Television program delivery system
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A Television Program Delivery System Description 1. Introduction FIG. 1 shows the present invention as an expanded cable television program delivery system 200 that dramat... Read More
Inventors: Hendricks, John S.; Bonner, Alfred E.;, Assignee: Discovery Communications, Inc. (Bethesda, MD) |
Video signal dropout detector
OF THE INVENTION While this invention is susceptible of embodiment in many different forms, there is shown in the drawings, and will herein be described in detail, exemplary embodiments, with the und... Read More
Inventors: Abuali, Khaled Amin; Yazurlo, Donato;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP); Sony Electronics Inc. (Park Ridge, NJ) |
Video coding apparatus which forms an optimum prediction signal which is designated by a set of motion vectors of separate reference pictures
It is an object of the present invention to provide a video coding apparatus which predicts one field from the other field within one frame. It is another object of the present invention to provide a ... Read More
Inventors: Odaka, Toshinori; Uetani, Yoshiharu; Masuda, Tadaaki; Yamakage, Tomoo; Ueno, Hideyuki; Yamaguchi, Noboru; Kikuchi, Yoshihiro; Oku, Tadahiro;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method of and an apparatus for generating a normalizing curve
The present invention is directed to a method of converting original color image signals D.sub.x into converted color image signals D.sub.Nx suitable for image processing in a color image processor. T... Read More
Inventors: Yonezawa, Yasuharu;, Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (JP) |
Online system for direct driving of remote karaoke terminal by host station
However, according to the prior art mentioned above, the performance data of one karaoke song is once reserved in the buffer memory 6 after the performance data is transmitted from the communication l... Read More
Inventors: Kato, Hirokazu;, Assignee: Yamaha Corporation (Hamamatsu, JP) |
Data transmission device
This data transmission device can be applied to a karaoke system for distributing karaoke song data to a plurality of terminals and to a movie distributing system for distributing movie data to a plur... Read More
Inventors: Funahashi, Yasuhiro; Ikami, Kazunori; Hasegawa, Yukie;, Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Nagoya, JP); Xing, Inc. (Nagoya, JP) |
Karaoke system including host apparatus that downloads information file based on list of necessary information files
It is an object of the invention to provide a host apparatus for a communication karaoke apparatus in which necessary information file lists for respective areas are prepared, and information files ar... Read More
Inventors: Tsurumi, Kanehisa; Semba, Youji; Murai, Yuichi;, Assignee: Yamaha Corporation (Hamamatsu, JP) |
Method of making a stacked thin film assembly
In short, this invention pertains to a stacked film assembly made with a stacked structure having a bottom film and a top film. The surface roughness (Ra) of the bottom film will be less than 100 .ANG... Read More
Inventors: Mizobuchi, Koichi; Sugiura, Toshihiro;, Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX) |
Method and apparatus for amplitude band enabled addressing arrayed elements
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 2 depicts an array 100 as comprising a plurality of pixels (again shown as squares) that are arranged along a y-axis in M rows and along an x-axis in N columns. Simil... Read More
Inventors: Rindal, Abraham E.;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
Trapezoidal smooth grooves for video disc
An initial disc suitable for recording video information may be formed by a number of methods similar to those employed in the audio record reproduction art. In prior video record reproduction method... Read More
Inventors: Nosker, Richard William; Fox, Leonard Pincus;, Assignee: RCA Corporation (New York, NY) |
Video signal compression apparatus for horizontal compression of a video signal
A video signal compression apparatus in accordance with a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention takes out and uses a specific value written in a ROM (read only memory) at every system cl... Read More
Inventors: Izawa, Yosuke; Tani, Masahiro; Okumura, Naoji; Nio, Yutaka; Sato, Toshichika;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
System for reducing beat type impairments in a TV signal
We claim: 1. A system for reducing impairments in real time from a television transmission comprising digitizing frames to produce digitized frames containing pixels each having their respective origi... Read More
Inventors: Ward, Rabab K.; Shi, Pingnan; Xie, Qiaobing;, Assignee: The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, CA) |
Automatic low frequency gain limited circuit for eliminating signal suppression in an A-C coupled video processing system
The present invention comprises an electronic means that is inserted in the video channels between the last post amplifier and the input to a light display device driver in which the electronic means ... Read More
Inventors: Chow, Sen-Te; Pupich, John J.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represnted by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC) |
Electrical security device
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an electrical security apparatus for preventing the unauthorized use of electrically operated devices, which comprises an enclosure which is... Read More
Inventors: Sicher, John D.;, Assignee: Unimax Switch Corporation (Wallingford, CT) |
Theft deterring security system for attachment to powered appliances
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The present invention is a security system attachable to an existing powered home appliance along the lines of the television 10 of FIG. 1. The system is incorporated into... Read More
