US5045926A
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Television image display apparatus
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1990-03-05
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Granted: 1991-09-03
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Expires: 2010-03-05
Abstract
Abstract In a television image display apparatus, one field of an input video signal is divided into a plurality of areas in each of which image information is sampled, and an arithmetic processor provides a video control signal on the basis of preset adjusting data received from a memory and the sampled image information. Luminance, chrominance or sharpness levels can be automatically controlled for each field by such video control signal to maintain the video display in an optimum state. Noise problems typically associated with dark images or weak electric fields are eliminated, while improving the image quality by adjusting the video output for each field.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshio Amano
- 👤 Osamu Oda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 19:18
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/44; H04N5/445; H04N5/45; H04N5/57; H04N9/00; H04N9/64; H04N9/68
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A television image display apparatus in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal for display on a display screen, said apparatus comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a plurality of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes a chrominance signal; memory means for storing preset adjustment date; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said preset adjustment data and, on the basis thereof, generating a video control signal which controls a color level of said output image signal to be displayed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
A television image display apparatus in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal for display on a display screen, said apparatus comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a plurality of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes a chrominance signal; memory means for storing preset adjustment date; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said preset adjustment data and, on the basis thereof, generating a video control signal which controls a color level of said output image signal to be displayed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
111 words
A television image display apparatus in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal for display on a display screen, said apparatus comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a plurality of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes data representing the electrical field strength of said input video signal; memory means for storing preset adjustment data; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said preset adjustment data and, on the basis thereof, generating a video control signal which controls a color level of said output signal to be displayed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
111 words
A television image display apparatus in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal for display on a display screen, said apparatus comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a plurality of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes data representing the electrical field strength of said input video signal; memory means for storing preset adjustment data; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said preset adjustment data and, on the basis thereof, generating a video control signal which controls a color level of said output signal to be displayed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
183 words
A television image display apparatus in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal for display on a display screen, said apparatus comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a plurality of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes data representing the electrical field strength of said input video signal, and data representing a luminance component and a chrominance component of said input video signal; memory means for storing preset adjustment data; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said preset adjustment data and, on the basis thereof, generating a video control signal which controls a color level of said output image signal so as to increase said color level in response to a high level of said chrominance component and also in response to a light image represented by said luminance component, and so as to decrease said color level in response to a weak electrical field of said input video signal and a dark image represented by said luminance component.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
183 words
A television image display apparatus in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal for display on a display screen, said apparatus comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a plurality of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes data representing the electrical field strength of said input video signal, and data representing a luminance component and a chrominance component of said input video signal; memory means for storing preset adjustment data; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said preset adjustment data and, on the basis thereof, generating a video control signal which controls a color level of said output image signal so as to increase said color level in response to a high level of said chrominance component and also in response to a light image represented by said luminance component, and so as to decrease said color level in response to a weak electrical field of said input video signal and a dark image represented by said luminance component.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A television image display apparatus according to claim 3; in which said video control signal is determined field-by-field.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
175 words
A television image display apparatus in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal for display on a display screen, said apparatus comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a plurality of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes data representing the electrical field strength of said input video signal, and data representing a luminance component of said input video signal and from which the lightness of a respective image can be determined; memory means for storing preset adjustment data; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said preset adjustment data and, on the basis thereof, generating a video control signal which controls sharpness of said output image signal so as to increase said sharpness in response to a luminance component corresponding to a light image and a strong electrical field, and so as to decrease said sharpness in response to a luminance component corresponding to a dark image and a weak electrical field.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
175 words
A television image display apparatus in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal for display on a display screen, said apparatus comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a plurality of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes data representing the electrical field strength of said input video signal, and data representing a luminance component of said input video signal and from which the lightness of a respective image can be determined; memory means for storing preset adjustment data; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said preset adjustment data and, on the basis thereof, generating a video control signal which controls sharpness of said output image signal so as to increase said sharpness in response to a luminance component corresponding to a light image and a strong electrical field, and so as to decrease said sharpness in response to a luminance component corresponding to a dark image and a weak electrical field.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
109 words
A color television receiver in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a predetermined number of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes data representing an electrical field strength of said input video signal; memory means for storing preset adjustment data; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said preset adjustment data and generating a control signal on the basis of said sampled image information and said preset adjustment data for controlling a color level of said output image signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
109 words
A color television receiver in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a predetermined number of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes data representing an electrical field strength of said input video signal; memory means for storing preset adjustment data; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said preset adjustment data and generating a control signal on the basis of said sampled image information and said preset adjustment data for controlling a color level of said output image signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
107 words
A television receiver in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a predetermined number of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes data representing an electric field strength of said input signal; memory means for storing preset adjustment data; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said stored preset adjustment data and generating a control signal on the basis of said sampled image information and said preset adjustment data for controlling the sharpness of said output image signal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
107 words
A television receiver in which an input video signal is processed to form an output image signal comprising: sampling means for dividing a field of said input video signal into a predetermined number of areas and for sampling image information in each of said areas which includes data representing an electric field strength of said input signal; memory means for storing preset adjustment data; and arithmetic processing means for receiving the sampled image information and said stored preset adjustment data and generating a control signal on the basis of said sampled image information and said preset adjustment data for controlling the sharpness of said output image signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
A color television receiver according to claim 7; wherein said sampled image information further includes data representing luminance and color components of said input video signal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
A television receiver according to claim 7; wherein said sampled image information further includes data representing a luminance component of said input video signal.
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