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7236645 Image synthesizing apparatus and method  
An α value in a desired shape in a desired position can be rewritten to a desired value in a desired range. α value rewriting units for rewriting an α value showing an opaqueness degree of an...
7154558 Display control apparatus and method, and recording medium and program therefor  
A display control apparatus includes a display controller for receiving image signals corresponding to a plurality of images, to perform image processing on the image signals, and to synthesize...
7119849 Multi-screen synthesis apparatus, method of controlling the apparatus, and program for controlling the apparatus  
There is provided a multi-screen synthesis apparatus that can execute display of video data and update of an OSD image without causing a user to feel a visual sense of incongruity, and reduce...
6654034 Information presentation system for a graphical user interface  
A system and method for GUI on multiple monitors that are located in the same user work space. This invention involves a computer using an external source that is able to keep track of what...
6621499 Video processor with multiple overlay generators and/or flexible bidirectional video data port  
A video processing device and method receives data from a common data source, such as a frame buffer and outputs first overlay information in a first color space from a first port and outputs...
6512793 Data processing apparatus and method  
In decoding code data encoded in object units, decoders corresponding to the number of objects are needed. However, it is impossible to always provide a sufficient number of decoder. Accordingly,...
6476874 Apparatus and method for combining background images with main images  
It is intended to enable main image data from a video camera and background image data recorded on a recording medium to be chromakey-combined with each other naturally at a low cost. When a video...
6452643 Linking keyers to background source selections  
Linking keyers to background source selections is achieved by defining a key link association table between background sources and keyers for an M/E of a production switcher. Key Add and Key Drop...
6449019 Real-time key frame effects using tracking information  
Real time effects are provided by using tracking information to define values for parameters of an effect. The tracking information also may be combined with parameters for various effects that...
6421095 Key priority for a mix/effect bank having multiple keyers  
A mix/effect bank has its capability doubled by increasing the number of keyers input from two to four. The outputs from the keyers are routed through a crosspoint matrix for form a current and a...
6310658 Video signal mixing apparatus and method thereof  
A video signal mixing apparatus and a method thereof, which is capable of minimizing timing jitter caused when onsynchronized video signals are digitally mixed. A signal subtractor subtracts a...
6281941 Mix-effect bank with multiple programmable outputs  
A mix-effect bank architecture for a production video switcher has multiple programmable outputs, the outputs being determined by a selected operational mode including split, programmable clean...
6271890 Chromakeying system  
A chromokeying panel for use in conjunction with a chromakeying system includes a plurality of first and second location. Each of the first and the second locations has a color within the color of...
6252632 System for enhancing a video presentation  
A system for enhancing the television presentation of an object that can highlight the object without obscuring the image of the object. The system receives a first video image, matches a second...
6175381 Image processing method and image processing apparatus  
In an image processing method and an image processing apparatus in which information on the distance to a subject is successively allocated to each pixel of a processing target picture to generate...
6144391 Electronic video processing system  
The system comprises a store 11 having several disc drives for storing multiple video frames in random access order. The store 11 also has at least two ports 15, 16 each capable of transferring...
6130725 Switching reference generation using a scanning sync separator  
An architecture for switching reference generation uses a scanning sync separator to sample each output from the matrix outputs in turn to determine the format of each output. A controller selects...
6122014 Modified chroma keyed technique for simple shape coding for digital video  
An efficient chroma key-based coding technique for digital video with an optimized switching threshold. An optimized binary keying threshold is provided for switching between a first image region...
6078362 Device for combining video signals which represent images having a different perception depth  
Device for combining p video signals which represent images having a different perception depth, comprising p sources which each generate a video signal in the form of a series of pixels, each...
5825433 Video mixing apparatus  
A video mixing apparatus for mixing a first video signal and a second video signal in accordance with a first key signal and a second key signal. The video mixing apparatus includes a key signal...
5822015 Providing an accurate tally indication of sources in use for output  
In the processing of digital video signals there is provided in association with each signal an accompanying tally signal which provides an instantaneous identification of one or more signal...
5739868 Apparatus for processing mixed YUV and color palettized video signals  
Apparatus processes mixed YUV and color palettized video signals for display on an interlaced NTSC or PAL television receiver by storing first and second fields of one or more sprites in a graphic...
5737011 Infinitely expandable real-time video conferencing system  
A video conferencing system and method that uses a central multimedia bridge to combine multimedia signals from a plurality of conference participants into a single composite signal for each...
5689309 Control circuit for mixing two video signals  
A mixer control circuit generates content control signals which are used by a mixer circuit to control the content of an output signal. The output signal will include either an analog signal, a...
5675395 Remote receiver that coordinates command signals from differing sources including radio frequency and infrared sources  
A remote receiver is disclosed that accepts command signals from infrared transmitters and radio frequency transmitters and that combined the command signals into a final non overlapping command...
