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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7339628 | Method and apparatus to improve decoding of composite video signals Video decoder systems in which both the analog-to-digital converter and the composite decoder are driven by the stable sample clock, such as a crystal source. The outputs of the composite decoder are provided to a source rate converter, having an output that is prov... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324160 | De-interlacing apparatus with a noise reduction/removal device A de-interlacing apparatus with a noise reduction/removal device. The noise reduction/removal device can include a motion prediction unit that predicts motion vectors between an image one period ahead of a previous image and a current image with respect to individua... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7295248 | External synchronous signal generating circuit and phase difference measuring circuit An external synchronous signal circuit comprises: means for measuring a phase difference between the external frame synchronous signal (FRM_SYNC) and the frame synchronous signal (FRM) of the digital video signal; means for generating a signal (EXT_H) having the sam... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292709 | System for transmitting patient information A plurality of nodes are connected to a network. A first node converts the image signals into image signal data and transmits the same. A second node converts the biological signals into biological signal data and transmits the same. A third node receives the image ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7266171 | Phase-locked loop circuit and radio communication apparatus using the same A communication apparatus includes a phase-locked loop circuit which receives a first signal having a frequency and converts it into an output signal having a transmission frequency and includes a current output type phase comparator which converts a phase differenc... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253842 | Locking display pixel clock to input frame rate To match the output frame rates to the input frame rates, a display clock signal is generated that has a frequency locked to the frequency of a reference clock signal. To generate the display clock signal, the period of the vertical incoming data clock is measured u... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7215378 | Method for centering and dimensioning an image on a cathode-ray tube A method for centering and dimensioning an image on a cathode ray tube receiving display signals supplied by a display calculator includes measuring durations of vertical black edges of the image, and modifying adjustment values for a horizontal centering of the ima... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7151537 | Method and device for adjusting the phase for flat screens A method and a device for correcting the phase between the pixel clock of a graphics card and the sampling clock of a flat-panel display with an analog interface in a system including a flat-panel display, graphics card, and computer. Automatic adjustment of the pha... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7136109 | Self-adjusting pixel clock and method therefor A pixel clock generating circuit is provided in which a digital circuit generates a first signal corresponding to the relative frequency of the pixel clock as compared with a predetermined desired pixel clock frequency. An analog circuit is electrically coupled to t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7102690 | Clock signal synthesizer with multiple frequency outputs and method for synthesizing clock signal A method for synthesizing a clock signal with multiple frequency outputs for use in a converter for converting a non-interlacing scan data into an interlacing scan data is disclosed. The converter provides a first reference clock signal with a frequency F1. T... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099407 | Phase frequency synchronism circuitry and optical receiver In order to solve the problem that since a loop filter constant suitable for asynchronous state cannot be selected in the conventional phase frequency synchronism circuit, it takes a long time to synchronize the input data and the clock signal from the asynchronous ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7061540 | Programmable display timing generator A display timing generator is provided for selecting line types and providing synchronization timing signals for video signals. The display timing generator provides programmability for the user to select line types for a frame to be displayed on a display. The line... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053959 | Digital video encoder A mask circuit masks a digital video signal so that a video signal of an analog video signal is not outputted for a predetermined period after the start of output of a horizontal synchronizing signal of the analog video signal. A period of masking the digital video ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7015973 | Method and apparatus for generating coast signal for image processing A method and an apparatus for generating a coast signal for enabling or disabling a phase comparator in a phase-locked loop of image processing apparatus. The phase-locked loop generates a sampling clock signal, which is used to convert an analog image signal into a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009604 | Frame detector for use in graphics systems One embodiment of a method of frame detection may involve storing data indicative of a pulse duration and a number of successive occurrences of pulses having that pulse duration for each of several different pulse durations detected within a first field of a composi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6909428 | Signal converter device The present invention provides a device for signal transfer, which outputs a treatment signal relating to a vertical-horizontal composite sync signal of a monitor and an integrated signal of the vertical-horizontal composite sync signal. There is a plurality of logi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6847409 | Video switching detecting circuit The object of the invention is to provide a video switchover detection circuit that reduces the circuit scale and allows high-accuracy detection with a smaller-scale configuration. According to the invention, the video switchover detection circuit comprises a... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6839092 | Feed forward error correction in video decoder In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention a microprocessor in the horizontal phased lock loop reads the horizontal timing with respect to the sync input and provides an increment inch to the horizontal discrete time oscillator to make corr... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6833875 | Multi-standard video decoder A video decoder for decoding a composite video signal. The decoder includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), an input resampler, and a Y/C separator, all coupled in series. The ADC receives and digitizes the composite video signal to generate ADC samples. The i... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6803965 | Method of and apparatus for measuring horizontal frequency A method of measuring horizontal frequency, which comprises the steps of resetting an 8-bit counter, which counts horizontal synchronous pulses separated from a video signal, at a time point corresponding to an edge of a vertical synchronous signal separated from th... | 10/12/2004 |
