Sony Corporation

Saturn Licensing LLC

Jeffrey D Moguillansky

Steven Friedlander

A remote controller device, according to one embodiment, includes a display screen on which can be displayed a first item of video content as well as video content programming information. The first item of video content is displayed on the remote controller display screen and corresponds to the same video content that simultaneously is being displayed on a screen of a TV that can be controlled by the remote controller device. In response to a user command for selecting a program or video that currently is not being shown on the TV, a second item of video content is displayed on the remote controller display screen while the TV continues to show the first item of video content. In response to another user command, the remote controller device causes the TV to change channels (or otherwise change its reception to another content source) and display the second item of video content.

Remote controller device with electronic programming guide and video display

Motion blur is applied to select objects in a video, e.g., to footballs in flight or to a tennis ball during a tennis match. Motion blur is applied only to the tennis ball, rather than the entire screen, or only to the football. If desired, the TV can also increase the contrast or apply a glow around the object of interest so that the user can have an easier time tracking the object of interest. Should the user pause a sports broadcast at any frame or play in slow motion, the position of the object in the trick play format is interpolated as being the center position of the motion-blurred image.

Applying motion blur to only select objects in video

An accessing computer accessing an image specified by a web page to be rendered at a resolution that is smaller than the resolution of the full image downloaded from the server does not store the full image. Instead, the accessing computer immediately decompresses the full image to the specified smaller resolution, renders it, and then stores the smaller version of the image.

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Jeffrey D Moguillansky