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NTSC/HDTV community receiving system
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc
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Filing: 1993-10-08
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Granted: 1994-11-01
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Expires: 2013-10-08
Abstract
Abstract A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system having a microcomputer, HDTV and NTSC tuners and NTSC and HDTV intermediate frequency detectors. The system includes an A/D converter for converting HDTV and NTSC intermediate frequency signals into digital signals and a demodulator for demodulating a NTSC frame color signal into an original state and demodulating the resultant digital HDTV signal from the A/D converter into a base band level state. A first comb filter removes a NTSC interference signal from the demodulated HDTV signal and extracts a NTSC line color signal from the resultant digital NTSC signal from the A/D converter, and a second comb filter extracts a motion coefficient, the NTSC frame color signal and a NTSC frame luminance signal from the resultant digital NTSC signal from the A/D converter and the NTSC line color signal from the first cob filter. A decoder extracts original HDTV color and luminance signals from the HDTV signal from the first comb filter, and a scan rate transformer line and pixel-interpolates the resultant NTSCI and NTSCQ color signals from the demodulator and the NTSC frame luminance signal from the second comb filter to match a scan rate of the NTSC signal to that of the HDTV signal. A display state controller controls display states of the NTSC and HDTV signals.
Inventors
- 👤 Kyeong S. Kim
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 13:49
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/01; H04N7/0117; H04N7/0122; H04N11/00; H04N11/06; H04N11/12; H04N11/14; H04N11/146; H04N3/00; H04N3/10; H04N3/16; H04N3/27; H04N5/00; H04N5/44; H04N5/46; H04N9/00; H04N9/64; H04N9/642; H04N9/77; H04N9/78
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
378 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system comprising: system control means for generating a control signal corresponding to one of an HDTV system and a NTSC system; first tuning means for tuning an HDTV signal to a desired channel; second tuning means for tuning a NTSC signal to a desired channel; first intermediate frequency detecting means for detecting an HDTV intermediate frequency signal from the tuned HDTV signal from the first tuning means; second intermediate frequency detecting means for detecting a NTSC intermediate frequency signal from the tuned NTSC signal from the second tuning means; analog to digital converting means responsive to the control signal from the system control means for converting the HDTV intermediate frequency signal from said first intermediate frequency detecting means and the NTSC intermediate frequency signal from said second intermediate frequency detecting means to digital signals at different sampling rates; demodulating means for demodulating a NTSC frame color signal into an original state and demodulating the resultant digital HDTV signal from said analog to digital converting means into a base band level state; first comb filtering means for removing a NTSC interference signal from the demodulated HDTV signal from said demodulating means and extracting a NTSC line color signal from the resultant digital NTSC signal from the analog to digital converting means; second comb filtering means for extracting a first motion coefficient, the NTSC frame color signal and a NTSC frame luminance signal from the resultant digital NTSC signal from the analog to digital converting means and the NTSC line color signal from the first comb filtering means and outputting the extracted NTSC frame color signal to the demodulating means; decoding means for decoding the resultant HDTV signal from said first comb filtering means to extract original HDTV color and luminance signals; scan rate transforming means for line and pixel-interpolating resultant NTSCI and NTSCQ color signals from said demodulating means and the NTSC frame luminance signal from said second comb filtering means to match a scan rate of the NTSC signal to a scan rate of the HDTV signal; and display state control means for controlling display states of the resultant original HDTV color and luminance signals from said decoding means and the resultant original NTSC color and luminance signals from the scan rate transforming means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
378 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system comprising: system control means for generating a control signal corresponding to one of an HDTV system and a NTSC system; first tuning means for tuning an HDTV signal to a desired channel; second tuning means for tuning a NTSC signal to a desired channel; first intermediate frequency detecting means for detecting an HDTV intermediate frequency signal from the tuned HDTV signal from the first tuning means; second intermediate frequency detecting means for detecting a NTSC intermediate frequency signal from the tuned NTSC signal from the second tuning means; analog to digital converting means responsive to the control signal from the system control means for converting the HDTV intermediate frequency signal from said first intermediate frequency detecting means and the NTSC intermediate frequency signal from said second intermediate frequency detecting means to digital signals at different sampling rates; demodulating means for demodulating a NTSC frame color signal into an original state and demodulating the resultant digital HDTV signal from said analog to digital converting means into a base band level state; first comb filtering means for removing a NTSC interference signal from the demodulated HDTV signal from said demodulating means and extracting a NTSC line color signal from the resultant digital NTSC signal from the analog to digital converting means; second comb filtering means for extracting a first motion coefficient, the NTSC frame color signal and a NTSC frame luminance signal from the resultant digital NTSC signal from the analog to digital converting means and the NTSC line color signal from the first comb filtering means and outputting the extracted NTSC frame color signal to the demodulating means; decoding means for decoding the resultant HDTV signal from said first comb filtering means to extract original HDTV color and luminance signals; scan rate transforming means for line and pixel-interpolating resultant NTSCI and NTSCQ color signals from said demodulating means and the NTSC frame luminance signal from said second comb filtering means to match a scan rate of the NTSC signal to a scan rate of the HDTV signal; and display state control means for controlling display states of the resultant original HDTV color and luminance signals from said decoding means and the resultant original NTSC color and luminance signals from the scan rate transforming means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
