45th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150319391 | LARGE FORMAT SHORT WAVE INFRARED (SWIR) FOCAL PLANE ARRAY (FPA) WITH LOW NOISE AND HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE - The present invention presents unit cell architecture for infrared imaging, which has two input stages covering for both low and high light levels, and automatic input selection circuitry inside to extend dynamic range. The invention mainly helps to extend dynamic range of near visible (NIR) and short wave infrared (SWIR) image sensors by improving SNR value. The idea is applicable to not only infrared bands including NIR, SWIR, MWIR and LWIR but also full spectrum light. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319392 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel region in which shared pixels which share pixel transistors in a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions are two-dimensionally arranged. The shared pixel transistors are divisionally arranged in a column direction of the shared pixels, the pixel transistors shared between neighboring shared pixels are arranged so as to be horizontally reversed or/and vertically crossed, and connection wirings connected to a floating diffusion portion, a source of a reset transistor and a gate of an amplification transistor in the shared pixels are arranged along the column direction. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319393 | IMAGING ELEMENT, CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to an imaging element, a control method, and an imaging apparatus that enable an image of a higher image quality to be obtained. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319394 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319395 | TELEVISION RECEIVER, TELEVISION BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL - There is provided an apparatus comprising a plurality of antenna terminals, a first switch configured to select an antenna terminal of the plurality of antenna terminals, a second switch configured to receive an output of the antenna terminal from the first switch and divide the output of the antenna terminal into a first output and a second output, a surface acoustic wave filter configured to receive the first output from the second switch, and a tuner/decoder configured to receive an output of the surface acoustic wave filter and the second output. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319396 | DEVICE FOR DEPLOYING AND RETRACTING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The servomechanism comprises a gear motor, a one-way bearing dynamically connected to the gear motor, an electromagnetic clutch, a speed reducer, and a plane four-bar linkage mechanism which drives the LCD on the shafts to rotate. The electromagnetic clutch is also connected to a spring motor which dynamically connects to the speed reducer. In the deploying and retracing direction of the LCD, a stowed position transducer and a retracted position transducer are disposed to monitor the LCD position changes and an angle sensor to monitor the LCD deploying speed changes. The stowed position transducer, retracted position transducer, and angle sensor are electrically connected to a controller. The controller collects and processes signals generated by the stowed position transducer, retracted position transducer, and angle sensor and controls LCD retracting in the event of power outage or unexpected exceptions. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319397 | OPTICAL PROJECTION SYSTEM AND ENERGY CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An optical projection system includes a light source module, an optical engine, a thermoelectric generator, a storage unit, a plurality of electronic devices, and a selection unit. The light source module is capable of emitting at least one light beam, and the optical engine receives the light beam and modulates the light beam according to at least one image signal to form an image beam. The thermoelectric generator absorbs heat in the optical projection system and converts the heat into electrical energy, and the storage unit stores the electrical energy. The electronic devices receive the electrical energy stored in the storage unit and have at least two different threshold voltages. The selection unit selectively turns on at least one of electronic devices according to a state of charge of the storage unit. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319398 | INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - Module compressing/encoding plural images for recording, or an image recording apparatus or image recording system including the module. At least two first and second image input module types capture an image of frames from a video signal source, and convert into digital image data for output; an image input arbitration module arbitrates to place digital image data provided by the first type before digital image data provided by the second type. The first type image input module is provided with a real-time image. The apparatus or system further includes: a memory module temporarily storing the real-time image by a processing time for the arbitration module to process digital image data provided by the second type of image input module, an image encoding module compressing and encoding the digital image data, and changing a processing speed to perform a process of compression and encoding more in real time. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319399 | ADAPTING DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING BASED UPON FEEDBACK - Embodiments related to the use of feedback to adapt digital video recording are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, on a computing device, a method of adapting an identification and scheduling of video items for recording based on usage. The method comprises detecting a trigger to perform a series update, and determining one or more video items to record as a part of a series by providing input to a series update module that returns candidate video items for inclusion in the series. The method further comprises scheduling zero or more of the candidate video items for recording, receiving feedback related to video item playback of one or more video items that were recorded based upon the scheduling, and based upon the feedback, adapting the input provided to the series update module for a later series update. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319400 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING PLAYBACK OPERATIONS BASED ON THE LENGTH OF TIME A USER IS OUTSIDE A VIEWING AREA - Methods and systems are discussed herein for a media guidance application that automatically determines (e.g., without querying a user) whether or not to perform a playback operation (e.g., rewinding, returning to a previous chapter, continuing to play, etc.) on a media asset based on the amount of content that was missed by a user. For example, if a user missed only a small portion of content (e.g., was outside of a viewing area of the media asset for a short period of time), the media guidance application may determine that the media asset does not need to be rewound. However, if a user missed a large portion of content (e.g., was outside of a viewing area of the media asset for an extended period of time), the media guidance application may determine that the media asset does need to be rewound. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319401 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording apparatus includes an image recording unit which records a first image data, and a second image data which is recorded in a first recording medium in a second recording medium; an instruction unit which gives an instruction regarding writing start positions of the first image data and the second image data in the second recording medium; and a recording ending control unit which performs a control so that recording of the second image data is ended when a recording position of the first image data and a recording position of the second image data in the second recording medium match with each other. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319402 | PROVIDING VIDEO RECORDING SUPPORT IN A CO-OPERATIVE GROUP - In an approach to requesting a recording of a focal point in a group event, a computer receives a request from a first user for registration to a group which has at least two attendees of an event with an interest in recording the event. Additionally, the computer receives from the first user a request to view one or more real time recordings from the group. Upon receiving a request to record a focal point from the first user and based, at least in part, on the one or more real time recordings, the computer determines a second user in the group with a view of the focal point. The computer then sends the request to record the focal point to the second user. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319403 | CROSS-DEVICE INFORMATION EXCHANGE VIA WEB BROWSER - Techniques are disclosed for exchanging information between devices. Each device is configured to execute a web browser application. One of the devices is referred to as a streamer device, and the other a receiver device. The receiver device includes a camera for receiving images displayed by the streamer device. A user of the streamer device can orient the display of the streamer towards the camera of the receiver device. The receiver device uses the camera to observe images displayed by any streamer devices that are present within the field of view of the camera. The receiver device, via the camera, analyzes each video frame displayed by the streamer device for a pattern. If the pattern is detected and matches a predefined pattern, the receiver device can retrieve information associated with the pattern, and display that information in the web browser. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319404 | IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD - Image data is accurately resized in real time by downscaling. An image signal generating apparatus includes a parameter generator that dynamically generates a parameter PM and an image signal generator that repeats processing of generating an output image signal Q in response to each sampling signal B. Each parameter includes a division ratio parameter DP. The division ratio parameter DP corresponds to a ratio of a second time period Tb and a third time period Tc other than the second time period Tb. The second time period Tb is a time interval until the generation of a sampling signal B | 2015-11-05 |
