Abstract: A system for grabbing images from an IP Camera, the system has a mounted Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and an installed IP Camera Module, the IP Camera Module simulates the behavior of a web page navigator retrieving data from a website when data is requested from an embedded website on the IP Camera to grab instant image data in JPEG image file format from the IP Camera, and then send the image data to the Digital Video Recorder for processing.

Abstract: The present invention provides an advertising method for a DVR system. First, a monitor display of the DVR system is separated into a main display region and a banner display region. The main display region is used to broadcast a live scene. The banner display region is used to display an advertisement icon provided by an advertiser. The advertisement content can be renewed in real time by the advertiser through the Internet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a digital media mixer including a plurality of analog-to-digital converters for transforming analog audio/video signals to digital audio/video signals, a plurality of encoders for encoding the digital audio/video signals, a multiplexer for mixing the encoded digital audio/video signals using an MPEG-2 TS format, and a network interface for transferring the mixed digital audio/video signals by a broadcast technology or a multicast technology.

Abstract: A video signal processing apparatus and a computer system integrated with the video signal processing apparatus are disclosed. The video signal processing apparatus has a tuner, a video processor, a non-interlaced signal processing unit, a microprocessor, and a computer signal converter. In the video signal processing apparatus, the display can be instantly turned on and the video signal can be recorded in the storage media of a computer, and the video signal recorded in the storage media can be displayed on the display. While watching the video signal on the display, a user can execute applications in the computer simultaneously. The video signal processing apparatus further provides picture-in-picture feature by adding another set of tuner and video processor. The video signal processing apparatus can be integrated with a display or a computer, and can also be used as an external-enclosure video signal processing apparatus.

Abstract: A remote controller is described. The remote controller can remote control a plurality of electrical equipments, e.g. digital video recorders, simultaneously or respectively. The remote controller includes a signal emitter, a memory, and a plurality of keys. The memory stores a plurality of controller identification codes, and the keys can select at least one of the controller identification codes and the same is sent to the electrical equipments through the signal emitter. The electrical equipment compares the controller identification code with an equipment identification code stored in the electrical equipment when the electrical equipment receives the controller identification code.

Abstract: A computer interface card including a circuit board, a first connector, a second connector, several first conductors, a second conductor, a third conductor, a cover and a base is provided. The first connector is disposed on one side of the circuit board to be electrically connecting to a cable. The second connector, which is disposed on the opposite side of the circuit board, is electrically connected to the first connector and a third connector of a computer. The signal transmitting interface between the second connector and the third connector includes a PCMCIA, a Card Bus or an Express Card Bus interface. The cover and the bottom cover are buckled together to retain the circuit board. The cover and the base have a metal cover and a metal base respectively, wherein the metal cover is electrically connected to the first conductors and the metal base.

Abstract: A method is used with a document camera and an image display device for adjusting the image display range. The document camera includes an image synthesis controller and a graphics buffer. In the method, a first image frame and a second image frame are received by the image synthesis controller. In response to the image parallel display information, the graphics buffer is divided into a first region and a second region, and the image synthesis controller fills partial data of the first image frame and second image frame into the first region and the second region, respectively. In response to a change of the image parallel display information made by the user, the graphics buffer is divided into a third region and a fourth region, and the image synthesis controller fills partial data of the first image frame and second image frame into the third region and the fourth region, respectively.

Abstract: A monitoring system including N cameras, a digital video recorder (DVR), a monitor, a remote controller, a receiver and a host is provided. N is a positive integer. The N cameras successively shoot N sceneries, and output N successive images accordingly. The DVR receives and stores the N successive images. The monitor displays a monitoring screen. The remote controller outputs a wireless remote signal. The receiver receives the wireless remote signal and outputs a wire transmit signal accordingly. The host controls the monitor to display at least the successive image in the monitoring screen. The host has an on screen display (OSD) program. When the controller receives the wire transmit signal, the host utilizes the OSD program to process the wire transmit signal to become a screen adjusting signal. The host adjusts the monitoring screen according to the screen adjusting signal.

