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Video scrambling

US5815572A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1995
Grant dateSep 29, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/1716
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for scrambling a video signal, wherein multiple modes of scrambling are available, including (i) line reversal, (ii) line inversion, (iii) line permutation, and (iv) block permutation. The invention changes the combination of modes used as time progresses. In addition, particular modes can be implemented, or suppressed, in response to such factors as (i) noise in the transmission channel and (ii) amount of motion within the video image.

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