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A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7327933 | Variable-mode information signal reproduction apparatus with tracking control A reproduction apparatus reproduces information signals recorded in a plurality of recording modes having different information sizes of an information signal to be recorded per unit time, discriminates the recording mode of the reproduced information signal, and co... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7231138 | Method and system for DVD single frame stepping backwards Aspects of performing single frame backwards playback in a DVD system are described. The aspects include receiving a signal indicating selection of a single frame reverse function. Frame data for a preceding frame of an original playback is then reconstructed while ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7099564 | Image recording and selective reproducing apparatus An image recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing a multiple picture signal obtained by multiplexing picture signals from a plurality of cameras via a frame switcher, the image recording and reproducing apparatus performing high-accuracy fas... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6510554 | Method for generating information sub-streams for FF/REW applications A method and apparatus for processing an information stream comprising a plurality of compressed information frames to produce an information sub-stream having a reduced number of information frames. In the case of an MPEG video information stream, the in... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6047103 | Data transmitter, data transmitting method, data receiver, information processor, and information recording medium A data transmitting device capable of performing copyright protection processing, when digital data retrieved from the information recording medium is AV data, which includes: an interface section for receiving information specifying the digital data to b... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5666156 | System and method to improve the quality of reproduced images on a film to video transfer device A system and method to improve the quality of reproduced images on a film to video transfer device by scanning extra lines to reduce vertical aliasing and performing vertical sample rate reduction to produce the correct number of video output lines High f... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5303060 | Apparatus for recording and/or reproducing HDTV signals An HDTV signal (dot density: 2N dots/line) is converted into a luminance signal and a line sequential color signal, and the resulting signals are both subjected to vertical interpolation and vertical filtering to derive a sequential scanning luminance sig... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5057919 | Picture signal interpolation circuit with gamma compensation A picture signal source (PSS) comprises an encoding circuit (ENC) for encoding a picture signal having a higher bandwidth to a picture signal having a lower bandwidth. Encoding is effected in dependence upon the extent of motion in the picture which is de... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4868678 | Apparatus for recording a video signal of consecutive fields on a pair of separated tracks A video signal recording apparatus forms closed loop tracks on a rotary recording medium, and records a video signal amounting to one field on each track so that out of two mutually adjacent tracks making up a track pair, a signal related to an odd (or ev... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4792861 | Video signal recording apparatus with track centering using crosstalk detection and third odd multiple field recording A video signal recording apparatus uses a crosstalk component reproduced from an adjacent pre-recorded track to control the position of a track which is newly formed when successively forming closed loop tracks on a rotary recording medium, and records a ... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4783703 | Television flicker preventing circuit with gamma value conversion prior to field-to-frame conversion In a field/frame conversion system in which a field signal recorded on a track of a recording medium is repeatedly reproduced, a field signal delayed by 1/2 horizontal scanning duration and a directly provided field signal are alternately selected by a sw... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4779142 | System and method for electronically recording and playing back video images with improved chrominance characteristics using alternate even and odd chrominance signal line matrix encoding Apparatus and method for encoding and recording electronic image information signals in a manner whereby luminance signals for odd field lines are recorded in association respectively with chrominance signals alternately selected from both the even field ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4654724 | Recording method for video and audio signals in magnetic picture recording system A recording method for magnetic recording and further high-density recording of video and audio signals by multiplexing them by frequency division, which is made free of crosstalk among audio signals by varying frequencies of carriers between adjacent tra... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4641202 | Skip field color recording apparatus A video signal reproducing apparatus having a driving mechanism for driving a magnetic tape on which a video signal is recorded as succeeding video tracks and a transducing head device for reproducing the video signal from the succeeding video tracks moun... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4605951 | Apparatus for converting field video signals into frame video signals An apparatus for converting field video signals into frame video signals includes a modulation circuit for modulating a chrominance subcarrier with a color signal contained in a field video signal, a signal composing circuit for combining the modulated su... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4298896 | Flicker-free reproduction of television pictures from recordings of only alternate picture lines The alternate line first picture field of a television picture frame is delayed for one line scan period and the delayed signals are averaged with the currently picked up signals to provide a second field of interpolated lines. Each recorded field is play... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4283736 | Video signal reproducing apparatus for converting a video signal from a first format to a second format In a video signal reproducing apparatus for converting a first video signal having a first field frequency to a second video signal having a second field frequency, there are provided a tape scanning device which is made movable in a direction perpendicul... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4133009 | Color video tape recording/playback system A color video tape recording/playback system with a magnetic tape unit and possibly a color video camera comprises at least one signal storage means, e.g. a charge-coupled device (CCD), for the intermediate storage of the video information, thus enabling ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4121242 | Video processor providing sync stripping and reinsertion A video processor for processing a video input signal provided by a skip-field video tape playback assembly, the video processor stripping the vertical sync pulses from the video input signal, generating interlaced video sync pulses, and adding the interl... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4090214 | Alternating line video recorder/reproducer Color video recording apparatus is known wherein, for purposes of bandwidth compression, luminance information and chrominance information is alternately recorded for the transmitted lines of a television picture frame. Upon playback a video signal is rec... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4027333 | Multiplex color television transmission system System for transmitting and receiving two complete color television pictures from two separate sources in common synchronism wherein the odd-numbered fields of the picture from one of the sources are transmitted in alternation with even-numbered fields of... | 05/31/1977 |
