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US4963979A
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Television receiver with auxiliary input connector for video signals of a separated Y-C format
Assignee: RCA Licensing Corp
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Filing: 1989-04-20
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Granted: 1990-10-16
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Expires: 2009-04-20
Abstract
Abstract An auxiliary video input terminal (S-terminal) couples luminance and chrominance input signals to respective inputs of peaking circuits in the display processor of a receiver. The chrominance input signal is subjected to pre-distortion (de-peaking) to correct for sideband amplitude distortion in the chrominance peaking filter of the receiver thereby preventing color distortion in displayed images. The luminance signal is subjected to additional peaking at a frequency greater than the characteristic peaking frequency of the luminance peaking filter thereby enhancing the sharpness of wideband luminance input signals displayed by the receiver.
Inventors
- 👤 Gene K. Sendelweck
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 04:43
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/77; H04N9/64; H04N9/641; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/765; H04N5/77
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
Television apparatus, comprising: a display processing section including a chrominance peaking filter, a luminance peaking filter, a processing unit having inputs coupled to receive luminance and chrominance output signals from said filters and having an output coupled to supply a processed signal to a display device; a video signal source having first and second outputs coupled via first and second circuit paths to supply first luminance and first chrominance input signals to respective inputs of said peaking filters; an auxiliary input connector having first and second terminals for separately providing a second luminance input signal and a second chrominance input signal; third and fourth circuit paths for coupling said second luminance input signal and said second chrominance input signal to respective inputs of said peaking filters; a first video signal amplitude modifier connected to said luminance peaking filter for modifying a parameter of said second luminance input signal supplied to said display processing section via said third path; and a second video signal amplitude modifier connected to said chrominance peaking filter for modifying a parameter of said second chrominance input signal supplied to said display processing section via said fourth path.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
Television apparatus, comprising: a display processing section including a chrominance peaking filter, a luminance peaking filter, a processing unit having inputs coupled to receive luminance and chrominance output signals from said filters and having an output coupled to supply a processed signal to a display device; a video signal source having first and second outputs coupled via first and second circuit paths to supply first luminance and first chrominance input signals to respective inputs of said peaking filters; an auxiliary input connector having first and second terminals for separately providing a second luminance input signal and a second chrominance input signal; third and fourth circuit paths for coupling said second luminance input signal and said second chrominance input signal to respective inputs of said peaking filters; a first video signal amplitude modifier connected to said luminance peaking filter for modifying a parameter of said second luminance input signal supplied to said display processing section via said third path; and a second video signal amplitude modifier connected to said chrominance peaking filter for modifying a parameter of said second chrominance input signal supplied to said display processing section via said fourth path.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
128 words
Television apparatus comprising: a display processing section including a chrominance peaking filter, a luminance peaking filter, a processing unit having inputs coupled to receive luminance and chrominance output signals from said filters and having an output coupled to supply a processed signal to a display device; an auxiliary input connector for separately providing a luminance input signal and a chrominance input signal; first and second circuit paths for coupling said luminance and chrominance input signals to respective inputs of said peaking filters; and filter means in respective ones of the paths for modifying selected parameters of the coupled signals for enhancing the sharpness and color fidelity of images displayed by said display device in response to said luminance and chrominance input signals provided by said auxiliary input connector.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
128 words
Television apparatus comprising: a display processing section including a chrominance peaking filter, a luminance peaking filter, a processing unit having inputs coupled to receive luminance and chrominance output signals from said filters and having an output coupled to supply a processed signal to a display device; an auxiliary input connector for separately providing a luminance input signal and a chrominance input signal; first and second circuit paths for coupling said luminance and chrominance input signals to respective inputs of said peaking filters; and filter means in respective ones of the paths for modifying selected parameters of the coupled signals for enhancing the sharpness and color fidelity of images displayed by said display device in response to said luminance and chrominance input signals provided by said auxiliary input connector.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 2 wherein: said first circuit path includes a further luminance peaking filter and said second circuit path includes a chrominance de-peaking filter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 3 wherein said further luminance peaking filter exhibits peaking in a range above the range of peaking provided by the first named luminance peaking filter and said chrominance de-peaking filter provides un-equal attenuation of sidebands of said chrominance input signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 2 wherein said first circuit path includes an auxiliary luminance peaking filter and said second circuit path includes a filter for distorting the relative sideband amplitudes of said chrominance signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 2 wherein: said first circuit path includes an auxiliary luminance peaking filter in series with a switching circuit and said second circuit path includes a chrominance sideband distortion filter in series with a further switching circuit and means for enabling and disabling said switching circuits.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
154 words
A television receiver comprising an input processing section having an input for receiving an RF video input signal, having a first output providing a baseband luminance output signal and having a second output providing a baseband chrominance output signal; a display processing section having a luminance peaker coupled via a first circuit path to said first output, having a chrominance peaker coupled via a second circuit path to said chrominance output and having an output coupled to supply a processed video output signal to a display; a video input connector for providing an auxiliary luminance input signal and an auxiliary chrominance input signal; first circuit means for coupling said auxiliary luminance signal to said first circuit path and for selectively enhancing a parameter of the coupled luminance signal; and second circuit means for coupling said auxiliary chrominance signal to said second circuit path and for selectively attenuating a parameter of the coupled chrominance signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
154 words
A television receiver comprising an input processing section having an input for receiving an RF video input signal, having a first output providing a baseband luminance output signal and having a second output providing a baseband chrominance output signal; a display processing section having a luminance peaker coupled via a first circuit path to said first output, having a chrominance peaker coupled via a second circuit path to said chrominance output and having an output coupled to supply a processed video output signal to a display; a video input connector for providing an auxiliary luminance input signal and an auxiliary chrominance input signal; first circuit means for coupling said auxiliary luminance signal to said first circuit path and for selectively enhancing a parameter of the coupled luminance signal; and second circuit means for coupling said auxiliary chrominance signal to said second circuit path and for selectively attenuating a parameter of the coupled chrominance signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 7 wherein: said first circuit path includes an auxiliary high frequency luminance peaking circuit and said second circuit means includes a chrominance signal sideband distortion circuit.
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