Line scan converter for an image display device
CA 1073129 A · Owner: Rca Corporation · Inventors: Marlowe, Frank J.
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The brightness signal for an image display device is digitally processed using an analog to digital converter to translate the signal into digital words. A primary shift register is connected to the output of the analog to digital converter. The primary shift register has a stage capable of containing a digital brightness word for each element in the display line of the device. The primary shift register has a plurality of parallel outputs being spaced X number of stages from each other. Each output is connected to a separate secondary shift register which has X stages.
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- Granted March 4, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 4, 1997.
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