| RE38618 | Method and apparatus for automatic pixel clock phase and frequency correction in analog to digital video signal conversion A method for producing a digital video signal from an analog video signal, the analog video signal including an analog video data signal that is raster scanned in lines across a CRT screen to form consecutive frames of video information, the raster scanning controll... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6801246 | Method and apparatus for detecting change in video source material A signal processing method and apparatus in which a horizontal and/or vertical synchronizing signal related to a received video signal is monitored to determine if a relatively large change has occurred in the respective vertical and/or horizontal time period such t... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6720946 | Display device and interface circuit for the display device The present invention is directed to a display device such as a liquid crystal display including: a horizontal clock counter and a vertical clock counter which count each clock signal every horizontal cycle and every vertical cycle for a valid data period of a data ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6628254 | Display device and interface circuit for the display device The present invention is directed to a display device such as a liquid crystal display including: a horizontal clock counter and a vertical clock counter which count each clock signal every horizontal cycle and every vertical cycle for a valid data period... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6577322 | Method and apparatus for converting video signal resolution A method and apparatus for converting a digital video signal, to a signal having a resolution that matches a display device, by using simple hardware alone. When a digital video signal is input together with a data enable (DE) signal and a dot clock (DCLK... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6573944 | Horizontal synchronization for digital television receiver A horizontal synchronizing system, comprising: a source of a horizontal synchronizing signal; a source of first and second higher frequency horizontal drive signals; a phase detector for generating a first control voltage responsive to the horizontal sync... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6532042 | Clock supply device for use in digital video apparatus A clock generating device for use in a digital video apparatus generates display clock matching an input video format. The clock generating device generates a clock of a frequency which is a predetermined number of times greater than the clock necessary f... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6515708 | Clock generator, and image displaying apparatus and method A clock generator is provided which comprises a reference signal generator; a voltage controller/generator to generate a dot clock signal; a frequency divider to divide the frequency of the dot clock signal supplied from the voltage controller/generator; ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6473134 | Television receiver that detects electric field information from a received television signal and stabilizes a detected synchronizing signal according to the electric field information A television signal receiver has: receiving means for receiving a television signal; detecting means for detecting a pulse of a video signal obtained from the receiving means; phase detecting means for detecting the phase of the pulse; video signal stabil... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6400409 | Control of horizontal frequency selection An apparatus displays pictures from sources having a plurality of horizontal frequencies. A scanning generator is operable at the plurality of frequencies and comprises an oscillator generating a signal. A divider with two selectable counts is coupled to ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6366327 | Vertical sync detection and output for video decoder A technique for detecting three modes of video input signal and outputting a vertical sync signal based on the input signal. In a first mode, a standard video signal is received and a line counter is used to decode and output the vertical sync. In a secon... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6297850 | Sync signal generating apparatus and method for a video signal processor A sync signal generating apparatus and method for video signal processor are disclosed comprising an image processor processing either an input digital television video signal or an input analog television video signal to display one of the signals; a dis... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6233020 | Phase lock loop with selectable response A video display apparatus for pictures from broadcast sources having standard or high definition, which may also display computer generated images. To display this range of sources a horizontal frequency signal generator is selectably operable at a plural... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6211920 | Circuit for the treatment of synchronization signals A signal treatment circuit treats an input signal containing line sync pulses used for displaying data on a screen. The circuit contains a phase locked loop to control horizontal sweeping according to active edges of line sync pulses, and a filter circuit... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6137537 | Television receiver for receiving multi-standards A multi-standard television receiver in accordance with the present invention includes a plurality of video signal processing blocks having tristate functions at their output terminals, at least one memory block used in common for a plurality of video sig... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6097440 | Synchronous processing device A synchronous control device is disclosed which is capable of obtaining stable synchronization regardless of the kind of image source even when the automatic synchronous control circuit cannot operate in the normal manner. The device includes a phase comp... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6052153 | Synchronization circuit and methods for screens with scanning circuits that reduce the effects of variations in frequency of an input signal Disclosed is a synchronization circuit that can be applied in the field of monitors and, especially, in the field of television receivers. The disclosed circuit comprises circuits to analyse and correct the horizontal and vertical synchronization signals ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6049358 | Counter control circuit for controlling counter having a pulse period measuring function A counter control circuit of a counter for measuring a pulse period of a video synchronization signal includes a main control unit having a synchronization signal input Sync, and a control signal producing unit including a stop signal generator, a latch s... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6037994 | Sync signal processing device for combined video appliance A sync signal processing device for a combined video appliance capable of directly processing a personal computer (PC) signal through a television (TV) receiver circuit to achieve the horizontal and vertical driving and deflection. The device can prevent ... | 03/14/2000 |
