US5200811A — High definition television video signal receiver …

Claim 1

Independent Claim 441 words

A circuit for processing a high definition television signal, said circuit comprising: receiving processor means for converting a radio frequency signal supplied through a receiving terminal into a first intermediate frequency signal; first filter means connected to said receiving processor means, for generating a narrow band intermediate frequency signal from the first intermediate frequency signal; second filter means connected to said receiving processor means, for splitting a second intermediate frequency signal from the first intermediate frequency signal; frequency phase locked loop means connected to said first filter means, for demodulating the second intermediate frequency signal in a quadrature phase-shift demodulation technique with a quadrature phase shift demodulator with the narrow band intermediate frequency signal to generate a slow band frequency signal and a high band frequency signal; first low-pass filter means and second low-pass filter means connected to the frequency phase locked loop means, for low-pass filtering with a pass band of (1/4)Xo' said low band frequency signal and the high band frequency signal, said first low-pass filter means receiving said high band frequency signal, said second low-pass filter means receiving said low band frequency signal; a first analog-to-digital converter and a second analog-to-digital converter connected to said first low-pass filter means and said second low-pass filter means, respectively, for converting the low band frequency signal and the high band frequency signal from said first low-pass filter means and said second low-pass filter means, respectively, into a first digital signal and a second digital signal; separator means connected to said first analog-to-digital converter and said second analog-to-digital converter, for separating the low band frequency signal and the high band frequency signal from said first analog-to-digital converter and said second analog-to-digital converter into a synchronizing signal, an audio signal, a motion vector and a control signal; audio decoder means connected to said separator means, for decoding said audio signal; high frequency band signal processor means connected to said first analog-to-digital converter, for interpolating said first digital signal in response to said motion vector; delay means connected to said second analog-to-digital converter, for delaying said second digital signal; adding means connected to said high frequency band signal processor means and said delay means for adding the signal output from said high frequency band processor means to the signal output from said delay means; an inversion integration of time compressed luminance and chrominance means connected to said adding means, for converting a signal output from said adding means into a luminance signal and chrominance signal; and a digital-to-analog converter connected to said inversion integration of time compressed luminance and chrominance means, for converting said luminance signal and said chrominance signal into respective analog signals.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 441 words

A circuit for processing a high definition television signal, said circuit comprising: receiving processor means for converting a radio frequency signal supplied through a receiving terminal into a first intermediate frequency signal; first filter means connected to said receiving processor means, for generating a narrow band intermediate frequency signal from the first intermediate frequency signal; second filter means connected to said receiving processor means, for splitting a second intermediate frequency signal from the first intermediate frequency signal; frequency phase locked loop means connected to said first filter means, for demodulating the second intermediate frequency signal in a quadrature phase-shift demodulation technique with a quadrature phase shift demodulator with the narrow band intermediate frequency signal to generate a slow band frequency signal and a high band frequency signal; first low-pass filter means and second low-pass filter means connected to the frequency phase locked loop means, for low-pass filtering with a pass band of (1/4)Xo' said low band frequency signal and the high band frequency signal, said first low-pass filter means receiving said high band frequency signal, said second low-pass filter means receiving said low band frequency signal; a first analog-to-digital converter and a second analog-to-digital converter connected to said first low-pass filter means and said second low-pass filter means, respectively, for converting the low band frequency signal and the high band frequency signal from said first low-pass filter means and said second low-pass filter means, respectively, into a first digital signal and a second digital signal; separator means connected to said first analog-to-digital converter and said second analog-to-digital converter, for separating the low band frequency signal and the high band frequency signal from said first analog-to-digital converter and said second analog-to-digital converter into a synchronizing signal, an audio signal, a motion vector and a control signal; audio decoder means connected to said separator means, for decoding said audio signal; high frequency band signal processor means connected to said first analog-to-digital converter, for interpolating said first digital signal in response to said motion vector; delay means connected to said second analog-to-digital converter, for delaying said second digital signal; adding means connected to said high frequency band signal processor means and said delay means for adding the signal output from said high frequency band processor means to the signal output from said delay means; an inversion integration of time compressed luminance and chrominance means connected to said adding means, for converting a signal output from said adding means into a luminance signal and chrominance signal; and a digital-to-analog converter connected to said inversion integration of time compressed luminance and chrominance means, for converting said luminance signal and said chrominance signal into respective analog signals.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 294 words

A circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said high frequency band signal processor means comprises: second field interpolator means connected to said first analog-to-digital converter, for interpolating inter-field of the signal output from said first analog-to-digital converter according to said motion vector; first field interpolator means connected to said first analog-to-digital converter, for interpolating inter-field of the signal output from said first analog-to-digital converter according to said motion vector; second sampling converter means connected to said second field interpolator means, for sampling the signal output from the second field interpolator means, an input to output signal sampling ratio being 1:2; first sampling converter means connected to said first field interpolator means, for sampling the signal output from the first field interpolator means, an input to output signal sampling ratio being 1:2; horizontal-vertical low-pass filter means connected to said second sampling converter, for low-pass filter the signal output from said second sampling converter means, in horizontal and vertical axes; frame interpolator means connected to said first sampling converter, for interpolating inter-field of the signal output from the first sampling converter means according to the motion vector from said separating means; motion area detector means receiving the motion vector from said separating means, for detecting a motion region of the signal output from said horizontal-vertical low-pass filter means according to the motion vector from said separating means; mixer means connected to said motion area detector means and said frame interpolator means, for mixing the signal output from said horizontal-vertical low-pass filter means with the signal output from said frame interpolator means according to the signal output from said motion detector means, and frequency shifter means connected to said mixer means, for shifting frequency of the signal output from said mixer means to a higher frequency.

Claim 4

Independent Claim 184 words

A method for receiving a high definition television signal, comprising the steps of: processing the received high definition television signal into a narrow band intermediate frequency signal and an intermediate band frequency signal; locking said narrow band intermediate frequency signal into a predetermined fixed frequency and demodulating the intermediate band frequency signal in a quadrature phase-shift demodulation technique in response to the narrow band intermediate frequency signal to produce a high band frequency signal and a low band frequency signal; low-pass filtering the demodulated high band frequency signal and the demodulated low band frequency signal; converting the low-pass filtered high band frequency signal and low band frequency signal into a first digital signal and second digital signal, respectively; separating the first digital signal and second digital signal into a synchronizing signal, an audio signal and a control signal; processing the first digital signal in response to the control signal to create a processed first digital signal; and adding the second digital signal to the processed first digital signal to create an added signal; and separating the added signal into luminance signal and chrominance signal.

Claim 5

Independent Claim 184 words

A method for receiving a high definition television signal, comprising the steps of: processing the received high definition television signal into a narrow band intermediate frequency signal and an intermediate band frequency signal; locking said narrow band intermediate frequency signal into a predetermined fixed frequency and demodulating the intermediate band frequency signal in a quadrature phase-shift demodulation technique in response to the narrow band intermediate frequency signal to produce a high band frequency signal and a low band frequency signal; low-pass filtering the demodulated high band frequency signal and the demodulated low band frequency signal; converting the low-pass filtered high band frequency signal and low band frequency signal into a first digital signal and second digital signal, respectively; separating the first digital signal and second digital signal into a synchronizing signal, an audio signal and a control signal; processing the first digital signal in response to the control signal to create a processed first digital signal; and adding the second digital signal to the processed first digital signal to create an added signal; and separating the added signal into luminance signal and chrominance signal.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 162 words

