Sony Europe Limited Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160140636 | IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images. | 05-19-2016 |
20160125242 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for detecting placards in a captured image, comprising: input circuitry operable to receive the captured image; detector circuitry operable to detect placards in the captured image on a basis of a predetermined shape and/or colour of the placards, the detector circuitry being operable to detect placards of a plurality of different shapes and/or colours; and counter circuitry operable to count a number of detected placards of each different shape and/or colour. | 05-05-2016 |
20160044372 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD OF VIDEO SIGNAL - Provided is a display apparatus including a first signal receiving unit that receives a non-compressed video signal from an external device via a first transmission path through a plurality of channels by means of a differential signal, an image display unit that displays images by processing the video signal received by the first signal receiving unit, a second signal receiving unit that receives a compressed video signal of a same video source as the non-compressed video signal by using a bi-directional communication path configured by predetermined lines of the first transmission path, and a signal transmitting unit that transmits a compressed video signal corresponding to the compressed video signal received by the second signal receiving unit to another external device different from the external device. | 02-11-2016 |
20160037351 | METHOD OF INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE AND BASE STATION - A method of reducing interference to reception of streams of television content received at a television receiver in which each of the streams of television content are transmitted on one of a plurality of frequency channels in accordance with a channel map which defines on which of the plurality of frequency channels each stream of television content is transmitted and the interference being caused by a base station transmitting data to or receiving data from one or more mobile devices via radio communication signals in a vicinity of the television receiver. The method includes identifying the channel map and adapting a transmission of the radio communication signals between the base station and the one or more of mobile devices in accordance with the identified channel map to reduce interference at the television receiver. | 02-04-2016 |
20150365235 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method comprising generating an auxiliary key based on a secret key which is stored in an electronic device, generating a representation of the auxiliary key, displaying the representation of the auxiliary key on a display of the first electronic device, capturing the representation of the auxiliary key with a camera of a second electronic device, and restoring the auxiliary key from the captured representation of the auxiliary key. | 12-17-2015 |
20150341796 | RECEIVING DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A receiver receiving data includes: a first receiver configured to receive data in a first frequency band; a second receiver configured to receive second data in a second frequency band, the second frequency band being a subset of the first frequency band; and a data selector configured to select the frequency of operation of the second receiver from within the second frequency band in accordance with information representing the physical geographical location of the receiving device. | 11-26-2015 |
20150312543 | AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO SIGNALS - An audio and/or video generation apparatus which is arranged in operation to generate audio and/or video signals representative of an audio and/or video source, the audio and/or video generation apparatus comprising a recording unit which records the audio and/or video signals on a recording medium, wherein the audio and/or video generation apparatus is arranged to receive metadata associated with the audio and/or video signals generated by a data processor, the recording unit records the metadata on the recording medium with the audio and/or video signals. The data processor receives signals representative of the time codes of the recorded audio/video signals, and the metadata includes time code data representative of the in and out points of a take of the audio/video signals generated by the data processor. The metadata also includes unique identification code for identifying the audio/video signals. The unique identification code is a UMID or the like. | 10-29-2015 |
20150296254 | A METHOD, APPARATUS AND SOFTWARE FOR INSERTING ANCILLARY CONTENT - A method of inserting ancillary content between first content and second content to be streamed over a network in accordance with a playlist is described. The method includes: streaming the first content from a first location on the network, the location being defined in the playlist; storing information indicating ancillary information relating to the streaming of the first content; streaming the ancillary content from a second, different, location on the network, the location being defined in the playlist; and determining the location of the second content from the playlist, wherein when the location of the second content is the first location, the method streams the second content using the stored ancillary information, and when the location of the second content is different to the first location, the method deletes the stored ancillary information. | 10-15-2015 |
20150229981 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TELEVISION - An apparatus for selecting television programs for display on a display device, for example a television, includes a receiver receiving audio/video data representing the television programs and receiving data indicating a schedule for the television programs. A control process receives an indication for at least one of the television programs to be broadcast providing a status of an availability for streaming the television program after the television program has been broadcast, and in response to the indication of the status of the availability for streaming the television program to perform a predetermined action in accordance with predetermined conditions. The predetermined actions may include, for example, recording the television program or generating a prompt for the user to watch the broadcast television program in response to an indication by the availability status that the television program will not be made available for streaming after being broadcast. | 08-13-2015 |
20150128178 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OUTPUTTING A TRANSPORT STREAM - A method comprising: receiving, via a distribution channel, video data having an identifier that identifies a position within a video and an address defining a location of a stored playlist. The method also comprises obtaining from a server a playlist in response to a user input, where the playlist includes location information identifying a location of a stored transport stream. The method also comprises receiving the transport stream from the location identified in the playlist over a network, and displaying the obtained transport stream. | 05-07-2015 |
