Quadruplex encoder and decoder for EDTV system

Claim 2

A quadruplex encoder for multiplexing components of a television-type signal that includes a luma component, a chroma component and at least one additional component; said encoder comprising: first means for converting said signal into successive sets of four ordinally-arranged information quads, each of said quads being comprised of up to four separate values including a single chroma-component value, at least one luma-component value, and one value for each additional component included in a quad; second means for polarity-modulating the respective values of said chroma component of the four ordinally-arranged quads of each successive set with a first specified one of the following three polarity codes having relative polarities of (a) ++-- or, alternatively, --++, (b) +--+ or, alternatively, -++-, and (c) +-+- or, alternatively, -+-+, respectively; third means for polarity-modulating the respective values of said one additional component of the four ordinally-arranged quads of each successive set with a second specified one of said three codes (a), (b) and (c), respectively; the respective values of said one luma component of the four ordinally-arranged quads of each successive set all having the same polarity, whereby in effect said respective values of said one luma component are polarity-modulated with a fourth polarity code having relative polarities of (d) ++++ or, alternatively, ----; and fourth means for separately summing in order the polarity-modulated values of said luma, chroma, and additional components included in a quad of the respective first, second, third and fourth of said four ordinally-arranged quads of each successive set and deriving successive composite quads each of which is comprised of the resulting respective four ordinally-arranged summation values of that set.

Claim 3

The quadruplex encoder defined in claim 1, wherein: said first specified one of said three codes is a certain one of codes (a), (b) and (c), and said four summation values are arranged in such order in each successive composite quad that said certain one of said codes inherently provides a relationship between chroma-component and luma-component polarities which conforms to the NTSC standard.

Claim 4

The quadruplex encoder defined in claim 2, wherein said television type signal also includes another additional component; and wherein said encoder further comprises: fifth means for polarity-modulating the respective values of said other additional component of the four ordinally-arranged quads of each successive set with a third specified one of said three codes (a), (b) and (c), respectively.

Claim 5

The quadruplex encoder defined in claim 3, wherein said first means comprises: separate sixth means for averaging four correlated image values of each of said signal's luma component, chroma component, and two additional components, respectively, to derive a single average value for each of these four components, each of said four ordinally-arranged quads of a set being comprised of the respective single average values of these four components.

Claim 6

The quadruplex encoder defined in claim 4, wherein: said successive sets are comprised of successive sets in the vertical-temporal image plane; and said separate sixth means averages four correlated image values of each of said signal's luma component, chroma component, and two additional components, respectively, in the vertical-temporal image plane.

Claim 7

The quadruplex encoder defined in claim 5, wherein: said signal is comprised of successive television frames of image information, and each of said frames is comprised of two interlaced television fields; said four correlated image values of each of said four components in said vertical-temporal plane are derived from a single image line from each of four consecutive interlaced fields; and said certain one of said polarity codes is that one of the polarity codes (a) and (b) which conforms in said vertical-temporal plane to the color-component polarities of a television signal in accordance with the NTSC standard.

Claim 8

The quadruplex encoder defined in claim 5, wherein: said signal is comprised of successive television frames of image information, and each of said frames is comprised of two interlaced television fields; said four correlated image values of each of said four components in said vertical-temporal plane are derived from two consecutive image lines from each of the two interlaced fields; and said certain one of said polarity codes is polarity code (c) which conforms in said vertical-temporal plane to the chroma-component polarities of a television signal in accordance with the NTSC standard.

Claim 9

The quadruplex encoder defined in claim 2, wherein: said first means converts said signal into successive sets of ordinally-arranged information quads, each of said quads being comprised of four separate values including a single chroma-component value, two luma-component values, and one value for said one additional component; a first of said two luma-component values being associated with a given pair of two quads of the four ordinally-arranged quads of each successive set which are modulated oppositely in polarity by said first specified one of said three polarity codes; and a second of said two luma-component values being associated with the remaining pair of two quads of the four ordinally-arranged quads of each successive set which are modulated oppositely in polarity by said first specified one of said three polarity codes.

Claim 10

The quadruplex encoder defined in claim 8, wherein said first means comprises: separate fifth means for averaging four correlated image values of each of said signal's chroma component and said one additional components, respectively, to derive a single average value for each of these two components, each of said quads being comprised of the respective single average values of these two components; and sixth means for (1) deriving said first of said two lumacomponent values as a first given function of up to four correlated image values of said signal's luma component, and (2) deriving said second of said two luma-component values as a second given function of up to four correlated image values of said signal's luma component.

