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| 20080199090 | CODING METHOD CONVERSION APPARATUS - A coding method conversion apparatus converts the first coded data coded by the first coding method into the second coded data. The coding method conversion apparatus includes: an H.264 decoder which decodes the first coded data; a deblocking filter strength calculation unit which calculates a filter strength of deblocking filtering of a second coding method, using at least one piece of decoding information except a coding type of the first coded data, the decoding information being obtained by decoding the first coded data; and a deblocking filter which performs the deblocking filtering to reduce noise in a boundary of blocks according to the filter strength calculated by the deblocking filter strength calculation unit. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080279532 | Recording and Reproducing Apparatus - To provide a recording and reproducing apparatus that recovers contents having approximately the same quality as the original contents in a short time and requiring only light processing load, at the time of (a) moving the contents from the first recording medium to the second recording medium, (b) rewriting the contents in order to disable reproduction of the contents, (c) reconstructing the original contents by recovering the contents from the second recording medium to the first recording medium. The recording and reproducing apparatus includes a move processing unit | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080317377 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CODING METHOD - The image coding apparatus according to the present invention is an image coding apparatus, including an imaging unit, a chroma quantization width adjustment unit configured to determine a chroma quantization width using a first method when the amount of the incident light on the imaging unit is larger than the predetermined amount, and to adjust the chroma quantization width such that the chroma quantization width is larger than a quantization width determined using the first method when the light amount judging unit judges that the amount of the incident light is smaller than the predetermined amount, and a luma quantization width adjustment unit configured to determine a luma quantization width using a second method without being dependent on the amount of the incident light. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090010322 | PICTURE CODING APPARATUS - The picture coding apparatus, which optimizes data amount of coded picture data without entailing an increase in circuit size and/or power consumption, includes: a picture input unit which obtains a moving picture signal Vin; a buffer; a lead detecting unit which detects a lead portion from the moving picture represented by the moving picture signal Vin; a coding unit which codes the moving picture signal Vin in the lead portion detected by the lead detecting unit, according to a coding condition for temporary coding; and a coding condition generating unit which generates a coding condition for actual coding, based on the result of the coding by the coding unit and the coding condition for temporary coding. Then, coding unit codes the moving picture signal Vin representing the moving picture including the aforementioned lead portion, according to the coding condition for actual coding. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090189995 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An image recording/reproducing device of this invention includes the following units. An image signal processing unit generates second captured image signals according to a second method. A first compression unit generates first compressed image data by compressing first image information which is in the second captured image signals and equivalent to the first captured image. A second compression unit generates second compressed image data by compressing second image information which is in the second captured image signals except at least a part of the first image information. A recording unit creates first and second folders, and records the first compressed image data and a first playlist in association with the first folder and the second compressed image data in association with the second folder, so that parts of the first and second compressed image data captured during a same first time unit are recorded in association with each other. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189996 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An image recording device includes: a reference clock generation generating a reference clock; a first compression unit generating first compressed image data by compressing a first picture that is included in pictures in the captured image and that is equivalent to image captured at the first frame rate; a second compression unit generating second compressed image data by compressing a second picture that is included in the pictures in the captured image except the first picture; a first timestamp generation unit generating a first timestamp indicating a time for presentation of the first picture with reference to the reference clock; a second timestamp generation unit generating a second timestamp indicating a time for presentation of the second picture with reference to the reference clock; a first assignment unit assigning the first timestamp to the first compressed image data; a second assignment unit assigning the second timestamp to the second compressed image data; and a recording unit recording, to the recording medium, (i) the first compressed image data assigned with the first timestamp and (ii) the second compressed image data assigned with the second timestamp. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190654 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An image recording/reproducing device of this invention includes the following units. An image signal processing unit generates second captured image signals according to a second method. A first compression unit generates first compressed image data by compressing first image information that is image information included in the second captured image signals and that is equivalent to the first captured image. A second compression unit generates second compressed image data by compressing second image information that is image information included in the second captured image signals except at least a part of the image information included in the first image information. A recording unit creates first and second folders, records the first compressed is image data and first control information for reproducing the first compressed image data in association with the first folder, and records the second compressed image data in association with the second folder. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100254682 | IMAGE CODER, VIDEO CAMERA, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE CODING METHOD - An image coder with a pre-record function includes a coding unit ( | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100259603 | Video display apparatus, video viewing glasses, and system comprising the display apparatus and the glasses - Provided is a video system equipped with a video display apparatus, and video viewing glasses for use in viewing a video displayed on the video display apparatus. The video display apparatus includes: a display section for displaying a video; a synchronizing signal generator for generating an external synchronizing signal for notifying an end of displaying a frame constituting the video in synchronism with the video; and a synchronizing signal transmitter for transmitting the external synchronizing signal to the video viewing glasses. The video viewing glasses include: a synchronizing signal receiver for receiving the external synchronizing signal; an optical filter section having a pair of optical filters for adjusting amounts of light to be transmitted to a left eye and a right eye of a viewer, respectively; and an optical filter controller for controlling the optical filter section based on the external synchronizing signal. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100277613 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An image recording device ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100315316 | IMAGE SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE AND EYEGLASSES DEVICE USED IN THE SAME - An image system includes: a display device configured to display an image; and an eyeglasses device for viewing the image displayed by the display device, wherein the display device includes: a display portion configured to display in time series the image to be viewed through the eyeglasses device; a signal generation portion configured to generate a synchronization signal for synchronizing timing of switching of frames of the image; and a transmission portion configured to transmit the synchronization signal, the eyeglasses device includes: an optical filter portion configured to adjust an amount of light of the image; a reception portion configured to receive the synchronization signal transmitted from the transmission portion; and a control portion configured to control action of the optical filter portion corresponding to the switching of the frames of the image, based on the synchronization signal, the signal generation portion further generates a parameter signal including action information for defining an action of the optical filter portion, the transmission portion transmits the parameter signal to the reception portion, and the control portion controls the action of the optical filter portion according to the action information of the parameter signal for defining the action of the optical filter portion. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100328194 | Display device, eyeglass device and video system with them - The present invention discloses video system including a display device for displaying an video image and an eyeglass device for assisting a viewer in viewing the video image, wherein the display device includes: a display portion for displaying the video image; a first generation portion for generating a synchronizing signal for the video image; and a transmission portion for transmitting the synchronizing signal, the synchronizing signal representing control information with a duration of a continuous active time during which the control information is transmitted, and the eyeglass device includes: a reception portion for receiving the synchronizing signal; an optical filter portion for adjusting an incident light to a left eye and a right eye; a second generation portion for generating an internal signal based on the control information; and a control portion for controlling the optical filter portion based on the internal signal. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328439 | IMAGE SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE VIEWING EYEGLASSES WITH THEM - An image system comprises an image display device which displays images, and image viewing eyeglasses used for viewing images displayed by the image display device. The image display device comprises an image display device configured to display image; and image viewing eyeglasses used for viewing the image displayed by the image display device, wherein the image display device includes: a display portion configured to display the image in time series to be viewed using the image viewing eyeglasses; a synchronization signal generator configured to generate a synchronization signal in synchronization with frame of the image, the synchronization signal including prescribed bit series to transmit bit data described by the presence or absence of a pulse; and a synchronization signal transmitter configured to transmit the synchronization signal, and the image viewing eyeglasses include: an optical filter portion configured to adjust an amount of light transmitted to a left eye and a right eye of a viewer; a synchronization signal receiver configured to receive the synchronization signal transmitted from the synchronization signal transmitter; a synchronization signal analyzer configured to detect the bit series, analyze a pattern of the bit series during a predetermined detection time when the synchronization signal analyzer detects the first pulse received by the synchronization signal receiver, and generate control data to control the optical filter portion; and an optical filter controller configured to control the optical filter portion with the control data. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328533 | VIDEO SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE AND EYEGLASS DEVICE USED IN SAME - The present invention discloses a video system provided with a display device for displaying a video image including a first video image and a second video image and an eyeglass device for assisting a viewer in viewing the video image, wherein the display device includes: a display for displaying the first and second video images; a first generator for generating a synchronizing signal in synchronization with the first video image; and a transmitter for transmitting the synchronizing signal to the eyeglass device, and the eyeglass device includes: a receiver for receiving the synchronizing signal; a second generator for generating an internal signal in synchronization with the second video image, based on the synchronizing signal; an optical filter portion for adjusting amounts of incident light to left and right eyes, respectively; and a controller for controlling the optical filter portion based on the internal signal. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110012920 | COLOR CONVERSION DEVICE, COLOR CONVERSION TABLE AND COLOR CONVERSION METHOD - A color conversion device ( | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110032988 | TRANSCODER, METHOD OF TRANSCODING, AND DIGITAL RECORDER - A transcoder reducing processing amount when a coded stream to which at least intra prediction is applied is transcoded into a coded stream to which intra prediction and inter prediction are applied. The transcoder ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032989 | MOVING PICTURE CODING DEVICE AND MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD - Provided is a moving picture coding device which makes it possible to suppress deterioration in coding efficiency caused by flickers occurring at a time of high-speed capturing under fluorescent lamp lighting or the like. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110052138 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, CAMERA, IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image recording device ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055296 | LINK INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, PICTURE RECORDING APPARATUS, PICTURE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, LINK INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, PICTURE RECORDING METHOD, PICTURE REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A link information generation apparatus records a link information file on a recording medium on which a first folder holding a still picture file that includes still picture data and still picture imaging time information and a second folder holding one or more moving picture files each of which includes moving picture data are recorded at positions that are not in a containment relationship with each other. The link information generation apparatus includes: a moving picture specification unit ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110116722 | CODED STREAM REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND CODED STREAM REPRODUCTION METHOD - Reproduction of a plurality of coded streams is switched smoothly without a large processing capability. A coded stream reproduction device ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110134228 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image signal processing apparatus outputs, alternately on a-per frame basis, a first image to be displayed to one of left and right eyes of a viewer and a second image to be displayed to the other eye, and transmits, to a pair of image viewer glasses, a synchronizing signal for controlling timing of opening and closing of optical filters so as to allow the viewer to see the output frames through corresponding eyes. Specifically, the apparatus includes: a persistence amount detecting unit which detects a persistence amount indicating an effect of a first frame in the first image on a second frame in the second image and immediately following the first frame; and an optical-filter adaptive control unit which generates the synchronizing signal indicating timing of opening and closing of the optical filter corresponding to the second frame. The timing is changed based on the persistence amount detected. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134229 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image signal processing apparatus performs gradation control on respective pixels. Specifically, the image signal processing apparatus includes an image signal processing unit which controls light emission and non-light emission of respective subfields so as to provide a field having a level of brightness. Here, the field is a unit display period of the pixels and divided into the subfields which have different light emission periods and are arranged in a predetermined sequence. In the predetermined sequence, the subfields are arranged in a manner such that a subfield having the shortest light emission period among the subfields is in the first place, one of a subfield having the longest light emission period and a subfield having the second longest light emission period among the subfields is in the second place, and the other one is in the third place. | 06-09-2011 |
