Abstract:
A system and method described herein provide stereoscopic video using standard DVD video data combined with enhancement data. In various embodiments, the enhancement data may be stored on the same DVD as the standard video, or provided via downloading and/or streaming to a stereoscopic DVD player. When stored on the DVD, the enhancement data is provided in various forms, including MPEG (-1 or -2) program stream level; or the MPEG elementary stream level. In one embodiment, the enhancement data consists of a difference signal between left- and right-eye images taken on a pixel-by-pixel basis. The present invention also pertains to an optical disc player with a standard digital port, such as a USB port, coupled to an external storage, such as a thumb drive, coupled to a standard digital port such as a USB port. The external storage may also be used to provide content, commands or applications that enable the player to present certain additional content, or to perform certain additional or enhanced functions. The additional content may be obtained using a Universal Resource Identifier.
Abstract:
VEIL modulation is a method of “subliminal” encoding of data in a video image that is similar to a watermark. The encoding consists of alternately proportionately raised and lowered luminance on selected horizontal scan lines. The encoding can be detected using a notch filter centered at half the line frequency. The encoding is lost, however, if the resolution of thee video signal is changed downward. The invention preserves the encoding by coding alternate groups of lines, not alternate lines. This allows detection with a notch filter even after a reduction in resolution.
Abstract:
A method for processing an analog video signal that represents a work for which rights information is asserted. The signal includes a rights assertion mark (RAM) in the video portion of the signal within the visible picture such that capture of the picture will include the mark. The signal also includes copy control information (CCI) bits in the vertical blanking interval of the signal for representing copying and redistribution rules. If the RAM is present and the CCI bits are present, then the copying and redistribution rules represented by the CCI bits are applied. If the RAM is present but the CCI bits are not, then the most restrictive copying and redistribution rules that can be represented by the CCI bits are applied.
Abstract:
A system and method described herein provide stereoscopic video using standard DVD video data combined with enhancement data In various embodiments, the enhancement data may be stored on the same DVD as the standard video, or provided via downloading and/or for streaming to a stereoscopic DVD player When stored on the DVD, the enhancement data is provided in various forms, including MPEG (-1 or -2) program stream level, or the MPEG elementary stream level In one embodiment, the enhancement data consists of a difference signal between left- and right-eye images taken on a pixel-by-pixel basis The present invention also pertains to an optical disc player with a standard digital port, such as a USB port, coupled to an external storage, such as a thumb drive, coupled to a standard digital port such as a USB port.
Abstract:
VEIL modulation is a method of "subliminal" encoding of data in a video image that is similar to a watermark. The encoding (14) consists of alternately proportionately raised and lowered luminance on selected horizontal scan lines. The encoding can be detected using a notch filter (10) centered at half the line frequency. The encoding is lost, however, if the resolution of thee video signal is changed downward. The invention preserves the encoding by coding alternate groups of lines, not alternate lines. This allows detection with a notch filter even after a reduction in resolution.
Abstract:
A method for processing an analog video signal that represents a work for which rights information is asserted. The signal includes a rights assertion mark (RAM) in the video portion of the signal within the visible picture such that capture of the picture will include the mark. The signal also includes copy control information (CCI) bits in the vertical blanking interval of the signal for representing copying and redistribution rules. If the RAM is present and the CCI bits are present, then the copying and redistribution rules represented by the CCI bits are applied. If the RAM is present but the CCI bits are not, then the most restrictive copying and redistribution rules that can be represented by the CCI bits are applied.