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Selecting analog or digital motion picture sound tracks

US6211940A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 1998
Grant dateApr 3, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/89
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A storage medium carries symbols representing digital information encoded in two dimensions. A method and apparatus recovers the symbols using oversampling in two dimensions and derives the information represented by the symbols. In one embodiment, the symbols are carried on motion picture film between the sprocket holes.

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