Patent · US Expired

Merging of video mosaic with teletext

US5781245A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 31, 1996
Grant dateJul 14, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/445
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Video data and TXT data are combined into a single image. The video data is representative of a mosaic of video windows. The TXT data form a plurality of TXT pages. Each TXT page is transparent in an area of one or more corresponding video windows. In an interactive application, a customized TXT page guides a user through a virtual world in video and TXT combined.

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