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...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115874 | Memory optimization for video processing Memory storage requirements for digital signal processing operations, for example, motion-compensated video scan rate conversion, that produce intermediate output data, which is then used as an input to the operation, are reduced by reordering operations and organiz... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7636131 | Video data processing method and apparatus for processing video data A video data displaying device is disclosed. The video data displaying device is used to drive a displayer according to a first display data set to display a first picture, the displaying device comprises a memory for storing the first display data set, and a displa... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7583324 | Video data processing method and apparatus for processing video data A video processing method utilized in a video data processing device for processing video data is disclosed. The video data includes at least a first video data set, and the video data processing device has a memory and a video decoder. The method includes utilizing... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7436891 | Burst mode memory fetches when decoding compressed image data An image data decompression apparatus for decoding blocks of motion compensated non-intra coded data uses a memory (14) storing reference picture data. A decoding processor (12) decodes a current block of a generated picture using lines of previously d... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7411630 | Apparatus and method for transposing data in the display system using the optical modulator Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for transposing data. The apparatus includes a pair of line memories, a pair of memories and output units. The line memories horizontally read image data a frame of which is composed of K×L byte data (row length: K bytes,... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7391471 | Apparatus and method for merging vertical blanking intervals This invention teaches an apparatus and method for merging information transmitted in vertical blanking interval (VBIs) of several services into a single VBI. The system includes a pair of memories for each service wherein each memory is toggled between a read and w... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7373652 | Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide Techniques for searching a program guide database. In accordance with a method, one or more search criteria (e.g., keywords) are received and a request for a search is then sent, along with the search criteria, to a head end of an information distribution system. In... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7348955 | Method of controlling display method, display-use signal producing device, display device, and display system for implementing the method The sending party of a display-use image signal adds to a signal representing a display image a control parameter signal composed of a control tag signal specifying a controlled object and control start/end identification signal Ts or Te between a specific parameter... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336302 | Frame memory device and method with subsampling and read-out of stored signals at lower resolution than that of received image signals A frame memory device is employed in a digital camera, for example, to output raster-scanned digital color image signals at lower resolution than that of original image signals. The order of sequentially received original raster-scanned digital color image signals i... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327332 | Plasma display panel video processing circuit and method and video display device and method using plasma display panel A video processing circuit for preventing generation of contour noise irrespective of varied directions of light emission schemes. A first video signal and a second video signal delayed by a predetermined field are received, a first motion detection result is output... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317451 | Apparatus and method for displaying out-of-range mode An apparatus and method for displaying an out-of-range mode which has a resolution higher than a mode supported by a monitor is provided. The method for displaying an out-of-range mode in monitor displaying includes the steps of (a) sensing received horizontal and v... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7304680 | Method and device for correcting an image, particularly for occupant protection A source image (S) that is distorted by camera optics is transformed into a corrected image (T) by using a tabular imaging rule. This transformation occurs directly during the reading out from the image sensor and in real-time. No, one or several target pixels in th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295246 | Picture signal processing circuit In a picture signal processing circuit, in the case of converting picture signal data compliant with an analog video standard to a digital video format to obtain progressive data of a digital value, in a line which is included in a picture display period (active per... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289170 | Method and apparatus for compensating for interlaced-scan type video signal Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for compensating for an interlaced-scan type video signal for stably displaying the video signal in the LCD panel. An aft part of 264th data of a first field and a fore part of 23rd data of a second field... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286764 | Reconfigurable modulator-based optical add-and-drop multiplexer An optical add and drop multiplexer system comprising a first module for providing a first signal; a second module for providing a second signal; and a modulator for receiving a channel of the first signal at a first location, the first location configured to actuat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284262 | Receiver/decoder and method of processing video data A method of processing video data in a receiver/decoder including at least one port (31) for receiving data and memory means (40) including a data buffer area (45A0, 45A1) for storing incoming data for display, and a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274402 | Method and apparatus for motion-vector-aided pixel interpolation In a method and apparatus for motion-vector-aided interpolation of a pixel in an intermediate image lying temporally or spatially between first and second images, motion vectors are assigned to the pixel to be interpolated, one pixel in each image being assigned to ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274833 | Image processing device for scaling image frame An image processing device is provided. The image processing device includes a control unit, a first storing zone, a frame buffer register, a first buffering zone and a first image processor. The first storing zone is electrically connected to the control unit and s... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7254824 | Encoding optimization techniques for encoding program grid section of server-centric interactive programming guide An interactive program guide (IPG) may include a program grid section and a multimedia section. The program grid section typically contains program information organized in a grid with a time axis and a channel axis. The multimedia section may include video for adve... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249366 | Control of a system for processing a stream of information based on information content A segment announcing system is disclosed that contains one or more segment announcement receivers that receive one or more announcements over a network connection and/or other communication connection. The announcements contain content information about the content ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7221495 | Thin film precursor stack for MEMS manufacturing This invention provides a precursor film stack for use in the production of MEMS devices. The precursor film stack comprises a carrier substrate, a first layer formed on the carrier substrate, a second layer of an insulator material formed on the first layer, and a ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7199834 | Vertical synchronizing signal generation apparatus and video signal processing apparatus The vertical sync signal generator includes: a vertical sync signal separation circuit for separating a vertical sync signal of an input luminance signal and outputting the separated signal as a first vertical sync signal; an automatic frequency control circuit for ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7190413 | Memory video data storage structure optimized for small 2-D data transfer An apparatus and method for storing image data comprising a first storage device and a second storage device. The first storage device may be configured to store at least one first pixel from a first field of a frame of the image at a first physical address in the f... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185102 | Method for handling byte code in a configurable manner A method and apparatus for timely delivery of classes and objects is provided. A header comprising timing information is attached to said classes and/or objects. A “start loading” time and a “load by” time are specified in the header. Other classes and/or ob... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177081 | High contrast grating light valve type device A grating light valve has with a plurality of spaced reflective ribbons are spatially arranged over a substrate with reflective surfaces. The grating light valve is configured to optimized the conditions for constructive and destructive interference with an incident... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176933 | Texture based method and system for the anti-aliasing of lines and characters A method for generating anti-aliased lines and characters is disclosed. The method comprises generating a texture map based on a distribution and applying the texture map to a polygonal region. In one aspect of this embodiment, the step of generating a texture map b... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176930 | Reducing fill and improving quality of interlaced displays using multi-sampling The present invention provides a system, method and computer program product for reducing fill and improving quality of interlaced displays using multi-sampling. In an embodiment of the invention, a frame buffer for a interlaced display is filled. Initially, a first... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164448 | Method for scrolling MPEG-compressed pictures A method for scrolling MPEG-compressed pictures consists in decoding a sequence of pictures (34, 35, 36) or any two pictures to be viewed by a MPEG decoder (5) and storing the sequence of pictures (35, 35, 36) or any two pictures in MPEG decoder... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164520 | Packaging for an interferometric modulator A package is made of a transparent substrate having an interferometric modulator and a back plate. A non-hermetic seal joins the back plate to the substrate to form a package, and a desiccant resides inside the package. A method of packaging an interferometric modul... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7154529 | System and method for enabling a person to view images of the person wearing an accessory before purchasing the accessory A personal optical viewer enables a person to view images of how the person looks wearing an accessory and compare images of how the customer looks wearing different accessories. A seller provides an accessory to a person. A capturing device captures a photograph or... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7127737 | Bandwidth management techniques for delivery of interactive program guide Methods for managing delivery of video sequences of an interactive program guide (IPG) over a communications network to a plurality of terminals are provided. In one embodiment, the method pre-allocates a broadcast bandwidth in the communications network for common ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119849 | Multi-screen synthesis apparatus, method of controlling the apparatus, and program for controlling the apparatus There is provided a multi-screen synthesis apparatus that can execute display of video data and update of an OSD image without causing a user to feel a visual sense of incongruity, and reduce system costs. Periodic video source data and a periodic OSD image data are... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119846 | Video signal processing circuit and method for converting number of scan lines and image display device using the same A double-rate signal achieved by subjecting a video signal to double-rate conversion is supplied to a scan line number converter. In the converter, the portion of the effective scan lines of the double-rate signal is written into a frame memory on the basis of a sig... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113192 | Large 1D texture map representation with a 2D texture map A method is described that involves storing 1D texture map information within a 2D texture map. The 1D texture map has a size that exceeds a maximum allowable 1D texture map size. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110161 | Digital micromirror device and method of driving digital micromirror device A spatial light modulation device capable of displaying a large number of gray scales is provided. The inventors of the present invention proposed a spatial light modulation device having: a first structure in which a switching transistor and an erasure transistor, ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096487 | Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encoded content Methods for slice-based encoding of program guides and user interfaces. The program guides include multiple video streams for picture-in-picture and other applications. A method for encoding the program guide includes encoding a first set of slices for each of a plu... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091968 | Method and apparatus for encoding a user interface A method and apparatus for combining video frame sequences with a video display of an interactive program guide (IPG). The apparatus comprises a plurality of compositors that combine background information, video frame sequences and program guide graphics into a sin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089576 | Ratings control system with temporary override capability and conflict resolution feature Video processing system having a blocking system which prevents viewing or recording of programs which exceed ratings, spending, and/or view time limits set by a supervisor who has entered a password accepted by the control system, an override system for entering in... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084929 | Video data filtering arrangement and method Signal processing is enhanced using a filtering arrangement that re-uses data in a register array for filtering consecutive pixel blocks. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, consecutive blocks of pixel data corresponding to an image and shar... | 08/01/2006 |
