Abstract: A method and system is provided for refocusing images captured by a plenoptic camera. In one embodiment the plenoptic camera is in processing with an audio capture device. The method comprises the steps of determining direction of a dominant audio source associated with an image; creating an audio zoom by filtering out all other audio signals except those associated with said dominant audio source; and performing automatic refocusing of said image based on said created audio zoom.

Abstract: A method for a first electronic device having first and second antennas for communicating with a second device is disclosed. The method comprises determining which one of the first and second antennas of the first device is stimulated by an electromagnetic field generated by the second device; and transmitting one of first and second types of information according to which one of the first and second antennas is the determined antenna.

Abstract: It is provided a method for detecting an object in a left view image and a right view image, comprising steps of receiving the left view image and the right view image; detecting a coarse region containing the object in one image of the left view image and the right view image; detecting the object within the detected coarse region in the one image; determining a coarse region in the other image of the left view image and the right view image based on the detected coarse region in the one image and offset relationship indicating position relationship of the object in a past left view image and a past right view image; and detecting the object within the determined coarse region in the other image.

Abstract: A method for generating multi-language menus comprises grouping language-dependent menu resource files on a storage medium, and selecting only those menu resource files from a group that are labeled with an indication that matches the preferred menu language of the respective player.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for DC intra prediction mode for video encoding and decoding. An apparatus includes a video encoder for encoding image data for at least a portion of an input picture by deriving a direct current prediction value from a pre-determined constant and using the derived direct current prediction value for a direct current intra prediction mode. The portion is encoded using the direct current intra prediction mode.

Abstract: A set back box is provided that comprises: an outer housing having one input side and one output side; stacked printed circuit boards within the outer housing; an input panel for receiving at least one input electrical cable at the one input side; and an output panel for providing signal to a display through at least one output cable at the output side. A strain relief cable is also provided that connects to the output side, wherein the strain relief cable is configured to attach to the display and configured to ensure any output cables are not under tension.

Abstract: In storing of a plurality of overlapping recordings of a same digital video and/or audio stream, resource optimization is obtained through reuse of allocated resources when multiple record actions are operated on a same digital video and/or audio stream.

Abstract: An asset handling tool for pre-production of a film having a script configured to: obtain a search expression from a scene of the script; send to an asset database a query for assets corresponding to the search expression; receive a set of assets matching the search expression; display at least part of the set of assets to a user; receive, from the user, a selection of an asset in the set of assets; and link the selected asset with the scene. The asset handling tool is advantageously implemented in a tool for collaborative pre-preproduction of the film and can help a director or a producer to pre-produce the film by suggesting already made assets that can be imported into the film, possibly after treatment.

Abstract: A new user interface and display system for a video display device with a touch screen makes it possible to peek at, that is view briefly, a selected video content while watching other content. During a video peek, video from a second video source will be seen to partially displace and temporarily replace a portion of a video presently being viewed. Selection of the other video sources can be controlled, for example, by swiping with one, two, three or four finger tips and by swiping inwardly from any one of the four edges of a video display. Moreover, the video presently being viewed can be interchanged with the video being peeked at.

Abstract: The invention relates to a selective active low-pass filter and to a method for improving the selectivity of such a filter. The method includes centering, in the center of a network, the resonant element whose frequency is closest to the cutoff frequency of the filter and in inserting in series with this element a negative resistance of higher value than the parasitic resistance of the filter.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for life cycle management for superpixels associated to frames of a sequence of frames are described. An area occupied by a superpixel in a frame of the sequence of frames is monitored. In case the area of the superpixel becomes smaller than a specified first value, the superpixel is terminated in the later frame. In case the area of the superpixel becomes larger than a specified second value, the superpixel is split in the later frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a computer device with user's eye movement. The method comprises the steps of detecting the user's eye movement, analyzing the user's eye movement to specify an eye movement pattern in the detected user's eye movement and a time period for completing the eye movement pattern, determining a command associated with a combination of the eye movement pattern and the time period and operating the device according to the command.

