US4651194A
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Arrangement for multiplexing luminance and chrominance code words of variable length
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1984-12-20
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Granted: 1987-03-17
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Expires: 2004-12-20
Abstract
Abstract An arrangement for transmission of television composite signals contains coders which convert luminance component Y, and chrominance difference components U, and V of a television signal into variable-length code words. These are interlaced in a multiplexer in pulse frames by assignment to fixed locations. At a receive side, a time-division multiplex signal formed is in turn separated in a demultiplexer. Decoders reconvert the variable-length code words into the Y, U, and V components. The luminance and chrominance components can be reliably separated at the receive side due to the assigning of fixed locations in the pulse frame, these components being reliable separated even when the word synchronization of the individual components is lost.
Inventors
- 👤 Hans-Joachim Grallert
- 👤 Werner Liegl
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 22:40
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N11/00; H04N11/04; H04N11/042
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
An arrangement for transmission of synchronous television composite signals separated into luminance and chrominance signals, comprising: coder means at a transmit side for converting the luminance and chrominance signals into variable-length code words; decoder means at a receive side for reconverting said variable-length code words; a multiplexer means at the transmit side controlled by said coder means for interlacing the luminance and chrominance signals in pulse frames which alternatingly contain at least one fixed location for the respective luminance or chrominance signal; and a demultiplexer means at the receive side for separating the luminance and chrominance signals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
97 words
An arrangement for transmission of synchronous television composite signals separated into luminance and chrominance signals, comprising: coder means at a transmit side for converting the luminance and chrominance signals into variable-length code words; decoder means at a receive side for reconverting said variable-length code words; a multiplexer means at the transmit side controlled by said coder means for interlacing the luminance and chrominance signals in pulse frames which alternatingly contain at least one fixed location for the respective luminance or chrominance signal; and a demultiplexer means at the receive side for separating the luminance and chrominance signals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
An arrangement according to claim 1 including means for providing a sampling rate of the luminance signals which is a whole multiple m/n of a sampling rate of the chrominance signals; and means for selecting a pulse frame in which respective m bit luminance signals are followed by respective n bit chrominance signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
109 words
In an arrangement for transmission of synchronous television composite signals separated into luminance and chrominance signals wherein coder means are provided at a transmit side for converting the luminance and chrominance signals into variable-length code words and decoder means are provided at a receive side for reconverting said variable-length code words, the improvement comprising: a multiplexer means at the transmit side controlled by the coder means for interlacing the luminance and chrominance signals in succeeding pulse frames in alternating fashion such that the respective signals are assigned to fixed locations; and a demultiplexer means at the receive side for separating the luminance and chrominance signals at the receive side.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
109 words
In an arrangement for transmission of synchronous television composite signals separated into luminance and chrominance signals wherein coder means are provided at a transmit side for converting the luminance and chrominance signals into variable-length code words and decoder means are provided at a receive side for reconverting said variable-length code words, the improvement comprising: a multiplexer means at the transmit side controlled by the coder means for interlacing the luminance and chrominance signals in succeeding pulse frames in alternating fashion such that the respective signals are assigned to fixed locations; and a demultiplexer means at the receive side for separating the luminance and chrominance signals at the receive side.
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