Patents for H04N 7 - Television systems (274,023)
01/1999
01/07/1999EP0889652A2 Method and apparatus for encoding a contour of an object based on a contour motion estimation technique
01/07/1999EP0889651A1 Picture encoder and picture decoder
01/07/1999EP0889650A2 Method and apparatus for processing a bitstream
01/07/1999EP0889647A2 System for processing program information
01/07/1999EP0889590A1 Peak detector using automatic threshold control and method therefor
01/07/1999EP0889471A2 Custom character-coding compression for encoding and watermarking media content
01/07/1999EP0889452A2 Remote monitoring system and method
01/07/1999EP0889234A2 Input buffer circuit with differential input thresholds operable with high common mode input voltages
01/07/1999EP0888691A1 Low-profile image formation apparatus
01/07/1999EP0888690A1 Interactive satellite broadcast system
01/07/1999EP0888689A1 Data compression using adaptive bit allocation and hybrid lossless entropy encoding
01/07/1999EP0888688A2 Combination of vcr index and epg
01/07/1999EP0888672A1 Apparatus and method for spectrum management in a multipoint communication system
01/07/1999EP0888592A1 Sprite coding
01/07/1999EP0860088A4 Motion vector quantizing selection system
01/07/1999EP0755609A4 Three-dimensional phenotypic measuring system for animals
01/07/1999EP0732029A4 Datastream packet alignment indicator in a system for assembling transport data packets
01/07/1999EP0647377B1 Process and device for identifying a programme information
01/07/1999DE19807300A1 Digital single picture camera suitable for telecommunications
01/07/1999DE19747864A1 Adaptive selecting method for memory access priority control in MPEG processor
01/07/1999DE19724840C1 Process and device for programming VCR to search for and record television programs for user
01/07/1999CA2295183A1 System for visualizing an environment
01/07/1999CA2294000A1 Ingress monitoring system
01/06/1999CN1204216A Device for raising processing efficiency of image and sound
01/06/1999CN1204215A Scalable inter-contour coding method and apparatus
01/06/1999CN1204213A Image signal transmitting method, superimposed signal extracting method, image signal output apparatus image signal receiving apparatus and image signal recording medium
01/06/1999CN1204212A Apparatus and method for providing PC communication and internet service by using settop box
01/06/1999CN1204210A Picture menu programme selecting method and device for TV receiver
01/06/1999CN1204208A Method for selecting channel of digital multichannel television
01/06/1999CN1204207A Image format converter and method therefor
01/06/1999CN1204205A Digital still camera capable of communicating audio and image data to/from remote site
01/06/1999CN1204203A Digital still camera capable of telecomunication
01/06/1999CN1204201A Sequential scanning transducer
01/06/1999CN1204193A Method for transmitting two parallel channels using code division and apparatus realising the method
01/06/1999CN1204168A Intermediate tap device
01/06/1999CN1203805A Health-care drink capable of preventing and curing menopathy
01/06/1999CN1041586C System and method for combining multiple composite video signals
01/05/1999US5857190 Event logging system and method for logging events in a network system
01/05/1999US5857142 Architecture and method for providing interactive broadband products and services using existing telephone plant
01/05/1999US5857044 Method and apparatus for processing time code
01/05/1999US5857033 Method for image enhancing using quantized mean-separate histogram equalization and a circuit therefor
01/05/1999US5856975 High speed single chip digital video network apparatus
01/05/1999US5856930 Disc-shaped recording medium, disc recording apparatus and disc reproducing apparatus
01/05/1999US5856852 Method for providing recording-reservation data to a VCR using a TV and a VCR adapted thereto
01/05/1999US5856851 Clock phase synchronizing circuit
01/05/1999US5856850 Image display system for converting between display standards with a reduced distortion
01/05/1999US5856848 Moving image coder
01/05/1999US5856847 High definition television coder/decoder where synchronization is achieved via the addition of absolute time reference signals at the coder
01/05/1999US5856844 Method and apparatus for determining position and orientation
