Local Trick Play Processing Patents (Class 386/343)
- Fast forward MPEG using I and any combination of P or B frame (Class 386/345)
- Fast reverse MPEG using I and any combination of P or B frames (Class 386/347)
- Pause (Class 386/349)
- Trick play transition (Class 386/350)
- With trick play table (e.g., time code, sector number, LUT, address, etc.) (Class 386/351)
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Publication number: 20130251333Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for transcoding a video stream to facilitate accurate display. An uncompressed video stream comprising a sequence of video frames is obtained. An encoded reverse order video stream is generated from the uncompressed video stream in one embodiment. In another embodiment, the uncompressed video stream includes multiple views, and a compressed video stream is generated from the uncompressed video stream. The compressed video stream excludes one or more of the views.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Gheorghe Berbecel, Wade Wan
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ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM, REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR
Publication number: 20130243407Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus including: a storage to store first and second contents, each of which includes scenes, and meta-information items each indicating a feature of each scene of the first and second contents; a reproducer to reproduce the first and second contents; an operation receiver to receive an input of an operation by a user; and a controller to control the storage to store an operation-history information item indicating an operation history of the user for each scene during reproduction of the first content while it is associated with the meta-information item of each scene, to calculate a similarity between scenes of the first and second contents based on the meta-information items, and to control the reproducer to change a reproduction mode for each scene based on the operation-history information item and the similarity during reproduction of the second content.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Kashima, Tatsumi Sakaguchi, Hiroshi Oryoji, Masashi Eshima -
Patent number: 8532472Abstract: A method of seeking within a time shift buffer includes receiving a media stream from a remotely located media source over a network, and generating a time shift buffer associated with the media stream. The time shift buffer includes a number of frames with keyframes provided at a certain intervals. When a seek request associated with a desired time within the media stream is received, the system determines a nearest keyframe within the set of keyframes that is previous to and closest in time to the desired time, displays the nearest keyframe, then considers in turn each of the frames subsequent to the nearest keyframe until a desired frame corresponding to the desired time is reached displayed. The system cancels the previous examining step and determines a new nearest keyframe in the event a second seek request is received.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Sling Media Pvt LtdInventor: Satish Iyer
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Patent number: 8526612Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards allowing ingestion of encrypted content into such as a VOD server, or PVR, or the like by selectively encrypting portions of a content stream based on various selection rules. In one embodiment, the selection rules include leaving selected portions of the content stream unencrypted, including packets that include a PES header; or video packets that include various trick play data such as picture start, GOP start, sequence start, sequence end data; PIDs associated with a PAT, PMT, or the like; while other portions of the content stream may be encrypted, including video and/or audio PIDs, or other video and/or audio portions. In still another embodiment, Entitlement Control Messages (ECMs) may be inserted that employ an encryption/decryption key rotation scheme, such as odd and/or even scrambling control bit structures, which may also be rotated based on a variety of conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Charles Duncan MacLean, Thomas Inskip
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Publication number: 20130223821Abstract: Distributed trick play resolution in a distributed video viewing group network includes determining trick play preferences for each of a plurality of peer nodes in the distributed video viewing group network with respect to a video item. Conflicting trick play preferences between the peer nodes is determined based on one or more of a group consisting of: user rankings, user voting, trick play ranking, and owner resolution. The determined conflicting trick play preferences are resolved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: PORTO TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventor: Porto Technology, LLC
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Patent number: 8521009Abstract: Systems and methods to modify playout/playback include responding to a trick mode request (e.g., fast forward, rewind). First, a transmission is received at a receiving device. The transmission includes primary content and a secondary information identifier and is stored on a storage device. Next, primary content is rendered to an output device at the receiving device at a normal speed for the primary content. Next, a request is received to render the primary content to an output device at the receiving device at an accelerated speed of the primary content. Next, the primary content is associated to secondary derivative content based on the secondary information identifier. Finally, the secondary derivative content is rendered instead of the primary content, to the output device at the receiving device at a normal speed for the secondary derivative content.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: OpenTV, Inc.Inventor: Esteban Sardera
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Publication number: 20130216210Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method includes displaying a playback rate slide bar having a plurality of increments. The plurality of increments is equally spaced along the playback rate slide bar and each increment of the plurality of increments corresponds to a different playback rate of media content.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