A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said step for processing the first digital signal, comprises the steps of: (a) interpolating inter-field of the first digital signal according to a motion vector signal to produce a first interpolated signal and a second interpolated signal; (b) sampling said first interpolated signal and said second interpolated signal for respectively producing a first sampling signal and a second sampling signal, wherein a sampling frequency in the first interpolated signal to the first sampling signal is 1 to 2 and a sampling frequency of the second interpolated signal to the second sampling signal is 1 to 2; (c) interpolating inter-frame the first sampling signal in response to said motion vector, low-pass filtering the second sampling signal in a horizontal axis and a vertical axis, mixing the first sampling signal and the second sampling signal according to a motion area detection value and producing a mixed signal; and (d) shifting a frequency of said mixed signal.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 32 words

A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said motion area detection value of said (c) is calculated from said motion vector according to the signal output from a horizontal-vertical low-pass filter.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 236 words

A circuit for receiving a high definition television signal, said circuit comprising: first means for converting a radio frequency signal to a first intermediate frequency signal and splitting therefrom a narrow frequency band signal containing a carrier signal and a second intermediate frequency signal; second means connected to said first means, for locking the narrow band intermediate frequency signal into a fixed frequency signal and for demodulating the second intermediate band frequency signal in a quadrature phase-shift demodulation technique so as to generate a high band frequency signal and a low band frequency signal; third means connected to said second means, for low-pass filtering the high frequency band signal and the low frequency band signal and then converting the high frequency band signal and the low frequency band signal into a first digital signal and a second digital signal, respectively; fourth means connected to said third means, for separating a synchronizing signal, an audio signal, a motion vector and a control signal from said first digital signal and said second digital signal; fifth means connected to said third means, for interpolating inter-field and interpolating inter-frame of said first digital signal according to said motion vector and generating an interpolated signal; and sixth means connected to said fifth means, for adding the interpolated signal to the second digital signal and then for separating a luminance signal and a chrominance signal therefrom to convert into respective analog signals.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 236 words

A circuit for receiving a high definition television signal, said circuit comprising: first means for converting a radio frequency signal to a first intermediate frequency signal and splitting therefrom a narrow frequency band signal containing a carrier signal and a second intermediate frequency signal; second means connected to said first means, for locking the narrow band intermediate frequency signal into a fixed frequency signal and for demodulating the second intermediate band frequency signal in a quadrature phase-shift demodulation technique so as to generate a high band frequency signal and a low band frequency signal; third means connected to said second means, for low-pass filtering the high frequency band signal and the low frequency band signal and then converting the high frequency band signal and the low frequency band signal into a first digital signal and a second digital signal, respectively; fourth means connected to said third means, for separating a synchronizing signal, an audio signal, a motion vector and a control signal from said first digital signal and said second digital signal; fifth means connected to said third means, for interpolating inter-field and interpolating inter-frame of said first digital signal according to said motion vector and generating an interpolated signal; and sixth means connected to said fifth means, for adding the interpolated signal to the second digital signal and then for separating a luminance signal and a chrominance signal therefrom to convert into respective analog signals.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 47 words

A circuit as claimed in claim 6, wherein said second means comprises: a first multiplier for multiplying the fixed frequency signal by the second intermediate frequency signal; and a second multiplier for multiplying a the fixed frequency signal phase-shifted by 90° by the second intermediate frequency signal.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 30 words

A circuit as claimed in claim 7, wherein the signals output from said first multiplier and said second multiplier are relatively positioned at the high and low band frequency, respectively.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 251 words

A circuit for processing a high definition television signal, said circuit comprising: high frequency band signal processor means for generating a processed signal by interpolating a digital high frequency signal in response to a motion vector signal; adder means for generating an added signal by adding a low frequency signal to the processed signal; receiving processor means for generating a first intermediate frequency signal by converting a radio frequency signal to a lower frequency; first filter means for generating a narrow frequency signal by narrow band filtering the intermediate frequency signal; frequency phase locked loop means for generating a constant frequency signal by generating a signal with a constant frequency from the narrow frequency signal; second filter means for generating a filtered intermediate signal by filtering out extraneous signals from the intermediate frequency signal; quadrature phase shift demodulator means for generating a low band frequency signal and a high band frequency signal by demodulating the filtered intermediate frequency signal using quadrature phase shift demodulation; second low pass filtering means for generating a filtered low frequency signal by low pass filtering the low frequency signal; first low pass filtering means for generating a filtered high frequency signal by low pass filtering the high frequency signal; a second analog-to-digital converter for generating the digital low frequency signal by converting the filtered low frequency signal into a digital signal; and a first analog to digital converter for generating the digital high frequency signal by converting the filtered high frequency signal into a digital signal.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 251 words

