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Field decision circuit

Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1994-02-16
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Granted: 1995-12-05
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Expires: 2014-02-16
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Abstract

Abstract The field decision circuit includes: a field information generating circuit for outputting one of a plurality of signals as a first field information for each field in response to a pulse signal; a comparator for outputting a comparison result indicating whether the first field information agrees with second field information from an external circuit for each field; a memory for storing a predetermined number of comparison results over the predetermined number of fields; an evaluation circuit for outputting an evaluation result obtained by evaluating whether the predetermined number of comparison results satisfy a predetermined relationship; and a correction circuit for supplying the pulse signal to the field information generating circuit in accordance with the evaluation result.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hisao Okada
  • 👤 Yuji Yamamoto

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 22:48
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/04; H04N5/08; H04N5/10; H04N5/66; H04N5/70

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 179 words
A field decision circuit, comprising: a field information generating means for outputting one of a plurality of signals as a first field information for each field, said field information generating means receiving a pulse signal and, in response to said pulse signal, outputting another one of said plurality of signals as said first field information; a comparison means for receiving said first field information generated by said field information generating means and second field information from an external circuit, and for outputting a comparison result indicating whether said first field information agrees with said second field information for each field; a memory means for storing a predetermined number of comparison results output from said comparison means over a predetermined number of fields; an evaluation means for receiving said predetermined number of comparison results stored in said memory means and for outputting an evaluation result obtained by evaluating whether said predetermined number of comparison results satisfy a predetermined relationship; and a correction means for supplying said pulse signal to said field information generating means in accordance with said evaluation result.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 179 words
A field decision circuit, comprising: a field information generating means for outputting one of a plurality of signals as a first field information for each field, said field information generating means receiving a pulse signal and, in response to said pulse signal, outputting another one of said plurality of signals as said first field information; a comparison means for receiving said first field information generated by said field information generating means and second field information from an external circuit, and for outputting a comparison result indicating whether said first field information agrees with said second field information for each field; a memory means for storing a predetermined number of comparison results output from said comparison means over a predetermined number of fields; an evaluation means for receiving said predetermined number of comparison results stored in said memory means and for outputting an evaluation result obtained by evaluating whether said predetermined number of comparison results satisfy a predetermined relationship; and a correction means for supplying said pulse signal to said field information generating means in accordance with said evaluation result.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
A field decision circuit according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined number of comparison results are successive comparison results including the latest comparison result.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 35 words
A field decision circuit according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined relationship includes a relationship that said first field information and said second field information disagree with each other over said predetermined number of fields.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 23 words
A field decision circuit according to claim 1, wherein said external circuit includes a field judgment circuit for generating said second field information.

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