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Mirror image generator for composite signals with chroma inversion
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1986-04-17
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Granted: 1988-02-23
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Expires: 2006-04-17
Abstract
Abstract The mirror image generator for composite signals with chroma inversion includes a first step of orthogonally modulating first and second color difference signals by first and second subcarriers where the subcarriers have 0° and 270° phases with respect to a 90° reference phase; a second step of digitalizing the orthogonal modulation signals; a third step of writing the digitalized orthogonal modulation signals into 2 one horizontal period memories in a predetermined address sequence; and a fourth step of processing a phase transition order of the orthogonal modulation signals resulting in a different phase transition order in which the orthogonal modulation signals are read out of the horizontal period memory such that for a first predetermined amount of data, both the write address sequence and the read address sequence are the same with respect to each other, and for a second predetermined amount of data, the read address sequence is in reverse order from the write address sequence, and for a third predetermined amount of data, both the write and read address sequences are the same with respect to each other.
Inventors
- 👤 Shinichi Yamaguchi
- 👤 Yasuo Takemura
- 👤 Tadashi Sugiki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 01:14
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/64; H04N9/74
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
A method for time base inversion of chroma signals comprising the steps of: orthogonally modulating first and second color difference signals by first and second subcarriers; digitalizing the orthogonally modulated first and second color difference signals; writing the digitalized orthogonally modulated first and second color difference signals into a one horizontal period memory in a predetermined write address sequence; and processing a phase transition order of the orthogonally modulated first and second color difference signals such that either phase of said first and second subcarriers is deviated by the angle 180° from a standard phase defined by a burst signal to obtain a different phase transition order wherein the orthogonally modulated first and second color difference signals are read out of the one horizontal period memory in a read address sequence such that for a first predetermined amount of data, the write address sequence and the read address sequence are in correspondence, for a second predetermined amount of data, the read address sequence is reverse of the write address sequence, and for a third predetermined amount of data, the write address sequence and the read address sequence are in correspondence.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
190 words
A method for time base inversion of chroma signals comprising the steps of: orthogonally modulating first and second color difference signals by first and second subcarriers; digitalizing the orthogonally modulated first and second color difference signals; writing the digitalized orthogonally modulated first and second color difference signals into a one horizontal period memory in a predetermined write address sequence; and processing a phase transition order of the orthogonally modulated first and second color difference signals such that either phase of said first and second subcarriers is deviated by the angle 180° from a standard phase defined by a burst signal to obtain a different phase transition order wherein the orthogonally modulated first and second color difference signals are read out of the one horizontal period memory in a read address sequence such that for a first predetermined amount of data, the write address sequence and the read address sequence are in correspondence, for a second predetermined amount of data, the read address sequence is reverse of the write address sequence, and for a third predetermined amount of data, the write address sequence and the read address sequence are in correspondence.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
67 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said first color difference signal is of the phase 0° in comparison to the standard phase and said second color difference signal is of the phase 270° in comparison to the standard phase of 90°, in a phase of saidcolor difference signal where the read operation is started is at the angle 0° or 180° in comparison to the standard phase.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
62 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said first color difference signal is the phase 90° the standard phase and said second color difference is deviated by the phase 180° from the standard phase of 0°, and a phase of said color difference signal where the read operation is started is at the angle 90° or 270° in comparison to a standard phase.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
165 words
A method for time base inversion of chroma signals comprising the steps of: orthogonally modulating first and second color difference signals by first and second subcarriers such that either vector phase of said first and second subcarriers is deviated by an angle of 180° from a standard phase defined by a burst signal; adding a plurality of luminance signals and a plurality of burst signals to the orthogonally modulated first and second color difference signals to obtain a first composite video signal; digitalizing said first composite video signal to obtain a second composite video signal; alternately writing said second composite video signal into first and second line memories in a predetermined write address sequence; and reading said alternately written second composite video signal from either of said first and second line memories in a non-write mode in a backward address sequence in comparison to the predetermined write address sequence for a time period during an active video signal until termination of said active video signal.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
165 words
