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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5781847 | Microwave transmitter and communications system In multiple-channel microwave transmitters and communications systems, such as multi-point video distribution systems operating at frequencies of around 29 GHz or 40 GHz, good frequency stability for each of the channel frequencies is achieved with a feed... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778136 | Multi-scene recording medium wherein related data segments of simultaneously proceeding scenes are recorded alternatingly and continuously thereon A multi-scene recording disk and a data reproducing apparatus, which enable a user to select and enjoy one of simultaneously proceeding scenes, and also enables a program editor to edit programs using a new concept and novel fashion. Related program movem... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5758296 | Mobile telephone receiver with adaptively inserted if filters and an if filter inserting method A mobile telephone receiver, utilized in a cellular communications system, is provided with a group of IF bandpass filters which are arranged in parallel and which respectively have different passbands with each other. The IF filter group allows an incomi... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5757424 | High-resolution video conferencing system A system enables high-resolution videoconferencing images to be transmitted, without extreme demands on bandwidth. A mosaicing camera sequentially samples a series of small portions of a general scene, and a composite image of the entire general scene is ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5748830 | Color signal processor for removing leakage components A color signal processor is provided for removing a leakage component from a harmonic wave of a color signal, which causes crosstalk on a screen when a video signal is reproduced from or recorded on a recording medium. To remove the leakage component of t... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745177 | Pickup device for reading pen The invention relates to an optical pickup device usable in television cameras,intended in particular for reading documents and comprising a pickup lens system. The optical device according to the invention comprises an aiming window, a selective mirror l... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5742731 | Multi-scene recording medium for alternatingly and continuously recording program information items corresponding to different views of an event, and a method and apparatus for reproducing data therefrom A multi-scene recording disk and a data reproducing apparatus, which enables a user to select and enjoy one of simultaneously proceeding scenes, and also enables a program editor to edit programs using a new concept and novel fashion. Related program move... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5737476 | Automatic editing method and apparatus of a video signal An automatic editing method of a video signal and apparatus, therefor which automatically erases unwanted scenes of video signals recorded on a source tape and performs an edit-recording operation. The automatic editing apparatus of video signals sets sta... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734426 | Method of automatic exposure control in a MOS imaging array In a MOS imaging array, it is important to control the exposure time of the array to incident light. For varying changes in ambient light, the exposure time of the array must be changed. The present invention describes a method for controlling the exposur... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5724470 | Television signal recording/reproducing apparatus and method with DC shifter Recording and reproducing a television signal with a DC shifter prevents compression distortion of a PAL plus television signal. The PAL plus television signal includes a vertical resolution signal for enhancing vertical resolution which vertical resoluti... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5719983 | Method and apparatus for placement of video data based on disk zones A method and apparatus for storing data on a storage device in which the storage device has a plurality of different zones. Each zone in the storage device has a different transfer rate. The present invention places a video having the highest demand in a ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5715003 | Single lens reflex camera and exposure method for same A single lens reflex camera including a mirror-slit unit provided between a photographing lens and a recording medium and being provided with a pair of mirrors which can be selectively moved onto an optical axis of the photographing lens, and a slit provi... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5712945 | Two picture video recording/reproducing apparatus and a method therefor A two-picture video recording/reproducing apparatus and method automatically edits & records a video signal from an 8 mm video recorder/reproducer onto a VHS video recorder/reproducer, monitors the recording state on a sub-picture, and records an external... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5712685 | Device to enhance imaging resolution An imaging device comprising a Focal Plane Array (FPA) image sensor having a grid formed of individual detector elements, arranged in an array of columns and rows, and a mask with a checkerboard pattern of opaque and transparent areas, the mask being loca... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5703993 | RGB encoder for converting digital signals to analog signals and activating deactivating D/A converters according to a mode signal An encoder converts digital RGB signals into analog television signals. This encoder forms digital composite, luminance and chrominance signals based on digital signals input through an RGB input terminal. The encoder has a first, a second and a third D/A... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5692094 | Film image scanning apparatus for picking up an image and magnetic data recorded on a film without deterioration from noise generated by a peripheral circuit A light source illuminates a developed silver salt photographing film having a magnetic recording portion on which magnetic data is recorded. A light source drive section drives the light source. An image read section reads image data from the film illumi... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5680499 | Time-lapse video cassette recorder A time lapse video cassette recorder (VCR) includes a video head, a control head for selectively recording and reproducing a control pulse, a capstan motor moving a magnetic tape at a predetermined speed, a video signal processing circuit processing a vid... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5678212 | Electronic tuning circuit for an AM receiver An electronic tuning circuit for an AM radio receiver in which a signal of a specific frequency is selected from the input signal from an antenna is provided, this tuning circuit having a tuning transformer with a first winding and a second winding, the n... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675692 | Double picture generation apparatus for video cassette tape recorder An improved double picture generation apparatus for a VCR by which it is possible to concurrently watch two pictures on one screen of a television set, which includes a selection unit for receiving a video signal and an audio signal separated by a tuner/i... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5671320 | System and method for controlling play of multiple dialog audio tracks of a software carrier A system for playing a selected one of multiple audio tracks recorded in synchronized fashion with a motion picture on an optical disk. The switching master M&E track. Individual audio tracks are provided for language-specific specific versions of the sam... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5661846 | Reversely reproducing apparatus for DVCR A reproducing apparatus for a DVCR having a reverse operation function includes a data restoring portion for restoring a serial clock and reverse-serial data from an input signal; a servo portion for outputting a reverse-playback signal; an ID detector fo... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5638124 | Video signal processing apparatus having an image inserting and extracting circuit for inserting an image into or extracting an image from video signal based on a detected result of a motion detecting circuit A video signal processing apparatus includes a discrete cosine transform circuit for generating a DC component and an AC component by processing image data in a discrete cosine transform fashion, a motion detecting circuit for generating a coincidence det... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5619339 | Image reproduction device for reproducing image data from video disks A microcomputer selects one of a plurality of drive units, and controls the selected drive unit to reproduce image data from a video disk located thereon. When a reproduction error occurs in the thus reproducing drive unit, the microcomputer selects anoth... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5604529 | Three-dimensional vision camera To provide a three-dimensional vision camera where no disagreement is caused between two-dimensional image information and distance information, the three-dimensional vision camera is provided with a memory (11), a neural network (12) and a three-dimensio... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5589876 | Infrared imaging device readily removing optical system contributory component An infrared imaging device including infrared solid state image sensing device having an image area where first infrared detectors for detecting infrared image signals are arranged in a two-dimensional array form and infrared detector groups composed of a... | 12/31/1996 |
