Remote tracking control system for a video cassette tape recorder
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a remote tracking control system which varies a reference signal of a reference phase counter of a servo integrated circuit by remote con... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Kwang H.;, Assignee: Goldstar Co., Ltd. (KR) |
Germanium silicon oxynitride high index films for planar waveguides
The invention overcomes the problems inherent with high index silicon oxynitride films formed by chemical vapor deposition, and provides a commercially viable method of fabricating a high refractive i... Read More
Inventors: Akwani, Ikerionwu Asiegbu; Bellman, Robert Alan; Grandi, Thomas Paul; Sachenik, Paul Arthur;, Assignee: Corning Incorporated (Corning, NY) |
Counteracting geometric distortions for DCT based watermarking
A watermark algorithm divides an image or video data into 8.times.8 pixel blocks. The blocks are then apportioned among 38 groups. The watermark detection process begins by summing all 8.times.8 block... Read More
Inventors: Cox, Ingemar J.; Miller, Matthew L.;, Assignee: Signafy, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) |
Robust digital watermarking
The present invention concerns a novel insertion method which employs a specific model of the human visual system which provides much better control over image fidelity. Tests have shown that it is po... Read More
Inventors: Cox, Ingemar J.; Miller, Matthew L.;, Assignee: NEC Laboratories America, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) |
Method and apparatus for recording manufacturer information on a recording medium and for determining whether the manufacturer information is effective
It is a first object of the present invention to provide a recording medium for storing manufacturer information for a specific function of recorders/players of different manufacturers. It is a second... Read More
Inventors: Moon, Seong-jin; Oh, Young-nam; Chung, Tae-yun; Kang, Jung-suk; Park, Pan-gie;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) |
Video adapter circuit for detection of analog video scanning formats
OF THE INVENTION FIG. 1 illustrates a block schematic diagram of the flat panel display video adapter of the present invention. An integrated circuit controller 100 is coupled to an analog-to-digital... Read More
Inventors: Reddy, Chandra S.;, Assignee: Sage, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Magnetic disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus
In an attempt to provide a direct visual display of the number of tracks recorded on a magnetic sheet, a magnetic sheet jacket has been designed and is equipped with indicator means in a sheet-contain... Read More
Inventors: Saito, Etsuro;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Recording and/or reproducing apparatus, particularly with means for searching for vacant tracks
An object of the present invention is to provide a recording and/or reproducing apparatus which permits searching for vacant recording tracks at a higher speed than the conventional random access type... Read More
Inventors: Hashimoto, Seiji; Ogura, Tokihiko; Osabe, Kuniji; Nishimura, Akimasa; Takayama, Makoto;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Receiving apparatus including a display for displaying the amount of unrecorded memory
It is the first object of the present invention to provide a receiving apparatus which can solve each of or all of the foregoing problems. Another object of the invention is to provide a receiving app... Read More
Inventors: Sakata, Tsuguhide; Taguchi, Tomishige; Kimura, Norio; Tsuruno, Kunio; Takei, Masahiro; Suzuki, Yasutomo;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Display control method for display having buttons representing selectable voting items in which only marks assigned to selected items continue to be displayed upon selection
Addressing this problem, the present invention prevents such an incorrect operation from being carried out during voting.... Read More
Inventors: Furuya, Miki; Ohkura, Yukiko; Kohno, Tetsuya; Yuzawa, Keiji; Kishitaka, Yuriko; Takeshima, Kuriko;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
3D virtual reality multi-user interaction with superimposed positional information display for each user
It is therefore an object of the present invention to allow a user to easily recognize the position of another user sharing a three-dimensional virtual reality space. An information processing apparat... Read More
Inventors: Miyashita, Ken; Nashida, Tatsushi;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Video signal selecting device
It is therefore an object of the present invention is to provide a video signal selected device which makes it easy to recognize a selecting operation for the input external signals. In order to achie... Read More
Inventors: Maeda, Osamu;, Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Method and apparatus for constructing, storing and displaying characters
This invention provides a computer system for creating graphic characters for display on a video screen, comprising: display means for displaying a graphic character at a plurality of different degree... Read More
Inventors: Daly, Joseph P.; Hennessy, Denis G.; Samways, Philip;, Assignee: nHance Development Corporation (Dublin, GB5) |
Bi-directional bus system and transmitting, receiving, and communication methods for same
This invention has been made in view of actual circumstances as stated above, and its object is to provide a transmitting method, a receiving method and a communication method for a bi-directional bus... Read More
Inventors: Osakabe, Yoshio; Tanaka, Shigeo; Katsuyama, Akira; Yamazaki, Hiroshi; Kusagaya, Yasuo; Kotabe, Noriko; Sugiyama, Kouichi; Sato, Makoto;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (JP) |
Method and apparatus for providing dual language captioning of a television program
Thus, it is a general object of the present invention to provide means for recording, encoding, transmitting, receiving, decoding, and displaying recordable sounds of various languages, for example, f... Read More
