Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110106744 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A content recommendation device and a content recommendation method that recommend appropriate content with appropriate timing are provided. The content recommendation device ( | 05-05-2011 |
20120030050 | ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION METHOD - An electronic notification device ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120106921 | ENCODING METHOD, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DECODING METHOD - An encoding method is provided, according to which video streams obtained by compression-coding original images are contained in one transport stream. The video streams contained in the transport stream include a video stream that constitutes 2D video and video streams that constitute 3D video. When containing such video streams in the transport stream, a descriptor specifying the video streams constituting the 3D video is contained in a PMT (Programmable Map Table) of the transport stream. | 05-03-2012 |
20120188340 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTION SERVER, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND DISTRIBUTION METHOD - A content distribution system capable of playing back a stream without missing out an initial frame. The content distribution system includes a distribution server and a playback apparatus. The distribution server transmits a video stream and an initial frame state flag indicating whether an initial frame of the video stream is a 3D video frame or a 2D video frame. Receiving the video stream and the initial frame state flag, the playback apparatus determines whether the initial frame is a 3D video frame or a 2D video frame by using the initial frame state flag and sets, prior to decoding the video stream, an output mode to be applied to the initial frame to a 3D output mode when the initial frame is a 3D video frame and to a 2D output mode when the initial frame is a 2D video frame. | 07-26-2012 |
20120200679 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DISTRIBUTION METHOD - The present invention aims to provide a video processing device allowing notifications to be made to viewers of a program without annoyances being posed thereby. A video processing device comprises a receiver receiving video information including a subject program and flag information indicating whether the video information includes type-1 guide information for making a notification when the subject program is in 3D; a determiner determining, according to received flag information, whether the user is to be notified of the type-1 guide information; and an output controller outputting a program from the received video information, outputting type-2 guide information for making the notification when the subject program is in 3D and the determiner determines that the user is not to be notified of the type-1 guide information, and preventing output of the type-2 guide information when the determiner determines that the user is to be notified of the type-1 guide information. | 08-09-2012 |
20120294587 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, DISTRIBUTION SERVER, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND DISTRIBUTION METHOD - To provide a content distribution system which inhibits execution of processing which is unnecessary for streams having specific structures. The content distribution system includes a distribution server and a playback apparatus. The distribution server transmits a program stream and a program state flag associated with the program stream that indicates whether or not program content corresponding to the program stream is constituted of only 3D video. The playback apparatus determines, prior to decoding the program stream, whether or not the program state flag indicates that the program content is constituted of only 3D video, and when determining that the program content is constituted of only 3D video, decodes the program stream and performs control so as to play back the program stream as 3D video without determining whether or not each frame included in the program stream is a 3D video frame. | 11-22-2012 |
20120299908 | DATA BROADCAST DISPLAY DEVICE, DATA BROADCAST DISPLAY METHOD, AND DATA BROADCAST DISPLAY PROGRAM - A data broadcast display device guarantees stereoscopic perception by the user of a displayed 3D data broadcast image, while alleviating the discomfort a user experiences due to a delay in display. The data broadcast display device includes a reception unit that receives object data for generating the left-view and right-view objects, a display data generation unit that generates the left-view and right-view objects using the received object data while providing notification upon completion of the generation of each object, and a display control unit that determines, at predetermined time intervals, whether the notification has been received for both the left-view and right-view objects, includes both the left-view and right-view objects in a data broadcast image for display when determining affirmatively, and includes neither the left-view nor the right-view object in the data broadcast image for display when determining negatively. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300029 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A video processing device | 11-29-2012 |
20120311645 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A video processing device receives at least a supplementary display object playback stream and a data block, the supplementary display object playback stream containing an encoded supplementary display object to be displayed along with a 3D video image, and the data block including identifying information for 3D display of the supplementary display object by a processing unit. Before the content of the supplementary display object playback stream is referred to, the identifying information is extracted from the data block and the processing unit for 3D display of the supplementary display object is determined. The determined processing unit processes the supplementary display object playback stream to create and output a right-view supplementary display object and a left-view supplementary display object. | 12-06-2012 |
20130024898 | CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE, CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD, CONTENT PLAYBACK PROGRAM, AND CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM - To provide a content playback device capable of, when playing back a content distributed in a streaming format via a network whose view mode is selectable among a plurality of view modes, presenting to a user the switchability between the view modes, thereby to improve the user's convenience. The content playback device includes a reception unit that receives, from the content distribution system, control information indicating a plurality of view modes selectable for viewing the video content, a presentation unit that presents, to a user, the view modes as options of a view mode for viewing the video content, an input reception unit that receives an input selecting one view mode among the view modes from the user; and a request unit that requests the content distribution system to distribute the video content in the streaming format, by transmitting information indicating the selected view mode to the content distribution system. | 01-24-2013 |
20130229489 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is a video processing device that quickly identifies a distribution mode of a stream of display data, e.g., subtitles, and reproduces the data according to the distribution mode. The video processing device receives a transport stream including additional information and a data stream of display data to be displayed along with a 3D video, the additional information indicating whether the transport stream further includes left-view and right-view data streams generated from left-view and right-view data used for displaying the display data; determines whether the transport stream includes the left-view and the right-view data streams based on the additional information; and reproduces the left-view and the right-view data from the left-view and the right-view data streams when the transport stream includes the left-view and the right-view data streams, and reproduces alternative left-view and right-view data when the transport stream does not include the left-view and the right-view data streams. | 09-05-2013 |
20130243103 | ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, PLAYBACK DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD - An encoding device that, when encoding frame image groups which represent scenes respectively viewed from plurality of viewpoints over predetermined time period, generates base-view video stream by encoding frame image group of standard viewpoint without using, as reference image, any frame image of other viewpoints, generates first-type dependent-view video stream by encoding frame image group of first-type viewpoint by using, as reference image, frame image of same time of base-view video stream or of another first-type dependent-view video stream, first-type viewpoint being positioned such that at least one viewpoint is present between first-type viewpoint and standard viewpoint, and generates second-type dependent-view video stream by encoding frame image group of second-type viewpoint by using, as reference images, frame images of same time of two viewpoints sandwiching second-type viewpoint, second-type viewpoint being neither standard viewpoint nor first-type viewpoint. | 09-19-2013 |