Nonstandard scan pattern of video information

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6859536 Video-signal output apparatus and video-signal input apparatus
Feb-22-2005 A video-signal output apparatus performs scrambling, and a video-signal input apparatus performs descrambling. The scrambling and the descrambling are performed so that signal lines are shifted for each...
6570990 Method of protecting high definition video signal
May-27-2003 A system controls reproduction of a video transmission between a transmitter and a receiver. The system includes an encryptor with an offset generator adapted to receive the encrypted frame key and to...
6226384 Method and device for providing controlled access video signals without providing a signal in the clear
May-1-2001 A display device for receiving encrypted or scramble video data and for decrypting or descrambling the video data such that a signal is not provided "in the clear". The video data is stored in a memory...
6222926 Method and device for providing controlled access video signals without providing a signal in the clear
Apr-24-2001 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...
6169584 Automatic modulation control of sync suppressed television signals
Jan-2-2001 The depth of modulation and the absolute RF carrier level of an amplitude-modulated video signal are automatically adjusted. For adjustment of the depth of modulation, a sync tip of the video signal is...
5555305 Method and apparatus for secure transmission of video signals
Sep-10-1996 Video signals are sampled at 4Fsc locked onto sub-carrier phase and frequency. The active picture lines of each field are divided into 6 blocks of 47 lines and the active line periods of those lines scrambled...
5375168 Method for scrambling and unscrambling a video signal
Dec-20-1994 A scrambling method wherein each image line (23-309) of a frame having been produced in unscrambled form before being scrambled, is given the pseudorandomly determined address (B) of the memory line in...
5355409 Scramble codec and a television receiver incorporating the same
Oct-11-1994 A scramble codec comprises a latch means for holding an ID number for securing television or other communication data, a pair of memories which can be alternately loaded with input communication data signals...
5335275 Television scrambler
Aug-2-1994 A video encryption/decryption system in which lines of video information are stored in digitised form in a block of RAM memory, and are typically shuffled in groups of 32 lines by pivot reading information...
5321748 Method and apparatus for television signal scrambling using block shuffling
Jun-14-1994 A method and apparatus for scrambling video signals to obtain the secure transmission of video information. A block of video lines in a television raster is divided into top and bottom sub-block portions....
5249229 Device and method for generating control signals
Sep-28-1993 A device and to a method for generating control signals is set forth. The device according to the present invention allows the generation, from a single time reference, of the write control (WE) and read...
5191609 Scrambling and unscrambling circuit
Mar-2-1993 There is disclosed a circuit for scrambling an input signal, which has a pseudo-random address generator to detect a synchronizing signal from the input signal and to generate therefrom pseudo-random address...
5182771 Anti-taping method and apparatus for a multiplexed analog component television system
Jan-26-1993 An apparatus for transmitting a multiplexed analog component television signal. The apparatus includes a signal source generator for generating a signal source having information regarding the number of...
5161014 Neural networks as for video signal processing
Nov-3-1992 A television signal processing apparatus includes at least one neural network for processing a signal representing an image. The neural network includes a plurality of perceptrons each of which includes...
5058158 Video scrambling apparatus and method based on space filling curves
Oct-15-1991 A method of encrypting a video signal employing a pseudorandom Space Filling Curve having a highly irregular scanning pattern for scanning the pixel addresses of a video picture stored in a frame buffer....
5040211 Reliable television transmission through analog channels
Aug-13-1991 The presence of random noise, interference, multipath, and imperfect frequency response in terrestrial broadcasting channels, and of pervasive low-level reflections in cable systems, degrades the quality...
5034981 Anti-copying video signal processing
Jul-23-1991 Counting circuitry in the vertical synchronizing circuit of a video receiver is prevented from generating vertical control signals at a fixed, standard periodicity when the video signal transmitted to...
5003590 Encoding an optical video disc to inhibit video tape recording
Mar-26-1991 A system and method for encoding an optional video disc to inhibit unauthorized recording of played back signals by conventional videotape recorders is provided. A source program is mounted on a video...
4916739 Adhesive photocopyable transparency for use in a secure facsimile transmission system
Apr-10-1990 An adhesive photocopyable transparency for use in a secure facsimile transmission system wherein one of two partial documents each containing portions of an original document which are complementary and...
4914694 Modifying a television signal to inhibit recording/reproduction
Apr-3-1990 A composite television signal is modified to inhibit the reproduction of an unauthorized recording thereof by conventional video recorders but enable the display of a video picture therefrom on a television...
4910772 Video scrambling apparatus and method based on space filling curves
Mar-20-1990 A method of encrypting a video signal employing a pseudo-random Space Filling Curve having a highly irregular scanning pattern for scanning the pixel addresses of a video picture stored in a frame buffer....
4821321 Automatic secure transmission and reception of pictorial information
Apr-11-1989 A real time coding system for the transmission and reception of pictorial o-dimensional information at television (TV) rates. In one coding system, the input signal and a coding signal are modulo added...
4796298 Video display unit
Jan-3-1989 A video display unit is described in which the display is divided into segments, and the order of scanning within each segment is scrambled. A segment may consist, for example, of a row or characters....
4669117 Video terminal with image line disarrangement
May-26-1987 Video terminal comprising electronic circuit provisions due to which the user of this terminal is protected against unwanted "remote looking-in" by other persons at the information reproduced on his screen....
4663659 Video signal scrambling system employing full line reversal and double burst coding
May-5-1987 A memory reverses the sequence of samples of selected lines of a composite video input signal without separating the color burst and chrominance components of the lines thereby preserving chroma-burst...
4633310 Method and device for secure transmission and of television pictures
Dec-30-1986 A process for scrambling and unscrambling video signals during transmission begins with a sampled line of video signals. The line is divided into adjacent segments, each of which has at least two samples....
4620224 Video scrambling technique for multiplexed analog component formats
Oct-28-1986 A method for scrambling a television signal for use with a multiplexed analog component (MAC) format employs a three digital bit code for each horizontal line of the picture. The bits identify the position...
4533949 Subscription television system
Aug-6-1985 In a subscription television system, only a video signal for a specific program is scrambled in a television signal in accordance with a predetermined scrambling mode. A key signal, used for unscrambling...
4488176 Method of and apparatus for modifying a video signal to inhibit recording thereof
Dec-11-1984 Video signal lines are added to or omitted from the ends of individual fields of a video signal to produce a modified video signal whose field length varies at a slow rate. The modified video signal can...
4390898 Scrambling and unscrambling video signals in a pay TV system
Jun-28-1983 A scrambler scrambles a video signal by replacing its vertical intervals with dummy video signal lines, and separately providing information relating to the timing of the replaced vertical intervals. This...
3958077 Picture transmission systems
May-18-1976 In a television or other picture transmission the picture is scanned in a random or pseudo-random manner enabling picture analysis and transmission within band widths considerably smaller than with conventional...