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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6975738 | Television system with digital sound A television system of digital sound includes a color television and at least one pair of three-stage frequency-splitting column sound boxes with each having three speakers. A front digital processor and a power amplifier are arranged in the control circuit of the c... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972802 | Language filter for home TV A method and an apparatus for use in connection with home television video recording, playback, and viewing involving processing an electronic signal, including audio and video information, whereby the audio information, including digital representations thereof, is... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6867818 | Automated language filter for home TV A method and apparatus for analyzing the closed caption aspect of a video signal for specific undesirable words or phrases and then muting the audio portion of those words or phrases while not effecting the video portion therein while simultaneously modifying the cl... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6757485 | Apparatus for reproducing still picture from recording medium Compressed audio video data is constituted by a sequence of video information blocks each of which constitutes one unit by a predetermined number of I pictures, a predetermined number of P pictures and a predetermined number of B pictures. In a case of reproducing o... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6441868 | Image reproducing apparatus having a screen blanking function and a screen blanking method using the same An image reproducing apparatus having a screen blanking function for suspending image information displayed on a screen and a screen blanking method using the same are provided. The image reproducing apparatus includes a command applying circuit for apply... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6424341 | Device for and method of controlling OSD in muting video signals A device for controlling an OSD in muting video signals is adapted to eliminate an after-image of the OSD when muting the video signals in a display monitor having an OSD function by use of both hardware and software. The device includes: a microcomputer ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6337687 | Apparatus for controlling video mode of computer having LCD and method therefor A video mode controlling apparatus and method of a computer having a LCD is provided. The method includes the steps of checking whether or not the video mode to be changed by the mode change controlling information is supported by the video controller, tu... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6249322 | TV receiver, method of setting reception channel, and picture display method When an automatic programming process for searching receivable channels and presetting the receivable channels is executed or when an automatic erasing/adding process for adding or erasing a set channel is executed, a video signal of a master picture plan... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6166780 | Automated language filter A method and apparatus for analyzing the closed captioned aspect of a video signal for specific undesirable words or phrases and then muting the audio portion of those words or phrases while not affecting the video portion therein while simultaneously mod... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5999229 | TV picture control system with generation of signals for instantaneous blanking or blurring of the video signal while leaving the audio signal audible A TV picture control system includes a remote-control having standard input keys, a processing unit and a transmission transducer. The system also includes a TV set having a receiving transducer, a remote-control signal amplifying circuit, a remote-contro... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5786813 | Video display unit The invention relates to a video display unit (10) comprising a built-in power supply (5) and at least one electrically controlled power switch (4) for connecting mains voltage to the power supply. The power switch comprises at least one electrically cont... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5481299 | Power saving device for video screen A system for saving power used by a video screen including a comparator comparing the red, green blue signals to a reference signal and when all of these signals fall below a reference signal and stay below the reference signal for a preset period of time... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5455634 | Dark level restoring circuit for television receiver A dark level restoring circuit for a television receiver which receives a video signal, clamps a pedestal portion of the video signal to a reference pedestal level by a pedestal clamper, compares the output of the pedestal clamper with a reference dark le... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5387942 | System for controlling reception of video signals A method and system for controlling the reception of video signals in accordance with the program content of the signals is disclosed. In accordance with the invention, a digital program code is simultaneously transmitted along with the audio and video in... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5056138 | Television selection system A system connectable into standard television receiver systems for converting predetermined channels thereof to audio only channels and detecting selection of the predetermined channels to cause blanking of the picture tube at individual receivers in the ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4992872 | Method of synchronizing the horizontal deflection of electron beams in television receivers A process for synchronizing horizontal deflection of electron beams in television recievers having a reproduced picture with a visible component, when no transmission signals from a television transmitter are present. If an emitted signal is not available... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4837623 | Television interrupt circuit An interrupt circuit monitors a television audio demodulator or an external video input circuit and interrupts the video signal to CRT and the audio signal to television speaker(s) whenever a lost signal condition is detected. In the preferred embodiment,... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4605964 | Method and apparatus for editing the output of a television set In order to enable the editing of television programs in the home to exclude undesired sound or visual events (such as swearing or scenes of violence), these events are identified by coding inserted in the television signal prior to mass distribution. Pre... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4554584 | Video and audio blanking system An auxiliary circuit for remote control of television receiver blanking (audio and video) by digital code words transmitted as part of the video signal. The circuit detects and decodes the transmitted code and depending upon the code received, blanks eith... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4409626 | Video disc player having vertical timing signal generator A signal source continuously produces a horizontal timing signal proportional to the line rate of a recovered composite video signal. A vertical timing unit coupled to the source continuously produces a vertical timing signal proportional to the field rat... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4314285 | Editing system for video apparatus An advertising editing system for a video apparatus including a relay for controlling the operation of the video apparatus and a detector for sampling the voltage of the video signal and a comparator for comparing the sampled voltage amplitude with a refe... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4286281 | Video format signal recording and reproducing device A video format signal recording and reproducing device in which an identification signal is inserted into each frame of the video format signal for identifying whether the corresponding data is video or audio data. The identification signal may further be... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4279035 | Channel number entry system A keyboard-operated, microcomputer-controlled method and apparatus for selecting a channel in a television receiver. Following selection of the desired channel, appropriate tuning data is stored in memory with the channel number display updated to present... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4229765 | Remote audio and brightness control circuit for television A remote control switching circuit is provided for enabling a person watching and listening to television to edit out unwanted portions of a television program. Thus, while watching television, when an unwanted portion appears, the watcher uses a remote c... | 10/21/1980 |
