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TELEVISION
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1 | | USE SURVEY AND ACCOUNTING |
2 | | . Monitoring of physical reaction of viewer |
3 | | . With billing |
4 | | . Monitoring of synchronization or blanking pulse (e.g., horizontal or vertical pulse signal) |
5 | | . With video cassette recorder (VCR) |
5.5 | | USE OR ACCESS BLOCKING (E.G., LOCKING SWITCH) |
6 | | WIRED BROADCAST (E.G., CABLE) |
7 | | . Broadcast on demand |
8 | | . Local distribution (e.g., hotel, hospital, vehicle, etc.) |
9 | | . Controlled signal substitution (e.g., emergency warning, local preemption, etc.) |
10 | | . With subscriber terminal details |
11 | | . . For frequency conversion |
12 | | . Two-way |
13 | | TWO-WAY (E.G., INTERACTIVE) |
14 | | . With voice capability (e.g., videophone) |
15 | | . . Conferencing |
16 | | . . Switching |
17 | | . . Transmission scheme |
18 | | . . . Still frame (i.e., freeze frame) |
19 | | . . . Field or frame difference (e.g., moving frame) |
20 | | . . User positioning (e.g., parallax) |
21 | | PLURAL TRANSMITTER SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS (E.G., INTERFERENCE REDUCTION) |
22 | | SLOW SCANNING TRANSMISSION (E.G., STILL FRAME) |
23 | | . Color TV |
24 | | PLURAL STILL IMAGES OVER CONVENTIONAL CHANNEL |
25 | | IMAGE FALSIFICATION TO IMPROVE VIEWER PERCEPTION OF SELECTIVE OBJECT (E.G., MOVING OBJECT OR TARGET) |
26 | | . Contour generator |
27 | | . Quantizer |
28 | | . Selective contrast expander |
29 | | . False color |
30 | | . . Hue expander |
31 | | BACK SCATTER REDUCTION |
32 | | PSEUDO COLOR |
33 | | . Multispectral to color conversion (e.g., infrared and visible, infrared bands, etc.) |
34 | | . Including intensity to color conversion (e.g., colorizer, etc.) |
35 | | PSEUDO BLACK AND WHITE |
36 | | PANORAMIC |
37 | | . With continuously rotating element |
38 | | . Multiple channels |
39 | | . With observer selected field of view |
40 | | HOLOGRAPHIC |
41 | | . Color TV |
42 | | STEREOSCOPIC |
43 | | . Signal formatting |
44 | | . Pseudo |
45 | | . Endoscope |
46 | | . Picture signal generator |
47 | | . . Multiple cameras |
48 | | . . . More than two cameras |
49 | | . . Single camera with optical path division |
50 | | . . Single camera from multiple positions |
51 | | . Stereoscopic display device |
52 | | . . More than two display devices |
53 | | . . Viewer attached |
54 | | . . Single display with optical path division |
55 | | . . . Separation by time division |
56 | | . . . . With alternating shutters |
57 | | . . . . With alternating polarization |
58 | | . . . Separation by polarization |
59 | | . . . Separation by lenticular screen |
60 | | . . . Separation by color (i.e., anaglyphic) |
61 | | SPECIAL APPLICATIONS |
62 | | . Aid for the blind |
63 | | . . Image magnifying |
64 | | . Combined electronic sensing and photographic film cameras |
65 | | . With endoscope |
66 | | . . Dental |
67 | | . . Laser |
68 | | . . Illumination |
69 | | . . . Controlled by video signal |
70 | | . . . Color sequential illumination |
71 | | . . Color TV |
72 | | . . Plural endoscopes interchangeable |
73 | | . . External camera |
74 | | . . With additional adjunct (e.g., recorder control, etc.) |
75 | | . . Adaptor or connector |
76 | | . . Physical structure of circuit element |
77 | | . Human body observation |
78 | | . . Eye |
79 | | . Microscope |
80 | | . . Electronic |
81 | | . Underwater |
82 | | . Hazardous or inaccessible |
83 | | . . Furnace (e.g., nuclear reactor, etc.) |
84 | | . . Pipeline |
85 | | . . Borehole |
86 | | . Manufacturing |
87 | | . . Electronic circuit chip or board (e.g., positioning) |
88 | | . . Web, sheet or filament |
89 | | . . Agricultural or food production |
90 | | . . Welding |
91 | | . . Sorting, distributing or classifying |
92 | | . . Quality inspection |
93 | | . . . Color TV |
94 | | . . Position detection |
95 | | . . . Alignment or positioning |
96 | | . Film, disc or card scanning |
97 | | . . Motion picture film scanner |
98 | | . . . Mechanical optical scanning |
99 | | . . . . Flying spot scanner |
100 | | . . . Flying spot scanner |
101 | | . . . . Color TV |
102 | | . . . . Intermittent film movement |
103 | | . . . . With modification of scanner sweep |
104 | | . . . Color TV |
105 | | . . . Intermittent film movement |
106 | | . . . With modification of scanner sweep |
107 | | . . With record location |
108 | | . . Flying spot scanner |
109 | | . . . Color TV |
110 | | . . Slide |
111 | | . . . Color TV |
112 | | . . Microfilm |
113 | | . Navigation |
114 | | . . Remote control |
115 | | . . Head-up display |
116 | | . . Direction finding or location determination |
117 | | . . Aircraft or spacecraft |
118 | | . . Land vehicle |
119 | | . . . Program control (e.g., path guidance, etc.) |
120 | | . . . Farm vehicle |
121 | | . Simulator |
122 | | . . Visibility (e.g., fog, etc.) |
123 | | . . Aircraft or spacecraft |
124 | | . . Ship |
125 | | . Flaw detector |
126 | | . . Of electronic circuit chip or board |
127 | | . . Of transparent container or content (e.g., bottle, jar, etc.) |
128 | | . . Of surface (e.g., texture or smoothness, etc.) |
129 | | . . By comparison with reference object |
130 | | . . . With stored representation of reference object |
131 | | . . With specific illumination detail |
132 | | . . . With strobe illumination |
133 | | . . With circuit detail |
134 | | . . . Including line to line comparison |
135 | | . Object or scene measurement |
136 | | . . Projected scale on object |
137 | | . . Scale on camera target |
