Video signal processing apparatus and method
Patent 5181111 Issued on January 19, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date: 
July 24, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
July 24, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesVideo editing system having virtual memory Preserving a record of timecodes used in editing a recorded digital video signal Synchronizing video edits with film edits Video image bank for storing and retrieving video image sequences Video signal to photographic film conversion Adaptive motion compensation for digital television Patent #: 5068724 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 735354 filed on 07/24/1991US Classes:348/452, Motion adaptive348/701, Specified processing of frame or field difference signal (e.g., noise reduction, key signal spreading)386/55Editing decision list (EDL)ExaminersPrimary: Britton, Howard W.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesH04N 005/87H04N 007/01 Foreign Application Priority Data1990-08-09 GBAbstractVideo signal processing apparatus, for example a television standards converter (12), for motion adaptive or motion compensated processing a video signal in dependence on inter-field or inter-frame information, comprises a reader (21) for reading scene discontinuity information relating to the video signal, which may be expressed in time codes, from a recording medium such as a magnetic disc, the apparatus being controlled in dependence on the read information to cause the processing of the video signal to change to being dependent on intra-field or intra-frame information at a scene discontinuity. | |
