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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7302113 | Displaying digital images A method of displaying digital images comprises the steps of using a processor to determine an extent of similarity between a first image part and a second image part, displaying a first image part from a viewpoint and transitioning to displaying a second image part... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7248303 | Information processing apparatus capable of displaying moving image data in full screen mode and display control method An information processing apparatus including: a display that is capable of displaying moving image data in a full screen mode; a first signal processing section that generates a signal for forming the moving image data to be displayed on the display; a second signa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7030872 | Image data editing A computer based image data processing system reads image data from a framestore and processes this data in response to user commands. In order to effect these commands the user is provided with a graphical user interface. In the interface a first region is displaye... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6924821 | Processing pipeline responsive to input and output frame rates An image processing system processes image data in response to a sequence of image processing steps defined by a process tree (800). The process tree comprises a plurality of interconnected nodes (801-813), including input nodes (801-804) and at... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6909451 | Method for generating video programs, variants, and system for realizing this method The invention relates to television, interactive television, user interfaces, video conferences and may be used in the creation of video programs with interactive interaction between participants of video programs and objects generated by a computer program. The tec... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6888577 | Image compositing device, recording medium, and program An image compositing apparatus of the present invention composites a video image and a plurality of graphical images together into a final composite image. The image compositing apparatus includes a first obtaining unit, a first compositing unit, a calculating unit,... | 05/03/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6747705 | Method and apparatus for creating non-linear motion picture transitions Creating a transition between a first sequence of video frames and a second sequence of video frames. The method includes storing a table of values that express a non-linear response to certain levels of light, generating a transition between the sequences, and adju... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6674485 | Apparatus and method for image compositing The present invention provides an image compositing apparatus capable of producing a natural composite image, with a simple structure and a less occupying space. The present invention also provides a method for compositing an image by providing shadow-fre... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6532043 | Media pipeline with multichannel video processing and playback with compressed data streams A media pipeline with two channels processes sequences of digital still images. A blender is provided so as to enable simple effects on these two streams of video data such as dissolves, wipes and chroma keys. Complex arbitrary three-dimensional effects a... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6456336 | Signal generator A signal generator for use in a wipe generator comprises a first ramp generator which produces a video ramp signal R1 for each pixel of a predetermined set of pixels h where h=0 to n of each of a predetermined set of video lines v where v=0 to m, of a pic... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6396547 | Signal generator A wipe pattern comprises a series of horizontal rows, R0-R4. As the wipe proceeds first video Y in a row is replaced by second video X. The wipe proceeds from row to row. The wipe may progress from left to right from the top row to the bottom or from righ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6362855 | Special-effect-waveform generator To provide a special-effect-waveform generator capable of corresponding to signal formats of various television systems such as SDTV, EDTV-2, and HDTV. The special-effect-waveform generator is provided with a pulse generation circuit 11 for generating a c... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6295096 | Edge key generating method and edge key generating apparatus To enable interlacing edge-generating means to be used for a progressive image signal that is separated into lines as two sequences of signals, the present invention comprises a pre-edge processing circuit (11) that executes appropriate pre-edge processin... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6243143 | Effecting video transitions between video streams Combining first and second video streams into a combined output video stream by using a gradient table listing gradient values for pixels in a video frame to address a look up table of key values, and combining pixel values of the first and second video s... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6172717 | Apparatus and methods for synthesizing foreground and background images An image processing unit is provided to solve the problem of an aliasing usually occurred when a foreground image and a background image are synthesized by using a key signal; this image processing unit comprises: an image filter circuit that applies to t... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6069669 | Video window control apparatus and method thereof An improved video window control apparatus and a method thereof which are capable of generating a plurality of video windows on a television or a computer monitor, controlling the size and position thereof, and providing a video window overlap function an... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6043852 | Wipe pattern generating apparatus A wipe pattern generating apparatus includes a first memory for storing polar coordinate data of the contour of a wipe pattern, a polar coordinate data forming unit for forming polar coordinate data indicating the position of the pixels on a display scree... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5959697 | Method and system for detecting dissolve transitions in a video signal A method and system for detecting dissolve transitions in a digital video signal made up of a series of video images is disclosed. In accordance with the method of the invention, a plurality of the video images are segmented into a number of cells wherein... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5929934 | Key signal processing apparatus for video signal processing A key signal processing apparatus for video signal processing including a signal delay circuit for successively delaying by 1 clock units a key input signal, used for applying a special effect to a video signal, and outputting the delayed key signal; a si... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5831638 | Graphics display system and method for providing internally timed time-varying properties of display attributes A graphics display subsystem providing internally timed time-varying properties of display attributes is provided. The graphics display subsystem comprises a display device for displaying consecutive image frames of pixels having a variable display proper... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5825433 | Video mixing apparatus A video mixing apparatus for mixing a first video signal and a second video signal in accordance with a first key signal and a second key signal. The video mixing apparatus includes a key signal mixer for receiving the first and second key signals and gen... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5822016 | Key signal processing apparatus for video signal processing A key signal processing apparatus for video signal processing including a signal delay circuit for successively delaying by 1 clock units a key input signal, used for applying a special effect to a video signal, and outputting the delayed key signal; a si... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5812216 | Method and apparatus for creating motion picture transitions according to non-linear light response Creating a transition between a first sequence of video frames and a second sequence of video frames. The method includes storing a table of values that express a non-linear response to certain levels of light, generating a transition between the sequence... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5793440 | Key signal processing apparatus for video signal processing A key signal processing apparatus for video signal processing including a signal delay circuit for successively delaying by 1 clock units a key input signal, used for applying a special effect to a video signal, and outputting the delayed key signal; a si... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5726717 | Method and user interface for creating, specifying and adjusting motion picture transitions Method and apparatus for editing transitions between sequences of video frames, generally including simultaneously displaying the frames in the first and second sequences that are at the beginning of the transition, and the frames in the first and second ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5528310 | Method and apparatus for creating motion picture transitions according to non-linear light response Creating a transition between a first sequence of video frames and a second sequence of video frames. The method includes storing a table of values that express a non-linear response to certain levels of light, generating a transition between the sequence... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5477276 | Digital signal processing apparatus for achieving fade-in and fade-out effects on digital video signals Digital signal processing apparatus in which compressed frequency components of a digital signal are processed to selectively achieve fade-in, fade-out and scene change effects and where the digital signal is scrambled (and subsequently descrambled) in wh... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5440348 | Method and user interface for creating, specifying and adjusting motion picture transitions Method and apparatus for editing transitions between sequences of video frames, generally including simultaneously displaying the frames in the first and second sequences that are at the beginning of the transition, and the frames in the first and second ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5428401 | Improvements in or relating to video image keying systems and methods An image processing system operates on first and second image data (V and Bg) to produce data defining a combined image. The first image data (V) represents a keyed image comprising a first object (F) keyed over a portion of a first background (B) in acco... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5355173 | Image processing system with external storage of special effect data An image processing system for applying a video special effect to input image data. The system comprises a memory for storing image processing data; a coefficient generator for generating coefficients on the basis of the image processing data stored in th... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5349388 | Video signal generating apparatus A video signal generating apparatus comprises a first microprocessor (10) including a memory (16) for receiving and storing in non-real time instructions for the generation of a range of video signals, such as test patterns, digital multi-effect keys or w... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5206729 | Image switching apparatus for producing special video effects Image switching apparatus for selecting first or second video signals to be broadcasted, displayed or recorded, thereby producing special video effects. The output of a random noise generator is filtered by a filtering device having a variable filter char... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5194952 | Video processing system having improved transition control and display A digital video processing system can generate a linear input signal which is representative of a linear transition between video signals. The system can also generate a non-linear signal representative of a non-linear transition and display the non-linea... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5115314 | Video keying circuitry incorporating time division multiplexing Multi-keying circuitry for inserting a plurality of keys into a background television signal where at least the keying signal processing circuitry is time shared by control circuitry to effect the key insertions. The control circuitry includes dual port r... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5077610 | Previewing cuts and transformations in an electronic image composition system An electronic image composition system in which in a preview mode of operation an image or image portion is manipulated and displayed substantially in real-time. In a compositing mode the image is finally composed (or stuck) into a background image. Durin... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5046165 | Controlling the combining of video signals Apparatus for controlling the combining of video signals includes a field rate microprocessor (10) that generaes edge data defining the edges of a polygonal first picture (KP) which is to be keyed into a second picture (B) to produce a composite picture. ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5014128 | Video interface circuit for displaying capturing and mixing a live video image with computer graphics on a video monitor A video interface circuit for displaying the output of a video camera on a video monitor of the type used for displaying computer output data. In a first mode of operation, data from a video camera is stored in a first video memory while data previously s... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4991014 | Key signal producing apparatus for video picture composition First and second memories are provided for receiving key signals which control a display to output a video composition made up of a plurality of video signals. The key signals are received from a key signal generator in synchronism with the speed of the k... | 02/05/1991 |
