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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1998
Harry T. Garland, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An integrated digital television and video printer ( ) comprises a first decompressor ( ) for decompressing a compressed digital video signal corresponding to a real time broadcast, a buffer ( ) for storing a compressed digital video signal ( ), a synchronizing means ( ) for coordinating the display of the real time digital video signal and the stored digital video signal, a second decompressor ( ) for decompressing the stored compressed digital video signal received from the buffer ( ), a control means ( ) for selecting among and printing images corresponding to the digital video signal stored in the buffer ( ), a display means ( ) for viewing the real time digital video signal and/or the stored digital video signal, and a printing means ( ) for producing a hard copy of the selected image from the buffer ( ).