20150112751 | ENERGY STORAGE - A method of controlling storage of electrical energy by charging and discharging an energy storage device in response to pricing data indicative of future prices of electrical energy over time and energy losses caused by charging and discharging the energy storage device comprises detecting alternating candidate charging and discharging occasions with respect to the pricing data by selecting a next occurrence of a locally minimum price in the pricing data as a candidate charging occasion or a next occurrence of a locally maximum price in the pricing data as a candidate discharging occasion; validating a candidate charging or discharging occasion if the price difference between that candidate charging or discharging occasion and another later price in the pricing data is at least sufficient to compensate for the energy losses caused by charging and discharging the energy storage device; and charging and discharging the energy storage device at the validated charging and discharging occasions, respectively. | 04-23-2015 |
20150085778 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN A PLURALITY OF SUBFRAMES - A method operating a telecommunications system including a base station and plural terminal devices arranged to communicate over a radio interface supporting a downlink shared channel conveying user-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices and a downlink control channel conveying control-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices. The control-plane data can convey information on physical resource allocations for the downlink shared channel for respective of the terminal devices. The radio interface uses a radio frame structure including plural subframes. Each subframe includes a control region supporting the downlink control channel and a user-plane region supporting the downlink shared channel. The method uses the control region of a first radio subframe to convey an indication of a physical resource allocation for a first terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of a second radio subframe subsequent to the first radio subframe. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085776 | METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN A PLURALITY OF SUBFRAMES - A method operating a telecommunications system including a base station and plural terminal devices arranged to communicate over a radio interface supporting a downlink shared channel conveying user-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices and a downlink control channel conveying control-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices. The control-plane data conveys information on physical resource allocations for the downlink shared channel for respective of the terminal devices. The radio interface is based on a radio frame structure including plural subframes each including a control region supporting the downlink control channel and a user-plane region supporting the downlink shared channel. The method uses the control region of a first radio subframe to convey an indication of a physical resource allocation for a first terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of a second radio subframe subsequent to the first radio subframe. | 03-26-2015 |
20150058878 | RECEIVING AUDIO/VIDEO CONTENT - An audio/video content receiver configured to receive media content by a broadcast data path, the media content includes a host module having a tuner configured to assign logical channel indices to media channels to allow selection, at the host module, of the media channels for reproduction by selecting the corresponding logical channel index, the host module storing channel association data associating the logical channel indices with the received media channels. A removable conditional access module (CAM) includes an access controller decoding access-controlled encoded broadcast content, the host module and the removable CAM to provide an encrypted communication link for decoded access-controlled encoded broadcast content between the CAM and the host module. The host module includes a detector configured to detect a conflict of logical channel index between the channel association data acquired by the host from the broadcast data path and the channel association data provided by the CAM. | 02-26-2015 |
20150040155 | CONDITIONAL ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY HANDLING MULTIPLE TELEVISION PROGRAMMES - A method of operation of an audio/video content receiver having a content decoder capable of decoding an audio/video programme from a packetized data stream by using data packets defining decryption information comprises the steps of: receiving encoded audio/video content as a packetized data stream comprising one or more programmes having data packets identified by respective sets of one or more packet identifiers and comprising identification data mapping programmes to respective sets of the packet identifiers; selecting data packets from the packetized data stream for a required programme according to the set of packet identifiers defined by the identification data for that stream in respect of the required programme; selecting further data packets from the packetized data stream from which a programme is selected which have packet identifiers not included in the identification data for that packetized data stream; generating a composite packetized data stream from the selected packets; generating composite stream identification data indicating packet identifiers of packets included in the composite packetized data stream; and supplying the composite packetized data stream to the content decoder for decoding the programme from the composite packetized data stream according to the packet identifiers in the composite stream identification data. | 02-05-2015 |
20150038116 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION - A mobile data communications device includes: a reconfigurable user identification module operable to store at least a current primary mobile identity, the mobile device being operable to provide mobile data communication via a mobile network subject to the primary mobile identity being authorised with the mobile network; and a detector to detect the user identity of a current user of the mobile device; the mobile device being operable to access a mobile identity database which provides a mobile identity to the reconfigurable user identification module for use as the primary mobile identity, in response to the detected user identity of the current user of the mobile device. | 02-05-2015 |
20150027297 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING USER FEEDBACK - A device for providing feedback to a user of a string instrument is described. The device comprises receiving circuitry operable in use to communicate with at least one finger sensor capable of detecting the force of a finger on a string, a camera operable in use to capture an image and a display operable in use to display data, wherein the receiving circuitry, camera and display are connected to processing circuitry which is operable to: detect, from the receiving circuitry, the force of a user's finger on at least one string at a given time; detect, from the camera, the position of the user's finger on the at least one string at the given time; compare the detected force of the user's finger and the position of the user's finger on the at least one string at the given time with a predetermined value of force and position at the given time; and generate, on the basis of the said comparison, feedback to display on the display. | 01-29-2015 |
