Abstract: Disclosed is a picture movement detection circuit for use for processing a color television signal, that is, a circuit for detecting temporal variations in chrominance signal level of a color televison picture. A signal corresponding to the magnitude of an absolute value, an amplitude, or the like, of a difference or addition signal between frames or field of a modulated chrominance signal of a color television signal is obtained, and a low frequency component is extracted out of the thus obtained signal so that the extracted low frequency component is used as movement information of the picture.

Abstract: An adaptive chrominance separator is provided which responds to horizontal high frequency luminance detail as well as to vertical chrominance detail. The luminance and chrominance levels are detected and an adaptive decision is made, depending upon the relative levels, of whether to use a bandpass filter, a comb filter or the averaged outputs of both filters, to provide more accurate separation of the chrominance.

Abstract: A multi-system television receiver capable of receiving television signals of PAL system, NTSC system and SECAM system with a plurality of different subcarrier wave frequencies, includes a frequency detecting circuit for detecting the frequency of a subcarrier wave of the television signal and producing frequency data representing the detected frequency, a system detecting circuit for detecting the system of the television signal and producing system data representing the detected system, a channel change detecting circuit for detecting a channel change, a holding circuit for holding the frequency data and the system data upon changing of the channel detected by the detecting circuit, and television circuits which are set in a condition in compliance with the broadcast system of the received television signal as determined by the frequency data and the system data.

Abstract: In order to correct a time base error of a video signal reproduced from a video signal recording/reproducing apparatus such as a VTR or the like, when the reproduced video signal is sequentially written into or read out from a memory, a signal which is obtained by frequency multiplying an output of an oscillator for generating a signal of a constant frequency whose phase is momentarily synchronized by a burst signal extracted from the reproduced video signal is used as a write clock. The signal based on the output of the oscillator and the signal based on the output of a reference signal generator for generating a read clock for the memory are phase compared for the vertical blanking period of the reproduced video signal, and a phase difference signal is generated. The oscillating frequency of the oscillator is controlled in a negative feedback manner using this phase difference signal, thereby assuring the stable oscillating frequency which does not cause any frequency deviation.

Abstract: To control the amplitude of color difference signals (R-Y, B-Y), a circuit is formed by two transistors each receiving matrixed color difference signals at their emitters, the base electrodes of one of the transistors (14, 16) being connected to a source of reference voltage and the base electrodes of the other of the transistors (13, 15) being connected to a common controlled source of voltage (U.sub.G, 18) The color difference signals are then available at the collectors of the second transistors (13, 15) under controlled conditions.

Abstract: To detect horizontally moving portions of a TV frame formed from two adjacent fields, the vertical local frequency at a vertical edge of the moving portion of the picture is measured with a narrow-band-pass filter circuit which is tuned to the local frequency of the comblike structure at ta vertical edge of staggered lines of the two fields of the frame. When such an edge structure is detected, the circuit delivers a detection signal.

Abstract: In a color cathode ray tube (CRT) having three electron beams each incident upon a respective primary color phosphor dot of red, green or blue, wherein the color dots are arranged in spaced, periodic groups of three dots, color purity which is determined by the accuracy with which each electron beam impacts its associated phosphor dots is measured by an adaptive process which measures six electron beam deflection vectors from which a beam landing calibration vector may be determined to correct for electron beam misalignment. After measuring beam landing error for each of the three electron beams, the center electron beam is deflected either right or left as determined by its previously measured beam landing error to the nearer of the two remaining dots. The electron beam associated with the remaining dot is then laterally displaced to the center dot.

Abstract: The phase of a reproduction reference signal RS output from a decoder, which decodes the count value of the counter, is compared with that of an arriving horizontal synchronizing signal TH by a phase comparator. Based on this comparison result, a phase discriminating circuit discriminates whether the phase of the reproductionreference signal RS is advanced, delayed or in-phase with the arriving horizontal synchronizing signal TH. Based on this phase discrimination result, the dividing ratio setting circuit sets the dividing ratio of the counter such that the reproduction reference signal TH is pulled in with the arriving horizontal synchronizing signal TH.

Abstract: A gamma correction circuit superimposes gamma reference pulse on the input video signal and, after further superimposing this on a pedestal signal, gamma corrects the signal to the maximum value using a fixed gamma correction circuit and sends this corrected signal together with an uncorrected signal to a variable gamma correction circuit. The variable gamma correction circuit controls the input mixing ratio in response to the correction value control voltage to thereby determine the gamma correction value. After the gamma-corrected video signal has been clamped by the clamp circuit, it is supplied to the sample-and-hold circuit which detects the gamma reference pulse level superimposed on the input video signal, and holds it. This held voltage is added by the gamma correction value control circuit to the gamma correction control input and is sent to the variable gamma correction circuit as the correction value control voltage.

Abstract: A high definition TV receiver includes a single frame memory arranged with three memory areas, three multiplexers, a movement detector, a half image interpolator and a control circuit to provide flicker-free video reproduction.

