公开(公告)号：US20240364851A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18750489

申请日：2024-06-21

申请人： TiVo Solutions Inc.

发明人： Wijnand Van Stam

IPC分类号： H04N9/804 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G11B27/32 ,  H04N1/21 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/913 ,  H04N5/95 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N9/82 ,  H04N9/83 ,  H04N21/21 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4227 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/4367 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/4408 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/63 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/858

CPC分类号： H04N9/8042 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G11B27/32 ,  H04N1/2112 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/913 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/21 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/2393 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/25816 ,  H04N21/4112 ,  H04N21/4122 ,  H04N21/4135 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4227 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/43622 ,  H04N21/4367 ,  H04N21/440236 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/4408 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/47815 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/6175 ,  H04N21/632 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/7755 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N2005/91335 ,  H04N2005/91364 ,  H04N5/95 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N9/8205 ,  H04N9/83 ,  H04N21/478

摘要： A method and apparatus for secure transfer of previously broadcasted content enables the secure transfer of previously broadcasted content between DVRs on a computer network.

公开(公告)号：US20240276050A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18515783

申请日：2023-11-21

申请人： TiVo Solutions Inc.

发明人： Kevin P. Smith ,  Paul Stevens ,  Adam Feder ,  James Barton

IPC分类号： H04N21/41 ,  G11B27/00 ,  G11B27/10 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H60/13 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/73 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04N9/82 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/236 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/845

CPC分类号： H04N21/41265 ,  G11B27/005 ,  G11B27/10 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H60/73 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N21/2353 ,  H04N21/236 ,  H04N21/4135 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/8456 ,  H04H60/13 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04N9/8205

摘要： A method and apparatus for recognizing and synchronizing to in-band data at a multimedia device is provided. A content stream includes in-band data. The in-band data is processed and in-band data pattern data associated with the content stream are created. Metadata are attached to the event identification data. The event identification data are provided to multimedia devices which receive broadcasted multimedia content streams containing video programs with in-band data. The in-band data are processed and compared to the event identification data. If a match occurs, the multimedia device uses the metadata to perform specified actions.

公开(公告)号：US11984139B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US17745025

申请日：2022-05-16

申请人： PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

发明人： Hiroshi Yahata ,  Tadamasa Toma

IPC分类号： G11B20/10 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/32 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/93 ,  H04N9/804 ,  H04N9/82 ,  H04N9/87

CPC分类号： G11B20/10 ,  G11B20/10527 ,  G11B27/105 ,  G11B27/329 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/93 ,  H04N9/8045 ,  H04N9/8233 ,  H04N9/87 ,  G11B2020/10537

摘要： A playback device acquires first management information that stores first playback control information and second management information that stores second playback control information. The first playback control information specifies that a video stream of a high-luminance range is to be played, and the second playback control information specifies that a video stream of a standard-luminance range is to be played. A video player acquires and plays the video stream of the high-luminance range based on the first playback control information in a case of playing the content as the high-luminance range. The video player acquires and plays the video stream of the standard-luminance range based on the second playback control information in a case of playing the content as the standard-luminance range.

公开(公告)号：US11948605B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-02

申请号：US17397040

申请日：2021-08-09

申请人： Maxell, Ltd.

发明人： Mari Yoshida

IPC分类号： G11B27/034 ,  G06F16/73 ,  G06F16/74 ,  G06F18/00 ,  G06V20/40 ,  G06V40/16 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/28 ,  G11B27/30 ,  G11B27/34 ,  H04N5/77 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N9/804 ,  H04N21/434

CPC分类号： G11B27/034 ,  G06F16/73 ,  G06F16/745 ,  G06F18/00 ,  G06V20/40 ,  G06V40/172 ,  G11B27/105 ,  G11B27/28 ,  G11B27/30 ,  G11B27/34 ,  H04N5/77 ,  H04N5/772 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N9/8042 ,  G11B2220/455 ,  H04N21/4347

摘要： In a recording and reproducing apparatus and a recording and reproducing method for the recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing image information on a scene obtained through photographing, relative to a predetermined first recording medium and being capable of setting one or more chapters to each scene, a face recognizing process is executed for a photographed image based on the image information, an importance level of each chapter is set in accordance with a result of the face recognizing process for a very important person (VIP) set by a user, and each chapter having a relevant importance level among importance levels of respective chapters is selectively reproduced. A user can therefore find an object chapter and scene quickly and easily.

公开(公告)号：US20230199234A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US18171287

申请日：2023-02-17

申请人： Open Text SA ULC

发明人： Thomas S. Gilley ,  Eric Hoffert ,  Rabih Nassar ,  Brenda Pomerance

IPC分类号： H04N21/234 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0251 ,  H04H20/10 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/2743 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/84 ,  G11B27/00 ,  G11B27/031 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N9/804 ,  H04N9/82 ,  H04N21/442 ,  G11B27/30

CPC分类号： H04N21/23424 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0251 ,  G06Q30/0253 ,  G11B27/005 ,  G11B27/031 ,  G11B27/3027 ,  H04H20/10 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/7605 ,  H04N7/165 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N9/8042 ,  H04N9/8205 ,  H04N9/8227 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/2743 ,  H04N21/4756 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/44224 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/234309 ,  H04N21/440218

摘要： An ad in a movie can be a static ad having a position in the movie that cannot be moved, or a dynamic ad having a position in the movie that can be changed. When a viewer wishes to skip a portion of the movie containing the ad, the playback system determines whether the ad is static or dynamic. If the ad is static, only the portion of the movie preceding the static ad can be skipped; the ad is unskippable. This technique is referred to as “bounceback” since the end of the skip bounces back to the start of the static ad. If the ad is dynamic, it is moved to after the end of the skip. This technique is referred to as “slip-ad” since the ad slips to later in the movie. When a movie has multiple ads, some can be static and some can be dynamic.

