US5555463A
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Television receiver with deferred transmission of moving image sequences
Assignee: Technicolor USA Inc
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Filing: 1994-01-25
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Granted: 1996-09-10
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Expires: 2014-01-25
Abstract
Abstract A television receiver equipped with an internal device produces a deferred source signal in order to alter the amount (X) of deferment in order to allow for a replay or skipping of a portion of a program being viewed. The change in deferment is followed automatically by a resumption of the initial value of deferment. This allows for instant replay or fast forward and subsequent return to the initial condition in an automatic manner.
Inventors
- 👤 Alain Staron
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 08:48
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/41; H04N21/414; H04N21/4147; H04N21/47; H04N21/472; H04N21/47217; H04N5/44; H04N5/4448; H04N5/78; H04N5/781; H04N5/84; H04N5/85; H04N5/907; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/80; H04N9/804; H04N9/8042; H04N9/8047
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
Device including means for the deferred transmission of a sequence of moving images via a buffer memory associated with write and read addressing means, said deferment undergoing an abrupt change of value on request and automatically resuming its initial value in order to satisfy a subsequent request, said buffer memory having a sufficient capacity to contain several images of the said sequence, characterized in that the said abrupt change of value is by choice positive or negative, so as to offer the possibility of repeating and that of skipping a portion of the said sequence.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
Device including means for the deferred transmission of a sequence of moving images via a buffer memory associated with write and read addressing means, said deferment undergoing an abrupt change of value on request and automatically resuming its initial value in order to satisfy a subsequent request, said buffer memory having a sufficient capacity to contain several images of the said sequence, characterized in that the said abrupt change of value is by choice positive or negative, so as to offer the possibility of repeating and that of skipping a portion of the said sequence.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said deferred transmission means comprise: a writable and erasable information medium, means effecting the paying out of the said medium past a recording head and past a read head and means for displacing the said read head, in order to modify its position within that region of the said medium scanned by the said recording head.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
Device according to claim 2, characterized in that said information medium includes a magnetic recording material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
Device according to claim 2, characterized in that means are provided for digitizing said source signal prior to its writing to the said medium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
Device according to claim 4, characterized in that said heads are magnetic heads furnished with air-gaps.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
Device according to claim 4, characterized in that said heads and said medium form a write/read system of magneto-optical type.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
84 words
Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the write addressing of the said memory is incremented image by image, as is the read addressing; the disparity between the write and read addresses being modified by several units so as to change the value of the said deferment in one direction and then in the opposite direction, unit by unit, at a rate which is a sub-multiple of the rate of reading of the said images, so as to return to the initial disparity.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
176 words
A device for deferring transmission of a sequence of moving images, said device comprising: write addressing circuitry for incremental writing on an image by image basis of said sequence of moving images to a buffer memory wherein said buffer memory has sufficient capacity to contain several of said images; read addressing circuitry for reading said images in said buffer memory wherein said read addressing circuitry is incremented image and wherein said read addressing of said sequence of moving images is deferred from said write addressing and wherein said deferring has a deferment value which is subject an abrupt change on a request followed by an automatic and gradual return to an initial deferment value; wherein a disparity between said read and write addressing is modified by a plurality of units in order to change the value of the said deferment in one direction and then in the opposite direction, image unit by unit, at a rate which is a sub-multiple of the rate of reading of said images, so as to return to an initial disparity.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
176 words
A device for deferring transmission of a sequence of moving images, said device comprising: write addressing circuitry for incremental writing on an image by image basis of said sequence of moving images to a buffer memory wherein said buffer memory has sufficient capacity to contain several of said images; read addressing circuitry for reading said images in said buffer memory wherein said read addressing circuitry is incremented image and wherein said read addressing of said sequence of moving images is deferred from said write addressing and wherein said deferring has a deferment value which is subject an abrupt change on a request followed by an automatic and gradual return to an initial deferment value; wherein a disparity between said read and write addressing is modified by a plurality of units in order to change the value of the said deferment in one direction and then in the opposite direction, image unit by unit, at a rate which is a sub-multiple of the rate of reading of said images, so as to return to an initial disparity.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
Device according to either one of claims 8 or 1, characterized in that said buffer memory is a microprocessor-managed random access memory.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
53 words
Device according to claim 9, characterized in that the signals representative of the said images are subjected to a compression processing prior to their writing to the said memory and in that the signals resulting from the reading of said memory undergo an inverse processing before being applied to the said display means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
49 words
Device according to either one of claims 8 or 1, characterized in that a non-deferred source signal is used in a phase of normal operation, whilst means are provided for substituting it with the deferred source signal in a transient phase ending in the resumption of said normal operation.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
Device according to either one of claims 8 or 1, characterized in that said buffer memory is a semiconductor memory.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
16 words
Device according to claim 12, characterized in that said memory can be extended by adding modules.
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