01/05/1999US5856842 Apparatus facilitating eye-contact video communications
01/05/1999US5856798 Magnetic-tape recording/reproducing arrangement comprising a coding device
01/05/1999CA2056057C Caption vcr and method of displaying a caption signal in the caption vcr
12/1998
12/30/1998WO1998059497A1 Method for generating sprites for object-based coding systems using masks and rounding average
12/30/1998WO1998059496A1 Moving vector predictive coding method and moving vector decoding method, predictive coding device and decoding device, and storage medium stored with moving vector predictive coding program and moving vector decoding program
12/30/1998WO1998059494A1 Apparatus and method for controlling transfer of data between processing elements
12/30/1998WO1998059493A1 Technique for time manipulation of multi-channel transmission system
12/30/1998WO1998059492A1 Digital data transmitter and method for transmitting the same
12/30/1998WO1998059479A1 Method and apparatus for a home network auto-tree builder
12/30/1998WO1998059478A1 Programming tool for home networks
12/30/1998WO1998059336A1 Motion vector processing circuit
12/30/1998WO1998059301A1 Data transaction assembly server
12/30/1998WO1998059284A2 Method and apparatus for creating home network macros
12/30/1998WO1998059283A2 Improved home network, browser based, command and control
12/30/1998WO1998059282A2 Browser based command and control home network
12/30/1998WO1998058593A2 Image guided surgery system
12/30/1998WO1998044738A3 Image handling system and method
12/30/1998WO1998044732A3 Interactive television transmission system
12/30/1998EP0888015A2 Digital signal coding methods and apparatus, signal recording media, and signal transmission methods
12/30/1998EP0888014A2 Method for regenerating the original data of digitally coded video film, and apparatus for carrying out the method
12/30/1998EP0888013A2 Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and data recording medium
12/30/1998EP0888012A1 Moving picture coding and decoding
12/30/1998EP0888011A2 Scalable predictive contour coding method and apparatus
12/30/1998EP0888010A2 Image encoding method and apparatus
12/30/1998EP0888009A1 Device and method for encoding image data, and image data transmission method
12/30/1998EP0888008A2 Scramble apparatus and descramble apparatus
12/30/1998EP0888007A1 Method and device for partially editing digital compressed data
12/30/1998EP0888006A1 Compressed digital video, and method and device for audio frame gap adjusting and editing
12/30/1998EP0888000A2 Image data compression apparatus capable of reducing false color
12/30/1998EP0887723A2 Apparatus, method and computer program product for protecting copyright data within a computer system
12/30/1998EP0886973A1 Method and apparatus for blocking effect reduction in images
12/30/1998EP0886972A1 Improved post-processing method and apparatus for use in an image signal decoding system
12/30/1998EP0886971A2 Method and system for supplying data streams
12/30/1998EP0886970A2 A method and apparatus for improved communication for cable tv telephony and data transport
12/30/1998EP0886969A1 Secure data broadcasting
12/30/1998EP0886968A1 Method and systems for progressive asynchronous transmission of multimedia data
12/30/1998EP0886967A1 Two-way interactive television system
12/30/1998EP0886966A1 Transmission of data items
12/30/1998EP0886965A1 Gradient based motion estimation
12/30/1998EP0886963A1 Improved television tuning system
12/30/1998EP0886954A1 Telephone/transaction entry device and system for entering transaction data into databases
12/30/1998EP0886953A1 Customer premises broadband interface system and method
12/30/1998EP0886925A1 Audio-video conferencing system
12/30/1998EP0886837A1 Motion vector field error estimation
12/30/1998EP0886836A1 Improved gradient based motion estimation
12/30/1998EP0886826A1 System and method for transmission of data
12/30/1998EP0857392A4 Overlapping block zerotree wavelet image coder
12/30/1998EP0857389A4 Apparatus and method for encoding zerotrees generated by a wavelet-based coding technique
12/30/1998EP0793828B1 System for communication of image information between multiple-protocol imaging devices
12/30/1998EP0732028A4 Data word indicator in a system for assembling transport data packets
12/30/1998EP0726015B1 Dual-mode isdn/stn video telephony terminal