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Progressive scan television receiver for non-standard signals
Assignee: RCA Licensing Corp
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Filing: 1984-05-29
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Granted: 1986-06-03
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Expires: 2004-05-29
Abstract
Abstract Plural phase detectors in a progressively scanned television receiver measure the phase of the receiver video speed-up memory read and write clocks with respect to the double line-rate horizontal sweep signal of the display. Delay means are provided for delaying the video signal recovered from the memory as a function of the difference between the read and write clock phase measurements each time the memory is read. The delay is effective for minimizing visible artifacts which otherwise may tend to occur when displaying "non-standard" video signals wherein the ratio of the color-subcarrier frequency to the line-frequency of the incoming video signal differs from a given broadcasting standard.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald H. Willis
- 👤 Todd J. Christopher
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 11:11
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N11/00; H04N11/06; H04N11/08; H04N7/00; H04N7/01; H04N7/0117; H04N7/012
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
In a progressive scan receiver of the type having memory means, a source of memory read and write clock signals coupled to said memory means for storing a video signal in said memory means and for recovering each stored line of said video signal N times for application to display means having a horizontal sweep rate selected for displaying said video signal occurring N times, the improvement comprising: first means for measuring the phase of said memory read and write clock signals, each with respect to a horizontal synchronizing signal associated with said display means; and second means for delaying the recovered video signal as a function of the difference between the read and write clock phase measurements each time the memory is read.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
In a progressive scan receiver of the type having memory means, a source of memory read and write clock signals coupled to said memory means for storing a video signal in said memory means and for recovering each stored line of said video signal N times for application to display means having a horizontal sweep rate selected for displaying said video signal occurring N times, the improvement comprising: first means for measuring the phase of said memory read and write clock signals, each with respect to a horizontal synchronizing signal associated with said display means; and second means for delaying the recovered video signal as a function of the difference between the read and write clock phase measurements each time the memory is read.
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