Abstract: A television for receiving two or more types of television signals capable of displaying an image irrespective of the types of a received television signal and a display for displaying an image, by controlling, in accordance with the receiving television signal and the display, a processor and aspect ratio converter for demodulating the received television signal.

Abstract: A video signal processing circuit capable of enlarging and displaying a picture and adapted for use in an apparatus in which a desired picture is selected, and a video signal representative of the desired picture under interlaced scanning is received, stored in a memory and processed to provide an enlarged video signal, includes a real signal/interpolated signal preparation circuit for preparing, from the stored video signal, new scanning lines for an image to be enlarged, and a memory processing circuit having switching control function to store an output signal of the real signal/interpolated signal preparation circuit in a memory, read the video signal out of the memory at a period different from a period at which the output signal is stored in the memory, and delay a read-out signal by one or more fields so that an enlarged signal is delivered.

Abstract: A video signal processing circuit capable of enlarging and displaying a picture and adapted for use in an apparatus in which a desired picture is selected, and a video signal representative of the desired picture under interlaced scanning is received, stored in a memory and processed to provide an enlarged video signal, comprises includes a real signal/interpolated signal preparation circuit for preparing, from the stored video signal, new scanning lines for an image to be enlarged, and a memory processing circuit having switching control function to store an output signal of the real signal/interpolated signal preparation circuit in a memory, read the video signal out of the memory at a period different from a period at which the output signal is stored in the memory, and delay a read-out signal by one or more fields so that an enlarged signal is delivered.

Abstract: A motion information signal generating circuit comprises a motion detecting circuit for detecting a piece of motion information from a digitized television signal; a temporal-spatial signal processing circuit for expanding a signal representing the so detected motion information both in time and space and a noise eliminator circuit connected between the motion detecting circuit and the temporal-spatial signal processing circuit. The noise eliminator circuit has at least one 1H memory to detect the correlation between the motion information signals pertaining to two adjacent picture elements which are one horizontal sweep line part, and for instance, the motion information signal of a smaller data quantity is selected, thereby preventing appearance of a false motion signal which would be caused by a noise of increased amplitude.

Abstract: A video signal processing circuit capable of reproducing a still picture signal from a color video signal comprises a luminance signal/chrominance signal separation circuit of a motion adaptive type, a scanning line interpolation circuit of a motion adaptive type connected with the separation circuit, a first memory connected with the separation circuit to store therein the output of the separation circuit, a second memory connected with the interpolation circuit to store therein the output of the interpolation circuit and a switching circuit for delivering therethrough the outputs of said first and second memories as a first output signal alternately and for delivering therethrough the outputs of said second and first memories as a second output signal alternately, the alternation for the delivery by the switching circuit being effected at a frequency identical with the field frequency of the video signal.

Abstract: A movement detector necessary for processing composite color television signals, which detects movement in image signals, wherein the detecting circuit is so constructed that no deficient motion is produced. A difference signal between the present frame and that preceding by two frames of the television signals is converted into a motion information signal and a movement detection signal is made by integrating the signal obtained by the conversion with respect to temporal axis.

Abstract: A movement detection circuit for detecting movement information of a luminance signal and movement information of a chrominance signal of a television signal comprises a first movement detection circuit for detecting the movement information of the luminance signal and a second movement detection circuit for detecting the movement information of the chrominance signal. The first movement detection circuit detects the movement information of the luminance signal based on two signals spaced by one frame period, and the second movement detection circuit detects the movement information of the chrominance signal based on two signals spaced by two frames periods.

Abstract: A motion detector for a chrominance signal which is used with a TV receiver equipped with a video signal motion detector. This motion detector for a chrominance signal has a delay element for delaying the chrominance signal of a video signal by 1 frame period, a subtracter for subtracting the output signal of the delay element from the input signal thereof, an absolute value conversion circuit to which the output signal from the subtracter is inputted, and a smoother circuit to which the output signal from the absolute value conversion circuit is supplied. If the chrominance signal of video signals on two consecutive frames are the same, the output signal of the subtracter becomes zero. If the chrominance signals of video signals on two consecutive frames are different, the output signal of the subtracter takes a positive or negative value. The negative value signal is converted into a positive value signal by the absolute value conversion circuit.

Abstract: The present invention is for separating luminance signal Y and color difference signal C from the composite color television signal and includes a frame memory for storing the composite color television signal, a motion detector for detecting motion of a picture image on the basis of the signal read out from the frame memory, a correlation detector for detecting the magnitude of vertical correlation of pictures on the basis of the signal read out from the frame memory, a vertical-axis filter for performing YC-signal separation through a filtering operation in the vertical-axis direction, a time-axis filter for performing a filtering operation in the time-axis direction, a two-dimensional filter for performing YC-signal separation through a filtering operation in both the horizontal and vertical directions, and a mixer for mixing the outputs of the three filters in accordance with the magnitude of motion and the magnitude of vertical correlation.

Abstract: A motion detector for a chrominance signal which is used with a TV receiver equipped with a video signal motion detector. This motion detector for a chrominance signal has a delay element for delaying the chrominance signal of a video signal by 1 frame period, a subtractor for subtracting the output signal of the delay element from the input signal thereof, an absolute value conversion circuit to which the output signal from the subtractor is inputted, and a smoother circuit to which the output signal from the absolute value conversion circuit is supplied. If the chrominance signals of video signals on two consecutive frames are the same, the output signal of the subtractor becomes zero. If the chrominance signals of video signals on two consecutive frames are different, the output signal of the substractor takes a positive or negative value. The negative value signal is converted into a positive value signal by the absolute value conversion circuit.

Abstract: A video signal processing circuit of motion adaptive type includes a circuit for identifying motion of a picture in a video signal on the basis of a difference signal between at least a line signal appearing in an M-th field and a corresponding line signal appearing in an (M-1)th field so that, when a scanning line produced on the basis of the video signal is interpolated between scanning lines of the video signal to improve the picture quality, a signal for interpolating said scanning line is produced in a different manner depending on whether a portion of the video signal to the displayed is a still picture or a moving picture.

Abstract: In combination, a signal processing circuit for television signals includes a contour signal correction circuit for use in a television receiver and a scanning line interpolation circuit for converting a television signal of a signal structure for interlaced scanning into a television signal for sequential scanning.