Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080278634 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHANNEL SCANNING - Methods for channel scanning are provided. An embodiment of a method for channel scanning comprises scan progress information stored when interrupting a channel scanning process. A carrier RF subsequent to the most recently processed carrier RF is locked onto with reference to the stored scan progress information when resuming the interrupted channel scanning process. Channel information of a program carried by the locked carrier RF is acquired. The acquired channel information of the program is stored in a channel table. | 11-13-2008 |
20090169023 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VOLUME OF A MULTIMEDIA PLAYER - A method for controlling volume of a multimedia player includes receiving a parameter having no volume control information; comparing the parameter with a predetermined condition to determine a volume level; and setting initial volume according to the volume level. | 07-02-2009 |
20090199258 | METHOD OF SETTING MAPPING BETWEEN CHANNEL NUMBER AND PROGRAM NUMBER - A method of setting at least a mapping between a channel number and a program number is provided. The method includes receiving a virtual channel table (VCT) and a program association table (PAT) transmitted via a communication channel, comparing the VCT and the PAT to generate a comparison result, and determining a mapping between a specific channel number and a specific program number according to the comparison result. | 08-06-2009 |
20090317059 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING / RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK ENHANCEMENT INFORMATION, VBI DATA, OR AUXILIARY DATA THROUGH DIGITAL TRANSMISSION MEANS SPECIFIED FOR MULTIMEDIA DATA TRANSMISSION - A data transmission interface apparatus is provided for communicating with another data transmission interface apparatus through a digital transmission means specified for multimedia data transmission. The data transmission interface apparatus has at least a processor for processing multimedia data; and a data converting circuit, coupled to the processor, for converting a plurality of first multimedia data sets into a plurality of second multimedia data sets; and for converting a plurality of first auxiliary data sets into a plurality of second auxiliary data sets. | 12-24-2009 |
20100098341 | IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING MULTIMEDIA DATA - An image recognition system, includes: an image capturing device, for multimedia data corresponding to a plurality of parameters respectively; an image recognition device, coupled to the image capturing device and the LUT, for recognizing a captured image and generating a parameter as an input to the LUT; and a first multimedia display device for displaying multimedia data from the LUT that corresponds to the parameter input to the LUT. | 04-22-2010 |
20100115472 | Method of Facilitating Browsing and Management of Multimedia Files with Data Structure thereof - A method of browsing multimedia files having a plurality of attribute information. Each of the plurality of attribute information is utilized for indicating a corresponding characteristic of the multimedia files. The method comprises: providing a browser comprising a user interface having multi-level hierarchical menus, each menu comprising at least a menu icon representing a group of the multimedia files which certain attribute information of the group of multimedia files are the same, wherein each of the menu icon is able to initiate a next level menu, or to initiate playing a target multimedia file; and playing the target multimedia file if the menu icon for initiating playing the target multimedia file has been activated. | 05-06-2010 |
20100128858 | PHONE - Phones comprising a touch panel and a controller. The controller is operable to control the touch panel to stop showing a first user interface to show a second user interface when receiving an interrupt signal that is occurred when a dialing icon of the first user interface had been tapped. | 05-27-2010 |
20100130159 | METHOD OF SENDING AND RECEIVING CALL WITH SPECIFIC REQUEST - A specific code indicative of a specific request is used to provide a communication device with an ability to send specific calls, such as emergency calls and silent calls, and the ability to distinguish the specific calls from the received calls. A method of sending a call includes generating a specific code indicative of a specific request, adding the specific code to a call, and then sending the call to a receiver for notifying the receiver of the specific request. A method of receiving a call includes determining whether a received call comprises a specific code indicative of a specific request, and generating an indication in response to the specific request when the received call is determined to comprise the specific code. | 05-27-2010 |
