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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7574100 | Information signal recording apparatus and method for compression-encoding video data An information signal recording apparatus for compression-encoding video data comprising a search picture generating block AND a color signal compensating block. The search picture generating block decreases the bit length of a component of a luminance signal and th... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7574099 | Recording/playback apparatus, recording method and playback method of coded data in two formats A recording apparatus performs processing for recording first data on a recording medium. The recording apparatus includes a baseband-signal output controller controlling an output of a baseband signal. A first buffer buffers the baseband signal to be output under t... | 08/11/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7292507 | Play control method in digital versatile disc player An optical disc player such as a digital versatile disc (DVD) player and a play control method thereof can include setting a reproduction mode for a disc loaded in the digital versatile disc player, storing the set reproduction mode, and reading out and reproducing ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7190880 | Player and disc system for producing video signals in different formats A system for playing a selected one of multiple audio tracks recorded in synchronized fashion with a motion picture on an optical disk. The optical disk has encoded on it a mixing master music and effects (“M&E”) track, or a switching master M&E track. Individua... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7146280 | Startup and operational techniques for a digital flowmeter Startup and operational techniques for a digital flowmeter are described. The techniques select an optimal mode of operation for the digital flowmeter, depending on a current environment of the flowmeter. For example, during a startup operation of the flowmeter, the... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136761 | Digital flowmeter A controller for a flowmeter includes an input module operable to receive a sensor signal from a sensor connected to a vibratable flowtube. The sensor signal is related to a fluid flow through the flowtube. The controller also includes a signal processing system ope... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136576 | Method of and apparatus for recording search information simultaneously with encoding of data able to undergo special reproduction Video and audio data is packed as defined in the MPEG and is stored into within a video object unit as a row of packs to be reproduced within a prescribed period of time. Data cells each consisting of a plurality of units are arrayed to constitute a video object. A ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7062155 | Optical disc, recording device and reproducing device Optical discs formatted to record plural audio streams of different content for reproduction with a single video stream can result in audio output of content unexpected by the user depending upon the audio stream configuration contained in the AV stream reproduced. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7042518 | Digitally controlled variable frequency HF emphasis circuit for use in video displays A sharpness filter processes a video signal that is to be displayed in a windowed environment. The windowed environment may contain windows that for displaying television images derived from video standards such as NTSC, PAL, and SECAM. Displaying windowed televisio... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6980107 | Audio visual display system for use at an interment or memorial site An audio visual display system for use positioned at a site of interment such as a cemetery or grave site to provide information to users specifically pertinent to the aspect of memorialization of the site of interment and, in particular, of the individual or indivi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6950760 | Startup and operational techniques for a digital flowmeter Startup and operational techniques for a digital flowmeter are described. The techniques select an optimal mode of operation for the digital flowmeter, depending on a current environment of the flowmeter. For example, during a startup operation of the flowmeter, the... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6925244 | Apparatus for recording/reproducing high resolution video signal A video signal recording/reproducing apparatus for recording/reproducing a high resolution video signal wherein the video resolution is enhanced by shifting a carrier frequency to a higher band in frequency modulation in a VCR's video signal recording mode, and by d... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6917887 | Digital flowmeter A flowmeter includes a vibratable conduit, a driver connected to the conduit and operable to impart motion to the conduit, and a sensor connected to the conduit and operable to sense the motion of the conduit. A control and measurement system is connected to the dri... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6895173 | Combined DVD/CD data processor A combined DVD/CD (Digital Video Disk/Compact Disk) data processor used in a DVD/CD player. The DVD/CD data processor includes a PLL (Phase Locked Loop) to receive a pulse stream input to generate a PLL clock; a frame/ID synchronization detector to latch the pulse s... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6847685 | Shuffling device, coding device, decoding device of video signal and medium recording the programs of shuffling, coding and decoding A video signal shuffling device forms a segment with blocks having a given offset value in horizontal and vertical directions from a given starting point uniquely determined on the screen, the offset value being identical in every region. The segment is formed in a ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6807363 | Digital moving picture data player system having a time-based access list The present invention relates to an image reproducing device, and an image recording/reproducing device, which reproduce encoded image data. With these devices, special reproduction such as reproduction at an arbitrary speed-multiple, etc., and special recording/rep... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6014491 | Method and system for manipulation of audio or video signals The present invention is a method and system to compress and/or convert audio and video signals into a static audio file format and/or a static video file format, respectively, in which a playing device can be instructed to commence playing specific sound... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5907368 | Information processing apparatus having function capable of displaying image by television signal Vertical and horizontal sync signals are separated from an NTSC signal inputted from an outside by an external input circuit and a luminance signal (Y) and chrominance signals (B-Y, R-Y) are extracted and converted into RGB data. External RGB data and RGB... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5903321 | Method and apparatus for video image processing and recording A video image signal processing and recording system provides for operation in a first mode in which real time display of video is provided and in a second mode in which the video image signals are digitized and stored in a memory and being read out and d... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5889915 | Digital storage device for a television A new DIGITAL STORAGE DEVICE FOR A TELEVISION for providing a convenient method of storing, playing back and deleting various signals from a television with a digital storage mechanism. The inventive device includes a television with a digital storage mec... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5751884 | High-resolution video tape recorder systems and methods for recording and recovering video compatibly with the normal-VHS format system A high-resolution video tape recorder system is disclosed which is compatible with a conventional VHS format VTR and obtains an image signal for a high quality picture by double sampling a luminance signal component of the composite video signal and then ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5706385 | Rotary head type magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus A rotary head type magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing an analog wide-band video signal, audio signal and compressed digital signal on the same recording medium. The modulated analog wide-band video signal or the nar... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5699469 | Image sensing recording apparatus for digital recording of digitally modulated video signals without frequency rate conversion An image sensing recording apparatus has a digital modulator for modulating a digital video signal (color-difference signal), a digital recording unit for digitally recording the digital video signal, and a clock supply unit for supplying a first clock si... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5621535 | Direct digital synthesis of video signal recording waveforms from baseband digital signals provided by a computer interface for compatible recording onto analog video tape The present invention is a system for recording digitized component television signals onto analog video tape. The present invention directly implements the frequency division multiplexed signal of a VCR, and avoids many of the artifacts of composite tele... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5608532 | Signal processing device and method for a slow mode function of a VTR A signal processing device and method which performs stable video signal reproduction in a slow mode function of a video tape recorder by digitally storing only those slow mode images which are stable. The signal processing device includes a signal separa... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5603013 | Method and apparatus for noise reduction of cyclic signal by selecting majority logic state of corresponding portions of plural cycles An EDTV application utilizing a Synchronous Vector Processor (SVP) includes the operation whereby noise is reduced in the operation to demodulate the chroma signal. Initially, the NTSC composite video is separated into the luminance (Y) and the chroma (C)... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5559812 | Digital time base corrector using a memory with reduced memory capacity A digital time base corrector uses a memory with a reduced storage capacity, to reduce the cost. Absolute value data of an amplitude and polarity data of a burst signal in a color video signal are written into a memory every horizontal scan period. A sign... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5546133 | Image signal processing apparatus using simplified D/A conversion An image signal processing apparatus is arranged to convert input analog color-difference signals into digital color-difference signals, form a digital chrominance signal by using the digital color-difference signals, multiplex the formed digital chromina... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5508812 | System for processing and recording digital color television signal onto analog video tape A system for processing and recording digitized component television signals onto analog video tape includes a digital color transformation matrix for generating a digital luminance signal, a first digital chrominance signal, and a second digital chromina... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5305112 | Video signal recording/reproducing system for recording and reproducing video signals in high quality picture television system A video signal recording and reproducing system enables recording and reproducing of a video signal with high quality. The system includes a recording system for recording the video signal on a record medium by means of a median filter and a reproducing s... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5299022 | Portable video camera and recording apparatus A portable video camera and recording apparatus is comprised of a video camera section and a recording section. The video camera section is comprised of a CCD, analogue-to-digital converters for converting signals from the CCD into digital form. The digit... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5299023 | Portable video camera and recording apparatus A portable video camera and recording apparatus is comprised of a video camera section and a recording section. The video camera section is comprised of a CCD, analogue-to-digital converters for converting signals from the CCD into digital form. The digit... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5260784 | Multi-loop testing apparatus with field memory Apparatus for adjusting a digital signal which is subjected to analog processing after being reproduced from a record medium. A prerecorded digital test signal is reproduced and written to a field memory which, during a normal playback mode, is used to st... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5200834 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus obtaining separate clock signals from brightness and color components of a video signal A digital video tape recorder. A clock is extracted from the horizontal sync signal within the luminance signal, and used in processing the luminance portion of the video signal. A clock is also extracted from a color burst within the chrominance signal a... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5142375 | Video camera integral with magnetic recording and reproducing device, and with color video signal processing apparatus A video camera having an imager providing an imager signal corresponding to an object in the field of view of the camera, and an integral magnetic recording and reproducing device are provided with a video signal processing apparatus including an imager s... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5038219 | Video signal recording apparatus In an apparatus for recording a selected one of at least two different types of video signals, such as, a studio standard video signal and a video signal transmitted in the MUSE system, which are respectively characterized by different numbers of effectiv... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4910605 | Video signal recording method and apparatus for field-segment recording A video signal recording method and apparatus for-recording each field of a video signal as a plurality of segments on respective tracks of a magnetic tape, in which each segment consists of a sequentially-ordered set of scanning lines which constitute a ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4873582 | Video signal and method therefor time axis altering circuit used in a video tape recorder for recording a broadband video signal Disclosed is a magnetic recording-playback apparatus suitable for recording and reproducing a signal including a broad-band composite video signal and a method therefor. The broad-band signal is time-sliced into signals in two channels, and each divided s... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4805034 | Color video signal transmission system A color video signal transmission system comprises an analog-to-digital converter for sampling an input composite color video signal at a sampling frequency nfsc and for producing first data, where n is a natural number and fsc denot... | 02/14/1989 |