138 | | . . Pulse or clock counting |
139 | | . . Multiple cameras on baseline (e.g., range finder, etc.) |
140 | | . . Distance by apparent target size (e.g., stadia, etc.) |
141 | | . . By cursor coordinate location |
142 | | . . With camera and object moved relative to each other |
143 | | . Observation of or from a specific location (e.g., surveillance) |
144 | | . . Aerial viewing |
145 | | . . . With linear array |
146 | | . . . With rotating reflector |
147 | | . . . With transformation or rectification |
148 | | . . Vehicular |
149 | | . . . Traffic monitoring |
150 | | . . Point of sale or banking |
151 | | . . Camera concealment |
152 | | . . Intrusion detection |
153 | | . . . Using plural cameras |
154 | | . . . . Motion detection |
155 | | . . . Motion detection |
156 | | . . Access control |
157 | | . . Sporting event |
158 | | . . Portable |
159 | | . . Plural cameras |
160 | | . . Reading meter or data printer |
161 | | . Object comparison (e.g., remote verification of signature, etc.) |
162 | | RESPONSIVE TO NONVISIBLE ENERGY |
163 | | . Sonic or ultrasonic |
164 | | . Infrared |
165 | | . . Pyroelectric |
166 | | . . With linear array |
167 | | . . . With rotating reflector |
168 | | . . With rotating reflector |
169 | | OBJECT TRACKING |
170 | | . Using tracking gate |
171 | | . . Centroidal tracking |
172 | | . Centroidal tracking |
173 | | CATHODE-RAY TUBE BURN-IN PREVENTION |
174 | | . Camera |
175 | | CAMERA WITH BUILT-IN TEST SIGNAL GENERATOR, TEST PATTERN, OR ADJUSTING ADJUNCT |
176 | | . Setup |
177 | | DISPLAY OR RECEIVER WITH BUILT-IN TEST SIGNAL GENERATOR, TEST PATTERN, OR ADJUSTING ADJUNCT |
178 | | . Setup |
179 | | . . Color match comparator |
180 | | MONITORING, TESTING, OR MEASURING |
181 | | . Test signal generator |
182 | | . . Chroma or color bar |
183 | | . . VITS or ILTS |
184 | | . Monitor |
185 | | . . Combined plural functions (e.g., picture and waveform monitor) |
186 | | . . Vectorscope |
187 | | . Testing of camera |
188 | | . . Using test chart |
189 | | . Testing of image reproducer |
190 | | . . Alignment-manufacturing |
191 | | . . Display photometry |
192 | | . Transmission path testing |
193 | | . . Signal to noise ratio |
194 | | . Synchronization (e.g., H-sync to subcarrier) |
195 | | MECHANICAL OPTICAL SCANNING |
196 | | . Color TV |
197 | | . With fiber optics |
198 | | . By acoustic wave |
199 | | . Moving aperture |
200 | | . . Drum or belt |
201 | | . . Multiple scanning elements |
202 | | . Moving lens or refractor |
203 | | . Moving reflector |
204 | | . . Helical element |
205 | | . . Vibrating or oscillating |
206 | | SPECIAL SCANNING (E.G., SPIRAL, RANDOM, ZIGZAG) |
207 | | CAMERA, SYSTEM AND DETAIL |
208 | | . Camera image stabilization |
209 | | . With flying spot scanner |
210 | | . . For color scanning |
211 | | . Remote control |
212 | | . . By multiplexed control signals (e.g., duplexing, etc.) |
213 | | . . Preprogrammed or stored control instructions |
214 | | . . Body movement actuation |
215 | | . With streak device |
216 | | . Low light level |
217 | | . . With image intensifier |
218 | | . Unitary image formed by compiling sub-areas of same scene (e.g., array of cameras) |
219 | | . Swing driven |
220 | | . Still and motion modes of operation |
221 | | . . Exposure control |
222 | | . Combined image signal generator and general image signal processing |
223 | | . . Color balance (e.g., white balance) |
224 | | . . . Dependent upon operation or characteristic of iris, flash, lens, or filter |
225 | | . . . With means for preventing colored object from effecting color balance |
226 | | . . . Including flicker detection (e.g., fluorescent) |
227 | | . . . With ambient light sensor |
228 | | . . . Responsive to output signal |
229 | | . . Combined automatic gain control and exposure control (i.e., sensitivity control) |
230 | | . . . Readout of solid-state image sensor considered or altered |
231 | | . . With details of static memory for output image (e.g., for a still camera) |
232 | | . . . With storage of additional, non-image information (e.g., audio, time, date) |
233 | | . . . Detachable |
234 | | . . Details of luminance signal formation in color camera |
235 | | . . . With means for providing high band and low band luminance signals |
236 | | . . . . Using distinct luminance image sensor |
237 | | . . . . For single sensor type camera supplying plural color signals |
238 | | . . . Using distinct luminance image sensor |
239 | | . . Camera and video special effects (e.g., subtitling, fading, or merging) |
240 | | . . . Electronic zoom |
241 | | . . Including noise or undesired signal reduction |
242 | | . . . Color TV |
243 | | . . . Dark current |
244 | | . . . . With control of sensor temperature |
245 | | . . . . Using dummy pixels |
246 | | . . . Defective pixel (e.g., signal replacement) |
247 | | . . . . With memory of defective pixels |
248 | | . . . Smear |
249 | | . . . . In charge coupled type sensor |
250 | | . . . In charge coupled type sensor |
251 | | . . . Shading or black spot correction |
252 | | . . With transition or edge sharpening (e.g., aperture correction) |
253 | | . . . Color TV |
254 | | . . Gray scale transformation (e.g., gamma correction) |
255 | | . . . Amplitude control (e.g., automatic gain control) |
256 | | . . . . Color TV (e.g., saturation) |
257 | | . . With DC level control |
258 | | . . . With bias illumination |
259 | | . . . . Combined with color separating optical system |
260 | | . . . . For single scanning device color camera |
261 | | . . . . . Plural bias illuminators |