20150319405 | Method for Synchronizing A/V Streams - A device may communicate a delay request value to downstream devices in order to synchronize A/V streams. For example, rather than adding the delay required to synchronize audio and video streams, an A/V splitter may instead communicate to downstream devices, asking them to add the amount of delay desired. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319406 | CADENCE ANALYSIS FOR A VIDEO SIGNAL HAVING AN INTERLACED FORMAT - An interlaced video signal can include content of different types, such as interlaced content and progressive content. The progressive content may have different cadences according to the ratio between the frame rate of the progressive content and the field rate of the interlaced video signal. Cadence analysis is performed to identify the cadence of the video signal and/or to determine field pairings when progressive content is included. As described herein, motion information (e.g. motion vectors) for blocks of fields of a video signal can be used for the cadence analysis. The use of motion information provides a robust method of performing cadence analysis. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319407 | INTERCOM SYSTEM UTILIZING WI-FI - Responsive to a processor of a first intercom unit establishing a wireless data channel with one or more second intercom units of a plurality of intercom units in a wireless network, and responsive to an encoder of the first intercom unit repeatedly encoding, during a repeated time interval, data to be transmitted to the one or more second intercom units over the wireless data channel while pausing the wireless data channel such that the first intercom unit does not transmit the encoded data during the repeated time interval, the processor may receive an indication to un-pause the wireless data channel. A network controller of the first intercom unit may wirelessly transmit the data last encoded by the encoder during the repeated time interval to the one or more second intercom units. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319408 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO SHARED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A system for providing access to shared multimedia content within a defined room environment includes a hub and a plurality of remote connection devices. The hub, configured to provide a wireless network having a frequency of 60 GHz and compatible with the IEEE 802.11ad protocol, delivers the wireless network via a plurality of radio transceivers and has at least one local device connection. The local device connection includes an interface to an associated wide area network. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319409 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An imaging apparatus in an embodiment includes lens optical systems each including a lens whose surface closest to the target object is shaped to be convex toward the target object, imaging regions which respectively face the lens optical systems and output a photoelectrically converted signal corresponding to an amount of light transmitting the lens optical systems and received by the imaging regions, and a light-transmissive cover which covers an exposed portion of the lens of each of the lens optical systems and a portion between the lens of one of the lens optical systems and the lens of another one of the lens optical systems adjacent to the one of the lens optical systems, the cover having a curved portion which is convex toward the target object. The optical axes of the lens optical systems are parallel to each other. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319410 | BORESCOPE AND NAVIGATION METHOD THEREOF - The borescope includes an insertion tube, a first image processor, a model store unit, a pose calculator, a second image processor, a navigation image calculator and a display. The insertion tube includes a detection head and at least one sensor for receiving signals in the insertion tube and generating sensed signals. The first image processor is for calculating a first image based on first image signals captured by the detection head. The second image processor is for adjusting the initial pose calculated by the pose calculator to a navigation pose until a difference between the first image and a second image calculated based on the navigation pose and a predetermined model falls in an allowable range. The navigation image calculator is for calculating a navigation image based on the navigation pose and the predetermined model. The display is for showing the navigation image. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319411 | DOORBELL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Doorbell systems can be configured to detect temperature of an outdoor environment. Accordingly, some embodiments of the doorbell system can include a doorbell, a button coupled to the doorbell, and a temperature sensor coupled to the doorbell. Doorbell systems can also be configured to regulate temperature within a doorbell. As such, some embodiments of the doorbell system can include the doorbell, a button coupled to the doorbell, and a heating element located inside the doorbell. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319412 | PIXEL CORRECTION METHOD AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - A color image sensor comprises normal pixels and phase difference pixels. A pixel combining circuit combines pixel signals of the normal pixels, and combines pixel signals of the normal pixel and the phase difference pixel of the same color. Thereby the pixel combining circuit produces a composite image. An edge detector uses a pixel signal of each pixel in the composite image to detect an edge of a subject. The edge is vertical to a direction in which a difference between the pixel signals is at the maximum. A pixel signal correction processor corrects the combined pixel signals through interpolation along the edge and with the use of pixel signals of the same color obtained by combining the pixel signals of the normal pixels in a case where the pixel signals of the phase difference pixels are combined across the edge. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319413 | IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup element includes: light-receiving elements, arranged in row and column directions, that receive light from an object, two pairs of light-receiving elements forming a pair in the column direction and a pair in the row direction and outputting pixel signals forming two pairs of captured images that have parallax of the object; a microlens that refracts light from the object and causes the light-receiving elements to receive the light; a color filter, between the microlens and the light-receiving elements, that transmits light in accordance with color and is one of R, G, and B for each pair of light-receiving elements, R/G or BIG alternating in the row direction; and wiring, between the light-receiving elements in the row direction, that transmits an input signal or an output signal of the light-receiving elements. A color discrepancy in a left/right pair of captured images is thereby reduced. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319414 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ALTERNATIVE USER INTERFACE IN A DEVICE - A method for controlling an alternative motion-based user interface in a device comprising a projector is provided. The method comprises receiving, at the device, an input comprising an instruction to switch from a previous user interface to the alternative user interface. The device then generates an image containing a plurality of selectable elements and a pointing element, and projects the image on a surface with the projector. The device detects a movement of the device, and updates the image to stabilize the plurality of selectable elements against the detected movement and to track the detected movement with the pointing element. The device projects the updated image on the surface, and selects one of the selectable elements based on a motion vector of the pointing element relative to the selectable elements. The device performs an action corresponding to the selected one of the selectable elements. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319415 | CALIBRATION APPARATUS, PROJECTOR AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A calibration apparatus calibrating a projection unit projecting light-rays includes: an imaging unit taking an image of a surface of an object having a location and an attitude, the light-rays projected onto the surface by the projection unit; a location-and-attitude estimation unit estimating the location and the attitude of the surface based on the image; a reflection-point estimation unit estimating, based on the estimated location and the attitude, a reflection point at which one of the light-rays is reflected by the surface; and an identification unit identifying both a passing point that the one of the light-rays passes and a direction in which the one of the light-rays passes the passing point, or identifying only the direction, based on multiple reflection points obtained by the reflection-point estimation unit with respect to multiple different locations and/or multiple different attitudes of the surface. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319416 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, METHOD OF TRANSMITTING IMAGE DATA IN HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE, RECEPTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF RECEIVING IMAGE DATA IN HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE, AND PROGRAM - Transmission of HDR image data is satisfactorily performed between apparatuses. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319417 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH IN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Various exemplary embodiments related to an electronic apparatus and a method for taking a photograph in the electronic apparatus are disclosed, and according to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic apparatus may include a display that displays a screen; a depth sensor that outputs a first image signal and depth information; an image sensor that outputs a second image signal; and a control unit that controls to display a preview screen on the display using the first image signal, obtain both depth information of a photographing moment and an image of the photographing moment using the second image signal in response to a request of photographing, and store the image and the depth information. Also, other various exemplary embodiments may be possible. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319418 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A 3D IMAGING DATASET OF AN OBJECT - A computerized imaging system and method for creating a 3D imaging dataset of an object are disclosed. The computerized imaging system includes an object stage mounted on a system base plate, the object stage is configured to rotate 360 degrees around its axis perpendicular to the base plate plane. The computerized imaging system includes an elongated elevation arm positioned alongside the object stage, wherein the elongated elevation arm having an image sensor, at least one lens, and a mirror mounted thereon, and wherein the optical axis of the image sensor is parallel to the elongated elevation arm elevation axis. The image sensor is used to capture a plurality of images of the object in a plurality of rotation and elevation angles of the object stage and elongated elevation arm. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319419 | Hardware-Oriented Dynamically Adaptive Disparity Estimation Algorithm and its Real-Time Hardware - A real-time stereo camera disparity estimation device comprises input means arranged to input measured data corresponding to rows of left and right images; a plurality of on-chip memories arranged to buffer the input measured data; a vertical rotator hardware module configured to align the rows of left and right images in a same column; a reconfigurable data allocation hardware module; a reconfigurable computation of metrics hardware module; and an adaptive disparity selection hardware module configured to select disparity values with the minimum matching costs. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319420 | IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH PHASE DETECTION PIXELS - An image sensor may include phase detection pixels that receive and convert incident light into pixel signals. Processing circuitry may use pixel signals from the phase detection pixels to determine an amount by which image sensor optics should be adjusted during automatic focusing operations. Phase detection pixels may include photodiodes with asymmetric angular responses. For example, the center of a photodiode in a phase detection pixel may be offset from the optical center of the microlens that covers that photodiode. A group of two, three, four, or more than four phase detection pixels may be clustered together and covered by a single microlens. Groups of these clusters may be arranged consecutively in a line. Phase data may be gathered using all of the phase detection pixels in the array, and image processing circuitry may determine which phase data to use after the data has been gathered. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319421 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING DEPTH INFORMATION - Method and apparatus for optimizing depth information are provided. One of a left image and a right image is divided into a plurality of segmentations for obtaining a plurality of segmentation maps. A necessary repair depth map is obtained, and the necessary repair depth map is partitioned into a plurality of depth planes according to a plurality of primary depth values and a camera parameter. The primary depth values are recorded in the necessary repair depth map having a plurality of holes. A plurality of optimized depth values are respectively generated for the holes in each of the depth planes by using the segmentation maps, and the optimized depth values are filled into the depth planes to obtain an optimized depth map. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319422 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING IMAGES WITH DEPTH INFORMATION AND IMAGE SENSOR - The invention relates to the production of images associating with each point of the image a depth, i.e. a distance between the observed point and the camera that produced the image. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319423 | MULTI-PERSPECTIVE STEREOSCOPY FROM LIGHT FIELDS - Methods and systems for generating stereoscopic content with granular control over binocular disparity based on multi-perspective imaging from representations of light fields are provided. The stereoscopic content is computed as piecewise continuous cuts through a representation of a light field, minimizing an energy reflecting prescribed parameters such as depth budget, maximum binocular disparity gradient, desired stereoscopic baseline. The methods and systems may be used for efficient and flexible stereoscopic post-processing, such as reducing excessive binocular disparity while preserving perceived depth or retargeting of already captured scenes to various view settings. Moreover, such methods and systems are highly useful for content creation in the context of multi-view autostereoscopic displays and provide a novel conceptual approach to stereoscopic image processing and post-production. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MULTI-VIEW RECONSTRUCTION WITH USER-SELECTABLE NOVEL VIEWS - A system for multi-view reconstruction of a photo-realistic rendering of an event includes cameras for imaging the event with image frames; a controller having a CEM module for modeling an environment from image data of the image frames, an FES module for segmenting a foreground from the environment from image data of the image frames and constructing a 3D data representation; and a configuration engine includes a path selection module, the configuration engine for configuring and rendering the photo-realistic rendering along a path selected by a user using the path selection module, the path having at least one novel view image. The photo-realistic rendering has less than a 10% discrepancy between output pixel raster values of the novel view image and the image frames imaged by the cameras. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319425 | IMAGE PROCESS APPARATUS - An image process apparatus includes an image capture device, a filter, a receiver, an input interface, a mixture unit, and an output interface. The image capture device captures an original image and generates a depth map corresponding to the original image, wherein the original image includes at least a first object within a first depth range of the depth map and the other objects not within the first depth range of the depth map. The receiver stores a value of the first depth range and the input interface receives an input image. The filter removes the other objects from the original image and generates a temporary image which includes the first object based on the value of the first depth range. The mixture unit combines the temporary image with the input image, and generates a blending image which is then outputted by the output interface to an external display. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319426 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COMPOSITE IMAGE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for generating a composite image in an electronic device are provided. The method includes identifying a first image element of a first event from first images successively captured by a first image sensor of the electronic device, and identifying a second image element of a second event from second images successively captured by a second image sensor of the electronic device, the first images and the second images being simultaneously captured. The method further includes combining the first image element with the second image element based on a synchronization parameter to generate the composite image. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319427 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND 3D DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a three-dimensional (3D) display control method and a 3D display control device. The 3D display control method comprises: sequentially acquiring left-eye image data or right-eye image data corresponding to each column of subpixels on a display panel for displaying a current frame image; and sequentially updating images displayed by each column of subpixels according to the left-eye image data or the right-eye image data for displaying the current frame image, and meanwhile updating light shielding regions and light transmitting regions of a grating device corresponding to a previous frame image, so as to achieve a naked-eye 3D image displaying. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319428 | ELECTRO-OPTIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A driving circuit perform first driving in which, in a first write period, a grayscale potential in an odd-numbered row is supplied to the pixels of a first group and, in a second write period, the grayscale potential is supplied to the pixels in an even-numbered row, and can perform second driving in which, in the first write period, the grayscale potential in the even-numbered row is supplied to the pixels of a second group and, in the second write period, the grayscale potential is supplied to the pixels in the odd-numbered row. In a right eye display period, the first driving is performed in a unit period U | 2015-11-05 |