Claim 11

The quadruplex encoder defined in claim 9, wherein: said separate fifth means averages four correlated image values of each of said signal's chroma component and said one additional component, respectively, in the vertical-temporal image plane; and said sixth means (1) derives said first of said two luma-component values as a first given function of up to four correlated image values of said signal's luma component in the vertical-temporal image plane, and (2) derives said second of said two luma-component values as a second given function of up to four correlated image values of said signal's luma component in the vertical-temporal image plane.

Claim 12

The quadruplex encoder defined in claim 10, wherein: said signal is comprised of successive television frames of image information, and each of said frames is comprised of two interlaced television fields; said four correlated image values of each of said chroma and said one additional components in said vertical-temporal plane are derived from a single image line from each of the two interlaced fields comprising each of two consecutive frames; said first given function comprises averaging two correlated image values derived from a single image line from each of the two fields of a first of two consecutive frames; said second given function comprises averaging two correlated image values derived from a single image line from each of the two fields of a second of said two consecutive frames; and said certain one of said polarity codes conforms in said vertical-temporal plane to the color-component polarities of a television signal in accordance with the NTSC standard.

Claim 13

The quaduplex encoder defined in claim 10, wherein: said encoder is responsive to an applied motion signal K having a value in a range between zero for no image motion and unity for maximum image motion; said television-type signal is comprised of successive television frames of image information, and each of said frames is comprised of two interlaced television fields; said four correlated image values of each of said chroma and said one additional components in said vertical-temporal plane are derived from a single image line from each of the two interlaced fields comprising each of two consecutive frames; said first given function is Ya=K(Y1+Y2)/2+(1-K)(Y1), where Ya is the first of said two luma component values, and Y1 and Y2, respectively, are two correlated image values derived respectively from a single image line from the first and from the second of the two fields of a first of two consecutive frames, and K is a motion-indicating factor having a value between zero and unity, with zero being indicative of no image motion in the image temporal dimension and with unity being indicative of maximum image motion in the image temporal dimension; said second given function is Yb=K(Y3+Y4)/2+(1-K)(Y4), where Yb is the second of said two luma component values, and Y3 and Y4, respectively, are two correlated image values derived respectively from a single image line from the first and from the second of the two fields of a second of two consecutive frames; and said certain one of said polarity codes conforms in said vertical-temporal plane to the color-component polarities of a television signal in accordance with the NTSC standard.

Claim 14

The quadruplex encoder defined in claim 10, wherein: said signal is comprised of successive television frames of image information, and each of said frames is comprised of two interlaced television fields; and and said four correlated image values of each of said chroma and said one additional components in said vertical-temporal plane are derived from two consecutive image lines from each of the two interlaced fields comprising each single frame; and said first given function comprises averaging two correlated image values derived from two consecutive image lines from a first of the two interlaced fields comprising each single frame; said second given function comprises averaging two correlated image values derived from two consecutive image lines from a second of the two interlaced fields comprising each single frame; and said certain one of said polarity codes conforms in said vertical-temporal plane to the color-component polarities of a television signal in accordance with the NTSC standard.

Claim 15

A quadruplex decoder for demultiplexing a quadruplexed-encoded television-type signal comprised of successive composite quads with each composite quad being comprised of four ordinally-arranged values, each of said four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad including a different predetermined algebraic sum of a luma-component value, a chroma-component value, and a value of at least one additional-component; wherein the value of the chroma-component contribution to all four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad is the same but the polarity of said chroma-component contribution to a composite quad varies in accordance with the order of a first specified one of the following three polarity codes having relative polarities of (a) ++-- or, alternatively, --++, (b) +--+ or, alternatively, -++-, and (c) +-+- or, alternatively, -+-+, respectively; the value of said one additional-component contribution to all four values of a composite quad is the same but the polarity of said one additional-component contribution varies in accordance with the order of a second specified one of said three codes (a), (b) and (c), respectively; and said luma-component has no more than two separate values, with one of said two separate luma-component values contributing to those two of the four values of a composite quad which are associated with one polarity of a certain one of said first and second specified codes and the other of said two separate luma-component values contributing to the remaining two of the four values of a composite quad which are associated with the opposite polarity of said certain one of said first and second specified codes, the polarities of said luma-component contribution to all four values of a composite quad being in accordance with the order of a fourth polarity code having relative polarities of (d) ++++ or, alternatively, ----; said decoder comprising: first means including at least one matrix means responsive to each of said successive composite quads being supplied thereto, said matrix means resolving said four values of a composite quad into said components thereof, said matrix means deriving up to four separate outputs, said separate outputs including at least an output substantially proportional to the value of that composite quad's chroma component, an output substantially proportional to the value of that composite quad's one additional component, and an output substantially proportional to one value of that composite quad's luma component; and second means for supplying successive composite quads to said first means.

