Abstract: A broadcasting system, receiving device, and method that allows the viewer to set conditions for the display of commercials (CMs) with broadcast programs. A broadcasting device transmits the programs and CMs via separate channels. A receiving device receives the separate channels and records the CM information. The receiving device combines the recorded CM information with the programs for display in accordance with customer requirements set by the viewer. The customer requirements are also sent back to the commercial broadcasting company to adjust the CMs transmitted to the viewer and the fees charged for viewing the programs.

Abstract: A portable video camera and recording apparatus is comprised of a video camera section and a recording section. The video camera section is comprised of a CCD, analogue-to-digital converters for converting signals from the CCD into digital form. The digital signals are then processed, converted into analogue form, processed in analog form, and then output as the composite video signal. A digital luminance signal and either a digital composite color signal or a plurality of digital color difference signals are received as inputs into the recording section. If the digital composite color signal is received, then the signals are time-base-compressed, converted into analogue form, the composite color signal is frequency converted and filtered and the luminance signal is frequency modulated and filtered. Next, the signals are added together and recorded onto a recording medium.

Abstract: A portable video camera and recording apparatus is comprised of a video camera section and a recording section. The video camera section is comprised of a CCD, analogue-to-digital converters for converting signals from the CCD into digital form. The digital signals are then processed, converted into analogue form, processed in analog form, and then output as the composite video signal. A digital luminance signal and either a digital composite color signal or a plurality of digital color difference signals are received as inputs into the recording section. If the digital composite color signal is received, then the signals are time-base-compressed, converted into analogue form, the composite color signal is frequency converted and filtered and the luminance signal is frequency modulated and filtered. Next, the signals are added together and recorded onto a recording medium.

Abstract: A solid state camera apparatus converts image signals read from a solid state image-sensing device at a reading clock rate of a first frequency f.sub.CCD to digital video signals at the reading clock rate, converts the resulting digital video signal using a clock signal of a second frequency f.sub.STD [f.sub.STD =f.sub.CCD *n/m (where m and n are positive integers and m>n)] to form digital video signals with a transmission clock rate of the second frequency f.sub.STD, and applies image processing to the digital video signals at the reading clock rate of the first frequency f.sub.CCD so as to form output video signals.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup apparatus which produces output color image signals having the required number of scanning lines from the respective color signals which are obtained by photographing an image formed by an image pickup tube. In the apparatus, the image pickup section consists of solid-state image sensors which produce one color signal with the required number of scanning lines and other color signals with the number of scanning lines which are more than the required number. A registration adjustment means executes registration adjustment processing on the color signals obtained at the image pickup device by using the other color signals.

Abstract: A solid state television camera having a solid state image sensing device including a plurality of individual light sensing units arranged in both horizontal and vertical rows and for sequentially generating a signal corresponding to an image by transferring a charge generated by the light sensing units is disclosed, which includes a synchronizing signal generator for generating horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals, a clock pulse generator for generating a clock pulse corresponding to the horizontal synchronizing signal and controlling the sequential transfer of the charge representing one horizontal line of the image, the number of the clock pulses being equal to the sum of the number of the horizontal rows and a predetermined number, a detecting circuit for detecting the signal during the period of the predetermined number of the clock pulse, the period being after the signal corresponding to the image is obtained and a part of a vertical blanking period, a compensating signal generator supplied wi

Abstract: A digital encoder for use with digital luminance and chrominance signals having black levels includes a level adjusting circuit which adjusts the chrominance and luminance signals to establish a predetermined relationship between the black levels of the level-adjusted chrominance and luminance signals, a chrominance signal with a predetermined relatively large dynamic range thereof modulating circuit which generates a modulated chrominance signal from the level-adjusted chrominance signal, an adding circuit which receives the modulated chrominance signal and the level-adjusted luminance signal and provides an encoded color video signal therefrom, an attenuator circuit which attenuates the encoded color video signal and a circuit for combining sync and burst signals with the attenuated encoded color video signal and with a predetermined pedestal level to provide a composite color video signal within the predetermined dynamic range.

Abstract: A digital signal processing circuit, for example, a digital signal adder circuit suitable for use in a digital color encoder for generating a digital composite color video signal from three digital primary color signals. At least two input digital signals are respectively supplied to a signal delay circuit which generates the digital signal in the form of skew bits wherein the higher bit is given a larger delay. The output signals of the signal delay circuit are supplied to an adder circuit in which the small number of bits of the digital signals are added during one clock interval. And, the output signal of the adder circuit is supplied to a further delay circuit which generates a digital signal in the form of linear bits wherein any bit in originally the same clock interval is given the same delay.

Abstract: A solid state television camera having a solid state image sensing device, such as CCD image sensing device and an iris for controlling the amount of light from an image irradiated on the image sensing device. The iris is controlled by the peak level of a smear signal of a horizontal scanning line during a vertical blanking interval so that the smear signal contained in a video signal from the image sensing device is reduced. Further, the iris can be controlled by the average level of the smear signal instead of the average level of the video signal of one field as the smear signal has the whole information of the image of one field, that causes the construction of detecting circuit to be very simple and the fidelity of the iris control to be high.

