Abstract: A system and apparatus for compensating cable losses in a video signal transmission system includes feedback circuits to determine the spectral attenuation of a received signal and to control an equalizer circuit to amplify selected frequencies of the received signal, and to determine the various times of arrival of two or more video signals and selectively adjust one or more delay lines to reduce the differences in their arrival times.

Abstract: A system and apparatus for compensating cable losses in a video signal transmission system includes feedback circuits to determine the spectral attenuation of a received signal and to control an equalizer circuit to amplify selected frequencies of the received signal, and to determine the various times of arrival of two or more video signals and selectively adjust one or more delay lines to reduce the differences in their arrival times.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling the operation of the windshield wipers of a vehicle in response to the deposition of water on the exterior of the windshield; the operation of the air conditioning system in response to the formation of water condensation on the interior of the windshield of the vehicle; and the operation of the ventilation system in response to the presence of smoke in the cabin of the vehicle.

Abstract: A technique for recovering a clock from a digitally encoded communication signal uses a low-Q resonator and limiter for generating a coarse clock signal comprising a series of rectangular pulses at a frequency substantially equal to the clock (though subject to phase jitter), and a filter circuit, such as a phase-locked-loop ("PLL"), preferably employing a Sequential Phase/Frequency Detector, to reduce the jitter superimposed on the coarse clock signal, so as to yield a well-behaved clock signal. By using a Sequential Phase/Frequency Detector, acquisition-aid circuitry generally is not required for the PLL.