Method and apparatus for displaying images
What is claimed is: 1. A method for picture display, comprising: a first step of determining kind of an input video signal based on prestored characteristic information on video signals; and a second ... Read More
Inventors: Ouchiyama, Motoki; Yamashita, Hiroshi; Irie, Motosuke; Suzuki, Satoru;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Broadcasting receiver for receiving and regenerating records of digital broadcasting
There, main purpose of the invention is providing broadcasting receiver which suppresses amount of information recorded in storage media as much as possible by supervising recorded file and running it... Read More
Inventors: Hirota, Atsushi;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kanagawa-ken, JP) |
Method and apparatus for compressing hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) messages
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for compressing Internet, or any digital protocol messages, such as HTTP messages. Codewords are provided for HTTP data elements (e.g., characte... Read More
Inventors: Booth, Robert Charles;, Assignee: General Instrument Corporation (Horsham, PA) |
Security mechanism and architecture for collaborative software systems using tuple space
According to the present invention, a secure agent communications system is provided for operation in conjunction with a Blackboard Messaging System (BMS) such as MicMac. An overall framework is devel... Read More
Inventors: Karmouch, Ahmed; Gray, Tom; Mankovskii, Serge; Zheng, Cui;, Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation (CA) |
Apparatus and method for displaying program contents (EPG)
In accordance with the present invention, the aforesaid object is accomplished by the apparatus for displaying program contents characterized in that the same is comprised of a displaying means having... Read More
Inventors: Kohno, Tetsuya; Deguchi, Atsuko; Akaike, Kazuhiro; Iino, Satoshi; Machiyama, Yukiko;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Time-adaptive control of television viewing functionality
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The preferred embodiments of the present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. These embodiments are example... Read More
Inventors: Rodriguez, Arturo A.; Hammett, Geoffrey G.; Banker, Robert O.; West, John Eric;, Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (Lawrenceville, GA) |
Animated "on-screen" display provisions for an MPEG video signal processing system
OF THE DRAWING The invention will be described with reference to a digital satellite television system in which television information is compressed and encoded in accordance with what has become kno... Read More
Inventors: Horton, Raymond Scott;, Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., (Indianapolis, IN) |
System for forming and processing program specific information containing text data for terrestrial, cable or satellite broadcast
A decoder decodes packetized program information containing multiple text strings associated with a program. The decoder determines from a first indicator in the packetized program information a type ... Read More
Inventors: Ozkan, Mehmet Kemal; Teng, Chia-Yuan; Heredia, Edwin Arturo;, Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) |
Video indexing and image retrieval system
The present invention relates generally to video signal processing. More particularly, the invention relates to a video indexing and image retrieval system. Over the last few years, there has been a d... Read More
Inventors: Yu, Hong Heather;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
CATV telephone system
It is an object of the present invention to provide center device and terminal devices capable of providing the telephone service, like the system using the normal telephone line, utilizing the establ... Read More
Inventors: Yashiro, Kenji; Sasada, Tetsuichiro;, Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation (Tokyo-to, JP) |
Decoder buffer for streaming video receiver and method of operation
The present invention is embodied in an Integrated Transport Decoder (ITD) buffer model. One key advantage of the ITD model is that it eliminates the separation of a network-transport buffer, which is... Read More
Inventors: Radha, Hayder; Parthasarathy, Kavitha;, Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Eindhoven, NL) |
Television transmitter, television transmitting method, television receiver and television receiving method
It is therefore an object of the present invention to overcome the above-described drawbacks of the related art and to provide a television transmitter, a television transmitting method, a television ... Read More
Inventors: Nishioka, Hisao; Enomoto, Takaaki; Ota, Jun; Kisanuki, Chisato;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Disc cartridge, optical disk device, and method for information recording and reproducing
The present invention is made in view of the foregoing conventional problems, and an object is to provide a disk cartridge can be used for both a small-sized driving device and a large-sized driving d... Read More
Inventors: Tajima, Hideharu; Takamori, Nobuyuki;, Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Communications, particularly in the domestic environment
The specification hereinafter proposes a solution to this problem. In accordance with this aspect of the invention, a domestic appliance is provided with mounting hardware, a discrete communications m... Read More
Inventors: Smith, Graeme;, Assignee: NCR Corporation (Dayton, OH) |
Method and apparatus for detecting and viewing similar programs within a video system
A device or method for detecting and viewing similar programs within a video system includes a receiver having a tuner that receives an input stream of television program content and electronic progra... Read More
