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517 results about "Picture-in-picture" patented technology

Picture-in-picture (PiP) is a feature of some television receivers and similar devices. One program (channel) is displayed on the full TV screen at the same time as one or more other programs are displayed in inset windows. Sound is usually from the main program only.

Picture-in-picture and multiple video streams using slice-based encoding

Methods for slice-based encoding of program guides and user interfaces. The program guides include multiple video streams for picture-in-picture and other applications. A method for encoding the program guide includes encoding a first set of slices for each of a plurality of graphics pages; and encoding a second set of slices for each of a plurality of video streams. The user interfaces are multi-functional and may be used for electronic commerce and other applications. A method of generating the user interface includes encoding a set of slices for each of a plurality of objects, each object being characterized by an identity, at least one attribute, and at least one operation. In one embodiment of this method, the plurality of objects include an electronic commerce object, where the electronic commerce object is attributed with a first hyper text markup language (HTML) page. A head-end centric system and apparatus for encoding and delivery of realtime content, including: a non-realtime content source for providing non-realtime content; a non-realtime encoder for encoding the non-realtime content into encoded non-realtime content; a realtime encoder source for providing realtime video and audio content; a realtime encoder for encoding the realtime video and audio content into encoded realtime video an audio; a remultiplexor for repacketizing the encoded non-realtime content and the encoded realtime video and audio into transport packets; and a re-timestamp unit coupled to the remultiplexor for providing timestamps to be applied to the transport packets in order to synchronize the realtime and non-realtime content therein.
Owner:TIVO CORP

Picture-in-picture repositioning and/or resizing based on video content analysis

A video display device, such as a television, having a picture-in-picture (PIP) display and a processor. The processor detects cues, such as color / texture / events / behaviors, etc., present in a primary display image, that is overlaid by the PIP. These cues are utilized by the processor to determine important and relatively unimportant portions of the primary display image. The processor then determines whether a change in a display characteristic of the PIP leads to the PIP obscuring less of an important portion of the primary display image, and if so, the processor changes the display characteristic of the PIP. Display characteristics of the PIP that may be changed by the processor include the PIP position, size, and transparency. The processor may also utilize a combination of the detected cues to determine important and relatively unimportant portions of the primary display image. The processor may also change combinations of display characteristics of the PIP.
Owner:ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC

System and method of programmatic window control for consumer video players

A media playback device capable of displaying multiple streams simultaneously and with expanded picture-in-picture capabilities is provided. The placement, size, aspect ratio, cropping, scale, transparency, tint, contrast, and cropping of the media can be set or adjusted arbitrarily. Furthermore, the audio may be mixed between separate tracks accompanying the video streams and may also be set or adjusted arbitrarily. Each variable can be dynamically changed during playback through either automated or user-initiated means. A system and method are provided for simultaneously displaying a first video stream and at least a second video stream on a display comprising the steps of feeding the video streams into a video player; providing control of the display of the video streams; displaying a first video stream substantially across the display; and displaying the other video streams in a secondary display.
Owner:DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC

Pop-Up PIP for People Not in Picture

A system and method for alerting participants in a videoconference that one or more participants are improperly framed by the videoconference camera is provided. An embodiment comprises a temporary self-view picture-in-picture image appearing when the number of faces detected by the videoconference camera changes. A face detection algorithm is used to determine when the number of faces being detected by the videoconference camera has changed. The self-view picture-in-picture image displays, for a duration of time, a representation of the image being captured by the videoconference camera, allowing participants who are not properly framed by the videoconference camera to adjust their position to that their faces are captured by the videoconference camera.
Owner:CISCO TECH INC

