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Video information processing apparatus and transmitter for transmitting information to the same

  • US 6,853,750 B2
  • Filed: 05/10/2001
  • Issued: 02/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A video information processing apparatus associated with a blinking light source, comprising:

  • an input device configured to input video information;

    a memory device configured to store identification information corresponding to a blinking pattern of the blinking light source;

    blinking light decoder for converting the blinking pattern of the blinking light source, blinking in the video information input by said input device, into corresponding identification information on the basis of the identification information stored in said memory device; and

    a video processing device configured to selectively process the input video in accordance with the identification information converted by said blinking light decoder, wherein said blinking light decoder includes means for dividing a video in a number of video elements arranged in a matrix pattern, means for calculating a motion vector at each of the video elements and means for determining as a region to be processed a portion having a motion vector different from a background.

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