Abstract: A solid state camera is disclosed which includes a plurality of image sensors, each having a plurality of picture sensing units spaced apart by an alignment pitch, a projector for projecting an image simultaneously on each of said image sensors, the image on each sensor being displaced by a predetermined distance in a given direction with respect to at least one other of the sensors, the picture sensing units being read for reading the respective images sequentially in the given direction and for generating video signals representing the respective images, a sampler for sampling each of the video signals by a sampling signal and for generating sampled signals, a converter for converting the sampled signals to digital signals, an interpolator for interpolating a signal generated from the digital signal during adjacent two samples between the adjacent two samples in each video signal and for generating interpolated outputs so that the group delay characteristics of the outputs are substantially equivalent, and

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a solid state image sensor comprising a charge transfer device such as a charge coupled device (CCD), wherein an improved arrangement of transfer electrodes is provided for the charge transfer device therein and the number of effective sensing elements for performing practically the image sensing operation can be altered in accordance with the manner of supplying a driving signal to the transfer electrodes, so that either one of different television signals, for example, color television signals according to the NTSC system and the PAL or SECAM system, can be selectively produced thereby.

Abstract: A digital color encoder for a television camera in which during digitally modulating a carrier of 3f.sub.sc (f.sub.sc is a color subcarrier frequency) with a digital color signal which is obtained by sampling input video information data at a sampling pulse rate having a frequency of 3(n/m)f.sub.sc (with m and n being relatively small integers) at N line the digital color signal is amplitude modulated by 3-phase modulation vectors each having a phase difference of 2/3.pi. from each other so as to produce a digitally modulated color signal. At N+1 line, the digital color signal is amplitude modulated by the 3-phase modulation vectors each having a phase opposite to that at the N line so as to produce an output of N+1 line which is then phase inverted to provide a digital modulated color signal. Thus, a digital color television signal with color phase having the standard television signal format is obtained.

Abstract: A solidstate digital television camera which has a solid state image sensing device, an A-D converter for converting the output of the image sensing device to a digital color signal, a filter for providing a predetermined filter characteristic to the digital color signal, and a digital color modulator for modulating the output of the above filter to produce a digital modulated signal.In the digital television camera, the processing rate between the solid state image sensing device and the filter is selected to have a sampling rate equal to that of the solid state image sensing device, or (n/m)pF.sub.sc where f.sub.sc is a color subcarrier frequency, p is 3 or 4, and m and n are relatively small integers. The processing rate for the remaining elements is selected to be pf.sub.sc. In addition, a D-D converter for converting the processing rate from (n/m)pF.sub.sc to pf.sub.sc is provided between the filter and the digital modulator.

Abstract: A solid state television camera with a pattern generator is disclosed for permitting a character display in a portion of a television picture. Both a solid state image sensor and a pattern generator are driven by the same synchronizing signal generator. A pattern signal generated by the character generator is superimposed upon or replaces a portion of the picked up image signal so that the pattern can be inserted into the picture.

Abstract: A checker-board pattern color coding filter is employed in a color television camera using solid state imaging devices. A luminance signal component is controlled in such a manner as to exclude spurious signals based on the particular pattern of an object image detected by analyzing the conditions of dot-sequential color signals of two adjacent lines.

Abstract: A two-chip type CCD color camera is proposed, wherein a green filter and a line-sequentially arranged blue-red filter are used in association with separate CCD imagers and in which the luminance signal is synthesized from the output signals of both CCD imagers, and wherein the signal response of the green imager is caused to coincide with the signal response of the red-blue imager by using a comb-filter circuit in the transmission path of the output signal from the green imager for synthesizing the luminance signal.

Abstract: A solid state color television camera having a color filter consisting of first and second color filter elements through which red and green primary color lights pass and a third color filter element through which a blue color light and the red color light pass and a solid state image sensing device, in which from the solid state image sensing device there are obtained a red primary color signal in response to a red primary color information passed through the first filter element, a green primary color signal in response to a green primary color information passed through the second filter element, a composite color (magenta) signal in response to a color information passed through the third filter element, a luminance signal is provided from the red and green primary color signals and the composite color signal, a blue primary color signal is provided by calculating the composite color signal and the red primary color signal, and a carrier color signal is provided from the red, green and blue primary color

Abstract: A CCD (charge-coupled device) color camera is disclosed, wherein an installed CCD imager is capable of reading out signals of two adjacent rows of sensing elements simultaneously, besides employing an interlacing scanning technique. A color coding filter facing a sensing area of the CCD imager is arranged basically to have successive sets of color elements each set consisting of a blue color element and three red color elements in the vertical direction. In the signal processing system, two adjacent lines of video signals derived from the CCD imager are employed in order to separate red and blue color signals.

Abstract: A signal processing system is disclosed for a color television camera having a line-sequential type color coding filter provided in a light path of an object image. An image pick-up device has the object image focused thereon and connects to circuitry for creating a line sequential type color output signal. First and second delay circuits are provided for delaying the output signal and a mixing circuit is provided for mixing the delayed color output signal and an undelayed color output signal to obtain a mixed signal which forms a portion of a luminance signal of the color television camera. Another portion of the luminance signal is derived from an output from the first delay circuit. Preferably the color output signal represents first and second colors such as red and blue and another line-by-line color signal is created for a third color such as green, the green color signal being delayed in a third delay circuit and forming another portion of the luminance signal.

Abstract: An analog-signal gate circuit or sample-hold circuit is employed for processing a dot-sequential video signal derived from a solid state imaging device such as CCD imager. By changing a signal width, gain control operation is achieved, and phase shifting operation of the video signal is done by shifting an aperture center of the dot-sequential video signal. This system may be applied to a color signal conversion system wherein a dot-sequential color signal is converted directly to an NTSC color television signal. Further, white balance control for a solid state color television camera is another application of this system.