20140375892 | RECEIVING AUDIO/VIDEO CONTENT - An audio/video content receiver for receiving and decoding audio/video data signals modulated onto transmission channels, at least one transmission channel carrying non-viewing information includes: a tuner arrangement capable of concurrently tuning to two or more transmission channels; a multiplexer configured to generate a composite data signal from received audio/video signals relating to required programs for decoding; a content decoder capable of concurrently decoding two or more audio/video programs from the composite data signal; a detector configured to detect whether one or more of the transmission channels tuned by the tuner arrangement are not currently in use in respect of providing a program for decoding; a controller, responsive to a detection that a transmission channel is not currently in use, for controlling the tuner to tune that channel to a transmission channel carrying non-viewing information; and a non-viewing information decoder for decoding the received non-viewing information. | 12-25-2014 |
20140373054 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - A content receiver useable in a broadcast content distribution system includes a content source that broadcasts audio/video content for reception by content receivers with associated metadata defining links to other content for possible reproduction by the content receiver and information indicative of a category of each link. The content receiver is configured to generate link information for display in dependence upon received metadata relating to links having a subset of categories while reproducing the broadcast audio/video content, and includes a user control operable to select a link for which link information is currently displayed by the content receiver causing the content receiver to reproduce content defined by that link and a category memory storing category information defining the subset of categories, the content receiver configured to modify stored category information in dependence upon which links are selected using the user control. | 12-18-2014 |
20140337908 | SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVAL OF EXECUTABLE APPLICATIONS - A system for retrieval of executable applications, comprising: a broadcast tele-vision receiver apparatus; and a server; wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus includes a communication unit having an interface for bidirectional communication with a network and adapted to determine channel information from a currently decoded channel carried in a broadcast television signal, the channel information identifying the currently decoded channel, the communication unit being further adapted to send the channel information to a server over the network, and to receive application information from the server, the application information describing a set of applications which are available for execution, and to receive executable code components for the set of applications corresponding to the application information, and wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus further includes a data processor adapted to execute the application whilst the channel is decoded; and wherein the server is adapted to receive the channel information over the network, to determine the application information by analyzing the channel information, and to send the application information to the communication unit. | 11-13-2014 |
20140289371 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIA DISTRIBUTION - A media distribution system comprises a client device and a server device connected by a data link, in which the server device is operable to provide respective versions of successive contiguous segments of a media presentation, each segment being encoded as at least two versions at different respective data rates and the client device is operable to request, from the server device, a version of each successive segment so as to stream the media presentation from the server device to the client device; the server device being configured to provide a data file to the client device defining the available versions of the segments according to their respective data rates and an indication of their respective encoding quality; and the client device being configured to select, in respect of a segment of the media presentation, a version having a data rate which does not exceed the data capacity of the data link and which has the highest indication of encoding quality. | 09-25-2014 |
20140208351 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND SERVER - A video processing apparatus comprises a controller and a communications unit that receives video data representing a video image for display from a source and receives first data representing text to be reproduced within the video image, the text being in accordance with a first language. The controller is configured to communicate the first data to a remote terminal using the communications unit. The remote terminal converts the text from the first language to a second language, and to form second data to receive second data representing the text in the second language. The video processing apparatus further includes a video processor that is configured to process the video data and the second data to generate display signals for reproducing the video images with the text according to the second language inserted onto the video images, the text associated with the video images. | 07-24-2014 |
20140130097 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TELEVISION - An apparatus for selecting television programs for display comprises a receiver for receiving audio/video data representing the programs and data indicating a schedule for the programs. The schedule includes programs transmitted by one or more broadcast transmission systems, and for one or more of the programs in the schedule an indication that the programs can be received by selectively streaming audio/video data representing the programs. A control processor receives the data indicating the schedule and generates signals representing the schedule for display so a user can select the programs for display or recording. The control processor determines that one of the programs is not available to be selectively streamed, and for the identified programs, identifies one or more alternative sources of the audio/video data relating to the programs and arranges for the generated signals representing the schedule of programs to include an indication of the alternatives for selection. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129041 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE DEVICE - A system controls electrical devices associated with a property such as a domestic dwelling. The system includes a local area network to provide a facility for communicating with the electrical devices and includes a wireless access gateway. Mobile devices include a transmitter and a receiver for communicating with the wireless access gateway. A controller connected to the network detects a relative location of the mobile devices depending on whether the mobile devices can communicate via the wireless access gateway. A data store stores an indication of an operating state for the electrical devices. A setting for the electrical devices is selected as a function of a relative location of the mobile devices with respect to the property. The controller, in response to a change in the location of the mobile device, changes the operating state of the electrical devices in accordance with the setting and to update the operating state. | 05-08-2014 |
