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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1993
Katsuakira Moriwake, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Shiraishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A special effect generating apparatus having a plurality of processing units being connected each other, each of which includes a processing section for processing an input video signal according to a control signal, an identification signal generating section for generating an identification signal which identifies the processing unit or a condition of the processing unit, an adding section for adding the identification signal to a predetermined portion of an output video signal from the processing section, a detecting section for detecting the identification signal in an output video signal from an upstream processing section, and a monitoring section for monitoring a connecting status among the plurality of processing units or a condition of the processing units according to the identification signal detected by the detecting section.