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Publication number: 20130216211Abstract: A method for compressing videos obtains videos from a storage device, selects a main frame from the videos at each time layer and each angle, and further selects a new main frame after each time interval and angle interval. Then, the method obtains frames between two adjacent main frames, and stores different pixels between each of the obtained frames and a previous main frame of the two adjacent main frames, so as to obtain composite images of the videos.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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Publication number: 20130216209Abstract: A multimedia content frame seeking method and apparatus is provided. The multimedia content frame seeking method may include setting a candidate position for a target frame, the target frame corresponding to a target time, according to an average bitrate of an average bitrate calculation section that is set with respect to frames in the multimedia content, adjusting the candidate position by progressively decreasing a size of the average bitrate calculation section based on the candidate position, and determining the target frame to be a frame having a start time that differs from the target time by a difference within a predetermined allowable range of error, wherein the target frame is determined from among frames of which starting points are closest to candidate positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.Inventor: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
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Patent number: 8515264Abstract: A video display control apparatus that includes a system controller that determines a reproduction speed of a video, and sets a parallax parameter corresponding to the reproduction speed of the video. The video display control apparatus also includes a content control unit that controls reproduction of the video based on the parallax parameter set by the system controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masashi Ota, Noboru Murabayashi
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Patent number: 8515265Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a trick play service in a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) adaptive streaming (HAS) architecture for adaptively streaming media data according to fluctuation of a streaming environment are provided. The method at a server includes: generating a media presentation description (MPD) file including information about at least one piece of trick play data; transmitting the MPD file to a client; and transmitting the at least one piece of trick play data to the client in response to a request by the client based on the MPD file. The method at a client includes: receiving a media presentation description (MPD) file including information about at least one piece of trick play data; and receiving the at least one piece of trick play data from a server based on the MPD file.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: O-hoon Kwon, Ho-jin Ha, Guanhua Zhang, Hyung-tak Choi, Sun-bal Kim, Ji-Eun Keum, Sung-bin Im
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Patent number: 8510441Abstract: The present invention relates to a sending apparatus that efficiently sends content provided by a viewer/listener to a sender and that performs live distribution using the content. Program content to be live-distributed by a user terminal (10) serving as the sender and sender specific information for specifying the user terminal (10) on the Internet (11) are distributed to a client terminal (12) via a streaming distribution server (13). Content provided by the client terminal (12) is directly sent to the user terminal (10) on the basis of the sender specific information. The user terminal (10) performs live distribution using the content that has been sent from the client terminal (12).Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2002Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Junji Ooi, Yutaka Hasegawa, Yasushi Miyajima, Keigo Ihara, Takanori Nishimura, Junko Fukuda
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Patent number: 8498522Abstract: A multimedia data recording and playing device and a method of driving the same are provided. The multimedia data recording and playing device includes a PVR processor for controlling to store received multimedia data in an activation mode where a time shift function can be performed, a storage for storing the received multimedia data under a control of the PVR processor, and a time shift function switcher for switching from the activation mode into a deactivation mode where the time shift function cannot be performed after determining whether the time shift function is performed or not.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2005Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Ssang Soo Lee
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Patent number: 8498521Abstract: Provided is a video reproduction method with a less difference between a target speed and an actual speed, when fast forward reproduction or fast rewind reproduction is performed on reproduction units consisting of a plurality of connected video units. When the video units are switched, in fast forward reproduction, as an elapsed jump time duration, a difference between a reproduction time of a last displayed picture in a source video unit and an end time of the source video unit is calculated (S104), then, as a remaining jump time duration, a value is calculated by subtracting the calculated elapsed jump time duration from the jump time duration corresponding to the designated speed (S105), then, as a reproduction start time, a time is calculated by adding the calculated remaining time duration to a start time of a destination video unit (S106), and the video is reproduced from the reproduction start time.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takashi Aoki, Katsuhiro Okawara
