Color video signal processing circuit for performing level control and time axis deviation compensation

Claim 1

A reproduced color video signal processing circuit in a reproducing apparatus for reproducing a composite color video signal from a rotary recording medium on which the composite color video signal has been recorded, wherein the composite color video signal comprises a luminance signal and a carrier chrominance signal which has been frequency-converted into a low frequency band which is lower than its original frequency band, and then combined with the luminance signal in a commonly shared band within a part of the frequency band of the luminance signal, and wherein the level of the carrier chrominance signal including a color burst signal has been controlled according to the level of the original carrier chrominance signal with respect to the color burst signal included in the original carrier chrominance signal, said processing circuit comprising: separating means for separating the luminance signal from the reproduced composite color video signal, obtaining means for obtaining from the reproduced composite color video signal a carrier chrominance signal restored to the original frequency band, said obtaining means having: a voltage controlled oscillator, mixing means for mixing the reproduced composite video signal with an output signal of said voltage controlled oscillator, filter means coupled to said mixing means for filtering frequency components from the output signal of the mixing means, said frequency components lying in the original frequency band of the carrier chrominance signal, comb filter means responsive to said filter means for filtering the carrier chrominance signal from the output signal of the filter, the carrier chrominance signal being restored to the original frequency band, voltage controlled amplifier means coupled to the comb filter means, gating means responsive to said comb filter means for extracting the color burst signal from the output signal of the comb filter means, said gating means receiving the output signal of the comb filter means via the voltage controlled amplifier, reference oscillator means, phase comparator means responsive to said gating means and to said reference oscillator means for comparing the phase of the extracted color burst signal with the phase of an output signal of said reference oscillator means to produce a phase error signal which is a control voltage supplied to the voltage controlled oscillator, and an output terminal connected to the output side of the voltage controlled amplifier means for delivering the carrier chrominance signal restored to the original frequency band, and the separating means having: detecting means responsive to the gating means for detecting the level of the color burst signal extracted by the gating means, the gain of said voltage controlled amplifier means being controlled responsive to the output signal of the detecting means for holding a substantially constant level of the color burst signal in the output signal, frequency-converting means jointly responsive to at least a phase based on the output signal of the voltage controlled oscillator and to the output signal of the comb filter for again frequency-converting the carrier chrominance signal from the original frequency band to the low frequency band; and subtracting means responsive to said frequency-converting means for subtracting the output signal of the frequency converting means from the reproduced composite color video signal in order to obtain the luminance signal.