This class deals with apparatus and corresponding processes for processing a sequence of images, in which the light variation composing the images may change with time (e.g.,
natural "live" scenes) for dynamic recording or reproducing of the sequence of images.
The processing involves the following steps: (a) Receiving a sequence of images from a local (e.g., camera, etc.) or remote source (e.g. broadcasting station, satellite, cable, etc.); (b) Converting the received sequence of images into a form suitable for dynamic storage, which form may or may not be reproduced later; or (c) Converting retrieved information from a dynamic storage medium into a sequence of images.
This class also deals with apparatus or processes for recording a single still or frame video using a dynamic recording device having relative movement between a transducer and a medium.
SUBCOMBINATION OF TELEVISION SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR DYNAMICRECORDING OR REPRODUCING:
(1) This class includes apparatus and corresponding processes for making copies or editing of a recorded sequence of images falling within the above definition. (2) This class includes dynamic storage medium having magnetic or optical properties. (3) This class includes both black and white or color sequences of images.
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29, Metal Working, 603.01+, for method of making magnetic transducers.
84, Music,
601+, for recording or reproducing means in combination with musical instruments.
106, Composition: Coating or Plastic, for plastic composition usable in magnetic record carriers.
118, Coating Apparatus, for apparatus for making coated magnetic record carriers.
148, Metal Treatment,
300+, for magnetic stock material.
178, Telegraphy, for recording or reproducing means combined with code transmitters or receivers.
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers or Breakers, for switching devices usable in magnetic recorders or reproducers.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, for means for advancing a record carrier past a transducer.
235, Registers, 419+, for record controlled electromechanic calculators, and subclass 493 for magnetic records used in register.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,
324+, for magnetic tape or film.
252, Composition,
62.51+, for magnetic compositions.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure,
7.2, for television cabinets.
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems,
560+, for positional servo systems, subclasses 567+ for program or pattern controlled systems, and subclasses 41+ and 85 for synchronization circuitry.
324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing,
112, for voltage or current storage means including magnetic storage and subclasses 244+ for magnetic field testing means usable in reproducing magnetic records.
329, Demodulators, for demodulators usable in magnetic reproduction. 330, Amplifiers, for amplifiers usable in magnetic recording or reproducing; see especially
149, for noise compensation.
331, Oscillators,
20+, and 172 for television-type oscillator synchronization.
332, Modulators, for modulators usable in magnetic recording.
333, Wave Transmission Lines and Networks,
28, for equalizers usable in magnetic recording or reproducing.
336, Inductor Devices, for core and coil structures similar to those of magnetic recording or reproducing transducers.
341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion, for code converters usable in or using dynamic storage techniques.
342, Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices
(e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation), for radar systems.
345, Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems, for systems in which display elements are selectively controlled in accordance with a received image data signal. The image data includes character or s:graphical information, and may include, for example, information data from a peripheral input device, from the reception of a television signal, from the recognition of image data, or from the generation or creation of image data by a computer. (Similar Subject Matter In Other Classes) 345, Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems, appropriate subclasses.
346, Recorders, for recorders usually of the s:graphic type and record carriers therefor.
347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information, appropriate subclasses.
348, Television, for systems that generate, process, transmit, or transiently display a sequence of images, either locally or remotely, in which the local light variations composing the images may change with time (e.g., natural "live" scenes) by methods involving the steps of scanning an object or scene, and transiently displaying the object or scene by converting an electrical signal representative of the object (i.e., video signal) into a visible image of the object. (Similar Subject Matter In Other Classes)
348, Television, for apparatus or methods involving the steps for generating, processing, transmitting, or transiently displaying television signals.
352, Optics: Motion Pictures, for motion picture apparatus in combination with recorders or reproducers.
353, Optics: Image Projectors, for projectors combined with recorders or reproducers.
355, Photocopying, for systems in which an original picture is copied photos:graphically. The electric signal representative of a characteristic of the original picture is derived and employed to modify the operation of the systems. (Similar Subject Matter In Other Classes)
355, Photocopying,
31, and 98 for copying optical sound records.
358, Facsimile, for systems that transmit and reproduce arbitrarily composed pictures in which the local light variations composing each of the pictures are not subject to variation with time, e.g., documents (both written and
printed), maps, charts, photographs, other than motion picture film. (Similar Subject Matter In Other Classes) 358, Facsimile,
296+, for recording means combined with facsimile.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
281+, and 484 for magneto-optical polarization devices usable in magnetic signal reproduction.
360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval, for systems in which the storage or retrieval of information is caused by relative movement between a magnetic record carrier and a transducer. (Similar Subject Matter In Other Classes)
360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval, appropriate subclasses.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices,
143+, 159, and 267 for demagnetizing means for records and heads when not in combination with recorders or reproducers.
364, Electrical Computers and Data Processing Systems,
130+, for generic data processing control systems; subclasses 400+ for particular application of data processing systems or calculating computers; subclasses 600+ for hybrid computers; subclasses 700+ for digital calculating computers; and subclasses 800+ for analog computers.
365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval, appropriate subclasses for magnetic, electric, or optical static storage/retrieval of information.
369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, for systems in which arbitrarily variable information (i.e., a time varying physical quantity representing desired intelligence, often an audible sound or an electrical signal), is retained in a storage medium by variation of a physical characteristic thereof. The information is stored or retrieved by causing or sensing a variation of a physical characteristic of a storage medium by a transducer having relative motion along a continuous path. (Similar Subject Matter In Other Classes) 369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, appropriate subclasses.
370, Multiplex Communications,
8, 11 for pulse modulation, subclasses 53+ for multiplex switching, subclasses 69.1+ for frequency division multiplexing, and subclasses 77+ for time division multiplexing.
379, Telephonic Communications,
41, 51, and 67.1+ for recorders or reproducers combined with telephones.
380, Cryptography, especially
5, 7, and 10+ for cryptos:graphic video equipment and techniques.
381, Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices, appropriate subclasses for electrical audio signal handling in general.
382, Image Analysis, for systems in which legible alphanumeric or like character forms are analyzed for pattern recognition, systems for transforming an image for the purpose of enhancing its visual quality prior to recognition, or for locating and registering the image relative to a sensor or stored prototype, or for reducing the amount of image data by discarding irrelevant data, or for measuring significant characteristics of the image. (Similar Subject Matter In Other Classes)
382, Image Analysis, appropriate subclasses for pattern recognition.
395, Information Processing System Organization, 1+, for artificial intelligence, subclasses 100+ for data presentation and computer s:graphics.
396, Photography, various subclasses for pictorial information recording devices.
400, Typewriting Machines,
61+, for typewriting machines including magnetic storage means for storing retrievable information.
420, Alloys or Metallic Compositions, appropriate subclasses for alloys which are claimed broadly as "magnetic," "magnetized," or "permanent magnet" or alloys defined only in terms of their composition which are inherently magnetic.
427, Coating Processes, methods of making and coating magnetic record carriers.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, articles usable as magnetic record carriers.
430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof, appropriate subclasses for radiation imagery chemistry process, composition, or product used as a storage medium.
455, Telecommunications, various subclasses for transmitters
and receivers.
702, Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, appropriate subclasses.
709, Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems: Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating, 200+, for data transferring among multiple computer and digital processing systems.