5675392 Mixer with common-mode noise rejection  
A mixer circuit with common-mode noise rejection combines input signals into a single output signal in a predetermined ratio and reduces the effect of noise within the single output signal. The...
5657096 Real time video conferencing system and method with multilayer keying of multiple video images  
A video conferencing system and method that uses a central multimedia bridge to combine multimedia signals from a plurality of conference participants into a single composite signal for each...
5532836 Apparatus for gradually switching video presentation of stored pictures  
An apparatus for reading picture data stored on a record carrier for first and second pictures, and providing an output video signal which changes smoothly from the first to the second picture. The...
5432528 Video combiner  
A video signal combiner includes circuitry for generating a gleam key signal for keying a video image which has been spatially transformed, a plurality of multiplier circuits for simultaneously...
5426467 Video special effect processor  
In a video special effect processor for performing video special effect processing on a digital video signal, a digital video signal is transmitted as serial digital data in a predetermined format,...
5408272 Method of producing a composited video image based on depth  
A method of producing a composited video image based on depth uses a serial combiner to which a plurality of video input signals, representing video images, and priority signals are input. The...
5400080 Apparatus and methods for combining video signals representing images having different depths  
At least three video signals including at least one video signal which is given special effects are combined into a single video signal. Each of the three video signals contains a key signal and...
5353068 Video signal combining apparatus and method  
A video signal combining apparatus for combining at least three video signals (V A , V B , V C ) including a key signal (K A , K B , K C ) and depth signal (Z A , Z B , Z C ) includes at least two...
5331348 Adaptive leak HDTV encoder  
An improved predictive encoder where the leak signal is a function of the buffer fullness of the encoder. More specifically, the signals stored in the encoder output buffer are further encoded...
5231499 Keyed, true-transparency image information combine  
A keyed, true-transparency combine and keyer receive a plurality of image information signals V i , each having a corresponding input key signal Bk i , over a respective channel. The image signals...
5227863 Programmable digital video processing system  
Programmable apparatus for digital processing of video signals from multiple sources converted to digital format to provide real-time multiple simultaneous special video effects and suitable for...
5214512 Keyed, true-transparency image information combine  
A keyed, true-transparency combine and keyer receive prioritized image information signals and their corresponding input key signals. On the one hand, others have changed the order of the channels...
5027213 Video signal mixer system  
In a video mixer each input video signal is modified by only a single multiplier before its contribution is added to the contributions of other input video signals to produce the output video...
5016105 Special effects mixer for video signals with automatic amplitude control of signals relating to lower priority planes  
In a mixer in which several video signal inputs are multiplied by respective mixing factor signals and the multiplier outputs are added together to produce an output video signal, one of the video...
4947257 Raster assembly processor  
A system for combining a plurality of video signals and various forms of still imagery such as text or graphics into a single high resolution display is disclosed. The invention system utilizes a...
4947254 Layered mix effects switcher architecture  
A mix effects based switcher architecture provides for processing of video signals with associated key signals throughout, the mix effects (M/E) banks within the switcher outputting both a...
4875097 Perspective processing of a video signal  
A video signal representing a scene is processed by combining it with a second signal having a value which depends on the depth of the scene as a function of position.
4853784 Video switcher with independent processing of selected video signals  
A video switcher comprises a source selector having a plurality of input terminals for connection to a plurality of video sources respectively, and at least two output terminals. At least two...
4851912 Apparatus for combining video signals  
A first shaped video signal V 1 K 1 and a second shaped video signal V 2 V 2 , are combined so as to generate a third shaped video signal V 3 ' given by V 3 '=V 1 K 1 [1-K 2 (1-P 12 )]+V...
4758892 System for producing a video combine from multiple video images  
Video channel combines are produced by digitally processing binary numbers representing values of video image information in multiple channels, for corresponding points in a display of the...
4689677 Video signal processing circuits  
A video signal processing circuit receiving an input sample data relating to sample positions in a video field and in association with the sample data for each sample position associated z data...
4684990 Method and apparatus for combining multiple video images in three dimensions  
A plurality of input video signals (including background) are combined in accordance with priority. Each video signal comprises data samples corresponding to respective discrete locations on a...
4463372 Spatial transformation system including key signal generator  
A spatial transformation system includes a processing system for each component of an input video signal. The processing systems respond to operator commands entered through a control panel to...
4360831 Multiple image digital processing system  
A multiple picture image manipulation system for receiving video information related to a plurality of pictures. A designation control designates the output priority order of the respective...
4266242 Television special effects arrangement  
A television special effects system is provided wherein digitized picture elements of any one of a plurality of video input signals are assigned addresses corresponding to the desired location of...
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