20100157158 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUSES CAPABLE OF PROCESSING INITIALLY REPRODUCED PACKETS PRIOR TO BUFFERING THE INITIALLY REPRODUCED PACKETS - A signal processing apparatus includes a first signal processing block and a second signal processing block. The first signal processing block is utilized for processing an input signal to generate a first target processing result, including a plurality of packets initially reproduced from the input signal, to an output port of the first signal processing circuit, where each of the packets contains a corresponding packet identifier (PID). The second signal processing block has an input port coupled to the output port of the first signal processing circuit, and is utilized for processing the first target processing result according to PIDs of the packets and accordingly generating a second target processing result. There is no buffer coupled between the output port of the first signal processing circuit and the input port of the second signal processing circuit. | 06-24-2010 |
20100158042 | PACKET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD CAPABLE OF GENERATING MODIFIED PACKETS BY MODIFYING PAYLOADS OF SPECIFIC PACKETS IDENTIFIED FROM RECEIVED PACKETS - A packet processing apparatus includes a packet identifying unit and a packet modifying unit. The packet identifying unit is utilized for receiving a plurality of packets and checking identification information and data length information which are derived from the received packets to identify first packets from the received packets. The packet modifying unit is coupled to the packet identifying unit, and is utilized for checking payloads of the first packets to identify second packets from the first packets, where each of the second packets has specific data included in a payload thereof, and for modifying at least the payload of each of the second packets. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162089 | PACKET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD CAPABLE OF GENERATING MODIFIED PACKETS BY MODIFYING PAYLOADS OF SPECIFIC PACKETS IDENTIFIED FROM RECEIVED PACKETS - A packet processing apparatus includes a packet identifying unit and a packet modifying unit. The packet identifying unit is utilized for receiving a plurality of packets and checking identification information derived from the received packets to identify first packets from the received packets. The packet modifying unit is coupled to the packet identifying unit, and is utilized for checking payloads of the first packets to identify second packets from the first packets, where each of the second packets has specific data included in a payload thereof, and for modifying at least the payload of each of the second packets. | 06-24-2010 |
20100201832 | IMAGE EVALUATION METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND DIGITAL CAMERA THEREOF - An image evaluation method for a digital camera includes analyzing the composition of an image for obtaining a characteristic of the composition of the image, computing an ideal characteristic value, a real characteristic value, and a difference value between the ideal characteristic value and the real characteristic value, and generating a grade according to the difference value to show quality related to the composition of the image. | 08-12-2010 |
20110066431 | HAND-HELD INPUT APPARATUS AND INPUT METHOD FOR INPUTTING DATA TO A REMOTE RECEIVING DEVICE - A hand-held input apparatus includes an input unit, a translator and a wireless transmitter. The input unit generates an input signal. The translator receives the input signal from the input unit, converts the input signal to a meaningful text and translates the meaningful text to a translated signal according to a protocol used in a remote receiving device. The wireless transmitter wirelessly transmits the translated signal to the remote receiving device. | 03-17-2011 |
20110170612 | DECODING METHOD AND DECODING APPARATUS FOR USING PARALLEL PROCESSING SCHEME TO DECODE PICTURES IN DIFFERENT BITSTREAMS AFTER REQUIRED DECODED DATA DERIVED FROM DECODING PRECEDING PICTURE(S) IS READY - An exemplary decoding method of an input video bitstream including a first bitstream and a second bitstream includes: decoding a first picture in the first bitstream; after a required decoded data derived from decoding the first picture is ready for a first decoding operation of a second picture in the first bitstream, performing the first decoding operation; and after a required decoded data derived from decoding the first picture is ready for a second decoding operation of a picture in the second bitstream, performing the second decoding operation, wherein The first bitstream contains pictures of a first view for a 3D video presentation, the second bitstream contains pictures of a second view for the 3D video presentation, and a time period of decoding the second picture in the first bitstream and a time period of decoding the picture in the second bitstream are overlapped in time. | 07-14-2011 |
20110316872 | IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, DEVICE, AND RELATED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An image displaying method is provided. The image displaying method is utilized for displaying an image on a display region. The image has a first pixel and a second pixel respectively displayed on a first position and a second position in the display region. The image displaying method includes: deciding the first pixel according to a response time analysis, illuminating the first position and the second position according to a first brightness value of the first pixel; and adjusting brightness of the second position to a second brightness value of the second pixel. | 12-29-2011 |
