Patent · US Expired

Video signal scrambling and descrambling systems

US4563702A · kind A · utility

152Cited by
6References
25Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 27, 1983
Grant dateJan 7, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 27, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/169
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems for scrambling and descrambling video information lines. The scrambling system includes a memory; a storage system for sequentially storing groups of four video information lines in the memory; and a retrieval means for forming groups of four scrambled video information lines by retrieving the stored video information from the memory in a sequence different from the sequence within the stored group in which the information was stored. The retrieval system forms the scrambled video information lines by retrieving a portion of a first stored video information line from a first position therein to form a portion of a first scrambled video information line occupying a second position therein; retrieving a portion of the first stored video information line from the corresponding second position therein to form a portion of a second scrambled video information line occupying a position therein other than the corresponding second position; and forming the portion of the first scrambled video information line occupying the corresponding first position therein by retrieving a portion of a stored video information line other than the first stored video information line from a positio…

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.