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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2019
Applicant:

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Inventor:

Russell Granneman, Goleta, CA (US);

Assignee:

KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G11B 27/031 (2006.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 19/172 (2014.01); H04N 19/182 (2014.01); H04N 13/139 (2018.01); H04N 19/154 (2014.01); H04N 19/132 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/031 (2013.01); H04N 13/139 (2018.05); H04N 19/132 (2014.11); H04N 19/154 (2014.11); H04N 19/172 (2014.11); H04N 19/182 (2014.11); H04N 21/23116 (2013.01);
Abstract

A medical imaging apparatus for processing a frame of a digital video signal, the apparatus includes an image sensor assembly, a frame replication device, a frame modification controller, and a video encoder. The image sensor assembly generates a first video signal having a first frame rate. The frame replication device replicates pixels of a respective frame of the first video signal to produce at least one replicated frame. The frame modification controller randomly modifies at least some of the respective pixels in the at least one replicated frame resulting in at least one modified replicated frame. The video encoder outputs a second video signal based on the at least one modified replicated frame.


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