| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7555125 |
Systems and methods for generation of time-dependent control signals for video signals |
June 30, 2009 |
| Systems and methods for generation of time-dependent control signals for video signals are provided. A system is provided that includes a set of microsequencers, a programmable combinational logic (PCL) module, shared memory, an arbiter for sharing of memory by the microsequencers, stack |
| 7529330 |
Closed loop sub-carrier synchronization system |
May 5, 2009 |
| A system and method for synchronizing sub-carriers in a signal processing system. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise method steps and structure that receive a sampled signal. Various aspects may produce a synchronization signal based on the sampled signal. Various |
| 7492415 |
Method and system for data compression for storage of 3D comb filter data |
February 17, 2009 |
| Methods and systems for data compression for storage of 3D comb filter data are disclosed. An incoming video signal may be band-limited during combing, where the incoming video signal may comprise a plurality of active and inactive video samples disposed within a plurality of video l |
| 7489362 |
Television functionality on a chip |
February 10, 2009 |
| A television on a chip (TVOC) system that provides a cost effective approach for providing television functionality on a single integrated circuit chip is disclosed. A TVOC includes the functionality necessary to receive and display television signals in a variety of input and output |
| 7489338 |
Automatic color-sync polarity control |
February 10, 2009 |
| A system and method for automatically controlling color synchronization polarity during video decoding. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise at least one module that is adapted to monitor color synchronization polarity at a plurality of instances over a period of tim |
| 7425991 |
System and method for determining video subcarrier phase |
September 16, 2008 |
| A system and method for determining phase of a subcarrier (e.g., a jittering video subcarrier). Various aspects of the present invention may comprise determining at least one weighting factor based, at least in part, on a subcarrier synchronization signal (e.g., a video synchronizati |
| 7405769 |
Method and system for 3D comb synchronization and alignment of standard and non-standard video s |
July 29, 2008 |
| In a method and system for 3D comb synchronization and alignment of standard and non-standard video signals, a coarse synchronization is performed on a bottom frame, a current frame, and a top frame based on a bottom frame field count. The current frame is assigned the frame transfer |
| 7382296 |
System for mixed analog-digital automatic gain control |
June 3, 2008 |
| Aspects of the invention provide a system for a mixed analog-digital automatic gain control. The received analog signal is amplified by the analog amplifier and then converted to a digital value by an ADC. A clamp reference level of the converted signal is removed prior to applying a |
| 7372929 |
Closed loop sub-carrier synchronization system |
May 13, 2008 |
| A system and method for synchronizing sub-carriers in a signal processing system. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise method steps and structure that receive a sampled signal. Various aspects may produce a synchronization signal based on the sampled signal. Various |
| 7363304 |
Method and system for providing a hardware sort for a large number of items |
April 22, 2008 |
| A method and system for sorting a number of items in a computer system. The sort is based on a plurality of values of a key. Each item has a value of the plurality of values. The method and system include providing plurality of stages, providing at least one switch coupled between the |
| 7359005 |
Method and system for component sync detection and alignment |
April 15, 2008 |
| In a method and system for component sync detection and alignment, the Y/G channel is used as a master channel from which the vertical and the horizontal syncs are detected by a master sync generator. The master sync generator determines a fast and slow slice level for generating a rough |
| 7298418 |
Method and system for processing in a non-line locked system |
November 20, 2007 |
| Certain embodiments of the invention disclose a method and system for processing in a non-line locked system. The phase relationship between the sub-carrier signal on consecutive video lines in a video comb filter is determined by synchronizing the two video lines. The synchronization |
| 7283176 |
Method and system for detecting field ID |
October 16, 2007 |
| Methods and systems for determining fields in a video signal are disclosed. Historic field ID values for a received video signal may be stored and subsequently utilized by a summer and/or a correlator in order to estimate a field ID value for a current field. The summer may sum all h |
| 7218258 |
Method and system for mixed analog-digital automatic gain control |
May 15, 2007 |
| Aspects of the invention provide a method and system for a mixed analog-digital automatic gain control. The received analog signal is amplified by the analog amplifier and then converted to a digital value by an ADC. A clamp reference level of the converted signal is removed prior to |
| 7102689 |
Systems and methods for decoding teletext messages |
September 5, 2006 |
| A system and method for efficiently detecting and decoding valid teletext message sequences is provided. A system is provided that includes a correlator, a sine wave generator, two time window generators, a phase detector, a framing code search engine, and a match filter. The method |
| 6775667 |
Method and system for providing a hardware sort for a large number of items |
August 10, 2004 |
| A method and system for sorting a number of items in a computer system is described. The sort is based on values of a key. Each item has a value. The method and system include providing stages, providing switch(es) coupled between the stages, and providing a final switch coupled with a |
| 6356273 |
Method and system for performing MIP map level selection |
March 12, 2002 |
| A method and system for processing textures for a graphical image on a display is disclosed. The graphical image includes a plurality of polygons. Each of the plurality of polygons includes at least one fragment. The fragment includes at least one texture and a w-value for the fragme |
| 6072462 |
Technique for generating on-screen display characters using software implementation |
June 6, 2000 |
| A method for generating a video character in an on-screen display system. The method uses a HALT signal provided to the microprocessor which allows the microprocessor to finish executing its current instruction, but prohibits the microprocessor from beginning a next instruction. After a |
| 5608425 |
Technique for generating on-screen display characters using software implementation |
March 4, 1997 |
| A new technique for generating OSD characters is disclosed having a system architecture which utilizes a minimum of hardware and which is primarily implemented through software. The technique of the present invention incorporates the use of a microprocessor which is utilized to store and |
| 5386251 |
Television receiver with learning remote control system capable of being controlled by a remote |
January 31, 1995 |
| A learning TV is disclosed which enables the TV to learn and be remotely controlled by remote control signals generated from any remote control device produced by any manufacturer. The user is able to assign to each received remote control signal a particular function such as POWER ON/OF |