262 | | . With plural image scanning devices |
263 | | . . Color imagery registration |
264 | | . . Scanning devices offset in the image plane |
265 | | . . Each supplying only one color signal |
266 | | . With single image scanning device supplying plural color signals |
267 | | . . Separate complete images on face of pickup device |
268 | | . . Color sequential |
269 | | . . . With color sequential illumination |
270 | | . . . With moving color filters |
271 | | . . . . Four or more color types |
272 | | . . Solid-state multicolor image sensor |
273 | | . . . With color filter or operation according to color filter |
274 | | . . . . Having overlapping elements |
275 | | . . . . Staggered or irregular elements |
276 | | . . . . Including transparent elements |
277 | | . . . . . With three or more colors |
278 | | . . . . Based on more than four colors |
279 | | . . . . Based on four colors |
280 | | . . . . Based on three colors |
281 | | . . . . X-Y architecture |
282 | | . . . . Charge coupled architecture |
283 | | . . . . . With multiple output registers |
284 | | . . Cathode-ray tube |
285 | | . . . Phase separable signals |
286 | | . . . . With indexing |
287 | | . . . . . Conductive grid at target |
288 | | . . . . . Index elements outside of image area |
289 | | . . . Frequency separable signals |
290 | | . . . . Specified optical filter arrangement |
291 | | . . . . . Combined with grating, lens array, or refractor |
292 | | . . . . . Having diagonally arranged stripes |
293 | | . . . . Interdigital signal electrodes |
294 | | . Solid-state image sensor |
295 | | . . Time delay and integration mode (TDI) |
296 | | . . Electronic shuttering |
297 | | . . Accumulation or integration time responsive to light or signal intensity |
298 | | . . . In charge coupled type image sensor |
299 | | . . . . With overflow gate or drain |
300 | | . . With amplifier |
301 | | . . . Pixel amplifiers |
302 | | . . X - Y architecture |
303 | | . . . With charge transfer type output register |
304 | | . . . With charge transfer type selecting register |
305 | | . . . With interlacing |
306 | | . . . Charge injection device (CID) |
307 | | . . . Photosensitive switching transistors or "static induction" transistors |
308 | | . . . Including switching transistor and photocell at each pixel site (e.g., "MOS-type" image sensor) |
309 | | . . . Exclusively passive light responsive elements in the matrix |
310 | | . . . . With diode in series with photocell |
311 | | . . Charge-coupled architecture |
312 | | . . . With timing pulse generator |
313 | | . . . With bias charge injection |
314 | | . . . With excess charge removal (e.g., overflow drain) |
315 | | . . . With staggered or irregular photosites or specified channel configuration |
316 | | . . . Charges transferred to opposed registers |
317 | | . . . Field or frame transfer type |
318 | | . . . . With recirculation of charge |
319 | | . . . . Charges alternately switched from vertical registers into separate storage registers; or having vertical transfer gates |
320 | | . . . . Interline readout |
321 | | . . . . . Using multiple output registers |
322 | | . . . Interline readout |
323 | | . . . . Using multiple output registers |
324 | | . . . Line transfer type |
325 | | . Cathode-ray tube |
326 | | . . Automatic beam focusing or alignment |
327 | | . . Automatic beam current control |
328 | | . . Remanent image erasure |
329 | | . . With emissive target or photocathode (e.g., orthicon) |
330 | | . . . Dissector tube |
331 | | . . With photoconductive target (e.g., vidicon) |
332 | | . Array of photocells (i.e., nonsolid-state array) |
333.01 | | . With electronic viewfinder or display monitor |
333.02 | | . . With display of additional information |
333.03 | | . . . Including display of a frame and line of sight determination |
333.04 | | . . . Including warning indication |
333.05 | | . . Display of multiple images (e.g., thumbnail images, etc.) |
333.06 | | . . Movable or rotatable unit |
333.07 | | . . . Detachable |
333.08 | | . . Including optics |
333.09 | | . . . With optical viewfinder (e.g., correction for parallax, etc.) |
333.1 | | . . . With projector function |
333.11 | | . . Use for previewing images (e.g., variety of image resolutions, etc.) |
333.12 | | . . Modification of displayed image |
333.13 | | . . Power saving mode |
335 | | . Optics |
336 | | . . Color separating optics |
337 | | . . . Prism arrangement |
338 | | . . . . With dichroic layer or air gap between prism sections |
339 | | . . . Exclusively dichroic elements |
340 | | . . With optics peculiar to solid-state sensor |
341 | | . . Optical viewfinder |
342 | | . . With frequency selective filter (e.g., IR cut, optical LPF, etc.) |
343 | | . . Optical multiplexing |
344 | | . . Optical path switching |
345 | | . . Focus control |
346 | | . . . With display of focusing condition or alarm |
347 | | . . . With zoom position detection or interrelated iris control |
348 | | . . . Using active ranging |
349 | | . . . Using image signal |
350 | | . . . . With auxiliary sensor or separate area on imager |
351 | | . . . . With oscillation of lens or sensor to optimize error signal |
352 | | . . . . With motion detection |
353 | | . . . . By detecting contrast |
354 | | . . . . By analyzing high frequency component |
355 | | . . . . . Plural high frequencies |
356 | | . . . . . Detection of peak or slope of image signal |
357 | | . . . Servo unit structure or mechanism |
358 | | . . Variable magnification (i.e., zoom) |
359 | | . . Fiber optics |