Inventors: Hubbard, James H.;, Assignee: Ultimate Security, Inc. (Denver, CO) |
System for updating software in automatic film processor
It is an object of the present invention, in connection with apparatus for the automatic processing of film or similar photosensitive media to provide a system for updating product software by downloa... Read More
Inventors: Samuels, James T.; Ellsworth, Roger D.;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Apparatus for tuning offset signals by controlling a tuner based on a difference in frequency of signals tuned by that tuner
An object of the present invention is to provide a channel selecting apparatus wherein, even when the offset of the broadcast signal frequency to be received is larger than the normal regular frequenc... Read More
Inventors: Suizu, Katsuto;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Terabit per second packet switch
Referring now to FIG. 2, a large, generalized switch 10 for ATM communications, is shown in block diagram form. ATM switch 10 has a number of input interfaces 12.sub.0 -12.sub.N-1, a switch fabric 14... Read More
Inventors: Cloonan, Thomas J.; Richards, Gaylord W.;, Assignee: AT&T Corp. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Telephone mouthpiece cover
Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a telephone mouthpiece cover for minimizing transmission of disease from telephones. Another object of the invention is to provid... Read More
Inventors: Caceres, Carlos;, Assignee: |
System for the simultaneous coding of a number of television signals and for decoding thereof in radiofrequency
We claim: 1. A system for the simultaneous coding of a number of television signals and for decoding thereof in radiofrequency, characterised in that the coding consists of a first remodulation of all... Read More
Inventors: Reolid-Lopez, Ricardo; Diez-Follente, Emilio; Carmonia-Garcia, Jose L.; Fernandez-Vinuesa, Jesus J.;, Assignee: |
Compact electroacoustical transducer with spider covering rear basket opening
What is claimed is: 1. A loudspeaker comprising, motor means for responding to an input electrical signal by providing corresponding mechanical displacements, plastic basket means for supporting said ... Read More
Inventors: Latham-Brown, Ernest; Pandey, Rakesh C.; Westley, Brandon B.; White, Robert D.;, Assignee: Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) |
Electrical networks for emulating the response or co-axial transmission cable to serial digital video signals
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electrical network, characterised by being configured to have a frequency response over a frequency range of interest substan... Read More
Inventors: Baty, David C.; Miles, Barry D. R.;, Assignee: Faraday Technology Limited (GB) |
Scrambled TV-IF signal transmission system
In view of the foregoing, a principal object of the present invention is a cable TV signal transmission system comprising means for transmitting scrambled TV-IF signals to, and for receiving and proce... Read More
Inventors: Gysel, Hermann;, Assignee: Synchronous Communications, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Digital audio waveform display on a video waveform display instrument
Accordingly the present invention provides a digital audio waveform display on a digital video waveform display instrument using existing video waveform display circuitry. Digital audio data embedded ... Read More
Inventors: Elkind, Bob; Hoffman, Gilbert A.;, Assignee: Tektronix, Inc. (Wilsonville, OR) |
TV line and field detection apparatus with good noise immunity
In regard to the following detailed description of an embodiment of the invention that is shown in the drawing, it should be remembered that a television system may include features for generating va... Read More
Inventors: Tults, Juri;, Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) |
Multilayered end bearing
Accordingly, in view of the above background, an object of the present invention is to provide an end bearing which has superior anti-seizure characteristics under more severe lubrication conditions. ... Read More
Inventors: Tanaka, Tadashi; Sakamoto, Masaaki; Yamamoto, Koichi; Higuchi, Tsukimitsu; Ozaki, Kouki;, Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd. (Nagoya, JP) |
Representing a video signal upon the picture screen of a video display device
We claim: 1. A method of displaying a selected portion of a video signal upon the picture screen of a video display device employing a horizontal line raster, at least the selected portion of the vide... Read More
Inventors: Heitmann, Jurgen; Illetschko, Gerhard; Maly, Hans-Peter;, Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, DE) |
Video signal mixer apparatus and method
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The schematic diagram of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 1, video signal mixer 13 includes jacks 15-17, fixed resist... Read More
Inventors: Martinson, Jr., John R.;, Assignee: |
Method to eliminate the noise at known frequency
A general object of the present invention is to provide, in measuring instruments for processing signals at low levels, a noise elimination method comprising repeating measurements in an even number o... Read More
Inventors: Tsuboshima, Kosaku; Ono, Noriaki; Hosoda, Seiichi;, Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Stator having selectively applied thermal conductivity coating
Illustrated in FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of an exemplary high bypass turbofan gas turbine engine 10. The engine 10 includes in serial flow communication about a longitudinal centerline axi... Read More
Inventors: Plemmons, Larry W.; Oakes, William C.; Kirkpatrick, Ralph A.;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Cincinnati, OH) |
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