Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100246597 | Method and apparatus for assigning identifiers to media services - A user assigns a major and minor channel number combination to a media service which does not have such a pre-existing combination, where such a media service is accessed by using such a channel combination without having to resort to the typical means of accessing the media service, such as using a web site URL or radio frequency. Optionally, the invention will automatically update the minor numbers associated with a media service when older versions of the media service become unavailable. | 09-30-2010 |
20100250655 | Methods for delivering and receiving interactive multimedia - A method used in a service providing device for delivering interactive multimedia content to a plurality of client devices, comprising: receiving a request for the interactive multimedia content, from at least one of the plurality of client devices; disabling the plurality of client devices from sending the request to the service providing device, according to a predetermined condition; and delivering the interactive multimedia content to the plurality of client devices. | 09-30-2010 |
20120019621 | Transmission of 3D models - A method and an apparatus for transmitting a 3D model associated to stereoscopic content are described, and more specifically a method and an apparatus for the progressive transmission of 3D models. Also described are a method and an apparatus for preparing a 3D model associated to a 3D video frame for transmission and a non-transient recording medium comprising such a prepared 3D model. The 3D model is split into one or more components. It is then determined whether a component of the one or more components is hidden by other 3D content. For transmission those components of the 3D model that are not hidden by other 3D content are transmitted first. The remaining components of the 3D model are transmitted subsequently. | 01-26-2012 |
20130044916 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PUSH & PULL GESTURE RECOGNITION IN 3D SYSTEM - The present invention provides method and apparatus of PUSH & PULL gesture recognition in 3D system. The method comprising determining whether the gesture is PUSH or PULL as a function of distances from the object performing the gesture to the cameras and the characteristics of moving traces of the object in the image planes of the two cameras. | 02-21-2013 |
20130117451 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING WEB PAGE ACCESS - The present invention provides a method, device and system for controlling web page access. The method includes: receiving an access request message of a user, and obtaining an Internet access account of the user according to the access request message; obtaining a corresponding user rank identifier according to the Internet access account, including the user rank identifier in the access request message, and sending the access request message w the user rank identifier to a content provider server, so that the content provider server returns corresponding web page information to the user according to the user rank identifier. | 05-09-2013 |
20130120544 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTARY CONTENT IN 3D COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - It is provided a method for providing a main 3D content and a supplementary content used in a 3D multimedia device. The method comprises the steps of displaying the main 3D content; and triggering the supplementary content by a 3D related event of the main 3D content, wherein, depth value of the supplementary content is updated along with depth value change of the main 3D content. | 05-16-2013 |
20130215017 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING GESTURE INPUTS - A method is provided for detecting gesture inputs in response to a consecutive reciprocating movement before a detecting device, wherein, the consecutive reciprocating movement is made of a first type of gesture and a second type of gesture, each capable of being recognized by the detecting device to output a different control signal. The method comprises the steps of receiving the consecutive reciprocating movement starting with a first type of gesture among the two types, wherein, the first type of gesture and the second type of gesture occur alternately, and outputting control signals corresponding to the first type of gesture with times number equaling to the number of the first of type gesture contained within the consecutive reciprocating movement. | 08-22-2013 |
20130286170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MONO-VISION IN MULTI-VIEW SYSTEM - It is provided a method for providing mono-vision in a multi-view system comprising at least two views of the same scene and at least one viewing zone, wherein, each viewing zone is provided with two views, and the at least two views are arranged in a way that two adjacent views among the at least two views are provided to each viewing zone so as to provide stereo-vision. The method comprises the steps of receiving an instruction requesting a viewing zone to provide mono-vision; and rearranging the at least two views in a way that two views provided to the viewing zone that provides mono-vision are of the same view as one among the at least two views. An apparatus thereof is also provided. | 10-31-2013 |
20140125585 | COMPUTER DEVICE OPERABLE WITH USER'S EYE MOVEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE COMPUTER DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for operating a computer device with user's eye movement. The method comprises the steps of detecting the user's eye movement, analyzing the user's eye movement to specify an eye movement pattern in the detected user's eye movement and a time period for completing the eye movement pattern, determining a command associated with a combination of the eye movement pattern and the time period and operating the device according to the command. | 05-08-2014 |
20140136728 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELIVERING 3D CONTENT - It is provided a method for delivering a 3D content comprising a 2D part and a metadata part which are divided into equal number of segments and are transmitted in two multicast streams, the method comprising the steps of receiving a request for the 3D content with a starting time point corresponding to a starting segment of the 2D part and a starting segment of the metadata part; and scheduling the transmission of at least one segment of the 2D part including the starting segment of the 2D part in a first multicast stream and the transmission of at least one segment of the metadata part including the starting segment of the metadata part in a second multicast stream, wherein, the transmission of the starting segment of the 2D part and the transmission of the starting segment of the metadata part are synchronized. | 05-15-2014 |
20140317576 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESPONDING TO USER'S SELECTION GESTURE OF OBJECT DISPLAYED IN THREE DIMENSIONS - The present invention relates to a method for responding to a users selection gesture of an object displayed in three dimensions. The method comprises comprising displaying at least one object using a display, detecting a users selection gesture captured using an image capturing device, and based on the image capturing devices output, determining whether an object among said at least one objects is selected by said user as a function of the eye position of the user and of the distance between the users gesture and the display. | 10-23-2014 |
20140340404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING 3D FREE VIEWPOINT VIDEO - The present invention relates to a method for generating 3D viewpoint video content. The method comprising the steps of receiving videos shot by cameras distributed to capture an object; forming a 3D graphic model of at least part of the scene of the object based on the videos; receiving information related to viewpoint and 3D region of interest (ROD in the object; and combining the 3D graphic model and the videos related to the 3D ROI to form a hybrid 3D video content. | 11-20-2014 |
20140347454 | COMPUTER DEVICE WITH POWER-CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANAGING POWER-CONSUMPTION OF COMPUTER DEVICE - The present invention relates to a computer device comprising a detector for detecting a user's eye and a processor. The processor is configured to determine if the position of the user's eye is kept in a zone for a first time period, and if the position of the user's eye is kept in the zone for the first time period, suspend for a second time period detecting the user's eye and determining the position of the user's eye. | 11-27-2014 |
20150058434 | STRUCTURED NETWORK TRAFFIC DATA RETRIEVAL IN VAST VOLUME - A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for retrieving network traffic data. In one embodiment, a networking apparatus comprises a memory; a network device; and a processing unit coupled to the network device and the memory. The processing unit is operable to execute a data engine that performs bulk data transfers from the network device periodically into a data buffer in the memory and translates data received from the network device, based on a mapping definition, into a user defined format for export to one or more applications running on networking apparatus. | 02-26-2015 |