Method and apparatus for concealing portions of a video screen

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8749710
APP PUB NO 20130272678A1
SERIAL NO

13872513

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A simple, cost-effective, and robust method and system to obstruct crawls, logos, and other annoying and distracting images overlaid on a video signal and displayed on a TV set or monitor is provided. The method and system may detect the presence of the unwanted images and block them automatically, or they may accept manual input from the user via a handheld control device to block or obstruct these images.

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TIME WARNER INCNEW YORK NY

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Bryan, David Alan Carmel, US 14 947
So, Nicol Newtown, US 5 196

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