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Patent number: 8498520Abstract: A video system and process in which a series of video frames are encoded for fast forward and/or fast reverse playback, wherein a subset of frames are encoded as reference frames that have a hierarchical relationship with each other. The reference frames are I frames and predicted frames, such as P, B, or IDR frames.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2006Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: VBrick Systems, Inc.Inventor: Sassan Pejhan
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Publication number: 20130188933Abstract: Trick mode play for controlling video content playback can be realized using a semantic based criterion in order to achieve a more uniform playback experience for the viewer, when that viewer wishes to observe the video content presented according to a selected semantic. In one embodiment of the method, semantics associated with shorter time intervals in the video content are replayed in trick mode play proportionally slower than semantics associated with longer time intervals, wherein the proportionally is determined, at least in part, to the time interval associated with each semantic. In various embodiments, semantics can include scenes, audio, metadata, tags, and the like. The semantics based trick mode play approach allows for a more uniform viewing experience, on a time duration basis, from one semantic to the next.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Jun Li, Xiaojun Ma, Jun Xu
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Patent number: 8472778Abstract: A video player and a video-playback control method which are capable of easily performing a selection operation on a display object in a moving image are disclosed. The video player predicts the occurrence of the selection operation of the display object, which is an area for which an action is defined in the moving image, by the start of a move operation of the cursor 51 or the proximity of a hand to a touch panel, and changes the playback state of the title to pause or slow playback. Description information defined for the display object may be automatically displayed. Also, the areas of the display objects may be visualized by displaying figures.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2008Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Masaru Kimura, Shinji Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 8472791Abstract: An exemplary method for variable speed video playback comprises obtaining a set of scores for a plurality of discrete segments in a digital video, enabling a playback of the digital video at a variable playback speed that may change from segment to segment based on the set of scores, receiving a user input to adjust the playback speed for at least one of the segments by modifying at least one of the set of scores, and adjusting the variable playback speed based on the user input.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2004Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Ullas Gargi
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Patent number: 8472779Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, multiple trick streams corresponding to video content are concurrently displayed in multiple windows. A user selection of one window of the multiple windows is received, and the video content is played back at a location corresponding to a location in a trick stream being played back in the one window when the user selection is received.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Victor S. Lee
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Patent number: 8472793Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for easily achieving a resume function for moving image content stored in one file in a removable recording medium. According to the present invention, a removable disc (Di1) in which moving image content stored in one file and another content are stored is played back, and, when playback of MPEG4 moving image file in the disc (Di1) that is played back is stopped and the disc (Di1) is removed, the file size, the file name, and the address of the MPEG4 moving image file are stored in a RAM 8. When the disc (Di1) is loaded again and the MPEG4 moving image file is played back, if it is determined that the disc (Di1) is identical to the removed disc by reading the file size and the file name stored in the RAM 8, playback of the MPEG4 moving image file is resumed on the basis of the address stored in the RAM 8.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Takeshi Momose
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Publication number: 20130156407Abstract: A progressive video streaming apparatus and method based on a visual perception are provided, and the progressive video streaming apparatus may include a gaze detector to detect gaze information including at least one of a location of a focus and a viewing angle of a user, a video playback quality determiner to determine video playback quality layers, based on the detected gaze information, a progressive streaming receiver to request video data and receive the video data, using a visual perception priority based on the detected gaze information, and a visual perception-based player to play back the received video data, by controlling an interactive delay to be reduced below a selected criterion, while reducing a visually recognized quality change in the received video data below another selected criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventor: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Patent number: 8467665Abstract: A playback device judges whether a connected display device is equipped to display only interlaced video or both interlaced and progressive video. If equipped to display both interlaced and progressive video, a mode setting unit 15 sets an operation mode of the playback device to an image quality mode for interlaced signal output or a continuity mode for progressive signal output, according to a user selection received via a GUI. If continuity mode is set, the playback device decodes the video stream and performs progressive signal output.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Tetsuya Itani