Claim 16

A quadruplex decoder for demultiplexing a quadruplexed-encoded television-type signal comprised of successive composite quads with each composite quad being comprised of four ordinally-arranged values, each of said four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad including a different predetermined algebraic sum of a luma-component value, a chroma-component value, and a value of at least one additional-component; wherein the value of the chroma-component contribution to all four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad is the same but the polarity of said chroma-component contribution to a composite quad varies in accordance with the order of a first specified one of the following three polarity codes having relative polarities of (a) ++-- or, alternatively, --++, (b) +--+ or, alternatively, -++-, and (c) +-+- or, alternatively, -+-+, respectively; the value of said one additional-component contribution to all four values of a composite quad is the same but the polarity of said one additional-component contribution varies in accordance with the order of a second specified one of said three codes (a), (b) and (c), respectively; and said luma-component has no more than two separate values, with one of said two separate luma-component values contributing to those two of the four values of a composite quad which are associated with one polarity of a certain one of said first and second specified codes and the other of said two separate luma-component values contributing to the remaining two of the four values of a composite quad which are associated with the opposite polarity of said certain one of said first and second specified codes, the polarities of said luma-component contribution to all four values of a composite quad being in accordance with the order of a fourth polarity code having relative polarities of (d) ++++ or, alternatively, ----; said decoder comprising: first means including at least one matrix means responsive to each of said successive composite quads being supplied thereto, said matrix means resolving said four values of a composite quad into said components thereof, said matrix means deriving up to four separate outputs, said separate outputs including at least an output substantially proportional to the value of that composite quad's chroma component, an output substantially proportional to the value of that composite quad's one additional component, and an output substantially proportional to one value of that composite quad's luma component; and second means for supplying successive composite quads to said first means.

Claim 17

The quadruplex decoder defined in claim 14, wherein: said first specified one of said three codes is a certain one of codes (a), (b), and (c), and said four ordinally-arranged values of each successive composite quad are arranged in such order that said certain one of said codes inherently provides a relationship between chroma-component and luma-component polarities which conforms to the NTSC standard.

Claim 18

The quadruplex decoder defined in claim 15, wherein each of said four composite values includes a different predetermined algebraic sum of a luma-component value, a chroma-component value, a value of said one additional-component, and a value of said other additional-component; the value of said other additional component contribution to all four ordinally-arranged composite values is the same but the polarity thereof varies in accordance with a third specified one of said three codes (a), (b) and (c), respectively; and the value of said luma component contribution to all four ordinally-arranged composite values is the same; and wherein: said matrix means derives a separate output substantially proportional to said other additional component; whereby said luma-component value, chroma-component value, one additional-component value and other additional-component value respectively provided by said four separate outputs from said matrix means may be utilized to derive an enhanced television display.

Claim 19

The quadruplex decoder defined in claim 15, wherein said luma component has said two separate values ; and wherein: said first means derives one separate output substantially proportional to said one of said two separate luma-component values, and another separate output substantially proportional to said other of said two separate luma-component values; whereby said two separate luma-component values; chroma-component value and one additional-component value, respectively, provided by said four separate outputs from said matrix means may be utilized to derive an enhanced television display.

Claim 20

The quadruplex decoder defined in claim 17 further comprising: a motion decoder responsive to said two separate luma-component values and a motion-indicating factor K having a value between zero and unity, with zero being indicative of no image motion in the image temporal dimension and with unity being indicative of maximum image motion in the image temporal dimension, said motion decoder converting said two separate luma-component values into four ordinally-arranged image values of each successive quad of said luma component in accordance with each of the four respective relationships Y1'=Ya, Y2'=KYa+(1-K)Yb, Y3'=KYb+(1-K)Ya, and Y4'=Yb, where Y1', Y2', Y3' and Y4' are said four ordinally-arranged image values, and Ya and Yb are, respectively, the first and second of said two separate luma-component values.