Abstract: A method for preventing the bypassing of watermark embedding in a bit-stream representative of audio/video data is disclosed. The method is remarkable in that it comprises a step of corrupting the bit-stream wherein original blocks in the bit-stream are replaced by corrupted blocks producing a non-compliant bit-stream; and a step of repairing the corrupted bit-stream by replacing each corrupted blocks, wherein at least one corrupted block is replaced by a watermarked block and at least one corrupted block is replaced by an original block, producing a compliant repaired and watermarked bit-stream. A device for watermarking and repairing a corrupted bit-stream and to a device for preparing a corrupted bit-stream, wherein the original bit-stream is representative of audio/video data are further disclosed.

Abstract: A system and method for enabling a user to interact with a social networking structure for an internet website on a video device connected to a network enabled host device is provided. The present disclosure provides for accessing an internet site in response to a user input, the user input initiated while outputting a program to a display, retrieving content from the internet site based on at least one characteristic associated with the program, and outputting the retrieved content in an overlay or user interface on the display simultaneous with the program. The user interface provides the ability to access multiple profiles for determining whose content or message to display, and also includes a rotating carousel message display system, with a current message surrounded above and below by a previous message and a next message in the display queue in a different size or font.

Abstract: The optical storage medium comprises a substrate layer, a data layer arranged on the substrate layer, a first nonlinear layer with a first super-resolution structure arranged above the data layer, and a second nonlinear layer with a second super-resolution structure arranged above the first nonlinear layer, the first nonlinear layer comprising a material having an increased reflectivity when irradiated with a laser beam and the second nonlinear layer comprising a material showing a transparency when irradiated with a laser beam. The first nonlinear layer comprises in particular a semiconductor material of one of the III-V semiconductor family having a low band-gap. And the second nonlinear layer comprises in particular a phase change material, for example SbTe or AIST.

Abstract: A method for identifying film includes locating a visual identifier proximally to perforations on a film length. Preferably, the visual identifier is located between perforations on the film proximal to an edge distal from a soundtrack on the film.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described including receiving channel condition feedback from a device over a wireless channel, determining response to the channel condition feedback if a forward error correction coding rate is sufficient for the device to recover lost data, adjusting the forward error correction coding rate responsive to the second determining act and generating forward error correction packets using the adjusted forward error correction coding rate from source data.

Abstract: A method in a network switch for improved multicast functionality includes receiving information regarding for which group or groups of receivers content is intended, comparing the received information with stored information regarding which receivers belong to which group or groups of receivers to identify receivers belonging to the group or groups of receivers for which the content is intended and multi-casting the content to the identified receivers. In one embodiment, the group or groups of receivers are pre-established using a device group control protocol and are distinguished using a unique identifier for each group. In an alternate embodiment, the group or groups of receivers are established by the network switch.

Abstract: Constant-bitrate rate control is very useful for real-time video transmission. However, it is difficult to realize a good CBR rate control in an MPEG4-AVC video codec. According to the invention, an adapted ?-domain rate control processing for real-time rate control is applied, whereby ? is the percentage of zero amplitude transform coefficients following quantization. A couple of tables are used for mapping between the quantization parameters and ?. A detailed analysis at transform level is carried out in order to get the slope of the relationship between the bitrate and ?. The slope of the linear model is constrained by a look-ahead procedure with respect to the neighbor frames or blocks.

Abstract: The optical storage medium comprises a substrate layer, and a data layer disposed on the substrate layer, the data layer comprising data being arranged in tracks as marks and spaces. A protection code is coded in one of the tracks or a part of a track which code comprises marks of a first size and marks of a smaller, second size. The marks of the second size have in particular a width being smaller than the width of the marks of the first size. To obtain the protection code, a method is used comprising the steps of reading a track or a part of a track with a first laser power for obtaining a first data signal, reading the same track or the same part of a track in another step with a second laser power being different from the first laser power for obtaining a second data signal, and calculating the protection code by taking into account the first and the second data signals. The protection code may be calculated for example by a microprocessor of a respective data reading apparatus.