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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6597402 | Reduced television display flicker and perceived line structure with low horizontal scan rates An interlaced television signal is derived from an interlaced 625 line, nominally 50 Hz field rate television signal, the derived television signal having perceived reduced line structure and reduced flicker. The field rate and the number of lines of the ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6580463 | Film source video detection A television line doubler (interlaced to progressive scan converter) incorporating the following aspects--an improved field motion detector which does not treat low frequency vertical transitions as motion; a frame motion detector having an improved abili... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6563959 | Perceptual similarity image retrieval method Method of effective search and retrieval through large collections of images is presented. Search criteria are based on perceptual similarity of images. Method is capable to process such images as bitonal, gray-scale and colorful, either of artificial or ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6552417 | Molded plastic package with heat sink and enhanced electrical performance A molded plastic package for semiconductor devices incorporating a heat sink, controlled impedance leads and separate power and ground rings is described. The lead frame of the package, separated by a dielectric layer, is attached to a metal heat sink. It... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6545347 | Enhanced leadless chip carrier A plastic integrated circuit package includes a lead frame having numerous leads, a die attach pad and a ground ring. In one embodiment, the plastic integrated circuit package is provided as a plastic leadless chip carrier. Slots provided between the die ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6449368 | Multidirectional audio decoding An audio crosstalk-cancelling network that may be implemented in software, such that when run in real time on a personal computer, the canceller has very low mips requirements and uses a small fraction of available CPU cycles. The network is particularly ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6326678 | Molded plastic package with heat sink and enhanced electrical performance A molded plastic package for semiconductor devices incorporating a heat sink, controlled impedance leads and separate power and ground rings is described. The lead frame of the package, separated by a dielectric layer, is attached to a metal heat sink. It... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6285075 | Integrated circuit package with bonding planes on a ceramic ring using an adhesive assembly An integrated circuit package includes a ceramic ring having an inside cavity for accommodating a semiconductor die. Conductive traces are provided on the ceramic ring so as to serve as power and ground signal busses. Power and ground connection pads on t... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6284569 | Method of manufacturing a flexible integrated circuit package utilizing an integrated carrier ring/stiffener A carrier ring provides a stiffening function for assembling flexible circuits or semi-rigid circuits. The carrier ring is attached to a substrate adapted for attachment of a matrix of semiconductor dies. The carrier ring is provided with mold gates and m... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6222589 | Displaying video on high-resolution computer-type monitors substantially without motion discontinuities A convectional 2-1 interlaced (nominally 50 Hz field rate or nominally 60 Hz field rate) television signal is converted to a form suitable for display on a progressively-scanned variable-frame-rate high-resolution computer-type monitor. First, a successio... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6211940 | Selecting analog or digital motion picture sound tracks A storage medium carries symbols representing digital information encoded in two dimensions. A method and apparatus recovers the symbols using oversampling in two dimensions and derives the information represented by the symbols. In one embodiment, the sy... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6201577 | Film source video detection A television line doubler (interlaced to progressive scan converter) incorporating the following aspects--an improved field motion detector which does not treat low frequency vertical transitions as motion; a frame motion detector having an improved abili... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6154180 | Multiband antennas A parasitic antenna array (Yagi-Uda or loop type) for multiple frequency bands has its driven and parasitic elements interlaced on a single support boom. In a first aspect of the invention, series resonant circuits are located in one or more parasitic dir... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6111610 | Displaying film-originated video on high frame rate monitors without motions discontinuities In arrangements for the frame rate upconversion of motion-picture-source video, a 60 Hz (interlaced field rate or progressive scan frame rate) television signal is converted to a form suitable for display on a variable-frame-rate high-resolution progressi... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6108041 | High-definition television signal processing for transmitting and receiving a television signal in a manner compatible with the present system Video sources from a progressively scanned camera are processed so as to simulate a video source derived from motion picture film. The simulated film source video creates a distinctive "pseudo-film pattern," in which at least some of every SDTV video fiel... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6016473 | Low bit-rate spatial coding method and system A spatial audio coding system, including an encoder and a decoder, operates at very low bit-rates and is useful for audio via the Internet. The listener or listeners preferably are located within a predictable listening area, for example, users of a perso... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6014182 | Film source video detection A television line doubler (interlaced to progressive scan converter) incorporating the following aspects--an improved field motion detector which does not treat low frequency vertical transitions as motion; a frame motion detector having an improved abili... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6011610 | Compatible digital soundtracks for 70 mm motion picture film Dolby Digital and Sony SDDS digital signal carrying optical symbols on large-format motion picture film (e.g., film having any of the various 70 mm formats) are recorded in such a way as to permit existing 35 mm optical readers and signal decoders to reco... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5940141 | Nonlinear vertical bandwidth expansion of video signals (1) The analog or digital components (such as RGB, Y/I/Q, Y/U/V, Y/R-Y/B-Y, Y/Cr/Cb, etc.) of a compatible standard-bandwidth 2-1 interlaced television signal, an analog signal, such as a standard NTSC or PAL television signal or a standard format digital... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5862228 | Audio matrix encoding A surround sound encoder, intended for implementation in software, runs in real time on a personal computer using low mips and a small fraction of available CPU cycles. In the principal application for the encoder, the Lt and Rt signals of the encoder are... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5844617 | Method and apparatus for enhancing the vertical resolution of a television signal having degraded vertical chrominance transitions A received 4-2-0 format, 2-1 interlaced digital component video signal is upconverted to a 4-2-2 format, 2-1 interlaced digital component video signal and a vertical chrominance bandwidth expansion enhancement signal is combined with the chrominance compo... | 12/01/1998 |
