Color television camera with a single image pickup tube featuring improved rendition of bright monochromatic objects

Claim 1

A color television camera having a single image pickup tube including a photoconductive layer and filter means disposed on said photoconductive layer for forming on said photoconductive layer a color separated image in accordance with the color components of an object to be televised, said color television camera comprising: means for generating an electric signal corresponding to said image; first separating means for separating a luminance signal from said electric signal; second separating means for separating a chrominance signal from said electric signal; demodulating means for demodulating a plurality of color difference signals from said chrominance signal, including at least a red color difference signal; mixing means for mixing said luminance signal with at least said red color difference signal, said red color difference signal having a level thereof adjusted by said mixing means by multiplication of said level by a predetermined ratio and having a polarity thereof inverted relative to said luminance signal such that a level adjusted red color difference signal is subtracted from said luminance signal to provide a corrected luminance signal; and encoding means supplied with said plurality of color difference signals and said corrected luminance signal from said mixing means for generating a composite color video signal.