A transparent panel has particles of transparent plastic material applied to it in a pattern to depict a person or thing. The panel, with the picture thus formed, is fitted to the open side of a box, lined with black velvet. The picture is mounted in conjunction with a raking light so as to prevent glare to an observer.

In a television receiver having Picture-In-Picture (PIP), a controller analyzes the content of an auxiliary video signal forming a PIP image, and automatically adjusts the shape and transparency of the PIP image in accordance with the content of the auxiliary video signal.

In a television receiver having Picture-In-Picture (PIP), a controller analyzes the content of a video signal forming a main picture, and automatically adjusts the size and position of a PIP image to correspond to regions of the main picture exhibiting the least amount of motion, texture, and/or a repeating texture. The controller also prevents the PIP image from being positioned over text or faces or other important objects in the main picture.

A multi-picture in picture system in which each camera is coupled in a daisy chain adds its part of the complete picture on a CVBS-line. The television/monitor doesn't have to prepare the complete picture because each camera does it. Furthermore, no problems with locking occur because each camera adds its picture at the "place" where it is also locked.

In an image coding apparatus which uses as an input a binary digital image with an interlaced structure in which one frame comprises two fields and codes said image by dividing it into two-dimensional blocks made up of a plurality of pixels for each block, the method for carrying out coding in field units or frame units is judged for each block and coding is performed in field units or frame units according to the mode judgment result for each block. Furthermore, in an image decoding apparatus w...

A produces a picture with an integrated picture frame. In the method, a dye sublimation process is used to transfer a design to a plastic sheet. The design includes an image of the picture and an image of the integrated picture frame for the picture. After transfer of the design to the plastic sheet, the plastic sheet is pressed in order to shape the plastic sheet into a three-dimensional form in appearance of a framed picture.

A picture-in-picture television receiver is disclosed in which a television picture to be inset is compressed at a compression rate of 1/n and inset as a small-picture in part of a main television picture or large picture, and a single field memory for small-picture reproduction is provided therein in or from which a video signal can be randomly read and written line by line as a unit. In the single field memory is stored the small-picture video signal line by line by the application of a writin...

A picture frame includes a pair of brackets secured in interlocking crossed relation at each corner of a picture assembly. Each bracket includes a turned end for engaging a lateral edge of the picture assembly, and an elongated resilient body extending along the back of the picture assembly perpendicular to the lateral edge engaged by the turned end. The resilient body is angled rearwardly toward the turned end, and the turned end includes an outer web extending forwardly from the resilient body...

Methods and apparatus for implementing a reduced cost HDTV/SDTV video decoder are disclosed. The described joint video decoder is capable of decoding HDTV pictures at approximately the resolution of standard definition television pictures and can be used to decode HDTV and/or SDTV pictures. The described video decoder may be used as part of a picture-in-picture decoder circuit for providing picture-in-picture capability without providing multiple full resolution video decoders. The reduction in ...

According to the invention, there is provided a so-called picture-in-picture type television receiver in which a sub-picture screen is displayed within a main picture screen in a picture-in-picture fashion. When a picture based on a base band video signal from an external source such as a VTR, for example, is displayed on the sub-picture screen, if the sub-picture channel selecting means is then operated, the picture of a broadcast television channel is then automatically displayed on the sub-pi...