Sony Corporation

Katsunari Miyata

Masashi Ohta

Taro Suito

Masami Tomita

Takao Takahashi

Toshiya Akiba

Toshimichi Hamada

Koichi Chotoku

Hiroshi Kobayashi

Noboru Murabayashi

Kyoko Fukuda

A recording apparatus includes: a parallax detecting unit detecting a parallax between L and R images included in 3D contents to be recorded; and a recording control unit recording both of the L and R images at a first section at which the parallax between the L and R images is greater than a threshold value and recording one of the L and R images at a second section at which the parallax between the L and R images is less than the threshold value.

Recording apparatus, recording method, reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, program, and recording/producing apparatus

An information processing apparatus capable of accurately detecting commercials included in a television broadcast. A commercial candidate section detector detects a commercial candidate section based on the characteristics of transitions between a program and a commercial and based on the characteristics of commercials. Transitional criteria include quiet sections, scene change points and changes in the audio multiplex mode. A commercial block detector detects a commercial block, which is composed of a plurality of commercial sections and is interposed between program portions, in conformity with the number of frames of the individual commercial candidate sections detected by the commercial candidate section detector, and then outputs to a switch a control signal based on the result of such commercial block detection.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and distribution media

A video recording and playback apparatus and method by which accurate motion detection can be executed is disclosed. A noise reduction processing circuit performs noise reduction processing for video data inputted thereto from a switch and outputs resulting video data to a motion detection processing section and a video signal interpolation processing section. The motion detection processing section performs a motion detection process for the received video data and outputs a result of the motion detection to the video signal interpolation processing section. The video signal interpolation processing section performs an interpolation process for the video data inputted thereto from the noise reduction processing circuit based on the result of the motion detection received from the motion detection processing section and outputs resulting video data.

Video recording and playback apparatus and method

The image quality of video data is remarkably improved by a video data processing device and a video data processing method according to the invention. The input video data is adaptively filtered by adaptive filterat the time coding as a function of the degree of coding difficulty of image and the decoded video data is adaptively compensated by adaptive image quality correcting circuitas a function of the degree of coding difficulty of image to reduce the coding noise and appropriately correct the image quality.

Video data processing device and video data processing method

In a signal record/playback apparatus and its method which performs the recording for recording a signal on the recording medium DISK and the playback for playing back the recorded signal from the recording medium DISK at the same time, the recording position and the playback position are set independently and arbitrarily. Record starting position information Pon the recording medium DISK for starting the recording is stored, playback starting position information Pon the recording medium DISK for starting the playback is stored, and the recording based on the record starting position information Pand the playback based on the playback starting position information Pare independently performed, so as to realize a signal record/playback apparatus and its method which can set the record starting position Pand the playback starting position Parbitrarily.

Signal record/playback apparatus and method featuring independent recording and playback processing

A video signal recording/reproduction apparatus utilizes time division writing and reading to implement simultaneous recording and reproduction of different video signals to and from a common recording medium. In one operating mode, a first video signal being recorded and a second video signal being reproduced are simultaneously displayed in separate windows on a display. In other operating modes, two or more video signals are simultaneously recorded or reproduced to/from a common recording medium, and simultaneously displayed in separate windows.

Video signal recording/reproduction apparatus and method with multi-picture display

A commercial candidate section detector detects a commercial candidate section on the basis of a quiet section and a scene change point. A commercial characteristic quantity detector judges whether the commercial candidate section has various characteristics of commercials, and adds a predetermined value to an commercial characteristic value on the basis of the judgment result. The commercial characteristic quantity detector compares the final commercial characteristic value with a predetermined threshold value, and judges on the basis of the comparison result whether the commercial candidate section is a commercial section.

An information processing apparatus capable of accurately detecting one or more commercials included in a television broadcast. A commercial candidate segment detector detects a commercial candidate segment on the basis of silent segments and scene change points. A commercial block detector detects a commercial block, which is composed of a plurality of commercial segments and is interposed between one program portion and another, in conformity with numbers of frames of the individual commercial candidate segments detected by the commercial candidate segment detector, and then outputs to a switch a control signal based on the result of such commercial block detection.

A signal reproducing apparatus is disclosed with which time is not required from a moment at which a user has started a reproducing operation to a moment at which the user is able to actually confirm required information. An audio-and-video-signal reproducing apparatus incorporates a head for recording an audio and video signal recorded on a recording medium; a RAM on which the audio and video signal read by the head is temporarily stored; and a control circuit having a control function for controlling the head to read the audio and video signal recorded on the recording medium and controlling writing of the audio and video signal temporarily stored in the RAM.

Apparatus and method of reproducing audio/video signal from recording medium with reduced or eliminated initial delay

A signal recorder/reproducer comprising an integrated buffer memory having a memory area for a recording system and a memory area for a reproduction system, the allocation of the memory areas being variable, and a system controller to control, via a recording control signal input unit or reproduction control signal input unit , the allocation of the memory areas in the integrated buffer memory depending upon which is designated by the user, a recording or reproduction mode.

Signal recording/reproducing apparatus and method

A signal recorder/reproducer comprising an integrated buffer memory,having a memory area for a recording system and a memory area for a reproduction system, the allocation of the memory areas being variable, and a system controller,to control, via a recording control signal input unit,or reproduction control signal input unit,, the allocation of the memory areas in the integrated buffer memory,depending upon which is designated by the user, a recording or reproduction mode.

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