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Publication number: 20130148940Abstract: Methods and apparatus that facilitate the relatively smooth playback of video at an altered playback speed. Video frames are scored and selected for removal (or duplication) to provide faster (or slower) playback speed based when the video is displayed at a predetermined frame rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.Inventors: Michael L. Schmit, Shivashankar Gurumuthy, William S. Herz
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Patent number: 8463108Abstract: A device plays back programming content in a trick mode while an advertising segment record is monitored. When an advertising segment beginning identified by the advertising segment record is encountered, playback of the programming content temporarily ceases. One or more advertisements are played back during the advertising segment, and then playback of the programming content in the trick mode resumes after an ending of the advertising segment is encountered.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Victor S. Lee, Pradip K. Fatehpuria
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Patent number: 8463112Abstract: When a skip operation is carried out and then another skip operation is carried out next, it is determined whether or not a direction of a first skip operation and a direction of a skip operation carried out next are opposite directions. If the direction of the skip operation carried out next is the opposite to the direction up to that point in time and there is a change point between scenes in a skip segment of the skip operation carried out next, skip processing is carried out such that the playback position is placed to the change point of this scene. Thereby, for example, when the content is played back after jumping past a CM, the boundary between the CM and program can be easily found, and the replay can be started.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Ohki, Kenji Inoue, Kensaku Misumada
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Patent number: 8457478Abstract: A method and apparatus for improved digital recording and presentation of broadcast information is disclosed. Received broadcast data, which may include video, audio, private, or other data, relating to one or more particular content programs, is presented from an input section to a buffer and recorded directly onto a storage device without any intelligent parsing, such as indexing, and without any manipulation by intermediate hardware or software functions. Upon normal presentation, statistics may be generated to determine the ideal number of frames to skip, the number of bytes to seek, and the size of data files to read from the storage device during time-shifted presentation. Algorithms and processes are provided to dynamically optimize time-shifted presentation.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Danny Jean Minnick, Michael Cavanaugh, Mark Templeman, John D. Hamrick, Jr., Jay P. Carlson, Yunfeng Yang, Manuel Novoa, III, Rui Ding, Seth Byerley
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Publication number: 20130129323Abstract: A user is able to select a multimedia stream from a plurality of multimedia streams available at a multimedia receiver. The availability of one or more trickplay features for the selected multimedia stream is determined in response to the selection of the multimedia stream. A visual indicator, an audible indicator, or both are selectively provided for display/output based on the determined availability status of the corresponding trickplay feature. The selective provision of a trickplay indicator can include providing a first trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is available and providing a second, different trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is unavailable. Alternately, the selective provision of a trickplay indicator includes providing the trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is unavailable and omitting provision of the trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is available, or vice versa.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2013Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LPInventor: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
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Publication number: 20130121669Abstract: Systems and methods to position and play content. The system renders a first content segment to an output device at an accelerated speed for the first content segment. Next, the system receives a request to play the first content segment from the beginning of the first content segment at a normal speed for the first content segment. Next, the system automatically positions to the beginning of the first content segment based on position information that is associated with the first content segment. Finally, the system renders the first content segment to the output device from the beginning of the first content segment at a normal speed for the first content segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: OpenTV, Inc.Inventor: Joel Zdepski
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Electronic apparatus, reproduction control system, reproduction control method, and program therefor
Patent number: 8442389Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus including: a storage to store first and second contents, each of which includes scenes, and meta-information items each indicating a feature of each scene of the first and second contents; a reproducer to reproduce the first and second contents; an operation receiver to receive an input of an operation by a user; and a controller to control the storage to store an operation-history information item indicating an operation history of the user for each scene during reproduction of the first content while it is associated with the meta-information item of each scene, to calculate a similarity between scenes of the first and second contents based on the meta-information items, and to control the reproducer to change a reproduction mode for each scene based on the operation-history information item and the similarity during reproduction of the second content.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Koji Kashima, Tatsumi Sakaguchi, Hiroshi Oryoji, Masashi Eshima -
