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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Altaf Rahman, Stamford, CT (US);
Vincent J Navikas, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF Broadcast, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360-91 ; 360 331 ; 360 351 ; 360 32 ; 358335 ; 358135 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for encoding, storing, and reading out frames of video signal, such as a television signal. Fast access to encoded frames on a disk is achieved using a technique which employs tag bits to control the storage and decoding of the video.