20140112506 | DIRECTIONAL SOUND APPARATUS, METHOD GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND SOFTWARE - A directional sound apparatus is described. The apparatus comprises a receiver operable to receive audio data associated with a video stream and to receive, over a network, ancillary audio data containing supplemental audio data associated with the video stream; a storage device operable to store a plurality of profiles, each profile being associated with a different user of the sound system and defining the audio to be provided to the user; a user location device defining a first positional location of a first user having a stored profile; an audio output operable to connect to a plurality of speakers; and an audio controller operable to control the audio output to the plurality of speakers to simultaneously provide the audio data and the supplemental audio data to the first user at the first positional location and said audio data to a second user located at a second, different, positional location. | 04-24-2014 |
20140111687 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION - There is described a device for providing a media content item to a user, the device comprising: a media content item receiver operable to receive the media content item as a data stream, the data stream comprising identifying data which identifies the media content item; a memory operable to store user profile information associated with the user of the device; a supplementary information requester operable to transmit the identifying data which identifies the media content item, the user profile information, and a request for supplementary information related to the media content item to a server over a network; a supplementary information receiver operable to receive supplementary information related to the media content item from the server over the network, the supplementary information being determined by the server on the basis of the transmitted identifying data which identifies the media content item and the transmitted user profile information; and a supplementary information transmitter operable to transmit the received supplementary information to a separate personal user device specified by the stored user profile information. | 04-24-2014 |
20140085544 | TELEVISION RECEIVER, TELEVISION CONTROLLER CIRCUITRY AND METHOD - A television receiver for receiving TV signals when unknown interference is present in a predetermined bandwidth in which the TV signals are transmitted. The TV receiver comprises an input, a tuner, a configurable filter and a controller circuitry. The input receives a radio frequency (RF) signal comprising the terrestrial TV signals. The tuner is configured to detect the terrestrial TV signals, where the terrestrial TV signals include a plurality of frequency channels within a predetermined bandwidth and the plurality of frequency channels provide TV signals which communicate TV channels. The configurable filter is configurable to suppress signals received from one or more of the plurality of frequency channels within the predetermined bandwidth. The controller circuitry is operable to form a channel map of the TV channels detected by the tuner for selection by a user of the television set and consequent upon a TV channel not being detected on a frequency channel, configure the frequency domain filter to suppress signals received from the frequency channel. | 03-27-2014 |
20140044405 | AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO SIGNALS - An audio and/or video generation apparatus which is arranged in operation to generate audio and/or video signals representative of an audio and/or video source, the audio and/or video generation apparatus comprising a recording unit which records the audio and/or video signals on a recording medium, wherein the audio and/or video generation apparatus is arranged to receive metadata associated with the audio and/or video signals generated by a data processor, the recording unit records the metadata on the recording medium with the audio and/or video signals. The data processor receives signals representative of the time codes of the recorded audio/video signals, and the metadata includes time code data representative of the in and out points of a take of the audio/video signals generated by the data processor. The metadata also includes unique identification code for identifying the audio/video signals. The unique identification code is a UMID or the like. | 02-13-2014 |
20140016638 | VIDEO/AUDIO NETWORK - A packet-based data network including: an audio/video network including a packet-switched network over which data including audio and/or video data packets can be carried; at least one data source connected to the network and operable to assemble packetised data comprising audio/video data at a first resolution and at a second resolution greater than the first resolution, and to transmit data packets carrying multiple audio/video streams at the first resolution by multicast network transmission; and at least one client connected to the network, being a data handling device for handling packetised audio/video data and being arranged to join the multicast group to receive the multiple audio/video streams at the first resolution. The client is associated with a graphical user interface configured in conjunction with a processor to select an audio/video stream. | 01-16-2014 |
20140013115 | CONTENT ENCRYPTION - An audio/video content delivery system includes a content source linked by an internet data connection to a content receiver, the content receiver configured to receive access-controlled encoded broadcast content from a content source by a separate broadcast data path. The content source includes an encryptor sending encrypted content to the content receiver according to a content encryption key. The content receiver includes: a host module including a decryptor decrypting encrypted content received from the content source; and a removable conditional access module (CAM) including an access control unit decoding the access-controlled encoded broadcast content, the host module and removable CAM configured to provide an encrypted communication link therebetween for decoded access-controlled encoded broadcast content. The content source and the CAM are configured to communicate to establish the key required by the decryptor in the host module to decrypt the encrypted content received from the content source. | 01-09-2014 |
