Inventor
DINWIDDIE AARON HAL
US25 patents
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THOMSON LICENSING
11 patentsUS6985190B1Jan 10, 2006
Real-time signal strength display of terrestrial digital television signals
THOMSON LICENSING67 citations97
US7286190B2Oct 23, 2007
Real-time signal strength measurement and display of digital television signals
THOMSON LICENSING21 citations92
US7202912B2Apr 10, 2007
Method and system for using single OSD pixmap across multiple video raster sizes by chaining OSD headers
THOMSON LICENSING20 citations91
US7663696B2Feb 16, 2010
Digital/analog closed caption display system in a television signal receiver
THOMSON LICENSING37 citations86
US7568208B1Jul 28, 2009
Method and apparatus for using a single password set in an integrated television system
THOMSON LICENSING11 citations83
US7492355B2Feb 17, 2009
Web browser for use with a television display for preventing screen burn
THOMSON LICENSING9 citations81
US7750977B2Jul 6, 2010
Automatic signal error display and user guided signal recovery in a digital television signal receiver
THOMSON LICENSING5 citations63
US7945930B2May 17, 2011
Method and apparatus for controlling a video signal processing apparatus
THOMSON LICENSING6 citations62
US7499107B2Mar 3, 2009
Method and apparatus for controlling an external device by remapping keys on a user input device
THOMSON LICENSING2 citations61
US7538790B2May 26, 2009
Method and apparatus for controlling a video signal processing apparatus to prevent screen aging
THOMSON LICENSING4 citations59
US7124210B1Oct 17, 2006
Method and apparatus for updating computer code using an integrated circuit interface
THOMSON LICENSING6 citations59
THOMSON LICENSING SA
10 patentsUS6249320B1Jun 19, 2001
System and method for displaying major and minor channel numbers
THOMSON LICENSING SA224 citations98
US6182287B1Jan 30, 2001
Preferred service management system for a multimedia video decoder
THOMSON LICENSING SA388 citations98
US6707508B1Mar 16, 2004
Channel entry for selection of a channel
THOMSON LICENSING SA38 citations92
US6480238B1Nov 12, 2002
Apparatus and method for generating on-screen-display messages using field doubling
THOMSON LICENSING SA26 citations91
US6195078B1Feb 27, 2001
Parallel mode on-screen display system
THOMSON LICENSING SA33 citations91
US6175388B1Jan 16, 2001
Apparatus and method for generating on-screen-display messages using on-bit pixels
THOMSON LICENSING SA34 citations91
US6433831B1Aug 13, 2002
Method and apparatus for automatically setting time information in a multi-format digital television product
THOMSON LICENSING SA71 citations89
US6750918B2Jun 15, 2004
Method and system for using single OSD pixmap across multiple video raster sizes by using multiple headers
THOMSON LICENSING SA16 citations79
US6911986B1Jun 28, 2005
Method and system for processing video incorporating multiple on screen display formats
THOMSON LICENSING SA16 citations78
US6351292B1Feb 26, 2002
Apparatus and method for generating on-screen-display messages using line doubling
THOMSON LICENSING SA12 citations72