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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2004
Jeff S. Ford, Madison, AL (US);
Claude Denton, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jeff S. Ford, Madison, AL (US);
Claude Denton, Beaverton, OR (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing video signals comprises a receiver for receiving a video signal, a video pipeline for post-processing the received video signal, the video pipeline producing a post-processed video signal, and a video output module for converting the post-processed video signal, the video output module producing a formatted video signal. The video output module may further comprise an ancillary data injector, the injector inserting ancillary data into the post-processed video signal. Also, the video output system may further comprise a generator locking device or the video input module may include a generator locking device.