Abstract: A method and apparatus is described for electronic signal monitoring and conversion to differing form. The preferred embodiment includes automatic selection of an audio signal from a plurality of input signals which may be in differing form, and conversion and processing of the selected signal to place it into one or more desired form to be output for further use. Further operations include delaying and mixing a plurality of signals may take place automatically or under operator control. Visual and/or audible monitoring of the signal(s) is also shown.

Abstract: This invention is an apparatus and method for digital processing of television like signals and in particular the use of oversampling and interpolation to achieve improved resolution of the digital version of such signals as compared to a digital version obtained by the use of simple A/D conversion or processing at the desired sample rate. The preferred embodiment utilizes oversampling, interpolation and various filtering in recursive and nonrecursive form to provide output video signals wherein the artifacts and distortion of the video are kept to low levels.

Abstract: An apparatus and methods are described for receiving, storing, and recovering from storage one or more television program while maintaining proper audio to video synchronization or lip sync when the program is displayed. Preferably the audio and video portions are in digital form and may be compressed or uncompressed. The audio and video may be recorded on a physical storage medium such as tape, an optical or magnetic computer disk, or solid state memory or other such device providing user control functions including start, stop, record, play and search, with increased reproduction capability of such stored programs being facilitated by the present invention. Timing information is recovered from the audio and video to be displayed utilized to alter the time duration of a contiguous signal block (the alpha length) of the audio and/or video to correct for any timing errors therebetween.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for converting an input signal having frequency related information sustained over a first duration of time into an output signal sustained over a second duration of time at substantially the same first frequency by adding or subtracting to the effective wave length of the output signal. Preferably, the signals are converted in digital form with samples added or subtracted to frequency convert the signal.

Abstract: This invention is an apparatus and method for digital processing of television like signals and in particular the use of oversampling and interpolation to achieve improved resolution of the digital version of such signals as compared to a digital version obtained by the use of simple A/D conversion or processing at the desired sample rate. The preferred embodiment utilizes oversampling, interpolation and various filtering in recursive and nonrecursive form to provide output video signals wherein the artifacts and distortion of the video are kept to low levels.

Abstract: This invention is an apparatus and method for processing television signals and in particular high quality video type signals in analog or digital form. The preferred embodiments utilizes digital storage along with oversampling, interpolation and various filtering in recursive and nonrecursive form to provide fixed or variably delayed output video signals wherein the artifacts and distortion of the video is kept to low levels.

Abstract: This invention is a method and apparatus for delaying video type signals along with one or more secondary signals having a timing relationship to the video type signal. The delay maintains the timing relationship between the video type signal nd secondary signals. Operation to mute or otherwise modify the secondary signals upon the loss or corruption of the video type signal is shown. The selection of one of a plurality of reference signal candidates is shown along with the use of the input signal to provide a fixed delay.

Abstract: This invention is an apparatus and method for processing television signals and in particular high quality video type signals in analog or digital form. The preferred embodiments utilizes digital storage along with oversampling, interpolation and various filtering in recursive and nonrecursive form to provide fixed or variably delayed output video signals wherein the artifacts and distortion of the video is kept to low levels.

Abstract: This invention is a method and apparatus for synchronization high quality video like signals. The preferred embodiment is described to synchronize a plurality of mutually unsynchronized video signals as well as passing one or more associated secondary signal with each video signal with a corresponding delay. The selection of one of a plurality of reference signal candidates is shown along with the use of the input signal to provide a fixed delay.

Abstract: This invention is a method and apparatus for synchronization high quality video like signals. The preferred embodiment is described to synchronize a plurality of mutually unsynchronized video signals as well as passing one or more associated secondary signal with each video signal with a corresponding delay. The selection of one of a plurality of reference signal candidates is shown along with the use of the input signal to provide a fixed delay.

Abstract: The apparatus and method described herein shows a system of determining the delay of a delayed version of a sequence of images with respect to a relatively undelayed version in a system which creates an output image signal from a plurality of input signals. The invention is also useful for comparing a given image to other images to determine the closest match, and thus the one of the plurality of input image sources from which an output image is taken.

Abstract: The present invention provides precision adjustment of an electronic signal over a range greater than 360.degree. with a single control input which may be either mechanical or electrical.

Abstract: This invention is a method and apparatus for synchronization of high quality video like signals. Full sync tip to peak white video is digitized in the preferred embodiment along with oversampling and interpolation so that errors are kept to unexpected low levels. The preferred embodiment is described to pass one or more secondary signal with the video signal in a separate parallel but time related path. The use of the input signal for a reference to allow a fixed delay is also shown.

Abstract: The apparatus and method described herein shows a system of determining the delay of a delayed version of a sequence of images with respect to a relatively undelayed version. The system operates to take multiple samples of the delayed and undelayed versions at approximately the same sample position on the image and to correlate these samples over multiple image frames to determine which of a plurality of delayed images most closely match a given undelayed image. By knowing which delayed image frame most closely matches a given undelayed image frame it is shown to arrive at a coarse number of frames of delay. A fine delay measurement is achieved by adding a measure of the instantaneous frame to frame delay with respect to a known corresponding feature of the respective video type signals. The invention is also useful for comparing a given image to other images to determine the closest match.