A method for time base inversion of chroma signals comprising the steps of: orthogonally modulating first and second color difference signals by first and second subcarriers such that either vector phase of said first and second subcarriers is deviated by an angle of 180° from a standard phase defined by a burst signal; adding a plurality of luminance signals and a plurality of burst signals to the orthogonally modulated first and second color difference signals to obtain a first composite video signal; digitalizing said first composite video signal to obtain a second composite video signal; alternately writing said second composite video signal into first and second line memories in a predetermined write address sequence; and reading said alternately written second composite video signal from either of said first and second line memories in a non-write mode in a backward address sequence in comparison to the predetermined write address sequence for a time period during an active video signal until termination of said active video signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
185 words
Time base inversion of chroma signals circuit, having first and second subcarriers wherein either of said first and second subcarriers have vector phases deviated by an angle of 180° from a standard phase defined by a burst signal, comprising: means for orthogonally modulating said first and second color difference signals by first and second subcarriers to obtain orthogonal modulation signals; means for synthesizing said orthogonal modulation signals with said burst signal, a luminance signal, and a synchronizing signal to obtain a plurality of analog composite video signals; analog to digital converter means for converting said analog composite video signals to digital composite video signals; first switch means for supplying the output of said analog to digital converter means alternately to first and second one horizontal memories; reading said alternately supplied output from either of said first and second one horizontal memories in a backward sequence in comparison to the sequence the output was supplied to said memories; and digital to analog converter means for converting said digital composite video signals read out from said first and second one horizontal memories to analog composite video signals.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
185 words
Time base inversion of chroma signals circuit, having first and second subcarriers wherein either of said first and second subcarriers have vector phases deviated by an angle of 180° from a standard phase defined by a burst signal, comprising: means for orthogonally modulating said first and second color difference signals by first and second subcarriers to obtain orthogonal modulation signals; means for synthesizing said orthogonal modulation signals with said burst signal, a luminance signal, and a synchronizing signal to obtain a plurality of analog composite video signals; analog to digital converter means for converting said analog composite video signals to digital composite video signals; first switch means for supplying the output of said analog to digital converter means alternately to first and second one horizontal memories; reading said alternately supplied output from either of said first and second one horizontal memories in a backward sequence in comparison to the sequence the output was supplied to said memories; and digital to analog converter means for converting said digital composite video signals read out from said first and second one horizontal memories to analog composite video signals.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
202 words
Time base inversion of chroma signals circuit comprising; analog to digital converter means for converting a plurality of composite video signals to digital composite video signals; first switch means for supplying an output of said analog to digital converter means alternately to first and second one horizontal memories; address control circuit means for supplying a plurality of write addresses to one of said first and second one horizontal memories selected by said first switch means in a predetermined writing address sequence and for supplying a plurality of read addresses to the other of said first and second one horizontal memories in an order of every two continuous addresses in a reverse address sequence in comparison to the predetermined writing address sequence; and reading out said supplied output from either of said first and second one horizontal memories in a reverse address sequence in comparison to the sequence the output was supplied to said memories for a sequence of every two continuous addresses and reading out said supplied output in the same sequence the output was supplied to the memories for every other two continuous addresses during a predetermined time period for an active video signal until termination of said active video signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
202 words
Time base inversion of chroma signals circuit comprising; analog to digital converter means for converting a plurality of composite video signals to digital composite video signals; first switch means for supplying an output of said analog to digital converter means alternately to first and second one horizontal memories; address control circuit means for supplying a plurality of write addresses to one of said first and second one horizontal memories selected by said first switch means in a predetermined writing address sequence and for supplying a plurality of read addresses to the other of said first and second one horizontal memories in an order of every two continuous addresses in a reverse address sequence in comparison to the predetermined writing address sequence; and reading out said supplied output from either of said first and second one horizontal memories in a reverse address sequence in comparison to the sequence the output was supplied to said memories for a sequence of every two continuous addresses and reading out said supplied output in the same sequence the output was supplied to the memories for every other two continuous addresses during a predetermined time period for an active video signal until termination of said active video signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 6, wherein said processing step includes reading said first and second color difference signals in an order of every two continuous components in a reverse address sequence in comparison to the write address sequence.
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