Claim 21

In a single channel NTSC compatible widescreen enhanced-definition television system for deriving a 4.2 MHz baseband signal which contains NTSC compatible luma and chroma-modulated-carrier components and also contains a sidepanel component and a component defining enhanced-luma information in a frequency band above 4.2 MHz; the combination comprising: luma means responsive to successive interlaced television fields of luma information supplied thereto; chroma means responsive to successive interlaced television fields of chroma-modulated carrier information supplied thereto; sidepanel means responsive to successive interlaced television fields of sidepanel-modulated carrier information supplied thereto; enhanced-luma means responsive to successive interlaced television fields of enhanced-luma information supplied thereto; and adder means for summing a plurality of inputs applied thereto; wherein both said chroma-modulated carrier information and said sidepanel-modulated carrier information within each field conforms to the NTSC standard but successive fields differ from the NTSC standard by having the same relative polarity as one another; said luma means being comprised of first filter means for splitting said luma information into first and second bands which are respectively below and above a first frequency, means including second filter means and first vertical-temporal averaging means for splitting said second luma-information band into third and fourth bands which are respectively below and above a second frequency higher than said first frequency, said first averaging means substituting in said third band, for each of two correlated vertical-temporal image values from each single pair of consecutive fields of luma information, an average value determined in accordance with a given averaging function of said two correlated vertical-temporal image values, said first averaging means substituting in said fourth band, for each four correlated vertical-temporal image values of each of successive vertical-temporal luma quads comprised of no more than two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields of luma information, the mean value of said four correlated vertical-temporal image values; and respective means for applying each of said first, third and fourth bands of luma information as inputs to said adder means; said chroma means comprising second vertical-temporal averaging means for substituting, for each of four vertical-temporal correlated image values of successive chroma vertical-temporal quads of said chroma-modulated carrier information, the mean value of these four correlated image values, each successive chroma quad corresponding to a luma quad and being comprised of four correlated image values from no more than two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields; means for polarity-modulating the four respective mean values of each substitute chroma quad with a certain one of polarity codes (a), (b), and (c) of the following three polarity codes having relative polarities of (a) ++-- or, alternatively, --++, (b) +--+ or, alternatively, -++-, and (c) +-+- or, alternatively, -+-+, respectively, said same average values of said third band of said luma information being respectively associated with opposite polarities of said certain one of said polarity codes; and means for applying said successive polarity-modulated chroma quads as an input to said adder means; said sidepanel means comprising third vertical-temporal averaging means for substituting, for each of four vertical-temporal correlated image values of successive vertical-temporal sidepanel quads of said sidepanel-modulated carrier information, the mean value of these four correlated image values, each successive sidepanel quad corresponding to a luma quad and being comprised of four correlated image values from no more than two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields; means for polarity-modulating the four respective mean values of each substitute sidepanel quad with a first specified one of said three polarity codes (a), (b) and (c) other than said certain one of said three polarity codes; and means for applying said successive polarity-modulated sidepanel quads as an input to said adder means; and said enhanced-luma means applying successive vertical-temporal enhanced-luma quads of said band of enhanced-luma information as an input to said adder means, each successive enhanced-luma quad corresponding to a luma quad and being comprised of the same four values each of which is the mean of four correlated image values of enhanced-luma information from no more than two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields, said same four mean values of an enhanced-luma quad being polarity-modulated by a second specified one of said three polarity codes (a), (b) and (c) other than said said certain one of said three polarity codes; whereby the output from said adder means constitutes said 4.2 MHz baseband signal.

