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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. 25, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hugo J Strubbe, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Donald R Gentner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
North American Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358183 ; 3581921 ;
Abstract
A television system with picture-in-picture capability in which a common control element can be used to control both the main picture and the picture-in-picture on the screen together with an indicating means displayable on the screens indicate which picture the common control element is capable of controlling at any time.