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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:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hendrikus H Van Der Weij, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Kettler, Eindhoven, NL;
Timothy J Everett, Redhill, GB;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348563 ; 348-7 ; 348 12 ; 348 13 ;
Abstract
Video data and TXT data are combined into a single image. The video data is representative of a mosaic of video windows. The TXT data form a plurality of TXT pages. Each TXT page is transparent in an area of one or more corresponding video windows. In an interactive application, a customized TXT page guides a user through a virtual world in video and TXT combined.