Claim 22

In a single channel NTSC compatible widescreen enhanced-definition television system for deriving a 4.2 MHz baseband signal which contains NTSC compatible luma and chroma-modulated-carrier components and also contains a sidepanel component and a component defining enhanced-luma information in a frequency band above 4.2 MHz; the combination comprising: luma means responsive to successive interlaced television fields of luma information supplied thereto; chroma means responsive to successive interlaced television fields of chroma-modulated carrier information supplied thereto; sidepanel means responsive to successive interlaced television fields of sidepanel-modulated carrier information supplied thereto; enhanced-luma means responsive to successive interlaced television fields of enhanced-luma information supplied thereto; and adder means for summing a plurality of inputs applied thereto; wherein both said chroma-modulated carrier information and said sidepanel-modulated carrier information within each field conforms to the NTSC standard but successive fields differ from the NTSC standard by having the same relative polarity as one another; said luma means being comprised of first filter means for splitting said luma information into first and second bands which are respectively below and above a first frequency, means including second filter means and first vertical-temporal averaging means for splitting said second luma-information band into third and fourth bands which are respectively below and above a second frequency higher than said first frequency, said first averaging means substituting in said third band, for each of two correlated vertical-temporal image values from each single pair of consecutive fields of luma information, an average value determined in accordance with a given averaging function of said two correlated vertical-temporal image values, said first averaging means substituting in said fourth band, for each four correlated vertical-temporal image values of each of successive vertical-temporal luma quads comprised of no more than two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields of luma information, the mean value of said four correlated vertical-temporal image values; and respective means for applying each of said first, third and fourth bands of luma information as inputs to said adder means; said chroma means comprising second vertical-temporal averaging means for substituting, for each of four vertical-temporal correlated image values of successive chroma vertical-temporal quads of said chroma-modulated carrier information, the mean value of these four correlated image values, each successive chroma quad corresponding to a luma quad and being comprised of four correlated image values from no more than two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields; means for polarity-modulating the four respective mean values of each substitute chroma quad with a certain one of polarity codes (a), (b), and (c) of the following three polarity codes having relative polarities of (a) ++-- or, alternatively, --++, (b) +--+ or, alternatively, -++-, and (c) +-+- or, alternatively, -+-+, respectively, said same average values of said third band of said luma information being respectively associated with opposite polarities of said certain one of said polarity codes; and means for applying said successive polarity-modulated chroma quads as an input to said adder means; said sidepanel means comprising third vertical-temporal averaging means for substituting, for each of four vertical-temporal correlated image values of successive vertical-temporal sidepanel quads of said sidepanel-modulated carrier information, the mean value of these four correlated image values, each successive sidepanel quad corresponding to a luma quad and being comprised of four correlated image values from no more than two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields; means for polarity-modulating the four respective mean values of each substitute sidepanel quad with a first specified one of said three polarity codes (a), (b) and (c) other than said certain one of said three polarity codes; and means for applying said successive polarity-modulated sidepanel quads as an input to said adder means; and said enhanced-luma means applying successive vertical-temporal enhanced-luma quads of said band of enhanced-luma information as an input to said adder means, each successive enhanced-luma quad corresponding to a luma quad and being comprised of the same four values each of which is the mean of four correlated image values of enhanced-luma information from no more than two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields, said same four mean values of an enhanced-luma quad being polarity-modulated by a second specified one of said three polarity codes (a), (b) and (c) other than said said certain one of said three polarity codes; whereby the output from said adder means constitutes said 4.2 MHz baseband signal.

Claim 23

The system defined in claim 19, wherein: the frequency width of said band of enhanced-luma information is less than the frequency difference between 4.2 MHz and said second frequency, and said luma information supplied to said luma means includes said band of enhanced-luma information extending above 4.2 MHz; and said enhanced-luma means comprises means for deriving an 8.4 MHz continuous-wave folding carrier that is polarity-modulated by said second specified one of said three polarity codes, and signal-translation means including a frequency converter incorporated in said means for applying said fourth band of luma information to said adder means, said frequency converter having said polarity-modulated folding carrier and said fourth band of luma information applied thereto for converting said band of enhanced-luma information to a frequency range between said second frequency and 4.2 MHz and polarity-modulating the converted band of enhanced-luma information with said second specified one of said three polarity codes.

Claim 24

The system defined in claim 20, wherein: said first filter means splits said luma information into said first and second bands at a first frequency of the order of 1.8 MHz; and said second filter means splits said luma information into said third and fourth bands at a second frequency of the order of 3.0 MHz.

Claim 25

The system defined in claim 21, wherein: said signal-translation means includes a low-pass filter for applying only frequencies up to 5.2 MHz of said fourth band to said frequency converter, whereby said polarity-modulated converted band of enhanced-luma information extends over a frequency range of 3.2 MHz to 4.2 MHz.

