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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Raymond Bontempi, Jamison, PA (US);
Joseph F. Halgas, Jr., Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Inventors:
Raymond Bontempi, Jamison, PA (US);
Joseph F. Halgas, Jr., Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/74 (2006.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique is described that allows a viewer to eliminate a fixed information band portion of a television image (e.g., a scrolling news 'crawl' or fixed advertising band) from a television display by 'stretching' the main program portion to fill the screen, effectively pushing the undesired crawl or advertising band off of the display. This eliminates a feature of many television broadcasts that many viewers find distracting and/or annoying, and helps to prevent phosphor burn on phosphor-based display screens.