360 | | . . Lens or filter substitution |
361 | | . . . Automatic |
362 | | . . Exposure control |
363 | | . . . Automatic control of iris, stop, or diaphragm |
364 | | . . . . Based on image signal |
365 | | . . . . . Contrast |
366 | | . . . . Based on ambient light |
367 | | . . . Periodic shuttering |
368 | | . . . . Rotary |
369 | | . . Changing viewing angle via optics |
370 | | . With object or scene illumination |
371 | | . . Flash or strobe |
372 | | . Power supply |
373 | | . Support or housing |
374 | | . . For internal camera components |
375 | | . . For specified accessory |
376 | | . . Portable or hand-held |
377 | | CATHODE-RAY TUBE DISPLAY EXCESSIVE VOLTAGE CONTROL |
378 | | . With disabling |
379 | | CATHODE-RAY TUBE DISPLAY AUTOMATIC BLACK LEVEL BIAS CONTROL |
380 | | CATHODE-RAY TUBE DISPLAY BEAM CURRENT CONTROL |
381 | | . With beam energy determining color |
382 | | . . Variable depth of penetration of electron beam into the luminescent layer |
383 | | MODULAR IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM |
384.1 | | BANDWIDTH REDUCTION SYSTEM |
385.1 | | . Plural video programs in single channel |
386.1 | | . . Color television |
387.1 | | . . Data rate reduction |
388.1 | | . Multiple channel (e.g., plural carrier) |
389.1 | | . . Including one conventional or compatible channel (e.g., two channel NTSC systems) |
390.1 | | . Data rate reduction |
391.1 | | . . Specified color signal |
392.1 | | . . . Sub-Nyquist sampling |
393.1 | | . . . Direct coding of color composite signal |
394.1 | | . . . . Predictive coding |
395.1 | | . . . . Transform coding |
396.1 | | . . . Including luminance signal |
397.1 | | . . Using separate coders for different picture features (e.g., highs, lows) |
398.1 | | . . . Subband encoding (e.g., low horizontal/low vertical frequency, low horizontal/high vertical frequency) |
399.1 | | . . Picture feature dependent sampling rate or sample selection |
400.1 | | . . Involving hybrid transform and difference coding |
401.1 | | . . . With prior difference coding |
402.1 | | . . . . Including motion vector |
403.1 | | . . Involving transform coding |
404.1 | | . . . Adaptive |
405.1 | | . . . . Sampling |
406.1 | | . . . . Normalizer |
407.1 | | . . . . Motion |
408.1 | | . . . Transformed sample selection (e.g., hierarchical sample selection) |
409.1 | | . . Involving difference transmission (e.g., predictive) |
410.1 | | . . . Involving both base and differential encoding |
411.1 | | . . . Plural predictors |
412.1 | | . . . . Including temporal predictor (e.g., frame difference) |
413.1 | | . . . . . Including motion vector |
414.1 | | . . . . Involving pattern matching |
415.1 | | . . . Including temporal prediction (e.g., frame difference) |
416.1 | | . . . . Including motion vector |
417.1 | | . . . . Involving pattern matching |
418.1 | | . . . Involving pattern matching |
419.1 | | . . . Coding element controlled by buffer fullness |
420.1 | | . . Involving block coding |
421.1 | | . . . Involving minimum, maximum, or average of block |
422.1 | | . . Involving pattern matching |
423.1 | | . . Arrangements for multiplexing one video signal, one or more audio signals, and a synchronizing signal |
424.1 | | . . Sub-Nyquist sampling |
424.2 | | . . . Adaptive |
425.1 | | . . Associated signal processing |
425.2 | | . . . Involving error detection or correction |
425.3 | | . . . Involving signal formatting |
425.4 | | . . . Involving synchronization |
426.1 | | . Format type |
427.1 | | . . Including frequency folding (e.g., subsampling) |
428.1 | | . . . Spotwobble (e.g., pixels from plural lines form single transmitted line) |
429.1 | | . . . Including video-related information |
430.1 | | . . . Using two or more frames |
431.1 | | . . . . Motion adaptive |
432.1 | | . . Added video information in standard channel format |
433.1 | | . . . Including additional modulation of picture carrier (e.g., quadrature) |
434.1 | | . . . Including information in sync, blanking, or overscan |
435.1 | | . . . . During vertical blanking interval |
436.1 | | . . . Including use of a subcarrier |
437.1 | | . . Individual processing of different parts of image frequency band (e.g., sum and difference, high band/low band) |
438.1 | | . Individual processing of different parts of image frequency band (e.g., sum and difference, high band/low band) |
439.1 | | . Frame field or line dropping followed by time expansion and time compression |
440.1 | | . Scan rate variation |
441 | | FORMAT CONVERSION |
442 | | . Involving polar to Cartesian or vice versa |
443 | | . Involving both line number and field rate conversion (e.g., PAL to NTSC) |
444 | | . . Specified chrominance signal |
445 | | . Conversion between standards with different aspect ratios |
446 | | . Progressive to interlace |
447 | | . Field rate type flicker compensating |
448 | | . Line doublers type (e.g., interlace to progressive IDTV type) |
449 | | . . Including nonstandard signal detection |
450 | | . . Specified chrominance processing (e.g., Y/C separation) |
451 | | . . . Motion adaptive |
452 | | . . Motion adaptive |
453 | | . Specified chrominance processing |
454 | | . . PAL to NTSC or vice versa |
455 | | . . In which simultaneous signals are converted into sequential signals or vice versa |
456 | | . . . Field or frame sequential to simultaneous |
457 | | . . Frequency change of subcarrier |
458 | | . Changing number of lines for standard conversion |
459 | | . Changing number of fields for standard conversion |
460 | | DIVERSE DEVICE CONTROLLED BY INFORMATION EMBEDDED IN VIDEO SIGNAL |
