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Video signal processing apparatus for separating luminance and chrominance signals by means of signal correlation

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1988-05-02
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Granted: 1989-06-13
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Expires: 2008-05-02
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Abstract

Abstract A signal processing apparatus comprising a plurality of video signal correlation detecting devices for detecting the values of video signal correlations in a plurality of ways with respect to the displayed picture, and intermediate value selecting devices for selecting an intermediate value among the detected values of the plurality of video signal correlations, whereby a changing video signal is processed by utilizing a correlation of a proper way.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yutaka Tanaka
  • 👤 Osamu Matsunaga

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 13:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/14; H04N5/21; H04N9/00; H04N9/77; H04N9/78

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 74 words
A video signal processing circuit comprising: a plurality of video signal correlation detecting means for detecting values of signal correlations in a plurality of ways relative to a picture displayed from the video signal; and intermediate value selecting means for selecting an intermediate value among the values respectively detected by said plurality of correlation detecting means, wherein a video signal changing at any time is processed by utilizing a correlation of a proper way.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 74 words
A video signal processing circuit comprising: a plurality of video signal correlation detecting means for detecting values of signal correlations in a plurality of ways relative to a picture displayed from the video signal; and intermediate value selecting means for selecting an intermediate value among the values respectively detected by said plurality of correlation detecting means, wherein a video signal changing at any time is processed by utilizing a correlation of a proper way.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 75 words
A video signal processing circuit as recited in claim 1 further comprising noise signal elimination means including a first subtracter supplied with the output of the intermediate value selecting means and an input video signal containing a noise component in addition to a luminance component, and wherein the difference of these two inputs to the first subtracter is supplied by the first subtracter as the inputs to the plurality of video signal correlation detecting means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 114 words
A video signal processing circuit as recited in claim 1 further comprising noise signal elimination means includes a first subtracter and a second subtracter, and wherein the first subtracter is supplied with the output of the intermediate value selecting means, the second subtracter is supplied with the output of the first subtracter and an input video signal containing a noise component in addition to a luminance component, and the output of the second subtracter is supplied by the second subtracter as the inputs to the plurality of video signal correlation detecting means and as an input to the first subtracter, whereby a substantially noise free output is produced by the intermediate value selecting means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 82 words
A video signal separating circuit comprising: a plurality of video signal correlation detecting means for detecting values of signal correlations in a plurality of ways relative to a picture displayed from the video signal; and intermediate value selecting means for selecting an intermediate value among the values respectively detected by said plurality of correlation detecting means, wherein a predetermined signal component of a video signal changing at any time can be separated by utilizing a correlation in the way of minimum change.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 82 words
A video signal separating circuit comprising: a plurality of video signal correlation detecting means for detecting values of signal correlations in a plurality of ways relative to a picture displayed from the video signal; and intermediate value selecting means for selecting an intermediate value among the values respectively detected by said plurality of correlation detecting means, wherein a predetermined signal component of a video signal changing at any time can be separated by utilizing a correlation in the way of minimum change.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 75 words
A video signal separating circuit as recited in claim 4 further comprising noise signal elimination means including a first subtracter supplied with the output of the intermediate value selecting means and an input video signal containing a noise component in addition to a luminance component, and wherein the difference of these two inputs to the first subtracter is supplied by the first subtracter as the inputs to the plurality of video signal correlation detecting means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 114 words
A video signal separating circuit as recited in claim 4 further comprising noise signal elimination means including a first subtracter and a second subtracter, and wherein the first subtracter is supplied with the output of the intermediate value selecting means, the second subtracter is supplied with the output of the first subtracter and an input video signal containing a noise component in addition to a luminance component, and the output of the second subtracter is supplied by the second subtracter as the inputs to the plurality of video signal correlation detecting means and as an input to the first subtracter, whereby a substantially noise free output is produced by the intermediate value selecting means.

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