Inventor · disambiguated record
Billy Wesley Beyers, Jr.
Also filed as: BEYERS BILLY W · BEYERS BILLY W JR · BEYERS BILLY WESLEY · BEYERS JR BILLY W
46 granted patents·3 pending applications·3,973 citations·filing 1974–2004
99Inventor score
Files withTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS14RCA CORP12THOMSON LICENSING SA8THOMSON LICENSING5RCA LICENSING CORP4
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49 records- 0199US4959720ATuner control apparatus having tune-by-label capabilityRCA LICENSING CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Sep 25, 1990·424 cites·8 claims
- 0298US4641205ATelevision system scheduler with on-screen menu type programming prompting apparatusRCA CORP·Filed 1984·Granted Feb 3, 1987·582 cites·21 claims
- 0398US4156850ADisplay system for facilitating the setup of a tuning systemRCA CORP·Filed 1977·Granted May 29, 1979·117 cites·16 claims
- 0497US7549756B2Pixel shifting color projection systemTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 23, 2009·77 cites·16 claims
- 0597US5642153AConsumer interface for a digital television systemTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 24, 1997·220 cites·7 claims
- 0697US4626892ATelevision system with menu like function control selectionRCA CORP·Filed 1984·Granted Dec 2, 1986·212 cites·22 claims
- 0796US4808992AComponent audio/video system with automatic turn-off of peripheral devicesRCA LICENSING CORP·Filed 1987·Granted Feb 28, 1989·79 cites·3 claims
- 0896US4162513ATelevision system schedulerRCA CORP·Filed 1978·Granted Jul 24, 1979·289 cites·15 claims
- 0995US6788710B1Auxiliary data insertion in a transport datastreamTHOMSON LICENSING SA·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 7, 2004·240 cites·22 claims
- 1093US5113259AData transfer from an external computer to a television receiver having picture-in-picture capabilityTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1990·Granted May 12, 1992·157 cites·6 claims
- 1192US5847762AMPEG system which decompresses and then recompresses MPEG video data before storing said recompressed MPEG video data into memoryTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 8, 1998·167 cites·18 claims
- 1290US5867207AProgram guide in a digital video systemTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 2, 1999·103 cites·17 claims
- 1389US5825424AMPEG system which decompresses and recompresses image data before storing image data in a memory and in accordance with a resolution of a display deviceTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 20, 1998·119 cites·22 claims
- 1488US5111296AData transfer from a television receiver having picture-in-picture capability to an external computerTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1990·Granted May 5, 1992·90 cites·2 claims
- 1587US6594361B1High speed signal processing smart cardTHOMSON LICENSING SA·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 15, 2003·104 cites·12 claims
- 1687US6256347B1Pixel block compression apparatus in an image processing systemTHOMSON LICENSING SA·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 3, 2001·100 cites·7 claims
- 1786US6873368B1Low noise encoding and decoding methodTHOMSON LICENSING SA·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 29, 2005·87 cites·15 claims
- 1886US5818530AMPEG compatible decoder including a dual stage data reduction networkTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 6, 1998·92 cites·16 claims
- 1986US3984828ACharacter generator for television channel number display with edging provisionsRCA CORP·Filed 1975·Granted Oct 5, 1976·38 cites·6 claims
- 2085US7020205B1Sending progressive video sequences suitable for MPEG and other data formatsTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 28, 2006·29 cites·20 claims
- 2184US5534942AOn screen display arrangement for digital video signal processing systemTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 9, 1996·85 cites·7 claims
- 2284US5148275ASecond video programTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1990·Granted Sep 15, 1992·70 cites·13 claims
- 2383US8332657B1Global copy protection system for digital home networksESKICIOGLU AHMET MURSIT·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 11, 2012·28 cites·18 claims
- 2483US4581645ADistributed switched component audio/video systemRCA CORP·Filed 1983·Granted Apr 8, 1986·54 cites·10 claims
- 2582US6055270AMultiplexer system using constant bit rate encodersTHOMSON COSUMER ELECTRONICS IN·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 25, 2000·68 cites·20 claims
- 2681US4677484AStabilizing arrangement for on-screen displayRCA CORP·Filed 1985·Granted Jun 30, 1987·43 cites·7 claims
- 2778US3949390AHigh voltage aerosol detectorRCA CORP·Filed 1974·Granted Apr 6, 1976·20 cites·6 claims
- 2874US5387940AMethod and apparatus for providing scaleable compressed video signalRCA THOMSON LICENSING CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 7, 1995·42 cites·8 claims
- 2969US7227816B2Container for optical disks, tray and magazine type player thereforTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 5, 2007·8 cites·50 claims
- 3067US6388700B1Video processing apparatus and methodTHOMSON LICENSING SA·Filed 1999·Granted May 14, 2002·31 cites·14 claims
- 3167US5943467AAdaptive menu for programming a videocassette recorderTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 24, 1999·30 cites·8 claims
- 3263US6072804ARing bus data transfer systemTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 6, 2000·49 cites·17 claims
- 3363US4792990AAudio amplifier with programmed volume controlRCA LICENSING CORP·Filed 1987·Granted Dec 20, 1988·15 cites·1 claims
- 3459US6621934B1Memory efficient compression apparatus in an image processing systemTHOMSON LICENSING SA·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 16, 2003·22 cites·13 claims
- 3557US5933450AComplexity determining apparatusTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 3, 1999·15 cites·15 claims
- 3654US4099372ATimekeeping apparatus with power line dropout provisionsRCA CORP·Filed 1977·Granted Jul 11, 1978·9 cites·13 claims
- 3753US7800690B2Low noise encoding and decoding apparatus and methodTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 21, 2010·0 cites·8 claims
- 3849US6529551B1Data efficient quantization table for a digital video signal processorTHOMSON LICENSING SA·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 4, 2003·13 cites·18 claims
- 3949US4065681AVoltage storage circuit useful in television receiver control applicationsRCA CORP·Filed 1976·Granted Dec 27, 1977·3 cites·15 claims
- 4047US4027280ATransducer drive circuit for remote control transmitterRCA CORP·Filed 1975·Granted May 31, 1977·8 cites·8 claims
- 4146US4905187ATime-keeping apparatusRCA LICENSING CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Feb 27, 1990·9 cites·6 claims
- 4243US6167086AOverhead data processor in a memory efficient image processing systemTHOMSON LICENSING SA·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 26, 2000·9 cites·13 claims
- 4343US2002146125A1CA system for broadcast DTV using multiple keys for different service providers and service areasFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4441US2002191116A1System and data format for providing seamless stream switching in a digital video recorderFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4537US6081300AApparatus and method for generating on-screen-display messages using stored bitstreamsTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 27, 2000·5 cites·16 claims
- 4636US4450587ATuning arrangement for providing relatively uniform automatic fine tuning sensitivityRCA CORP·Filed 1981·Granted May 22, 1984·4 cites·6 claims
- 4735US5673378AColor coding method for expanding palette by including colors derived by averaging numeric codes of actual palette colorsTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 30, 1997·6 cites·7 claims
- 4835US2007146643A1Vertically oriented segmented display systemSCHULTZ MARK A·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 4931US7664268B1Conditional access system for digital receiversTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 16, 2010·1 cites·4 claims
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