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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| 7369181 | Method of removing noise from digital moving picture data Provided is a method of removing noise from digital moving picture data reducing the number of frames used in a temporal filtering operation and able to detect motion between frames easily. The method comprises a method of spatial filtering, a method of temporal fil... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7139326 | Image-canceling quadrature modulator and method Canceling images in a quadrature modulator includes frequency shifting the baseband signal and images; filtering the frequency shifted baseband signal and images; phase and frequency shifting the baseband signal and images; filtering the phase and frequency shifted ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7012648 | Image conversion method and image conversion apparatus An image conversion apparatus includes a progressive scanning converter for receiving an input image as a first interlaced scanning image having a field frequency of m (m: integer not less than 2) fields/sec, and converting the first interlaced scanning image into a... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6947060 | Image forming apparatus, electron beam apparatus, modulation circuit, and image-forming apparatus driving method An image forming apparatus which performs pulsewidth modulation with a pulsewidth set by counting a clock. Especially, for grayscale level correction by setting the frequency of the clock, the periodic clock is counted, and an output pattern is changed in accordance... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6141530 | System and method for digital electronic cinema delivery A novel system and method for secure electronic delivery of motion pictures in digital format to many end users simultaneously. In particular, the system comprises a headend system and a theater system. The headend system comprises a baseband processing s... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5696560 | Motion picture distribution system An improvement to a motion picture distribution system providing a high quality motion picture system compatible with pre-existing NTSC systems and improving horizontal and vertical detail. The improvement includes a television camera having an anamorphic... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5534932 | Letterbox television system In a method of transmitting an extended television signal comprising a wide aspect ratio picture between two horizontal bars so as to form a standard aspect ratio picture, in which vertical resolution enhancement signals are transmitted to improve the ver... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5357283 | Reflected modulated television system A television system, the composite color television signal (EM (t)) whereof is generated using reflected modulated signals (E3 (t)), wherein at the transmitting side video signals (E1-1 (t), E1-2 (t)) are used t... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5142364 | High resolution color television system A high resolution color television system, in the transmitting device of which part of pixels are thinned out in both horizontal and vertical directions and the remaining pixels are vertically gathered in the central portion of the image screen to form an... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5083196 | Chrominance processing apparatus for a compatible widescreen television system In a widescreen signal encoding system for a television-type signal, side panel chrominance information is not subjected to time compression in an overscan region such as a horizontal overscan region containing time compressed low frequency side panel lum... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5070396 | Compatible widescreen television system In a widescreen signal encoding system for a television-type signal, side panel chrominance information is conveyed in double sideband form on an auxiliary subcarrier having a field inverting phase relative to the phase of a standard chrominance subcarrie... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5055916 | Chrominance encoding for a widescreen television system A widescreen television system includes an auxiliary subcarrier modulated with left and right side panel luminance and chrominance components. The chrominance modulating component represents the difference between the average side panel chrominance inform... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5053858 | Chrominance signal processing appartus for widescreen television system In a transmitter/encoder system for processing a widescreen television signal having main panel and side panel information, side panel luminance information and side panel "Q" color difference information modulate one phase of a quadrature modulated 3.58 ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5031030 | Video signal encoded with additional detail information In a system for encoding and decoding high frequency video information, an input video signal includes a high frequency band containing information to be encoded, and a lower frequency band. The frequency spectrum of the input video signal is folded aroun... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5014116 | Color television system A wide aspect ratio screen color television system, such as a 16:9 aspect ratio screen television system, includes a signal generating circuit for generating the wide aspect ratio screen color television signal with a predetermined two-dimensional frequen... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5003377 | Extended definition television systems Methods and systems for adding additional information to broadcast motion picture signals so that an advanced receiver can decode that information to provide improved picture quality, while a standard receiver will display an image with minimally visible ... | 03/26/1991 |
| 5001550 | Quadruplex encoder and decoder for EDTV system By employing different independent polarity codes to polarity-modulate respective quads of averaged values in the vertical-temporal plane of luma, chroma, sidepanel and enhanced-luma components in the mid-frequency and/or high-frequency split-bands of a 4... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4949167 | Widescreen television signal processing system with center and side panel image resolution uniformity An NTSC compatible widescreen EDTV system encodes and decodes a television signal comprising (1) a main, standard format NTSC signal with auxiliary low frequency side panel image information compressed into an overscan region thereof; (2) auxiliary high f... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4945402 | Method for producing NTSC compatible signal for widescreen tv system A method for producing an NTSC compatible television signal for a widescreen television system having a widescreen panel includes deriving a luminance signal of a central portion of the widescreen panel, deriving a color signal modulated in response to th... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4943848 | Television signal transmission system A television signal transmission system is improved to be able to transmit a video signal having a frequency band wider than existing transmission frequency bands while maintaining compatibility with existing television systems. On the sending side, a wid... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4926244 | Extended definition widescreen television signal processing system with alternate subcarrier An NTSC compatible widescreen EDTV system encodes and decodes a television signal comprising: (1) a main, standard format NTSC signal component with low frequency side panel image information compressed into the overscan regions thereof; (2) a time expand... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4897722 | Widescreen television transmission system utilizing conventional equipment including a camera and VCR A widescreen enhanced definition television system compatible with an existing television standard (e.g., NTSC) has provisions for utilizing a conventional television camera. The conventional camera is modified by replacing the conventional lens with an a... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4885631 | High resolution color television signal transmission system and receiver utilizing motion information of a picture A television signal transmission system having an improved receiver which system is capable of transmitting a wide-band television video signal in a frequency band narrower than the frequency band of the television video signal is a multiplex video signal... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4884127 | Apparatus for pre-conditioning auxiliary television signal information An NTSC compatible, single channel widescreen EDTV system encodes and decodes a television signal comprising (1) a main, standard format NTSC signal with auxiliary low frequency side panel image information compressed into an overscan region thereof; (2) ... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4866521 | Advanced compatible television system with auxiliary carrier An NTSC compatible widescreen EDTV system comprises three components: (1) a main component containing center panel information and low frequency side panel information; (2) an auxiliary component containing side panel high frequency information; and (3) a... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4855811 | Apparatus for processing auxiliary information in an extended definition widescreen television system An NTSC compatible, single broadcast channel, widescreen EDTV system encodes and decodes a television signal comprising: (1) a main, standard formal NTSC signal component with low frequency side panel image information compressed into the overscan regions... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4800427 | Method of compatibly increasing resolution in a color television system Method of compatibly increasing the resolution in a color television system employing offset modulation at the transmitter and offset demodulation at the receiver and transmitting a reference signal during the vertical blanking interval. The reference sig... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4745458 | Television signal processing system In a color television signal processing system for converting a scanning signal sequentially scanned in the transmitting side into an interlace-scanned television signal in order to obtain a high-quality color television picture, said system is arranged t... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4745460 | Method for transmitting a television signal by field to field processing A television signal transmission system is improved to be able to transmit a video signal having a frequency band wider than existing transmission frequency bands while maintaining compatibility with existing television systems. On the sending side, a wid... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4652904 | Television system with improved definition in field scanning direction A television system with enhanced definition in the field scanning direction is presented. In the information transmitter a video signal source is coupled directly and via line delay device with a subtraction circuit followed by a modulator with a subcarr... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4621287 | Time-multiplexing of an interleaved spectrum of a television signal High horizontal spatial frequency information may be transmitted through a limited bandwidth channel by means of spatial-temporal frequency interleaving techniques. To transmit both frequency interleaved high horizontal spatial frequency information and d... | 11/04/1986 |
