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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:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Adreon Marflak, North Huntingdon, PA (US);
Hirohide Kiga, Greensburg, PA (US);
David Scott Arnold, North Huntingdon, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/223 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/223 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying a video signal is described. A first video signal is received representing a first image having a first aspect ratio. The first image is displayed on a display having a second aspect ratio and a display area, with the first image having a smaller area than the display area forming a border area. A second video signal is received representing a second image having the second aspect ratio. A border modification signal is generated. The second image is displayed on the display with the border area modified in accordance with the border modification signal.