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Mosaic effect generating apparatus

US5148277A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 1990
Grant dateSep 15, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/262
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mosaic effect generating apparatus having at least a single-line memory supplied with an incoming video signal, and supplying as its output a mosaic effect signal a clock signal generating circuit that determines the mosaic width by generating a clock signal of a predetermined frequency and supplying the clock signal to the single-line memory as a write clock signal and a read clock signal and a write control circuit that determines the mosaic height by enabling the incoming video signal to be writtenn in the single-line memory only during selected portions of each horizontal interval of a selected plurality of said successive horizontal intervals of the incoming video signal.

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