Patent · US Expired

Television system with provisions for displaying an auxiliary image of variable size

US6008860A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1995
Grant dateDec 28, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4858
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to selectively reduce the size of an auxiliary image, such as may be displayed within main image during a so called "picture-in-picture" or "PIP" mode of operation of a television system, a fixed amount of the auxiliary image is caused to be cropped from the auxiliary image without changing the compression ratio of the compressed auxiliary video signal from which the auxiliary image is derived.

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