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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2001
Craig D. Cuttner, Norwalk, CT (US);
Robert M. Zitter, Stamford, CT (US);
Craig D. Cuttner, Norwalk, CT (US);
Robert M. Zitter, Stamford, CT (US);
Home Box Office, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An image and audio degradation simulator simulates in real time selected degradation effects on images and audio of a film or television production. The degradation effects, which can include those incurred after the electronic capture of the production to its display at a final destination, are performed on electrical signals representing pictures and sound. Simulations can be displayed in real time either substantially immediately upon completion of a portion of the production or at any stage thereafter. Such real-time degradation simulations give a producer an opportunity to see and hear what an end-user (e.g., a television viewer or moviegoer) would see and hear, thus allowing the producer to make typically cost-effective production changes (e.g., to lighting, audio, wardrobe, background, etc.) while that production is still in progress.