26th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 80 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150181199 | Binocular Camera Resetting Method and Binocular Camera Resetting Apparatus - The present invention provides a binocular camera resetting method and a binocular camera resetting apparatus, wherein the binocular camera resetting method comprises: obtaining a first image and a second image photographed by two cameras at the same time respectively after completing a rough adjustment of the two cameras; calculating a relative rotation angle between optical axes of the two cameras using a plurality of feature points of the first image acquired by one of the two cameras and the feature points of the second image acquired by the other one of the two cameras; controlling one of the two cameras to rotate the relative rotation angle to parallelize the optical axes of the rotated camera and the other camera; and adjusting a spaced distance between the two cameras to a preset distance. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181200 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method comprising: capturing, by a device equipped with a camera, at least one image about a physical object; recognizing the physical object on the basis of the at least one captured image; retrieving a 3-dimensional (3D) model of the physical object from a memory; and showing the 3D model of the physical object on a display of the device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181201 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device is provided. The image display device includes a light source and a polarizer including a first polarizing region configured to linearly polarize light which is output from the light source and a second polarizing region configured to circularly polarize light which is output from the light source. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181202 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The disclosure provides a stereoscopic image display device, including: multiple display units, the multiple display units being arranged in rows and columns, a first black matrix being disposed between adjacent rows of display units, and a second black matrix being disposed between adjacent columns of display units. The stereoscopic image display device also includes a lens sheet disposed corresponding to the multiple display units, the lens sheet being formed by multiple lined up half-cylinder lenses, and, in an X-direction, a cycle length of the half-cylinder lenses in the lens sheet being a positive even multiple of a cycle length of the display units. In the display device, X coordinate values of the multiple display units do not repeat periodically within one cycle of the lens sheet. The stereoscopic image display device according to the disclosure can solve a problem of black and white stripes, thereby improving the display effect. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181203 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device producing multi-views comprising: a display panel including a plurality of pixels in a matrix, wherein pixels corresponding to the multi-views, respectively, constitute a pixel group in a slanted direction with respect to a vertical direction, and wherein the multi-views are three or more views; a multi-view point producing panel including a barrier region or a lenticular lens array in the slanted direction having a pitch corresponding to the pixel group; and a driving circuit configured to reduce a grey level of an image data signal of at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels, which is at a side boundary of the pixel group causing a three-dimensional (3D) crosstalk (C/T), and output an image data signal having a reduced grey level to the display panel. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181204 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic effect of an interpolation image is stabilized by properly performing, on a parallax image, processing of expanding a parallax of an object in a foreground toward a background at a boundary of the object. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181205 | 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYING APPARATUS USING LINE LIGHT SOURCE - The present disclosure relates to a 3-dimensional displaying apparatus using line light sources, which includes: a display panel having a plurality of pixels; a backlight panel having a plurality of line light sources disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the backlight panel being spaced apart from one surface of the display panel; and a distance-adjusting unit for adjusting a distance between the backlight unit and the display panel. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to display autostereoscopic images which may minimize the quality deterioration of the 3-dimensional images according to the change of distance from an observer to the 3-dimensional displaying apparatus, which is a problem of a displaying apparatus implementing 3-dimensional images by using a general parallax separating unit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181206 | 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYING APPARATUS USING LINE LIGHT SOURCE - The present disclosure relates to a 3-dimensional displaying apparatus using line light sources, which includes: a display panel having a plurality of pixels; a backlight panel having a plurality of line light sources disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the backlight panel being spaced apart from one surface of the display panel; and a distance-adjusting unit for adjusting a distance between the backlight unit and the display panel. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to display autostereoscopic images which may minimize the quality deterioration of the 3-dimensional images according to the change of distance from an observer to the 3-dimensional displaying apparatus, which is a problem of a displaying apparatus implementing 3-dimensional images by using a general parallax separating unit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181207 | Measuring Remote Video Display with Embedded Pixels - Methods, systems, and computer programs are provided for managing remote display performance. One method includes an operation for determining pixel data for a group of macroblocks, each macroblock having a group of pixels. The macroblocks are for embedding in respective video frames of a video stream. The pixel data for each pixel in each macroblock is calculated with a formula based on the frame number of the respective video frame and on the location of the pixel within the macroblock. Farther, the method includes operations for embedding the macroblocks in the respective video frames, and for transmitting the video frames with the embedded macroblocks to a remote client. A performance metric for the transmitted video stream is calculated based on the macroblocks received at the remote client by comparing the received macroblocks to the expected macroblocks based on the formula. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181208 | THERMAL AND POWER MANAGEMENT WITH VIDEO CODING - In an example, a method includes encoding video data at a first video quality using an encoding parameter, and determining an operating characteristic of one or more components of an electronic device configured to record the video data. The method also includes adjusting the encoding parameter based at least in part on the determined operating characteristic and while maintaining the first video quality, and encoding the video data at the first video quality using the adjusted encoding parameter. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181209 | MODULAR MOTION ESTIMATION AND MODE DECISION ENGINE - An apparatus may include a memory to receive an image frame to encode; and a modular motion estimation engine to process the image frame. The modular motion estimation engine includes modular motion estimation circuitry comprising a multiplicity of motion estimation circuits, and a motion estimation kernel for execution on the modular motion estimation circuitry to send the image frame through one or more configurable execution pipelines that each execute motion estimation over one or more of the motion estimation circuits. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181210 | INTRA PREDICTION MODE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, INTRA PREDICTION MODE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An intra prediction mode determination apparatus includes prediction units which perform intra prediction on a block of a first block size in an image including at least one block, a first determination unit which determines one of the prediction units used to perform the intra prediction on the block of a processing target, and a second determination unit which determines an intra prediction mode for the block of the processing target from among candidates of an intra prediction mode which are used by the determined prediction unit in accordance with a result of the intra prediction performed by the determined prediction unit. When the block of the processing target includes a block of a second block size which is larger than the first block size, the prediction unit performs intra prediction on blocks of the first block size obtained by dividing the block of the second block size. