Abstract: A network media player enables the addition of one or more overlays during content playback. This allows insertion of images, sound, text, logos, ticker bars, and the like in video, audio, or other available content. Overlays may be user-generated to customize content playback, or network-generated to allow insertion of advertising, source identification, logos, messages, news, and the like.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information playback method, comprising reading out management information used to manage one or more video titles from an information storage medium, the medium storing an advanced content including the management information in which a title timeline indicating playback timings of objects of each video title being individually defined, and playing back objects of each video title in accordance with the title timeline defined in the readout management information.

Abstract: A media device meeting an idleness criteria may be detected. In response to detecting an idleness criteria, media content may be sent to the media device. The media device may be configured to receive a particular content stream or streams accessible via the internet comprising the media content. The media device may derive a fingerprint from the media content and send the fingerprint to a fingerprint database, along with additional data pertaining to the media (such as title, synopsis, closed caption text, etc.). Detecting that a media device meets an idleness criteria may involve receiving a signal from the media device, the media device completing a duration of time without receiving a user command at the media device, or determining that the media content has resource availability for deriving a fingerprint.

Abstract: A reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method reproduce content data recorded on a recording medium. Video data, audio data reproducible in accordance with the video data, and information that indicates whether the video data and the audio data have been recorded as a multiplexed file or as independent files are read from the recording medium. The read video data and audio data are reproduced in accordance with the read information. When the information indicates that the video data and the audio data have been recorded as a multiplexed file on the recording medium, still pictures derived from the video data are reproduced in synchronization with the audio data. When the information indicates that the video data and the audio data have been recorded as independent files on the recording medium, the still pictures derived from the video data are reproduced without being in synchronization with the audio data.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method for decoding a video signal using inter layer prediction includes obtaining a residual signal of a corresponding block in a base layer from a base layer bitstream, scaling the residual signal of the corresponding block in the base layer, obtaining a residual signal of a current block in an enhanced layer from an enhanced layer bitstream, obtaining a prediction pixel value of the current block in the enhanced layer based on an intra prediction mode of the corresponding block in the base layer and a pixel value of a neighboring block in the enhanced layer, and reconstructing the current block by using the prediction pixel value of the current block, the residual signal of the current block.

Abstract: A method of multimedia processing includes providing a multimedia processor operating at a frequency lower than that of a central processor of a multimedia processing system. A multimedia framework is implemented in the multimedia processing system. The multimedia framework is utilized to execute, on the multimedia processor, one or more of reading an input, transforming a data based on the reading of the input, and placing an output based on the transforming of the data on a rendering device. Power dissipated in the multimedia processing system is reduced by solely executing a requisite parsing on the central processor of the multimedia processing system.

Abstract: Provided are a method for generating an instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) unit for trick play, and a trick play system and method using the same. The trick play system includes: a speed information input unit configured to receive a speed value; a transmission condition determining unit configured to determine instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) transmission conditions based on the speed value inputted through the speed information input unit; a double-speed IDR-unit generating unit configured to generate a double-speed IDR-unit by adjusting the number and data size of video frames to be transmitted in accordance with the transmission conditions determined by the transmission condition determining unit; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated double-speed IDR-unit to an external user terminal.

Abstract: Methods, systems, products and devices are implemented for editing video image frames. According to one such method, image content is embedded into video. A selection input is received for a candidate location in a video frame of the video. The candidate location is traced in subsequent video frames of the video by approximating three-dimensional camera motion between two frames using a model that compensates for camera rotations, camera translations and zooming, and by optimizing the approximation using statistical modeling of three-dimensional camera motion between video frames. Image content is embedded in the candidate location in the subsequent video frames of the video based upon the tracking thereof.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for controlling a digital image display apparatus having a tuner and a DVR system, and a method thereof. According to the apparatus, a visitor history is selectively stored only when a user is absent or a movement of a visitor is detected using the digital image display apparatus having the DVR system. Accordingly, not only unnecessary images are not stored, but also a function of an image display device is performed and simultaneously images transmitted from a movement shooting unit mounted separately from the digital image display apparatus can be selectively recorded in order to detect a movement of an object. Therefore, the image display apparatus can be more efficiently utilized.

