US4468687A
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Television synchronizing signal reproducing apparatus
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1982-05-06
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Granted: 1984-08-28
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Expires: 2002-05-06
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for reproducing television synchronizing signals receives an input composite television video signal, separates synchronizing signals therefrom, and utilizes a separated horizontal synchronizing signal to separate a burst signal from the input. The burst signal is then provided through a phase-locked loop including a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and frequency divider. The separated horizontal sync signal is also provided through a phase-locked loop including a VCO and frequency divider. During reception of a color TV signal, a synchronizing signal generator receives the output of the first VCO as its clock and receives a horizontal reset pulse derived from the reproduced subcarrier output of the first phase-locked loop and the output of the second phase-locked loop, with the output of the frequency divider in the second phase-locked loop being provided back to its phase detector. When a black-and-white input signal is detected, the output of the VCO in the second phase-locked loop is provided as the clock input to the synchronizing signal generator and a horizontal driving signal output from the synchronizing signal generator is fed back as an input to the phase detector of the second loop.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazushi Munezawa
- 👤 Tashihiko Tsuru
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 05:08
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/44; H04N9/455
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A television synchronizing signal reproducing apparatus for reproducing at least one synchronizing signal from an input composite television video signal having at least a horizontal synchronizing signal and a burst signal having a subcarrier frequency, said apparatus comprising: means receiving said input composite television signal for separating said horizontal synchronizing signal and burst signal from said input composite television video signal; first producing means receiving said separated horizontal synchronizing signal for producing a first signal having the same frequency as said horizontal synchronizing signal and synchronized with said separated horizontal synchronizing signal; second producing means for producing a second signal having a frequency n times said subcarrier frequency and synchronized with said separated burst signal; means responsive to said reproduced subcarrier signal and said first signal for generating a horizontal reset pulse synchronized to said reproduced subcarrier signal; and reproducing means for reproducing said at least one television synchronizing signal, said reproducing means receiving said second signal as a clock and the output of said extracting means as said horizontal reset pulse.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A television synchronizing signal reproducing apparatus for reproducing at least one synchronizing signal from an input composite television video signal having at least a horizontal synchronizing signal and a burst signal having a subcarrier frequency, said apparatus comprising: means receiving said input composite television signal for separating said horizontal synchronizing signal and burst signal from said input composite television video signal; first producing means receiving said separated horizontal synchronizing signal for producing a first signal having the same frequency as said horizontal synchronizing signal and synchronized with said separated horizontal synchronizing signal; second producing means for producing a second signal having a frequency n times said subcarrier frequency and synchronized with said separated burst signal; means responsive to said reproduced subcarrier signal and said first signal for generating a horizontal reset pulse synchronized to said reproduced subcarrier signal; and reproducing means for reproducing said at least one television synchronizing signal, said reproducing means receiving said second signal as a clock and the output of said extracting means as said horizontal reset pulse.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
101 words
A television synchronizing signal reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein said at least one reproduced synchronizing signal includes all of a composite synchronizing signal, a composite blanking signal and a burst signal said apparatus further comprising: means for generating a reproduced burst signal by passing said reproduced subcarrier in response to said burst flag signal; means for eliminating synchronizing signals from said input composite television video signal in response to said composite blanking signal; and means for adding said reproduced burst signal and said composite synchronizing signal to the input composite television video signal delivered from said eliminating means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A television synchronizing signal reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one synchronizing signal reproduced by said reproducing means comprises at least one of a composite synchronizing signal, a composite blanking signal and a burst flag signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
109 words
A television synchronizing signal reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first producing means includes a phase locked loop comprising: a phase detector receiving said separated horizontal synchronizing signal as an input and receiving a second input; a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) resposive to the output of said phase detector for providing a third signal having a frequency mf H where m is an integer and f H is the frequency of said horizontal synchronizing signal; second frequency-dividing means for frequency dividing the output of said VCO to provide said first signal; and feedback means for feeding back said first signal to said phase detector second input.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A television synchronizing signal reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said second signal frequency nf sc and said third signal frequency mf H are equal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
81 words
A television synchronizing signal reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, said apparatus further comprising B/W determining means responsive to said separated burst signal for determining whether said input television composite video signal is a color video signal or a black-and-white video signal, said reproducing means generating a horizontal driving signal, said feedback means selectively providing either said horizontal driving signal or said first signal to said phase detector second input in response to the output from said B/W determining means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
A television synchronizing signal reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, further comprising selection means for selectively providing said third signal to said reproducing means as said clock input in place of said second signal when said B/W determining means detects a black-and-white input signal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
A television synchronizing signal reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said extracting means comprises a reset pulse generator which receives said reproduced subcarrier signal as its set input and receives said first signal as its reset input.
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