Picture-in-picture and multiple video streams using slice-based encoding

Methods for slice-based encoding of program guides and user interfaces. The program guides include multiple video streams for picture-in-picture and other applications. A method for encoding the program guide includes encoding a first set of slices for each of a plurality of graphics pages; and encoding a second set of slices for each of a plurality of video streams. The user interfaces are multi-functional and may be used for electronic commerce and other applications. A method of generating the user interface includes encoding a set of slices for each of a plurality of objects, each object being characterized by an identity, at least one attribute, and at least one operation. In one embodiment of this method, the plurality of objects include an electronic commerce object, where the electronic commerce object is attributed with a first hyper text markup language (HTML) page. A head-end centric system and apparatus for encoding and delivery of realtime and non-realtime content, including: a non-realtime content source for providing non-realtime content; a non-realtime encoder for encoding the non-realtime content into encoded non-realtime content; a realtime content source for providing realtime video and audio content; a realtime encoder for encoding the realtime video and audio content into encoded realtime video and audio; a remultiplexer for repacketizing the encoded non-realtime content and the encoded realtime video and audio into transport packets; and a re-timestamp unit coupled to the remultiplexer for providing timestamps to be applied to the transport packets in order to synchronize the realtime and non-realtime content therein.
Owner:TIVO CORP

Systems and methods for MPEG subsample decoding

Decimating MPEG or other video data by subsampling the output of an inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) module. The decimation process is useful for reducing the volume of data that must be processed to display images on a display device, particularly when the volume of video data received at the decoder is greater than the amount needed to take advantage of the resolution of the display device. For example, high definition television data can be decimated for display on a standard television display device or in a picture-in-picture window, thereby reducing the amount of processing resources needed at the decoder and reducing the size of the frame buffers. Subsampling the output of the IDCT module reduces the volume of data and, for relatively static or constant pans, there is not a significant compounded loss of image quality as successive frames are decoded.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC

System and Method to Control and Present a Picture-In-Picture (PIP) Window Based on Movement Data

A method includes receiving selection data from a remote control device to select a portion of a video image displayed at a display device. The method includes creating a dynamic picture-in-picture (PIP) window having a size smaller than the video image. The method includes sending the selected portion of the video image to the display device for display in the dynamic PIP window at the display device. The dynamic PIP window overlays a portion of the video image. The method includes receiving movement data indicating a movement of the remote control device with reference to the display device. The method includes modifying the dynamic PIP window based on the movement data.
Owner:AT&T INTPROP I L P

Methods, systems, and computer program products for selectively facilitating internet content and/or alerts on a television crawl screen, closed caption and/or picture-in-picture area

Content from a source, such as the Internet, may be displayed on a window on a television, such as a crawl screen, closed caption area, or picture-in-picture (PIP) area. This may allow a user to watch television and view both television content and Internet content simultaneously without the need to access another device, such as a laptop computer, personal digital assistant, or the like. For example, a user may connect a data processing system, such as a computer, to a video control module, e.g., digital video recorder (DVR) or other box used to control a television. The user may then access a tool bar, for example, provided with an Internet browser that runs on the data processing system to identify portions of one or more Web sites to be displayed on the television through the video control module. The video control module may also be configured to allow the user to interact with the Internet content displayed on the television through use of the television remote, for example.
Owner:AT&T INTPROP I L P

Alternate Viewpoint Image Enhancement

In one embodiment, panoramic images, images bubbles, or any two-dimensional views of three-dimensional subject matter are enhanced with one or more alternate viewpoints. A controller receives data indicative of a point on the two-dimensional perspective and accesses a three-dimensional location based on the point. The controller selects an image bubble based on the three-dimensional location. The three-dimensional location may be determined according to a depth map corresponding to the point. A portion of the image bubble is extracted and incorporated into the two-dimensional perspective. The resulting image may be a seamless enhanced resolution image or include a picture-in-picture enhanced resolution window including subject matter surrounding the selected point.
Owner:HERE GLOBAL BV

Mobile terminal having digital broadcast reception capability and pip display control method

