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Editing system for video apparatus

US4314285A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 11, 1979
Grant dateFeb 2, 1982
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

An advertising editing system for a video apparatus including a relay for controlling the operation of the video apparatus and a detector for sampling the voltage of the video signal and a comparator for comparing the sampled voltage amplitude with a reference voltage to provide an output voltage signal upon absence of picture information in the video signal for a period of time corresponding to at least one frame to activate the relay and condition the video apparatus during the period of the commercial message.

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