183 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 1, further comprising: first switching means responsive to the control signal from said system control means for selectively outputting one of output signals from the first and second intermediate frequency detecting means to said analog to digital converting means; second switching means responsive to the control signal from said system control means for applying an output signal from said analog to digital converting means to said demodulating means when the HDTV signal is selected and to said second comb filtering means when the NTSC signal is selected; third switching means responsive to the control signal from said system control means for selectively outputting one of the NTSC signal from said second switching means and the HDTV signal from said demodulating means to said first comb filtering means; and fourth switching means responsive to the control signal from said system control means for applying an output signal from said first comb filtering means to said decoding means when the HDTV signal is selected and to said second comb filtering means when the NTSC signal is selected.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
155 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 1, wherein said first comb filtering means includes: a mode controller responsive to the control signal from said system control means for outputting a mode signal corresponding to one of the NTSC system and the HDTV system; a delay element responsive to the mode signal from said mode controller for delaying one of the NTSC signal from said analog to digital converting means by a first predetermined interval and the HDTV signal from said demodulating means by a second predetermined interval; and a subtracter for subtracting an output signal of said delay element from one of the NTSC signal of said analog to digital converting means and the HDTV signal from said demodulating means, and outputting a resultant HDTV signal to said decoding means when the HDTV signal is selected and a resultant NTSC signal to said second comb filtering means when the NTSC signal is selected.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 3, wherein said delay element is a line memory.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
233 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 1, wherein said second comb filtering means includes: a first delay element for delaying the NTSC signal from said analog to digital converting means by one frame; a second delay element for delaying the NTSC signal from said analog to digital converting means by one frame concurrently with said first delay element; a first subtracter for subtracting an output signal of said first delay element from the NTSC signal of said analog to digital converting means; a second subtracter for subtracting an output signal of said second delay element from the NTSC signal of said analog to digital converting means; a motion detector for generating the motion coefficient and a second coefficient in response to an output signal from said second subtracter; a first multiplier for multiplying an output signal from said first subtracter by the second coefficient; a second multiplier for multiplying the NTSC line color signal from said first comb filtering means by the motion coefficient; an adder for adding output signals from said first and second multipliers and outputting the added signal as the NTSC frame color signal to said demodulating means; and a third subtracter for subtracting the output signal of said adder from the NTSC signal of said analog to digital converting means and outputting the subtracted signal as the NTSC frame luminance signal to said scan rate transforming means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 5, wherein said first and second delay elements are frame memories.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
308 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 1, wherein the demodulating means includes: a fifth switch responsive to the control signal from said system control means for selectively outputting one of the NTSC frame color signals from said second comb filtering means and the HDTV signal from said analog to digital converting means; a distributor for distributing an output signal from said fifth switch; a carrier generator responsive to the control signal from said system control means for generating a reference signal of a predetermined frequency corresponding to one of the NTSC system and the HDTV system; a phase shifter for shifting a phase of the reference signal from said carrier generator by a predetermined amount; a first multiplier for multiplying an output signal from said distributor by the reference signal from said carrier generator; a second multiplier for multiplying the output signal from said distributor by an output signal from said phase shifter; a mode controller responsive to the control signal from said system control means for outputting a mode signal corresponding to one of the NTSC system and the HDTV system; a first filter responsive to the mode signal from said mode controller for filtering an output signal from said first multiplier to output one of the demodulated NTSCI color signal and the HDTV signal demodulated into the base band level state; a second filter responsive to the mode signal from said mode controller for filtering an output signal from said second multiplier to output the demodulated NTSCQ color signal to said scan rate transforming means; and a sixth switch responsive to the control signal from said system control means for applying an output signal from said first filter to said scan rate transforming means when the NTSCI color signal is selected and to said first comb filtering means when the HDTV signal is selected.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 7, wherein the reference signal from said carrier generator has a center frequency of a NTSC color subcarrier for the NTSC signal and a center frequency of 44 MHz for the HDTV signal under the control of said system control means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 1, further comprising: matrix means for extracting color signals from output signals of said display state control means; and digital to analog converting means responsive to the control signal from said system control means for converting the color signals from said matrix means to analog signals.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
47 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 1, wherein said scan rate transforming means transforms a horizontal frequency of the NTSC signal to three times the horizontal frequency in a vertical direction and reads the NTSC signal in a horizontal direction at a predetermined clocking rate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
72 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 1, further comprising: channel equalizing means for compensating for a linear channel distortion of the resultant HDTV signal from said first comb filtering means; and error correcting means for comparing the resultant HDTV signal from said channel equalizing means with a pre-stored reference HDTV signal and correcting an error of the HDTV signal from said channel equalizing means in accordance with the compared result.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 5, wherein the motion coefficient represented as K and the second coefficient represented as (1-K) are defined as 0≦K≦1.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
A NTSC/HDTV community receiving system according to claim 9, wherein the color signals are red, green and blue signals.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
48 words
A NTSC/HDTV comunity receiving system according to claim 10, wherein the scan rate transforming means reads the NTSC signal in the horizontal direction at a clocking rate of 3591 fh (horizontal frequency) in a first-in, first-out manner to display a 4:3 NTSC picture on a 16:9 HDTV screen.
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