Abstract: Computer main memory is used for storing relatively densely sampled luminance detail information concerning a television display and for storing relatively sparsely sampled narrowband color-component information concerning the same television display. The relatively densely sampled luminance detail information is read out in substantially real-time from computer main memory during line trace intervals in the television display. The relatively sparsely sampled narrowband color-component information is read out of computer main memory in advanced and compressed time during selected line retrace intervals in the television display.

Abstract: A burst locked phase locked loop (PLL) includes a relatively wide-band voltage controlled oscillator. This PLL may erroneously lock at a frequency which differs form the frequency of burst by an amount equal to the horizontal line frequency. To prevent this side-locking condition, the PLL includes circuitry which changes the frequency of the signal produced by the VCO when the number of cycles of the signal provided by the PLL during one horizontal line interval corresponds to the number which would be obtained in a side-lock condition.

Abstract: Computer main memory is used for storing relatively densely sampled green and detail information concerning a television display and for storing relatively sparsely sampled red information and blue information concerning the same television display. The relatively densely sampled green and detail information is read out in substantially real-time from computer main memory during line trace intervals in the television display. The relatively sparsely sampled red information and blue information are read out of computer main memory in advanced and compressed time during selected line retrace intervals in the television display.

Abstract: Computer main memory is used for storing relatively densely sampled wideband video information concerning a television display and for storing relatively sparsely sampled narrowband video information concerning the same television display. The relatively densely sampled wideband video information is read out in substantially real time from computer main memory during line trace intervals in the television display. The relatively sparsely sampled narrowband video information is read out of computer main memory in advanced and compressed time during selected line retrace intervals in the television display. The wideband video information may be luminance information; and the narrowband video information chrominance information.

Abstract: A field transfer imager is erased after every field transfer, prior to a new field of pixels-descriptive charge packet being accumulated in the successive charge transfer stages of the charge transfer channels of the image register. The image register is operated to supply a field of "null" charge packets for each field of pixel-descriptive charge packets it supplies. The "null" charge packets and pixel-descriptive charge packets are temporarily stored in respective field storage registers, and converted a line at a time to serial format for sensing. The resulting "null" samples and pixel-descriptive samples are differentially combined to provide pixel-descriptive samples with suppressed dark current ramp components and, assuming field-rate shuttering of the imager is not used, with suppressed transfer smear components.

Abstract: A compressor compresses the edges of a wide screen image to provide a compressed wide screen video signal which may be displayed on a conventional 4:3 aspect ratio receiver with the compressed edge portions largely hidden from view because of receiver overscan. Complementary edge expansion restores the compressed signal to its original form for display by a wide screen receiver. The relative proportions of compression applied to the left and right edges of the wide screen images are varied to reduce the appearance of edge distortion in the compressed signal when displayed on a standard aspect ratio receiver and to reduce the appearance of loss of edge resolution in the expanded signal when displayed on a wide screen receiver.

Abstract: A wide aspect ratio television system includes memories for storing and recovering a video input signal in response to read and write clock pulses, respectively. Write clock pulses are deleted to compress edge regions of a wide aspect ratio input signal and read clock pulses are deleted to restore the signal to its original aspect ratio. The pattern of deleted pulses is altered on a line-by-line basis to reduce visible artifacts of signal decimation. Dual mode receivers include provisions for controlling edge blanking, interpolation and the pattern of clock pulses deleted as a function of received signals. Wide and standard aspect ratio images are displayed without altering the width of the display raster.

Abstract: A solid-state color imaging apparatus comprising a beamsplitter for splitting an incoming light beam representative of an image into at least first and second light beams corresponding to a first color band (e.g., green) of the incoming light and the first color band and a second color band (e.g., blue) of the incoming light, respectively, and first and second solid-state imagers disposed for receiving respective ones of the light beams. The first imager is optically offset with respect to the second imager and their output signals processed so as to develop an apparently improved resolution signal for light of said first color band when compared to the signal developed for light of said second color band.

Abstract: A frame comb type composite video decoder which does not require motion adaptive processing circuitry generates low frequency luminance signal components from one field of composite video signal. The high frequency luminance component is derived from two lines of composite video signal from each of two fields disposed before and after the field from which the low frequency luminance signals is developed.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for producing a frozen television picture are disclosed. Successive fields of picture information are generated by an interpolator which is responsive to a video input signal. These successive fields are applied to the input of a first field store device. The video input signal is applied to the input of a second field store device so that the successive fields of the video input signal correspond in time to the successive fields generated by the interpolator. Lines from the respective field store devices are sequenced repetitively to form a video signal representing the frozen television picture. The interpolator generates fields which, when displayed with corresponding fields of the video input signal, minimizes motion-induced artifacts without unduly degrading vertical resolution.