20150319429 | Virtual Window - A virtual window system, the system comprising a light field camera device and a light field display device arranged back-to-back, the light field camera device configured to capture an input light field video stream, the light field display device configured to display an output light field video stream based on the input light field video stream. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319430 | See-Through Near-Eye Light Field Display - A see-through near-eye light field display device, the device comprising a light field camera device and a light field display device arranged back-to-back, the light field camera device configured to capture an input light field video stream, the light field display device configured to display an output light field video stream based on the input light field video stream. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319431 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF USING INTER-CODED PREDICTIVE ENCODING CODE - An image encoding device and corresponding decoding device are disclosed for achieving a high rate of compression. The encoding device includes an image conversion module that converts the direction of the images using right-left symmetry mode convention or up-down symmetry mode conversion. Encoding modules are used to encode both the unconverted and converted images. A mode selector module compares the quantity of codes in the encoded unconverted images and the quantity of codes in the encoded converted images, and selects codes that are smaller in the quantity of codes for output. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319432 | VIDEO DETECTION IN REMOTE DESKTOP PROTOCOLS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for dividing a display area having rendered data thereon into a plurality of tiles and determining an update frequency for each tile. A determination is then made as to whether the update frequency of each tile exceeds a threshold. For each tile whose update frequency exceeds the threshold, that tile is marked as a candidate tile. Each of the adjacent candidate tiles are then associated to form a heat map. The heat map is then analyzed to determine whether to encode the rendered data associated with the heat map. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319433 | AREA-BASED ENCODING/DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Region-based encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus. The encoding apparatus selects an optimum region division mode from region division modes with respect to regions divided from an image frame, and transmits, to the decoding apparatus, an optimum image filtering method and an optimum filter coefficient of regions divided, according to the optimum region division mode. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319434 | AREA-BASED ENCODING/DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Region-based encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus. The encoding apparatus selects an optimum region division mode from region division modes with respect to regions divided from an image frame, and transmits, to the decoding apparatus, an optimum image filtering method and an optimum filter coefficient of regions divided, according to the optimum region division mode. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319435 | AREA-BASED ENCODING/DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Region-based encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus. The encoding apparatus selects an optimum region division mode from region division modes with respect to regions divided from an image frame, and transmits, to the decoding apparatus, an optimum image filtering method and an optimum filter coefficient of regions divided, according to the optimum region division mode. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319436 | AREA-BASED ENCODING/DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Region-based encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus. The encoding apparatus selects an optimum region division mode from region division modes with respect to regions divided from an image frame, and transmits, to the decoding apparatus, an optimum image filtering method and an optimum filter coefficient of regions divided, according to the optimum region division mode. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319437 | CONSTANT QUALITY VIDEO CODING - Techniques related to constant quality video coding are discussed. Such techniques may include determining a quantization parameter for a frame of a video sequence, modifying the quantization parameter based on a spatial complexity or a temporal complexity associated with the video frame, and generating a block level quantization parameter for a block of the video frame based on the modified frame level quantization parameter, a complexity of the block, and a complexity of the video frame. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319438 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND PROGRAM, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A luminance signal of an image and a chrominance signal of a bit depth different from that of the luminance signal is input, a luminance quantization parameter used to quantize the input luminance signal in block units is generated, a chrominance quantization parameter used to quantize the input chrominance signal in block units within a range depending on the luminance quantization parameter is generated, the input luminance signal is quantized by the luminance quantization parameter, the chrominance signal is quantized by the chrominance quantization parameter, and the range is changed depending on the difference between the bit depth of the luminance signal and the chrominance signal during the generation of the chrominance quantization parameter. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319439 | SYSTEM ON CHIP AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - IN a system on chip (SoC) for adaptively adjusting a bit rate, the SoC includes a central processing unit (CPU) configured to compare a first reference bit rate with a bit rate of a previous frame and to output a first parameter, a spatial filter configured to adjust a cutoff frequency using the first parameter, to filter high-frequency components from a current frame using an adjusted cutoff frequency and to output a filtered current frame, and a video codec configured to adjust a bit rate of a current macroblock in the filtered current frame using a second parameter generated according to a result of comparing a second reference bit rate with a bit rate of a previous macroblock in the filtered current frame. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319440 | VIDEO CODING DEVICE, VIDEO CODING METHOD, AND VIDEO CODING PROGRAM - A video coding device includes: an orthogonal transform unit | 2015-11-05 |
20150319441 | CONTENT ADAPTIVE ENTROPY CODING OF PARTITIONS DATA FOR NEXT GENERATION VIDEO - Techniques related to content adaptive entropy coding of partitions data are described. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319442 | CONTENT ADAPTIVE BI-DIRECTIONAL OR FUNCTIONALLY PREDICTIVE MULTI-PASS PICTURES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY NEXT GENERATION VIDEO CODING - Techniques related to content adaptive bi-directional or functionally predictive multi-pass pictures for high efficiency next generation video coding. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319443 | HIGH SPEED SCALABLE VIDEO CODING DEVICE AND METHOD USING MULTI-TRACK VIDEO - The present invention relates to a high speed scalable video coding device and method using a multi-track video, and the scalable video encoding device comprises: a video array unit for arraying a multi-track video in a plurality of layers according to a set standard; a bit stream analyzing unit for analyzing each layer of a bit stream and extracting encoding information including an encoding mode and prediction information; a layer for carrying out scalable video encoding; and a scalable video coding (SVC) encoding unit for determining the encoding mode using the encoding information of an upper or a lower layer of a layer carrying out the scalable video encoding, and for encoding in the determined encoding mode. The scalable video encoding device and method of the present invention enhance the speed of encoding a multi-track video into a scalable video by using the encoding information of a standard multi-track video. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319444 | VIDEO COMPRESSION DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE COMPRESSION DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A moving image compression device has an obtaining unit, an image conversion unit, and a compression processing unit. The obtaining unit obtains a RAW moving image having plural frames associated in an order of imaging, the frames having pixels of three different color components which are disposed periodically according to a color array with two rows and two columns. The image conversion unit separates, in a target frame, a first pixel group corresponding to a first color component of odd rows and a second pixel group corresponding to the first color component of even rows, and alternately arrays, in a time base direction, a first image including the first pixel group and a second image including the second pixel group. The compression processing unit performs inter-frame prediction coding compression on the first image and the second image. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319445 | ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes an index setting unit and an encoding unit. The index setting unit generates a common index in which reference indices of one or more reference images included in a first index and a second index are sorted in a combination so as not to include a same reference image in accordance with a predetermined scanning order. The first index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a first reference image. The second index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a second reference image. The encoding unit encodes the common index. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319446 | IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING PIXEL DATA OF FRAME INTO INTERLEAVED BIT-STREAM, AND RELATED IMAGE DECOMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image compression method includes at least the following steps: receiving a plurality of pixels of a frame, wherein pixel data of each pixel has a plurality of color channel data corresponding to a plurality of different color channels, respectively; encoding the pixel data of each pixel and generating bit-streams corresponding to the plurality of color channel data of the pixel, wherein the bit-streams corresponding to the plurality of color channel data of the pixel are separated; packing bit-streams of a same color channel data of different pixels into color channel bit-stream segments, wherein each of the bit-stream segments has a same predetermined size; and concatenating color channel bit-stream segments of the different color channels into a final bit-stream. Alternatively, color channel bit-stream segments of the same pixel are concatenated into a concatenated bit-stream portion, and concatenated bit-stream portions of different pixels are concatenated into a final bit-stream. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319447 | Reference Layer and Scaled Reference Layer Offsets for Scalable Video Coding - A process for determining the selection of filters and input samples is provided for scalable video coding. The process provides for re-sampling using video data obtained from an encoder or decoder process of a base layer (BL) in a multi-layer system to improve quality in Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC). It is proposed that a single scaled reference layer offset be derived from two scaled reference layer offset parameters, and vice-versa. It is also proposed that a single scaled reference layer offset or a single reference layer offset be derived from a combination of a scaled reference layer offset parameter and a reference layer offset parameter. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319448 | DETERMINATION BITSTREAM DECODING CAPABILITY IN VIDEO CODING - A multi-layer video decoder is configured to determine, based on a list of triplet entries, whether the multi-layer video decoder is capable of decoding a bitstream that comprises an encoded representation of the multi-layer video data. The number of triplet entries in the list is equal to a number of single-layer decoders in the multi-layer video decoder. Each respective triplet entry in the list of triplet entries indicates a profile, a tier, and a level for a respective single-layer decoder in the multi-layer video decoder. The multi-layer video decoder is configured such that, based on the multi-layer video decoder being capable of decoding the bitstream, the multi-layer video decoder decodes the bitstream. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319449 | PARTITIONING SCHEMES IN MULTI-LAYER VIDEO CODING - A video decoder is configured to decode a bitstream that comprises an encoded representation of video data. As part of decoding the bitstream, the video decoder obtains, from the bitstream, one or more syntax elements indicating one or more partitioning schemes. For each respective partitioning scheme of the one or more partitioning schemes, the respective partitioning scheme specifies a respective set of disjoint partitions whose union forms an output layer set. Each respective partition of the respective set of disjoint partitions contains one or more of the layers. The video decoder is further configured to decode each of the partitions of a particular partitioning scheme using different processing cores in a plurality of hardware cores, the particular partitioning scheme being one of the one or more partitioning schemes. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319450 | Guided Color Transient Improvement Filtering in Video Coding - An encoder receives a target image in a standard dynamic range and a guide image in a high dynamic range, wherein both the target image and the guide image represent the same scene. A color transient improvement (CTI) filter is selected to predict a chroma component of a decoded version of the target image based on both the luma and chroma components of the target image and the guide image. The filtering coefficients for the CTI filter are computed by minimizing an error measurement (e.g., MSE) between pixel values of the decoded image and the guide image. The computed set of filtering coefficients is signaled to a receiver (e.g., as metadata). A decoder receives the coded image and the metadata, and applies the same CTI filter to the decoded image to generate an output image. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319451 | METHOD OF CODING AND DECODING IMAGES, DEVICE FOR CODING AND DECODING COMPUTER PROGRAMS CORRESPONDING THERETO - A method of coding an image comprising the steps of partitioning (C | 2015-11-05 |
20150319452 | Method and System to Combine Multiple Encoded Videos - Methods and systems described herein provide for combining multiple data streams representing respective videos into an output data stream. An example implementation may involve receiving a first data stream that represent a first video and a second data stream that represent a second video. The first data stream and the second data stream may include a first sequence of frames that includes first intra-coded frames and a second sequence of frames that includes second intra-coded frames, respectively. The example implementation may further involve combining the received first data stream and the received second data stream to obtain an output data stream of encoded output frames such that an encoded output frame includes a respective frame of the first sequence and a respective frame of the second sequence and that first intra-coded frames are combined with respective second intra-coded frames in respective encoded output frames within the output stream. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319453 | METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES, AND APPARATUS USING SAME - According to the present invention, an image decoding method for supporting a plurality of layers includes the steps of: receiving and parsing layer-dependent information for reference layers that can be referenced by a current layer in an entire bitstream; when interlayer prediction is used in decoding a current picture in the current layer, receiving and parsing layer information for a reference layer referenced by the current picture among the reference layers; and decoding the current picture on the basis of the layer information. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319454 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING MOTION VECTOR USING PLURALITY OF MOTION VECTOR PREDICTORS, ENCODER, DECODER, AND DECODING METHOD - Provided are a method and apparatus for estimating a motion vector using a plurality of motion vector predictors, an encoder, a decoder, and a decoding method. The method includes calculating spatial similarities between the current block and the plurality of neighboring partitions around the current block, selecting at least one of the neighboring partitions based on the calculated spatial similarities, and estimating a motion vector of the selected partition as the motion vector of the current block. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319455 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING MOTION VECTOR USING PLURALITY OF MOTION VECTOR PREDICTORS, ENCODER, DECODER, AND DECODING METHOD - Provided are a method and apparatus for estimating a motion vector using a plurality of motion vector predictors, an encoder, a decoder, and a decoding method. The method includes calculating spatial similarities between the current block and the plurality of neighboring partitions around the current block, selecting at least one of the neighboring partitions based on the calculated spatial similarities, and estimating a motion vector of the selected partition as the motion vector of the current block. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319456 | Method and device for encoding a sub-aperture image of a set of sub-aperture images obtained from a plenoptic image - The invention relates to a method for encoding a plenoptic image comprising a plurality of microlens images, each microlens image formed by an associated microlens, the plenoptic image being associated with acquisition parameters of a plenoptic acquisition system with which the plenoptic image has been obtained, the method comprising decomposing the plenoptic image into a plurality of sub-aperture images, and encoding said plurality of sub-aperture images using one or more encoding parameters, which one or more encoding parameters are determined in dependence upon the acquisition parameters associated with the plenoptic image. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319457 | DECODING AND ENCODING OF PICTURES OF A VIDEO SEQUENCE - The embodiments reduce output delay for pictures by determining after a current picture has been decoded and stored in a decoded picture buffer, DPB, a number of pictures in the DPB that are marked as needed for output. This number is compared, after a current picture has been decoded and stored in the DPB, against a value derived form at least one syntax element present or to be present in a bitstream representing pictures of a video sequence. If this number is greater than the value a picture, which is the first picture in output order, of the pictures in the DPB that are marked as needed for output is preferably output and marked as not needed for output. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319458 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING IMAGE/VIDEO RESOLUTION AND ITS COLOR SUBSAMPLING - Methods and apparatus for automatic detection of image or video resolution from raw image or video data are provided by the present principles. The methods find statistical metrics in the image or video data based on a look-up table of potential resolution and subsampling combinations. The methods compute statistics comprising spatial correlation, temporal correlation, and variances in addition to considering color sampling and luminance levels. The methods determine the strength of correlation between portions of the raw image or video data and find the best match between the data and a plurality of possible resolution and subsampling formats. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319459 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CODING AND DECODING DEPTH MAP - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses for coding and decoding a depth map, where the coding method includes: acquiring an intra-frame prediction mode of a current image block of the depth map; determining whether the intra-frame prediction mode belongs to a preset intra-frame prediction mode set; if yes, using a preset intra-frame prediction method to perform coding processing on the current image block, so as to acquire a residual of the current image block. The preset intra-frame prediction method includes a first intra-frame prediction method; and a difference operation is performed between an average pixel value of the current image block and an average pixel value of prediction data of the current image block to obtain the residual of the current image block. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319460 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and an image processing method capable of improving the coding efficiency in multi-viewpoint coding. In the case of present technology | 2015-11-05 |
20150319461 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD - The present technology relates to an encoding device, an encoding method, a decoding device, and a decoding method capable of improving the coding efficiency of an image of a plurality of viewpoints. A motion parallax prediction/compensation unit sets first image specifying information specifying a first image of a viewpoint present in a first direction from a viewpoint of a current coding image and second image specifying information specifying a second image of a viewpoint present in a second direction opposite to the first direction in a list (L | 2015-11-05 |
20150319462 | HYPOTHETICAL REFERENCE DECODER PARAMETERS FOR PARTITIONING SCHEMES IN VIDEO CODING - A video processing device is configured to obtain, from a bitstream, one or more syntax elements indicating one or more partitioning schemes for an output layer set. For each respective partitioning scheme of the one or more partitioning schemes, the respective partitioning scheme specifies a division of the output layer set into one or more partitions. Each layer in the output layer set belongs to exactly one partition in the respective partitioning scheme. Additionally, the video processing device obtains, from a Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) message or video usability information (VUI) in a video parameter set (VPS), hypothetical reference decoder (HRD) parameters for each of the one or more partitioning schemes. For each respective partition of the respective partitioning scheme, the video processing device tests, based on the HRD parameters for the respective partitioning scheme, the respective partition for conformance to a video coding standard. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319463 | IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - When removing a block distortion occurring in a local decoded image, a loop filtering part | 2015-11-05 |
20150319464 | FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION USING SOURCE BLOCKS WITH SYMBOLS FROM AT LEAST TWO DATASTREAMS WITH SYNCHRONIZED START SYMBOL IDENTIFIERS AMONG THE DATASTREAMS - A forward error correction (FEC) data generator has an input for at least two datastreams for which FEC data shall be generated in a joint manner, each datastream having a plurality of symbols. A FEC data symbol is based on a FEC source block possibly having a subset of symbols of the at least two data streams. The FEC data generator further has a signaling information generator configured to generate signaling information for the FEC data symbol regarding which symbols within the at least two datastreams belong to the corresponding source block by determining pointers to start symbols within a first and a second datastream, respectively, of the at least two datastreams and a number of symbols within the first datastream and second datastreams, respectively, that belong to the corresponding source block. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319465 | IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND IMAGE-CONTENTS DISTRIBUTION METHOD OF IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A central device includes a first information storage unit in which an image-contents-distribution management table and image contents are stored and a first information control unit that determines an image display device that is to store therein the image contents based on the image-contents-distribution management table, and distributes the image contents to the image display device, and the image display device includes a second information storage unit in which the image-contents-distribution management table and the image contents are stored and a second information control unit that determines a location where the image contents are stored among the image display device and the central device based on the image-contents-distribution management table and displays the image contents read from a determined location. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319466 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEDIA CONTENT - An apparatus and method for providing information in conjunction with media content, including a receiver, wherein the receiver receives at least one of a transmission of media content and a broadcast of media content, wherein the media content includes at least one of broadcast media content and entertainment media content, and further wherein the receiver receives information regarding the media content, a processor for processing at least one of the received media content and the received information regarding the media content, a display device for visually displaying the information regarding the media content, and/or a speaker device for audibly announcing the information regarding the media content. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319467 | SYSTEM AND METHODS PROVIDING SPORTS EVENT RELATED MEDIA TO INTERNET-ENABLED DEVICES SYNCHRONIZED WITH A LIVE BROADCAST OF THE SPORTS EVENT - An electronic device can be synchronized with a broadcast of a live sporting event to obtain supplemental sports data over a data network from a server storing data associated with the live sporting event. Supplemental sports data is obtained from the server for display on the electronic device following a triggering activity associated with the broadcast of the live sporting event. Supplemental sports data can be transmitted for rendering on a display associated with the electronic device. Supplemental sports data can include display of an instant replay video of a sports athlete combined with audio of a pre-recorded statement by the sports athlete associated with the instant replay video, an announcement of a score change for a sporting event monitored by the electronic device, and a display of a football widget providing updates on football game status (e.g., possession, ball location, current score) monitored by the electronic device. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319468 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING TV PROGRAM BASED ON CONTENT - There is provided a system for recommending a TV program based on content, the system including: a terminal device configured to: decode and output a received broadcast stream; extract affectors by analyzing a video that is being played by the video player; estimate affects that are an implicit response of a viewer of the video; and learn a preference model using an affect matching each of the affectors and transmit the learned preference model to a recommendation server, and a recommendation server configured to: in response to receipt of a preference model, estimate real-time preference by applying the preference model to each of the plurality of channels in real time; and register a specific TV program in a recommendation list and transmit the recommendation list to the terminal device in a case where a real-time preference for the specific TV program is equal to or greater than a predetermined level. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319469 | DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT OF LICENSED CONTENT - Techniques described herein may be used to selectively activate licensed content provided to customers. The licensed content may be activated for customers that have shown an interest in the content. Customers who are determined to not be likely to be interested in the content may have the channel automatically deactivated. In one implementation, a method may include activating licensed content associated with a user premises; obtaining usage statistics relating to viewing of the licensed content associated with the user premises; deactivating the licensed content, the deactivation being performed based on an analysis of the usage statistics; receiving a request to activate the licensed content; and automatically re-activating, in response to the received request, the licensed content. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319470 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENTS TO PARTICULAR USERS BASED ON PERCEIVED LULLS IN MEDIA ASSETS - Methods and systems are also provided herein for presenting an advertisement to a user who perceives a media asset to be in a lull, and refraining from presenting the advertisement to a different user who does not perceive the media asset to be in a lull. Control circuitry may determine that a first user perceives a segment of the media asset as a lull based on a first user profile. The control circuitry may determine whether or not the second user also perceives the segment of the media asset to be a lull based on a second user profile. In response to determining that the second user does not also perceive the segment of the media asset to be a lull, the control circuitry may cause the advertisement to be presented to the first user but not to the second user. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319471 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTABLISHING A MODE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARTICULAR USERS BASED ON PERCEIVED LULLS IN MEDIA ASSETS - Methods and systems are also provided herein for establishing a mode of communication between a first user and a second user when a media asset is in a lull. Control circuitry may determine that a first user perceives a segment of the media asset as a lull based on a first user profile. The control circuitry may retrieve a second user profile associated with a second user, and may determine that the second user also perceives the segment of the media asset to be a lull based on the second user profile. The control circuitry may responsively establish a mode of communication (e.g., a chat window) between the first user and the second user. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319472 | USER FEEDBACK BASED CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AREA - A method includes providing, to a user device, an identification of a superset of potential video programs that are available to be scheduled for multicast to a content distribution area that includes a cell associated with the user device. The method also includes receiving a selection of a subset of the potential video programs from the user device and a location associated with the user device. The method further includes generating at least one content distribution area based on the location of the user device and the selection of the subset of the potential video programs. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319473 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PRIVATE MOSAIC - A method implemented on a broadcast headend system for providing video data for a privately defined channel selection mosaic includes defining at least one base layer channel from among a group of video channels, where the group of video channels includes candidate channels for selection as private mosaic preview channels, defining at least one other channel from among the group as an enhanced layer channel, defining at least one data block in at least one depending frame of the at least one enhanced layer channel as depending on at least one similar data block in at least one base frame of the base layer channel, encoding broadcast data from the group of video channels as an encoded group of video channels, where the at least one depending block is encoded as a function of the at least one similar data block, and transmitting the encoded group of video channels to at least one private mosaic user for assembly of the privately defined channel selection mosaic. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319474 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING VIDEO CHANNELS FOR DELIVERY OF CONTENT FROM MULTIPLE PLATFORMS - A system for managing delivery of content from multiple platforms maintains data for various video channels. Some of the video channels are television channels, while others are over-the-top (OTT) video content sources such as video streaming websites. The system includes a package generation module by which a service provider may define a package of both traditional and OTT channels to offer to subscribers in a unified programming interface. When a user uses the interface to select a set of video channels, the system compiles the set of the video channels in a subscriber package of both television and OTT channels. The system assigns a name to the subscriber package, and it stores the defined package and name, along with other information about the package, in a data storage facility for offering to a subscriber of content from the service provider. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319475 | DIFFERENTIATED PSIP TABLE UPDATE INTERVAL TECHNOLOGY - An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide information for an n-hour span and has a transmission interval. The ETT has a transmission interval and program description information according to the EIT. The transmission interval of the EIT is shorter than the transmission interval of the ETT. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319476 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RE-SECURING A COMPROMISED CHANNEL IN A SATELLITE SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION ENVIRONMENT - A method implemented by a set top box that encrypts communications for a channel stacking switch (CS) using a public key of the CSS, the method comprising: obtaining a message from a head end; extracting electronic counter measure (ECM) data from the message; sending the ECM data to the CSS; receiving, in response to the sending, a new public key of the CSS; encrypting communications for the CSS using the new public key of the CSS. Also, a method for implementation by a CSS, comprising: maintaining a private key and a public key; obtaining ECM data sent by a set top box in communication with the CSS; obtaining an identifier of the CSS; formulating a new public key based on the private key, the identifier and the ECM; rendering the new public key available to the set top box. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319477 | System and Method for Enhanced Video Selection Using an On-Screen Remote - A system and method for presenting video asset information to a viewer to assist the view in selecting a video asset for viewing is described. The video assets can be available from a plurality of different video asset sources, such as VOD (video on demand), PVR (personal video recorders) and broadcast (including over the air, cable, and satellite). Images from the video assets are displayed in a uniform manner, along with information about the video assets. The information includes data in a metadata category. The view can select one of the video assets for viewing, but also can navigate using metadata categories such as genre, actors, director etc. Moreover, the system and method includes an on-screen remote control that can be utilized in conjunction with a physical input device for navigation and viewing one or more video assets. This allows a much easier and natural navigating and selection process for viewers. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319478 | PATTERN CODE RECOGNITION MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - The present disclosure describes a sensing technology. A pattern code recognition multimedia playback apparatus and driving method therefor according to some embodiments recognize pattern code by using pattern code recognition pen, extract multimedia data corresponding to the recognized pattern code from pattern code recognition set-top box, and control playback of the multimedia data, thus easily calling multimedia data stored in memory pack attached to the pattern code recognition set-top box with the pattern code recognition pen for recognizing pattern code printed on pattern code-printed material and promptly and easily watching the multimedia data played through display unit. The present disclosure provides various curriculums including animation, storytelling, dancing, and the like, to allow infants or preschool children to easily access contents to learn described in studying materials through the display unit, thus improving learning efficiency of the kids and assisting intelligence development, personality development, and emotion development. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MEDIA CONTENT WITH MUSIC-STYLED ADVERTISEMENTS, INCLUDING USE OF TEMPO, GENRE, OR MOOD - Described herein are techniques for streaming digital media content, such as music, video, or television content. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes support for providing music-styled advertisement or other sponsor-directed content. Metadata describes media content that can be streamed or otherwise provided to a user's media device. A media streaming logic and targeting service analyzes a playing media content, and selects advertisements for delivery in conjunction with that content. For example, the system can determine a genre, tempo, or mood of music being streamed during a session, and select advertisements targeted to a style of music. Information associated with the user, for example their location, can be used to predict their mood, and select appropriate advertisements. Advertisements can also be selected based on an analysis of, for example, a playlist description or a song lyrics. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319480 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING CONTENT FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE WHEN PREVIOUS CONTENT RUNS OVER - Systems and methods for recording content from a different source when previous content runs over are provided. A recording of a first media asset from a first content source is scheduled. The first media asset is scheduled for transmission from the first content source at a start time following a scheduled transmission end time of a second media asset from the first content source. Transmission of the second media asset from the first content source is determined to run past the scheduled end time. A determination is made, based on a visual component and/or an audible component of the second media asset, that transmission of the first media asset at the start time from the first content source has been changed to a second content source. The recording of the first media asset is modified to record the first media asset at the start time from the second content source. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319481 | DIFFERENTIATED PSIP TABLE UPDATE INTERVAL TECHNOLOGY - An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide information for an n-hour span and has a transmission interval. The ETT has a transmission interval and program description information according to the EIT. The transmission interval of the EIT is shorter than the transmission interval of the ETT. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319482 | METHOD FOR MAPPING SIGNALING INFORMATION TO ANNOUNCEMENT INFORMATION AND BROADCAST RECEIVER - A method of providing a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service includes receiving a file configuring the NRT service, first signaling information, and second signaling information in a state of being IP-packetized and contained in a single ensemble, configuring and displaying a service guide using the first signaling information acquired from the ensemble, acquiring a first content identifier of content selected from the displayed service guide, accessing a FLUTE session using the second signaling information acquired from the ensemble and acquiring a second content identifier matched with the first content identifier from the accessed FLUTE session, and receiving and storing at least one file configuring the content based on the acquired second content identifier. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319483 | VIRTUAL CHANNEL TABLE FOR A BROADCAST PROTOCOL AND METHOD OF BROADCASTING AND RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS USING THE SAME - A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319484 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INFORMING A FIRST ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF USER REMOTE CONTROL ACTIVITY INVOLVING A SECOND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic system is presented which includes a remote control device and a first electronic device. In one embodiment, the remote control device is configured to accept a user input signifying a command for a second electronic device, as well as generate the command for the second electronic device, and an indication of the command. In another embodiment, the remote control device is configured to accept a user input that causes a mode change of the remote control device, wherein the mode identifies one of a plurality of electronic devices that receive commands from the remote control device. The remote control device is also configured to transmit the command to the second electronic device, if applicable, and transmit the indication of the command or mode change to the first electronic device. The first electronic device is configured to receive and process the indication to alter operation of the first electronic device. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319485 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STREAMING MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS IN A WI-FI NETWORK - A method and system for simultaneously streaming multimedia contents from plurality of sources within a group by establishing one or more Wireless Fidelity Display (WFD) sessions with a sink is disclosed. The method enables the sink to share the display screen (screen) of the sink among a first source and one or more second sources in the group to display the video of the multimedia content. The method enables the sink to select audio of the multimedia content from one among the first source and one or more second sources in the group. The method enables the sink, the first source and one or more second sources in the group to select mode of operation for streaming of the multimedia contents to the sink. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319486 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS-LAYER OPTIMIZATION IN MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS WITH DIFFERENT USER TERMINALS - Multimedia communications with cross-layer optimization in multimedia communications with different user terminals. Various optimization for the delivery of multimedia content across different channels are provided concurrently to a plurality of user terminals. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319487 | RDMA BASED REAL-TIME VIDEO CLIENT PLAYBACK ARCHITECTURE - A client playback architecture for a media content distribution system is provided. In the preferred embodiment, the client playback architecture is a Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) based architecture. The RDMA based architecture enables the client playback device to obtain media content from a central server in real-time or in substantially real-time as the media content is needed for playback at the client playback device. More specifically, the playback device includes RDMA enabled playback circuitry operating to perform RDMA transfers for select media content, buffer the media content received as a result of the RDMA transfers, and provide the media content for presentation to one or more associated viewers via one or more audio/video interfaces. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319488 | FAST-START STREAMING AND BUFFERING OF STREAMING CONTENT FOR PERSONAL MEDIA PLAYER - Systems and methods allow playback of a media stream received via a network. The media stream is received and stored in a buffer prior to playback. Responsive to receiving the user command to change the content of the media stream, the buffer is flushed prior to receiving the changed content in the media stream. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319489 | MEDIA MONITORING USING MULTIPLE TYPES OF SIGNATURES - Media monitoring using multiple types of signatures is disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include sending a first indication to a device meter to indicate that media monitored by the meter corresponds to first reference media in response to determining that a media signature of a first type reported by the meter matched a first reference signature associated with the first reference media. Disclosed example methods also include, after sending the first indication, comparing media signatures of a second type reported by the meter with reference signatures of the second type associated with the first reference media. Disclosed example methods further include, in response to determining that the media signatures of the second type fail to match the reference signatures of the second type, sending a second indication to the meter to indicate that the media monitored by the meter no longer corresponds to the first reference media. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319490 | 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 metadata extractor to extract a series of metadata tags associated with media playing on a presentation device. The example apparatus includes a media event detector to detect a media event associated with the media playing on the presentation device. The example apparatus also includes a metadata selector to identify a subset of the series of metadata tags for reporting to a central facility. The subset includes a first metadata tag extracted approximate in time to the media event. The example apparatus further includes a transmitter to transmit the subset of the series of the metadata tags to a central facility. | 2015-11-05 |