20130314607 | TELEVISION RECEIVER, TELEVISION CONTROLLER CIRCUITRY AND METHOD - A television receiver for receiving TV signals when unknown interference is present in a predetermined bandwidth in which the TV signals are transmitted. The TV receiver comprises an input, a tuner, a configurable filter and a controller circuitry. The input receives a radio frequency (RF) signal comprising the terrestrial TV signals. The tuner is configured to detect the terrestrial TV signals, where the terrestrial TV signals include a plurality of frequency channels within a predetermined bandwidth and the plurality of frequency channels provide TV signals which communicate TV channels. The configurable filter is configurable to suppress signals received from one or more of the plurality of frequency channels within the predetermined bandwidth. The controller circuitry is operable to form a channel map of the TV channels detected by the tuner for selection by a user of the television set and consequent upon a TV channel not being detected on a frequency channel, configure the frequency domain filter to suppress signals received from the frequency channel. | 11-28-2013 |
20130263193 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OUTPUTTING A TRANSPORT STREAM - A method comprising receiving, via a distribution channel, video data having an identifier that identifies a position within a video and an address defining a location of a stored playlist. The method also comprises obtaining from a server a playlist in response to a user input, where the playlist includes location information identifying a location of a stored transport stream. The method also comprises receiving the transport stream from the location identified in the playlist over a network, and displaying the obtained transport stream. | 10-03-2013 |
20130241801 | DISPLAY, CLIENT COMPUTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A MOVING OBJECT - A display apparatus for displaying a moving object traversing a virtual display region comprises two or more client computer devices each being configured to display a respective portion of the virtual display region, in which each respective portion is defined by a set of edges, each edge being classified as a hard edge, from which the moving object is reflected, or a soft edge through which the moving object is allowed to pass; and a path controller, associated with each client computer device, for defining a path of the moving object with respect to the portion of the virtual display region which is displayed by that client computer device; the path controller being configured, when the path controller defines a path which intersects a soft edge of that client computer device's portion of the virtual display region, to transmit data defining the path of the moving object for use at least by another client computer device which displays the next portion of the virtual display region which will lie within the detected path of the moving object. | 09-19-2013 |
20130182071 | 3D VIDEO IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A 3D video image encoding apparatus includes a segmentation mechanism to partition a 3D video image sequence into two or more segments, each including one or more 3D video images, an image processor to identify an overall minimum apparent distance to an observer within each segment of the 3D video image sequence, a metadata generator to encode the overall minimum apparent distance for a respective segment within metadata associated with that segment, and an indication of length of time of the segment, and/or indication of time until the next segment. A 3D video image decoding apparatus includes a metadata parsing mechanism to parse metadata associated with respective of plural segments of 3D video, to decode from the metadata an overall minimum apparent distance to an observer for that respective segment and an indication of length of time of that segment and/or indication of time until a next segment. | 07-18-2013 |
20130177154 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECRYPTING A TRANSPORT STREAM - A module configured in operation to connect to a host, the module including: a decryptor operable to decrypt an encrypted transport stream received from the host, the transport stream including content data and a decryption seed; a decryption key generator operable to extract the decryption seed from the transport stream and to generate a decryption key from the decryption key seed; and a secure channel generator operable to generate a secure channel between the module and the host, whereby the secure channel generator is further operable to provide the generated decryption key to the host over the secure channel. | 07-11-2013 |
20130173420 | IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images. | 07-04-2013 |
20130163817 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE CONTENT - A method and a system for generating image content. The method and system allow segments of a panoramic scene, to be generated with reduced distortion. The method and system reduce the amount of distortion by mapping pixel data onto a pseudo camera focal plane which is provided substantially perpendicularly to the focal location of the camera that captured the image. A camera arrangement can implement the method and system. | 06-27-2013 |
20130121538 | METHOD AND APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An apparatus for determining the position of a sporting projectile within a scene during a time interval in which the sporting projectile is hidden from the view of a camera, the apparatus comprising:
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20130120582 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM - A camera movement correction apparatus for use in a system which detects the position of a sporting projectile within a scene, the apparatus comprising: an interface operable to receive a first and second image of the scene captured by a camera; a reference marker determiner operable to determine the position of a reference marker within the first and second image of the scene, the reference marker being static within the scene; a difference determination device operable to determine the difference between the position of the reference marker in the first and second image of the scene; and a corrective transformer operable to apply a corrective transform to the second image on the basis of said determined difference. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120581 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM - An apparatus for detecting the position of a sporting projectile within a scene, the apparatus comprising:
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20130103522 | MOBILE DATA NETWORK - A mobile data network includes a data server that interacts with client devices via the internet and provides a price database and an online store. Mobile device and a mobile data connection are also included. An authorization system authorizes a data transfer between the mobile device and the data server, and generates data representative of a mobile data access charge for the data transfer. In a first mode of operation, the mobile device communicates with the data server and the data server accesses the price database to offer a set of digital content items at a first set or prices. In a second mode of operation, the data server accesses the price database to offer the set of digital content items at a second set of prices, different to the first set of prices. | 04-25-2013 |