461 | | NONPICTORIAL DATA PACKET IN TELEVISION FORMAT |
462 | | . Audio |
463 | | . Full field |
464 | | . Sync |
465 | | . Data separation or detection |
466 | | . Error correction or prevention |
467 | | . Data format |
468 | | . Including teletext decoder or display |
469 | | FORMAT |
470 | | . Adapted to reduce noise or for frequency modulation (e.g., variable gain) |
471 | | . Including pulse modulation of video signal (e.g., pulse width, PAM) |
472 | | . . Pulse code modulation |
473 | | . Including additional information |
474 | | . . For controlling video processing (e.g., digitally assisted video) |
475 | | . . Additional modulation of picture carrier (e.g., quadrature) |
476 | | . . During sync, blanking, or overscan |
477 | | . . . During both vertical and horizontal blanking |
478 | | . . . During vertical blanking |
479 | | . . . During horizontal blanking |
480 | | . . . . Sound signal |
481 | | . . . . . Plural (e.g., stereo or SAP) |
482 | | . . . Sound signal |
483 | | . . . . Plural (e.g., stereo or SAP) |
484 | | . . Sound signal |
485 | | . . . Plural (e.g., stereo or SAP) |
486 | | . . Including the use of a subcarrier |
487 | | . Broadband (e.g., occupying two adjacent channels or parts thereof) |
488 | | . Specified color signal format |
489 | | . . Time division multiplexing of luminance and chrominance (e.g., MAC) |
490 | | . . Field or frame sequential systems |
491 | | . . Simultaneous and sequential (e.g., SECAM) |
492 | | . . Simultaneous signals |
493 | | . . . Luminance plus dual-phase modulated color carrier |
494 | | . . . Dot sequential |
495 | | . Of sync signal |
496 | | . . Color |
497 | | FLUTTER OR JITTER CORRECTION (E.G., DYNAMIC REPRODUCTION) |
498 | | . Specified color |
499 | | . . Using frequency shifting (e.g., heterodyne) |
500 | | SYNCHRONIZATION |
501 | | . Reprocessing |
502 | | . . Specified color |
503 | | . For sequential color components |
504 | | . . With line rate switch (e.g., SECAM) |
505 | | . Phase locking regenerated subcarrier to color burst |
506 | | . . Burst gate |
507 | | . . Including demodulator |
508 | | . . . Digital |
509 | | . . . With line rate switch (e.g., PAL) |
510 | | . Locking of computer to video timebase |
511 | | . Control of picture position |
512 | | . Locking of video or audio to reference timebase |
513 | | . . Frame or field synchronizers |
514 | | . . . Color television |
515 | | . . Audio to video |
516 | | . . By controlling video or sync generator |
517 | | . . . Color television |
518 | | . . Including compensation for transmission delays |
519 | | . . . Color television |
520 | | . . Color |
521 | | . Sync generation |
522 | | . . Means on video signal generator |
523 | | . . With addressable memory |
524 | | . . With counter or frequency divider |
525 | | . Sync separation |
526 | | . . Field or frame identification |
527 | | . . . Color |
528 | | . . Including automatic gain control (AGC) |
529 | | . . To produce distinct vertical output |
530 | | . . . With distinct horizontal output |
531 | | . . To produce distinct horizontal output |
532 | | . . By amplitude |
533 | | . . Noise reduction |
534 | | . . . Amplitude limiting |
535 | | . . . Noise inversion |
536 | | . Automatic phase or frequency control |
537 | | . . Of sampling or clock |
538 | | . . . With data interpolation |
539 | | . . . Color |
540 | | . . Horizontal sync component |
541 | | . . . Cascaded phase or frequency adjusting |
542 | | . . . Plural distinct operating modes |
543 | | . . . . Line rates |
544 | | . . . . Locking rates |
545 | | . . . . . Different mode during vertical blanking |
546 | | . . . Countdown |
547 | | . . Vertical sync component |
548 | | . . . Countdown |
549 | | . . Using color subcarrier |
550 | | . To achieve interlaced scanning |
551 | | . Of mechanical scan |
552 | | COMBINED WITH DIVERSE ART DEVICE (E.G., COMPUTER, TELEPHONE) |
553 | | BASIC RECEIVER WITH ADDITIONAL FUNCTION |
554 | | . Multimode (e.g., composite, Y, C; baseband RF) |
555 | | . . For receiving more than one format at will (e.g., NTSC/PAL) |
556 | | . . . For format with different aspect ratio |
557 | | . . . Color processing |
558 | | . . Format detection |
559 | | . Instant replay or freeze frame |
560 | | . . Color television processing |
561 | | . For magnification of part of image |
562 | | . . Color television |
563 | | . For display of additional information |
564 | | . . Simultaneously and on same screen (e.g., multiscreen) |
565 | | . . . Picture in picture |
566 | | . . . . Color television |
567 | | . . . . Memory |
568 | | . . . . Compression |
569 | | . . Receiver indicator (e.g., on screen display) |
570 | | . . . Tuning indication |
571 | | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUITRY SPECIFIC TO TELEVISION |
572 | | . A/D converters |
573 | | . . Analog to binary |
574 | | . . Including dither |
575 | | . Video reprocessing |
576 | | . Selective image modification (e.g., touch up) |
577 | | . . Color change type |
578 | | . Special effects |
579 | | . . Strobe (e.g., ball tracker) |
580 | | . . Geometric transformation |
581 | | . . . Size change |
582 | | . . . . Color signal |
583 | | . . . Rotation |
584 | | . . Combining plural sources |
585 | | . . . Including priority key |
586 | | . . . Foreground/background insertion |
587 | | . . . . Including hue detection (e.g., chroma key) |
588 | | . . . Multiple distinct images (e.g., splitscreen) |
589 | | . . . Including insertion of characters or graphics (e.g., titles) |
590 | | . . . Specified details of key signal generation or processing |
