Resources Contact Us Home Browse by: INVENTOR PATENT HOLDER PATENT NUMBER DATE     Methods and apparatus for decoding and displaying different resolution video signals Image Number 2 for United States Patent #8126050. Methods and apparatus for implementing a reduced cost HDTV/SDTV video decoder are disclosed. The described joint video decoder is capable of decoding HDTV pictures at approximately the resolution of standard definition television pictures and can be used to decode HDTV and/or SDTV pictures. The described video decoder may be used as part of a picture-in-picture decoder circuit for providing picture-in-picture capability without providing multiple full resolution video decoders. The reduction in decoder circuit complexity is achieved through the use of a plurality of data reduction techniques including the use of a preparser, downsampling, and truncating pixel values.       Recently Added Patents Method for manufacturing disposable worn article Sink Liquid ejecting device Light emitting module and illuminating device Method for monitoring impulse noise Live bacterial vaccines for viral infection prophylaxis or treatment Fin transistor structure and method of fabricating the same   Randomly Featured Patents Strip wiper device, strip wiping method, rolling mill and rolling method Reversible asymmetric hanger for suspending objects such as wires, strips and loops Method of actively tagging electronic designs and intellectual property cores Clock radio receiver Color signal matrix circuit Electrical contact element for medium or high voltage electrical equipment, and corresponding, method and equipment Cleaning mechanism for an intermediate transfer body in an image forming apparatus Auxiliary display within a primary display system Lozenge cutter apparatus Unique combinations of antimicrobial compositions © 2006-2008 PatentGenius. All Rights Reserved.