20130076987 | METHOD, AUDIO/VIDEO APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method and apparatus reducing interference to reception of television signals received by a television receiver. The television receiver includes an antenna receiving television signals and a tuner selecting the television signals transmitted on a carrier signal. The interference is produced by a communication device transmitting radio communication signals that can be received by the television receiver when the tuner is tuned to the television signals. The method transmits a radio beacon signal from a location substantially same as a location of the television receiver, and if the radio beacon signal is detected at the communication device, adapts transmission of the radio communication signals from the communication device to reduce interference at the television receiver. As examples, the communications device is a mobile communications device, mobile telephone, personal computer, or a base station, for example disposed within a house for forming a femto cell. | 03-28-2013 |
20130014184 | NETWORK DEVICE FOR A HOME ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK - A network device for a network including a network controller adapted to provide Ethernet communication capability and CEC (consumer electronics control) communication capability, and a database generator unit adapted to generate a device database containing information about the network devices being member of the home entertainment network and/or an operation history database containing information about network device operations tasked by a user of a network device of the network. A method for controlling and re-routing audio, video and data streams in a network, includes: generating a device database containing information about the network devices being member of the network and/or an operation history database containing information about network device operations tasked by a user of a network device. | 01-10-2013 |
20130012159 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - A mobile data communications system that includes a mobile device having a reconfigurable user identification module that stores a mobile identity and provides mobile data communication via a mobile network, subject to the mobile identity being registered with the mobile network, and an account control server that includes memory to store identification and payment details for a user of the mobile device and a mobile identity provider to provide a mobile identity to the mobile device and to an authorization server of a mobile network. In response to a request by a user of the mobile device to obtain data access by a particular mobile network, the account control server provides a mobile identity to the mobile device for storage by the user identification module, provides the same mobile identity to the authorization server of that mobile network, and provides user identification and payment details to that mobile network. | 01-10-2013 |
20120322505 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - A method of operating a mobile data processing apparatus comprises executing one or more programs which make use of mobile data access; a wireless interface communicating with a mobile data network, the wireless interface and the mobile data network cooperating to provide wireless data services to the one or more programs; in respect of a first predetermined set of data services, providing data to the wireless interface from a non-removable, identification module so as to identify the mobile data processing apparatus to the mobile data network according to a first mobile identity; and in respect of other data services, providing data to the wireless interface from a user-removable, identification module so as to identify the mobile data processing apparatus to the mobile data network according to a separate mobile identity, different to the first mobile identity. | 12-20-2012 |
20120322410 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - An identification module (such as a SIM card) for securely providing a mobile identity to a mobile data network for use in identifying mobile equipment in which that identification module is installed comprises a mobile identity memory which securely stores data defining two or more different mobile identities; a selector for selecting a mobile identity from the two or more mobile identities; a network interface for generating data derived from the selected mobile identity for transmission to a mobile network during a network authorisation procedure, and for receiving acknowledgement data back from the mobile network indicating whether authorisation was successful based on that selected mobile identity; and a detector for detecting whether the acknowledgement data indicates an unsuccessful authorisation with the mobile network and, if so, for initiating a further network authorisation procedure in which the selector selects a different one of the two or more mobile identities. | 12-20-2012 |
20120254618 | AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATES - An audio/video content delivery system having a network content source linked by an internet data connection to a content receiver that receives content from the network content source via the internet data connection, and also receives access-controlled encoded broadcast content from the network content source or another content source via a separate broadcast data path. The network content source requests a client certificate from the content receiver. The content receiver includes a host module to store a network client certificate and send it to the network content source, and a conditional access module (CAM) with an access control unit for decoding the access-controlled encoded broadcast content. The host module and the CAM provide an encrypted communication link for decoded access-controlled encoded broadcast content. The broadcast content source transmits a client certificate to the CAM. The CAM transmits the client certificate to the host module via the encrypted communication link. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251082 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MEDIA CONTENT - A method of generating media content is described which comprises capturing still or moving image content items at a capture device and uploading the captured image content items and image content metadata indicating a time of capture of each of the image content items to a network. A playback log indicating playback times of audio content items listened to by the user of the capture device is stored. One or more of the captured image content items is correlated with one or more portions of the playback log based on the time of capture indicated by the metadata relating to the one or more captured content items and the playback times indicated by the playback log. A media output is generated as a collection of a plurality of the captured image content items stored at the network accompanied by audio content related to the portion of the playback log which is correlated with the captured image content items in the collection. In this way, a media output can be generated at a network, such as a cloud network, from user generated image content and commercial audio content which the user who captured the image content was listening to at the time the image content was captured. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250777 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit. | 10-04-2012 |
