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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2003
Applicants:
William George Bennett, Vista, CA (US);
Katsuhiko Nishikawa, Poway, CA (US);
Frederick J. Zustak, Poway, CA (US);
Inventors:
William George Bennett, Vista, CA (US);
Katsuhiko Nishikawa, Poway, CA (US);
Frederick J. Zustak, Poway, CA (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Pan-scan is provided for a standard 4:3 aspect ratio TV displaying a 16:9 aspect ratio high definition (HD) video stream using the motion vectors that are part of MPEG-encoded streams. Specifically, if, for instance, the MPEG motion vectors indicate an object rapidly moving to the left, the left-most part of the HD video frames are shown, instead of remaining centered on the HD video frames and cutting off the left and right portions.