Patent · US Expired

Television advertising editing system

US4259689A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 11, 1979
Grant dateMar 31, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 11, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S358/908
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A television advertising editing system including a detector for sampling the video signal in a television set to charge a capacitor negatively during which the system is inactive but which permits the capacitor to be charged positively in the brief period wherein the video signal is interrupted between the television program material and commercial material for providing triggering output voltage which permits a relay, connected to the television audio output, to be energized either discontinuing or diminishing the audio output for a predetermined period of time.

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