Claim 26

The system defined in claim 19, wherein said enhanced-luma information includes enhanced-luma-modulated carrier information which within each field conforms to the NTSC standard but successive fields differ from the NTSC standard by having the same relative polarity as one another; and wherein: said enhanced-luma means comprises fourth vertical-temporal averaging means for substituting, for each of four vertical-temporal correlated image values of successive vertical-temporal enhanced-luma quads of said enhanced-luma-modulated carrier information, the mean value of these four correlated image values, each successive enhanced-luma quad corresponding to a luma quad and being comprised of four correlated image values from no more than two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields; means for polarity-modulating the four respective mean values of each substitute enhanced-luma quad with a second specified one of said three polarity codes (a), (b) and (c) other than said said certain one of said three polarity codes; and means for applying said successive polarity-modulated enhanced-luma quads as an input to said adder means.

Claim 27

The system defined in claim 23, wherein: said first filter means splits said luma information into said first and second bands at a first frequency of the order of 1.8 MHz; said second filter means splits said luma information into said third and fourth bands at a second frequency of the order of 3.0 MHz; and said component defines enhanced-luma information in a frequency band extending from 4.2 MHz to 5.2 MHz.

Claim 28

The system defined in claim 19, wherein: said first vertical-temporal averaging means comprises means for intraframe averaging said second band of luma information in accordance with said given averaging function.

Claim 29

The system defined in claim 25 wherein: said luma quad is comprised of four correlated image values from two consecutive television scanlines from each field of each single pair of consecutive fields; said given averaging function derives a first mean value of a first of said two consecutive television scanlines from each field of each single pair of consecutive fields and a second mean value of a second of said two consecutive television scanlines from each field of each single pair of consecutive fields; and said first averaging means further includes means responsive to said fourth band of luma information for deriving the mean value for each of said successive luma quads as the mean average of said first and second mean values of each single pair of consecutive fields of that luma quad.

Claim 30

The system defined in claim 25 wherein: said luma quad is comprised of four correlated image values from a single television scanline from each field of each two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields; and said first averaging means further includes means for extraframe averaging said fourth band of luma information for deriving the mean value for each of said successive luma quads as the mean average of the respective intraframe-averaged values of each of the two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields of that luma quad

Claim 31

The system defined in claim 26, wherein said given averaging function is such that: Ya=K(Y1=Y2)/2+(1-K)(Y1), where Ya is the average value for a first of the two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields of a luma quad, and Y1 and Y2, respectively, are two correlated image values derived respectively from a single image line from the first and from the second of the two fields of the first of the two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields, and K is a motion-indicating factor having a value between zero and unity, with zero being indicative of no image motion in the image temporal dimension and with unity being indicative of maximum image motion in the image temporal dimension; and Yb=K(Y3+Y4)/2+(1-K)(Y4), where Yb is the average value for a second of the two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields of a luma quad, and Y3 and Y4, respectively, are two correlated image values derived respectively from a single image line from the first and from the second of the two fields of the second of the two consecutive pairs of consecutive fields.

Claim 32

The system defined in claim 27 further comprising: a motion detector responsive to each successive luma quad of said first band for computing a value for K for that luma quad in accordance with the respective relationships ΔT=|(Y1+Y2)-(Y3+Y4)|, ΔV=|(Y1+Y3)-(Y2+Y4)|, and K=ΔT/(ΔT+ΔV).

Claim 33

The system defined in claim 19, wherein: said second specified one of said three polarity codes is polarity code (c).

