Digital satellite broadcast receiver having simultaneous multi-channel search function, and control method therefor
The present invention is intended to overcome the above described disadvantages of the conventional technique. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a digital satellite broadc... Read More
Inventors: Moon, Sung Ho;, Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (KR) |
External control of parental content controls in institutional television receivers
What is claimed is: 1. A method of operating a television receiver, including a communications port, and equipped with parental content controls for blocking signals based upon encoded ratings therein... Read More
Inventors: Vornsand, Steven J.;, Assignee: Zenith Electronics Corporation (Lincolnshire, IL) |
Television signal bandwidth reduction using variable rate transmission
It is an object of the present invention to provide a television signal transmission system which reduces the required transmission bandwidth with no appreciable deterioration in quality. Another obje... Read More
Inventors: Fishman, Max; Nichols, James D.;, Assignee: Jones Futura Foundation, Ltd. (Fair Oaks, CA) |
Synchronous digital communication system with a hierarchical synchronization network
I claim: 1. A synchronous digital communication system with a number of network elements (NE11, . . . , NE33) each having a plurality of interface units (S.sub.1, . . , S.sub.x, . . . , S.sub.x+i) for... Read More
Inventors: Wolf, Michael;, Assignee: Alcatel N.V. (Rijswijk, NL) |
Flexible lustrously metallized resinous articles and a process for manufacturing same
OF THE INVENTION The present inventors have done extensive research on the sorts of flexible resin substrates, paints and metals, the thickness of a metal film, the method for applying the metal film... Read More
Inventors: Manabe, Katsuhide; Ito, Toshiyasu; Tsutsui, Masatoshi;, Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Kabushiki Kaisha (Aichi, JP) |
Method and apparatus for displaying hardware dependent graphics in an object-oriented operating system
The foregoing problems are overcome and the foregoing objects are achieved in one illustrative embodiment of the invention in which screen objects used by the application programs to draw or paint on ... Read More
Inventors: Zias, Jeff A.; Marsh, Donald M.;, Assignee: Object Technology Licensing Corp. (Cupertino, CA) |
Method for digital clock recovery from Manchester-encoded signals
Accordingly, an object of the invention is to provide a method for synchronizing the receiver clock from Manchester-encoded signals without the limitations imposed by analog techniques, and can be imp... Read More
Inventors: Hirzel, Frederic J.; Levy, Roy J.;, Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Video display apparatus with power saving modes
In view of the aforesaid problem, it is an object of the present invention to provide a video display apparatus that can be placed in a stable power saving mode based on synchronization signals of the... Read More
Inventors: Yamashita, Hiroshi; Mori, Yasunori; Kimoto, Masanobu;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Semiwide-screen television receiver
It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems involved in the prior art, and to provide a semiwide-screen television receiver which can display an undistorted horizontally expanded im... Read More
Inventors: Hong, Chang-Wan; Youn, Chel-Woon; Hong, Sung-Pyo;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Kyungki-do, KR) |
Methods and apparatus for interactive communications
Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: 1. A learning machine, comprising a first sound recording on which a lecture is recorded, a second sound recording on which a set of answers to... Read More
Inventors: Wilson, Stewart W.;, Assignee: Polaroid Corporation (Cambridge, MA) |
Tracking system and method for video disc player
The present invention is directed to a video disc player operating to recover frequency modulated video signals from an information bearing surface of a video disc. The frequency modulated video infor... Read More
Inventors: Ceshkovsky, Ludwig; Dakin, Wayne R.;, Assignee: Discovision Associates (Costa Mesa, CA) |
Code identification apparatus
According to the invention there is provided a code identification apparatus comprising a coded instrument having successive rows of code locations and a reader to which to apply the instrument, said ... Read More
Inventors: Hopkinson, Dennis;, Assignee: Access Control Systems Pty. Ltd. (AU) |
Manually indexed visual test recording apparatus
What is claimed is: 1. Apparatus for recording the performance of an individual student responding to a test environment, comprising in combination: operator control means including first and second s... Read More
Inventors: Journot, Vida M.;, Assignee: |
Protractor with digital readout
An object of this invention is to provide an improved protractor for measuring the blade angle of a blade of a propeller, fan and the like. A still further object of this invention is to provide for a... Read More
Inventors: Joyal, George J.; Gakeler, George H.;, Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, CT) |
Disc-record players
What we claim is: 1. A skating-force compensation device for a gramophone pickup arm mounted on an arm support arranged for joint pivotal movement about a vertical axis relative to a base member, whic... Read More
Inventors: Wren, John Pelham;, Assignee: Plessey Handel und Investments A.G. (Zug, CH) |
Reverse pressure activated rotary drill head seal