A circuit for processing a high definition television signal, said circuit comprising: high frequency band signal processor means for generating a processed signal by interpolating a digital high frequency signal in response to a motion vector signal; adder means for generating an added signal by adding a low frequency signal to the processed signal; receiving processor means for generating a first intermediate frequency signal by converting a radio frequency signal to a lower frequency; first filter means for generating a narrow frequency signal by narrow band filtering the intermediate frequency signal; frequency phase locked loop means for generating a constant frequency signal by generating a signal with a constant frequency from the narrow frequency signal; second filter means for generating a filtered intermediate signal by filtering out extraneous signals from the intermediate frequency signal; quadrature phase shift demodulator means for generating a low band frequency signal and a high band frequency signal by demodulating the filtered intermediate frequency signal using quadrature phase shift demodulation; second low pass filtering means for generating a filtered low frequency signal by low pass filtering the low frequency signal; first low pass filtering means for generating a filtered high frequency signal by low pass filtering the high frequency signal; a second analog-to-digital converter for generating the digital low frequency signal by converting the filtered low frequency signal into a digital signal; and a first analog to digital converter for generating the digital high frequency signal by converting the filtered high frequency signal into a digital signal.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 29 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal according to claim 9, wherein first filter means has a center frequency of a carrier of the intermediate frequency signal.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 39 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal according to claim 9, wherein the filtered intermediate signal is demodulated by multiplying the first intermediate signal by the constant frequency signal and a 90° phase shifted constant frequency signal.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 24 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal according to claim 9, wherein bandwidth of the filtered low frequency signal is 0.25 Xo'.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 24 words

The circuit for processing a high frequency television signal, according to claim 9, wherein the filtered high frequency signal has a bandwidth of Xo'.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 46 words

The circuit for processing a high frequency television signal, according to claim 9, further comprising: separating means for separating out a synchronizing signal, an audio signal, the motion vector signal, and a control signal from the digital high frequency signal and the digital low frequency signal.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 24 words

The circuit for processing a high frequency television signal, according to claim 14, wherein the audio signal is found in a vertical retrace interval.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 25 words

The circuit for processing high definition television signal, according to claim 14, wherein the motion vector signal is found in a vertical retrace line interval.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 29 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 14, wherein the horizontal synchronizing signal is found in a portion of the vertical retrace line interval.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 27 words

A circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 14, wherein the vertical synchronizing signal is found in a first portion of the field.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 28 words

A circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 14, further comprising audio decoder means generating an audio output signal for decoding the audio signal.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 203 words

The circuit for processing a high definition signal, according to claim 9, the high frequency band signal processor comprising: first field interpolating means for generating a first interpolated signal by interfield interpolation and thereby doubling the sampling frequency of the digital high frequency signal; first sampling converter means for generating a first converted signal by doubling the sampling frequency of the first interpolated signal; frame interpolating means for generating a frame interpolated signal by interpolating a preset frame, with the present frame and a previous frame shifted in response to the motion vector signal; second field interpolator means for generating a second interpolated signal by interfield interpolating the digital high frequency signal; second sampling converter means for generating a second converted signal by doubling the sampling frequency of the second interpolated signal; horizontal-vertical filter means for generating a low pass filtered signal by low pass filtering the second converted signal in the horizontal and vertical directions; motion area detector means for generating a motion area signal in response to the low pass filtered signal and the motion vector signal; and mixer means for generating a processed signal by mixing the low pass filtered signal, the frame interpolated signal and the motion area signal.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 49 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 20, wherein the digital high frequency signal has a spectrum distributed in the region zero to Zo on the temporal axis and zero to 0.25 Xo' in the horizontal axis, wherein the Zo is the frame frequency.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 43 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 20, wherein a spectrum of the first interpolated signal is distributed in a region 0 to 0.5 Zo on the temporal axis and 0 to 0.5 Xo' on the horizontal axis.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 34 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 20, wherein the first field interpolator moves a field of the digital high frequency signal in response to the motion vector signal.