Claim 34

In a single channel NTSC compatible widescreen enhanced-definition television receiver responsive to a 4.2 MHz baseband signal which contains NTSC compatible luma and chroma-modulated-carrier components and also contains a sidepanel component and a component defining enhanced-luma information in a frequency band above 4.2 MHz; said baseband signal being comprised of a low frequency band below a first given frequency, a middle frequency band between said first given frequency and a second given frequency and a high band between said second given frequency and 4.2 MHZ; each of said low, middle and high frequency bands being comprised of successive composite quads in the vertical-temporal image plane, with each composite quad being comprised of four ordinally-arranged values; wherein (1) each of said four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad of said high frequency band includes a different predetermined algebraic sum of a luma value, a chroma value, a sidepanel value and an enhanced-luma value, (2) each of said four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad of said middle frequency band includes a different predetermined algebraic sum of up to two luma values, a chroma value and a sidepanel value, (3) each of said four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad of said low frequency band includes a different predetermined algebraic sum of four luma values; wherein the value of the chroma contribution to all four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad is the same but the polarity of said chroma contribution to a composite quad varies in accordance with the order of a certain one of polarity codes (a) and (b) of the following three polarity codes having relative polarities of (a) ++-- or, alternatively, --++, (b) +--+ or, alternatively, -++-, and (c) +-+- or, alternatively, -+-+, respectively; wherein the value of said sidepanel contribution to all four values of a composite quad is the same but the polarity of said sidepanel contribution to a composite quad varies in accordance with the order of a first specified one of said three polarity codes (a), (b) and (c) other than said certain one of said three polarity codes; wherein the value of said enhanced-luma contribution to all four values of a composite quad is the same but the polarity of said enhanced-luma contribution to a composite quad varies in accordance with the order of a second specified one other than said certain one of said three codes (a), (b) and (c) said, respectively; and wherein the value of said high-band luma contribution to all four values of a composite quad is the same, each of the two separate values of the middle-band luma contribution to a composite quad is individually associated in that quad with a different given pair of two chroma contributions that have opposite polarities, and the polarity of the luma contribution to a composite quad is in accordance with the order of a fourth polarity code having relative polarities of (d) ++++ or, alternatively, ----; the combination comprising: adder means for summing a plurality of inputs applied therto; and signal translation means including first filter means for splitting said baseband signal into first and second bands which are respectively below and above said first frequency, and second filter means for splitting said second band into third and fourth bands which are respectively below and above said second frequency, whereby said first band includes the values in said low band of said luma component; said signal translation means further including matrix means responsive to successive composite quads of said second and third bands for separating said middle and high bands of said baseband signal into the values in said middle and high bands of said luma component, the values in said middle and high bands of said chroma component, of the values in said middle and high bands of said sidepanel component, and of the values in said high band of said enhanced-luma component; and means for applying said low band of said luma component as one input to said adder means, and means for applying said middle and high bands of said luma component as at least one other input to said adder means

Claim 35

In a single channel NTSC compatible widescreen enhanced-definition television receiver responsive to a 4.2 MHz baseband signal which contains NTSC compatible luma and chroma-modulated-carrier components and also contains a sidepanel component and a component defining enhanced-luma information in a frequency band above 4.2 MHz; said baseband signal being comprised of a low frequency band below a first given frequency, a middle frequency band between said first given frequency and a second given frequency and a high band between said second given frequency and 4.2 MHZ; each of said low, middle and high frequency bands being comprised of successive composite quads in the vertical-temporal image plane, with each composite quad being comprised of four ordinally-arranged values; wherein (1) each of said four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad of said high frequency band includes a different predetermined algebraic sum of a luma value, a chroma value, a sidepanel value and an enhanced-luma value, (2) each of said four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad of said middle frequency band includes a different predetermined algebraic sum of up to two luma values, a chroma value and a sidepanel value, (3) each of said four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad of said low frequency band includes a different predetermined algebraic sum of four luma values; wherein the value of the chroma contribution to all four ordinally-arranged values of a composite quad is the same but the polarity of said chroma contribution to a composite quad varies in accordance with the order of a certain one of polarity codes (a) and (b) of the following three polarity codes having relative polarities of (a) ++-- or, alternatively, --++, (b) +--+ or, alternatively, -++-, and (c) +-+- or, alternatively, -+-+, respectively; wherein the value of said sidepanel contribution to all four values of a composite quad is the same but the polarity of said sidepanel contribution to a composite quad varies in accordance with the order of a first specified one of said three polarity codes (a), (b) and (c) other than said certain one of said three polarity codes; wherein the value of said enhanced-luma contribution to all four values of a composite quad is the same but the polarity of said enhanced-luma contribution to a composite quad varies in accordance with the order of a second specified one other than said certain one of said three codes (a), (b) and (c) said, respectively; and wherein the value of said high-band luma contribution to all four values of a composite quad is the same, each of the two separate values of the middle-band luma contribution to a composite quad is individually associated in that quad with a different given pair of two chroma contributions that have opposite polarities, and the polarity of the luma contribution to a composite quad is in accordance with the order of a fourth polarity code having relative polarities of (d) ++++ or, alternatively, ----; the combination comprising: adder means for summing a plurality of inputs applied therto; and signal translation means including first filter means for splitting said baseband signal into first and second bands which are respectively below and above said first frequency, and second filter means for splitting said second band into third and fourth bands which are respectively below and above said second frequency, whereby said first band includes the values in said low band of said luma component; said signal translation means further including matrix means responsive to successive composite quads of said second and third bands for separating said middle and high bands of said baseband signal into the values in said middle and high bands of said luma component, the values in said middle and high bands of said chroma component, of the values in said middle and high bands of said sidepanel component, and of the values in said high band of said enhanced-luma component; and means for applying said low band of said luma component as one input to said adder means, and means for applying said middle and high bands of said luma component as at least one other input to said adder means

