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US4979043A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Video signal processing circuit

Assignee: Nikon Corp
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Filing: 1989-08-23
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Granted: 1990-12-18
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Expires: 2009-08-23
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Abstract

Abstract A video signal processing circuit comprises an amplifying circuit including selectable amplifying portions with different amplification factors, respectively, and an outline emphasizing circuit including portions with different degrees of outline emphasis, respectively. The relationship of the outline emphasizing circuit and the amplifying circuit is such that the degree of outline emphasis is dependent upon the amplification factor, so that the conspicuousness of noise is reduced. Where three amplification portions are employed, two of them having amplification factors smaller than the third may be connected to an outline emphasizing portion having the larger outline emphasis degree of a pair of outline emphasizing portions and the third may be connected to the outline emphasizing portion of smaller outline emphasis degree, whereby a similar outline emphasis is obtained for two different amplification factors.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masahiro Suzuki
  • 👤 Ryuzo Motoori

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 13:53
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/14; H04N5/20; H04N5/205; H04N5/208

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 112 words
A video signal processing circuit comprising: amplifying means including first, second, and third amplifying portions having different amplification factors, respectively; selecting means for selecting any one of said amplifying portions to amplify a video signal; outline emphasizing means for processing a video signal from the selected amplifying portion, including a pair of outline emphasizing portions having different degrees of outline emphasis, respectively; and means for connecting an output of each of said first and second amplifying portions to an input of one of said pair of outline emphasizing portions and for connecting an output of the third amplifying portion to an input of the other of said pair of outline emphasizing portions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 112 words
A video signal processing circuit comprising: amplifying means including first, second, and third amplifying portions having different amplification factors, respectively; selecting means for selecting any one of said amplifying portions to amplify a video signal; outline emphasizing means for processing a video signal from the selected amplifying portion, including a pair of outline emphasizing portions having different degrees of outline emphasis, respectively; and means for connecting an output of each of said first and second amplifying portions to an input of one of said pair of outline emphasizing portions and for connecting an output of the third amplifying portion to an input of the other of said pair of outline emphasizing portions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 62 words
A video signal processing circuit according to claim 1, wherein the amplification factor of said first and second amplifying portions is smaller than the amplification factor of said third amplifying portion, and wherein the degree of outline emphasis of said one of said pair of outline emphasizing portions is greater than that of said other of said pair of outline emphasizing portions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 34 words
A video signal processing circuit according to claim 1, wherein said selecting means includes switch means for allowing said selecting means to select one of said amplifying portions in accordance with an input signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 104 words
A video signal processing circuit according to claim 3, wherein said switch means is a keyboard having an up key and a down key, said keyboard allowing said selecting means to select one of said amplifying portions having the next larger amplification factor with respect to the amplification factor of a presently selected amplifying portion in response to a depression of said up key, said keyboard allowing the selecting means to select one of said amplifying portions having the next smaller amplification factor with respect to the amplification factor of the presently selected amplifying portion in response to a depression of said down key.

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