Claim 28

Dependent Claim 44 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 20, wherein the frame interpolating means shifts the previous frame in response to the motion vector, the motion vector representing the degree of panning between the previous frame and the present frame.

Claim 29

Dependent Claim 72 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 20, wherein: first converted signal has a spectrum distributed in a region 0 to 0.5 Zo in the temporal axis and 0 to 0.5 Xo' on the horizontal axis, wherein Zo is the frame frequency. the frame interpolated signal is a region distributed in zero to 0.25 Zo in a temporal axis and zero to Xo' on the horizontal axis.

Claim 30

Dependent Claim 44 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 20, wherein the signal shifted in response to the motion vector is interpolated by the frame interpolator such that the previous frame and the present frame are interpolated to produce one frame.

Claim 31

Dependent Claim 69 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 20, wherein the digital high frequency signal has a spectrum distributed in zero to Yo in the vertical axes and zero to 0.25 Xo' in the horizontal axis, Yo being the number of total lines, is transformed to a spectrum distributed in zero to 0.25 Yo in the vertical axis and 1.5 Xo' in the horizontal axis.

Claim 32

Dependent Claim 49 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 20, wherein the motion area detector means compares a present frame signal with a previous frame signal, the previous frame being shifted in response to the motion vector signal so that a motion area may be detected.

Claim 33

Dependent Claim 63 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 20, wherein the mixer means mixes the low pass filtered signal, the frame interpolated signal, and the motion area signal according to the equation: St=K·Sn+(1-K)·Ss, wherein Ss is the low pass filtered signal, Sn is the frame interpolated signal, K is the motion area signal, and St is the mixer signal.

Claim 34

Dependent Claim 34 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 20, wherein the high frequency signal processor means further comprises frequency shifter means for shifting the processed signal to a higher frequency.

Claim 35

Dependent Claim 37 words

The circuit for processing the high definition television signal, according to claim 30, wherein the frequency shifter means shifts the processed signal so that the processed signal has a bandwidth substantially from 0.25 Xo' to 1.25 Xo'.

Claim 36

Dependent Claim 52 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 9, further comprising delaying means for delaying the digital low frequency signal by a time increment equivalent to the time increment in which the high frequency band signal processor processes the digital high frequency band signal into the processed signal.

Claim 37

Dependent Claim 40 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 9, further comprising reversion integration of time compressed luminance and chrominance circuit means for generating a luminance signal and a chrominance signal B/Y, R/Y from the added signal.

Claim 38

Dependent Claim 41 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to to claim 33, wherein the reversion integration of time compressed luminance and chrominance circuit means time expands the luminance signal by 1.25 times and the chrominance signal by 3 times.

Claim 39

Dependent Claim 62 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 9, wherein: the added signal comprises a compressed chrominance signal portion and a compressed luminance signal portion wherein the chrominance signal portion is constituted in order of R/Y and B/Y every line in the field, and in the order of R/Y, R/Y, B/Y, and B/Y, very line in the frame.

Claim 40

Dependent Claim 47 words

The circuit for processing a high definition television signal, according to claim 20, wherein the horizontal vertical filter means passes a band of 0 to 0.5 Yo in the vertical axis and 0 to 0.5 Xo' in the horizontal axis, Yo being a total number of lines.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1996-04-05	1996-10-05	1997-04-06	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2000-04-05	2000-10-05	2001-04-06	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2004-04-05	2004-10-05	2005-04-06	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

High definition television video signal receiver and processing method therefor

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