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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6084835 | Device for scanning optical discs using phase detection in a system with significant objective lens movement Tracking error signal in an optical read/write device, such as a CD ROM, are fine tuned for deviations in the positions of the lens structure normal to the recorded medium to provide more precise tracking control. Track error signal is developed by means ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6081300 | Apparatus and method for generating on-screen-display messages using stored bitstreams An apparatus and concomitant method for constructing a valid OSD message bitstream from a plurality of stored character bitstreams. Each character of the OSD font set is initially scaled into a fixed block size, e.g., a block size of 16×16 pixels. Each c... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6049653 | IR led assembly for VCR control of a cable converter unit A VCR includes apparatus for controlling a cable converter unit. In a preferred embodiment, infrared (IR) transmission of commands from the VCR to the cable converter unit is employed. An LED assembly holds the LEDs in a predetermined orientation and prov... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6046967 | Recording or playback device for optical information carriers having a servo control circuit and method for treating error signals in such a device Recording or playback devices for optical recording carriers have a servo control circuit which controls the tracking and the focus of an optical scanning unit 1 with reference to an error signal. According to the invention, the error signal is non-linear... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6041159 | Telecommunications device having a remote controller A telecommunications device having a remote controller, which device contains a circuit arrangement for automatic identification of additional information in a program channel by means of which circuit arrangement a transmission of the program channel is ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6021185 | Method and apparatus for processing and displaying videotext or telephone data Videotext data or data transmitted through a telephone network is displayed by: receiving and decoding the data by a receiver/decoder device disposed in a television receiver, a video cassette recorder, or connected to the television receiver or the video... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5999045 | Amplification circuit which includes an input-current compensation device An amplification circuit comprising a device for compensating for its input current. The amplification circuit includes an amplifier and a capacitor located on the input side of the amplifier. The input-current compensation device consists of a current ge... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995460 | Vibration-resistant playback device A method and an arrangement for a vibration-resistant playback device, in which uninterrupted and undisturbed reproduction of information is assured despite vibrations, by use of a "shock-proof memory" by arrangement of a buffer between an EFM demodulator... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5986989 | Method for processing the output signals of an optoelectronic scanner in a replay or recording appliance, and a corresponding appliance A method is specified for processing the output signals A to F of an optoelectronic scanner (3) in a replay or recording appliance for replaying from or recording onto an optical recording medium having the following method steps: as well as an appliance ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5973753 | Method and circuit arrangement for separating luminance and chrominance signals of a CVBS signal In analog color television transmission methods, the transmitted CVBS signal comprises luminance and chrominance signals which have to be separated from one another in a television receiver in order to permit separate further processing. Comb filters can ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5959539 | Apparatus for the remote control of electronic devices with key allocation A method for the remote control of at least one electronic device (10 to 25) is proposed in which the control data are transmitted from a remote control device (27) to the electronic device (10 to 25). In the method, information data at least regarding th... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5953304 | Optical disc recording or playback device with corrected focus optical scanning A device for corrected-focus scanning of information while recording on and/or replaying information from a recording medium is based on a radiation source which provides a scanning beam, a focusing objective lens and a radiation-sensitive detector system... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5946363 | Digital detector circuit for recovering the bit timing from a data stream A digital detector circuit for recovering the bit timing of a data stream with a PLL includes a digital phase detector and a digital pulse length detector whose output signals are added and integrated, and the result is used for controlling the oscillator... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943467 | Adaptive menu for programming a videocassette recorder In a videocassette recorder including "VCR PLUS+™" videocassette recorder programming system capability and TIMER PROGRAMMING capability, it is herein recognized that the respective menu for programming in each of the two available systems should automa... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5940144 | Device for regulating the contrast of video images A device for regulating the luminance signal and chromanance signals of a video image to be converted into red, green and blue color signals. The device includes a conversion matrix and a device for regulating an amplitude of the luminance signal, the blu... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5929943 | Automatic plug-in indicator dimmer In a television system, including a standby power supply coupled directly to an AC power input and a main power supply coupled via an on/off switch to the AC power input, a source of light is illuminated at a first brightness level in response to the stan... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5877822 | Method for storing digital channel tuning data, and circuit, television receiver and video cassette recorder implementing the method The disclosure relates to a method and a circuit for storage of digital tuning data and parameters for a number of television channels in a rewritable memory. The channel search is initialized by pressing a single button to initialize a scan of the recept... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5847773 | Video system including apparatus for deactivating an automatic control arrangement A projection television system includes an automatic contrast control section for controlling the amplitude of the luminance signal in response to the peak value of a luminance-representative image component signal in order to prevent white-spot blooming.... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5831347 | Apparatus for determining if the duration of a power failure exceeded predetermined limits In an electronic instrument subject to power line interruptions and having a standby power supply, an external timer is used to time a predetermined brief period (e.g. 15 seconds to 1 minute). If the timer has not yet expired when standby power is once ag... | 11/03/1998 |
