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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6661463 | Methods and devices for time-varying selection and arrangement of data points with particular application to the creation of NTSC-compatible HDTV signals Processes for selecting, manipulating and arranging data points or pixels derived from information bearing signals are useful to reduce the bandwidth of, or improve the perceived quality of, such a signal as transmitted and displayed. The techniques utili... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6025882 | Methods and devices for incorporating additional information such as HDTV side strips into the blanking intervals of a previous frame Methods and devices for incorporating additional information, such as HDTV side strips, into the blanking intervals of a previous frame. These may be used in conjunction with Inventor's time-varying STS techniques or otherwise. The information thus incorp... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5826165 | Advertisement reconciliation system The apparatus and method of the present invention utilize the digital packetized transmission features of a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) system to provide an automated and efficient method of conducting advertisement reconciliation. The apparatus and ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5731844 | Television scheduling system for displaying a grid representing scheduled layout and selecting a programming parameter for display or recording A computer method and system for providing a user with efficient selection of a television program to view or record. The method provides concurrent display of a television schedule with a graphic description and a textual description of the television pr... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5229847 | Television signal processing system including modulated auxiliary carrier In one embodiment an encoded compatible widescreen television signal includes first and second auxiliary carriers amplitude modulated with side panel chrominance information. The first and second auxiliary carriers exhibit a significant phase shift (e.g.,... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5191417 | Compatible EDTV system providing multi-aspect ratio display on EDTV and conventional television receivers An extended definition television (EDTV) system transmits, receives and displays both EDTV and conventional signals using a NTSC channel bandwidth. The system produces an EDTV broadcast signal having a picture with a 16:9 aspect ratio and at least one adj... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5155580 | Side panel signal processor for a widescreen television system In a television signal processing system of the type which encodes an auxiliary carrier modulated with auxiliary image information in line format, which carrier is placed within the spectral band of standard television signal components, and wherein the m... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5128761 | Method and apparatus from transmitting augmentation panel components on one channel of a two channel wide aspect ratio television signal transmission system Each line of a wide aspect ratio television signal is divided into a main panel component and two augmentation panel components for transmission or storage. The two augmentation panels are transmitted in a multiplex analog format on the same channel. They... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5097332 | Processing method for wide-aspect-ratio television signal for standards-compatible transmission and display A television signal processing method for processing a wide-aspect-ratio television signal into a conventional four-to-three standard aspect ratio signal for transmission and display. The method includes an encoding process and a decoding process for wide... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4912549 | Video signal synchronization system as for an extended definition widescreen television signal processing system Apparatus and method of synchronizing the component signals of a multi-component augmented television signal between its generation reception are disclosed. The disclosed apparatus includes circuitry which generates a training signal that indicates the po... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4729012 | Dual mode television receiver for displaying wide screen and standard aspect ratio video signals A wide aspect ratio television system includes memories for storing and recovering a video input signal in response to read and write clock pulses, respectively. Write clock pulses are deleted to compress edge regions of a wide aspect ratio input signal a... | 03/01/1988 |