公开(公告)号：US11558564B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US17810795

申请日：2022-07-05

申请人： DIVX, LLC

发明人： Jason Braness ,  Jerome Rota ,  Eric William Grab ,  Jerald Donaldson ,  Heather Hitchcock ,  Damien Chavarria ,  Michael John Floyd ,  Brian T. Fudge ,  Adam H. Li

IPC分类号： H04N19/517 ,  G11B27/00 ,  H04N5/92 ,  H04N5/278 ,  H04N5/265 ,  G11B20/00 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N9/804 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N5/84

摘要： A multimedia file and methods of generating, distributing and using the multimedia file are described. Multimedia files in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can contain multiple video tracks, multiple audio tracks, multiple subtitle tracks, data that can be used to generate a menu interface to access the contents of the file and ‘meta data’ concerning the contents of the file. Multimedia files in accordance with several embodiments of the present invention also include references to video tracks, audio tracks, subtitle tracks and ‘meta data’ external to the file. One embodiment of a multimedia file in accordance with the present invention includes a series of encoded video frames and encoded menu information.

公开(公告)号：US11533463B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-20

申请号：US16902789

申请日：2020-06-16

申请人： TiVo Solutions Inc.

发明人： Richard Fulcher ,  David E. Pope ,  Margret Schmidt

IPC分类号： H04N9/804 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  H04N21/239 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G11B27/32 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/913 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4227 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/4408 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/63 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/4367 ,  H04N21/21 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N1/21 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N9/82 ,  H04N5/95 ,  H04N9/83

摘要： A method and apparatus for displaying branded video tags. An advertiser provides additional content associated with broadcast advertising content to a service provider that downloads the additional content to a digital video recorder (DVR). The service provider inserts command tags into the content that are intercepted by the DVR and interpreted as commands that instruct the DVR to perform specific actions when the DVR receives the stream from a broadcaster. The DVR intercepts and translates any tags inserted into the content stream while the DVR is playing the content stream. Tags can cause the DVR to display a branded video tag to the user which is a displayed icon that requests an interaction by the user and has an advertiser's logo(s) displayed in its vicinity.

公开(公告)号：US11496231B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-08

申请号：US16010078

申请日：2018-06-15

申请人： The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

发明人： Kevin K. Deng

IPC分类号： H04H60/32 ,  H04N19/15 ,  H04N5/45 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/44 ,  G11B27/28 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/258 ,  G01R19/00

摘要： Methods and apparatus to detect blank images in a digital video broadcast signal are disclosed. An example method of detecting a blank image includes receiving a compressed digital image including a plurality of DC values, analyzing a total number of bits in the digital image to determine if the digital image has a data size small enough to be a blank frame candidate, if the data size is small enough for the digital image to be a blank frame candidate, analyzing multiple areas of the digital image to determine if the multiple areas exhibit substantially a same complexity, if the multiple areas exhibit substantially the same complexity, determining a number of DC values in the plurality of DC values that meet a criterion, comparing the determined number of DC values meeting the criterion to a threshold, and identifying the received digital image as a blank image if the determined number of DC values exceeds the threshold.

公开(公告)号：US11375151B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US16617059

申请日：2018-05-21

申请人： SONY CORPORATION

发明人： Kouichi Uchimura ,  Kenjiro Ueda

IPC分类号： H04N5/92 ,  H04N5/84 ,  H04N5/917 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N9/804 ,  H04N9/82 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N5/76 ,  G11B27/00

摘要： A configuration is implemented that converts MMT format data to MPEG-2 TSV format data for recording onto medium, thereby permitting copy control in compliance with the initial copy control information. MMT format data with copy control information set therein is input and converted to MPEG-2 TS format data for re-cording onto information recording medium. The copy control information recorded in the service description table (MH-SDT) stipulated by the MMT format is acquired and, in accordance with predetermined conversion rules, used to generate the copy control information for recording to the program map table (PMT) stipulated by the MPEG-2 TS. For example, the EPN and CCI values to be recorded to the PMT are determined in accordance with the conversion rules.

公开(公告)号：US20220115045A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-14

申请号：US17556241

申请日：2021-12-20

申请人： PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

发明人： Hiroshi YAHATA ,  Tadamasa TOMA ,  Tomoki OGAWA

IPC分类号： G11B27/28 ,  G11B20/10 ,  H04N5/84 ,  H04N9/804 ,  H04N9/82 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/32 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N7/015

摘要： A decoding method of a video stream, which is encoded video information. The video stream includes a base video stream, and an enhanced video stream, which is a video stream to enhance luminance of the base video stream, and a describer that contains the combination information of the base video stream and the enhanced video stream. The decoding method includes acquiring the describer, and identifying the combination of the base video steam and the enhanced video stream. The decoding method also includes generating base video information by decoding the base video stream, generating enhanced video information by decoding the enhanced video stream, generating decoded video information based on the base video stream and the enhanced video stream, and outputting the decoded video information.