Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi America, Ltd.

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Hitachi Ulsi Systems Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Video Engineering, Incorporated

Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.

Masuo Oku

Hiroo Okamoto

Jill MacDonald Boyce

Takaharu Noguchi

Frank Anton Lane

Hironori Komi

Michael Allen Plotnick

Yukitoshi Tsuboi

Kenji Katsumata

Shigeru Komatsu

Keisuke Inata

Takaaki Matono

Joseph Ellis Augenbraun

Yukio Fujii

Shinobu Torikoshi

Fumihito Tanaka

Masaaki Hisanaga

Ryosuke Toya

Masafumi Nakamura

John G Henderson

Yoshimichi Kudo

Katsuo Mohri

Takao Arai

Jack S Fuhrer

Yoshio Miura

Kenji Ichige

Nagamasa Mizushima

Masaru Takahashi

Hideo Arai

Takashi Nishimura

Tooru Kawashima

Eiichi Tanaka

Tooru Fujishima

Hiroshi Gunji

Chiharu Takayama

Yikitoshi Tsuboi

Akira Motosu

Motoyuki Suzuki

Minoru Koizumi

Keizo Nishimura

Shigemitsu Higuchi

Hiroki Mizosoe

Takashi Kimura

Yukio Fukui

Tomoichi Ebata

Nobuhiro Yokoi

Takanori Eda

Tomomitsu Kuroyanagi

Tetsuya Ikeda

Atsuo Suga

Kazuo Kondo

Masami Yamashita

Akio Nakashima

Hiromi Watanabe

Takeshi Asahi

Takashi Nakamoto

Isao Saito

Hirotaka Moribe

Jack Selig Fuhrer

Kazuyuki Takada

Hisanobu Tsukazaki

Tomohide Sorihashi

Yukiko Midorikawa

Yoshinobu Igarashi

Hironori Kojima

Hiroyuki Mizosoe

Tomohisa Ooishi

Iwao Ishinabe

Shuji Shinohara

Takayuki Miyo

A monitoring camera control terminal and a monitoring camera apparatus respectively correspond to a plurality of protocols defining messages instructing a variety of settings and operations between the monitoring camera control terminal and the monitoring camera apparatus, and the monitoring camera control terminal uses a first protocol to request the monitoring camera apparatus for information related to the monitoring camera apparatus, receives the requested information from the monitoring camera apparatus, and if the requested information does not match the setting or operation information recorded in a storage part of the monitoring camera control terminal, changes the first protocol to a second protocol.

Camera system, monitoring camera control terminal, and protocol changing method

The present invention is based upon a camera management device coupled to a network camera via a network and the camera management device is provided with an image receiving unit that receives image data projected by the network camera and including control information for controlling the network camera from the network camera, a control information extracting unit that extracts the control information from the image data received by the image receiving unit and a control transmitting unit that transmits a control command according to the control information to the network camera via the network.

Camera management device and network camera system

A decoder apparatus which includes a de-multiplexer, which is configured to divide motion picture data from a transport stream, a video decoder, which is configured to decode the divided motion picture data, and a first re-formatter on-screen unit, which is configured to display motion picture data and at least one of first and second graphic data on a screen. The first re-formatter on-screen unit converts motion picture data of a first aspect ratio, which is decoded by the video decoder, and first graphics data, which is produced by applying information relating to a caption corresponding to the motion picture data, into a second aspect ratio, when outputting the motion picture data of the first aspect ratio after conversion into the second aspect ratio, without converting the aspect ratio of second graphic data, which is produced by applying information relating to a program guide.

Decoder device and receiver using the same

A receiver includes a motion picture data decoder which decodes motion picture data to obtain decoded motion picture data, a memory which stores the decoded motion picture data, a video processing unit which mixes the decoded motion picture data with first graphics data and converts the motion picture data to obtain first on-screen data mixed and first format-converted motion picture data, and a second on-screen data multiplexer which mixes the decoded motion picture data with second graphics data to obtain second on-screen data-mixed motion picture data. A first output device outputs the first on-screen data mixed and first format-converted motion picture data, a second output device outputs the second on-screen data mixed motion picture data.

Receiver having motion picture data decoder

The present invention makes possible recording motion pictures accurately starting at a point where a start recording event is received. The recording includes those pictures prior to the start recording event using a picture compressing method that compresses pictures both before and after the starting event, typically using the MPEG2 compression system. To make the above recording method possible, the present invention provides a signal processor and a photographic device that can search a motion vector for changing the object searching range properly, set an compression amount allocation for each picture type, and allow optimized parameters to be set when a start recording event is generated. The pictures processed before the start recording event is generated are stored in a memory buffer and on a recording medium so as to be used for recording or reproduction data entered after the recording starting time.

Motion picture recording/reproduction apparatus

An apparatus for filtering TS packets multiplexed with a plurality of programs and sending the filtered packets to decoders. A packet landing buffer is provided in a RAM used for a microprocessor for system control. After a channel is selected, the microprocessor filters video and audio data and performs a value added service process.

Decoder for compressed and multiplexed video and audio data

An object of the present application is to provide the display of motion picture data used in both of analog and digital broadcasts with high picture quality and a common user interface. The above object can be achieved by providing a plurality of picture format converters, a plurality of OSD circuits, and means for storing motion picture data used in an analog broadcast in a common memory.

A demultiplexing and decoding apparatus for coded audio and video data realized with a simple circuit construction and reduced processing load, which processes a packet with higher priority over other packets, prior to the other packets. A plurality of TS packet buffers and , for storing input TS packets until they are interpreted, are set in a RAM , and processing priority orders are respectively set in the buffers. A PID filter demultiplexes a TS packet, with a PID designated in PID table , from a supplied transport stream. A TS packet with higher priority is stored into the TS packet buffer , while a TS packet with lower priority is stored into the TS packet buffer . Regardless of the input order, the TS packet stored in the TS packet buffer is processed by the CPU prior to the TS packet stored in the TS packet buffer

Demultiplexing and decoding apparatus for coded audio and video data

An object of the present application is to provide the display of motion picture data used in both of analog and digital broadcasts with high picture quality and a common user interface. The above object can be achieved by providing a plurality of picture format converting means, a plurality of OSD means and means for taking motion picture data used in an analog broadcast in a common memory.

Digital video tape recorder ('VTR') and servo circuit for supporting the display of images during trick play VTR operation. The digital VTR, in one embodiment, having a single pair of heads of alternating azimuths located on a head cylinder one track width apart. The digital VTR records data that can be used to generate images during trick play tape speeds and directions of operation in fast scan tracks defined by the paths the single pair of heads trace over the tape during trick play operation. Each fast scan track crosses multiple normal play tracks. Sync blocks and track identification information are recorded on the tape along with video data. To align the heads with the appropriate fast scan track during trick play operation, a lookup table containing information on the pattern of fast scan tracks recorded on the tape is used. The information stored in the look-up table is compared to sync block number and track number information recorded on the tape to determine haw much the position of the tape must be adjusted to align the heads with the prerecorded fast scan tracks on the tape for the any selected speed and direction of digital video tape recorder operation.

Methods and apparatus for recording digital data including sync block

In a decoding/displaying device, the memory capacity or mapping to B pictures is set in consideration of a decoding waiting period, thereby avoiding the competition between a write-in operation and a read-out operation for a memory. Therefore, the decoding operation of coded picture data can be performed with no decoding waiting period.

Decoding and displaying device for coded picture data

Method and apparatus for controlling the position of the heads of a

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Kamakura, Japan

Masuo Oku