Abstract: A progressive scan receiver includes a frame interpolation filter for generating added lines for display in a given field from a video input signal by interpolation from corresponding elements of immediately preceding and following fields. A second filter provides a line interpolated signal having picture elements spatially and temporally coincident with corresponding elements of the frame interpolated signal and having a suppressed vertical detail component. A third filter attenuates the vertical detail component of the frame interpolated signal. An output circuit combines the signals of the three filters to provide a frame interpolated video output signal in which the vertical resolution of the video input signal is preserved and motion artifacts characteristic of frame interpolation are attenuated.

Abstract: A speed-up circuit time compresses and interlaces field delayed and interpolated lines of a video input signal for display in progressive scan fashion. The interpolated lines are produced by adding low and high frequency components derived from the video input signal. The low frequency component is produced by frame-combing and low pass filtering the input signal. The high frequency component is obtained by field delaying, line comb filtering and low pass filtering the input signal. The combined low and high frequency components are spatially and temporally coincident thereby reducing the visibility of motion artifacts (double images) on the display.

Abstract: A wide aspect ratio television system includes memories for storing and recovering a video input signal in response to read and write clock pulses, respectively. Write clock pulses are deleted to compress edge regions of a wide aspect ratio input signal and read clock pulses are deleted to restore the signal to its original aspect ratio. The pattern of delected pulses is altered on a line-by-line basis to reduce visible artifacts of signal decimation. Dual mode receivers include provisions for controlling edge blanking, interpolation and the pattern of clock pulses deleted as a function of received signals. Wide and standard aspect ratio images are displayed without altering the width of the display raster.

Abstract: A receiver includes a line store progressive scan processor and a frame store progressive scan processor for doubling the line rate of a video input signal for display. The video input signal includes an identifying signal signifying whether the fields that are derived from a common scene. The identifying signal is detected and used to control a switch for selectively coupling the output of the processors to a display such that frame store processed signals are displayed for fields derived from exactly the same scene and line store processed signals are displayed for "mixed" fields (i.e., fields from different frames or frames containing motion).

Abstract: A field comb filter for separating luminance signal from NTSC composite video additively combines signals separated by 263 horizontal lines. Vertical detail is restored and motion compensation provided by subtractively combining signal separated by 262 horizontal lines and adding the difference to the separated luminance signal.

Abstract: A color television camera includes imagers which produce signals representative of various colors of a scene. The signals are multiplexed to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for conversion to sequential digital video form for processing by a single-channel digital processor. In order to avoid loss of resolution, and to take full advantage of the speed of operation of the ADC, the imagers are clocked mutually out-of-phase so as to sequentially provide imager signals at a rate related to the multiplexer rate.

Abstract: A portable video recorder transduces video signals onto an elongated medium. The transducer-to-medium velocity is controlled by a rotary member such as a capstan, turntable or headwheel. In portable applications, motion of the recorder causes accelerations or variations in velocity of the rotary member which affects the regular spacing on the medium of sync or timing signals transduced thereto. Regular spacing of sync signals is desirable for good reproduction on playback. Timing or sync signals generated by the rotary members are used to control the rate of the timing signals of the video to be recorded as they are applied to the transducer, thereby making the spacing regular.

Abstract: An adder circuit is described for producing signals representative of the sum of large numbers of block-synchronized digital signals each of which may have any value within the range of quantizing levels represented. The adder circuit includes one or more binary counters coupled to count bits of the input signal having a particular significance. Counting takes place during an active interval such as a television field interval, and the counters are reset after each counting interval. The counter outputs are latched either before or after processing by addition of other counter outputs. The latched signal represents the sum of the values of the words in one sync block.

Abstract: A television camera-recorder combination includes an imager which forms a signal representative of the image during an integration interval. The integration interval is followed by a pull-down interval during which the integrated signal is transferred out of the photoresponsive region. Streaking of an image displayed from the signal results from light falling on the photoresponsive region during the pull-down interval. A mechanical shutter periodically prevents light from falling upon the photoresponsive region of the imager. The shutter is synchronized with the pull-down interval. The synchronization and drive arrangement of the video recorder portion is mechanically coupled to the shutter to provide a common drive. In another embodiment, a color wheel associated with the viewfinder of the camera is mechanically coupled to the video recorder drive arrangement for common mechanical drive.

Abstract: An improved transmission arrangement for a color television signal includes a time-division multiplexing apparatus for alternately presenting for transmission through a single channel baseband signals defining the chrominance information of the television signal. In order to provide improved resolution, a store is coupled to the signal source for storing at a writing rate a first of the baseband components during the time at which it is generated. A read generator is coupled to the store for reading the stored baseband component at a higher data rate than that at which it was generated. The baseband component is transmitted through the single channel at the higher data rate.