Inventor
DUFFIELD DAVID J
US20 patents
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THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
16 patentsUS4914517AApr 3, 1990
Tuner control apparatus having tune-by-label capability and using alphabetical label storage
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS249 citations99
US5453796ASep 26, 1995
Signal swap apparatus for a television receiver having an HDTV main picture signal processor and an NTSC Pix-in-Pix signal processor
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS179 citations98
US5091785AFeb 25, 1992
Picture-in-picture circuitry using field rate synchronization
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS158 citations98
US5486871AJan 23, 1996
Automatic letterbox detection
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS127 citations97
US5461427AOct 24, 1995
Television receiver having the capability to associate any HDTV and any NTSC channel
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS125 citations97
US5113259AMay 12, 1992
Data transfer from an external computer to a television receiver having picture-in-picture capability
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS157 citations97
US5398074AMar 14, 1995
Programmable picture-outside-picture display
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS341 citations96
US5111296AMay 5, 1992
Data transfer from a television receiver having picture-in-picture capability to an external computer
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS90 citations96
US5047857ASep 10, 1991
Television system with zoom capability for at least one inset picture
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS61 citations96
US5617146AApr 1, 1997
System for controlling updates of extended data services (EDS) data
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS67 citations94
US5386247AJan 31, 1995
Video display having progressively dimmed video images and constant brightness auxiliary images
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS72 citations94
US5451953ASep 19, 1995
Programmable remote control unit without extra key for configuration
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS27 citations92
US5363143ANov 8, 1994
Side by side picture display with reduced cropping
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS31 citations92
US5194954AMar 16, 1993
Automatic channel sampling picture-in-picture circuitry
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS53 citations92
US4914516AApr 3, 1990
Fast response picture-in-picture circuitry
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS44 citations92
US5294987AMar 15, 1994
Field to field vertical panning system
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS8 citations74
RCA LICENSING CORP
4 patentsUS4959720ASep 25, 1990
Tuner control apparatus having tune-by-label capability
RCA LICENSING CORP424 citations99
US4996597AFeb 26, 1991
User programmable switching arrangement
RCA LICENSING CORP132 citations98
US5031044AJul 9, 1991
Inset picture centering in a pix-in-pix system
RCA LICENSING CORP25 citations92
US4991022AFeb 5, 1991
Apparatus and a method for automatically centering a video zoom and pan display
RCA LICENSING CORP37 citations92