Television pick-up arrangement comprising a solid state picture pick-up device

Claim 1

A television pick-up arrangement comprising a solid-state picture pick-up device having a bidimensional pattern of picture pick-up elements arranged in rows and columns in a semiconductor body, two output shift registers of the parallel-in, series-out type, parallel inputs of the two output shift registers being coupled to rows of picture pick-up elements and the series outputs carrying signals at a simultaneous read-out of the output shift registers, characterized in that at the simultaneous read-out of the output shift registers these registers supply as picture signals pick-up information associated with each pair of adjacent rows of picture pick-up elements, in each pair of adjacent rows of picture pick-up elements the picture pick-up elements in one row being shifted in a row direction to an intermediate position relative to the picture pick-up elements in the other row, a colour strip filter being present having filter strips which extend in the direction of the columns of the picture pick-up elements and have a width which is equal to the width of the picture pick-up elements, the outputs of the output shift registers being coupled via delay devices having a time delay equal to half a register element shift period and a time delay equal to a register element shift period, respectively and the output of the delay devices being coupled directly to inputs of a series arrangement which includes a matrix circuit and a change-over circuit, outputs of the series arrangement being coupled to outputs for supplying separate colour signals.