Abstract: This invention presented a universal de-interlacing method and system by the motion detection, the motion adaptive interpolation, the directional edge interpolation, the 3:2 pull-downed detection and the 3:2 Pull-Downed recovery. Four-field motion detection can detect the motion area and the still area. By cooperating with the motion adaptive interpolation and the directional edge interpolation the picture possesses the very clear quality, high contrast, and high resolution. The 3:2 pull-downed detection and the 3:2 Pull-Downed recovery can detect the 3:2 Pull-Downed movie sequence and recover the interlaced fields into a progressive frames universally without too much overhead of computational power.

Abstract: An interactive e-map surveillance system is described. The surveillance system includes a screen, a host, and a selection device. The screen displays a map and a plurality of monitoring locations. When one of the monitoring locations detects a specific event, the host shows emergence messages on the screen. When the specific event is detected and the selection device is activated, the surveillance system automatically informs units in charge of the specific event.

Abstract: A surveillance system having a multi-area motion-detection function is described. The surveillance system includes a display, an area selection device, and a threshold input device. The display shows a surveillance video. The area selection device selects a first area and a second area on the display screen. The threshold input device sets a motion-detection threshold of the first area and a motion-detection threshold of the second area. When the result of the motion-detection exceeds the motion-detection threshold of the first area, the surveillance video is stored in a storage medium. When the result of the motion-detection exceeds the motion-detection threshold of the second area, the surveillance video is stored in the storage medium.

Abstract: A color interpolation processor and the color interpolation calculation method thereof are disclosed. More particularly, they relates to a color interpolation processor and the color interpolation calculation method thereof that are implemented in a real-time image process system using charge couple devices (CCD) for sampling. The color interpolation calculation method of the present invention is to perform a computation of color interpolation by utilizing the edge directions weighting and local gain approach according to the luminance density determined by the green (G) component. Therefore, the quality of interpolation is improved. Meanwhile, because the computation technique of the present invention is not complicated, the cost is lower when the color interpolation calculation method of the present invention is implemented in image signal process system. Thus, the production cost is decreased tremendously.

Abstract: A color interpolation processor and the color interpolation calculation method thereof are disclosed. More particularly, they relates to a color interpolation processor and the color interpolation calculation method thereof that are implemented in a real-time image process system using charge couple devices (CCD) for sampling. The color interpolation calculation method of the present invention is to perform a computation of color interpolation by utilizing the edge directions weighting and local gain approach according to the luminance density determined by the green (G) component. Therefore, the quality of interpolation is improved. Meanwhile, because the computation technique of the present invention is not complicated, the cost is lower when the color interpolation calculation method of the present invention is implemented in image signal process system. Thus, the production cost is decreased tremendously.

Abstract: Apparatus for generating at least a selected area in a picture is disclosed herein. The picture and the selected area are displayed on a video display means, and the user can optionally adjust the position and size of the selected area. The apparatus including the following devices. A first converting device that is used to generate a digital signal and a pointer defining signal according to a computer video signal. The picture is transferred from the computer video signal, and the selected area is defined in the pointer defining signal. A first adapting device that is utilized to adapt the format of the computer video signal to suit a digital display format corresponding to the pointer defining signal. A storage device determines said display timing of all the pixels of the picture. A pointer generating device generates a plurality of edge of the selected area according to the pointer defining signal.

Abstract: A computer-TV, video converting apparatus which transfers any determined partial area of a computer display into a zoomed image displayed onto a large scale TV, screen used for a briefing or a seminar in addition to a preformed partial area converting function, comprising a main converter with a build-in remote signal receiver, a computer cursor coordinate convening device and a remote controller while the remote controller provides the infrared or radio signal to the remote signal receiver by operating the mouse function keys of the remote controller to move the cursor to a center of a determined partial area of the computer display. The computer cursor coordinate converting device converts the absolute coordinate of the cursor center into a relative coordinates and sent the relative coordinate data to the main converter, a microprocessor and a display controller of the main converter then converts the expected zoom area into a video signal to the TV, screen to provide a zoomed image thereon.