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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169542 | Automatic format identification of analog video input signals In a method of automatically identifying a format of a video signal, where the video signal includes HSync pulses, VSync pulses, and video display data, the video signal is received, information about timing and width characteristics of the HSync pulses and the VSyn... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8130316 | Image output device for outputting moving images in a plurality of display modes An image output device includes a reception unit, an output unit, and a selection reception unit. The reception unit receives a change of setting from a display mode, which is currently set to one of a plurality of display modes, to a different display mode. The out... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8068172 | Image aspect ratio adjustment system and method An image aspect ratio adjustment system comprises an adjustment module configured to adjust image content to correspond to an aspect ratio of a display device based at least in part on motion within the image content. ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7952642 | Display system adaptable to changes in video signals and method thereof A display system adaptable to changes in video signals and a method thereof display a video signal, which has a first display aspect ratio, in a display system, which has a second display aspect ratio. The display system includes a receiving unit for receiving the v... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7936398 | Video signal processing apparatus for converting video signal types A video signal processing apparatus that converts, into a video signal of a desired type, the type of a video signal received at an external input terminal, and enables the recording or the display of the video signal. The video signal processing apparatus displays,... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7876379 | Methods and apparatuses for facilitating processing of interlaced video images for progressive video displays Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating processing of interlaced video images for progressive video displays. In accordance with certain exemplary implementations, a method includes receiving from a renderer a query for a graphics device driver as to a... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7852405 | Method and apparatus for high definition capture A method and apparatus for providing a high definition capture engine comprising an on-the-fly scaler to perform horizontal and vertical scaling as needed, prior to storage of the data in a buffer. ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7821572 | Apparatus and method for processing information signal, apparatus and method for producing coefficient, apparatus and method for producing lookup table, program for performing each method, and medium recording each program This invention relates to an apparatus for processing an information signal etc. that, when converting, for example, SD signal into HD signal, enables well to be obtained pixel data of HD signal no matter whether the dynamic range DR is large or small. DR in a class... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7796190 | System and method for adaptive content rendition Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for adaptive content rendition, the method comprising receiving media content for playback to a user, adapting the media content for playback on a first device in the user's first location, receiving... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7605865 | Apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding An apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding, such as digital video disk (DVD) decoding, which produces new video data according to main picture data, sub-picture unit (SPU) data, and an aspect ratio. The apparatus includes a sub-pictu... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7440006 | System for gracefully aging inactive areas of a video display When a video display system displays an image having an aspect ratio that differs from the aspect ratio of the system's display monitor, the image spans only an “active” portion of the available display area on the monitor. The display system sets the luminance ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428008 | Video imaging device, video conversion device, and video edition device When an image signal, which was picked up in a 24p image format and temporarily recorded on a temporary recording device, is read in a 60i image format, the image signal is subjected to a 2:3:2:3 pull-down conversion process so that it becomes possible to omit compr... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420617 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus that detects a picture defect and shifts an image region to eliminate the picture defect. The image display apparatus includes a memory unit that temporarily stores an input image signal, a memory control unit that controls a readout start... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411617 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, recording medium, and program In image-data recording processing performed when a video output conforms to the PAL system, a display-signal processing section receives image data having a frame rate of 30 Hz recorded in a memory, through a bus, converts the image data to image data having an NTS... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408589 | Video signal processing circuit, video display, and display driving device Provided is a video signal processing circuit capable, in a scale conversion, of rendering a circuit scale small and alleviating a deterioration of a vertical resolution. A vertical scaler is provided with a function of increasing the number of scanning lines of an ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408580 | Image display apparatus, image display method and computer program Each of image display apparatus, an image display method and a computer program is arranged to select one of a first display mode of displaying an image of an image signal having a first aspect ratio in the image display area and a second display mode of displaying ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7387389 | Image display system and method An image display device includes an image processing unit, a light source assembly, an optical modulator assembly, and a projection lens assembly. The image processing unit is configured to receive a video signal and generate image data and control signals. The ligh... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388620 | Method and system for pan-scan using motion vectors presentation Pan-scan is provided for a standard 4:3 aspect ratio TV displaying a 16:9 aspect ratio high definition (HD) video stream using the motion vectors that are part of MPEG-encoded streams. Specifically, if, for instance, the MPEG motion vectors indicate an object rapidl... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379105 | Multi-standard video image capture device using a single CMOS image sensor A video image capture device includes an image sensor including an two-dimensional array of pixel elements overlaid with a pattern of color filters and having a vertical resolution different from the vertical resolutions specified for a group of video formats, a fra... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375764 | Method and system for VFC memory management A method for managing vertical format converter line memories includes writing a number of first input video lines into the VFC line memories, writing an additional video line into the VFC line memories, and reading respective pixels of the first input video lines a... