Patents Issued in March 28, 2017
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Patent number: 9609345Abstract: A method and system include replicating an image representing a sequence of bytes on a local storage medium on a target device by determining a similarity between images and reconstructing a new image using equivalent blocks from one or more similar images locally available on the target device or available on donor devices to reduce network link usage and transfer time in replicating the image.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael R. Head, Andrzej Kochut, Hidayatullah H. Shaikh
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Patent number: 9609346Abstract: A method and apparatus for deriving a temporal motion vector predictor (MVP) are disclosed. The MVP is derived for a current block of a current picture in Inter, or Merge, or Skip mode based on co-located reference blocks of a co-located block and a flag is used to indicate the co-located picture. More than one co-located reference blocks can be used to derive the temporal MVP and the co-located reference blocks can be selected from the co-located block as well as neighboring blocks of the co-located block. A search set comprises search motion vectors associated with the co-located reference block(s) is formed. The search motion vector (MV) corresponding to the co-located reference block in the same reference list is searched before the search MV in a different reference list. Various schemes to accommodate implicit method of deriving co-located picture are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: HFI INNOVATION INC.Inventors: Jian-Liang Lin, Yu-Pao Tsai, Yi-Wen Chen, Jicheng An, Yu-Wen Huang, Shaw-Min Lei
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Patent number: 9609347Abstract: As part of a video encoding process or a video decoding process, a video coder may determine a first available disparity motion vector among spatial neighboring blocks of a current block of the video data. Furthermore, the video coder may shift a horizontal component of the first available disparity motion vector to derive a shifted disparity motion vector candidate (DSMV). The video coder may add the DSMV into a merge candidate list.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Vijayaraghavan Thirumalai, Li Zhang, Ying Chen
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Patent number: 9609348Abstract: Video analytics systems and methods are described that typically comprise a video encoder operable to generate macroblock video analytics metadata (VAMD) from a video frame. Functional modules receive the VAMD and an encoded version of the video frame is configured to generate video analytics information related to the frame using the VAMD and the encoded video frame. The downstream decoder can use the VAMD to obtain a global motion vector related to the frame, detect and track motion of an object within the frame and monitor a line provided or found within the frame. Traversals of the line by a moving object can be detected and counted using information in the VAMD and the line may be part of a polygon that delineates an area to be monitored within the encoded frame. The VAMD can comprise macroblock level and video frame level information.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: INTERSIL AMERICAS LLCInventors: Fang Shi, Jin Ming, Qi Wu, Fan You, Kai Bao
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Patent number: 9609349Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for decoding a moving picture. When the current block is coded in intra prediction and a size of the transform block is larger than a predetermined size, a plurality of sub-blocks are restored by applying a first scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the quantization coefficient sequence, and the quantized transform block is restored by applying a second scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the plurality of sub-blocks. The first scan pattern for restoring the plurality of sub-blocks from the quantization coefficient sequence is the same as the second scan pattern for restoring the quantized transform block from the plurality of sub-blocks.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: M & K HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Patent number: 9609350Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for decoding a moving picture. When the current block is coded in intra prediction and a size of the transform block is larger than a predetermined size, a plurality of sub-blocks are restored by applying a first scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the quantization coefficient sequence, and the quantized transform block is restored by applying a second scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the plurality of sub-blocks. The first scan pattern for restoring the plurality of sub-blocks from the quantization coefficient sequence is the same as the second scan pattern for restoring the quantized transform block from the plurality of sub-blocks.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: M&K HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Patent number: 9609351Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for decoding a moving picture. When the current block is coded in intra prediction and a size of the transform block is larger than a predetermined size, a plurality of sub-blocks are restored by applying a first scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the quantization coefficient sequence, and the quantized transform block is restored by applying a second scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the plurality of sub-blocks. The first scan pattern for restoring the plurality of sub-blocks from the quantization coefficient sequence is the same as the second scan pattern for restoring the quantized transform block from the plurality of sub-blocks.