A mobile terminal capable of digital broadcast reception and supports a touch screen function, and a picture-in-picture (PIP) display control method for the mobile terminal. The PIP display control method includes processing a received digital broadcast signal into channel signals of individual channels, displaying video data of a selected channel signal on a main screen occupying an entire display area, and displaying video data of another selected channel signal on a sub-screen in the main screen; checking whether a touch event occurs to one of the main screen and the sub-screen; displaying control icons on one of the touched main screen and the touched sub-screen when a touch event occurs to one of the main screen and the sub-screen; and controlling digital broadcasts on channels associated with the main screen and sub-screen in response to occurrence of touch events to the control icons.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Reproducing device, reproducing method, reproducing program and recording medium

For a BD-ROM, a picture-in-picture function and a wallpaper display function are accomplished. A second video plane 50 for displaying a moving picture is added to planes 10, 11, and 12 for displaying a moving picture, a subtitle, and graphics, respectively. One of the outputs of the second video plane 50 and the video plane 10 is selected by a switch 51 on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Reduced moving picture data are stored on the second video plane 50. The switch 51 is controlled according to a display position of the reduced moving picture data on a pixel-by-pixel basis. As a result, reduced moving picture data of the second video plane 50 are displayed as a sub screen against the moving picture data of the video plane 10. When wallpaper picture data instead of the moving picture data are stored on the video plane 10, a display screen is obtained as if a wallpaper were displayed in the background of the reduced moving picture data.
Owner:SONY CORP

Mobile Telecommunications Apparatus for Receiving and Displaying More Than One Service

Mobile telecommunications apparatus (UE1) has a receiver (91) for receiving concurrently a plurality of broadcast services containing image data content, and a display device (20) with a display area operable to display an image corresponding to the content of at least one of the services in a first mode in which the content one of the channels is displayed for normal viewing, and a second mode in which the content of more than one of the services is displayed. A mosaic of images (T1-T4) may be displayed from which one may be selected for full screen viewing in the first mode. Also a picture-in-picture (PIP) display may be provided with a facility to swap between displayed images.
Owner:CORE WIRELESS LICENSING R L

Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encoded content

Methods for slice-based encoding of program guides and user interfaces. The program guides include multiple video streams for picture-in-picture and other applications. A method for encoding the program guide includes encoding a first set of slices for each of a plurality of graphics pages; and encoding a second set of slices for each of a plurality of video streams.The user interfaces are multi-functional and may be used for electronic commerce and other applications. A method of generating the user interface includes encoding a set of slices for each of a plurality of objects, each object being characterized by an identity, at least one attribute, and at least one operation. In one embodiment of this method, the plurality of objects include an electronic commerce object, where the electronic commerce object is attributed with a first hyper text markup language (HTML) page.A head-end centric system and apparatus for encoding and delivery of realtime and non-realtime content, including: a non-realtime content source for providing non-realtime content; a non-realtime encoder for encoding the non-realtime content into encoded non-realtime content; a realtime content source for providing realtime video and audio content; a realtime encoder for encoding the realtime video and audio content into encoded real-time video and audio; a remultiplexer for repacketizing the encoded non-realtime content and the encoded realtime video and audio into transport packets; and a re-timestamp unit coupled to the remultiplexer for providing timestamps to be applied to the transport packets in order to synchronize the realtime and non-realtime content therein.
Owner:TIVO CORP

System and Method for Controlling Videoconference with Touch Screen Interface

A videoconferencing system includes a touch screen display device and a videoconferencing unit. The display device displays video data for the videoconference and generates touch data based on user selections relative to the touch screen. The videoconferencing unit is operatively coupled to the touch screen device by a video connection and a data interface connection, for example. The unit establishes and conducts a videoconference with one or more endpoints via a network. The unit sends video data to the display device and receives touch data from the device. The received touch data is used to control operation of the videoconferencing system. The received touch data can be used to initiate a videoconference call, change an operating parameter, change orientation of a camera, initiate a picture-in-picture display, access a menu, access memory, change a source of video data, initiate a whiteboard display, and access a screen of a connected device.
Owner:HEWLETT PACKARD DEV CO LP

