Abstract: An encryption device, a decryption device, an encryption method, and a decryption method effectively perform encryption and decryption by using a packet type judgment result. An encryption/decryption device includes a packet reception unit that acquires a packet, a first encryption engine that is formed by hardware and encrypts or decrypts a packet; and a second encryption engine that encrypts or decrypts a packet by using software. The encryption/decyption device also includes a head data identification unit that judges the real time feature of the acquired packet according to the header information on the acquired packet, and an encryption/decryption process judgment unit that decides the acquired packet encryption destination or decryption destination in accordance with the real time feature from the first encryption engine and the second encryption engine.

Abstract: A video terminal and display image forming method are provided that enable power consumption to be reduced while maintaining a moving image display quality level sensed by a user, even if a variety of types of images are displayed superimposed on a moving image, and a method of representing such images is complicated. In a video output apparatus (100), an update rate adjustment section (104) decides a moving image update rate based on a “moving image exposure area.” Specifically, the update rate adjustment section (104) decides an update rate based on an update rate adjustment table in which moving image status pattern candidates are associated with update rate target values, and a moving image status pattern actually used in a display image forming section (103). A moving image status pattern candidate is a combination of “moving image exposure area,” presence or absence of special processing, and type of special processing.

Abstract: Disclosed are a digital broadcast reception device and digital broadcast reception method which can quickly present a data broadcast presentation screen once a user instructs that data broadcast be presented. The digital broadcast reception device (100) is provided with a screen holding unit (114) which stores pictures (bitmaps) of data broadcast presentation screens created by a browser unit (112), and a video position information holding unit (115) which stores position information for displaying TV video on the data broadcast presentation screen generated by the browser unit (112).

Abstract: A portable terminal wherein the amount of processing and power consumption when performing repair is reduced and video data can be reliably repaired, and video data repair method and program of the same. The portable terminal (110) is provided with a video data repair unit (117) that repairs video data in which video is poor by replacing it with a portion of video data acquired externally, said video data repair unit (117) saving, instead of deleting at the time of repairing, the blocks that are necessary for decoding the video data continuing after the video data that is to be repaired, and performing control so that only the portion of the video data that is repaired is reencoded.

Abstract: Disclosed are a digital broadcast reception device, a digital broadcast reception method and a program that shorten the period during which display is not possible that occurs when channels are switched.

Abstract: It is possible to provide an encryption device, a decryption device, an encryption method, and a decryption method capable of effectively performing encryption and decryption by using the packet type judgment result. An encryption/decryption device (100) includes: a packet reception unit (111) which acquires a packet; an encryption engine (125) which is formed by hardware and encrypts or decrypts a packet; an encryption engine (115) which encrypts or decrypts a packet by using software; a head data identification unit (117) which judges the real time feature of the acquired packet according to the header information on the acquired packet; and an encryption/decryption process judgment unit (112) decides the acquired packet encryption destination or decryption destination in accordance with the real time feature from an encryption engine (125) and the encryption engine (115).

Abstract: A wireless communication device quickly connectable to an access point of a destination service area without wasting power when the wireless communication device moves from a service area to a different one. When a state change detecting section (203) of the wireless communication device detects that the received radio field intensity of the radio wave from the connected access point lowers to a threshold or less, a service area information acquiring section (204) acquires information on the service area where the wireless communication device is present and information on a neighboring service area. A profile information acquiring section (206) acquires profile information corresponding to the service area information. A priority order setting section (211) sets the order of priority to the acquired profile information in such a way that the access point of a neighboring service area neighboring to the service area formed by the connected access point is precedingly connected.

Abstract: A video and audio reproducing apparatus is provided with a re-synchronization controlling portion (20) for carrying out operation control with respect to re-synchronization of video and audio which are transmitted via an IP network, wherein the delay times of video data and audio data are controlled by the video delay controlling portion (21) and audio delay controlling portion (22), respectively, thereby carrying out re-synchronization. At this time, the re-synchronization controlling portion (20) judges re-synchronization timing on the basis of the audio level of audio data, encoding video type of video data, data transmission status and user operation, etc., and at the same time, judges the priority for which mode of the video priority mode or the audio priority mode the re-synchronization is carried out, on the basis of a fluctuation in the arrival time of audio data, data transmission status, contents of video data and audio data and user operation, etc.

Abstract: In a moving picture data structure having a structure comprising I pictures (intraframe coded image) and P pictures (interframe forward predictive coded image), a P? picture of a forward predictive coded image of a picture immediately preceding an I picture and the I picture is placed following the I picture. If an error occurs during the I picture transmission, the P? picture can be used to recover from the error.

Abstract: It is equipped with information inquiry means which inquires for service utilization information regarding user's utilization of network on the occasion of receiving a multimedia transmission service by communication server through network, circuit switch communication means and packet switch communication means which communicate with communication server accounting situation monitor means which monitors a use situation of each communication means and, and multimedia transmission service request means which requests for a multimedia transmission service by communication server, on the basis of service utilization information acquired by information inquiry means and result information monitored by accounting situation monitor means, and can receive an optimum multimedia transmission service, responsive to a utilization situation of each communication means.

Abstract: A system is arranged by a service providing apparatus 109 for storing a plurality of contents data 110 and capable of transmitting the contents data via network interfaces 116a/116b and a communication path 112; and also a service relaying apparatus 101 for producing compressed moving picture data having a high image quality from still picture data, and capable of transmitting the compressed moving picture data via network interfaces 115a/115b and another communication path 111 to a reproducing terminal 106. As a result, desirable contents data can be displayed by the reproducing terminal which owns a capability of displaying the compressed moving picture data, but does not own such a capability of displaying the desirable contents data.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal which can perform communication by a plurality of communication systems and which can change over communication from communication using a current communication system to communication using another communication system while taking a status of a destination terminal engaging in communication into consideration, and communication management apparatus for managing communication made by the mobile communication terminal.

