US4928165A
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Noise reduction circuit for a chrominance signal of a using frame correlation
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1988-07-21
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Granted: 1990-05-22
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Expires: 2008-07-21
Abstract
Abstract A circuit for reducing noises of a chrominance signal in a television receiver. The circuit includes a decoder for decoding first and second color difference signals, each including a noise component from a received chrominance signal, a signal subtraction circuit for generating a first frame difference signal in response to two successive first color difference signals and a second frame difference signal in response to two successive second color difference signals, a signal converting circuit for extracting a first compensation signal from the first frame difference signal and a second compensation signal from the second frame difference signal, a noise reduction circuit for reducing noises from the color difference signals in response to the compensation signals, a discrimination circuit for discriminating whether both the first and second frame difference signals are smaller than a prescribed level or not and for generating a control signal in response thereto, and a signal transmission circuit for transferring the compensation signals from the signal converting circuit to the noise reduction circuit in response to the control signal only when both the frame difference signals are smaller than the prescribed level.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaaki Kisou
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 09:14
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/64; H04N9/646; H04N9/77; H04N9/78
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
A circuit for reducing noises in a chrominance signal in a television receiver, comprising: decoding means for decoding first and second color difference signals from a received chrominance signal, the first and second color difference signals each including a noise component; means for generating a first frame difference signal in response to two successive first color difference signals and a second frame difference signal in response to two successive second color difference signals; means for generating a first compensation signal from the first frame difference signal and second compensation signal from the second frame difference signal; means for reducing noise from the color difference signals in response to the compensation signals; discrimination means for discriminating whether both the first and second frame difference signals are smaller than a prescribed level and for generating a control signal in response thereto; and means for transferring the compensation signals from the extracting means to the reducing means in response to the control signal only when both the frame difference signals are smaller than the prescribed level.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
173 words
A circuit for reducing noises in a chrominance signal in a television receiver, comprising: decoding means for decoding first and second color difference signals from a received chrominance signal, the first and second color difference signals each including a noise component; means for generating a first frame difference signal in response to two successive first color difference signals and a second frame difference signal in response to two successive second color difference signals; means for generating a first compensation signal from the first frame difference signal and second compensation signal from the second frame difference signal; means for reducing noise from the color difference signals in response to the compensation signals; discrimination means for discriminating whether both the first and second frame difference signals are smaller than a prescribed level and for generating a control signal in response thereto; and means for transferring the compensation signals from the extracting means to the reducing means in response to the control signal only when both the frame difference signals are smaller than the prescribed level.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The circuit of claim 1 wherein the generating means includes frame storage means for delaying the first and second color difference signals for a period corresponding the the time between successive frames of the first and second color difference signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
182 words
A circuit for reducing noise in a chrominance signal in a television receiver, comprising: decoding means for decoding first and second color difference signals from a received chrominance signal, the first and second color difference signals each including a noise component; means for generating a first frame difference signal in response to two successive first color difference signals and a second frame difference signal in response to two successive second color difference signals; means for generating a first compensation signal from the first frame difference signal and a second compensation signal from the second frame difference signal; means for reducing noise from the color difference signals in response to the compensation signals; discrimination means for discriminating whether at least one of the first and second frame difference signals is larger than a prescribed level and for generating a control signal in response thereto; and means for interrupting transmission of the compensation signals from the extracting means to the reducing means in response to the control signal only when at least one of the frame difference signals is larger than the prescribed level.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
182 words
A circuit for reducing noise in a chrominance signal in a television receiver, comprising: decoding means for decoding first and second color difference signals from a received chrominance signal, the first and second color difference signals each including a noise component; means for generating a first frame difference signal in response to two successive first color difference signals and a second frame difference signal in response to two successive second color difference signals; means for generating a first compensation signal from the first frame difference signal and a second compensation signal from the second frame difference signal; means for reducing noise from the color difference signals in response to the compensation signals; discrimination means for discriminating whether at least one of the first and second frame difference signals is larger than a prescribed level and for generating a control signal in response thereto; and means for interrupting transmission of the compensation signals from the extracting means to the reducing means in response to the control signal only when at least one of the frame difference signals is larger than the prescribed level.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The circuit of claim 3 wherein the generating means includes frame storage means for delaying the first and second color difference signals for a period corresponding to the time between successive frames of the first and second color difference signals.
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