Abstract: A method for displaying a webpage is described. The method involves receiving a broadcast stream including a program, playing the program in the broadcast stream to a viewer, displaying an icon to the viewer and receiving viewer input in response to display of the icon, pausing the playing of the program in response to receiving the viewer input, displaying a web page to the viewer in response to receiving the viewer input, and resuming the playing of the program.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium and apparatus to reproduce from a storage medium are provided. The apparatus has a video decoder to decode audio-visual data and a subtitle decoder to receive text-based subtitle data having dialog presentation units and a dialog style unit defining a set of output styles to be applied to the dialog presentation units, converting the dialog presentation units into bitmap images based on the dialog style unit, and controlling an output of the converted dialog presentation units synchronized with decoded audio-visual data. Each dialog presentation unit has dialog text information, time information indicating a time for the dialog text information to be output, palette information defining colors to be applied to the dialog text information, and a color update flag indicating whether only the palette information has changed as compared with a graphical composition of a previous dialog presentation unit.

Abstract: An object is to provide a content reproduction system in which matching of a content reproduction apparatus and a device is performed flexibly and efficiently. For this purpose, the content reproduction system includes a content reproduction apparatus which reproduces a content including at least one of audio and an image, and a device connected to the content reproduction apparatus, in which the content reproduction apparatus is provided with acknowledging unit which acknowledges a driving condition of the device and a controlling unit which operates according to the acknowledged driving condition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising identifying one or more moving features in a first video via a computing platform, representing the one or more moving features as fingerprint representations via the computing platform, and comparing the fingerprint representations with fingerprint representations of a second video to determine a match via the computing platform.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a subtitling format encompassing elements of enhanced syntax and semantic to provide improved animation capabilities. The disclosed elements improve subtitle performance without stressing the available subtitle bitrate. This will become essential for authoring content of high-end HDTV subtitles in pre-recorded format, which can be broadcast or stored on high capacity optical media, e.g. the Blue-ray Disc. Embodiments of the invention include abilities for improved authoring possibilities for the content production to animate subtitles. For subtitles that are separate from AV material, a method includes using one or more superimposed subtitle layers, and displaying only a selected part of the transferred subtitles at a time. Further, colors of a selected part of the displayed subtitles may be modified, e.g. highlighted.

Abstract: A digital television transmitting system includes a frame encoder, a block processor, a group formatter, and a multiplexer. The frame encoder forms an enhanced data frame and encodes the data frame for error correction and for error detection. The block processor further encodes the encoded data frame at a rate of 1/2 or 1/4, and the group formatter divides the encoded data frame into a plurality of enhanced data blocks and maps the divided data blocks into a plurality of enhanced data groups, respectively. The multiplexer multiplexes the enhanced data groups with main data.

Abstract: A method for managing a reference picture with a decoder is disclosed. The method for managing a reference picture includes storing a decoded picture including quality base picture and quality enhanced picture in a buffer, marking the quality base picture and the quality enhanced picture as a reference picture, marking the quality base picture as distinct information, managing the quality base picture and the quality enhanced picture using an adaptive memory management method or a sliding window method.

Abstract: A method for determining a playing position of media content based on media content fingerprints is described. In an embodiment, the playing of an advertisement may be detected by determining that one or more fingerprints of media content being played are associated with an advertisement portion of the media content. In an embodiment, an advertisement may be detected by identifying the persons associated with the faces in the advertisement portion of the media content and determining that the identified persons are not actors listed for the media content. In an embodiment, the advertisement may be enhanced with additional content pertaining to the product or service being advertised. In an embodiment, the advertisement may be automatically fast-forwarded, muted, or replaced with an alternate advertisement. In an embodiment, only a non-advertisement portion of the media content may be recorded by skipping over the detected advertisement portion of the media content.

Abstract: An encoding device encoding binary signals using arithmetic-encoding. The encoding device includes a binarization unit binarizing multivalued syntax elements in order to generate the binary signals. The generated binary signals are stored on an intermediate buffer. Further, the encoding device includes an arithmetic-encoding unit performing the arithmetic-encoding on the binary signals stored on the intermediate buffer. Additionally, the generated binary signals are binary representations of values of the multivalued syntax elements.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of managing data stored in a data storage unit is provided. Data stored in the storage unit is classified into data to be preserved and deletable data. The data is preserved or deleted on the basis of preservation setting and a preservation period of the data in the storage unit. The preserving and deleting of the data may be automatically or manually performed based on the remaining storage capacity of the storage unit.

Abstract: There is provided a reproducing apparatus. The reproducing apparatus includes acquisition section configured to read out recorded data from a disk and acquire related data related to the recorded data, reproducing section configured to generate data by using the recorded data read out by the acquisition section and the related data acquired by the acquisition section and output the data as reproduced data, generating section configured to generate specific information that specifies the related data based on data appended to the related data acquired by the acquisition section, and memory control section configured to cause memory section to store reproduction-stop position information indicating reproduction-stop position on the disk and the specific information when the reproduction of the reproducing section is halted.