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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Wayne E. Bretl, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Mark Fimoff, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Paul A. Snopko, Chicago, IL (US);
Wayne E. Bretl, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Mark Fimoff, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Paul A. Snopko, Chicago, IL (US);
Zenith Electronics Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
An MPEG on-screen display coder includes a buffer, an MPEG encoder, and a multiplexer. The buffer receives and buffers an MPEG transport data stream containing frames of a selected program and frames of a non-selected program. The MPEG encoder encodes frames of the selected program with an on-screen display. The multiplexer selectively passes to a digital television receiver the frames of the non-selected program, the encoded frames of the selected program, and original frames of the selected program.