Claim 36

The television receiver defined in claim 31, wherein said second specified one of said three polarity codes is polarity code (c), and wherein said translation means includes: said matrix means including a first matrix for deriving a first output that includes the enhanced-luma values in said high band and the values of the difference between the two luma values in the middle band of the respective successive quads, a second matrix for deriving a second output that includes the luma values in said high band and the values of the sum of the two luma values in the middle band of the respective successive quads, a third matrix for deriving a third output that includes the chroma values in said middle and high bands of the respective successive quads, a fourth matrix for deriving a fourth output that includes the sidepanel values in said middle and high bands of the respective successive quads; means for applying said first output of said first matrix means as said input to said second filter means, whereby the values of the difference between the two luma values of the respective successive quads are forwarded to said third band and the enhanced-luma values of the respective successive quads are forwarded to said fourth band; and said matrix means further including additional matrices responsive to said third band and to said second output from said second matrix for deriving a fifth output that includes the luma values in said middle and high bands in which the value of each of the two luma values in the middle band of each successive quad is resolved.

Claim 37

The television receiver defined in claim 32, wherein: each of said successive composite quads corresponds in said vertical-temporal image plane to two consecutive scanlines from each field of a single pair of two consecutive interlaced fields of said baseband signal.

Claim 38

The television receiver defined in claim 32, wherein: each of said successive composite quads corresponds in said vertical-temporal image plane to a single scanline from each field of two consecutive pairs of two consecutive interlaced fields of said baseband signal.

Claim 39

The television receiver defined in claim 34, wherein: said means for applying said middle and high bands of said luma component to said adder means includes a motion decoder responsive to said two resolved luma values of said fifth output and to a motion-indicating factor K having a value between zero and unity, with zero being indicative of no image motion in the image temporal dimension and with unity being indicative of maximum image motion in the image temporal dimension, said motion decoder converting said two separate luma-component values into four ordinally-arranged image values of each successive quad of said luma component in accordance with each of the four respective relationships Y1'=Ya, Y2'=KYa+(1-K)Yb, Y3'=KYb+(1-K)Ya, and Y4'=Yb, where Y1', Y2', Y3' and Y4' are said four ordinally-arranged image values, and Ya and Yb are, respectively, the first and second of said two resolved luma values.

Claim 40

The television receiver defined in claim 35 wherein: a motion detector responsive to each successive luma quad of said first band for computing a value for K for that luma quad in accordance with the respective relationships ΔT=|(Y1+Y2)-(Y3+Y4)|, ΔV=|(Y1+Y3)-(Y2+Y4)|, and K=ΔT/(ΔT+ΔV).

Claim 41

The television receiver defined in claim 31 wherein said sidepanel component is a carrier modulated by sidepanel information, and said enhanced-luma component is a carrier modulated by said band of enhanced-luma information.

Claim 42

The television receiver defined in claim 31 wherein said sidepanel component is a carrier modulated by sidepanel information, and the frequency width of said band of said enhanced-luma component is less than the frequency width of said third band between 4.2 MHz and said second frequency and said band of said enhanced-luma component is folded at 4.2 MHz into said third band; and wherein: said means for applying middle and high band luma components as inputs to said adder means includes a frequency converter responsive to said fourth band and an applied 8.4 MHz continuous-wave unfolding carrier to derive a band of enhanced-luma information extending above 4.2 MHz; and said combination further includes means for applying said 8.4 MHz continuous-wave unfolding carrier to said frequency converter.

Claim 43

The television receiver defined in claim 38 wherein: said first filter means splits said baseband signal into said first and second bands at a first frequency of the order of 1.8 MHz; said second filter means splits second band into said third and fourth bands at a second frequency of the order of 3.0 MHz; and said enhanced-luma information derived from said frequency converter is in a frequency band extending from 4.2 MHz to 5.2 MHz.