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US 3,958,232 AGranted
Image transformation system with variable delay
OwnerGilbert L. Hobrough, Theodore B. Hobroughinventors
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Abstract
A system for the discontinuous transformation of visual images utilizing a variable delay. The visual image to be transformed is first converted to a time-varying video signal. This signal is then converted to a digital signal which is fed to a delay circuit whose time delay can be instantaneously varied. The exemplary delay circuit shown includes a random access memory which is usedc to store and release the stored digital information as a function of the desired delay. The output of the delay circuit can then be inverted to achieve the transformed visual image.
Claims6
A system for the transformation of images comprising:
- a. scanning means for examining the image to be transformed so as to generate a first time-varying video signal representative of said image;
- b. variable delay means operative to instantaneously increase or decrease the amount of delay therein, said delay means being operatively connected to said scanning means, said delay means being operative to store said first time-varying video signal and to generate a second time-varying video signal which is a function of said first time-varying video signal and the instantaneous delay of said variable delay means;
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- c. reproduction means operatively connected to said variable delay means.
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