20120246246 | USER NOTIFICATION - A data processing device comprises a notification controller configured to provide notification to a user in response to a data processing event at that device or another device to which that device is connected; and a user interface by which the user can attend to a user notification to carry out a data processing task relating to the notified data processing event; the notification controller being configured to inhibit further notifications while the user is attending to a current notification using the user interface. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246209 | METHOD FOR CREATING A MARKOV PROCESS THAT GENERATES SEQUENCES - The present invention relates to a method for creating a Markov process that generates sequences. Each sequence has a finite length L, comprises items from a set of a specific number n of items, and satisfies one or more control constraints specifying one or more requirements on the sequence. The method comprises the steps of receiving data defining an initial Markov process of a specific order d and having an initial probability distribution and of receiving data defining one or more control constraints. The method further comprises the step of generating data defining intermediary matrices, each matrix being of dimension nd by n, by zeroing out transitions in the initial Markov process data that are forbidden by the one or more control constraints. | 09-27-2012 |
20120243750 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR OUTPUTTING A GROUP OF IMAGES - There is described an apparatus for outputting a group of images for display, the group being taken from a plurality of images, each image in the plurality of images having a face located therein, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to: retrieve a set of images from a storage medium, the set of images containing at least the plurality of images from which the group of images to be displayed is selected; identify the face in each of the plurality of images; identify variable features on the face in each of the plurality of images; establish the group of images in accordance with a measure of the dissimilarity between the variable features in the plurality of images; and output the group of images for display. | 09-27-2012 |
20120227071 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA FOR A CAROUSEL - An apparatus and method of providing data for a carousel from which iTV pages may be obtained including defining a plurality of information templates, each information template specifying content for an iTV page, defining a plurality of presentation templates, each presentation template specifying the presentational appearance for an iTV page, assigning a presentation template to an information template, and modifying the information template as required for presentation by the presentation template and outputting, for a carousel, data representing the presentation template and the modified information template, an iTV page being obtained from the carousel by displaying the content specified by the modified information template with the presentational appearance specified by the presentation template. | 09-06-2012 |
20120016675 | BROADCAST SYSTEM USING TEXT TO SPEECH CONVERSION - A broadcast signal receiver comprises a text data receiver for receiving broadcast text data for display to a user in relation to a user interface; a text-to-speech (TTS) converter for converting received text data into an audio speech signal, the TTS converter being operable to detect whether a word for conversion is included in a stored list of words for conversion and, if so, to convert that word according to a conversion defined by the stored list; and if not, to convert that word according to a set of predetermined conversion rules; a conversion memory storing the list of words for conversion by the TTS converter; and an update receiver for receiving additional words and associated conversions for storage in the conversion memory. | 01-19-2012 |
20120008803 | AUDIO PROCESSING WITH TIME ADVANCED INSERTED PAYLOAD SIGNAL - An audio processing apparatus for modifying a primary audio signal includes a modulator that increases or decreases a level of a noise signal generated by a noise generator, in response to an increase or a decrease of a detected signal level of the primary audio signal, to generate a modulated noise signal. The apparatus further includes a combiner that combines the primary audio signal and the modulated noise signal. The modulator operates, with respect to a signal delayer, to time-advance a decrease in the level of said noise signal based on a corresponding decrease in the signal level of the primary audio signal. | 01-12-2012 |
20120002739 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, and the order being determined from a set of addresses. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator. The address generator includes a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit. | 01-05-2012 |
20110241782 | POWER AMPLIFIER - A power amplifier comprises a series stack of power amplifier devices, connected in parallel to the amplifier input for receiving an RF input signal, and having output terminals being connected in series to the amplifier output. An intermediate coupling capacitor is connected between each adjacent pair of power amplifier devices in the series stack of power amplifier devices for DC isolation of said power amplifier devices. This reduces the required DC supply voltage, as well as allowing shorting of individual power amplifier devices in response to variation in the DC supply voltage. | 10-06-2011 |
20110209090 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a display driver configured to drive a display to display images, a controller configured to control the display driver to drive the display to display an array of selectable items, and a user interface including at least one movement sensor configured to determine movement of the user interface. The controller is configured to control the display driver to drive the display to display, at any one time, one item of the array of selectable items at an increased magnification greater than the remaining items of the array of selectable items and to selectively vary which item of the array of selectable items is displayed at increased magnification. The controller is configured to vary which item of the array of selectable items is displayed at increased magnification in response to movement determined by the at least one sensor. | 08-25-2011 |