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181211 | VIDEO INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE CHROMA DEBLOCK FILTERING - A video information processing system including a processing circuit and a deblocking filter. The processing circuit provides video information including a chroma component and a luma component. The deblocking filter has an input receiving the video information and an output providing filtered video information, and is configured to selectively disable chroma deblock filtering while luma deblock filtering is enabled. The processing circuit may include a video encoder or a video decoder. The processing circuit may further include control logic providing a control signal to disable chroma deblock filtering within either or both the encoder and decoder. The video encoder may incorporate control information in the output bitstream to control deblock filtering in the downstream decoder to maintain consistency between the encoder and the decoder. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181212 | TRANSFERRING SYSTEM FOR HUGE AND HIGH QUALITY IMAGES ON NETWORK AND METHOD THEREOF - A transferring system for huge and high quality images on network and a method thereof are disclosed, wherein various individual image data are converted into high quality image data to be converted into layered image data, and classified into a plurality of sub cells, then stored in database as a compressed form. A client system connected to a server requires information, immediately downloads the required information, releases the compression, and then displays on a screen real time. In the present invention, a user can fast see only his wanted part since images of a newspaper and a magazine are converted as they were. Also, various additional information is provided with image, thereby providing multimedia digital publication services on wire or wireless network. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181213 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video encoding device includes a transformer for transforming an image block, an entropy encoder ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150181214 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING SAO PARAMETERS - The present disclosure relates to signaling of sample adaptive offset (SAO) parameters determined to minimize an error between an original image and a reconstructed image in video encoding and decoding operations. An SAO decoding method includes obtaining context-encoded leftward SAO merge information and context-encoded upward SAO merge information from a bitstream of a largest coding unit (MCU); obtaining SAO on/off information context-encoded with respect to each color component, from the bitstream; if the SAO on/off information indicates to perform SAO operation, obtaining absolute offset value information for each SAO category bypass-encoded with respect to each color component, from the bitstream; and obtaining one of band position information and edge class information bypass-encoded with respect to each color component, from the bitstream. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181215 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A server transmits a probe packet to a terminal, estimates a bandwidth of the network based on information returned from the terminal, calculates a rate used for performing compression coding of screen information and/or an accompanying audio signal, generated by an application on a virtual terminal on the server, so as not to exceed the estimated bandwidth, encodes the screen information and/or the accompanying audio signal at the calculated rate, stores the encoding result in a packet of a predetermined protocol to transmit the packet. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181216 | INTER-LAYER PIXEL SAMPLE PREDICTION - Systems, devices and methods are described including performing scalable video coding using inter-layer pixel sample prediction. Inter-layer pixel sample prediction in an enhancement layer coding unit, prediction unit, or transform unit may use reconstructed pixel samples obtained from a base layer or from a lower enhancement layer. The pixel samples may be subjected to upsample filtering and/or refinement filtering. The upsample or refinement filter coefficients may be predetermined or may be adaptively determined. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181217 | OBJECT ARCHIVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Personal object based archival systems and methods are provided for processing and compressing video. By analyzing features unique to a user, such as face, family, and pet attributes associated with the user, an invariant model can be determined to create object model adapters personal to each user. These personalized video object models can be created using geometric and appearance modeling techniques, and they can be stored in an object model library. The object models can be reused for processing other video streams. The object models can be shared in a peer-to-peer network among many users, or the object models can be stored in an object model library on a server. When the compressed (encoded) video is reconstructed, the video object models can be accessed and used to produce quality video with nearly lossless compression. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181218 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, METHOD OF IMAGE ENCODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHOD OF IMAGE DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Encoded data is decoded based on tile data division information, tile data position information, block line data division information, and block line data position information. The tile data division information indicates whether the encoded data is composed of tile data items that serve as encoded data items of tiles. The tile data position information indicates positions of the tile data items. The block line data division information indicates whether each tile data item is composed of first block line data and second block line data. The first block line data serves as encoded data of a first block line that is a set of blocks arranged linearly. The second block line data serves as encoded data of a second block line next to the first block line. The block line data position information indicates a position of the second block line data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181219 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RAPID MOTION SEARCH APPLIED IN TEMPLATE MATCHING - A method, an apparatus and a system for a rapid motion search applied in template matching are disclosed. The method includes: selecting motion vectors of blocks related to a current block as candidate motion vectors of the current block; after the uniqueness of a series of the candidate motion vectors of the current block is maintained, calculating the cost function of the candidate motion vectors in a corresponding template area of a reference frame, and obtaining the motion vector of the best matching template from the candidate motion vectors of the current block. In the embodiments of the present invention, there is no need to determine a large search range and no need to determine the corresponding search path template, and it is only necessary to perform a search in a smaller range. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181220 | MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH CANDIDATE MOTION VECTORS - A moving picture coding method for coding a current block derives a first candidate having a first motion vector predictor derived from a first motion vector that has been used to code a first block. It is determined whether a total number of one or more candidates having the first candidate is less than a maximum candidate number, and a second candidate having a second motion vector predictor is derived when the total number of the one or more candidates having the first candidate is less than the maximum candidate number. The second motion vector predictor is a zero vector. A candidate for coding the current block is selected out of the plurality of candidates having the first candidate and the second candidate. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181221 | MOTION DETECTING APPARATUS, MOTION DETECTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - In a motion detecting apparatus which can perform a high-accuracy motion search with a less calculation cost, it is discriminated whether or not input Activity and DIFF_XORSUM values are smaller than respective predetermined thresholds. If the Activity value is smaller than the threshold or the DIFF_XORSUM value is smaller than the threshold, a reference vector is selected as a motion vector. On the other hand, if the Activity value is equal to or higher than the threshold and the DIFF_XORSUM value is equal to or higher than the threshold, an N-valued image search vector is selected as the motion vector. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181222 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method that enable generation of a highly precise prediction image using a small amount of control information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181223 | Method and apparatus for transition encoding in video coding and decoding - The invention is related to video coding and decoding. More precisely, the present invention is dedicated to a coding method investigated in the scope of screen content coding, called palette mode. It particularly concerns the encoding of level values based on the use of patterns to predict the level value in order to avoid their transmission. It has been devised to avoid the transmission of level value when the value may be predicted based on the neighbourhood of the pixel to encode. This neighbourhood is matched against memorized pattern so as to predict the level value due to the repetitive occurrence of these patterns. It proposes to save a pattern table in addition to the palette table. This pattern table is constructed symmetrically by the encoder and the decoder and allows to retrieve some predicted level value and to avoid their transmission. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181224 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING VIDEO AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING VIDEO ACCOMPANIED WITH ARITHMETIC CODING - A method of decoding a video through symbol decoding includes parsing symbols of image blocks from a received bitstream; classifying a current symbol into a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string based on a threshold value determined according to a size of a current block; performing arithmetic decoding of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string by using respective arithmetic decoding methods determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string; performing inverse binarization of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string by using respective binarization methods determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string; and restoring the image blocks by performing an inverse transformation operation and a prediction operation on the current block by using the current symbol restored through the arithmetic decoding and the inverse binarization. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181225 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING VIDEO AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING VIDEO ACCOMPANIED WITH ARITHMETIC CODING - A method of decoding a video through symbol decoding includes parsing symbols of image blocks from a received bitstream; classifying a current symbol into a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string based on a threshold value determined according to a size of a current block; performing arithmetic decoding of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string by using respective arithmetic decoding methods determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string; performing inverse binarization of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string by using respective binarization methods determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string; and restoring the image blocks by performing an inverse transformation operation and a prediction operation on the current block by using the current symbol restored through the arithmetic decoding and the inverse binarization. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181226 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING INTRA PREDICTION MODE - An intra prediction mode decoding method includes reconstructing an intra prediction mode group indicator and a prediction mode index, constructing an MPM group including three intra prediction modes using valid intra prediction modes of left and top blocks of the current block, determining the intra prediction mode corresponding to the prediction mode index in the intra prediction group corresponding to the intra prediction mode group indicator, and assigning the lowest mode numbers to non-directional modes. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of information for encoding the intra prediction mode of the current block by using intra prediction modes having higher possibility of being equal to the intra prediction mode of the current block. Also, it is possible to reduce the amount of information by assigning lowest mode numbers to the non-directional modes. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181227 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING INTRA PREDICTION MODE - An intra prediction mode decoding method includes reconstructing an intra prediction mode group indicator and a prediction mode index, constructing an MPM group including three intra prediction modes using valid intra prediction modes of left and top blocks of the current block, determining the intra prediction mode corresponding to the prediction mode index in the intra prediction group corresponding to the intra prediction mode group indicator, and assigning the lowest mode numbers to non-directional modes. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of information for encoding the intra prediction mode of the current block by using intra prediction modes having higher possibility of being equal to the intra prediction mode of the current block. Also, it is possible to reduce the amount of information by assigning lowest mode numbers to the non-directional modes. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING INTRA PREDICTION MODE - An intra prediction mode decoding method includes reconstructing an intra prediction mode group indicator and a prediction mode index, constructing an MPM group including three intra prediction modes using valid intra prediction modes of left and top blocks of the current block, determining the intra prediction mode corresponding to the prediction mode index in the intra prediction group corresponding to the intra prediction mode group indicator, and assigning the lowest mode numbers to non-directional modes. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of information for encoding the intra prediction mode of the current block by using intra prediction modes having higher possibility of being equal to the intra prediction mode of the current block. Also, it is possible to reduce the amount of information by assigning lowest mode numbers to the non-directional modes. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181229 | Method and Apparatus of Inter-View Candidate Derivation in 3D Video Coding - A method and apparatus for three-dimensional video coding are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention apply the pruning process to one or more spatial candidates and at least one of the inter-view candidate and the temporal candidate to generate a retained candidate set. The pruning process removes any redundant candidate among one or more spatial candidates and at least one of the inter-view candidate and the temporal candidate. A Merge/Skip candidate list is then generated, which includes the retained candidate set. In one embodiment, the temporal candidate is exempted from the pruning process. In another embodiment, the inter-view candidate is exempted from the pruning process. In other embodiments of the present invention, the pruning process is applied to the inter-view candidate and two or more spatial candidates. The pruning process compares the spatial candidates with the inter-view candidate. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181230 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL - The present invention relates to inter-view residual prediction and is characterized by obtaining residual data of a first reference block by using a motion vector of a neighboring block, obtaining residual data of a second reference block by using a reference view motion vector or a disparity vector, obtaining a residual data prediction value by using the residual data of the first reference block and the residual data of the second reference block, and coding a current texture block by using the residual data prediction value. The present invention can perform inter-view residual prediction by using a prediction value obtained using coded data of another view point belonging to the same time band to increase the accuracy of video data prediction by using a correlation between view points and reduce the amount of residual data to be transmitted, thereby improving the coding efficiency. In addition, the complexity in a coding process may be reduced by adding a condition for applying the inter-view residual prediction. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181231 | METHOD FOR ENCODING A CURRENT BLOCK OF A FIRST IMAGE COMPONENT RELATIVE TO A REFERENCE BLOCK OF AT LEAST ONE SECOND IMAGE COMPONENT, ENCODING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for coding a current block of a first image component with respect to a reference block of at least one second image component. The first and second image components are representative of the same scene, and the reference block being previously subjected to coding by partitioning, and then to decoding. Partitioning of the reference block is performed a plurality of times until a determined level of depth of partitioning is obtained. The coding method includes, as a function of the type of the first and second image components: partitioning the current block a plurality of times until a level of depth of partitioning dependent on the level of partitioning of the reference block is obtained; or partitioning the current block on the basis of a level of depth of partitioning previously initialized by a level of partitioning depending on the level of partitioning for the reference block. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181232 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing device including a control information setting unit that sets control information for controlling whether to use a vector of a base view as a candidate for a prediction vector of a dependent view in motion prediction at a time of encoding a multi-view image, an IVMP processing unit that performs, when the vector view is set as a candidate according to the control information, IVMP processing for setting the vector as a candidate for a prediction vector of a current block of the dependent view, a list generation unit that generates a list of candidates for the prediction vector of the current block, and when there is a candidate generated by the IVMP processing unit and including the vector of the base view, add the candidate to the list, and a transmission unit that transmits the control information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181233 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCALABLE CODING OF VIDEO INFORMATION - An apparatus configured to code video information includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit is configured to store video information associated with a first video layer having a current picture. The processor is configured to process a first offset associated with the current picture, the first offset indicating a difference between (a) most significant bits (MSBs) of a first picture order count (POC) of a previous picture in the first video layer that precedes the current picture in decoding order and (b) MSBs of a second POC of the current picture. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181234 | CODING AND DECODING OF INTERLEAVED IMAGE DATA - Sampled data is packaged in checkerboard format for encoding and decoding. The sampled data may be quincunx sampled multi-image video data (e.g., 3D video or a multi-program stream), and the data may also be divided into sub-images of each image which are then multiplexed, or interleaved, in frames of a video stream to be encoded and then decoded using a standardized video encoder. A system for viewing may utilize a standard video decoder and a formatting device that de-interleaves the decoded sub-images of each frame reformats the images for a display device. A 3D video may be encoded using a most advantageous interleaving format such that a preferred quality and compression ratio is reached. In one embodiment, the invention includes a display device that accepts data in multiple formats. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181235 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD WITH BIT DEPTH ADJUSTMENT FOR FIXED-POINT CONVERSION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a video encoding method of adjusting a range of encoded output data to adjust a bit depth during restoring of encoded samples, and a video decoding method of substantially preventing overflow from occurring in output data in operations of a decoding process. The video decoding method includes parsing and restoring quantized transformation coefficients in units of blocks of an image from a received bitstream, restoring transformation coefficients by performing inverse quantization on the quantized transformation coefficients, and restoring samples by performing one-dimensional (1D) inverse transformation and inverse scaling on the quantized transformation coefficients. At least one from among the transformation coefficients and the samples has a predetermined bit depth or less. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181236 | TRANSFORM SPACE DIFFERENCE COMPRESSION - An invention is disclosed for performing differencing of graphical data in post-transform space for a remote presentation session. Graphical data is transformed from a first representation to a second representation (e.g. with a DWT), and then a difference is taken of the post-transform data and the post-transform data of the frame that preceded the current frame. This difference is then encoded and transmitted to a client, which decodes it, and creates a representation of the graphical data using the delta, and a previously determined representation of the previous frame. By performing differencing in post-transform space, fidelity of the remote presentation session is retained while it may decrease bandwidth. This may occur because the entropy of the delta representation is usually lower than a non-delta representation while the scheme retains the identical data of the final decoded image of the non-delta version of the same compression scheme. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181237 | ARITHMETIC DECODING DEVICE, ARITHMETIC CODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING APPARATUS - A coefficient presence/absence flag decoding unit ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150181238 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXT BASED LINE CODING - Methods and apparatus intelligently switching between line coding schemes based on context. In one exemplary embodiment, an High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) system is configured to transmit control and video data according to an 8B/10B line coding protocol, and data island data according to TERC4 (TMDS (Transition Minimized Differential Signaling) Error Reduction Coding 4-bit). Various elements of the disclosed HDMI devices are configured to determine when a context switch occurs, and thereafter seamlessly transition between the appropriate line code protocol. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181239 | Method and Apparatus for frame rate control in Transmitter of Wireless Communications System - A method for frame rate control in a transmitter of a wireless communications system is disclosed. The method comprises generating a frame and a first information corresponding to a first expiration time of the frame by a frame generating module; handling the frame according to the first expiration time by the driver module; and informing the frame generating module an adjusting information according to a first pre-determined rule by the driver module. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181240 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video encoder | 2015-06-25 |
20150181241 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181242 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181243 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181244 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181245 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181246 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181247 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181248 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181249 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181250 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181251 | SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET (SAO) ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS AND SAO ADJUSTMENT DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A video encoding method and apparatus, and a video decoding method and apparatus for generating a reconstructed image having a minimized error between an original image and the reconstructed image. The video decoding method accompanied by a sample adaptive offset (SAO) adjustment, the method includes: obtaining 5 slice SAO parameters with respect to a current slice from a slice header of a received bitstream; obtaining luma SAO use information for a luma component of the current slice and chroma SAO use information for chroma components thereof from among the slice SAO parameters; determining whether to perform a SAO operation on the luma component of 10 the current slice based on the obtained luma SAO use information; and equally determining whether to perform the SAO adjustment on a first chroma component and a second chroma component of the current slice based on the obtained chroma SAO use information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181252 | SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET (SAO) ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS AND SAO ADJUSTMENT DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A video encoding method and apparatus, and a video decoding method and apparatus for generating a reconstructed image having a minimized error between an original image and the reconstructed image. The video decoding method accompanied by a sample adaptive offset (SAO) adjustment, the method includes: obtaining 5 slice SAO parameters with respect to a current slice from a slice header of a received bitstream; obtaining luma SAO use information for a luma component of the current slice and chroma SAO use information for chroma components thereof from among the slice SAO parameters; determining whether to perform a SAO operation on the luma component of 10 the current slice based on the obtained luma SAO use information; and equally determining whether to perform the SAO adjustment on a first chroma component and a second chroma component of the current slice based on the obtained chroma SAO use information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181253 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A technique is provided for high-efficiency compression of multiple video images having the same image pattern generated in different video formats. A video encoding apparatus AA that performs scalable encoding of an input video image instructs a video format converting unit to convert the input video image into a video image in another video format so as to generate a converted video image. Furthermore, an encoding-side prediction unit predicts information lost in the operation of the video format converting unit for generating the converted video image. A first encoding unit encodes the input video image using predicted results obtained by the encoding-side prediction unit. A second encoding unit encodes a video image converted by the video format converting unit. A multiplexing unit multiplexes the encoded results obtained by the first and second encoding units so as to generate a compressed stream b having video format scalability. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181254 | Centralized Broadband Gateway for a Wireless Communication System - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a centralized broadband gateway for a wireless communication system, including a router/gateway module which receives encoded compressed audio/video (A/V) streams and distributes the encoded compressed audio/video A/V streams; multiple audio/video decoders which receive the encoded compressed A/V streams from the a router/gateway module, decode the encoded compressed A/V streams, and output uncompressed A/V streams; and an integrated Wireless High Definition Multimedia Interface (WHDMI) which receives the uncompressed A/V streams from the multiple audio/video decoders and transmits the uncompressed A/V streams wirelessly to media devices, without deploying individual media processors at each media device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181255 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ARITHMETIC CODING OF VIDEO, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ARITHMETIC DECODING OF VIDEO - Methods and apparatuses for arithmetic encoding/decoding of video data. The arithmetic decoding method includes arithmetically decoding prefix bit strings representing a two-dimensional location of a last significant coefficient in a block sequentially by using a context model, arithmetically decoding suffix bit strings in a bypass mode, and performing inverse binarization on the arithmetically decoded prefix bit strings and suffix bit strings to acquire the location of the last significant coefficient in the block. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181256 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ARITHMETIC CODING OF VIDEO, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ARITHMETIC DECODING OF VIDEO - Methods and apparatuses for arithmetic encoding/decoding of video data. The arithmetic decoding method includes arithmetically decoding prefix bit strings representing a two-dimensional location of a last significant coefficient in a block sequentially by using a context model, arithmetically decoding suffix bit strings in a bypass mode, and performing inverse binarization on the arithmetically decoded prefix bit strings and suffix bit strings to acquire the location of the last significant coefficient in the block. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181257 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ADAPTER DEVICE BETWEEN VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Systems for communicating between a display unit of a vehicle and a wireless electronic device are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a first communication module that receives at least one of video data and audio data from the wireless electronic device according to a wireless communication protocol. A first converter module converts the at least one of video data and audio data from a data format generated by the wireless electronic device to a data format that is recognizable by the display unit of the vehicle. A second communication module communicates the converted at least one of video data and audio data to the display unit according to a wired communication protocol. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181258 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-ANGLE VIEWING SERVICE - An apparatus and method for providing a multi-angle viewing service, in which main broadcast content is transmitted to a main terminal and multi-angle content are transmitted to a personal terminal, are disclosed. The apparatus for providing a multi-angle viewing service includes an encoder unit configured to receive videos captured at a plurality of different angles from a plurality of cameras, and to generate a plurality of elementary streams, a broadcast transmission unit configured to transmit broadcast content generated based on the plurality of elementary streams through a broadcasting network, and a multi-angle streaming unit configured to generate a plurality of pieces of multi-angle content corresponding to the broadcast content based on the plurality of elementary streams, and to transmit one of the plurality of pieces of multi-angle content to a personal terminal through a network based on a request signal from the personal terminal. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181259 | DIGITAL TELEVISION NETWORK STRUCTURE AND USER TERMINAL - This invention discloses a digital TV broadcast system coordinated with a broadband communication network, an information transmission network in which the broadcast system is applied, a digital TV heterogeneous network architecture, and a client terminal used in each of the above network systems. The various broadcast system architectures of the invention adopt the design concept of heterogeneous network which integrates a broadcast network with other networks, for example, a communication network, the Internet and the like, to form a heterogeneous network architecture coordinating various networks. Meanwhile, the usage in bad conditions are taken into account, and a broadcast TV system which enables uplink transmission by using a broadcast link is designed. The terminal of the invention is a terminal applicable in these heterogeneous network architectures, is capable of receiving signals transmitted from various networks, and can enable flexible receiving and access modes with a series of control means. The network system and client terminal of the invention can achieve an optimized allocation of network resources, save spectrum resources, and enable optimized transmission and management of information resources. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181260 | SYNCHRONIZATION ALGORITHM FOR DATA STREAMING BY PROXY SERVER THROUGH ASYNCHRONOUS MULTICAST CHANNEL - A guide data server stores program guide content in a memory and transmits the stored content to a multicast server. The multicast server transmits the received content to set top boxes according to three independent time periods. The three time periods include an update blocking time period, a multicast blocking time period, and a normal time period. During the update blocking time period, the multicast server transmits old program guide content to the set top boxes. During the multicast blocking time period, the multicast server (1) performs a one-time request for the new program guide content from the guide data server, and (2) receives new program guide content from the guide data server. During the normal time period, the multicast server receives new program guide content transmitted from the guide data server and transmits the new program guide content to the set top boxes. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181261 | Image Sampling from Multicast Streams - The disclosed methods and system may gain access to a plurality of content streams, and periodically capture still images from each stream. The captured stills may be stored in a predetermined location, and the location may be made available to various clients. By discovering the locations, application clients can issue requests to receive the latest image for a current stream, and use that image to improve a user interface or enhance a user experience in consuming the content. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181262 | ADVERTISING METRICS SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a system and method for monitoring audio-video (AV) streams transported over a network. The system may include an AV probe deployed between an AV tuner and AV destination customer premise equipment. The AV probe may receive an incoming AV stream. The AV probe may generate a thumbnail stream by capturing thumbnails of the incoming AV stream. The AV probe may transmit, substantially in real-time, the thumbnail stream to a monitoring engine and the incoming AV stream to the AV destination customer premise equipment. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181263 | AUTHORIZING DEVICES BASED ON IDENTIFYING CONTENT DISTRIBUTOR - Methods and systems to authorize devices and/or perform other actions based on identifying content distributors are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems access video content playing at a client device, calculate fingerprints of a portion of the video content, identify a distributor of the video content based on the fingerprints, and perform an action in response to the identification of the distributor of the video content, such as actions to authorize the client device or other associated devices (e.g., second screens) to receive content from the distributor, actions to present sponsored content to the client device or associated devices, and so on. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181264 | Wireless System with Variable Training Information Based on Device Type - A system and method for wirelessly transmitting audiovisual information. Training information may be stored in a memory. A plurality of packets may be generated, including the training information. The plurality of packets may also include audiovisual information. The plurality of packets may include first information identifying a first training pattern of a plurality of possible training patterns. The first training pattern may specify one or more locations of the training information in the plurality of packets. The first information may be usable by a receiver to determine the first training pattern of the plurality of possible training patterns. The plurality of packets may be transmitted in a wireless manner. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181265 | NETWORK SYNCHRONIZED CAMERA SETTINGS - A network device receives, from a first video camera system, position information for a first video camera at a first site and sends, to a second video camera system, position instructions for a second video camera at a second site. The position instructions are configured to locate the second video camera within the second site to correspond to a relative position of the first camera in the first site. The network device receives, from the first video camera system, a first video feed including images of the first site and receives, from the second video camera system, a second video feed including images of a subject of the second site. The network device combines the first video feed and the second video feed to generate a synchronized combined video feed that overlays the images of the subject of the second video feed in images of the first site. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181266 | INHERITANCE BASE RIGHT OBJECT FILE GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT SCHEME IN A HOME SERVER - A Digital Rights Management (DRM) system is provided to manage license rights for video object files where both parent and child object files are created. In the system a license library is provided, the license library including data identifying a parent object file allowing access to first video content and child object files relating to the parent object file also allowing access to the first video content. Further, the system creates a data tree structure with a parent pointer identifying the child object files related to the parent, and child pointers identifying the parent pointer related to the child. The data tree structure is used to modify the license library when a first request is received to modify one of the parent object files or the child object files. When a copy count is used and decremented when additional copies are made, the system updates the pointers in the data tree structure accordingly. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181267 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFERRING AND FORECASTING VIEWERSHIP AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR UNMONITORED MEDIA NETWORKS - Currency data regarding the monitored media network including a first viewership count indicating a first number of viewers viewing the monitored media network during a first series of time intervals and demographic information regarding the first number of viewers may be received. Set-top-box viewership data regarding the monitored media network may also be received from a set top box. The set-top-box viewership data may include a second viewership count indicating a second number of viewers viewing the monitored media network during a second series of time intervals. The first and second viewership counts may be transformed into first and second series of data, respectively. The first and second series of data may be compared to with one another determine factors and/or coefficients, which may be applied to the second viewership count to infer and/or forecast demographic information for the second viewership count. The method is generalized to unmonitored networks. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181268 | RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENT GENERATION BASED ON A USER OPERATING A CLIENT DEVICE COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLED WITH A NETWORKED MEDIA DEVICE - A method, apparatus and/or system related to relevant advertisement generation based on a user operating a client device communicatively coupled with a networked media device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes determining that a user is likely viewing a networked media device and/or accessing a client device while viewing the networked media device, determining that the content currently being displayed on the networked media device is associated with a motion-video advertisement through an automatic content recognition algorithm applied to the networked media device, selecting an alphanumeric advertisement formatted for a display area of the client device based on contextual match between the motion-video advertisement and/or the alphanumeric advertisement, and/or delivering the alphanumeric advertisement to the client device while the motion-video advertisement is still rendering on the networked media device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181269 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO VERIFY AND/OR CORRECT MEDIA LINEUP INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus to verify and/or correct media lineup information are disclosed. An example method includes comparing presentation data representative of media output by a first set top box (STB) to reference data corresponding to a first station to determine whether the media presentation data corresponds to the reference data, the presentation data collected while the first STB was tuned to a first channel. The method further includes determining a second station that corresponds to the presentation data when the presentation data does not correspond to the reference data. The method further includes correcting a first channel map that relates the first channel to the first station by relating the first channel to the second station to create a second channel map, and correcting clickstream data that represents commands to other STBs using the second channel map. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181270 | VIDEO PRESENTATION INTERFACE WITH ENHANCED NAVIGATION FEATURES - A system and technique for simultaneously presenting multiple, content object data streams on a user interface in a manner which encourages multidimensional browsing using directional navigation commands from a traditional remote control allows a viewer to select from live broadcast content, previously recorded content, and content which has yet to be recorded. According to another aspect of the disclosure, a viewer may view in a time shifted manner, not only previously recorded content, but any advertisements or commercials contained in, including possibly skipping an advertisement, if the profile associated with the viewer has earned enough viewing credit to perform such activity. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181271 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING TARGETED CONTENT - It is provided a method for providing content for a video. The method includes steps of receiving, from a client device, a message comprising a first content identifier uniquely identifying a first piece of content for the video and a first relevancy score associated with the first piece of content, wherein the first piece of content and the first relevancy score are determined based on a user identifier that identifies a user and a video identifier that identifies the video; determining a second piece of content and a second relevancy score associated with the second piece of content based on the user identifier, the video identifier and playback context parameter including at least one of geographical location, device type and time; and if it is determined that the second relevancy score divided by computation cost for inlaying the second piece of content into the video is larger than the first relevancy score divided by computation cost for inlaying the first piece of content into the video, using the second piece of content for the video. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181272 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING A VIDEO STREAM - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for presenting a video stream is presented. An identifier of a video stream is received from a user of the client device, the video stream being accessible though a media device coupled to at least one input port of the client device. A device-agnostic request is sent to a media device service executing on the client device to acquire the media device and to obtain the video stream from the media device, the media device service being configured to map the device-agnostic request to a device-specific request for the media device. In response to the device-agnostic request, the video stream is received through the at least one input port. A user interface is generated including the video stream. The user interface including the video stream is presented on an output device coupled to the client device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181273 | Using Timed Transport Stream for Receiver-Side Inter-Device Communication - Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of the various embodiments facilitate real time playback of a digital broadcast by enabling reduction of the amount of time a receiver device's low power mode interface with a separate computing device operates in an operational/high power mode. The receiver device may associate a stream of media packets of a digital broadcast with system time clock timestamps indicating when the media packets were received, and store the media packets in a temporary packet buffer. Periodically, a media packet burst stored in the temporary packet buffer may be sent to the separate computing device via a low power mode interface operating in an operational/high-power mode different than a low power mode. The low power mode interface may be returned to the low-power mode until the next burst of packets is sent to the separate computing device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181274 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MIRROR LINK - A system and method of controlling a mirror link are provided. The method includes connecting, by a controller, a multimedia system mounted within a vehicle to a portable terminal and executing an application to perform the mirror link. In addition, a menu is output to independently control an output image of the multimedia system and the portable terminal to the vehicle. The controller is also configured to independently control the output image of the multimedia system and the portable terminal based on a user selection. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181275 | VIRTUALIZED CONTENT SOURCING - Systems and methods that enable simultaneous or concurrent access to, either for display or storage, an increased number of television programs of specific interest when compared to other systems having a similar or even greater number of tuners. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181276 | MAIN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUB IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a main image processing apparatus, a sub image processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The control method of the sub image processing apparatus includes receiving a user's touch input through the sub image processing apparatus; determining which contents correspond to a touched area where the touch input occurs; sensing change in location of the touch input; and transmitting a control command for the contents to the main image processing apparatus in response to the sensed change in the location of the touch input. With this, it is more convenient for a user to control the main image processing apparatus through the sub image processing apparatus supporting the touch input. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181277 | RECEIVING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a receiving device including a gain supplying unit that supplies a gain for adjusting power of an intermediate frequency OFDM signal acquired from a broadcast signal received by a tuner, the broadcast signal conforming with the DVB-T2 standard and having a plurality of profiles mixed, a position detecting unit that detects a head position of a frame corresponding to each of the plurality of profiles, and a time constant changing unit that changes, in accordance with a profile of the frame, a time constant to specify a time interval at which the gain supplying unit calculates the gain based on power of the intermediate frequency OFDM signal outputted from the tuner when a head position of the frame is detected. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181278 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus may include a receiver configured to receive a command to display a virtual remote controller from a remote controller, a display configured to display a virtual remote controller which is divided into a plurality of UI areas including items with different properties according to the virtual remote controller display command, and a controller configured to magnify a size of one UI area from among the plurality of UI areas according to a received manipulation, and control to display additional information regarding at least one item included in the magnified UI area. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181279 | MOSAIC FOCUS CONTROL - A television receiver may be configured to receive, from a user of the television receiver, a set of viewing rules that define a focus preference of the user. The television receiver may output, to a presentation device, a video mosaic comprising a plurality of pieces of content presented as a plurality of tiles. Each piece of content may be linked with a corresponding audio stream from a plurality of audio streams. The television receiver may select a piece of content for focus from the plurality of pieces of content based on the set of viewing rules defined by the user. The television receiver may output only an audio stream linked with the piece of content being focused on from among the plurality of audio streams. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181280 | MULTIMEDIA STREAM PROCESSING SYSTEM - A multimedia signal processing system allows a user to store selected programs while simultaneously watching or reviewing another. The system includes an input section and an output section. Across all configurations, the output section remains substantially the same, while the input section varies according to the signal type and the source. The system receives a digital stream and simultaneously processes the digital stream for display and stores the digital stream on at least one storage device. The system further simultaneously processes a previously recorded digital stream for display while processing the digital stream for display. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181281 | BROADCASTING SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, BROADCASTING SIGNAL RECEPTION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING BROADCASTING SIGNAL USING SAME - Disclosed is a broadcasting signal transmission device, a broadcasting signal reception device, and a method for transmitting/receiving a broadcasting signal using same. The method for receiving the broadcasting signal comprises the following steps: receiving the broadcasting signal, which includes a transmission frame, wherein the transmission frame includes a plurality of PLPs, which transmit components that constitute a broadcasting service, first signaling information and second signaling information, which include the signaling information of the plurality of PLPs, a first preamble signal, which has been signaled with a preamble format, and a second preamble signal, which has been signaled with pilot pattern information, wherein one of the plurality of PLPs is a base PLP, which includes a program number that corresponds to the broadcasting service and program map table information, which has been signaled with identifying information for each of the PLPs; demodulating the broadcasting signal based on the first and the second preamble signals; FEC decoding the demodulated broadcasting signal; and identifying a PLP group that includes the plurality of PLP from the FEC decoded broadcasting signal based on the first and the second signaling information, decoding at least one PLP of the identified PLP group, and providing the broadcasting service. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181282 | MULTIPLE LOCATION CHANNEL DATABASE FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A digital television is presented that stores multiple channel maps in its channel memory. Each map is associated with a particular geographic location. When the television moves to a new location, the location is identified and the television examines its memory for stored channel maps relevant to that location. If a relevant channel map is found, it is used without the television having to rescan the available television frequencies to create a new map for that location. When scans are required, they are expedited by examining a database of relevant frequencies for the television's location. The database identifies frequencies that are in use by television broadcasters near that location. The television then needs to scan only those frequencies identified in the received list, which reduces scan times. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181283 | system and a method for distributing multimedia content in a home network - A method for distributing multimedia content in a home network, comprising the steps of: broadcasting ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150181284 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION CABLE - The present invention relates to a communication system, a transmitter, a receiver, a communication method, a program, and a communication cable for providing high-speed bidirectional communication while maintaining compatibility. When an HDMI (R) source performs bidirectional IP communication with an HDMI (R) sink using a CEC line and a signal line, a switching control unit controls a switch so that, when data is transmitted, the switch selects a constituent signal forming a differential signal output from a converting unit and, when data is transmitted, the switch selects a constituent signal forming a differential signal output from a receiver. When bidirectional communication is performed using only the CEC line, the switching control unit controls the switch so that the CEC signal output from the HDMI (R) source or the receiver is selected. The present invention is applicable to, for example, HDMI (R). | 2015-06-25 |