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: M&K HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Patent number: 9609352Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for encoding a moving picture. When the current block is coded in intra prediction and a size of the transform block is larger than 4×4, the quantized transform coefficients of the quantized transform block are divided into a plurality of sub-blocks. The plurality of sub-blocks are scanned according to a first scan pattern determined by the intra prediction mode of the current block and the quantized transform coefficients of each sub-block are scanned according to a second scan pattern determined by the intra prediction mode of the current block. The first scan pattern for scanning the plurality of sub-blocks is the same as the second scan pattern for scanning the quantized transform coefficients of each sub-block.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: M&K HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Patent number: 9609353Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for encoding a moving picture. When the current block is coded in intra prediction and a size of the transform block is larger than 4×4, the quantized transform coefficients of the quantized transform block are divided into a plurality of sub-blocks. The plurality of sub-blocks are scanned according to a first scan pattern determined by the intra prediction mode of the current block and the quantized transform coefficients of each sub-block are scanned according to a second scan pattern determined by the intra prediction mode of the current block. The first scan pattern for scanning the plurality of sub-blocks is the same as the second scan pattern for scanning the quantized transform coefficients of each sub-block.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: M&K HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Patent number: 9609354Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for decoding a moving picture. When the current block is coded in intra prediction and a size of the transform block is larger than a predetermined size, a plurality of sub-blocks are restored by applying a first scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the quantization coefficient sequence, and the quantized transform block is restored by applying a second scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the plurality of sub-blocks. The first scan pattern for restoring the plurality of sub-blocks from the quantization coefficient sequence is the same as the second scan pattern for restoring the quantized transform block from the plurality of sub-blocks.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: M&K HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Patent number: 9609355Abstract: An image processing apparatus that is capable of improving image stabilization performance by improving motion vector search performance by restricting a search range even for an image with a large motion due to a camera shake of an image pickup apparatus at a tele-end side of a zoom lens or a shoot while walking at a wide-end side. A motion vector search unit searches for a motion vector of a reference image later input from an image pickup device with respect to a standard image input previously. A control unit sets at least one of a search range and a search position of a motion vector searched by the motion vector search unit based on position-posture change information about the image pickup apparatus detected by a detection unit and image stabilization control information obtained from an image stabilizing unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hidetoshi Tsubaki
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Patent number: 9609356Abstract: A moving picture coding method for coding a current block derives a first candidate having a first motion vector predictor derived from a first motion vector that has been used to code a first block. It is determined whether a total number of one or more candidates having the first candidate is less than a maximum candidate number, and a second candidate having a second motion vector predictor is derived when the total number of the one or more candidates having the first candidate is less than the maximum candidate number. The second motion vector predictor is a zero vector. A candidate for coding the current block is selected out of the plurality of candidates having the first candidate and the second candidate.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUSTInventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Kyoko Tanikawa, Hisao Sasai, Toru Matsunobu
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Patent number: 9609357Abstract: In one aspect of this disclosure, rounding adjustments to bi-directional predictive data may be purposely eliminated to provide predictive data that lacks any rounding bias. In this case, rounded and unrounded predictive data may both be considered in a rate-distortion analysis to identify the best data for prediction of a given video block. In another aspect of this disclosure, techniques are described for selecting among default weighted prediction, implicit weighted prediction, and explicit weighted prediction. In this context, techniques are also described for adding offset to prediction data, e.g., using the format of explicit weighted prediction to allow for offsets to predictive data that is otherwise determined by implicit or default weighted prediction.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Marta Karczewicz, Peisong Chen, Yan Ye
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Patent number: 9609358Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for performing video encoding mode decisions in a video transcoding system. A down-scaled frame may be received that includes at least one macroblock. The down-scaled frame may be associated with a full-scale frame having a plurality of macroblocks that have been downsampled. A weighting factor and a distance measure factor may be determined for each of the macroblocks in the full-scale frame. Predicted blocks may be generated based on the weighting and distance measure factors.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: ATI Technologies ULCInventor: Jiao Wang
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Image decoding apparatus adaptively determining a scan pattern according to an intra prediction mode