20120113298 | IMAGE EVALUATION METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND DIGITAL CAMERA THEREOF FOR EVALUATING AND CAPTURING IMAGES ACCORDING TO COMPOSITION OF THE IMAGES - An image evaluation method for a digital camera includes analyzing the composition of an image for obtaining a characteristic of the composition of the image, computing information of an ideal composition based on the obtained characteristic of the composition of the image, and generating an indication according to the information of the ideal composition to guide a photographer to compose toward the ideal composition. | 05-10-2012 |
20120185758 | INFORMATION BROWSING METHOD FOR PARTITIONING CONTENTS OF PAGE AND ASSIGNING IDENTIFIERS TO DATA PARTITIONS AND RELATED MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - An information browsing method includes: partitioning contents of a page into a plurality of first data partitions by analyzing the contents of the page; assigning a plurality of first identifiers to the first data partitions, respectively; driving a display screen according to at least the first data partitions; and when receiving a partition selection input, determining a selected first data partition according to a first identifier corresponding to the partition selection input, wherein the selected first data partition is assigned with the first identifier. | 07-19-2012 |
20120233236 | CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM FOR SERVING SERVICE REQUEST OF EMBEDDED DEVICE BY CLOUD COMPUTING AND RELATED CLOUD-BASED PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A cloud-based system includes a cloud server system with cloud computing capability, and an embedded device coupled to the cloud server system through a network. The embedded device is configured to request the cloud server system for a specific service by generating a service request to the cloud server system. A cloud-based processing method includes: utilizing an embedded device to generate a service request for a specific service, and serving the service request by cloud computing. | 09-13-2012 |
20120314128 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK ENHANCEMENT INFORMATION, VBI DATA, OR AUXILIARY DATA THROUGH DIGITAL TRANSMISSION MEANS SPECIFIED FOR MULTIMEDIA DATA TRANSMISSION - A data transmission interface apparatus, communicating with another data transmission interface apparatus through a digital transmission means for transmitting multimedia data, includes a processor for processing multimedia data; and a data converting circuit, coupled to the processor, for converting a plurality of first multimedia data sets generated from the processor into a plurality of second multimedia data sets; and for converting a plurality of first auxiliary data sets into a plurality of second auxiliary data sets. The first auxiliary data set and the second auxiliary data set include closed caption information. | 12-13-2012 |
20130318230 | STANDBY AGENT APPARATUS FOR KEEPING ACCOUNT OF CLIENT SYSTEM ON-LINE IN APPLICATION SERVER WHEN CLIENT SYSTEM IS OPERATING IN STANDBY MODE AND RELATED CONNECTION HANDLING METHOD THEREOF - A standby agent apparatus includes an interface and a standby agent controller. The interface is arranged for receiving at least first account information of a first system. The standby agent controller is coupled to the interface. When the first system is operating in a standby mode, the standby agent controller is arranged for keeping an account of the first system on-line in a first application server according to the received first account information of the first system. A connection handling method includes the following steps: receiving first account information of a first system; and when the first system is operating in a standby mode, keeping an account of the first system on-line in a first application server according to the received first account information of the first system. | 11-28-2013 |
20140022344 | DECODING METHOD AND DECODING APPARATUS FOR USING PARALLEL PROCESSING SCHEME TO DECODE PICTURES IN DIFFERENT BITSTREAMS AFTER REQUIRED DECODED DATA DERIVED FROM DECODING PRECEDING PICTURE(S) IS READY - An exemplary decoding method of an input video bitstream including a first bitstream and a second bitstream includes: decoding a first picture in the first bitstream; after a required decoded data derived from decoding the first picture is ready for a first decoding operation of a second picture in the first bitstream, performing the first decoding operation; and after a required decoded data derived from decoding the first picture is ready for a second decoding operation of a picture in the second bitstream, performing the second decoding operation, wherein a time period of decoding the second picture in the first bitstream and a time period of decoding the picture in the second bitstream are overlapped in time. | 01-23-2014 |