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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7319493 | Apparatus and program for setting video processing parameters A video signal processing apparatus 1 and a video processing parameter setting apparatus 2 comprise a video processing apparatus (visual mixer). A parameter value collectively specifying portion 3 specifies in accordance with the order stored in... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7167197 | Apparatus and method to evaluate an illuminated panel An apparatus to evaluate an illuminated panel comprises a camera to acquire a real-time digital color image of the illuminated panel and a stored digital color image of a standard illuminated panel. A monitor is provided to alternately display the real-time image an... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7050112 | Method and device for displaying at least two images within one combined picture A device for processing a first video signal and a second video signal that contain image data which overlap within a combined picture includes a processing element and a controller. The processing element receives the first video signal containing first image pixel... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042525 | Video indexing and image retrieval system A video segmentation system generates an S-distance measurement that is a representation of the similarity between adjacent frames of a video sequence. The video segmentation system employs frequency decomposition of a direct current (DC) luminance signal of a compr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7009655 | Method and system for direct recording of video information onto a disk medium A method for converting video information from an incoming format to an outgoing format using a process free from one or more intermediary files. The method includes receiving video information in a first format and receiving a desired output media format based upon... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006156 | Image data output device and receiving device Image data scaled by a scaling circuit and then multiplied by a weighting factor by a weighting factor multiplier circuit and an on-screen-display (OSD) data multiplied by a weighting factor by a weighting factor multiplier circuit and then scaled by a scaling circu... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6988805 | Image projection lighting device An improved image projection lighting device is disclosed. Commands received by a communications port of the base housing may be acted upon to change zoom and focus values of a zoom and focus lens. A cooling system may be provided which compares an input air tempera... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6975310 | Fade controller for providing programmable fade rates for on-screen display (OSD) window A fade controller for providing programmable fade rates for an on-screen display (OSD) window within a video display. Simple digital circuitry is used to control the size and dimensions of the OSD window and the rates at which it opens vertically and horizontally fo... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6831704 | Linking external devices to switcher transitions An improved video production architecture adds an additional transition element for controlling external devices in synchronism with a given transition so that the transition is treated like a simple mix or wipe. The additional transition element is a “Trigger” ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6721361 | Video processing system including advanced scene break detection methods for fades, dissolves and flashes The invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting a scene transition in digitized video data. The method includes determining if a gradual transition is detected in the video data that ends with a current frame based at least on the current frame and one o... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6625214 | Apparatus and method for fade detecting and information encoding An fade detection device detects fade transitions in a image data signal used for image data compression provided with: an inter-frame difference calculation device calculates the absolute value of the difference at each pixel between two frames, and the ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6606081 | Moveable magnetic devices for electronic graphic displays The invention includes moveable magnetic devices, for use in conjunction with electronic displays associated with computers and electronic devices enable manual input devices and control devices to be joined to the display, whereby the electronic device m... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6587155 | Fading of main video signal without affecting display of superimposed video signal A fade circuit adjusts the luma as well as one or more chroma components of a main video so that the fade ins and fade outs of the main video do not change the color of an on-screen display image, such as the volume bar. In one embodiment, luma component ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6473465 | Method and apparatus for video coding at high efficiency High efficiency coding method and apparatus of a video data, in which even from video data in a fade-in or fade-out state, coded video data which does not cause a deterioration of a picture quality upon decoding of said video data can be obtained. When th... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6462785 | Motion display technique When there is an inability to convey motion that is occurring in the frames of a video source by a full-frame-rate transmission, a surrogate effect, other than another form of motion, may be used as a compensation technique to better convey motion to a vi... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459453 | System for displaying a television signal on a computer monitor An apparatus and method for displaying a television signal on a computer monitor first receives a selected first field data block of the television signal for display by the monitor. The television signal preferably includes a stream of first field data b... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6459733 | Apparatus and method for encoding video images including fade transition Video images including a fade transition are encoded using inter-frame prediction. A fade detector is provided to detect a fade transition by way of analyzing incoming images successively applied thereto. The fade detector generates first information indi... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6421498 | Image signal processing apparatus and method for cross-fading moving image signals Apparatus and method for cross-fading moving image signals include structure and steps for temporarily storing moving image signals in a memory for a predetermined period of time. Moving image signals read out from the memory and newly-input moving image ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6362857 | Video signal distribution device with storage for assignment prescription data In a video signal distribution device (1) having operating elements (14, 15) and a control device (13) for evaluating the operating state of the operating elements (14, 15) and for forming a video output signal from a multitude of video source signals (7,... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6323914 | Compressed video recording device with integrated effects processing A method and system are provided for real-time special effects processing, compressing and storing video signals. A memory is provided for storing plural frames including a sequence of one or more uncompressed frames. One or more processors are also provi... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6233021 | Method for replacing parts of a digitally coded picture, and device for carrying out the method A method for replacing parts of a digitally coded picture (11) is proposed. The digitally coded picture (11) may correspond to a sub-picture which is displayed on the screen of a television set (10). In the method, each line of the picture (11) is run len... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6184934 | Video signal processing apparatus and composite image adjustment method A video signal processing apparatus inputting a plurality of video signals, making the plurality of video signals in parallel in order to display them as one image and setting peripheral parts of images which are adjacent to each other when they are place... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6151564 | Coded object system and code recognition methods Disclosed is a method of characterizing a coded object having a plurality of regions. A luminosity value of a first region of the coded object is compared to a luminosity value of a second region of the coded object, wherein the second region's color is k... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6128046 | Key signal generating apparatus and picture synthesis apparatus, and key signal generating method and picture synthesis method In this invention, when the portion from which a key signal is to be generated of picture is caused to be foreground F, the portion except for the above is caused to be background B, and pixel value of pixels constituting that picture is designate... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6115076 | Compressed video recording device with non-destructive effects addition A method and system are provided for capturing and compressing an original uncompressed video signal which enables decoding and reversible reconstruction of a decompressed version of the original video signal. The system includes an input for receiving a ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6094205 | Sharpness control In a method of enhancing a quality of a video signal (Yin), an absolute value (ST) of a first derivative of the video signal (Yin) is obtained (51-59), and the video signal (Yin) is processed (53-57, 61-69) in dependence upon the absolute value (ST) of th... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6084641 | Fade detector for digital video Static fade in a digital video image is detected. A difference in luminance intensity is determined for correspondingly positioned pixels in successive images. A variance in the difference is determined, and then normalized according to a mean squared val... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6040875 | Method to compensate for a fade in a digital video input sequence A method to compensate for a fade in a digital video input sequence is provided where the video input sequence is to be compressed according to the MPEG-2 video compression standard. The method comprises a first step of dividing each frame of a current fr... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5990977 | Picture switching apparatus for executing a fade-out/fade-in processing A picture switching apparatus for executing a fade-out/fade-in processing between adjacent video recording files includes a multiplier for multiplying a decoded video data with a multiplication coefficient (1-km), a multiplier for multiplying an output da... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5966162 | Method and apparatus for masking the effects of latency in an interactive information distribution system A method and apparatus for masking the effects of latency within an information distribution system. The apparatus comprises a set top terminal that requests and receives information from an information server within the information distribution system. T... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5920360 | Method and system for detecting fade transitions in a video signal A method and system for detecting fade 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 eac... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5852438 | Video editor For the sake of improving the operability in edits of audio and video signals in a video editor, the video editor of the present invention is constituted in such that at least two types each of audio and video signals are inputted, and levels of the audio... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5818542 | Processing image data Image data is processed in the form of digitized frames on a video clip. A first clip is received in combination with a second clip. Frames are alternately supplied from each of said clips to a real time rendering device configured to produce a viewable c... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5786864 | Moving picture processing apparatus and method wherein image data and special effects data are transmitted in common Moving-picture processing apparatus and method wherein image data and special effects data are transmitted in common in a time-division manner includes receiving structure and method for receiving, in a time-division manner, (i) coded digital moving-pictu... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5781227 | Method and apparatus for masking the effects of latency in an interactive information distribution system A method and apparatus for masking the effects of latency within an information distribution system. The apparatus comprises a set top terminal that requests and receives information from an information server within the information distribution system. T... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5771316 | Fade detection A rate control algorithm for an MPEG-2 compliant encoder is described. The rate control algorithm has embodiments useful for constant bit rate and variable bit rate encoding. In particular, the invention relates to fade detection.... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5751351 | Video camera apparatus with inhibition of image display during initialization A video camera apparatus includes a lens for forming an image, a camera circuit for converting the image formed by the lens into an image signal and outputting the image signal, and a controlling circuit for performing an initialization operation in which... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5689310 | Fader device A fader device for processing picture data supplied from outside, such as from a video tape recorder or a camera, with fade-in or fade-out processing with a desired color. For fade-in, a subtractor subtracts the color picture data supplied from a designat... | 11/18/1997 |
