Patents by Inventor Hartmut Peters
Hartmut Peters has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20140328572Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Dirk Gandolph, Jobst HOERENTRUP, Ralf OSTERMANN, Hartmut PETERS, Harald SCHILLER
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Patent number: 8867890Abstract: Several data streams contain video, audio and/or other data. Some of the data streams are pre-recorded in a multiplex on a storage medium while other data streams are located out of the data stream multiplex on the storage medium. The data streams are synchronized using a navigation file (List_of_PlayItems), which comprises descriptors (PlayItems, SubPlayItems) pointing to parts of said data streams, wherein said descriptors define the arrangement in time for said data streams by means of data sub stream paths.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Dirk Adolph, Harald Schiller, Jobst Hörentrup, Ralf Ostermann, Hartmut Peters
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Patent number: 8862994Abstract: Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Carsten Herpel, Jobst Hoerentrup, Ralf Ostermann, Hartmut Peters, Dirk Gandolph
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Patent number: 8856654Abstract: Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Carsten Herpel, Jobst Hoerentrup, Ralf Ostermann, Hartmut Peters, Dirk Gandolph
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Patent number: 8792771Abstract: Several data streams contain video, audio and/or other data. Some of the data streams are pre-recorded in a multiplex on a storage medium while other data streams are located out of the data stream multiplex on the storage medium. The data streams are synchronized using a navigation file (List_of_PlayItems), which comprises descriptors (Play-Items, SubPlayItems) pointing to parts of said data streams, wherein said descriptors define the arrangement in time for said data streams by means of data sub stream paths.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Dirk Adolph, Harald Schiller, Jobst Hoerentrup, Ralf Ostermann, Hartmut Peters
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Patent number: 8792770Abstract: Several data streams contain video, audio and/or other data. Some of the data streams are pre-recorded in a multiplex on a storage medium while other data streams are located out of the data stream multiplex on the storage medium. The data streams are synchronized using a navigation file (List_of_PlayItems), which comprises descriptors (PlayItems, SubPlayItems) pointing to parts of said data streams, wherein said descriptors define the arrangement in time for said data streams by means of data sub stream paths.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Dirk Adolph, Harald Schiller, Jobst Hoerentrup, Ralf Ostermann, Hartmut Peters
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Patent number: 8788939Abstract: Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Carsten Herpel, Jobst Hörentrup, Ralf Ostermann, Hartmut Peters, Dirk Gandolph
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Publication number: 20140195819Abstract: Local storage on player instruments provides the ability for adding further amendments and most recent supplements to the optical disc content. A problem arising with this technically applicable possibility is the protection of copyrights bound to disc and supplement data. The present invention describes a technique to ensure a security framework that is able to handle this, by creating a virtual file system (VFS) by merging optical disc data and local storage data based upon a common identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Dirk GANDOLPH, Jobst HOERENTRUP, Ralf OSTERMANN, Carsten HERPEL, Uwe JANSSEN, Hartmut PETERS, Andrej SCHEWZOW, Marco WINTER
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Publication number: 20140195570Abstract: Local storage on player instruments provides the ability for adding further amendments and most recent supplements to the optical disc content. A problem arising with this technically applicable possibility is the protection of copyrights bound to disc and supplement data. The present invention describes a technique to ensure a security framework that is able to handle this, by creating a virtual file system (VFS) by merging optical disc data and local storage data based upon a common identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Dirk GANDOLPH, Jobst HOERENTRUP, Ralf OSTERMANN, Carsten HERPEL, Uwe JANSSEN, Hartmut PETERS, Andrej SCHEWZOW, Marco WINTER
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Publication number: 20140181664Abstract: Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Carsten HERPEL, Jobst HOERENTRUP, Ralf OSTERMANN, Hartmut PETERS, Dirk GANDOLPH
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Publication number: 20140181663Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: RHOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Jobst HOERENTRUP, Dirk GANDOLPH, Ralf OSTERMANN, Carsten HERPEL, Uwe JANSSEN, Hartmut PETERS, Andrej SCHEWZOW, Marco WINTER