Patent number: 8437624Abstract: A method includes reading selected portions of video content from a digital versatile disk (“DVD”), said selected portions of video content separated by periods of time to provide a fast forward or rewind mode; generating a transport stream of transport stream packets containing said selected portions of video content; and in response to detecting said fast forward or rewind mode, causing a transport stream decoder to decode said transport stream packets without synchronization.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2006Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: ARRIS Group, Inc.Inventor: Geoff Chatterton
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Publication number: 20130108248Abstract: A video bit stream with pictures comprising inter-coded content can be decoded upon receiving a channel start or file seek instruction. Pictures for beginning decoding and display of the bit stream can be selected based at least in part on one or more tuning parameters that set a preference between a latency of beginning to display video and possible defects in the displayed video. In some embodiments, to implement decoding upon a channel start or file seek, one or more types of data are generated for one or more pictures. For example, picture order counts are generated for pictures after a channel start or file seek operation. As another example, a decoder generates a frame number value that triggers re-initialization of a reference picture buffer before decoding after a channel start or file seek operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventor: Microsoft Corporation
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Publication number: 20130108235Abstract: A method for tracking an object that is embedded within images of a scene, including: in a sensor unit, generating, storing and transmitting over a communication link a succession of images of a scene. In a remote control unit, receiving the images, receiving a command for selecting an object of interest in a given image and determining object data associated with the object and transmitting the object data to the sensor unit. In the sensor unit, identifying the given image and the object of interest using the object data, and tracking the object in other images. If the object cannot be located in the latest image of the stored succession of images, using information of images in which the object was located to predict estimated real-time location thereof and generating direction commands to the movable sensor for generating realtime images of the scene and locking on the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventor: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
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Patent number: 8428444Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video server includes a storage unit, an output processing unit, and a decoding processing unit. The storage unit stores first video data items and second video data items. The output processing unit generates first and second data blocks based on the first video data items and the second video data item read from the storage unit, respectively. The output processing unit outputs the first data blocks in fewer frames than usual, and outputs the second data block in vacant frame. The decoding processing unit decodes the first data blocks to generate a first playback signals, and outputs the first playback signals. The decoding processing unit stores the second data blocks.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenshi Dachiku, Kenichi Kiura
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Patent number: 8428442Abstract: A video playback apparatus receives a control signal from a remote control device having a multipurpose key and assigns alternative functions to the received signal depending on the duration of time the control signal is received. For example, the remote may have a combination skip-forward multipurpose key which when pressed for less than a predetermined period such as one second, causes the video playback apparatus to invoke its skip mode, and when pressed for more than the predetermined period causes the video playback apparatus to invoke its forward, fast forward, or super fast forward mode, depending on the duration of time the key is pressed beyond invocation of the forward mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2003Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventor: Scott Allan Kendall
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Patent number: 8428443Abstract: A method of providing modified media content is disclosed that includes providing media content to a destination device via a network, where the media content comprises video data and audio data have a first viewing rate. The method further includes receiving data indicating a selection of a second viewing rate via the network and modifying the media content to produce modified media content having approximately the second viewing rate. The modified media content includes modified video data and modified audio data synchronized at approximately the second viewing rate.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2007Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Andrej Ljolje, Ann Syrdal, Alistair Conkie
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Patent number: 8422851Abstract: Methods and systems for generating playback instructions for time-warped playback of presentation layer protocol data. The method includes a protocol engine executing on a computing device recording a protocol data stream comprising a plurality of packets representing a user session. The protocol engine determines a complexity factor for a first portion of the protocol data stream and for a second portion of the protocol data stream based on content of the packets of the protocol data stream. The protocol engine determines a first playback rate for the first portion of the protocol data stream and a second playback rate for the second portion of the protocol data stream using the complexity factor of each portion of the protocol data stream, wherein the first playback rate differs from the second playback rate. The protocol engine renders the protocol data stream according to the determined playback rates.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.Inventor: Richard James Mazzaferri
