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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 |
| 7414672 | Method and apparatus of processing video signals A method for processing video signals for a video signal processing apparatus is provided which is capable of processing and displaying a plurality of video signals through different paths. The method includes the steps of standardizing the respective video signals ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7363645 | Interactive electronic program guide for use with television delivery system An interactive electronic program guide is disclosed for use with a television delivery system. The guide is generated by a set top terminal that receives a television signal from an operations center and extracts from the signal individual programs for display on a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7260829 | Terminal with multiple audio and video A novel advanced set top terminal capable of digital decompression, displaying picture-on-picture, outputting multiple video channels, outputting multiple audio signals, outputting multiple audio channels corresponding to a single video channel, and other advanced f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7227582 | Graphics display system with video synchronization feature A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, graphics input and audio input simultaneously. The system includes a video decoder having a chroma-... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224403 | Televised scoreboard or statistics presentation with colors corresponding to players' uniforms A method and apparatus for allowing a television viewer to quickly and easily relate the teams' names and scores to the players are disclosed. The teams' names and scores are presented on a small scoreboard or banner on the television screen, and either the backgrou... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7206029 | Picture-in-picture repositioning and/or resizing based on video content analysis A video display device, such as a television, having a picture-in-picture (PIP) display and a processor. The processor detects cues, such as color/texture/events/behaviors, etc., present in a primary display image, that is overlaid by the PIP. These cues are utilize... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7184097 | On-screen display apparatus The present invention provides an on-screen display apparatus which can eliminate variations in the DC level at a time when an input chroma signal and an OSD chroma signal are switched, and prevent an erroneous display of color. The on-screen display apparatus of th... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7088376 | Display apparatus capable of indicating a picture-in-picture function in monitor A display apparatus, and more particularly, a display apparatus capable of indicating a picture-in-picture (PIP) function on a color display tube (CDT) monitor, is provided. The display apparatus includes a signal dispensing unit for dispensing an output signal outp... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7027616 | Monitoring system In transmitting image data from multiple cameras to an image processing section to produce a synthesized image from respective camera images, the amount of data transmitted through a transmission path can be cut down without sacrificing the quality of the synthesize... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010215 | Device and method for compressing images Video decoder decodes pictures B0, B1, I2, B3 of GOP-3 which have been read out from a recording medium along with recording of new compressed picture data onto the recording medium thereafter to further decode pictures B4, P5 | 03/07/2006 |
| 6980257 | Plural-source, selectable, combined image/text single-screen display A plural-source-capable, broadcast-reception, audio/video system and methodology which freely enable the simultaneous display, on a single television receiver screen, of different categories of these broadcast-information components which may be being broadcast at t... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980256 | Instant replay of digital video optimized using non MPEG frame tags A method and device for providing instant replay in an MPEG video decoder. The method and device provides non-MPEG frame tags for correlation of the frames in the decompressed domain to the frames in the compressed domain. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6972806 | Method and apparatus for preventing data corruption from video related enhancements An apparatus and a method for processing auxiliary data included in a video signal, in particular auxiliary data included in the vertical blanking interval of a television signal. The present invention recognizes that comb filtering of a television signal before pro... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970181 | Bandwidth conserving near-end picture-in-picture video applications A method, system and article of manufacturer is provided to improve the quality of service and image display in videotelephony systems by combining digital zooming techniques and picture-in-picture functionality to conserve bandwidth and enhance selected portions of... | 11/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6931660 | Interactive television system and method for simultaneous transmission and rendering of multiple MPEG-encoded video streams A system and method for the simultaneous transmission and rendition of multiple MPEG-encoded digital video signal streams in an interactive television application are disclosed. Simultaneous transmission and rendition of multiple MPEG-encoded digital video signal st... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927801 | Video signal processing apparatus and video displaying apparatus A video signal processing apparatus processes input video signals. A video signal source supplies the input video signals carrying at least a first video signal that is an interlaced signal having 480 effective scanning lines and a second video signal that is an int... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924846 | Information processing apparatus, graphic processing unit, graphic processing method, storage medium, and computer program An information processing apparatus obtains a first image and display timing information of the first image via a first channel, and a second image via a second channel different from the first channel. The information processing apparatus includes a main CPU for pr... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6903781 | Video signal processing apparatus A video signal processing apparatus comprises a sub-screen processing integrated circuit for subjecting a sub-screen video signal to scale-down processing to reduce its display region and output the sub-screen video signal, and a main-screen processing integrated ci... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6897904 | Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tuners A system or method selects among multiple tuners to tune a particular channel. A request is received to tune a first channel. In response to this request, a first tuner is assigned to tune the first channel. A request is received to tune a second channel. If the pro... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6833874 | Ticker tape picture-in-picture system A ticker tape PiP system that provides for viewing the ticker tape image portion from one image signal (e.g., a ticker tape image portion of a television image signal), while viewing at least a portion of an image from a different image signal (i.e., a standard tele... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6829015 | Device and method for realizing transparency in an on screen display Disclosed is a device and method for realizing transparency. When a user requests a transparent function, a specific background color that is selected to be transparent by the user is identified in an OSD transparent mode and an image with YUV image data inserted in... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6822699 | Cathode ray tube and method of displaying picture A main picture is displayed in monochrome in a main picture display area by emission of a first phosphor layer formed of a white emission phosphor. A second phosphor layer formed of a phosphor different from the first phosphor layer is provided in a region different... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6788308 | System and method for improving the readability of text Display data comprising text and a background are processed. A combination of the text and background is evaluated against one or more objective criteria to provide one or more objective values. A determination is made whether the one or more objective values exceed... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6678006 | Method and apparatus for video processing that includes sub-picture scaling A method and apparatus for processing DVD video data and sub-picture data is accomplished by storing a line of DVD video data and at least a partially decoded portion of DVD sub-picture data. The partially decoded DVD sub-picture data is still in an encod... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6642934 | Color mapped and direct color OSD region processor with support for 4:2:2 profile decode function An on-screen display (OSD) processor, processing method and article of manufacture are provided having a color mapped mode, direct color mode, and 4:2:2 profile mode. The OSD processor implements both color mapped OSD region processing capability and dire... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6542162 | Color mapped and direct color OSD region processor with support for 4:2:2 profile decode function An on-screen display (OSD) processor, processing method and article of manufacture are provided having a color mapped mode, direct color mode, and 4:2:2 profile mode. The OSD processor implements both color mapped OSD region processing capability and dire... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6421094 | HDTV video display processor A HDTV video processor includes a data input part for processing the video data having different image formats, format information and control signals; a memory interfacer for imaging the access to the memory, a format converter converting the input data ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6414722 | Process and system for formulating digital images resulting from auxiliary graphical elements inlaid into main images The compressed data of an auxiliary stream of data, defining an auxiliary image, is decoded on the fly during the display of each main image into which this auxiliary image is to be inset. The data is decoded to deliver luminance and chrominance values in... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6384868 | Multi-screen display apparatus and video switching processing apparatus When a sub-image (A) and a sub-image (B) are displayed as semi-moving pictures on a multi-screen, the fields of the input sub-images (A) and (B) are determined. By setting the field determination result as one condition for a write to the memory 114, the ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6359657 | Simultaneously displaying a graphic image and video image A method and arrangement for simultaneously displaying a graphic image (23) (e.g., a control menu of a television receiver or video recorder) and a video image (22). In order to achieve optimal legibility of the menu without fully obscuring the underlying... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6346971 | Picture synthesizing system includes a color table conversion section A picture synthesizing system includes a main picture decoding section, sub-picture decoding section, color table conversion section, sub-picture data conversion section, and picture synthesizing section. The main picture decoding section decodes main pic... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6323913 | Circuit configuration for color decoding and decimation for a video signal The circuit configuration provides for the combined color decoding and decimation of a video signal, particularly for picture-in-picture insertion in television sets. The color subcarrier is determined from a video signal for the purpose of recovering the... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6285409 | Method and device for producing frames around video images A method for producing a frame around a video image includes the step of placing subframes around a base frame. The subframes have an offset with respect to the base frame, in order to generate a plastic impression of the frame. The base frame and the sub... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6061098 | Circuit configuration for filtering and decimating a video signal The circuit simultaneously filters and decimates a video signal formed with samples for luminance and chrominance. A subcircuit provides the samples in distinct sequences with alternate luminance and chrominance values. A filter stage is provided which co... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6034677 | Method and apparatus for displaying an electronic program guide A method and apparatus for displaying programming information by translating the display of a broadcast of a program are provided. Programming information is displayed along with the program broadcast on the screen such that no portion of the broadcast is... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6025884 | Multimedia display monitor apparatus A video display monitor apparatus has a composite input circuit, which receives either a composite TV signal or an additional composite television signal supplied from a video player such as a video cassette recorder, separates horizontal and vertical syn... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5999226 | Dual-screen apparatus capable of preventing jitter and screen cutoff An apparatus for composing two screens in a television which is capable of solving the problems of a jitter and a screen being cut off at the top and bottom portions caused by a non reference signal in composing two screens, includes a line memory for sto... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995161 | Digital video processor with subvideo processor An improved architecture for a digital video processor that processes subvideo data to be superimposed on a main video image during a display image scanning process. The improved digital video processor divides and partitions the execution of subvideo dat... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5978046 | Television receiver with picture-in-picture function displays titles of reduced screen programs In a television receiver having a function of picture-in-picture, a character caption on a sub-screen is displayed at an easy-to-see position to enable the content of the sub-screen to be easily understood while looking at the main screen, wherein when ei... | 11/02/1999 |