591 | | . . . . Self keyers (e.g., key generated from video being mixed |
592 | | . . . . . Chroma key (e.g., hue detector) |
593 | | . . . . Artificial key generation |
594 | | . . . . . Wipes signal generator |
595 | | . . . . . Fades signal generator |
596 | | . . . . . Window signal generator (e.g., rectangle) |
597 | | . . . . For generation of soft edge (e.g., blending) |
598 | | . . . Specified details of signal combining |
599 | | . . . . Color signal |
600 | | . . . . Graphic or character insertion type |
601 | | . . . Marker or pointer generator |
602 | | . Display controlled by ambient light |
603 | | . . Specified color (e.g., saturation and contrast control) |
604 | | . Including nonstandard signal detection controlling processing |
605 | | . Including vertical interval reference (e.g., VIR) |
606 | | . Combined noise reduction and transition sharpening |
607 | | . Noise or undesired signal reduction |
608 | | . . Processing at encoder or transmitter (e.g., pre-correction) |
609 | | . . . Reduction of chrominance luminance cross-talk (e.g., precomb) |
610 | | . . . . Adaptive |
611 | | . . . To suppress echo |
612 | | . . . Color signals |
613 | | . . . Complementary system (e.g., preemphasis - deemphasis) |
614 | | . . Ghost elimination (e.g., multipath) |
615 | | . . Blackspot or shading correction (e.g., corrects for fixed pattern defects) |
616 | | . . Dropout compensator (e.g., replacement type) |
617 | | . . . For color television |
618 | | . . For removal of low amplitude random noise (e.g., variable bandwidth) |
619 | | . . . Averaging type |
620 | | . . . . Using frame or field delays (e.g., motion adaptive) |
621 | | . . . . For color television |
622 | | . . . Noise component generator, limiter, subtractor type |
623 | | . . . Coring type |
624 | | . . For color television |
625 | | . Transition or edge sharpeners |
626 | | . . Scanning velocity modulation |
627 | | . . Including processing to prevent the addition of noise (e.g., coring enhancement signal, noise responsive peaking control) |
628 | | . . Vertical transition |
629 | | . . . Including horizontal transition |
630 | | . . Color television processing |
631 | | . . . Luminance transition controls chrominance transition |
632 | | . Sound muting |
633 | | . . Including picture blanking |
634 | | . Picture blanking |
635 | | . . For color television |
636 | | . . At transmitter |
637 | | . . Retrace type |
638 | | . Chrominance signal demodulator |
639 | | . . Digital |
640 | | . . PAL signal |
641 | | . . For quadrature signal (e.g., NTSC) |
642 | | . Color encoder or chrominance signal modulator |
643 | | . Color killer |
644 | | . . Including chrominance signal amplitude control |
645 | | . Chrominance signal amplitude control (e.g., saturation) |
646 | | . . Digital |
647 | | . . Automatic |
648 | | . . . Picture responsive (e.g., overload) |
649 | | . Hue control |
650 | | . . Scene by scene color correction |
651 | | . . Digital |
652 | | . . Fleshtone corrector (e.g., fixed) |
653 | | . . . By phase change of chrominance signal or subcarrier |
654 | | . . By phase change of chrominance signal or subcarrier |
655 | | . Color balance or temperature (e.g., white balance) |
656 | | . . Receiver type |
657 | | . . . Including feedback control |
658 | | . . . . Including optical sensor to observe display (e.g., CRT) |
659 | | . Matrixing or mixing |
660 | | . . Digital |
661 | | . . Masking (e.g., R, G, B to R`, G`, B`) |
662 | | . Chrominance phase adjuster (e.g., inverter) |
663 | | . Chrominance-luminance signal separation |
664 | | . . Logic circuit type |
665 | | . . Including comb filter (e.g., using line, field, frame delays) |
666 | | . . . Including adaptive artifacts removal (e.g., switchable trap or LPF in luma channel) |
667 | | . . . Adaptive comb filter |
668 | | . . . . Selects or blends two or more separated signals to derive output |
669 | | . . . . . Including frame or field delays (e.g., motion adaptive) |
670 | | . . . Including frame or field delays |
671 | | . Gray scale transformation |
672 | | . . Using histogram |
673 | | . . Combined contrast control and brightness or DC level control |
674 | | . . Nonlinear amplitude modification (e.g., gamma) |
675 | | . . . Color television |
676 | | . . . By adding outputs from parallel channels |
677 | | . . . With specified DC level control |
678 | | . . Automatic range control (e.g., AGC, automatic contrast control) |
679 | | . . . Color television |
680 | | . . . At transmitter |
681 | | . . . Carrier envelope |
682 | | . . . Sync or blanking |
683 | | . . . . Noise reduction or elimination |
684 | | . . . . Keyed |
685 | | . . . Delayed AGC |
686 | | . . Manual contrast control (e.g., linear) |
687 | | . Brightness control |
688 | | . . By subtracting averaged active video portion (e.g., flare) |
689 | | . . With DC clamping |
690 | | . White limiter |
691 | | . DC insertion |
692 | | . . Color television |
693 | | . . At transmitter |
694 | | . . For plural signals or signal components |
695 | | . . Level inserted during keying signals (e.g., keyed clamp) |
696 | | . . Insertion level derived by key signals |
697 | | . . . Level derived within feedback path |
698 | | . . Diode |
699 | | . Motion vector generation |
700 | | . Motion dependent key signal generation or scene change detection |
701 | | . . Specified processing of frame or field difference signal (e.g., noise reduction, key signal spreading) |
702 | | . . Composite color signal |
703 | | . Hue or saturation detector |
704 | | . Sweep expansion or reduction |
705 | | . Switching |
