Apparatus for updating time-of-day information in a signal

Claim 1

An apparatus for generating an updated output signal containing a time-of-day or date information, comprising: a source of a video-text/teletext input signal containing a time-of-day or date reference information; a clock generator responsive to a timing signal that is independent of said input signal for generating an output signal containing a time-of-day or date information; and means coupled to said clock generator and responsive to said input signal for automatically updating, in accordance with the reference information, the information contained in said output signal, such that when the reference information is not used for updating said output signal, said output signal is updated in said clock generator in a free running manner in accordance with said timing signal and: wherein said updating means comprises a comaprator means responsive to said output and input signals for generating a correction signal that is coupled back to said click generator when a difference between the information of each is detected, said correction signal correcting the information of said output signal in accordance with said input signal.

Claim 2

An apparatus for generating an updated output signal containing a time-of-day or date information, comprising: a source of a video-text/teletext input signal containing a time-of-day or date reference information; a clock generator responsive to a timing signal that is independent of said input signal for generating an output signal containing a time-of-day or date information; and means coupled to said clock generator and responsive to said input signal for automatically updating, in accordance with the reference information, the information contained in said output signal, such that when the reference information is not used for updating said output signal, said output signal is updated in said clock generator in a free running manner in accordance with said timing signal and: wherein said updating means comprises a comaprator means responsive to said output and input signals for generating a correction signal that is coupled back to said click generator when a difference between the information of each is detected, said correction signal correcting the information of said output signal in accordance with said input signal.

Claim 7

An apparatus for generating an output data signal containing a time-of-day or date information that is coupled to a display device for displaying said information therein, comprising: a clock module for generating a first data signal containing a corresponding time-of-day or date information; a video-text/teletext decoder for generating a second data signal containing a reference time-of-day or date information; a first data register responsive to said first data signal, that is coupled thereto from said clock module via a common bus, for storing said first data signal therein to produce said output data signal from said stored data signal; a second data register responsive to said second data signal, that is coupled thereto from said decoder via said common bus, for storing said second data signal; a comparator responsive to said stored signals for detecting a data deviation therebetween to generate a control signal when said deviation is detected; a data conversion arrangement; and a switch responsive to said comparator control signal for coupling said stored data in said second data register to said clock module via said data conversion arrangement and via said bus for adjusting said clock module in accordance with said stored data signal in said second data register.

Claim 8

An apparatus for generating an output data signal containing a time-of-day or date information that is coupled to a display device for displaying said information therein, comprising: a clock module for generating a first data signal containing a corresponding time-of-day or date information; a video-text/teletext decoder for generating a second data signal containing a reference time-of-day or date information; a first data register responsive to said first data signal, that is coupled thereto from said clock module via a common bus, for storing said first data signal therein to produce said output data signal from said stored data signal; a second data register responsive to said second data signal, that is coupled thereto from said decoder via said common bus, for storing said second data signal; a comparator responsive to said stored signals for detecting a data deviation therebetween to generate a control signal when said deviation is detected; a data conversion arrangement; and a switch responsive to said comparator control signal for coupling said stored data in said second data register to said clock module via said data conversion arrangement and via said bus for adjusting said clock module in accordance with said stored data signal in said second data register.