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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159612 | Apparatus, system, and method for processing digital audio/video signals Apparatus, system, and method for processing digital audio/video signals are described. In one embodiment, a decoder is configured to process an input signal having an analog television format. The decoder includes a signal detector, and the signal detector is confi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8045058 | Method of determining input port status in television receiver and television receiver using the same A method of determining the status of a plurality of input ports in a television receiver having a plurality of signal input ports, and including a main-screen signal processor and a sub-screen signal processor, automatically verifies the presence or absence of an i... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7995145 | Inline audio/visual conversion A system, method, and apparatus for inline audio/visual conversion are described. Power to an inline converter is provided over the A/V cable that couples the converter to a destination such as a selector. ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995144 | Optimized phase alignment in analog-to-digital conversion of video signals A digital video system (2) is disclosed, in which an analog input video signal is sampled at an optimum sample phase (Pnc), and converted to a digital datastream for display. A phase-locked loop (12) generates a plurality of sample clock pha... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7961255 | Television functionality on a chip A television on a chip (TVOC) system that provides a cost effective approach for providing television functionality on a single integrated circuit chip is disclosed. A TVOC includes the functionality necessary to receive and display television signals in a variety o... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7911535 | Image signal processing apparatus and method of controlling the same According to one embodiment, a memory stores demonstration image data. A set module outputs a set signal to order a demonstration. An image reading module reads the demonstration image data from the memory in response to the set signal. And a display control module ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7825987 | Information processor, TV system, control method and program An information processor enabling a digital broadcast to be viewed at a child device at a low cost, a TV system and a program are provided. Video decoders are corrected to the post-stage of demultiplexers, respectively, and video data of MPEG divided by the demultip... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7773155 | Broadcasting signal receiver and control method thereof A broadcasting signal receiver and a method of controlling the broadcasting signal receiver having a user selection unit, the method including: determining whether a plurality of channels that correspond to a selected channel exist; determining whether the plurality... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7742104 | Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus and a control method thereof is provided in which channels corresponding to a predetermined broadcasting format are displayed on a display unit even though they are not separately selected by a user as desired channels. A display apparatus includ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7679682 | Control method for integrating a display device with a digital television module A control method for integrating a display device with a digital television (DTV) module, which includes the steps: (A) using the display device to execute a system program; (B) determining whether the display device is in a digital television mode; (C) further dete... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7576803 | Processing circuit for processing horizontal and vertical synchronization signals A processing circuit for simplifying a plurality of types of synchronization signals into a single type of signal is described. The processing circuit has a first polarity converter, a second polarity converter, an extraction circuit, a removal circuit, a detection ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7567296 | Method and system for detecting and performing automatic bank switching for a filter coefficient ram A method for facilitating a dual-bank filter coefficient RAM designed to switch banks automatically during the vertical blanking interval in a television application. The method and system of the present invention allows a micro controller to program a new set of fi... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7554605 | Method for progressive and interlace TV signal simultaneous output A video signal transformation method and device for adapting display devices to heterogeneous signal formats, the method comprising the steps of: detecting a source video signal and the display format of a display device; and transforming the source video signal int... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7525600 | Single integrated high definition television (HDTV) chip for analog and digital reception Methods and systems for processing television signals are disclosed herein, and may comprise decoding a first analog video signal via an integrated circuit comprising circuitry for decoding and processing digital video signals. A second analog video signal may be si... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7511765 | Image processing apparatus and control method thereof An image processing apparatus receives a broadcast wave and reproduces a first image from a storage medium if a display mode of the image processing apparatus is a first display mode. The image processing apparatus starts recording a second image obtained from the b... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7495706 | Video signal setting device for performing output setting to a display device In a video signal setting device, first, a setting screen displaying section in a system controller displays a setting screen on a TV receiver by an interlace video signal. After that, a progressive outputting section outputs a progressive signal to the TV receiver ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7489362 | Television functionality on a chip A television on a chip (TVOC) system that provides a cost effective approach for providing television functionality on a single integrated circuit chip is disclosed. A TVOC includes the functionality necessary to receive and display television signals in a variety o... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7460175 | Supersampling of digital video output for multiple analog display formats An output pipeline for a video processing device provides supersampling of the output data the digital domain to eliminate or reduce unwanted frequency components in an analog output signal. An encoder converts a pixel stream to digital sample values for a target an... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7443452 | Method for simultaneously delivering ATSC/MPEG source material to dual modulated RF television outputs A single electronic device is disclosed that splits a transport stream in order to simultaneously produce NTSC and ATSC standard outputs with the same video and audio content so that the same content can be viewed side-by-side on a standard definition NTSC televisio... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443451 | Display device for simultaneously receiving digital signal and analog display signal A display device can simultaneously receive digital display signal and analog display signal and display a television program corresponding to one of the signals on a display panel. The display device includes the following components: a digital tuner, an analog/dig... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436457 | Analog/digital signal processor and analog/digital signal processing method An analog/digital signal processor outputting analog input signals without eliminating copy protection signals from analog input signals, analog input signals having been subjected to copy protection process such as macrovision without adding complicated processes. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432981 | Apparatus, system, and method for processing digital audio/video signals Apparatus, system, and method for processing digital audio/video signals are described. In one embodiment, a decoder is configured to process an input signal having an analog television format. The decoder includes a signal detector, and the signal detector is confi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432989 | Television tuner in which unnecessary radiation is reduced A television tuner includes a first high-frequency circuit for receiving VHF-band television signals, a second high-frequency circuit for receiving UHF-band television signals, and an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a first mixer, a second mixer,... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428022 | Multipath video reception system A system is presented for the multipath reception of video signals, including sound an/or image signals. The system includes at least two receivers and a diversity unit. At least one receiver receives and processes analog video signals, while the one or more remaini... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423693 | Video delay stabilization system and method A video delay stabilization system configured for multiple types of video input signals, includes a plurality of video processing modules, and a variable delay module. The plurality of video processing modules include at least one module that is selectively actuable... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420618 | Single chip multi-function display controller and method of use thereof A multi-function display controller that includes a source detector unit for determining if the source of an input stream is either film originated source originated or video source originated. A source converter unit for converting the input image stream to a commo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417689 | Apparatus for generating on-screen display in digital TV An apparatus for generating an OSD in a digital TV is provided, which comprises an OSD generator for generating an OSD associated with a digital broadcast received through a digital tuner and an OSD associated with an analog broadcast received through an analog tune... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414670 | Video signal output apparatus A video signal output apparatus is provided. Video format information that can be displayed on a video display apparatus is detected by an I/O unit from an input data. A comparing unit compares the detected video formats with video formats that can be converted by a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7400360 | Device for simultaneous display of video at two resolutions with different fractions of active regions An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a decoded video signal. The second circuit may be configured to generate (i) a first video output signal having a first resolution and (ii) a second video s... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400359 | Video stream routing and format conversion unit with audio delay An apparatus capable of establishing different video sample stream processing channels between a plurality of video sample stream inputs and a video sample stream output is described. The apparatus includes a multi-state routing network comprising wiring to route a ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394500 | World wide analog television signal receiver A TV signal reception system is configured to include adjustable components and a controller to provide instructions to adjust the adjustable components. By pre-arranging configurations corresponding to multiple variants of world wide TV standards, the TV signal rec... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394501 | Information display apparatus and display control method An information processing apparatus is disclosed that comprises a display device, first and a second display controllers, and a switch. The first display controller converts an externally input first video signal into a second video signal which can be displayed on ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7385648 | Image status information correction The present invention relates to a correction of image status information assigned on a local basis to a video image. Upon evaluating a predefined image portion comprising a plurality of image elements, incorrect determinations are detected and eliminated. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372505 | Programmably controlling video formats A video controller may include at least one video input port which may be programmably configured to receive either RGB or non-RGB color space signals. The video controller may programmably operate in either an RGB or non-RGB mode. In this way, the number of color s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365798 | Video signal identification device and video signal identification method The procedure of the invention acquires a maximum RB value, which is a largest value of an R signal component and a B signal component, on the assumption that the signal format of an input video signal is an RGB signal, and obtains an RGB probability corresponding t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362383 | System, method and apparatus for utilizing a single video input of an electronic audio/visual signal receiver as an input for multiple video signal formats A system, method, and apparatus for utilizing a single video input for receiving multiple video format signals in an electronic video receiver. The single video input includes a set of inputs to accommodate a component video signal from any one of a multitude of vid... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359336 | Simultaneous broadcasting receiver A simultaneous broadcasting receiver of this invention receives simultaneously both analog and digital broadcasts transmitting an identical content, changes input systems according to a reception status of the digital broadcast, and is configured in such a way that ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358882 | Video processing method and apparatus A video processing method and apparatus to employing an analog user interface and a digital video decoder. A working mode is provided, according to which analog control signals from the analog user interface are selectively directed to an analog-to-digital converter... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349029 | Method and apparatus for de-interlacing interlaced video fields originating from a progressive video source A method for de-interlacing an interlaced video signal includes generating a per-field motion pattern set for a subject video field, where the motion pattern set comprises a same-parity motion pattern and an opposite-parity motion pattern pair, providing a plurality... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349027 | Scan converter The scan converter comprises first and second memories 3, 7, a frame memory 5; having a write period and a read period, a video data input circuit 2 for writing data at a first transfer rate into the memory 3, a video data output circuit ... | 03/25/2008 |
