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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7791674 | Scaler and method of scaling a data signal A scaler and method of scaling a data signal. In an example, the scaler may include an offset calculator receiving a data signal including a first signal (e.g., a chrominance signal) and a second signal (e.g., a luminance signal) and determining an initial offset re... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7348992 | Apparatus for and method of color compensation An apparatus for color compensation includes a chroma deflection generation unit to calculate a chroma deflection based on an input chroma signal and a predetermined first reference value, a hue deflection generation unit to calculate a hue deflection based on an in... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7061509 | Method and apparatus for keying of secondary video into primary video Apparatus for inserting an externally supplied video image into a computer graphics image. A TV card (131), responsive to synchronization signals, is connected to a video source to receive and convert an input video stream and also connected to provide a scal... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6999097 | Method of displaying a graphic containing contours on a display unit Displaying a graphics such as for example a diagram or a map on a display unit of a portable device requires a reduction in the number of pixels. In each case this requires a decomposition of the graphic into a number of blocks. To do this each block is usually subj... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6970175 | Digital prepress color mixing tools A digital prepress color mixing tool is described, including suggestions for how to implement the tool within a native artwork production environment, such as Adobe Illustrator™. The invention allows for the prepress work of applying color mixtures to be accomplis... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6956625 | Image processing apparatus and method for realizing panorama/waterglass functions An image processing apparatus and method for realizing panorama/waterglass functions, which are capable of reducing the size of a memory and simplifying memory control, are provided. In order to write a plurality of consecutive pixel data into memory devices, and si... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6829016 | Digital still camera system and method A digital image two-step resizing of filtering an entire image followed by selective row and column deletions. The filtering may use a kernel generated as three samples from a continuous kernel. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6795083 | Color enhancement of analog video for digital video systems A method and system enhances the color of an image by manipulating the chrominance and/or luminance signals of the image. Specifically, a color enhancement system sharpens color changes for better picture quality on digital display systems. In one embodiment of the ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6784941 | Digital camera with video input A digital camera with video input is disclosed. An image sensor is provided to capture an image and convert the captured image into R/G/B image signals the are processed by a video signal processing unit for being converted into pixel data having a first format. A T... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6690826 | System and method for detecting text in mixed graphics data A system and method for identifying whether sample values of pixel samples in a sample region have two or fewer different sample values represented, such as in graphics data representing text images. Identification is performed by hierarchically dividing ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6628823 | Pictorial digital image processing incorporating adjustments to compensate for dynamic range differences Image-dependent tone and color reproduction processing of digital images is accomplished by creating a spatially blurred and sub-sampled version of the original image, and applying knowledge of the capture device physical characteristics to obtain statist... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6618032 | Display apparatus having functions of displaying video signals as enlarged/thinned pictures A display apparatus comprises driving a circuit having: a field discriminating circuit; a copy/thinning discriminating circuit; a pulse generating circuit for generating copy clock pulse signals in a horizontal period in addition to original clock pulse s... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6563945 | Pictorial digital image processing incorporating image and output device modifications Image-dependent tone and color reproduction processing of digital images is accomplished by creating a spatially blurred and sub-sampled version of the original image, and applying knowledge of the capture device physical characteristics to obtain statist... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6462783 | Picture encoding method and apparatus A picture recording method for recording original picture data encodes the original picture so that the entirety of the original picture is displayed at its original resolution on a television monitor after being decoded. The method involves first scaling... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6226040 | Apparatus for converting video signal Apparatus for generating at least a selected area in a picture is disclosed herein. The picture and the selected area are displayed on a video display means, and the user can optionally adjust the position and size of the selected area. The apparatus incl... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6219464 | Source data interpolation method and apparatus A method of generating an upsampled target pixel positioned between two lines of input source data includes the step of comparing pixels of different lines of the source data in a region surrounding the upsampled target pixel to be generated in at least t... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6219104 | Picture processing apparatus and processing method An interpolation interval Vdp obtained by the picture sizes of the original picture and the converted picture is cumulated by an adder. In the odd field, a selector selects [0.5] as an offset corresponding to an odd/even field determination sig... