Managing letterbox signals with logos and closed captions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5345270
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08063480

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A video display control system comprises: a video display having a wide format display ratio; a letterbox detector for sampling video information in pictures represented by input video signals having a letterbox format and generating a control signal for enlarging the pictures for substantially filling the video display means with active video; and, a first control circuit for restricting operation of the letterbox detector to a vertical range of horizontal lines in each field of the video signal; and, a second control circuit for restricting operation of the letterbox detector to a horizontal range of video data in each of the horizontal lines.

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THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS INC10330 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET INDIANAPOLIS IN 46290-1024 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ersoz, Nathaniel H Brownsburg, IN 18 781
Kranawetter, Greg A Indianapolis, IN 68 1579
Saeger, Timothy W Indianapolis, IN 23 1136

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