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Patent number: 8422868Abstract: An imaging device includes a storage unit that sequentially stores a plurality of frame images based on an imaging signal from an imaging sensor that images light from a subject, a moving image data generation unit that generates slow motion moving image data that is to be played at a second frame rate lower than a first frame rate that represents the number of frame images stored per unit time in the storage unit, based on the plurality of frame images stored in the storage unit during a predetermined time period, a still image data generation unit that generates at least one piece of still image data based on at least one frame image of the plurality of frame images stored in the storage unit during the predetermined time period, and a record control unit that associates the slow motion moving image data generated by the moving image data generation unit and the still image data generated by the still image data generation unit and records the slow motion moving image data and the still image data in a recoType: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventor: Takashi Kuriyama
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Patent number: 8411760Abstract: Presented herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for displaying pictures. In one embodiment, there is presented a decoder system for decoding video data. The decoder system comprises a port and a transport processor. The port receives packets carrying encoded video data from a plurality of video streams. The transport processor adds a header to encoded video data from at least one of the packets. The header identifies a particular one of the plurality of video streams, wherein the at least one packet is from the particular one of the plurality of video stream.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Qin-Fan Zhu
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Patent number: 8406615Abstract: A content reproduction device changing, according to a reproduction state of a stream media content, multimedia content to be presented after the reproduction of the stream media content has ended. The content reproduction device (100) including: a multimedia browser (102) displaying the multimedia content; a stream media reproducing unit (103) reproducing the stream media content; a reproduction state change instructing unit (104) receiving a user's instruction such as “fast-forward” during the reproduction of the stream media content, and notifying the stream media reproducing unit (103) of the instruction; a reproduction history storing unit (105) storing a reproduction history such as “fast-forward” carried out by the stream media reproducing unit (103); and a return position determining unit (106) determining a URL of a return position based on the reproduction history information stored in the reproduction history storing unit (105) and transition condition information.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Akihiro Tanaka, Hideki Kagemoto, Koichiro Yamaguchi, Yoshihisa Terada
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Publication number: 20130071095Abstract: A system and method for video trick mode playback is described, the system and method including a user actuated control operative to slide (130) a playback position along a video file, the user actuated control including a rewind actuation, a forward actuation (120) and a default neutral actuation, a player device including a plurality of video file readers (110b-110e) operative to play the video frames at nominal frame rate disposed along the video file, around the playback position, the distance between the video file readers varying according to the sliding speed of the playback position, a trick play engine to control the sliding speed and direction of the playback position, the sliding speed and direction being functions of a user actuation and a trick play engine velocity, the position at which each one of the plurality of video file readers is disposed along the video file is updated to catch-up with the playback position when the playback position is not sliding forward at nominal frame rate accordingType: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Laurent Chauvier, Aurélie Gauthier, Mohamed Yahyaoui
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Patent number: 8401363Abstract: A data playback device comprising a data reader which reads out moving image data from a storage device that stores the moving image data, a speed detector which detects a reading speed of the moving image data from the storage device, a data rate detector which detects a data rate of the moving image data in playback, a playback speed designation acceptance unit which accepts designation of a playback speed of the moving image data and a controller which controls reading of the moving image data by the data reader on the basis of the reading speed, the data rate, and the designated playback speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toru Suneya
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Publication number: 20130064527Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for managing playback of content delivered to a mobile device with a pause and resume functionality. The method and system includes receiving delivered content on a mobile device, initiating playback of the delivered content, pausing playback of the content being delivered to the mobile device in response to an action and resuming delivery of the content upon a request.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: QuickPlay Media Inc.Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
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Publication number: 20130058619Abstract: An imaging device includes: a storage unit that sequentially stores a plurality of frame images and raw recorded audio data; a unit that generates slow-motion movie image data to be played at a second frame rate lower than a first frame rate, based on the plurality of frame images stored in the storage unit during a first predetermined duration; a unit that generates at least one set of still image data on the basis of at least one frame image from among the plurality of frame images stored in the storage unit during the first predetermined duration; a unit that generates audio data on the basis of the raw recorded audio data stored during a second predetermined duration longer than the first predetermined duration; and a unit that records the audio data generated, in association with the slow-motion movie image data generated and the still image data generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki MIYAKAWA, Masafumi OIKAWA