Patent number: 9609359Abstract: Provided is an image decoding apparatus that receives an intra prediction mode and one-dimensional (1D) quantized coefficients, restores a quantized transform block by inversely scanning the 1D quantized coefficients, inversely quantizes the quantized transform block using a quantization step size, inversely transforms the transform block to generate a residual block, and generates a prediction block according to the intra prediction mode. When a size of the transform block is 8×8, the quantized transform block is divided into a plurality of sub-blocks, and the plurality of sub-blocks and coefficients of each sub-block are scanned using a same scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode. When the intra prediction mode is a horizontal mode, the scan pattern is a vertical scan.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: M&K HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang -
Image decoding apparatus adaptively determining a scan pattern according to an intra prediction mode
Patent number: 9609360Abstract: Provided is an image decoding apparatus that restores a quantized transform block by inversely scanning 1D quantized coefficients, inversely quantizes the quantized transform block using a quantization step size, inversely transforms the transform block to generate a residual block, and generates a prediction block according to an intra prediction mode. When a size of the transform block is 8×8, the quantized transform block is divided into a plurality of sub-blocks, and the plurality of sub-blocks and coefficients of each sub-block are scanned using a same scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode. When the intra prediction mode is a horizontal mode, the scan pattern is a vertical scan.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: M&K HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang -
Patent number: 9609361Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of video coding. Implementations herein provide methods for fast 3D video coding for high efficiency video coding HEVC. The methods speed up the view synthesis process during the rate distortion optimization for depth coding based on texture flatness. The implementations include extracting coding information from textures, analyzing luminance regularity among pixels from flat texture regions based on statistical method, judging the flat texture regions using the luminance regularity for depth maps and terminating the flat texture block's view synthesis process when processing rate distortion optimization. Compared to original pixel-by-pixel rendering methods, the implementations reduce coding time without causing significant performance loss.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Beijing University of TechnologyInventors: Kebin Jia, Huan Dou
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Patent number: 9609362Abstract: QP control information valid for a block of samples is parsed. A QP to use for the block of samples is derived according to a first QP derivation process independent on the QP control information if residual data of the block of samples is not color transformed and according to a second QP derivation process dependent on the QP control information if the residual data of the block of samples is color transformed. The embodiments thereby decouple QP parameters for blocks of samples that are coded with color transform and those that are coded without color transform. This decoupling achieves better flexibility during encoding and results in better visual quality.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Jonatan Samuelsson, Rickard Sjöberg
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Patent number: 9609363Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for obtaining a size of a transform block, where the method includes: obtaining a dividing manner of an image block; and obtaining size information of a post-dividing transform block according to the dividing manner of the image block and a width and a height of a pre-dividing transform block. By using the method for obtaining a size of a transform block provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure, a size of a transform block may be coded according to a dividing manner of an image block or a height and a width of a pre-dividing transform block, thereby effectively improving coding efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Yuan Yuan, Jianhua Zheng, Yun He
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Patent number: 9609364Abstract: To be accessed on different media players, requested content must be delivered in a format that is supported by the requesting device. A dynamic content packager for encrypting and packaging requested content for different requesting devices at the time of consumption is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Weidong Mao, Sree Kotay
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Patent number: 9609365Abstract: In at least one example embodiment, a system may include a television device configured to: transmit a request to execute an application; and a server configured to: execute the application that uses at least one function of the television device to generate an image; transmit the generated image to the television device; and transmit a request to execute the at least one function of the television device, and wherein the television device is further configured to: execute the requested function of the television device and transmit a result of the execution to the server.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: KT CorporationInventors: Ji-hoon Ha, Dong-hoon Kim, Mi-jeom Kim, Gyu-tae Baek, Yoon-bum Huh
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Patent number: 9609366Abstract: Provided are a digital television terminal, a video file playing method and a video file playing system. The terminal comprises: a video file retrieval unit for receiving a retrieval request input by a user, sending the retrieval request to an offline task management server in an offline download system, and receiving a retrieval result returned by the offline task management server; a data download unit for, when a play request for the user to select and play one video file in the retrieval result is received, downloading the selected video file from a cloud storage server which is associated with a preset video file list in the offline download system; a data cache unit for caching the video file downloaded by the data download unit; and a video playing unit for playing the video file acquired from the data cache unit. The embodiments of the present invention realize video file.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Gang Liu