Systems, methods and devices to reduce change latency in placeshifted media streams using predictive secondary streaming

Systems, methods and devices are provided to reduce change latency and / or to provide a picture-in-picture (PIP) feature within a placeshifted media stream. As the viewer receives a primary stream containing selected programming, secondary programming that is likely to be of interest to the user is predicted. A secondary stream containing the predicted content is obtained at the same time as the primary stream selected by the user. The secondary stream may be of lower quality than the primary stream to preserve network bandwidth. If the user subsequently selects the predicted secondary content, the previously-obtained content can be quickly provided as an output to the display. Alternately, the primary and secondary streams may be simultaneously output to the display in PIP or another manner.
Owner:DISH NETWORK TECH INDIA PTE LTD

Method for coding two-directional predictive video object planes and decoding device

Temporal and spatial scaling of video images including video object planes (VOPs) (117, 118, 119, 405, 415, 420, 430, 520, 522, 524, 526, 532, 542, 705, 730, 750, 760, 780, 790, 805, 815, 820, 830, 850, 860, 880, 890) in an input digital video sequence is provided. Coding efficiency is improved by adaptively compressing scaled field mode video. Upsampled VOPs (450, 490, 522, 542, 750, 790) in the enhancement layer are reordered to provide a greater correlation with the input video sequence based on a linear criteria. The resulting residue is coded using a spatial transformation such as the DCT. A motion compensation scheme is used for coding enhancement layer VOPs (450, 460, 480, 490, 522, 524, 526, 542, 750, 760, 780, 790, 850, 860, 880, 890) by scaling motion vectors which have already been determined for the base layer VOPs (405, 415, 420, 430, 520, 532, 705, 730, 805, 815, 820, 830). A reduced search area whose center is defined by the scaled motion vectors is provided. The motion compensation scheme is suitable for use with scaled frame mode or field mode video. Various processor configurations achieve particular scaleable coding results. Applications of scaleable coding include stereoscopic video, picture-in-picture, preview access channels, and ATM communications.
Owner:GOOGLE TECH HLDG LLC

Patient Video and Audio Monitoring System

A user interface and software system and architecture enables linking medical record information and patient location to a camera associated with that location when a particular patient is selected by a clinician using a health information system. The image of the patient as recorded by an in-room camera is displayed within a picture-in-picture display on a large plasma screen located at a command station, for example. The image may be controlled by a remote camera controller employing a Web-based user interface that allows a user to implement a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera controller via mouse control, for example. Information relating to patient location is used to remotely control, via Web-based application, the selection of the appropriate camera and the type of display in which to show the image. The user interface associated with this architecture provides an efficient and intuitive means of selecting specific images and specific display styles. The system operates in a parent-child relationship in which information associated with a parent application (HIS, for instance) is passed to the application architecture, thereby providing a direct, error-free and positive link to the application.
Owner:SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA INC

Method and apparatus for positioning auxiliary information proximate an auxiliary image in a multi-image display

Method and apparatus for generating a signal representing a multi-image video display including a main image and an auxiliary image, e.g., a picture-in-picture (PIP) image, provides for positioning auxiliary information, such as closed caption text, proximate the auxiliary image. The auxiliary information is located within a border region for the auxiliary image and positioned for indicating to a user that the auxiliary information is associated with the auxiliary image. The region containing the auxiliary information moves in response to movement of the auxiliary image such that the auxiliary information remains proximate the auxiliary image.
Owner:THOMSON LICENSING SA

Television receiver apparatus and method for automatically performing an action based on viewership information

A television receiver apparatus and method is disclosed that allow a viewer to define a viewer profile, to receive and process viewership information received from the program provider, and to perform at least one action based on the viewer profile and the received viewership information. The viewer profile may include geographical preferences, genre preferences, and channel preferences. The at least one action may include determining the most popular transfer channels, and performing one or more of the following: 1) displaying the most popular transfer channel as picture-in-picture (PIP); 2) display a menu option to jump to the most popular transfer channel; 3) display a menu option of the top X most popular transfer channels. The at least one action may also include providing control signals to a digital video recorder (DVR) to start and / or stop recording based on the viewership information and the viewer profile.
Owner:IBM CORP

