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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7145605 | Synchronization of chroma and luma using handshaking An apparatus for synchronizing chroma and luma data includes a first handshake block for luma data, a second handshake block for chroma data, and a means for providing a handshake signal to the first block and to the second block based at least in part on a determin... | 12/05/2006 |
| D532324 | Vibratory element for an inertial device | 11/21/2006 |
| 7130621 | Method for creating a peer-to-peer home network using common group label An architecture for a multimedia peer-to-peer home network allows the automated definition of peer groups, or zones, by using group labels, where each peer is capable of automatically identifying whether other peers are members of the same group, or of another group... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127428 | Dynamic business relationship establishment in a public wireless LAN environment An operator of a network (20) dynamically establishes a business relationship with a Billing Agent (26) to enable the network operator to receive reimbursement for access charges incurred by one or more users (121, 122 | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126645 | Back-porch clamp The invention teaches a method, means and apparatus for clamping a back porch interval of a video signal including clamping a sync-tip level of said video signal to a variable reference voltage, comparing a back-porch voltage level of the sync-tip clamped video sign... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7095630 | Capacitively coupled power supply A power supply includes a supply inductor and a first capacitor coupled to form a resonant circuit to generate a resonant waveform in a resonant operation, during a first portion of an operation cycle of the power supply. A charge storage element develops an output ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092443 | Process and device for video coding using the MPEG4 standard The device is characterized in that it comprises means for preventing the “skipped macroblock” mode of coding of a macroblock of an image of P type on the basis of a correlation item measuring the correlation of this macroblock or of the co-located macroblock of... | 08/15/2006 |
| D525964 | Audio/video recording device front panel | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076432 | Method and apparatus for processing digitally encoded audio data An apparatus and a method for processing encoded digital audio data, wherein the digital audio data is encoded using one of a plurality of encoding formats. The present invention prevents encoded digital audio data that has been copied onto a particular type of data... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073116 | Error detection/correction coding for hierarchical QAM transmission systems The power of the respective codes used by the first and second error detection/correction circuitry are such that the coded bit error rate of the first data stream is more closely matched to the coded bit error rate of the second data stream. A hierarchical QAM syst... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071909 | Reducing sparkle artifacts with low brightness processing A method for reducing sparkle artifacts in a liquid crystal imager, comprises the steps of: low pass filtering only a first lower brightness level signal component of a video signal; and, slew rate limiting only a second lower brightness level signal component of th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065010 | Method for tracking in an optical recording/reading apparatus, and corresponding apparatus Method for tracking in an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to an optical recording medium, and corresponding apparatus for reading from and/or writing to an optical recording medium. In order, in an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to an optical re... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064794 | Method for dynamic contrast improvement A method for dynamic contrast improvement of video data includes the steps of analyzing a portion of a video frame, and forcing a start of DCI transfer function computations in response to an end of the analysis of the portion of the video frame. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064478 | Color cathode-ray tube having internal magnetic screening The invention is a color cathode-ray tube having a rectangular front face connected to a funnel shaped rear part, a neck connected to the rear part and having an electron gun therein, the gun is used to generate beams intended to scan the front face under the influe... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061678 | Stereoscopic display device with two back light sources The present invention is a stereoscopic display device including a transmissive image reproducing element, two light sources, an optical apparatus to direct the light emitted by one light source towards the right eye and to direct the light emitted by the other ligh... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054361 | Method and apparatus for enhancing an infrared signal protocol An apparatus and method for providing control signals, comprising a processor coupled to a memory, for generating a signal sequence. The processor encodes the signal sequence into a plurality of symbols using a 5 pulse position modulated (5 PPM) scheme. Advantageous... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053978 | Correction of optical film soundtrack deficiencies An apparatus and method for analog optical sound track playback includes a transport device for transporting a film including an analog optical sound track and audio representative envelope. A scanner forms a display image signal representative of the analog optical... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050142 | Digital reproduction of optical film soundtracks An apparatus for playback of an analog optical sound track includes a transport for transporting a film including an analog optical sound track. A scanner generates an image signal of only the analog optical sound track. An alignment device aligns the scanner such t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050214 | Optical compensation element The invention relates to an optical compensation element comprising a first transparent surface on which a transparent electrode is arranged; a second transparent surface on which a plurality of transparent main electrodes are arranged, several of which being respec... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047313 | Method for redirecting packetized data associated with a destination address in a communication protocol layer to a different destination address in a different protocol layer A system enables a bi-directional communication device such as a modem to facilitate local communication between the modem and an attached PC as well as to enable the PC to conduct concurrent Internet and local communication. A bi-directional communication system em... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045976 | High definition electron gun for cathode ray tube Electron gun for cathode ray tube comprising aligned in series along an axis XX′ an electron-emitting cathode K, electrodes G1 and G2 for the formation of an electron beam, a prefocusing electron lens G3, G4, G5, a first quadripo... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7047540 | Gear rack arrangement having resiliently braced gear racks and anti-detachment means The invention relates to a gear rack arrangement, which, for the compensation of backlash, comprises two gear racks (A, B) which are mutually displaceable on latch elements and are resiliently braced, and refers both to the assembly and disassembly characteristics o... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042422 | Method and device for processing video pictures The differences between the time responses of phosphor elements of a plasma display panel (17) shall be reduced by signal processing means without a need of a motion estimator. Therefore, the sub-fields for driving the luminous elements are reorganized in at ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042146 | Electron gun structure for a cathode-ray tube The disclosure describes an electron gun having cathode support structure which comprises an eyelet that surrounds a cathode and is welded to the cathode, and a metal plate 150 substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the gun. The metal plate has a ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043584 | Interrupt prioritization in a digital disk apparatus In an digital video disk player the timely acquisition of specific data types is particularly important during trick mode operation. During trick modes a controller can provide enhanced control capability by employing interrupt requests having priorities that differ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039371 | Transmitting device limiting the out-of-band interferences The invention relates to a transmitting device limiting the out-of-band interferences. The modulation is done with or without inversion of the spectrum. Next, frequency transposition is done in supradyne or infradyne fashion such that the parasitic effects originati... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037160 | Methods to improve insulator performance for cathode-ray tube (CRT) applications A color cathode-ray tube (CRT) having an evacuated envelope with an electron gun therein for generating at least one electron beam is provided. The envelope further includes a faceplate panel having a luminescent screen with phosphor elements on an interior surface ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038581 | Method for adjusting parameters for the presentation of multimedia objects A media center operates in two modes where each mode is used for rendering a media object. When a first mode is enabled, a media object is rendered in conformance with parameters within a time duration defined for the operation of the first mode. A second mode is la... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038730 | Matched pulse shaping filter A communications receiver receives a signal which has not been filtered by a matched pulse shaping filter. In the receiver, a circuit element processes the received signal and as a part of that process introduces additional linear distortion into the processed recei... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039231 | Device for correcting color distortions In a device for correcting color distortions due to aging processes of films when scanning the films, video signals generated by the scanning of selected picture areas extending over the picture width can be fed to a filter. The filter is designed to suppress noise ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034901 | Convergence optimization in a projection display A projection display comprises three cathode ray tubes each having a deflection yoke and convergence yoke and each tube generating a raster for projection. One of the three cathode ray tubes has the convergence yoke coupled for current flow in a direction opposite t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033712 | Method of manufacturing a color filter cathode ray tube (CRT) A color filter luminescent screen assembly for a cathode ray tube (CRT) is disclosed. The luminescent screen assembly is formed on an interior surface of a faceplate panel of the CRT tube. The luminescent screen assembly includes a patterned light-absorbing matrix t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031206 | Digital line delay using a single port memory An apparatus for delaying video line data between a sending device and a receiving device is provided. The apparatus includes a single port random access memory (“RAM”) and a processing arrangement including a first storage device coupled to the RAM and a second... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031492 | Digital data watermarking system using novel watermark insertion and detection methods The watermarking system uses a first series of parameters, the private key, for the insertion of the watermark, and a second series of parameters, the public key, for the detection of the watermark, so that knowledge of the public key does not make it possible to kn... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030575 | Deflection supply voltage feedback control in conjunction with frequency change A video display includes a scanner operable at a first frequency and a higher second frequency. A switch mode power supply drives a transformer with three secondaries. First and second rectifiers & filters are associated with the first and second secondaries. A rect... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030906 | Device for video transmission between a camera and a control room The invention relates to a wireless camera system which comprises a camera 10 fitted with a transmitter 11 for sending images by radio frequency and a directional receiving antenna 12 for receiving the images from the transmitter 11. The ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027001 | Dual-band planar antenna The invention relates to a dual-band planar antenna formed by at least one slot of closed shape fabricated on a printed substrate having a perimeter equal to kλf, and two supply lines supplying power to the slot via two accesses separated by (2m+1)λ | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023450 | Data processing method and apparatus for a display device With the new plasma display panel technology new kinds of artefacts can occur in video pictures due to the principle that brightness control is done with a modulation of small lighting pulses in a number of periods called sub-fields. These artefacts are commonly des... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024610 | Data transmission method A process for transmitting data in a network adapted for isochronous and asynchronous transmissions and comprising a sender and at least one receiver. The process comprises the steps of: opening an isochronous transmission channel ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024676 | System for acquiring and processing broadcast programs, program guide and channel identification data A system for acquiring program guide information conveyed on one of a plurality of broadcast channels involves identifying an individual broadcast channel in response to user entry of either of, (a) a first channel identification number (e.g. a virtual channel ident... | 04/04/2006 |