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Patent number: 9609367Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, a program, and a signal transmission system, capable of enabling video switching in frame units of an original video signal. A pixel thinning control unit thin out every other pair of two neighboring samples of each line from N consecutive frames of a video signal including an m*n(48P-60P)*N/r:g:b/10-bit or 12-bit signal in which the number of pixels per frame exceeds the number of pixels specified in an HD format at intervals of 2N lines, map the thinned every other pair of two neighboring pixel samples to first to 4N-th sub images including an m?*n?/48P-60P/r?:g?:b?/10-bit or 12-bit signal, and arrange a vertical blanking region between two of N regions in which pixel samples of respective frames of the first video signal are mapped in each sub image.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Shigeyuki Yamashita
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Patent number: 9609368Abstract: Supplemental processing information (52, 54) defining post-decoding instructions for processing decoded media content is co-organized in a file (1) together with a pseudo-identifier of a media codec employed for encoding the media content. The co-organization trigger abortion of decoding of the media content by a legacy media terminal (210) that does not recognize the pseudo-identifier but enables decoding of the media content by a media terminal (200) that recognizes the pseudo-identifier to thereby enable post-decoding processing of the decoded media content using the supplemental processing information (52, 54). The co-organization thereby prevents legacy media terminals (210) that cannot use the supplemental processing information from decoding the media content and rendering the media content in a media presentation.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Per Fröjdh, Clinton Priddle, Zhuangfei Wu
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Patent number: 9609369Abstract: A video transrater, and a transrater system and method. The transrater, system and method may select an optimal bit rate from among a plurality of available bit rates in order to obtain a particular video quality and/or format.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Dan Holden
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Patent number: 9609370Abstract: A video server or other processing device obtains availability information for a wireless network and modifies a manner in which video segments of a video service are delivered to a user device over the wireless network based on the obtained availability information. The availability information may comprise at least one of network congestion measurement information and transmission pricing information. In an illustrative embodiment, the processing device comprises a video server configured to utilize the availability information to generate a list of video segments available for transmission for at least a portion of the video service, to provide the list of video segments to the user device responsive to a request received from the user device, to receive an additional request from the user device for at least one particular video segment identified in the list, and to provide the requested at least one video segment to the user device.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Colin Kahn, Edward Grinshpun, Raziel Haimi-Cohen
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Patent number: 9609371Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for playing online video and a video playing server thereof. This method includes: splitting a video play file into multiple sequentially connected video segments; receiving a video downloading request from a user, obtaining a video segment corresponding to positioning information carried in the video downloading request, and returning content of the video segment corresponding to the positioning information to a client; and confirming that returning content of the current video segment is finished, and releasing bandwidth resources occupied by the user. By applying the present invention, the bandwidth utilization rate can be improved and the bandwidth resource pressure of the video playing server can be decreased.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Feng Liang, Qifei Cheng, Hao Hu
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Patent number: 9609372Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to establish a first connection via a first network that provides access to a program service; obtain program support service data that indicates a program support service including at least one of a retransmission service, an error correction service, or a scalable program service; determine whether to invoke the program support service based on the program support service data; establish a second connection via a second network that provides access to the program support service in response to a determination to invoke the program support service; invoke the program support service via the second connection; receive program data of a program via the first connection; and receive program support data pertaining to the program via the second connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Daniel J. O'Callaghan
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Patent number: 9609373Abstract: A system for presentation timeline synchronization across audio-video (AV) streams associated with a common event may include memory and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive metadata items from a user device during a live event, the metadata items corresponding to points-in-time marked by the user while being presented with an audio-video (AV) stream associated with the live event. The metadata items may include timing indicators that are indicative of the marked points-in-time relative to the start of the live event. The processor may be configured to provide to the user device with other AV streams associated with the live event that were available at one of the points-in-time marked by the user. The processor may be configured to provide the other AV streams to the user device beginning with a frame that corresponds to the one of the points-in-time marked by the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Robert Americo Rango, Walter Glenn Soto
