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Method and device for providing controlled access video signals without providing a signal in the clear

US6222926A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 1996
Grant dateApr 24, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/167
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A LCD display device for receiving encrypted video data and for decrypting the video data such that a signal is not provided "in the clear" before receipt by the display device. The video data is encrypted within a row of video and decrypted at the display. Alternatively the rows are encrypted by altering the time sequence of display of each row.

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