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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:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Kobayashi, Mitaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Takimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Taizou Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Fukuoka, Hiratsuka, JP;
Yoshihiro Nakatani, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Makino, Kunitachi, JP;
Shinichi Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348556 ; 348445 ; 386123 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for inputting one or more video signals, synthesizing the video signals and outputting the synthesized video signals with aspect information. The aspect information represents an aspect ratio of the synthesized video signal. The aspect information may be superposed within the vertical blanking period.