706 | | . . receiver type |
707 | | . Amplifiers |
708 | | . Color television signal processing |
709 | | . . Signal modification for one gun color tube (e.g., dot sequential) |
710 | | . . Differential phase or amplitude responsive |
711 | | . . Frequency response modification |
712 | | . . Luminance channel circuitry |
713 | | . . Chrominance channel circuitry |
714 | | . With details of static storage device |
715 | | . . For storing a sequence of frames or fields |
716 | | . . Specified data formatting (e.g., memory mapping) |
717 | | . . . Of color signal |
718 | | . . Accessing circuitry |
719 | | . . . Including processor interface (e.g., CPU) |
720 | | . Digital |
721 | | . . Plural processing units |
722 | | STUDIO EQUIPMENT |
723 | | TELEVISION TRANSMITTER CIRCUITRY |
724 | | . Modulator |
725 | | RECEIVER CIRCUITRY |
726 | | . Demodulator |
727 | | . . Color television |
728 | | . Color television |
729 | | . Television receiver adapted to receive radio broadcast or in combination with radio receiver |
730 | | . Power supply |
731 | | . Tuning |
732 | | . . Search tuning |
733 | | . . Tuning voltage |
734 | | . Remote control |
735 | | . Automatic frequency control |
736 | | . Sound traps |
737 | | . Intercarrier circuits |
738 | | . Sound circuit |
739 | | VIDEO DISPLAY |
740 | | . Array of shutters |
741 | | . Red-white phenomena |
742 | | . Color sequential |
743 | | . . With moving color filters |
744 | | . Projection device |
745 | | . . With alignment, registration or focus |
746 | | . . . Raster shape distortion |
747 | | . . . Raster size or position compensation |
748 | | . . With cooling device |
749 | | . . . Liquid |
750 | | . . Plural parallel light modulators |
751 | | . . . Liquid crystal |
752 | | . . . Using birefringent or polarizing medium (e.g., Kerr cell, Pockel`s cell, etc.) |
753 | | . . . . Electron beam addressed |
754 | | . . . Acousto-optic (e.g., Bragg cell, etc.) |
755 | | . . . Deformable medium |
756 | | . . . With optical element |
757 | | . . . . Beam combining |
758 | | . . Plural serial light modulators |
759 | | . . Single light modulator |
760 | | . . . Color TV |
761 | | . . . . Liquid crystal |
762 | | . . . . Using birefringent or polarizing medium (e.g., Kerr cell, Pockel`s cell, etc.) |
763 | | . . . . . Electron beam addressed |
764 | | . . . . Deformable medium |
765 | | . . . . . Fluid |
766 | | . . . Liquid crystal |
767 | | . . . Using birefringent or polarizing medium (e.g., Kerr cell, Pockel`s cell, etc.) |
768 | | . . . . Electron beam addressed |
769 | | . . . Acousto-optic |
770 | | . . . Deformable medium |
771 | | . . . . Including solid-state deflection elements (e.g., deformable mirror device (DMD)) |
772 | | . . . . Medium in tape, ribbon, or membrane form |
773 | | . . . . Fluid medium |
774 | | . . . . . Deformed into diffraction grating (e.g., using electron beam) |
775 | | . . . . Having significant chemical composition |
776 | | . . Cathode-ray tube image source |
777 | | . . . With intensifier |
778 | | . . . Plural CRTs |
779 | | . . . . With optical element |
780 | | . . . . . Beam combining |
781 | | . . . With optical element |
782 | | . . . . Mirror arrangement |
783 | | . . . . . Concave mirror |
784 | | . . . . . . With correcting plate |
785 | | . . . . Adjustable |
786 | | . . . . With screen or absorption filter |
787 | | . . . Cabinet or chassis |
788 | | . . . . Folding |
789 | | . . Cabinet or chassis |
790 | | . Liquid crystal |
791 | | . . Color TV |
792 | | . . Scanning circuit |
793 | | . . . Interlacing |
794 | | . . With cabinet or housing structure |
795 | | . Direct viewed light valve |
796 | | . Vacuum panel |
797 | | . Gas discharge |
798 | | . Array of lamps |
799 | | . . Color TV |
800 | | . Electroluminescent (e.g., scanned matrix, etc.) |
801 | | . . Light emitting diode |
802 | | . . . Color TV |
803 | | . . Color TV |
804 | | . With optical fiber device |
805 | | . Cathode-ray tube |
806 | | . . With distortion, alignment or focus |
807 | | . . . Color convergence correction |
808 | | . . Color TV |
809 | | . . . Separate electron beams in single tube |
810 | | . . . One electron beam supplying more than one color |
811 | | . . . . Beam position indicating |
812 | | . . . . . Horizontal stripes |
813 | | . . . . . Photoelectric sensor |
814 | | . . . . . Secondary emission sensor |
815 | | . . . . With electron-optical color selection |
816 | | . . . With color specific optical device |
817 | | . . . . Electrochromic device |
818 | | . . Protective device |
819 | | . . . Radiation protection for user |
820 | | . . . External electric or magnetic effect |
821 | | . . . Implosion protection |
822 | | . . . . Tensioned band |
823 | | . . . . Protective glass or panel |
824 | | . . . . . Bonded to CRT faceplate |
825 | | . . Support |
826 | | . . . CRT having only support at front portion |
827 | | . . . CRT position adjustable by user |
828 | | . . . Deflection element support |
829 | | . . . . Yoke |
830 | | . . . . . Supported by CRT neck |
831 | | . . . . . . Adjustable |
832 | | . . With optical element |
833 | | . . . For line elimination |
834 | | . . . Glare reduction |
835 | | . . . Filters |
836 | | . Cabinet or chassis |
837 | | . . With vehicle |
838 | | . . Portable |
839 | | . . Modular |
840 | | . . Multiple screens |
841 | | . . Masking |
842 | | . . Light shielding |
843 | | . . Cabinet back |
844 | | MISCELLANEOUS |
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| | CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS |
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901 | | HIGH SPEED TELEVISION SYSTEM |