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6191823 | Analog/digital color video apparatus and method for adjusting attributes of a color video signal using digital signal processing An analog/digital color video apparatus for adjusting attributes of a color image contained in an analog video signal and a digital video signal and visually displaying an attribute-adjusted color image on a display is provided. When an attribute of an an... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6122012 | Method of selective color control of digital video images A method of selective color control of a digital video image, using a digital technique. The method features using simple Look-Up-Tables (LUTs), whose values are calculated from uniquely defined color control functions, to digitally change the saturation ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5991463 | Source data interpolation method and apparatus A method of generating an upsampled target pixel positioned between two lines of input source data includes the step of comparing pixels of different lines of the source data in a region surrounding the upsampled target pixel to be generated in at least t... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5959685 | Character display apparatus According to this character display apparatus, a limit of a frequency band of a character display signal is removed and small characters, etc., also can be displayed satisfactorily. A sync signal from a sync separating circuit (4) is supplied to a charact... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5898464 | Image outline enhancing method and circuit thereof A method which can be used to enhance an outline of an image displayed in an image display apparatus such as a television receiver, and a circuit performing the method. The circuit includes a peaking signal generation circuit which generates a first peaki... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5745186 | Video signal processing circuit for reducing a video signal A 4:4:4 component video signal comprising a luminance signal Y and color-difference signals Cb and Cr is transformed to a 4:1:1 component coded video signal coded by a coding device, reducing processing is carried out after transformation and the result i... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5703659 | Method of reducing and magnifying picture size of a video composite signal A method is provided for reducing or magnifying the picture size of a video composite signal with the use of fewer memories than a conventional video composite signal processor which processes pixel data after being converted into R, G, B signals. A video... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5668604 | Horizontal magnifying circuit for video signals In a structure composed having a one-bit counter, a D-FF, a selector, and an AND gate, while the signal level of a thin-out signal is low, a read clock signal of a line memory is thinned out. Thus, video signals (a Y signal, a CR signal, and a CB signal) ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5666548 | Process of extracting and processing information in a vertical interval of a video signal transmitted over a personal computer bus A computer implemented process for extracting and processing information in a vertical interval of a video signal comprising a plurality of video lines selects a portion of the vertical interval from the video lines as the video lines are coupled to a com... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5065230 | Video signal processor for simultaneously reproducing a plurality of video information on a single monitor picture tube A video signal processing apparatus which includes a clock signal generator for generating a clock signal in synchronism with a color synchronizing signal contained in an incoming video signal. This clock signal has a frequency equal to a multiple of the ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5047839 | Image squeezing circuit for squeezing ordinary-sized image into smaller area An image squeezing circuit produces an output image carrying signal for reproducing a small-sized image 1/m times larger than an ordinary-sized image (where m is an integer not less than two), and an input image carrying signal is separated for producing ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4918526 | Apparatus and method for video signal image processing under control of a data processing system In order to process video images under control of a data processing system, a video signal processing device is described that can be coupled to a data processing system interface unit. The video signal processing device includes two image frame buffers a... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4727411 | Mirror image generator for composite signals with chroma inversion The mirror image generator for composite signals with chroma inversion includes a first step of orthogonally modulating first and second color difference signals by first and second subcarriers where the subcarriers have 0° and 270° phases with respect ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4667222 | Television effects system for manipulating composite color television signals This invention discloses a system for manipulating color television images transmitted in the NTSC system of television. Manipulation is by known methods which involve storing in a memory picture data as transmitted in the television signal and restructur... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4296434 | Method of and apparatus for movement portrayal with a raster e.g. television, display To portray movement in a television display, a field of the signal is stored in an image store (110), and subsequent input fields are compared in a motion detector (104) with the stored field to detect differences between them due to movement. A flag is r... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4139799 | Convergence device for color television receiver Disclosed are a convergence device consisting of a circuit for generating a signal in synchronism with the horizontal sync signal and a circuit for generating a sinusoidal waveform current in response to the output signal from the signal generating circui... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4063280 | Chroma-signal processing system Chroma-signal processing system is disclosed wherein a color television signal is sampled at a frequency equal to a sub-carrier frequency multiplied by an integer, and chroma-components of the sampled signals are sequentially stored in a plurality of stor... | 12/13/1977 |