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Patent number: 9609374Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically obtaining cost-efficient access to a media content collection are provided. A user selection of a media content collection, which consists of a number of media assets, is received. A first price is determined for receiving access to the entire media content collection using a single transaction. For each media asset of the media content collection a set of providers of the media asset are identified, and the lowest price for receiving access to each media asset is determined. The lowest price for receiving access to each media asset of the media content collection is accumulated to determine a second price for receiving access to the media content collection using multiple transactions. The first and the second price are compared, and access to the media content collection is received based on this comparison.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Brian Craig Peterson, William J. Korbecki, Jonathan Arme, Brian Fife
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Method for mapping between signaling information and announcement information and broadcast receiver
Patent number: 9609375Abstract: A method for mapping signaling information to announcement information and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jae Hyung Song, Jong Yeul Suh, Chul Soo Lee, Gomer Thomas, Jin Pil Kim, Ho Taek Hong, Joon Hui Lee -
Patent number: 9609376Abstract: Method for providing a personalized content having a determined sequencing of media contents, comprising steps of: receiving, in a control channel, a control stream comprising temporal control information describing the content sequencing; receiving media streams comprising the media contents of the sequencing; and controlling a rendering of the personalized content by using said control information, wherein the sequencing comprising a first live program followed by a second live program, the method further comprises a step of detection of an overlap of the first and second live programs.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Philippe Gilberton, Anthony Laurent, Eric Gautier, Yvon Legallais
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Patent number: 9609377Abstract: The present invention achieves wireless delivery of media streams to portable devices for providing media information related to a show or attraction for the purposes of captioning, language translation, and assistive listening. As a person moves about a venue, the device receives infrared or radio signals from transmitters at venue locations. The device decodes each signal as venue location, event time, or device trigger for presentation on the device. The device memory contains audio, text, graphics and device playback may contain one or many of these stored contents. The stored content is synchronized with the user's location, time of travel, time of day, time of a show, or an event in a show and may be in one or many languages. Presentation of stored content on the device may also be altered by user preference, stored logic constraints, automatic learning of user behavior, or user interaction with other devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Greg B. Hale, Phu V. Nguyen, William G. Wiedefeld
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Patent number: 9609378Abstract: An IP camera, a communication method and a communication system are provided. The IP camera includes an image capturing unit, a video processing unit and a connection processing unit. The image capturing unit captures a plurality of consecutive images. The video processing unit is coupled to the image capturing unit, and generates a first video stream and a second video stream according to the images. The connection processing unit is coupled to the video processing unit, processes the first video stream into a first packet stream, and processes the second video stream into a second packet stream. The connection processing unit transmits the first packet stream to a local area wireless network unit through a first wireless link, and the connection processing unit transmits the second packet stream to an external electronic device through a second wireless link.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: SONIX Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chung-Chih Ko, Ming-Chih Wu, Kun-Ming Huang
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Patent number: 9609379Abstract: A television receiver may be configured to receive, from a user of the television receiver, a set of viewing rules that define a focus preference of the user. The television receiver may output, to a presentation device, a video mosaic comprising a plurality of pieces of content presented as a plurality of tiles. Each piece of content may be linked with a corresponding audio stream from a plurality of audio streams. The television receiver may select a piece of content for focus from the plurality of pieces of content based on the set of viewing rules defined by the user. The television receiver may output only an audio stream linked with the piece of content being focused on from among the plurality of audio streams.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Henry Gregg Martch, Max Stephen Gratton
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Patent number: 9609380Abstract: The application is directed to a video monitoring user interface that includes a first region for displaying a live or recorded video feed from a video camera and a second region for displaying an event timeline. The event timeline includes equally spaced time indicators each indicating a specific time, and a moveable current video feed indicator indicating the temporal position of the video feed displayed in the first region. The temporal position includes a past time corresponding to the previously recorded video feed and a current time corresponding to the live video feed. The event timeline is displayed with event indicators corresponding to different types of events previously detected during a period of time associated with the event timeline. When a new event is detected, a new event indicator is displayed on the event timeline with the graphic display characteristic corresponding to the event type of the new event.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Jason N. Laska, Greg R. Nelson, Greg Duffy
