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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:
Oct. 13, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Mogi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380 20 ; 380 10 ; 380 17 ; 380 21 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for scrambling or encoding a television signal by inverting the latter signal in accordance with a control signal having a predetermined code pattern comprises a detector circuit for detecting a change in a picture scene of the television signal and generating an identification signal in response to detection of the scene change and code generator for generating a key code signal of specific pattern which indicates a particular program of the television signal. According to this invention, the control signal is formed in response to both the identification signal and the key code signal.