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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7280158 | Video synthesizing apparatus A data amount of a still image to be synthesized is reduced to shorten a transmission time and to reduce a memory utilization spent by the image. The display position of the still image to be synthesized is easily changed to improve operation efficiency. A video syn... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7199836 | Object-based audio-visual terminal and bitstream structure As information to be processed at an object-based video or audio-visual (AV) terminal, an object-oriented bitstream includes objects, composition information, and scene demarcation information. Such bitstream structure allows on-line editing, e.g. cut and paste, ins... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7095450 | Method and apparatus for generating a display signal Apparatus for interactively generating a display signal. The apparatus comprises: a receiver (2) for receiving a broadcast signal (15), the broadcast signal comprising a plurality of datastreams each including image data defining a background object ( | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6937255 | Imaging apparatus and method of the same An image apparatus and method of the same use a circular marker having two semicircular portions of first and second color areas separated by a center line. An image of a real space including the marker is acquired and an area of the marker is detected from the imag... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6911998 | Automatic conformal window sizing in a video imaging system An apparatus and method for generating a conformal window in a video tracking system. Each of the lines within the conformal window comprises a sub-window which is resized for each frame of video signal. The composite window comprising all the sub-windows is also re... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6686925 | System and method for generating high-luminance windows on a computer display device A system and method for generating high-luminance windows on a computer display device includes a video amplifier which provides video signals to a cathode ray tube, a window generator which provides a window signal to the video amplifier to generate the ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6678009 | Adjustable video display window A method of generating an adjustable video display window from an on screen display (OSD) bitmap is provided. The adjustable video display window masks undesirable video artifacts from a video display. The method includes generating an image pattern, the ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6670983 | Electric mask generating apparatus of electronic endoscope This electric mask generating apparatus reads mask bit string generation data, which has a configuration of one pixel per bit and is set in ROM, by a microcomputer, develops the mask bit string generation data in RAM, and thereafter writes the mask bit st... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6493036 | System and method for scaling real time video A video processing apparatus comprising: a selection unit which selects a portion of a first image for magnification; and a magnification unit which magnifies a portion of a second image corresponding to the portion of the first image, the second image be... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6204887 | Methods and apparatus for decoding and displaying multiple images using a common processor Methods and apparatus for processing data representing multiple image sequences, e.g., TV programs, and displaying multiple images from different video sequences in different windows of a single display screen are disclosed. The amount of system resources... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6108042 | Method and system for configuring a display An interactive video system is disclosed that processes a video data stream and an associated data stream corresponding to the video data stream. The interactive video system displays a video image defined by the video data stream on a display device and ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6034782 | Adaptive compression for printer I/O channel A cable test application is run in the host computer to determine whether the PC to printer connection is able to maintain at least a predetermined speed of data transfer. The cable test provides an accurate measure of the true throughput of the I/O conne... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5973751 | Picture replacement system and picture replacement method A picture replacement system for replacing a specified area of an original picture, with a desired picture comprising at least one camera for shooting an original picture of the subject; at least one irradiation unit for radiating a specified area of the ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5831591 | Information picture display device using a double-picture type screen In an information picture display device using a double-picture type screen, a TV microcomputer controls a double window processing unit, an information processing unit processes information data received from a value added network and recognizes a select... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5760838 | Method and system for configuring a display An interactive video system is disclosed that processes a video data stream and an associated data stream corresponding to the video data stream. The interactive video system displays a video image defined by the video data stream on a display device and ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5754230 | Image pickup apparatus with electronic viewfinder for synthesizing the sub image to a portion of the main image The present invention is directed to a video camera in which a field of vision can be confirmed with ease when a cameraman takes a picture. An image signal from a zoom (variable power) lens (1) is developed at an output terminal (7). A signal from a wide ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5742354 | Method for generating non-visible window edges in image compositing systems The invention is a method used with a system for compositing a foreground scene including a subject before a nonuniformly illuminated colored backing, and a background scene, and where the nonuniformity is nonlinear from side to side and/or nonlinear from... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5726716 | Perspective representation system for displaying portions of an original picture in a displayable picture In response to the designation of a rectangular partial region of an original picture to be reproduced, the designation of a rectangular partial region of the displayable picture at the reproduction end, and information corresponding relationship between ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5657096 | Real time video conferencing system and method with multilayer keying of multiple video images A video conferencing system and method that uses a central multimedia bridge to combine multimedia signals from a plurality of conference participants into a single composite signal for each participant. The system gives each conference participant the ab... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5608466 | Color picture synthesizer producing an accurate chroma-key despite variations in the intensity level of a designated color signal In a color picture synthesizer, an effective display area is predetermined. An intensity of a designated color in the area is compared to a maximum value and a minimum value. A chroma-key is generated for each intensity value within the range of the maxim... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5587723 | Display range control apparatus and external storage unit for use therewith A display range control apparatus includes an external storage unit in which position data representative of two points in a horizontal direction on a screen of a raster scan monitor are stored in advance together with still picture pattern data and chara... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5541662 | Content programmer control of video and data display using associated data An interactive video system is disclosed that processes a video data stream and an associated data stream corresponding to the video data stream. The interactive video system displays a video image defined by the video data stream on a display device and ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5519438 | Computer with a video subsystem that contains timers which are used to create calibration tables correlating time intervals with the decoding and converting of video input signals An apparatus and method for modifying the functionality of a computer system based on the dynamically determined operational capabilities of the system is disclosed. The system includes: 1) a video input component for receiving a video input stream includ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5488426 | Clock-setting apparatus and method utilizing broadcasting character recognition An automatic clock-setting apparatus and method, which can recognize clock-displaying characters as numerals included in a television broadcasting signal when the clock-displaying characters are displayed on a screen, and which can automatically set a cur... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5473371 | Window generating apparatus for use in a video camera A picture editing apparatus for use in a video camera that generates a video signal for a picture with successive video lines is capable of providing a window and a blank area within the picture. The apparatus comprises a selection button for generating a... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5446499 | Window signal generating apparatus An apparatus for use in a low-bit rate coding system is provided for preprocessing a video signal including interlaced even- and odd-numbered fields, each of the fields having video lines, and each of said lines consisting of pixels, resulting from scanni... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5436641 | Flexible graphics interface for multiple display modes A graphics interface circuit for connecting a serial output port of a video RAM to a RAMDAC to allow a user selectable color mode to be displayed wherein the selectable color modes allows one of 256, 32K, 64K or 16.7M colors to be displayed at one time. A... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5402513 | Video window generator with scalable video A pixel processor is disclosed which is comprised of a video window generator (VWG) (10). VWG (10) utilizes a conversion section for receiving an input video signal in a YUV 422 video format and converting it to an RGB video format. The conversion section... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5339104 | Motion detecting apparatus A motion detection apparatus capable of editing a monitoring range and of adjusting the motion indication and the indication level, which includes an analog/digital converter, a synchronous separator, a system clock generator, a microcomputer, a memory co... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5185808 | Method for merging images An imagery data mechanism for controllably merging separate, digitally formatted and arbitrarily shaped images eliminates overlap-edge artifacts by gradually blending a paste image (40) along its border (44) with a base image (30), regardless of the shape... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5140409 | Method and apparatus for deriving a color controlled video mixer keying signal For deriving a keying signal for a video mixer from a video pattern signal which may be derived by reference to the presence of a selected color in one of the video signals to be mixed, the level-shift voltage added to the video signal for producing the c... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5119082 | Color television window expansion and overscan correction for high-resolution raster graphics displays A video pixel presentation rate expansion circuit is provided for use with a high-resolution display system. The overall display system includes a high-resolution monitor, a computer for providing control signals, including a high-resolution frame buffer ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4953027 | OSD in a TV receiver including a window, smoothing and edge enhancing A TV receiver including a microprocessor and an on screen display on a single semiconductor chip. The OSD includes half dot logic and shifting to smooth the characters with a minimum of storage capacity required and the half dot logic is used in an edge e... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4947257 | Raster assembly processor A system for combining a plurality of video signals and various forms of still imagery such as text or graphics into a single high resolution display is disclosed. The invention system utilizes a multiport memory and a key based memory access system to fl... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4922345 | Processing of video image signals A control signal synchronized to a digital video signal to be processed and defining the position of a rectilinear line (51,52,53,54) relatively to the image frame (50) is generated by providing an initial value corresponding to the perpendicular distance... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4866524 | Television picture overlay management device In a system in which there are available several pictures the device according to the invention enables the management of the overlays of pictures by implementing a mechanism according to which transition points are defined during the scanning. At these t... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4835613 | Transition status display for video switcher A transition status display for a video switcher inserts a single, readable synopsis of a next transition event into a video output signal from the video switcher for display on a monitor. The synopsis is in the form of a window having a line segment repr... | 05/30/1989 |