Method for synchronously playing multi-viewing-angle pictures on digital television screen

The invention provides a method for synchronously playing multi-viewing-angle pictures on a digital television screen. A program of digital television comprises video streams and corresponding audio streams which are from different cameras, wherein the video streams reflect different viewing angles. When receiving the program, a set-top box can select interesting video stream at a certain viewing angle and the corresponding audio stream to play in a full screen mode, or can select multiple video streams to play synchronously on the screen. When videos of video streams at multiple viewing angles are played at the same time, a mosaic mode can be selected for playing, or the video at one viewing angle is played as a main picture, and the videos at other viewing angles are played in a picture-in-picture mode, and the audio corresponding to the video of the main picture is played so that audiences can switch the video of the main picture anytime. The multi-viewing angle television is applied to sportscast, and audiences can freely select the videos from different cameras so as to meet personalized watching needs.
Owner:浪潮(山东)电子信息有限公司

Combining effective images in electronic device having a plurality of cameras

An image combining method in an electronic device having a plurality of cameras. In response to a photographing signal, images successively photographed through at least a first camera are successively stored. A first image is selected from the successively photographed images which satisfies a predetermined classification reference, such as a degree of blurring, a facial expression, and / or a shooting composition. A second image is captured through a second camera; and the first and second images are then combined. The combined image may be a picture-in-picture (PIP) type combination image. The first and second cameras may be front and rear cameras of a portable terminal, or vice versa. The successive image capture and selection technique may also be applied to the second camera.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Preview method for seeking media content

The present invention provides an efficient preview method for seeking certain media content of the media source, such as a DVD, a VCD or a media file. With the present invention, the user could no longer seek the desired playing time blindly. Before the playing of the media source is switched to present the selected point, the user is able to preview the media content without interrupting the playing of a main window by the way of PIP, separated preview window or a dialog bubble. The steps of the method comprise: receiving a first data stream from a media source; decoding and rendering the first data stream to present the content thereof; receiving a second data stream from the media source when a seeking instruction is input, wherein the second data stream is acquired according to the seeking instruction; and decoding and rendering the second data stream to present the content thereof together with the content of the first data stream concurrently. Preferably, the content of the second data stream is presented in a preview window or a dialog bubble.
Owner:COREL TW CORP

System and method of programmatic window control for consumer video players

A media playback device capable of displaying multiple streams simultaneously and with expanded picture-in-picture capabilities is provided. The placement, size, aspect ratio, cropping, scale, transparency, tint, contrast, and cropping of the media can be set or adjusted arbitrarily. Furthermore, the audio may be mixed between separate tracks accompanying the video streams and may also be set or adjusted arbitrarily. Each variable can be dynamically changed during playback through either automated or user-initiated means. A system and method are provided for simultaneously displaying a first video stream and at least a second video stream on a display comprising the steps of feeding the video streams into a video player; providing control of the display of the video streams; displaying a first video stream substantially across the display; and displaying the other video streams in a secondary display.
Owner:DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC

System of co-located computers with content and/or communications distribution

System and method for operating a system including one or more co-located computers, e.g., rack-mounted blades, coupled to one or more remote human interfaces (RHIs), and where content or communication is received from sources, e.g., external content sources, internal or external communications sources, etc., and distributed to the RHIs. A first computing system generates first video signals corresponding to a first image for transmission to a display device in a first RHI. The video manager receives a second image from a source, and inserts second video signals corresponding to the second image with the first video signals to form third video signals. The display device of the first RHI displays a third image based on the third video signals, e.g., a picture-in-picture presentation of the second and first images. The first, second, and third video signals may include video streams and / or audio signals, and may be analog, digital, or both.
Owner:CLEARCUBE TECHNOLOGY INC