20110202858 | CUSTOMISATION OF ACTIONS SELECTABLE BY A USER INTERFACE - A user interface in a computer apparatus may be customized by connection of a removable storage medium device to a storage medium interface of the computer apparatus. It is detected whether, in the storage medium thereof, there is stored customisation data that includes icon data and target data in respect of additional icons for the user interface. If so, user interface data in the computer apparatus is changed to include the icon data and target data in respect of the additional icons. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202857 | CUSTOMISATION OF THE APPEARANCE OF A USER INTERFACE - A user interface in a computer apparatus may be customized by connection of a removable storage medium device to a storage medium interface of the computer apparatus. It is detected whether, in the storage medium thereof, there is stored customisation data that identifies a change to the appearance of the user interface, for example in the colours, textures, container-shape or font. If so, user interface data in the computer apparatus is changed to include the icon data and target data in respect of the additional icons. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202753 | CUSTOMISATION OF NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY A COMPUTER APPARATUS - A notification system in a computer apparatus may be customized by connection of a removable storage medium device to a storage medium interface of the computer apparatus. It is detected whether, in the storage medium thereof, there is stored customisation data that includes notification data of additional notifications. If so, the notification data in the computer apparatus is changed to include the notification data of additional notifications. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202519 | CUSTOMISATION OF THE APPEARANCE OF A USER INTERFACE - A querying system in a computer apparatus may be customized by connection of a removable storage medium device to a storage medium interface of the computer apparatus. It is detected whether, in the storage medium thereof, there is stored customisation data that that indicates a change to the query engine data identifying locations where query messages are sent. If so, the query engine data in the computer apparatus is changed accordingly. | 08-18-2011 |
20110162018 | AUDIOVISUAL MULTI-ROOM SUPPORT - The invention relates to providing audiovisual content on a network, and methods of transferring the audiovisual content between devices attached to the network. The methods involve accepting user input, at a first output device that is outputting audiovisual content, to select a second output device from the output devices associated with the network and subsequently outputting the audiovisual content on the second output device that is selected. | 06-30-2011 |
20110162017 | AUDIOVISUAL MULTI-ROOM SUPPORT - The invention relates to providing audiovisual content on a network, and methods of transferring the audiovisual content between devices attached to the network. The methods involve accepting user input, at a first output device that is outputting audiovisual content, to select a second output device from the output devices associated with the network and subsequently outputting the audiovisual content on the second output device that is selected. | 06-30-2011 |
20110085090 | TELEVISION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A TELEVISION SYSTEM - A television display system with a television display for displaying television services and internet information, and an input unit for providing a command, the television display system receiving a data stream containing a plurality of key files, each key file including executable data and a respective key image representing said executable data. The television display system includes a memory for continuously maintaining over a period at least one of the key files, a display section displaying upon occurrence of any of a number of preselected events, a key image stored in said memory, superposed on a displayed said television service, said key image upon activation executing said executable data included in the same key file. The system also includes a command section for executing content of the key file of the displayed respective image conditional upon a key command being provided by the input unit. | 04-14-2011 |
20110055416 | Video/audio network - A packet-based data network including: an audio/video network comprising:
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20100293586 | SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVAL OF EXECUTABLE APPLICATIONS - A system for retrieval of executable applications, comprising: a broadcast television receiver apparatus; and a server; wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus includes a communication unit having an interface for bidirectional communication with a network and adapted to determine channel information from a currently decoded channel carried in a broadcast television signal, the channel information identifying the currently decoded channel, the communication unit being further adapted to send the channel information to a server over the network, and to receive application information from the server, the application information describing a set of applications which are available for execution, and to receive executable code components for the set of applications corresponding to the application information, and wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus further includes a data processor adapted to execute the application whilst the channel is decoded; and wherein the server is adapted to receive the channel information over the network, to determine the application information by analyzing the channel information, and to send the application information to the communication unit. | 11-18-2010 |
20100293577 | METHOD OF CONTENT RETRIEVAL - A method of content retrieval, comprising: providing a set of content items; determining, for each content item in the set, a subset from the set of content items, wherein the subset for a certain content item of the set is determined by comparing only meta data associated with the certain content item with meta data respectively associated with each of all other content items of the set; selecting, by a user of a television apparatus, a content item out of the set of content items as a seed item; executing a recursive or iterative process until one of the content items of the set is determined by the user as a content item for consuming, the process comprising: displaying the respective subset of the seed item at a display in connection with the television apparatus, each of the content items of the respective subset being represented by a respective image; and selecting, by the user, a further content item of the respective subset displayed as the seed item or as a content item for consuming; and displaying, at the display, the content item determined for consuming. | 11-18-2010 |
20100293576 | METHOD OF RECOMMENDING LOCAL AND REMOTE CONTENT - A method of recommending local and remote content, comprising: receiving, at a television apparatus, a first set of content items and linking information linking each of the content items of the first set to a respective subset of the first set; providing a second set of further content items, the content items of the second set being locally available at the television apparatus; and determining for each content item in a unified set including the first and second sets further linking information linking the content item to a further subset from the unified set; wherein for a certain content item of the first set, the further subset is determined by adding content items of the second set to the respective subset of the certain content item, the content items added being determined by comparing meta data associated with the certain content item with meta data respectively associated with all content items of the second set. | 11-18-2010 |
20100293572 | METHOD OF PROVIDING TELEVISION PROGRAM INFORMATION - A method for providing television program information, comprising: determining a device profile of an receiver, transmitting the device profile to a server, determining a user profile of a user of the receiver, determining, at the server, the television program information based on the user profile and on the device profile. | 11-18-2010 |