The present invention provides an improved rotary drill head having a reverse pressure activated dynamic seal. The rotary drill head includes a wash pipe and a rotating drill head assembly positioned ... Read More
Inventors: Bunting, Alison R.; Sharki, Martin J.;, Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc. (Dallas, TX) |
Outboard engine structure
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a simply constructed outboard engine structure of the abovementioned type which eliminates the aforementioned drawbacks and disadvantage... Read More
Inventors: Watanabe, Yoshimi; Yamashita, Kazuya;, Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Shibuya, JP) |
Stereoscopic television signal processing method, signal transmitting unit, and signal receiving unit
Accordingly, an object of this invention is to overcome the above-described difficulties associated with conventional band compression systems for stereoscopic television systems. The foregoing object... Read More
Inventors: Morishita, Masanobu;, Assignee: NEC Home Electronics Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Method of and apparatus for tint generation and color separation over closed regioons of an image including generation of run-length color data
Accordingly, it is a prime object of the present invention to provide a method of tint generation and an apparatus therefor which carry out a desired tint generation on predetermined regions of an ima... Read More
Inventors: Yamamoto, Yoshihisa; Sarumaru, Masahiko;, Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, JP) |
Image reading apparatus with improved output correction of image signal
It is an object of the present invention to suitably correct and output an image signal in an image reading apparatus. It is another object of the present invention to carry out an efficient white bal... Read More
Inventors: Hirota, Yoshihiko;, Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Display device for a rain tire
A display device for illustrating the ability of different objects to move through a fluid is provided. The device comprises: (a) a sealed rectangular box having a bottom, two sides, two ends and a li... Read More
Inventors: Gray, Robert L.;, Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Akron, OH) |
Photographic method for the production of documents
We claim: 1. Method for the photographic production of a composite reproduction of a continuous tone original and a graphic data pattern original in a single simultaneous photographic exposure stage a... Read More
Inventors: Nys, Pierre H.; Vermeulen, Leon L.;, Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert N.V. (Mortsel, BE) |
Time division multiplexing system
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a communication system which is capable of multiplexing and transmitting a plurality of digital signals having arbitrary clock rates in a ... Read More
Inventors: Takasaki, Yoshitaka; Tanaka, Mitsuo;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Liquid crystal display apparatus
We claim: 1. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising a plurality of individual liquid crystal modules in juxtaposed relationship to define a planar display, each said module including base plate... Read More
Inventors: Joseph, Ezekiel; Kramer, Gordon; Oh, Chan S.;, Assignee: Xtalite Technology Limited/La Technologie Xtalite Limitee (Charlottetown, CA) |
Sync validity detecting utilizing a microcomputer
I claim: 1. Apparatus for evaluating a synchronization component of a television signal, comprising: a microcomputer including a central processing unit; a plurality of interface ports; and means for ... Read More
Inventors: Tults, Juri;, Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) |
Filter arrangement for an audio companding system
In accordance with a feature of the present invention, in an expander with a variable filter for controlling the amplitude of signal components in a high frequency range of an L-R signal in response t... Read More
Inventors: Gibson, John J.;, Assignee: RCA Corporation (Princeton, NJ) |
Multichannel encoding method
The invention consists in a multichannel encoding method for encoding digitized pictures, in particular digitized stereoscopic television pictures, in which the digitized pictures are processed in dif... Read More
Inventors: Chassaing, Francoise; Choquet, Bruno;, Assignee: France Telecon (both of, FR); Telediffusion de France (both of, FR) |
Long range optical pointing for video screens
The present invention allows the user to locate a spot on the face of a video screen without having to physically touch the screen as must be done with conventional light pen systems. The invention ut... Read More
Inventors: Gunderson, Jon; Kelso, David P.; Vanderheiden, Gregg;, Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI) |
Gamma correction of digital video data by calculating linearly interpolated gamma correction values
The above and other problems which complicate gamma correction on cathode ray tubes displays and cameras are overcome by the present invention of a circuit for gamma correcting digital video data comp... Read More
Inventors: Kutner, Michael A.;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Oil exploration game
Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide a game simulating the drilling for oil utilizing a chance device and having structure to simulate an actual oil drilling environment. It is an... Read More
Inventors: Dolansky, George;, Assignee: |
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