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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1994
Dennis L Grimm, Fremont, CA (US);
Erik A Gutfeldt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory M Millar, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Terence E Worley, Fremont, CA (US);
Radius Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented process for extracting and processing information in a vertical interval of a video signal comprising a plurality of video lines selects a portion of the vertical interval from the video lines as the video lines are coupled to a computer bus, detects information stored in the selected portion, places the detected information on the bus of the computer, processes the detected information according to the portion of the vertical interval from which it is selected, and processes the video lines responsive to the detected information from the vertical interval.