Inventors: Salomon, Amnon M.; Faust, Anthony M.;, Assignee: National Captioning Institute, Inc. (Vienna, VA) |
Methods and apparatus for concurrently acquiring video data from multiple video data sources
The aforementioned objects are obtained by the present invention which provides, in one aspect, a video data acquisition system that acquires the video image signals generated from plural video data s... Read More
Inventors: King, David R.; Wolff, Robert;, Assignee: Cognex Corporation (Natick, MA) |
Compressed data recording method using integral logical block size and physical block size ratios
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method of recording compressed and coded data, which is advantageous in improving the speed and ease of random accessing, and reducing t... Read More
Inventors: Moriyama, Yoshiaki; Ono, Kouichi; Hosaka, Sumio; Yamada, Takao;, Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Apparatus and method for extracting a portion of an image
An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for extracting or cutting out a desired portion of an original image represented by compressed data without using an additional memory for ... Read More
Inventors: Kajimoto, Masato; Murase, Hirofumi;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Chrominance signal reproducing apparatus for video tape recorder
It is a main object of the present invention to eliminate the crosstalk components from the adjacent tracks which leak to a chroma signal on a recording track without requiring a high accuracy to a de... Read More
Inventors: Takase, Osamu; Masui, Hikaru; Itoh, Shigeyuki; Watatani, Yoshizumi;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Video signal recording and reproducing apparatus a frequency down-cinverted luminance signal into the vertical retrace line interval of a recording signal
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a video signal recording and reproducing apparatus which can improve resolution by compressing a high band component of a signal and re... Read More
Inventors: Lyu, Jae-Cheon;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Kyungki-do, KR) |
System for colorizing video with both pseudo-colors and selected colors
The present invention is directed to an improved system for colorization of monochrome video frames under operator control, the system facilitating colorization at relatively high speed while not requ... Read More
Inventors: Williams, Lance; Bloomenthal, Jules;, Assignee: New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury, NY) |
Recording method of still video apparatus
To achieve the object mentioned above, according to the basic concept of the present invention, if the image release operation is effected in the AV record mode during the receipt of the sound signals... Read More
Inventors: Sato, Yoshiaki; Wakui, Yoshio; Ogawa, Kimiaki;, Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Apparatus for detecting a cut in a video
What is claimed is: 1. A method for detecting a cut in a video, comprising the steps of: (a) acquiring video images from a source; (b) deriving from said video images a pixel-based difference metric; ... Read More
Inventors: Liou, Shih-Ping; Loghing, David L.; Arman, Farshid;, Assignee: Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) |
Optical component containing a maximum of 200 wt.-ppm of chlorine
What is claimed is: 1. Optical component with a cylindrical core glass of synthetic quartz glass containing hydroxyl groups, a maximum 200 wt.-ppm of chlorine, and no doping in the form of a metal oxi... Read More
Inventors: Schotz, Gerhard; Vydra, Jan;, Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG (Hanau, DE) |
Television signal reception apparatus and method, and broadcast reception apparatus and method
To resolve the above described shortcomings, one objective of the present invention is to improve a user interface for a television signal reception apparatus having various functions, such as multime... Read More
Inventors: Aratani, Shuntaro; Mori, Shigeki; Aoyama, Keiichi;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Video recording and reproducing apparatus with crosstalk reduction
Referring first to FIGS. 1, 2A and 2B, the first embodiment of the color video signal recording and/or reproducing system according to the present invention will be described. In the recording system... Read More
Inventors: Ota, Yoshihiko;, Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited (Yokohama, JA) |
Process for thermoremanent duplication of magnetic recording master tape onto slave tape with reduced dimensional changes of slave tape
What is claimed is: 1. A process for thermoremanent duplication of magnetic signals of a magnetic recording master tape on a magnetic recording slave tape consisting of a polyester film base and a lay... Read More
Inventors: Asai, Takeo;, Assignee: Teijin Ltd. (Osaka, JA) |
Password that associates screen position information with sequentially entered characters
The present invention associates screen-position information with character information in a password, thereby increasing the password entropy provided by a given number of standard characters, or co... Read More
Inventors: Little, Alex Dudley;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Compact disk and high-speed search method thereof and recording method appropriate therefor
It is one object of the present invention to provide a search method which can search a program at high speed and thus decrease the overall playback time of a compact disk in which a plurality of prog... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Deok-hyun; Park, Gyoung-chan; You, Won-jae; Kang, Jae-yong;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Kyungki-do, KR) |
Apparatus for indicating overcorrections, in electrical color correction apparatus
My copending application U.S. Ser. No. 770,192, filed Feb. 18, 1977 entitled "Apparatus for Producing Corrected Color Chromatic Components", discloses apparatus which allows adjustment of color correc... Read More
Inventors: Klopsch, Siegfried;, Assignee: Dr. Ing. Rudolf Hell GmbH (DE) |
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