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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7057585 | Setting method for average picture level and method of driving plasma display panel using the same A method may be provided for setting an average picture level. This may include setting an average picture level with a fixed number of steps based on a pre-determined gray level range, deriving a low brightness intensifying coefficient, deriving a high brightness i... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050114 | Picture signal contrast control The present invention relates to controlling contrast in at least part of a picture. The contrast control is performed by reducing the saturation (2–4) of the picture during contrast increase (1). ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6825887 | Color component signal interface circuit An interface circuit 13 is provided for a display apparatus 3 such as a television. The display apparatus 3 comprises a video signal processing circuit 8 for processing a composite video signal to derive color component signals having var... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6792141 | Infrared detection system and method with histogram based manual level and gain control with local gain clipping A system and method for processing digital video. The invention allows for manual level and gain adjustment of the video similar to that used in a histogram based automatic level and gain control system using a cumulative distribution function. Level changes are mad... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6556254 | Black and white level stabilization In a black and white level stabilization device, an OSD signal generator (OSD-SG) generates black and white reference signals (OSD-R/G/B), amplifying circuits (VA-R/G/B) amplify the black and white reference signals (OSD-R/G/B) or RGB signals (Ri, Gi, Bi)... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6342927 | Video display apparatus having an on-screen display and method for controlling brightness thereof A video display apparatus for controlling the brightness of a display screen having an on-screen display portion in which the on-screen display can be satisfactorily read regardless of the picture brightness includes a display screen, circuitry for displa... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6005636 | System for setting user-adjustable image processing parameters in a video system An image parameter adjustment system for use with a video display having a display surface area. A video image processing unit is connected to the video display and adapted to control the appearance of a video image displayed on the video display. The app... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5886750 | Television receiver including shading correction without deteriorating S/N ratio In a television receiver, shading correction is carried out without deteriorating the S/N ratio. In a television receiver including a CRT, and a shading corrector for supplying an image signal to a cathode of the CRT (cathode-ray tube) and for correcting ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5828351 | Method and apparatus of adjusting monitor display A method and apparatus of adjusting the display of the monitor by modifying the parameter values of the adjustable display functions. When the user begins to press the select key on the control panel, the display of the monitor is altered by recursively v... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5703661 | Image screen adjustment apparatus for video monitor A control apparatus adapted to adjust the image screen display characteristics of a video monitor. The apparatus comprises a microprocessor, an encoder, and a rotary input signal processor. The microprocessor implements operation and adjustment control of... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5481318 | Television receiver with additional display of characters A television receiver displays characters within a box on a display screen wherein the normal picture is also displayed within the box. Circuitry in the receiver permits a display of the normal picture within the box for viewing the total picture while ac... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5446483 | Variable speed controller for an electronic display An electronic display and electronic display controller is provided for quickly and precisely adjusting visibility parameters of an object being displayed. The electronic display controller includes a clocking circuit capable of producing varying frequenc... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5418576 | Television receiver with perceived contrast reduction in a predetermined area of a picture where text is superimposed The television receiver includes a text generation mechanism which is capable of superimposing text on a received picture. In order to make the text more legible, while still retaining picture information a reduced contrast area is formed around the text.... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5357279 | Automatic knee control circuit An automatic knee control circuit including a knee circuit for setting a knee point and a knee slope, a detecting circuit for detecting an output signal of the knee circuit and a comparing circuit for comparing an output of the detecting circuit with a re... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5345278 | Contrast and brightness control for television receiver with teletext Disclosed is a circuit for commonly controlling the contrast and brightness of both TV and TTX pictures in a TV receiver with TTX. A microcomputer processes the user's key-input for controlling the contrast and brightness of the TV or TTX pictures to gene... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5255080 | Contrast corrector for video signal For a video apparatus such as a television receiver, a gray level correcting device is provided to correct luminance and color saturation of a video signal, thereby making the reproduced image clear and vivid. In this device, at least one of the differenc... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5134490 | Beam current limiter with brightness control threshold extension A brightness limiter is responsive to a beam current control signal in a predetermined range of beam current operating values with an extended operating threshold for reducing brightness and reducing beam current. Operation of the brightness limiter respo... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5072299 | Sharpness up/down circuit for VCR controlled by a remote controller and control method thereof A VCR sharpness up/down circuit controlled by a remote controller for allowing a remote control of VCR sharpness properly by pressing a sharpness-up key or a sharpness-down key on the remote controller with the construction of a sharpness driving unit and... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5040065 | Video image reproducing apparatus provided with a contrast adjustment device, and method of adjusting the contrast in such a reproducing apparatus The readjustment of the image contrast is effected by a processing circuit (12) of the video signal, provided with a contrast control terminal (21). Among the devices which automatically act on the contrast, the device for comparing the peak values of the... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4769708 | Manual and automatic ambient light sensitive picture control for a television receiver In a television receiver, a contrast control signal for controlling the amplitude of a video signal is a function of a manual contrast control component provided by a viewer, and an automatic contrast control component provided by a light sensitive circui... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4731653 | Multi-channel, controlled amplification factor electronic amplifier construction, particularly for color TV contrast adjustment The multi-channel amplifier is placed on a common substrate to form a hybrid circuit network, for example a common silicon chip. A source of control voltage is provided connected in common to the base terminals of a pair of transistors, which have their e... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4623933 | Video camera gain control circuit A circuit for controlling the gain of an amplifier typically used in a video camera has a automatic gain control circuit to provide the camera output signal within predetermined limits and a switch to permit exclusion of the automatic gain control feature... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4589022 | Brightness control system for CRT video display A video brightness control system for high performance CRT displays including a buffer amplifier for receiving high speed video information and applying it to a gain control variable resistor serving as a contrast control. An ambient light sensor drives a... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4564856 | Apparatus providing automatic and manual control of setup adjustments for TV cameras Apparatus for automatically and/or manually controlling setup of a device such as a color television camera. The system includes a closed loop automatic setup system which provides at least one setup control signal to the camera and, during a specific aut... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4451849 | Plural operating mode ambient light responsive television picture control The contrast of an image reproduced by a television receiver is manually adjustable by means of a picture control potentiometer, and automatically adjustable by means of an ambient light responsive circuit. Automatic picture control is accomplished select... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4403253 | Uniform distribution video processor with controlled reference voltages A video processor that provides non-linear amplification of an input video signal by automatically modulating a non-linear transfer function of an amplifier having a plurality of piece-wise, analog-to-digital (A/D) converter sections. Each A/D converter h... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4366440 | Adjustable contrast compressor A feedback amplifier is configured as a contrast compressor for video signals including a reference blanking level. A feedback resistance is divided into two resistors coupled at a juncture. Contrast compression is accomplished by a diode coupled to the j... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4257064 | Wideband linear video contrast control The nonlinearity between the gate voltage of a first field effect transistor and its source-to-drain impedance is compensated for by a feedback differential amplifier circuit using a reference field effect transistor identical to the first field effect tr... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4220972 | Low contrast object extraction device A system for automatic thresholding video data to educe and detect objects of interest from both high and low contrast imagery is disclosured here, which makes an object screening system adaptive to changing scene intensity and contrast levels automatical... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4170025 | Low contrast measurement apparatus A low contrast measurement apparatus for electronically measuring video signal modulation under low contrast scene conditions. The measurement apparatus utilizes a low contrast periodic optical bar chart in conjunction with a filter-integrator processor t... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4081838 | Contrast control circuitry for a video processing system A video processing system for a television receiver is shown. The video processing system includes a gain controlled stage through which a video signal is coupled. The gain of the stage is controlled to provide contrast control of the video signal. The ga... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4062042 | D.C. controlled attenuator A D.C. controlled attenuator which is particularly useful as a D.C. controlled video attenuation circuit providing three tracking channels that can be used as a tracking contrast control in an RGB monitor includes an integrated circuit having at least six... | 12/06/1977 |
| 3969579 | Contrast, brightness and peaking control circuit A secondary control circuit including contrast control, brightness control, and a peaking circuit means are all disposed on a printed circuit board and coupled into the video circuit of a television receiver by one pair of connectors.... | 07/13/1976 |
