Patent · US Active

Method and apparatus for cropping of subtitle elements

US8737810B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3Claims

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

Dirk Gandolph · Hannover, DE
Jobst Hörentrup · Hannover, DE
Ralf Ostermann · Hannover, DE
Hartmut Peters · Barsinghausen, DE
Harald Schiller · Hannover, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 14, 2010
Grant date	May 27, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 14, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/8126
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide for the retrieval of subtitle layer data from a storage medium, the subtitle layer data containing graphic subtitle elements, the extraction of cropping information from the retrieved subtitle layer data, the cropping information including a parameter for horizontal position, a parameter for vertical position, a parameter for width and a parameter for height and the automatic cropping of rectangular parts of the subtitle elements to be displayed, where the cropped parts to be displayed are defined by the cropping information.

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