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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7411604 | Synchronization of a stereoscopic camera A method for synchronizing the recordings of two video cameras which are operated in parallel for the three-dimensional representation of an image sequence includes fading a light signal into the image area of the two cameras and simultaneously recording the light s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7283177 | Method and apparatus for controlling the functions of an image capturing apparatus A control apparatus for remotely controlling one of adjusting functions of an image capturing apparatus, including contrast, gamma, sharpness, and aperture. The control apparatus transmits to the image capture apparatus a first command requesting a current value of ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7260149 | Digital data transmission apparatus, digital data reception apparatus, digital broadcast reception apparatus, digital data transmission method, digital data reception method, digital broadcast reception method, and computer program A multiplexer 106 conducts time division multiplexing on various data trains input from a digital broadcast reception tuner 103 and various interfaces 104 and 105 while adding packet arrival time correction information. A demultiplexer | 08/21/2007 |
| 7215379 | Alternative video sync detector A circuit for generating video synchronization timing signals includes a negative peak detector (FIG. 5) for following variations of a composite video signal (FIG. 1), rather than clamping the most negative voltage of the composite video signal. The ne... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6977692 | Alternative video sync detector A circuit for generating video synchronization timing signals includes a negative peak detector (FIG. 5) for following variations of a composite video signal (FIG. 1), rather than clamping the most negative voltage of the composite video signal. The ne... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6947060 | Image forming apparatus, electron beam apparatus, modulation circuit, and image-forming apparatus driving method An image forming apparatus which performs pulsewidth modulation with a pulsewidth set by counting a clock. Especially, for grayscale level correction by setting the frequency of the clock, the periodic clock is counted, and an output pattern is changed in accordance... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6833877 | RF converter having multiple AV/S terminals The present invention has multiple AV/S terminals, an RF modulator, a S/AV signal converter and multiple switches. The switches connect the AV/S terminals with the RF outputs to allow the AV/S signal from the special AV/S terminal input into the RF modulator to be c... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6826247 | Digital phase lock loop A system includes a digital phase lock loop (PLL) constructed from an all digital circuit implementation and standard cell construction. The digital PLL includes a digital frequency synthesizer and a digital phase detector. The digital frequency synthesizer includes... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6573943 | Alternative video sync detector A circuit for generating video synchronization timing signals includes a negative peak detector (FIG. 5) for following variations of a composite video signal (FIG. 1), rather than clamping the most negative voltage of the composite video signal. The negat... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6556247 | Method and system for decoding data in the horizontal overscan portion of a video signal The present invention relate to method and apparatus for processing a video signal to decode data previously encoded into the video signal. One aspect of the invention relates to a method for detecting a first line of a data sequence encoded in a digital ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6469751 | Remote control device and computer readable recording medium for recording a remote control program In the remote control device a receiver receives a signal corresponding to a command issued from a remote controller group to a control object appliance. A command string analyzing section registers in a database in a nonvolatile memory a plurality of com... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6373503 | Multimedia computer and television apparatus A multimedia computer and television apparatus (10) includes a dual mode monitor portion (20) adapted to display either or both a TV broadcast signal or computer (data) signal, connected to a computer portion (30) configured for both Internet access and t... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6072533 | Signal discriminator and sync signal generator A sync signal generator with a signal discriminator comprising an input terminal supplied with a fist signal or a second signal of a higher frequency; a clock signal generating circuit; a first counter reset by the first or second signal received from an ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5784099 | Video camera and method for generating time varying video images in response to a capture signal A method and video camera for generating time varying video images. A first capture signal is received from a video processing system by a video camera, which captures a first set of one or more video frames in response to the first capture signal and tra... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5675355 | Automated coherent clock synthesis for matrix display To interface a video/graphic controller, which produces conventional, ana video output signals, suitable mostly for CRT type displays, to a matrix display, one of the video output signals, for example the horizontal sync signal, is encoded with the clock... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5504533 | Image pickup apparatus for synthesizing image signals and image signal processing system A system for synthesizing an image signal for a main scene with a plurality of image signals from image pickup devices for taking inset scenes displays the inset scenes over the main scene on a single screen. The system forms a signal representative of a ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5489945 | Timing logic system and method for selectably controlling a high resolution charge coupled device image sensor of the type having two line pixel registers to provide a high resolution mode and alternatively a television resolution mode of picture imaging A timing logic system which includes a generic television-standard timing generator selectably provides precisely timed horizontal and vertical control signals for controlling the operation of a high resolution charge coupled device (CCD) image sensor of ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5483290 | Video camera apparatus including programmable timing generation circuit A video camera in which an output signal from a solid-state image sensor is converted into the corresponding digital signal at the horizontal reading cycle of the output signal, and the digital signal is digital-processed with a first predetermined clock ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5448568 | System of transmitting an interactive TV signal Apparatus and a method for formatting executable codes and data, defining interactive applications, with video and audio program material, for reliable and convenient access includes compressing (18, 21) audio and video programs according to a protocol su... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5441414 | Audio-visual dummy An audio-visual dummy including a rigid anthropomorphic structure with, instead of a head, a monitor for delivering an audiovisual message. The monitor is connected to a message reader system. The rigid structures can be placed on a base. The base include... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5402172 | Image signal processing device having phase reference signal adding function An image signal processing device for processing an image signal is arranged to temporarily store the image signal inputted and a reference signal generated, and, after that, to read out the signals stored. This arrangement enables the signal processing d... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5321509 | Apparatus and method for controlling a charge coupled device image sensor to provide sequential output of video image signals Apparatus and method for controlling a charge coupled device (CCD) image sensor provides, in accordance with a television standard, horizontal and vertical CCD control signals to obtain a purely sequential mode of operation on the one hand, and alternativ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5315387 | Horizontal synchronization circuit A horizontal synchronization circuit uses a standard decoder to generate a stable first signal locked in frequency and phase to horizontal synchronizing pulses in a composite video signal. A waveshaping circuit reshapes the first signal to generate a seco... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5255092 | Pick-up and/or display device, and an imaging system comprising such a device A pick-up and/or display device comprises a memory in which a video signal is written at a write frequency under the control of a clock and is read therefrom at a read frequency. Image expansion or image compression can thus be realized. The clock, a cloc... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5187582 | Solid-state image pickup apparatus for inserting an image in a main screen A solid-state image pickup apparatus using a CCD image pickup element for monitoring. This CCD image pickup apparatus is incorporated in a monitor camera so that a plurality monitor images are simultaneously displayed on a single CRT display. To insert a ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5097325 | Circular scanning system for an integrated camera and panoramic catadioptric display A circular scanning system for an integrated camera and catadioptric display has a photon camera tube with a scanning beam, a pixel clock generator for generating a pixel clock signal, a clock dividing arrangement for generating beam rotation signals, and... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5046162 | Image input device having color filters and filter position detector An image input device for inputting a light image of an object with the use of a filter unit having at least two color filters for receiving the light image and separating the light image into the color light components corresponding to the color filter e... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4841363 | Endoscopic video system An endoscopic television system includes: a character generator which is controlled by a keyboard to store characters selected by actuation of the keyboard in a character store; an image control trigger by synchronization pulses derived from an endoscopic... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4670782 | Television video pattern generator system A television video pattern generator system comprises a keyboard for entering pulse width and timing parameters for a video scanning rate. The individual incremental pulse width and timing parameters for the horizontal and vertical synchronizing waveforms... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4604646 | Video processing circuit A video processing circuit separates chrominance and luminance signals and processes the same separately from synchronizing information whereby the video signal may be reformed with a selected video level, selected color saturation, and selected chroma hu... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4567521 | Processor controlled digital video sync generation A microprocessor-based video sync generation technique wherein the microprocessor stores a table of transition times and at each time supplies appropriate control signals to a digital-to-analog converter to cause it to generate the desired sync waveform.... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4445140 | Electronic image stabilization system An imaging system in which the line of sight defined by the spatial position of optical and detector elements in such system is movable in a first axis by a signal which is used to modulate a bias or mid position of a scanning mirror included in such opti... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4426660 | Stylus for detecting signals recorded as geometric variations and method for making the same A stylus for use in detecting signals as electrostatic capacitance variations of the information recorded in the form of geometric variations on a surface of a recording disc comprises a diamond body and a stylus electrode formed on a surface of the diamo... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4424528 | Video circuit A video processing circuit separates chrominance and luminance signals and processes the same separately from synchronizing information whereby the video signal may be reformed with a selected video level, selected color saturation, and selected chroma hu... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4307419 | Video disc signal surface imaging apparatus A synchronous pulse generator responsive to a set condition of a memory produces a burst of N timing pulses within a period of time T for each M revolutions of a video disc player turntable. The timing pulses are converted to an analog voltage for applica... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4222074 | Horizontal synchronizing system A horizontal synchronizing signal from a reference source is sampled at the vertical rate by a first sampling gate controlled by a vertical rate signal from a reference source. A signal related to the output of a horizontal frequency synchronizing pulse g... | 09/09/1980 |
