US4170026A
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Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1978-05-16
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Granted: 1979-10-02
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Expires: 1998-05-16
Abstract
Abstract Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal comprises a serration detector which receives the sync pulse and separates the portion of the serration of the vertical sync pulse; a first counter which is coupled to the serration detector and produces output pulse at specific time interval between two successive output pulses of the serration detector; a circuit which is triggered by the output pulse of the first counter and produces a pulse; a second counter which receives said pulse and the horizontal retrace pulse, counts said horizontal retrace pulse when said pulse has a specific level, becomes quiescent when said pulse has another specific level, and then produces the line identification pulse on the desired horizontal line; a first decoder which is connected to said second counter and produces the reset pulse for resetting said first counter after said first counter completes its desired counting action; and a second decorder which produces the reset pulse for resetting said circuit after said second counter produces desired line identification pulse.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshitomi Nagaoka
- 👤 Tetsuo Tomimoto
- 👤 Reiichi Sasaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 11:39
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/08; H04N7/087; H04N5/00; H04N5/04; H04N5/08; H04N5/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
196 words
Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal comprising; serration detecting means which receives a composite sync pulse for separating a portion of the serration of the vertical sync pulse, first counting means which is coupled to said serration detecting means for producing an output pulse at specific time interval between two successive output pulses of said serration detecting means, enabling means which is triggered by the output pulse of said first counting means for producing an enabling pulse, second counting means which receives said enabling pulse and a horizontal retrace pulse for counting said horizontal retrace pulse when said enabling pulse has a specific level, said second counting means becoming quiescent when said enabling pulse has another specific level and producing a line identification pulse on a desired horizontal line, first decoding means which is connected to said second counting means for producing a reset pulse for resetting said first counting means after said first counting means completes its desired counting action, and second decoding means which is connected to said second counting means and produces a reset pulse for resetting said enabling means after said second counting means produces the desired line identification pulse.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
196 words
Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal comprising; serration detecting means which receives a composite sync pulse for separating a portion of the serration of the vertical sync pulse, first counting means which is coupled to said serration detecting means for producing an output pulse at specific time interval between two successive output pulses of said serration detecting means, enabling means which is triggered by the output pulse of said first counting means for producing an enabling pulse, second counting means which receives said enabling pulse and a horizontal retrace pulse for counting said horizontal retrace pulse when said enabling pulse has a specific level, said second counting means becoming quiescent when said enabling pulse has another specific level and producing a line identification pulse on a desired horizontal line, first decoding means which is connected to said second counting means for producing a reset pulse for resetting said first counting means after said first counting means completes its desired counting action, and second decoding means which is connected to said second counting means and produces a reset pulse for resetting said enabling means after said second counting means produces the desired line identification pulse.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reset pulse for said first counting means is supplied from said second decoding means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
114 words
Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal as claimed in claim 1, wherein said serration detecting means comprises; a transistor whose base-electrode is supplied with the sync pulse, a first resistor which is connected between the emitter-electrode of said transistor and the ground, a parallel connection of a second resistor and a diode whose anode is grounded, a capacitor which is connected between the emitter-electrode of said transistor and the cathode-electrode of said diode, and a threshold circuit connected to the cathode-electrode of said diode, wherein the pulse-width of the sync pulse is converted to a pulse-height, and a specific portion of said height-modulated pulse larger than a predetermined threshold level is detected.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
89 words
Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal as claimed in claim 1, wherein said serration detecting means comprises; a transistor whose base-electrode is supplied with the sync pulse, a resistor connected between the emitter-electrode of said transistor and the ground, a capacitor which is connected with said resistor in parallel, and a threshold circuit connected to the emitter-electrode of said transistor, wherein the pulse-width of the sync pulse is converted to pulse-height, and a specific portion of said height-modulated pulse smaller than the predetermined threshold level is detected.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
127 words
Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal comprising; serration detecting means which receives a composite sync pulse for separating a portion of the serration of the vertical sync pulse, enabling means which receives an output pulse of said serration detecting means for producing an enabling pulse at the leading edge of said output pulse from said serration detecting means, said enabling means returning to the initial state of operation after specific time duration by itself, and counting means which receives said enabling pulse and a horizontal retrace pulse for counting said horizontal retrace pulse when said enabling pulse has a specific level, said counting means becoming quiescent when said enabling pulse has another specific level and producing a line identification pulse on a desired horizontal line.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
127 words
Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal comprising; serration detecting means which receives a composite sync pulse for separating a portion of the serration of the vertical sync pulse, enabling means which receives an output pulse of said serration detecting means for producing an enabling pulse at the leading edge of said output pulse from said serration detecting means, said enabling means returning to the initial state of operation after specific time duration by itself, and counting means which receives said enabling pulse and a horizontal retrace pulse for counting said horizontal retrace pulse when said enabling pulse has a specific level, said counting means becoming quiescent when said enabling pulse has another specific level and producing a line identification pulse on a desired horizontal line.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
55 words
Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal as claimed in claim 5, wherein said counting means comprises a first counting means and a second counting means, and said first counting means is inserted between said serration detecting means and said enabling means and produces specific time delay of triggering pulse for said enabling means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
114 words
Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal as claimed in claim 5, wherein said serration detecting means comprises; a transistor whose base-electrode is supplied with the sync pulse, a first resistor which is connected between the emitter-electrode of said transistor and the ground, a parallel connection of a second resistor and a diode whose anode is grounded, a capacitor which is connected between the emitter-electrode of said transistor and the cathode-electrode of said diode, and a threshold circuit connected to the cathode-electrode of said diode, wherein the pulse-width of the sync pulse is converted to a pulse-height, and a specific portion of said height-modulated pulse larger than a predetermined threshold level is detected.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
89 words
Circuitry for line recognition of a television signal as claimed in claim 5, wherein said serration detecting means comprises; a transistor whose base-electrode is supplied with the sync pulse, a resistor connected between the emitter-electrode of said transistor and the ground, a capacitor which is connected with said resistor in parallel, and a threshold circuit connected to the emitter-electrode of said transistor, wherein the pulse-width of the sync pulse is converted to pulse-height, and a specific portion of said height-modulated pulse smaller tha the predetermined threshold level is detected.
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