Abstract: The present application discloses a video signal processing apparatus for minimizing cross-color and cross-luminance interference in a composite video signal. A first filter is coupled to a color difference signal input terminal and generates a signal occupying a first region of a predetermined spatio-temporal frequency space. A second filter is coupled to a brightness signal input terminal and generates a signal occupying a second region of the predetermined spatio-temporal frequency space exclusive of the first region. An encoder forms a composite video signal from the filtered color difference and brightness signals such that they occupy mutually exclusive spatio-temporal frequency spaces. A television receiver for decoding the composite video signal is described which comprises the serial connection of a vertical-temporal filter and a horizontal filter.

Abstract: A video display system is disclosed which has a video signal source for supplying the video signal of odd fields and even fields which are interlaced with each other, a first set of display cells for the odd fields, a second set of display for the even fields and arranged alternately with the first set of display cells in an interlaced fashion, a first circuit for supplying the video signal of the odd fields to the first set of display cells during the odd fields, and a second circuit for supplying the video signal of the even fields to the second set of display cells during the even fields. In this case, the first circuit includes a latching circuit for latching the video signal of the odd fields and supplying the latched signal to the first set of display cells during the even fields, and the second circuit includes a latching circuit for latching the video signal of the even fields and supplying the latched signal to the second set of display cells during the odd fields.

Abstract: An automatic white balance adjusting circuit comprises a color temperature detecting circuit for producing a detection signal having a voltage in correspondence with a color temperature of an incoming light to an image pickup device, a reference voltage signal generating circuit for generating an A.C. reference voltage signal, a comparing circuit for obtaining a discrimination signal by comparing the detection signal with the reference voltage signal, a plurality of voltage sources for applying different voltages in correspondence with different color temperatures, a selecting circuit for selecting and obtaining voltages from the voltage sources depending on the output discrimination signal of the comparing circuit, and an integrating circuit for integrating output voltage signals of the selecting circuit.

Abstract: A coding system for processing color images outputs coded data associated with a unit block with a particular one of the coded data which belongs to a predetermined level plane heading the others, while omitting those coded data which do not include valid data. Codewords adapted to code level plane information are utilized as level plane identification signals. Color information is identified. A color mode ZERO bit and a color mode ONE bit representative of the identified color information are inserted immediately before data in a line-by-line code format, whereby color image signals are transmitted.

Abstract: An image reader forming an image of a recording medium on a light receiving surface of an image sensor and converts the image into an electrical signal by an image sensor, comprises a display device for displaying an inclined state of an image, a position changing device for changing a relative positional relationship between the image sensor and the image, an input device for inputting data for changing the positional relationship, and a control device for controlling the position changing device in accordance with the input data.

Abstract: An apparatus and its method having a first input for receiving a video signal, and a second input for receiving a computer generated graphics signal. A proportioning circuit is included which algebraically adds a portion of the signal from one input, and an inversely proportional portion of the signal from the other input. The algebraically added signal portions are provided for video display. The apparatus may include a voltage limiting circuit for limiting the combined voltage of the added signal portions to less than a set level.

Abstract: Errors occurring in the beam current measurement in a video output stage can be reduced by increasing the recharging rate of the capacitive load of a video amplifier, constituted by the picture display tube of a picture display arrangement, with the aid of a bias current or a quiescent current which is subtracted again from the current applied to an input of the beam current measuring circuit which is controlled by the video amplifier.

Abstract: A television composite video signal processing circuit has a readout circuit for repeatedly reading out a one-field composite video signal from a disk memory. A delay circuit delays the composite video signal from the readout circuit by 1/2 of a horizontal sync signal period H, and a pedestal clamping circuit sets the pedestal levels of the composite video signals from the delay circuit and the readout circuit to a predetermined level. A signal selector alternately supplies the composite video signals from the readout circuit and the delay circuit to the pedestal clamping circuit for every other field, and a peak level correction circuit corrects the peak level of the delayed video signal in the delayed composite video signal from the delay circuit.

Abstract: A color image pickup system includes image pickup apparatus for obtaining a color video signal from an optical image; adjusting apparatus for adjusting the hue of the color video signal produced from the image pickup apparatus; memory apparatus which determines the state of the adjusting apparatus depending on data stored therein; control apparatus which alters the data stored in the memory apparatus by using the output of the image pickup apparatus; and apparatus for supplying initial data to the memory apparatus.

Abstract: Noise smoothing of imaging data is performed using frame integration, by averaging pixels over time instead of space, without resulting in a smear of moving objects by: sensing image motion; and enabling frame integration on only stationary scene pixels. Image motion is sensed by: producing a differencing signal which indicates the difference between new image data and frame integrated data; and comparing the differencing signal with a threshold signal. When the threshold signal has a value which approximately equals expected image noise, then the image data processed by a particular pixel may be deemed non-moving when the difference signal is less than the threshold signal, and the image data may be deemed to depict moving objects otherwise. Finally, image data is conducted unprocessed to the display for moving scene pixels, while frame integrated image data is conducted to the display for stationary scene pixels.