Abstract: Video and corresponding metadata is accessed. Events of interest within the video are identified based on the corresponding metadata, and best scenes are identified based on the identified events of interest. In one example, best scenes are identified based on the motion values associated with frames or portions of a frame of a video. Motion values are determined for each frame and portions of the video including frames with the most motion are identified as best scenes. Best scenes may also be identified based on the motion profile of a video. The motion profile of a video is a measure of global or local motion within frames throughout the video. For example, best scenes are identified from portion of the video including steady global motion. A video summary can be generated including one or more of the identified best scenes.

Abstract: The invention provides a measuring instrument, which comprises a light emitting element, a distance measuring light projecting unit, a light receiving unit, a distance measuring unit for performing a distance measurement, a first optical axis deflecting unit for deflecting an optical axis of a distance measuring light, a second optical axis deflecting unit for deflecting a reflected distance measuring light, a projecting direction detecting unit for detecting a deflection angle and a deflecting direction, and a control unit, wherein the distance measuring light is projected through the first optical axis deflecting unit, the reflected distance measuring light is received by a light receiving element through the second optical axis deflecting unit, and the control unit acquires three-dimensional data of a measuring point based on a result of the distance measurement of the distance measuring unit and on a detection result of the projecting direction detecting unit.

Abstract: Provided is a microscope system including a motor-driven stage on which is mounted a culture vessel containing one or more cell clusters, each including cells having a target molecule labeled with a fluorescent or luminescent chemical; a low-magnification-image acquiring unit that acquires low-magnification images of the cell clusters in the culture vessel mounted on the stage; a detecting unit that detects the position of each cell cluster in the culture vessel by analyzing the acquired low-magnification images; and a high-magnification-image acquiring unit that, after the detected position is aligned with the optical axis of an objective lens, acquires slice images of fluorescence or luminescence emitted from the cells forming the cell cluster at a higher magnification than the low-magnification-image acquiring unit at intervals along the optical axis while the stage and/or the lens is moved to change stepwise the distance between the lens and the cell cluster.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for smoothing rendering data (e.g., panning data and/or magnification data) prior to rendering a video clip. The rendering data may be recorded using a first sampling rate and the system may determine Bézier points using a second sampling rate. The Bézier points may be aligned with the rendering data and may be used to generate smoothed rendering data. The smoothed rendering data may be used to render a video clip that may be displayed to a user. If the user inputs additional rendering data during playback of the video clip, the system may generate second smoothed rendering data. For example, the system may record additional rendering data for a second half of the video clip and generate second smoothed rendering data, including a first half of the first smoothed rendering data, based on the additional rendering data.

Abstract: A vision system for a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle. The plurality of cameras includes driver and passenger side wide angle cameras having wide angle fields of view, driver and passenger side rearward viewing cameras having fields of view along the respective sides of the vehicle rearward of the vehicle, and a rearward camera having a wide angle field of view rearward of the vehicle. A display is operable to display images derived from image data captured by at least some of the cameras. The display is selectively operable to display images derived from image data captured by all of the plurality of cameras. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by at least some of the cameras to detect objects in the field of view of the at least some of the cameras.

Abstract: A method for real-time generation of action while playing of at least one interactive video. The method includes generating an interactive video having event data parameters indicating of association of pre-defined triggering events with object properties changes through video; identifying triggering events while playing the interactive video based on defined event parameters of video object properties changes, sending interactive instruction based on triggering events while playing the video, applying predefined action at external computer based entity which is not part of the player, based on received instructions.

Abstract: A scenario generation system, a scenario generation method, and a scenario generation program are provided. A scenario generation system used for video playback synchronized with musical piece playback includes a situation estimating portion for estimating a situation expressed by the musical piece, a video specifying portion for specifying at least one video suited for the estimated situation in the video constituted by scenes each having a time-series order, and a scenario generating portion for generating a scenario associating the scenes constituting the specified video with each section of the musical piece. As a result, a scenario can be generated by the scenes each having the time-series order, and the synchronized video with a natural impression can be reproduced corresponding to the musical piece playback on the basis of the scenario.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a video player, comprising a decoding and control unit for outputting decoded video and audio signals; a storing unit for storing an application software capable of working without starting a computer operation system; a video processing unit for processing decoded video signals outputted by the decoding and control unit; an audio processing unit for processing decoded audio signals outputted by the decoding and control unit; an Optical disc driver's multi-use control circuit for multi-use controlling a DVD Optical disc driver of the computer; and a switch unit for switching the video processing unit and the audio processing unit to be coupled to the display and the sound box after monitoring a shut-off signal of the computer, and in the meantime switching two outputs of DC power to the video player.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method of recording a digital stream on a recording medium, includes determining one of at least two recording modes to record a transmitted digital stream, wherein a first recording mode is to record data based on entry point information present in the digital stream and a second recording mode is to record data on a basis of a predetermined time; and recording the digital stream based on the determined recording mode, and recording a mode information indicating the determined recording mode.