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Publication number: 20140181662Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Jobst HOERENTRUP, Dirk GANDOLPH, Ralf OSTERMANN, Carsten HERPEL, Uwe JANSSEN, Hartmut PETERS, Andrej SCHEWZOW, Marco WINTER
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Publication number: 20140181665Abstract: Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Thomson LicensingInventors: Carsten HERPEL, Jobst HOERENTRUP, Ralf OSTERMANN, Hartmut PETERS, Dirk GANDOLPH
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Patent number: 8751932Abstract: Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Carsten Herpel, Jobst Horentrup, Ralf Ostermann, Hartmut Peters, Dirk Gandolph
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Patent number: 8745530Abstract: A method for generating an on-screen menu comprising menu buttons and other menu items, e.g. help text, is characterized in that one or more groups of menu buttons or menu items are defined, wherein a group comprises one or more menu buttons or menu items and has associated a defined area on the screen. A state is assigned to a button, the state being “enabled” or “disabled”, wherein only an enabled button or item may be displayed, and wherein within a group not more than one button or item may be enabled. The state of a button can be changed by commands associated with other buttons.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2013Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Jobst Hoerentrup, Dirk Gandolph, Carsten Herpel, Ralf Ostermann, Hartmut Peters
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Patent number: 8737810Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for the retrieval of subtitle layer data from a storage medium, the subtitle layer data containing graphic subtitle elements, the extraction of cropping information from the retrieved subtitle layer data, the cropping information including a parameter for horizontal position, a parameter for vertical position, a parameter for width and a parameter for height and the automatic cropping of rectangular parts of the subtitle elements to be displayed, where the cropped parts to be displayed are defined by the cropping information.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Dirk Gandolph, Jobst Hörentrup, Ralf Ostermann, Hartmut Peters, Harald Schiller
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Patent number: 8732122Abstract: Local storage on player instruments provides the ability for adding further amendments and most recent supplements to the optical disc content. A problem arising with this technically applicable possibility is the protection of copyrights bound to disc and supplement data. The present invention describes a technique to ensure a security framework that is able to handle this, by creating a virtual file system (VFS) by merging optical disc data and local storage data based upon a common identifier.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Dirk Gandolph, Jobst Hoerentrup, Ralf Ostermann, Carsten Herpel, Uwe Janssen, Hartmut Peters, Andrej Schewzow, Marco Winter
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Publication number: 20140105562Abstract: Several data streams contain video, audio and/or other data. Some of the data streams are pre-recorded in a multiplex on a storage medium while other data streams are located out of the data stream multiplex on the storage medium. The data streams are synchronized using a navigation file (List_of_PlayItems), which comprises descriptors (Play-Items, SubPlayItems) pointing to parts of said data streams, wherein said descriptors define the arrangement in time for said data streams by means of data sub stream paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Dirk Adolph, Harald SCHILLER, Jobst HOERENTRUP, Ralf OSTERMANN, Hartmut PETERS
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Publication number: 20140105574Abstract: Several data streams contain video, audio and/or other data. Some of the data streams are pre-recorded in a multiplex on a storage medium while other data streams are located out of the data stream multiplex on the storage medium. The data streams are synchronized using a navigation file (List_of_PlayItems), which comprises descriptors (Play-Items, SubPlayItems) pointing to parts of said data streams, wherein said descriptors define the arrangement in time for said data streams by means of data sub stream paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Dirk Adolph, Harald SCHILLER, Jobst HOERENTRUP, Ralf OSTERMANN, Hartmut PETERS
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Patent number: 8701004Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Jobst Hoerentrup, Dirk Gandolph, Ralf Ostermann, Carsten Herpel, Uwe Janssen, Hartmut Peters, Andrej Schewzow, Marco Winter