20150181285 | Media Playback Method, Control Point, and Terminal - The present invention provides a media playback method, where a control point controls a media playback device to play a first media, where the control point acquires a resolution supported by the media playback device; acquires, according to the resolution supported by the media playback device, address information of the first media to be sent to the media playback device; and sends the address information of the first media to the media playback device, so that the media playback device plays the first media according to the address information of the first media. Embodiments of the present invention are advantageous because the control point can select, according to the resolution supported by the media playback device, a media resource of a corresponding resolution, and push the media resource of the corresponding resolution to the media playback device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181286 | Personal Area Network Proxy Service for Video on Demand Systems - Techniques where a computing device such as a smart phone can be leveraged to facilitate video on demand (“VOD”) services through a set top box (“STB”) associated with a content subscription service such as satellite television are described. In an exemplary embodiment, a request for VOD content can be communicated from the STB to the computing device via a personal area network (“PAN”) connection such as Bluetooth. The computing device in turn can forward the VOD content request to a VOD authorization server over a wide area network (“WAN”). | 2015-06-25 |
20150181287 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING BASED ON INFORMATION IN COMMERCIALS - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining that a commercial segment of media content, including a video portion and an audio portion, contains neither metadata nor close captioning information. I response to determining that the commercial segment contains neither metadata nor close captioning information, advertised program content is identified based on the video portion, the audio portion or both. Alternative media content is identified based on the advertised program content. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181288 | VIDEO SALES AND MARKETING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for video advertising, sales and marketing including techniques for creating images and video, editing those images and videos, characterizing those images and videos and providing those images and videos to multiple users using social networks. Also include are methods for product placement and advertising associated with those videos including method for analyzing user interactions with the images and videos and optimizing ad placement in response to the user interactions. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181289 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING USER VIEWING PREFERENCES BASED ON DETECTED EVENTS - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that predicts user preferences based on detected events. For example, in response to a trigger, the media guidance application may monitor data associated with a user. The media guidance application may then process the monitored data to determine if the monitored data indicates that a user profile of a user should be updated. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181290 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MEASURE AN AUDIENCE OF AN ONLINE MEDIA SERVICE - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to measure an audience of an online media service. An example method includes requesting an access history associated with a subscriber of an online media service using a programming interface for the online media service; and determining ratings information using the access history and demographic information corresponding to the subscriber. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181291 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ANCILLARY CONTENT IN MEDIA ASSETS - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for providing ancillary content in media assets. Specifically, a media guidance application may alert a user to remove, or modify, portions of a media asset based on an emotional response profile associated with the media asset. The emotional response profile may indicate representative emotional responses of other users associated with one or more progression points of the media asset. Upon determining that a user currently consuming the media asset is approaching a portion of the media asset associated with undesirable emotional responses, the media guidance application may alert the user to remove, or modify, the undesirable portion. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181292 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ACCESS TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications are provided. In particular, the systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications provided herein generally relate to enhancing remote access capabilities by providing algorithms and techniques for managing and correcting disparities that may be found between program listings data used by the interactive media guidance application and the remote access server. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181293 | MIXED MODE TELEVISION RECEIVER - Systems and methods that enable satellite television subscribers to simultaneously watch video associated with a primary television channel and listen to audio associated with a different secondary television channel. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181294 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AND RECEIVING MULTI-SCREEN BASED CONTENT - In a method and system for providing and receiving multi-screen based content, the method for providing multi-screen based content includes providing a user with secondary content in real time through a secondary terminal including at least one screen, in which the secondary content is related to primary content reproduced through a primary terminal. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181295 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING MEDIA CONTENT AND MEDIA GUIDANCE INFORMATION - A system comprises television equipment and a number of portable electronic devices. The television equipment includes a large display and control circuitry. The control circuitry receives media content and media guidance data for display on the display. The control circuitry also includes communication components for communicating with the portable electronic devices. The portable electronic devices are operable for displaying video and communicating with the television equipment. A method comprises the steps of receiving media guidance information with a first portable electronic device; transmitting at least some of the media guidance information from the first portable electronic device to the control circuitry of the television equipment; and displaying the media guidance information from the first portable electronic device on the display of the television equipment while simultaneously displaying media content or media guidance information received from a source other than the first portable electronic device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181296 | METHOD OF PROCESSING NON-REAL TIME SERVICE AND BROADCAST RECEIVER - A method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver, which receives and processes a service being transmitted in non-real time, and a broadcast receiver are disclosed. Herein, the method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver includes receiving a signaling information table including additional information on contents configuring a non-real time service and a content identifier for each content, acquiring and storing the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content from the signaling information table, when a non-real time specific service guide is requested from a real-time specific service guide screen, configuring the non-real time specific service guide based upon the stored additional information and content identifier of the stored contents, thereby displaying a non-real time specific service guide screen, and performing a playback or download scheduling function on the content selected from the non-real time specific service guide screen. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181297 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEDIA ON DEMAND COMMENTARIES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to present an overlay to be combined with media content during presentation at each of a plurality of computing devices to illustrate a collection of user-generated comments temporally associated with portions of the media content, wherein the portions of the media content comprise portions of a media on demand presentation in an interactive television network, collect the user-generated comments from the plurality of computing devices, identify target portions of the media content that each satisfy a threshold number of comments and non-target portions of the media content that do not satisfy the threshold number of comments, generate comment groups of the user-generated comments, and provide the comment groups to the plurality of computing devices for presentation in the overlay. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181298 | Method and Apparatus for Presenting Media Programs - Systems and processes that incorporate teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, determining a temporal action initiated by equipment of a user of a plurality of users, while a media program is presented to a display of the equipment of the user. A symbolic overlay is generated comprising an iconic symbol corresponding to the temporal action. The symbolic overlay is provided, and when presented together with the media program at the display, comprises a linear presentation of a timeline corresponding to a temporal progression of the media program and the iconic symbol situated in relation to the linear presentation of the timeline when displayed. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-06-25 |