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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. 07, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tatsuo Nagata, Fujisawa, JP;
Shigeru Hirahata, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Katsumata, Yokohama, JP;
Shinobu Torikoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuo Konno, Chigasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358140 ; 358180 ; 358230 ;
Abstract
A wide television receiver which converts a video input signal having an aspect ratio 4:3 or 16:9 into a display format permitting selecting of display with horizontal compression, without horizontal compression, with vertical magnification, or without vertical magnification to present the display on a wide display having an aspect ratio 16:9.