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Patent number: 9609381Abstract: A method for playing contents is provided. In the method, information corresponding, respectively, to a plurality of contents may be displayed, and a drag and drop operation related to first contents information and second contents information among the displayed contents information may be received. Thereafter, the first contents and the second contents may be played.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Eun Seon Ahn, Jae Uk Kim
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Patent number: 9609382Abstract: An apparatus and method for wireless communications are provided. The apparatus for wireless communications includes a media access control processing unit providing a plurality of sub-packets, and a transmitting/receiving unit outputting a packet that includes the plurality of sub-packets using a plurality of transmission modes.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2007Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang-yeul Kwon, Jae-min Lee, Guoping Fan
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Patent number: 9609383Abstract: Technology is described for providing audio for digital content. The digital content may be provided to a plurality of devices. Each device may be associated with a profile. At least one group of profiles may be identified from the plurality of devices that share an affiliation. The group of profiles may be represented as a group of environment objects in the digital content. A location may be identified within the digital content that corresponds to the group of environment objects. Audio may be received for the devices. The audio may be received while the digital content is being transmitted to the plurality of devices. The audio may be transmitted to the plurality of devices for directional audio playback. The audio may be directed to correspond with the virtual location of the at least one group of environment objects in the digital content.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Alistair Robert Hirst
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Patent number: 9609384Abstract: In one aspect, a system for detecting and classifying direct response advertisements includes an advertisement candidate segment generation unit for generating an advertisement candidate segment for an advertisement section detected from a broadcast stream, a matching unit for determining whether the advertisement candidate segment matches an advertisement segment stored in an advertisement database (DB), a direct response advertisement determination unit for determining whether the advertisement candidate segment is a direct response advertisement if it is determined by the matching unit that an advertisement segment matching the advertisement candidate segment is not present, and a direct response advertisement grouping unit for grouping the advertisement candidate segment with advertisement segments that are direct response advertisements stored in the advertisement DB.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Enswers Co., LTDInventors: Jaehyung Lee, Ji-hoon Song, Hoon-Young Cho, Kil-youn Kim, David Lonjon
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Patent number: 9609385Abstract: Methods and apparatus to detect people are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a receiver to obtain respective light information for a plurality of segments of an image, each of the segments corresponding to a portion of a media exposure environment; a pulse identifier to detect a first human pulse pattern in the light information associated with a first one of the segments; and a grouper to determine whether the light information associated with a threshold amount of the segments proximate the first one of the segments includes the first human pulse pattern identified in the first one of the segments, and to generate a presence indication when the light information associated with the threshold amount of the segments proximate the first segment includes the first human pulse pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventor: Michael Alan Hicks
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Patent number: 9609386Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a system and methods for media content analysis based at least in part upon social media data. In some embodiments, a computer system may identify social media messages corresponding to televised content. For example, following the uploading of a television show (or advertisement) to an Internet website, or transmission across a television network, viewers and non-viewers of the show may begin commenting upon the show. The system may correlate the number of viewers of the show with the social media messages to generate one or more metrics describing relations between the show's viewership and the show's social media effects.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: RENTAK CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Vinson, Bruce Goerlich, Amir Yazdani
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Patent number: 9609387Abstract: A communication device that receives, from a different communication device, video data being encoded in a scalable manner, decodes received video data, and reproduces and outputs the video data, that comprises: a subjective-quality information acquiring unit acquiring subjective quality information where a combination of values of multiple items related to a coding setting of video data is related to an evaluation result of a subjective quality with regard to video data; a determining unit determining levels of priority of the items in accordance with one of a purpose of video data received from the different device and a user's setting operation; a generating unit generating coding setting information for determining a coding setting of video data received from the different device in accordance with the subjective quality information and the levels of priority of the items; and a notifying unit notifying the coding setting information to the difference device.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Shoh Nagamine, Takuya Imai, Kenichiro Morita
