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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
May. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Michael Dwayne Knox, Fishers, IN (US);
Guenter Anton Grimm, Deiblingen, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Dwayne Knox, Fishers, IN (US);
Guenter Anton Grimm, Deiblingen, DE;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne, Billancourt, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/01 (2006.01); H04N 11/20 (2006.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for managing vertical format converter line memories includes writing a number of first input video lines into the VFC line memories, writing an additional video line into the VFC line memories, and reading respective pixels of the first input video lines and the additional input video line from the VFC line memories in parallel. The reading of respective pixels is commenced prior to completion of the writing of the additional video line. A digital video receiving system includes a somewhat similarly configured video processor.