METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPOSITION OF SUBTITLES
    91.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPOSITION OF SUBTITLES 有权
    用于组合物的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120219266A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-30

    申请号:US13462391

    申请日:2012-05-02

    IPC分类号: H04N5/91

    摘要: Embodiments of the invention include a subtitling format encompassing elements of enhanced syntax and semantic to provide improved animation capabilities. The disclosed elements improve subtitle performance without stressing the available subtitle bitrate. This will become essential for authoring content of high-end HDTV subtitles in pre-recorded format, which can be broadcast or stored on high capacity optical media, e.g. the Blue-ray Disc. Embodiments of the invention include abilities for improved authoring possibilities for the content production to animate subtitles. For subtitles that are separate from AV material, a method includes using one or more superimposed subtitle layers, and displaying only a selected part of the transferred subtitles at a time. Further, colors of a selected part of the displayed subtitles may be modified, e.g. highlighted.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例包括包含增强语法和语义的元素的字幕格式,以提供改进的动画功能。 所公开的元素提高了字幕性能,而不强调可用的字幕比特率。 这对于以预录制格式编辑高端HDTV字幕的内容将变得至关重要,其可以广播或存储在高容量光学介质上,例如, 蓝光光盘。 本发明的实施例包括用于改进内容制作以创作字幕的创作可能性的能力。 对于与AV素材分离的字幕,一种方法包括使用一个或多个叠加的字幕图层,并且一次只显示所选择的一部分传送的字幕。 此外,可以修改所显示的字幕的所选部分的颜色,例如。 突出显示。

    Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data stream

    公开(公告)号:US20100040149A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-18

    申请号:US12589377

    申请日:2009-10-22

    IPC分类号: H04N7/26

    摘要: Subtitling aims at the presentation of text information and graphical data, encoded as pixel bitmaps. The size of subtitle bitmaps may exceed video frame dimensions, so that only portions are displayed at a time. The bitmaps are a separate layer lying above the video, e.g. for synchronized video subtitles, animations and navigation menus, and therefore contain many transparent pixels. An advanced adaptation for bitmap encoding for HDTV, e.g. 1920.times.1280 pixels per frame as defined for the Blu-ray Disc Prerecorded format, providing optimized compression results for such subtitling bitmaps, is achieved by a four-stage run length encoding. Shorter or longer sequences of pixels of a preferred color, e.g. transparent, are encoded using the second or third shortest code words, while single pixels of different color are encoded using the shortest code words, and sequences of pixels of equal color use the third or fourth shortest code words.

    Method and device for accessing a database
    94.
    发明申请
    Method and device for accessing a database 审中-公开
    用于访问数据库的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US20060129527A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-15

    申请号:US10541859

    申请日:2003-11-28

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    CPC分类号: G06F16/3323

    摘要: A comfortable method and device for searching databases are required. Thus, a database access concept including an interface descriptor is proposed. The interface descriptor may be a XML-file which describes interface categories and database access strategies. The database interface machine may comprise a standard category display method and a standard database access method. The database interface machine can use the definitions contained in the interface descriptor to set up a categorized interface to the database and to perform complete database searches.

    摘要翻译: 需要一种用于搜索数据库的舒适方法和设备。 因此,提出了包括接口描述符的数据库访问概念。 接口描述符可以是描述接口类别和数据库访问策略的XML文件。 数据库接口机可以包括标准类别显示方法和标准数据库访问方法。 数据库接口机可以使用接口描述符中包含的定义来建立到数据库的分类接口,并执行完整的数据库搜索。

    Method and apparatus for simplifying the access of metadata
    95.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for simplifying the access of metadata 有权
    用于简化元数据访问的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07295755B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-13

    申请号:US10155371

    申请日:2002-05-23

    IPC分类号: G11B27/00 H04N5/91

    摘要: Available storage media capacity for personal video recording increases continuously. metadata can be used to organize the recordings, search for content and access specific recordings. If metadata are embedded within the multimedia content itself, like DVB specific Service Information, which are multiplexed with the audio and video streams to form a MPEG-2 transport stream, a search based on this metadata would require an inefficient and time consuming search through all multimedia content stored. According to the invention metadata information is gathered, analyzed and processed to form metadata entities, which are amended by a reference to the content itself. A descriptor stream is formed from the resulting pairs of metadata entities and references to the content and is stored separately from the files comprising multimedia content. In this way, for data of an MPEG-2 transport stream the metadata can be accessed without a need to reparse the entire stream.

