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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. 25, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 ; H04N 5/781 ; H04N 5/85 ; H04N 5/90 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 ; H04N 5/781 ; H04N 5/85 ; H04N 5/90 ;
Abstract
To capture digital moving image information supplied from a digital VTR and to generate high quality still image data files, a programmable controller executes program instructions to determine whether an image capturing operation has been activated and to determine whether the extracted frame is valid/appropriate. If so, a header is appended, based on various video transmission standards such as NTSC or PAL, to the extracted frame data, thereby generating an image file. The frame data following this header is then recorded to the recording medium, such as a disk, for subsequent signal processing by the programmable controller.