Patents Examined by Alicia M Duggins
  • System for storing, restoring and distributing video-films from optical disks
    Patent number: 6771878
    Abstract: A system for storing, restoring and distributing video-films, based on optical disks of very high definition, that makes use of DVD disks (Digital Versatile Disk) as a support for the storing of films, so that said films may be stored onto said disks in a compressed format according to the MPEG-2 standard, and where the algorithm allows to modify the compression factor according to the requested quality from a few Mbps to a considerable number of Mbps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Systems S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luigi Caramico, Mario Mene′
  • Apparatus and method for playing back video
    Patent number: 6766104
    Abstract: To prevent unauthorized copying of video data transmitted from an MPEG-2 decoder to an NTSC encoder, data format of video data to be transmitted from an MPEG-2 decoder to an NTSC encoder is dynamically changed (S104, S112, and S118).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: International Buisness Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Hori, Yoshifumi Sakamoto
  • Video image edit device
    Patent number: 6731862
    Abstract: A video image edit device for editing video image contents recorded on a video tape. The video tape is rewound to its leading end and a start point time code and a maximum video image content period are stored in a RAM. Then, a video reproduction is started and a time code and time information for a video image content are retrieved. A difference between the present time and a precedent time is compared with a predetermined period to detect discontinuity of the video image content. If discontinuity cannot be detected, judgment is made as to whether or not a difference between the present time code and a start point time code exceeds the maximum video image content period to determine a subdivision point. If discontinuity is detected, or if the difference exceeds the maximum video image content period, a present end point time code and next start point time code are stored for again detecting the discontinuity or judging the next subdivision point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sunao Kawai, Kenji Miyata, Ryuji Yamada, Hideaki Teshima, Kazuma Aoki, Norihisa Fujii, Yoshihiko Horibe
  • Method for automatically selecting color calibrations
    Patent number: 6724422
    Abstract: In a method for automatically selecting color calibrations for digital color image recording, especially for digital photography or digital video recording in any lighting conditions, at least one color calibration is produced and stored by recording a calibrated color table. The color calibration which best resembles the color cast of a color image is selected on the basis of the correlation between the color cast parameters of the color image which is being recorded and the respective color calibration. In the event that no matching color calibration is found by comparing the color cast parameters, a standard color calibration is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Winfried Werner