Inventors: Brown, Jeffrey A.; Hsiao, Philip E.; Finseth, Craig A.;, Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (El Segundo, CA) |
Communications system including synchronization information for timing upstream transmission of data and ability to vary slot duration
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an illustration of a neighborhood cable tv system 100 adapted according to the present invention to provide data-communication between Signal Conversion System ... Read More
Inventors: Chiu, Ran-Fun; Jam, Mehrban;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Fast and reliable data carrier detection by a cable modem in a cable television plant
According to the present invention, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are disclosed for a cable modem to detect a viable data carrier on the downstream channel in a cable plant. In one... Read More
Inventors: Roeck, Guenter E.; Chen, Wei-Sing; Naegeli, Charles J.;, Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Managing user information on an e-commerce system
The present invention provides for the management of user information of both site server and regular web site users. A site server is provided with information stored thereon including preferences, r... Read More
Inventors: Underwood, Roy Aaron;, Assignee: Accenture LLP (Palo Alto, CA) |
Apparatus and method for remultiplexing and coding multimedia information
It is an object of the present invention to provide more numbers of programs without any change in the configuration of a receiving terminal of bit streams by remultiplexing a plurality of multiplexed... Read More
Inventors: Kato, Yoshiaki; Fujita, Yuka; Murakami, Tokumichi;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Apparatus and method for multi-service transport multiplexing
It is desirable to be able to combine two or more transport streams into a single transport stream that contains all of the components of the source transport streams. A problem encountered in combini... Read More
Inventors: Bennett, Christopher J.; d'Oreye de Lantremange, Maximilien;, Assignee: Tiernan Communications, Inc. (San Diego, CA) |
Method for selectively maintaining and applying PPP compression in a wireless communication system
The present invention addresses the need identified above by providing a method that determines when to maintain a compression state and apply compression techniques on a wireless communication device... Read More
Inventors: Lioy, Marcello; Abrol, Nischal;, Assignee: Qualcomm, Incorporated (San Diego, CA) |
Hybrid hypercube/torus architecture
The present invention provides a scalable multiprocessor system including a plurality of processing element nodes. Each processing element node includes at least one processor and memory. A scalable i... Read More
Inventors: Passint, Randal S.; Thorson, Greg; Galles, Michael B.;, Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
Arm shades
What I claim as my invention is: 1. A health apparatus for protecting an arm from sunlight, the health apparatus comprising: (a) an arm covering having two ends, a first end and a second end, each of ... Read More
Inventors: Castillo, Patrick;, Assignee: |
System for signal path characterization with a reference signal using stepped-frequency increments
I claim: 1. A system for measuring a linear frequency response of a transmission medium, the system comprising: a transmitter for transmitting an unimpaired reference signal into the transmission medi... Read More
Inventors: Williams, Thomas H.;, Assignee: |
Multimedia entertainment unit for use in a vehicle
The problems stated above, as well as other related problems of the prior art, are solved by the present invention, a multimedia entertainment unit for a vehicle. According to a first aspect of the in... Read More
Inventors: Lavelle, Patrick M.; Malone, Thomas C.; Schedevy, George C.; Tranchina, James R.;, Assignee: Audivox Corporation (Hauppauge, NY) |
Color television system having broadcast program adaptive video/audio adjustment apparatus
It is, therefore, an object of the invention to provide a color television system having a video/audio signal adjusting apparatus which is capable of providing a finely tuned picture and sound for eac... Read More
Inventors: Chang Soo, Hong; Min Soo, Cho;, Assignee: Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd. (Seoul, KR) |
Apparatus for controlling a television receiver using a plurality of stored labels
In accordance with the present invention, apparatus is provided for controlling a television receiver to select a television channel corresponding to a preassigned channel number. The apparatus includ... Read More
Inventors: Beery, Jack;, Assignee: |
Device for selecting and controlling a plurality of signal sources in a television system
Accordingly, it is a primary object of the invention to provide a television-based device that simplifies user operation of a plurality of signal sources. In accomplishing that object, it is a related... Read More
Inventors: Broberg, David K.;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. (Irvine, CA) |
Wireless music and data transceiver system
OF THE INVENTION With reference first to FIG. 1, a system is illustrated therein for local wireless transmission and reception of digital audio and program information. A delivery system 10, such as ... Read More
Inventors: Knox, Gregory D.;, Assignee: |
Distribution of television signals to workstations
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a video server that provides a greater capacity for providing video data to workstations. It is a further object of the present invention ... Read More
Inventors: Nusbickel, Wendi L.; Schneider, Ira H.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
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