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Method and device for displaying a message on a screen of a television

US8613012B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Sony Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Arne Boess · Stuttgart, DE
Andreas Beermann · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2008
Grant date	Dec 17, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/4854
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for displaying a message on a screen of a television including the steps of displaying a television picture on the screen; displaying the message in a message region of the screen, wherein the television picture is at least partly visible within the message region; and blurring the television picture in the message region.

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