Delay compensation circuit arrangement

Claim 1

A CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPENSATING FOR SIGNAL DELAYS IN A TELEVISION BROADCAST APPARATUS, COMPRISING: A CAMERA COMPONENT FOR GENERATING A VIDEO SIGNAL, SAID CAMERA COMPONENT INCLUDING CIRCUIT MEANS FOR GENERATING A TIMING SIGNAL WHICH IS DELAYED IN TIME WITH RESPECT TO A SYNCHRONIZING SIGNAL APPLIED THERETO; SAID CIRCUIT MEANS ADAPTED FOR AUTOMATICALLY VARYING THE TIMING SIGNAL DELAY IN A RESPONSE TO A CONTROL SIGNAL APPLIED THERETO; A VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSOR COMPONENT, SAID PROCESSOR COMPONENT INCLUDING PHASE COMPARATOR CIRCUIT MEANS FOR PROVIDING A CONTROL SIGNAL HAVING A CHARACTERISTIC THEREOF WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE PHASE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO INPUT SIGNALS APPLIED THERETO; MEANS FOR PROVIDING AND APPLYING A SYNCHRONIZING SIGNAL OF SAID PHASE COMPARATOR CIRCUIT MEANS; MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID SYNCHRONIZING AND CONTROL SIGNALS FROM SAID PROCESSOR COMPONENT TO SAID CAMERA COMPONENT AND FOR APPLYING SAID SYNCHRONIZING AND CONTROL SIGNALS TO SAID TIMING SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS; AND MEAND FOR COUPLING SAID TIMING SIGNAL AND A VIDEO SIGNAL FROM SAID CAMERA TO SAID PROCESSOR COMPONENT AND FOR APPLYING SAID TIMING SIGNAL TO SAID PHASE COMPARATOR CIRCUIT MEANS.