the first channel number based on the plurality of consecutive second instructions without performing a channel switching operation; and in response to determining that the predetermined time period has passed after receiving a last instruction of the plurality of consecutive second instructions without receipt of another instruction for channel adjustment, switching the current channel to a second channel corresponding to the updated channel number. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186873 | Method and System for Efficient Communication - Methods and apparatus for efficiently directing communications are disclosed. On example entails receiving, from a mobile terminal, a communication directed to a cellular communication network, the communication being received in an alternative channel that differs from a channel of the cellular communication network. The communication is then converted for a relayed communication to the cellular communication network on behalf of the mobile terminal, the relayed communication being made through the cellular communication network. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186874 | MEDIA PLAYER WITH INTEGRATED WIRELESS VIDEO LINK CAPABILITY & METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING VIDEO TUNING AND WIRELESS VIDEO COMMUNICATION - Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing media content streaming or playback, and, more particularly, for implementing video tuning and wireless video communication. In various embodiments, a media player, which might include an integrated wireless video link system, might receive an encoded video signal from a media content source(s) (and/or a corresponding database(s). The media player might decode the received video signal, might establish a wireless communications link between the media player and one or more display devices via the integrated wireless video link system, and might send the decoded video signal to the one or more display devices (and/or one or more user devices) via the wireless communications link established by the integrated wireless video link system. In some cases, the media player might perform one or more of these processed in response to user input received via the user devices or via the media player's user interface(s). | 2020-06-11 |
20200186875 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR EMBEDDING VISUAL ADVERTISEMENTS IN VIDEO CONTENT - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments include obtaining video content, the video content comprises a plurality of frames, monitoring, by an image sensor, a facial feature of a user to determine a visual focus of the user in relation to the video content, and detecting from a group of frames of the plurality of frames at least a reduction in movements of objects in the group of frames. Further embodiments include determining, according to the monitoring and the detecting, a measure of attention of the user within a region of the group of frames, determining that the measure of attention of the user within the region of the group of frames satisfies a threshold, and embedding in at least a portion of subsequent frames of the plurality of frames a visual advertisement in the region via a communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186876 | SMART STANDBY WITH MULTIPLE DEVICES - A method and apparatus for reducing energy consumption of devices is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises at least one audio visual device connected via HDMI to a processor. The processor monitors via the processor any user initiated activity associated with said audio visual device and establishes an activity queue for the user initiated activity for the device. The processor also initiates a standby mode for said device when a period of inactivity has exceeded a threshold value. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186877 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MEASURE EXPOSURE TO STREAMING MEDIA - Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to streaming media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a processor, and memory including machine readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: extract a series of tags associated with media playing on a presentation device, different ones of the tags in the series of the tags embedded in the media at different temporal positions within a duration of the media; identify a first tag from the series of tags to report to a central facility, the first tag identified based on a temporal proximity of the first tag to an event associated with the media playing on the presentation device; and transmit the identified first tag to the central facility, other tags in the series of tags not being transmitted to the central facility. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186878 | Efficient Prefetching of Common Video Clips - An apparatus includes a network interface ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200186879 | System for Content Curation with User Context and Content Leverage - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising receiving one or more media content items; creating one or more leveraged content items from the media content item(s) by extracting one or more leverage points from the media content item(s); obtaining user information, such as user preferences and user context; selecting a selected content item from the leveraged content item(s) based on the user information; creating a custom content item by further extracting a subset of the leverage points from the selected content item based on the user information; and presenting the custom content item to the user's equipment. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2020-06-11 |
20200186880 | ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, RECORDING MEDIUM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - The present invention presents appropriate information that corresponds to a situation of a game which a user is watching arid reacting to. In an electronic apparatus ( | 2020-06-11 |