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Publication number: 20130051753Abstract: A method includes processing media content. The media content includes audio data corresponding to a first audio playback rate and video data corresponding to a first video playback rate. Processing the media content includes identifying a speech portion of the audio data. The speech portion includes a consonant portion. The method further includes producing modified media content. The modified media content is produced based on modifying the video data and modifying the audio data. Modifying the audio data includes applying a non-linear transformation to the speech portion identified in the audio data. The method further includes storing the modified media content.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
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Publication number: 20130051775Abstract: There is provided an image output apparatus including an image output unit capable of playing in a unit finer than a frame/field unit on a time axis, and a control unit that determines a play amount by performing a predetermined operation on an operation input amount, advances a time indicating a position on the time axis in accordance with the determined play amount, and instructs the image output unit to output an image at the advanced time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Sensaburo Nakamura, Takeo Ugai
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Patent number: 8380225Abstract: Content transfer involving a gesture is described. In an implementation, a method is implemented by a mobile communications device that includes recognizing a gesture input via a touchscreen of the mobile communications device that is indicative of a direction, the touchscreen including a display of content. One or more other mobile communications devices are located that are positioned, approximately, along the indicated direction of the gesture. A communication is formed to transfer the content to the located one or more other mobile communications devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Long Cheng, Yi Xie
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Patent number: 8381252Abstract: A system for pulling video content over a data communications network. The system comprises at least one video display, at least one video file server containing a number of video files to be selectively displayed on the at least one video display, at least one media server to communicate with one or more video displays, a web client to communicate with each media server through a network to configure at least one playlist in the media server, each playlist including at least one identifier to select one or more of the number of video files, and each media server being adapted to pull video content from a selected video file in a selected video file server based on the playlist and to translate the pulled video content into a video output signal suitable for display on the video display.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2003Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Digi International Inc.Inventor: Joel K. Young
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Patent number: 8375140Abstract: The disclosure provides for a download agent executing on a computing device to dynamically select between media files when a portion of the media file that is currently being downloaded has a portion average playback rate that is greater than a throughput rate at which the computing device is receiving media files. During the portion where the portion average playback rate is greater than the throughput rate, the download agent may dynamically transition to a different media file where the portion average playback rate for the portion is less than or equal to the throughput rate. The download agent may then transition back to the original media file after downloading the portion form the different media file.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Chad A. Tippin, Nicholas A. Wormley
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Patent number: 8364026Abstract: A method in a video playback system for playing a video with a specific playback speed in accordance with a video feature and a playback record is described. The system allows the playback record records a preceding playback speed corresponding to the video previously played to learn user preferences for a user. This makes the specific playback speed more suitable for the user without any adjustment. In addition, the system also allows the user input a resetting playback speed to actively adjust the specific playback speed if the original specific playback speed is not suitable for the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Kai-Yin Cheng, Sheng-Jie Luo, Bing-Yu Chen, Hao-Hua Chu
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Patent number: 8358910Abstract: An information signal is received, which includes a main information content signal carrying the contents of the information, a CM portion signal carrying commercial messages (CM) and an information mode discriminating signal used for discriminating information modes of the main information content signal and the CM signal from each other according to the contents. A video signal is encoded per plurality of several video frames, the video signal including the main information content signal and the CM portion signal. The encoded video signal is recorded in a storage medium. The video signal is reproduced, during the recording, from the storage medium while the CM portion signal is skipped. The received main information content signal and CM portion signal are recorded in the storage medium. The information mode discriminating signal is recorded in the storage medium or another temporary storage medium.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: JVC Kenwood CorporationInventors: Daisaku Kato, Kazuya Tanabe