Method, system and mobile terminal for realizing one-handed mobile terminal operation

The invention is applicable to the field of mobile terminals, and provides a method, a system and a mobile terminal for realizing one-handed mobile terminal operation. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving a command for starting a one-handed operation mode; according to the command, zooming out a screen to a preset size; and displaying a reduced screen thumbnail on an original screen in a picture in picture mode. Through starting the one-handed operation mode, the screen thumbnail which is smaller than the original screen is displayed on the original screen of the mobile terminal in the picture in picture mode. The operation on the thumbnail is mapped to the operation on a large screen, so that the operation on the thumbnail equals to the operation on the large screen, and moreover, the operation on the screen except for the thumbnail can also be responded. The operation of the large screen is not influenced on the basis of controlling the big screen through the thumbnail; and thus, a one-handed operation function of a large-screen mobile phone is realized, good experiences are brought to users, one hands of the users can also be released to do other things, so that conveniences are brought to the users. The one-handed operation mode cannot influence the displaying effect of the large-screen mobile phone, and cool experiences are realized in the way that small-scope operation controls large-scope display.
Owner:GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMM CORP LTD

Systems and methods for delivering picture-in-picture signals at diverse compressions and bandwidths

T Systems and methods for providing picture-in-picture, or other multi-picture displays. Some of the systems include two or more video and / or data signals that are coupled to a transmission device. In addition, a selector signal is coupled to the transmission device. The transmission device also includes a video output that, based at least in part on the selector signal, provides a derivative of one of the video and / or data signals at a first compression and bandwidth, and the other video and / or data signal at a second compression and bandwidth. Various of the methods include utilize the systems to transmit two or more video outputs based at least in part on a selector signal.
Owner:QWEST

Method of identifying multiple digital streams within a multiplexed signal

In a subscriber television system with a host terminal, the present invention allows the identification of the individual packets from two separate MPEG transport streams that have been multiplexed together for decoding by a single external conditional access or point-of-deployment (POD) module. The decoding of individual packets from two separate MPEG transport streams supports the use of multiple tuner host terminals for such functions as picture-in-picture (PIP) program viewing and the viewing of one program while recording a second program.
Owner:INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HLDG

Resizing document pages to fit available hardware screens

An electronic book having various features for manipulating text or other information. The subscriber may highlight, cut and paste, copy and paste, and annotate information within an electronic book. A multiple page view feature permits the subscriber to simultaneously view any plurality of pages of an electronic book, and a multiple screen feature permits the subscriber to view one or more pages on a viewer having multiple screens. A picture-in-picture feature permits the subscriber to simultaneously view a page of an electronic book along with other content, such as a television program or information from another electronic book. The picture-in-picture feature may display an electronic book page as a main image wrapped around an inset image.
Owner:DISCOVERY PATENT HLDG

Seamless switching method for video source

InactiveCN105100644AAchieve a natural transitionSeamless switching supportTelevision system detailsColor television detailsImaging processingVideo processing
The invention relates to a seamless switching method for a video source and is applied to a video processor which is configured with a main channel, and a PIP (picture in picture) channel and is suitable for connecting a first video source and a second video source, wherein the method comprises the steps as follows: a) receiving a video source switching instruction; b) starting output of a PIP channel, displaying a picture of the first video source output by the PIP channel in the top and completely covering the picture of the first video source output by the main channel; c) switching the input source of the main channel from the first video source to the second video source; d) setting an image processing parameter of the main channel and outputting a picture display parameter while the signal of the second video source is stable and waiting of the signal is not over-timed, and displaying the picture of the second video source output by the main channel in the top according to appointed picture switching special effect; and e) closing the output of the PIP channel. Therefore, the method of the invention could solve the problem of short blank screen and stiff switching effect in the video source switching process in prior art, and could realize the switching special effect of a plurality of pictures.
Owner:XIAN NOVASTAR TECH
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