Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110145726 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATING A MEDIA PROGRAM VIA A HISTOGRAM OF POPULAR SEGMENTS - A method and apparatus for navigating a media program is disclosed. Viewing data for segments of the media program are monitored and used to compile statistics that are presented to the user in a histogram, so that popular portions of the media program can be identified and navigated to. One embodiment includes a searchable transcript of the media program that is synchronized with the histogram. | 06-16-2011 |
20120014579 | CT DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON MOTION COMPENSATION - A CT device and method based on motion compensation are proposed. The present invention obtains motion parameters of a target object by using a stereo-vision-based motion measurement system, and then implements motion compensation through the technology based on reconstructed image matrix transformation, thereby obtaining a clear 2D/3D CT image while eliminating motion artifacts. The present invention can effectively eliminate motion artifacts caused by the scanned object's own motions in the CT scanning, and can be easily embedded into the existing CT scanning equipments. The present invention can improve quality of the CT images, and is especially important for CT imaging of some special groups of people that can not control their own motions, such as Parkinson's patients, infants, living mouse and so on. It can also improve ultra-high-resolution imaging of human body. | 01-19-2012 |
20120060104 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING VIEWING INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for sharing viewing information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an designation of a second user from the first user; and transmitting the first user viewing information to the designated second user. The shared viewing information may comprise the identity of a currently viewed media program, a list of scheduled media program viewings, or the media program itself. | 03-08-2012 |
20120110618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DIRECTED ADVERTISING BASED ON USER PREFERENCES - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for providing advertisements with a media program transmitted to a user device are described. The method permits the user to control the presentation of advertisements. | 05-03-2012 |
20120110620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER SELECTION OF ADVERTISING COMBINATIONS - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for providing advertisements with a media program transmitted to a user device are described. The method permits the user to control the presentation of advertisements to select prefacing advertisements in lieu of more time consuming or more numerous intervening advertisements presented during the media program. | 05-03-2012 |
20130091299 | Method and Apparatus for Navigating a Video Via a Transcript of Spoken Dialog - A method and apparatus for navigating a media program via a searchable transcript of the dialog of the media program is disclosed. In one embodiment, a textural transcript of the dialog is generated, wherein the textural transcript comprising a plurality of portions wherein each portion is associated with a segment of the media program, a command is accepted to display the transcript and in response to that command, user interface data is transmitted to the client computer for presentation in a user interface, wherein the user interface comprising a concurrently presented media program player and the textural transcript. | 04-11-2013 |
20140075343 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING VIEWING INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for sharing viewing information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an designation of a second user from the first user; and transmitting the first user viewing information to the designated second user. The shared viewing information may comprise the identity of a currently viewed media program, a list of scheduled media program viewings, or the media program itself. | 03-13-2014 |
20140132606 | Three-dimensional man-machine interaction display and control method for power grid operation monitoring - The present invention discloses a three-dimensional man-machine interaction display and control method for power grid operation monitoring, which includes the following steps: drawing a picture in a two-dimensional plane by using a dual-buffer mechanism; reading the picture drawn in the two-dimensional plane, and drawing the picture in a three-dimensional space; detecting an interaction event in the three-dimensional space, and determining a type of a component in an operation panel; delivering the interaction event between the three-dimensional space and the two-dimensional plane, and processing the interaction event according to the component type; and reading the picture drawn by the component in the two-dimensional plane, and updating a corresponding image in the three-dimensional space. The present invention solves the problem of introducing the alarm images into the three-dimensional space. | 05-15-2014 |