Abstract: On a BD-ROM, PlayList information is recorded. The PlayList information includes MainPath information and SubPath information. The MainPath information specifies one of a plurality of AVClips as a MainClip, and defines a primary playback section on the MainClip. The SubPath information specifies, among the rest of the AVClips, one AVClip as a SubClip, and defines, on the SubClip, a secondary playback section to be synchronized with the primary playback section. The PlayList information includes an STN_table, which indicates SubClip and, from among a plurality of elementary streams multiplexed into the SubClip, elementary streams allowed to be played back. A total data size of AVClip per unit time is, for example, less than or equal to 48 Mbits when the AVClip includes a plurality of elementary streams allowed in the STN_table to be played back and does not include elementary streams which are not allowed in the STN_table to be played back.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards reducing hard disk drive (HDD) activity by reducing the activity of an internal time shift buffer (TSB). The HDD may be included in a digital host communications terminal (DHCT). The TSB can switch between buffering a high definition quality to a standard definition quality of a streaming program. Additionally, the TSB can be disabled to prevent buffering of the streaming program. The reduced buffering of the TSB is determined by several factors including the temperature of the HDD, the health of the HDD, a set-up menu including TSB options, and/or whether there is a high definition television connected to the DHCT.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus and a program are provided to execute a sequence of processing operations including the recording of video data recorded to a first recording medium in a first format to a second recording medium in a second format without user's manual intervention. When a startup block detects that a digital video tape can be acquired from a DV, a processing control block makes a DVD format block, a check block, a bit rate setting block, an acquisition block, a menu creation block, and a DVD write block sequentially execute their processing operations in this order as sequence of processing operations, thereby recording the video data recorded to the digital video tape loaded on the DV to a DVD loaded on a DVD-R/RW drive without user's manual intervention.

Abstract: There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. 4; RTR_VMG in FIG. 30) includes information (VOBU entry in FIG. 31) for accessing a specific portion (VOBU) of the video data.

Abstract: There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. 4; RTR_VMG in FIG. 30) includes information (VOBU entry in FIG. 31) for accessing a specific portion (VOBU) of the video data.

Abstract: There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. 4; RTR_VMG in FIG. 30) includes information (VOBU entry in FIG. 31) for accessing a specific portion (VOBU) of the video data.

Abstract: There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. 4; RTR_VMG in FIG. 30) includes information (VOBU entry in FIG. 31) for accessing a specific portion (VOBU) of the video data.

Abstract: There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. 4; RTR_VMG in FIG. 30) includes information (VOBU entry in FIG. 31) for accessing a specific portion (VOBU) of the video data.

Abstract: There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. 4; RTR_VMG in FIG. 30) includes information (VOBU entry in FIG. 31) for accessing a specific portion (VOBU) of the video data.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling recording and reproduction in a video cassette tape recorder are disclosed apparatus is capable of, in a recording mode, separating specific data for speed-varied reproduction from compressed digital video signals, recording them on designated tracks, recording position information of the designated tracks on a control track by an index head or recording position information of recording position-synchronized blocks at the starting portions of the designated tracks recorded with the specific data, and in a speed-varied reproduction mode, controlling a capstan servo speed so as to maintain the travel of a magnetic tape at a normal speed and periodically or non-periodically accelerate or decelerate it where specific data for varied-speed have been recorded periodically or non-periodically on predetermined portions of tracks, thereby making heads travel repeatedly at the normal speed and the high speed and thereby detect continuously the specific tracks for varied-speed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling recording and reproduction in a video cassette tape recorder are disclosed apparatus is capable of, in a recording mode, separating specific data for speed-varied reproduction from compressed digital video signals, recording them on designated tracks, recording position information of the designated tracks on a control track by an index head or recording position information of recording position-synchronized blocks at the starting portions of the designated tracks recorded with the specific data, and in a speed-varied reproduction mode, controlling a capstan servo speed so as to maintain the travel of a magnetic tape at a normal speed and periodically or non-periodically accelerate or decelerate it where specific data for varied-speed have been recorded periodically or non-periodically on predetermined portions of tracks, thereby making heads travel repeatedly at the normal speed and the high speed and thereby detect continuously the specific tracks for varied-speed.