System for generating different kinds of digital video signals

U.S. Patent Number: 5392394

Abstract: A system with a small scale hardware construction of a comparatively small memory capacity generates many kinds of digital video signals. The digital video signal generator includes at least one set of central processing units, a read only memory in which calculation programs in accordance with which digital video signals are to be calculated by the central processing units are stored, a random access memory for storing therein digital video signals calculated by the central processing units in accordance with the calculation programs, and a signal selector for selectively reading out the thus stored digital video signals from the random access memory.

Inventors: Hamana; Yuichi (Kanagawa, JP)

Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP)

Application Number: 08/122,618

Issued: 1995-02-21

Expired: 2007-02-21

Classes: 345/504 ; 345/536; 348/182; 348/E17.003

Field of search: 395/162-166,325,650,800 364/228.3,230.4

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