902 | | PHOTOCHROMIC |
903 | | INCLUDING SIDE PANEL INFORMATION IN SINGLE CHANNEL |
904 | | SEPARATION OR JOINING OF SIDE AND CENTER PANELS |
905 | | REPRODUCTION OF A COLOR FIELD OR FRAME |
906 | | TELEVISION SCHEDULE |
907 | | COMMERCIAL VERIFICATION |
908 | | CONVERTIBLE CIRCUITS (E.G., Y/C SEPARATION OR NOISE REDUCTION) |
909 | | NOISE RESPONSIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING |
910 | | FLICKER REDUCTION |
911 | | LINE DOUBLER ADAPTED FOR REPRODUCING PROGRAM ORIGINALLY FROM FILM (E.G., 24 FRAME PER SECOND) |
912 | | DIFFERENTIAL AMPLITUDE CONSIDERATION (E.G., AMPLITUDE VS. FREQUENCY) |
913 | | LETTERBOX (E.G., DISPLAY 16:9 ASPECT RATIO IMAGE ON 4:3 SCREEN) |
914 | | DELAY FOR EQUALIZATION |
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| | FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS |
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| | Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been classified have been transferred directly to FOR Collection listed below. These collections contain ONLY foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived. |
FOR 100 | | BANDWIDTH REDUCTION SYSTEM (348/384) |
FOR 101 | | . Plural video programs in single channel (348/385) |
FOR 102 | | . . Color television (348/386) |
FOR 103 | | . . Bit-rate reduction (348/387) |
FOR 104 | | . Multiple channel (e.g., plural carrier) (348/388) |
FOR 105 | | . . Including one conventional or compatible channel (e.g., two channel NTSC systems) (348/389) |
FOR 106 | | . Bit-rate reduction (348/390) |
FOR 107 | | . . Specified color signal (348/391) |
FOR 108 | | . . . Sub-Nyquist sampling (348/392) |
FOR 109 | | . . . Direct coding of color composite signal (348/393) |
FOR 110 | | . . . . Predictive coding (348/394) |
FOR 111 | | . . . . Transform coding (348/395) |
FOR 112 | | . . . Including luminance signal (348/396) |
FOR 113 | | . . Using separate coders for different picture features (e.g., highs, lows) (348/397) |
FOR 114 | | . . . Sub-band encoding (e.g., low horizontal/low vertical frequency, low horizontal/high vertical frequency) (348/398) |
FOR 115 | | . . Picture feature dependent sampling rate or sample selection (348/399) |
FOR 116 | | . . Involving hybrid transform and difference coding (348/400) |
FOR 117 | | . . . With prior difference coding (348/401) |
FOR 118 | | . . . . Including motion vector (348/402) |
FOR 119 | | . . Involving transform coding (348/403) |
FOR 120 | | . . . Adaptive (348/404) |
FOR 121 | | . . . . Quantizer (348/405) |
FOR 122 | | . . . . Normalizer (348/406) |
FOR 123 | | . . . . Motion (348/407) |
FOR 124 | | . . . Transformed sample selection (e.g., hierarchical sample selection) (348/408) |
FOR 125 | | . . Involving difference transmission (348/409) |
FOR 126 | | . . . Involving both PCM and DPCM encoding (348/410) |
FOR 127 | | . . . Plural predictors (348/411) |
FOR 128 | | . . . . Including temporal predictor (e.g., frame difference) (348/412) |
FOR 129 | | . . . . . Including motion vector (348/413) |
FOR 130 | | . . . . Involving vector quantization (348/414) |
FOR 131 | | . . . Including temporal prediction (e.g., frame difference) (348/415) |
FOR 132 | | . . . . Including motion vector (348/416) |
FOR 133 | | . . . . Involving vector quantization (348/417) |
FOR 134 | | . . . Involving vector quantization (348/418) |
FOR 135 | | . . . Coding element controlled by buffer fullness (e.g., adaptive quantizer) (348/419) |
FOR 136 | | . . Involving block coding (348/420) |
FOR 137 | | . . . PCM represents minimum, maximum, or average of block (348/421) |
FOR 138 | | . . Involving vector quantization (348/422) |
FOR 139 | | . . Arrangements for multiplexing one video signal, one or more audio signals, and a synchronizing signal (348/423) |
FOR 140 | | . . Sub-Nyquist sampling (348/424) |
FOR 141 | | . . . Adaptive (348/425) |
FOR 142 | | . . Associated signal processing (348/845) |
FOR 143 | | . . . Involving error detection or correction (348/845.1) |
FOR 144 | | . . . Involving signal formatting (348/845.2) |
FOR 145 | | . . . Involving synchronization (348/845.3) |
FOR 146 | | . Format type (e.g., HDTV or EDTV) (348/426) |
FOR 147 | | . . Including frequency folding (e.g., subsampling) (348/427) |
FOR 148 | | . . . Spotwobble (e.g., pixels from plural lines form single transmitted line) (348/428) |
FOR 149 | | . . . Including video related information (e.g., digitally assisted television) (348/429) |
FOR 150 | | . . . Using two or more frames (348/430) |
FOR 151 | | . . . . Motion adaptive (348/431) |
FOR 152 | | . . Added video information in standard channel format (e.g., compatible EDTV) (348/432) |
FOR 153 | | . . . Including additional modulation of picture carrier (e.g., quadrature) (348/433) |
FOR 154 | | . . . Including information in sync, blanking, or overscan (348/434) |
FOR 155 | | . . . . During vertical blanking interval (348/435) |
FOR 156 | | . . . Including the use of a subcarrier (348/436) |
FOR 157 | | . . Individual processing of different parts of image frequency band (e.g., sum and difference, high band/low band) (348/437) |
FOR 158 | | . Individual processing of different parts of image frequency band (e.g., sum and difference, high band/low band) (438/438) |
FOR 159 | | . Frame field or line dropping followed by time expansion and time compression (348/439) |
FOR 160 | | . Scan rate variation (348/440) |
| | CAMERA, SYSTEM AND DETAIL (348/207) |
FOR 161 | | . With electronic viewfinder or display monitor (348/333) |
FOR 162 | | . . With indicium (348/334) |