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Patent number: 9609388Abstract: A multimedia server receives a plurality of programs of a multimedia source. The multimedia server includes a tuning module to receive the plurality of programs and to select a set of programs from the plurality of programs based on a set of program select commands that is derived from select requests. A program mixer mixes the set of programs into a stream of program data. One or more transceiving modules transmit the stream of program data on to corresponding communication paths and receive the select requests. A client module produces the select requests for one or more clients. The client module includes a selection module to produce at least one of the select requests. A network interface controller transmits at least one of select requests to the multimedia server and receives the stream of program data via the communication path or paths in response.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: VIXS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Indra Laksono
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Patent number: 9609389Abstract: A method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver, which receives and processes a service being transmitted in non-real time, and a broadcast receiver are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jong Yeul Suh, Jae Hyung Song, Chang Sik Yun, Gomer Thomas, Jun Hui Lee, Jin Pil Kim, Ho Taek Hong, Kwan Suk Kim
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Patent number: 9609390Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, electronic devices and applications for presentation and control of content. In one embodiment, a method for presentation of a user interface associated with content presented by a display device includes running an application by a device, wherein the application is configured to present a user interface based on content displayed by a display device, and receiving data from the display device, wherein the data is associated with content displayed by the display device. The method also includes presenting a user interface on the device by the application based on data received from the display device, wherein graphical elements and functions of the user interface are presented based on content displayed by the display device, and wherein graphical elements of the user interface are selectable to generate commands for the display device.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignees: Jamdeo Canada Ltd., Hisense USA Corp., Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim, Alexander De Paz, Chao Zhou, Todd Lee, Cuong Hung Nguyen, Salvador Guterrez, Saulo Dourado, Sepideh Shahi
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Patent number: 9609391Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting mobile content corresponding to media content are provided. In some implementations, a method for providing information relating to media content is provided, the method comprising: determining a channel that is providing the television program; causing images relating to the television program to be presented, wherein the images are selected based on the channel and a time parameter; receiving a user selection of an image; identifying an entity within the selected image using one or more image recognition techniques; generating a search query based at least in part on the identified entity; obtaining search results responsive to the generated search query; and causing at least one of the search results to be presented to the mobile device in response to receiving the user selection of the image.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Ant Oztaskent, Yaroslav Volovich, David Singleton, Timbo Drayson
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Patent number: 9609392Abstract: A controlling method for arranging a content list of a display apparatus is provided. The method includes storing at least one content selected by a user, displaying a content list including the at least one content, and in response to a location fixation command related to one of the at least one content included in the content list being input, fixing a location of the selected at least one content on the content list. Accordingly, the content list can be arranged efficiently.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun-ki Kim, Yong-hwan Kwon
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Patent number: 9609393Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system for delivering broadcast channels by way of edge routers using multicast virtual private networks, sharing a same multicast state for the broadcast channels and sharing a same multicast delivery tree for the broadcast channels. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Christopher J Chase
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Patent number: 9609394Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and a system for a zapping advertisement service, and more particularly, a method and a system for providing various kinds of advertisement services targeted to a content recipient to an advertiser wanting a zapping advertisement and effectively exposing the zapping advertisement to the content recipient. Accordingly, an embodiment of the present invention provides additional information corresponding to the zapping advertisement according to a user request when the zapping advertisement is provided for zapping time generated at the time of switching a channel and maximizing an advertisement effect for the zapping time by repeatedly providing corresponding zapping advertisements, or continuously providing the zapping advertisement associated therewith at the time of switching the screen.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: ZAPPLE, INC.Inventor: Jong Ryul Kim