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365757 | Method and apparatus for independent video and graphics scaling in a video graphics system A method and apparatus for independent video and graphics scaling in a video graphics system is accomplished by receiving a video data stream, wherein the video data stream includes video data in a first format. A graphics data stream is also received, and the graph... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362383 | System, method and apparatus for utilizing a single video input of an electronic audio/visual signal receiver as an input for multiple video signal formats A system, method, and apparatus for utilizing a single video input for receiving multiple video format signals in an electronic video receiver. The single video input includes a set of inputs to accommodate a component video signal from any one of a multitude of vid... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355653 | Video signal processing circuit and video signal processing method When an A/D-converted composite video signal is directly outputted while a system clock frequency is switched so as to execute the determination of a signal system, a digital chroma demodulation system prevents the images displayed by the composite video signals fro... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355652 | Inverse tracking over two different clock domains A video decoder in which the video source clock is generated entirely in the digital domain is disclosed herein. By creating a virtual version of the source clock in a numeric oscillator, the amount of noise in the system is substantially reduced. Furthermore, by tr... | 04/08/2008 |
| RE40201 | Video signal converting apparatus and display device having the same Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of being displayed on the entire screen of a high-resolution supporting... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339627 | Method and system for automatic detection and display of aspect ratio Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for automatic aspect ratio detection and may comprise scanning lines in at least a selected portion of an image and locating a first reference pixel in one of the scanned lines. A corresponding... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336287 | Video and graphics system with square graphics pixels A video and graphics system provides square graphics pixels to blend images having 640×480 pixels, such as graphics images provided by some set top boxes and intended to be displayed at a 12.27 MHz display sample rate, with images having 704×480 pixels, such as IT... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324166 | Live actor integration in pre-recorded well known video The apparatus inserts a participant realistically into familiar background media to provide similar results to a completely original movie with multi-camera studio production and editing. An automated and simplified studio has multiple cameras and traditional studio... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7304685 | Device and method for modifying video image of display apparatus A device and method for modifying a video image of a display apparatus method, for efficiently modifying a size and aspect ratio of a video image, is disclosed. The device includes an on-screen display (OSD) generator providing an on-screen display (OSD) on a displa... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292233 | Apparatus and method to connect an external camera to an LCD without requiring a display buffer A data pipeline and clock control (relationship) that allows image data from a camera to pass directly through a display controller to an LCD without being written into, temporarily stored, and read out of a display buffer, e.g. a VRAM, is provided. Elimination of t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7274389 | Camera apparatus and image processing system with variable resolution In an image capture apparatus, the data rate of image data output from the image capture device is changed by calculating a first data rate of the image data according to a first size of a variable display area that displays the image data. Information indicating th... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268828 | Television receiver and control method thereof for displaying video signals based on different television modes A television receiver includes a switching portion which receives each of a video signal received and obtained by an antenna and a video signal read from a storage medium, and selectively outputs one of the video signals in response to an instruction signal for outp... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262811 | System and method for automatic zoom A system and method for automatically zooming “in” and “out” a video content stream to adjust for Ratio Mismatches is disclosed. The present invention is particularly applicable to 4:3 video content delivered in a 16:9 video content stream. The present inven... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262784 | LCD controller to hold a fixed image aspect ratio A circuit and a method for maintaining the aspect ratio of images when there is a difference in format between image sources and display panels is provided. Lines are added in the vertical direction both at the top and at the bottom of the display panel in order to ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262806 | System and method for aligned compression of interlaced video A method and system are disclosed for vertically phase shifting fields of at least one interlaced frame of video into at least two vertically aligned frames of video. The at least two vertically aligned frames of video are compressed, transmitted or stored, decompre... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262812 | Method for fine tuned automatic zoom A system and method for fine tuned automatic zooming “in” and “out” a video content stream to adjust for Ratio Mismatches and changes in Pillar Bar size is disclosed. The present invention is particularly applicable to 4:3 video content delivered in a 16:9 v... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7245316 | Method and system for maintaining even tube burn-in An arrangement for maintaining even tube burn-in. The arrangement identifies active and inactive display regions on a display unit when video content is displayed on the display unit. When inactive display regions are identified the arrangement monitors the duration... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242436 | Selection methodology of de-interlacing algorithm of dynamic image The present invention provides a selection methodology of de-interlacing algorithm of dynamic image, comprising detecting hardware resource of player system. When hardware resource of player system corresponds to the executing condition of algorithm of line-segment ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239354 | Digital image demodulating apparatus A ratio between an aspect ratio of a digital image signal and an aspect ratio of a display device is converted and a presence image part 2 of digital image data decoded by a digital image signal demodulating part is compressed laterally and is shifted to the ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236206 | Interpolation method for a video signal, and display device with function of interpolation for a video signal A video signal interpolation can adapt an image of input video signal to voluntary aspect ratios widely. The invention also allows a display device to uniformly line-sequential scan and uses at least two line-memories (LM1, LM2) which are applied with ... | 06/26/2007 |