    摘要翻译: 用于个人视频录制的可用存储媒体容量不断增加。 元数据可用于组织录音,搜索内容并访问特定录音。 如果元数据被嵌入在多媒体内容本身内,如DVB特定服务信息,其与音频和视频流复用以形成MPEG-2传输流,则基于该元数据的搜索将需要所有的低效和耗时的搜索 存储多媒体内容 根据本发明,收集,分析和处理元数据信息以形成元数据实体,其通过参考内容本身进行修改。 从所得到的元数据实体对和对内容的引用形成描述符流,并且与包括多媒体内容的文件分开存储。 以这种方式,对于MPEG-2传输流的数据,可以访问元数据而不需要重新分析整个流。

    Method and apparatus for controlling the insertion of stuffing data into a bitstream to be recorded
    96.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for controlling the insertion of stuffing data into a bitstream to be recorded 有权
    用于控制将填充数据插入到要记录的比特流中的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07280741B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-09

    申请号:US10474477

    申请日:2002-01-23

    IPC分类号: H04N5/91 H04N7/00

    摘要: In DVD Stream Recording Stream Object Units are real-time recorded, wherein such fixed-length Stream Object Units serve as a container for Application Packets that have a variable length and carry payload data and an Application Time Stamp, this timestamp enabling proper real-time playback. In case the temporal distance between two succeeding application packets is too big, stuffing data must be inserted into the corresponding Stream Object Units. The real-time stuffing control is performed such that overflow of the input buffer is avoided in case of a specific kind of input signals.

    摘要翻译: 在DVD流记录流对象单元中是实时记录的,其中这种固定长度的流对象单元用作具有可变长度并携带有效载荷数据和应用时间戳的应用包的容器,该时间戳使得能够适当地实时 回放。 在两个后续应用分组之间的时间距离太大的情况下,填充数据必须插入相应的流对象单元中。 执行实时填充控制,使得在特定类型的输入信号的情况下避免输入缓冲器的溢出。

    Method and apparatus for automatically or electronically addressing data within a file or files
    97.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for automatically or electronically addressing data within a file or files 有权
    用于自动或电子地寻址文件中的数据的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07283721B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-16

    申请号:US10167819

    申请日:2002-06-12

    IPC分类号: H04N5/76 H04N7/00 H04N5/00

    摘要: Available storage media capacity will be doubling every 2 years. In 2005 it will likely be possible to store about 80 movies on a single 400 GByte hard disk. Because it is no longer possible to access specific recordings stored in a book shelf by just looking at the video cassettes or discs and some annotations on their cover, personal video or audio recording will require new ways to organise and electronically search for content, including automatic content referencing and automatic content location. According to the invention the URI string is extended by additional information that allows to locate specific information within a file that is referenced by such URI. Similar types of URI extensions are used for describing trick mode information. Such extensions take into account specific requirements of the storage format involved.

    摘要翻译: 可用的存储媒体容量将每2年翻一番。 在2005年,可能可以在单个400 GB硬盘上存储约80部电影。 由于只能通过观看录像带或光盘以及封面上的某些注释来访问存储在书架上的特定录像,因此无法再通过个人视频或音频录制来组织和电子搜索内容,包括自动 内容引用和自动内容位置。 根据本发明,URI字符串通过允许定位由该URI引用的文件内的特定信息的附加信息来扩展。 相似类型的URI扩展用于描述特技模式信息。 这种扩展考虑了所涉及的存储格式的特定要求。

    Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles
    98.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles 有权
    用于组合字幕的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08531609B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-10

    申请号:US13462398

    申请日:2012-05-02

    IPC分类号: H04N9/74

    摘要: Embodiments of the invention include a subtitling format encompassing elements of enhanced syntax and semantic to provide improved animation capabilities. The disclosed elements improve subtitle performance without stressing the available subtitle bitrate. This will become essential for authoring content of high-end HDTV subtitles in pre-recorded format, which can be broadcast or stored on high capacity optical media, e.g. the Blue-ray Disc. Embodiments of the invention include abilities for improved authoring possibilities for the content production to animate subtitles. For subtitles that are separate from AV material, a method includes using one or more superimposed subtitle layers, and displaying only a selected part of the transferred subtitles at a time. Further, colors of a selected part of the displayed subtitles may be modified, e.g. highlighted.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例包括包含增强语法和语义的元素的字幕格式,以提供改进的动画功能。 所公开的元素提高了字幕性能,而不强调可用的字幕比特率。 这对于以预录制格式编辑高端HDTV字幕的内容将变得至关重要,其可以广播或存储在高容量光学介质上,例如, 蓝光光盘。 本发明的实施例包括用于改进内容制作以创作字幕的创作可能性的能力。 对于与AV素材分离的字幕,一种方法包括使用一个或多个叠加的字幕图层,并且一次只显示所选择的一部分传送的字幕。 此外,可以修改所显示的字幕的所选部分的颜色,例如。 突出显示。