Patent assignee · GB · COMPANY

Rank Cintel Ltd.

36Patents
0Active
36Granted
35Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 11, 1985 → Jun 7, 1995

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5644356A High resolution film scanner Electricity 76 Expired
US5369433A Recording video signals on cinematographic film using a deformable mirror device Electricity 46 Expired
US5557340A Noise reduction in video signals Electricity 28 Expired
US5070397A Keying methods for digital video Electricity 22 Expired
US5327247A Compensation of losses and defects in telecine devices Electricity 18 Expired
US5280353A Method and apparatus for signal processing by interpolation and filtering with simultaneous frequency response compensation and offset generation Electricity 17 Expired
US5534948A Method and apparatus for reducing the effect of alias components produced through non-linear digital signal processing, such as gamma correction, by selective attenuation Electricity 15 Expired
US5619258A Image stability in telecines Electricity 13 Expired
US5784529A Method and apparatus for correcting noise in a film scanner Electricity 13 Expired
US4703365A Linear image sensor having some parts selectively read or disabled Electricity 12 Expired
US4694345A Video signals special effects generator with variable pixel size Electricity 10 Expired
US5402166A Method and apparatus for compensating for film registration weave in film scanning systems Electricity 10 Expired
US4746985A Generating picture effects in video signals Electricity 10 Expired
US5347203A Control system, especially for film and video tape transport Electricity 8 Expired
US5557322A Telecines with simultaneous scanning of a plurality of frames Electricity 8 Expired
US4811016A Clamping circuit for an analog to digital converter Electricity 7 Expired
US5847754A High resolution film scanner/telecine which uses a microlithographic diffuser laminate to aid in the reduction of visibility of surface imperfections in the film Electricity 7 Expired
US5198897A Continuous-motion line-assembly telecine with misregistration correction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US4984086A Scanner with electronically variable raster to produce picture effects Electricity 6 Expired
US5165068A Continuous-motion line-array telecine Electricity 6 Expired
US5276522A Electronic film editing with system having telecine mode and film writing mode Electricity 6 Expired
US5650816A Correction of film instability based on movement of the video image Electricity 5 Expired
US5014133A Telecine with improved blemish concealment Electricity 5 Expired
US4897729A Telecine with electronically variable raster to produce picture effects Electricity 5 Expired
US4931784A Computer graphics Physics 5 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.