Abstract: A method of presenting, at a client terminal, a video program stored in a server linked with the client terminal via transmission path of a limited transmission band width. Each frame of the video program comprises a basic data portion and at least one level of quality supplement data portions. In the method, in response to one of play control commands from a user, the client terminal determines a start position in the video program according to the issued play control command. The play control commands includes a play, a stop, a head search, a jump forward and a jump backward command. In response to the issued play command, the terminal obtains and uses the basic data portions for playing the video program. In response to the stop command, the terminal obtains the quality supplement data portions for the last displayed frame and uses them for displaying a quality-enhanced version of the last displayed frame.

Abstract: The invention provides a television meeting unit that is capable of displaying a picture smoothly on a middle participation terminal. To realize such television meeting unit, the multicast meeting unit is provided with a picture coding means for coding an input picture, a picture transmission means for transmitting the coded picture by mean of multicast, a picture receiving means for receiving the transmitted coded picture, a picture decoding means for decoding the received picture, a picture display means for displaying the decoded picture, a middle participation notice means for notifying middle participation in a meeting, and a middle participation terminal detection means for detecting the middle participation notice and for transmitting it to the picture coding means. The picture coding means, upon receiving the middle participation notice from the middle participation terminal detection means, changes the coding format to the in-frame coding format.

Abstract: A method of presenting, at a client terminal, a video program stored in a server linked with the client terminal via transmission path of a limited transmission band width. Each frame of the video program comprises a basic data portion and at least one level of quality supplement data portions. In the method, in response to one of play control commands from a user, the client terminal determines a start position in the video program according to the issued play control command. The play control commands includes a play, a stop, a head search, a jump forward and a jump backward command. In response to the issued play command, the terminal obtains and uses the basic data portions for playing the video program. In response to the stop command, the terminal obtains the quality supplement data portions for the last displayed frame and uses them for displaying a quality-enhanced version of the last displayed frame.

Abstract: The invention provides a television meeting unit that is capable of displaying a picture smoothly on a middle participation terminal. To realize such television meeting unit, the multicast meeting unit is provided with a picture coding means for coding an input picture, a picture transmission means for transmitting the coded picture by mean of multicast, a picture receiving means for receiving the transmitted coded picture, a picture decoding means for decoding the received picture, a picture display means for displaying the decoded picture, a middle participation notice means for notifying middle participation in a meeting, and a middle participation terminal detection means for detecting the middle participation notice and for transmitting it to the picture coding means. The picture coding means, upon receiving the middle participation notice from the middle participation terminal detection means, changes the coding format to the in-frame coding format.

Abstract: A video and audio reproducing apparatus is provided with a re-synchronization controlling portion (20) for carrying out operation control with respect to re-synchronization of video and audio which are transmitted via an IP network, wherein the delay times of video data and audio data are controlled by the video delay controlling portion (21) and audio delay controlling portion (22), respectively, thereby carrying out re-synchronization. At this time, the re-synchronization controlling portion (20) judges re-synchronization timing on the basis of the audio level of audio data, encoding video type of video data, data transmission status and user operation, etc., and at the same time, judges the priority for which mode of the video priority mode or the audio priority mode the re-synchronization is carried out, on the basis of a fluctuation in the arrival time of audio data, data transmission status, contents of video data and audio data and user operation, etc.

Abstract: Provided is a terminal unit that, even in case video image is suspended by a handover, video reproduction is possible real-time at immediately after an end of the handover. In a video transmission system comprising a wireless LAN accommodated switch for switching over the connection relationship of a terminal unit and an access point, an access point for receiving video data sent from a terminal unit and sending it to another terminal unit, and a terminal unit for receiving video data sent from the access point thereby displaying a video image and carrying out an association establishment or release of a wireless channel to an access point, the terminal unit operates such that, when a calling party releases a wireless channel, the opposite terminal unit determines that the calling party has started a handover and makes an operation to change a video data encoding into an intra-frame encoding.

Abstract: Provided is a server apparatus and terminal unit for realizing a video transmission system that, even in case the video image is suspended by a handover, reproduction can be resumed at a video image of upon suspension. In a video transmission system having a video server for sending video data to a terminal unit through an access point and a terminal unit for receiving and displaying the video data sent from the access point and for establishing an association and releasing of a wireless channel to the access point, the terminal unit releases the access point and wireless channel and requests the video server to suspend the transmission and store video data. In case an association is established with a new access point, the terminal unit requests the video server to re-send the video data, etc. stored in the duration of from the release to an association establishment.

Abstract: The invention provides a television meeting unit that is capable of displaying a picture smoothly on a middle participation terminal. To realize such television meeting unit, the multicast meeting unit is provided with a picture coding means for coding an input picture, a picture transmission means for transmitting the coded picture by mean of multicast, a picture receiving means for receiving the transmitted coded picture, a picture decoding means for decoding the received picture, a picture display means for displaying the decoded picture, a middle participation notice means for notifying middle participation in a meeting, and a middle participation terminal detection means for detecting the middle participation notice and for transmitting it to the picture coding means. The picture coding means, upon receiving the middle participation notice from the middle participation terminal detection means, changes the coding format to the in-frame coding format.