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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| 7366402 | Method and apparatus of recording a high definition digital television broadcast signal The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of recording a directly-received digital television broadcast signal. This method demodulates a received high definition digital television broadcast signal, extracts transport stream belonging to a chosen chan... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7328199 | Componentized slot-filling architecture The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for performing natural language processing in which tokens are mapped to task slots. The system includes a mapper component that generates a lattice representing possible interpretations of the tokens, a decoder... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7298958 | Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus To provide a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus capable of automatically feeding a plurality of visual images by one picture feed operation. By pressing an operation button for picture-by-picture reproduction, a tape feed controller controls a capstan motor to... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7224884 | Design method for a video signal processing integrated circuit and integrated circuit and video signal processing apparatus thereby A video signal processing apparatus and a design method therefor are provided, and more particularly, a design method for a video signal processing integrated circuit (IC), in which to solve the shortage of pin ports caused by designing a video signal processor in a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7203340 | Second order change detection in video Methods and devices for processing captured video frames to detect specific changes observable in video using three consecutive video frames. The images in the first video frame are compared with the second frame and the images of the second frame are compared with ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7187840 | Reproducing arrangement having an overview reproducing mode A reproducing arrangement for reproducing scenes of a stored film in an overview reproducing mode of the reproducing arrangement, has random access memory means for the storage of audio/video data (AVD) of a film which is reproducible at a normal reproducing speed d... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7155110 | Image transmission method In an image transmission method of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, when compressed image data Dv obtained by compressively coding digital image data corresponding to a moving picture is transmitted, an identification flag Hfd indicating wh... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6804450 | Method and apparatus for reverse playback of a digital data The invention proposes a method for reverse playback of a digital data stream representing video information. The information is stored in an Intra picture coded format followed by several Non-Intra coded pictures. For reverse playback n sectors are jumped back from... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6587155 | Fading of main video signal without affecting display of superimposed video signal A fade circuit adjusts the luma as well as one or more chroma components of a main video so that the fade ins and fade outs of the main video do not change the color of an on-screen display image, such as the volume bar. In one embodiment, luma component ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6408127 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus, for an image recording and reproducing system, comprises a means for writing a given field image signal in a field memory, and a means for reading out the field image signal written in the field memory. The reading means rea... | 06/18/2002 |
| 5982984 | Digital image data recording and reproducing apparatus and method for processing a high quality image stored in multiple frames on a recording medium In a case frame image possessing an amount of data greater than a predetermined amount is recorded on a magnetic tape using a multiplicity of tracks, on which tracks the data has been recorded is made clear. Image data composed of 1,400,000 pixels, which ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5926602 | Time-base corrector circuit capable of adding color burst signal to output signal based on kind of input video signal A memory controller which controls writing/reading operation to/from a memory in a TBC circuit prohibits writing operation to the memory circuit in response to an activation of a frame grab signal after an A/D converted video signal for one frame is store... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5913009 | Character display control apparatus A character display control apparatus by which only a display of characters can be put into a pause condition without putting a display of an image into a pause condition operates so that when a caption pause is instructed, a CPU controls a screen display... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5777691 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus, for an image recording and reproducing system, comprises a means for writing a given field image signal in a field memory, and a means for reading out the field image signal written in the field memory. The reading means rea... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5754241 | Video decoder capable of controlling encoded video data An MPEG video decoder capable of preventing a buffer for storing a video stream from overflowing and/or underflowing. The video decoding apparatus decodes a coded video bit stream including a series of pictures to produce decoded pictures. The video decod... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5715350 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus using an accelerating signal to reduce noise when changing reproducing modes A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus which generates reduced noise when shifting between operations such as still or slow motion mode to normal playback mode. The apparatus has a capstan motor for driving the tape at speeds determined by the com... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5715182 | Device for the classification and examination of particles in fluid A particle image in a sample is formed at an imaging position by an objective lens of a microscope, projected on the image picking up plane of a TV camera via a projection lens and is subjected to photo-electric conversion. Image signals from the TV camer... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5636036 | Interactive video system having frame recall dependent upon user input and current displayed image An interactive video system has a videodisc player, a joystick, a framestore, a display, and a control device for controlling functions such as reading of frames from the framestore to the display. The videodisc player stores several sequences of moving p... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5579118 | Apparatus for processing a still screen in a digital video reproducing system An apparatus for processing a still screen in a digital video reproducing system which eliminates a color pattern appearing at a color boundary portion when digital video data is displayed in a still screen mode is disclosed. In the apparatus for processi... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5532829 | Automatic color control circuit having a control signal storing capacitor A control circuit includes: a capacitor for normal reproduction which stores an output of a reproduction color burst level detection for automatic color signal level control in a color signal processing circuit at the time of normal reproduction in a vide... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5500740 | Video signal processing with common delay line for luminance interpolation and color conversion A video signal reproducing apparatus for reproducing a video signal recorded on a magnetic recording medium includes a modulating circuit for receiving a color-difference line-sequential signal and modulating the color-difference line-sequential signal at... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5497238 | Controlling erasing of tracks of a recording medium used with a still video apparatus A still video apparatus includes a recording and erasing system which includes a recording system for recording image signals corresponding to one picture composed of one or two fields on a plurality of tracks formed on a recording medium, and an erasing ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5497237 | Method of converting a field of a regenerative signal a VTR and apparatus employing the same A method of converting a field of a regenerative signal in a VTR is provided wherein when image is reproduced at a nonstandard play speed, field data of a predetermined field number is formed using an inter-field signal with respect to a still part, and f... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5457542 | Caption display apparatus for VCR A caption display apparatus for a video cassette recorder (VCR), comprising a caption signal detection circuit for detecting a caption signal from a video signal, a caption display signal generation circuit for generating a caption character signal in res... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5241659 | Auxiliary removable memory for storing image parameter data The limited ability of an internal memory in a CD player to store user-generated image parameter data is augmented by a storage medium, such as an electrically programmable read only memory module, configured to be removably interfaced with the CD player'... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5220425 | Image processing apparatus and method having improved control of plural image memories Image data is stored in a plurality of image memories each capable of storing at least one picture of image information, and the plurality of image memories are successively read and their stored images displayed. Ordinarily, the received image data is st... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5220433 | Still video apparatus including picture and sound fading A still video apparatus in which a picture of an object and a sound recorded on a recording medium as an electrical picture signal and sound signal are reproduced. The still video apparatus includes a picture reproducing device which reproduces the pictur... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5194962 | Still image recording and reproducing apparatus A recording and reproducing apparatus is arranged to record one picture amount of an image signal in a plurality of recording tracks on a recording medium, to sample one picture amount of the image signal reproduced from the recording medium according to ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5179450 | Video signal processing apparatus and method for the time base compensation A video signal processing apparatus and method are provided in which time base errors in the luminance and color signals of a video signal reproduced from a recording medium are compensated. Time base errors in the luminance signal are reduced by storing ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5130858 | Apparatus having a field memory for reproducing video signals A video signal reproducing apparatus, such as a video disc player, equipped with a field memory for special reproduction such as still-picture reproduction. The video signal writing-reading period for the field memory is set to a value which is the color ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5097346 | Video signal reproducing apparatus having a field memory for still picture reproduction In a video signal reproducing apparatus having a field memory for still picture reproduction, the period Ti of reading a still picture signal from the field memory is altered to different lengths of time to repeat the reading operation for the different p... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5031052 | Color phase correction circuit A color phase correction circuit for a video disc playback device comprises a circuit for generating a saw-tooth wave at a timing of a reference signal, a sample-hold circuit for sample-holding the saw-tooth wave at a timing of a synchronizing signal in a... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4924313 | Still picture signal processing apparatus having high resolution image pickup device with 4-to-1 interlace A signal processing system for an image pickup device is so structured that an image pickup device having vertical effective pixels double the number of effective scan lines of broadcast television is horizontally scanned at a horizontal scan frequency of... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4884150 | Information reproducer A video signal reproducing system including a still picture reproduction function is provided with correction circuitry for preventing the line jitter problem which often occurs in conventional units. A memory circuit is provided which has a capacity of a... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4769720 | Processor for video signals obtained from an information carrier such as a magnetic tape A color television signal processor for signals reproduced from magnetic tape converts the signals to digital form at a sampling rate substantially equal to three times the color carrier frequency, incorporates a timing system that locks the sampling rate... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4725895 | Still picture reproduction system with color framing phase synchronization In a helical-scan video tape recorder, when the color framing of a reproduced video signal when a magnetic tape is stopped and of a reference video signal when an activation command signal is sent to control means for controlling a capstan motor do not co... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4717968 | Video player with power-down capability A video player includes a playback head that repeatedly passes in contact with a circular track on a flexible magnetic disk in order to reproduce a still picture on a video display. By cycling the player into a special quiescent state after a certain inte... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4613910 | Still picture to television signal conversion system A still picture to television signal conversion system for scanning a still picture to produce a video signal includes an image pickup device for scanning a still picture to form a video signal, which represents the still picture. A rotatable recording me... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4583131 | Method and apparatus for stop-motion playback of a record disc A video record medium, such as a record disc, for recording a composite video and audio signal suitable for stop-motion playback, with accompanying audio. Discrete segments of an analog audio signal are digitized and compressed in time and recorded on alt... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4553175 | Method/apparatus for playback of color video still pictures from a magnetic disk Apparatus and method are disclosed for playing back a video signal representative of a still image. The video signal is recorded on a magnetic recording disk in the form of three separate signals on three respective tracks; a color component signal on a c... | 11/12/1985 |
